To the anonymous commenter on 'what a life!' post.

This was what he/she commented:

Anonymous said...
WOAH?!?! ARE YOU SERIOUSLY IN UNIVERSITY OR WHAT??? If being an education facilitator is simply adopting a "scary look", pedagogy wouldn't exist...SO PLEASE, don't have the false idea that teaching is something GOD can simply breathe into you while you're desperately praying. While there are pple spending 4 years in uni to acquire basic KNOWLEDGE of edcation and many years of practicum, FOUR days is an insult and a mockery (on you!). PLEASE la huh.

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HAha! Wha I took quite some time to think how to put this nicely for you.. OK, firstly, I would like to apologise for ANY offence that I might have inflicted on you. Secondly, all I ask of you now is to read on till the end.

OK just to clear things up, have you ever been a RELIEF teacher before? not a teacher, but one that's temporary, not for 3 months, but yeap, a mere 4 DAYS?

Imagine you were in my position: the class knows that you won't be around for long (so they know you can't teach much), plus they know you've not much experience in the teaching career (hence the naughty ones are inclined to bully you, esp if you're a female). My job over there was not merely to teach, but more on MAINTAINING the DISCIPLINE of the class (sometimes I didn't even teach a thing from the syllabus). Thus I adopted the "scary look" and it worked lah. It was just to get their attention, a STYLE (not method) of teaching (I'm sure you know the difference).

So that being said, I'll like to give you the benefit of the doubt that you would like to take back what you said implying that I know nuts about teaching, because then, you would have totally missed the point (you should read things in their respective CONTEXT, and not just pin-point on the nitty-gritty alone).

Lastly, to end off - the 'God' part. Now, you know you've touched dangerous waters here so here's what I've to say in defence of my faith. Obviously, you don't know much about the Christian faith - how powerful prayer is. I won't say that God might have 'breathed teaching' into me those 4 days (cos i wasn't praying for that in the first place!), but I know God was with me in the disciplining part..cos I WITNESSED the results (you probably won't understand unless you were in my position). I prayed for help in that, and I got it.

And you know what? I dare say if the need be, God REALLY CAN 'breathe' something into you out of the blue, IF it's according to His will. Oh well, up to you to believe that or not. "..blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." John 20:29

Should you need any other clarifications, you - anonymous one - could give maybe give me your email and we'll discuss it further. If I do not hear a reply from you after this post, I'll take it as you've accepted what I've clarified. Also, I hope that you would kindly refrain from giving such sweeping statments about a stranger's blog cos it'll also reflect you and your mind-set. I'll take this as a slight misunderstanding on your part, unless I really hadn't specified earlier. However, pls, do continue to patronise my blog in future. I welcome constructive and encouraging comments, should i need to improve my blogging.

Thanks for reading. =)

This is the other comment.

(for the Law 4 and tear jerking shows one..)

Possibly the same commenter:

Anonymous said...
its STAIRWAYS TO HEAVEN la...for god's sake...you think what??? Singapore soap opera ah? staircase?!?!? But yes..the male lead is dashing, though apparently...he has a short tongue..hmm, i wonder if he can pray to be normal. Or should I say,god is fair la huh, such hot looks and a defect.

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HAHa yeah it's 'stairways'. Hah! this shows that I (thankfully) am not that well aquainted with such dramas anymore.. or maybe cos i kept making fun of it that i typed in 'staircase' heh. typo..typo..

No offence but you sound like the previous commenter under 'what a life!' post.. hmm.. did you have a bad day or something?

hmm.. you noticed that the male lead has got a short tongue.. wow I didn't even notice that! this possibly shows that you might have paid quite a bit of attention to the show huh? or paying more attention to the MALE lead? hmm... are you a GIRL? haha... just playing around.. no worries..

'pray to be normal'. hmm.. you really are quite hung up on this huh? I've no right to conclude anything about you from this, but i suggest you could try being TACTFUL about what you say to other people in future, especially when it touches the issue of someone's faith. Maybe you're young (physically or spiritually) and do not understand. Maybe you just have not read/heard enough to make sound judgement about certain things. Maybe you simply had quite a bad day. i dunno.. just maybe.

Anyway, I know you may not believe in it, but.. you know.. have some respect for others yah? Likewise, pls do leave a comment should you feel aggravated by ANYTHING, I would really like to clear things up. Thanks.

the Discovery Health. Good program!

I was just surfing the channels of my new digital SCV box using the guide to see the schedule for the various channels for today and i ended up with ch 70 - Discovery Health.

The title "A story of a baby: from maternity to baby" somehow just caught my attention. The show just started so i got to know the whole story. It was about a couple - Joe and Darlene - who already had plans to have children even before they were married. However, doctors told them that their chances were really slim.. told the man that 'he had higher chances of winning the lottery that getting his wife pregnant' cos of his low sperm count. That was really demoralizing for them. However, the best thing was, their faith held them up. They were Christians in the International Church in New Jersey and they prayed fervently about their situation. By the grace of God, Darlene was pregnant with Jacob. Darlene didn't know that it was that easy - a simple prayer. Apparently they have just proven the doctors wrong. They kept praising God and calling it truely a blessing that they've got Jacob. The thing was, they didn't want to know the sex of the baby (of Jacob) and just wanted it to be a surprise cos they said, 'If not, it would be like wrapping up a present in transparent paper. It'll just spoilt the fun!' So they just tried to find both girl and boy names, but they couldn't find a girl name at all. They didn't realise that it was a sign. Until Darlene was expecting their second..

YES! Twice in a row! (actually before this, Darlene had a miscarriage but their faith held them strong again, empowering Darlene to say that 'It's entirely up to God. He is the One who decides whether we'll have kids or not. If He doesn't want us to have a baby now, He'll give them a baby later. And now, once again,) they've proven science wrong! and Darlene didn't expect it to be so fast. They were praying hard for a girl to complete their perfect picture - daddy's girl and mama's boy.. They still didn't know the sex of the child and started searching for both names again. This time, they really couldn't think of a boy's name.. Darlene loved 'Isabella' and Joe loved 'Gabriella'. Then Joe thought.."This could be another sign.." True enough! Gabriella was born that blessed day and Joe had tears of blissfulness in his eyes the moment he held her in his hands.. aiyoh... i see also started to tear.. so nice!!

This show alone just reminded me of how REAL God is. If you guys have been reading my blog and have not sensed God's presence in my life, I pray that the Holy Spirit may one day touch your heart in a different way. Just tonight, after my polo training, i had to rush down all the way back to NUS central library just to (hopefully) borrow one book needed for tmr's tutorial. This book was in high demand this afternoon cos it's a compulsory reading and our anal lecturer has been nagging at us to read it. To cut the long story short, the chances of me getting the book was slim cos someone might have borrowed it for the night (like what i planned to do) so i prayed really hard in my van on the way there. at 8 mins before library closed, I checked the online system and the book was availablE!! dashed to the counter, the lady showed compassion for me (saw me panting with the RBR slip in my hand - haven't even written the book's title!) and said that actually the lib closed 45min ago but she'll help me this once..

Did you SEE the grace of God opening the doors for me?? He has done this for me countless times before.. in my times of need. wha. after i had this episode, then i watched the Discovery Health show.. i just KNEW for sure (a re-confirmation) that God is real man. It can't be a coincidence. NOTHING is coincidental in this world. There are no accidents. YOU, in this world, for example, are not an accident. Got that from the 'Purpose-Driven Life' book that i did with my Care Group before.

anyway, ... sigh. I just wanna praise... and thank God.

Evidence of Grace.

Last night was my church choir's annual september-ish performance - Evidence of Grace. It was fun.. the testimonies were really inspiring and the people there enjoyed themselves. It's a real loss for those who knew about it but didn't/couldn't make it - that's some feedback i've heard.. Although some of the soloists sang either out of tempo (rhythm of the song) and maybe even out of tune, it was forgivable cos.. c'mon, we're not professional singers, and frankly speaking, our only audience is the Lord.. so i bet if we sang with a good heart, we were awesome!

For my solo parts (yea.. i can kinda sing..sang two songs - one of which is an ad lib) i was obviously really nervous about it. I've got some expectations from some viewers out there who have heard my singing before.. so i prayed.. For the first song, i still kinda tried to make it sound nice and accepting...( try to be 'superstar' lah ah!).. so i focussed on my own strength. People said it was good, but i thought i was a either a bit too loud or too soft at some parts, and i thought got some parts i didn't hit the note. hmm, maybe i was just too hard on myself, maybe i DID hit the notes, just not hitting it nicely or smth i dunno lah.. so after that song, i got so disappointed with myself and told myself that for the next song, i would really give it ALL to God.. as in, focussing on Him when i sing.. and voila! Firstly i FELT much better (i.e. peace during and after the song), secondly i hit every note i wanted! and it was a natural! i felt so relaxed and confident about it, it was as if the song was MINE now, but the funny thing is.. i felt like a puppet, and the Puppeteer (is that how you spell it?) was Him. Every pitch and every movement felt like it was done by someone else (even though i might have imagine what i wanted to do during practice).. it was really amazing.. I had better reviews for that part. People came to me saying stuff like, ' wha, you soul singer!' and other nice stuff that i would otherwise may be judged boasting if i said it. but anyway, Praise God! that was MY evidence of His grace.. =)

ok then after that .. FOOD.. =) aiyah just finger food.. sandwiches, carrot cake, curry puff and spring roll.. (geez i actually remembered them..) and i mingled with my friends and those that i invited to come - David from JCC swim days. How nice of him to come all the way down! Then Josh and Daryl too - the two poor NS guys ..told them to pig out all they want lah. Then of course there's Kenley! (haha he no choice lah anyway..) and we took some nice pics together with my bro's pro camera.. bored lah..

heh.. yup that's about what i wanna say.. another time!

what a life!

wow i just ended a 4-day's worth of relief teaching at new town sec. was relieving for music so i would be seeing every class of the school (except the sec 4 express.. they've got better things to do other than music!). So that includes the normal academic and normal technical classes! first two days were HORRENDOUS. my goodness. i think it's cos they see me so nice, soft-sounding (was saving my voice, and also cos i didn't believe in the shouting method) and *ahem* pretty so they take advantage.. sigh.. somemore i was sick.. horrible devils ahh... so i asked a friend of mine - Aaron from church, who is apparently teaching now also - for advice and he said use the scary staring method.. - that's what i did!! - but i guess my staring was full of intention, it was rather 'ok-i'm-staring-i-know-you're-there' kind of thing --> not scary at all! so day 3 i tried a fully-intentionlised stare (and i think i might have looked quite scary! can ask kenley .. he's experienced.. haha!) so in the end, to make long story short, i had FULL control of every class after that! of course besides the stare i was armed with other techniques lah.. hmm.. maybe cos i prayed about this every morning - and it worked! i went into a notorious class and the Lord miraculously - and literally - shut the mouths of those LIONS for me during my lesson! i could even TEACH something.. heh. but really.. i could feel the POWER of God then.. wha..

anyway at the same time i had to study for my test on fri somemore! aiyoh.. tried to read my text while blowing my nose every 1.23mins.. argh.. even until today! went to the redhill market with my mum had to buy the 3-packet-for-$1 tissue from a handicapped guy in the middle of the street - i could blow 8 mucous-full of tissue in one go!! ewww.. hahaha...

anyway, oh last night i watched Night Watch with Kenley. AIYOH. Kenley - being a huge fan of The Matrix - said that this was the russian version, so, ok, being such a 'supportive' gf i am, i agreed to watch it with him.. anyway i needed a break of some sort and we hadn't seen each other for about a week so what the heck. End up.. it was a HORROR show - something that i 'vowed' never to watch anymore - and it was hardly any close to the Keanu Reeves thing. haha.. the first thing Kenley said was, 'Wha lau.. Russians aren't cool at all man'. heh. and i hated it cos it was already so late and the last thing i needed was a scary show that doesn't help me to sleep easily.. it was so scary!! i was sitting next to an empty seat somemore.. felt so vulnerable... even no matter how much Kenley offered his arm for my grabbing - plus pinching and biting too! - it didn't really help cos i insisted to watch every scene too haha..

aiyah.. now i still stress.. later got coaching, then got my choir performance.. thinking about it makes me tired.. think i'm gonna take a rest now..

p.s.: come for my performance! Evidence of Grace, Sat, 24th Sept '05, 7.30pm @ Mt. Carmel BP Church at clementi there.. next to Ginza Plaza. It'll be good! dun forget to bring flower for me too.. =P kidding..

sick. again?!

It was darling Sulynn's birthday last night and it was quite fun..love her house! had a real futuristic look with wood and pebbles all round to greet us at the entrance, then the inside had pure pearl white marble floor complementing the white and brown walls, giving a little Bali-nese cum Japanese look. i couldn't stop saying 'wha! so nice! i like!' and Aunty Shem was smiling until couldn't see her eyes intermittently replying a shy 'thank you' every time i commented on the house. people there were the polo girls and NUS ppl..quite a small but i guess it was pretty meaningful to sulynn.

sigh. i like birthdays.. every now and then kenley was saying, 'aye what you gonna do for ur birthday?' then i was like, 'aiyoh..i dunno leh.' i feel so sian even thinking about it. it's like i've grown tired from thinking about it already. all the fun, excitement and energy in the laughing and talking that i foresee in my birthday just makes me tired to think about it anymore. 21.. it's just another birthday.. then again, it's my TWENTY FIRST! haiyoh.. i dunno lah.. how i wish kenley could help me out. reason why i can say that here is cos he hardly reads blogs lah.. heh. but anyway, he'll be busy studying.. argh.. nvm.. guess i'll just look forward to Christmas then.

anyway, back to my title, yup, i'm sick..AGAIN. it's like the 3rd time in a row after about 3-4 weeks of 'recovery'. and now's worse, i've got IFG coming up this week and my choir performance (this sat, 24th, 7.30 at Mt Carmel BP Church..next to Ginza Plaza! come come!). it's really true.. whenever we're involved in a God-sized project like the choir or musical, the devil will attack harder and as a result - i get sick.. So the devil thinks i won't be singing as well for my solo part..or swimming my best for my 4 events for IFG .. nope! i've defeated that and will again cos if 'God is for us, who can be against us?' =) that's where i take comfort in.. so can you!

it's mooncake festival tonight and i'm at aunty Lily Wee's place for dinner together with the whole gin gang of cousins.. watched liverpool sweat it out with man U and ending up with a fruitless score. heh. the mystery of the bond between guys and football. yah i'm not that much of a fan for it.. Kenley is quite a bit.. buying Newpaper everyday to read only one section..but not that hard core like got match die-die must watch kind so i'm glad .. heh. he's lost quite a bit for waterpolo too cos now he's into a new love - (have i said before?) FENCING. heh. yup. pretty new and unexpected interest but it seems like it's kinda doing him good..he's slowly loosing weight! heh. but it's bad for me cos.. you see, the starters train starting using their FINGERS to spar, so every now and then Kenley keeps poking me at the side.. then i turn and i see him in the stance ready to attack kind.. then i say, 'ooi.. what you doing?'..then, as if nothing happened he replies, ' huh? nothing lah.. just practicing..' then he gives me a wink.. haha..

Law 4. Tear-jerking shows. Tired.

I went for NUS Law 4 musical, 'Roses and Hello' and it was pretty good! Heard it was by far the best production in the past few years lah.. (or maybe just better than last year's? dunno.. din go for that.) it was funny.. amazingly tear-jerking for one part and quite a twist at the end.. not bad! congrats Dawn! =)

Anyway, recently auntie lily tham lend my family the Korean drama 'Staircase to Heaven'. I thought i would never indulge myself in such waste-time-waste-tears activities, somemore the main guy in the show wasn't that good-looking.. cheh! heh. but apparently my bro's gf LOVES that guy.. and says that he kinda looks like my bro somemore.. (aiyoh.. see what one 1.3 carat diamond can do to a girl..) haha.. so ok lah.. sunday we just watched the first episode.. We were already WARNED by auntie lily that every episode in this whole series can make u cry one.. i didn't believe it.. LOW AND BEHOLD. The girl gets knocked down, loses her memory, forgetting her long-lost-loved guy (that not-that-handsome guy) and that guy keeps crying. heh. 2/3 of the female population started tearing in the room. gosh. AND, the worst thing is.. I got HOOKED! so ok. the more i watched, the guy's good looks grew on me lah.. so i watched the first 4 episodes .. got so ANGRY! the jealous step-sis of the girl kept taking all that the girl was supposed to have - the guy, her priveledges etc.. then watched next 3 episodes.. SO SAD! see the poor guy trying to help the girl regain her memory after the crash but kept getting rejected.. aiyoh.......

I got so fed up i skipped to the last disc. The guy and the girl got married but she died. Moral of the story: Dun watch shows with guys with ambiguous looks.

Aiyah.. k lah enough rubbish. anyway, seems like past few days i've been so tired.. soo .. soooo.. t..ire.....dd...... also dunno why.. nutrition? too many activities? coaching? time of the month? lazy? stupid korean show? sigh. i'm trying to buck up now.. oh yeah.. got a few birthdays coming up - Dawn's and Su lynn's.. Haiyoh another stress - presents. firstly no money, secondly no time. any time i have i've gotta study for my next class. it's only half way through the term and i'm behind already.. argh.. seems like i'm always behind.. sucks. now WHAT would they want for their birthdays? one seems to be practical and not waste money on extra stuff, the other seems to be contented with whatever she has.. aiyoh.. both also not the jewellery-kind.. i also not sure on their sizes to buy clothes.. sigh. this is actually called unecessary stress.. but also called happy stress... you know, birthdays are happy occassions..

i always wanna make such a day special for that person.. cos i know what it feels like if someone did likewise for me.. sigh.. i wrote a bit of this in my previous blog already.. about surprises.. i missed my primary school birthdays..where my mum would specially organize a party where there were invitation cards sent out.. sometimes at McDonalds.. then everyone would dress up and the table would be crowded with different sorts of food.. and presents! heh.. but aiyah..now i'm not that a sucker for presents... you wanna know what i really want? .. actually..i would really like it if people do remember my birthday.. that's a bonus.. i.. i just want people to remember me. =) heh. i've always been praying for friends.. and yes, God has really blessed me with them.. some to just come and go, from which i learn precious lessons on relationships, some come and stayed, from which i treasured every moment. My hope in life is that I could make a difference in someone's life.. (i know sounds really cliche... like korean dramas..yikes!) but as common as it sounds, i think it's element of truth and validity still stays true for me.. that's why i'm thinking of missions. i want to let people know about the Greatest News they could ever know - that Jesus Christ is here for us. simple as that. and it's true. I truely hope that in this way, people's sad lives could be changed, having a new - and real - hope in their lives.

That being said, i hope you guys still read my blog. see, that's what i fear too, that when i start going preach-y and all, the gospel might have the propensity to become a taboo subject.. and i may not have the chance to tell of this great news again.. sigh. but anyway, the Bible says that we are just here to inform others - we're the mouth-piece - and it's the Holy Spirit's job to change the hearts of those non-believers.. yups.. phew! so no stress on that one! =) heh..

anyways, ok lah.. i think i better go sleep.. 've been typing for about an hour plus now.. need to catch the rest!

Dead, Gone forever.

this was beside my car at the traffic light outside NUS. heh sorry so gross.

Sports Ball was fun!!

Last night was NUS Sports Ball at the Fullerton Hotel and I invited Kenley to come along with me (haha he's got no choice lah!). We sat with the lifesaving people (who are a bunch of nice ppl! pic on below..) and we were actually quite close to the stage! Food was great (if only the waiteress wasn't so efficient as to remove my unfinished chicken, which apparently was the BEST dish!), pageant .. ehh.. (thought Mei Shuang would win! (she's in the pic of girls, extreme right in gold..) love those spanish dresses!) then photo-taking (haha poor kenley had to wait for me.. he was still hungry!) then shortly after, had to go get the complimentary parking ticket.

OH. speaking of which, my friend initially told me that there were complimentary parking tickets available for Fullerton, so i parked my van in there. So i went to the girl in charge of the tickets, she told me there were actually LIMITED tickets available and they were ALL given out by the time i was asking for them. so i was like, 'but you guys didn't say it was limited! i parked my van in [this hotel] with the trust that you guys would provide the complimentary tickets for the participants and now you tell me i've got to pay it (which was DAMN ex!) by myself?' Then she was like, with both her hands in front of her as if pushing me away and with a 'sympathetic' smile, saying, 'i dunno. heh. IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM NOW.' wha. THAT last few words pissed me off. i'm..so.... ASHAMED of NUS ppl with her saying stuff like that. where is the degree of responsiblity in that?! she was practically shoving me away out of her problems so that she could just take some more pictures with her 'more happening' friends and just wanna quickly forget about the nothing-me. wow. talk about foreign talent. so i was thinking, 'Fine. i'll go ask my other friends to help me, since they're also in the committee and therefore probably have a better authority to ask for the ticket from the staff of Fullerton Hotel than me.' so i asked Olivia and Zareen, who were also in the midst of taking photos, (Olivia's in the middle, Zareen's on her right) and once they heard my plight, Olivia was like, 'OH! OK OK let's go ask the staff now!!' and they LEFT they grp of friends IMMEDIATELY straight to the reception to ask for an exceptional one more ticket for the nothing-me. I prayed along the way as we walked up the many many steps of the luxurious hotel to the main lobby's reception counter, with our (all 3 of us! haha) 4-inch heels killing us at the same time.. heh.. when we got there, with the 'power of 3', i got the ticket! Thank God! and of course, thanks to Olivia and Zareen who BOTHERED to go out of the way just to help a nothing-me! now THAT'S called responsibility. KUDOS to them! (haha.. ironically, they're also the 'NUS ppl' whom i was ashamed of earlier..but i'm glad there're the better parts of it!

anyway, ok enough of the complaining.. i wanna talk about today. nothing much lah. had waterpolo knock outs this morning at changi naval base - emerged ultimate losers (haha.. aiyah expected lah..) then coaching in the aftn - which was fruitful! then dinner with kenley. Sigh. you know, i love quite a number of things. I like dressing up (like for balls or formal dinners or parties), i like flowers (never had tulips, but roses are fine!), i like puppies (husky!) and i like surprises. Especially the last one - surprises. i think especially for occassions like birthdays, i believe they bring lots of joy to the person recieveing it. recently i've got a lot of friends whose birthdays have NOT yet arrived, but they were to leave overseas and wouldn't be around to celebrate the real day, and organizing a surprise party just with a small group of close friends really brought a smile to their face! and to mine too of course! i love taking the trouble to sms all those ppl and the adrenaline just comes automatically when i put 'it's a surprise for her!' .. wha.. i just love it.. thing is, i've never had any surprises for me. haha. maybe i can try to surprise MYSELF! haha.. ok. that's spastic.

anyway, my 21st is coming. sigh, i dun think kenley's the sort who could surprise me lah. he's got exams that week anyway!! gosh.. i rather he NOT doing all that and focus on his exams.. sigh. but nevermind. he just dun disappear on that day can already. and also for Christmas. the latter is my FAVORITE day (actually christmas eve), i prefer it to my birthday even! yup. apparently, (and according to my mum) it's pretty easy to satisfy me. the saying, 'it's the small things that matter' is so true for me. hmm... of course i like those small things too.. cos 'Good things come in small packages'!! haha..

so clean. so empty.

I was just cleaning my bedroom table and eventually decided to clear away all the dried roses (that Kenley gave me) I've collected over the past year. I'm a neat freak so when i clear, i sweep, then i wipe clean with a damp cloth. Then soon i was wiping my whole desk, and the THINGS on my desk, and finally rearranging them to give myself more study space. (I've tested myself and realise I'm a 'Monica' in FRIENDS). Once i was done, i looked at my now-so-cleared-and spacious desk where my laptop is on.. and felt something missing - the roses. it used to be an eye-sore when there was a whole bunch of them in this huge vase at the corner of my desk - now it's gone. It feels as if I broke up or something.. like something's amiss.. (haha.. sorry yeah i quite drama-rama kind..) anyway, i'm glad i'm just not breathing in anymore of the fungi and dust that was growing and collecting on the dried rose petals. but still.. the sight of them just reminded me of my dearie... (eww.. ok before i get anymore mushier.. )

anyway, my malay is improving! even though still crawling.. now i can say, 'Apa khabar?' which means, 'how are you?', or 'oh maaf, saya mesti ke tandas sekarang!' which means, 'oh excuse me, i need to go toilet now..' and many more lah.. eh, ok not that many lah. But my lecture's really funny... maybe it's just the culture in malay.. i dunno. like, for us, we use malay when we wanna be casual or make a joke.. or something.. now that i learn malay in its formal terms, it's just different, but it's easy to learn. at least now i can understand a decent sentence...in a primary 1 textbook. My classmate - Jakob (pronounced ya-cob) is from Germany here for exchange, and apparently he's learning basic chinese too. he seems like a really hardworking guy majoring in physics. you may think i'm stalking him, well, i also found out how many siblings he has, and what they're studying.. and where! haha.. no lah.. it was during malay lab lah.. the teacher asks, 'Jakob! Awak berapa adik-beradik?' (how many siblings do you have?') 'Saya ada dua orang abang.' (i've two older brothers) 'Abang Jakob belajar di universiti?' (do they study in the uni?) 'Ya' (ya.) 'seorang belajar sains, seorang belarjar (oops i forgot the word for) medicine' (one is studying in science and the other medicine). yups. so heh liddat, all of us knew each other our teacher went around asking everyone's background. (sneaky sneaky teacher ehhh)

anyway, i'm supposed to be going over to Chermaine's place to take a look at the husky puppy that i'm (hoping that i'm) gonna have! oh well, she hasn't called me yet.. not sure when they're bringing the dogs over to her place.. hope we can get that little pup! i'll treat it well.. will keep it indoors (oh today i turned on the air-con and Dino joined me at the dining table while i watched Calendar Girls! haha.. he shiok only ah.. see in the pic he was sniffing around too.. ) and liscence it and everything.. my family's looking forward to this new pup too... can't wait! will show pics of the little pup as soon as i see it!

Great timing.

I just had a talk with Kenley tonight. not any other talk, but a special one. it was when we voiced out each other's views and disagreements about our relationship and trying to fix problems. we had problems right from the start - stubbornly ignoring them is of no use. i knew that if i wanted this relationship to work, i had to let him know honestly what i'm thinking and i too, wanna know what he's thinking. the conversation was fruitful..it was a bit scary when we spoke of our differences but then i prayed cos i really needed guidance for this cruitial part.. then something just told me to hold on, to not give up on this relationship cos there's hope if we still want it to work. I wanted to hold on, he also wanted to hold on.. there! Praise God it was a enlightening experience. then i realised what was impt in a relationship, (or actually everything else for that matter), is that i've been trying to solve things MY way - with my earthly, limited ideas and perceptions. you know what, it won't work that way. or even if it does, it'll be disastrous. Then i listened to that soft, gentle and persistent prompting in my head that told me to bring it to God. and when i did, you know, things just became better. my mood was lightened, the situation was clearer, i had a heart of compassion and the problem was solved in love.

This was what i concluded: God makes a difference - IF you let Him to. all along i was so selfish and stupid to try to solve such problems all by myself, when my very solution was right with me all along. all i had to do was to have FAITH. Faith that Jesus Christ is Lord, and therefore, give all my troubles unto him. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight." Prov 3:5. So true. So, so true. you can just try it, and you'll SEE it.. you'll FEEL it.. then, you'll KNOW it. 'Lean not on your own understanding' - that means in cases when you see it's not logically possible (according to our human calculations), we should entrust everything in FAITH, '...and he will make ur paths straight' - aka, EVERYTHING will be alright. It's also true that the Lord only gives us what's the BEST - not second best - and so that's the hope that we have, and what we take comfort in. =)

Really juz talking..n thinking..

Have you ever had the feeling of thinking you should have something because of how long you've been wanting it, but yet know that judging from ur current circumstances you know it's kinda wrong?

For example, you used to like this dog soOO much last time, but your dad didn't allow you to get it. so you grew to 'not-like' it so as not to feel so sore about it. then a few years later, your dad agrees to have a dog now, provided you take care of it yourself. you got so happy so you bought the dog. however, you've already grown to 'not-like' dogs (in general), and knowing your super busy schedule, your lack of financial resources and other commitments, you know you can't keep this dog - you can't keep it WELL. but maybe because you want to fulfil ur last-time desire of having a dog a long time ago, you try to grow to like it and take care of it. but the cons of having it just bogs you down.. and you just don't feel it's right - for both the poor dog and you. your dog's not getting enough nutrition, not enough attention, when it's sick you've simply got no time to bring it to the vet. what's more, your dog has become more aggresive against you and is doesn't come to you when you call it... you've come to the point that you feel that you REALLY don't want the dog anymore.. you've seen ur current circumstances and you find that forcing yourself to like that dog no matter how much is not gonna work. i mean, of course, sometimes that dog is so damn cute to bits and makes you happy so much.. but there're other times you feel bad because you're not giving back its full worth. what do you do? poor doggie!!

ok this is obviously a fictionous story - where got dog become unattracted to owner one.. and before any of you make ridiculous conclusions that this is a real story for me and my dog - it's NOT. haha.. dun worry, my little Dino's getting all the attention he wants.. and food! and treatment blah blah.. sigh.. nah i was juz thinking about such a circumstance.. what if?

haha.. maybe i'm too bored and have been thinking way too much.. sometimes it's bad for my health. maybe i've been watching too many soap operas.. ewww.. haha..

Yesterday i met up with Ms Quek and she was telling me about all the changes in STC - both in the school and the system plus the student's culture..the way she told me was really hilarious! haha.. she just sounded so funny lah.. you know her (erm, for those of you who knew her..) then after that i met up with my ex-swimmers from JCC and we just talked crap man.. people there were sarah, simon, amanda, shufen, keith and su ann. heard after i left, henry joined them and they walked a lot.. gosh i was already so tired in the beggining of the day already if i had joined them i would have been dead heh. but it was all fun.

Then at night, my bro and his fiance together with Kenley and I went to Carl's Jr to eat super HUGE burgers with diameter of 10cm for dinner! this outlet is at Marina Square.. wha say.. it's damn big, plus the fries are damn lot.. and the drinks are free flow! haha.. it's an American outlet that's why the portions are so big. wha i ate until i almost felt like vomitting. but the food's good! should go try it!

haiyoh.. now i'm waiting for Kenley to call me.. we're supposed to go out today for a nice 'couple's-day-out' lunch and a movie.. (we've not had this arrangement for so long!!) and now he's still at his school's fencing practice or meeting i dunno. he said i should join fencing too, cos i've got fast reflexes, which is an advantage. i dun think i can already lah.. 've got so many commitments.. if i drop something then maybe lah. .but yeah i have the interest. anyway.. argh.. he said he'll end by 11 plus now it's 1! sigh. always have to wait for him. i guess i just have to look for something else to do lah..besides blogging.

super bored n tired

woke up early by the sound of my phone alarm. snoozed it as usual, slept for another half an hour. woke again at 9 by body alarm, figured better start packing for my super packed day -> first MasterLife session at church, then meeting my ex-teacher at STC, then another lunch appointment with my JCC swimmers in town, then meeting Mad to collect her dress (that i'm gonna borrow for my sports ball), then coaching at 5.30pm, then dinner with Kenley. BAH!!

anyway, so i packed my Masterlife stuff, made my way to church, to make long story short, there wasn't any MasterLife session in the first place - communication breakdown. bleah. so went to get cheap Mac's at school and went home. now i'm pretty tired to start my day with.. argh.. that's bored me looking at my laptop at home. argh.. i'm so tired i wanna sleep! now it looks like it's gonna rain.. shiok time to sleep. argh. now i gotta leave soon to meet Ms Quek (yay!! ok i'm getting a bit more energetic now.. missed her so much!).. but first gotta go pump diesel.. bleah but i'm so lazyyyyyyyyy.... sigh. even typing now is so tiring...

SMELLY SMELLY!!

I'm in my malay lect right now and it's FREAKIN' SMELLY now man! don't know where the stench's coming from, just that me and my dear friends around me - Kar Yan especially, who's sitting nearest to the stench! - are all holding their noses like nobody's business.. haha.. i think it's some guy who hasn't bathed or washed feet or something.. it smells like bad BO!