purpose finders dinnna!

not everyone attended the dinner. well, i didn't expect they did actually. since we are ALL super busy... in the end, from 9 people, 7 people turned up. since they turned up, i shall give me them the honour. thanks to sally, anthony, valerie, wilson, sharleen and josh for turning up. i am glad that we did it after much planning. hope we can grow even stronger to each other after this 6 weeks of community and sharing! ^^

nothing much happened today. woke up late so didn't go church. so end up staying at home the whole day. kinda nice and boring at the same time. lots of time for relaxation and rest. of course, i did study. the thought of the tests coming up just scares me. reminds me of the bad result i got last semester. so this time i wanna work harder. score better result to please both my mum and dad. and of course to give a good example to my sisters and brothers. i had been not doing well for the past semesters and for that i am truly disappointed with myself. but this time i am not going to let that happen again. i had enough of slacking.

tomorrow school starts. i really hope i can come to school ON TIME. and i mean 9am lecture.

watching Australian Idol on tv. all the contestants ain't that impressive. left me no impression. oh well. well, except for this teacher. he kinda give me a good feeling. cause he is handsome! lallalalalalalala~

xoxo,
thegirlwhowantstogoKTV!

last but not least, presenting to you WWJD girls on ko arwin's graduation night (uncomplete)...
*~val.yeechin.sal.arlyn.il.me^^

who is Stephen Tong?

went to watch a seminar by Stephen Tong yesterday. originally from China. the guy was so funny! he got this funny accent that i know is not 100% from jakarta. somehow it's a bit sumatera-ish. lol anyway his seminar extended to 4 hours long. at first i was still able to fully concentrate and absorb, but 2 hours later, my brain just switched off. too long i think. my brain is not that focused. oh well. but anyways anyhow, i totally did not regret skipping oikos to listen to the seminar. i learnt lots from it. he said that chirstian's growth is similar to a caterpillar's. why? go figure! (=

he said he travelled 300 times in a year. is that even possible? preached 500 times in a year? oh well. maybe since he's a missionary, anything is possible. but......still...........

although he said lots of stuffs that makes sense, some parts seemed weird to me. like he criticised pastors for being fake. one of them is benninghin. WHAT!? i admire that dude!!! don't speak of him like that. come on. that was one part that made me go speechless.

today got up late for tennis lesson. but i still managed to make it. met tahnee at my house downstairs. ilona did not come because she had long night yesterday. we met our new coach Jackie. James broke his leg so he couldn't continue with our lessons anymore. actually jackie was awesome. kinda like the way she teach us. so everything is cool i guess.

after the one-hour lesson, i rushed back and got changed for singing practice at Sekretariat. it's been so long since i last visited that place, where we used to have cell group there. i reached latest compared to the others, and ci michelle told me that i don't have to be the back-vocal tml because i am still new and not familiar with the singing and all. which i agree. i don't want to go up-stage and sing in my way and ruin everybody's effort today. no way. so i was told that i can come for 1-2 more singing practices then i will be ready to sing in church. can't wait! ^-^

i wanna get a haircut... kinda badly... should i go later? but i will be the only one cutting. i wish someone can accompany. hehe

tonight, Purpose Finders is finally having our planned dinner! @ Oriental Spoon 7.30pm! yeshh! Korean Food!!! *woots*

xoxo,
thegirlwhohasdoubletestsnextweekWUEEEK

my ring...

until now, i still can't get over the fact that my diamond ring is lost. since last thursday. unfortunately nothing i could do can erase the horrible memory away from my mind. therefore my every day is affected too. somehow somewhere, i am still clinging on to a hope of getting my ring back. plan is, on thursday before dance class starts, i am going to ask the dance committee whether they've seen the ring or not. after that, then only will i be able to accept the fact because i think i've tried my very best to look for it. what should i tell my parents? should i just tell them the truth? i bet they won't buy me the laptop that i am intending to get. (cause the IBM 5-years old computer that i am using is giving problems- can't access the net)

didn't go for my 9am class. but went for the rest. i kinda hate going to business finance tute. started feeling this way since the tute i had this morning. my hungry tummy kept on growling when it's so quiet in the tutorial room. i was in all sitting positions to try to ease the sound. but the more i tried fidgeting around, the louder and more frequently my tummy rumbled. i thought of leaving the class as soon as i could, but i just couldn't bear to leave the room like that. it would be so rude. so i tolerated the whole hour. i swear time passed so slowly within that one hour. it's like many hours passed. met jie min after tute and we bought some food before going for another lecture at 12pm. turned out she was hungry too. but i guess i was much more desperate than her.

went back home for lunch. i cooked Opor Ayam. it was sooooo good that i bought it again just now. i fell in love with premix paste now. it just takes an hour for you to boil the meat, mix in the paste and ta-da! you have your indonesian dish of your choice! i bought Opor Ayam, Soto Ayam, Semur, Rawon etc etc. i think i spent too much money already. furthermore with the ring...

took a long evening nap before going for korean class. met fuihan there in the classroom. we learn how to say 'I like/love...' tonight. it was fun as always. partnered up with the person beside me and we practice conversations in korean. challenging i must say, but interestingly fun! ^^

grocery shopping after that to Laguna and Woolsworth supermarket. then home.




tomorrow i intend to go for my morning class. then off for a swim and then cut hair at Kairos. my partner-in-crime will be joining as well. hehe

i only got one lecture tomorrow. hahahahhahahahhahhahahahahhahahahhaa

xoxo,
thegirlwholovestuesdayandthursday~

Weekend is over. Weekday is here.

i can't believe it's the end of Week 4. means it's also the beginning of Week 5!!! ARGH!

okay i shall start studying. (that's what i keep on saying)

first test for the semester happening this coming friday.

that means less play, more work next week. sobx...







something unfortunate happened during my dance class on thursday. my diamond ring is gone! now i dun have the guts to tell my parents about what i had done to the ring they bought me. so disappointed with myself for being extremely careless with precious belongings. i bet there will be no more good stuffs to come in a long loooooong loooooooooooooooooooong time. boohoohoo.

on tuesday, i went swimming myself. my swimming partner kinda ditched me. not really. haha. i really need to get a good workout. also partly because i alr bought 20 passes to the pool for the whole semester. i really need to make full use of the pool then. swam for like 2 damn long hours. know why? cause there's so many hot guys! hahahaha kinda give me motivaton to swim and swim and swim. i love uni melb pool, even though the water was damn dirty at that time. i could barely see what's in front of me. and i did sthg even more disgusting. i was chewing gum the whole time i was in the pool. i know right!

get to meet up with people who i had delayed meeting since-dunno-when. so last week was AWESOME! FINALLY, and i really stress the word, FINALLY met my lovely neighbours, tina and byron, from college square for dinner before oikos on friday night... we seemed to be so busy...


baked my first cupcakes with ilona for yee chin's bday ytd afternoon after our tennis lesson. just the two of us. good bonding time! heh. at first, we were a bit unsure whether to do it. then it all just happened...





then after baking, francis drove us to the golf course driving range. we did driving and putting. the weather was freezing btw. here's some pics...


i guess we all had fun! i am so glad i did all those things even though, honestly speaking, some parts of me were a bit reluctant. but it's all worth it, i am very sure. i will try my best to fulfill the dates that i set. still there are some people that i haven't had the chance to catch up with yet. like azmina and kimberly. and what's wrong with the biomed BBQ plan? where has it gone to??? seriously, it's so hard to get the biomeders together to hang out. hmm. its not as if we got test and stuff.



korean class so far so good. swing dance also alright. tennis class i just started ytd morning with tahnee and ilona. we changed coach from gim to james. we are all very satisfied with the new coach. so that's sthg off my mind since i had been meaning to start it since the first week of uni. what a delay.

also, i hate fridays. i know it means that it's the end of the schooldays but i always have prac on that day. and it's a torture! seriously. what i do is absorb absorb absorb. feels like spongebob squarepants everytime. if you know what i mean.




sorry to throw down random stuffs for this post. i really wanna process out my thoughts and feelings. this is what blogs are for right. for a self-reflection kinda thing...

alright, i still have tutes to work on before i can have my beauty sleep. oh god. i am so tired already. my hip still aches from ytd's tennis lesson. james requires us to do lots of running. i think i kinda shocked my body muscles. i woke up at 8.45am and the class started at 9am. so yeah. i think you get what i am trying to say there. but no worries. we have changed the class to 1pm saturday afternoon. so no more body shocks i hope. i am walking like a grandma now.

xoxo,
thegirlwhoneedssleepandlotsofit

Playing the Guitar.

(Capo 7)

G D G
There's something in your eyes,
D
Makes me want to lose myself,
C G D
Makes me want to lose myself, in your arms.
G D G
There's something in your voice,
D
Makes my heart beat fast.
C G D
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life.


Em C G D C
If you knew how lonely my life has been,
C G D
And how long I've been so alone.
Em C G D C
And if you knew how I wanted someone to come a - long,
C G D
And change my life the way you've done.


G D
It feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
C G D
It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from.
G D
It feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
C G D G
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong.


G D G D
A win - dow breaks down a long dark street,
C G D
And a siren wails in the night.
G D G D
But I'm all right, 'cause I have you here with me.
C G D
And I can almost see through the dark there's light.



Em C G D C
If you knew how much this moment means to me,
C G D
And how long I've waited for your touch.
Em C G D C
And if you knew how happy you are ma - king me,
C G D
I've never thought I'd love anyone so much.



G D
It feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
C G D
It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from.
G D
It feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
C G D G
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong.
C G D G
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong.

feels like home.

just changed my blog song. hope you guys like it! (=

guess wat i did today???

I SWAM! Yeah...

met jes around 11 and swam for about an hour or slightly less. it was kinda tiring as there were other people that swam in the same lane as the two of us so we swam fast enough as to not bump into them. there were too many people so we had to share lanes, if you were wondering why we have to go to such extent. there is slow, medium and fast lanes to choose from. we got the medium but we were actually really slow to be in that one. this girl had to switch to the fast lane because i told her that we were sorry to let her wait all the time and she said that she's about to change to the other medium lane (as there were 2 of them). i think in that hour, i swam around 20 laps. it was so exhausting!!!

we took a shower. luckily i brought along my hairdryer and hair straightener. if not, i will feel so terrible the whole afternoon. we ate at Momo's Sushi place for brunch? can say so, as i did not have any breakfast before swimming. i had 2 sushi rolls plus another beef ramen. was so full after that. not sure whether there will still be any effect left of the swimming exercise. oh well.

got back home then watch Shutter, the english version. it was kinda scary. had to close my eyes and stuff. then watched Raising Helen again. love Aunt Jenny so much when she was scolding BZ for screwing around with her niece. she is so cool!!! how i wish i can scold someone like that. one of the things that she said is this- You are not a bad person. But what you did is very bad behaviour. there's actually a good in all the horrible things that she said.

tahnee is coming over later to collect some of her books that's left at my place. then i will study til i feel sleepy. that's all i guess.

xoxo,
thegirlwhomisseshomedearly

Purpose Finders

these are pics taken while in Sofia... ENJOY!!! =D








We had Mexican food for lunch yesterday! it'was AWESOME!





The food was enjoyable so we signed up for the Gold Member Card. benefits? free meal for every sixth visit. haha let's hope that i won't be sick by that time.

today didn't go for classes at all. felt super tired and lazy. procrastinated by watching Amelie the French movie before proceeding to listening Lectopia. i really regret watching that show. a waste of my time. yet i still do it. i really dun understand why i still do it even though i know that i shouldn't. is it because i am not disciplined enough?

had Korean class just now. so far i've learnt how to say in korean: How are you? My name is Rosemary. I am a university student. I am Indonesian. Are you (studying/working/teaching)? Are you (name of country)-an? it's so great to be able to speak in another language. so interesting!

my plan for tomorrow is to swim with jes! then lunch and more studying. i think that's about it. i will study til i fell asleep... zzz

xoxo,
thegirlwhoisdesperateforapurpose

sister's keeper.

caught sister's keeper with nys, il, la, jey and fil last thursday. only both me and il cried our eyes out during the movie. the rest did not shed a tear at all. that i couldn't believe! the movie is sad SAD sad people. how can you NOT cry! anyway. we planned to watch Ugly Truth next thurs.

started Purpose Driven Life programme (2nd time) on friday. my partner is dear dear valerie! this is what we've been planning for since ages ago. i guess it's God's plan after all.

helped a friend move ytd for almost half a day. basically we travelled back and forth between arrow and milano twice. i had fun actually. we even had took to take pictures! lol then we went to DFO to get bed sheets. they have got a whole range of bed spreads there. Sheridan, Adairs, etc. in the end, we head over to Cotton On Body first. wala and i got ourselves soft, pink sandals for home-use. i bought shorts for gym purposes. novi and zel too. after that, they made up their mind, after comparing prices and stuffs, and got a quilt, pillows, bed sheets and quilt cover. then that night, i dragged my bro to eat together with a friend. i thought it would be a bit awkward for just me and him. but turns out, there were so much more of my friends going and i felt bad for dragging him along (when he got assignments and test in 2 days -> tomorrow). anyway, actually i don't really want to eat at Sofia but since i had made that promise to go so i kinda forced myself to go. but i had fun in the end. love hanging out with the girls. posing for nysia's LSDR, taking pictures with il and errr, food, laughing away at tina's and yee chin's jokes, etc. the guys were like sitting at one side, and the girls the other. we are very sexist as you can tell. haha

today, i went to Bridge Church with eric and tahnee. the pastor talked about 'my purpose'. Hallelujah! plus, the things that he talked recomfirmed again what rick warren's video is all about. really great freshing up! after service, we tried this Mexican restaurant, just for fun. it turned out to be fun-tastic! took lots of pictures while waiting for the food. shall post the pictures later~ went to play tennis with victor, nat and farizah in the evening. i felt like an amateur among all of them. but they were humble and said that i was good too. i learnt so much from nat for driving. i trust her cause she's been playing tennis for five years and she is into competitions in the university. she's so cool! btw, she's optom first year student so i asked whether she needs any textbook and she does! so i gave her tahnee's number since tahnee is actually her senior. i did not regret going for tennis at all even though i was tired at first.i found out from farizah that tahnee, val and me paid Gim much more than we should last sem. i felt so cheated when i heard about it and thought of changing our tennis coach. everyone said Gim is not that good actually. lousy to be honest. it really opened up my eyes. i guess God has planned it all already.

school is starting again tomorrow. yawns. much yawns. monday means korean class. and i also got this seminar that i really want to go to at Bridge church tomorrow at 6pm. the title is 'Cause'. so i am hoping that it can answer most of the questions that i have in mind. i am prepared to listen to the truths and learn more about my meaning in life. it will definitely be beneficial to us all. tahnee and eric are coming too as well i guess. but i have to leave early though for korean class.

xoxo,
thegirlwhohasfinancetutetodobeforesleepingtonightzzz

reminiscing the holiday. sweet sweet memories.

first of all, apologies for posting up such emo pictures of me. i promise there will be no more next time. sorry guys. sorry for making any of you worry. geez. what's wrong with me getting so depressed like that?! anyways...

everything passed by so quickly when you're having fun they say. that's so true. i can't believe one month passed. everything seemed to be in a blur but i shall blog about it for memories sake. alright?

RIGHT.
talking bout spending time with family. i guess i had lots of time for them. since i have been away for quite a few months, so i jumped at every opportunity i have to go out with them. however, i think some took for granted my being there. so i didn't spend as much time with them. oh well. i guess there's always a next time.
i watched stefanie sun's concert while i was in singapore. it was unbelievably crowded in the singapore indoor stadium. i went with both my parents. it was definitely a first time i think, for me to be watching a concert together with just the two. i enjoyed it very much. especially i remembered some of her old songs that i used to sing to myself back back then. however, i think mum did not enjoy it as much, but she was happy enough to watch it with dad. aww~ as for dad, he was of course delighted that we could be there to watch it with him. right there and then, i hope time just freeze...
here are some pictures for you to enjoy...












we parked our car in the double-line lane but it seems that the patrol police was not doing their job properly because we weren't fined. maybe they were just lenient that night because the carpark was freaking crowded! we thought we were late but thank god no.

i went to City Harvest twice- one of their zone week and another of pastor tan ye peng! omg. they're awesome. love them for whatever they're doing right now. true men of God! then to Bethany Service twice too i guess. we were always late for services. big family la~ hehe.







i also got a chance to go to the new ION shopping mall before going back, with mum and ika. the place is huge. kinda similar to VIVO City some people say. true also. but this is of course much better! it's in orchard! lol.

enough about spending time with family. i hanged out with my dear old friends whom i haven't talked to for ages. we met up thrice. but not everybody showed up every time. mei yan and ying ying came over to swim at castle green! ika also joined us. lol. we went thompson after that for Thai Express. i ate the super hot chilli until i almost cried. seriously, not kidding. even the manager told me personally to beware of the spice. it's not the usual spice. but i thought it's not a big deal but it was omg.



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can't wait for the next time that i am back to singapore again!!!

right now, all i can do is study, study, study.

i have made a promise to my uncle to study hard so that i will be successful in the future. yeah!~ hope i can do it!

xoxo,
thegirlwhojusthadswingdanceclass! ^^