Singlish

Shan & Ross - my favourite DJs (maybe, ex)


But how good is this ang moh Tyler?! Helps that he looks :D



Shan, stop speaking Singlish your Irish accent I still favour

Goodnight x

Varian:

★Gi says:
can i say again you're a fantastic friend I'm so thankful God shoved us into each other's lives

-varianangmingjie; LIFE'S SHORT, PADDLE HARD says:
ure lousy la

-varianangmingjie; LIFE'S SHORT, PADDLE HARD says:
SHOVED

★Gi says:
hahahaha

★Gi says:
for the lack of a better word


-varianangmingjie; LIFE'S SHORT, PADDLE HARD says:
U THINK GOD USE SHOVED?




Varian you seriously rock my socks off x


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★Gi says:
jokes varian you're amazing!

★Gi says:
GOODNIGHT!

-varianangmingjie; LIFE'S SHORT, PADDLE HARD says:
of course i am

-varianangmingjie; LIFE'S SHORT, PADDLE HARD says:
lol

★Gi says:
get some sleep remember paddle as hard as possible

-varianangmingjie; LIFE'S SHORT, PADDLE HARD says:
im varian

-varianangmingjie; LIFE'S SHORT, PADDLE HARD says:
AND IM NOT DEAD

-varianangmingjie; LIFE'S SHORT, PADDLE HARD says:
zz



uhhhhhmmmmm. Right. Don't put 'MJ - R.I.P' okay? Use Michael Jackson. Some people's chinese names have the initials of M and J too :D :D :D

This is what I miss:

(Pardon the lousy quality pictures the blood relation brought the d60 across the bridge)


Minimal effort to mess up the room, i know, i like it that way thankyouverymuch (am not speaking on my parents' behalf :D)



Where I spend most of my life



This I miss the most: hanging on the balcony watching the sunset


Goodbye, korean food at east coast? Sounds fab x

Michael Jackson dead.

And the king of pop has left the world mourning.





"Motown legend Quincy Jones, who produced Jackson's seminal album Thriller, said: "For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don't have the words.


"He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him."


Madonna, perhaps the only artist who could rival Jackson's fame and influence in the 1980s, said: "I can't stop crying over the sad news. I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats, but his music will live on forever!


"My heart goes out to his three children and other members of his family. God bless."



Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death and would handle the investigation. "


The Courier Mail
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25692750-7642,00.html


God Bless x

The sun's coming to shine on this occasion

Lately (say in the past 6 hours), everything's been about the sun.


Did someone say SINGAPORE cos that's where i am baby! The plane ride was awfully enjoyable! There was no one to my right, and a fellow burmese/singaporean usyd student on my left. And then there was a pretty nice indian engineering lecturer (TAFE) further down.

Seriously, flying is such a great opportunity to make friends(:

Anyways, it must be the mocha that kept me awake and allowed me to spam movies! Who said Watchmen was horrible because its the complete opposite!! It's so smart and funny in a clever way!

He's just not that into you is also one of the best chick flicks i've caught, like, seriously, i rate it!

Okay so I walked out of the arrival hall with my new found friend hey, and for a moment I couldn't find anyone, which was weird cos usually they'd be hanging around the entrance. And then I spotted the six, and started walking towards them.

Only to see 6 smiling faces and hear the word 'STOPPPPP!' when I was like 5 metres away.

Them: STOPPP!!!!
Me: *stops* Huh?
Them: SWINE FLU!!!! TWO METRES AWAY PLEASE!!!!



I know, I know. But seriously being home is just the best feeling in the world, nevermind the heat. (and the fact that my brother and his friend bought masks for me to wear in the car because they didn't want to be infected DID SOMEONE SAY PARANOIA LOL)

Anyway, I've been packing my room because it feels like the worst room in the house, its so unused, and I need to get down to finishing half-written blog posts.


So in the meantime I hope all who are in Sydney is enjoying the weather because you should appreciate it, and I hope all in Singapore will not avoid me because even though I have a flu and a cough it doesnt mean I have H1N1 they cleared me at the airport that should be enough.


Leave a message x

l'amour

Even though I had a thousand and two things to do before I finally pack up and leave for Singapore, I wanted to share what I realised a couple days ago, but took me a very good conversation with amazing people until 330am and basically the last 48 hours for it to sink in.

See, in french, everything has a gender.

For example, a car is female - hence, la voiture.

la = female (something like THE)
le = masculine

Love, in french, is amour.

le + amour = l'amour.

Love, in french, is masculine.



I like it - how its masculine. Isn't it so appropriate?



Love is like a hurricane - it takes your breath away. Masculine, it is strong and dependable, it is passionate and fiery.

But Love is also like a gentle breeze - it gives you peace. Masculine, it is gentle and sensitive, vulnerable yet not weak.





Yes, all at the same time.


I hope you all have a very good holiday Do not miss me too much We shall meet again soon x

Facebook confusions

The FUNNIEST thing happened I am laughing so hard now (yes to myself) it hurts and im crying (tears of joy of course)


so i went to the homepage on FB, and the first thing I saw posted was this:






HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAH
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

(i am not even exaggerating i tried calling germs on the extension to tell her about this but she was on the phone!!!!!)


CAN YOU SEE IT?!?!?!?!!



It says:


Patrick Chua hi G r u there? 14 minutes ago


Isn't it hilarious doesn't it make you laugh out loud BECAUSE ITS THE FUNNIEST THING THAT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST FOR TODAY.


My father asked if I was on fb writing on his status How did he think he was going to succeed getting my attention - wait, he did - and made me hysterical at the same time.

Brilliant.

I need to call him x

Everydays, and one day

Sometimes I just want to scream,

Shout, at the top of my

Lungs and with all my breath, how much

God loves you


But, I know, I can never

Incorporate His Love and Grace with the limits

Of twenty-six alphabets


And though all energy is spent, inked out on a page

Or more, I wouldn't be able to conquer because

I cannot even fanthom

Life, complete with nails and death,


Forgiveness stands, bridges the great divide

But I spell, shadows of grey long forgotten

The paint brush touches fiery red

And passion, for this is the truth


This is the time.
This is the time.

It is no longer near.


It is now.

Here's a song that will change your life

Well, I saw fireworks from the freeway and behind closed eyes I cannot make them go away
Cause you were born on the fourth of july, freedom ring
Now something on the surface it stings

I said something on the surface really kinda makes me nervous
Who says that you deserve this and what kind of god would serve this?
We will cure this dirty old disease
Well, if you've gots the poison I've gots the remedy

The remedy is the experience
It is a dangerous liaison
I say the comedy is that its serious - Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how you're gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends, when it all amounts to nothing in the end

I won't worry my life away
I won't worry my life away

Well, I heard two men talking on the radio, in a cross fire kind of new reality show
Uncovering the ways to plan the next big attack
Well, They were counting down the days to stab the brother in the be right back
After this the unavoidable kiss, where the minty fresh death breath is sure to outlast this catastrophe
Dance with me, 'cause if you've gots the poison, I've gots the remedy

The remedy is the experience.
This is a dangerous liaison
I say the comedy is that its serious - Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how you're gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends when it all amounts to nothing in the end

I won't worry my life away
I won't worry my life away

When I fall in love, I take my time
There's no need to hurry when I'm making up my mind
You can turn off the sun but I'm still gonna shine and I'll tell you why
Because

The remedy is the experience.
It is a dangerous liaison.
I say the comedy is that its serious - Which is a strange enough new play on words
I say the tragedy is how you're gonna spend the rest of your nights with the light on
So shine the light on all of your friends when it all amounts to nothing in the end.

I won't worry my life away
I won't worry my life away

I won't and I won't and I won't....

(Jason Mraz - The Remedy (I Won't Worry)


Before you judge me, this song was written by Mraz for his best friend who was battling cancer. (They appeared on TRL when it was still on MTV, the friend playing this song together with him. Do you know why I love Mraz, DO YOU REALLY?!!?)


Makes sense now?



It's one of the best songs he's ever written, I must say, one of my favourite-st, which clearly goes to say alot since I actually do love most of his songs.

I guess I just wanted to say how worrying can consume us - it can rob us of our joy and take our focus off what's most important.



Do you really want to worry your life away?


"The remedy is the experience. "

Well, if you've gots the poison, God's got The Remedy.

The nicest thing

I wish you had a favourite beauty spot
That you loved secretly
'Cause it was on a hidden bit
That nobody else could see



I'm so undecided about this song. It feels like I could like it, but then something annoys me, and then I want to hate it, but then something draws me in.

It's not really singing, is it? But the lyrics are fantastic, they belong on a page, not in a song.

It's a shame the skies are grey and gloomy. I wanted to walk out of the exam room to sunshine, but i guess i shall settle for a rainy day[: Seems appropriate for catching up on massive amounts of sleep, oreos, milk, and some movie marathon.

plus, i like how my itunes put coco lee just before coheed and cambria woohoo everything's ten times more fascinating now that i can bludge for the next month and not worry about assignments and tests and homework and readings!

okay i have a right to be random Have an awesome day i hear food a-calling! x

Blue eyes, i just want to sing a song to you

We were talking about the circle line over lunch (anything to procrastinate), and in a bid of finding out exactly where those circle lines run, I googled a map of the MRT stations.

*disclaimer: If you are no singaporean, MRT = Mass Rapid Transit = our highly functional, crowded yet clean, high tech (?) train system (that does not rip money off people, but you cannot eat inside you will get fined)

(oh and there's no such thing as express trains and the likes! SINGAPORE'S TRANSPORT SYSTEM IS SO GOOD!)


So before I launch into a 'ten-reasons-why-i-heart-singapore' post, I must show you the map.





Colour-coded. And terribly, terribly confusing. I shall get used to it, i know i will.


Ripped from a fellow singaporean's blog:

"When people ask me what I am most proud about Singapore, I’d probably say it’s the transportation system. I like the MRT system most as it is clean and decreases commute time. I feeling inspired.

(Possible map of the future of Singapore MRT stations. Click on the image to enlarge, it will open into a new windows.)

Yeah, it’s just a bloody map, but to me, it respresents people’s dreams, the amount of work they have to do to materialize the whole map. It’s Singapore’s plan of the future that keeps me working on. I guess I don’t believe in past that much, the past is great but let’s make our future greater."

[http://beconfused.com/2007/04/26/something-that-inspires-me-about-singapore/]


Yes, i was rendered speechless. Just as you are now. I don't think he/she was even joking about the 'represents people's dreams' bit. Seriously, people, Singapore is so much more than a good transport system, and clearly, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. I thought there was spellcheck now?


Anyways, there was the red, green, purple lines. With the addition of new colours, comes the addition of places i've never even heard before! I thought i knew singapore, but hume?
The circle line (orange) is our latest addition, by the way (runs through ulu places like lorong chuan, thomson, bukit brown [?!?!], kent ridge, pasir panjang [hello other side of the world], and tai seng). The Bukit Timah line is bright blue, the Downtown extension is black, The eastern Region line is blinding yellow, The north coast line is sky blue. Sentosa express (?!) is dark navy blue.



Singapore - multi coloured, or what.

This is what you do to me.

And it's not a bad thing, too.







I am in first gear, wishing I would just switch off this damn electronic thingum already. Third gear hopefully by 3pm in the afternoon, turbo charging my knees to jelly yes that is what i was aiming for! There is no reason why I should not be studying my butt out, I am so free, geraldine you cannot keep dreaming of Singaland and hokkien mee life does not work that way.


Might I add, I realised i liked blogging so much because its therapeutic. It's comforting to know that people read all these rubbish and still want to be my friend. Yay, life does not suck as much as I want it to be. See, read: I want it to suck but Hey i'm human after all. Self pity is a sin, but thank God I am covered in Grace.

Today shall be an awesome day i can feel it in my bones! :D Last night's message was fantastic - What can I do to bless people, that is now my mantra, and only because i want it to be.

I hope you all woke up with a purpose, woke up fully and never shut your eyes again because your dreams are bigger than you thought, made possible with God.

Happy 18th of June x

I know i should be studying: Write me a letter

Dancers:Ben Susak & Pam Chu

Song: "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" by John Mayer

This is a piece choreographed by Wade Robson. He did a shorter version of this for Joshua & Katee for the dance, TV show So You Think You Can Dance.

How sick is Wade Robson?!



Joshua & Katee who are fully awesome.

Since i've gots the poison, Here's the remedy

1 Corinthians 13:10

"but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears"







Apply it to whatever that is going on in your life - i will not put it in words; i will not try to fit that verse into your life. You can do it yourself.

We are the imperfect. He is the perfect. If we are in Him - then I ask, "What imperfections?"


That is all.

Cheshire cat won't you smile for me?

Getting through my A-Zs = compulsive behaviour =




System up with the top down
Got the city on lockdown
Drive by in the low ride
Hands high when we fly by
Fly by, fly by, fly by, fly by





Hot stuff, top stuff, yo we got stuff lolz



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Just want you to know

So, remember how I said a few entries back I was set on conquering my itunes?


I am now in my B's, therefore, Backstreet Boys are crooning their hearts out while I motivate myself to stay motivated to study.


Anyways, there's a lot I can blog about - things to encourage, things I want to share, especially about last night's message.


But at the same time, I feel the need to say how important prayer and communicating with God is.

Open up your hearts, and be receptive. As most of us are students, we either have too happening a life, or one that's basically confined to four walls and piles of books.

And you've probably heard this a million times, but reading the Bible is so important. Because in the midst of our busy routines, we fail to hear God speaking to us. And for me one of the best ways I can actually sit down and hear God is through His Word.

I'm not saying that you should set 5 minutes a day to force yourself to read His word. I'm not saying that books written by Pastors and famous evangelists are unhelpful. I guess I'm saying that God doesn't just want you to read the revelations other people have (although this is extremely good), but to start having your own.

Don't underestimate the power of God to blow your minds away with a line, word, phrase.

Pick up that Bible - for it comforts, and gives hope, and provides wisdom. It grants us strength when our strength seems to be failing us. Make the Book of Life your favourite book - yes, even more than Harry Potter or Twilight (?)

God Bless x

You are beautiful

I want to be beautiful
Make you stand in awe
Look inside my heart,
and be amazed
I want to hear you say
Who I am is quite enough
Just want to be worthy of love
And beautiful

-Beautiful, Bethany Dillon



I know girls who have had their hearts broken. I know girls who give up everything for nothing in return.
I know girls who are strong. I know girls who have walked out of the darkness and into the light.

All these girls are beautiful - and not just on the inside, too.


They need to be told. Tell her - your best friend, your special someone, your mom and sisters and cousins and grandmoms - they are beautiful.

Have a great day x

I love...

How epiphanies come so suddenly and present itself in such a clear formulated way

How random texts incorporates all that love in 5 short-formed words

How lunch with awesome friends always leads to long conversations about life

How the weather seems to be freezing-o but once you step out the glorious sunshine strikes you so hard you must crawl out of your thick jacket

How silence can create itself into something more by building up on its own steady tone and rhythm

How you think people from your past have forgotten you but actually read your blog on a regular basis

How chocolate is really good for your health and does makes you happy

How the former is actually scientifically proven and not just me making castles in the air

How photographs bring back memories, mostly good, and even those that are bad eventually evolve into good ones too

How what you thought was impossible is now possible, and have proven to be so if you would just sit down and reflect on the video of your life, not the snapshot

How life seems manifested once you step over and out of your shell and view the world and you from a third person's perspective

How God was, is and will be. He's been fantastic, is being fantastic, and will continue being fantastic.

Open up your eyes, God is the DJ, the world's your stage turn it into a dance floor

Have a very good day. Be as random as you can possibly be, sing happy songs on the top of your voice, bust out some crazy moves on the street, and tell the people you love, you love them. And show them too x

I wanna be your boogieman

"Drop a pebble in a lake and eventually the ripples go beyond what you’re capable of seeing. If you can touch, move, or inspire just one person in your lifetime, it will have a powerful impact on the world.

Live knowing that your extraordinary actions will still be resonating across that lake for 7 generations and then some. "


- Jason Mraz


Good day sunshine,
You're my favourite x

Jaded

12pm: Wake up
1pm: Have breakfast/lunch
2pm - (fill in the blanks): Study a bit, procrastinate a lot.



I'm so pumped up its almost holidays can you sense the anticipation rising in the air?!
I love my sleep and can see the holidays being a very hot, sleepy, fat one.


Also, i am motivated to listen through ALL the songs on my itunes. 2979 songs, 8: 15: 43: 23 total time, 16.76GB. And I haven't even finished transferring most of the files up to itunes yet. And I haven't even begun thinking of the massive amounts of torrenting I am about to do once I HIT home.

[Aerosmith is playing - yes, As FTW]

Singapore is calling out to me like moth to a flame Why on earth am I trying to be least poetic about this Eggcited or what!





Please stop reading this page it really is full of rubbish you just wasted that bit of time you could've spent reading page 44 of the textbook I Mean It SHOO
x

kiss me with your eyelashes tonight

Generosity.


This word - generosity - is coined from the word Humility.

To be truly generous, one must first humble himself. In other words, FASTING.



What is fasting?


To many of us, it's the sacrifice of something, be it food or tv or heck, chocolate, for a period of time, and to use that period to thank God.


But see, Fasting is a daily thing. It occurs every day.
God doesn't want us to fast for just a day, to be humble for a period. We should do it all the time - a constant.

Isaiah 58:6

"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?"


Fasting = giving up something. Sacrificing. But what for?


For someone else, of course. The oppressed; people who lack. Fasting, in turn, churns out the term 'Generosity'.

Are you following me? Haha incredibly complicated even I'm not too sure where this is going, or if this is completely correct.


Isaiah 58:7

"Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter - when you see him naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?"

vs 9 - 10

"..do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk...spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed..."


Question: Do you have the heart for people?

Because this life is about people - not just the saved, the blessed and the redeemed, but also the lost, the weary, the oppressed.

Generosity is easy when you have 100 dollars in your pocket, and spare change for the homeless dude on the corner of George Street.

But it becomes particularly hard when there's only 20 dollars left in your bank account, and you have a family to feed.

Generosity is easy when you've always had everything you needed, supplied by friends and family, parents - when you've been blessed all your life. But generosity is nowhere on your mind when you're struggling to pay the debts and have recently lost your job.


I guess, for me, generosity is challenging. We Asians especially (Yes heads up im speaking to you brudda!) keep track of our money like....When we should be keeping track of the sheep that wander in and out of our lives.


Do you see this the way I do? Are we becoming too caught up with ourselves? Are we saving money for that next big purchase, that shopping trip, for the next meal? Are we keeping our wallets closed?

We are selfish. We are, indeed, very non-generous (ingenerous? ungenerous?) by nature. If I have abundant, I'll save it for my family and friends. None for the beggars down the road.

Is that the way we roll?



Sometimes we forget just how blessed we are. We get comfortable with all the good things God pours out upon us because of His great, great love. We then become greedy and dissatisfied. We are then not content with salvation.

Is His grace sufficient for us? Is it REALLY?


I really don't have much of a point to make - i'm just freely sharing my thoughts.


But yeah, the next time you walk down the road and see a homeless drunk - what pops up in your mind?

"If i give him money he'll just spend it on alcohol/cigerattes/gamble it away...i'm helping him by NOT giving him money!"


Is that it? I know many people think that way. I know I used to.


But who are we to judge if a man is evil or good? For there is only One who is good.


Extend generosity. Give freely. Give cheerfully, without judgement. Because really, who are we to judge? Who is anyone else to be able to judge you?


We need to have a passion for people, especially the ones we don't know. The son of God hung out with fishermen and prostitutes - why can't we drop 2 bucks into the box of the next homeless dude we see? Yes, even if he isn't even doing something fantastic like playing the guitar while balancing a bicycle on his head. Bless people, even if its with money.



There is only One who is good. The rest of us are equal - we are all sinners. There is no hierarchy after.

Good night xx

DANCE OR DIE

just rolling through the motions

It's a purfect day for shooting but I am forcing myself to sit still and study. A headstart's a start - so I keep telling myself.

Already dreaming of cold(er) rainy days in singapore, propping myself on the sofa with a duvet and a pillow, mac delivery for lunch (that's the way we roll in singapore ya hear me?!) and nasi lemak for dinner, oreos and HL milk and grey's anatomy marathon IS THAT THE LIFE OR WHAT?!

Okay I need to get back to work, but just wanted to share something about FEAR.

Yes, the F word, the four letter one.

Fear - is really what we should fear most. It is our achilles heel. Fear gets us done in a very crude sense. And really, a lot of us are made up of fear.

I guess what I'm saying is that Fear is a good thing - but we've simply just been afraid of all the wrong things.

I can hand pick so many fears I have right now and this blog post would certainly not be enough to contain them all. I'm sure you have your own fears now - be it financial issues, family problems, relationship turmoils etcetcetc


But it really sums up to this. I asked myself this question last night, and now I want to share this question:

Who/What do you fear?



Because in the Bible, God tells us to Fear Him.

And so often, we've lost this fear - this reverence and respect for The King - but instead, directed all that energy into worrying and being anxious and afraid of all these other nitty-gritty things that really aren't worth the amount of time we spend just sitting down and fretting about.


Isaiah 57:11

"Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear me?"


And it is.

We human beings are straight-thinkers - we don't usually think 'out of the box' God's way. We're so cooped up in our own little worlds, always worrying about the next hour, the next day, the next year.

And when something comes upon us like a tidal wave, we ignore the signs God places - we ignore God.

And we take that silence from God and turn away from Him. We lose respect - we lose hope, we lose our fear.


Do we have a God-encounter in every single thing that we do? Do we see God's hand in every thing that's happening around us? Have we lost our fear for God because to us, He's just sleeping or watching at the sidelines?

Have we lost our fear for God because we take daily miracles - the wind blowing, the sun still shining brightly, people loving - for granted?

Do we not fear Him because we think that we know He will surely forgive us? Because we are comfortable, and are complacent, and think that God will bless us all the time?


To look at all these questions before me....and know that they are applicable; good questions I should ask myself all the time...it just saddens me.

I constantly ask myself - Why? What has the world done to people? What happened in their lives? What broke them? What made them turn away from God? Why can't they see His glory?

And I can't answer any of this questions to full satisfaction, but I know my God reigns and that His ways and thoughts are far bigger and higher than mine.

And I know that I'm so blessed to be caught in grace. To feel God and to experience Him. To have Him control my life.


And that's the way it should be! There is No Equality. God and us are not on the same page, we're not on the same platform, on the same level.

God's always higher than us. He alone has the power and the authority.

Once we lose that sense of respect for Him, we lose the fear.

When we assume that God will forgive us, we're elevating ourselves. We try to be as big as God. We think we know all there needs to know.

I guess that's what's so messed up about this world. We fear the wrong things.

We take that fear we should have for God and direct it to other smaller, less important issues - studies, grades, position, fame, fortune, attention, food.

We take God for granted. But don't you see? Once we start fearing the Lord, all else just becomes so much easier to control because The One worth fearing is The One whose hand is over all else?

Do not lose that reverence, that respect for God. That fear should never dissipitate. He is our best friend, yes.

But He is also Master, King, and Lord.


Do not fight battles not worth fighting. Fear the right things. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." (Proverbs 1:7)


God Bless xx

Freeze, freeze

Fully Awesome

Today started off really well. Today also ended really well.

God's amazing - that no one can deny!

Blue skies with a tinge of summer in the air chased away winter blues. Thai-la-ong did not do the day justice so we had to takeaway and eat on the rooftop (:


So, yesterday, at the bus stop on the way to church, this guy came and asked us for directions. Whilest talking, I realised he very much sounded like me i.e Singaporean, so i asked him if he was. And well, obviously, he was (too much repetition, this i know) We striked up a conversation and then someone asked where he was headed too. In that moment, the opportunity arose, and when he heard that we were going to church, he went: "hillsong, hillsong?". Many times, even on the bus.

So that's where we went. To Hillsong. And even though he's Christian, I'm still so amazed at how wonderful God is.


Plus, if you're still not convinced, Eugene (the guy we met) knows people from church back home - Belle & BAng. Him and BAng are actually coursemates.


It really, literally, blew me away, and I'm just amazed at how God works in our lives! It's something I can never comprehend - EVER.


Isaiah 55:8-9

' "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.
"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."


It's so good that I'm trusting in someone who's far better than me - mightier, more powerful, and with so much wisdom, I cannot fanthom it all!

Indeed, you should be glad Your God's the real deal. I am.

After, we kinda just bludged at 202 and Steven made ice milo (milo-peng ji puay!) yes - WITH the powder on top (MILO DINO!) It was really The. Life. Man. Thank God for malaysian friends who make good, sweet, cold ice milo :D

Bludging is good.

But then partying is also good (:

We held a surprise party for Teresa, who turns/turned 19!

Apparently the theme was Orange/Brown/Everything that Teresa likes - and I sadly didn't know beforehand. Oh wait - I fit the last category of 'Everything that Teresa likes' :D :D :D

But yeah, the food was fantastic, company was great, the games were so old-school but still rocked up heck loads of laughter! To go into detail of the day would be impossible, but I just want to Thank God for it. (Especially Alan who saved me and Fran a long, cold walk back with his fantabulous driving skills)


I'm off to bed now and some God-time before. I shall start some productive studying soon = tomorrow. Yes, I'm not even joking. Red Frogs tmr too at Wesleys/Sancta. It'll be awesome I have no doubt.

Goodnight guys you amazing people xx

Sleep-deprived + 1 cup of coffee =

Hello, I know I'm 18 years old. Some of you say I'm old, some say I'm at my prime age and should be enjoying myself & life to the fullest, some say I'm still. Very. Young.


Anyways, whatever it is, I'm finally legal now, stepping into adulthood and whatever you want it to be. I honestly don't feel any different. It's not like I woke up this morning and felt considerably older and checked the mirror to see if I have any wrinkles or white hair. Nothing of that sort.


Eye Yam Extremely Exhausted, though. I would launch into a whole post about the last 2 days but I'm positively tired right now and am currently using used toothpicks to keep my eyelids open ya hear me brudder?!


Yes this is me at 0058 with 4hours max of sleep and a cuppa from macca's courtesy of young = blabbering nonsense. Took almost 600pictures (SAY PICHAAAZZZ) the last 2 days and my goodness that's sufficient for the past 3 months the camera's been lying dormant Don't say im under utilizing the camo, brother from the same mother!!!!!!

200's up on fb and jeez we really are cam-whores arent we it's really quite scary anyways, last few days have been SWEET AS.....

so thanks to everyone who texted/facebooked/called/gave me gifts! I fully appreciate it! And to those who didn't remember/text/call/fb/ask someone to pass on the msg/email/write me a letter (!!!!) YOU OUGHT TO BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF.

You know i'm joking - I love each and everyone of you. Friendship's not measured by memory, but by the amount of ice limaus + roti pratas + plates of hokkien mees you owe me when i get back. BIG TIME.


Will be back with a proper non-nonsensical post. Suh-leep tight xx

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What's there to greatness?

It's not about seeing the glass half-empty or half-full.


It's knowing that a refill's coming your way.




Pray that you will open up your hearts and ears to God. He is speaking to you. You just need to be receptive, and to respond.

God Bless xx

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WAS MEGA AWESOMEEEEEEE!




I had the best sleep in ages(:

Have a good rest-of-your-day! xx

What's that you're doing?

I promised, and so here I am.




It's nearly the end of the sem, which means lots of work, tests, and of course - results. And even though I'm only a first year, in first sem, I've been doubting my ability to stay afloat in university. What about the 'real world' then - the working life as an adult?



I'll graduate in 3 and a half years. That's way too long. I'm enjoying the transition to being an adult. But more recently, I've been thinking of life beyond studying.

I dream of becoming a journalist. That's why i'm studying, right? So I can get a job?
But who's to say I'll definitely succeed? And even if I do get a job in the media industry, so what? I'll probably be just another mediocre writer who writes about Brangelina or whatever.

Who's to say I can change the world?

As an aspiring journalist, I always tell people I want to travel and write. I want to be a war correspondent because if not me, who else is going to do it? I want to communicate to the masses, and be at the scenes of crime, at danger zones.

But I only say that because it's the easiest way to express why I truely want to be a journalist.

Cheap thrills aside, the main reason why I want to write is simple: I want to impact.

What better way to do it than through poverty and destruction, through loss and deaths?
I know it all sounds horribly morbid, but I'm really a generally normal person. I don't like blood nor gore. I can't even watch saw alone. Hostel nearly killed me.


And I'll bet i'm not the only one who wants to leave a mark on this earth - face it (no point in denying) - We want to be remembered.

Simply put,

We want to change.

We want change.

And so,


We change.


It's really not that hard, is it?

As believers in Christ - that's really our main purpose in life.
It's not about getting straight Aces, nor earning millions of dollars - although it's God's blessing if we do get there.

We were called to be light-bearers. To shine brightly in the darkness.

And before you stop and think that you're a uni bum who isn't even earning your own money, who haven't been doing much in life but studying and partying and generally doing nothing of substance - let me cut in and say:


You are the change. You are change. You change.


Every time you comfort someone, you've changed their life. Every time you make someone laugh, you've changed their life. Every time you offer a helping hand, you've changed their life. Even if it's by just that bit - change has occured.

By a simple act, you have thrusted your hands into their lives and caused a ripple in their waters. How fantastic is that?

We should never neglect our positions as Servants of God.


Isaiah 49: 3

"He (God) said to me: 'You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor".

We were created for this very purpose - so that God's glory can be seen in us, and when people look at our lives, they'll see Jesus Christ.

They'll know the truth then.

But in this life, it's so easy to focus on our circumstances, to lose track, to lose sight of our ultimate goal.

Isaiah 49:4 says,

"But I said, 'I have labored to no purpose; I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing"


This happens to all of us. At some point of time, we'll run spiritually dry. We think that life holds nothing for us. Why study so hard? Why work so hard? Who's to say I can make a change?

But then the second part of the verse says,

"Yet what is due me is in the Lord's hand, and my reward is with my God".


What is due me is in the Lord's hand. My reward is with God.


Your actions flow from God - from His hand no less. That just means we are powerful! We can change. We can impact. We can transform lives.

And don't for a second doubt that whatever you are doing - that your service to God, goes unnoticed. Because every time you smile and brighten someone's day, you have changed their lives, and God takes note of that. He knows our every thought, and action. And He will reward us.

It's just so encouraging.

But it's normal to be disappointed. And there's a reason for disappointment.

It's because we expect God to bless us all the time. And we expect and assume that God will act in certain ways.


But the truth is God doesn't.

He's just so ridiculous (in a good way) and leads us in a whole new complete direction and when God does that, we stand still. We argue. We listen, but are disobedient. We want our way. We want God's will to align with our lives.


But, well, that doesn't happen. God should control our lives. We are the pieces that fit into the puzzle. God knows the bigger picture, and when we get to the end - when the puzzle is completed - we'll see the bigger picture too.

But often, at that moment in time, we fail to see the end of the road. And so we are disappointed. We get angry. We feel like there is no hope.

But,


Isaiah 49: 23

"Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed"

Our hope is Jesus.
Our future is this whole new other life.

At present everything might be bleak and gloomy. But don't stop hoping, don't stop trusting. For God will give you your due rewards in His time - and those rewards are certainly not disappointing.


It's all in God's timing and plans. I pray that you will trust in God, and never let go of Him. Because He never lets go of you.

"Be the change that you want to see in the world"
-Mahatma Gandhi.

We are The change - God's tools to make this world a better place.
We Are change - Heirs to the throne - We hold/are Jesus' power to transform lives.


And therefore, We change.

Hello, I'm in Delaware

And I reckon I need to go out and shoot more. Why is uni such a life-leech?





Let's run away and hide
Where smiles are without bodies
And smiles live on trees

Where we sleep all day
And sing all night
Where lovers love
And lovers fight

Where silence falls like fireworks cry
Where stars go out
Where the sun gives light

This place might not exist
But in our heads and conversations
We reach out and touch them
Head over heels and underwater
Where grace is abundant

Where His grace is sufficient.

studying creates. Or at least that's what they say. Good morning to you, all.
Happy 1st June wishes xx