What a friday!

i enjoyed tennis today. been a long while since i played. but my toes just gave in... :( still need to get used to my new shoes.

Boon was leaving and we all met up for dinner again. Every friday seems to be the sending pple off meal get together and bowling session. haha... but well... today something else happened. Firstly, gun drove cj's car back home to get his car. Then as we were leaving the porch area, we all got shocked by a sudden bang of the car. Oppss.... a mini accident happened. My first... in a friend's car. Aw man... it was very UNexpected. But it already happened. Poor CJ. A lesson learnt. i guess me and tien made cj kan chiong also.

at first, we all din have the mood to bowl anymore but thinking that it's the last time we are spending with boon, we tot it would be better to go ahead to bowl with him. So, alas... we went ahead. Haha... today i tried to bowl another style so my points were really bad... but it was a training day for me. i managed to spin the ball... hehehe.... i think i will keep trying that method. Looks more pro. hehe... haha...

okies... time to rest....

I'm a Blue Koala

Cj and tien were talking abt the bday test and i finally did it. It was just for fun. Some of the stuff are quite accurate. hehe... but those in red are definitely not me. There are some things i'm not very certain myself. hehhe....

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• You are Blue Koala, who is extremely honest person, and will say things that come up in your mind straightly.
• You are also active and very cheerful. You also possess feminine attraction and have distinguished atmosphere.
• You are very popular, and tend to be with lots of people.
• You value your friends too.
• But unlike your outlook, you don't like to loose and are a strong-minded person.
• You possess strong will-power, and are independent enough to carry things out without getting the help of the others.
• You have great creativity sense and are much talented in this.
• You act simply, but you possess complicated inner emotions.
• You may be thought little bit eccentric.
• You like to lead varied life, and try to change the atmosphere yourself too.
• You can make quick decisions, and possess courage.
• You are well liked by both men and women.
• You have great sense of instinct and can get right at the point of things.
• You can affect people as well.
• You are very strict on money.
• You will not go buying things on impulse.
• Someone you love and your love life is what is most important to you in your life.
• You possess great natural skill to manipulate men.
• You should not rush into marriage after a passionate love.

Life is fragile...

can almost feel the heat wave coming towards me...

projs are coming in and so are mid-terms...

doesnt even feel like it's hols.

oh well... it's my last one week break so i better enjoy it rather than complain abt it.

I was kinda looking forward to a new beginning... enuff of studies, rushing for deadlines and projects and going for classes. But yest as i was flipping thru the recruit section of the papers, somehow i wasnt desiring for work life. Time would not be within your control like before and most prob i would return home dead beat each day. The tot of that makes me want to treasure what i'm going thru now. I shdn't take it for granted.

Talking abt taking things for granted, today i was at herng's house doing our archi proj and she was telling abt her mom's student jumping off the building because she was tired of life. She wrote 3 letters telling her loved ones that she doesnt knw what's the purpose of life and she is sick of it. My body just cringed as i heard this. She was only 14. So young and yet she was feeling this way. I can understand how she felt at times cos we tend to lose focus when we stop and begin to question why are we here doing this and that. But for her to jump, she was so sure that it was better off the other way.

Oh Lord... without u, life is without meaning... we shd not take this life for granted but appreciate this air we breathe, the stability of the country, the family and friends ard us and that we can live a life that is comfortable. Most of all, God, you paid the ultimate debt for me and i'm free.

i ought to be appreciative and thankful each day because of U!

Thank U...

our individual shots.... courtesy of picasa... :)  

the turtles still look sleepy... *yawn* 

the guys with shumin @ the airport 

After Dinner Shot... n Boon's gf was there to join us too... 

Bye Shumin

It's for real. She has gone to sydney already... So fast. I hope she survives the plane ride. at least her tutor is with her. :)

I think the guys were really glad with the turnout at the airport this morning. Hahaha... on our way to the airport, we were still discussing if her other "friends" would turn up. TT guessed it right, he did. hehehe... oh well... i guess he should as a good friend.

I was surprised that i was able to hold back my tears today even though i saw people crying. I was telling myself to lunz... dun cry, dun cry. But as i'm blogging now, i feel sad that i have lost a companion to chuo bo with. boo hoo..

Take care gal, see you online soon...

Stars gazing nite

stars gazing is something i enjoy even though they look pretty much the same after a while. the stars seen from Singapore are different from the ones in Bintan. I can still rem vividly how bright the twinkees are over there. i miss them!

i have always wanted to lie down on the pool deck and bask under the stars and moonlight. And i did it today! It was a spur of a moment to just sit down and spend some time alone, and quiet. was feeling really tired today, due to the lack of sleep and the whole of class. But it is really nice to just take time off to rest, and reflect about how the day has been and to even talk n pray to God. Such a sweet time....

caught unaware... heh...  

guess who? haha... (no prize for the right answer) :P 

take another guess... this is a giveaway 

i like this shot... so candid and everyone is just so engrossed on the scores of the game 

The Chinese New Year Pose! Cool huh!?! 

the "filippino maids" have blossomed over the years. haha... 

jenson, the "magician" transformed the lizard into a frog. So cute!! 

the fond memories...

it's been a long break for me because of my off days, weekends and CNY hols. And there's no make up classes. That's the best! But i havent been doing work for quite some time too. Perhaps i'm already getting into the ord mood. not good not good. better come back to reality.

a friend was complaining that she doesnt get to see pics of her and some of our friends on my blog. So i'm going to put up pictures we took during our visit to CJ's house here. Looking back at them makes me laugh. We really can pose man, esp the guys.

We had a fun time at cj's house and of course our late nite bowling session. lao yu sheng again... had pizzas and KFC...played a bit of mahjong, silly card games, animal game, took individual silly pictures of everyone. i was in the wrong car. Cj and J were blasting thai rapper music and J was trying to pose like a rapper. They tried to get attn of the pple at the bus-stop but there were not many people ard at that time and when there were people, j broke into giggles. but he managed to do it to a few pple. haha...

time really flies. we already know each other for more than 10 years. we saw cj's pics of us when we were much younger... man... we all look so tud, like some mountain turtles. cj also had pics of us when we went over to his house 10 years ago. And the funny thing is we tried to take pics with the same exact pose so that we can laugh at these pics when 10 more years pass. too bad i dun have those copies. but we can roughly get the idea when we see the recent ones taken. :)

soon, john will go back to australia, followed by boon, then shumin and then gun. aw man... so it was sort of our "last" major gathering for quite some time. maybe the next one will be ys and tien's wedding or end of the year.

we are all doing different things in life now but the best thing is that we still treasure this bond we share as friends who grew up and played together. :)

ah pek vic telling us of his "growing up" days... haha... 

the CNY mood... hearing CNY songs and lightings as well 

Having supper at Glutton Street...  

Chu Yi

last year's chu yi, i rem meeting up with man and vic. we went esplanade, walked ard, took funny pics and then went to man's place because i needed to use the washroom. We both ended up staying overnite.

History repeats itself this year. this time round, we had tiong with us too. we were supposed to watch a movie but ended up having supper and going to mandy's place again... haha... and guess what, i needed to use the toilet again. but it was nice time. just chilling out, talking abt the coming working life, mandy's "tao hua luck" and watching "my girl".

maybe this is a tradition we got to have every year on chu yi. haha...

i could feel that the CNY hols are ending. it is actually cos i got class on friday. oh well... back to projects, assignments, and textbooks... but as for today, i will still have fun while i can. :)

Happpie Lunar New Year

Dong dong Chiang, dong dong chiang... gong xi ya gong xi fa ya fa da chai....

haha.... this was the song that herngy and me were always singing in a silly manner to entertain ourselves and to look forward to the break we could have. Now it's here....

just read a friend's blog and the latest entry was abt how much fun he had over reunion dinner. On the contrary to that, mine was the usual tuan yuan fan setting... steamboat and after that was tv programme... that seems like the SOP each year. haha.... mom will be nagging, dad will be preparing and the kids just sit and watch tv.... oopss.... we help a lil by washing our own toilets.

i gather that CNY is for kids to have fun and eat as much as they want. When they grow old and become adults, the fun element seems to be missing and there's not so much of playing with your cousins, trying to persuade our parents to eat this and drink coke. haha.... those were the days. perhaps it's because the number of times we have gone thru CNY is increasing and the novelty wore off.

Last time, my cousins will be one who have to go out with friends during cny and i will be wondering why do they do that? Dun they want to spend time with me.... but now, i see why. i also was planning, what i shd do and who to meet up later on when the visiting is over. Then again, we only meet up with our relatives once a year and we shd try to catch up with them. i hope to do so later.

actually there are assignments to do, things to read and other stuff on hand but i have been procastinating. already in the super holiday mood. i guess i will need to start soon.

ok, my relatives are going to be here any minute. better go prepare.... blog again soon.

To persevere and go on...

many times when setbacks come along in ministry, tots of wanting to give up creeps in and there will be struggles within, telling you "yes" give it all up and "no" dun give up. it's all part and parcel of ministry. If there's a ministry that wouldnt cause any of that, i will be the first to join. haha...

it was a good weekend at MM'05. I wasn't having great expectations about what i will learn this time and i wasn't really superbly looking forward to going for it. It was just a normal kind of feeling. But i thank God that i've learnt and am encouraged once again. God never fails to speak to his people through his word because he is a speaking God.

Paul, the apostle was an example for us. Even though he was faced with so many trials and difficulties, he never wavered in terms of preaching the gospel. He still persevered and went on with it. He endured the hardship for the sake of preaching Jesus. He was so focused to what He was doing and fully trusted in God. (1 Thess) I hope i would not lose heart easily because of the great incentive - God's mercy.

With truth comes godly living. This is the ideal case. Knowing about Jesus and what He has done for us is not sufficient, we need to respond with our lives reflecting this truth. If we are so into truth and neglects godliness, then all the stuff learnt is useless and is just head knowledge. It's likely that mankind of this age would fall into because we like to challenge our minds and learn about new stuff. So, we need to pray. Asking God to help us walk the talk. :)

Praying and preaching goes hand in hand. We tend to be in tension towards the mindset of praying: knowing that we can't change God's mind thru prayers and He already knows what we want to say before we say it. With this tension plus excuses, prayers may subside. So, it was a great reminder that we need to adopt a right attitude towards prayer and continue to rely on God.

This brings me to another point, it is God who makes all things possible in preaching, the end result, the process, the beginning. It's not what we can do. We are only mouth pieces for God's word to be preached. John Chapman gave examples of how he was pushed out of his comfort zone to preach and how uncomfortable and nervous he got. But instead of chickening out, he trusted in Jesus and he was able to deliver the message of the cross in these circumstances. Many a times, we chicken out because we are not familiar with the people, the surroundings etc... we shd trust that it is God who will speak to them, thru His spirit. We continue to pray that we will want to share the gospel. :)

there are many things i have learnt but these are what i could rem off-hand now. hehe...

may we all continue to persevere in serving God in sharing the gospel and praying. May we also be people who show Christ in our lives cos it's for His name sake!

The friends who sprung a surprise on me. :)