cover songs

I've been trying to do a cover song for the past two nights. spent a total of 8 hours trying to find one to do, but nothing's really working out. Any suggestions anyone?
help~!?

office fun

Yesterday, the interns and Eugene from the office had a whole load of fun with Mel's Turts (TURTLES).
I had inhaled a whole lot of lighter fluid trying to remove sticky tape gunk from the feedback box and right after i was done removing the stuff, mel stuck her cute round little turtles in the box and eugene carried them around the office, taking photos of the turts. The travelling Turts!
Well, that aside, the storeroom is again in a horrible mess, and I am back to having nothing ot do after a few weeks of intense work. kinda gets on my nerves that i have nothing whatsoever to do here.
But, life is still all good and clean fun. The interns are almost just as crazy as ever, and I am still enjoying life here.
Muahahahahahahaha!

Logging Off,
From The Office

24 hours 'marathon'

I have officially been awake for more than 24 hours. 38 hours to be exact. And if i am going to survive work over the next few days, i had better get to bed. Good night lovely peeps!

When I get down to it

My lappy has been slowly but surely giving up on me. Its a little Gateway that wants to be a Mac. It runs Photoshop, Illustrator and anything from After Effects to Ulead. The only problem? It lags really bad now.

Problem: It only lags when those programs are running. It hangs at certain times of the day. I am still able to write my beloved pieces and sing to my silly songs, but i hear a Mac calling out to me.

Problem 2: I have to complete a video by this saturday, and Gateway is not cooperating. At All.

Problem 3: IM BUSY!

Anyways...

Cheers and Chillax,
Mooms ;)

hotcakes in the morning

having hotcakes in the morning is one of the simple pleasures in life.
For that matter, a McBreakfast Meal.
The reason why i eat my daily of Macs, is beacuse i am just too lazy to walk down the road to the coffee shop to grab some "chee cheong fun". Make sense?
Heres the thing, i cannot eat fried food anymore! I bet that makes less sense. Everytime i taste something fried, i dont feel too good in my tummy. (Then again, maybe its only HASH BROWNS, that i can't stand)
I have decided that i will be having simple salads everyday for lunch! For some strange reason, that makes me happy.

Cheers!

Naomi (The supposed Meat Eater)

Signing off from the office

workload=work loads

Have i mentioned that i love my job?
To the beautiful peeps whom i see almost everyday of my life, you probably have heard it one time too many.
For those whom i dearly miss, and regret not being able to catch up any time soon, I LOVE MY JOB!
I have really nice and funny bosses, and great colleagues. What more could i ask? It just makes work enjoyable!

Newfoundjoy

today was the first time in a long time i felt this inner overflowing joy while playing for worship. it wasn't extravagant, just simple worship, but God is real. And He is AWESOME!

What I love

I had a thought today. Do I really love what I'm doing? Do I really love eating? Do I really love playing the guitar? Do I really love parkour? Do I love what I do.
My point is, if I say I love the guitar, why don't I play it for more than 10minutes a day. I used to play up to 5hours. Or if I love parkour so much, why can't I commit myself fully to train. If I love writing so much, why can't I spend everyday thinking of what to write. You know what my problem is? I cannot, absolutely cannot decipher myself. I cannot separate the things that I really love to do, with things that I do to fit in. Now I'm not beating myself up. I know that tons of people do things exactly the same way I do.
It's a realisation. And its one that's gonna help me place my priorities. We had a discussion about passion on Monday at cell. What exactly is passion. And I was thinking, if I am not willing to give up my everything and anything and sacrifice all I have, it just ain't passion. It's true.
Anything and everything that we do, we have choices. If you are passionate about a subject, you'd rather spend 6 months mugging for it than spend a good two hours on accounting(for math haters). And that's the point see... ? I don't think I have the passion for parkour, or singing. I love doing those things, it's true. But it isn't a passion. I've been playing the guitar for 8years now. I love the instrument. I love the way people think I'm cool cuz I'm a girl and I play the guitar. But hey, there are tons others who play the guitar better, and many are girls. So who am I? I am the girl that has been giving my utmost best, to prove to people that I can do it. It's the guitar my passion? Maybe originally for the first 2 years and maybe when I first started poly. Cuz at the time, maybe that was it. I could cry for hours over a song with my guitar and 4 clear chords. G. C. D. Em. Or whatever in between. Now, I pick it up and play the same sequence for less than 5 minutes. D. Dmaj. A. G. Or whatever. Is that passion? I guess not. Someone once said, a good guitarists spends 2, maybe 3 hrs practicing eveyday. But a master guitarist spends at least 8 hours a day playing his guitar. And I thought guess what, I'm not even a tenth of that good guitarist. So where is my passion really? Video making? Photography? Cooking? Baking? Maybe making jokes that many define as corny or lame. Honestly? I don't know what my passion is. But besides Christ and willing to live my life all for Him, I think the only true thing I have and ever will define as my passion, is travelling. And I'm not just referring to taking a plane somewhere far, or going somewhere that requires a passport. Even my trip on the train every morning; I love it. Strange huh. I guess it is.

I guess it is... For now.

Logging off from my iPhone

Naomo

back to writing

Recently, thanks to a colleague of mine, and a lack of things to do for the first two weeks, i started writing short stories, and my passion for writing was rekindled. I thought to myself that i'd practice writing so that i'd be able to build my portfolio, and perhaps improve by the time i reach college. And maybe... just maybe, its God's way of saying "Go for it!" that i'm perhaps walking down the path that He had set before me.
Plus, i've been posting some of my pieces on this website called Writing.com, so do check out those that i've posted up. If anyone's reading this anyway..

http://Writing.Com/authors/naomisoxy

That aside,
We had a farewell dinner for Hilary, the leaders and her cell. it was really fun. All the rushing about in the afternoon, and the preparation work. In the end, im glad we made her smile... and cry a little ;) Haha. Will really miss her when she's gone.

Sigh...

Short Post #1

Starting the second week of my internship tomorrow. It was fun throughout the first week, and i really really learnt so much.
I also decided to pick up Japanese Again, after a two year slump. And, i started writing again!

Well, will get back to writing again as soon as i get home tomorrow. Since im really really sleepy right now...

when you believe

Song Playing: When You Believe (Prince of Egypt/Soundtrack Version)

Well, i'm down to my last two weeks at school for the semester. I'm left with 3 more tests and 2 more presentations. Not to mention I have an Internship coming up in September. "Ah.. The bliss!" Kind of at least. I am most definitely going to miss all my group mates during that period. After 9am-6pm days of seeing them, not seeing them just feels weird; if you catch my drift.

Something really awesome happened on Saturday, where burdens were just lifted off my back. And I am yet again reminded that God is so real in my life. 

Yesterday, Kenji, Joy, Nigel, Will, Mark, Hilary, Crystal, Mama and I went down to Bras Basah. I tagged along mostly because Nigel wanted me to help him find a guitar. And it took really long. We spent close to 1 hour at Swee Lee. And we saw a professional percussionist at work (Kenji's 'Shi Fu"?). Overall it was pretty fun, to just chill and hang out with the peeps. Plus finally Nigel got his guitar at BlackWood. Some brand I have never heard of before. But it sounded pretty good! 

Oh and I had this random thought lately of calling all my old friends all the way from Primary School Old and just re-connecting with them. I wonder if its even possible. At any rate, Facebook is the only connection cable. But from Facebook alone, its pretty obvious that practically EVERYONE has changed. So im not exactly too sure if its a good idea. Hmm.. maybe in 10 years time when we all have kids and can sit round a table for a cuppa tea? 

Suddenly the thought of it makes me wanna laugh out loud (which i cant at the moment because everyone's sleeping... But, i think im laughing inside cuz my tummy starting to cramp up while im sitting down)

Well, maybe i'll contact Arthur, Long Jie, Yong Hui and Tracy and we'll see how it goes?

its been so long! Argh.

Plus: I'm finally gonna be able to watch Despicable Me tomorrow! ( i figured i had better watch as many movies as I can before my internship) So i'll be getting round to watching Inception as well. 

Plus SQUARE: I'm still patiently waiting for my DSLR. I doubt my internship pay would be enough to get me the one I want. And my dad keeps telling me to wait. And its irritating, because my fingers are itching to go for a photo shoot! And my Powershot just can't do what i want it to! 

Plus CUBE: My Toe is fully healed! Whoopie! (not goldberg...) 

Haha Much.

Signing Off,

Mooms

Projects : Almost FIN-ing

Had alot of fun with my groupmates this semester!
Laughing and cracking cold jokes and just having fun!

Sigh... Will miss it when i go on my internship!
And yes! I got accepted by SIF!
And the semester is almost coming to an end.
And I can't imagine life after graduation; (not that far away)

Bye Bye Ingrown!

I really thank God really that I finally managed to get the toe nail out. And to tell the truth, I was so nervous as if I were a little kid going to perform on stage for the very first time. So with my mum and my Jodi Picoult Book, I waited in the cold A&E waiting room at Khoo Teck Puat; the new hospital over at Yishun.
But being a Marketing student, i started to talk to my mom bout the good service at the hospital. And it was really comfortable! (If it wasn't for the fact that my nervousness made me a tad chillier).

It was interesting during the surgery. I was trying to focus on reading my book while trying not to observe the surgery procedure. So there i was half peeping out of the bottom of my book and half reading the few pages that I wasn't quite sure I actually 'read'. So it started with the doctor cleaning the area around the wound, then he put this green cloak with this hole over my big toe while covering the rest. After that he tied this rubber band around my toe (I assumed it was to stop the blood flow). And there was this absolutely HUGE needle that held the anesthesia. and he sorta poked and injected like 5 times! the first few times it sort of hurt really bad (Nothing like the normal vaccination jab) then as my toe numbed up, i couldn't feel a thing! Talk about BLISS! a month's worth of sharp pains and pain in my big toe that i couldn't seem to get rid of was gone in a few minutes! So i obviously took an interest at observing how the toenail was to be cut out. So he went on snipping and like pulling pieces of nail out of my toe and it was weird but I felt strangely comfortable about not being able to feel a thing (As if my toe went missing). Well the pain is starting to seep in now, and i suppose its gonna be real bad soon, but it was fun nonetheless. WHEE!

signing off
the happy girl with half a toenail!

Another one of those Days

Its another one of those days where i just feel like sleeping.

Especially after the really awesome seafood dinner last night at Deborah's Wedding Blessing, and after my 2am diarrhoea. Not to mention, my eye got infected! its like kinda red on one side. (I knew i should have remembered not to rub my eyes while wearing my contacts)

ADDICTED to Nissin Vegetable Tom Yam Cup Noodles. I think i've eaten about 6 cups over the last week and i feel like having one more.

INTERVIEW for my internship to SIF is on Wednesday. Gonna meet up with qirong and vil for breakfast since we are having the interview consecutively. After that it's gonna be back to school for Services Marketing and LM. Egg-cite-terd! Gonna be staying over at my grandparent's place after that for the next 3 days or so, since theres gonna be some construction work at home. Plus, i hope i can wear my heels for the interview, which means that my toe has to heal PRONTO.

DISCONNECTED is a horrible feeling. Sometimes it kinda feels weird when you look at old friends' profiles on facebook and think back on the times you used to have but no longer have. Almost like you have been left right at the spot where the road split and you are just watching them walk their lives away from you. And its almost as if the moment could have been captured if you had only held tightly enough.

PROJECTS are very much a part of my life now since i have been at it for 2 1/2 years already! And i doubt its about to stop any time soon.

ENDINGS are horrible if you cant seem to let go. But it not holding on that tight to this post, so... i'm ending here. ;)

signing off
Mooms

O n e M o r e T h i n g . . .

1. I WANNA WATCH DESPICABLE ME
2. I WANNA EAT CHEESE
3. I WANNA PLAY BBALL
4. I WANNA GET MY CONTACTS SOON
5. I WANNA TRAVEL THE WORLD
6. I WANNA KISS A KANGAROO
7. I WANNA OWN A GOLDEN RETRIEVER
8. I WANNA MY TOE TO HEAL
9. I WANNA OWN MY OWN DOCUMENTARY
10. I WANNA WRITE A NOVEL
11. I WANNA DESIGN MY OWN HOUSE
12. I WANNA DRIVE A SMALL CAR
13. I WANNA CREATE INSPIRATION
14. I WANNA SPEAK MY MIND WITHOUT FEAR
15. I WANNA WRITE SONGS
16. I WANNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE
17. I WANNA OWN MY OWN T-SHIRT LINE
18. I WANNA MOVE THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE
19. I WANNA WORSHIP GOD IN THE MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT
20. I WANNA SING AND DANCE LIKE THERES NO TOMORROW
21. I WANNA WALK THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
22. I WANNA CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
23. I WANNA SAIL THE DEEPEST SEAS
24. I WANNA RUN THE FURTHEST DISTANCE
25. I WANNA PERSEVERE

The Rush Hour is Near!

Gonna spend the next hour or so writing out a script for this Friday's Oral (SKIT)Presentation for Sales Management. Suddenly feel like gonna be missing these times soon, while on my internship maybe.
And Project Rushes are around the corner, starting... Now? My toe is still wrapped up in bandages and i am seriously getting annoyed at the horrible extra weight on my toe. I cant jump, i cant run, i cant even walk properly. I CANT WEAR SHOES! Major Bummer. And I cant quite start to imagine how i'll be walking into that interview room wearing sandals or slippers. It just isnt right.

Oh well, Im looking at possibly 9 to 8 days every week for the next 2 weeks? Its totally choking full. I cant even really confirm any attendances to any event or outing with friends, because i dont know when projects will pop up. So i guess everytime i see a message that says, "Hey! Are your free? Lets meet!" My reaction would usually be: 1. stop looking at the message. 2. Forget about the message. 3. (to some extent) feel kinda frustrated.4. I make some people mad because I fail to reply to their messages.

I know, its rude and its entirely my fault, so apologies to those who did not receive my replies.

ARGH.
Its fun! But projects are killing me! Saturday Morning, I cant even go get my contacts done, cuz i have a meeting. I have another one after church on sunday.  After which i have to rush down to a wedding!

Oh well. I shall be strong. Just a little more to go and that will be it for this Semester. (Besides, i really am praying I do not fail Strategic Marketing.) All the logic stuff just doesn't register.... : |

On days like these, i just feel like rotting at home. During the holidays, i just feel like doing the exact opposite! Strange huh?

The Toe, The Projects and The Me

A few things have been happening lately, and im just not suite sure where to start...
For one, things have been rushing by so quickly i barely have a chance to catch my breath. Second, ive just been so seemingly distracted and disconnected somehow; as if my body just suddenly switched to auto pilot or cruise mode. Its so hard to snap out of! Rawr! If anything, i was hoping a trip out of Singapore would make things better, but i haven't got the luxury of making an exit.

1.  I have a horrible ingrown toenail. Yes.. I tried to cut it out on my own, but it got horribly infected, and had a painful trip to the doctors on Sunday. And now i need to go for Surgery. Great! More money spent on trying to rip my toenail off my toe. (only thing is, after what seemed like almost a week, i haven't gone to the A&E to rip anything out yet)
2. Its the Projects period. Average time of sleep: 2am (6 hours till wake)
3. My internship is all over the place. But God really has a plan, i believe; no i know. in a nutshell: Self-Secured, missed the deadline, waiting for school to allocate, hoped it would be some super fun awesome Branding Company, may end up with SIF, a non-profit organization. 
4. Im still patiently waiting for the chance to grab that FFXIII game for the PS3... After I get a PS3...
5. I just feel like doing something absolutely silly like Bungee Jumping, or Sky Diving; something that would snap me out of this daze...

Yep! That just about sums it up.

Signing Off...

An open door.

I am officially grateful yet kinda bummed about my SIP. Long story and I don't really feel like letting it out here. But at any rate, to cheer myself up I have written a prologue of a book I'm intending to write. But honestly, I don't really feel any better. Ah, but maybe its cuz God has something in store?

Signing off from my iPhone. ( maybe I should call my phone Lightning from now on.) arch, I'm spouting nonsense again. Whatever comes will come. One step at a time.

Nap Time

So i'm back with another one of my whining sessions. Not to worry, will be over in awhile after i'm done. (Oh and please do not mind the pictures im plastering all over my blog on FFXIII's Lightning, I'm just stressed. and FFXIII is just something to look forward to...)

Anyway, I feel so tired, physically and mentally. I think it's time I started to take my work seriously. I have been a horrible procrastinating student and I know i can do much better. So here's goodbyes to late nights and hello to work well done early and on time. A good discipline.

Another random thought to add to my line would be I wonder if i have managed to get my body clock working on time. I realize that I have been getting up at 8.30am latest (which is early for yours truly) and anytime I pass 11.30pm i totally zone out. (TOTALLY). So maybe it's good practice. Though for my dearest comrades who stay in the east, I really wish i could wake up half and hour before school and just spend less than 20 mins getting over. Me? I spend at least 30 mins every morning getting myself awake and alive sometimes even more, before i leave home at least 1hr 30 mins before class so that I can get to school JUST ON TIME. Morning Rush is the worst on 969s by the way. Awfully crowded, with awfully inconsiderate people. But, yeah i guess early in the morning, no one really wants to miss a bus, so cant blame them. Plus with my horribly painful toe, walking long and fast is harder for me now. Whew. Seems like i got a whole lot out in this post without addressing anything to do with the title. But who cares. Ahahaha. This is what happens when Naomi is way past her bedtime. Snore.

snore-max-out

Tired. De-Stressing.

Sometimes I wish I have as much fight and passion as she does. But then again, maybe I can't be passionate about what I'm doing, because I'm just not all that interested? Argh. I feel like a small kid that only excels when I enjoy the subject. Rrrr..

Crazily Excited

I know i'm supposed to be doing my IJ right now, but at the moment, while i'm trying to organize my thoughts, i thought i'd post about my iPhone instead!

Was uber excited when Apple announced that the iPhone 3G and 3Gs would be able to do an OS upgrade to the iOS 4. Just did it yesterday and was distracted the whole night playing with the new OS. Some of the features are SO Cool! The only thing was that the camera being only 3MegaPixels still didn't zoom very well, but i bet the 4G is way awesome.

Plus lately after i found out about FFXIII, im really psyched! Wanna get to play the game soon! After all the projects are done, i'll do just that! (:

Now back to my IJ...

P.S: Family will be away at Malacca for the whole thursday to friday, while I will be in Sunny Island Singapore in school. But im not really bummed about it, cuz we're gonna have movie night in church on friday anyways. So im fine. Plus i caught The A-Team in the movies last night. Was a really well thought out combination of Ocean's 13 plus loads more action, and fire-power!

A New Tune. A new melody.

Just spent the last 2 hours on the keyboard composing a new song. I kinda like it. I think this  project would probably be one of those that I can complete with absolute satisfaction.

Thank God for the moment of inspiration.

Sneeze, Graphics, Squeal!

Lightning (FFXIII)

1) Was rolling around at home for the past week. Horribly down with some sort of flu that happens to "POP" by at the most 'convenient' of times. But utterly thankful for the week of home-quarantine.

2) Was checking out the ending of FFX and FFX-2 trying to piece everything together after 6 years of trying to Figure out the long story line. Glad i found it on YouTube. All the more happier when i came across FFXIII. Can't really tell if im just plain slow, but since the trailer's show that the game was released in 2009-2010, i guess i'm not all that far behind. The graphics are totally awesome. Fine details and lip syncing played a great part. And pretty looking people are definitely a plus point. Plus, it has a whole lot more of Sci-Fi jammed with Magic, so i'm happy. SQUEAL!

3) Main Point: I WANNA PLAY FFXIII!
Fact: I don't own a PS3 nor an XBOX 360.  I guess it ends there.

iPhone 4G

The iPhone 4G was just released!
1) It looks real pretty
2) the functionalities are awesome!
3) No More jail-breaking peeps! ( The iPhone 4G allows users to place home page wallpapers!)
4) 5Xs Digital Zoom! Whee!
5)Theres a Video Focus Function!
6) And You can totally awesomely create and customize your own playlists on your phone! AHAHAHAHAHA!

7) (THIS IS THE BEST) ALL iPHONE 3G and 3GS Users have FREE SOFTWARE UPGRADES! WOOHOO!

O.Ked or K.Oed

I realize that the phrase " i'm okay" can trigger various responses.

1) Great!
2) Oh... Okay
3) You Sure?
4) What do you mean by that?!
5) What kind of attitude is that?!
6) Is that all you can say
7) (I'll leave the rest up to your imagination)

Kinda Figured that this particular phrase is used to deflect any questions directed at feelings and is usually used to if not all the time to describe a feeling that is obviously NOT particularly happy or excited... i wonder why...

haha.

Switching Off now.

Feeling Sad

Feeling really sad.
Night Cycling had to be cancelled.
Really can't stand having to cancel events.
Especially when quite a few people really wanted to go...
Only problem being: Not many people could make it
Second Problem: Only Available Dates are Friday to Saturday
Third Problem: Not many older ones can make it
Fourth Problem: Feeling really really sad right now.
Almost cried.
But its not all that bad.
At least there's youth on Saturday.
Still sad though.
Just when i could stay the whole night

Better get back to studying for my last paper tomorrow.

P.S: I really feel like eating tons of Home-made ice cream right about now.

Signing off...

:(

Talk about Rest

Was uber happy when i got to sleep 15 hours!
Fell asleep at 5pm and didn't wake up till 8 this morning! Not to mention that i had an extended dream as well. Really interesting. And it had tons of people i know in my life..
Well, i better get to studying for my Sales Management paper tomorrow.

Thought Processor

Well, i think the thing about us people is that we think too much. (Not relating this to studies in any way)...

But i think most of us if not all over think many things agree? And that can really confuse us. Ahh.. We sure are complicated beings. I think life would be sometimes alot easier if we took things one step at a time. If we never rushed. If we always took things by our stride, taking things exactly the way they are. 

But thats what I love about humans. We aren't robots. 

And the thoughts are exactly the things that make life interesting. (taken with a pinch of salt)

Well, i thank God for today. For everyday. For you, for me. For friends, for thoughts, for family, for the clothes i wear, for this blog I have. And for life as i know it. Hey, it may not be all easy, but i know i have someone to depend on when the Going gets tough, so that I won't have to (as Timon in The Lion King says) be the Tough that Gets Going. 

Well, face it, i'm not all that tough. None of us are. And i think at the moment we accept our weaknesses, and the fact that we are not perfect; throwing aside all pride, i think that's when we get to appreciate life for what it truly is. (not to mention, its easier for me to give my all for God) 

*STRETCH* 

Ahh... Well, time to get cracking! Back to my work!! 

P.S: God Bless all you peeps mugging for Tests and Projects this period! 

Officially Not Prepared...

So i am as the title says "OFFICIALLY NOT PREPARED" for my papers. And i would have to say that it is entirely my fault for bad time management. TSK. I can't believe im still having this obviously terrible problem of procrastination after so many years- proves as a learning point. *nod nod* Sleep Now, wake up early tomorrow to CRAM REVISE! Yes, that's what i'll do.

My one biggest fear: OVERSLEEPING.

Ahahaha!

Oh well,
heres to the life of SOME students ;)
cheers

Celebration Sunday!

ITS SUNDAY!

I really thank God for the worship this morning. It was really refreshing even though worship lasted one and a half hours and i was on the acoustic today(:

But I thank God that NO STRINGS BROKE! (Especially since i got cut pretty badly by the string the last time. More pierced than cut! And i was only halfway through worship )

And that even though i was playing for that whole period, my arm still seemed as energetic as ever.

Well, at the moment i'm taking an extended break from revision. And I realized that Jayesslee have released their latest video after returning to Aus from LA! (Nobody by Wondergirls) [I can't really stand this song. Urgh.] But, i'm gonna link up their vid anyway, and im gonna include 3 other of my favorite vids (1 by them (Fireflies by Owl City Cover) and 1 from American Idol: Lee and Crystal)

iPhone Photos!

iPhone Photos (A Mini Collection)-1 from Naomi on Vimeo.

Bad Start

I hope Eunice isn't all that angry with me, though i wouldn't blame her if she was...

Here's what happened:

1) I forgot i was supposed to lead worship early this morning at church, so i planned to go running with her at YCK.

2) When i realized, which was late last night, i sent out a message saying that i'd have to postpone the run cus I couldn't make it....

3) Apparently, the message DIDN'T GET THROUGH!! D:<

4) This morning she waited really LONG for me...

5) I feel really guilty about the whole thing... 

Urgh... 

Thats the ultimate bad point about technology you'll never know what on earth happens in between, and its NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED! 

Seriously CANNOT STAND IT!!

D=

The rest of the day was okay though..

still feeling really bad bout the whole thing...

the shape of the sun

was really in awe today when i saw the round shape of the sun while on the bus on the way home. it was the prettiest thing i had ever seen. at first i thought it was the moon; until the clouds shifted and the brilliance of the light almost blinded me. Plus point was the way the light just radiated from it and especially the way the surrounding clouds sort of embraced the light and it shone through miles wide. More so when the rest of the sky was threatening a storm. So pretty! I wished i could have captured that moment.

Well, i'm currently stuck with 4 stacks of notes and a bunch of chaotic brainy thoughts that I am trying to organize; so that i can at least focus on absorbing more than getting distracted; of which, this blog post makes up a part of.
Come to think of it, i think no one actually reads this blog anymore, especially at the rate i update it; i think it's just for my sheer pleasure..

P.S: I really wanna go on another trip out of Singapore and Malaysia. Thailand maybe?

More than a Hundred Words

I really am thankful for the number

of people who have wished me a "Happy Birthday" today. 

They number above 100

Too many to name

Yet my heart feels the same

The happiness to receive

Such simple words...

Not too many

Not too few

The words make up only two...

a Happy Birthday was all it took

To make this day real special. 

Thank You all you fantastic Peeps! =)

I have no idea how i ended up writing some sort of poem. But i mean what I say. 

God Bless! 

Joshua 1:9

The verse to end off 25th May and Start my new year on the 26th. Thanks to Mark Tan who reminded me of the verse through a birthday SMS. 

"Be strong and courageous..." 

Crazy Morning 25th MAY

Before i even woke up,
my phone was ringing in my ears.
My Dog was barking,
and my home phone was ringing.

A minute later,
my bro came in saying
"Daddy wants to talk to you.."
After i got off the phone with my dad
My phone started ringing again

"Helloo........."
It was QiRong
"Where are you?" She asked
"Home" I replied
"OMGOSH" She was like...
"There's a meeting!"
"Huh?" I replied
"MIG SUB COMM MEETING"
"Oh" I said. "No one told me"
"Can you rush down?" She inquired
"No." I replied.
"okay"

Yep.
These things in the span of 5 minutes.
11.15am
Talk about a Crazy Morning.

Blog Memories: 2008-

Its 3.17am! And i spent the last hour looking through my older blogs which i have not closed down because they hold such precious memories. Major Note: Was laughing at the way i used to write, the silly things i used to say, and the fun stuff that God had filled my life with. 

And I realized that I have changed so much. Maybe not totally for the better, but well, i am still growing and learning. 

Do check them out:

One Starfish@aTime

Songs of the Skies

The Official Mooms

Chocolate Fontanza

And Especially one Post I came across that I absolutely CANNOT believe I actually wrote...

I called it "NET TOILET" Don't ask how on earth i came up with this particular dialogue, but just read it (it may brighten your day... or not.) 

"NET TOILET"

Not to mention, i even had a 'Story' blog, where I was halfway through writing a 'breakthrough novel' which i titled "Pauper High".

I really thank God for His goodness and all He has brought me through. These blog posts are just bits of memories that prove how good God is. 

Amen.

Truth bee told

Honestly,
I've been extremely tired lately. So tired that i asked myself, "what exactly am i doing?" I've been feeling sluggish and kinda like a well Sloth. Not to mention, living day by day like a ZOMBIE.
Plus, an overwhelming phase of emotions have just been flowing through me that I have been keeping inside. Bad Point: I've Been Keeping it for awhile now.
Good Point: I have God to depend on.

Why?
One good example would be that a few nights ago, I was trying to get myself to fall asleep when all of a sudden i just felt this surge of 'loneliness'. Well, so i prayed and almost immediately, i felt as if i was being held in a hand twice the size of my mattress. And this indescribable peace and security just came upon me. Cool eh? Yeah, well, that's just part of how awesome God has been in my life. And thats the truth, that "whenever i see that one set of footprints, i know that He is carrying me".

At any rate, i've been relinking with a lot of OPSS peeps recently. Maybe I should plan a Class of 2007 BBQ~!

cheers

Pain. Or Ache.

I suddenly have a certain aching in my stomach. and my heart. And i do not think it is due to heart burn. Maybe its just a certain sadness, yet knowing the tough road ahead, and while I trust God, it seems to still hurt. And its the first time i'm feeling this. And (in case u were wondering) its not due to relationship problems. 

Maybe God would speak to me in my sleep.

Cycling with the Wind

Went Cycling with Jerome, Yvonne, Jacq, Denis and Amos today. Was uber fun!

A few things I achieved! =D
1) Half taught Jerome to cycle. The other half was done by Amos!
2) Denis and I managed to cycle without using hands! Super Happy! (God must have sent His angels to hold the bike. The angels must have been thinking " What are these silly little girls doing??") I'm still happy! (:
3) Cycled a Tandem Bike for the second time in my life! (Quite a funny incident)
4) Felt really happy overall because I got to spend it with the peeps from crusade!

Later on, went down to Marina Square for dinner and bumped into Miss Yeong. "LOVE THE VOICE TING!"
Yeah. Miss Yeong has a really nice sexy voice at the moment.

Yeah well. This I guess is one of my unthought about blog posts. Ahahahaha!  I just usually find it so hard to find something to blog about. And funny, since there is just so many things happening around me every day.

Love.

Fly Bys

It was as if just yesterday i entered my first year in Temasek Polytechnic. As if it was only a day since I left Orchid Park. It was as if only yesterday since I went to Taipei. Or when i went to Penang. Or Macau. And it was just yesterday I saw my polytechnic course posting on that SMS that early morning.
And its only 6 days, till i'll enter into my Final year. How time flies!

Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, Years...
Soon before I now it, i'll be on my internship. Soon after, on a flight to Sydney to get my degree. Then who knows? But everyday, its as if time moves faster, every second, every minute, Every Year. Soon i'll be 20, then 21, then 22. Then i'll look back and say exactly the same thing " How time Flies!"

And then, I can almost bet i'd be looking back with a smile because for every difficulty, i've come out stronger. For every tear, I've stood up straighter. Every happy time has been embedded as a timeless memory. Every Dream will be in a list of things to do that i can pick up anytime in my life. And every smile will have added another wrinkle to the face that currently has none.
And at the age of 60, maybe i'll look back and smile... because all i can say, so simply is: "God is good." And He is. Truly.

Time Check

'Breaking Monotony' Penang, outside a wet market. (taken with Canon Powershot S515)

It's 3.50 in the morning.

I have just reached home from accompanying my mom to pick my dad up.

I have just finished my last card design for the night.

I am now extremely tired.

I am supposed to be at school later at 10am.

P.S. Pray for me.

the masquerade

found myself back at OPSS' 11th year concert. Theme: The Masquerade. Awesome Costumes and I just love the masks. Not to mention, met Grey for the first time in a long long time. Happy with my mask!

Faith, Hope, Love

As usual, my previous blog didn't last very long. Mostly due to me not being able to find a topic to talk about. But enough of that. I recently came back from Macau (a few weeks back), but my heart is still with the people there. And for some unknown reason, my heart yearns to go out and do something more.

As you may or may not know, James 2: 17 says "So you see, faith by itself isn't enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless." Thats one part. The one part that is drawing me out. I do not know what will come tomorrow. Nor will I know what will be in my future. But my life as I know it, i know i have surrendered wholly into the hand of God. Am I to be a full-time missionary? I sure hope so.

Will I own a company one day? Maybe.

Will I run my own food and travel documentary? Sounds fun!

Will I ever have my dream of a band and an album come true? I'd love it.

But... who will know? Every step I take, is like a young child looking at the road ahead and saying "its one long road. But I know the path daddy takes has gotta be right, so i'd better keep my eye on daddy and hold on tight. Cuz I don't know where to go."

And I submit myself to that. I guess I just have the joy in knowing that everything thats gonna happen will happen. And no matter what happens, i just need to look at "BIG DADDY", because i know that when I cry, He will hold me close. When I can't find my way, He will hold my hand. And if its too tough, He will carry me. And leave those footprints in the sand; as proof.