Tuesday, March 21, 2006
I have discovered something really amazing!! well, amazing to me really :) today after work, I met Paul and we went to have a snack at Ghim Moh market. So many memories! anyway, i wanted to eat carrot cake.. but the stall was closed. Then I felt like eating chwee kueh. but they finished selling. so i felt like eating tang yuan.. but the stall was closed. hmph. :( was quite sad so i decided to go to 7-11 (where they used to sell absolut vodka at the counter in these really cute small bottles) and there i found coloured twisties!! at first i thought that they would be colourful but when i opened the bag, i found normal bbq curry twisties.. which are my favourite. i felt ripped off but then i saw the instructions [yes there were instructions] and discovered that when you eat it, your tongue will change colour!! so paul and i took turns eating. i ate one and stuck out my tongue at him then he ate one and stuck his tongue out at me. it was like the 'laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh' in scary movie after the "WASSUUPPPP.. LAAAAAAHHHH" :D after a while we realised the only colours our tongues were turning were yellow and green. :(
on another note, batch outing to sentosa was so fun!! :) just that i got burned and charred to a crisp :( my shoulders, shoulder blades and neck hurt so much. i can't even put my shirt on without wincing. :( and on that day it was 35 degrees!! :) but it was fun :)
OOH. i hate uni apps.
1:03 AM
Saturday, March 11, 2006
I got this off Jabez's blog. :) thought it was really nice :) happy reading!
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There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small NewEngland town.
One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty, bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and, as if in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through town yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage.
On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?"
"Just some old birds," came the reply.
"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.
"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em fight. I'm gonna have a real good time."
"But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you do?"
"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."
The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for thosebirds, son?"
"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"
"How much?" the pastor asked again.
The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"
The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.
The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot. Setting the cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.
Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then thepastor began to tell this story.
One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, Ijust caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.
Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"
"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked.
"Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly.
"How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.
"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill you. You don't want those people!!"
"How much?" He asked again.
Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life."
Jesus said, "DONE!"
Then He paid the price.
The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the pulpit.
1:58 AM
Saturday, March 04, 2006
results are out and i am so relieved and most of all, grateful. the whole day (and the day before that.. well starting from the day i knew my results were coming out on the 1st) was terrible because i was so anxious.
on wednesday, since my index number is somewhere at the back, i had to wait while ms koh handed out everyone's results and testimonial. people like adeline and clarence were in front of me, which was stressful enough. :( naturally they got their 4 As and i was really happy for them but i was so like -bounce bounce- then came my turn and i looked at my result sheet. U for maths S can.. but heck i'm not that upset about it. and shockingly, merit for chem S. :D hee hee. i didn't really react until later when i found pei xuan. then i hugged her so hard. and i started to cry :) she did AWESOMELY. :) hee. so proud of her. :)
i want to dedicate this entry to those who have helped me along, encouraged me and stuff. :) To God, who gave me strength, perserverance, love, friends to support me, my family to support me, wonderful teachers, once-in-a-lifetime opportunites. All this is possible because of You. You have given me hope as well and i'm so so thankful for all You've done for me. Thank you so much. :) I love You!!
To my family, for driving me to my breaking point at times. :) I'm sorry for losing my temper and for giving your stress because i know that you did this all for me. For always putting snacks in my room so that I have food when I study :) and for buying that hot water kettle in case I needed my coffee rush :) thank you for the little things. They made a world of difference. :)
To my teachers!!! Ms Koh, Ms Lee, Ms Hor, Mr Raufie, Ms Ho!!! Thanks so much for the effort!! I know I've made you want to pull out your hair more than a few times, especially Ms Ho for my GP. Ms Lee, thanks for always having faith in me. You have helped me bring me chem from a D to an A! :) and I'm so so thankful. You have been totally patient and showed nothing but care towards us. Ms Koh, for always buying food for us. :) hee you knew us so well!! :) haha. but thanks for not turning me down everytime i had questions to ask even though you had better things to do :D Ms Hor!! for all the weekends you came down and sat down with me to go over papers and give us model answers and stuff like that. For your time and everything.. for being such a fun, sweet teacher. Love ya! :) Mr Raufie, for making physics more fun and amusing.. and although i still hate the subject, i hate it less!!! :) "there are 3 levels of brightness of a bulb.." but my most value added subject..GP!!! :D Ms Ho!! Thanks so so much!! Without your constant scoldings and lecturings and your marking my lousy essays and giving me highly demoralising marks (I mean this in the best possible way) I would never have gotten what I did.. thank you. :D
MY FRIENDS!! :D all those who studied with me after school, saturdays and even sundays!! Paul and Darryl with their "I DWEAMMMMMM!!" that echoed down the hall with the chat rooms. Tze Hui with her classroom she always took over. The councellors, tm, paula, hy, hy, xy :) always in the canteen studying :) geri and desmond who would pop their heads into the chat room to say hi and take my mind off stress. Pei Xuan and her quiet corners around the school.. how she found them i can never imagine.. i always landed up in the noisy ones. -.- and for all those i didn't mention or forgot, i'm sorry. but i thank you so much.. for the laughter and everything. Stress relief. :)
I really treasure my life in RJ. It's hard to believe that this chapter of my life is closed. It was so short!! RG was wonderful.. RJ life was too short. If I could, i would relive J1 all over again.. with Ireland and all. Really really love all my friends. I have no regrets in going to RJ and I thank God that He has allowed me to meet them all. My life would be emptier without them.
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