Once upon a time *__

Wednesday, January 06, 2010.

countdown to the reopening of school : 5 DAYS TIME, 10am sharp.

seriously, i do miss sch. the food, haha, cos
nus has one of the cheapest and nicest food ard, and
the usual stall aunties/uncles that i patronise rmb me
and always gif me extra servings with NO extra charge, haha ( :

I ain't looking fwd to the 3 lab sessions a week...
but it's gg to be a 4 day work week for me this sem !

and there's so much i want to thank God for,
esp cos of my 3 4hr lab sessions, there are a lot of modules
which clashes with lab timings so was seriously at wits ends.
and just when I thot i may have to miss lectures cos of lab,
i just received an email which states there'll be a
change of timing for my labs, so the module which I wanted
to take initially no longer clashes with my 4 hrs lab anymore ( :
reallllly thank God for His Goodness !

and thank God for granting me recovery cos I finally
recoverd from the very bad flu and cough after 9 days.
so I am back to my jogging regime
and i am so gonna miss it when sch starts :/

and weekly sat's bible study group is getting bigger.
thank God ( :
it's a very nice feeling, seeing everyone coming tog,
learning and growing in grace and knowledge of our Lord !
and i hope we'll cont to grow stronger as we encourage one another.

and as I walked past my table today,
i realised it's been almost one year since
I took it down and kept it in the blue box.
and i have never took it out since.

Blogged @ 12:53 PM

Thursday, December 31, 2009.

it's the last day of the year 2009,
seriously, tml gonna be 2010 and taking one big step back,
it seems like not too long ago, many were raving abt the
new millenium, abt the year 2000 and now, a decade has passed.
i vaugely rmb i was 12 years old then and 10 years
just passed by , with so many memories and lessons learnt.

I spent the last week of 2009 at home, in bed cos
I was pretty sick, even till now.
saw the doc 2 days ago and my flu still's pretty bad.

all i knew was I am still feeling very weak and
not much medicine was presribed to me cos doc wanna
let my immune system do the job of killing the flu bug.
praying tat my white blood cells will win,
and the battle be over soon!
the feeling of not being able to breathe properly is horrid =/

i spent some time, thinking abt the year 2009,
what happened , events that took place in my life
and how i responded to them.
I realised the most impt thing is to
ponder my life story with God in 2009.
Did I glorify Him, or did anything that displease HIm ?
or when my life story is being played in front of me onw day,
will I be ashamed of anything ?

I guess one of the happiest things that happened over 09
was the step I took to be baptised , my 21st with my loved ones.
it wasn't the party and the attention that I was happiest abt,
but it's seeing how much work and prep my loved ones did for me
that made me felt so cherished. it's all the behind the scenes work,
the different ppl who helped decorate,cooked and effort put in
to make it memorable.

I rmb during that week, I was very upset over some stuff.
brother called and encouraged me in the word of the Lord,
and that is something I am most grateful and thankful for.
and of cos, my close buddies' encouragements and hug ( :
it was not an easy feat, even now,
but I prayed I will continue to do it in the way
that my Lord will be pleased ( :

likewise, i rmb some left the church
and I am very thankful that I still receive
their email on weekly bible study which they will send ( :
their labour of love and their concern for us
was never be wavered.

for the coming new year, I really hope,
by God's grace, that my life story in 2010 will be
pleasing in His sight. it's prob not gg to be easy
but it's not impossible to achieve.

and likewise, I prayed that my close buddies will believe
in my Lord and that may the new year be a year that we
challenge ourselves to walk in the Lord's will
as we grow tog in His Grace.

Blogged @ 12:19 PM

Sunday, December 27, 2009.

ChristMAS - CHRIST,My Arisen Saviour

and christmas marks the beginning of the yearend and
though it's often remembered as the season of christmas prez and feasts,
the real meaning behind it is often forgotten,
that it marks the remembrance of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ,
where our Lord had to be clothed not in the finest of things and
to die for sinners in order that we can come to God.
that the righteous one died for the unrighteous.

that christmas demonstrates the measureless depth of God's love
and how we are so unworthy to receive this boundless gift.
that we may get to heaven and be with GOd.

christmas was also a time spent with my loved ones.
met up with Hl on christmas eve
and I enjoyed the time spent ( :

that was followed by family gathering at my place on 24th dec!
we had steamboat and bbq for dinner, lol and it
resembled so much like a reunion dinner ( :

and this is my youngest niece, Leong Sherzyn..
I played her fav aeroplane game with her and she was in all SMIles :D

all together now !

25th DEc Morn ..
woke up very early for christmas service and
yep, had to report one hour earlier cos had to do
warm ups for choir performance !

the jsm choir :D

proceeded to Jon's place in the evening for christmas gathering !
woah, huge spread of food ( :

and while some entertained by playing cards,

the rest entertained by playing wii =P

we tried the expert mode and whoah, it was super FAst.

then ethan challenged ivan to try to dethrone him
cos we crowned ivan king that day. ahah.
he was really good !

Prisc and sheryl tried their hands on manuvoering some
ski reindeer race and it was hilarious.
cos by accident,we told dem the wrong stuff, lol.
and i actually lost my voice while cheering for prisc.

there was sharing by Ethan and thereafter dinner.
and followed by more wii and card games and more photo-taking.

and we asked Jon, the host to ursup Ivan, aha,
and it was a close fight.

lol,.
in the end, judging from the pictures,
ivan still won ! lol.

and we had a really good time of fellowship,
thanks to Jon who opened up his house for us ( :

and as for me, I fell sick the next day and skipped church
today cos was feeling very weak.
with very bad flu and cough, I slept throughout the weekend,
and self medicate with leftover cough mixtures and panadol.

and it's the time of choosing modules again.
uber sian, i guess any nus peep feeling the same way too.
* scratches head

Blogged @ 11:14 PM

Monday, December 21, 2009.

it's been a good weeek of catching up,celebrating bdaes,
family time and most of all, enjoying church camp ( :

phebe and I actually had post camp syndrome , lol,
cos when we woke up at 10am the next day after camp,
we were thinking aloud that ard that time,
we'll be listening to Rev Yong sharing msg.

then came our dinner time which was ard 7.30pm,
I was thinking to myself, that this would be the time
for thematic msgs which Rev Tang would be speaking..
oh man, we didn't know we got so used to church camp,
suddenly, when back to normal life, we really miss it !

had loads of family time this week too, mum brought
her 4 girls to Jurong Point for shoppping and everyone including
mummy Lim got something ( :
had haagen daz ice cream which we shareed and I intro dem
to my ALL TIME FAV- Tiramisu flavour .... yums!

as for the weekend, could not make it for sat's bible study
cos my dear melisssa kong is leaving for Denmark.
hope she learns a lot there and prob coming back,
speaking a mouthful of fluent Danish (:

and yesterday, had church and went out for lunch with Pris
and cousin Samuel cos my dear Pris wanted to look for
New Semester clothes. After which, we headed for carolling tog
at LEE AH MOI home, and seeing old folks being at the home,
esp those whose hands had to be tied at the bedstand,
it is a very pitiful sight. we sang carols, and gave out
gifts and those who could converse in dialect spoke to them
about the gospel.

and before I forgot, here are some photos which were
taken on a sat two weeks ago,
for our dear chern fern's 21st ( :
rest of the remaining pics are up on facebook so
shall upload some here!

SHOKUDO at Raffles City !

we told her that we wanted to look around first,
which was actually a bluff...
heh, we all got tog 3 tables away from her and started
designing the mega bdae card...

toook pics while waiting for our dear Yilei to knock off
from work to join us for dinner.

heh.. nice piece of art right ??
=P

our well wishes for her !

BLESSED 21st, chern fern !!
( :

ALl together now..
missing are the few who could not make it cos they were overseas.
nevertheless, they were tagged on facebook too. hah.

went for a long stroll , to get a glimpse of the christmas lights.

one last shot before heading for home...
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and tml's 22nd dec ....
jitters!
hope it'll be okay !

Blogged @ 12:13 PM

Thursday, December 17, 2009.

alrighty, been back from church camp yest evening...
and I must say, I learnt so so so much.

I thanked God esp, cos I spent some time reflecting
on 1 John 2 after last sat's bible study and
finally understood what it means to Love The Lord .

and then came the camp which Rev Tang spoke abt his
thematic msgs which was about loving the Lord and
to honour Him by keeping his Commandments.
Qns which he said struck a chord withn me and
that is
" The Lord has given us his best (his only begotten son)
but have we given our best to the Lord ? "
Is the time we give Him, the times when we are most tired,
excuses aplenty when we are called to serve Him ?
"What is our report card for our service to the Lord ?"

MAny speakers likewise spoke on the book of Joshua,
where they espounded on and gave many insights into
the events that took place in the book of Joshua.
esp how sin , things which are good and yet we do not
are considered sin as well and when we sin, the one
that suffers the consequences may not be us but
it may fall on our loved ones or on
the 3rd and 4th generations.
and how obedience begats blessings
but disobedience begats cursings.

spent some time in the morning today,
revisiting all those points which i taken down
and truly, I must say, it's a very strong wake up call
for me and at the very least, I really hope,
my life story on earth will be pleasing to the Lord.

and on top of all that, the food was especially GOOOD !
think my ring got bigger =X
and I spent time swimming, bowling and wanted to play
squash initially but cousin in law didn't bring his racket.

and I'm missing camp already...
but really, thank God for everything,
esp pointing out to me the wrong deeds.thoughts and
how I really need God's grace to overcome them.
and most importantly, I am really glad to know
what it means to love the lord ( :

Blogged @ 10:36 PM

Monday, December 07, 2009.

Thank God that exam was finally OVER on 30th NOV !!!!
I was actually happier counting down to my last paper than
on the actual day itself.
when last paper finally ended, wasn't as excited as I thot i would be.
well, and I rmb celebrating end of papers with rounds of TENNIS.
LOL.

gotta get rid of the ring =/

and so these past week was well spent ( :
attended Kezia's 21st with loads of pics taken at her party
and I shortlisted a few here .. heh...

Kezia's 21st :D

came one hour earlier to do make up for her.
her smiles were so infectious and it was sucha heart warming scene
seeing her receiving well wishes from her loved ones.

it was supposed to be a candid shot,
hah, but looks like Eleanor, Phebe, Uncle Amos and I
were ready for the camera =P

after dinner entertainment was self-takes session.
lol, had fun taking loads of spontanous and hilarious pics...
these are the people whom I grew up with,
my childhood buddies ( :

taken with the 4 "cats "

another of the "once-the-camera-light-shines,-just-pose" PIC :D

the 21 years old, we are the 1988 dragons =P

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later part of the last week was spent with galfrens at vivo.
and it was sucha a coincidence that when yilei mentioned
she was craving for some starbucks boost, then came the sign
which says " MAke a wish come true.. Starbucks ON The HOUSE "

LOL...
imagine our excitement when we saw that!

weekend was spent with church gang, exploring Jon's new home
and helping him pack his fine China utensils. aha...
then was follwed by bible study which was one of a kind.
cos it was very interactive, took some time for
everyone to warm up and before u know it,
everyone was in the momentum of asking qn and clearing up doubts.
and we learn a lot from one another ( :

oh and on a side note
looking out for christmas presents offically starts tml !!

Blogged @ 10:33 PM

Sunday, November 22, 2009.

i'm looking forward to nov 28th, kezia's 21st bdae.

anticipating it in fact.
cos firstly, it's childhood buddyy Finally turning 21st.

she marks the end of my church's 88 dragons turning adults.

though the party falls in the midst of my exams,
i'll definitely be turning up cos at least,
a good break will do me gooooood ( :

and i love bdae celebrations, remiding us
that God has given us another year and it's a very
heart warming feeling receiving well wishes from loved ones ( :

and, after one week of study break,
my paper will be starting tml morn 0.0

and all the best too, for peeps taking As and uni exams !!

Blogged @ 5:41 PM