sarah.

2012-01-30T14:01:00.003+08:00

I would love to travel around and take pretty photos, and just worship, bake, draw and read for the rest of my life. (+ time with close friends, of course) Lovely thought in the midst of staying home, sick, and still doing work in spite of that. On the other hand, I highly doubt that's my purpose in life, so it would probably still be good, but only for a little while.

2012-01-29T22:07:00.001+08:00

Cell bonding was good! Thank God.Don't wanna burn out.

tumblers!

2012-01-22T22:31:00.002+08:00

For WX, Vicky and the little sis respectively :)Happy birthday to my twinny + Clara!

None but you

2012-01-19T21:24:00.003+08:00

May I have more love for God and more love for His people.I more than certainly need it so that I can continue to move forward. I won't say that I've been trudging through the beginning of 2012, but it hasn't been easy anyhow, and I can only expect it to get even busier and more stressful. But as I give, God gives to me, and what He gives is so many times more than what I can give. But I can say

2012-01-10T21:58:00.000+08:00

Well, not much that I have to say about school, because it has always been the same old. Only each year, it gets harder. And this year- the toughest of all in these 12 years of education, but we will survive! And after that, I will go ahead and study at University only because everyone says that you should and you must for practical reasons. And then I will go and become a kindergarten teacher,

2012-01-08T21:31:00.002+08:00

His Love

2012-01-08T18:01:00.004+08:00

Well, so there's school tomorrow. I have a Lit essay to do, but I am procrastinating because I don't feel like doing it. I have forgotten so many things about my books, ahhh. Looking forward to seeing my class again, though, and I'm excited at the prospect of air-conditioned classrooms :) We led cell for the first time yesterday, and I think it turned out fine, thank God. This year I really have

My pledge

2012-01-03T15:54:00.002+08:00

In 2012, I will be like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever I do will prosper. I will do everything with all my heart, and I will let God be my shepherd. I will find my rest in God alone. I will let God's love overflow out of me. I will hold on tightly to my faith, love, hope, joy, peace, salvation and I will not want. I

2012

2012-01-02T13:25:00.004+08:00

(Strictly Pancakes w Jiayi on the 29th for her bday!)I'm baking these again today! Finally, after such a long time of inactivity in the kitchen. They turned out chewy and crisp at the same time. I'm so happy :)-And we have entered into 2012. Expecting another year of God's goodness and grace :)No long New Years' post this year, because I already did that for Christmas, and all I really have to

Christmas

2011-12-23T21:49:00.006+08:00

I was just thinking- I've gone so far in 2011.There were quite a few firsts this year. My first time playing on the main worship team, my first time writing so many essays in a year (thanks to HELM), my first time on a mission trip, my first time completing Purpose Driven Life, my first time baking a layered cake, my first time dancing modern, my first time treasure hunting..And this year I

Thankful

2011-12-17T22:33:00.002+08:00

Thankful for mission trip, thankful that God showed up, thankful for the beautiful children there, thankful for my cell, thankful for bonding, thankful for the hazy sky as we kayaked today, thankful for church, and thankful that God loves me.

What is love?

2011-12-07T20:37:00.004+08:00

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.” - Bobby, age 7I read that and I was amazed at how a 7-year-old managed to capture so nicely what so many people cannot (or will not) understand.Anyway, our team's flying off to Timor tomorrow, I don't really know what is in store for us, but I do know that I'm going to make the best out of it :)One thing's

2011-12-06T17:01:00.002+08:00

Back from youth camp, which was amazing :) Off to Timor in 2 days' time, I can't wait!

Jazz hands

2011-11-28T22:18:00.002+08:00

Jazz lesson today was fun, but I am so terrible at it. I am determined to dance it and dance it well hahaha. Dance camp for two more days! Gotta wake up early tomorrow :X

I'll stand with arms high and heart abandoned

2011-11-25T00:53:00.003+08:00

It's not often I get a night like this- quiet, peaceful. I'm listening to The Stand (above) now and it's incredibly worshipful. Time to read my Bible and pray, and then go to sleep. It's an entire day of dance tomorrow; I have a feeling I'm going to be aching from today's prac, but it's okay. I love my God :)I'll stand with arms high and heart abandoned in awe of the One who gave it all. I'll

Right here waiting

2011-11-23T21:22:00.004+08:00

Above, another musical inspiration :)I'm back from watching Richard III, and it was good to see it played on theatre, as opposed to reading the whole thing on our photocopied-binded-copies of the play. It was long, yes, and there were many moments where I could scarcely catch what the actors were saying (maybe because I wasn't listening hard enough). But I liked the interpretation, and I liked

2011-11-21T22:59:00.004+08:00

So today was swimming @ Annabelle's (picture above is from the previous time PW group swam and.. I didn't, so I drew :), some music in between, and then lunch, table-tennis (I can't play to save my life) and dinner. It was yummy and extremely filling. As with all meals @ her place. Hahaha.December is such a busy month. No wait. It's going to be busy starting this Wednesday. I don't like having my

All I want for Christmas-

2011-11-17T23:52:00.004+08:00

I am even more excited for the trip to East Timor after today's meeting!I can't wait to experience and interact, to be impacted and make an impact :)Bought new QT material today tht will last me till the end of the year! I finished Purpose Driven Life (I highly recommend, btw) and I think I will attempt the One Year Bible next year. It's so intimidating, really, even after so many years of

My list of inspirations

2011-11-12T23:03:00.005+08:00

For colour and art and boundless creativity- Color Me KatieFor music and God-given voices- Jayesslee (Y), Boyce AvenueFor keyboard- all the other keyboardists in church (I have so much to learn!)For all other instruments, esp the guitar- BARNY! :)For food- What Katie Ate, Smitten KitchenFor baking!- Joy the BakerFor beautiful writing- Love, JennaFor life in general and interesting articles- A Cup

PW celebration + birthday surprise!

2011-11-10T09:13:00.006+08:00

PW OP; celebration w PW grpmates; In Time @ Cine (good show btw); sushi buffet; secret surprise preparation (cake baking the day before w Mich and Rach); birthday surprise!; cakecakecake; shopping around in town and dragging Jereld along HAHA. Should have captured the expression on his face.So, this is it. PW is over! (Except for GPF filing, but still.)So proud of my grp :)More pics on fb!

You are increasing as I fade away

2011-11-08T22:44:00.004+08:00

Haven't sung this song in church in a long time, but it's a great song with great lyrics. It's on replay now :)The worst of me succeeded by the best of You.Meow. I need to spend more time with God. I think that's why I've been feeling a lil bit out of sorts lately- because I know I haven't been as connected to God as I should be. I've been so consumed with PW (okay, most of the time just hanging

Just a thanksgiving list

2011-11-07T23:22:00.002+08:00

1. My PW group2. Christmas is coming, the best season of all3. The opportunity to go for mission trip4. Good friends :)5. Jayesslee6. God, who has been so faithfulIn a thoughtful/pensive mood now.I feel like I could be so much more if I just let God take over completely, wholly. And I do want that, but sometimes I also want other things, and it's difficult to accept that I have to surrender all

Fixin' my eyes on You

2011-10-30T22:18:00.007+08:00

(Okay this post is quite boring, it's mainly just for myself. I was going to upload photos of my lovely PW group and CC worship bonding, but.. just go check out my FB photos. I'm a lazy pig. Hahaha.)I am going to surrender 2012 to God. It seems a bit early, yes, but November's arriving in a few days, and preparation for the new year has already started, together with all the plans which come with

holding my head up

2011-10-20T22:43:00.003+08:00

1) I'm so thankful for my results. I know it isn't my effort alone, because I am really astounded. & I'm so glad 5C13 is promoting together :)2) Went for contemp jazz open class today! It felt so good dancing again. I am inspired to learn more contemp routines (even if it is from SYTYCD videos).3) One day, when I have enough courage and self-confidence, I will go and learn hiphop. HAHA.4) Going

2011-10-19T23:52:00.002+08:00

Thankful for my wonderful, hardworking, super duper efficient grpmates :)

Indescribable

2011-10-15T11:04:00.004+08:00

It's the little things in life, really. Waking up @ 9am and listening to Jayesslee (while doing PW, but tht's not the point); putting a smile on a stranger's face, watching as God uses young people to prophesy and speak into other people's lives, faith growing so much that you can almost see it; being around good friends; text convos which make me smile; church later! ; being on worship duty with

2011-10-12T23:31:00.002+08:00

Pancakes for dinner + Real Steel with dear churchies ytd (the movie is the best one I've watched in a while btw, I wanna watch it a second time), and dinner with the dancers today!I can't wait for mission trip. Today I took out my travel declaration form and wrote East Timor in the blank. It is going to be great :)

2011-10-10T23:13:00.004+08:00

God's presence was electrifying during worship on Sunday, esp during second service. The singers were jumping, the electric guitarist was dancing, the bassist was grooving, the drummer was at the edge of his seat, the hair on my skin was standing. It was amazing.

2011-10-07T16:18:00.000+08:00

Thank you God :)For the good and the bad.

For my best friend

2011-10-06T23:25:00.003+08:00

Happy birthday, Ily :)

1 Corinthians 13

2011-10-02T20:51:00.002+08:00

Some people have a favourite verse in the bible- but I have a favourite chapter.1 Corinthians 13 manages to say so much in 13 verses. This is God's brand of love- but how many of us can truthfully say tht we love others in the same way? Patiently, kindly, without envy, or pride, or self-seeking motives, never failing. This resonates so loudly especially in today's world, where love is everywhere-

everything to me

2011-09-28T22:36:00.002+08:00

Yes, I realise that my blog has become a space for me to share music HAHA. So many video links recently. But this song rlly describes my life thus far, and I hope that God will be everything to me forever and ever and ever.Thank God for friends :)I don't know what I'd do without the people around me to support, encourage and grow right along with me. ILY guys so much!I'm reading Richard III now-

Did you know there's someone loving you?

2011-09-26T22:32:00.007+08:00

Please click play! You'll want to hear it :)I'm currently listening to Hillsong kids- all the songs that pop up on the related videos list, really, and it's so amazing. I bet children's voices in worship are like angel voices to God- irreplaceable and so, so precious. Sometimes I tear when I'm on worship duty in CC and I stand where all the instruments are, behind my keyboard, and I see all the

your grace is sufficient for me

2011-09-26T13:17:00.002+08:00

History is over! Another huge paper down :)I did my best, and I rlly thank God because He was there with me throughout the whole time, and He helped me remember stuff which I would probably have forgotten just there and then.Promos are ending!! Jiayou everybody :)Love unconditionally, serve humbly, and always give praise unto our God.

2011-09-23T22:14:00.002+08:00

1 maaasssive paper down today :)Good job everybody, don't think abt whether you did it right/not anymore.And thank You God, whether it's good or bad anyway.Yup I'm going to spend tonight studying (not) filling the pages in my notebook :)

2011-09-22T18:06:00.001+08:00

1 down 4 more to go! :)Jiayou everybody!

the things of the earth will grow strangely dim

2011-09-21T07:50:00.002+08:00

Heart melting right now.Their amazing voices, and his crazy talent on keys. I can only pray tht one day my hands will be blessed enough to make such great music for God :)Yep it's a non-school day @ 7am and I'm up already! The early bird catches the worm :)I'm gonna do some Lit in the morning before heading off to where I need to be later (to do some more studying, of course)!-I want to fix my

2011-09-19T22:44:00.003+08:00

I've been thinking.. There are some things I can't reconcile within myself, but oh well. And I wonder if this is okay/right/acceptable.& on a completely unrelated note,What I would give to have someone play this for me in future HAHA.

Food for thought

2011-09-19T16:59:00.003+08:00

"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight" 1 Peter 3:3-4

till my heart becomes a home for You

2011-09-18T22:40:00.004+08:00

^for 13 people! :)Church today was great, like always :) Worship in svc was so, so powerful. And so was CC worship! Hahaha it was the old band- just the three of us Barny SJ and me.Worship meeting was good too. Had a lot of fun jammin' the new songs.Oh! Turns out Barny loved My Heart, Your Home too, and we played that whenever we had free pockets of time :)It's going to be in my head for the next

Come and make my heart Your home

2011-09-17T21:21:00.006+08:00

I think I might have found a new favourite song.It's so beautiful.Kar's voice was so incredible whilst she was singing it earlier during offering. But the lyrics- it is truly my prayer. It touches my heart so deeply I can't help but tear.Come and make my heart Your homeCome and be everything I am and all I knowSearch me through and throughTill my heart becomes a home for YouCame home, found the

2011-09-17T11:55:00.001+08:00

Object lesson

2011-09-14T14:46:00.006+08:00

God loves to use little things in everyday life as object lessons for me.Today's truth came as I stood underneath the bus-stop shelter waiting for my bus and it started pouring. The rain poured and poured, but nearly nothing hit me.God's love and grace is like a shelter, protecting us from all the storms of the world, if only we would step into it. So often we refuse to surrender 100% of

Please click play!

2011-09-13T19:43:00.002+08:00

By Your Side, Tenth Avenue NorthI'll be by your side, wherever you fall; in the dead of night, whenever you call. Please don't fight these hands that are holding you.-On another note, GP promos are on Thursday. I think I should be worried tht I've been stuck @ home the past two days nursing a fever that won't go away. And I haven't exactly been able to utilize this time to study either (yada yada

look at the stars, look how they shine for you

2011-09-07T21:13:00.007+08:00

1. Chocolate cake! Another rare time when I throw whatever I have left in my kitchen and the product comes out good. The first and only other time I remember being these cupcakes.2. Doodled @ Starbucks sometime last week while studying w Wenxin.3. And... um, my name. (Click on pic to enlarge.)-Today I heard my neighbour playing classical music on the piano. It reminded me of the time when I used

2011-09-06T22:26:00.002+08:00

Chicken hearts, hello panda, humane eating, 55 53 + 3 oddballs, getting down and dangerously close to the action (you know, if someone pushes).What do these things have in common? :)

I have a funny God

2011-08-31T21:40:00.003+08:00

HAHAHA. Yesterday night I asked God to blast all my pimples into outer space (don't laugh okay I was completely serious HAHA) and today I found a new facial cleaner in the bathroom when I bathed just now. HAHAHAHA. God so funny right!!

alabastar jars

2011-08-31T20:42:00.006+08:00

(For 2 special people, and no I did not make that up. Go google blondies.) - I love acoustic covers. Sometimes I listen to covers without listening to the actual songs. Is that weird? I also finally watched the latest POTC (4?) on Sunday night @ home. I think it was great, and at this point, yes, I am one of Johnny Depp's fans (but everyone is saying that nowadays). I love his

Miracles.

2011-08-27T08:43:00.006+08:00

I love it when God answers my prayers, whether it is chasing the rain clouds away or sending the bus on-the-dot just when Becky and I reach the bus-stop. It really adds on to faith, because if He will even answer such small mundane things, what more will He do? Can you imagine the vastness that His power and might can cover? ^ above: this has been on replay for the past few days. Yay okay I

In Christ alone

2011-08-26T00:43:00.005+08:00

I love hymns. The lyrics always carry so much truth, hope and trust. As much as I love (and love very much) contemporary worship songs, hymns can never be replaced, really. I really like Irish hymns, especially. Something about the bagpipes and distinctive tune, I think. Here in the love of Christ I stand

Operation KMZ

2011-08-23T00:05:00.007+08:00

Happy birthday to all the august babies! :) [ Cake: the sweet success of a baking project gone well :) Didn't taste that great, but I'll take looks over substance HAHA. Happy with the pretty layering + frosting which I thought was going to flop terribly. ...And for my colour-blind friends, yes, they are THREE different colours. ] [ Hot chocolate: K's present! I got the recipe off

2011-08-16T22:42:00.002+08:00

I am brain dead. Just finished PC MPC Oligopoly Monopoly notes and I am going to print them out soon plus draw out all the missing graphs maybe tomorrow morning. Rushed out EOM draft 3 somewhere along the way.. Need to complete Math revisions soon. Plus there's Econs lecture test next week on Market failure (like..what?!) and dance tmr and many many many things to do... But I shall trudge

That's what faith can do

2011-08-14T20:32:00.009+08:00

^above: click to listen (incredible song) How do you like the new layout! I like it a lot :) Listened to the Math stat lectures online today and ended up curling into a ball on my sofa halfway through Part 3 (of 8 parts...). Woke up, ate dinner (super super good congee my tummy is happy) and then listened to the rest of the droning videos. Listening to the National Day rally speech now with my

2011-08-03T20:55:00.002+08:00

I want to live a life of constant fasting, hunger and yearning.I was just speaking to Wenxin yesterday- we stayed back after school to talk about our faith, God, and things like that- and it started me thinking about my life in accordance to God. Today, in the bus home (because dance ended early, yay :), I thought about my fast.Actually, no.I was thinking about the milk green tea I will be

2011-07-27T22:25:00.002+08:00

I need faith, perseverance, stamina and a lot more brainjuice to get me through promos (much less the rest of JC life).We can do this!

2011-07-25T23:12:00.003+08:00

Kids are so tiring to be around, but unbelievably rewarding as well :)Kidsread was great today.A few things today also touched me :)

Cupcakes

2011-07-23T11:00:00.006+08:00

Hi friends! :)It's a lovely Saturday morning- the first one in a month that there's no school! The weather is perfect too. Sg was burning the past few days, but it's nice and cool today. I hope it stays like that :)So- last night, I baked cupcakes! Didn't get to play that movie like I planned to, but that's okay because I fell asleep on the couch halfway through a TV programme anyway..I rummaged

2011-07-22T17:02:00.003+08:00

TGIF.I am so tired from school this entire week. I can confidently say that school is draining the life out of me. So many things to do, so little time. But I say that also with much gratefulness to my lovely friends in 5C13 who make breaks and lessons so much better :)Braiding sessions especially. Hahah. Also, an immeasurable amount of thankfulness to God for having taken me through the past

2011-07-15T22:17:00.004+08:00

Dancing in the rain sounds like a romantic idea, but it's really not.I also don't get the point of making things so big, grand and pompous when it's really nothing at all. Full of fluff and smoke to cover up the real thing. What's the point of celebrating something when all you do in the process for the moment is mask the true thing, even though it might not be perfect or beautiful. Sometimes

2011-07-12T22:58:00.001+08:00

Thankful.

2011-07-11T23:14:00.002+08:00

I suppose I should post something because I turn 17 today :)Okay, 17 things I'm grateful for:1 & only God who made me who I am today2 lovely people who got me koi and cake and everything else so sweet :)3 new, nice teachers for the next 2 terms4F, still the same amazing people.5 muffins from Kar!678 910(0) over fb msgs- I'm floored, thank you guys.11/07/11 << cool number comprised of 1 and 712

Cookies and bracelets

2011-07-05T16:23:00.010+08:00

I baked cookies yesterday! And brought them to the movies for the YA17 peeps (shh.)I like them a lot, and was glad there were leftovers after passing the container round so I could happily bring them home hehehe :DMy sisters seem happy too.. Because I was mean and restricted them to two cookies each before I brought the rest to Transformers. Haha. The movie wasn't fantastic, by the way.I swear by

2011-07-02T23:12:00.002+08:00

God has been so faithful throughout the CT period! :)I love Him so much it overwhelms my soul my heart my strength.For the 40-Day fast this year (previous years I've fasted meat, fb, lunch etc.), I'm giving up sweet drinks and it's so hard. It is only the second day but I have had to stop myself from buying drinks so many times. Especially when there's dance and really the only thing which I

2011-07-02T00:19:00.000+08:00

CTs are over! I am a happy girl :)

2011-06-30T21:04:00.002+08:00

Time for my daily thank God session!Thank God that I managed to finish the paper even though I didn't know how to do a couple marks worth of questions, and that I'm relatively confident about it. I asked God to "help me get it right whether it is the first time, the second time, or the third time", and He really helped. Also, thank God for helping me stay calm (rather than panic) during the

2011-06-29T20:42:00.004+08:00

After 6 hours of practising about a gazillion Math questions today (or so it seems..), I have come to the conclusion that my brain really isn't made for Math. BUT by God's grace, I will pass tomorrow's Math paper and pass it well. Amen :DToday's Lit paper was relatively doable- at least I could churn out half-substantial essays. Okay, maybe not half-substantial. More like a little bit substantial

2011-06-27T17:44:00.003+08:00

Yay, History and Econs are over! :)I think/hope I can pass, and I thank God (x infinity) because what I studied for History came out, and because I remembered what I studied from Econs (which was a couple weeks ago!)I'm just going to rest now and I have no papers tomorrow, so the day will be spent studying Lit!

2011-06-26T18:31:00.002+08:00

I just checked my SAT scores. I think I did pretty good, cheered me up a bit :)History and Econs CTs are tomorrow. I am not prepared. But I believe that God will do a miracle!

My favourite song

2011-06-24T22:01:00.002+08:00

Through You, I can do anything

2011-06-21T23:40:00.002+08:00

Okay I think an update is due. Haha.1. Church camp was great :)2. We danced for 7.5 hours yesterday, and another 5 hours today. (Another 3 hours are due tomorrow.) My feet are dying. But I'm glad we finished the dance for 55th :)3. I hope time passes slowly these last few days before school starts and CTs roll about.Nothing much else to say except that I am quite doomed for CTs.And I will miss

Where the magic begins

2011-06-12T22:44:00.026+08:00

HEY GUYS :)I touched down @ 12.30am on Sunday morning- I am back! I have plenty of photos from HK and I am going to upload a few here, but the rest are on my FB.HK was sweltering hot and we travelled nearly everywhere by foot. Up and down the busy streets back to our hotel, up to Victoria peak, round and round when we got lost, around Ocean Park, around Disneyland (which was awesome btw) and

2011-06-06T22:32:00.002+08:00

Surveying today was such a tiring process. I think we covered the entire Raffles Place many times over, and then walked along the Singapore River to Promenade and Clarke Quay and then back again, and basically stayed on our feet for the entire 4 hours save a couple of breaks in between. And being the extremely un-clumsy person I am, I tripped over my own feet while rushing to collect a survey and

I bring pictures!

2011-06-03T20:50:00.007+08:00

^ above: Oreo cheesecake (too sweet.)-I've been dancing a lot these few days. Both mentally and physically tiring, but things are starting to look up after learning all the new steps :)

Recent doodles!

2011-05-30T22:35:00.002+08:00

^ above: the product of Saturday/Sunday doodling. I am kinda proud of it :D-Today we danced till I thought I was going to die. I am so glad the performance is tomorrow so that we can put a full-stop to the practices for ASEANplus.I can't wait for HK and church camp!! :)

2011-05-28T21:54:00.002+08:00

Church today :)I love the time spent there and I love the wonderful people there as well. I can never get enough of them, nor of God. Spending time @ church always makes me feel more complete, filled and charged up for the week after.I am so glad that the holidays are here (even though it isn't much of one, anyway), but at least there are no proper lessons to dread going to every day.

2011-05-27T00:05:00.002+08:00

Bsh. I hate being up at this hour doing school work- it makes life (wait, what life..?) so meaningless and worthless because all we are doing is chasing after grades and doing things just because we need to hand them in.

Right here by my side

2011-05-24T20:57:00.003+08:00

Hi everybody, remember to pray in tongues for 1 minute/day!I think remembering to do that has made these two, three days feel better on the whole, and I find that it keeps me feeling more uplifted throughout the day :)Even though there's GP CTs tomorrow, dance rehearsal on Thursday, and Math test and Lit test on Friday (which is also when GPP is due), I am not flustered as I would usually be-

And they were all yellow,

2011-05-21T20:08:00.004+08:00

Pictures! :)Of cookies, because baking was about one of the only interesting things that happened during home-based learning. The rest was spent at the computer cursing technology. Haha. These are recycled photos from the last batch, but I've never posted them here 'cause I made them during my stint @ tumblr. Looking at these pictures kinda make me wish I'd kept some at home for my personal

2011-05-18T16:02:00.004+08:00

I have been hiccuping since last night.Not fun.Edit: And well, besides all that hiccuping (which still hasn't stopped, by the way), I have learnt one thing from Home-Based Learning-I will never, ever have a desk-bound job in future.I am serious. It has only been a day and my eyes are tired and my head is woozy from staring at the computer so long. And it's not even like I spent the entire time at

2011-05-16T23:19:00.002+08:00

The kids at kidsREAD are adorable. They just confirm that this is what I want to spend my life doing :) My kid's (I think it's sweet how quickly all of us get attached to the kids and start calling them ours) name is Adele, and she reminds me so much of how I was when I was younger. Shy, quiet, and never really speaking much with strangers- just quietly drawing or reading. I've no regrets joining

2011-05-15T22:16:00.004+08:00

Heh hey guys okay I'm back here. I feel more comfortable at my old blog than I do @ tumblr :DI missed it here. I think it's because I'm so averse to change- I should have known I would come back here after a while. It's like talking to an old friend when I'm blogging here. I think I sound odd, but it's true!Yay, back to posting my wordy posts here! :DI'm so happy.

the faintest scent of a cactus flower

2011-04-22T23:29:00.004+08:00

This is my 988th post since 2005 (goodness.. this blog is six years old!)And I'm finally going to move away from Blogger. I wanted to wait till it was my 1000th post before I moved, but my new blog's awaiting. I have changed URLs a few times in the past, but always, always using Blogger and always keeping all my posts with me. I'll miss this place definitely, but it's time for a fresh new page!

2011-04-20T23:07:00.003+08:00

The Mountain from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo.Is this not amazing?It makes me forget about homework for a few moments. Because I just stare and cannot fathom that somewhere on earth right now, this is happening. (Trying not to grouch about how there is something so beautiful out there, and yet here I am, stuck with a presentation to prepare for History.) I've not seen a video as lovely as this in a

the lamb upon the throne

2011-04-17T16:51:00.010+08:00

Children singing praises sound just like angels. Never fails to touch my heart. - And today I browned butter (smelt amazing) then added syrup and milk and flour and the rest of the magic ingredients, and made some of these, which my sisters' grubby hands have taken and are now all gone.

Breakeven

2011-04-12T21:30:00.009+08:00

I went to get a couplea things after school today. I saw so many cute/pretty stickers/notebooks/accessories and different people who would like them came to mind. Flowery prints for Rachel, Stitch for Serene, table-tennis thingy for Egan... I had the $$ to do so, I would have bought them and given them away just because. One day I will. With my second salary or something, because the first one

2011-04-10T18:30:00.004+08:00

I was just thinking about how I'm not going to spend these 2 years in JC doing nothing but studying. I'm not going to let studying take over all my time, and neither am I going to let myself stress out about studies beyond acceptable limits. Yesterday Peifen was sharing about her purpose in the school she was posted to- and prior to that I had never thought about my purpose in DHS. And so I asked

Jar of hearts

2011-04-01T23:28:00.012+08:00

The end of today's lessons felt so sweet. It has been a long, long week (with so many tests + SYF and whatnot) and today was my earliest day home this entire week. I'd been looking forward to today's end since the week started!So after the last period (which was unfortunately, Math test..), I came home, and finished up my PI, sent it in, and then finally felt that everything which needed to be

2011-03-31T22:35:00.002+08:00

And we got a gold!! :)Thank God thank God thank God. I'm really really happy, was grinning the entire way home.All our efforts have paid off. 上台一分钟，下台十年功. Love the modern dancers :)

轻语

2011-03-30T22:51:00.005+08:00

SYF is finally over. I feel like a weight's off my shoulders. And of course, off all the other dancers as well :) Those 7 minutes felt one part surreal, one part nervous, one part immersed into the music and breathing as one with the others, one part consciously-counting-timing, and one part telling myself over and over again to not fall down, to not make any mistakes, to catch my back leg, to

2011-03-28T22:14:00.002+08:00

This week is hell. So many tests to take and SYF to go for and homework to complete. Got home @ 9pm and ate dinner and am so tired now. Can't wait for the week to be over! Looking forward to the weekends :)

dancing the night away

2011-03-24T23:45:00.004+08:00

So tired and aching from dance, and the bruise on my knee is twice as dark and twice as huge as it was this morning, haha. But I'm really glad the dance is getting along well, and we're all gonna hold on till SYF next week! Heh I'm hungry again. Though I was bursting @ the seams after dinner just now. I hope I'll be able to drag myself out of bed tomorrow morning for school. At least there're no

Don't wanna fall another moment into your gravity

2011-03-22T22:23:00.005+08:00

It is such a painful thing to make notes, having to pore over endless pages of content to sieve out what you want. But useful, definitely.. (Still a terrible, arduous process though, so I am here, procrastinating. Heh.)"Do notes" (March hol to-do list, obviously uncompleted hahaha.)Only the 'do' is cancelled because I've finished JO notes but still have Decol to go. Sat @ Teadot yesterday with a

Hear us from heaven

2011-03-20T14:41:00.003+08:00

Played for youth for the first time yesterday. So blessed to have the invited guest pray for the worship team :)

Some things never change :)

2011-03-14T09:22:00.004+08:00

Some things never change even after 4 years, and I'm really glad :)Yesterday was great, just sitting down and chatting and laughing.Love catching up with people.-So many things to do within this one week, and so little time :/Hopefully I'll be able to check off everything on my to do list by the end of the week.Okay gonna go for dance soon!Bye! :D

Exodus 14

2011-03-08T17:13:00.007+08:00

Moses parts the red seaI read the Bible story again today, after a long long time, and it was powerful.God is powerful.The above drawing was good while it lasted.Unfortunately, it didn't last very long. Promptly after taking the pictures, I went to laminate it and it got messed up and I had to throw it away :(I am really the smartest person on earth ._. Hahaha.At least I still have the pictures!

Vacancy

2011-03-07T17:15:00.004+08:00

Completely and utterly bummed out about History. We're forever disappointments and failures and never able to live up to standards ._.So glad my presentation's over though, at least that's one burden off the shoulders for this week.Okay a couple-a happy/random things! :1) I slept before 10 yesterday (!!!), something I haven't done in the longest time. It was at the expense of work and other stuff

2011-03-06T17:37:00.004+08:00

Odd experience today.Hahah.-Anw.Emily of Emerald Hill on Thursday with the Lit class!It was my second time to the Esplanade! The first time was with Handbells in Pri. school on a tour haha.I really liked the play :)After a while, you just forget that the woman acting in the play is actually a man despite the deep voice and everything because you get sucked into everything else- the impersonations

Goodbye February

2011-02-28T22:36:00.004+08:00

The weeks are passing by so quickly. It's already the last day of February! (Hurrah for the short month.)It didn't feel like Week 8 last week. But now I'm just glad it's already Week 9, I didn't want to wake up for school today haha. Lessons are starting to drone on more and more but I guess things are still manageable. (At the very least I still think History's kinda interesting. Even though we

2011-02-27T14:19:00.001+08:00

I'm in :)

(ahhhhhhh)

2011-02-19T21:58:00.004+08:00

I have worship auditions next Saturday!!Crazy nervous..(Resisting the urge to spam exclamation marks like there's no tmr.)I've never rlly been good at auditions/interviews/these sorta things.I don't know how I managed to pass the prefectorial interview in Primary school or how I passed CC worship team auditions (because I played terribly...) or how I passed modern dance auditions and besides