songs of my childhood


-lollipop by the chordettes

perfect harmony and dashing guys from yesteryears.


- let's do the twist again by chubby checker

dancing that shaped our present world.


- johnny angel by shelley fabares

effortless mesmerizing singing.


-earth angel by the temptations


-locomotion by kylie minogue

i sang this song on my way to nursery almost every day. I LOVE THE HAIR!
talking about vintage stuff.
my mum found my exercise book from my primary 1.
it was meant for doing homework for my mum, journalling and all.


IT WAS BLANK.
:)
my mum comment " see la. since young always don't want to do work."
what can i say? old habits die hard.

my all-time feel-good gospel song. :)

unblinded to faults.
still stuck behind these walls.

the tears on the verge of outflowing.
don't ask me what the source really is.

faith pleases You.
I really hope You're happy.
cos You're the sole thread i'm hanging onto right now.

the world is going into a blur.

i am hanging on every word You say. Even if You don't want to speak tonight its alright, alright with me.

last week of the holidays.

what ever happened to the rest of it?

i guess its the price for me to pay to end my FYP earlier. roar

so many things have happened. great number of gatherings and outing and crazy good times.

too much inertia to start writing and piecing them altogether. 

i can tell you the things i have yet to do though..

1. go to sentosa.

2. go to sentosa.

3. go to sentosa.

4. get my sanity back before school reopens.

laopo is in aussie. ie. withdrawal symptoms from hearing and calling her.

ayeeba also in aussie.  ie. dont get to really talk to her.

amelia is in singapore. but i still dont really get to talk to her too.

aii.

i'm sorry.  :(

it feels weird that we didnt get to have our chalet stayover this holidays.

that's why i have yet to get point 4. (refer to above)

we're having some random/impromptu crusade dinner tonight.

i think its pretty exciting to see who is gonna turn up. 

i miss weiyee, monkey and gabriel porkypork.

can you all don't work and come back to ntu and stay in hall and study in NIE with us please? just for one more year?we'll order more golden pillows! please?

we had SM retreat and FOC last week in aloha changi. (it was like really good family fun. cos we were all more or less under one roof. :)  )

but i dont think i have recovered my sleep yet.

i'm still sleepy.

its 9.47am on a tuesday now. 

and i need to be in school.

my beloved nitrogen glove box is calling my name.  aahhh!!

watch these videos...they are what's keeping my sanity for a while now...

napoleon and tabitha D'umo are crazily talented. its like..lyrical hiphop i think. 

rocks rocks ROCKS!

should I give up or should I just keep chasing pavements? even if they lead no where?

-"chasing pavements" by adele

funny how we can never quite seem to loose ourselves from each other.

travelling ho chi minh

3 days into my FYP.

and today..my mentor got a breakthrough of some sort. 

a fantastic success.

which leads to a major leap in the right direction for my FYP.

i'm so super happy.

just 24hours ago I was starting to feel anxious about how much planning and cracking of my grey matter is needed for my FYP.

and now..at least the dirt road is uncovered.

i guess i need to cement it in now.

yayyee.

Thank You Lord, for today's great success. 

Thank You also for the 2.5hours workshop held by the italian prof today. though it was a tad bit long, but it gave me a clearer background. 

Thank You for phoebe, vera and victor too. :)

happy.

NO MORE looking at what is on other's dish and comparing them to what i have on mine.

NO MORE downplaying what God has so generously given to me.

NO MORE impossibles, because by FAITH all things are made possible.

faithful stewardship.

that's all i ask.

excellence in the knowledge of Christ and glorying in the sole fact 

that I understand and know You.

that's my only goal.

hunger and thirst.

Satisfaction from the eating of Your Word and experiencing You with all my senses.

lyrics from a song I wrote about a month ago that keeps playing in my head:

Why does my foot slip each time I look away?

Why does my heart beat different every time I stray?

Why does the way I look at things start to turn grey?

Lord, I know I've broken Your heart so many times.

Lord, I want to live my life with Your hand in mine.

Lord, this time, I want to make it right.

Please help me Lord, to walk in Your Light.

-"Return" written by Andrea Lee. :)

I can never fall too far where Your grace can't catch me. :)

i guess apologising and explaining/justifying oneself back to back, 

never does quite work as planned.

shot myself in the foot

thanks. just thanks.

i so needed to end my day with a bitter taste in my mouth.

what? you couldn't tell the hesitation in my tone each time you brought it up.

perhaps we don't know each other as much as we thought we do.

irony.

i was just talking about this kind of hurt.

put me in a world where i am exposed to new music everyday.

put me in a world with limitless revolutionary knowledge.

put me back on track.

When we were in the darkest night
And wondered if our eyes would ever see the light
You were there, Lord
When we were in the stormy gale
And wondered if we'd ever live in peace again
You were there, Lord
You were there in the struggle
You were there in the fight
You were there all the time

We praise You - the God of our yesterdays
We praise You - the God who is here today
We praise You - our God as tomorrow comes

So whatever lies ahead
Whatever roads our grateful hearts will come to tread
You'll be there, Lord
We will fix our eyes on You
And know that there is grace enough to see us through
You'll be there, Lord
You'll be there in the struggle
You'll be there in the fight
You'll be there all the time

We praise You - the God of our yesterdays
We praise You - the God who is here today
We praise You - our God as tomorrow comes
We thank you - for grace in our yesterdays
We thank you - for peace in our hearts today
We thank you - our joy, as tomorrow comes
We will trust you, God

You're always closer than we know
Always more involved and in control
We will trust our lives to You -
The One who was and is and is to come

- "God of our yesterdays" by Matt Redman

i've been really ministered to by this song.

its really assuring to know that in the past, whenever I was hurt, cried and was struggling with issues. He was always there and He knew. 

Even in the future, He knows what I will go through, and He will give me grace to see me through. He truly never changes.

always more involved and in control

thank You.

I want to be like Apostle Paul when he said in Philippians 3:13&14

"Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

to lay aside every burden that will hinder me from running this race.

You are my all in all

Istanbul (not constantinople)

i've loved this song for the longest time.
just haven't been able to get the mp3 for it.
the first video is in spanish i think. i think.can't quite make out what he is singing. but he gets A+ for entertainment and voice quality. :)
the second video is a cartoon. really cute. :)




Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can't say
People just liked it better that way

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works
That's nobody's business but the Turks

Istanbul

chinese songs are getting stuck in my head...

看不见你的笑我怎么睡得着　

你的声音这么近我却抱不到

没有地球　太阳还是会绕　

没有理由　我也能自己走

你要离开我知道很简单　

你说依赖是我们的阻碍

就算放开但能不能别没收我的爱　

当作我最后才明白

-周杰伦 ： 彩红 

如果要让我活 让我有希望的活

我从不怕爱错 就怕没爱过

如果能有一天 再一次重返光荣

记得找我 我的好朋友

－ 五月天 ：孙悟空

and so are english songs..

Bye bye love

Bye bye happiness, hello loneliness

I think I'm-a gonna cry

Bye bye love, bye bye sweet caress, hello emptiness

I feel like I could die

Bye bye my love goodbye

There goes my baby with someone new

She sure looks happy, I sure am blue

She was my baby till he stepped in

Goodbye to romance that might have been

I'm-a through with romance, I'm a-through with love

I'm through with a'countin' the stars above

And here's the reason that I'm so free

My lovin' baby is through with me

- ray charles : bye bye love

I will beg my way into your garden

I will break my way out when it rains

Just to get back to the place where I started

So I can watch you back all over again

Hold on to whatever you find baby

Hold on to whatever will get you through

Hold on to whatever you find baby

I don't trust myself with loving you

Who do you love?

Who do you love?

Who do you love me or the thought of me? me or the thought of me?

Hold on to whatever you find baby

Hold on to whatever will get you through

Hold on to whatever you find baby

I don't trust myself with loving you

- john mayer : i don't trust myself

Alone again tonight

Without someone to love

The stars are shining bright

So one more wish goes up

Oh I wish I may

And I wish with all my might

For the love I’m dreaming of

And missing in my life

You’d think that I could find

A true love of my own

It happens all the time

To people that I know

Their wishes all come true

So I’ve got to believe

There’s still someone out there who

Is meant for only me

I guess I must be wishing on

Someone else’s star

It seems like someone else keeps getting

What I’m wishing for

Why can’t I be as lucky

As those other people are

I guess I must be wishing

On someone else’s star

I sit here in the dark

And stare up at the sky

But I can’t give my heart

One good reason why

Everywhere I look

It’s lovers that I see

It seems like everyone’s in love

With everyone but me

I guess I must be wishing on

Someone else’s star

It seems like someone else keeps getting

What I’m wishing for

Why can’t I be as lucky

As those other people are

I guess I must be wishing

On someone else’s star

- bryan white : someone else's star

they sound pretty emo. but i'm not.

somehow they keep sticking to me. 

and i need to inject a lil bit of hairspray and planetshakers in to balance things out. haha.

i guess i'm just going through a pensive state once again. :)

I heard story just the other day,

About man who gave His life away for me

Complicated yet it seems so clear

If I open up my heart, it be so near to me

I believe in You

I believe in You

I heard story just the other day,

About man who gave His life away for me

Complicated yet seems so clear

If I open up my heart, it be so near to me

I believe in You

I believe in You

I believe in You

I believe Your word as set me free 

with all that I am

I will live my life for You

I believe

I read a story just the other day

About the way You healed blind man, made him see

Here I stand crying out to You

all i need is faith to see a miracle in me

- Planetshakers : i believe

first things first..

HELLO KAI TAT!

hahaha. :)

work has been good. :) still am not winning our sudoku challenges, still have not updated my logbook, still have not finished my report.

but..it is really fun working with the whole bunch of them. :) 

we went to shokudo for dinner the other night. kailong came too.

 the food was uber sedap.

i kept laughing at kailong though. his mannerisms just amuse and tickle me so much.

真的是我的开心果。

my FYP has been finalised! though i have forfeited my 2 months holiday to complete majority of the experimentations. This equates to me having little to do for the rest of my final year! :) 

I'm really grateful for this opening. 

today, lion twin laopo kenneth and i went out for dinner. brought them to shokudo (can you tell how impressed i was by my first visit?). but alas, this time round, the food didnt taste as good as i remembered it to be. and the service wasnt as efficient in clearing our plates.

pretty drastic change in such a short period of time.hmm.

but the company was fun! :) this dinner was a sort of farewell to lion. cos he'll be leaving for perth on saturday. 

my SLR battery died on me. because why? because our "dear" kenneth teo was happily snapping photos of the entire place when shir and i went to order.

roar. that monkey.

thankfully shir also brought her camera.

kenneth teo. stop trying to cheat a drink out of me you monkey! roar!chikekdara!

it felt like one of those days when the inevitable need to grow up looms abovehead.

i really don't want to grow up so fast.

soon, we'll  be hitting the age when your friends one by one get married, get jobs, achieve dreams and compromise on some.

i'm glad that You'll still never change and You will still call me Child when i'm walking with a cane. :)

Went for Twin's auditions with shir on saturday. must say i'm really proud of him.

It really takes alot of one to follow one's dream. but i must say, the satisfaction of fulfilling them is priceless.

Sometimes the things that he says reminds me of principles that i let my foot slip away from.

"I want to make music that will bring hope to people."

me too.

Though our target groups and audiences are different, that's what I cling on to every time i walk off stage after a worship set that didnt go smoothly.

"I'll do better next time. I'll prepare my heart more next time. I'll let You have all control."

I know I havent been keeping my motivation seriously recently, getting a lil habitual to choose songs and go through worship.

but Lord, i want to bring it higher. i really want to be a emptied vessel used by You so that others can reach out to You as You reach out to them. to bring hope to them in their darkest hour. to know they are not alone.

If our greatest need had been information, God would have sent us an educator.

If our greatest need had been technology, God would have sent us a scientist.

If our greatest need had been money, God would have sent us an economist.

But since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Saviour.

He became like us, so we could become like Him.

Angels still sing, and the star still beckons.

He loves each one of us like there was only one of us to love.

Faith is trusting what the eyes can't see.

Eyes see the prowling lion. Faith sees Daniel's angel.

Eyes see storms. Faith sees Noah's rainbow.

Eyes see giants. Faith sees Canaan.

Your eyes see your faults. Your faith sees your Saviour.

Your eyes see your guilt. Your faith sees His blood.

Your eyes see your grave. Your faith sees a city whose builder and maker is God.

"i only jump into big arms"

the very same arms that defeated death are the arms awaiting you.

Next time you wonder if God can forgive you, 

(remember that) the very hands nailed to the cross are open for you.

with such moving statements made. 

how can max lucado not become my newest must-read.

He is really blessed to be a teacher.

:)

i have not been called to the wisdom of this world, but to a God who is calling out to me.

a whole lot of things have been happening. hardly been at home.
I had dinner with my IA friends, i had good catching up meetings with friends, i had singing lessons, photography lessons, mosaic, birth of my nephew Jared, celebrated my 22nd.. a whole bunch of great great moments.

don't really know where to start. don't really know what to say.

all i know is that i'm really blessed.
so many people who care for me, to bother to SURPRISE me!
which i absolutely love. :)
my world would be a dull, boring, mandane life if not for all of the colourful people in it. :)

a song that has ministered to me for this season of my life,
by casting crowns, "in me":

the chorus goes...

When i'm weak, You make me strong
When i'm blind, You shine Your light on me
Cos i'll never get by, living on my own ability
How refreshing to know You don't need me
How amazing to find that You want me
So i'll stand on Your truth,
and i'll fight with Your strength,
til You bring the victory
by the power of Christ in me.



so often, so many things overwhelm me.
so often, my flaws stand screaming in my face.
so often, i feel like i'm swerving in and out.
so often, i just want to run and escape all.
and yet more often,
i hear You calling me and telling me that everything will be okay
because nothing goes by You, unnoticed
and though i drive this car of a life recklessly at a crazy speed,
You are still in control and want me to run only at Your pace.

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net



Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net



Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net



a desperate attempt to save myself.

i love amelia, ayeeba and shir alot.

my eyes sparkle at the thought of you. :)

can't wait for our poolside dinner, valentines!

i love my twin too. :)

thanks for watching 27 dresses me, dear! 

my heart is drenched in wine, but you'll be on my mind, forever.

only you can make me feel at a loss when i hear my favourite song.

almost got into 2 car accidents.

banged my dad's car's front bumper into a pillar.

other stuff happened that just adds on.

my heart has been in a mess today.

my nerves are frazzled.

its days like these that i just shouldnt have gotten out of bed.

its days like these that i just feel ugly and  of not much worth.

at least i had a good short crying session to get it all out of my system.

( and now i know that there must be some value to my life. cos YOU supernaturally protected me through every situation and preserved my life. )

thanks jie for the hug. i needed it.

thanks dee for the prayer. my heart needed it.

i'm so sorry about the car.

lesson learnt.

been meaning to blog for a few days.. so hang on tight. its going to be a long post. :)

song of the moment: kiss goodbye (Wang Lee Hom)

每一次和你分开，深深地被你打败

每一次放弃你的温柔， 痛苦难以释怀

每一次和你分开，每一次 kiss you goodbye

爱情的滋味此刻我终于最明白

my delicacy:beauty world

watched beauty world last tuesday. was fabulous!

the script, the music, the singers, the dancing, the lights, the lyrics.

ahh ahh ahh ahh ivy.. :)

Re and i were trying to find tense or serious/quieter moments in the musical to say "SUPPLIES!" to each other. HAHAHA! we were the only 2 morons who were stifling our laughters at the climatic scenes. There was a song after the intermission that the cabaret girls said "SURPRISE!" and we were so sad that we missed the perfect moment to say "SUPPLIES!" with them. haha.

i absolutely love my kakiak. :)

my revelation: the gallery

last thursday, while i was on MC. i was watching tv at home. 

i watched the show Covershot. The show takes ordinary older ladies and turning them into models for a day and display their huge covershot in the streets of NY Times Square.

The lady that was chosen to be made over for that episode said something that struck me. Something along the lines of "I feel so happy that there are so many famous and talent professionals who are making me over.  I mean like..who am I that they are doing this for me?" followed by a huge grin on her face.

And yes, it got me thinking.

If i were in her shoes, and these huge fashion names are pampering me, i too would feel so blessed and undeserving. then the spiritualising moment came.

 The King and Creator of the WHOLE UNIVERSE dotes on me! ME!

wow.

Take for example, a famous painter. When he paints someone else, you can see his talent. If he does a self-protrait. You can see and understand so much more of him, because he chooses to express a side of him through that painting.

we are made in the image of GOD.

HE did not just sign off His Name on us, His creation, He molded us to be like Him. To show and express who He is. When you look at different people, each of us show a characteristic of God. When we show grace to people, when we love each other, and just be like Him, that's when people can see the Creator's fingerprints in our lives.

we are called to be the Ambassadors of Christ

When you choose something to represent your work, back to the example of paintings, you would choose your BEST. 

we are HIS BEST.

So we are like paintings hanging in different galleries, showing the Master's Work and letting people know who the Master IS, every single day of our lives.

As Dave Park mentioned, we are not to show others what the final product is, but the growth that takes place within us.

how much of the Creator do I show to others each and everyday?

can others see the Master's Work in you?

my days: the work

I wake up smiling. I end the day smiling.

I look forward to going to work everyday.

why?

because i'm so super blessed.

My friends at work make me very happy. They are really fun to be around and very nice too.

I'm really REALLY happy to have them.

My supervisor is really nice. And i just got to know who my NTU tutor is going to be. 

And he is none other than my mentor! :) 

though i'm not really close to him, cos he only sees my face once a sem. 

But i'm really happy cos he's really nice too!

only 2 out of 6 of us got him. the other 4 are under this other tutor.

You answered my prayers! :) thank You.

the friends

On monday,5 of us moved up from the scrutiny of our supervisors on the 1st floor office, to the sweet unsupervised freedom in the lab on the 4th floor. :)

There is this poly attachment boy there too. called kailong.

he is my 开心果. (don't know if its the correct words. haha.)

he makes me super happy. very lethal.

he doesnt even need to say anything, i just need to look at his face, and i'm laughing like crazy.

i know it sounds really mean, but he is really funny!

cos he is always um-chio-ing when he talks. his face is like those who stay at home and play computer and slack kind. those seemingly quiet soft spoken type.

He would look like he is going to say something serious, like he has been thinking for a while, then out of his mouth, either comes out something cold or something that is super deadpan humour.

To andrea lee, that is the deadliest humor! 

to be able to keep a straight face and say something super hilarious.

phwoar. i really cannot take it.

at this rate, either one of us has to wear a paperbag over our head.

Thuzar and Xiaoyu make for really good company. Jon, changji and lionel are good makan khakis.Kaida and nevin never fail to make me laugh like crazy also. 

Kaida especially, he is another lethal laughing weapon.

Me: hey kailong, what's the meaning of your name?

Kailong: don't have meaning.

Me: huh? sure have meaning la. what kai is your kai?

KL: kai actually no meaning one. must put together with another word then got meaning.

me: okay. so what does kailong mean?

KL: actually, kai and long cannot be together. because then they will have no meaning.

me: HUH?! hahaha. that doesnt make sense la!  -rolls chair over to kaidai- hey kaida, what's the meaning of your name?

kaida: to return with victory.

me: then what does kailong mean?

KD: to return with a dragon la! hahahahha.

me: -laughs (until tears) for a good 3-5mins-

when i told eugenia about this conversation, she started laughing.

Eugenia: hahaha! my brother's name is Kaixiong la! so what..His name means to return with a bear?!

Its non-stop laughing for me everyday.

pity kailong is leaving in february.

i need to take a photo or video of him before he leaves. haha.

the security guards

at my work place, before leaving the first floor lift landing area, you have to go through these metal detectors, because earlier some workers tried to smuggle the gold wires out of the assembly line. 

There are two lines, one for those that have things on them that will make them beep, and another line, which is the express line, for those who will go through without any metal detected.

So everyday, i aim to becoming soundless. so i can go to the express line.

On the days i am soundless, i become very happy, and the guards will like "phwoar..not bad ar. today soundless ar." haha.

and i realise i unconsciously  either jump or run a bit, cos the other day one of the guards kidded with me.."girl, no jumping or running allowed ar." 

The guards are really nice. Very friendly and funny.

one of my happiest days: 23rd Jan 2008

today, i've been kept happy throughout.

on the train to work, i felt really blessed reading my book the Jesus I never knew by Philip Yancey. (will expound more next time)

Then in the morning, while waiting for access into the lab, I got to plait my friend's hair while he did a sudoku puzzle.

After lunch, we went to the nearby minimart, and i found a long lost childhood sweet! BOBDOG COLA CANDY STICKS!

Went out for Kel's birthday dinner at vivo! with Jer,drey,justin, uncle sampson! :) and i found pairs of canvas pumps that i've been looking for! :) and my darling sister of mine, decided to buy 2 pairs for me as a pre-birthday present! so uber happy! :)


And look what came in the mail! :) my film camera that i bought online! whheeee!

Everything has got me smiling throughout the day. :)

thank You so much.

phew. that's about it. :)

you know i'm such a fool for you, you've got my wrapped around your finger.

do you have to, do you have to, do you have to let it linger?

When your body is unwell,
the best remedy for the heart,
is the perfect mixture of music with environment.

LFO is now my favourite rainy day music. :)

your heart is safe with me.

Sitting in front of a screen
Having no access
Causes one to feel bored
And feeling quite excess

Then enlightenment dawns
When an account was discovered
But alas firewalls
still leave the world covered

Noises and mumbles
Sound of typing keys
At 12, stomach grumbles
And most get up and leave

Too many options,
Too little time
Too many people,
Too little dime

Then off they go again,
Back to 4 white walls
Working hard at researching
Till 6 o’clock calls

its funny how when someone badly wants to be well liked

he/she ends up at the other extreme.

i am totally not impressed.

at all.

shania twain's lyrics keep playing in my head

" that don't impress me much."

i need patience.

My NINJA SUIT!! 

super unflattering.

but UBER COOL!

my industrial attachment just started this week at a semiconductor company.

and i get to wear this NINJA SUIT to go into the clean room!

okay. its not exactly called a ninja suit. but a jumpsuit of some sort.

the face mask part is irritating though, cos when i exhale it fogs up my glasses.

anyway, work is not bad. the waking up at 6am is still the hardest part for now.

my supervisor rocks. he's quite funny. and the most hardworking at training us.

which is really a great blessing. :)

he is an answered prayer! haha! ( my mum and i have been praying about my IA for a while :)  )

there is a total of 9 NTU IA students at this company. 6 of us are in the same R&D department. 

so we go lunch together and go training together too. :)

hopefully the awkward getting to know each other stage will be over soon and people will loosen up and get more retarded.

the lack of singing and laughing is taking its toll on me.

i've resorted to just humming when there are hardly anyone around me.

trust me.

i'm dying.

but yayness. my new vocal class module is starting this saturday. :) happy.

learnt alot the past 3 days.

MS 3002 is coming to life for me. 

it all makes more sense now. 

my IA project seems to be cut out for me. 

not an admin. kind of IA. 

but one that really requires me to think and apply.

scary and exhilarating all at the same time.

yay?

first xroads for the semester tomorrow!

so exciting. as i told tweet, its like knowing you're getting a present but not knowing what its going to be like. yay! :)

thanks tweet for everything. thanks xroads comm too! :) greatly appreciated!! :)

goodnight ya'll! :)

You'll go forth a little sronger

with a fresh supply of grace,

if each day you meet the Savior

in a secret, quiet place. -Adams

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold

in settings of silver. - proverbs 25:11

day of firsts.

my first lunch by myself. :)

i had to go collect my registered mail from the post office.

so i decided to grab lunch since i'm already at lot one.

:)

so armed with my book, i sat myself down at delifrance.

and had a good lunch! :)

so proud of myself.

i've always found it intimidating to eat by myself in public.

but it was fun. finally got some me-time. :) 

so i walked around with my brown paper parcel.

which by the way, got alot of stares and weary looks from people. 

got home. watched discovery channel.

and they were showing the different famous ice cream parlors in america.

i started craving for a banana split.

with some encouragement from caroline, i found myself downstairs buying 2 cups of cravio ice cream.

:)

its all about the vanilla, baby.

and really retardedly i was really very excited about getting to eat my banana split.

placing the icecream in a bowl and cutting up a banana, with the first mouthful, i was on cloud 9.

super satisfying. :)

my first make-shift banana split. :)

signing off,

satisfied home-stayer. :)

it was a busy busy month of december.

but i had a blast! :)

outings, camps, conference, parties. loved it.

:)

2007 was a good year.

really saw how much i grew in God, and not only for myself but also the ones around me.

gave a testimony last night at watchnight service.

while preparing for it, i was looking through my older blog entries.

and i realised that all i asked for on the 1st of jan 2007, it has all come true in the year.

and i really thank YOU for everything.

:)

i'm really grateful for family and friends who are in my life as well.

for not only the great and crazy times, but in times which are painful.

its really in those moments that i grow alot, and i thank all those who stood by me. :)

as seen in the photo collage, that's my december.

SM training camp, small bbq gathering, parents' anniversary, sentosa, youth camp, enting's birthday party, christmas! :) and meta.

in between gatherings here and there as well.  :) always a joy.

i really thank God for youth camp. for the rain that He held back on the day we were playing games. for the transformation He has started in the youth, and especially for just showing up at our camp and moving in the midst of us. :)

2008 will be an exciting year. :)

next week i will be starting my attachment for the semester.

i am quite psyched about it, cos its something i have been praying for.

ohh..and amazingly. the company that i managed to get was my 2nd choice. :)

and i'm really happy. though its all the way in serangoon. :)

pray for me k? pray for good working relations and also for opportunities to at least sow a lil. :)

anyhoo, happy new year everyone! :)

may it be one that sees personal growth in you. 

while reading my past entries, i realise that there were so much going on behind the scenes that i so easily masqueraded. but i thank You, that You always see behind the mask and become my sole comfort. :) i'm looking forward to this new year with You to taste of Your goodness and testify of Your faithfulness. thank You, Lord.  with lots of love, me.