baptism:D

Yesterday was Jean's water baptism:) It brings me memories and hit me that its been so long since i was water baptised! To be precise, it has been 6 years?? I was water baptised when i was in form 3.. I still remember going to Uncle Peter's classes and when i finally made the decision along with some of the other youths..

Water baptism acts like a symbol to publicly declare that you are a follower of Christ. Going into the water is like dying with Jesus on the cross with your sins and emerging from the water again signifies a new, transformed life(spritually) with Jesus for eternity:)

Of course there is not like major changes like you have to stop eating meat or start being holy and stuff.. Its about being convicted to live a more God-like lifestyle! I remember the time mummy got water baptised! One of the most significant changes was she had better mood, she scolded us less! haha! at that time i remember telling myself, waaa God is so powerful! Mummy is less in a bad mood now! haha~~

Congrats Jean! :):)

Lets see if i can find a picture of my water baptism!

oooh! Got! haha! in our church we wore this dark robes... and there is a baptism pool behind the wall! :P

:) Have a great week!

quickie!

Just a quick quick post, while im waiting for my apricot chicken to simmer:)

UPDATES!

Despite the very busy rushing for assignment week, managed to do the quiz and after a quick catch up session with the girls:) My most favourite time in Brisbane.. Where all our nonsense unleash :P All us laughed so hard! West End's little greek food was not bad! :)

Looking forward to more in the next 100 days! :):)

smiley day ;)

Here i am blogging again, although i have a quiz on wednesday which i havent started studying for! But but but... i realised i blog an average of 100 posts per year and now i have barely only written 50.. And its already the end of august! so maybe its time to put more memories down.. :) *alah! wanna blog just say lor...no need putar belit*

Today i ran double the length i usually ran on the threadmill leh! So proud of myself! :):)

but i havent loss any weight:( tomorrow go again! teehee!

Dinner was awesome, fried macaroni *modified recipe from Kar May*

When you're happy, everything seem to be brighter:)

Stress! :P

So stress lah! Seriously, this weekend is my hard core assignment weekend! Since its my hard core weekend, why am i exactly blogging? I need break lah! i think the main reason why im not finishing my assignment even when i started on thursday is because im too distracted and too slow! :P

Updates updates! :)

Graduation dates are out! Finally! 7th Dec 2011, 11am! :) :)

Super happy and relief coz mummy and daddy can finally get their tickets and start planning! Its abit early though and the little brother still has school so they wont be here for long.. On the other hand, the Singapore side of the family is coming! From initially only two to now 7 of them! They havent got their tickets but i feel so honoured and extremely loved. I mean Australia is not a cheap place and coming all the way here to attend my graduation shows how big a day of my life it will be :) * have to work hard and make sure i graduate*

On the other hand, you see the countdown timer on your right?? Yes mummy got my tickets and im flying home soon! Oklah 111 days is not soon coz thats like 1/3 of a year but im gonna treasure it to the max. Its kindda confirmed that im going back for good and my heart still do that somersault when i emphasize the "for good" part.

But i guess its for the better.. I hate to admit it but 3 years is more than enough of an experience. Ive learnt to be independant, endured a long distance relationship, break my record of crying the hardest and most, grow from a quiet person to the most talkative person and have met the weirdest of weird ppl.. So i think thats enough for now.. :)

After much exercise, my skin is glowing!!hahaha! Have to keep it up and loose 2 kg's at least by December!!! Go go go!! :)

Oh oh oh! Meet 2 new girls:) May yan and Irene!

The last of the July goodbyes

I wasnt intending to blog, but i came across something special so i thought it would be worth it to put it here to remember for life:)

Jeff was the last of the July batch graduations to leave for good.. And possibly the chance of meeting again would be slim. But of course we all know that God has a better plan for him and if any of us has the chance to go to Mauritus for our honeymoon we would have a tour guide to find:)

He cooked us a very filling dinner just hours before his flight! :) Thank You Jeff for the dinner and for the testimony on your blog. Though ill remember you as the "like to steal my monopoly deal property" friend, you have been a great blessing to UQ8:) Continue to shine God's light to the people around you!

and finally...here is the testimony he wrote for me and Wen Huey on his blog:)

"Esther and Wen Huey. I’m very happy when you both are together. Seriously Esther, has the heart to listen and care for her friends. Wen huey, a girl of compassion and love, she knows how to appreciate the friendship she has. This two characteristic will let both of you to watch each others back. “Simple is a blessing” I will remember these words. There were some people who told me that I’m too simple in terms of fashion. But yes, I do not care because I like to take it easy for I have better things to do than spending 2 hours in the bathroom styling my hair. I hope that one day we can have the mini dinner like you both planned for me."

1.06am

Its 1.06am now and i just came home from Jeff's farewell party half an hour ago. Great time of fellowship and monopoly deal time:) Really enjoy my time with my fellow UQ8-ians. Great heart to heart talk and just pure fun time together.

Anyways the week is rolling well so far.. Assignments are starting to come in and i feel busier than before with other roles totake up too in lifegroup and church. But thank God for giving me the chance to rise up and really learn. Really keep me in track and help me to have faith in God:)

Ooooh im starting to like my fringe even more, now that its longer. I liked before but was discouraged but now i like it again! hehe!

Should i study a little for monday's 8am quiz or sleep and wake up earlier tomorrow?? hmmmm~~~

Nando's night

After a week of going to the gym diligently, im starting to crave for weird things like super oily food and heights! Yes heights! i feel like going on a cable car!! :P

So after class, suppose to head down to the city with the girls but turned out the other girls were busy so only me, YC and Rach had dinner together! Decided on Nando's since it was the nearest...

After that grocery shopping! Ever since ive started taking nutrition courses, my shopping is becoming more and more healthy..

Did you know that yoghurt has a higher Calcium content than milk? and the funny thing is yoghurt is made from milk... Yoghurt has a more absorbable amount of Calcium... So although in general the both may contain the same amount, we tend to absorb at least double the amount of Calcium from yoghurt:)

hehe thats just a random nutrition fact!

Thats what friends are for.

Friends are the ones that stick with you through thick and thin. The same friend may not be there for every down situation nor every up situation but they will be there at some point of that up or down moment. Truly im blessed to have such wonderful friends. I have a friend to run to for that kitchen disaster, a friend for friendship problems, a friend who loves shopping at padini as much as i do, a friend to remind me of the blessings i have and of course a friend who can relate to boyfriend problems:)

There are friends that we may think we would never clique coz he/she is different in skills and talents but when it comes to food we are all the same! :)

Today had an awesome catch up session with Su Sin and Connie:) Yumcha was good but the catch up was better :P

housemates too are great friends:D at least there is someone to listen to my complains after a harsh day :)

Even better one of my bestest friends replied my email with great advice :)

"Don't try to change X anymore, Esther. It's going to hurt you a lot more. If you are going to change yourself, be a more positive happy you :) Dont change like, "I am going to be more tolerant to what X does". NO. That is for X sake. Change something like, "I am going to spend more time pampering myself" or "I need more sleep so I look pretty tmrw". When you focus on yourself, you will not be thinking about X. Be happy about something you did for yourself rather than waiting for X to make you happy. When you treat yourself good, you'll be happy. Don't be guilty for we, you and me have tried a million ways to please them. It's time we put the focus back to ourselves. Don't think too much about what you're doing and if your actions are going to hurt who n who n whatever. As long as it is not against the law and our heart, do happy things! Don't think so much about the consequences " (Jessica,2011)

*X has been replaced in case of misunderstanding*

its time to start being happy for my self, coz its just to tiring trying to please others all the time

pain:(

The pain is killing me.. Tried out body combat at UQ's gym yesterday and today my muscle's aching like crazy! :( but nevertheless it was a good workout session! one full hour! looking forward to more.. hehe!

waiting for the trainer! :P

1 week down

So the first week of my final semester has come and gone.. Nothing much so far except assignments pouring in but other than that ive just been in my room watching dramas :) oooh and ive been spending lots of time sleeping.. I donno why ive been feeling really tired and only after sleeping more than 8 hours is enough..

All is good and im trying to treasuremy days here in Brisbane..

Im too lazy to blog now.. hopefully something more interesting in life happens thats worth an update :P

If only Brisbane has a view like this to see once in awhile:)