blessed birthday jl!! :) haha this is so fun. one special day after the other. my special bday friend wanted to hear abt how mine went right. so here goes. :)

friday was reaaally fun. heh buffet lunch with my good old pals was superb, plus they got me a slice of tiramisu! thankies darlings. you gals always make my day! :)

and then there was the treat from jb! i was half an hour late, karen was a whole hour late. aha. had a quick snack at the garlic restaurant before we left to catch the ballet. i found out its called flamenco or sth like it. welll it was really short, just 110mins including the 20min intermission. and hrmm. cant say it was value for money. prolly cos i didnt know how to appreciate it. haha i was struggling to keep awake by the finale. but i did enjoy the earlier scenes, esp the women dances. so nimble, graceful and their movements are pretty sharp and quick. i tell you, i cant critic dances. :)

then the rest of them came to join us for supper at thai express. the whole lot of them mainly from r2. a funny mix of people considering we barely knew each other but still came together. oh yes happy bday too to immanuel. :) bday girl got her yummy cheesecake. li called cos the semis were the following day. felt terribly awful having to cut him off. actually, i havent heard from him since. not even yesterday.

yup anw we then went to the riverside and practically just sat there taking photos. well ok at least the two of us. haha. it was a real laugh though and guess we all enjoyed the atmosphere. was glad for the company. :)

ok saturday was fuuun. :) the three of us went shopping. haha yes pretty unimaginable but my bros were really ok (cant say comfortable) with walking with me in the couldnt-be-girlier clothes shops. haha! :) dropped by hv to get the flower doorgifts. :)

before the guys came over from the edge, the house was soo quiet. unusual for a saturday party gathering thing. my relatives came pretty late and the bbq started much later than usual too. there was a truckload of food but surprisingly, the bbq table was almost swept clean. ok lets see who came:
joel johanan zhiyang amos jeremy christina rhoda eleena deja joyce jen eliz meh charissa jus. also kel and justin. :) kor's 4 friends came too, and brought me a superb gift, heh. moguman. a first-of-its-kind kind of bday party for me. but i did enjoy myself though it was pretty quiet throughout. :) the food's a factor! had apple strudel for cake. mm. :D

yup thats all the excitement that went on over the weekend. yesterday was well.. amusing. not many people remembered and it was a usual loong day at school. haha save for the extreme embarrassment i faced. ;) with amath lesson and.. its all vei and kel's fault. hahaha. and my bday friend was so nice in taking the effort to deliver me my present on the dot. :) thanks a million! oh then the surprises came when i got home. got a surprise bouquet (whooot) and another one from en. :D and that really sweet box of items from jol. plus so many other lovely gifts. i was reaaally touched and, my appreciation way exceeds what i say. :) a big thank you to all.

what excellent fun!

oh i can watch nc16 shows now. (pretty redundant though)

now dad and mum are in a cold far away place. getting to put on nice warm winter wear, enjoy the luxuries of a six star hotel and shop in the cheapest places. ahh i want a holiday, soon. we're set to plan one for the yearend. can start brainstorming for a destination. :) fabulous!

alrights. all the best to all having their ca or multitude of tests. we're in this together and most of all, God will bring us through! :) no worries yea.

sth i leave with you: never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervour, serving the Lord. romans 12:11

ahh what happy days! whooot hoots of joy. haha i am deeelighted. been waiting for this day for ages. and what a treat i got today! :)

after trng we were made to do 100 situps and 40 pushups. alright basically chris had an excruciating time while we tried to help ease her struggles in doing that single situp. haha we all got so hyper and decided to go for dinner together! whoo havent been out as a team in donkey years. its truly been a looong time. yep so we went out and had an awesome time. as sya said, i am soo happy today. :)

another contributing factor to my super lifted spirits is that its pi tmr. and pi = no school. and no school = go out. haha yes gg out with my dearest friends. karen jac belle char vei. yay its gonna be so muh fun, i hope. then maybe we'll go shopping too.

plus geog test today was alright. not too depressing. okok nothings really depressing but stimes post-tests feelings are horrid. you know what i mean. oh yes Os results coming out on the 27th. and we're having a friendly with sp! yay i finally get to go. didnt go the last time cos of net. well its gonna be yet another chance to bond as a team. make the most of our last year together. oh i;e been playing games quite abit lately. and i realise im deproving so much. ah well. i should have known. im becoming lazier. but all i've got is a month, to buck up. go girl.

im losing my ooomph. i really am. argh i so need to go down on my knees. we could merge with the other class but we've gotta get that at our side going strong first. and this strength has to come from all of us esp me. i must stand strong. i must, i must. go girl.

ah well. i was thinking about it yesterday and wrote this down on paper so i wouldnt forget. well it truly comes from within. :) -->

man, i am so so blessed. i dare say i am one of the luckiest around. i have such awesome loved ones i couldnt feel more loved. i count my blessings everyday and still cant get over how good God is to me.

nevermind my insecurities and the fact that "yi shan hai bi yi shan gao". i am extremely thankful for so many luxuries i enjoy and the wonderful abilities God has given me.

(i realise i sound quite geog with some of my following points. mrs newby is good. :D)

* i get to receive education in a premier school
* my parents can afford high range cars and we get driven around so often. they are always so willing to swing by though it may be out of their way and when i am purely lazy to catch a bus home
* my loving and supportive parents provide us with endless luxuries, comforts and "enjoys"
* i get to indulge in 'couldnt be better' food every single day. nothing beats that. :)
* i've siblings who are ever so willing to do things for me (heh!) e.g. give me massages, serve me ice cream, clear my stuff. hoho.
* material things i have if i want
* we have family devotions once in a while, and that simply rocks. i think they come along rarely in most famillies.
* talents in certain areas though i am no master of any
* people respect me and i have positions of influence. thats quite abit of authority to have.
* i get to travel at least once a year!
* i live in a nice house with a pretty landscape and enough space for my dogs to move about
* there is always vicky che who never fails to understand when i get busy with school stuff so she takes great care of me- and the dogs :)
* i get to use the computer so late at night (like now) in the comfort of my own room in my big comfy chair and with my favourite music in the background
* i see how gracious God is to me and learn not to take all these for granted

im also thankful that we get the chance to bless others via Gods channel of blessing to us.

and i pray you will be blessed!

salamat Dios. mahal kita.

haha helllooo everyone. im updating so rarely now haha. i think i dont manage my time well la. actually i dont think, i know. aha but anwww.

was pretty excited for saturday to come. :) vday! btw thks to all you sweeties who had gifts for me. :D aha yes thks to dearest kelly i got to go to the mtv asia awards 2004. hahaa yesss. at first i rejected her offer without a thought but after en exhausted himself persuading me i decided to give it a shot. :) heh so yep no regrets, was great fun!

was out with mich and sya after trng (we took neos!) :) ok its been a loooong time, really. as chris said, a toast, to what once was. WAS. our last year together as a team! boy. time has flown since our first nationals where we ate double decker and ice cream by the tennis courts. and gave orchids to our seniors. haha very memorable indeed. plus the stayover we had at chris'. ok its time to start planning another before we get bogged down by too many Os related things. must treasure this year ok ppl. we'll make it gooood. :)

anw abt the awards as jl wanted to hear, we got seats left to the stage. got quite a good view of the heart but we were, unfortunately, without a camera. haha i enjoyed the atmosphere mostly with the mosh pitters and standers cheering and going delirious upon seeing their idols. well cant say the same abt the sitters tho. sirus practically gave up trying to get us into the mood, haha. too stoned.

the performances by simple plan black eyed peas and the duet by gareth gates and siti nurhaliza were good. enjoyed them! and (haha) did you catch the one by thailand's "bird" thonggai mcintyre? boy i liked that too. sooo cute. the part that went "papapalaa" was so adorable. haha kelly was like "uh?" and.. vanness did good. though i knew what he was gonna say before it even came out of his mouth. heh could see the screen where his lines were flashed. dear kelly forgot to bring her red carpet ticket. which could actually allow us to welcome the celebrities. buutt haha yes we missed that. hmm actually i dont really care that much abt stars celbrities and their fame. dont wanna give them more of it. pop and all.. never had an interest. but still enjoy the occasional mtvs and songs. ens so into it, hes teaching me quite abit. :)

yea so overall. it was pretty cool. can count my blessings cos i know many were dying to go too. :) plus we didnt have to queue from 7am in the morning or do stupid embarrassing stunts to get standing tickets. thank you anw, kel. :D enjoyed lots.

oh got my bday party all planned up! :):):) super excited for it, haha. esp the food part mmmm. shall be sacrifiing another week of the edge to stay back and prepare. and at least to be here when my guests arrive! haha last year was like.. i came back only after all had eaten and were waiting for meee. terrible ah. so well all you who got the invitations, better come ah. glorious foood awaits! :) i promise.

had family devotions last night (after sucha long while). it was real good. ok i should find a synonym for good. haha yup God was in the place. and each of us was given a small cushy toy heart. we were asked to pray, every one of us. a prayer to consecrate our hearts back to God. there were many things we could ask for.

a heart of worship. a heart for the nations, for people who are lost. for our hearts to beat in accordance to His. to share His heartbeat. for our hearts to be overflowing with His love. for a soft and tender heart, one to love others as much as God first loved us. a pure heart, one cleansed and undivided. for a heart that longs for and seeks after God. a heart of obedience, one open and availing to His plan. so many things we could say and hope for, so many things we can choose to hope for our hearts.

it really was something significant, the simple act of lifting our hearts up to Him in our own way. for God looks at the heart, its whats most important. the attitudes of our heart, the things we sincerely desire to present to God.

the heart of God is probably unfathomable. so complex is His love for us, but at the same time, it is simple and pure, uncomplicated. no strings attached! boundless, unconditional, everlasting.

I hold you in my heart. (phil 1:7)

just found out abt sth. its extremely unbelievable. absolutely shocking. makes me wonder abt how i may be affected too. and its a scary thought.

ahh well monday blues again. could really feel it as we dragged our feet across the tennis courts to our next lesson today. haha so im glad the week is carrying on and the weekend is on its way! ahas. had heapsa fun this weekend. first up there was the post fever 100 service. haha it really felt like the last time during the conference. the dynamics of the worshippers shook the place! and sth is always birthed in me whenever i hear abt missions and all thats going on out in the field. refreshing, exciting, challenging.

ive decided i definitely wanna go out to the field, whenever i get to again. i know its sth that ive always wanted, sth that God wants to. missions is the heartbeat of God, theres no way He would refuse. or maybe not if He has other plans for me. but well till then i'll put any other thought aside!

i super miss manila and everyone out there. it was such a powerpacked eight days there, definitely wayy too short. argh hoping a door will open big this yearend! wonder how the church in navotas is. have not heard from lhet in a loong time! hmmph.

oh yes vei and i went to bodyworlds on fri. it was okay. not quite as exciting as i'd hoped it would be. well go happened to get to see the prof. forgot his name, the starter of this plastination business. some got his autographs and we took a group picture. :)

oh met meh jen and eliz at tams on sat so followed them and then went to the edge together. haha it was funny cos all of us had wax-ed hair. hahaa so irritating right. i brought my work there to do but didnt wanna miss out on prayer so in the end i got one page of my tian chong filled in. :)

serice was great nonetheless. haha hey jeremy if you ever see this HELLO! (: there wasnt a keyboardist cos janice had a lecture to attend. yup and God showed up, as He always does. we prayed for breakthrough and im sure there were many whom God met face to face. message was about finding our identities in God. how true that us these days have awfully haywired alternatives to finding satisfaction and acceptance. all these can only be found in the one and only living God! if my God is for me, then who can be against me? whoot im powerfulll.

yest was lunch at marche with the youth for aaron who's leaving for aust soon. we then had a short neoprint taking frenzy. the girls' turnout was really nice! :) chiobus all around. hees. then went over to suntec cos the talentquest quarterfinals started early somehow.

glad i go there on time and was kinda surprised to see the three 'shielders' there. heh li had quite a few supporters! :) and he rocked. didnt let us down at all. congrats li! soo proud of you. keep jiayou-ing!

oh yes finally settled my bday date! whoo. super excited. birthday date yea! heh ballet at esplanade. its gonaa be class and loadsa fuuun. sixteen le! cant wait. thks to my dear brother who so kindly wants to treat us. :D

reminder: dont talk too much abt myself.

heh today was fuun. did recording of li's song! whee it sounds good. tho the keyboard could have been improved by a whole lot. seond round was not too good. i.e. the final recording. yup but didnt wanna spend more time on it, costed a BOMB! the reording studio is waaaaay cool. a deep red and black. extreme class. and all his plans for his future home studio.. haha must get me to your place when its up! :)

this weekend has been superb.. relaxing yet tiring, though its okay cos the school-kind of tiring is bleah comparatively. but i definitely cannot rely on weekends for that boost anymore, esp in my walk with God. its gotta be on-going and ever-constant.

soo glad to hae jeremy back! its so refreshing all the time listening to his sermons. haha and like, you could choke on his lame-ity. sighh hahaa.

its been the seed and sower. then deliverance- take it or leave it by faith! :) and then deepening our lies through worship. enjoyed all the services. really taught me stuff. but like haha i was falling asleep quite alot of the times. trng was the culprit i think.

we did 7 200m sprints and 1 400m sprint. then pwee my legs turned wobbbly. and im hurting up and down today. haha ouch.

God is awesome. and all i could ever want is in Him. rather, is Him.