I'm currently experiencing a bout of spiritual dryness... maybe I haven't been praying about certain stuff... like matric... really, Thurs meeting was kind of a wake-up call for me... kind of inspired... perhaps I should pray more.
Results are out... I'm happy with my results, given the fact that I have not been studying as hard as I should. Ever since entering university, I think I have not set an academic goal for myself. In secondary school and jc, I always had a goal in mind, what I want to achieve academically when I graduate. But in uni, I don't think I have given this some thought. And point is, yr 1 is over. Come Aug, I'll be in my second year... yw always said this: 'No expectations, no disappointment'. I guess this is right to a certain extent, but not having a goal and expectation kind of makes me feel as though I'm lost. Perhaps, it's time that I set myself an academic goal.

I started working as a tutor at an Tuition Centre last Saturday. Working at a tuition centre is indeed different as my job as a private tutor, though I only have 2 students in the class. I've come to realise that much more is required of me when I teach in a class. Discipline and time management comes in. There are certainly advantages when working at a tuition centre; the most basic being that the notes are provided for and that I don't have to search the Examination Board website for syllabus myself for they are also provided for. But these very advantages can sometimes means that more preparation is needed. For instance, for every topic, they'll have a few sets of notes and exercises needed to be done, and sometimes time does not permits it. And also, I will take into account the different learning abilities of the different students and cater to their needs as best as I can... but i believe that this experience will help me in the near future when I enter the classrooms.
Met up with my Discipleship Group (DG) for lunch at Vivo. Well, really had fun walking with our beloved Sharon... the time together kind of help me get to know her better... and the fellowship time during and after lunch was great too... talked about our plans for the hols and wrote them down, had fun talking as well... great dg time out. And oh, I just remembered how Sharon was talking about fate. As you all may know, Med and Sci Crusade are coming together to form one ministry. And Sharon was just saying how we are fated to meet... cos she will be taking the nursing girls, my dg mates when I was at Med Crusade for the last sem and early this sem before I transferred to Sci Crusade later this sem... so, whether I make the transfer or not, I would have Sharon as my SM... cool isn't it... God really has His Ways of bringing people together. What is meant to be is meant to be, no matter how you want it to be.

Lydia's off to Europe, backpacking! Lucky girl. Backpacking's fun, though I haven't been able to experience it yet. Perhaps soon, I hope. It'll be an all-new experience for me... and you'll be able to experience the local culture and learn more things than the follow-tour guide types of holiday. But somehow, my parents don't really agree with me. Maybe they're the less adventurous type and I'll have to try harder to convince them to let me go backpacking. Actually, they've come a long way since; for they actually allow me to go overseas with my friends. Maybe it's time, or maybe it's because they feel that they can trust me to take care of myself and be accountable. I don't really know which is the case. What I'm sure of is, whichever the case, all parents care for their children.
Note to Lydia: Msg me when you're back and meet up! Enjoy your trip.
Btw, it has been confirmed! Med and Sci Crusade are going to serve as one ministry. Yeppee. Will get to see my old dg mates, and evan and others more often. That's great news. More plans for next weeks coming up; will be meeting my Spritual Multiplier (SM) and dg mates for lunch, Birthday Party, Prayer Meeting and maybe meeting up with gy and the rest...

Just came back from Vivocity's Toys'R'Us... it was a pleasantly surprising trip, with a pleasantly unexpected purchase... cool place,suitable not just for the very young, the young, but also the young at heart (read between the lines: old). Shall visit it again some day...

Just had Prayer Meeting at Raffles City's BK in the afternoon... I think it's the lack of sleep from yesterday that's causing me to be so tired now... anyway, the meeting was rather good as we came up with quite a few prayer activities in the weeks leading up to matric; activities like fasting, fortnightly prayer meetings, prayer walks and stuff like that; but all these are subjected to approval... and we'll be meeting up soon to finalise these things...Met up with yw and gang yesterday at Orchard... I've just realised that had become our usual meeting place since jc times... well, I guess it's because of it's centralised location... anyway, met up with yw for a brainstorming session as to what presents to get... we've run out of ideas... afterall, we've known each other for some six years... whatever that we could have gotten, we've bought them...besides, we've grown up and mature... so, we no longer care for those soft, fluffy toys which can potentially end up as a dust collector at home. And so, that's the trouble with buying presents... so, friends, if you are reading this, do a good deed by telling me what you want for your birthday... I shall let the pictures do the talking now... here you go:

Happy Family...

Dinner at Crystal Jade...

Yummy Xiao Long Bao or Baos rather...

A close-up

Throughout the dinner, they re-filled our glasses for around 4 to 5 times if i'm not wrong... good service...

The end-product...

Our form of entertainment after dinner...

And finally... time to go home...

Meet up soon...

SOme other stuff:

Mothers' Day is coming... and Mum just left to watch the Liza Wang Concert with SCO with my aunt...
To those going on mission trips, prepare well and pray... I'll be praying for you...

To those going overseas, have fun and don't forget to pray for journey mercy...

And one last thing: I've heard that Med and Sci libraries are going to combine... and I've also heard that Med and Sci crusade are going to combine... if this is true, it'll be great. Yippee! I can get to see Sheena, Lydia, Si Hui and the rest more often...

Went to vivo with the girls today... walked into Aldo, Mango, River Island, Vivi, Valerie (yes, it's a name of a shop) to checked out their clothes, accessories,... but we didn't buy anything... ha, but i must say that the clothes at Valerie and River Island are worth checking out... the style and price are alright, that's what I meant...and of course, we had our usual Ben and Jerry Super Mix ice-cream... fantastic... I haven't had that kind of feeling in a long long time... indulgence... below are some pics from today...


Before Joce was there...


Childhood memories?

Doesn't these remind you of your childhood days? When did we ever have those soft, plush toys?

In deep thoughts... or so it seem...Deciding what to have?

At Ben and Jerry's... and according to cgy, that's the misson of Ben and Jerry... don't how how true it is... but she studied it as a case study in a Marketing module...hmm...


Drooling? keep your saliva to yourself...



That's Elmo and Big Bird outside Giant... oh, you can see Barney too...


The happy us...

share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AYuWrJs0cNmGG for more pics...

Here's a message that will bring you chills. Have
you ever felt the urge to pray for someone and then
just put it on a list and said, "I'll pray for them
later?"

Or has anyone ever called you and said,
"I need you to pray for me, I have this need?"

Read the following story that was sent to me and may
it change the way that you may think about prayer and
also the way you pray.

A missionary on furlough told this true story while
visiting his home church in Michigan.

"While serving at a small field hospital in Africa,
every two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the
jungle to a nearby city for supplies. This
was a journey of two days and required camping
overnight at the halfway point.

On one of these journeys, I arrived in the city
where I planned to collect money from a bank,
purchase medicine, and supplies,and then begin my
two-day journey back to the field hospital.

Upon arrival in the city, I observed two men
fighting, one of whom had been
seriously injured. I treated him for his injuries
and at the same time
talked to him about the Lord.

I then traveled two days, camping overnight, and
arrived home without incident.

Two weeks later I repeated my journey.

Upon arriving in the city, I was approached by the
young man I had treated.
He told me that he had known I carried money and
medicines. He said, 'Some friends and I followed
you into the jungle, knowing you would camp
overnight. We planned to kill you and take your
money and drugs.

But just as we were about to move into your camp, we
saw that you were surrounded by 26 armed guards.

At this, I laughed and said that I was certainly all
alone in that jungle campsite.

The young man pressed the point, however, and said,
'No, sir, I was not the
only person to see the guards, my friends also saw
them, and we all counted them. It was because of
those guards that we were afraid and left you alone.'

At this point in the sermon, one of the men in the
congregation jumped to his feet and interrupted the
missionary and asked if he could tell him the
exact day this happened.

The missionary told the congregation the date, and
the man who interrupted told him this story:

"On the night of your incident in Africa, it was
morning here and I was preparing to go play golf.
I was about to putt when I felt the urge to pray
for you. In fact, the urging of the Lord was so
strong, I called men in this church to meet with
me here in the sanctuary to pray for you. Would
all of those men who met with me on that day stand up?"

The men who had met together to pray that day stood
up. The missionary wasn't concerned with who they were,
he was too busy counting how many men he saw.

There were 26.

This story is an incredible example of how the
Spirit of the Lord moves in mysterious ways.
If you ever hear such prodding, go along with it.

Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of
hell. I encourage you to forward this to as many people as you know.

If we all take it to heart, we can turn this world
toward God once again. As the above true story clearly
illustrates, "with God all things are possible".

More importantly, how God hears and answers the
prayers of the faithful.

After you read this, please pass it on and give God
thanks for the beautiful gift of your faith,
for the powerful gift of prayer, and for the many
miracles He works in your own daily life... and then
pass it on. Who says God does not work in mysterious ways

I asked the Lord to bless you as I prayed for you
today. To guide you and protect you as you go along your way.
His love is always with you, His promises are true,
and when we give Him our cares you know He will
see us through.

So when the road you're traveling on seems difficult
at best, Just remember I'm here praying, and God will do the rest.

Pass this on to those whom you want God to bless

Have been wanting to show you guys my bros... remember I have not 1 but 2 younger, mischievous bros? yep... well...

They used to be oh-so- cute , endearing and adorable...
Look, aren't they loving? Ha...
Can't believe that they have grown into the terrors they are today... hmm... i'll try to find some recent pics of them... Ha... actually they aren't that bad also... really...well, I guess we have all grown up...
it's time to say bye to pillow fights, sibling spats...
Have you been nice to your bros/sis? Well, it's time to...

I remember going past these places many years ago... I would always look out if the car/bus window and stare at the smooth flowing waters... the peace and tranquility it brought to me as a child...



How about buying an apartment there? I wish...

Some pics I took when I was out...
The Ferris Wheel... will you be there? Will you be willing to pay some S$29.50 or so to be up there?

Did you know..that
"SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS!"
is one of the longest words ever?!
It is used to describe the most fantastic of feelings or experiences and comes from the musical Mary Poppins.
try reading it out in one breath if you happen to be really bored!

Should have posted these pics up long time ago...
it's last Dec's trip to Underwater World/ Vivo...

I like this pic personally... the crabs...
The smart dolphins

Of course there's more... but it's kind of troublesome to post them on blogger... check out the link instead...

I really find the posting blogs in Chinese very cool albeit the long duration taken to type that post. You should try it too...

忽然心血来潮，想用中文来写一篇文章放在部落格这儿。 好久没用中文来写作了，所以，各位，献丑了。刚看完台湾版的《白色巨塔》， 那最后一集，的确给了我好多启发；启发来自于关欣写给怡华的信，也来自于怡华最后勇敢地面对未来的挑战，也来自于怡华在送关欣到火车站给关欣的所谓‘医生宣誓’。先说那医生宣誓吧：每一集完结，漆黑的荧幕，便会响起苏怡华的医生宣誓：“当我进入医业时，我郑重地保证要奉献一切为人类服务，凭着良心跟尊严从事医业，病人的健康为我的首要顾念。在那最后一集里，在怡华送关欣时，关欣突然要怡华再念一次这词给她听；我顿时感到讶异，心想为什么关欣会要怡华这么作呢？当然编剧会这样写是有原因的。原来，那宣誓是怡华为了关欣而改的。当时，我的第一个反应是；‘哇！好厉害，竟然可以把那宣誓改成一个爱的宣言。’那是多么的浪漫，多么的有创意的一件事。我便打算以后，当我踏入我的事业是也来写个这样的宣誓，好让我有个工作的集中心。其实，在求学的我们也是可以这么做的。然后还有关欣写给怡华的那封信。信里提到关欣是怎么发现自己想要的幸福与快乐。原来，幸福与快乐是可以那么的简单及单纯。我想出了社会的人，然后又卷入权力斗争，一个人就会时常感到很疲累，也会很不开心，还可能失去生命里的很多美好的人与物，例如亲情，爱情等；就好像剧里的唐国泰与邱庆成。他们俩都是很优秀的主任与医生，都具备高超的医术，但他们都因为争院长和主任之位而不择手段，下场都很糟。一个中风，搞到精神错乱；另一个的家庭也受到了影响。真的，这又何必呢？我最讨厌这些权力斗争的；它好黑，好可怕。但又有好多人卷入它里面，明争暗斗地，真不了解这些人。说回重点，关欣说的其实一点也没错。幸福可以很简单，只要能做到自己所要的东西，那就是幸福了。所以即使她离开医院，不当麻醉科主任，跑到山上开诊所，去帮助需要帮助的人，这就是幸福了。有很多人，一开始他的事业时，都会有很多崇高的理想；什么造福人群啦，帮助他人等。但往往几年后就会卷入权力斗争，搞累自己，也把当初的崇高理想给忘了。有很多人是不会象戏里的怡华那么的正直，单纯，开朗，热情，坚守原则呢？人嘛，就是这样，苏怡华毕竟是个虚假的人物；事实上，有很少人工作了这么久，还是会那么地热情。所以，我们应该尽量学习怡华的开朗态度－虽然感到疲累，但却还是以那灿烂的笑容来赶走黑暗；以乐观的态度来迎接挑战。唯有这样，我们才能以热忱的心情这我们人生中的巨塔做出贡献。没想到看电视也能学到那么多东西吧？其实只要在在多做人物分析，相信我们还可以学到更多。只是要用中文来写的确是考功夫的！我足足用了一小时多来写出这篇文章；嗐，我的华文写作能力的确是退步了许多。有好多字我都把它给忘了，也有很多时后，我停顿了很久，不知道要如何表达自己。。。毕竟我已两年多没用中文来写作了。我想，我应该不会在以中文来写部落格了。除非。。。我也不知道。

Woohoo... finally exams are over... shall not dwell on it for now and shall keep my fingers cross for my results...
Hmm... don't ask me what my plans are this hols cos i'll see how things goes... but one thing for sure is the prayer for matric event and plans to meet up with old friends and chat over lunch/tea/dinner... yep... but we'll see.
Something funny happened today... as you would have guessed, it's my parents... you know how my parents will quarrel over the tinest bit of stuff... it happened almost everyday, and it happened today... in the public...
As the story goes, my mum was done with shopping for some household stuff and groceries at Pasir Panjang and was walking to the bus-stop to take a bus home when she felt a vehicle stopping beside her along the road. She stopped. To her initial delight, it was my dad. She had thought that he, upon seeing how much stuff she has to carry home, will give her a ride home... talk about rescuing a damsel in distress. But nope... he was not about to do so... instead he scolded her for buying so many unnecessary stuff and wasting money on bus to buy groceries instead of buying them from the nearby market/supermarket. In response, my mum placed her index finger to her mouth to ask my dad to tone down. Luckily for them, there wasn't anyone along the road side. If you happen to see a pair of middle-age couple along some roadside at Pasir Panjang behaving funnily, they were my parents. How childish can they be, fancy bringing their everyday quarrel to the roadside. The way my mum told me about this was even funnier. I shall ask dad for his version of the story when he's home today.