Well, actually i don't have much to write, just that some pple have pointed out the fact that i haven't updated for almost a month, so i think i shall just put some stuff in lah :)
Yup, slacking, that's what i've been doing for the past month :) so i've been doing random things, like goin for camps - kent ridge hall camp and church camp, workshops in church, giving tuition, learning driving. And on top of that I got myself up and playing ff12, thesims (both on psp and computer, cuz i jus bought sims life stories) and most recently, dota (yes, dota, don't tell me that girls aren't supposed to play dota).
A few highlights: kent ridge hall camp was terrific! u can really sense the bonding between the hostelites, and the way they all just seem to want to have fun :) can't wait to join them! I hope the application gets through! well, we'll only find out on fri..
Oh and darling Nicholas is goin skiing tmr! How fun is that!? no fair, i wanna be there too! I was actually contemplating running away there for awhile, but well, it's not exactly very feasible... so well, i should just stop being irrational. I really miss him, he's been away like almost half a year, and sometimes i know we both feel the strain of being so far apart... it's just a good thing that when he feels in that mood i'm not, so i can comfort him. and vice-versa as well. God provides :)
And going to Nicholas' house to tutor his brother like once or twice a week makes mi think of the times we spent together. But it's a good thing, cuz i need to get to know the family of the one i care for so i can care for them too right? :) [very sorry if this sounds a little erm.. mushy?! ya i realise nicholas talks quite alot about mi on his blog, so i think i should be a good girlfren and say something about what i feel too? :)]
Well, there were also the teaching sessions in church, starting with Peter Tsukahira's 2 day preaching on God's tsunami, there was also the english adult (church) camp with Dr Corne Bekker's preaching on the book of Malachi, and the Highlife (young adult) vacation school of discipleship. so it was a good dose of spiritual food :)
and driving's been pretty fun, just that i seem to be awfully slow, cuz i can't seem to turn left... I suppose i'll get the hang of it after awhile.. i hope it doesn't take too long cuz one 100-minute session is a terrible $58, so i dun really want to take too many lessons (of course extra lessons are invitable if i continue learning at this pace...).
ok that's about all.. i think i'm losing my ability to reflect... well anyways, all u out there take care, whereever u may be going (esp mi frens goin to study overseas) and esp u skiing boy! :)
ps. pls dun ask mi what's with all the smileys, in the past 24 hours, already 2 pple have asked mi why i have so many smileys all over the place... Why? pple happy cannot isit?! hahas :)
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
On my way
Yup, the map of my life has been drawn.. well, not totally lah, but more or less.. Yup, I got a call from MOE today to say that I got the scholarship! yay thank God! It really meant alot to mi. (I was dying of nervous breakdown the night b4 the interview, lucky mi momma had lots of comforting words for interviews :) In any case, it turned out really good, more like a chit chat session) At 1st I was a little hesitant about going for it, but after the psychometric test, and working in TKGS, I felt quite sure i should go for it. Well, for those who know me, honestly, if I don't become a teacher, what do u think i'll become?! Can't imagine right? :)
And a few weeks back NUS sent mi a package to welcome mi into their science faculty! And since i've been so busy, I haven't accepted it, so i shall accept it today :)
So as u can see, the next 8 yrs or so has been mapped out for mi already. On one hand, it's good, cuz there's security, but on the other hand, i can't get out of it even if it's a crappy life. And the great plan to move to melbourne will have to be postponed.
I've learnt a great deal of stuff about myself from being in a relationship.
1) I'm an awfully petty person. Maybe not. But at least I have certain expectations which sometimes dun go met. Yu Ching says it's ok cuz guys are like that so just ignore it. Atiqah on the other hand, says that if a guy doesn't meet all ur expectations, get a new one, cuz if he wun treat u well and go the extra mile to make u happy, he's not serious about u. Hmmm... who to believe? Well, I guess momma's advice is to be trusted. She says guys are not like girls, so u can't expect them to remember everything or to be extra sensitive (hmmm wat about those guys who at least rmb to msg their girlfrens at least once a day when they're free?). And u gotta communicate ur expectations to them or they dunno. Perhaps it'll be nice if he could say what he'll do (or not do) in the future so that at least u know he knew where he went wrong and is serious enough to change for u..
2) I hold grudges. Well, as a matter of fact, all girls do. So if he forgets to wish mi for mi interview on friday (and i reminded him like so many times!!) and then on monday forgets to msg mi all day, I am gonna get really pissed. (as a matter of fact that's wad happened, and that's why i'm pissed.) And when I'm pissed, I expect a proper apology. Well, ok, maybe that's unreasonable of mi, afterall he dun even noe he was supposed to do that. In any case, leaving mi alone is unlikely to work (unless there are other stuff to distract mi)
3) I am stupidly flickle. The same behavior on two different days can have different reactions on mi. For example. If on monday he doesn't msg mi and i happen to be in a bad mood cuz of crap that happens at home or sch, u can be sure i'll be so pissed i wun tok to him the whole of tuesday. But if on another day good stuff happens (like i dream a happy dream of him or i find out that i get the scholarship, which btw really happened), a whole day of ignoring from him is ok. (of course the grudges rule takes precedence. so since i was pissed off ydae, today i'll still be pissed even if i do have a nice dream and i found out that i got the scholarship. perhaps i was getting ready to forgive and forget, but by afternoon i had totally forgotten the dream, so the dream takes no more effect.) So the moral of the story for guys out there, is just msg ur girl everyday in case it's been a bad day. If it was a good day then good for u, u just made her day even better :)
well, there are others, but mi show's starting now, so i'll just leave u with these thoughts. :)
And a few weeks back NUS sent mi a package to welcome mi into their science faculty! And since i've been so busy, I haven't accepted it, so i shall accept it today :)
So as u can see, the next 8 yrs or so has been mapped out for mi already. On one hand, it's good, cuz there's security, but on the other hand, i can't get out of it even if it's a crappy life. And the great plan to move to melbourne will have to be postponed.
I've learnt a great deal of stuff about myself from being in a relationship.
1) I'm an awfully petty person. Maybe not. But at least I have certain expectations which sometimes dun go met. Yu Ching says it's ok cuz guys are like that so just ignore it. Atiqah on the other hand, says that if a guy doesn't meet all ur expectations, get a new one, cuz if he wun treat u well and go the extra mile to make u happy, he's not serious about u. Hmmm... who to believe? Well, I guess momma's advice is to be trusted. She says guys are not like girls, so u can't expect them to remember everything or to be extra sensitive (hmmm wat about those guys who at least rmb to msg their girlfrens at least once a day when they're free?). And u gotta communicate ur expectations to them or they dunno. Perhaps it'll be nice if he could say what he'll do (or not do) in the future so that at least u know he knew where he went wrong and is serious enough to change for u..
2) I hold grudges. Well, as a matter of fact, all girls do. So if he forgets to wish mi for mi interview on friday (and i reminded him like so many times!!) and then on monday forgets to msg mi all day, I am gonna get really pissed. (as a matter of fact that's wad happened, and that's why i'm pissed.) And when I'm pissed, I expect a proper apology. Well, ok, maybe that's unreasonable of mi, afterall he dun even noe he was supposed to do that. In any case, leaving mi alone is unlikely to work (unless there are other stuff to distract mi)
3) I am stupidly flickle. The same behavior on two different days can have different reactions on mi. For example. If on monday he doesn't msg mi and i happen to be in a bad mood cuz of crap that happens at home or sch, u can be sure i'll be so pissed i wun tok to him the whole of tuesday. But if on another day good stuff happens (like i dream a happy dream of him or i find out that i get the scholarship, which btw really happened), a whole day of ignoring from him is ok. (of course the grudges rule takes precedence. so since i was pissed off ydae, today i'll still be pissed even if i do have a nice dream and i found out that i got the scholarship. perhaps i was getting ready to forgive and forget, but by afternoon i had totally forgotten the dream, so the dream takes no more effect.) So the moral of the story for guys out there, is just msg ur girl everyday in case it's been a bad day. If it was a good day then good for u, u just made her day even better :)
well, there are others, but mi show's starting now, so i'll just leave u with these thoughts. :)
Monday, April 30, 2007
A day of inconsiderate behaviors
Ah, well, it's been awhile since i updated. And Layqueen wans mi to blog from tkgs.. but well, i can't cuz apparently the school doesn't allow relief teachers to have laptops :( in any case, i have decided to blog today cuz i'm terribly irritated by the recent spate of events that have happened just TODAY! yes, on most days i don't meet so much as one instance of inconsiderate behavior, but strangely, today i met a total of 5, yes, 5 instances of inconsiderate behavior!
Well, it started out as a pretty good morning, and i got onto the bus to go to work. And i was having a rather enjoyable journey when suddenly this guy got up on the bus and sat behind me. Ok, now i understand some people have long legs and it's terribly uncomfortable to be taking up just your space on the bus (given the really narrow leg space), BUT AT LEAST DON'T INTRUDE ON OTHER PEOPLE'S SPACE!!! Well. It so happened this person crossed his legs such that his knee was pressing against my seat. And perhaps many people don't know this, but it's really uncomfortable for the person in the seat in front because this person's seat has just become very hard, and they can't lean back. The worst type of people are the types who sit down in the most un-lady-like (for that matter ungentlemanly) manner with BOTH their knees pressing against the seat in front of them. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! IF YOU PAY THE BUS FARE FOR ONE PERSON, YOU JOLLY WELL TAKE UP ONLY ONE PERSON'S SPACE!!! I mean, if u wanna do that, at least make sure there is no one sitting in front of you. Granted if the person comes after you, then that's the person's problem. But on a first-come-first-served basis, if someone is there 1st, and you want to sit in such an inconsiderate position, then you jolly well find a seat that has no one sitting in front of you. In any case, after a while i got pissed at the man, and changed seats. One day when i have the courage i might actually scold the next person who does it to me again.
Ok, then work was ok. I spent practically the whole day doing the sec4 chem paper (yes i know, my chem teacher called mi over-enthu). And then my mother picked me up from work. Then as we were driving back, we saw this blue car, not once but TWICE, cut into our lane without signalling! If I was the one driving I'd probably not be able to stop in time! My mom calls it 'katong-drivers'; they think they own the road. When I get my licence i will keep that in mind. And for those of my friends reading this, please don't be annoying like the driver of that blue car, and signal early.
And then we got home. My mom stayed in the car to wait for me while i went up to drop off some stuff and change to my running clothes. Granted, she parked really badly (afterall, she was expecting to drive off real soon), and this guy came and parked beside her, and apparently he was pissed at my mom for parking so badly, when he opened the door of his car he whammed so hard that now my car has a dent. And for heaven's sake my mom was still sitting in the car! The nerve of that guy! And this guy is supposed to be our neighbour!
Ok, then when we got to bedok reservoir and wanted to park the car, there were no parking lots. But lo and behold, there was this car that was taking up not one but TWO parking lots! And caused so many of us poor souls to keep driving round and round looking for a parking space. Sheesh. Look, there's one thing about parking badly when you're still in the car, there's another when you LEAVE YOUR CAR IN SUCH AN INCONSIDERATE POSITION and go off somewhere! Hey just because you drive a big shiny car doesn't mean u can take up more space than required! Afterall, it's a free carpark, so be nice, and let other pple park!
Then the last one is the ultimate, left my blood boiling so long that i felt i had to blog about it. Ok, on the way home, we were just driving along sanely. And while i wasn't looking at the road, (i was in the passenger seat), my mom was. I was looking out my window. And I saw this guy on a scooter getting closer and closer until he was so close i bet his leg brushed our car. So, in panic, i motioned to mi momma that this guy was getting dangerously close. And mi momma had to do a quick swerve to stop him from banging into us. Apparently he was trying to filter right. Yup, and right into out car. Sheesh! He expects my mom to be able to see him when he like on the left side!? In any case, he's the one who's supposed to look out for traffic when filtering! Ok, that aside, me and mi momma was barely just recovering from the annoyance, when this same guy just came up in front of us and braked! So mi momma had to break really suddenly (i bet the pple behind us were pissed as well). Eh, look, on the road, there's no such thing as revenge (particularly when u're in the wrong in the 1st place), and in any case, if you wanna take revenge, DON'T DO IT WHEN YOU'RE JUST A TINY SCOOTER!!! I was telling my mom that she should've just not braked when he braked and let's see what happened to him. (ya, i noe i'm evil, but don't such pple deserve to die!?) Afterall, when you're on the road, size does matter. Well, as if that wasn't enough, at the traffic light, we stopped way behind this guy to avoid his childish behavior, and he even motioned to us to move up next to him so that he can pick a fight with us! Me and mi mom just ignored him (my mom said such behavior shouldn't warrant our attention. The only other time i heard her say that was when she was talking about our 3-4 yr old sunday school kids!). Afterall, it won't be long till he's off the roads if he keeps this behavior up. I can only pray that when he's off the roads it's because he's got too many demerit points rather than because he's not even on the planet anymore.
Arr... I'm sooo annoyed! Think I'll go play a little FF12 to cool off, meanwhile take care pple, and wish u all the best in keeping away from the annoying ones.
Well, it started out as a pretty good morning, and i got onto the bus to go to work. And i was having a rather enjoyable journey when suddenly this guy got up on the bus and sat behind me. Ok, now i understand some people have long legs and it's terribly uncomfortable to be taking up just your space on the bus (given the really narrow leg space), BUT AT LEAST DON'T INTRUDE ON OTHER PEOPLE'S SPACE!!! Well. It so happened this person crossed his legs such that his knee was pressing against my seat. And perhaps many people don't know this, but it's really uncomfortable for the person in the seat in front because this person's seat has just become very hard, and they can't lean back. The worst type of people are the types who sit down in the most un-lady-like (for that matter ungentlemanly) manner with BOTH their knees pressing against the seat in front of them. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE! IF YOU PAY THE BUS FARE FOR ONE PERSON, YOU JOLLY WELL TAKE UP ONLY ONE PERSON'S SPACE!!! I mean, if u wanna do that, at least make sure there is no one sitting in front of you. Granted if the person comes after you, then that's the person's problem. But on a first-come-first-served basis, if someone is there 1st, and you want to sit in such an inconsiderate position, then you jolly well find a seat that has no one sitting in front of you. In any case, after a while i got pissed at the man, and changed seats. One day when i have the courage i might actually scold the next person who does it to me again.
Ok, then work was ok. I spent practically the whole day doing the sec4 chem paper (yes i know, my chem teacher called mi over-enthu). And then my mother picked me up from work. Then as we were driving back, we saw this blue car, not once but TWICE, cut into our lane without signalling! If I was the one driving I'd probably not be able to stop in time! My mom calls it 'katong-drivers'; they think they own the road. When I get my licence i will keep that in mind. And for those of my friends reading this, please don't be annoying like the driver of that blue car, and signal early.
And then we got home. My mom stayed in the car to wait for me while i went up to drop off some stuff and change to my running clothes. Granted, she parked really badly (afterall, she was expecting to drive off real soon), and this guy came and parked beside her, and apparently he was pissed at my mom for parking so badly, when he opened the door of his car he whammed so hard that now my car has a dent. And for heaven's sake my mom was still sitting in the car! The nerve of that guy! And this guy is supposed to be our neighbour!
Ok, then when we got to bedok reservoir and wanted to park the car, there were no parking lots. But lo and behold, there was this car that was taking up not one but TWO parking lots! And caused so many of us poor souls to keep driving round and round looking for a parking space. Sheesh. Look, there's one thing about parking badly when you're still in the car, there's another when you LEAVE YOUR CAR IN SUCH AN INCONSIDERATE POSITION and go off somewhere! Hey just because you drive a big shiny car doesn't mean u can take up more space than required! Afterall, it's a free carpark, so be nice, and let other pple park!
Then the last one is the ultimate, left my blood boiling so long that i felt i had to blog about it. Ok, on the way home, we were just driving along sanely. And while i wasn't looking at the road, (i was in the passenger seat), my mom was. I was looking out my window. And I saw this guy on a scooter getting closer and closer until he was so close i bet his leg brushed our car. So, in panic, i motioned to mi momma that this guy was getting dangerously close. And mi momma had to do a quick swerve to stop him from banging into us. Apparently he was trying to filter right. Yup, and right into out car. Sheesh! He expects my mom to be able to see him when he like on the left side!? In any case, he's the one who's supposed to look out for traffic when filtering! Ok, that aside, me and mi momma was barely just recovering from the annoyance, when this same guy just came up in front of us and braked! So mi momma had to break really suddenly (i bet the pple behind us were pissed as well). Eh, look, on the road, there's no such thing as revenge (particularly when u're in the wrong in the 1st place), and in any case, if you wanna take revenge, DON'T DO IT WHEN YOU'RE JUST A TINY SCOOTER!!! I was telling my mom that she should've just not braked when he braked and let's see what happened to him. (ya, i noe i'm evil, but don't such pple deserve to die!?) Afterall, when you're on the road, size does matter. Well, as if that wasn't enough, at the traffic light, we stopped way behind this guy to avoid his childish behavior, and he even motioned to us to move up next to him so that he can pick a fight with us! Me and mi mom just ignored him (my mom said such behavior shouldn't warrant our attention. The only other time i heard her say that was when she was talking about our 3-4 yr old sunday school kids!). Afterall, it won't be long till he's off the roads if he keeps this behavior up. I can only pray that when he's off the roads it's because he's got too many demerit points rather than because he's not even on the planet anymore.
Arr... I'm sooo annoyed! Think I'll go play a little FF12 to cool off, meanwhile take care pple, and wish u all the best in keeping away from the annoying ones.
Friday, March 30, 2007
What's happening to the world?!
Well, I 've been rather disturbed lately.. been thinking alot, so i shall just write down some of my thoughts here...
Well, 1st of all, I've been listening to a lot of radio (cuz I got my new phone and it has radio!). Does anyone realise that like 80% of the songs are about love? (and another 10% is pointless rubbish) And out of these love songs, 80% are about sex? For that matter they use words like 'i wanna love you', and that directly translates to 'i wanna have sex with you' if u listen on to the song lyrics. Seems like the world equates love with sex or something. Pple say 'i love you' all the time. It's used so liberally. But what really is love? If it's not just sex, then maybe it's an attraction? or maybe it's just a feeling? Well, that's what many pple think, but love is supposed to be so much more than this! Isn't it sad that love is seen as such a worthless thing nowadays (so many pple claim to love each other, but look at the way they hurt each other, is that love?)... A few years ago it wasn't like this.. Or perhaps i've grown more aware?
Sigh so this is the world we live in eh? Kinda had a bad reality check. So what happened to no sex before marriage, and having sex with only ur spouse after marriage? It's getting harder to keep these values up in this world, and sometimes i wonder if i'll have the strength to continue being faithful to what i've believed in for the past 19 yrs of my life.. Even some of my closest friends have quite liberal views about this. And even they don't think I can keep it up... But I know this is important. Because God is the one who made us, so he knows what is the best for us. Even if you dun believe in God, you have to admit that liberal views on this issue can destroy relationships and future marriages (i mean, how would u feel if u found ur boyfriend/husband one day 'on the bathroom floor banging with the girl next door'?! and how would u feel if on your wedding night ur husband tells u u're lousy in bed and describes all the other girls he's slept with and how much better they are? wouldn't it be better if both u and him have nothing to compare that special moment to?). Sigh it's hard.. My dear friends, please pray for mi k?
Other than that there are my frens in army. I've heard of so many pple who go into army and backslide. Some come out with vocabulary u've neva heard them say before. And I know most pple will tell me, 'well, everybody does it, welcome to the world!". But do things really have to be like that? Strange, pple talk about changing the world, but once they're out there in it, they become like it and there goes the 'changing the world' dream... Sad isn't it? Maybe one day i'll also become like that? I hope not...
Yup, let's keep praying ok, let's not give up and say, "arh well, it's too hard, forget it." let's keep praying for one another to stay faithful to our cause :)
Well, 1st of all, I've been listening to a lot of radio (cuz I got my new phone and it has radio!). Does anyone realise that like 80% of the songs are about love? (and another 10% is pointless rubbish) And out of these love songs, 80% are about sex? For that matter they use words like 'i wanna love you', and that directly translates to 'i wanna have sex with you' if u listen on to the song lyrics. Seems like the world equates love with sex or something. Pple say 'i love you' all the time. It's used so liberally. But what really is love? If it's not just sex, then maybe it's an attraction? or maybe it's just a feeling? Well, that's what many pple think, but love is supposed to be so much more than this! Isn't it sad that love is seen as such a worthless thing nowadays (so many pple claim to love each other, but look at the way they hurt each other, is that love?)... A few years ago it wasn't like this.. Or perhaps i've grown more aware?
Sigh so this is the world we live in eh? Kinda had a bad reality check. So what happened to no sex before marriage, and having sex with only ur spouse after marriage? It's getting harder to keep these values up in this world, and sometimes i wonder if i'll have the strength to continue being faithful to what i've believed in for the past 19 yrs of my life.. Even some of my closest friends have quite liberal views about this. And even they don't think I can keep it up... But I know this is important. Because God is the one who made us, so he knows what is the best for us. Even if you dun believe in God, you have to admit that liberal views on this issue can destroy relationships and future marriages (i mean, how would u feel if u found ur boyfriend/husband one day 'on the bathroom floor banging with the girl next door'?! and how would u feel if on your wedding night ur husband tells u u're lousy in bed and describes all the other girls he's slept with and how much better they are? wouldn't it be better if both u and him have nothing to compare that special moment to?). Sigh it's hard.. My dear friends, please pray for mi k?
Other than that there are my frens in army. I've heard of so many pple who go into army and backslide. Some come out with vocabulary u've neva heard them say before. And I know most pple will tell me, 'well, everybody does it, welcome to the world!". But do things really have to be like that? Strange, pple talk about changing the world, but once they're out there in it, they become like it and there goes the 'changing the world' dream... Sad isn't it? Maybe one day i'll also become like that? I hope not...
Yup, let's keep praying ok, let's not give up and say, "arh well, it's too hard, forget it." let's keep praying for one another to stay faithful to our cause :)
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Wo Hui Lai Le!
Ok, my mother has requested I use proper English in my writing of my blog so that my pathetic English will improve, so I shall try at least today.
I'm back from Taiwan, actually for more than a weekalready, however I was too lazy to update.. Afterall, I only update when i'm at work and have nothing to do.
1st and foremost, how was my trip to Taiwan? It was a lot of fun! There was lot of good food and fellowship. Ok the food wasn't that good, some of it was just downright wierd, but there'll be some things I'll really miss, like the HUGE milk tea cups (btw, the milk tea is like WAY better than the ones in S'pore!) and the terrifie breakfast every morning :) Nevertheless the fellowship was terrific; with the rest of the s'pore team (there were 9 of us) and with the youth in Taiwan :) The s'pore team always comment that I talk a lot. They say I'm the 1st to come up with the 'but-then-but-then' tongues.. granted it can get rather annoying at times, but it's ok if it's just for fun. We (the 3 of us gals in the S'pore team) made good frens with the Taiwan gals.They're a really funky bunch! And they always buy milk tea (or some other sort of thing) for us :) Yups, if u all are reading this (which is probably not the case cuz this is all in english) I would like to say a huge THANK YOU for being such wonderful hosts to us! And when u come to s'pore, rest assured we will take good care of u! Oh btw, I got to ride on a scooter (seems like everyone over 18 has a scooter)! I thought i was gonna die cuz the traffic there was just a killer (everytime we cross the road we get a heart attack) but I'm still alive, and the pple there survive :P
Well, since this is a mission trip after all I should tok about the spiritual aspect of things.. Ok I wouldn't say I've grown as much as in the previous mission trip (to Bekasi 2 yrs ago) but I have grown and that's wad matters right? :) I learnt a little more on how to be sensitive to the spirit when i pray, and also returned with the conviction to pray for mi family :) Oh and I was called onto the stage to pray for one of the cell leaders there, and my prayer was translated into chinese! It was a rather frightening experience. The pastor (he's german, so we call him a German Shephard :P) just called mi up to pray and I told him "noooo, not me!" but well i did in the end, and i would say it was a rather paiseh experience :P Nevertheless, the whole mission trip was terrific and well worth the money paid to go there, so I would recommend pple to go for something like this as well :)
This is my last week working at ubi! Next week i'll be goin to tkgs to be this thing called a teacher aid! And I get $65 a day (though like 20% goes into cpf, so I get about the same as I do now) and TERRIFIC hours! Because I take an afternoon shift, I get to come to work at like 12pm and work until 5.30 or 6pm! I work 5.5 hours and i get paid the same as when i stay in office for like 9 hours a day! (not to mention i get cpf, so i save up for mi future house now :P) And the best thing is that i start work late, so I get to do my quiet time at home every morning b4 work :) I really thank God for this job because at least now I get more time to do the things i want, and I get to work in a SCHOOL! (well, it's not teaching, but admin is part of a teacher's job too right, so if i want to be a teacher, i'd better get some experience doing this sorta thing too) And the thing is this job came so timely. Just when I'm about to get 'retrenched' from my old job, just after I come back from Taiwan (so that I could pick up the phone when tkgs called), and just after i told God i wanted to get serious with my quiet time with him :) The only downside is that I might not be able to spend so much time with Nicholas cuz i might not be able to stay online all day like i do here.. but well, my momma says it's a time when we'll grow less dependant on each other and more depandant on God :)
And recently also after the release of the A level results, pple have been asking mi what I was gonna apply for. For universities, I'm only applying for NUS science, planning to major in Chem and do a minor in bio. And yes, I ONLY applied for one uni (mi mom calls mi overconfident - i call it not taking up space for some pple who wan so badly to go into some course that I dun really wanna go to and also not wasting money paying application fees :P). Other than that, I'm trying for an MOE scholarship, cuz I wanna be a teacher! and also because without it my parents wun have enough money to send mi overseas for exchange programmes :(
Ok that's it for now, it's knock-off time! So take care everybody esp u my darling! (btw, the proper english thing didn't quite work out eh? :P)
I'm back from Taiwan, actually for more than a weekalready, however I was too lazy to update.. Afterall, I only update when i'm at work and have nothing to do.
1st and foremost, how was my trip to Taiwan? It was a lot of fun! There was lot of good food and fellowship. Ok the food wasn't that good, some of it was just downright wierd, but there'll be some things I'll really miss, like the HUGE milk tea cups (btw, the milk tea is like WAY better than the ones in S'pore!) and the terrifie breakfast every morning :) Nevertheless the fellowship was terrific; with the rest of the s'pore team (there were 9 of us) and with the youth in Taiwan :) The s'pore team always comment that I talk a lot. They say I'm the 1st to come up with the 'but-then-but-then' tongues.. granted it can get rather annoying at times, but it's ok if it's just for fun. We (the 3 of us gals in the S'pore team) made good frens with the Taiwan gals.They're a really funky bunch! And they always buy milk tea (or some other sort of thing) for us :) Yups, if u all are reading this (which is probably not the case cuz this is all in english) I would like to say a huge THANK YOU for being such wonderful hosts to us! And when u come to s'pore, rest assured we will take good care of u! Oh btw, I got to ride on a scooter (seems like everyone over 18 has a scooter)! I thought i was gonna die cuz the traffic there was just a killer (everytime we cross the road we get a heart attack) but I'm still alive, and the pple there survive :P
Well, since this is a mission trip after all I should tok about the spiritual aspect of things.. Ok I wouldn't say I've grown as much as in the previous mission trip (to Bekasi 2 yrs ago) but I have grown and that's wad matters right? :) I learnt a little more on how to be sensitive to the spirit when i pray, and also returned with the conviction to pray for mi family :) Oh and I was called onto the stage to pray for one of the cell leaders there, and my prayer was translated into chinese! It was a rather frightening experience. The pastor (he's german, so we call him a German Shephard :P) just called mi up to pray and I told him "noooo, not me!" but well i did in the end, and i would say it was a rather paiseh experience :P Nevertheless, the whole mission trip was terrific and well worth the money paid to go there, so I would recommend pple to go for something like this as well :)
This is my last week working at ubi! Next week i'll be goin to tkgs to be this thing called a teacher aid! And I get $65 a day (though like 20% goes into cpf, so I get about the same as I do now) and TERRIFIC hours! Because I take an afternoon shift, I get to come to work at like 12pm and work until 5.30 or 6pm! I work 5.5 hours and i get paid the same as when i stay in office for like 9 hours a day! (not to mention i get cpf, so i save up for mi future house now :P) And the best thing is that i start work late, so I get to do my quiet time at home every morning b4 work :) I really thank God for this job because at least now I get more time to do the things i want, and I get to work in a SCHOOL! (well, it's not teaching, but admin is part of a teacher's job too right, so if i want to be a teacher, i'd better get some experience doing this sorta thing too) And the thing is this job came so timely. Just when I'm about to get 'retrenched' from my old job, just after I come back from Taiwan (so that I could pick up the phone when tkgs called), and just after i told God i wanted to get serious with my quiet time with him :) The only downside is that I might not be able to spend so much time with Nicholas cuz i might not be able to stay online all day like i do here.. but well, my momma says it's a time when we'll grow less dependant on each other and more depandant on God :)
And recently also after the release of the A level results, pple have been asking mi what I was gonna apply for. For universities, I'm only applying for NUS science, planning to major in Chem and do a minor in bio. And yes, I ONLY applied for one uni (mi mom calls mi overconfident - i call it not taking up space for some pple who wan so badly to go into some course that I dun really wanna go to and also not wasting money paying application fees :P). Other than that, I'm trying for an MOE scholarship, cuz I wanna be a teacher! and also because without it my parents wun have enough money to send mi overseas for exchange programmes :(
Ok that's it for now, it's knock-off time! So take care everybody esp u my darling! (btw, the proper english thing didn't quite work out eh? :P)
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
tagboard and template
arr.. blogspot dun allow mi to change mi template or put in a tagboard... I hope this can be fixed... Meanwhile pple who wanna drop by and say something please do! just click on the comments button :) thanks for all who dropped a comment! keep them comin! :) hees
Friday, March 2, 2007
The meaning of Grace
Yes! I've changed mi blog address! but it's the same blog nevertheless! Why? Cuz don't you think it's cool?! The meaning of grace. My life IS the meaning of 'grace'! Cuz that's my name!! And more importantly it's what God does in my life that we can see his grace shine through, which makes my life a walking story of His 'Grace' :)
What is 'grace'? Grace is when God gives you something you don't deserve. Which is why my life is the meaning of grace :) Today we got back our Alevel results. The crazy exam we spend mugging hours on end, getting super stressed and busy. I don't deserve it. I really don't deserve the results i've gotten! Yes, to some 4 As may not be alot, but to Grace Chia, it's the best thing that a girl like me could ever do :) That's why i don't say it was mine. For someone who has never even smelled a B in her whole life in VJ, someone who had to retake her maths paper to save it from being dropped, someone who had CCDE for her prelims, I say the unexpected results were God's doing :)
I once watched a video of this handicapped boy who wanted to take part in triathlons and so his dad had to push him along on a wheelchair, swim with him on his back, ride with him on a seat on his bike. The boy enjoys every bit of the race, and when they win, do you think he'll brag that he won? I dun think so, he knows he owes it all to his dad. And so I owe it all to my heavenly daddy too, the one behind mi in every exam paper, the one holding my hand through the darkest moments. So the 1st thank you goes to my Daddy up there :)
The other thank yous will be of course to mi family, in particular mi momma, who had to ensure mi crazy chem questions (at 6.30am in the morning when her coach to m'sia leaves at7), and for nagging mi until she so anxious it seemed like she was the one gonna take the Alevels and not mi :) . And to mi sister Paul(ine), who without fail nag mi everyday to study and get off the phone with Nicholas, and motivate mi to study harder as she mugs her butt off (sometimes harder than mi) for her Olevels, and giving mi siao maths and chem qns to solve, thanks so muches! If i feel in a good mood, i'll treat u to gelare :) To my darling Nicholas, thanks for always being there by my side, the encouragement, for the naggings, the support, the motivation, thank you so much! I love u :)
And then there's pple like Layqueen and Melissa (better known as chin), who always drag mi down to mug with them, and always mug so hard i feel stressed for not mugging as hard! Thank you lots too! Oh and thanks for helping mi with all the nasty questions and ta-haning mi siao reasonings, i noe sometimes I'm a really stubborn girl, so thanks :)
Thanks to all mi classmates and council frens who have helped mi along, mugged together with me, encouraged mi etc, thank you :)
Thanks to all mi teachers too, whom i know work tirelessly to help all of us bring home the results we got today (which was really good, cuz most of mi classmates got 3 or 4 As :))! Thank you Ms Ding (our CT and maths teacher), Mr Toh, Mrs Teo, Ms Rajen, Mr Chang and (even) Mrs Leong!
Hmmm ya i would like to say some stuff about mi b'day too! It was last sunday. For those who remembered and wished mi, thanks, I had a great time, thanks for all your well wishes, and may God bless you too! For those who forgot, shame on u, please remember next time! :P hahas Had a great time with mi mom and sis goin duck tours and having jap bbq dinner! Thanks everybody for making my b'day so happy and special :)
Ok everybody, keep working hard and take cares! God bless!
What is 'grace'? Grace is when God gives you something you don't deserve. Which is why my life is the meaning of grace :) Today we got back our Alevel results. The crazy exam we spend mugging hours on end, getting super stressed and busy. I don't deserve it. I really don't deserve the results i've gotten! Yes, to some 4 As may not be alot, but to Grace Chia, it's the best thing that a girl like me could ever do :) That's why i don't say it was mine. For someone who has never even smelled a B in her whole life in VJ, someone who had to retake her maths paper to save it from being dropped, someone who had CCDE for her prelims, I say the unexpected results were God's doing :)
I once watched a video of this handicapped boy who wanted to take part in triathlons and so his dad had to push him along on a wheelchair, swim with him on his back, ride with him on a seat on his bike. The boy enjoys every bit of the race, and when they win, do you think he'll brag that he won? I dun think so, he knows he owes it all to his dad. And so I owe it all to my heavenly daddy too, the one behind mi in every exam paper, the one holding my hand through the darkest moments. So the 1st thank you goes to my Daddy up there :)
The other thank yous will be of course to mi family, in particular mi momma, who had to ensure mi crazy chem questions (at 6.30am in the morning when her coach to m'sia leaves at7), and for nagging mi until she so anxious it seemed like she was the one gonna take the Alevels and not mi :) . And to mi sister Paul(ine), who without fail nag mi everyday to study and get off the phone with Nicholas, and motivate mi to study harder as she mugs her butt off (sometimes harder than mi) for her Olevels, and giving mi siao maths and chem qns to solve, thanks so muches! If i feel in a good mood, i'll treat u to gelare :) To my darling Nicholas, thanks for always being there by my side, the encouragement, for the naggings, the support, the motivation, thank you so much! I love u :)
And then there's pple like Layqueen and Melissa (better known as chin), who always drag mi down to mug with them, and always mug so hard i feel stressed for not mugging as hard! Thank you lots too! Oh and thanks for helping mi with all the nasty questions and ta-haning mi siao reasonings, i noe sometimes I'm a really stubborn girl, so thanks :)
Thanks to all mi classmates and council frens who have helped mi along, mugged together with me, encouraged mi etc, thank you :)
Thanks to all mi teachers too, whom i know work tirelessly to help all of us bring home the results we got today (which was really good, cuz most of mi classmates got 3 or 4 As :))! Thank you Ms Ding (our CT and maths teacher), Mr Toh, Mrs Teo, Ms Rajen, Mr Chang and (even) Mrs Leong!
Hmmm ya i would like to say some stuff about mi b'day too! It was last sunday. For those who remembered and wished mi, thanks, I had a great time, thanks for all your well wishes, and may God bless you too! For those who forgot, shame on u, please remember next time! :P hahas Had a great time with mi mom and sis goin duck tours and having jap bbq dinner! Thanks everybody for making my b'day so happy and special :)
Ok everybody, keep working hard and take cares! God bless!
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