Thursday, May 25, 2006
this is a little delayed, but i have (not so) recently become obsessed with pride and prejudice. :) the one with colin firth!! :) actually, i never considered reading it until chui ying asked me whether i had read it. she said it was really nice so i went to buy it. i bought the one with the blue cover, since those are the cheapest. those are about $5.00. can't go wrong there. :)
i just want to say that mr darcy is so.. ideal. :) i absolutely LOVE the bbc version! there could not be a more perfect mr darcy than colin firth. i watched the one with keira knightly with liu rui, robyn, chui ying and kelvin.. and i must say that it was not as satisfying as the bbc version. ah well.. it was such a nice book and such a nice movie!! :D
just came back from dinner with addy, inez, tq and sherm. :) the rg/rj girls. we went to nydc at holland village and it was really enjoyable. sherm ordered an oreo cheesecake so when it came i ate some. :D the texture was a little like plastic and it was not cold. tq did not believe her and poked a small bit of it and deduced that it was only a little cold. sherm then proceeded to grab the cheesecake with her fingers and said something like "you call THIS a little cold?!" a bit of it was already eaten by some of us.. namely sherm and i but we asked them to exchange it. the waitress was not very obliging.. but that's ok. :) the hilarious part was about 15 minutes later, sherm wondered whether they would be pissed at her if she asked for her cheesecake. hee hee. then after that when she asked for it, they gave her the same slice! :) hahahahaha. she was quite pissed actually.. then she grabbed it with her fingers again and said that it was only slightly colder and that it was still like plastic. -.- it was really funny. :) i enjoyed myself a lot today. i really miss being with them.
alrighty gonna go bathe now. nightey! and God bless.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
hi hi :) haven't been back here in a month. -.- really long time. anyhoo, this weekend has been one of the most amazing, spiritually-enhancing weekend ever!! i never realised i could have so much fun at church. :) i suppose being a Catholic, it's less charismatic, but after the youth in the spirit seminar at church, i felt a kind of peace and connection with God that I haven't felt in a long time. :)
it started with michelle asking me to sign up for it. i was quite apprehensive because firstly, it was for the people aged 13-21 and i was already at the upper end, which frankly speaking, does not feel too good. secondly, i didn't know anyone who was going.. well, anyone who i was close to anyway. i mean.. nichole was always my buddy in this kind of thing back in secondary school when we were still attending catechism. thirdly, well, i'm kind of antisocial in church so.. yeah. i believed myself to be one of those who wouldn't attend this kind of thing.
it started on friday. kelda and aunty phyllis were there so it wasn't too bad :) at least i had company. there was praise and worship and it was only for 2 hours so the schedule wasn't too packed that night. i felt so out of place because the youth there.. [i don't really consider myself as part of the youth anymore. too old. :)] were so enthusiastic and i was so.. not and old. i felt really out of place but towards the end i started to enjoy myself a little. :)
i went back the next day and i met this girl named yvette who, like me, just finished her As and she just converted to Catholicism! *applaud* once again i was kind of alone because kenneth and kelda came late. ooh and kenneth brought his girlfriend who is so pretty but anyway, yvette and i were kind of like kindred spirits. [ah zhen qing right..] so i sat with her in the morning. the charismatic group from Christ the King came down and they are so amazing! the guy who was talking, Christian, is so.. eloquent and so charismatic. :) he was really amazing. i had to leave early cuz i had my final theory test. -.- but i passed so i'm really happy. :) so i went back to church and ate lunch with yvette then after that i went for alumni, where i really enjoyed myself because i was with the people i love most!! :D after alumni, paul and i went to watch the da vinci code. which really was a disappointment. :( but oh well.
on sunday i went to church then i went to collect tickets for x3, which i'mr eally excited about. :) then i went back to church. aunty phyllis wasn't there so i asked aunty cecilia where she was and she said she wasn't there yet so i was like OH NO. :( i really had no one. i mean i did know some people but not enough for me to sit down with them and talk. then she pointed to john mark and barry and said you know them right? then i said yea.. cuz we were in the same confirmation year. it was really quite upsetting that i didn'thave any girls my age there. fortunately, if ound out that iw asn't the only one who felt really old. even they did! that didn't not make me feel much better given the fact that i am older than they are -.- anyway, i was just sitting with them and chris too. didn't really talk to them much until the end of the seminar after the praying over. the praying over by the leaders was so wonderful.. to see all the youth resting in the spirit. i have to admit that my experience this time wasn't the same as the last, but it was an experience nonetheless and i am so grateful to God that He gave me the opportunity to attend this seminar. I feel more spiritually-enriched, and i got to know some people better in that 9.5 hours than i have in the 9.5 years that i've known them. God truly is great. after dinner when the leaders were praying in a room, all of us were sitting in the canteen and someone started singing "sanctuary" which is a beautiful beautiful hymn. :) then final song before the session closed was this, which is one of my favourite songs:
say to those who are fearful hearted, "do no be afraid..
the Lord your God is strong, with His loving arms when you call on His name, He will come and save."*
*He will come and save you, He will come and save you.
Say to the weary one, "Your God will surely come, He will come and save you.."
He will come and save you, He will come and save you.
Lift up your eyes to Him, you will arise again.
He will come and save you..
say to those who are broken hearted, "do not lose your faith..
the Lord your God is strong, with His loving arms when you call on his name, He will come and save."*
He is our refuge in the day of trouble,
He is our shelter in the time of storm,
He is our tower in the day of sorrow,
our fortress in the time of war.*
At the end of the seminar, we all stood in a circle with arms around each other and just praised God and it was such a powerful time. There was only love for each other. Thank you, Lord, for the seminar..
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