2nd day of school today..

school started yesterday. and i like 3-hour-day schedules, it makes 24 hours seem like a much longer time. my longest day should last me 7-hours.

i’m in a point of my life, where i feel like rojak.

sometimes i like wasting time; and sometimes, i hate wasting time.
sometimes i’m enthusiastic; and then i feel silly for being enthusiastic.
sometimes i feel motivated; and yet sometimes i feel unappreciated.
sometimes i feel close to God; and at times I choose to live for myself.
sometimes i’m contented with what I have; and sometimes I wish I had more. and then I feel lousy for thinking that way.

i wish i knew more about current affairs.
i wish i knew what the news is really talking about.
i wish i knew more about businesses. i wish i had a mentor.

i really want this world to be a better place.
i want to rob the rich to give the poor.
i want to cook for every orphan.
i want to dance and not be embarrassed.
I want to sing to the mountains and hear only nature’s applause.

i am thankful for you, the love of my life. =)

i am thankful for great christian friends who lead me back to God — who serve as a bridge when I temporarily lose sight of my walk.

Something to ponder bout… what would you choose? mental pain or physical pain?
-just a thought-

Mulan (Reflection)

Christina Aguilera singing Reflection for Disney’s Mulan. I teared — twice, when I watched this clip. Enjoy friends. Utmost respect for Aguilera man…

calamine calamine calamANSI lotion!

another chance to sit down and blog! =)down with heat rash… again. the last time i got it when i came back from Bintan. This time it’s the good ol’ singapore sun that caused it. eve couldn’t believe i got heat rash in singapore. she asked me twice. haha! yes, and it only took me 2 hours of swimming and reading 1 chapter of a book in the sun to get it. think it’s dry skin. =PpP

Have been painting myself with calamine, till i look like one of those tribal people with white paint all over them. i hate heat rash. but it’s getting slightly better now, at least the itch isn’t as intense, and is still bearable. thank God.

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was feeling delirious in church today, reason being that i have mistakenly had an overdose of my heat rash medicine. I thought it was 1 table, 3 times day. it was supposed to be 1 tablet, once a day. Think i ate 3 as of this morning! My mum was so afraid i’d get fits or something. hehe.. so pple, lesson learnt, nv assume every medicine is a 3 times a day thing, ok!

church today had this really loud, booming speaker. who broke out in random laughter once in a while, which was entertaining yet bewildering at times. i guess the overall message was brought through, about living our lives right with God, so that we can be good vessles for His works in our lives, and in the lives of others, as well as holding on to each other coz we don’t need to go through this alone.

the pastor spoke to me after the service, saying something about how i could dwelve into deeper worship. as much as the respect i give him, i have my own set of principles regarding this. it’s rather touchy in fact, and i guess letting me explain it in person would reduce the level of miscommunication.

i’m cautious about letting worship become too experiential, coz whilst emotions are easily stirred, emotions may be short lived. i believe the way i worship as i lead, should reflect, or at least be parallel to the way i worship when i’m amongst the crowd. not to be hyped up only when i’m leading, but to present an image of true genuine worship. and hey, it’s not a matter of whether you can or cannot lead worship in this or that way. but it’s about worshipping in spirit, and in truth. if u’re worshipping in whichever way down there, if u’re bursting out loud with praises at intervals off the stage, then do so on stage. that’s genuine. my concern is not how you worship on stage, but how you worship on, and off stage. so that’s the foundation that sets my boundaries.

worship is so personal. dont’ let anyone tell you how to worship.

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bx returned me my keyboard today. yay, maybe i can try out a little recording on my own in my room! =) it’s so dusty, i’m allergic to dust. dang, that just reminded me of my heat rash. itchy! -resists scratching-

i’ll be meeting Staircase2 on Tuesday! Quite excited and nervous about it, we’re gonna have dinner, decide on the songs to perform. 1st and 2nd September… it’s just round the corner. ahhhh!

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it’s been 9 days since i’ve ended my internship with oh-see-bee-see. And i’m just thinking of how the people I got to know over there are doing. And I have been wanting to do this for such a long time, but never got to. Now I do:

peiwen: i’m so glad we met! I won’t forget how this ‘dao’ looking girl turned out to be one of the most interesting people i’ve met. I loved how I know I can count on my lunch kaki, and looking forward to all our breaks! How our common topic on fitness, health and exercise never cease to keep us on-the-ball! still doing ur runs gal? haha.. join me for kickboxing soon ok! I can see the kickboxer in u, when u played the wii boxing game, wah fierce man u! =P Oh, and who can forget pingpong.. rushing to the rec club early to book the games we wanna play.. how people with tight shirts looked awful when they play and hog the pool table. haha! I’m glad we also chat at the cafe, 5 loaves 2 fish.. and i’ll remember how u hate sour things! Hope work has been kind on ya these few days.. =) Meet for lunch!!!!!

siwei: this is one xiaomeimei la. still remember your dao face on ur first few weeks. (hmm, why do i make friends with so many dao looking pple man? lol) but i’m glad our ‘misunderstanding’ on the morning greeting dao-ness has been cleared, and we really hit off quite well with the project at hand. haha.. how we always get ‘loaned’ with all kinds of saikang jobs from other departments, and relishing ourselves with people’s money mules from all the classified cases in the miserable room, and the stupid slamming door, and how u got freaked out with the pictures of the case with the deceased guy. =P you learn very fast, i must say. smart girl! I can safely handover everythign to u.. good good! Anywayz, 5 more days to ur last day right, bet u’re counting down man! And u must be thinking, ‘haiya janice spoil market, last day give sth to them. now i dunno whether i should give them sth also.’ hhahah! =ppPpp yo, ktv one day man. haha

ivan: king of slackerz. come to work at 930am when we’re supposed to be there at 9am. always the first to initiate coffee breaks. and successfully converting yaohui to become slack also. haha… seriously it would have been so mundane la, so i’m thankful for u too. and how u always ask pw and i for suggestions on ur anniversary present, searching for gifts and all.. that’s so nice. i wish you and brennie (i hope ig ot her name right) all the best! forever and ever ya! =P I’ll look out for a black hyundai, and if u ever do decide to put the white fluffy thing, do let me know as well. haha. oh oh, pingpong is so fun too! remember, badminton? yea with ur gf ok..

yh: happily in india,pangseh us halfway. u GOOD. but i’m glad u relaxed quite alot, at least i guess you won’t come in 30mins earlier on ur 1st of work in future! =P And yea, i still won’t forget how you got us the free tour a True, with what’s his name… Peter? Haha, that guy’s name card is pasted on ur card la. so it’ll serve as a gentle reminder of the thick & thin we went through with you, so that you could find ur spa arena. =PpP No la.. but all in all, u’re a nice fella. And brought much laughter too. Study hard ok, and don’t burn ur fingers with the stocks and shares ok! All the best with that man… One more thing, nxt time we’ll skip ur name when there’s admin/photocopying/arrangement/stapling job to do..(ya know what i mean.. haha, we stayed back almost 2 hrs la!!) Not complaining la.

anywayz, yeap all of you made a difference! ^-^ THANK YOU!

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listening to mayday cd now.
eating honeydew.. sweet~

eve: girl, don’t tire urself out ok. nxt time, just let me know, u don’t have to lead with me ya. don’t burn out!

1 more week till school starts!

Food and something bigger to digest..

For those of you who are craving for a plate of GOOD hokkien mee.. lend me ur ears! and eyes. So far the best plate of hokkien mee i’ve eaten so far. The prawn stock it’s cooked in is rich, semi-sweet and well simmered into the noodles. I like the way they cook the yellow noodle with the thin bee hoon, rather than the thick bee hoon. It adds more variation to the texture as well, not to mention that the thin bee hoon soaks in the goodness of the prawn stock much better, in my personal opinion. Simply yummy! And not to forget, the prawns themselves are very fresh. You can tell when its meat is nice and firm, and the prawn shell wraps itself snugly round the meat, and comes off mostly in one piece.This stall is located @ the newly renovated Newton Circus. Do not be fooled by Thye Hong, it’s a little too commercialised and in my opinion, quality might have been sacrificed quite a bit. This stall I’m talking about, unfortunately because of my short term memory, is Kuang (something something) haha! don’t sigh ok, you can spot it easily, it faces the carpark! You can’t get that wrong can you? Here’s a picture to whet your appetite. Oh, and the chilli is quite nice too, though I find it a tad too ‘watery’.

Had to be the best hokkien mee brian and i had for such a long time since. And it’s great on weekdays coz there are plenty of parking lots… but alot of touting going on inside, i dont’ like to feel pressured into buying food. Bah, but the company more than makes up for everything! ^-^

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And if you’re thinking of good cookies, please dump the thought of ‘Famous Amos’ in the bin. It’s overrated, even though the smell can be rather tempting at itmes. Try the cookies from Little Jerry’s. So far, I know there are 2 outlets, at Westmall Basement1, and Novena Square 2 Level1. Here’s why… We will be using their Almond Cookies in our following example…

Each cookie is a big mouthful.

Introducing the ALMOND COOKIE…

Full sized almonds…

Not just one.. not just two…

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Looking for extraordinary confectionary gifts for that special someone…?

Well, at least they are extraordinary on your wallet….

This pint sized cake costs this much! How small is it? Well, compare it proportionately with the little note on the side.. =D my birthday’s coming ya know… lol…

the shop can be found in the new Central shopping mall. Near Clarke Quay MRT Station.
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And one blog which will almost render my food-sharing portion of my blog useless, is this! Go check it out, this guy is amazing. =) All foodies out there, check it out. Haha.. but I still trust my own taste buds more before I really put them up here. =D This guy’s Californian, but based in S’pore and has been chomp chomp chomping around. hehe.. No harm checking his blog out… http://eatbma.blogspot.com

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- Now, back to my life.
Tomorrow’s my last day at oh-see-bee-see and it’s really heartening to know that I’m leaving, knowing that I’ve met really nice people who have made this whole experience much more enjoyable. I’m so blessed by beautiful people. =)

Had lunch at the soup spoon, and it was really crowded. And well, why I appreciate really beautiful people is because there are really quite mean and inconsiderate people out there, who only think about their own ‘rights’ over everyone else.

Friends, next time you are really in a busy cafe or something, and there ain’t seats durign lunch peak, do be considerate and let others who have been waiting around for more than 15mins, HOLDING their food trays already, have the seat. You don’t have to abandon your half-eaten food, but at least make the effort to hurry up a little and leave. you can always CHAT some other place, your mouth is mobile, you know.

Be beautiful man. Not that mascara streaked, slick eyebrows and doll eyed person who cares only about herself. Or in any case, yourself, guy or girl, no excuse.

i rest my case.

met michelle, really nice of her to walk over all the way just for that short 20mins to chat up with me… thanks girl, you made my day. =) —– i wanna get the new $20 notes! =D
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Witnessed a very perfect Mars & Venus scene last Sunday when I was out with joy, may, victor, bx, daniel, eugene, amos and enlin. hehe… we were at MOS burger:

victor: what instrument do you play?
joy: the oboe…
victor: is the willy old fox?
joy & me: huh?
victor: that one is the bassoon.. I remember instruments by animals they sound like..
joy: uhh, okay…
victor: oh! the oboe! i know i know.. it sounds like a duck.
joy: -silence-
me: -senses deadly silence-
joy: no it doesn’t sound like a DUCK.
victor: Yes! Yes! It sounds just like a duck… you know in the shows, they used the oboe to represent the duck.
joy: when you play it well it won’t sound like a duck!
victor: -pause- but i really think it sounds like a duck… you don’t think so? (very very dangerously innocently)
joy: – lost of words -
me: -tries to change the subject- Uhh.. I don’t think the bassoon sounds like a willy old fox what. Why does the bassoon sound like a willy old fox?
victor: That’s what they did in the show, they used the bassoon for the willy old fox. and the oboe for the duck.
me: -oh my gosh, he had to bring it back to the duck thing-
joy: it doesn’t sound like a duck la…
victor: yes it does! it does! I really think it’s very good coz it sounds like a duck, you can use it for the shows to represent the animal.
joy: -breathes through her teeth-
me: -helpless-
victor: you don’t think it sounds like a duck?
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Well, that kinda went on and on, and Victor was really making his point so innocently, and so sincerely. Unknowingly, he ‘banged’ Joy 11 times —– yes, i counted.

bx: you know, when he asks it this way, he really means it. He doesn’t like, say it purposely to make you angry.

Yeah, totally.

*hugz joy* no, the oboe doesn’t sound like a duck! =D

i love my church friends!

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Something beautiful… “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 CORINTHIANS 13:13

I wanna end with an urge for all of us to pray for our Siblings in Christ, who have been held hostage under the Taliban in Afghanistan. Indeed they have caused a stir, a mission that has turned political, a situation that seems bleak, enraging, hopeless and some may even be frustrated about the fact that it seemed to be an obstacle against the world’s mission in combating terrorism. But take heart, because it only fulfills what God has mentioned.. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” Ephesians 6:12

The spiritual battle is only being seen more vividly, and it is so real. This is a reminder that this battle is real, because God is real. There’s a greater battle going on, and hence we must not cease to pray. Pray for strength, comfort, peace and deliverance from evil. For us back here, pray for discernment, for veils to be lifted, for indifference to be removed and for distractions that satan has put into our lives to be placed in the right shelves of our lives. Distractions like work, bad habits, even good habits, songs, hobbies, anything that ceases us to pray. My heart feels heavy, and everyone hates to be reminded of heavy, solid, serious stuff, or basically, the truth. Perhaps that’s why we all need encouragement dont’ we.

ok now, have a nice day!