Inspiring characters

I ponten church today.

Okay, actually I din. I just din go to my own church but went with Mum to Kim Tian Christian Church. Thank God cos she hasn't gone for a long time & this morning, she wanted to go on her own. :)

Was feeling abit drained but the msg was good. About how to make the difference in people's life & the abundance of life is not in how long you lived but how well u lived it.

And my, I tell you. the speaker certainly lives an abundant life. He was Rev Chiang Wei Sin & even though he looked close to 90, he was full of energy when he spoke!!!

Then Rev Lau To Chan, the founder of the church shared her life testimony. It was abit long but it was amazing. Rev Lau shared how, at the age of 17, she had lungs problems and was very close to death. At that time, she was still an unbeliever. Her relative who knew about her condition shared with her the truth & asked her to keep praying these lines.

"Dear God, I know you are all-powerful. Please heal me of my illness." (Gist of it)

So she prayed that everyday & insisted on going home after some time. Her mum thought she was crazy but the doc said her days were numbered, so say it might be good for her to spend her last days at home with the family.

Miracuously, she recovered! And upon follow-ups, the doc said there was wrong nothing with her lungs anymore. In fact the doctors told her, "God has healed you." Imagine that it was during the 1930s when medical science was still not so advanced. But, she still recovered!

Rev Lau's life was set to change. She placed her trust in God & went to Bible school but along the way, she always had to deal with health problems. She was constantly sick & on brink of death on so many occasions. Yet, she knew that God wanted her to plant churches. She travelled to many places, to US, European states (Despite the fact of she can't speak a word of English), Indonesia & Singapore to continue the work of planting churches.

I was just so amazed. I think if I were her, I would have just given up and rested at home. I mean, if I was constantly sick, I will probably think that it's not God's will for me to be travelling around so much. Maybe I will just serve happily in a local church.

Her life is indeed a testimony of how God works in the life of a person, despite of her weaknesses & flaws. That God can use you not because you are talented, able to but more because He wants to. My mum was amazed that even though she had so many health problems, she still managed to live till about 80+..though she looks rather weak now & need people to hold her as she walks.

Thank You Lord

I found this song somewhere in church today

Thank You Lord, for the trials that come my way
In that way, I can grow each day, as I let you lead
And I thank You Lord, for the patience that growing brings
in the process of growing, I can learn to care

But It goes again the way I am, to put my human nature down
And let the spirit take control of all I do
Cos when those trials come, my human nature shouts the thing to do
And God's soft prompting can be easily ignored.

Brought home the songsheet & started playing & singing this song after I came out of shower. It's not just the melody but rather the chorus that pricks my heart as I sang it. Been a long time since I last sang it. It was one of our favourites during our St. Nicks' days. I really think the song describes how I feel each time when I just let my human nature rule over whatever God says..

But yet, God will always lead me out of it.

I cannot take his soft prompting for granted anymore. :)

Someone emailed this to my friendster account

I'm still contemplating whether to email him. What'd you guys think?

By the way, he's 40.

Haha.

It's over?

surreal.

it's finally sinking in. That tomorrow, I wake up to no pressing deadlines. no mugging 2 be done. no staying up late trying 2 finish all the work & not falling asleep at the same time!

plus dealing with all the gossips, malicious rumours, backstabbing n lies.

well, i'm okay with the above actually cos' seriously. thats what life is about. Just don't let me hear what u have to say about me... That's all.

But anyway, I felt v weird today. Rushed down in cab cos was still printing notes for vincent this morning. Then first thing i walked in, i see this square-face guy waving at me. -_-'' b4 I even found my seat.

Then, realising tat I'd had A for coursework after the exam was terrible! cos if i had known earlier, i would have studied harder for law. But anyway, one hour later.

False alarm.

I got B Plus. which ain't that bad either.. if not for the fact that... ewdteurdy atdritpt wtarfjfejs dyftewiw fdyiryeiursjdfjffhftafdkgfg

You din understand what I wrote above? It's okay. cos it's not meant 2 be understood. Ha.

Ya, after many back & forth round of going sch --> opp school, we made our way down to NTU to submit ally's application. den we hung out sillyily at jurong pt 2 take photos.

the uncle behind was v. amused. he prob thought these kids r mad. like never come jp before.

we were v stoned when we reached s'goon gardens coffee bean. but was fun recalling how JB, me & Ally became close. But i'll never forget the day ALLY saved me by lending me her liquid paper. Haa..

Video EZ opposite the cafe was too tempting so we walked in. and i walked out borrowing 3 dvds!!! Ha, i think i've been so subtly influenced by mr d's lectures. I was really happy tat i cld borrow "Crash", "Adaptation" & "Water Boys"! Can't wait to watch all!

Watching DVDs make me happy. Now you know.

Anyway, I haven't decided wad i'm gonna do tmr. I bet you haven't either?

In any case, I thank God for bringing me through...

Countdown!

Just one more day. Then I can officially PLAY for one month! yay! (like real)

I think my blog viewership has dropped. (Judging from the less comments made. Or maybe more people r reading but less commentators?)

In other news, I am really quite pissed off by this.

But I'll leave the comments to myself.

-Wishing for just some world peace.

A blogger's thoughts

So many things are changing.

The lifestyles of Singaporeans, the choices we make in education, our careers, our interests. Basically everything.

As a Gen-Yer in Singapore, I've begun to notice the slight shift in the lifestyle & habits of Singaporeans. As I've shared with some friends before, many people are staying out later. Food joints are opened till wee hours & very soon, I believe public transport will extend their hours as well.

In terms of education, when you step into a polytechnic, they will try to tell you the advance standings that unis offer for their course instead of just emphasing the job prospects that u get. (It's true, many lecturers were telling me that as I walked around during JAE with my cousin & friend)

Every teenager I know has a mobile phone, MSN account & usually a digicam/mp3 player. Sometimes both. We go round looking like camera whores, putting our faces together 2 capture the moment of happiness in front of a camera phone/digi-cam.

Blur? Bad composition. Nevermind, delete & take again.

Even my mother has caught on the craze.

Of course, some are still denied of such priviledges. It's just tat it's rare that any teenager doesn't have a computer or internet access at home.

In the past, we will arrange appts & meet people on the dot. Say, Let's meet at 2pm at Heartland Mall Macs.

Now...
me: meet at heartland mall macs.
fren: okay, i'm leaving hse now. see who reach first
me: okay, whoever reach first finds seat.

See no timing & exact venue! If can't find.. just

fren: hey, where r u?
me: in macs, the extreme corner..
fren: oh!! I see you.. (hangs up)

oh yeah, then there's blogging. Our online journals where everyone is entitled to their own views as long as u dun get caught for defamation & sedition.

Oh man, defamation reminds me tat I've a law paper on Tues. Why am I still here talking rubbish & reflecting on the trends of the society?

Do I really think people do care about what I say?

7 days of non-blogging = one long entry

This is what happened in the last 48 hours of my school life in CMM.

after school on thus, i bumped into clyde on the bus. so we went 2 eat @tmall. on my way home, gt a call from darren who said tat the cam we loaned out gt prob!!! n our clips r not digitised yet!!! PANICS X 43883983!

quickly called as many cmmers as possible. thankfully alexis gt cam.. so chiong down 2 her hse at 10pm 2 get camera. n at that pt of time, i haven finished my script. law presentation slides n our STI still halfway thru. then chiong down to darren's hse. n guessed wad? the other cam din work as well!!!

How can that be? We kept trying n trying. we cld play the tape but there were just lines on the tape & it cldnt digitise... We just sat there & stoned for dunno how long. Thinking of the possible options we cld take. which weren't many.

Then suddenly it crossed my mind that we should pray. N we did spend some time to pray together. N you wouldn't believe this!!! The camera worked after that!!! We switched on Alexis' cam & there were still pink squares on the screen.. and after a while, the pink squares started disappearing!!! & everything worked! PRaise God indeed. To think we seek HIM last!! So ashamed of myself!!! And here's the happy me after the camera worked...

anyway fast forward to next day. law presentation was cool cos mr j had no questions for our grp. surprisingly, only my grp turned up in all-black blazers. we looked pretty cool i think. HA.

can't believe i actually worked with this menace for the past 4 months!!! Bullied me this entire sem by forcin me to listen to all his lame jokes, horrible singing, carrying heavy equipment, scripting all the BJ stuff, flooding my inbox with internet SMSes, drinking my orange juice & above all, bearing with ur constant teasing of me as an auntie! I had enough! And enough is probably an understatement!!!

Ha.. Well, then there's the T01 folks..sobz..


then fast forward to mission trip training tat was held after school. I was late again -_-'' training was abit tough so we cut short cos everyone was rather tired..

okay they dun look tired but they were lar..

then it was celebration of bdaes!! we looked crazy holding our candles!!

anyway, we had no matchsticks n lighter.. so go figure what's with this picture..haaa

well that pretty much sums up the 48 hours of 9 & 10 Feb.

till then, I will keep all the fond memories of school within my heart, for as long as I can.

I am already missing school. Sobz.

Random Random

For the past few days, words like

"Oh man... it's N-days to end of school."

"This is the last time I'm stepping into studios."

"Quickly do this before we leave TP."

"Carmen, this is the last time I'll be teaching you."

have been floating around the studios & from the mouths of the year3s. Yeah, it's the countdown to the end of the journey.

In other news, I think my room is quite messy. Like when compared to Roger's neat & nice room. Not when compared to Faith's (oops), Junbin's (oops), Cheok's (oops oops oops). Oh ya, Darren's room is quite neat also. 4 a guy. & it's red!

My CNY angbaos (with $$) are still on my table. My mum was commenting that I'm one of the weirdest kid around who doesn't open her angbao straight after coming home.

Then my dad shouted, "What kid! 23 liao!".

Then my mum remembered, "Oh ya, I married your dad when I was 24."

-_-"

I feel disoriented cos my mum removed this big shelf & I've stuffed everything inside another cupboard.

But anywayS, i really hope to redecorate my room after exams. It looks so plain & sad-looking. And like what Louis said, it's so functional! Which is so true...

Everyone, pls give me ideas on what to do with my room!!!

We Will Get There...

Left school on Fri feeling bitter & sore abt so many stuff.

But well, that's the way life is.

Thank God for friends who brought me out & cheered me up. Thanks to Aha's treat - the chicken chop was delicious. Yummy. Let's eat more after the exams! :D

And for St. Nicks' Teochew Gang's treat at Samar...the place where u can eat & lie down at same time. *winks. (Will post up photos some other day)

&...I'm a new fan of Royston Tan's films! I think I can watch his films over & over again... :D

I think food & films are therapeutic for me...

Man, it's gonna be another crazy week! 4 deadlines & 1 presentation!

Just hang on for the last part of the ride...Here we go!!!!

Thanks all!

Thanks to all well-wishers, esp to all cmmers who sang me happie bdae song outside mediabiz studios!!!

and for Aha's present! Loved it! Cun wait to watch it over & over again!!! n cut my own trailer :P

It was really surreal spending my 23rd bdae in the avid editing suites... really..

I wonder where I will be spending next year's?

Random Random Random

Hi everyone!!!!!

1. I can't believe I have lived 23 years of life on earth!!!!! Gee, how did it happen?

2. Congrats to TP on winning Project Pilot (Media Students) category! (Wanna know more abt it, check out next week's MediaBiz bulletins. Heh. :P)

3. Ms. Chee is retro. (Find out why next week as well)

4. I toooook 4 cabs today! (School --> Clarke Quay --> Sch --> Marine Parade --> Home. I regretted nt asking my father 2 be a taxi driver after he retired.

5. I wish to hide in the cupboards below Avid, wait for everyone 2 leave the studios, den crawl out of it & continue editing my Adtv SEQ...

6. I received so many bdae greetings from insurance agents, financers, KTVs. I now know who r my best friends. Ha..

7. I will spend my special day with 5 men in my life. They are Darren Wee, Cheok Xun Hao, Mohd Adib, Lim Kheng Guan & Pok Chye Heng.

I should feel happier than any other woman in the world. Hahahaha