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Thursday, November 5, 2009 Hiya guys! I sincerly apologise for not updating this space. I do still blog, just that i don't post it out cos some fragment of thoughts are just not meant for the general public.
It's already the third week of school and so far so good. Apart from the 4 out of 5 8am timetable, everything else seems pretty alright. What have i been doing lately? I had a pincic with Sharon and Van, Slumber at Sher's, Bry and Mark's bday Chalet, Halloween party in school and in church... Recent events pictures can be found on my Facebook! :D
Anyw, today is quite an awesome day cos we had One World Day in school. It's like this exhibition that showcases the different Asean countries and their rich cultural heritage. We sampled different food, learnt how to make korean paper doll and took photos in different ethnic costumes. After that, me and Sher went to this Hindu temple in Chinatown for our Understanding Cross Cultural Diversity project. It's an eye-opener to us and i would definitely appreciate the importance of religion harmony after seeing how different everyone is.
After that, we went to catch My Sister's keeper with the rest of the bimbs, Faris, Kel and big Shaun. I've never cried as hard in a cinema and this is so much sadder than Titanic or The notebook! I tried controlling my sobs but it's like so out of control cos it's really really sad. You should catch it to know what i mean! Even the guys teared!
I've always wondered if there is a book written about my life and if each day is like a chapter, today's title would be something like 'Discovering differences, Appreciating Today'. It seems like today's theme is exploring and expriencing different ethnicity, religion and background. It's a very wierd thing. Only can i fanthom how precious my homeland, my faith, and good health are to me after i've seen another side of the coin. I think people tend to take things for granted when we are in our comfort zone and everything seems like it's suppose to be that way. But can you imagine yourself to be born handicap/sick in another less fortunate country where there is no religion freedom? Shudders shudders.
And after watching My Sister's Keeper, i think death is not as scary. It's the letting go part that's painful. Does it occur to you that you're going to die one day, that you'll have a funeral in the future. What are your regrets if you're going to drop dead tomorrow? What will people say of you at your funeral? Will your friends turn up? Who's going to remember you? What will people's memory of you be?
But still, before that day comes, we should all live our life to the best of our abilities. There's this cliched saying: live life as if it's the last. What will you do if today is your last day on earth?
P.S: Don't crack your brain too much, it's just rhetorical questions that's not worth the funeral of your brain cells.
:D Good day peeps!
the RAINBOW CROSS OVER @ 5:31 AM.
Friday, October 9, 2009 "Single women often see themselves as sitting on the shelf
while life passes them by, or as sitting on the bench while
others play the game. They do not realize that they are
wasting the most important time of their lives, they are
robbing themselves of great joy and reward, they are
robbing their future husbands of a more virtuous woman,
and they are robbing God of a servant through whom He
desires to do great things."
The Godly Woman-Becoming Esther by Charo and Paul Washer
So true, so true. I chanced upon this old article in my email and the truthfulness of it never fail to struck me. Many too often i heard people lamenting at the sorrows of being single and fear of being left on the shelve. But then, instead of going around searching for 'potential targets' and 'gathering experience', why not learn to enjoy it? Singlehood is a good time where we can learn to serve and love those around us, build strong fellowship with people around, cultivate values like patience and learn to trust God for his provision.
Till the season, do not stir up nor awaken love untill it pleases.
Feel free to drop me a message if you want the whole 2pg article. I believe it's applicable to the guys too! :)
So true, so true. I chanced upon this old article in my email and the truthfulness of it never fail to struck me. Many too often i heard people lamenting at the sorrows of being single and fear of being left on the shelve. But then, instead of going around searching for 'potential targets' and 'gathering experience', why not learn to enjoy it? Singlehood is a good time where we can learn to serve and love those around us, build strong fellowship with people around, cultivate values like patience and learn to trust God for his provision.
Till the season, do not stir up nor awaken love untill it pleases.
Feel free to drop me a message if you want the whole 2pg article. I believe it's applicable to the guys too! :)
the RAINBOW CROSS OVER @ 7:32 AM. Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Some fragment of thoughts while travelling on the train. It's so amazing to just observe your fellow communters and wonder about the person they are, the life they live and the home they go back to everyday. You never know how the person sitting next to you might be connected in a way or another. I once heard this theory that a stranger is link to another by 7other intermediate friends. I don't think there's a fixed number of people on how people are link but the web of connection between people is simply fascinating. I have a very vivid imagination and one of my favourite pastime is to observe what people are wearing, alighting, doing and conjur up a story for them. This shrivelled-up looking granny wearing a sad frown is abandon by her kids and live a sad life alone, while collecting cardboard for a living and another chap at the next cabin is probably some rich boss, who made his fortune by selling organic vegetable but decided to take the train to do his part to fight carbon dioxide emission.
Life is like a masquerade party. Each a mask, a different disguise. Some the life of the party, some a passive onlooker. A mask to beautify, to hide, to pretend.
Beneath every adult lies a kid.
Beneath every bad guy lies a kind nature.
Beneath evert steel facade lies a soft heart.
Beneath every confident lies insecurity.
Amidst the crowd lies lonliness.
Beneath every strong front lies a yearning for protection.
Under the awkard shuffling lies a need to be accepted.
What's underneath your masquerade mask?
the RAINBOW CROSS OVER @ 7:18 AM. Friday, September 25, 2009 Woohooo. I just went through a mind throbbing 700++ comments on Sun's newest hit, Fancy Free on Youtube. As usual, there's the whole love-hate comments and i could almost hear the declaration of war cry between the antagonist and protagonist. The fiery darts flew back and forth, fresh red blood spured out and many more valiant soldiers join in the fight, determined to protect their conviction.
As a kah poh, how can i miss out the fun? I want to give my two cents worth too! Putting down whatever religious background/church background/singaporean blood, I like the music video, frankly. The whole theme of amusement park and the catchy music makes me wanna groove to it. But then things aren't that simple, it's not a matter of just liking the music if i put my Christian personna and Singaporean personna back on. People do look at things through their tainted lens. There's always this expectation of people to behave in a certain manner if they fall under a certain catergory. If people don't behave according to the way they ought to, our judgemental side takes over. *wag the finger, shake your head, do the lizard sound* But sometimes, i feel that people might be too quick to judge. What's on the surface and prevalent to our naked eye might not be the truth. Many times, we need to look at the whole situation, whole package to evaluate something. Moreover, people's definition of what is good or bad differs very much. Why impose your standards upon others?
In any case, i'm glad there's critism in Sun's work. If not, there would not be any improvement. Be it jealousy or real heart-felt opinions, i'm sure it'll be a good driving force for people to work even harder and at the same time 'humble' a person. As in, if all the comments you received were flowery, honeyed comments, you won't grow in an unrealistic world. I'm not Miss congenality, trying to promote world peace nor do I live in a fairy tale world surrounded by pony and live on cotton candy. Very much like you, i'm not perfect and very much ordinary. I fail many times! But I like failing, not because i'm a pyschopath but because i can learn something from my fall. Even though it might be painful, at least i learn not to repeat the same time again.
This is a pretty quote i found on the web.
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.
Elbert Hubbard
In any case, let's strive towards being a mature human beings who's able to balance and see different perspective of things. There's a reason why God created 2 ears and 1 mouth. Listen twice as much as you speak! :)
Have an awesome weekend love!
the RAINBOW CROSS OVER @ 9:03 AM. Thursday, September 24, 2009 September Blues.
Today is a very melancholic day. I felt so dejected for no apparent reason. But then again, i enjoyed such emo moments bcos it can spark the creative spirit inside of me to compose poems to express and reflect my feelings. Better than to wallow in self-pity right. Deep is my melancholic, i managed to write 2 poem! I shall post 1 today and another 1 some other day :)
This is written when i was snuggling under my blanket in a state of half-conscious and half-dreaming mode during my afternoon nap.
Entitled: Cover
Under the covers i hide.
The little sanctuary, my place of refuge.
Smell of fresh blankets
Oh so strangely familiar,
in a comforting manner.
Under the covers i let myself go,
A place where there's no need to force up the corners of your lips,
where mask can be unveiled
and tears can escape freely.
Under the covers i dive,
From the cruel reality,
into a fantom of imagination.
where i can be a pirate
cruising through the mystic carribean sea.
Under the covers i ponder,
untying the knots of life's many doubts
and solving the puzzle of sticky situations
Yet sometimes perpelxed by the complexity.
Under the covers,
I mummured a prayer
Offering up my worries to someone high above.
For every whisper made,
I know my daddy God hears.
Under the cover,
I snooze soundly
For i know under the cover,
I'm covered.
the RAINBOW CROSS OVER @ 7:46 AM. Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Hiya! I'm feeling so bored once again. Like totally so bored, very bored, extremly bored. I stayed home for 2 whole days! I'll feel better if i did anything productive, but a day went by with no climax. If my life is like a life support machine, it'll be one measuring a dead person's heartbeat.
Anyhoo, i got my results back for this sem! It's not exactly over-the-top-fantastic but i'm pleased i've made improvements. I got my first distinction in my poly life too! :) All glory be unto God!
I dunno what else i can blog about. I've been staring at this empty space for the past 20mins. And a picture paints a thousand words, and a action paints a thousand picture. Sho, i'll post two thousand words here to fill up the void.
This is BFF meet-up on thurs! Great food, great company, great fun :)
This is logis meeting/outing on saturday. Oh yes. I want to thank God for my promotion to log2! :)
And this is during Peggy's wedding on Monday. She look super radiant and it's a beautiful wedding :)
the RAINBOW CROSS OVER @ 7:07 AM. Monday, September 14, 2009 Thank God for the awesome beyond awesome week!
Beyond all the material blessings and new opportunities, it's the promises of God that i'm really thankful of. I'll gladly share if you wanna know. :)
A glimpse of my material blessings!
I'm so looking forward to what lies ahead. The latter shall be more glorious than the former! Indeed, God is a faithful giver and He'll never shortchange us. We serve the same God and if He can do it for me, He can do it for you too! :) 'Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.'
Eph3:20
the RAINBOW CROSS OVER @ 7:05 AM.