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"Living faith opens the heart to the grace of God which frees us from pessimism" (Pope Benedict XVI)

you love someone not because they are perfect
but even though they arent.

Sometimes you have to be apart from the people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes it makes you love them more.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 10:35 PM

He Never Sleeps - Don Moen



" the bible tells us to cast all our cares on Him, because He cares for us. my friend this is more than a promise, it's a command. so be at rest. because God is working at ways that you cannot see. He never sleeps, He never slumbers."




1:57 PM

A Night at RWS.

@ 2100 -The Crane Dance

 the crane dance was AWESOMEEE. really brings back memories of erm USS haha! will upload the video... ok CRAP!!!!. the video is officially... CORRUPTED. i cant open it at all. DAAAAAAMN. 
nvm shall get it from my mummy again.. 
but anyway, the crane dance. is AWESOME!!! 
FYI - this is a picture of it when they (two cranes) were sleeping! :)

so there's lots of water... and sound... quite cool lah! there's also lcd screens for good reason.. the story as a whole is very nice and meaningful...:)
and there's pyrotechnics too! *cough* computerised ones. o well. environmentally friendly rite? since it shows everyday.

@ 2115 - Lake of Dreams
basically it is a water and laser show.. some parts are impressive but on the whole... nah .
 at the beginning. - waiting for it to start.
 the audience! 

 yea see the water sprays ?
the ending !!! 
which to me is the best to watch.. since its so colourful - huhu. 

@ 2130 - Lake Spectacular 
essentially a fireworks show. 
MY FAVOURITE. 
MY FAVOURITE
MY FAVOURITE.

but the show started at ard 2150 :(.. i think cause it was raining in the early night time.. 
but it was so worth it.
fireworks in your face! 
colourful fireworks at that! to me, really represents USS as a fun themepark! like u know ur usual colourful disney world kind... hahaahha. 

i dun usually get to watch fireworks up close :/ . so this was a really good experience :)




12:58 PM

NINTENDO CONSOLE. some of the games i used to play.. 

sigh. 

i had effectively lost my skills on how to run properly-.-. - cause its not the usual controller! :/ 


spelunker!!!!! -- an update from the previous post on this. now i can reach level 2!

i used to be pro at this too................. 

effectively ... did not get my tail. 




12:14 AM

One republic - Secrets (integrated Teslacoil version)





Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 5:27 PM

The Servant Song




WAHHH so long since we did this song lah!!!! ehhh, verse 5 is really NICEE - "when we sing to God in heaven, we shall find such harmony!" :)




12:36 AM

How Deep the Father's Love for Us

i know i have posted the lyrics before - but i think not the video. saw this video on utube just now.. the extra quotes below the lyrics make the song sound even better:)




12:13 AM

LOVE LIKE WOE - The Ready Set





Monday, March 28, 2011, 11:53 PM

Sanctuary


Lord prepare me
To be a sanctuary
Pure and holy
Tried and True


With thanksgiving
I'll be a living
Sanctuary 
For You





currently helping out emm with re-typing and re-formatting of our ppt song collection. its quite terok lah. but can salvage :). especially when i just found alot of songs thats really not far away from the correct format :). 


singing and proof reading all the slides is quite fun! especially when I actually know how to sing the song-.-'. :/ like the one on top! :) such a nice song, we should do it soon :/ 




2:03 PM

 BOWLING. 
 daddy re-taught me how to bowl lol. even i kinda alr know how...... its my ARM LAH, and wrist. zz. always not straight... so ya


THATS LIKE THE MOST LONG KANGS I HAVE EVER SEEN ON MY SCORE. =_=. and funny, i still manage a 70.. not far from my usual score. 

 went out to bowl with 4 friends :). hehe LOOK AT MY SCOOOREE :). lol is this the effects of practice one day before? or i was just plain lucky-.- everyone did quite well lor! better than their usual too!. 


and my friend got a double strike! but i cant find the picture. lol.


played bowling using the xbox 360 kinect too! with another 4 friends lol. 
it was kinda fun :P.. knowing that the ball can also travel to the audience, make a hole on the bowling lane....... or even travel to another bowling lane n down e pins there! :P. 


the kinect games are really tiring lor=_=. instant workout at ur living room. esp if e games r sports. but they are really fun! table tennis :p, volleyball, boxin n soccer. haha. 




1:51 PM

BEACH ROAD TANGYUAN/ AH BALLING

lol, that yummy peanut soup that just melts in your mouth :). 
but anyway, it has a branch! - did u know? at NEX mall, just outside NTUC. but i think this branch uses frozen tangyuans :/. or .. well i duno! but the first and last time i bought frm there... the tangyuans were pretty.. hard. but the soup tastes the same if ur wondering .lol. 

 this, is the peanut tangyuan :). MY FAVOURITEE. 
 & this - is black sesame... which, i have never tasted and i dun plan to. 
 & this is red bean! although i AM a dou sa lover... *twitches nose*.hmm... not my favourite.... 
 & their new flavour - GREEN TEA. looks yummy rite! i know. it WAS yummy. like true green tea - bitter? yes. it was rather nice! not that sweet either!.. but i think i prefer my authentic green tea in the form of hot liquid. lol. not a fan of cold green tea. 
 green tea. 
red bean. 




1:36 PM

IT FAIR BUYS. - HAPPY BUYS

i knew i wanted a compact camera. and i knew i wanted one from canon. 
i just din know what model. lol. 

till the night before the second day of the it fair, i asked my daddy if the models in the papers - IXUS 220 HS and powershot A3200 IS were good ? so he said he would go online n read reviews/ do some research for me. previously he said powershot was good lah.

it was 1 (one) AM (morning) when he called me - i was sleeping lor! - den he told me about both.... well i think we were more inclined to the ixus series then. 

cause it can shoot underwater - with casing- , has alot of features... it was good lah! . whereas i think we couldnt really find the specs for the powershot or smth. 

so we went down to the it fair :)

at that time i was already eyeing either the 220 or 115.... 115 was cheaper by 100.. -.-. 
the main differences is that 220 has a wider angle-.-, higher zoom... and slimmer. DAT'S ALL. lol for the price of 100. wow -.-? 


quality n features wise they ARE THE SAME. so yea. obviously i went for the cheaper one. :)


at the same time, we bought a purchase with purchase- the canno selphy photo printer! 


ahem - since then, i havent actually tried the printer yet.. will do so soon =_=... its still sitting in its packaging lo. its very compact.. so its kinda portable too!.. and after calculations... using the printer - as a longterm investment, saves money in the long run for photo printing. :). cause for me i usually print smaller size photos like collages ( 7 photos in a 5R) etc. for this printer, it can also do collages! 2 in 1, 3 in 1... 7 in 1 also have! dats why i liked it :). and its really easy to put in the ink cartridges and paper.. lol. AND ITS INSTANT. lol. so yea. 










the selphy bag came along with the printer.... havent used it yet.. but looks nice lor! :). esp the picture at the back rite. :). 


FREEBIES WITH THE CAMERAAAA. :). 


2 class 6 (six) 8gb memory cards!!! EIGHT GB LEH, i can barely finish 4gb.... 8gb can hold days of shots lor-_-. and its class 6 !!! meaning faster shooting :) - specially good for the high burst speed feature. bleh. 
4gb thumbdrive!! yes its a thumbdrive. 
the only minus point is dat this, is a tad heavy. lol. 


CAMERA CASING. I LIKE. ITS HARD CASE !! DOUBLE PROTECTION!! :)


lol can u believe im still so happy over my it fair buy-.-
this is uh i think free gift or something for using a particular credit card. kinda nice i guess :). but its pink lah sian. only colour available :/ 


oh they gave a screen protector too! JUST THAT, WHEN I APPLIED IT ON.... i tot it was too small !! :(. in the end, it was really just nice.. that is , it only covers the lighted part of the screen - not the whole screen -.-. 
AND MY LOVELY BLUE CAMERA :) nice right! IK. 


so far, actually i found the zoom can go to 16x? i duno if it damages the camera :/ but........... yea. its still clear leh?
and the quality is really good :). although..... somehow... me being a camera noob, sometimes the picture is just different from when i use my own trusty iphone cam. shall upload another day. 


so here r the camera features! 
normal? 
macro? i cant remember. 
i know this is miniature. 
fish eye.
miniature again. 
toy camera. 
bnw
vivid


single colour


old camera effect? 

uh, i just know i went in order of the features on the menu pane... not bothering to go back n trace. :). 

i m happy with my buy! but the battery really drops dead if i spam high burst speed for around 5min.... for normal shooting with different features- not counting slowmo, highburst n hd video, the batt is still full/slightly full when i shoot over 300 pics :)




Sunday, March 27, 2011, 11:54 PM

Peace. 


Going through my "Daily Devotion for Everyday Living" passage... it was about peace. 
How we all need peace in our lives right now, and in the world. It talked about how during past wartime, all fire stopped when a baby came out of an unharmed house, unafraid to play outside. mmmm... 


-- although it might not b v true......... but it has a very good meaning to it. yea? 


--and quite FAIL . i just realised theres a passage of scripture for each devotion passage stated on the same page. BAHH, where's my bible :x. --

Luke 2:14. "Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. "




11:37 PM

Come to the Cross


Are you looking for mercy, forgiveness for your sins?
Are you fighting a battle, struggling to win?
Are you sad and lonely, searching in vain?
Holding back a part of you that’s causing all the pain.
Come to the cross, do not be afraid. Jesus is waiting to take away your pain.
Come to the cross, do not hesitate. He gives you his love today..



-- seems like i really cannot find the mp3 for the song :( maybe its an original! but sigh, its really nice and has touched the hearts of many when sung. 




Friday, March 25, 2011, 4:19 PM

=_=.

the weather is so terrrribleee :(. ohh nooooo... it's like having a bipolar disorder or something.

it's realllly hot. and stuffy... and then rains like nobody's business and go backs to being hot. :/
although i knw lah.... when its really hot, the clouds get heavier faster... and the cycle repeats. but seriously :(

im one of those victims of the weather.. fell sick last week and monday. my fever went down in a day.. but my nose is still quite bad -.-.

mister weather, please get better.




3:35 PM


my try after possibly a decade of absence with the game and its controller.

EPIC- FAIL . LOL. haha!!!!!!

yup, i experienced what others called the difficult maneuvering of the spelunker :p.
CAN'T WAIT TO TELL MY SISTER :D


and credit has to be given to venn :p. who keeps reminding me not to give up hor? since she apparently hasnt forgotten about this game of mine :p.


oh and i forgot to mention, the utube video of the original spelunker - one of my thoughts as i watched it was " WHY ISNT THE PLAYER PICKING UP EVERYTHING?" . its fun to do so :P




3:24 PM

so, what's that game called.. the one i used to play last time on the nes console.. :/
i know HOW it looks like. i remember parts of it.... i know theres a lift somewhere, there are levels, there are bats.. theres a boat..... WHAT'S THAT NAME?
lol, i went through hundreds of different names of console games published in the last 2 decades.
i knew it wasnt an easy name and i kept mistaking it for lode runner-.-'.

after another attempt today - cause venn gave me another link asking me if it was the game i was looking for.... going through the list twice, I FOUND IT.

SPELUNKER.

--spelunker n. One who explores caves chiefly as a hobby; a caver.-- answers.com.


LOL. there you have it :p. 
i was watching the video below frm utube with great interest as it brings back memories.... great memories. 


at that time, i din even know the blue/red arrow from max to min meant the amt of oxygen left-_-.. i only knew if it ran out, spelunker would die lol. 


i din even know the thing used to shoot at the bat was a flare :p. i just knew it did smth to the bat so i could get away from his poop.  same issue with the geyser. lol. 


ANYWAY, the one thing that intrigued me as i read its description on wiki, was dat many found it a very hard game to play. lol. really?? . i guess i can understand.. cause its really easy to fall off ropes,ladders and platforms etc... ive experienced it myself :p. 


but then again, my jie and i were masters of the game :D!!. she was way better since she'd been playing it longer than i had. . after the brown cave comes the green den blue cave or something. 


AND I PLAYED IT SO MUCH LAST TIME I KNEW WHERE ALL THE KEYS WERE LOL. ( cause in the green cave or another harder level, the keys become invisible. ). 


i love this game :).






O.M.G. THERE'S A PS3 VERSION!! - although the graphics are better, its just plain harder to make out what everything is. nothing beats the original eh?



and now i just found a link to play it online! COOOOOL!!! :):):)

http://nintendo8.com/game/678/spelunker/

i love my childhood. the music is just omph, i feel like a kid again.




Thursday, March 24, 2011, 6:23 PM

Chris Medina - What Are Words


this upload should have occurred a long time ago. its late.


Anywhere you are, I am near
Anywhere you go, I'll be there
Anytime you whisper my name, you'll see
Every single promise I'll keep
Cause what kind of guy would I be
If I was to leave when you need me most

What are words
If you really don't mean them
When you say them
What are words
If they're only for good times
Then that's all
When it's love
Yeah, you say them out loud
Those words, They never go away
They live on, even when we're gone

And I know an angel was sent 

Just for me and I know I'm meant
To be where I am and I'm gonna be

Standing right beside her tonight

 And I'm gonna be by your side
I would never leave when she needs me most

I'm forever keeping my angel close




3:53 PM

athough i have solved my problem with post formatting by using safari-_-

now it seems to only show one really long post on the page... zz sigh.




1:07 PM

whilst on the way back from KL, i was watching a rather interesting movie called 'The Last Templar". hehe, i love reading and watching these kind of stories-although of course i dun just believe them by doing so lol -.-.

amidst all the seriousness of the massive robbery at the museum and investigations, a particular line made me LOL. lol.
it went something like - oh, erm it's the season of lent (lol 1st time), im abstaining from coffee, chocolate (lol 2nd time) and swearing (lol 3rd time). considering it IS the season of lent right now and i do know friends who are abstaining or are trying to abstain from chocolate.. it was rather funny :p. but it's an awesome movie!!! no regrets of watching it.. just abit disappointed at it being really draggy such that it needs a sequel to finish the story-__-'..

anyway, since ive lost at abstaining from snacking -______- ( cause i keep forgetting.. zz. ) ive decided on a new lent resolution starting today. WHICH I ACTUALLY FORGOT THE MOMENT I STEPPED OUT OF BED LOR. goodness, im terrible! decided to read one "Good Morning Lord Devotions" out of the book my mummy got me quite a long time ago... i stopped reading halfway - so i should continue. besides dat, i should also allocate more time to just "meditate" :O.

and because i quickly forgot about the new lent resolution, He had to remind me .. LOL. whilst i was on fb, i read something about an iMissal but couldnt read it cause the page just HANGED there LOL. that was when i suddenly remembered about the new resolution. so i took the book out and read the next passage my bookmark indicated. It's about a faithful friend , acquaintances and the lonely. which is really true.. mmmm... i really gotta re-read it a few times.

yup, and that is my moment of Him for today.




12:03 AM

I decided to take a friends advice for e season of lent.

So now I try to quieten my
Thoughts down n just listen to my surroundings and whatever else I can listen and want to
Listen out for.

Since I'm really lousy at noting my thots down, apparently smth 2 people thought I would b a master at since they had previously given me stationary to pen my thots down, shall just write them here(notes) n hope nth screws up when I post It to blogger.

Two things came across my
Mind just now. One, I just realized I've ran away 3 times. Two, I thot that I had learnt how to appreciate better than last time. But, I guess not as I recount the events that have happened...

One thing that came across
My mind just randomly a few mths back, was that I regretted my actions of not treasuring smth. I have lost all forms of contact, brushed aside requested forgiveness... Goodness how was I like that! :( . And so I pay the price.I was a fool. But I was young, dats why.

Another, was also a few mths back when I realized really, how much I cared and feared for e emotional stability of u. When I seemed like I din pay much attn, it hurt just to read ur passage of sorrow. But some things never change, some are imperfect. I got confused and messed up, and I scattered away.

Hehe I like e fact of canceling and obliterating written mistakes if I ever write in a book. It just gives a different feel to penning thots down. Dun u think? :p .




Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 11:22 PM




4:02 PM

mmmmm i should return to blog for a while.

it's the holidays! it's BEEN the holidays, it's STILL the holidays!

so what have I been doing...... sleeping, eating and having trips! down to sheng siong... popular... and the swimming complex. well of course got more places lah, let's start at Ikea.

ikea food is just cheap :D. and yummy!



this is at the tampines branch.
the minestrone soup was too sour:/ the cajun chicken dish tasted like normal ikea chicken wings-_- and the tomato pasta to me was so-so lah.


YUMMY SUPER SPICY LAKSA. really, i couldnt take the spiciness..!! (but that's me.. -_- im lousy with chilli. but when it comes to nasi lemak or laksa, usually i have no problem:} ).

yup! its REALLY GOOD. at e alexandra branch. although i would say that the uh, gravy slightly thick and the tau pok slightly hard.... lol -_-. but overall, a good dish. it just hasnt beaten my laksa favourite frm boon keng market - min ji laksa. LOL :D ( without the ham and chicken of course-_-)

MEATBALLS :D. always yummy.. LOL. plus the soft potatos :) and jam! .and - sauce.

goes well with practically anything! my daddy has added these into home-cooked spaghetti, or gratin or noodle dishes lol! of course this is the kid's meal size which costs 3 smth. ( already quite filling with the rest of the food we ordered-_-)

AND HOOOORAY FOR FREE WATER! :)


and guess what, PIXAR HAS BEEN SEEN IN IKEA. lol. - talking about the lamp logo. :).


other items that has been eaten by me include.... (above - tostada chips! from chillis!. BOTTOMLESS U KNOW. :)

daddy's chicken curry! - just that i feel this one has abit too much milk. but its THE BEST CURRY EVER :) the gravy isnt thick, the potatoes arent broken.. yummmmmY:)

popiah! some super good one from joo chiat. uh, bought e ingredients home to make. BIG and GOOD. :) expensive too-_-

nice wrapping skills :p

had steamboat with friends too! LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF FOOD LOL WE FINISHED IT LEH. although u cant really see a good picture - the tray behind the pot contains only MUSHROOMS. :p.
daddy's SUPER NICE but can be better chilli crab! :). hehe.

whampoa market laksa:). not bad... i guess. gravy abit thick.

whampoa market satay bee hoon. i din eat this but it's one of the famous stalls :)

also went to the dessert stop at serangoon :). not bad... this was mango crepe. quite nice :). small portion but filling.


also made a trip, or a few trips to ... whats dat place called at serangoon... the hawker centre-_-.

chomp chomp! YA LOL -_- slipped my mind.

chicken wings are the best. :).