Sunday, 15 November 2009

  • I went to see the Doctor on my own today. Such a sad sight, felt so lonely. He says that it's a reoccurence. And advices me to avoid singing as much as possible.



    Okay.



    I am drowsy. And I've a lot to complete but I'm too distracted by John Mayer/ switchfoot/ the smiths. Makes me long for those days without having to worry over my studies.

    By the grace of God and his wondrous love, I will get through this.

    Keeping this as god centred as possible.


  • Perfect weekend with john mayer singing and making me smile (and heart fluttering), a delicious oreo cheesecake from starbucks (and its actually not too heavy; i sure hope the oreo cheesecake that i'm gonna make soon will be as nice), drinking water from piffy (hihi penguin), cooking lunch and dinner for my Dad (its rare that i get to do that and i got to do that today because my mom (and sis) are in Taipei enjoying ~life~ without me), light readings and having a good companion (hi! Rachel) to enjoy all that with.

    + the cold breeze that made long walks more enjoyable.

    /

    half of my heart's got a grip on the situation

    .
    .

    your faith is strong
    but I can only fall short for so long

    /

    I love you more than songs can say
    But I can't keep running after yesterday
    .

Saturday, 14 November 2009

Friday, 13 November 2009

  • This is the start
    This is your heart
    This is the day you were born
    This is the sun
    These are your lungs
    This is the day you were born.

    `

    If it doesn't break
    If it doesn't break
    If it doesn't break
    If it doesn't break your heart
    It isn't love
    If it doesn't break your heart
    It's not enough
    It's when you're breaking down
    With your insides coming out
    That's when you find out what your heart is made of

    `

    We rise and fall together
    Our hearts still beat below
    You can't stand by forever
    You're a kid with a bullet soul
    Are you ready to go?

Sunday, 08 November 2009

  • Hello, we are growing up fast
  • 1. Piano lessons (Christmas jazz) (with Jolyn)
    2. Japanese classes (self study first)
    3. Food science (and read my cookbooks)
    4. Driving classes (provided that my dad is still sponsoring me)
    5. Work (aiming to save up $5000)
    6. Sew (and sell)
    7. Read (Jolyn, we gotta go on a book spree tgt)
    8. Watch good romance comedy films
    9. Watch HK dramas
    10. Watch BOF again (maybe)
    11. Hairstyling classes
    12. Cut my hair
    13. Get a new pair of spectacles
    14. Ikea christmas shopping (with Darren)
    15. Curious Case of BB + Ikea meatballs + B&J (with In)
    16. Read up on Photography etc
    17. Plan Christmas gathering with Peesix Clique (hello Bevo, any ideas?)
    18. Mahjong and Poker (haha Kam and e rest)
    19. Steamboat III (with the Coolios)
    20. Carolling pracs (looking forward to singing again; with friends)
    21. Japanese food; plenty of sashimi pleaseee
    22. Ann Siang Hill (with Rachel)
    23. Breakfast at Dempsey (with Darren)
    24. Sort out past years worth of photographs (file up/ album)
    25. Wii (HI JINGH)
    26. Exercise (with Jing/ Jingh/ Kerri Ann/ sis/ mom)
    27. Dinner with Kai and Hannah dear
    28. A weekend getaway with the girls (???)
    29. Meet Jia Jun and Karmy and the rest of A3 (???)
    30. Bring Rachel and Vic out for cakes (yumm)
    31. Hang out with Freaaaak
    32. Buy a new bookshelf and fit the star shaped lightchain from Ikea into it
    33. Night cycling (choir friends :D)
    34. Visit Mt. Faber (Hi Joel Wong hahaa will you pls org a comm outing there!!)
    35. Buy more cookbooks (it feels good spending my own money on things that means a lot)
    36. Read about Japanese culture
    37. Buy a notebook to pen down 'the things I thank God for each day'
    38. Buy a camera bag for Smithens
    39. Bake brownies and meringues for Vera (I hope you'll enjoy em)
    40. Prepare for this year's Christmas gifts to my precious friends
    41. Back to work at Penguin hahah (aim is to earn $700 in Dec, $1200 in Jan. I think I'll work there throughout the year but on/off since I've plans to work at the chocolate factory heh)
    42. Bring my girls to eat at 'Mary's Cafe', the dim sum place at Sunshine Plaza, and the Rochor Road's beancurd
    43. Write a note to my favourite and respectable teacher
    44. Learn how to use the mac well and teach my mom.
    45. Teach my mom han yu pin yin (I hope I'll be patient since I'm doing this on my own accord and out of love)
    46. Tiedye shirts (Rachel, where to get the stuff?)
    47. Fishing (Gerald? KW?)
    48. Meet KW (finally) for a sumptuous meal yum
    49. Catch up with Rain (?)
    50. Clear my table (I will give away all my books and notes.)
    51. Write Rachel's birthday card
    52. Bake carrot cake for Rachel
    53. Go on an observation trip again hehe
    54. Sell my clothes
    55. Start penning down my thoughts on 'the food I've eaten today'
    56. Meet Sher and Jing for a meal!
    57. Have breakfast at that pastry place in Club St with Rachel
    58. Try the pastries from Mirabelle with Rachel
    59. Organise a gathering with the coolios SPECIALLY for the boys, before they enlist on 26th April.
    60. Attend Oscar's Poster Boys and Girls at Booksactually (either with Jolyn or Rachel - whoever that's interested and free)

    Watch this space!

Saturday, 26 September 2009

  • "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
    - Maya Angelou

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Tuesday, 08 September 2009

  • September 6, 2009
    Resolve to Manage Your Anger
    by Rick Warren


    "Love . . . is not easily angered" (1 Corinthians 13:5 NIV).

    The Bible says, "Love is not easily angered." It doesn't say love never gets angry at all. In fact, sometimes the loving thing to do is to get angry. Jesus became angry in the Temple when he saw his Father's house being run like a marketplace.

    At the same time, we can love someone and still get angry at that person. Sometimes the anger may be 'righteous' and sometimes it may be 'selfish,' but the people we love the most are the ones most likely to make us angry.

    My point is this: God placed the capacity to get angry into your biological makeup. Being angry is not a sin; it can become a sin if we allow it to push us into destructive behavior, but the emotion itself is not a sin. The Bible says even God gets angry.

    You can't avoid anger, but you can learn how to control it. You can resolve to manage it, so it becomes an asset, rather than a liability. This means you quit making excuses and justifying your anger: "That's just me. I just blow up. I can't control it."

    Anger can be controlled. Have you ever been in a fight with someone and things are getting pretty loud, but then the telephone rings? Notice how quickly you can manage your anger! You've got a lot more control over your anger than you think you do. Resolve to manage it, then confess, "I can control my anger with God's help."

Thursday, 03 September 2009

  • {page 279 WNTTAK}
    "Wow," he said. "That's a whole lot of adjectives."
    Attention deficit disorder in a pig's eye. Kevin was an able student when he bothered, and he hadn't been doodling; he'd been taking notes.
    "Let's see," he said, and proceeded to check off successive elements of his list with his red crayon. "Spoiled. You're rich. I'm not too sure what you think you're doing without, but I bet you could afford it. Imperious. Pretty good description of that speech just now; if I was you, I wouldn't order dessert, 'cause you can bet the waiter's gonna hawk a loogie in your raspberry sauce. Inarticulate? Lemme see..." He searched the table cloth, and read aloud, "It's not that easy, or maybe it is easy, I don't know. I don't call that Shakespeare myself. Also, seems to me I'm sitting across from the lady who goes on these long rants about 'reality TV' when she's never watched a single show. And that -- one of your favourite words, Mumsey -- is ignorant. Next: boasting. What was all that these-dumb-fucks-suck-dead-moose-dick-and-I'm-so-much-cooler-than-them if it wasn't showing off? Like somebody who thinks she's got it right and nobody else does. Trusting... with no other people can't stand them." He underscored this one and then looked me in the eye with naked dislike. "Well. Far as I can tel, about the only one thing that keeps you and the other dumb-ass Americans from being peas in a pod is you're not fat. And just because you're skinny you act self-righteous--condescending--and superior. Maybe I'd rather have a big cow of a mother who at least didn't think she was better than everybody else in the fucking country."
    I paid the bill. We wouldn't conduct another mother-son outing until Claverack.