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[22 Jun 2007|11:50am] |
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"Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD. "
how often did this happen?
when i was happy - i revelled in my moment of joy but God has slipped my mind.
when i was in difficulty - i curse n swear and look to blame either others or myself, i search for solutions everywhere but to seek Him.
when there was a quiet moment - i pick up a novel to pass the time or plonk on my bed for a nap but think or worship Him.
when i suffered and was in pain - i cry and spiral into self-destruction and depression but pray to Him and seek Him.
and with every passing moment - i indulge myself with my own thoughts and emotions, taking for granted what i have and yearning for for what i don't, i have forgotten even in a split second that all that i am, i have and to be is because of Him, because of His love.
how often has this happened to me or to you?
these quoted words in pink were said by Rick Warren (author of The Purpose Driven Life). and i just want to share in this post and also mainly to remind myself, that no matter what situation i am in, God is there, He is there for me and for you, all we have to do is seek Him.
thank you ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) nakspud for posting this.
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| old is new? |
[11 Jun 2007|04:58pm] |
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somehow i managed to dig out this old layout i did... and am glad i could find it. love the colours and truly, i can say its "mine". maybe its a state of the mind too... i need to relax and take a deep breath.
oh to anyone who visits, this journal is still ongoing but if u can't see any recent post other than this one? it is because this is a "Friends Only" journal now. msg me if u r a friend. :-)
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| Yoga - recommendations? |
[28 Mar 2007|11:10am] |
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am interested to join a yoga class. anyone has any recommendations? recently True Yoga is launching some promotion. is it any good?
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| missing? kidnapped? alien abduction? |
[27 Mar 2007|05:44pm] |
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this is great. i lose pens, then its a calculator, then almost lost a scissors and finally... now my plastic rule is gone too!
ok the desk is no longer safe. i need to lock everything in the drawer!!! where's my padlock and infra-red scanners??
stationery thieves! whats the world coming to??
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| Korean YUMMIES! |
[27 Mar 2007|02:40pm] |
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thanks to my great food buddy, haku and i tried out this new korean bbq place (Ju Shin Jung)on sunday evening. we went to the new East Coast Road branch (their first branch is along west coast road) after visiting my mom. it was GREAT - great food and service. really something different from my previous experience at the usual korean bbq places. from the first picture, what u see is really what you get. all those appertisers (first round comes free when u order a minimum of 2 meats), clear soup, dips, lettuce (for making your own yummy wraps), salad, tea and icewater. we added an extra order of the clear beef-rib soup and it was really delicious.  the beef was really soft and tender and the soup was flavoursome. the bbq was smokefree and the waiters were all very polite and attentive. at the end of the meal, they served this refreshing sweet tea together with watermelon. i think no other combination could have been better. i can't wait to go bac and try their other dishes!
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| our first trip! |
[27 Mar 2007|01:56pm] |
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with the NATAS fair over n squeezed with (ya it was almost like some stampede), haku and i will be going for our much delayed honeymoon! yippie!!!
we'll be visiting Switzerland (yes we will be going to Interlaken too!!), Paris and England in the second week of April! being really inexperienced holiday planners, we figured we are better off signing up a 10day tour for Switzerland and Paris before taking either eurostar or a short flight to Manchester to visit some relatives. so all in all, we will be gone for 14days! :-D
yes, i am pretty excited. u see, although haku and i have been together for more than 9 years, other than our years in UK together, we have not travelled much, mainly because of my family situation and demands. mom doesnt like me to be away because of her health and kidbro was still rather young. but now, she has gotten used to be not living at home and kidbro is actually 14 next month, i think haku and i can really start to travel around more from now on.
we've gotten so many ideas from the tour fair, now there r so many places we want to visit.
O.M! go plan ur Kyoto trip!!! I WANT TO GO!
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| Meme from Myeisha |
[22 Mar 2007|02:12pm] |
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These are the rules: Each player of this game starts out by giving 6 weird things about themselves. People who get tagged need to write in a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rules clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. After you do that, leave them each a comment letting them know you tagged them and to read your blog!
1. i shave the little hairs off my fingers and toes cos i dont like the way they look.
2. i started using perfume ever since JC1 and never looked back since
3. i have only 1 front tooth but pple cant tell cos all the teeth has since rearranged themselves and filled up the gap - without the help of bracers too!
4. i wash my face with soup SOAP (major typo!) only once a day and it has worked well so far!
5. ever since i was 4 or 5, i've only had short hair once.
Edit: oops i forgot its 6 weird things, not five. so here it is:
6. i wear my watch on my right wrist even though i am a right hander. wearing it on the left simply feels TOO weird
ok hope u guys will still be my friends after this HAHAHA! :-P
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| Home |
[21 Mar 2007|04:33pm] |
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so many things happening so suddenly too!
went to the apartment yesterday morning with haku, dad (his dad) and the contractor. today i applied to SP services to start electricity and water supplies to the aptm and in 3-4 weeks i suppose we can move in? wow i cant believe it!
oh n to my funny friends who are not LJ members, i have posted both my wedding videos on my previous posts as well as the black and white pics. so either email me, or sign up with LJ!!! gogo!
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| date? |
[19 Mar 2007|03:25pm] |
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couple question: do you guys have "dates" with each other on a regular basis?
a young married couple from my cell group who is expecting their first child soon has date-nights every week. it can be a more extravagant affair like going for musicals to just watching a video at home together. the main purpose is to spend quality with each other. i suppose even if a couple lives together, the amount of quality time spent isnt actually substential unless efforts are put in to make it work.
so, i have brought this idea up with haku. maybe we will start with a fortnightly one instead.
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| married life |
[16 Mar 2007|03:24pm] |
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how shall i begin?
i am afterall in a new 'stage' of my life. yup i am finally married, after something like 9 years of courtship? anyone who asked me how's married life, simply got this reply: "rather the same, i just get to see him everyday now?". hahaha
but overall, it is good. i like it. i am not like what someone asked me lately - if i am passionate about this whole change. i like my life now, i have a good relationship with his parents, whom i have somehow gotten used to calling "dad" and "mom" *smile*, i am rather used to living with him, his brother + gf and his parents (plus the two dogs + two cats). everyone has their own space and other than some dinners when we choose to have together, we are pretty much left on our own.
of course, this does not mean we will not be having our own place. we are seriously thinking of moving out on our own for the initial 1-2 years until perhaps when we decide to have a kid or something. to be honest, it is something i look forwward to. not because i mind living with his folks but i feel it is a healthy way to establish a husband and wife relationship from the early stage of the marriage. and to learn to be truly independant adults. sure, we have lived out before when we were in university, but we were still getting our allowances from our parents and school really can't be compared to work now. it wld be a good thing, i feel to stop depending on his parents and the conveniences living together all comes with. it wld be fun, to be able to run our own house together - from minute things like grocery shopping, to cleaning the place, to managing our own finances. it is a challenge for sure, but something worth trading an easy life for.
you know, as i am typing all this, i realised what i have missed out from not blogging. i have missed out on how writing about something can bring about a clearer picture and thinking about a topic. :-)
ok time for another coffee. back ltr
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| HI!!! |
[16 Mar 2007|03:15pm] |
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this is the first time in a looooonnnnnng time... thanks for asking after me n all - you know who u r! :-) not sure of the exact reason why i have not been blogging, but i guess just didnt feel like it. no urge n all. so i'm slowly trying to get into it now.
am sorting out some wedding pics atm, so will post them in a private entry real soon!
in the meanwhile, will slowly try to catch up with whats been happening with all of you.
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| hi |
[29 Oct 2006|09:27pm] |
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been more than one and a half months since i last logged n blogged. i think i have tonnes to catch up on. not sure why, just didnt feel like logging on i guess. am sitting here in the living room and decided to drop by LJ and have a peek. hope everyone been doing well with their lives, work, love, social and all. :-)
as for my side? nothing too exciting. some wedding stuff here n there, planning n all. haku and i got confimed at our church on his birthday *smile* so that was really special. been steadily losing weight, getting a new hp, thinking of moving to his parents place in town after our wedding, gonna get my wedding planning group grouped up and meet, got my face "done" by a aesthetic doc friend and loving the results, discovering new sides of some people and not really surprised, kid bro did pretty well for his end-year exams, bought our first furniture - a sealy bed (ya so exciting!) and errr can't remember what else.
too much to update all at one go i guess but i am still me, but have learnt a few things too lately. will blog soon. take care everyone!
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| how have u been? |
[15 Sep 2006|05:31pm] |
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not sure how many of u still reading my LJ, but if u r doing so now, thanks for being there!
been busy with sch/work. after we received the grant approval for my project, been working like crazy, replying to the research agency, working on budgets (that was a total nitemare), meetings after meetings, then i had to rush and apply for ethics approval and send in my CV and all those forms to my new employer. phew! its all done for the moment now. just need to address a couple of questions from the ethics committee and once everything is finalised, i will be busy again! but great to get paid fulltime once it is all settled. been too long i've been paid half-time. lol
home front been the same, turbulence on and off. but nothing new, the tears dry and life moves on. nothing much to complain about.
other than tiredness, somehow just had no urge to blog until today. feel like i've missed so much of my LJ friends' lives... so ya... gonna be reading...
the extreme side of me is showing itself again. as usual, after too much work, i will indulge in too much play. yup! i've been gaming.
my warlock now has 7/8 Nemesis (tier2 armour gear) and i've gotten one of the best caster staffs in the game - the Staff of the Shadow Flame.
i know soon i won't be able to do much raiding with the rest of my guildies... so now its time to indulge :-)
have a great wkend ahead folks!
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| Tales from the Earthsea |
[15 Sep 2006|03:11pm] |
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(Gedo Senki)
another film from Ghibli Studio (unofficial english website here). even though it isnt by Hayao Miyazaji but his son Goro, and despite certain criticisms, i eagerly await for its release in the theatres soon... and if not, in DVD.
"Once Man and Dragon were one.
Man chose Land and Sea,
Dragon chose Wind and Fire"
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| 你在哪里 |
[23 Aug 2006|04:53pm] |
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回过头 天空无法晴朗
向前走 我的步伐还是寂寞
寻找每一片的风景
我和你还有没实现的约定
我的梦 是另一种相遇
我的心 暮鼓就跟明天靠近
你要去哪里 你突然决定远行
我怎么放心
当黑夜很静 风也很急
回忆飘过就变的不清晰
你到哪里 你在哪里 Oh~
当云不会停 星星不理
我勇敢呼吸 努力去感应
我在这里 你在哪里
原来一直在我心底
当这世界溶化再依偎相理
我的梦 是另一种相遇
我的心 暮鼓就跟明天靠近
你要去哪里 你突然决定远行
我怎么放心
当黑夜很静 风也很急
回忆飘过就变的不清晰
你到哪里 你在哪里 Oh~
当云不会停 星星不理
我勇敢呼吸 努力去感应
我在这里 你在哪里
原来一直在我心底
当这世界溶化再依偎相理
当这世界溶化再依偎相理
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| am i like Dionysus?? |
[22 Aug 2006|02:56pm] |
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Dionysus
33% Extroversion, 13% Intuition, 72% Emotiveness, 81% Perceptiveness |
Although deeply emotional, you are extremely lacking in self-knowledge. You are somewhat needy, and when bored, may become very hedonistic. Your life is a quest for meaning, above all else. You are most like Dionysus. You are primarily interested in serving others, but your efforts are almost always unappreciated. You aren't confrontational, you're often out of tune with your own needs and unaware of the consequences of your own actions.
You are, at heart, a good person. You are very affectionate, and you are very loyal to your friends and family. You are very reluctant to burden others with your own problems, to the point that this in itself can become a problem for the people who care about you. This is a particular of a more general problem. Dionysus sends wave of ruin throughout his personal life. He is the photographer who seduces his subjects. He is the teacher who seduces a student. He is the art student who paints nonrepresentational splashes of color, he is the poet who rejects meter and content. You seek sexual partners more than anything else (this is to exploit the nurturing side of others to help fill your own void). If not sexual partners, this desire to become the object of sympathy with other people can manifest itself in other destructive ways. Stinkfist by Tool explains your condition pretty well. It's very likely that you haven't had many experienced mentors. You don't want them either, because you're the sort of person who rejects criticism and boundaries, but they're also your only hope for reaching any kind of emotional maturity.
Famous People Like You: John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Hefner
I'd tell you to stay clear of Hermes, Icarus and Apollo, but you could probably learn something from them. You're least likely to hurt The Oracle, Atlas, Prometheus, and Daedalus, but Atlas and Daedalus won't like you very much.
Seek out: The Oracle, Prometheus |
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My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 27% on Extroversion |
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You scored higher than 10% on Intuition |
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You scored higher than 45% on Emotiveness |
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You scored higher than 80% on Perceptiveness |
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| update - work/sch/life |
[17 Aug 2006|01:44pm] |
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hi!
i know its been awhile i last wrote. was down with stomach flu n all... then was busy with work n sch. but things r great i guess. learnt a few things about myself and i give all my thanks to God. :-) without Him, none of them would have happened. you will be surprised the things u learn about urself. things about urself you thought u knew but turns out wrong... and who to bring you back on the road again? who to make it right? its Him. and my dear haku too... i know i can't go wrong with his advice... and his prayers for me too. i love my baby boy!
so anyhow, shant go on about this.
news on the work/sch front - my research project grant application has been approved! roughly abt 100k worth! it got cut by abt 45% but its not news, its the usual style anyway. so... my project is funded, i will be get fulltime pay, my phd is moving!! aww i shld celebrate right?? until i see the full approval letter (prof is coming down to chat with my boss in 2.5 hrs time)... i shall be patient n blog more abt the details later. i guess this confirms something i've been doubting abt. i am not sure if i shld continue, if i am academic material but i really don't want to give things up half way. but now, my project's approved, my proposal shows much promise - it is afterall given a green light by the national research agency after much scrutiny by the experts in the field.. i shld stop doubting myself. time to be empassioned! the light is green! time to GOGOGO!!! lol
UPDATE:
the meeting went very smoothly. i am so so thankful that i've been given this opportunity. its almost like a new lease of life for me. i've been feeling quite discouraged and unmotivated with work and sch, not being sure if this is what i want. and in fact, in my mind, i already "accepted" that this grant application will not be approved. BUT, no! it has indeed! and with 45% of the funds slashed, there is still a rather substantial amount left. i am very touched by both my phd supervisor and my hod at work. they are so supportive and really concerned that i carry through all this. i am touched and very grateful. now, i am motivated and this is a call for me to stop being a depressed sloth about things. praise the Lord indeed! He knew what i needed. and seeing how things have fallen into place... i know this is how i shld move forward. no more lethargy, no more excuses, no more self-beatup. like i said earlier, the light is green! time to gogogo!!
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on the sparkly, creative side, the magpie in me poked its little head out and made two pairs of earrings again! here's one pair:
nice? ;-)
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| what do u do? |
[03 Aug 2006|12:15pm] |
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in the company of hypocrites, what do u do? smile, make small talk and bear with it? would that make you one of them too?
argh i hate it. i hate bootlickers, doublefaces, weight-throwers. dont like to mingle with them...
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| this is > coffee |
[03 Aug 2006|09:43am] |
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i am sleepy.... and now i wish i've bought an extra can to keep in the office.
can of what?
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Royce's chocolate covered coffee beans! to me, this is the best caffeine fix ever!! the can is now sitting in my freezer at home... and no one to eat it!!!! the beans must be so lonely....and cold.....
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