cheers to all the 21 years of kinship!
cheers to growing up!
cheers to all the dreams and pain, fears and gain, that made us stronger!
cheers to always staying together tho' we often irritate the hell out of each other!
cheers to being understanding and caring!
cheers to having a wonderful friend like you, cuz ur the best kind of friend!
cheers to the many, neverending friendship!
cheers to the blessings God has given you!
lub you, babe!

xoxo

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chuili's at barfly
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i defintely love personal time.

been thinking about what i remember about each year of my 22years. there must be something that mattered, something that i achieve/accomplish, something meaningful yet colourful.

And for this year, i remember the people who helped me through certain seasons of my life.

esta, who encouraged me to have a party and even volunteered to organise it. my 22nd birthday was one that i didn't look forward to, or rather it felt just like any other ordinary day like what eddie mentioned on his. but hey, it turned out alright, brandon, xiang and esta did the organising, the party-goers did the dressing up to the fruity theme, with joy and her pineapple earrings accompanied by strawberry ally, potato-ed evelyn.
all the fun people arrive with their unexpected goodies and presents really made my day. dav with his self-proclaimed self-made mango cocktail, kevin & leetheng's ahballing, peilee's make-face-beautiful-drink, jo & loo's brownies, zhi & elaine's waffles & ice cream, cia's chips, then we played games and took massive poloraid pictures by homeng & hohon's and the camwhores surfaced. It wasn't the games, but the best kind of friends like ina that made it all fun! =)
the things that you did, be it little as it seem to you, was completely amazing cause you melted me. thanks ya'all. - muacks!

p.s. esta, can i please have my card, already?

the second is, i've graduated!

the third is, i've been to my first mission trip - timor leste! to see photos, please tag me.

the fourth is, i've finally been to NYC! whoopeee! and to BKK with sel, eddie, kok!

waidaminnit, i reckon i missed out something, but i can't recall. oh wells. laters!



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was just loo's sidenote which reminded me. I was just this close to hitching a ride from the cars by the road. seriously, the walking bit from the office to the bus stop is tttttttttttttttthat far, plus, i dunno why my left calf muscles are aching so badly.

but i didn't.

i knocked sense into myself. a little exercise goes a long way, or i would want to think so.
(i just had a cornetto).

uh huh. i was playing at work and i lost just by a tweeny weeny bit.

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Let's Get the Party Started... yeah!

black eyed peas in the house!

the first half hour was click 5's performance, followed by black eyed peas!

it's was really really fun dancing to the tunes live, i mean it's fabulous. the pictures don't do justice to the excitement in the air as well as the 'let your hair down' attitude.

more to that in a while.

anyways, while we were trying to get away from the crowd for the after party. We decided to head to mac for our tummy refill, but we kinda lost our way. Can't blame us, right, since we havent been around that area for ages. A passerby who was trying to make their way to the train, told us Mac has closed down la! you should have seen our shocked faces as we looked at each other. it couldn't be what!

the moral: the blind leading the blind never works.

p.s. Mac is still open and standing 24/7.

G.L.A.M.O.R.O.U.S starts here.




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YAY YAY!

tomorrow is coming!

i'm going to the black eyed peas concert tomorrrow!

whoopeee!


updates about the past week.

jap test was fantastic la. at least i mange to complete it even though my brain was fused and my eyes were closing. haha. the only thing i couldn't write out was engineer. my gawddd. i didn't study that part la.

anyhoos, my week at work couldn't be better, there was the female's 50 gorgeous people event at vivo, then the many shoots that took place if 6-pac hunks coming in and out of the studio, tall lean female models if exa, i mange to finish up my assignments if many more coming in which i'm excited about. love the challenge.

went for the career fair at suntec yst, it's a flop, i'd tell ya. half of the hall was filled with financial/wealth management/insurance jobs, and the rest were the navy, air force, police, and retail store managers for tangs, mac, starbucks. the eye opener was the recruitment for cleaners at hotels. it defintely not my kind of career fair.

i've been reading you best life now by joel osteen. what can i say, i love it for its inspirational outlook with its never satisfied attitude believing that God wants to bless us with an abundant life. yeah. fanastic book.

another book to read is God came near by my favourite author, Max Lucado. It puts my perspective right where it should belong, to see things that i used to overlook and taken for granted.

another note, i havent been shopping at all, and since we were made to wait for 2 hours for our dear friends to arrive, i went shopping, and i was kinda impress by a certain salesperson at schu shop. i reckon maybe she was eager to close a sale, which makes it harder for me to shop proper. with everything i showed interest to, she took out a pair for me to try. so i was stuck at a corner of a shop, and i wasn't intending to buy any. Thinking that I shouldn't make her feel bad, i tried on the ones she took out which includes the ones she thought look nice on me. Try until the limit that if i didn't buy anything, she would stab me. So i bought a pair of shiny blue flats. And when i saw something else i like on the other side of the store, i didn't dare to try it on anymore. so the moral of it, (1) place different sizes of shoes on rack; (2)salesperson should balance btw being enthu about closing a sale while giving customers abit more space. attention is good, but too much of attention is bad. that's for me. what say you?

if there was a designer bag that i'll have my hands on, it would be the channel CC flag bag. haha.

alrighty! i'm off.

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ooops!

i can't be more prepared.

studying for it is quite strenous, that even two mugs of mocha puts me sleepy during the day.

but tomorrow's the day, defintely not my doom, but a big boom!

*jap test at 7.30pm - God's grace needed.

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i think i fell in love with...

Ginny Owens.

[If you want me to]
The pathway is broken
And The signs are unclear
And I don't know the reason why You brought me here
But just because You love me the way that You do
I'm gonna walk through the valley
If You want me to
Chorus:
Cause I'm not who I was
When I took my first step
And I'm clinging to the promise You're not through with me yet
so if all of these trials bring me closer to you
Then I will go through the fire
If You want me to

It may not be the way I would have chosen
When you lead me through a world that's not my home
But You never said it would be easy
You only said I'd never go alone

ya oh oh no

So When the whole world turns against me
And I'm all by myself
And I can't hear You answer my cries for help
I'll remember the suffering Your love put You through
And I will go through the valley
If You want me to

//wherever You lead, I'm coming with you! i'm not gonna be as ridiculous as the candle who doesn't wanna be lighted up when that's all it was made for, and that's all it's good for. i'm gonna shine for You.

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Here's a song by Ginny Owens - Call me beautiful.

i totally love it and i think you will too.

it speaks of how much my week has been, all my encouters and quotes and learning journeys, everything soul within.



***
I've been waiting
For a hero who's brave and strong-
Someone to love me,
Someone to tell me I belong,
So I pretend I'm satisfied,
And I stand watching on the sidelines,
Till You pull me into the light
And say, "It's Your turn now,
Welcome to your life!"

(Chorus)
And You call me beautiful,
And say You've loved me all along,
And You've always held the keys to unlock my soul
Oh You call me beautiful

There's a smile on my face,
And a brand new light in my eyes,
It's a new day,
And I've never felt so alive-
I feel as if I could conquer anything,
Oh thats what Your love has done for me,
And now all I want to be,
Is everything You want me to be-

(Chorus)
And You call me beautiful,
And say You've loved me all along,
And You've always held the keys
To unlock my soul, But I didn't know-
Now I can finally start to live,
Take those chances I have missed,
Things will be much different,
Now that I know
You call me beautiful

(Bridge)
The story is better than I could dream after all,
Now this is reality
To know You and to hear You call me beautiful
Call me beautiful-
Now I can finally start to live,
Take those chances I have missed,
Things will be much different,
Now that I know-
Now that I know
You call me beautiful
***

Thank you for loving me the way You do!

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do people with the same names behave similarly?

what caught me dumbfounded was that these two people, first names SAME; saves their folders under the exact same name, the same font, same no-spacing style, same all lowercase.
they dress the same way, grunge with boxers. they have the same heritage. half chingchong, half malay. the way they look at you in the eye, the same emotion felt.

the only difference, is one works its goal, the other get comfortable.

the question in my head.. do they have the same past, or did someone take the one less travelled?



anyway, the other part of my post is kinda personal.
i'm been too caught up with the surroundings that i find it hard to escape. moving back and forth two different countries for the past 2 years taught me many things. But the journey doesn't stop here, which is what i finally come to realise. It doesn't mean that I can get comfortable and just be satisfied at the way things are, neither does it mean that I should not be doing anything, but waiting. But settling in just makes it harder to leave, and harder to breathe.

I'm been telling myself, it's one step at a time. But the truth is, i'm taking a step smaller than i'm supposed to. so from today onwards, it's moving forward time, with the paintbrush of faith, the paintbrush of hope, and the paintbrush of expectancy.

i'm painting the canvas of my future. A glimpse of how it is gonna look like...
i'm gonna accomplish my dreams, receive more, give more, love more, enjoy life more, and expecting more and experiencing more of His blessings and favour.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Heb 11:1

i can't be more glad than to have a faithful and wonderful God in my life.

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alright, back to work on a monday.
monday's not blue when i'm greeted by celebrities each morning.
tuesday's not green when i get to go to the jumble sale.
wednesday's not red when the clients are co-operative.
thursday's not black esp when God's favour is on me.
friday's fantastic cuz the weekend is here.
saturday's relaxing by the beach.
sunday's amazing with encouragements.

so it's back to monday and i can't wait to be amazed by You.

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yay yay!

i'm extremely elated.

i saw thomas ong today.

the secret is outtt: when i was a child, i was his biggest fan!
i rush home from school just to catch his shows at 2.30pm, 5.30pm, 7pm and 9pm.

the photo wasn't exactly well taken la, but he's really good-looking.

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perth pin ups
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