rockapella

i was smiling throughout the concert ((: because rockapella totally kicked-ass.
i loovvved every single song they performed, and for that 2+ hours it was just pure bliss
the guys were hilarious, and they had great stage presence, not to mention purrfect harmony and synchrony
it was like 120min of heaven immersed in oldies, and love songs
i did NOT want to leave the hall at all. trust me.
when we finally did come out frm the concert hall, mac and i were both highh ((: high on music.

"If music be the food of love; play on"

thanks for the wonderful night, for the "textbook date" that we almost had hahaha
i loved every min of it ((:

tired

"and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose for them" - Romans 8:28

"trust in the Lord with ally our heart and lean not on your own understanding.
In all ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight" - Proverbs 3:5 -6

unexpected encouragement in an unexpected time (:

one step at a time, one battle at a time
it feels like clearing weeds that keep growing out.
nevermind, i'm going to buy a weed mower. soon.
and my garden's gonna be beautifully cleared of weeds, then my flowers can bloom beautifully (:

haha i'm going a bit crazy. yes i am.
guess retail therapy today was pretty much called for. however unanticipated it was.

i wanna watch happy feeet... :(
till then, she'll be my happy feet ((:

bowed heads and twirling brains

studying in the central library with my favorite-est people now
a mere 2 hours to my german vocab test, which i'm still not exactly very prepared for
but since huishi (who's typing frantically away beside me) started blogging, it got me writing too
here i am, looking over the 6th floor of the library, and i see bowed heads and twirling brains (read: thinking)
a familiar scene, like maybe a year ago or so
listening to somewhat the same music, going through the same kinda anxiety that comes with exams
nostalgic? think again.
but i do like the peace and serenity that is the epitome of the central lib.
each lump of slouching mass with music plugged in, engaged in his/her own materials, enveloped in his/her own world
its no wonder the library has extended its opening hours to 24 hours! hahaha


here. i finally saw this soldier in his number THREEs, and looking smart (:
no more ugly and heavy boots, no more long-sleeves folded into uncomfortable lumps at the arm

a nice night spent ytd (: heres another countdown starter till the weekends! woots.
"And all I want is to hold you forever
All I need is you more everyday
You saved my heart from being broken apart
You gave your love away
And I'm thankful everyday
For the gift"

the lingering feeling of you

weekends are over!! :(
too fast too furious. somehow i'm always saying that on sunday or monday

so this weekend was fun, as i have promised myself after a whole week of hard work (:
since i'm really tired i shall just do a voyeur-report of my weekend

friday
i watched "the guardian" (: which was a reallyreally nice show!!
it was so inspiring. it even got me inspired to swim! hahaha
guess the plot was predictable, but it was in celebration of the courage and bravery of UScoastguards
who, although have no application to us, are noble in sustaining the profession that in itself is noble

saturay
i gave tuition at macdonalds! (: actually im kinda starting to enjoy tuition quite alot
its the satisfaction in seeing your student being able to grasp her exams more firmly in her hands
or being able to solve questions that she wasnt able before
or knowing that i can help bring her one step closer to gaining entry to JC
or just being able to help in any way.. that can make a differnece to her and to me (:
its a nice feeling (:
then it was usual sat band practice (and jamming) at church like always
before.. shopping!! ((: yes i just had to reward myself a little hehehe~


guess i wasnt the only one rewarding myself =p


sunday
church!! (: and then CCIS caroling practice. which i'm starting to enjoy more and more
its nice when everybody starts to get their parts and the songs come together perfectly
ok not THAAT perfect, but its nice to get the whole "christmasy feeling" ((:
i absolutely LOVE christmas (: which explains why i was so excited to see christmas decos up in town alr
and then i watched "step up" with evynn regina and mac after that. which got me inspired again.
but this time, its to dance hahaha.
its one of those DAMNGOOD shows where you come out going "wow, i wanna be like that"
but i swear, dance never felt soo good and alive in a movie.
everybody, go watch! (:

yup that pretty much summarizes my weekends with the voyeuristic torchlight
its just so that i can look back a few years from now
and go, what i cant believe i wrote like that when i was 19
or go, hey i had soo much free time (however untrue) when i was 19
or be all reminiscent about the beautiful past and marvel at my even more wonderful present and future (:

that's all folks!
a long entry to end the blog drought! (:

IT lecture

its IT lecture now and i'm pretty boredd. (like always)


this is pretty much what i'm doing now.. studying. or at least, attempting to.
yesterday huishi and i stayed back @ d central library studying and researching.
HAHA yahright we stayed back to finish our IT project. which was really rushed due to our procrastination.
however, it was reeeaalyy nice when we finished, and i have to say, i'm really proud of it (:
it was on cyber fashion, if anybody was curious.

there's 2 more days till the weekends! (:
im gonna do a countdown every week till the weekends
makes it less painful than to countdown till semester break
or to ORD date for some muahaha

faith. inspite of feelings

well guess there's always ups and downs in life.
cant always expect things to go up, up, and up.
"to fall is not to fail
you fail when you don't try" right?

just a little hard to reconcile the fact that it was so close and yet so far.
thinking of the "what-ifs" or "if-i-didnt-do-that"s just makes things so much harder to digest
but i cant help but ponder about the whole process, bringing myself back to the scene where it mattered
a little bit more concentration, a little less carelessness, it prolly wld have made the cut
but i guess He has His reasons, and so when things go wrong, just try, try, again.

a devastatingly disappointing start to my day, but it ended on a pretty light note
meeting up with sarah and jeremy for baked-rice dinner at NYDC, and then with the addition of zhic @ venezia (:
guess it kept my mind off many things that were going thru my head
many things i have yet to complete, and many things i've failed to accomplish

its just one of those periods of time, when you wish you can just hold the time captive
rewind, reverse, relive everything again so that you will set things right
sighh. guess i need a few more days to turn this upside-down-u upright again..
but it'll come ((:

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huishi: haha im super tired today. mentally exhausted :(

celine: haha ok i'll help you congratulate them! (:

lide: ok anything you say =p haha

my make-believe semester break

today's the start of school after my make-believe semester break.
it was all too good, but all too short
such that i didnt have enough time to bother about my poor neglected work which must be feeling rather dejected by now
which makes me feel rather dejected that my homework is feeling dejected
so i shall attempt to reassure it of my love this weekend, even tho i swore off homework on weekends
arghh~

monday was good bcuz.. mac passed driving!!! ((:
hiphip hurray. now i officially have a chauffeur. hahaha just kidding~
anyway, in all celebratory festivity we went back to his house.. to sleep.
yes, because both of us didnt sleep well the night before in dread and worry of the test
the sleep was sufficient in preparation for the night road trip that kept us wide awake till almost 4am
i think we covered more kilometers than a to-and-fro drive to changi from the opposite side of Singapore
from attempting to find our way to vivo city (keyword: attempt), to driving to town, to successfully finding our way to casuarina at bishan for prata supper with the 87er guys,(keyword: successful), to back to yishun where it was home sweet home for that night ((:
oh, and congrats to abel for passing on the same day too!! ((:
looking forward to more supper night-outs now hahaha~

tuesday was good too bcuz.. it was a public holiday!! ((:
a nice day to just laze in bed, with nothing on the agenda
which is exactly what we did when we woke up in the morning afternoon.
it was especially nice when it started to rain, and made it condusive for the whole "snuggle-in-bed-with-a-book"
then i had dinner with the whole extended family at a seafood restaurant as a farewell dinner for my dad
(who was leaving returning to China)

so that pretty much sums up the last 2 days of my beautiful holiday which has juz passed away :(
i guess school cant be that great when you're only looking forward to lunch and end sch
but i guess it'll do for now. the next public holiday is.. CHRISTMAS! and the real semester break in a mnths time!
i'm setting my countdown timer right about... NOW.

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lide: you were screaming! haha. or at least, talking at above average level (which is pretty normal for you muahaha)

elaine: hahaha ok i shall take a pin and burst her bubble head hahaha. just kidding! huishi we still love you ((:

celine: ohh mann! no strawberry shortcake?! that sucks man. but hey at least you have krispy kremes. lets trade hahaha. i'll do anything for krispy kremes now.

rachel: hey!! hahaha how's AC and A levels? lol yeahh i get bored of my layout really quickly so every layout has a lifespan of less than a year hahaha

may angels lead you in

during bible study on saturday, we were asked this question
"if you had one day left to live, what would you do with that day?"
and although my answer was far from model and nobel, i realized that what i really wanted was to travel
beyond the exposure to culture, history, and experience, what i craved for was the mental abyss and freedom from everyday clutches
in a way, to get far far away from reality and life's harshes, and truly breathe
its really a type of claustrophobia, living in today's world.
it feels like we're living in this airtight tube, where if you're left out, you're left behind
thats prolly one of the reasons i go completely MIA on weekends
because i'm enjoying an abyss of my own (:

heres a picture dedicated to PHUA HUI SHI
our one and only strawberry shortcake. ok of course you're worth more than $2.90
i'll times 10 and price you at $29! hehehe (:


on friday it was self-declared family day, and i finally treated my whole fam to thai xpress @ esplanade (:
(which prolly explains why i'm pretty broke now, but heck it was worth it)
so it was a family night out at esplanade, timed perfectly with dance fest 06 at the outdoor theater.

ok apparently my appetite for dance fest wasnt satiated because i was back at esplanade again on saturday
a little night out with the guys, for pubbing, food, talking, and more food ((:
so we happened to catch "bollywood nights" at esplanade, which was actually more banghra than anything
kinda made me miss AC alot (esp with the ac pro banghra guy performing on stage)
and we even learnt a few steps ourselves hehehe~
anyway the whole night was great. complete with repeated chantings of "take-anything-you-want" or "i-was-robbed-by-two-men"
yeah, we even saw tay lide dancing across the road with his arms high in the air screaming "spare-me-my-life"

this is today. a bit of harmless reminiscent fun after all that.

i cant believe we actually did DDR in a public arcade. (again)
i swear, i'm never doing it again.

ok thats 5 days of activities condensed into a few words.
we have 2 more days of self-declared holiday.
2 more days till my self-constructed abyss bubble is popped :(
but it shall be a good 2 days ((:
cant wait!! hahhaa

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matt: haha yesH thats high sch musical! i juz watched it on disney channel the other day hahaha the songs are nice (: lol and congrats on passing your test! (forgot if i wished u). rmb to drive me around! muahaha jk

celine: haha pictures!!! missing you gurl :(

denis: haha i dont mind borrowing ur dvd! lol cuz i didnt watch the front part of the show. and its quite nice anyway!! your brother's got GOOD taste =p

yapxiong: hey!!! long time no see (: how're you now? still in police? (if you're gonna read this)

sharon: hahaha that was the first time i watched it!! lol despite the 20billion adverts tt i watched haha and its nice!! the kids can really sing hahaha

weiqian: hey gurl!! study hard yeah ((: praying for you. need help in anything just give me a call (:

huishi: hellohello! i updated!! (: hahaha having a word drought now suckss cant even give my own opinion for the items just now haha man.

you're what i've been looking for

It's hard to believe
That I couldn't see
You were always there beside me
Thought I was alone
With no one to hold
But you were always right beside me
This feelings like no other
I want you to know
I've never had someone that knows me like you do
the way you do
I've never had somone as good for me as you
no one like you
so lonely before i finally found
what i've been looking for

to live

there're some days that will just be bad days
theres that feeling you have when you wake up first thing in the morning
and by woman's (or man's) intuition you just KNOW that the day has been labeled "nasty"
you start to realize that your unfortunately accurate intuition enacts itself as you drag your unwilling ass from class to class
wishing that each was the last, longing for time to speed up for once as you battle with the eyelids

and then God opens your eyes to see His blessings, even in such a horrid day
He made you realize that He put you there, in that place and in that time, for His own purpose
to understand more about yourself, and also about the others
to learn to put your own needs aside so as to serve others
thats what living for God means. to trust that in His time, He makes all things beautiful (:

to top things off with a little bit of whipped cream and cherry,
i got a ride home from mr nice guy reuben although it was out of his way, just when i received news that the haze worsened ((:
just another one of my angels in disguise, popping up to reveal itself when i most need them ((:

so i guess life's not bad at all when you're living for God (: