shop till you drop

i was prescribed the most useful and effective form of therapy today - RETAIL THERAPY!!
mac and i went to wisma to shop after my microbes classes (which btw, is the funniest lecture i've ever been to!)
i got quite a few good buys, considering the discounts and offers available from closing-down sales
but i fell in lurveee with this shirt:


which is from zara and costs $75.
so anyone rich enough to contribute to the buy-joy-that-shirt fund, pls step up
your initiative would be greatly appreciated (:

nonsense aside, this week has been a pretty efficient week!
huikai and i had project meeting discussion on wed (actually, mainly just lunch haha)
and then i met SARAH for dinner!! (: its been too long since we've met up
we had such a nice time shopping & catching up that jeremy canceling on us turned out to be a blessing in disguise! haha
we had dinner @ crystal jade (omg im soo addicted to crystal jade now)
look at all that good foood!! XLBs never tasted better (:



on monday, lide picked me up and we went for our long-awaited night drive to catch MOUTERS! hahaha
actually, we just drove around aimlessly with the full intention of getting lost
and we ended up HERE:


changi point boardwalk. which is like a lil jetty with chalets all round! very, very pretty @ night.


we were also at changi sailing club to enjoy the nice seaview (:


in all boredom, effort to take all the boats! hahaha


a veryvery nice night, where we just drove around the east doing sightseeing and admiring the night view (:
and lide even got to try the macdonald's drive-thru for the first time! hahaha our supper for the night

MOUTERS mission #2 next week! (:

breakthrough

another superduper busy weekend, that ended with a nice day in with loads of DVDs and some dota :p
special mention goes to the saturday, which was a real breakthrough and a real blessed one at that (:

so, i gave my first piano lesson on saturday! (:
with God's grace and providence i got a student who lived in the same street, same condo, and whose block is right opposite mine!
i was pretty strung up on a tight string about my first 45 min lesson, maybe because my student was 25 years old
but in the end things worked out so well, i didnt even know my lesson time was up cuz it was so much fun(:
so its like being paid to have fun. not a bad deal at all hahaha.

anyway, saturday was also the day where victor & sooyein first came to our church!


here's us at "yummy". our own little international foodfest featuring foods from diff religions and culture
and through that i really saw God's special hand of blessings
only He can turn any mess into a message, and im really really happy for how they responded to the messages (:

i forgot to take pictures, so heres one precious one with weiyi being bundled up in sari after we were taught how to wear it :p


and we had an entire passover meal, with every single food and its significance elaborated
while we were at it, a few camwhore moments muahaha:


on friday, i went to newyork newyork with mac's base people to celebrate one of the guy's birthday(:
it was my first time there! hahaha the food was super nice. so were the people!
had quite a nice time, to finally meet the people with the bf every single day hahaha

anyway but not least, guess who i went out with!!


if only my camera was as fun as that... (:

tutorial starts tmr :S by God's grace (or not) im chosen to do the first presentation for international econs tutorial (and its graded)
guess we'll see how it kickstarts my tutorial week (:

God will make a way

"Faith ends where worry begins, and worry ends where faith begins"
-George Mueller

there are times when i just cant stop worrying. about the future, about the present, and sometimes even my past.
usually i manage to race ahead of these worries, dwelling in the "today", and in everything else pleasant
but sometimes, they just manage to catch up ahead of me, hitting me when im the most vulnerable

i worry, because i cant change certain things, or do anything to rectify a helpless situation
i worry, because these things are out of my grasp and control
but today im again reminded, that its because these things are so out-of-control that im blessed
im blessed because it allows me to place it wholly into God's hands, so that He may be the one steering them
my strength alone is insufficient, but in Him, all things are good, because God specialises in happy endings (:

anyway. pictures again to tell the story, simply because im in no mood to write at all.


the nE company before ong left for the states :(
we seem to be shrinking year to year thanks to overseas callings boooo.
but at least ong's coming back in a year :D

huikai and i went to buy fishes for his tank (:


the last picture are LIVE mealworms for sale. they are food for some large fishes, and they were wriggling and squirming as i took the shot
HOW GROSS CAN FOOD GET?! yuckkk.

i've ended school for the week, yet again (: and im elated.
had a blessed day at school today, meeting up with janice & natalie for lunch
and then with ruth's DG for discipleship and bible study and sharing @ LT15
its truly God's grace that im placed in such an awesome DG with such nice members
and i can say, im fed so much more through the session. i feel rejuvenated (:

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own" - Matthew 6:34

partyworld

ytd, i went to partyworld to karaoke on my own accord!! (yes, surprise surprise)
ive never rly thot of myself as a karaoke-person, but it turned out really really fun
after church i went out with lide to chill @ cine, and then met mac, victor & melvin for dinner & partyworld



twas a night of emo moments, crazy screaming, mass massacre-ing of songs (:


we sang non-stop from 8-12am. i thot 4 hours would be a really long time to be singing,
but time really just passed so quickly when you're having fun (:
on the other hand, my money flew really quickly too cuz i had to cab back with midnight surcharge (again)

一二三牵着手四五六抬起头
七八九我们私奔到月球
让双脚去腾空让我们去感受
那无忧的真空那月色纯真的感动

2nd week of school has started. the last week before tutorials begin.
honestly, im kinda dreading tutorials. esp since i spent 3/4 of the lecture being completely lost in micro II :(
perhaps, its time to don on those reading glasses and thinking caps again
cuz this sem's not gna be an easy ride.. sighh.

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myeverything

its thursday today, but also the start to my weekends for the school week
yes, school has begun, and i cant begin to illustrate the wonders and joy of having a 3-day week
really leaves me to do a lot of other things that i want to (:

the past week has been a super busy one, but also a super fun one at that (:
just yesterday, natalie and i tried our hand at archery. muahaha.



ok that's not us, but one of the guys in our group trying his robinhood skills on the board
it was a 2.5 hour intro course, where they taught us the proper ways of shooting and aiming



it looks easy but its actually pretty tiring, especially drawing the arrow far enough to project it
but its also a very addictive sport, especially if you keep missing the bullseye ( like me)
its so fun i've signed up for recreational archery woohoooooo (:

here's us, real satisfied for the day :D

i also went for the vcf welcome tea with huikai, josh, and matthew! (:
although it turned out to be an ARTS welcome tea, and i did get sabo-ed to win the bingo, and josh made me feel so self-conscious about my pimple,
it was still relatively okayyyy.
we left earlier due to other commitments, okay maybe i just left cuz huikai was giving me a ride home,
and i got a glimpse of the beauty of nus medicine at night



pretty serene and tranquil (: i like.

anyway. on tuesday, i went out with lide after school for dinner @ gelare (:
i wanted to do my nails, so i dragged the poor boy to the manicure shop, where he did his nails too!!!




yes, its the first time i've done my nails with a guy.
and altho he kept commenting that his nails were too shiny, i bet he was super happy with those nails (:
i was, with mine! hahaha.
we can be nail buddies in the future :D

the past week before school start was filled with oweek madness, like beach games.
here's a shot of the pretty freshie girls with me because we were leaving early :P




i also met mac, victor and melvin on that day to watch rushhour 3!
omg its a freaking funny show, most possibly the only triquel that retains its humorous and engaging essence
although we were stuck seated on the 2nd row from the front, it was good cuz the cinema was big enough
and we didnt have to crane our necks too far out to see everything(:
after the show it was arcade+pool all the way till the wee hours of the night
till i was so tired i couldnt even aim the ball properly hahaha
but twas a great night (:

for the rest of it, school's been pretty awesome (:
i'm taking my modules with my bunch of favorite people, and they make school so much less boring and dreary
i really thank God for the way everything turned out, so much better than what i expected (:

"God is the potter, not Harry..."
and i say, amen (:

pink fever

today the whole of singapore met the wrath of the pink-ed nussu
literally the entire country was swarming with pink that combed the coin pouches of all those nice aunties & uncles.
here's some of those who were pink-ified...



naturally, the bemoaning of those violently-objecting-tetesterones inside the male(and some female)bodies were loud and clear.

but hey, its for charity.
i think i brought back 6 sheets of those unused stickers

in my defense, we did fill up about 1/10th of the can :p

-insert abrupt ending-

photos!

here're some pictures that are a little overdue..

matric fair!

luckily i found ong nE at the games development booth (: we were both super bored


wes and ong (and another guy) making their point about how bored they were..


87ers @ crystal jade and settler's cafe!

say hello to happy people with xiaolongbaos (:


lide's XLBs without soup..


mac and i (:


the game says it all..


and the happy people with our favorite "ugly dolls" (:


camp + matric fair + huikai's van!
ok not much pictures from the camp itself. no time to take any! so here's huikai's van! (:

its my first time sitting in a van! hahaha so cool


and the kind driver who gave janice and i a lift home (:


a very blurred picture of the three of us and janice caged in the backseat


1520 BBQ at lide's place!

all of us after the station games


and the HEAPS of yummy food


with the cool chef who made us all the food (:


hunger makes some people go crazy


while it makes others sleepy :p





i found this picture super hilarious! the thrash bag represents guanhow whos MIA in australia :p

me and peizhe! pls spot the resemblances than-kew


dinner with the german-singaporeans @ amirah grill!

yayy to all the people whom i've missed greatly and muchly




too bad we didnt manage to shisha in the end :P