Went for the Jazz at d beach w FL again yesterday. Tis time round, they were doing latin groove. Its nice except it gets tiring w all the upbeats throughout the evening. Smooth jazz was better last weekend. Anywayz, met KV again. It was quite farnie. He posed a simple qns: how was the week tt's past? It was a tough qns to ans! All i cld manage was a: had my ups n downs....
thankfully... downs were less... so i'll start w downs...
Downs:
1. Been exhausted.... even with sleep... strange.
2. Was demoralized for a brief moment.... related to work. When u feel tt effort put in wasn't given due recognition... anywayz,.... brief moments... passed....
Ups:
1. Did my first long distance of abt 5km finally at east coast on friday evening. Crowded beach. I realized tt major changes (at least to me) had taken place! The fencing and vegetation at the stretch between the seafood restaurant and the lagoon food center has been removed! Pedestrains route has changed. Previously blocked by the fencing... it is now a spacious and open area. Good or bad? I don't know. Just different. Gone were all my memories of running beside the cycling track w all the different pple.... Wats 'up' abt tis? i realized.... i thank God that i am blessed w the health to run... i am blessed w the health to come out and appreciate east coast...
2. Over these two weeks i hv been encouraged by my new frens, FL's "CH" frens mainly. i hardly noe them... but the joy of the Lord that they have are infectious. They dun talk abt it... but....its something one senses... i might join FL for her tues CG (she claims its CG tho i'm like... ITS 50-pple BIG! its NOT a CG). Timing is quite 'gd' actually... i hv been 'feeling' i shld join a grp somehow... i did not say anything.... and FL came along... it seems God has put these jazz meetings in place.. cos last week, i did not plan to go for tt session. Half the time i wanted to back out, go home, even on the journey. somehow, i managed to turn up.... noe these pple.... i hv no idea wats in store. slowly i'm 'missing' the passion i use to hv... slowly i'm 'missing' living life w purpose... now entirely clear abt the purpose yet... but... slowly.... in any case, my priority is to pass my first aid course first. lol....
3. i m reminded that i hv been bought by the blood of Christ. That doesn't just mean i'm saved. That also means i'm a co-heir of His kingdom. That also means i'm His daughter. That also means He's my fren. That also means i live the 'now' in view of the 'after'.... which is wat got me out of the demoralized state. *laughs* let's see how long tis will last.
Meanwhile its Monday again. My prayer Abba is that You will help me to face it w joy, not to take work as burden, but as opportunities You have blessed me with to bless. I ask Abba that You will give me the wisdom to deliver knowledge... wisdom to discern.... wisdom to guide. Amen.
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
exhausted giraffe
just came back from my first aid course. sometimes i wonder to myself whether i'm killing myself signing up for these couple of courses....
in any case, we did CPR today. i partnered a secondary boy. he n his classmates gotta pass this for some badge for scouts. it was hilarious. he was probably the farniest guy during CPR and got 'whacked' by my instructor a couple of times.
test will b next thurs. i'm not even halfway thro reading the book.. alas.. and much work... just exhasuted...
in any case, we did CPR today. i partnered a secondary boy. he n his classmates gotta pass this for some badge for scouts. it was hilarious. he was probably the farniest guy during CPR and got 'whacked' by my instructor a couple of times.
test will b next thurs. i'm not even halfway thro reading the book.. alas.. and much work... just exhasuted...
Sunday, March 20, 2005
nite by the beach...
just came back from sentosa.
been wanting to go for at least one of the jazz sessions at the beach (planning one next week as seen in earlier blog). but today FL called me up last min. so i scrapped d plan of running at EC and headed to sentosa.
journey took longer than expected. all the time wanted to turn back and go home and rest. (i've been sleeping all day today! but its good rest). fortunately i did not, cos the music n company was worth it.
gd to see FL again. got to noe her frens too. they were nice. got to noe a fellow guitar club OTIC of another sch. a lady from an organization i can possibly collaborate w. (yeah, cant stop talking shop). we played dtydti after the music session was over. overall it was a nice evening out.
i'm thankful for today. tho i slept most of it away, i really got to rest today. thank u Daddy. :)
now hv to go rest for church tom... and den.... term 2 week 1... commences.....
Current state: hungry
been wanting to go for at least one of the jazz sessions at the beach (planning one next week as seen in earlier blog). but today FL called me up last min. so i scrapped d plan of running at EC and headed to sentosa.
journey took longer than expected. all the time wanted to turn back and go home and rest. (i've been sleeping all day today! but its good rest). fortunately i did not, cos the music n company was worth it.
gd to see FL again. got to noe her frens too. they were nice. got to noe a fellow guitar club OTIC of another sch. a lady from an organization i can possibly collaborate w. (yeah, cant stop talking shop). we played dtydti after the music session was over. overall it was a nice evening out.
i'm thankful for today. tho i slept most of it away, i really got to rest today. thank u Daddy. :)
now hv to go rest for church tom... and den.... term 2 week 1... commences.....
Current state: hungry
Friday, March 18, 2005
Two events i'll like to go to...
1. Filmmaking Workshop by National Geographic Channel.
Getting behind the scenes and learning trade secrets with Bryan Smith, Executive VP of Production for National Geogprahic Channels International. Gives insider's view of the creation of a NG documentary, with the focus on storytelling and character devt.
Mar 26, 3 - 5pm, library@orchard
2. Jazz by the beach
Performance by The Groove, a multi-ethnic grp tt performs in Latin jazz.
Mar 26, 6 - 10.30pm, Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island.
Both fall on the same day. On Sunday, a day I'll usually work. The Sunday just before my First Aid certification test on 31st. sigh.... hope i can make it for either one. anyone wanna join me?
Getting behind the scenes and learning trade secrets with Bryan Smith, Executive VP of Production for National Geogprahic Channels International. Gives insider's view of the creation of a NG documentary, with the focus on storytelling and character devt.
Mar 26, 3 - 5pm, library@orchard
2. Jazz by the beach
Performance by The Groove, a multi-ethnic grp tt performs in Latin jazz.
Mar 26, 6 - 10.30pm, Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island.
Both fall on the same day. On Sunday, a day I'll usually work. The Sunday just before my First Aid certification test on 31st. sigh.... hope i can make it for either one. anyone wanna join me?
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Home
a place of rest.
where one retreats from the many stimuli outside.
where one finds time to breathe.
was just reminded of this.
been exhausted even before i left for perhentian.
ave waking hours at home for the past 2 weeks been less than 2 hours (excluding trip)
courses... more courses... sch camp... church prac...
i look fwd to sat when i can finally have a decent no. of hours at home.
where one retreats from the many stimuli outside.
where one finds time to breathe.
was just reminded of this.
been exhausted even before i left for perhentian.
ave waking hours at home for the past 2 weeks been less than 2 hours (excluding trip)
courses... more courses... sch camp... church prac...
i look fwd to sat when i can finally have a decent no. of hours at home.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Dive of the trip
Really exhausted now. But must blog tis most happening dive of the trip in...
Date: 13 Mar Site: Sugar Wreck
Time in: 1320hrs Time out: Approx 1430
Dive buddy: PL
Other dive mates: GR n EV
Divemaster: Yoe
Immediately after descend:
Visibility was about 1.5 - 2m. Meaning very bad. I lost my buddy immediately. Was left w GR n EV. We signaled to each other "where are the rest?" and shrugged shoulders with hands out in response "dunno". Hung ard descend point for half a min to wait and heard Yoe horn for us. But sound travels in all directions in liquid, so had no idea where he is. Suddenly he appeared w PL. And we proceeded w dive.
Approx 10mins into dive:
Was following Yoe closely cos of the low visibility. Occasionally checking on back for buddy. Just at the moment I did not check, Yoe signalled to me "where's ur buddy?" I turned back. Yellow cloudiness. All missing. (PL later told me she was playing w sea urchin w the rest, so got lost. lol) We backtracked quite a bit. Did the SOP. Search for a min den ascended to find them. After a while, saw them a distance away. They had to fight the currents to swim back to us. Poor pple. I was really glad i wasn't in their position.
We descended again.
Within 5 mins of descend
Yoe suddenly stopped turned back and blocked PL. A fishing line with many hooks was dropped right in front of him and us. We were too close. He took the line, tugged it (the person above was trying to pull it up, ha, thot it was big fish *laughs*) and snapped it. We went on with dive.
Next many minutes....
Saw many stuff... fish... corals... urchins... etc... nice dive site! And i made it a point to check on my buddy more often.
Last 5 mins
We were at abt 5 - 9 m depth. Abt time to do safety stop. I stopped checking on my buddy den cos... well... we were ending dive, and seriously at tt depth and good visibility, there was no reason how anyone could be missing! But... i was... wrong....
Yoe took up an urchin and played w it on his palm. I was looking at the urchin and all. Den decided to check on buddy. BUT THEY WERE NOT THERE!! Incredible. Yoe was also like... huh? So we looked ard tt area only (cos anywayz, everyone noes we were to end dive soon, so wldn't drift far). I spotted some bubbles, but those disappeared quickly. So we just did our safety stop, meanwhile i was playing w a batfish.
Ascended...
A distance away, i saw the rest of them climb up the boat. The boat came for us. We went up too...
The story behind why they got lost:
GR was v low on air again, so was sharing air w PL. So a bit like mahfan oredi. At this point, of all times, EV's mask strap gave way!!! So while using alternate air source, GR had to work on EV's mask while PL held on to the two of them. Finally they all ascended w EV like a blind person being led ard for that short while. LOL. And the farnie part was, both GR n PL thot EV was pulling a stunt when she turned to them w no mask! LOL. Absolutely hilarious. I missed the show. *chuckles*
We all concluded that must hv been d most happening dive of the trip. Pple got lost 3 times. We had a situation of guys going on alternate air source while leading a 'blind' diver ard. KE KE KE.
Date: 13 Mar Site: Sugar Wreck
Time in: 1320hrs Time out: Approx 1430
Dive buddy: PL
Other dive mates: GR n EV
Divemaster: Yoe
Immediately after descend:
Visibility was about 1.5 - 2m. Meaning very bad. I lost my buddy immediately. Was left w GR n EV. We signaled to each other "where are the rest?" and shrugged shoulders with hands out in response "dunno". Hung ard descend point for half a min to wait and heard Yoe horn for us. But sound travels in all directions in liquid, so had no idea where he is. Suddenly he appeared w PL. And we proceeded w dive.
Approx 10mins into dive:
Was following Yoe closely cos of the low visibility. Occasionally checking on back for buddy. Just at the moment I did not check, Yoe signalled to me "where's ur buddy?" I turned back. Yellow cloudiness. All missing. (PL later told me she was playing w sea urchin w the rest, so got lost. lol) We backtracked quite a bit. Did the SOP. Search for a min den ascended to find them. After a while, saw them a distance away. They had to fight the currents to swim back to us. Poor pple. I was really glad i wasn't in their position.
We descended again.
Within 5 mins of descend
Yoe suddenly stopped turned back and blocked PL. A fishing line with many hooks was dropped right in front of him and us. We were too close. He took the line, tugged it (the person above was trying to pull it up, ha, thot it was big fish *laughs*) and snapped it. We went on with dive.
Next many minutes....
Saw many stuff... fish... corals... urchins... etc... nice dive site! And i made it a point to check on my buddy more often.
Last 5 mins
We were at abt 5 - 9 m depth. Abt time to do safety stop. I stopped checking on my buddy den cos... well... we were ending dive, and seriously at tt depth and good visibility, there was no reason how anyone could be missing! But... i was... wrong....
Yoe took up an urchin and played w it on his palm. I was looking at the urchin and all. Den decided to check on buddy. BUT THEY WERE NOT THERE!! Incredible. Yoe was also like... huh? So we looked ard tt area only (cos anywayz, everyone noes we were to end dive soon, so wldn't drift far). I spotted some bubbles, but those disappeared quickly. So we just did our safety stop, meanwhile i was playing w a batfish.
Ascended...
A distance away, i saw the rest of them climb up the boat. The boat came for us. We went up too...
The story behind why they got lost:
GR was v low on air again, so was sharing air w PL. So a bit like mahfan oredi. At this point, of all times, EV's mask strap gave way!!! So while using alternate air source, GR had to work on EV's mask while PL held on to the two of them. Finally they all ascended w EV like a blind person being led ard for that short while. LOL. And the farnie part was, both GR n PL thot EV was pulling a stunt when she turned to them w no mask! LOL. Absolutely hilarious. I missed the show. *chuckles*
We all concluded that must hv been d most happening dive of the trip. Pple got lost 3 times. We had a situation of guys going on alternate air source while leading a 'blind' diver ard. KE KE KE.
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
battered body
sun burnt from face to arms to legs... as in... really red and feeling quite raw.
rashes all over the body... arms and legs.... dunno where from. my guess... from the sea and showering with salt water all the 3 days as there's like no freshwater to shower in!!
bruises on both my arms.. and urm.. yah, legs also. from where? God noes.. prob from climbing up (actually i mean being hauled up onto) the speedboats from the sea.
cuts by corals on knees.... and abrasion on ankle cos of sand in booties....
battered... battered... battered...
rashes all over the body... arms and legs.... dunno where from. my guess... from the sea and showering with salt water all the 3 days as there's like no freshwater to shower in!!
bruises on both my arms.. and urm.. yah, legs also. from where? God noes.. prob from climbing up (actually i mean being hauled up onto) the speedboats from the sea.
cuts by corals on knees.... and abrasion on ankle cos of sand in booties....
battered... battered... battered...
narcosed giraffe
just reached home from perhentian.
'interesting' dives.
great dive sites.
saw many new things like anemones and corals i've neva seen before, fish like titan triggerfish, porcupine fish (the one in Shark's Tale that puffs up, razor fish, many many...
v. long journey.
nice local dive operator and DMs.
gotta noe PL
terrible food
very very very exhausting dives after dives.. such that the person-in-charge and a senior DM told us straight in our faces that we are crazy to try to clock so many dives in those hours.
no time to blog 'interesting' details cos got course tom morn... till nite... argh...
zzz... w wet hair...
'interesting' dives.
great dive sites.
saw many new things like anemones and corals i've neva seen before, fish like titan triggerfish, porcupine fish (the one in Shark's Tale that puffs up, razor fish, many many...
v. long journey.
nice local dive operator and DMs.
gotta noe PL
terrible food
very very very exhausting dives after dives.. such that the person-in-charge and a senior DM told us straight in our faces that we are crazy to try to clock so many dives in those hours.
no time to blog 'interesting' details cos got course tom morn... till nite... argh...
zzz... w wet hair...
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
long long long day
early in morn, last min call to tell me i hv to go sch on my own. by God's grace, i made it down in spite of late notice.
long day of many periods.
did marking.
did 2.4km run for the sch sports event. darn warm weather.
went for my first aid course.
darn tired now. but feeling pretty good...
long long long day
long day of many periods.
did marking.
did 2.4km run for the sch sports event. darn warm weather.
went for my first aid course.
darn tired now. but feeling pretty good...
long long long day
Monday, March 07, 2005
lesson observation is finally over today.... after much trauma. my performance was not up to my expectations. But will do. :)
met up w dive gang sat nite. tho things are not as 'simple' as previously, its nice to meet and talk abt simple things... :) getting pple who are concerned abt u, ur work... being caught up w each others' stories... always good to see my xiao mei, buddy, GR, LD n RG, ha ha.. esp the first two!
SYF coming up. Training intensifying. But half the time i still dunno wats going on.. worrying
starting my first aid course tom. hope i dun kill anyone...
still tinking abt tis thing called frenship. questioning the 'value/worth' of the so-called 'the times we've spent together in the past'. i used to treasure those and treasure old frenships. now i'm qnsing. does it matter? bcos it doesn't seem to matter for others. rediscovering.
looking forward to trip to perhentian tis weekend. been planning for it since end last yr when i looked at all the weekends. HA... its finally coming.
did my 2.4km run last wed. horrifying timing!! from 13+ mins mths ago, i degraded to 16 freaking plus mins!!! i'm a slow giraffe.
no input for now oredi. in a state of.... 'no feeling'. :) morning stressed... after observation was in cloud nine and very stimulated after the time w my extremely active class today... now.... emotions all expendited in the day... all gone.... :) looking fwd to meet my bed after watching desperate housewives.
met up w dive gang sat nite. tho things are not as 'simple' as previously, its nice to meet and talk abt simple things... :) getting pple who are concerned abt u, ur work... being caught up w each others' stories... always good to see my xiao mei, buddy, GR, LD n RG, ha ha.. esp the first two!
SYF coming up. Training intensifying. But half the time i still dunno wats going on.. worrying
starting my first aid course tom. hope i dun kill anyone...
still tinking abt tis thing called frenship. questioning the 'value/worth' of the so-called 'the times we've spent together in the past'. i used to treasure those and treasure old frenships. now i'm qnsing. does it matter? bcos it doesn't seem to matter for others. rediscovering.
looking forward to trip to perhentian tis weekend. been planning for it since end last yr when i looked at all the weekends. HA... its finally coming.
did my 2.4km run last wed. horrifying timing!! from 13+ mins mths ago, i degraded to 16 freaking plus mins!!! i'm a slow giraffe.
no input for now oredi. in a state of.... 'no feeling'. :) morning stressed... after observation was in cloud nine and very stimulated after the time w my extremely active class today... now.... emotions all expendited in the day... all gone.... :) looking fwd to meet my bed after watching desperate housewives.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
the mouse escaped....
i did not even hear it drop... the apple mouse i was bringing home w the notebook for work. just checked the retail price of it... cost a freaky 50 bucks!
sigh... everyone in sch 'envys' me for hving the cool processor.. but alas.. the price that comes with it....
can anyone tell me where i can get a replacement mouse at a cheaper rate?
Current state: Cant be bothered to really think of loss - too tired.
sigh... everyone in sch 'envys' me for hving the cool processor.. but alas.. the price that comes with it....
can anyone tell me where i can get a replacement mouse at a cheaper rate?
Current state: Cant be bothered to really think of loss - too tired.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Memory
1. CATS
Of all the musicals I've watched, either live performances or on computer, there is only one musical I can neva comprehend. And that is CATS. This thing about Jelico cat, a fat cat that looks like Moses, and the shabby cat which got to go out to 'outer space??'
Pardon my ignorance. I still dun understd the plot of the musical. *chuckles* Only thing I take back with that musical - the nice melody of Memory, and the inspiration of continuing with my ballet classes seeing the dancers.
2. Of NIE
I was on the cab going home from church this afternoon. Out of the blue, memory of times spent in NIE came to my mind. Tho everyone complains the course is... urm.... well.. I leave it to one's disgression, one thing for sure, we met nice people, frens we remember even tho we are all to busy to meet up. Those days spent... in NTU's canteen A ... in the computer lab queuing up to get a computer terminal... then, i wanted to be out quickly, to stop 'wasting' time and to meet real people, or at least do something for people. Now, i recollect the memory with a smile.
No, I do not intend to go back to NIE again. I dun prefer NIE days than now. Neither do I prefer these days to the NIE days. I'm just learning to appreciate them... as life goes on...
Current state: frying in hot weather, brain shutdown
Of all the musicals I've watched, either live performances or on computer, there is only one musical I can neva comprehend. And that is CATS. This thing about Jelico cat, a fat cat that looks like Moses, and the shabby cat which got to go out to 'outer space??'
Pardon my ignorance. I still dun understd the plot of the musical. *chuckles* Only thing I take back with that musical - the nice melody of Memory, and the inspiration of continuing with my ballet classes seeing the dancers.
2. Of NIE
I was on the cab going home from church this afternoon. Out of the blue, memory of times spent in NIE came to my mind. Tho everyone complains the course is... urm.... well.. I leave it to one's disgression, one thing for sure, we met nice people, frens we remember even tho we are all to busy to meet up. Those days spent... in NTU's canteen A ... in the computer lab queuing up to get a computer terminal... then, i wanted to be out quickly, to stop 'wasting' time and to meet real people, or at least do something for people. Now, i recollect the memory with a smile.
No, I do not intend to go back to NIE again. I dun prefer NIE days than now. Neither do I prefer these days to the NIE days. I'm just learning to appreciate them... as life goes on...
Current state: frying in hot weather, brain shutdown
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
proud of my gal
tis gal who encouraged me by stepping up to play guitar for morn devotion despite her nervousness.... who at a point wanted to give up....
she took the effort to prac d song w me yest.... to come early again to prac the song tis morn...
and she did very well ... *applause* *smiles* i'm proud of her, and i'm sure God is too.. because she chose to do it for Him.
first song she ever played for sch assembly was 'Find us Faithful'. May she be found faithful in these little things that she does, and may tis be the beginning of the beautiful journey she chooses to serve Him with music. i am sure this will come to pass.
Current activity: stoning and munching pineapple tarts.
she took the effort to prac d song w me yest.... to come early again to prac the song tis morn...
and she did very well ... *applause* *smiles* i'm proud of her, and i'm sure God is too.. because she chose to do it for Him.
first song she ever played for sch assembly was 'Find us Faithful'. May she be found faithful in these little things that she does, and may tis be the beginning of the beautiful journey she chooses to serve Him with music. i am sure this will come to pass.
Current activity: stoning and munching pineapple tarts.
Monday, February 21, 2005
of matchmaking
since friday, THREE pple told me they wanna matchmake me to some pple they noe. its not the first time pple try to matchmake me. But within four days??? different ppl just come along d way and express their concerns tis way... WAT'S GOING ON?!?
Fri, my dear bong srey LD went 'hey my sis asked if u interested in her colleauge (?? i cant rem wat the relationship is lah). he's a teacher, nice guy'.
Sun, ana used this question 'will u date a serious guy?' i went 'i dunno, it really dps. y?' she went ' oh, yest nite was out for wedding dinner. saw JMY's fren, he's tall. and i tink he's nice. but he's very serious...' and so.. it goes on....
TODAY!!! JUST.... my mom went 'u free for a chat?' i went 'well, i'm always busy. but if u wanna talk i'll talk w ya.' she went ' i have a fren.. who asked.... ' and it goes on....
i like to tink tt i dun portray myself as desperate. lol. i'd like to take it as a compliment tt frens only introduce other frens when they tink u are nice. *sweet smile*
its just farnie....
Current state: LOLROF & trying to get back to work.
Fri, my dear bong srey LD went 'hey my sis asked if u interested in her colleauge (?? i cant rem wat the relationship is lah). he's a teacher, nice guy'.
Sun, ana used this question 'will u date a serious guy?' i went 'i dunno, it really dps. y?' she went ' oh, yest nite was out for wedding dinner. saw JMY's fren, he's tall. and i tink he's nice. but he's very serious...' and so.. it goes on....
TODAY!!! JUST.... my mom went 'u free for a chat?' i went 'well, i'm always busy. but if u wanna talk i'll talk w ya.' she went ' i have a fren.. who asked.... ' and it goes on....
i like to tink tt i dun portray myself as desperate. lol. i'd like to take it as a compliment tt frens only introduce other frens when they tink u are nice. *sweet smile*
its just farnie....
Current state: LOLROF & trying to get back to work.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
This weekend....
I did quite a couple of things...
Fri afternn, met up w my bong sreys for coffee in town. LD was as bubbly as ever. :) We had a good time... catching up... talking abt end times.... My bongs encouraged me to pursue further studies... very inspiring to see them... :)
Sat was spent doing work in the day. Evening, met up w GR again! to catch Constantine. One of the comment someone gave me abt the show was "weird", and that it wldn't go down too well w Catholics. Well, i tink it doctrinely speaking (if there's such a term) it wldn't go down well w many religions. lol. but barring this, it is an interesting watch, with good sound & music effects. Bits of dark, despair, peppered with some dark humor. Some resemblance to Matrix, but, a notch higher (or maybe i just got bored of Matrix revolutions & reloaded). Watever it is, its nice to catch a movie that's not boring. :)
Sun. Church. It was a little long. :P But message was 'clean n clear'. Had lunch w Ana, Jmy, Kv & Jrmy. Its not a usual combi of pple tog. But its pretty nice. Been a while since i went out for lunch w old pals after church.
So on the overall i had a good weekend. *smile*
Fri afternn, met up w my bong sreys for coffee in town. LD was as bubbly as ever. :) We had a good time... catching up... talking abt end times.... My bongs encouraged me to pursue further studies... very inspiring to see them... :)
Sat was spent doing work in the day. Evening, met up w GR again! to catch Constantine. One of the comment someone gave me abt the show was "weird", and that it wldn't go down too well w Catholics. Well, i tink it doctrinely speaking (if there's such a term) it wldn't go down well w many religions. lol. but barring this, it is an interesting watch, with good sound & music effects. Bits of dark, despair, peppered with some dark humor. Some resemblance to Matrix, but, a notch higher (or maybe i just got bored of Matrix revolutions & reloaded). Watever it is, its nice to catch a movie that's not boring. :)
Sun. Church. It was a little long. :P But message was 'clean n clear'. Had lunch w Ana, Jmy, Kv & Jrmy. Its not a usual combi of pple tog. But its pretty nice. Been a while since i went out for lunch w old pals after church.
So on the overall i had a good weekend. *smile*
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
and i did not get to watch the movie...
went all the way to the cinema... and.... no tix!! thanks to GR who tinks tt THERE WILL BE SEATS cos its wed nite. anywayz, he got bashed up .... and i got a free meal. but stil... I DID NOT GET TO WATCH THE MOVIE!!
and i bought a glue gun. for wat? i was tinking wat to do with it on my way home, realized alas dun really noe wat to do w it. lol....
ah... i noe.... SHOOT GR!!!
and i bought a glue gun. for wat? i was tinking wat to do with it on my way home, realized alas dun really noe wat to do w it. lol....
ah... i noe.... SHOOT GR!!!
i am encouraged....
by two of my gals. particularly encouraged because they were from my 'very challenging' class last year. the class tt seriously took up so much energy from me. the class notoriously known by teachers not teaching them. tis year, some of the gals started saying 'i miss you' or 'why are you not teaching us this year'. Some out of plain mischief (i'm sure), some sincerely (i'm sure too) [tho i still qns myself if i've done them any good teaching them english given i'm not trained to do it]. in any case, its been nice seeing them for music only so far. however, today God blessed me with a pleasant surprise to show me that, hey, He's at work.
During the last period I had for the day, these two gals after finishing music lesson came and tell me that they were interested in playing the guitar for morn devotion. See, I just challenged my guitar club gals yest to serve God and the sch in tis manner yest (urm, half thinking, they prob wldn't volunteer, i hv to noe them better and encourage 'forcefully'. Little did i expect them to step up... and from THAT class. These two gals have been nice all this while. But still, to expect gals from THAT class.... *smile* i pushed them further. when i knew they cld play other instruments, i challenged them to work on these instruments to play for chapel. they were apprehensive. so told them i'll train them tis year, next year den play, and they agreed!!! i was just like "oh my God, seriously..." it puts a smile on my face....
other than that.. the week has been work work work. Work is starting to pile up. Half the time i wonder if i can cope, or whether i'll screw up (yeah still tink tis way as and when). but like i say.. i tink too mych.. worry too much over things i can control THAT much...
so... just learning to appreciate the little things in life.. and to take things easie.r.. :) God is good. (its been a long time since i've said tis. i'm still using a lot of 'mind' and less 'heart' to say this... but more 'heart' than previously, bong)
Oh yeah, and i finally 'exercised' yest. How? By walking 1.5 hrs back home from sch. I'm not crazy. That's ME! mua ha ha...
During the last period I had for the day, these two gals after finishing music lesson came and tell me that they were interested in playing the guitar for morn devotion. See, I just challenged my guitar club gals yest to serve God and the sch in tis manner yest (urm, half thinking, they prob wldn't volunteer, i hv to noe them better and encourage 'forcefully'. Little did i expect them to step up... and from THAT class. These two gals have been nice all this while. But still, to expect gals from THAT class.... *smile* i pushed them further. when i knew they cld play other instruments, i challenged them to work on these instruments to play for chapel. they were apprehensive. so told them i'll train them tis year, next year den play, and they agreed!!! i was just like "oh my God, seriously..." it puts a smile on my face....
other than that.. the week has been work work work. Work is starting to pile up. Half the time i wonder if i can cope, or whether i'll screw up (yeah still tink tis way as and when). but like i say.. i tink too mych.. worry too much over things i can control THAT much...
so... just learning to appreciate the little things in life.. and to take things easie.r.. :) God is good. (its been a long time since i've said tis. i'm still using a lot of 'mind' and less 'heart' to say this... but more 'heart' than previously, bong)
Oh yeah, and i finally 'exercised' yest. How? By walking 1.5 hrs back home from sch. I'm not crazy. That's ME! mua ha ha...
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Learning....
How to play mahjong
1. Get a patient tutor
2. Make sure this tutor is willing to teach for FREE (as in, not make u lose money)
3. First two rounds: Play with all tiles OPENED.
4. Get the poor tutor to explain as you play along.
I learnt how to play mahjong last nite. LOL.. oh maybe, in the wee early hours tis morn. Minus the gambling part, its fun because like dty-dti, requires wits. Under the tutelage of my mentors along the way, I managed to 'hu' two rounds (ha, tt's because I'm not the only learner there).
Generally fun because its still new. In case my mom hears abt me learning this game, let me make tis clear: I dun gamble! Am only willing to play with patient pple who urm, are out for fun, a little brain tweezing n no cash or 'rewards/punishments' etc. involved. *laughs*
The best I get out of it, at least now when I watch all the farnie dushen, duhor, duxia or watever, i noe wat they are doing (or do i?!?)
Current State: Fat like bah-kwah
1. Get a patient tutor
2. Make sure this tutor is willing to teach for FREE (as in, not make u lose money)
3. First two rounds: Play with all tiles OPENED.
4. Get the poor tutor to explain as you play along.
I learnt how to play mahjong last nite. LOL.. oh maybe, in the wee early hours tis morn. Minus the gambling part, its fun because like dty-dti, requires wits. Under the tutelage of my mentors along the way, I managed to 'hu' two rounds (ha, tt's because I'm not the only learner there).
Generally fun because its still new. In case my mom hears abt me learning this game, let me make tis clear: I dun gamble! Am only willing to play with patient pple who urm, are out for fun, a little brain tweezing n no cash or 'rewards/punishments' etc. involved. *laughs*
The best I get out of it, at least now when I watch all the farnie dushen, duhor, duxia or watever, i noe wat they are doing (or do i?!?)
Current State: Fat like bah-kwah
Thursday, February 10, 2005
of ECs
i just had a gd evening in EC (east coast) w EC. ha ha. lame, i noe. I usually hv gd times in EC. One of my fav spots. :)
it was surprisingly crowded, but bulk of the population there were non-chinese. they seem to b having such a good time out there, honestly, i'm pretty envious. wat is one thing we chinese lack compared to our frens of other ethnic races in sg? i'd tink its the family n/or community spirit.
DISCLAIMER: not all families, jus my ob. based on my family and those i've seen.
Lets just take my exp these two days n wat i see.
1. my experience on CNY's eve
knocked off home from work early. tried to help out, but wasn't of much help. :) finally dinner ready. sat down to eat quietly. my fav - steamboat. but i did not hv much to say (pple noeing me will go - r u kidding? nothing much to say? *laughs*) finish dinner, wash dishes. den watched a chinese show. at 10, adjourned into my bedroom to do my mails etc. read my bible. slept at 12ish. did not watch the CNY celeb tv show.
2. wat i saw at EC
COUNTLESS tents scattered all over, clothes hanging outside tents (they camping there for how many nites?!?). some kids sleeping in tents. cooking using mass tin. kids playing. adults sitting ard cooking or talking. one family even had a tv brought over!!! EC n i question how they get recept9ion. perhaps it was vcd they were watching, oh well, doesnt' matter.
I wish i get to do wat these pple are doing. tt's my dream kindof family. but alas... oh well... i suppose at tis moment its as good as it gets. :) muz b thankful.
meanwhile, EC n i continued w our ritual of getting drinks from 7-11/supermkts n sitting ard somewhere to talk. it was nice. sat on the sand in front of the waves, and nice starry nite tonite too! (in sg, its considered starry *chuckles*). talked abt many things. things i'm working on now in life, the future, school, our kids today, etc. it was nice just sitting there to chill. thanks EC for ur encouragement. yes, and i'm still laughing my head off at the "i cant imagine u holding a gal with one hand, and another guy beside u, and his face covered by a black dot cos i dunno who he'll be". *laughs* its a farnie pic. u're rite. neither can i.
wat hv come out of this? one more gd memory to add on to the list of memories i hv of east coast. looking at the stars i tell mayself not to be too myopic as well. the future holds the unknown. we all are uncertain and to some extent hold some fears, but i cannot allow the fear to overcome me. yes. its true. i admit it. i tink too much. nothing wrong w tinking. but certain things i tink.... do not quite add on to life. is it necessarily bad? perhaps not. but maybe i shld cut down on these 'philosopical' thots and work on wats there. :)
oh watever... which explains... the change of my blog title. :)
it was surprisingly crowded, but bulk of the population there were non-chinese. they seem to b having such a good time out there, honestly, i'm pretty envious. wat is one thing we chinese lack compared to our frens of other ethnic races in sg? i'd tink its the family n/or community spirit.
DISCLAIMER: not all families, jus my ob. based on my family and those i've seen.
Lets just take my exp these two days n wat i see.
1. my experience on CNY's eve
knocked off home from work early. tried to help out, but wasn't of much help. :) finally dinner ready. sat down to eat quietly. my fav - steamboat. but i did not hv much to say (pple noeing me will go - r u kidding? nothing much to say? *laughs*) finish dinner, wash dishes. den watched a chinese show. at 10, adjourned into my bedroom to do my mails etc. read my bible. slept at 12ish. did not watch the CNY celeb tv show.
2. wat i saw at EC
COUNTLESS tents scattered all over, clothes hanging outside tents (they camping there for how many nites?!?). some kids sleeping in tents. cooking using mass tin. kids playing. adults sitting ard cooking or talking. one family even had a tv brought over!!! EC n i question how they get recept9ion. perhaps it was vcd they were watching, oh well, doesnt' matter.
I wish i get to do wat these pple are doing. tt's my dream kindof family. but alas... oh well... i suppose at tis moment its as good as it gets. :) muz b thankful.
meanwhile, EC n i continued w our ritual of getting drinks from 7-11/supermkts n sitting ard somewhere to talk. it was nice. sat on the sand in front of the waves, and nice starry nite tonite too! (in sg, its considered starry *chuckles*). talked abt many things. things i'm working on now in life, the future, school, our kids today, etc. it was nice just sitting there to chill. thanks EC for ur encouragement. yes, and i'm still laughing my head off at the "i cant imagine u holding a gal with one hand, and another guy beside u, and his face covered by a black dot cos i dunno who he'll be". *laughs* its a farnie pic. u're rite. neither can i.
wat hv come out of this? one more gd memory to add on to the list of memories i hv of east coast. looking at the stars i tell mayself not to be too myopic as well. the future holds the unknown. we all are uncertain and to some extent hold some fears, but i cannot allow the fear to overcome me. yes. its true. i admit it. i tink too much. nothing wrong w tinking. but certain things i tink.... do not quite add on to life. is it necessarily bad? perhaps not. but maybe i shld cut down on these 'philosopical' thots and work on wats there. :)
oh watever... which explains... the change of my blog title. :)
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