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Sunday, January 31, 2010 :)

Oh dear, I wanted to blog about my past week but I've been so incredibly busy (although I thought I'd have lots more time to rest, apparently the whole week was booked again!) that I've kinda forgotten all things significant. Oops.

Oh, I'm here loading pics of the YSCC kids so I can take my final batch of photos tmr :) Haha.

So anyway, tmr's the last day of work. Now I'm actually looking forward to it because of my super exciting project ahhh I can't wait to start I don't wanna go to work tmr!!!!!! Anyway. I have lots of things I plan to do to enjoy my time for a while :) Hehe. But thus far, half the week is booked anyway -_- Zzz...

Tuesday = Official Hui Family Swimming Day!
Wednesday = Meet Uncle Terence at the OM Office to confirm South Africa stuff. Give Li Li tuition. Meet up with pri sch classmates/JC classmates.
Thursday = Swimming with the Sai Kangs + Chocobo at KA's.
Friday = CBSI.
Saturday = Piano lesson. Band Practice. Uncle Wei Leong's birthday thingy.

In between I'll somehow fit in piano homework, study for BTT, start on my exciting project, pack up my table/room (yes somehow it's still messy), and do some other more productive things like playing The Sims/Sim Theme Park. Oh oh no wonder I felt I was forgetting something... Prepare for worship team training.

Wa piang eh. No wonder I'm kinda happy not to work for now. Hehe.

May work at a childcare in Punggol near my house, or I may work at NTUC as a cashier and fulfil my lifetime ambition, or I may serve as a volunteer with OM Singapore. I don't feel like doing the latter as of yet... Mmm. Will see.

Oh oh, and Jeremiah (the prophet in the Bible) is so awesome. He's so amazing. I wanna be like him. Able to trust in God and be obedient even when he has doubts and when God doesn't seem to be fulfilling His promises. Amazing. So so amazing.

Ok good night :)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!11:14:00 pm

Thursday, January 28, 2010 :)

A pretty emo day today.

Although the week has been really exciting - so exciting that I haven't been on facebook for a week or so. But today I'm so emo that I don't feel like sleeping so here I am...

Anyway, I was expecting to work until March/April before I left for South Africa. Unfortunately, they've hired a new person who will be a permanent staff, so temporary staff a.k.a. me, is not needed anymore :'( so instead of 2 more months, I have 2 more days with the kids.

Quite shocked, and also quite sad. I'll miss them a lot :( Had to go to the toilet to :'( during the break. Zzz... Rather surprised that I did that but I really was very sad. Still am :(

In a way it's good though, I'll get to do what I still haven't done yet - Sim Theme Park, Sims 1 HAHAHA (and I heard Sims 3 is out!?!?!), Legend of the Seeker, other numerous movies that I have yet to watch, Learn Cooking, Make a photo album to bring to South Africa, Learn African. I'll have more time to study for BTT and do my piano hw too and catch up with people.

Was thinking of the photo album and I thought of something that made me more emo. Very very emo :( It does hurt to hurt someone you'd never meant to hurt. :(

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!11:42:00 pm

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 :)

Work was extremely tiring today! EXTREMELY tiring...

Firstly, I was so tired I would've slept at 10pm yesterday, but instead the urge to paint my nails was too bimbotically great, so I painted my nails. And it was not until 10.30pm that they half-dried -_- Ended up sleeping at 11pm zzz.

Anyway, it took a lot of energy to teach the kids today. I think that's what's most tiring, giving Spelling and Ting Xie to a bunch of kids who keep asking you to wait, or demand what's next. And on Wednesdays, the afternoon session starts later, which means the P1s and 2s leave at 1pm rather than 12pm. And the morning session ends earlier, which means that the P3s to 5s come in at 1pm, rather than 1.30pm. Which means I had no break to rest! horrid horrid.

And now, little boys are fighting with the little girls to hold my hands... Hahaha. And I have realised that the cutest kids are those who are not excessively clingy, who don't demand to hold your hand every second and get upset when other kids hold your hand first. But they're only 7 or 8, so I'm trying to love all of them with God's love, though I'm still far from it.

Yesterday, the whole Hui family headed down to Sengkang Swimming Complex for a swim :) THE SLIDES WERE FREAKING AWESOME! (they were so good that I almost wanted to use another word to replace freaking... but I will not.) They're not very high, but they're so FREAKING STEEP!!! I actually REALLY screamed because it was so awesome. Half the time my butt wasn't even touching the slide. Hehehe. Must bring the Kota Tinggi people there :)

And I did 10+ laps. Accomplishment!!... Hey, the last time I actually swam properly, like did laps, was a good 8 years ago okay. It felt awesome. Tuesday is the new FAMILY SWIMMING DAY! =D =D =D =D =D =D =D =D Ya if you wanna surprise me you can go visit me there at about 6pm weekly... hahahaha.

Ate at the new Kopitiam which was HUGE. And awesome. Really nice food. Spoilt for choice. Heh.

Started on my Written Submission for piano diploma. Accomplishment #2! =D 2 pages ok not bad right. hehehe.

Watching Ninja Warrior now. :) Great! 4E gathering tomorrow! =)

I need to start studying for driving? And I'm also gonna be helping Yao Qi give tuition to a P6 girl... Good. More income to pay off piano and driving lessons :) Yay!

And I realised, out of the one and a half weeks i've been working, I've only taken public transport directly home ONCE. Hahahaha. Either because I'm going out half the time to meet people, or my dad happens to be going home and picks me up... Wee! =)

And I wanna get more nail polish colours. Should go to the Face Shop. They let customers try! :)

Oh and I saw hair cologne... Looked and smelt awesome. But mummy didn't allow me to get it :( In case it spoilt my hair :(

Okok that was a lot of randoms. Hehe see you soon! =)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!7:53:00 pm

Monday, January 18, 2010 :)

Work was normal today, more or less... Yeah. Hehe.

Headed to City Hall to meet Justin. He was taking me to the Browhaus to get my eyebrows threaded... Slightly ironic, I know. Hehe. Anyway, I was early for the appointment (he was early too) so since he was hungry, we went to get buns. 5 for $2.80. Lol.

Eyebrow threading was interesting! Slightly painful, but not unbearable. My eyebrows are nice now! =D Quite thin actually, compared to before (DUH) but it's very very very very to infinity and beyond neat! Hehe. So quite happy :)

Bought deep fried mars bars to share, and a sushi too :) Then we headed to Seng Kang swimming complex or something... This is how the journey went.

MRT: City Hall -> Dhoby Ghaut
MRT: Dhoby Ghaut -> Seng Kang
LRT: Seng Kang -> Farmway (PS: this took VERY long because we didn't realise that one direction of the West Loop only started at 6.15pm. It was 5.50pm. So we wasted 15 minutes lol! Also, the stupid LRT was so smelly it smelt of shit (nono this is not swearing cos it's use in context okay, not even like fart, really like shit. I shall not elaborate on the wonderful aroma)

From the LRT, we saw that there were slides at the complex!! =D and there didn't look like there were many people swimming! Which means the pool is almost all to ourselves! =D

Went all the way there, to find that... the pool is closed on Mondays. And only Mondays. And today is Monday. Righttt...... Sian =(

So we went to eat at Compasspoint. Shopped at Action City for a good 20 minutes. Hehe and headed home :) Did some CBSI questions yay!

I really wanna go swimming (to exercise ok not splash water) but I need to do my piano work first and send it to miss chiu... so i guess not tomorrow =( And I just agreed to help Yao Qi tuition a P6 girl, which means I have less time.

I thought I'd have a lot of time to do what I want, but I realised... I don't. 4.30pm - 10.30pm is not a lot of time to eat, bathe, do QT, get ready to sleep, and relax in between all those necessities. :(

And while talking to Justin on the bus, I realised AGAIN that I don't really tell people when I'm upset, or tell people WHY I'm upset. I don't usually like to talk about such things. It makes me feel worse... I'd rather just cry and get it over and done with. Mmm...

Oh, and yesterday I was quite emo, one reason is cos it was Mama's death anniversary, so thinking of her made me miss her. And when M Lee shared about her grandma, it reminded me of the pain that Mama went through too. Gong gong died 12 years before did... She suffered 12 years alone without a companion. 1 year has passed so quickly and I'm just glad that she's with him now :) and with her Saviour too. I can't wait to see her and Gong gong one day, in Heaven :)

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

Sunday, January 17, 2010 :)

hello! :) Ok here I am to blog about what I'd wanted to blog about :)

1. The interaction between the P5s
So basically, the first time I saw the P5s interacting, I had the ultimate feeling of nostalgia. It's still the same man. Guys and girls fighting and insulting each other. Some sort of gender rivalry/fear. It's so funny. This guy was talking over one of the girls' tables and accidentally spat on it... So...

Girl: EEE!!!! AUNTY JEANETTE! AUNTY JEANETTE! ____ SPAT ON MY TABLE! HE DOWAN TO CLEAN!!!! EEEE!!!

Boy: -screams into her face- WHAT WHAT WHAT YOU NEVER SPIT MEH BLEH BLEH BLEH BLEH TOO BAD!!

hahaha. So cute. Ok not really funny, just very amusing.

2. The funny things kids say, which we used to say before
P1 boy: You stupid la!
P1 girl: You say people say yourself! You say people stupid you ownself stupid!
J2 grad: -giggle giggle-

3. Meeting with the GFs
Yao Qi has neck fats.... HAHAHA. Lazy to say more. Hehe. Go observe for yourself =)

4. CBSI
Very first CBSI lesson was great :) I really miss CBSI and I look forward to a new spiritual journey and digging out truths from the Bible :)

5. Soccer
Rachelle's church's soccer thingy was great! I scored the first goal of the match hehehehehehe it was sudden death -_- but anyway it was fun playing with the girls and taking photos :)

6. 5D/6E gathering
Absolutely fantastic! 25 people were there and it was so freaking nice just catching up with everyone. People've changed, guys' voices have cracked, girls' voices have cracked =X, but generally everybody looks much better. :) It was awesome. Chee Yang has a gorgeous house man. Song Yang and I had trouble finding the place... Hahaha. The address was 17 Peach Garden, Meyer Road. And there was a condo called "Peach Garden" so we thought that was it. Turns out his house was on a road called "Peach Garden" just next to the condo -_- hahaha. It was a lovely night anyway :)

7. Love?
I need to learn to find love from the ultimate source of love... Which is the one and only who has died for me :) anyway, I'm seriously thinking about missions after University. Somehow, that seems to be the only thing I see myself doing... Perhaps it's God's way of directing me. I'm not even really thinking about my future, and yet it seems so right. Medicine, then missions. I don't see how I can get into medicine though... Is nursing an alternative? Dentistry? Teaching? Lots of deliberation to do, lots of praying to do too.

Ironically, I talk about praying but hardly do it. Need to pray to pray more...

A new week is beginning, looking forward to work, yet also not looking forward to it... Hmmm. Oh well.

I want to swim.

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!8:55:00 pm

Things to blog about:

1. The interaction between the P5s.

2. The funny things kids say, which we used to say before.

3. Meeting with the GFs.

4. CBSI.

5. Soccer.

6. 6E gathering.

7. Celibacy.

Until then, goodnight :) I'm tired, and also slightly confused... Need to pray more. Trust more. Think less.

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:13:00 am

Saturday, January 16, 2010 :)

I was really excited to blog and now I'm so sian. So irritating. So irritated. So I shall not blog. But I just did. ARGH. I really was excited about writing about my day =( ARGH.

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!12:15:00 am

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 :)

I have come to realise that what adults/parents say to their children/the children under their care is crucial to the child's development as a person. I'm glad I wasn't born 50 years ago because the style of upbringing is so different, so violent, and so irritating! Not that now it's much better. People complain that kids behave badly, I'd blame the parents.

So I was having lunch yesterday with the P1s and 2s. An adorable little P1 girl was sitting next to me. Her name will be ALPG (short for adorable little P1 girl) for now.

ALPG: You know right, if you leave the food inside your mouth; this food, cooked already, inside your mouth and never chew, or you chew very slowly, it will all become worms!
NSCBG: -unconvinced face-
ALPG: Really! It will really become worms then it will go into your tummy then all the worms! -finger wriggling to show how worms wriggle- My mummy tell me one!
NSCBG: Ha ha ha, retarded woman just doesn't want you to take your own sweet time eating, dear innocent girl...

PS: NSCBG = not so cute big girl.

So we have parents in this day and age telling their little kids that their food will become worms. So irritating, I feel like knocking some sense into ALPG's mother. Seriously.

Like how my dad was once talking about this lady and her son (he met them at the lift landing). So in the lift, this is what happens...

Auntie: Ha! You want to be naughty somemore!? Wait this uncle catch you and take you to the police station!
My awesome dad: Har?! Excuse me? What did I do wrong?! @#)$*%&#!

Okay I'm just kidding about the expletives. :) But you get my point. Such parents are so irritating. Especially those that scold their kid for falling down/spilling a drink. Come on, even you make mistakes sometimes, forget scolding just cos they do something wrong on accident! Pfft.

Okay, anyway. I also get quite upset with parents who just make their kids do homework 24/7 - the kid gets upset cos he doesn't get to play at the age of 8 - student-care teachers scold him continually because he doesn't want to do his extra homework and blacklist him as a naughty, rebellious boy who "only wants to play", and when he really does do his work, he's scolded in front of the whole group of kids for "always being the slowest". Exasperating.

Who said that being a teacher is a waste of talent? I happen to strongly believe that a teacher/educator plays a crucial role in shaping a child's character and future. Even more so now after my very long 3 days of experience as one :) Hahaha.

Okay. Day 2 brought me 8 little girls holding my hands/arms (yes they had to resort to holding my arms cos I only have 2 hands). Day 3 brought me half of the P1s and 2s who wanted me to sit with them for lunch. Unfortunately, half of them had to be let down. Which was quite difficult for me as well because they really looked so defeated when I told them that I couldn't sit with them. Tsk. What nonsense right. Hahahaha.

Okay so I'm still enjoying my job, although today was only Wednesday and I was hoping that somehow it was already Friday because I was so tired.... Yes. Haha.

Yesterday evening was Chocobo Racing with Khye An, Dom, Alvin, Amos, Koong Jye and Wei Xiang. Yes, I was the only girl there, but somehow I did not feel out of place at all. I'm really thankful for this group of friends (especially KA, Dom and KJ) who always look out for me and make sure I'm home safely, and whom I can totally fit in with :) They are one of the two groups of guys that I can hang out with and not feel strange. The other group is the Kias from the current J2 batch, thanks to weekly Sunday lunches together :) haha.

I've signed up for driving!!!!!!! DRIVING!!!!!! =D =D =D =D YAY!!!!!! hahahaha so freaking exciting. Registration alone cost me $172.50... That's a good 4 days of work. I don't even dare to buy a $20 skirt from cotton on which I actually really like, because the reality is that it takes up half of a day's pay. That's disgusting. Gotta save up for driving and piano lessons... :)

I'm quite happy today. Oh, www.givesmehope.com is an awesome website. I cry reading the posts... hehe :) Take care :)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!8:09:00 pm

Monday, January 11, 2010 :)

1st Day at Work! :) :)

So exciting so exciting... Hehehe. Okay, so I was supposed to work from 8am to 1pm, with P1s and 2s. Ended up working till 3.3opm and helping up with the upper primary kids :) Which was quite fun too. And good la, more $$$ to pay off driving lessons and piano lessons :)

P1s and 2s were adorable. It's interesting to have 6 little girls fighting to hold your only 2 hands. It broke my heart to have to disappoint 4 of them -sigh-. They made do with pushing my butt. Yao Pi Gu de Jie Jie didn't fail to amuse them :) Haha. Very cute. And I also enjoyed eating the canteen food. I love Primary School Canteen food :) Hehe.

P3s to 5s were less adorable (understandably cos they're older and less coo-ey) and I found it a little more difficult to relate to them. But I was able to help them out with their school work, which was quite satisfying. Hehe.

So overall a great first day at work! :) Yay! Tmr's chocobo racing with the Sai Kangs after work :) double Yay! Miss them quite a lot. And chocobo racing!!!!!!! I hope I still find it as fun as I did 6 years ago.

And I realised something on Sunday while singing "Open the Eyes of my heart". At the line "I want to see You", I realised that the only way for me to "see God" or become closer to Him would be to seek Him faithfully and diligently. And for me to see Him "high and lifted up", I'd have to live a life that pleases Him and glorifies Him. Never really realised that before while singing that song.

Okay. That's all for this post. Hehe. Time to do QT and piano homework! :) Yippee yai yay!

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!5:17:00 pm

Saturday, January 09, 2010 :)

Hello! A quick update about the past 2 days. kekekekekekkekekakakakakka!

Met up with Kimmy and erm Justin was there too... In other words Kim dated Justin. And me. I was a lamppost. Kidding :) Went to watch The Vampire's Assistant. It was quite interesting, like seriously (pronounced see-rai-ers-lee) interesting. There wasn't really a climax, but I guess it's all leading up to the sequel, which I'm really excited about. Hehe. I'm definitely gonna watch it or I'd have wasted my $$$ and time watching the first show -_-

We were walking to the bus stop to take 7/77/106/111/174 (in the end we took 111) but while we were waiting at the bus stop POOP appears Christopher from TCPC alighting from a bus! Right in front of us! Hahaha surprise surprise he was meeting ______ hehehehehe zjhur zjhur zjhur zjhur! had a nice chat with him until our bus (111, in case you forgot) came. and then POOP appears Aunty Gladys on the bus HAHAHA.

Alighted at Traders Hotel for an awesome dinner. Seriously (pronounced see-ree-ers-lee) awesome. Lots of seafood (also known as cholesterol) and sashimi and pasta and GOOD STUFF =D i loved it. hehehe. (No wonder TKC had reason to call me "fatty" today)

Ok so TODAY. Went to KPC for a post-camp evaluation. :) It was quite fun. Ernest is so funny. No wonder he has a fan club. Which reminds me that I must post on his fan club page about how awesomeeeeeeeeeeee he is for treating all of us to lunch! =D hahahaha. I am SUCH a loyal fan :)

Meeting lasted from 11.30am to 3.30 pm HHAHAHA siao. Left at 3.15 pm to go for PIANO LESSON! Awesome. Hadn't been there in a freaking year++ man. haha. I now have the same hair style as Ms Chiu! =) Anyway, there was a guy still having his lesson when I got there so I listened. Inspired me to start playing the piano again. His playing was so nice. Really. He looked my age, but he had a beard. So I think that perhaps he is 73.

Met up with Muu, Rena, Fifi, TKC the evil twin, and Alvin for dinner. Walked to downtown east from Pasir Ris MRT, then we decided to eat at Tampines Mall. Where I'd taken the train to Pasir Ris from -_- Haha. So it was fun. Yay! :)

I'm gonna start work on Monday at a student care centre looking after P1s and 2s. SO EXCITING =D it's only a half-day job from 8am to 1pm but it's good enough for me. Gives me ample time to learn driving, work on my written submission for piano, learn African, study for my theory test, do a jigsaw, rent some movies, learn to cook, thread my eyebrows, pack my table, clear out my notes... Mmm. That's a lot hehehehehe.

Oh by the way, I cut my hair! =) The last time I had this hair style, I was in P2 :) I think I look quite cute. hehe :)

What, ho, what, ho, what, ho!11:12:00 pm

Wednesday, January 06, 2010 :)

Warning: A very very very very very long entry awaits you. Very very very veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy long. You have been warned.

Basically, my December has been so packed, and also so meaningful and amazing that I have to blog about it :)

So let’s begin :)

3rd to 6th December 2009 – Seri Alam

1. Kids there are amazing. They’re so easy to look after and to have fun with. Probably the simplicity of the lifestyle there makes the kids enjoy the simple games we had for them, unlike the spoilt brats in Singapore who only play on computers… My kids will only be allowed to play with toys and marbles…

2. I got to know a few people better, which I found quite amazing. Namely Becks (aka Rebecca/Becky Goh) and Annabelle. (Marilyn is not included because she is my godsister and I naturally know her well enough ahem ahem) It was really fun playing bridge and mafia with them and serving God together with all the kias too! :)

3. All the kids accepted Jesus into their lives! Hahaha… They’d get 100 points for enthusiasm, I must say. They are young and there’s only so much they understand, but I don’t doubt God’s work in their lives as their grow up :)

4. I’m quite amazed that God also gave me the energy and willingness to serve. It’s probably the first mission trip that I’ve gone for with the only intention of serving. The last trip was when I was in P6, and I went cos it was “fun”. It was an amazing experience :)

5. Got to know Dawn better on our shopping trip on the last day :) hehe she accompanied me shopping for prom shoes. She said my legs looked “va-va-voom” in those shoes. Nice :) hahaha it was really fun yay :)

Lastly… Came back to church to find Duane and Melvin on the pews downstairs. It was 7+pm and they’d just packed up stuff after the funfair. I was shocked, and pleasantly surprised :) and also very proud of them :) haha. All of us headed to the airport to have Deep Fried Buildings, Steamed Buses and Toasted Taxis with extra leather seats at the Xin Wang HK Café :) which was really fun too. Hehehehehehe.

9th to 11th December 2009 – Prom and Class Chalet

1. Major lesson learnt – There’s nothing amazing about prom, other than the fact that you get to dress up and look glamorous. The programme is… okay. The food is… okay. Ya. The only fun thing was taking photos -_- and looking glam. Or trying to look glam -_-

2. Taking a 13-seater cab immediately after prom with a whole bunch of classmates was more cool :) The cab was sleek man.

3. The main activity at chalet was… (no prizes for guessing) BRIDGE! And Wii was fun too :) At least we didn’t have to worry about homework. For once :) I love 08 S204. They made life in MJ FUN. Special thanks to my evil twin (who is definitely not reading this) for bringing the class together. I think we all agree it was TKC’s nonsense that bonded us as a class :) And to Nana, Rena, Muu, Er Hao, Lippy, Peh Hor, Shu Ying, Si Hoon, Sofiah, Alvin, Hizam, Zikri, thanks for being such awesome friends too :) I love you guys in mega amounts and I know we’ll continue to meet up even though we don’t see each other in school anymore :)

12th December 2009 – Jeff and Ashley’s Wedding! :) :) :)

Amazing. I love weddings :) That’s about all I can say. They had an amazing wedding and I’m glad I could help out by playing the keys :) Hope they’ll grow together in love and that they’ll continue serving God together :) :)

I have a feeling I’m missing some important dates here oh I think it’s all just camp meetings so…

16th to 19th December 2009 – Camp Mirage!

1. I’m still amazed that Lippy came for camp, and that he was so open and willing to listen and learn about Christianity and what we believe in :) Really encouraged and happy about it. And even happier that he got to know all the TCPC guys in our group and that they invited him to church :)

2. TCPC people are extremely friendly! :) My group = A.R.G.H EXCLAMATION MARK ARGH! Was awesome :) I got to know Rachall better (hurray!!! =D) and I’m really glad about that cos I’ve never really talked to her before. And got to spend more time with Annabelle too :) It was nice to serve alongside Kim, who was the group leader :) And again, The TCPC people are really nice. KCPC and TPC should have more events together weee :)

3. Learnt a significant amount during the workshops and it was really good. I managed to keep awake for the sermons too, and that’s great! Thank God man :) Discernment is SOOOOOOOOO important. So so so important.

4. I also realised that when I’m playing sports, I can get quite upset when people play unfairly or rudely… (lesson had a bigger impact here because it was carried forward from the chalet when I got quite pissed when one of the guys snatched the ball from me -__- so lame right.) That challenged me to really be more patient and just to have fun rather than be competitive… I must say I did try quite hard during Captain’s ball. LOL.

5. The most meaningful part of the camp, to me, was the Social Awareness Project. On the last day of camp, we went to the 1-room flats in Mac Phersons’ to give out food hampers. From packing the food to knocking on the doors to blessing people with the food, it was just so meaningful. I can hardly explain why, but I really loved doing that :)

21st to 23rd December 2009 – Kota Tinggi!

1. Extreme fun and relaxation after all that planning for Seri Alam and Camp Mirage :) Had an awesome time with the kias, and got to know Andrew, Jeff, Chris and Uncle Yao better. The others (Kimmy, Amandy, Desiree, Dawny, Sammy, Justy, Ronny, and Daddy) I know quite well already so just enjoyed time with them :)

2. An important lesson I learnt is that Yao Qi is deceptively holy. In other words he only has surface-level holiness and is actually a very mean person underneath! Okay kidding. Not that bad :)

3. Waterfall was very fun :) All the splashing of water and lying on rocks letting water gush over me was shiok. Choking on water and having water sucked into nostrils and sustaining bruises 4cm in diameter was not as fun, I must admit :) Watergun fight was fun too. Hahahaha the girls won YAY =D =D =D we’re awesome who said girls can’t fight huh huh huh who said girls are weak huh huh huh huh huh GIRLS WON OKAY!!!!!!!! WOOOOO!!!!!!!!

4. “Nostalgia night” was very fun :) And following that we had an edifying session of encouragement whereby each person would be encouraged and praised by everybody else. That was really nice, actually.
I wanted to cry when the others talked about Justin cos I was so glad that he was being appreciated, for once. People tend to take his love for granted. I exceptionally hate it when people who are oh-so-friendly in front of him call him weird or whatever, in front of me. Even if it’s like a casual remark I get quite upset about it and I wish I could slappayourface of that whoever but obviously I don’t.

But anyway that’s not the point! It felt nice when people praised me too. Haha :) Duh right. Who doesn’t like to be praised… =X I also do not like how I get emotional when I share my feelings about ANYTHING. So irritating. My voice gets all quaky and my throat tightens and all that crap and tears well up in my eyes for what I also donno so for like Justin and Dad I didn’t say much if not I’d be engulfed in tears/everybody would drown in Manhattan Fish Market -_-

SO BASICALLY KOTA TINGGI WAS AWESOME YAY =D =D =D =D =D

25th December 2009 – Christmas! :)

Put in a lot of time with the presents/wrapping and cards, but I did still remember that it was Jesus’ birthday :) I really enjoyed the service. The carols and songs were so meaningful, and the Music Ministry by the choir was actually really impressive and encouraging. It’s so amazing, so so amazing that Jesus would come down to earth from Heaven, leaving His throne and coming down to a corrupt, sinful, horrible world because He loves us, just so we would know that there is hope in a forlorn world. I think that’s the most significant thing I realised this Christmas. Jesus is so so amazing :) And I’m so thankful that although sometimes I have my doubts about God and His existence (Christianity is not very logical, that’s why it’s not a “religion”, it’s all about faith), ultimately HE still proves to me that He is God and that He does exist. :)

I’ve also realised that all I wanna receive during Christmas (if people do give presents) are just cards written/made or whatever from the heart. I think my love language is words… =)

27th to 30th December 2009 – OM Singapore Retreat in Bangkok

This effectively means shopping non-stop from morning to night. :) Got to know Jia Min, a girl who was previously on the Doulos for almost 5 years! It was very nice getting to know her :) She’s fun. Hehe. And also Jolene and Belva, the 2 little girls (belva’s not so little) but they were so chatty and giggly it was sooo fun :) Massages were awesome too.

On the last night I was massaged by a transvestite. It was quite interesting. Foot massage, btw. The guy was such a sweet… girl. He should’ve just remained a guy la. Seriously. With the right girl they’d be an awesome couple cos he’s like the very gentle, doting kind. Anyway.

It was fun :) Justin shopped like nobody’s business. Gross man. He shopped with a vengeance man, for not having shopped for 21 years of his short life. Hahaha it was amusing. I bought a quarter of the amount he bought :)

3rd to 6th January 2010

I just came back from another trip with my family and my godma, and it was awesome. My godma sponsored us, btw :) Super generous of her. Steam baths, LOTS OF FOOD (interval between meals on average 4 hours), slides, Jacuzzis, mini golf, movies, massage, FISH SPA!!!!! (so super funny and ticklish awesome my legs were like rejuvenated or something and it was so super cheap), casino (gasp gasp gasp gasp don’t worry I watched rather than played; it looked so super cool I was so tempted to play blackjack cos it looked so fun until I realised the minimum bet was S$25 siao liao I can buy like 12 bowls of Fei Fei Wanton mee Chilli/Ketchup small one siao liao siao liao) so it was awesome. Thank God for my godma, like seriously :)

Okay so that’s all for the awesome holiday :)

Also, some of you may know by now that I’ll be headed to South Africa for some missions. Basically there’ll be a training programme there from September to January, and I’ll be going for that :) I’ll head there hopefully in May, before the programme, to help out with OM SA or any other ministry that I can help out with. After Jan, I’ll hopefully stay until March and work with AIDSlink. I really hope I can, I’ve wanted to since I was 14 and I found out about the children in South Africa who suffer from AIDS at Teenstreet. My heart was so moved. I was so moved, I cannot explain why, but I want to go there. So I’ll be taking a gap year and start Uni in 2011 :) Yup! Exciting :)

Okay till next time, take care and love God! :)

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