i was woken up by a call "private number" and hearing an angmoh's voice over the line, i was about to say 'wrong number' when he said, is this "Rachel on the line?"

"wassup?"

"this is jeremy on the line [jeremy who?] just to inform you your sailing cert is on the way to your mail." woot~

"YAY!" imagine a sleepy voice that rejoiced with a surge of sudden energy.

haha. it isn't at all so bad to be awaken by "ring ring" after all. heh.
anyway, i'm so sad that i can't go for planetshakers concert! rawrs. oh wells, looking on the bright side, is anyone willing to bless me with planetshakers - pick it up album?

glorious day.

{.Your love is extravagant.}





that's what i am.


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sermon yesterday was about how to finish well in life and in ministry. and i realize how important it is to sow good seeds. cause no matter good seeds or bad seeds, they still reap a harvest. And every single decision in life is like a seed, depends on how good or bad the decision made, will contribute to how life will end.

isn't it encouraging but yet so frightening. sometimes i wish God didn't give us freewill, then at least i know that what i do defintely pleases him and not bring him pain. But for the sake of love, He's given all He could give.

so today,
i will not procrastinate.
i will do my laundry. which i did and guess what? moosey accidentally jumped into the washing machine.
i will complete my asian biz voiceover ilec even tho it's extremely boring.
all is nothing butis a chore.
i will do it as unto the Lord.=)

discipline. discipline. He has given me a spirit of discipline! yes, i will use it.

my current earwaxx.
Jesus, Beautiful Saviour,
God of all Majesty,
The risen king,

Verse 2:
Lamb of God,
Holy and righteous,
Blessed redeemer,
Bright morning star

Pre Chorus:
All the heavens shout your praise,
All creation bow to worship you

Chorus:
How wonderful, how beautiful,
Name above every name, exalted high
How wonderful, how beautiful,
Jesus your name, name above every name, Jesus

Bridge:
I will sing forever, Jesus I love you, Jesus I love you



what a difference a day makes.

{.Your love is extravagant.}






happy 21st joycie joys!
to my all-time favourite neighbour. it's funny how we grew up together, became classmates in primary school, played netball together and won at 14, and spent the days chilling out at OI, and now we meet again at cats. it's been a journey, and it's good! beeeghugs babe! i knew you tot i forgot your birthday, but surprise surprise! enjoy the english tea cake, i know you'll love it.

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{.Your love is extravagant.}





what you see before you is a volkswagen striding along swan river. i love this peek! shot it at noon while on the way to city! love love love. my favourite car, with my favourite backdrop.

{.Your love is extravagant.}




The Runaway Boat.

i had an extremely weird dream that i couldn't wake up to the alarm clock. i remember everything so vaguely. i was either drown or not being able to breathe that someone had to do the mouth to mouth resucitation. Somewhere in the dream, i was given a compilation album which had pictures of pens on the cover. funny ay.

anyway, i completed my sailing course. i'm a certified sailor! woot~ oh, something funny happen today. my boat ran away. parked by the beach, i went towards my instructor, justin to speak to him. After he showed me some new stunts, he shouted over my boat went sailing on its own. Immediately, i ran into the water, but the boat was too far away already. Justin took flight in another sailboat and headed to chase my limegreen sailboat. haha. it was really funny. i mean, the boat literally went sailing on its own. it left without me!!!

After sailing, guess who i had lunch with. *grin*

oh! harbourtown's carpark is a killer! overshot by 5 mins and had to pay an extra $3. rawrs!

4hours - $5
5hours - $8

i paid at 4hours 5 mins. rawrs!

oh wells. i'm a happy me today! had my favourite kebab and finally bought my favourite dress and many more! YAY! =) i'm a happy girl!

i lurve french kitty!

anyway, big fonts or small fonts?

always trying to make love out of care
the perfect recipe
but something wasnt there...

we'll get to know ourselves again
and heal our hearts
its not that we're bad together
we're just better off apart...

always trying to have one and one make two
and even though it never worked
i still feel love for you.

found this on ting's blog, and i guess this sums everything up.

alright, toodles!

{.Your love is extravagant.}





the people


uh yes.. i did that. haha.


the decor..spiderwebs and pumpkins

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today's my lucky day!! i'm learning to count my blessings, you see.

YAY! hahaha. i woke up to an overwhelming joy and i started dancing in my room. then i realize it's finally the last day of school. going to school to hand in my final report and i'm freee.

well, it's been pretty weird these days that i've been waking up too early like six-ish in the morning, and i can't get back to sleep. oh wells, the early bird catches the worm right?

now, i'm blogging off dan's comp. blogger's down on my comp. weird.
i'm really glad i didn't lose my way, and i ate ice cream on this hot day!

it's a happy day today. i received a parcel from docep, just seeing the results of our market research proposal taking off, is so satisfying.

oh yah, i've turned down the job offer at WA mining industry, so yay, i'm going home for summer!

it's a sunshiny afternoon, so rejoice and take heart! =)

edited:
i'm home. got back my grades for asian biz assignment, got a D. YAY!
and got back marks for strategic marketing - super unfair grading la. rawrs! but it was not too bad, but i'm getting further from reaching my HD. i really hope i get grades to do honours.

then, i had affogato, which is my current fav. drink! it's ice cream w one shot of espresso. rocks!

then went med lib to study and saw many peepz there. YAY! it was a fruitful time, finally finish one dreading chapter.

and.. i got the 2006 Australian motor show magazine!! YAY! edag's kermit-green roadster rawks!

and eunice bought me chng ting and it's really yummy. YAY!

and there's the halloween party tonight! i'm not a big fan of halloween cause mum says it's like some devil celebration party. i'm just gonna put on my willy wonka hat and get some frozen fruit juice.

oh anyway, went on a car ride to cottlesloe yst, just enjoying the sea breeze and the sight of families walking by, both old and young speed walking, it just so relaxxing. the perfect place to study, yepp, i was studying. haha.



what a fantastic day! tomorrow's gonna be even better!

{.Your love is extravagant.}




was talking quite abit to a couple of friends, and touched on the topic of being sucked into the singapore working life.

it's no wonder that after returning back home to get started on the next phrase of life: working; you get all too busy.

Being caught up with aiming high and higher, striving to get rich and richer, buying big and bigger cars and houses.

One day, just looking back to the life i once lived in Australia. i hope i don't regret not getting a PR nor regret not working here.

Some, after returning back home, the acculturation of life suddenly grabs you by your throat, that you become so fearful if your turning into someone else.

While some others, are happily involved in their social life, getting all hooked up with their buddies and other half.

alright, just got off the phone, ahhh, i lost my train of thoughts.

wells, i guess its really important to have someone that keep you sane!

And to all hardworking Singaporeans, relaxx lah.

oh also, if everything so caged up with government policies that try to protect, it sorta shuts you out from living in freedom.

alright, heading back to work, when i get back my train of thoughts, i'll write back. heh.

{.Your love is extravagant.}




i need to rawr!
seriously, alvin is so not helping by requesting that everyone gets a textbook which is so not of use. The textbook = dictionary. It is only filled with definitions of marketing terms. gosh. i feel so urgh!

Now that i've reach the saturation point where i have nothing left to write, and there's still a few more pages to go. And my project group is so not helping. seriously, why are you studying when you only care about your career. More to the point is, why are you in my group when you don't do anything at all. i really miss ms reena ng and my marketing textbooks lying in singapore.

Actually, it would be easy if i had a hint on what i should write next, but i don't. my brain feels like it's gonna burst, and that al should have known better than to put his lectures at 8am on a cold day and just briefly go through the slides. Whatever he says is not in the textbook, and whatever he says is not on ilecture, and whatever he says in not in the slides, and whatever he says is coming out for exams. wonderful ay! *i need help*

and it's totally disgusting that he's gonna be my lecturer again next sem.

just see me faint. RAWRS!

rahh. off to yet another presentation.
nonetheless, it's still a b-e-a-u-tiful day just because He made it.


{.Your love is extravagant.}





edited:
sometimes it's so sunny like today, that i don't know if it's still spring or is it already summer. but when i think summer is here, it starts to get cold, rainy and thunderstorms come my way. so i think it's still spring. heh.

*ahem* supre. *ahem* that's where i went today! at belmont, finally bought all that mum wanted me to get. moreover, i bought 3 boxes of decadent! woot~
today's dinner was pretty good, except that the chicken oil spilled all over my overalls. shucks! i wish my maid was here. it's times like these that remind me life is still afterall a challenge.

hmmmm, i've been practising the stunt marcus taught me. i will master it, SOON! grin*

alright, to end off, i was playing with around with my willy wonka hat today.



{.Your love is extravagant.}




Yesternight, i attended FCC's prayer meeting. There indeed was a revival that stirred within me, of which i learnt more about Jabez prayer. And indeed the Lord will bless me and my household and enlarge my territory. So much for the plans He has prepared, is just right before me. isn't it just so amazing?

But why at times i can't see it, if only i would ask. isn't it just so simple that everything will be given if only you would ask. But it just takes so much courage, sometimes. Afraid that maybe it wasn't part of His great and mighty will for me, or afraid that maybe i'm just asking too much. But His love is extravagant, and He desires so much to bless me to bring Him greater honour and glory. our lives we live are meant for so much more.

I never really was a praying person, and yesterday was defintely the first i ever willingly attended. Sometimes i find it so hard to find the words to say, and sometimes to perserve to pray for someone or something is draining that i give up. But He never gave up on me, He's always there when I need Him, and so i can't give up, i cannot quit.

Even when things don't seem right, when all things fall apart around me, i cannot quit. Tricia once told me that healing takes place when you are true to God about your feelings. Feelings are deep in itself, so much that i really find the emotions deep within indescrible. I'm really thankful for having such a Maker that understands me inside out. isn't He just simply awesome?

was just strolling at mat bay earlier, the long walk taught me many, and only when my soul rests in quietness, i could feel His presence. It was a great moment just enjoying His presence, so intimate, so real.
I find the joy of relating to Him, so much so to bring Him greater joy for He indeed is an awesome God of wonders.

"Spread wide in the arms of Christ is the love that covers sin
No greater love have I ever known You considered me a friend
Capture my heart again"

-Casting Crown's Your love is extravagant.

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prayer

{.Your love is extravagant.}




i love, therefore, i hurt.

is there something i can learn from this, Lord?
i really don't wish to go through it again.
but if there is, i willingly accept Your Soverignty.

{.Your love is extravagant.}






consume my mind, and let me love you with all of my mind.
consume my heart, and let me love you with all of my heart.
consume my strength, and let me love you with all of my strength.
consume me, and let me love you with all that i am.

{.Your love is extravagant.}




Life
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realise it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is costly, care for it.
Life is wealth, keep it.
Life is love, enjoy it.
Life is mystery, know it.
Life is a promise, fulfills it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

- Mother Teresa

{.Your love is extravagant.}





after feeling so restless in the lab, struggling with my strategic marketing assignment. i drew this using paint. It is entitled "red sky in the morning". in the midst of everything, the sky is always blue, the birds are always soaring and the sun always shines, you notice?

oh anyway, after feeling so numb to the brim the past few days. i found a solution, i prayed yesterday and today again that He will show Himself to me, that i may be able to feel Him near.

As andrew's birthday was coming, i had to search for a suitable birthday gift, card and cake. All at once, as i sat down to think, cufflings and apple strudel came to my mind immediately. So today, at joy garden where nedlands cell with cheeks, simon, ian and vinny threw him a surprise party.

As i pass him his present, card and presented him the cake, he was surprised totally. Apparently not by the surprise party (cause of a mishap, heh) but because he wanted a pair of cufflings and he had always wanted a strudel cake.

I was like God, you are defintely at work in this. In the midst of being numb, He has always been there beside me, always.

i love You, totally.

photos of andrew's birthday party.

strudel cake.


yay. andrew's wish is finally fulfilled, he gets to stab the strudel. notice his beaming face?

andrew and his monkey act.


andrew's bubble thought: "don't i resemble that of the man or do you think i look much cooler?"

cheeky chan.


this photo looks kinda weird. haha. justin and daniel are like knights in shining armor, andrew, steffi and i look photoshopped. haha.

alrighty! here's to another piece of good news. cheers!

as you can tell from the photos of my asian biz presentation. it went pretty well. =) someone tole me that we were the group with the least questions asked, which was not very little la. we were bombarded with a total of 6-7 questions during Q&A. But we were the only group that were within time. YAY! The panel of judges were impressed with our presentation, and commented that it was indeed a high quality presentation. DOUBLE YAY!


my asian business presentation group!

it was nonetheless an expensive presentation, but all the money was well spent. i hope i get a HD for this. heh. =) A total motivation to do well for this difficult unit. alright, now presenting mr sharky. enjoy!

this is mr sharky, my mascot.




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fcuk dress. nice?

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it can't be that difficult.
how is that possible?
that i have to pick myself up again.

like humpty, after the great big fall,
all the king's men couldn't put humpty back together again.

i miss home.
maybe i miss you, maybe i don't.

Still, at the back of my head, i know.
Living with Your promise
Written on my heart.

i'm feeling sian staying at cats already. i feel like i need a change. so much as i wanna move out, there isn't much options left. but if ever i had a choice, i wanna stay in subiaco, with lavendars by my garden, owning a beetle by my porch. if only we were still together, the dream will be a reality.

oh wells.




help me look forward to tomorrow, the light at the end of the tunnel, come what may.
it's a cold cold day.

{.Your love is extravagant.}




whoa! guess who i saw today at meta that made me overly excited and a sudden surge of energy and happiness that flowed out. It was none other than dear dr arnold tan. woohoo! =) i can't be more glad to see him.


he made me smile.

don't you just wanna shout YAY!

oh anyway, i had south indian cuisine for dinns! it was fantastic.


yums!

sermon today was pretty cool even though it was entitled 'parenting'. mostly what i gathered was about was the attitude towards life. The answer to a rewarding long life ahead is simply to honour thy parents. Honour meaning to obey willingly.

Like simply listening when mum says never to run when the floor is wet. But we just don't heed the warning and end up hurting outselves with bruises on our butts.

i know saying it is easy, doing it is besides the point. Like how many times, my mum have to tell me to come home early, but it just feels so good to be out suppering till late ay. Parents helps us to avoid unneccessary trouble (like road blocks).

thinking though, i guess the most important is to be filial especially when my parents get too old to take care of themselves. And when that happens, i will thank God for the gift of the full cycle of life. =)

It's gonna be a busy week ahead. csr assignment due tmr and qantas hasn't replied me, i am defintely not taking qantas ever again. super inefficient, bad service! boo.

then there's the ongoing tute preparation, and WA fish & chips presentation on wednesday, asian business debate on thursday and strategic marketing group project due too. This is by far the worse group i ever encountered in my whole life of group projects. never underestimate the brains of an asian babe, it's overflowing with brain juice, as for the others.. i have nothing to say.

{.Your love is extravagant.}





a day in the life of a london based celebrity portrait photographer.

anyways, happy burfday sohhuangting, doll and gracey tan yecao! YAY! happy twentyone babes!

{.Your love is extravagant.}

{.Your love is extravagant.}




today's a rather cold day, raining heavily. Had 5 hours of straight lectures from 8am. It would be such a shiok weather to sleep in. But i decided to get disciplined and attended all lectures for the day. *pats back*. This little ducky, whom i see every day at winthrop, hasn't been around today, probably because of the weather.

exmas are coming, assignments are due, many presentations coming up and i still don't feel the urgency. i am so dead. i need to pull up my socks and get kickin'. 

{.Your love is extravagant.}




preparing for steffi's surprise party at king's park. ernest drove me to subi to get steffi's strawberry torte. After i picked up the cake, i walked back to the car, and apparently, this is what i saw.
the guru has left his keys in the car yet again. So while waiting for leon to bring down the spare keys. photos were taken. haha. to an even more eventful day, the carpark attendant had to come by asking for parking ticket.

i love this picture. haha. okay, i know i am narcissitic. alright. i adore me me.
are you thinking what i'm thinking?
well, if you are, you will know why i took this picture.. haha.

steffi's strawberry torte
surprise! check out her expression. pretty cool. heex. the plan worked! great!
that's a happy girl.

{.Your love is extravagant.}




hahaha. this is the after-effect of doing my m-commerce assignment for the past 3 hours. i end up playing with my mobile. so you can see how well my phone reacts in all effects. in sepia.
in colour.
in negative.
yet, no commerce is done. 

{.Your love is extravagant.}




i wanna stay in my blue box, and just dream away.
To dreamland with my prince charming. cheers.
i love the scene with the balloons.
it makes me float on cloud number nine.
i will find a guy who loves and cherishes me.
one whom i will truly honour and respect.

yesternight was spent at the perth royal show. the fireworks were fantastic. i love the ones that goes spiral and those that bloom like a megawatts flower in gold. Bought willy wonker's show bags.
i bought two willy wonka show bags. heex.

cool stuff! heh. pictures ahead will tell you more. Didn't really get to enjoy it all out cause gastric just suddenly came upon me. It hurt so bad that i wanted to cry. Until now, it's still hurting real bad, but it's much better than before.
fireworks at perth royal show.

{.Your love is extravagant.}




it started with a kiss.

if you havent watched it yet, it's time to catch it. there are two versions of it, the taiwanese and the japanese film. the show is somewhat like serendipity, where two lovers fall in love but were separated by circumstances. At the stage of marrying someone else, they realize that the only one for them was each other. Such simplicity always makes me feel so heart warming, i like jiang zhi shu in the film, but defintely not him in real life for he laughs too loudly, that it terrifies me. It's funny how the saying goes, 'nan ren bu huai, nu ren bu ai', meaning that girls like naughty guys.

personally, i prefer watching chinese shows to english shows. Even though i love the british accent, somehow, chinese shows still speaks louder. Mainly the culture and how i am able to relate to the 'keeping everything to yourself so that you don't have to worry others' attitude, and always thinking like the other person knows what you are thinking when you don't say anything at all. But in fact, not everything is said, hence confusion.

after watching 20 episodes of this film, i realize i needed someone to love, to adore, someone to miss and to wish for. The film also reminded me that love is all along waiting for me, i just have to open my eyes to see. But i couldn't think of anyone, or anything, except Him. He is love, all along He has been there even before I was born, why couldn't I see that all I was seeking for, even more perfect than jiang zhi shu or yan xing shu (whom i hope to see everyday), cuter and cooler, stronger, and defintely taller, dark, handsome and stylo, rich and smart and can provide me peace, warmth, makes me glad and happy, comforts me when i'm down, laugh at my jokes, and makes me feel secure whenever I'm with Him. Moreover, He loves me wholeheartedly, sincerely, everlastingly. what more can i ask for? He's perfect for me. but there's just one thing i wish very much, is to hug Him.




{.Your love is extravagant.}





on the ferry.. it's a refreshing morning. to check out more rottnest photos.. candycoatedwaterdrops.wordpress.com

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rottnest ferry..

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welcome to rottnest island

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this is where we stayed, geordie bay square. it's so much nicer and bigger than the tanah merah chalet. haha and cheaper too.

{.Your love is extravagant.}