Bra's bday

Wednesday, 17 October 2007

so hard

I never knew it's this hard.

Is this God's will?

I need to know.

I cant breathe.

For Your will, not a must but willingness from me.

I'll pull through.

Definitely.

Tuesday, 16 October 2007

God does the impossible.

"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unreachable things you do not know." Jeremiah 33:3

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you."
Psalm 32:8

"In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 3:16

"That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
Romans 10:9

I'll be waiting...

Saturday, 13 October 2007

me, myself and I

i'm messy. as what people say.

i'm very fair. as what people say.

i've got nice hair. as what people say.

why be bothered about what people say?

you should be bothered by what God has to say.

Thursday, 11 October 2007

presents!

bunch of birthday cards from friends.
bunch of presents. a book from junS and serene: how to read the bible book by book, a puppy from wawa and pakpak, a mimco bag from qf, a handmade pillow from jess (check out the fairy! hand sewn!), a travelling game set from rou, ting and xian (mahjong!!), a huge bear which sings happy birthday and has a birth cert from joella, a door stopper from jono, a bracelet from elies, a beach towel from eeleen, eva and frank, and a happy house keychain from emmm!

check out this birth cert. it's from a place where you can make your own teddy bears. thanks joella! love it soo much!

the birth cert up close. oh so skinnny! 512grams!

Tuesday, 9 October 2007

Canberra

Canberra made me fall in love with Thirsty Merc. esp the song, Those Eyes. mm mmm mmmm. (Eric)

Canberra was fun. especially with amazing ppl around.
10 of us. me, eric, dav, yeeman, hez, jess, kb, kim, cindy and hl.
thank God we reached safely. thanks hez, dav and eric for driving me and yeeman around.
and of course, all thanks to the mummy jess who planned EVERYTHING. (she's a walking GPS)

1st day
started out at 9am.
dav drove to oriumbah to get yeeman.
stopped at parramatta for lunch. biggest westfield in oz.
made a detour to a resting area where we saw a hill full of lavender.
took starry photos. heh
finally, canberra.
made rounds and rounds around the new parliament house.
went around many many embassies. MANY
saw singapore's high commission building. took a photo.
posed outside the old parliament house with hair flying around.
drove to a seaside. found duckies which looked exactly like those around bara.
boobies mimicked duckies' quacks. he's sooooo good. especially the donald duck one.
went to the art museum. outside only.
made rounds around ANU. pretty stern looking buildings. nobody at all. look boring though.
had italian dinner. spinach ravioli. mm mmm mmm.
dangerous mummy jess dropped a fork on my pretty indian dress. well, i got the stain off. phew.
headed back to motel with an unfriendly receptionist.
small motel. 6 beds, 1 bathroom.
slept at 12am.

2nd day
woke up at 830am.
those 3 guys, dav, boobies and hez were sound asleep at their friend's place. called many many times. lazy peeps.
went parliament house. again? well, we went into the house and up the top.
grassy area. very pretty view.
floriade. that's what we're there for. pretty tulips. dying but still very pretty and blooming.
nice sand castles made of sand of course, water and glue mixture.
had lunch (char siew rice and 1 piece of duck meat from boobies)
we went to the national dinosaur museum. well, it was only me, yeeman, dav, eric and hez.
the rest went cockington green. the miniature world.
the museum was very, educational. small though. but i've learnt new things.
detoured to somewhere with many many flags. we saw this plain, green flag with only 2 lines across. so lazy.
we took many arty farty photos at a jap park. forgot its name.
wanted to take photos at the friendship gate but a lady was playing flute over there.
went up to the telstra tower. it cost us $6. view was breathtaking. wind was so strong we almost got blown away. hair was messy. we were running against the wind and along at the other side. cold cold cold.
inside joke: we were walking in the carpark to get the cars when hez went and stood by the side of a white toyota corolla. (ours was ford fairmont). hez is sooo funny. rem gorrrillla?
had dinner at a japanese restaurant owned by koreans.
i realised koreans just cant make sushi.
i had distorted sushi.
walked around the city centre. it was relatively small. like toa payoh (jono said that).
canberra's chinatown, dickson, was really puny. i wonder how asian students survive over there. no wonder ANU is the top uni in oz.
mount ainsle. woohoo. breathtaking view. even better than telstra tower's night view. and it's F-R-E-E. made strange noises at a bunch of tourists who're students too.
we had supper!
pancake parlour. mm mmm mmmm.
pancakes were awww, so gooooood.
mummy jess ordered apple just juice for $4.90. see, told ya not to order juices.
we had chocolate strawberry jubilee. oh so nice. chocolate pancakes though.
had a few bites from dav's regular pancakes. yummmmy.
iced chocolate was sooo thick and fantasticc!
sweet stuff just make me droooool.
boobies's tummy is gonna expand. remember your jogging!
tiring day. sleeeeeeep.

3rd day
oh so snowy mountain.
headed to the snowy mountain. long long drive. 2-3 hours. once again, thanks guys for driving.
kim made awesome sandwiches in the car.
cheese, ham, lettuce. oh so N&D. she's sooo cute.
SNOW. ICE. COLD. ESKIMO. SNOWMAN. SNOWBALL FIGHT. WET. PAINFUL. SLIPPERY. VERY FUN.
well, i sneakily placed a small ball of ice into boobie's shirt. heh.
mummy jess made a huge snowman. oh no, snowwoman. it has boobs. hahahahaha.
took lotsa photos in the cold.
went back to canberra.
long drive. fun times in the car. chit chats. funny guys.
had dinner at a thai restaurant. nice yellow lotus flower napkins.
headed to KOKO BLACK. (mummy jess said this wrongly for 3 times: jojo black, black jojo and black koko). funny she.
had a cup of hot choco. mm mmm mmmm. max brenner's better.
their ice chocolate's goooood. ice cream in it. wow.
headed to a new motel. carotel i think.
awesome place. huge bathroom. 2 bedrooms. nice living room. oh so nice. chingkui (thankyou as the 3 guys say) mummy jess for finding this motel.
wanted to play mafia but the guys actually fell asleep.
we 4 girls squeezed into a double bed with mummy jess on the floor.
thanks sooooo much (eric) mummy!

last day
woke up late. oh so 'student'. and ya, feel sorry for hez for losing his skin. (not literally)
went to the old bus depot. a paddy's maket lookalike. expensive stuff though.
bought this indian( ya again, indian) sari butterfly throw-over. it has got 6 different looks of it. it looks fabulous. kim had a black one and mine, light purple. oh so nice.
royal mint. we saw many many gold coins. and we made coins which cost $2.50 each. well, we only pressed a button before the coin dropped out.
we went to the war memorial. looooong walks. interesting though. read lots. tired.
LUNCH FINALLY.
had hokkien mee. mm mmm mmmm.
headed back to newie.
detour: sydney. max brenner's. dinner at superbowl.
ya, back to newie-bara-bathroom-bed-bobo-good night's sleep.
God: thanks sooo much for being with us and granting us journey mercy.

FOCUS camp

oh man. this blog is so outdated.
keeping things short.
went for FOCUS camp last last weekend. 28th till 30th sept.
the church we stayed in was a lil run-down, with only a bathroom for 28 peeps. interesting. BUT, there's a judebox, a table tennis table, a soccer table and of course, bedrooms and a kitchen. it's not too bad. the location is good. the marinas was within 5mins walk. we could see the night scenery of nelson bay. woohoo.
I had A-L-O-T of fun hanging around with FOCUS peeps. interesting ppl. very.
the talks were great. although i was falling asleep.....
we talked about 'The Bible Overview". Dene printed out a copy of the complete picture of what the bible is all about.

Adam and Eve= Creation
Fall of Creation
Forming Babel
Pledge (Promise from God) to Abraham
Moses (saving Exodus from slavery)
David the King with the promised land, law and prophets
Exile
LIFE OF JESUS
DEATH OF JESUS
RAISING OF JESUS
Pentecost
RETURN OF JESUS
New Creation

that was the main stuff but there're lots more. Rachel talked about serving in the ministries. hopefully i would be able to help out in FOCUS in any ways.
well, i kinda missed my bed back in camp but many things kept me back.
-we went to one mile beach and played beach soccer. (i scored 3 goals, all thanks to the guys from my team! esp lake as he pointed to me to stand near the goal. great team work!)
-we had night walks to the marinas and beach. cold and windy but very good conversations with fellow FOCUS ppl.
-we had a bbq on the last night. the walk to the pit was frightening. no lights at all. but had good talks with peeps.
-we had a games' night. played charades and many others. my team didnt lose or win. well, at least we manage to survive.
-we played mafia. had miscommunication though. i realised mafia can be quite frustrating to play.
-we had very nice muffins. not the sweet ones. the ones you find in McD. you know, McMuffins?
one last thing, everyone kinda bonded real well. and we're back home in one piece.
Thank God for everything!

Tuesday, 2 October 2007

A FEW photos from my bday.... (starting from the bottom and more to come)

my bday: the famous suckao (juns always says, suck until gao gao) from Max Brenner's!

woohoo~ drink it! the frappes!



this plate of strawberries cost me $8! BUT the choc is FAAAANNNTASTIC!



my bday: dinner at a spanish restaurant. mm mmm mmmm. (by boobies) suckling pig!



spanish buttered rice with a huge array of seafood! very goooood! but fattening. haa



KARAOKEEEE!! a bunch of crazy ladies getting high...



taken at the red box! great karaoke session!! love u guys! muacks.