Huge Sigh Of Relief

There's no better description than "Oh my God" (P.s. Sorry God!).

Today is the final submission of my Software Engineering project. Oh man, I think I've never experienced a more excruciating project (like crucio in Harry Potter! Argh!) experience… but to be honest, also some extent of fun lah. Plus I was really happy cos everyone of us had a part to play in the project, it was collectively ours! =)

Anyway, we stayed over in Daryl’s house to do this project so many times that I lost count. I’m so familiar with his house that I think it has become my third home (after my true home and hostel). But of course we did have fun lah. Haha like pouring powder over Steven’s head and specs. HAha. And yesterday they also played a prank on me by exchanging my precious pillow with Daryl’s one. But I couldn’t tell which was mine! Hahaha, until I smelt it. Haha. Oh well.

But seriously, last week was the most packed week I ever ever had. I had:
- Human factors presentation
- Human factors project completion
- Engin professionalism presentation
- Software engineering project submission
- Probability quiz
- Probability homework submission
- Quality engineering quiz
- Gem Paper 2 Submission
- Yvonne’s 21st birthday party (on 8th April)
- Ching Yin’s 21st birthday party (on 9th April)

I suffered through the school work lah, haha but I enjoyed myself at the parties. Each had its own flavor.

Yvonne’s one was a BBQ and I know so many of her friends so it was more like being with a family of friends. And her cake was a cookies and cream ice cream cake! Haha, although only a small piece, but very yummy!

Ching Yin’s one was held at her home. Hers was more high class…with music and candle lights. So I had to be more well behaved. Haha. And I think my gang (i.e. the happy12) was the most piggish. Haha... we ate alot! The food was great. Haha.

April's Fool

I've concluded that I'm extremely gullible... haha I kena cheated by Yvonne and Melissa. Haha.

what staying in hall has taught me

Definition Hall
a hostel with lotsa activities.

Today I was just reflecting on what I've gathered along the way during my stay here in hall... this is roughly what crossed my mind:

1. I learnt how to wash my clothes using the washing machine (courtesy of Yan Ying and Li Shan)
2. I learnt how to eat food that's not fantastic and convince myself that it's quite ok
3. I learnt how to eat very little or simply no rice (courtesy of Ching Yin and Pearl)
4. I learnt how to get rid of a small lizard (absolutely horrifying experience since I hate/detest/loath/abhor/you-get-the-idea lizards)
5. I learnt how to get rid of beetles (courtesy of Pin Xiu)
6. I realised that I can survive with lousy toilets as long as there's hot water
7. I realised that I drink alot of water... like more than 2.5 litres a day
8. I realised that I love fruits
9. I realised that Old Chang Kee and New Zealand Ice Cream are dangerous forces
10. I realised that I love swimming more than running, although I do still like running
11. My eyebag and dark eyerings are becoming more obvious... seems linearly distributed witht the amount of time I spend in hall... (but may be cos of NUS rather than hall)
12. And... it taught me independence and how important my family is to me.

To my dearest fish out of water friends

I miss Mel Mel and Edeleneee!
Haha... for those who duno who they are, they are basically my good friends away from home... on a overseas student exchange programme. =) Haha, like fish out of water in Chicken Little! Haha.



I saw this http://dingo.care-mail.com/cards/flash/5409/abc.swf and tot of you, Mel... haha cos of all the flowers.

By the way, yesterday I happened to walk into a Hallmark shop, and guess what? I bought you a small precious moments card!!! It says "Our friendship's in the bag"... which relates back to our friendship basket theory! Haha... thinking of sending it over wif a birthday card from Yvonne and I. Email me your address can? Haha. =) When you come back then we can celebrate your 21th properly!

And Ah Ma (aka Edelene!). Haha... I guess IBM is still giving you a headache. Poor girl. And you must seriously miss chilli. Haha... think whenever I eat yong tau foo I'll think of you. Haha. By the way, hall food still sucks. HaHAHAHha. Anywayz, oso miss you too!

(warning: boring post) Busy and Tired

I'm so so so tired... going to sleep soon. Sighs... I wanted to post stuff for this whole week... stuff which is not about me being tired... but my dream of doing that is *poof* cos of school work. Argh. Nevermind, once I regain my energy, I'll do something about doing what I want to do! :P

Old Victorian's Day

Tomorrow (or actually today given that now it's 1pm) will be Old Victorian's Day! I sorta feel like going back to VJ... haha, to visit the place, meet the teachers (especially my PA teachers and technicians!), and feel old. HAha. Here's a picture of the VJ Bear!

But oh well... but I have a CS2103 midterm test tomorrow... so I better go sleep liao. Haha! I must get my 8 hours of sleep!

(By the way, today I was inspired to go for prayer meeting... hahahaha. Amazing)

I'm supposed to be studying...

Yup, that's what I should be doing... haha given that I have 4 tests coming up. Haha, but I'm having a bit of a weird stomach feeling... so dun feel like doing work for a teeny weeny little while. :P

Think maybe it's cos I ate a very chilli hot bowl of yong tau foo today... haha. The chilli was so powerful! And I think my resistance to chilli hot is above average... so you can imagine the power of the chilli. Haha. I was tearing throughout the entire time I ate it, and my nose started to run and my lips swelled up like sausages! I think I must have looked very lang2 bei4

sighs

Just felt like sighing... why? Cos I saw how updated other people's blogs are... haha and my poor blogie is gathering digital cobwebs. Diaoz... haha... but now that I've started... I think I've really left out alot of things that I would have liked to have posted on... :P

Anyway... I'll try to not lag that much from now on la. Haha... yeah riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Knowing myself, hmm, even I'm skeptical of myself! Bleah. I think I should stop my rubbish. And just share a childhood story (which I told Yvonne today so I was reminded of it. Haha).

When I was very young (maybe around 6?), I asked my parents,

"What's 4 plus 4?"

"8" They replied.

"Then what's 3 plus 5?"

"8 also"

"How can it be?" I exclaimed, in amazement and confusion.

That's all to my story. Hahahahhaha... don't faint from diao-ness!!!
(Sighs... I think I'm just feeling v sian.)

Hockey and Christmas!

Wow... have been so super busy for the past few weeks! Firstly, it was the mad rush of Christmas... thank God for the wonderful experience of acting and singing (solo! gasp!) for the first time in my life! Thanks to all who came. =) Secondly was the mad rush of buying, making, writing my Christmas cards and presents! Thanks for all your love! Haha.

And now, my Hockey Inter-Hall Games is just over... we had the matches on the whole day today... it was crazy! Haha, playing 5 games in a day... adrenaline rush. Haha. But now got a big big bruise just below my knee. But whatever lah, "war injuries" haha. I think I really do like (certain) sports a lot. Haha.

My Kayaking Expedition

Yesterday I went on a NUS kayaking expedition to the northern islands of Singapore, with Fish. (Haha, and nope, I unfortunately did not see any real fishes... my friends saw some flying fishes though... ai ya, I'm just blind. Haha). Our route was roughly the one in pink. =) By the way, the water was super-duper-fantabulous-ly dirrrrty. I think it was shit everywhere. *pukez*

Before the rain

At first, it was totally burning and I was soaking myself in sunblock, because I was already burnt from the previous One Star kayaking course. Then later, on the way back (the green part of the route), the weather became pretty bad. The sky was dark, the waters were super choppy, the winds were torrential, there was thunder and lightning all around us, and the rain was crazy! We could hardly see ahead of us!!! But, oh man, the adrenaline rush was fantastic.

Just before the rain

Fish and I were paddling like crazy women. Haha... all the way we were like "go Go GO!" and "LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT" (like dragonboaters. HAha) And, to psycho ourselves, we went "Come on! ONE MILLION DOLLARS!!!" Haha... we were pretending that we were part of the Amazing Race. HAHAHaha.

It was a great experience. Plus we had the satisfaction of being the second team (first girl term) to reach the shore... Muahahaha. =)

Cinderella

You know, with God, Cinderella's "happily ever after" ending is not just a fairytale. It is possible. Because God is an eternal being, and He has promised His children that when the time comes, we'll spend eternity, full of joy, together with Him. That's the wonderful thing He has promised us, and God never breaks His promise. Just look to the rainbow - did you know the rainbow symbolises God's promise to Noah? In the same way, it reminds us of God's promises to us.

So even though sometimes we feel like the clock has struck midnight and the dance is over. Just remember, out there, God's promise of the "happily ever after" remains, and the rainbow still comes after the rain. :)

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

Romans 8:28

My Last Words... HAHAHA

At 1 p.m will be my final paper for this semester... RAh!
Then it's over for now.

Phew... Thank God I cried for nothing!

Yay!!! There was a "common pool" place for me... so now I can go Helsinki!!!
Thank God I cried for nothing. Haha. :)

Sob :(

Someone wants to fight with me for Helsinki... (after I've totally set my heart on it) It's so saddening... His CAP is 0.05 higher than mine... I'll lose. :'(

Jennifer and Adrian's Wedding

~Sighs~ Wad a lovely wedding... almost exactly what I'd want if I were to get married!

Let me start from the "Hen Night" - the night where people just come to eat to supposed celebrate the last moments of singlehood of the bride. Haha... I think it's more to help her pass time... it was fun being with her that night, with her maid of honour (Janet, her sister) and her three other bridesmaids (actually she had FIVE, haha, but only 3 stayed over).

Then the next morning was a whirlwind of activities!!! We woke up super early at 6am to bathe and prepare for the groom to come. They arrived super on time, and we girls had quite a good time playing around with them before letting them in. Haha. Chui Mun made Adrian answer questions and if he got them wrong, one of his groomsman had to eat chilli padi! Haha, so poor thing. And then when the ten questions were over, all of them had to eat of a bunch of bananas. And then, for the last obstacle, one of the groomsman had to be "wax-ed", HAHAHAHa with making tape.

The church wedding was beautiful... even I was tearing already. Haha. So sweet lo... *dreamy eyed* HAha.

The yum cha and dinner was held at the hotel.... *ahem* the FIVE star MARRIOTT hotel... oh man, it was so super duper wonderfully beautiful and magical! It was like a whole different fantasy place inside there lo. Haha, that's how grand it was.

Jen bought her own wedding gown which is very very beautiful and costs RM3000, the flowers she held costs RM200, her hair and makeup stylist cost RM1000, each table at Marriott costs RM1000 and she had 60 tables... oh man... and the lists goes on... and I realise that I've sidetracked to $$ issues... HAhaha... my jaw dropped when I found out the costs...

Anyway, to end it all... my cousin just made me feel like getting married. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Newcastle or Helsinki?

I gotta decide on where I want to go for my Student Exchange Programme (SEP)!!!
Argh!!! Now trying to decide between going to United Kingdom and Finland... Which one should I pick???

Psalm 73

**So Blessed Today**
Thank you for Ps100 and thank you Fishie for your msg! :)

Psalm 73 (New Living Translation)
A psalm of Asaph.

1 Truly God is good to Israel,
to those whose hearts are pure.

2 But as for me, I came so close to the edge of the cliff!
My feet were slipping, and I was almost gone.

3 For I envied the proud
when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness.

4 They seem to live such a painless life;
their bodies are so healthy and strong.

5 They aren't troubled like other people
or plagued with problems like everyone else.

6 They wear pride like a jeweled necklace,
and their clothing is woven of cruelty.

7 These fat cats have everything
their hearts could ever wish for!

8 They scoff and speak only evil;
in their pride they seek to crush others.

9 They boast against the very heavens,
and their words strut throughout the earth.

10 And so the people are dismayed and confused,
drinking in all their words.

11 "Does God realize what is going on?" they ask.
"Is the Most High even aware of what is happening?"

12 Look at these arrogant people--
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.

13 Was it for nothing that I kept my heart pure
and kept myself from doing wrong?

14 All I get is trouble all day long;
every morning brings me pain.

15 If I had really spoken this way,
I would have been a traitor to your people.

16 So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper.
But what a difficult task it is!

17 Then one day I went into your sanctuary, O God,
and I thought about the destiny of the wicked.

18 Truly, you put them on a slippery path
and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction.

19 In an instant they are destroyed,
swept away by terrors.

20 Their present life is only a dream
that is gone when they awake.
When you arise, O Lord,
you will make them vanish from this life.

21 Then I realized how bitter I had become,
how pained I had been by all I had seen.

22 I was so foolish and ignorant--
I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.

23 Yet I still belong to you;
you are holding my right hand.

24 You will keep on guiding me with your counsel,
leading me to a glorious destiny.

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
I desire you more than anything on earth.

26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak,
but God remains the strength of my heart;
he is mine forever.

27 But those who desert him will perish,
for you destroy those who abandon you.

28 But as for me, how good it is to be near God!
I have made the Sovereign LORD my shelter,
and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.

Hahaha... My old room

Today I'm going to have a test at 6pm...

BUT I'm feeling so sian now...
So I went to browse at my picture collection and came across my old RH room pictures... hahaha. Then I figured, why not just share it with everyone. Haha.

My room & the view I get once I stepped out of it... Last year.

(this year, I just see a wall. HAHAHHA)

Rest well, thank you

To speak in the silence of my heart

To bemoan the harsh whisper

To steel the sudden frailty

To await the moment

Till hope arises yonder

"Thank you... rest well... that's all I ask for"

:::The KL Pictures:::

~Jo Anne, Edelene, Me, Jasmine, Low San~