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What, you trippin' ? Friday, March 30, 2007 Man. Today was an interesting day. Reached school at 10am. Went to the computer lab in AS7 to use the stupid SPSS. I think I'll just make my own tables, lol. At about 11am, I was wondering what else I had to do, when the fire alarm rang. I thought it was quite funny. Everyone looked up, then resumed to their computers. A while later, a guy walked and kinda waved his hand towards the door. Everyone looked up, then resumed to their computers. Lol. It wasn't until this woman came in and announced "Hi, Please log off and leave the lab. Log off now, and leave the lab!" then people started moving out. I guess.. in a sense, everyone presumes that it was probably a drill or a false alarm. In that sense, the alarm's not reliable anymore. As Char said, we prolly need smoke before we evacuate, haha :P I managed to get a red discussion room for Char, YY (ying yin) and my Japanese project. It was quite funny.. everyone looked in and seemed a bit stunned. I guess cos I was wearing red, so I was a bit harder to find, haha. Another group shared with us and turned out, one of them was yy's friend, lol. We completed our project pretty quickly, comparing to all our other meetings. Celebrated with IScream yogurt and tako pachi. Char and I then headed to Cine to watch Freedom Writers. Freedom Writers is a super good show la. I feel like getting the dvd. The extent to which the teacher went to.. but even more, the stories the students told.. wow. I couldn't help cry a bit.. somehow, it was so sad.. One part of the show, the teacher gave an assignment, for students to grade themselves. This guy gave himself F. The teacher spoke to him outside, saying "I'm not going to let you fail." My.. that was powerful. The show got me thinking a lot. The whole way home, before I slept on the bus. Cos there was an accident, there was a massive jam along the whole stretch of Toa Payoh. The bus had to take an alternative route, so my normal 20mins turned to an hour. If I had to grade myself.. I would prolly give myself an F too. I reached home. Bro was about to pick Mei Mei up from tuition then go off for dinner. I followed them for dinner. Then my sister said, "Hey jie! You wrote "The Parcel" right? We're reading it in class now!" At first, I didn't know wth she was talking about. Then she explained that it was one of my past compositions I wrote when I was in Secondary School. I couldn't even remember the story la. It wasn't only until she gave me a few details, that the whole content of the essay returned to me. I was so shocked. My gosh.. after all this time, they (IJ) still kept it??? My sister then went on to say how she and her friends got so excited ("Clara, isn't this your sister? 2002.. yeah!!! it's her!!!") My sister said I was drama though, haha. She reminded me of how much I loved to write. My gosh.. I haven't written a story for a long time. Plus, the way she described my work.. she really read it. Moreover.. I could feel that she was really proud. Somehow.. that just made my heart soar. Even though I didn't show it (I couldn't anyway - I was sitting at the back), I felt really really happy. It's times like these.. that I feel I can be a B.. even an A. :) PS: Haha, just for laughs. Char and I left cine and walked towards heeren. On the way, we were playing the fool and being dramatic, so we did a big *GASP*. It just so happened, there was a smoker in front of us, who exhaled a huge cloud. Let's just say.. we found ourselves not gasping, but hacking for breath :P [Char was smarter though - she ended her gasp much quickly than mine. Ass. ] Cheers! "Data is Preciousssss" Thursday, March 29, 2007 I screwed up my presentation like shit la. I went to my tutor's office to present my project. In the end, I wasn't even clear on my own theory. HAIZ. I'll be lucky if she even gives me a 2. There goes 10%. I have to chiong my project now. All the way. Argh. On the bright side, at least my tutor was friendly. It felt more like consultation rather than presentation, lol. I think she comes from China, cos she speaks Chinese super fast and fluently, but when she speaks English, her speech speed is cut by at least half, lol. She said something really funny though: "Data is Precioussssss" Hwahahahahahahahahahaaaa!!! :D By e way.. Kekkaishi rocks :) Projects Survival. Monday, March 26, 2007 I. Have. To. Survive. 4 projects. 2 down, 2 to go. I have to get over this hurdle of a Methods of Social Research Project. Heck that I'm surviving on 3 hours of sleep today. I MUST. YOSH!!! Perserve!!! To all who are engulfed in projects too --> Ganbatte!!! I'm praying for all of ya! ;) 3-in-1. Tuesday, March 20, 2007 I've been blogging a lot lately. I think it's stress from projects. Argh. Laugh of the day: Me: Mum was explaining to her friend about the Trinity. She called it "san he yi" (3-in-1, lol!) Char: That's like the instant coffee!!! Me: Instant Goodness! Char: Just add Holy Water!!! Selina: OKaaaaayyy.. Wadever!!! HWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!! :D :D :D Back to work. haiz. the smallest things. Monday, March 19, 2007 God seems to be coming back to my life in the smallest ways. Last sunday, my friend wanted to come back to church again. Since I had to sing for choir, he sat alone at a pew near us. When I told Therese about him, she said "wow! prodigal son!". Next thing we knew.. the gospel reading was about just that. We immediately turned and looked at each other, lol. Man.. how apt.. I had a rough day today. Got up late. At the end of school, I felt extremely stressed and depressed, because I have 3 projects due really soon. I really felt like plugging into my ipod and just mentally running away from it all. Yes.. it's called escapism. It's really late.. but I think, a lesson learnt, is to do project right after the module's tutorial. That's what I did for English, and it works. I was waiting for my bus when Nicole hopped out of a shuttle. I think she's Godsent. I felt so much better and optimistic after talking to her. We went to Cafe Cartel for waffle and crepe (ice cream does wonders, though it gets its revenge later on) and just chatted. As I walked home, I plugged in and felt at peace. The only thing to do about my projects - just do it. To my friends who prolly have projects as well.. Jia you!!! All the way!!! :D Any noise annoys an oyster, but a noisy noise annoys an oyster more! :) Saturday, March 17, 2007 Wow. I must say, this food hunt exceeded my expectations. It rocks :) Haha, yes.. i joined an NUS activity. It's a competition called Food Hunt, where teams of 4 run around singapore to various food stations. Initially, I joined to support serene as she was the project head. Hui Luan, Alicia and Sylvia joined too. However, Sylvia had cca committments, so her mum took over, lol! :D We first met at NUS Central Library, for briefing and going through rules and regulation. Done by Serene and Bao Chuan, Serene looked so capable and Bao Chuan was waving like a queen - it was super funny la! :D There, we were given our map and assigned our facilator - this guy called Jackson. He's quite a nice guy, haha. Turns out each stop has a clue to be solved too and each stop has different points allocated to it. The team with the most number of points is the champion. I just came back from this food hunt, so the description will be quite brief. I'll prolly updated it again soon, haha :P 1st stop: XO Fish Bee Hoon @ kopitiam in buona vista (near Syl's house!) Rating: *** Game played --> Memory cards, don't open the joker! 2nd stop: Swensen's Ice Cream @ Holland Village Didn't managed to eat this due to long queue. Game played --> "7-up" 3rd stop: Carrot Cake @ a market in Bukit Timah, near Beauty World Rating: ***** The sugar cane juice opposite it rocks! Game played --> Memorise all 3 Mrt lines 4th stop: Fried Hokkien Mee @ the same market in Bukit Timah Rating: ***** Game played --> Each person has to balance one poker card against the other and it has to stand 5th stop: Kaya toast & Tea @ Killiney Kopitiam in Bukit Timah Rating: **** Game played --> Tongue twister (Refer to title! Super fun!!! :D) 6th stop: Duck Rice @ market in Tiong Baru Rating: ** No game. 7th stop: Bah Chor Mee @ food court in Vivocity Rating: *** The potato croquettes from the Japanese stall are pretty good! Game played --> Use numbers of 4 cards, via multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, to form the final sum of 24 8th stop: Fried Crab Claws @ Pitstop Cafe, Circular Road in Raffles Place Rating: *** Game played --> A board game, which was quite interesting. We each had to write a name, place and thing on 3 cards. After which, Person A takes any person's card, puts it on her forehead and asks questions about it. The others can only answer Y/N. After the guess, the pawn can be moved. Win when pawn reaches the end. 9th stop: Curry Chicken Noodles @ some foodcourt in Raffles Place area I didn't eat - I don't really like curry. Game played --> Pictionary 10th stop: Fish & Chips @ Botak Jones in Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 Rating: **** Game played --> "Telephone line". It was memorising the whole committee of the Food Hunt la. Project Head=Serene. Secretary=Shu Ping. Treasurer=Titus. PR=Zhi Qing. Publicity=Serena. Marketing=Michelle. Logistics=Xing Yu. Programme Head=Bao Chuan. Programme I/Cs= Bing De, Cindy, Yu Lin. Man.. I'm good :) 10th stop: Aglio Olio @ Miss Clarity's Cafe in Bugis Rating: **** Apparently, the chicken chop with cheese is quite a hit. Game played --> I liked this game. Test how well your friends know ya, lol. Questions were asked about Person A. The rest's answers to this question must be the same (unanimous? Forgot how to spell, haha :P) 11th stop: Wanton @ some eating place opposite Bugis Junction Rating: * One word to describe the wanton - pathetic. Game played --> Taboo I feel very happy and healthy. Run, eat, Run, eat.. it feels super good la. I must say.. overall, the food was really good. I'm gonna ask serene for all the other food places and seek them out, heh heh. Looking forward to the next food hunt! :D By e way... the first thing I did when I reached home, was to sit on the porcelain throne. Yes.. good food turned to crap. What a waste. (pun! HAHA :P) Projects. Argh. Gonna meet with the zzzzzzzzzzz now. *grinz* This will do. Sunday, March 11, 2007 I'm trying hard to be thick-skinned, to brush it off, to act like I don't care.. but I can't help it if I feel stung.. if I feel affected.. if I feel like I'm a bother.. it hurts so bad. Why do I bother. Ignore this post, cos I just need to rant. I'll be better. Maybe it's just pre-menstrual symptoms, this over-sensitiveness of mine. Forget it. A friend of mine called me easy-going. Maybe that's what I'm supposed to be. After all, I have everything I need. This will do. Sunday reflections. Man, today was one heck of a Sunday. My gosh. Today, I brought my friend to church. He hasn't been to church in quite a while. I wasn't sure of what to expect - to be truthful, I felt rather scared. Like.. of all people, why me? I'm not the best catholic in the world. I'm afraid.. I'll let people down. Again. I think.. my greatest fear.. is letting people down. Especially when they have expectations. In a sense.. other than time-consumption, maybe that's why I've been steering clear of CCAs and organising stuff. .. so I never have to be in such a situation ever again. Thank goodness, God works in mysterious and wonderful ways. Today's mass turned out to be organised by the Youth. Initially I was skeptical - the last Youth Mass I attended.. was a disaster. Today though, I felt it was so appropriate for my friend. The youth in charge went through, explaining the meaning of the different sections of the mass. The choir was pretty good too - good selection of hymns. In all.. I was impressed and thankful. During mass, the priest was mentioning the "WOW" effect. Initially, I thought he was being lame. Then suddenly, he asked us to reflect.. when was the last time we "WOW"-ed because of God? and, if we haven't, why not? It hit my heart, like an arrow hitting its target and breaking upon impact. It made me reflect on my relationship with God. I think it's.. stagnant. I dunno. In a sense.. he feels like a family member.. but, how can I show how I care to Him? I can show to my family folks through actions and words.. but to God? I mean, do i even need to? Since He prolly knows what's in my mind already and every little thing about me, lol.. I'm quite sure He knows me better than me. Maybe.. God is reaching to me, through this friend. I'll see where this takes me then.. and find out whether it'll take me back to God. Must.Be.Motivated.To.Work.&.Study! Tuesday, March 06, 2007 Projects.. haiz. I have to get my motivation up manz.. Haha, I got this email from my parents. It's quite interesting. Cell Phone vs. Bible I wonder what would happen if we treated our Bible like we treat our cellphones? What if we carried it around in our purses or pockets? What if we turned back to go get it if we forgot it? What if we flipped through it several times a day? What if we used it to receive messages from the text? What if we treated it like we couldn't live without it? What if we gave it to kids as gifts? What if we used it as we traveled? What if we used it in case of an emergency? What if we upgraded it to get the latest version? This is something to make you go...hmmm...where is my Bible? Oh, and one more thing. Unlike our cell phone, we don't ever have to worryabout our Bible being disconnected because Jesus already paid the bill! | |