glad clar. and dan (classmates) came on sunday, joining me for WWW (ignyte worship experience) - Worship Works Wonders. hope they received something from God, though we dint really share/talk about service after that.
was interesting, first time walk from TCC down to SingPost, and first time i sit bus so ganchiong. becoz sitting bus 135 with dan back home, then we both never sit this bus this direction before... from SingPost seemed to be heading correct direction, towards Serangoon, but it went into housing estates just before TCC, going a few small halve loops, turning different directions, scaring me a little.. like we take wrong bus.. haha. quite fun. oh well, clar cldnt even stay for lunch. so me and dan ate, and talked.. about.. school? classmates? after all, there's only 2 common topics we have.. and since the other is seldom heard from him, then this one lor. haha. XD
anyways, sunday was great and relaxed day, so much so that i DINT EVEN TOUCHED THE COMPUTER AT ALL!!!! hahaha. ate and chat over lunch wif dan till 2.45pm. after going round and round in circles, and changed buses twice, i finally reached home at 3.50pm; caught my family watching indiana jones (without me!!!), watched tat last halve; continue reading "The Negotiator" by Dee Henderson, went cycling to Lower Pierce Reservoir to watch sunset (of which my bro insisted i took photo of the sky every 1min as the sun set;went gran's house for dinner and watched tele there/chat with cousins joel,amos. left gran house at 9.45pm, cycled home, bathe. superb tired.. wanted to go online but changed mind.. ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...........................
haha.
P.S. liked what one of my church fren said. she asked how was the vietnam trip. i said it was very relaxing and enjoyable. then she answered, ya i can tell... your face looks so much more relaxed...
haha. dunno true or not. =D
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Tuesday, October 14
Sunday, September 14
Update of my life this week
This week, busy and interesting to say the least.
Sunday:
really thank God how things work out for the best. Indeed, i've really learnt and experience how "God's ways are greater than our ways". His plan was so perfect in reaching out to a long lost son of his, a brother of mine, and getting him immediately connected still amazes me.
Monday:
sianz. oh ya, got maths lecture test which i actually dint really prepare for it. and wasted 15mins on the very very 1st question, part (a) somemore, because somehow my mind keep telling me that 3 X 2 = 5!!! so whole of qn 1 skipped. thank God managed to discover my mistake the last 10min, and save me 6marks i think. And finally!!!! passed my maths test!!!!!!! =D thanks to God's grace and the whole of last week sep hols where all i did was maths, vectors, and more maths & vectors. XP
tuesday:
parent's wedding anniversary. mom got me to surprise my dad with family dinner at Pizza Hut, when i actually just supposed to have a one-to-one sharing over dinner session. haha. but the smart cop of my dad linked and figured all out as he fetched me fr school to dinner. Thank God for the great time of fellowship & great enjoyment of scrump-licious (scrumptious+delicious) dinner together as a family.
wednesday:
struggled with deciding whether to keep to my principle and way of learning - not to copy, but to learn; better facing up to the consequences of my action than to copy; to learn and understand if i'm to 'copy'/refer... VS ... copying blindly from teacher's outline to finish 10 essays (5 essay questions) and 5 case study questions, to get that stupid 5% free marks for Econs. i really struggled. and it's only after what a trusted adult friend of mine gave his opinion, that i decided to become a copy machine.
thursday:
afternoon lessons all canceled; lessons over at 12.30pm. last min plan: went down hougang to play 2hr badminton with bliss and nicholas (to make up for missing PE... XD ) and do econs over at bliss place. 3 copy machinese were birthed! poor right hand nearly died from playing a actually not-as-hectic 2hr badminton game with a heavy racket than i'm used to playing with + copying 5 case studies and 2 essays! haha. though had a great time of copying and fellowship at bliss place.
friday:
wrote something on my hand during 1st lecture (maths)... { 5hours sleep for 48 hours + 4 essays&5case studies in 24hours = NO LIFE! } *thanks to Econs...*
really thank God for the fellowship, sharing and praying + yummy dinner at Ajisen with a dear sister of mine. Thank You Lord! And sis, really appreciate taking the initiative to ask me to pray with you every friday. it feels great to share, as well as to pray with someone for people i loved so dearly, as well as to be encouraged by someone who's praying for ya.
saturday:
like i told zen about today... "today is very ahem.. academically-unproductive". haha. slept in till slightly past 12am, ate lunched and talked about vietnam trip with dad, did 1hr tuition hw, then took a *ahem* 5min nap (that became 1.5hrs long) and woke for dinner, then slack in front of tv, then lappie. yups. today, the very academically-unproductive day. BUT, it was very rest-productive, catching-up-with-pple-productive, and relax-productive!! XD
So, like what zen said, overall day not wasted (in every intangible thing, yes).
oh. and today is blogging-productive too.
Sunday:
really thank God how things work out for the best. Indeed, i've really learnt and experience how "God's ways are greater than our ways". His plan was so perfect in reaching out to a long lost son of his, a brother of mine, and getting him immediately connected still amazes me.
Monday:
sianz. oh ya, got maths lecture test which i actually dint really prepare for it. and wasted 15mins on the very very 1st question, part (a) somemore, because somehow my mind keep telling me that 3 X 2 = 5!!! so whole of qn 1 skipped. thank God managed to discover my mistake the last 10min, and save me 6marks i think. And finally!!!! passed my maths test!!!!!!! =D thanks to God's grace and the whole of last week sep hols where all i did was maths, vectors, and more maths & vectors. XP
tuesday:
parent's wedding anniversary. mom got me to surprise my dad with family dinner at Pizza Hut, when i actually just supposed to have a one-to-one sharing over dinner session. haha. but the smart cop of my dad linked and figured all out as he fetched me fr school to dinner. Thank God for the great time of fellowship & great enjoyment of scrump-licious (scrumptious+delicious) dinner together as a family.
wednesday:
struggled with deciding whether to keep to my principle and way of learning - not to copy, but to learn; better facing up to the consequences of my action than to copy; to learn and understand if i'm to 'copy'/refer... VS ... copying blindly from teacher's outline to finish 10 essays (5 essay questions) and 5 case study questions, to get that stupid 5% free marks for Econs. i really struggled. and it's only after what a trusted adult friend of mine gave his opinion, that i decided to become a copy machine.
thursday:
afternoon lessons all canceled; lessons over at 12.30pm. last min plan: went down hougang to play 2hr badminton with bliss and nicholas (to make up for missing PE... XD ) and do econs over at bliss place. 3 copy machinese were birthed! poor right hand nearly died from playing a actually not-as-hectic 2hr badminton game with a heavy racket than i'm used to playing with + copying 5 case studies and 2 essays! haha. though had a great time of copying and fellowship at bliss place.
friday:
wrote something on my hand during 1st lecture (maths)... { 5hours sleep for 48 hours + 4 essays&5case studies in 24hours = NO LIFE! } *thanks to Econs...*
really thank God for the fellowship, sharing and praying + yummy dinner at Ajisen with a dear sister of mine. Thank You Lord! And sis, really appreciate taking the initiative to ask me to pray with you every friday. it feels great to share, as well as to pray with someone for people i loved so dearly, as well as to be encouraged by someone who's praying for ya.
saturday:
like i told zen about today... "today is very ahem.. academically-unproductive". haha. slept in till slightly past 12am, ate lunched and talked about vietnam trip with dad, did 1hr tuition hw, then took a *ahem* 5min nap (that became 1.5hrs long) and woke for dinner, then slack in front of tv, then lappie. yups. today, the very academically-unproductive day. BUT, it was very rest-productive, catching-up-with-pple-productive, and relax-productive!! XD
So, like what zen said, overall day not wasted (in every intangible thing, yes).
oh. and today is blogging-productive too.
Sunday, August 31
钱不够用2 add-on: 《无怨无悔的爱》
晚餐之后，我指着桌上的剩菜，对主人客气的说：“您准备的太丰盛了，剩下这些，多可惜！”
岂知主人才六，七岁的小孩竟毫不考虑的大了腔：“不可惜，奶奶吃的！”
“我婆婆等下会出来吃！”女主人说。看见我十分惊讶，又解释：“她不喜欢一起吃，叫她吃好的，她还不高兴，只有剩下的，她才吃，而且吃得开心！”
现在我坐在桌前写这篇东西，想到今晚的画面，林不住流下泪来，我要在一次问：为什么？只因为老人家“自愿”，“高兴”，我们就任她咎由自取吗？
相信不少人读过我《爱吃鱼头》那篇文章。老人家临终时，几个朋友烧了她最爱吃的鱼头去。却听到老人瞒了十几年的秘密:
“鱼头虽然好吃，我也吃了半辈子，却从来没有真正爱吃过，只因为家里环境不好，丈夫孩子都爱吃鱼肉，只好装作爱吃鱼头。我这一辈子，只盼望能吃鱼身上的肉，哪曾真爱吃鱼头啊！”
这是千真万确的事。故事中的老人家有幸在临终时说出心里的话，问题是这世上有多少为家庭牺牲的父母，尊长，就在晚辈们一句“她自己喜欢”的漠视下，慢慢凋零了！
问题时，父母不能甘旨无缺，安享天年，这有难道不是子女的耻辱吗？
过去穷，我们没话讲！
今天富，我们该多么庆幸！？可是在我们庆幸的时候，是否该想想自己有没有真尽孝，抑或又是创造了一种假象！？
当我为老母夹菜，她总是拒绝，说不要吃，我就把筷子停在空中，直到夹不稳而要掉在桌上，她才不得不把碗伸过来。
问题时，她哪次不是高兴得吃完呢？
相反的，当菜做咸了，大家不能吃，她却抢着夹，我只好用筷子压住她的筷子，以强制的方式，不准她吃，因为血压高的人，最不能吃咸！
“瞧！有这样的儿子，不准老娘夹菜！”她对着一家人“高兴得”抱怨。
我认为，当我们小时候，长辈常用强制的方式对待我们，叫我们一定吃什么，有一定不准吃什么！他们这样做，是因为爱护我们！
而在他们老年，成为需要照顾的“老小孩儿”时，我们则要反过来模仿他们以前的做法。。。
用强力的爱！
这不是强迫，而是看穿老人家装出来的客气，坚持希望他们接受晚辈的孝敬！
如此，当有一天他们逝去，我们才可以减少许多遗憾！因为我们为天地创造了一种公平回馈，以及---
无怨，无悔的爱！
(篇章节自刘墉散文《无怨无悔的爱》)
came across this passage yesterday, whilst doing my tuition homework, coincidentally very very related to my 钱不够用2 'reflection'.
Seriously, how are we treating our elderly loved ones nowadays? do we realise their misery, their holdbacks, their love for us? do we realise the sacrifices they made and their true feelings inside? or do we assume that they are old, they are not so alert, they are not so sensitive, and thus we desensitise ourselves to such situations? how much do we really love them back? Remember, without them, there aint us. They sacrificed that we may survive...
岂知主人才六，七岁的小孩竟毫不考虑的大了腔：“不可惜，奶奶吃的！”
“我婆婆等下会出来吃！”女主人说。看见我十分惊讶，又解释：“她不喜欢一起吃，叫她吃好的，她还不高兴，只有剩下的，她才吃，而且吃得开心！”
现在我坐在桌前写这篇东西，想到今晚的画面，林不住流下泪来，我要在一次问：为什么？只因为老人家“自愿”，“高兴”，我们就任她咎由自取吗？
相信不少人读过我《爱吃鱼头》那篇文章。老人家临终时，几个朋友烧了她最爱吃的鱼头去。却听到老人瞒了十几年的秘密:
“鱼头虽然好吃，我也吃了半辈子，却从来没有真正爱吃过，只因为家里环境不好，丈夫孩子都爱吃鱼肉，只好装作爱吃鱼头。我这一辈子，只盼望能吃鱼身上的肉，哪曾真爱吃鱼头啊！”
这是千真万确的事。故事中的老人家有幸在临终时说出心里的话，问题是这世上有多少为家庭牺牲的父母，尊长，就在晚辈们一句“她自己喜欢”的漠视下，慢慢凋零了！
问题时，父母不能甘旨无缺，安享天年，这有难道不是子女的耻辱吗？
过去穷，我们没话讲！
今天富，我们该多么庆幸！？可是在我们庆幸的时候，是否该想想自己有没有真尽孝，抑或又是创造了一种假象！？
当我为老母夹菜，她总是拒绝，说不要吃，我就把筷子停在空中，直到夹不稳而要掉在桌上，她才不得不把碗伸过来。
问题时，她哪次不是高兴得吃完呢？
相反的，当菜做咸了，大家不能吃，她却抢着夹，我只好用筷子压住她的筷子，以强制的方式，不准她吃，因为血压高的人，最不能吃咸！
“瞧！有这样的儿子，不准老娘夹菜！”她对着一家人“高兴得”抱怨。
我认为，当我们小时候，长辈常用强制的方式对待我们，叫我们一定吃什么，有一定不准吃什么！他们这样做，是因为爱护我们！
而在他们老年，成为需要照顾的“老小孩儿”时，我们则要反过来模仿他们以前的做法。。。
用强力的爱！
这不是强迫，而是看穿老人家装出来的客气，坚持希望他们接受晚辈的孝敬！
如此，当有一天他们逝去，我们才可以减少许多遗憾！因为我们为天地创造了一种公平回馈，以及---
无怨，无悔的爱！
(篇章节自刘墉散文《无怨无悔的爱》)
came across this passage yesterday, whilst doing my tuition homework, coincidentally very very related to my 钱不够用2 'reflection'.
Seriously, how are we treating our elderly loved ones nowadays? do we realise their misery, their holdbacks, their love for us? do we realise the sacrifices they made and their true feelings inside? or do we assume that they are old, they are not so alert, they are not so sensitive, and thus we desensitise ourselves to such situations? how much do we really love them back? Remember, without them, there aint us. They sacrificed that we may survive...
Wednesday, May 28
Great Day!!!
it's been a great day today!!!! haha... seems opposite of that PPP day... everything went wrong that day, today everything went right! =D
it has been an eventful but successful day today. look at my schedule:
8am-9.30am ------ Physics Lecture
9.30am-10am ----- Travel
10am-11am ------- Badminton @ BishanSportsHall
11am-11.30am ---- Travel
11.30am-1.20pm -- Baking mom's bday cake+pack bag+lunch
1.20pm-2pm ------ Travel
2pm-3pn ---------- OSLE Magic Grp PracticeTime
3pm-530pm ------ Nap, practice magic
530pm-8pm ------ OSLE Magic Class Performance
8.15pm ----------- Birthday Dinner with family
9++pm ----------- Magic Show (by me of course) and cake cutting
Anyway, to make the day more eventful... here's some more things that happened, adding to the excitement:
*so tired last night, forgot to set alarm, woke up 45min later than targetted
*wasted 20min of badminton court waiting for my siblings to arrive, becoz there was a delay in buying cake ingredients becoz mom left home late
*while waiting for siblings, a mediacorp actress came by and asked me for directions to the badminton court
*played badminton beside 2 mediacorp actor/actress and their friends, though actually, that's no big deal, but yah, slightly interesting
*locked outside house becoz Charm went down market to buy banana becoz sis says tat she couldnt find very ripe banana to use for cake, and the one she bought wasnt ripe enough, so Charm went down to try her luck, which she got the banana successfully
*wanted to start, to realise that since sis couldnt find pecan nuts... she got CASHEW NUTS to substitute instead. sat down and wondered whether cashew nuts went well with cake, and Charm said that this kinda nuts need to be roasted?!
*i rushed downstairs to change the nuts to walnuts (which i know definitely goes well with cake. wonder why my sis dint take that in the first place though she saw it), and grab a tray of eggs (becoz the ones we have at home are small) and chocolate bits (which sis thought i said dun want becoz mom doesnt like too sweet... i said less, not none)
*in total, 3 TRIPS down to the market to get ingredients for cake
*becoz of me, OSLE grp practice time shifted from 1pm to 2pm start. in the end, i was the earliest (if they have started at 1pm, i would be the latest. what a contradiction!) and everyone finally all arrived at 2.30pm
*for my grp's magic performance, i'm the first narrator... and guess what? the trainer put my group first, which means in the performance, i'm first to speak. GASP! no wonder my nervousness suddenly shot up....
*didnt have time to prep and plan my magic performance for birthday gal
*mom dint know we baked/prepared birthday cake for her at home. she ate a slice of cheesecake during lunch, ate another slice of cheesecake during dinner @ Cafe Cartel, and bought 2 more slices of cake from there to bring home.
*made a mistake at one of my magic tricks, spoiling the magic a little
The Success:
*Had a GREAT badminton game with my sis and bro
*Managed to finish mixing and doing everything for the cake, except witnessing the baking process itself, and eat lunch as well
*The performance, though not perfect (could had been better), but was quite successful, most of the things went quite well
*GPP FINALLY APPROVED!!!!!
*Dinner @ Cafe Cartel with family was good. I think they had a good time of family fellowship (which quite long dint really have) before i arrived (later becoz of OSLE)
*Managed to think/plan for mom's birthday magic performance while travelling home
*Magic performance turned out quite well, despite one trick that dint went well, and mom enjoyed it
*THE CAKE WAS GREAT!!!! the 'decor' was soooooooo good, and the presentation was sooooooooo good, taste as well, that mom was tricked that we bought it from somewhere. and the taste... YUMMY! not bland, but not too sweet either (becoz mom dont have that much a sweet tooth).... not to say for the fact that we DID NOT try this recipe before, and made our own slight adjustments as we made the cake, and the last time we baked a cake was years ago, when i was in primary school, probably lower primary too... (i still remembered... it was a banana spongue cake...)
*OH! and also not to forget the last min idea that came to me as i was travelling from school to dinner@ J8 - an excuse to get my sis to go to kitchen so that she could get the cake/light the candles without mom suspecting. the excuse was that i needed a cup of water for my last trick, and it needs to be real real full, such that not even one drop can be put... blah blah.
It really was a great birthday celebration for her. One of the best i believe. I'm glad of that. becoz last year she was overseas on her birthday, in the end we dint celebrate. so this year i wanted it to be real special for her, such that it'll like sort of make up for last year's too.
I guess what she really enjoyed/cherished about today was...
1. family fellowship over scrumptious dinner @ Cafe Cartel (though it was her suggesstion)
2. special magic performance for her
3. very yummy special cake baked by her kids for her
4. the love and effort we put in baking the cake (though i had a tight schedule, i still baked. we went down 3 times to get ingredients...)
5. eating yummy cheesecakes... haha...
tHANK yOU GoD fOr eVERYthING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Without your favour, it'll probably be a disaster, and my day could have been a wreck, becoz there is so many loopholes, which the devil could lay his hands on, so many things that could hav easily go wrong and ruin the day.
tHANK yOU LoRD fOr mAkING eVERYthING sUCH a sUCCeSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it has been an eventful but successful day today. look at my schedule:
8am-9.30am ------ Physics Lecture
9.30am-10am ----- Travel
10am-11am ------- Badminton @ BishanSportsHall
11am-11.30am ---- Travel
11.30am-1.20pm -- Baking mom's bday cake+pack bag+lunch
1.20pm-2pm ------ Travel
2pm-3pn ---------- OSLE Magic Grp PracticeTime
3pm-530pm ------ Nap, practice magic
530pm-8pm ------ OSLE Magic Class Performance
8.15pm ----------- Birthday Dinner with family
9++pm ----------- Magic Show (by me of course) and cake cutting
Anyway, to make the day more eventful... here's some more things that happened, adding to the excitement:
*so tired last night, forgot to set alarm, woke up 45min later than targetted
*wasted 20min of badminton court waiting for my siblings to arrive, becoz there was a delay in buying cake ingredients becoz mom left home late
*while waiting for siblings, a mediacorp actress came by and asked me for directions to the badminton court
*played badminton beside 2 mediacorp actor/actress and their friends, though actually, that's no big deal, but yah, slightly interesting
*locked outside house becoz Charm went down market to buy banana becoz sis says tat she couldnt find very ripe banana to use for cake, and the one she bought wasnt ripe enough, so Charm went down to try her luck, which she got the banana successfully
*wanted to start, to realise that since sis couldnt find pecan nuts... she got CASHEW NUTS to substitute instead. sat down and wondered whether cashew nuts went well with cake, and Charm said that this kinda nuts need to be roasted?!
*i rushed downstairs to change the nuts to walnuts (which i know definitely goes well with cake. wonder why my sis dint take that in the first place though she saw it), and grab a tray of eggs (becoz the ones we have at home are small) and chocolate bits (which sis thought i said dun want becoz mom doesnt like too sweet... i said less, not none)
*in total, 3 TRIPS down to the market to get ingredients for cake
*becoz of me, OSLE grp practice time shifted from 1pm to 2pm start. in the end, i was the earliest (if they have started at 1pm, i would be the latest. what a contradiction!) and everyone finally all arrived at 2.30pm
*for my grp's magic performance, i'm the first narrator... and guess what? the trainer put my group first, which means in the performance, i'm first to speak. GASP! no wonder my nervousness suddenly shot up....
*didnt have time to prep and plan my magic performance for birthday gal
*mom dint know we baked/prepared birthday cake for her at home. she ate a slice of cheesecake during lunch, ate another slice of cheesecake during dinner @ Cafe Cartel, and bought 2 more slices of cake from there to bring home.
*made a mistake at one of my magic tricks, spoiling the magic a little
The Success:
*Had a GREAT badminton game with my sis and bro
*Managed to finish mixing and doing everything for the cake, except witnessing the baking process itself, and eat lunch as well
*The performance, though not perfect (could had been better), but was quite successful, most of the things went quite well
*GPP FINALLY APPROVED!!!!!
*Dinner @ Cafe Cartel with family was good. I think they had a good time of family fellowship (which quite long dint really have) before i arrived (later becoz of OSLE)
*Managed to think/plan for mom's birthday magic performance while travelling home
*Magic performance turned out quite well, despite one trick that dint went well, and mom enjoyed it
*THE CAKE WAS GREAT!!!! the 'decor' was soooooooo good, and the presentation was sooooooooo good, taste as well, that mom was tricked that we bought it from somewhere. and the taste... YUMMY! not bland, but not too sweet either (becoz mom dont have that much a sweet tooth).... not to say for the fact that we DID NOT try this recipe before, and made our own slight adjustments as we made the cake, and the last time we baked a cake was years ago, when i was in primary school, probably lower primary too... (i still remembered... it was a banana spongue cake...)
*OH! and also not to forget the last min idea that came to me as i was travelling from school to dinner@ J8 - an excuse to get my sis to go to kitchen so that she could get the cake/light the candles without mom suspecting. the excuse was that i needed a cup of water for my last trick, and it needs to be real real full, such that not even one drop can be put... blah blah.
It really was a great birthday celebration for her. One of the best i believe. I'm glad of that. becoz last year she was overseas on her birthday, in the end we dint celebrate. so this year i wanted it to be real special for her, such that it'll like sort of make up for last year's too.
I guess what she really enjoyed/cherished about today was...
1. family fellowship over scrumptious dinner @ Cafe Cartel (though it was her suggesstion)
2. special magic performance for her
3. very yummy special cake baked by her kids for her
4. the love and effort we put in baking the cake (though i had a tight schedule, i still baked. we went down 3 times to get ingredients...)
5. eating yummy cheesecakes... haha...
tHANK yOU GoD fOr eVERYthING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Without your favour, it'll probably be a disaster, and my day could have been a wreck, becoz there is so many loopholes, which the devil could lay his hands on, so many things that could hav easily go wrong and ruin the day.
tHANK yOU LoRD fOr mAkING eVERYthING sUCH a sUCCeSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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