BETTER THAN LIFE :)

Saturday, December 30, 2006 :)

HELLO I'M BACK FROM CEBUUUU!!!!!!!! Wonderful wonderful wonderful wonderful holiday!

Ok, so besides the usual SHOPPING, EATING (REALLY REALLY GOOD PHILIPPINO FOOD), SLEEPING zzz, we did LOTS of cool stuff.

We went ISLAND HOPPING and the Line-up team from the DOULOS joined us! Perfectly shiok weather =D Beautiful fishes and corals, though I got a panic-attack when I jumped into the water at first. Unlike Redang, the water was CHOPPY. No life jacket or float whatsoever. And I kept drinking sea water cos my stupid tube kept going into the water (I think the waves were too big) So I was starting to hyperventilate and I was pretty much freaking out so I went to the boat for a little bit. Then after that I was fine. LOL.

Anyway, for lunch we had food delivered from a sampan to our boat. Dad had links to a friend in Cebu (the wonders of the OM office! =D) so she got a Pastor on the village to cook for us. Wonderful food. Fresh crabs, sardines, calamari, fish. Heaven ok! Lovely meal! =) So bla bla bla, bla bla bla, ended up with a real tan after that. First time in my life kena tanned until like that ok. Siao.

Bla bla bla, fast forward. On the 4th morning, I woke up with a fever. Sian. Throbbing headache and horridly sore throat. Ate a slice of bread, took 2 panadols, prayed, and went back to sleep. Woke up feeling good as new :D So we managed to go JETSKIING. YES YOU HEARD ME RIGHT. JETSKIING!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO!! It was really really seriously shiokifying ok. I went with my brother and this guide who rode us at first. Really thrilling to ride the waves =D

So after 3 minutes my brother took over the reigns and it was really cool, then I took the reigns and man alive was it scary! I felt like I was gonna fly off la, had to hold on to the handles real tight! But it was SO FUN. Accelerating and riding the waves and all. WOOT. Shiokamania. Then Dad and Marilyn went on for around 10 minutes and Just and I got on again. WOOOOT.

This time, it was madness. Justin just accelerated like siao. SCARY. But SUPER SHIOK. Then I floored it too =D SHIOKER. But SCARIER. Then for the last 5 minutes we asked the pro guy to do some tricks. We didn't exactly know what we were in for. This guy accelerated TO THE MAX. RIDING THE WAVES. DOING FREAKY TURNS. It was funnily scary la. Justin and I were screaming/laughing at the same time. But soon it got a little painful cos it was SO BUMPY. But it was super fun anyhow =P I think we were both the noisiest riders that guy'd ever had =P Wonderful experience!

Ate a bad clam over lunch and puked out everything. Thank goodness I did, I was feeling excruciatingly horrible. ALMOST didn't go shopping, but I went cos once I said I didn't really want to, Justin said he'd stay with me, then Marilyn said she would stay too, then Ah Kong said he'd stay too. Like, WHAT! LOLness, so I went la. Bla bla. I think nobody's reading.

Anyway, now I'm back :D I missed quite a few people actually, and I'm glad to be back. Thankfully Thanksgiving went well =D Too bad I didn't get to see the True Way kias, sigh. Oh well! =) And here's the reply to the very old tags, sorry guys!

Jess: Thanks darling! I miss you! =D

Melissa: Thanks girl =D Thanks for the support! -hugs-

Yinhong: Heex! come soon kaessh! I really miss euux too!!!

stEr: haha I forgive you, since I'm SO nice =P

BLOG: thanks for helping me reply, but you don't really have to do that. You're weird...

Des: Eh, but I don't understand leh, LOL. Oh, and to the next tag, I shall go investigate who these people are, tsk tsk! Thanks for the support! -hugs-

Khai: Hey! Haha thanks! you have fun too =D a bit late... haha.

Eliz: Thanks so much girl =D You're really nice to have around! -hugs-

Amanda Poh: Haha thank you =D Happy new year! Soon =D

Ruth: Merry Christmas! =D

Maine: It's all right darling, GOT DVD =P I'll give you one, just take care! -hugs-

Daryl: Merry Christmas! :) and you can gimme my present next year, LOL. Ok that sounded weird.

Cheryl: I HELP YOU TAUPOK ALSO! LETS GO!

Jomaine: Haha thanks girl, -punches- =P

Jas: Haha ok...

someone: No... lol.

That's it. Woo Yay I've FINALLY replied the tags =) See you tomorrow people!

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!10:02:00 pm

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Ok, happy boxing day. While Dad's in the toilet, gotta thank everyone for the gifts!

To Rachel Berry, for the lovely card and flower, you are the most beautiful girl I know, both inside and out =) No sweettalk there either! :)

To Wei Kiat, for the wonderful box of goodies! Thank you little boy! =D

To Cheryl, for the interesting thingies, I don't know what they're called, green tears =P and the lovely card! -hugs-

To Desiree, for the adorable Lion! You'll get it back next birthday, LOL! -hugs- -hugs-

To Ben, THANK YOU BEN! For the lovely Puma bag =P Think it's imitation but who cares it's the thought that counts! -long distance hug- you rock! I love our bimbo pledge =P

To Evan, for the box of chocs and the stress ball =P and the lovely card! I love you!

To Claudia, for the candle :D

To Melissa, for the Christmas candies and the lovely card! You're a lovely young lady :)

To Ron, thanks so much for the card, I really really didn't expect it, and I'm really encouraged :) THANK YOU!

To Jon Ma, I was tearing when you were being confirmed, I'm really happy for you, congrats my dear friend! :)

To Sean Eng, I really like the colour you chose, LOL! I'm gonna use it, thanks boy!

To the Lims, thanks for the cute keychains from Korea! And the photoframe =)

To Amanda, thanks for the gorgeous heart-shaped card and the mirror, ahem ahem =P

To Aunty Gladys and Uncle Meng Kim, (not that you'll read this anyway) thanks for the handphone holder! =D

To Kimmy! Thanks darling for the magnet, it's so pretty! Like you xP

To Glenn, thanks for the pig, PIGZ =P And it smells like me not you =P

To Roy, thanks for the lovely card! -hugs-

To Mari Lee, thanks for the card already k? And the brownies too k! =D Already...

To Jeff, thanks for the card too! =D

To Dawn, thanks for the lovely chocolates and the card!

To Hui Qi, thanks for the card and the box of cookies! -hugs-

To everyone else whom I've left out, I've gotta run, but thanks too! LOVE YOU ALL =)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:45:00 am

Sunday, December 24, 2006 :)

Let the photos speak for themselves, oh wait, there are captions. oops.

Anyway it's gonna be Christmas soon! I was thinking that this Christmas would be quite a sad one, cos there were 2 things I was wrestling with. But by God's grace, both problems were solved, one over dinner, one after dinner. To God be the glory!

Lets not forget the true meaning of Christmas all right? Remember that Jesus was born on this day super long ago, and lets Celebrate! =D

Bryan (the pimple guy =P) and me!

True way and KPC youth =D and some covenant kias, heh. I LOVE YOU GUYS!

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!11:22:00 pm

The lovely Haisians who came on Friday Evening! =) A bit too many to name ah, pai sei...

Yi En and myself! We were childhood buddies wayyyyyyyy back then in HK! =D

And the Haisians again! CHI CHI FREN FREN, LOL!

William! My mortal a long time ago =P Now, he's blind =P

Xin Yi, Joyce, Puay Joo and Jing Ming! And the lovely rose from JM =D

Look at the piano not me! Cos I spoil the picture, LOL. Eh, playing and posing can. Ok, so the pose didn't turn out too well.

My Godma and I! =) One of my strongest supporters!

With Tony and Grace! =)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!11:03:00 pm

My group of fans, really! LOL. They wanted my autograph cos apparently, I was their favourite character. HONOURED! =P

And my lovely kia SRs! :D

And lovely kia JRs =P

And Su En, Uncle John and Aunty Amy!

Ya, I was asked to autograph. VERY AMUSING =P but damn cool la of course =P
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This is David and Joanne, not sure if you can see the photo. Fellow Punggolians =P

With Grace Low, our Stage Manager! =D

THE CLOWN! JAIME! =D a wonderful man, old enough to be my dad =P

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!10:47:00 pm

Sandra and myself =) Woman on the streets!

Joel and myself! The Shepherd who smells =P

LIVE! Melvin and Jasper looking retarded, as usual =P

Jasper and I, he's acting TEHHH! LOL

Wey Zi, Kathryn and myself :) Been a long time since I've met these 2 lovely seniors!

Oh, LIVE AGAIN! Looking rather pale though, LOL.

And it's Terrence! Our criminal, gasp!

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!10:34:00 pm

Bittersweet feelings

The Clown Musical is over! And I'm really really really happy about the results! 89 received Christ, 221 rededicated their lives to God, and 189 want to know more about Christianity. PRAISE THE LORD!

Really, I just cried when I heard the results. All that we've worked for the past 7 months really and truly paid off! Honestly, even if only one person was saved, we'd all still be celebrating. But the fact that 89 souls have been saved really shows God's power.

We were all amateurish actors, all strangers to one another. Yet in our own weakness God showed His strength, through His love broke down the barriers between all we individuals. Indeed His love brought us all together.

And through all the joy of knowing new people, making new friends, forming new relationships, it was really tough for me to say goodbye.

After all the nonsense the cast had been through, nonsense meaning silly and nonsensical stuff we did together, all the dancing, singing, jumping, already-ing, bimbo-ing, acting cute, oh gosh, the wonderful memories. It was really hard for me to say goodbye and I just started tearing, again. Zzz... I really enjoyed the practices we had together in True Way.

And the 3/4 days we spent seeing each other about half the way really tied us in one tight knot. And I know that knot won't be loosened easily. Nope, it won't. We will continue to meet up all right?

I really love everyone, so lovely! =) I'll miss this musical like crap. Photo upload when I get hold of the computer in the living room. In the mean time, lets all just thank God for working His miracles :)

AMEN!

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:58:00 am

Friday, December 22, 2006 :)

YAYYYYYYYYY!

Ok, Gala Night was great! At least nobody messed up real bad la. LOL. Some minor boo-boos, but that's ok. I learnt "boo-boos" from Tony, LOL. Anyway, we really had the energy and all. Spent quite a bit of time praying and all before that, which is great, of course!

So everything went quite well, met lots of "old friends" at the reception, got lots of good comments =D which is, of course, GREAT! Haha. Quite encouraged, but still got lots to improve on aiee.

Anyway, had lots of fun AGAIN. This time with Mari Lee, Shaun kia and Evan, and of course Jasper la, we were being Twits. Marianne is hilarious. Lee, I mean. And Shaun kia. Oh gosh. I fell over and died.

Anyway, I'm kinda tired now, but I'll talk a little about what I realised. Just some food for thought la.

When we're young, we rely A LOT on our parents. I mean, they clothe us, protect us, guide us, teach us everything. When we're defiant and stubborn, they are hurt, yet when we get hurt, they pick us up and comfort us. When we're happy, they're happy with us, for us. When we're in pain, they feel our pain, they feel our hurt. It's always like that.

Imagine, if our earthly fathers/parents love us so much, just imagine how much our Father in Heaven loves us.

Man =)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!1:12:00 am

Thursday, December 21, 2006 :)

That's my little boy! =) Nicholas la, told you he's cute! Haha.

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!11:09:00 am

LOVE triumphs over EVIL!

Had our first performance yesterday evening, somewhat scary I must say. All we left-wingers were huddled in a circle. Then William went "What are we doing ah?" So we prayed. Woot! And after the performance we congratulated each other as though our 5 performances were over, LOL. And it was only a full-dress rehearsal! With about 300 befrienders watching, lol.

We kinda messed up a teeny weeny bit, but never mind, thank goodness it's our own people watching LOL.

I'm having serious fun with the cast, seriously. Especially Jasper (see your name AGAIN!?) Yes, that nonsensical idiot! LOL. Him Grace and I were dancing in our discovered-while-we-were-exploring-in-the-dark dance room, it was HILARIOUS. We were imitating the dance moves and we were totally retarded. Hilarious.

And then Jasper and I started talking like twits, not really la. Just SUPER TEHhhh. Wah, couldn't stop laughing. Gosh. And Grace was like -_-" LOL. But hilarious anyway.

gosh, I'm gonna be so sad when everything's over. I love everyone! Theatre with no politics! Maybe I'll go into acting next time, LOL. Then be a part-time piano teacher, LMAO.

Gala Night's tonight, do pray everyone! =) And for the next few performances! You know what to pray about :D

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!10:55:00 am

Wednesday, December 20, 2006 :)

Blogger is SO screwed up! It's irritating. But anyway, I had a wonderful day =)

Got up early and did my QT. Yes! I used the TeenStreet material, which I just love because it makes me think about things I wouldn't normally bother to think about. Just prayed and enjoyed my time with God. I actually love praying now, amazing =)

Celebrated Dad's birthday! =) Bugis is an awesome place to shop, I've gotta go back there. Haven't been there in about 84660531572 years. I shall go shop there. Not that I have money. Tsk.

Headed to VT for the Clown rehearsal. Oh gosh, I have just been enlightened. VCH is NOT VT. Diao. Victoria Concert Hall is in the same building as Victoria Theatre, but both are different places. And I was wondering why VCH underwent major renovation in less than a month and I didn't know about it. Oh dear, I'm SUCH a bimbo.

Rehearsal was cool. The mikes and stuff, I CAN'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW COS WE'LL BE AT VT FOR 11 HOURS. I'm quite retarded right? But I really love the time spent with the cast and all, especially my very retarded KaGiaMaster (aka KGM) Jasper. Woot!

OH YA. We were talking about something only the both of us knew about, so it's secret la duh. And then suddenly our mikes came on, and we were still talking! Well, he was. Thank goodness everyone else was talking, and he didn't mention any names =P It was hilarious anyway! LOL.

All right, it's 1.04am, I'm gonna sleep. Got work to do tomorrow morning =P

I LOVE YOU ALL! =D

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:59:00 am

Tuesday, December 19, 2006 :)

Andy Milonakis - Spoon

RETARDEDLY HILARIOUS.

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:32:00 pm

Oh man, no time to blog again.

but I had a great day with my Choir kias =D I LOVE YOU GUYS!

I can't wait for the week to start, oh gosh!

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:58:00 am

Monday, December 18, 2006 :)

So much has happened today, all I can say is thanks to all who helped me get through it :)

I love you MELISSA! Thank you so much for your love :)

I love you BEN! Thank you so much for being so funny and encouraging and kpo at the same time =P I really appreciate it!

I love you EVAN! Thank you for praying with me and for bothering and caring although you don't have to :)

It's situations like these, that I know who I can rely on. I'm touched :)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!1:32:00 am

Sunday, December 17, 2006 :)

I LOVE THE KIAS!

Yes, I was openly declaring how much I missed them! Like running to hug them when I saw them. LOL. I was soooooo happy to see Ben la, think he was kinda shocked. LOL. And my Double Hugs with desiree! LOL. And I was sooooooo happy to see my beloved small boy Nicholas too! Awww so cute I missed him so much! AHHH. And Zhi Kai, THE RETARD. Bimbo to the max LOL. And Melissa! And Cheryl! One of my new-found best friends! WEEEEEEEE!

Was taking lots of photos today, for reasons I shall not reveal. But it was fun. LOL. Zhi kai, Melissa and I were taking TWIT photos in the middle of the road, LMAO.

Anyway, gotta run. Church tomorrow. YAY. Good night! =D Photo upload another day.

Oh oh oh! CLOWN REHEARSAL TOMORROW. DOUBLE YAY!

I'M JUST BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT NOW!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.

I think I had one too many bites of muffin just now.

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:21:00 am

Friday, December 15, 2006 :)

Metamorphosis!

A camp that started off horribly, a camp I thought would end with me feeling just ok, a camp that made me grow so much that words can't really express it. But I'll blog about it anyway.

There were many really special programmes at this camp, it wasn't like any ordinary youth camp. In fact, it was so different it pretty much overwhelmed me on the first day! I won't go into what I did everyday cos nobody will read. Yes, I know that nobody bothers. Cos I don't bother when I go to other peoples' blogs. Oops.

Anyway, every morning we had Metamorphosis, kinda like a service? But it was so interesting. Duzie Potter really used such creative and innovative ways to get the message across. And they kept changing speakers too, it really held my attention. During Metamorphosis, we were taught how to change, how to be moulded for God, and were challenged. It was really awesome.

After that was Shhh 0.5, huh what's that? Basically, everyone in the campsite was silent. Just to reflect on what had been taught in the morning. To listen to God's voice, what God had to tell us. And just to admire and bask in God's creation :) Everyday I went to the field cos it was so open and in front was a forest and all the clouds above it. Really and truly a spectacular sight, how God could create all that.

I was really struck one day how wonderful God really is. Our Creator. He creates. He is creative. Within my 20cm radius as I was sitting on the grass, I identified 9 different plant species. 9, mind you. Diversity. How in the world could God think of so much! And hello, only 20cm radius ok. Amazing :)

After that we had NET group time. A NET group comprised of around 5-6 people from the same dorm. So in my NET was myself, Lisa my wonderful aussie coach!, Vicki, Siew Lee and Rebecca. 4 really wonderful and beautiful girls :) We met up to discuss the morning's teaching, then broke up for THE BIG ADVENTURE. Which was basically QT with God, but they provided really good material, so I really heard a lot from God during that time. Yup. And it was really group bonding time too!

In the afternoons we had workshops to choose from. Ranged from politics to first aid to music lessons to dancing. Shiok. I went for stuff like Art Jam, Juggling (YES I KNOW HOW TO JUGGLE NOW WOOOO!), Pencil Strokes, Writing as a living, First Aid, can't remember the last one. But they were really really enjoyable :) woot!

After dinner in the evening was Throne Room. On the first night we had prayer. Prayed for many many things, one of which was for the HIV/Aids victims in South Africa, where one of the girls was working. As she talked about what the kids there went through, I couldn't help but cry. I was just so sad for them. She showed us a picture of her holding this 4 year old girl who couldn't stand because she was in such pain. Those children can't even blink because of the pain they go through. And it isn't even their fault that they have Aids, yet they suffer so much. There was this 14 year old boy who kept clinging to her and she just asked why. And he said it was cos she was the first friend he had, the first person who even cared about him.

It's just so sad, so painful. Thinking about it really makes me pained now. I promise you I'll do something for them when I can.

Anyway, the next few nights we had extended worship. It was simply amazing. Not just cos of the music, actually, not cos of the music at all. I was just so moved during the worship sessions. When they sang "How Great is Our God" and "How Great Thou Art" I was just smiling the whole time. The lyrics really hit me this time, how great our God really is :) Simply amazing!

On one of the nights, Dan Potter read something like what God was saying to us. I was so moved I just cried. You know, how we dance in the presence of the Lord? :) Well, "God" said, "I dance in your presence. You are my child, and you are beautiful. I step back and look at you, my masterpiece, and I am pleased." I just cried.

Sometimes I feel so ugly, so inadequate, so horrible in the eyes of man, in the eyes of myself. Yet I'm beautiful, simply because God created me. I'm his masterpiece, and He's my artist. Isn't that just beautiful? And I really felt burdened because so many other of my friends didn't know who their artist was. I promise I'll tell them about their artist.

I was really touched many times during the worship sessions. That's one of the best ways I worship, through my singing. Once I even wanted to dance, I mean, really dance. Because I was just so happy, so carefree in the presense of my Lord. But I didn't cos I figured I'd be a distraction to everyone else. So I just moved my feet :)

The Interaction Zone was open at night, it was just a place to chill out. Music, games, books, bla bla. Cool la. One night we were playing 5 way Stress. Oh my goodness. All hell broke loose, but it was so funny we all couldn't stop laughing. We based it on the last person who shouted "stress" would take the cards. Imagine that! So one guy shouted "STRESS!" and you hear "STRESS!" oh gosh, hilarious. This guy was laughing so hard he couldn't shout stress so he took all the cards. LMAO.

Anyway, I've gotta run so I'll just end. All in all the camp was wonderful, I was really sad to leave. I met some really lovely people, forged some wonderful relationships :) Really, I saw God work this camp. Work in my life. I won't let the journey end at the camp, I'm gonna continue Shhhing and all. I've formed a NET group here, that's just wonderful :) Praise God, AMEN! =D

I'm FLYING with God! =D And I'm gonna pick my friends up to fly with me =D

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!9:48:00 pm

THAT bimbo video

Oh gosh, I still laugh at us. Ben and I doing an extract from Bring It On - All or Nothing. LOL.

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!9:41:00 pm

HELLO I'M BACK!

-HEARS CHEERING- I KNOW I KNOW! HAHAHA.

IT'S 1.30AM SO I'LL JUST REPLY THE TAGS =)

Cheryl: I missed you too darling! :)

JM: Eh, I miss you leh. So weird. I know you miss me too so you can stop pushing it to aheeeeeeeem =P

stEr: Haha I heard there were lots of people! Even with more than 10 youths overseas! WOOT!

wey: Haha I know you FAKED some info =P no la, you must've been worth so much cos you wrote "I'm a friend of Marianne Hui" or something =p

maine: haha I did BABY!

Des: Haha! I will poke you first, no need to call liao, just poke =P

Daryl: sorry!! But I'm back now, wahaha!

Elizabeth: Hey! haha of course I remember you! =) Ok I'll link up =)

Mel: Haha it was a pleasure honey! =D I love you!

Marilyn: haha hello girl! Finally you found it =P Yeah, the kias are SUPER MISSABLE. lol.

Natalie: Haha thanks girl! Ok i'll link =)

Prissy: Haha it's 22 or 23 Dec, Fri/Sat evening at 8-9pm. $10 ONLY! =D

Carista and Ruth: HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO XD

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!1:27:00 am

Friday, December 08, 2006 :)

AH I CAN'T WAIT TO BOARD THE TRAIN!! The last time I did, as in the real, chuga chuga train, was when I was 4? 5? And man I loved it =P

ALL ABOARD! =P I'm so thankful I'll get to see the kias before I leave, so I'll only miss them for a week and not a week and a half. LOL. YAY :)

Man, I'm gonna miss them like nobody's business =( My neoprint of all our squashed faces shall accompany me! :D

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!6:04:00 pm

TeenStreet! :)

Yes, I'll be leaving soon enough, tonight actually. Kinda mixed emotions la, I really really want to go, but I'm a little afraid cos I won't know anyone else there. And others are probably going with their huge youth groups and all. =X Ah! And there's this creative costume I'm supposed to bring, but I'm like... what?! Yeah. Samuel is also in a state of whatness. Lol.

But anyway, I'm still excited! We're taking a train to Malaysia! Gosh how cool is that AHHHHH! :) I love trains! The choo choo ones, not MRTs, though I like the NEL ones =P

Anyway, yesterday was a pretty eventful day. Woke up early for tuition and then went to Tao Nan WOOT for Singapore Myopia Project, which is fun but makes my vision blur. So I was smsing like a retard la. Zzz.... Oh, and I saw Zackary there! And this other guy called Darren, recognised him but had never spoken to him in my 6years in TNS. Haha, and ironically, I talked more to Darren then Zack, who was utterly antisocial -_=" But anyway.

Met Evan and Bryan at Macs after that and had quite a fulfilling discussion about what we're gonna do next year. A few changes will be implemented, but I think it's a good start :) I'm still new, so I've got lots to learn! And I can't wait either! =D

Had a yummy dinner at the foodcourt and headed home, loooong way home. Roamed around the garden downstairs while chatting on the phone. Then the battery died so I went up, LOL.

Anyway, pray for my mum who's really sick. She's been vomiting and all, and my brother kena some eye infection in both eyes. So pray for them, and for my arm which is still.... ack. I shall not describe it... I'm sure all this is the work of the devil, but I am confident that God has the power to overcome the evil forces. I KNOW that God can :) and I KNOW that He will.

Man, I love the fact that God always wins. We're on the side of victory! :) YAY!

And it's quite strange, but only God can make me sooooo happy. Like you know how things in the world make you happy happy, or just happy, or maybe really happy, but the joy that I feel when God works His miracles... It's just indescribable. And it's the kind of happy that sweeps through my whole body and makes me jump for joy, literally JUMP. And cry too. It's just amazing la. Indescribable indeed.

Anyway, Emily's back! And I'll miss a week with her, which makes me sad too. But I'll make time to meet her at least once. Sigh. Oh no Desiree what is becoming of me! =(

Had a nonsensy conversation with Cheryl yesterday, again! She'll look at the Bali stars and I'll look at the Malaysian stars and we'll see which are nicer. But I will not be stupid, I won't try to take a photo of it cos it'll just be a patch of black. I'm becoming wiser. Wahahaha!

And for some strange, unknown reason, I really really miss Ben! Must be cos we went through so much nonsense during Odyssey. Ahhh! I miss my bimbo king! =P And gosh, am I gonna miss the kias when I'm gone. AHHHHH. Sad.

Ok, I shall shut up and start making my YOUR Christmas presents =P Lalala! Exciting! Allrighties, I'm off! Miss me when I'm gone, and please please tag, so that my blog won't be dead when I get back! :)

I love you, I love you all! :)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!2:37:00 pm

Thursday, December 07, 2006 :)

The Nativity :)

An awesome show, moved me to tears at the end :) But still, it can't make me cry like I did for The Guardian, that one is the ultimate make-you-cry-till-your-eyes-are-dry show!

Had a pretty meaningful time with Cheryl, Tabitha, Marilyn and Jue Ying before that, talking about God and living our lives for Him etc. Basically follow-up from Omega Night la. And I think it was really good, I learnt a lot from these kids too. Rather mature for Pri school kids :)

Anyway, nothing much today, just catching up with new friends, in a way. Friends I pretty much missed even for the very short 4/5 days! Sigh, I love the camp kias. All the new kias too! :)

And I just realised I'm on the Impart programme, that's super cool cos I'll have stuff on my resume! Ha! I'm not getting paid, but who cares right? :P KPC rocks enough! Wahahahaha.

Oh, and I've been talking to the Kranji P, quite interesting la. "heart to heart" conversations about dealing with Choir, tsk tsk, good to unload to a fellow P. Thank God.

Anyway, I'm going to sleep. A long day ahead tomorrow, sigh. But what's new eh? =X Oh well.

I'm just glad you're coming back tomorrow, YIPPEEEEE! :D

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:25:00 am

Tuesday, December 05, 2006 :)

Hilarious Pick-up Lines!

#1- Excuse me, but I think I dropped something!!! MY JAW!!

#2- Bond. James Bond.

#3- My lenses turn dark in the sunshine of your love.

#4- Your name must be Mickey because you're so fine.

#5- You must be Jamaican, because Jamaican me crazy.

#6- Go up to the person and ask for their hand. Draw a line across it and explain that its a really big river, and the bunny on this side (doesn't matter) really needs to get to the other side. Ask how he does it. Give cute little answers as to why the bunny can't cross the river (i.e., ...bunny jump in river, bunny goes *glubglubglub*.) When the person finally asks how the bunny is supposed to get across, give them the cute puppy eyes and say "I don't know, I just wanted to hold your hand."

#7- Wow, your eyebrows are thick.

#8- Wow! Are those real?

#9- So, you're a girl huh?

#10- Greetings and salivations!

Hilarioius, #1 #3 #4 #5 made me LOL. Like a retard. Thank goodness I'm home alone. Sheesh.

And I'm missing you like mad. Ahhhh!

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!8:53:00 pm

EH?

We went to the airport, Maine, Gloria, Alan and I, at about 5.30, only to realise Emily was already at her Grandma's house. DIAOOOOOOOOO. But it was fun anyway, we pretty much laughed it off :) I'm just glad she's back! HURRAYY!!! Oh gosh, I can't wait to see her! :)

Had a good time catching up with those guys, I was really happy cos for once I actually had stuff to talk to Gloria about! Probably the first time we've actually talked so much in the 3 years we've known each other =X but I was happy anyway. Heh. Went to jalan jalan a bit before heading home.

Anyway something really dumb happened today, Charmaine knows best =P and I finally got a bag for my Mp3! Hurrah!

Cheryl is hilarious la, talking to her makes me laugh like mad! *low voice* Thanks darling! xP

And thanks too to JM for hearing me out! and making me laugh too! *squeaks* Thanks darling! xP

I think I pretty much got myself into a whole lotta nonsense, sigh....

And you know what? I think I do too :)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:14:00 am

Sunday, December 03, 2006 :)

Happy Birthday Mel! :)

Mel's birthday today. Anyway, from the top. Worship was quite funny, Ben and I kept laughing cos we didn't know which beat to clap to for 2 songs, LOL. but other than that it was great :) I thought the message was quite good, since I do enjoy sermons. Haha.

Headed for prayer meeting after church and I enjoyed it quite a lot. Praying together for something common and to someone we all worship is really wonderful =D I love it!

Played pool in church for a while after that and headed to TM to watch Happy Feet with Melissa, Ben, Cheryl, Evan, Desi, Duane, Glenn, Jon Ma, Samuel, Melvin, Edward, Steven, Moses and Matthias. It was an awesome show, though the retarded Glenn sitting next to me kept making nonsensy comments, tsk.

Wonderful show, makes you wanna get up on your feet and tapdance. Ha! Went to take neoprints after that. Siao, 14 people squashed in one machine, we kinda spoiled it a little then had to retake everything cos the machine went nuts. Haha but it was fun all the same. Nonsense.

Had dinner at Fish n Co and it was quite an interesting experience, the whole fishing crew came to sing/rap Happy Birthday, so it was rather amusing. HU! HA! =P

Got home and showered, bla bla. Really very tired now. Drained after talking to Deer Pigz for a looooooooooong time on the phone. He's leaving tomorrow anyway, so must make up for lost time! Haha.

God really works wonders. In my life, and in the lives of others. Was struck hard today when Ps Tim thanked God for the missionaries who first came to Asia. If not for them, we'd all still be in darkness. And now that we've attained this salvation, shouldn't we be sharing the Gospel with those who have never even heard of Jesus? Something to think about..

And I'm ecstatic about how the camp worked in the lives of others, either to bring them closer to God, or to even get them interested in God. Was really really encouraged by 2 stories today.

All Glory to God above :)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!11:52:00 pm

Saturday, December 02, 2006 :)

POST-ODYSSEY MADNESS

I'M HIGH I'M HIGH I'M HIGH AHHHHHH! And I'm currently missing so many people from the camp, namely my dear cute boy NICHOLAS! My new bimbo friend YINHONG! My super retarded himbo ZHI KAI! My very cheeky RUTH, XUE YING, JUE YING, ADELINE AND LYDIA! My "love rival" CHERYL! My deer pigz GLENN! And of course, my ultra bimbofied bimbo king BEN!

Anyway, lets start from the top! =)

Day One
Bla bla, Ben and I shoot a bimbo video, replica-ing a part from Bring it On - All or Nothing. Had Station Games which I hope was a bash! =) The groups seemed really energised and stuff, so I guess everyone had fun! Cheering and all that. Then I fell off my bike. Zzz... I was fine answering the many calls with one hand and controlling my bike with the other, so when Jon Ma called I did the same. Then he said Nic had an asthma attack so I tried to brake cos I was approaching a slope rather quickly. Stupid la actually, lost control of the bike. Big surprise there =P Anyway, got a really deep like, hole, in my arm. Blood gushed out like nobody's business. Thanks to dear Warren for being my medic! =D But anyway. The mass game was quite ok I guess, though they had to tahan the sun for quite a while, oops. haha.

Had Makan at the Crossroads that night. It was fun I must say, travelling around with the groups and all. I was with Judah initially, but I decided I needed to help as many groups as I could so I went over to Asher soon enough but led them to the wrong place -_- Zzz... it was fun, they were all really enthu and funny! The weirdest part was when 2/3 groups met la, poor comm members get pulled to pieces! But it was fun all the same :) All the retarded tasks. TSk! Slept at 4.45am that day after tallying all the scores. A big thank you to Ben and Desire-e who stayed up with me! =)

Day Two
Got up at 7.15am to go to school. Roy was such a darling and gave me a lift to school on his bike! AHHHHHH! I tell you, that compelled me to get out of bed =P You know, Sembawang to Pasir Ris is so far. So it was one hell of an awesome ride! xD And it's damn cool la, we overtook more than 100 cars on the fast lane by squeezing through. Shiok only! :) And I was quite touched cos he too was exhausted but he woke up early to give me a lift to school.

Anyway, I was zombified during choir. Thank goodness I was standing behind during sectionals, if not I think Tracy would've been diaoded. I was trying my best to keep awake ok... Left earlier to head to Kallang for dragonboating. Ended up I was there really early, so just stoned and enjoyed the "view". Didn't dragonboat but did lots of other nonsense. We did lots of praying too but that definitely wasn't nonsense la :)

Had CSI at night, was a little sad cos we had to skip the talk by Master OuCH. But the worship session really touched me and I was moved to tears la. Truly, and with all sincerity, God is the best. :) Nyway Cheryl spent more than an hour curling my hair, then we were doing make up and what not. Apparently we both acted so well that we actually scared them. Ok, I wasn't supposed to be scary la I was supposed to be depressed, but they thought I was psycho. But depression leads to psychoness right. Was pretty tired after acting depressed so I started slacking, oops. Anyway the groups were making me laugh so what can I say. Especially when Dan quoted LAMMIE. THE RUBBISH PERSON. HAHA. Had to keep my laughter in la. Tsk.

Day Three
Headed to Sentosa bright and early. for Missing in Sentosa! But I felt like crap on the van cos I needed the toilet so badly, as in, really really really badly. And I had to tahan for 20 minutes. It was excruciating ok.
Had to sit at the table for about 3 hours and my briefing for the groups took only about 3 minutes altogether. Diao. Haha. Read a book and kept dozing off la. Pai sei. But anyway. It was weird cos we had about 6976063150298 casualties that day =X But I guess it was cos everyone was pretty tired and immunity level was pretty low eh. But everyone had fun all the same :) Headed back to the campsite and had lunch and Proj Runway preparation etc.

And compulsory rest.

Omega Night. Everything boiled down to Omega Night, all the activites, all the planning. Omega is "last", btw. I really was nervous before we started, and I kept praying. But in the end, it all went smoothly and I think the youths really and truly worshipped :) The talk was hilarious la, Chee Hong cracked us up with his nonsense! Ah, I miss him too. hahaha. Anyway, had some testimony sharing and was quite encouraged by some of them, especially by Jon Ma's. Somehow. And I was encouraged that Melvin went up to share his testimony too :)

Then we had a prayer thing, an altar call. And it was just overwhelming as I thought of how Jesus gave his life for me although I'm not worth it. Like how my life will always be worth living because someone died for me. And how God gives us what we don't deserve, and doesn't give us what we deserve. And how I gave Him so little, so much less than what I can actually offer up to Him. How I leave my Bible reading to the end of the day when I'm all weary, how I sometimes fall asleep while praying. How I don't commit all to Him although I do try to, how I hold things in my own hands rather than hold His hands and let him take control. And I was just so overwhelmed by His grace and love.

I rededicated my life to Him. I really want Him to be in control, to be the leader and the guide. So while I was sobbing, me and the other comm members were told to go be with the other youths. I was moved by Lisen who was moved by the Holy Spirit. And he was just sobbing so badly, touched.

I guess the part that really made me cry tears of joy was when Ps LKY made the call for nonchristians who would like to give their lives to God. I turned and looked around, and saw about 3/4 of the newcomers standing. I was just so overcome with joy that I broke down again. It's amazing how God works, how He can use a simple camp like that to touch people. Really moving. Continued to worship God and praise His name :)

Soon enough it was time to jam. And everyone was so high cos we were all happy =D and I thought the stage was gonna collapse cos so many people were jumping! Everyone was just dancing and singing and jumping, a really awesome sight :) Since I was keyboarding cannot jump right, so go offstage after the jamming then jump. HA! I was so happy I just went hugging everyone la. Ok, I went hugging whoever was in close proximity. Haha. And everyone hugged me back, mainly because everyone was happy! =D

Had movie night, watched Narnia. I watched for a while then just slept on the table. Haha. Then played cards for a bit and turned in at around 4+am.

Day Four
Screened the "Touching Video" which captured some of the wonderful moments. Watched some nonsense videos including that of me and Ben. Lol. It was really funny and fun la. Took camp photos, re-enacted what really happened for CSI and heard some of the Camp Marshals say their parting words. Celebrated Ps LKY's birthday too :)

Anyway, got a photo with my dear WASSUP! boy. I'm really missing him a lot. Ahhhh and I just realised I can't pick him up next Saturday cos I won't even be in Singapore =X Cam whored a little before going out for lunch. Headed to Macs with quite a lot of them and Duane made us laugh like siao. Unintentionally. Des, Yinhong, Justin and I laughed till we cried. I haven't laughed so hard in so long ok, I tell you.

We were talking about the wound on my arm, when suddenly...

Duane: Do you eat your scap?
Everyone: -LOLs- (for half a minute)
Marianne: What is scap?
Everyone: -LOLs- (for another half a minute)
Yinhong: You eat your scap?
Duane: Last time la
Everyone: -LOLs- (for another half a minute)
Yinhong: For what???
Duane: I don't know leh got protein ma.
Everyone: -LOLs-
Duane: It tastes quite nice.

Oh gosh. Hahahahahahahahahahaha siao liao la. Siao liao. Hilarious! Anyway, Zhi Kai and I went to compliment this lady for having an awesome work attitude. We work it down on a feedback form la, hopefully they'll commend her :)

It's late, good night all :) I love you! -hugs-

Oh oh! It's 12.17am, it's Melissa's birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING! I shall send you a message now xP

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!10:58:00 pm