A 19 y.o

My class assistant at work is a 19 y.o Sri Lankan.

She came to Malaysia 5 years ago, and just completed her SPM. When she first came to Malaysia, she spoke not a word of English.

Today, she speaks fluent English and is really good at Maths =)

If you are a student and you are struggling in your studies, think about the students who were once illiterate. Started studying at the age of 13. But managed to catch up. Hard work and the desire to be educated.

I have more stories like this =)

Updates!

I just completed my last paper yesterday. Yay! If you were to ask me how do I feel after I finished my paper, I was relieved and happy at first... and then I started thinking of what I should do to fill up my time before I start working.

It's time to catch up on my readings, time to pack up my stuff and move house, time to reflect on the past year and plan on how to improve in 2012..

I'm excited for a change. A new phase in life.

A passage from My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers. Let me know what you think =)

"Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God" (1 Cor 10:31)




Beware of allowing yourself to think that the shallow aspects of life are not ordained by God; they are ordained by Him equally as much as the profound. We sometimes refuse to be shallow, not out of our deep devotion to God but because we wish to impress other people with the fact that we are not shallow. This is a sure sign of spiritual pride. We must be careful, for this is how contempt for others is produced in our lives. And it causes us to be a walking rebuke to other people because they are more shallow than we are. Beware of posing as a profound person- God became a baby.


To be shallow is not a sign of being sinful, nor is shallowness an indication that there is no depth to you life at all- the ocean has a shore. Even the shallow things of life, such as eating and drinking, walking and talking, are ordained by God. These are all things our Lord did. He did them as the Son of God, and He said, "A disciple is not above his teacher..." (Matt 10:24)


We are safeguarded by the shallow things of life. We have to live the surface, commonsense life in a commonsense way. Then when God gives us the deeper things, they are obviously separated from the shallow concerns.Never show the depth of your life to anyone but God. We are so nauseatingly serious, so desperately interested in our own character and reputation, we refuse to behave like Christians in the shallow concerns of life.


Make a determination to take no one seriously except God. You may find that the first person you must be the most critical with, as being the greatest fraud you have ever known, is yourself.

A retreat

I just came home from my Sub Zone retreat with the other leaders from my sub zone. It was a refreshing time to just relax and enjoy one another's company =)

We had water sports at the Mines. Currently body aches but yesterday was great fun.. I can say I'm less afraid of the water if I'm provided with a float. Okay, I must learn how to swim. heh.

BBQ at night and just playing until we're tired. Morning devotion and breakfast together, then played some more until it's time to say bye bye to our holiday...

Rest is good.

Mission Trip

I miss the children at Raub, the villages on the hills, cooking and chatting with the women on the villages...

(this is a super overdue post)

I went to Raub a couple of weeks ago and I was expecting the worst: Getting insect bites, leeches, not being able to sleep or bathe, feeling extremely tired.. etc. HOWEVER it turned out to be a trip that I will never forget (in a good way hehe).

The children at the center were lovely. They enjoyed our company and the little things that we do. They are happy even if we don't do much but just play with the bubble gun. *blow bubbles*

There's one lil boy name Shadan who truly touched my heart (lil boy on the left of the pic). You can't see from this pic, but he walks with his hands because his legs were amputated when he was young. I managed get to know him more while the rest of the children were having their telematch. Hope he is well! 

I don't know if I have left my footprint in their hearts, but they have certainly left theirs in mine.

Thank you

I had a nice Friday. Managed to catch up with Sther and Hann over late breakfast. Awesome people who will do great things for God in future.

Thanks sther for praying with me. I felt a lot free-er, I have new perspective. Love to pray and worship with you! Missed numi and blene... =(

And thank you Keith, my zone supervisor for tonight's Bible Study lesson. Really learned so much through the Word of God and through the discussion.

My faith was enlarged today! I'm smiling ear to ear. Sther, now I understand why just now you said you were happy haha.

The missionary's goal

This is one of the devotion from My Utmost for His Highest - Oswald Chambers. As it has blessed me, I pray that you will be blessed too =) Don't forget that the more busy you are, the more you ought to spend time praying and reading the Bible.


In our natural life our ambitions change as we grow, but in the Christian life the goal is given at the very beginning, and the beginning and the end are exactly the same, namely, our Lord Himself. We start with Christ and we end with Him - "... till we all come ... to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ ..." (Eph 4:13), not simply to our own idea of what the Christian life should be. The goal of the missionary is to do God's will, not to be useful or to win the lost. A missionary is useful and he does win the lost, but that is not his goal. His goal is to do the will of his Lord.

In our Lord's life, Jerusalem was the place where He reached the culmination of His Father's will upon the cross, and unless we go there with Jesus we will have no friendship or fellowship with Him. Nothing ever diverted our Lord on His way to Jerusalem. He never hurried through certain villages where He was persecuted, or lingered in others where He was blessed. Neither gratitude nor ingratitude turned our Lord even the slightest degree away from His purpose to go "up to Jerusalem" (Luke 18:31)

"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master" (Matt 10:24). In other words, the same things that happened to our Lord will happen to us on our way to our "Jerusalem". There will be works of God exhibited through us, people will get blessed, and one or two will show gratitude while the rest will show total ingratitude, but nothing must divert us from our "up to (our) Jerusalem".

"...there they crucified Him..." (Luke 23:33). That is what happened when our Lord reached Jerusalem, and that event is the doorway to our salvation. The saints, however, do not end in crucifixion; by the Lord's grace they end in glory. In the meantime our watchword should be summed up by each of us saying, "I too go 'up to Jerusalem.' "

Beautiful

How beautiful are the arms which have embraced Christ...

the eyes which have gazed upon Christ, the lips which have spoken with Christ, the feet which have followed Christ. How beautiful are the hands which have worked for the works of Christ, the feet which are treading in His footsteps have gone about doing good, the lips which have spread abroad His name, the lives which have been counted loss for Him.

- Christina Rosetti, 1880

24 hours

I was doing my work yesterday until about 5am this morning.. Have not completed my work but I know I needed the sleep in order to function the next day =)

So before I went to sleep, I started thinking about TIME.

It is common when people say they wish that they have more time. 25 hours a day, perhaps...

God made 24 hours in a day. Why so specific? I believe He knows our limit, He knows how many hours we can work, how many hours we can sleep (and how many hours of sleep is optimal for human), the time we need to eat, shower, have a leisure time, and most importantly, time set aside to be spent with Him.

In fact, the number one time slot that we should put in our daily schedule is our appointment with God.

I have a planner that I ALMOST cannot live without ehe. Even when meeting up with friends I got to write that down in my planner. God should be in my daily schedule. Morning, afternoon or/and night.

We always stretch ourselves to work more and sleep less. Being busy and productive is good, but make sure in the long run, the rest that God intended for you to have is used to be more productive in serving Him as you get older.

He knows why there is 24 hours a day. He pays attention to every need of sleep and time to finish work. He knows we need discipline too. Time management. So 24 hours is not too long, not too short.

All I wanna say is, be thankful for the 24hours in a day given to you. His timing is always perfect!

Giving my all

I was talking to my dad about the pimple near my eye. I have a HUGE pimple near my eye. That's what everyone notices when they see me. huhu. I told my dad I want to make sure the pimple goes away before this weekend so he said, "Try everything la. Oxy, T3 etc.."

I know this is not a very good analogy hahaha. But it made me think about some areas in my life. (although that was not what my dad intended haha). Random.

But just a thought:

When I want to achieve something, do I do everything I can? Or do I hold back something?

When we give God our worship, do we hold back? Just because we do not want to look 'weird'?

In our work and studies, do we give up? Just because we failed time and time again?

In reaching out to friends, do we really pray, build relationship? Or choose whom we think is 'more open minded' just because we are afraid of being judged?

In our giving of offering and time and service, do we give our leftovers?

I think we should take a step back from complaining "Why am I not good enough?" "Why is he more successful than me?" "Why is the world being so unfair?" and look at how far we have gotten and will go when we truly give our all.

Fighting Temptation

I used to enjoy watching my brother play Final Fantasy (dunno which number), as he would describe the characters to me, update me whenever there is level-up or improvement in certain skills. The one thing that I dislike about these kind of games is the part where you have to fight with the "Boss".

At every level the "Boss" is harder to fight. Little damage at every attack, but large damage when the character my brother played got hit.

In life we move one level to the next. It's not fun when we have to fight the same "boss" every round because we will get stronger, and it will be easier then to eliminate the "boss".

I'm in the season where I'm learning to fight my temptations, and overcome my challenges. It is of course irritating whenever it comes; but I know when I defeat them, I will gain my points, have my strength renewed, and move on to the next level.

Keep the fighting spirit up!

Updates!

I am desperate to go back home to Kuantan haha.

Uni life has been busy, but I'm used to it already. Been like that for every student since year 1 =D I still think life as a student is much simpler than working life. We can be more flexible with time.

Finally get to scrub the toilet. There's this feeling of satisfaction and uh..happiness to see the toilet clean. Well, there's always the bad side effect where my hands now are dried up and skin peeling. Effects of detergent. I will buy a pair of gloves...next time.. *procrastination*

This Wednesday I'll be having Graduation photo shoot with my dear classmates who will be graduating with me. This means, I will be ending my studies soon (end of the year).. sad.. But so happy that we survived this course together.

Now, back to my assignments! Bye~

A beautiful sight

Despite the tear gas, the running, the beating, the arrest etc...

The people who went for Bersih rally has proven one thing: There are Malaysians out there who WANTS to unite the races.

The people are looking past their skin colours, their differences, and lend a helping hand to one another. There's hope for Malaysia. I remember back in my Primary School days, my closest friends were Malays. They taught me how to speak fluent BM and we did not know that we are different.

I smiled to sleep yesterday knowing that there's a large group on Malaysia who are 'Colour Blind'.

Oh, one more thing.. Don't hate the government and the PM. Just love Malaysia, love the people, love God.

Sis' blogshop

My sis has a blogshop. It's rather new,but go have a look at the site, like the FB page and follow on Twitter. She would be very much encourage and appreciate the support =)

The link is on the right side of my blog.

Brings Chara (I don't know what it means heh)

Fathers' Day

Fathers' Day weekend just passed. I sang Chinese during the bilingual service woooooo... it was tough memorizing those words haha. Good experience =)

Let me tell you a little about my dad. I would brag about my friends and family so now's my dad's turn.

1. He's my GPS

- When I'm lost in KL, I will call him (who is in Kuantan) to direct me. Is it man or my dad who can visualize the traffic lights on the Jalan I was on, and what's on the left and right and which part is uphill or downhill? Superpower.

2. He likes to hear his children play music and sing.

- I notice when any of us siblings play piano/guitar, or start singing, my dad has a certain body magnet that pulled himself towards us... and stood there. Sometimes he would sing along.

3. He likes movie TOO!

- Yes, I go out for movie with my dad whenever I'm back at hometown

4. He likes ice-cream at the beach TOO!

- When I'm not so full after dinner and when I'm back in Kuantan, we will almost certainly go to the beach for McD's ice-cream =) It's different having ice-cream in normal McD shop and McD by the beach. Different, I tell you.

5. I can ask my dad about anything.

- about how he pikat my mum, how was their courtship like, his ministry when he was young, when my computer got virus what should I do, when my car is not functioning normally what should I do... I'll ask my dad questions and somehow he knows the answer. Weird.

6. Do you have a dad who will dance around with his towel in front of the TV and then fart? *hands up* Or will BBM his daughter 'Hi Babe, I miss you'. I didn't know how to respond to that (sorry dad haha I could only laugh)

Fathers will still be boys I guess. They have this little boy character in them that will never leave even after they have a family and get older. Happy fathers' day to all fathers!

Parking space

When I was little, my mum taught my siblings and I this prayer:

Lord Jesus, grant us a parking space. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

I never what I was praying, I only knew that's what we do every time my dad drives round a parking lot. It became like a phrase that I learnt not paying attention to the words.

I started to say this prayer again every time I drive around to look for a parking space, this time with understanding. And God always grant me one nice spot.

In UTAR, before you purchase the car sticker, you need to register for balloting. If your number is picked, then you can purchase the car sticker and secure yourself a parking space. I guess it's a rare chance to get a parking. Have been parking at the housing area and walk into UTAR all these semesters.

A friend of mine told me that the results for ballot is out. On the way to uni, I prayed this prayer I learnt as a child.

Lord Jesus, grant me a parking space. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Drove up to the guard house and the guard told me that he has the results. My ballot number: 0322. Checked, and well, I got a parking spot.

Always always pray. That's all I have to say =)

New semester

Starts today!

I will be able to cope with 6 subjects

I will get parking at UTAR

I will balance my studies, ministries, and rehearsals with Canticle Singers

I will not get stressed out and cry

haha.

God's with me. Amen!

Penang

Just came back from Penang, with short detour to Ipoh and Kampar... Really enjoyed myself!

1. Ate and ate (char koay teow, roti babi, loh mee, lam mee, apam, oh chien, yam cake, chee cheong fun, cendol, fruit rojak, mamak rojak, duck soup noodles, dim sum etc etc etc)

2. endured the Penang traffic (one thing I dislike haha),

3. Went to Gurney, Prangin mall for cheap movie, Hard Rock Hotel, Straits Quay, Kerachut Beach, Botanic Garden

4. hiked and jungle track for 1 1/2 hours to the beach...with slippers..=.=

5. ran at the beach,

6. climbed rocks,

7. got soaking wet under the rain,

8. Had awesome boat ride

9. Played cards

10. Played snooker

11. Daph's mum's tong sui, Hema's dad's nasi briyani

Some pics (not in order)

At the waterfall at Botanical Garden

Kerachut Beach after a long long hike

found a nice place to take pic while hiking

Stopped by UTAR Kampar on the way home

at Straits Quay

It's the fellowship that I'll treasure. Sorry if I sakit hati any of u during the trip =/

2 more semester peeps! Jia you!

New updates!

I finished my finals for this semester! *dances*

And I hear thunder! Praise God! Weather has been really hot and it's really hazy outside. Pray that rain will come pouring.

Lots of things to settle before my house mates and I leave for our holidays:

1. Cleaning! Scrub toilet, sweep + mop floor, tidy up notes, do laundry

2. Repair car (already did!)

3. Make a checklist of things to pack eheh

4. Withdraw money

Things to do while holiday

1. Lots of praying and seeking God mhm mhm. I'm excited!

2. I'm going to eat what I wanna eat at Penang and Kuantan

3. Watch movie!

4. Eat whatever Gail bakes and have mum's soup

5. Practice songs...and attempt to memorize as many numbers as I can. woosh!

2 weeks break, and then the start of another new semester, 6 subjects.

Enjoying every moment =)

short update

Sorry for the lack of updates!

Having my finals starting this Saturday, until next next Thursday =D Please pray for me! I have the tendency to jumble up my formulas and confuse myself during exam eheh.

I'm doing fine here. Mum, I eat the supplements everyday: the vit C, vit B and ginko pills.. and the tomato drink..

I am special =)

This is one of my CG member. And he's tall.........

I think I've been the shortest since.... kindergarten =P

When we line up before and after class, my classmates would 'book' the front row for me

And they will not let anyone else stand in front.

I always felt privileged =D

And taken care of..

In God's eyes, no matter how you look

You are created specially, uniquely you.

Don't compare,

but strive to be the person God wants you to be

Don't worry about being teased, laughed at, looked down upon

But look at the strengths He has given you..

Start listing them down

And give thanks to God!

Broga Hill

Went up to Broga Hill for the first time with my course mates. This semester we went for quite a few outings (cycling, makan, hiking, next... movie?) And I like it because we get to bond closer =)

We went during 1st April and I think the GPS April fooled us. We had 3 GPS that indicated different instructions. So a journey that was supposed to be around 45 minutes ended up to be 1 1/2 hour journey. So, we missed the sunrise...but we didn't care haha

I reached the peak! Numi, are you proud of me? hehe...

Yong and I

My course mates =) We are going through our tough times at uni together =P

And these are the girls from my class.

I really thank God for these people in my life. They have helped me whenever I didn't understand what the lecturer was asking... we get blur together, learned together.. So, our batch is the smallest, but I'm happy that we stick together.

All the best AS Jan 2009 batch!

Faith

Is your faith sustained only by feelings and by blessings?

Faith should be exercised in the realities of life that no matter what inner emptiness we may feel, we can still praise God..

With Him

I did something new,

To switch my quiet time from night to morning, before the sun rises

6am to 7am... was the best time of the day. The time I spent with Him

I realized,

that after that, throughout the day my thoughts are filled with Him

What are His plans for me today?

What challenges am I gonna face today?

Jesus, Jesus, Jesus

At night I ended the day with Him

Because it doesn't feel right if I don't haha

There's this feeling of 'completeness' that I couldn't explain

But throughout the day there weren't any rush, anger, worries

A day full of thoughts of Him

Business Law 2

Quoting my lecturer:

In Switzerland, you can't wash your car on Sundays.

Because Sunday is a rest day for them

And if you wash your car, you are disturbing your neighbors' rest..

But..

In Malaysia, you can wash your car...

you can stand on your car

and dance

on Sundays

=.=

Business Law

You ordered chicken rice

You get duck rice

You can choose to cancel your order (rescind the contract)

or just eat the duck rice (accept the contract)

Afterall,

Chicken look like duck and Duck look like chicken

And they still come out the same the next day

So no difference

My lecturer jokes with a very straight face. So it's really funny. And he's good at telling stories.

Write my story

God, I'll put my pen down

And let You write my life's story

Our goal: To please God

2 Cor 5:9 (NLT)

So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please Him.

Quoting from My Utmost For His Highest, be blessed =)

It requires a conscious decision and effort to keep our primary goal constantly in front of us. It means holding ourselves to the highest priority year in and year out; not making our first priority to win souls, or to establish churches, or to have revivals, but seeking only "to be well pleasing to Him". It is not a lack of spiritual experience that leads to failure, but a lack of working to keep our eyes focused and on the right goal. At least once a week examine yourselves before God to see if your life is measuring up to the standard He has for you. Paul was like a musician who gives no thought to audience approval, if he can only catch a look of approval from his Conductor.

Any goal we have that diverts us even to the slightest degree from the central goal of being "approved to God" (2 Tim 2:15) may result in our rejection from further service for Him. When you discern where the goal leads, you will understand why it is so necessary to keep "looking unto Jesus" (Heb 12:2). Paul spoke of the importance of controlling his own body so that it would not take him in the wrong direction. He said, "I discipline my body and bring it unto subjection, lest... I myself should become disqualified" (I Cor 9:27)

I must learn to relate everything to the primary goal, maintaining it without interruption. My worth to God publicly is measured by what I really am in my private life. Is my primary goal in life to please Him and to be acceptable to Him, or is it something less, no matter how lofty it may sound?

numi's blog

one man said
when you entered this word you were crying and everyone else was laughing
when you leave this earth
will you be happy
while others sad at your departure

From numi's blog..

Numi, have you ever wondered why so many people are STILL reading your blog

And copy and paste many things from your blog?

It is attractive

The writer is attractive

Her God is attractive

=)

Stay close to Him, you'll discover much more

A thought

When I was done with my crazy 8th week of semester, I read the news about Japan, and thought to myself, "Here I am complaining about my busy week while so many people over there just lost their loved ones, their home, their belongings..."

After doing so much, what are we trying to achieve eventually?

When everything is being taken away from us, where to we go from there?

Praying for Japan. Praying for restoration.

tiffytan's bday

Happy birthday sistaaaaaa. Sorry, the internet line kept disconnecting and finally your bf asked me to upload on Youtube which I dreaded =/ But you Tiffanie mar. So you deserve a Youtube post hu hu.. I think it takes a lot of courage for ppl like me to upload something on Youtube.

Chris Oh played the guitar in Singapore and sent it over, so I sang and found out that I have Movie Maker in my laptop! o.O big discovery. Don't laugh. I know you canggih use epal.

Hope you like the song. I just learnt it today so sang a bit wrong. But I already sedaya-upaya ^^

Happy birthday again you wonderful, loving, naggy, awesome, pretty, older..heh.. sister!

Quiet

It's always nice when I get to find some place quiet to seek Him, just spend time praying and worshiping in my own space and time.

I love You, Lord

And I lift my voice

To worship You

O, my soul rejoice

Take joy, my King

In what You hear

May it be a sweet, sweet sound

In Your ear

Happy day

I believe after having the thoughts of passing up an assignment coming Monday and having consecutive tests from Tuesday to Friday, I felt the pressure. heh...

Then today we had our annual FEStival at UTAR which took my mind off studies for a good 2 hours and allowed me to have a good time with my friends at uni! Performed a song with the CF band, my house mates cooked home cooked food and brought to uni, played some games and wall climbing, had a good laugh and then it's time for class.

All I can say is that I enjoyed myself and thank you, Jesus!

Different perspective

I wanna view things from a different angle..

I wanna sit on my Father's wings and see from His view..

Like a Disney movie lol..

Like how she described it =) (you know who you are)

Thanks for praying for me!

Work

Colossians 3:23-24

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Whatever you do:

1. Studying/Working

2. Serving in ministries

3. Assignment

4. Health (eat/drink/exercise)

etc...

Work at them with all your heart, not because you wanna please your friends/family/others.., but because you are serving Christ. A motivation for me to do my very best in everything I do..

Jesus cares for whatever we do... wow, amazing!

Spent yesterday with friends =) Went for dinner, and window shopped around 1u. We have ber-sungguh-sungguh study for the past 2 years. It's now our final year! Oh boy, we're getting old =/

Today, went for lunch with the sub zone leaders to celebrate these lovely ladies' birthdays!

It's good to have friends around... My housemate cooked spaghetti today =) and boiled 'fu chok yi mai' a few days ago *loves*

Valentine's Day

I remember that I spent my Valentine's Day during 1st year of uni taking care of an injured hamster... *searches back for old blog post* I also remember in 2007 I spent Valentine's Day with sther at Midvalley haha. She had this huge bag that she carries with her to college.

Looking forward for tomorrow where I get to hang out with my girl friends from my course =D I'm not ready to spend Valentine's Day with a guy yet.

To the other couples out there, have a memorable Valentines!

Journal

Hm.. I need a new journal. (This blog is written because I wanted to write in my journal and I have reached the end of my current journal)

Cultivated the habit of writing down journals whenever I received words/pictures/want to note down significant things that happened in my life since Jeremiah School 2006. I'm onto my fifth book now =) *reminds self to purchase a new journal*

Writing journal helps me. When I read back what I wrote in the past, then I could see clearly how God has been guiding me in every decisions that I made. How I failed and succeeded; rise and fall. Like a wave. Reminded me each time how faithful God is.

Sometimes when I read back I thought about how childish I reacted to certain things. So I improved in character haha. Gotta study for quiz on Thursday! Tata and Happy CNY to those still celebrating =)

Read this in Proverbs 3:28

Do not say to your neighbor,

"Go, and come back,

And tomorrow I will give it,"

When you have it with you.

Back home for CNY

Driving my bro's car back home is fine, but his car having no radio is sad. 3 of us (Abelene, Amos and I) had to sing almost the whole way home. The rest of the time, I was being 'bullied' by the Phuas (I mean, who hasn't, right?)

I still love you, Ah Phua-s

Big sis coming back with Josh; big bro also coming back after work.

Dad thought I was Abigail

dad to me : eh, why you didn't off your room light upstairs?

me : *continue watching tv* (I just arrived from KL and didn't go to my room)

dad : eh? I thought you are Abigail! *laugh laugh*

Mum thought I was Abigail

mum to me : eh, where's ah jie? ('ah jie' means older sis = pb tan)

me : *continue using the computer*

mum : oh... *continues sweeping floor and pretended she didn't say anything*

I guess changing my hair colour did not help.. It's either Abigail look older or I look younger heh. I'm happy with both.

Happy CNY everyone!

Road Survival Program

I attended City Survival Skill (for ladies only) by Capt K. Bala last year, and I learned so much on staying safe & staying alive. KL is not as safe as Kuantan (although I got robbed in my own house back in Kuantan).

Just now I attended Road Survival Program, also by Capt K. Bala and I'm sure everyone that attended will agree with me that the workshop was worth the RM30. I didn't know so many things! Because I'm a frequent driver, I should take note of all that he had taught us.

Which side of the road you should drive when it's raining?

What you should do when you have a flat tyre?

What tools you need in your car?

What is the use of a spare T-shirt? (haha, his demonstration was funny)

When pump petrol which part you should go?

What should you do when your car / someone else's car caught fire?

If someone is tailgating you?

If someone threw eggs at your windscreen/smashed your windscreen?

and so many more things!

If there's another talk by him, I will definitely go =)

1st week of uni

There's something about first week of a new semester

It usually starts fresh, having full of hope and determination. Will wanna end it that way too.

Taking 5 subjects:

Life contingencies 2

Insurance Practice

Credibility Theory

Statistical Quality Control

Business Law (or Portfolio Management).. heh, still choosing

All the best pb tan!!

Grandfather and Grandmother

The moment I entered my grandparent's place, I saw my grandmother watching TV (as usual) haha. I think every time I come here we talked about the same thing:

How is your studies? Can earn a lot of money? Next time you need to give us allowance.. After studying you don't wanna continue? etc etc.. I struggled in my very broken Mandarin to answer her but I think she is used to it. *malu*

My grandfather will talk to me the same topic as he always did whenever I'm here:

How is your walk with God? Study the bible everyday? Pray everyday? Still attending the same church? Who is the pastor? How is he? How is the teaching? etc.. Thank God my grandfather speaks English heh.. I can't imagine speaking about church and my spiritual walk in Mandarin.

To Singapore

Going to Singapore to visit my sis and grandparents, and hopefully some friends =)

Lord, I pray for safe journey as I walk to LRT, take bus, and fly! (to and fro)

Uncle Ian

Uncle Ian will be one of the teachers that I will miss...

I love his voice. He taught me how to sing correctly, to correct my habits by teaching me the right ones to cultivate. Despite just being able to attend his class for a few months, he has taught me so much, and even had high hopes in me. Very dedicated and never gives up..

I was being corrected, pushed, felt frustrated... but I've learnt so much. I don't think I have ever got stuck in one scale for the whole half an hour just because I couldn't go from one note to another smoothly. *ahem. will continue practicing.

I will remember as much as he has taught me, and I will continue to teach others what I have learnt. Certainly I have been blessed. I will miss doing crazy scales, reaching whistling high voice etc.

One advice he gave me that I remember clearly was that the best teacher is myself. I got to feel on the inside the right way, and that's how I improved in my singing. By feeling.

Thanks uncle Ian. May you rest in peace.

Home =)

I like being back home.. Besides being able to lepak at home, literally goyang kaki the whole day and being my sister's driver, I get home cooked food. Ahhh...

My family normally eat very simple meal at home. Just soup + rice, with any vege on the side. Because in the soup got vege and chicken. I love soup. I can just drink soup for dinner and I'm a happy girl. =D