today is the tech crew rehearsal day for FIC 2004... anyway, it's been a long time since i woke up so early in the morning... was out of the house by 8.40am!!! anyway, we were busy unloading many many stuff... osa appeared with prof tan.. commented on this and that.. and miss yeo from osa was commenting on how friendly people became unfriendly today...
anyway, the fic doorgift is really exciting... we had like 4000 files to pack and all... and had fun tearing up the plastic, maybe a little too violently done... pushing them from dressing room 12 to room 11.. littering the floor with so much paper and plastic... well, after which, we formed a production line starting with the unzipping of the files to the zipping up of the files... it was an experience.. get my literal meaning here!!! but it really reminds me of my days in sale subcom, packing for orientation except that now we have to pack for more than then...
lunch was really interesting... ken/ marc/ nic/ elaine/ darren/ zhenhao/ desmond/ tammi.. well, we literally dug into our food.. coz we were just so hungry and the guys are just being plain mean to elaine man!!! seriously!! but honestly, we had fun laughing at each other jokes and all, making stupid comments and jokes... laughing at the most silly and lamest things that we said... elaine and me were like: this is the 1st time that the fic comm has spoken to each other since we started comm!!!
next came the arrangement of files in the ucc hall and the arrangement of chairs on stage... marc/ nic and me were arranging the files initially.. with a little skiving at dome cafe... before resuming with all the arranging... all the stupid things we did like: throwing the boxes of files down from the stage to the orchestra pit... thankfully it did not cave in!!! and throwing the empty boxes down from the 2nd storey to the 1st... but we're scolded for doing it... and with marc trying to balance himself on the trolley while going down the aisle but unsuccessfully!!! and sliding the boxes down the stairs using the railings... trying to bury each other with the mountains of boxes in the lift!!! as of today, we have completed packing more than 1000 files.. of course with the help of people from other comms as well... oh yes, the file has knowledge enterprise again, though we find it totally so not useful... a really cute pen from osa, looking like that of a lava lamp... the fic program booklet... nus collarpin.. an advertisement postcard from osa... a sheet of nus corporate stickers, which we thought was pretty useless... well, that's about all that's in the file... think the stuffs are much more interesting than that of last year...
dinner was macs from nus... can you believe that?? ich glaube, das ist sehr spannend... duh!! jeremy went to ta-pao for us while we were busy working... again, dinner was quiet and after that, everyone was having fun bullying elaine again... oh well... we worked till we cannot take it anymore... but we finished tearing up all the plastic.. *phew*.. that was a lot of litter on the floor... and after that, we all were like so tired and going crazy... telling silly jokes with answers that make you want to bang your head against the wall... at last, home sweet home at 10.00pm!! feeling really tired now... and my arms are aching and all... and i didn't even get to go to huiying's birthday party or the gathering at alex's place... sigh... i so wanna sleep...
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Friday, July 30, 2004
staying home...
hmm.. the title of the entry is not that small... but adeline was commenting how small the fonts of my blog content are.. just like my handwriting.. what koksoon and all will call it: "ants crawling on paper!!!"
anyway, for once, i did not go school today!!! but i won't want to either coz i'll literally be found in school 24/7 starting tomorrow morning... for the week to come... so i need a break from school... though i'm staying that near nus, i do not wish that to be my 2nd home though... i will be terrified of that place man!!!
spent my time at home... had extremely chocolatey milk chocolate rounds and green tea for breakfast... campbell's cream of mushroom and chicken nuggets for lunch... and even tried himbeer-zitrone joghurt ritter sport schokolade and walls classic black forest!!! yusen is so envy of all that i ate... and was telling him of how much food i brought home from Deutschland... *laughs*... the million and one wonders of staying at home compared with staying in hall... *all you hall people, put the stones down!!!!* dangerous grounds... i think i better run along...
anyway, for once, i did not go school today!!! but i won't want to either coz i'll literally be found in school 24/7 starting tomorrow morning... for the week to come... so i need a break from school... though i'm staying that near nus, i do not wish that to be my 2nd home though... i will be terrified of that place man!!!
spent my time at home... had extremely chocolatey milk chocolate rounds and green tea for breakfast... campbell's cream of mushroom and chicken nuggets for lunch... and even tried himbeer-zitrone joghurt ritter sport schokolade and walls classic black forest!!! yusen is so envy of all that i ate... and was telling him of how much food i brought home from Deutschland... *laughs*... the million and one wonders of staying at home compared with staying in hall... *all you hall people, put the stones down!!!!* dangerous grounds... i think i better run along...
Thursday, July 29, 2004
all about meeting up and $$$
okay, i'm really tired now but the moment i sit front of the computer, i just don't feel tired anymore...
met up with nitya today!! oh man, haven't seen her for more than half a year... big plans about visiting her before my trip in june.. but had 2 weddings to attend, so can't go visit her... anyway, we went to coffee club express and tasted muddy mud pie... really muddy muddy and really sinful!!! i mean, that was lunch for me!! i was so about to faint from it man!! sehr spannend!!! we just talked and talked.. catching up on everything.. from 4A to how terrible tv mobile is... and it's really terrible... we then went to kinokuniya to go take a look at travelling guides... i have another big plan.. to fly to UK to visit her next june and then we go backpacking from there... the tough part comes in deciding which places to go.. hmm.. she wanna go France and Spain while i wanna go back to Deutschland and Venice as well... but the problem is that they are all far apart from each other... in the end, we'll like: let's go to countries whereby we can understand what the world the people are talking about... and that will be UK, Deutschland & Spain... anyway, she dropped by my place too and saw all my photos.. we were discussing about the importance of a digital camera as well... and then all about our secondary school and all... which is a memory so far away.. and considering that so much has changed or has not changed, it's as though it's not worth bringing up anything at all...
anyway, just came back from a meeting less than 2 hours ago... RAG 2004... surprisingly, i really do enjoy what i am doing... opening and closing quotations... signing quotations.. bugging jerry, luyee, kelvin, meiyan, leetong, siosen, huiying for signatures... going to goh bros enterprise to go see the corporate caps and goodness!!!! they are so expensive man... and not that pretty too!! i'm gonna flip soon...
sounds silly and stupid but i really like being a treasurer... faith and all say i'm so excited being one.. but the waiting for the quotation to be approved is killing.. it's worse than anticipating for photos to be developed..
oh well... FIC's in 4 days and RAG is one week away... *breathe*
met up with nitya today!! oh man, haven't seen her for more than half a year... big plans about visiting her before my trip in june.. but had 2 weddings to attend, so can't go visit her... anyway, we went to coffee club express and tasted muddy mud pie... really muddy muddy and really sinful!!! i mean, that was lunch for me!! i was so about to faint from it man!! sehr spannend!!! we just talked and talked.. catching up on everything.. from 4A to how terrible tv mobile is... and it's really terrible... we then went to kinokuniya to go take a look at travelling guides... i have another big plan.. to fly to UK to visit her next june and then we go backpacking from there... the tough part comes in deciding which places to go.. hmm.. she wanna go France and Spain while i wanna go back to Deutschland and Venice as well... but the problem is that they are all far apart from each other... in the end, we'll like: let's go to countries whereby we can understand what the world the people are talking about... and that will be UK, Deutschland & Spain... anyway, she dropped by my place too and saw all my photos.. we were discussing about the importance of a digital camera as well... and then all about our secondary school and all... which is a memory so far away.. and considering that so much has changed or has not changed, it's as though it's not worth bringing up anything at all...
anyway, just came back from a meeting less than 2 hours ago... RAG 2004... surprisingly, i really do enjoy what i am doing... opening and closing quotations... signing quotations.. bugging jerry, luyee, kelvin, meiyan, leetong, siosen, huiying for signatures... going to goh bros enterprise to go see the corporate caps and goodness!!!! they are so expensive man... and not that pretty too!! i'm gonna flip soon...
sounds silly and stupid but i really like being a treasurer... faith and all say i'm so excited being one.. but the waiting for the quotation to be approved is killing.. it's worse than anticipating for photos to be developed..
oh well... FIC's in 4 days and RAG is one week away... *breathe*
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
josh groban - my confession
I have been blind, unwilling to see
The true love you're giving.
I have ignored every blessing.
I'm on my knees confessing
That I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am staggered by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart is turning,
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
I have been wrong about you.
Thought I was strong without you.
For so long nothing could move me.
For so long nothing could change me.
Now I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am captured by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart is turning,
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
[bridge]
You are the air that I breath.
You're the ground beneath my feet.
When did I stop believing?
Cause I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am staggered by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
Hear my confession
The true love you're giving.
I have ignored every blessing.
I'm on my knees confessing
That I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am staggered by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart is turning,
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
I have been wrong about you.
Thought I was strong without you.
For so long nothing could move me.
For so long nothing could change me.
Now I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am captured by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart is turning,
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
[bridge]
You are the air that I breath.
You're the ground beneath my feet.
When did I stop believing?
Cause I feel myself surrender
Each time I see your face.
I am staggered by your beauty,
Your unassuming grace.
And I feel my heart
Falling into place.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
I can't hide
Now hear my confession.
Hear my confession
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
what a busy busy day!!!
my subject says it all.. it was a busy day.. actually the later half of the day was spent hanging out at orchard road.. see, we singaporeans are that sad.. the only so-called wonderful place whereby we can hang out is actually only orchard... well, not including places like palawan beach on sentosa island/ east coast/ clarke quay.. and maybe school, which may be a really cool place to hang out at...
was settling quotations today.. and finally the prof put his signature down on that dotted line.. well, i must say, i was more than glad to learn about it.. more quotations to come.. believe it or not, i actually enjoy what i am doing... opening and closing quotations but the work comes in trying to find the right people to sign the relevant documents which can be a great load of headache... maybe that's why my head started hurting on the way home...
finally made my way down to orchard at about 3 plus, to meet adeline to have lunch, walk around, talk rubbish, sulk over our trip which never came about and most definitely, shopping... met so many people today.. to name a few: margy, alexis, sam, yongfu... one junior whose name i have forgotten... boom but he didn't see me... and not forgetting 'prof tan'... well, some of them were seen in the premises of nus and the rest at orchard road... anyway, adeline went on a shopping spree and bought so much stuff... i liked this black top from U2women but it's just too expensive despite the 30% + 15% discount and also, i have too much black in my wardrobe already... another one may cause a fashion disaster at home...
bought this really really cool accessory and the best part is: it functions as a ear-ring!!! you heard me there.. though i have no earholes!!! sehr spannend?? jawohl!!! sehr spannend!!! ich liebe es gerne!!! oh yes, i got to choose the colour of it as well and no prizes for guessing it right... it's purple... chill man, my favourite colour!!! oh all you folks whom i went straßburg with for the 2nd time, you all should check out these ear-rings.. es ist sehr spannend... more exciting than that interesting necklace that i bought... i bet yiting will love it man!!! it's so pretty!!! what a waste that i don't have a digital camera, else i can actually take a picture of it and post it on the blog... well, nice stuffs don't come cheap though.. but in the name of pretty stuffs, especially purple...
erm.. i think self-censorship about shopping will be appreciated...
was settling quotations today.. and finally the prof put his signature down on that dotted line.. well, i must say, i was more than glad to learn about it.. more quotations to come.. believe it or not, i actually enjoy what i am doing... opening and closing quotations but the work comes in trying to find the right people to sign the relevant documents which can be a great load of headache... maybe that's why my head started hurting on the way home...
finally made my way down to orchard at about 3 plus, to meet adeline to have lunch, walk around, talk rubbish, sulk over our trip which never came about and most definitely, shopping... met so many people today.. to name a few: margy, alexis, sam, yongfu... one junior whose name i have forgotten... boom but he didn't see me... and not forgetting 'prof tan'... well, some of them were seen in the premises of nus and the rest at orchard road... anyway, adeline went on a shopping spree and bought so much stuff... i liked this black top from U2women but it's just too expensive despite the 30% + 15% discount and also, i have too much black in my wardrobe already... another one may cause a fashion disaster at home...
bought this really really cool accessory and the best part is: it functions as a ear-ring!!! you heard me there.. though i have no earholes!!! sehr spannend?? jawohl!!! sehr spannend!!! ich liebe es gerne!!! oh yes, i got to choose the colour of it as well and no prizes for guessing it right... it's purple... chill man, my favourite colour!!! oh all you folks whom i went straßburg with for the 2nd time, you all should check out these ear-rings.. es ist sehr spannend... more exciting than that interesting necklace that i bought... i bet yiting will love it man!!! it's so pretty!!! what a waste that i don't have a digital camera, else i can actually take a picture of it and post it on the blog... well, nice stuffs don't come cheap though.. but in the name of pretty stuffs, especially purple...
erm.. i think self-censorship about shopping will be appreciated...
Saturday, July 24, 2004
still in control
"father father father, help us
need some guidance from above
these people got me got me questioning
where is the love?"
so where is the love? it's not anything like that of 'love actually' but this love has been around for a time longer than we all know... it's the love that has been given freely to all of us but at the price of one person, who bore it on the cross, for you and me...
back from cell group not too long ago and we just watched this video on 'christ in china'... it's so encouraging to see how the love of God has touched and changed the lives of many and more than wonderful, is how they lived with so much faith... we were saying that it could most likely be due to the situations that they were in, that you really see God working and all... whereas for us, we are just so glad to remain in our comfort zones such that we feel that everything can be controlled by us... and that, i really do agree to it...
guess it's in times when things start to go wrong and God seems so distant and so quiet, then we have our faith truly tested... and we start doubting and question WHY???? sometimes, we just get so harden up that we don't see God in the picture anymore... but God allows things to happen... He didn't promise everything to be smooth-sailing but He is still in control... it's hard to believe but it's true...
to my friend, if you ever read my post... just want to encourage you on... i really have no idea what to say to you, but do not lose faith... though it's not easy but God is still there... call on Him, He's actually waiting for you to call out to Him... He is still in control...
need some guidance from above
these people got me got me questioning
where is the love?"
so where is the love? it's not anything like that of 'love actually' but this love has been around for a time longer than we all know... it's the love that has been given freely to all of us but at the price of one person, who bore it on the cross, for you and me...
back from cell group not too long ago and we just watched this video on 'christ in china'... it's so encouraging to see how the love of God has touched and changed the lives of many and more than wonderful, is how they lived with so much faith... we were saying that it could most likely be due to the situations that they were in, that you really see God working and all... whereas for us, we are just so glad to remain in our comfort zones such that we feel that everything can be controlled by us... and that, i really do agree to it...
guess it's in times when things start to go wrong and God seems so distant and so quiet, then we have our faith truly tested... and we start doubting and question WHY???? sometimes, we just get so harden up that we don't see God in the picture anymore... but God allows things to happen... He didn't promise everything to be smooth-sailing but He is still in control... it's hard to believe but it's true...
to my friend, if you ever read my post... just want to encourage you on... i really have no idea what to say to you, but do not lose faith... though it's not easy but God is still there... call on Him, He's actually waiting for you to call out to Him... He is still in control...
Thursday, July 22, 2004
familie schuler
ich habe ein brief zu pitty/ agnes/ juliane/ fabian geschrieben... ich hoffe, es hat nicht zu viele fehler... else it will be super embarrassing!!! anyway, was with cherie and edmund at ikea on monday afternoon... what a joke, i saw a product named 'fabian'... seriously, it totally reminded me of fabian and all the crazy things that he would do and all... tickling me when i was cutting spring onions in the kitchen... competing with me over who plucked more cherries and whose taste better... blasting music in the house... pressing someone's doorbell before running away... kicking people... trying to scare me by hiding in one corner... swinging on the monkey-bar though he can literally just walk... oh yes, BAKING!!! my goodness, he can really bake... like apfel mit haselnuss... oder erdbeeren mit sahne... ich habe alles vermisst!!!
and of course, juliane too... so wanted to tell her that most probably, i'll be doing a geography module next sem too... remembered all the times she complained about geog and all but fret not, she got a 2 for her last test!!! the entire household was so happy for her... missed the times i'm helping her with maths and english... and speaking of english, i really wondered if it's her helping me with the german side or i'm helping her with english... we had this deal about repeating the word 3 times if we failed to pronouce it correctly...
well, you can say that agnes took care of eufo and me for one whole month... starting with trying to eat salat and all... to falling in love with her salat!!! i'm not lying... helping her burn cd... having breakfast and dinner with her... eating gummibärchen... and going to st. märgen [at hochschwarzwald] with her and juliane to visit her parents... saying goodbye at the hauptbahnhof...
and there's pitty too... from the moment he came back from his trip with juliane to milan/ italy/ switzerland/ venice... to the times he said 'guten nacht, schlaft gut'... und 'nicht zu viele schokoladen essen!!! es ist zu spät!!!'... to scaring me by putting his face next to the window... lecturing me about salatessen... kirschenpflücken... fußballspiel fernsehen... tischfußball spielen... waiting for us during verabschiedung... viele viele fotos machen... coming home just to say goodbye to us...
and of course, juliane too... so wanted to tell her that most probably, i'll be doing a geography module next sem too... remembered all the times she complained about geog and all but fret not, she got a 2 for her last test!!! the entire household was so happy for her... missed the times i'm helping her with maths and english... and speaking of english, i really wondered if it's her helping me with the german side or i'm helping her with english... we had this deal about repeating the word 3 times if we failed to pronouce it correctly...
well, you can say that agnes took care of eufo and me for one whole month... starting with trying to eat salat and all... to falling in love with her salat!!! i'm not lying... helping her burn cd... having breakfast and dinner with her... eating gummibärchen... and going to st. märgen [at hochschwarzwald] with her and juliane to visit her parents... saying goodbye at the hauptbahnhof...
and there's pitty too... from the moment he came back from his trip with juliane to milan/ italy/ switzerland/ venice... to the times he said 'guten nacht, schlaft gut'... und 'nicht zu viele schokoladen essen!!! es ist zu spät!!!'... to scaring me by putting his face next to the window... lecturing me about salatessen... kirschenpflücken... fußballspiel fernsehen... tischfußball spielen... waiting for us during verabschiedung... viele viele fotos machen... coming home just to say goodbye to us...
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Sunday, July 18, 2004
the power of words...
today i learnt about the power of words... the power of language...
all it took was a few words... the same few words that brought me to my dreamland a month ago... the same few words that brought me a sense of pure joy, reminding me of my dreamland... bringing me back to that sense of familiarity... to the place where i left my heart behind...
all it took was a few words... the same few words that brought me to my dreamland a month ago... the same few words that brought me a sense of pure joy, reminding me of my dreamland... bringing me back to that sense of familiarity... to the place where i left my heart behind...
sudden reflections...
so much for 'living life to the fullest', what a great irony! looking back at the past 19 years of my life, i wonder what have i done with my time here on planet earth. a sudden realisation came upon me, reminding me of all the hurts and disappointments... unfulfilled dreams... emptiness within... regrets over many issues...
guess that the biggest change would still be my personality... the person you see now, is not who i was 5 years ago... just ask any of my friends back in secondary school... they can provide a full contrast of me back then and now... many speculated that there has to be some major reason behind this sudden change... all i can say is that, there is none... it just happened...
think you must be confused by my post today... coz i am feeling confused too...
guess that the biggest change would still be my personality... the person you see now, is not who i was 5 years ago... just ask any of my friends back in secondary school... they can provide a full contrast of me back then and now... many speculated that there has to be some major reason behind this sudden change... all i can say is that, there is none... it just happened...
think you must be confused by my post today... coz i am feeling confused too...
Saturday, July 17, 2004
when God is distant...
what a day today...
started out by fulfilling my craving of dumplings... what can i say... SCHMECKT SEHR GUT!!!! yupz, my mum and my aunt did it all and it totally satisfied my craving since i got back home from Deutschland... Deutschland, mein traüme Land... ich habe Deutschland vermisst...
had a really interesting session at cell today... yupz, S.O.C is huge man... i mean like more than 10 people... yupz, we are discussing on the book 'The Purpose-driven Life'... and today's reading was on 'When God is distant..' it just kinda reminded me of the many times when i just feel so alone and all... esp in sem.2... i was more than convinced that it was a whole joke that He is playing on me... sometimes, it's just so hard to psycho myself to believe that God is present there with me... but it may be His choice to let us be tested and all... as the writer wrote, God kept quiet for 39 chapters of Job but Job still praised God in the midst of everything... i guess, it is in times like these that we find it the hardest to praise God and all... at that very moment, only one phrase stood out before me "I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD"... i find it so hard to believe but it really reminds me that God is still in control... and He still is... be it in any broken relationships or situations, God is in control...
"because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'"
Hebrews 13:5
started out by fulfilling my craving of dumplings... what can i say... SCHMECKT SEHR GUT!!!! yupz, my mum and my aunt did it all and it totally satisfied my craving since i got back home from Deutschland... Deutschland, mein traüme Land... ich habe Deutschland vermisst...
had a really interesting session at cell today... yupz, S.O.C is huge man... i mean like more than 10 people... yupz, we are discussing on the book 'The Purpose-driven Life'... and today's reading was on 'When God is distant..' it just kinda reminded me of the many times when i just feel so alone and all... esp in sem.2... i was more than convinced that it was a whole joke that He is playing on me... sometimes, it's just so hard to psycho myself to believe that God is present there with me... but it may be His choice to let us be tested and all... as the writer wrote, God kept quiet for 39 chapters of Job but Job still praised God in the midst of everything... i guess, it is in times like these that we find it the hardest to praise God and all... at that very moment, only one phrase stood out before me "I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD"... i find it so hard to believe but it really reminds me that God is still in control... and He still is... be it in any broken relationships or situations, God is in control...
"because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'"
Hebrews 13:5
footprints in the sand
one night a man had a dream. he dreamt that he was walking along the beach with the Lord. across the sky flashed scenes from his life. for each scene, he noticed 2 sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord.
when the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. he noticed that many times along the path of his life, there was only one set of footprints. he also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of his life. this really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said that once i decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. but i have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. i don't understand why when i needed you most, you would leave me."
the Lord replied, "my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. during your times of trials and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints in the sand, it was then that I carried you."
when the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. he noticed that many times along the path of his life, there was only one set of footprints. he also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of his life. this really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said that once i decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. but i have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. i don't understand why when i needed you most, you would leave me."
the Lord replied, "my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never leave you. during your times of trials and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints in the sand, it was then that I carried you."
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