Entries for July, 2006
July 9th, 2006
5 - inDESPERATIO POSTED AT 02:19 PM Haha.. I'm back in Penang... and I'm off again tonight to Singapore! Going to do the thyroid operation there... so keep me and my dad in your prayers. Hillsong conference was AWESOME... but the update (and pics) will have to wait! Muahahahahaha. (I so love tantalizing people. Nyeh) p/s If I was supposed to e-mail / write to whoever I'll get round to it as soon as I can! There's a comment somewhere down there asking questions... (forgot the name) so sorry I'm so busy, I'll answer you as soon as I can sit down and think!! =) Cheers! 2 talked!
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July 13th, 2006
1 - inDESPERATION POSTED AT 09:50 PM I'm home. We didn't do the op. Docs in Sing says they don't want to rush it... Don't think it's necessary. What we did was a fine needle biopsy where they stick this needle in your throat to extract cells... and we will find out the results either tomorrow or Monday. I bought the LOTR book (the trilogy plus appendix) for only Sing $7.95. So cheap. Hehe. So happy. And I got the Narnia set too, since my aunt passed us a S$50 voucher for Times bookstore. It was only S$29 or so... which is comparable (maybe cheaper) than Malaysian prices, and at any rate, FREE for me. Hahahaha. Happy happy. Reading: the confusion - neal stephenson Listening to: how insensitive - astrud gilberto |
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July 15th, 2006
inDESPERATION POSTED AT 11:16 AM Poised...
--- broken doors (because Josh wanted it) We looked at our broken doors We looked at our broken doors No more now Sanctify us, Jesus We opened our once-broken doors Now's the time You've sanctified us, Jesus --- Ball's now back in your court, Josh. Nyeh. --- I WANTS TO WATCH PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN - DEAD MAN'S CHEST. Come wif me? :D Reading: notes from Hillsong. :) Listening to: exalt - Altered Frequency |
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July 17th, 2006
22 years... POSTED AT 12:27 AM of knowing this fella called JOSHUA YEOH WEI JERN. Happy Birthday.
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July 18th, 2006
awwww POSTED AT 12:32 PM Went over to Jo's blog... and read about her birthday surprise at Alexis. AAAWWWWWWW --- Yesterday was slightly eventful. I woke up not-so-bright-and-early, but I had to go out, so went about the business of getting ready and all that. Car started. Yay, accomplishment. No petrol. Thought of going to the ESSO station near my house but the tanker was there, and there were so many cars lining up. Decided to head off for the Shell "down the road". Did not realise that "down the road" was past Island Plaza and nearing Gurney Roundabout. (I have a terrible memory, I do.) Oh well! I reached it! Finished putting petrol, headed round the roundabout to Bagan Jermal, all the while wondering why my car doesn't sound very nice. Suddenly realised that the temperature was shooting up and up and up. Stopped by the side of the road, called daddy. Waited. Waited. Waited. Waited. Daddy appeared. AAM appeared a loooonnng time later. Apparently some pipe or something burst inside, and the water had all leaked out. Oh well. --- I will keep saying "updates to come" because at this current moment, I'm too lazy to spend time uploading pictures. Haha. I will get around to it one day (which will probably be very much shorter than Andy's version of one day, but nonetheless, a while). Reading: the confusion - neal stephenson Watching: jo's bday video on utube |
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July 20th, 2006
ponderous ponder POSTED AT 11:54 PM I was just wondering... how come I didn't quite feel homesick in KL ever? Or did I just dismiss the feeling and not realise it was there? Haha. Or maybe I just drifted through the whole two years. Blindly. Deaf. But must you feel homesick? Right now, I miss:
--- My convocation is on Saturday! *whheeeee* --- oh dear! Happy (belated) Birthday, Rowen & Joanne!!!! 21 years, eh? Welcome to adulthood. (yeah, right) |
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July 21st, 2006
beautiful POSTED AT 03:22 PM He held her at arm's length, dark eyes staring into her brown ones. "Before you go, you need your name." --- I feel in some ways that the Hillsong Conference was some sort of a launching pad. It was saying, "look here, you've been hiding enough. You're going back now, and it's time." Time. It is time. We will feel the birthpangs of time, but we come will come through. Oh look, I'm waxing poetical. Haha. Listening to: I will believe - nichole nordeman |
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July 25th, 2006
*phew* POSTED AT 12:00 AM I just finished uploading the pics from australia. *everyone say yay!* So blog update will be tomorrow lah. And then I have to upload the convo pics. Tell you what... I think I'm going to borrow someone's burner... and just get everything on a disc to print. My dad just killed the computer with the cd burner. *grrr* |
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July 25th, 2006
backlogs (picture warning) POSTED AT 01:19 PM Adelaide. Hm. So it was Friday, and I had to walk with Deb to work.
*sigh* A 30 minute walk, at top speed, in the cold. Not a very good experience on the second day in a foreign land. Well. The other irritating thing was that she had to be at work by around 8.30am, and nothing opened until 10am. So I was literally wandering around with nothing to do. Took a walk in the botanical garden, just to waste time.
These plaques on the floor also kept me amused. For a time.
Visited the museum,
where this amused me:
Now that took the whole morning. Met up with Deb for lunch at Rundle mall, and then wandered around, later on heading off to the Art Gallery to waste more time.
Dinner later at some Italian restaurant, but I didn't take pics. (awww) Saturday brought us to Stirling with two of Deb's colleagues.
Sunday brought church and McLaren Vale. Winetasting (yeck):
The Almond & Olive Train:
Also stopped by the lake, where we bought chocolates... and watched birds.
I met up with Juanita on Monday at Chinatown. We had beef noodles.
Then we went to Rundle for ice-cream.
Found a piece of home:
Rundle sights:
Tuesday brought us to Victor Harbor: picnic lunch and whale sightings.
Well... we saw some spouts lah.
(The black dot in the up there. Well, everyone was looking at it. So we assumed it was the whale. It DID appear and reappear. Haha.) Headed up towards the bluff. And saw birds... and seals!!
Then we went to Granite Island to see Penguins. But it was dark by then. And we weren't allowed to use flash. Next, we visited Hahndorf.
The next day... we did Deb's driving licence. That's all. And then it was Sydney. Which I will do later because I'm tired already. And it's almost time for lunch. *btw... the adelaide album has sub-albums of hillsong and taronga... if you didn't notice. Reading: the lost gospel Listening to: bethany dillon Feeling: hungry |
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July 25th, 2006
backlogs (more pictures) POSTED AT 09:43 PM SYDNEY!
We visited the Taronga Zoo:
Hillsong Conference buddies: (Winnie, Sarah, Deb, Tsu Ee, Kim) I think. Haha.
The church:
Met up with my cousin, Yong Kuang and Deb's friend, Ling Li.
Conference:
Delirious:
Cindy Cruise-Ratcliff , Israel Houghton, and New Breed!
Sorrylah... a bit blur... zoom not that good. OHs... meet Sammy!
Yes, I stayed in a house with a dog. More accurately, I stayed in two houses, both with dogs!! I am proud of myself! Haha. Reading: howl's moving castle - diana wynne jones Listening to: i am nothing - shawn mcdonald |
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Sun-gazing. Me likes meerkats. Haha.
July 25th, 2006
July 26th, 2006
BR: Howl's Moving Castle POSTED AT 03:57 PM in book review
Will Sophie find her way out of the curse? Will Howl escape the clutches of the evil Witch of the Waste? Will they sort out which Lettie Hatter is being pursued by Howl and which by his apprentice Michael? Will Sophie find out how to break Calcifer's contract with Howl? Diana Wynne Jones tastefully weaves this tale of magic, fantasy and love, bringing us to its happily-ever-after ending - which should be hair-raising, as Howl himself adds. Every page is humourous and eventful, as Sophie barges into the castle and Howl's life, creating no end of disaster with everything she does. She also adds a passing nod at the modern world, with forays into Wales, where they see magic boxes that "grew on long, floppy white stalks that appeared to be rooted in the wall" and horseless carriages that went at a terrifying speed. Although Howl's Moving Castle is a children's book (or is marketed as one anyway), it should waltz its way into the hearts of all humour and magic lovers. |
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Sophie Hatter, the eldest of three girls, is convinced that she will never amount to much. After all, fortunes only come to the youngest child, don't they? Cursed by the Witch of the Waste, Sophie ends up in Wizard Howl's moving castle and in a bargain with Calcifer, Howl's fire demon. There, she finds that the dreaded Wizard, reputed to eat young girl's souls, is nothing more than a childish, melodramatic young man who, in Sophie's own words, is a slitherer-outer and coward.July 26th, 2006
Beautiful POSTED AT 08:13 PM Trixie introduced this song to me a while back. I thought it nice then, but I've fallen in love with it recently: Beautiful [Bethany Dillon] I was so unique Now I feel skin deep I count on the make-up to cover it all Crying myself to sleep cause I cannot keep their attention I thought I could be strong But it's killing me Does someone hear my cry? I'm dying for new life [Chorus] 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 Sometimes I wish I was someone other than me Fighting to make the mirror happy Trying to find whatever is missing Won't you help me back to glory [Chorus] You make me beautiful You make me stand in awe You step inside my heart, and I am amazed I love to hear You say Who I am is quite enough You make me worthy of love and beautiful --- You make me beautiful Only Jesus can clean away the dross and make us beautiful again. You make me stand in awe Only Jesus is so beautiful and majestic that we stand in awe of who He is. Notice the focus has changed, from us being beautiful so that others stand in awe, to us standing in awe of Him. You step inside my heart, and I am amazed Again, that shift of focus from others seeing us and being amazed, to us having Jesus in our hearts, and Him changing us so that we are amazed. I love to hear You say who I am is quite enough And we are! It doesn't matter how often or how far we have fallen short, because all of us have fallen short. To Him it doesn't matter, because His blood has bought us and cleansed us, and we don't need to try to be any more than we are, because we are quite enough. He makes us enough, and fills in all the gaps that we cannot fill. You make me worthy of love and beautiful =) *dances* --- Thought: Isn't it funny that we have so many books on how to get nearer to God, and rely on these books and songs and sayings to help us "get close" to God, and yet... we often neglect the one very book that will truly bring us closer to God - the Bible. If you were to receive a love letter, would you read it before other writings or after? |
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July 27th, 2006
upgrades POSTED AT 01:38 PM Lycos Mail has upgraded, and I have to admit, it looks pretty good now. I would consider using it frequently again... I think. I don't know! Having too much fun with gmail, as it is (i lurve gmail conversations.. ahha) but that hasn't solved my problem of which e-mail I should use? Eenie meenie minie moe... Lycos, Yahoo or Gmail? --- I opened an account at EON Bank today, and I was impressed with their service. Why EON? Because my new workplace requires it! I start work next month... which is next week... which is *almost* starting to freak me out. Oh well. A new phase of life. Argh. --- Next post (when I get round to it): convocation pictures Reading: the last juror - grisham Listening to: the blues - switchfoot |
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July 28th, 2006
convocation POSTED AT 11:44 AM
Our favourite building. Hahaha. That's Doreen, my classmate. Various classmates:
Coursemates:
CF friends:
And lunchies!
This fella... is such a... argh, get him away from the camera!!
Aunty Esther bought me flowers
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July 29th, 2006
alert! POSTED AT 11:58 PM Do keep these people in prayer:
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July 30th, 2006
the things that haunt POSTED AT 03:33 PM in thoughts From the Star:
Lee Khian Yip, 18. A first year student. He would have left home - most probably for the first time, excited about the future - approximately 2 months ago. He wouldn't have even taken his first college exam. Will this be his only legacy to the world - to be remembered as a stabbing victim in KL? Two students. Walking home after dinner. Housemates, maybe. Or a couple? I was told that the friend was a girl. The news doesn't say. The incident happened at 8.35pm, when the area would be swarming with people - other students having dinner, working adults coming home late by LRT. When a friend came back on the LRT at 10.30pm, he said there was a crowd, and a body. If they had rushed him to the hospital immediately, would he have survived or at least had a better chance of surviving? Why did it take TWO WHOLE HOURS for the body to be taken away? Was it enough to merely cover him with newspapers while they gawked? I didn't know him. I probably would never have known him. Our paths would probably never have crossed. But he was a fellow TARCian. Do the murderers feel remorse at all? Do they even care? I thank God for His protection for all the times I happily tripped off alone, using that same road, walking by those very stalls, following that residential road from the LRT station to my car alone at all hours of the day. (BTW... TAR Villa is not the College hostel. It's a NEW apartment... rented units. Not the hostel. The hostel is still relatively safe. You have to sign in TWICE to get in.) --- Star of Persia haunts me. David was told the other day at cell of his sisters, "Deborah and Esther." I should change my name. Anna Esther Tan. Hahaha. Listening to: Yes I will - Bebo Norman Feeling: jumbled up |
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July 30th, 2006
borrow mine POSTED AT 06:33 PM in thoughts by Bebo Norman
Take my hand and walk with me a while
You can borrow mine
Take my love when all that you can see
When you are weak --- Borrow Mine talks about a shared faith. It talks about being strong enough for two, when your friend falls along the wayside. It talks about standing beside your brother in Christ to face the trials of life. I would also like to think of it as a lover's song, telling your life partner that through all the trials, even when hope seems to fade away, you'll be there for him. And even when it seems like I cannot find the faith to continue, we can still hold on, because I can hold on to his love, and to his faith that will bring me to a place where I can find my feet and find God again. Is it possible to borrow faith? Sometimes I think it's possible to ride on someone's faith to bring you through rocky times. You know those times when you feel like everything's going to crash, and you're going to fail in everything you put your hand to, and then someone just comes along and believes in you and in God's purposes for you - you find that you start thinking "hey, maybe it's just possible to get through this." Then you do. With your heart and faith shaken but intact. Not bitter. Not scattered. Maybe slightly broken, but being pieced together again. I would like to be that person. The one whose faith can carry you through. Not by my strength, but through Christ, who will never forsake us. Needless to say, I'd like "him" (if and when I ever find him... hahaha) to be able to do the same for me too. Listening to: chapstick, chapped lips and things like chemistry - relient k |
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July 31st, 2006
wish POSTED AT 06:59 PM Do you ever find yourself wishing that something would happen, but know that it most probably never will? Do you ever find yourself wanting to do something, but knowing that it's too ridiculous to even consider? Do you ever find yourself wishing to know things that you know you'd never know? Do you ever find yourself wanting to read minds? --- I wrapped my new books today. Some of them anyway. And I'm going to have fun reading them. Whee. --- wotd: ensorcell (en-SOR-suhl) verb tr. --- I receive "A Word A Day" e-mails introducing me to new words every day. This one was interesting. If I'm free enough, I'll start a regular word of the day (wotd) entry. If they're interesting too. |
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