english

"so you want the lemon FLAVOUR candle?"

"no, you don't use the word FLAVOUR, it is for tasting/eating., it should be AROMA instead"

"ok, im sorry. so you want the lemon AROMA candle?"

"emm.. no, AROMA is still not the right word to use. it should be scent."

"ok, so you want the lemon scentED candle?"



this is the conversation i had with a caucasion while at work.
he is actually correcting my spoken english.
i admit that my spoken enlgish is really poor, must really practice more so that i will be well aritculated, more fluent and confident in speaking english!

everywhere can be a classroom. just the attitude of learning.

mathematics

yi lin and i went to the mac@ hougang mall to study maths together.

ever since the end of the O level exam, i had never touch all the books ready.- about 4 months .

im glad that i still manage to do some of the questions.

other easy questions look compicated to me.

God's coffee

God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us." God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!

"The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Author unknown
http://www.rogerknapp.com/inspire/godcoffee.htm

taming the tiger.

i finish the book "taming the tiger" by tony anthony.

a dramatic personal life account. i learn about his encouter with Jesus and how the new life in Christ has changed his charatcter from a blood-thirsty, angry man to a man of self-control and passion to share the good news with everyone.

and i get to meet him in person today at the youth service with senior youths, youth leaders, kaserin and huishan. wow. thats a bonus inspiration!

one thing i learn from him- never be ashamed of Christ.

Lord, give me the courage to share your love.

enrolment

enrolment- suddenly feel like a business man.

so many date lines to meet.

so mauch paper work to do.

going to banks settle issues.

doing color vision tests.

foreign languages??- another quarrel with my mum.
i wanted to take french, she prefers japanese.

and she kinda of forces mii to take jap. "its either u take jap or u pay for your own french" ( although both courses has the same fees)

she's being materialistic agian, all she cares is about which language is more useful in this economy, of higher demand in our region.

what about me?? choosing a polytechnic course is already a big sacrifice to make for materialism. i wanted something of my interest and passion. i wanted French because i love to read, many good writers, novalists, are from western areas they wrote books with names, dialogues in french. many classic documentories like march of the penguins are also french movies. imagine one day i can understand lotz of movies from the film festival?? that will be cool.
French language is like literature, is like art to me.

i guess she will never understand it.

in the end of course she wins. ( as usual)- taking jap is still better than nothing at all.

sentosa trip.

jaslyn, cherine, baoxuan and i went to sentosa today

palawan beach, the place where we spent our majority of the time to swim, build sand castles( we never complete a decent sand castle, most of them look like a hill instead.) and we ate a $3 chicken roll for lunch.( emmm. i never really like microwave food, but when hunger strikes...)

i wanted to take some photos, but didnt have a digital camera. handphone camera?? since the day i lost my cable, i seldom use the camera in my phone ( the photos cant be loaded to computer anyway..)

how i wish to have my own digital camera.

night safari

Night Safari.

i went there for the first time in my 17 years of life!.

i realize one thing- i ought to do some work out.my body is growing rusty!!-walking abit of distant is already taking my energies away.- tired and sleepy.

because its dark, we didnt take too much of photos.- it is said that we would scare the night animals. they hate camera flahes!

but we still manage to take a few shots.

the perfect lie

its a perfect lie.

we went to batam for a short holiday trip on thursday and friday.
know what?

$1.00 Singapore dollars~~ 6000 indonesia dollars
i became a millionair in batam!

pictures says a thousand word. so i will just let the pictures tell the stories


at the resort.






@ the seafood restraunt
juicy coconut!

@the swimming pool in our resort

@ the pool

here are just some pictures for the batam trip.

flight of valor

we- baosuan, vera, elena,qi wei and i went to see their band practice today.

just heard a bit of their choice piece- flight of valor.

really nice piece!! exciting piece... really really love their piece. much better than our choice peice in the previous year- where falcon soar.

although alreadi not in their band ready, but we still really hope they can achieve something!!
whether a bronze or silver. definetly not *** (TABOO word)

God really did help us in the previous year- he did help us in the balloting! juz in front of us is also a new band that first time participated in syf ( yea, we got the same standing), and after us there is no band( lunch break). haha, it means there is no sharp contrast for our band by those really good band. being the last to perform also means that we didnt get to see how other bands perform, which is in a way good because some bands before us are like raffles girls, swiss cottage.. all the GOLD WITH HONOUR bands.im sure if we got to see them perform, our confidence and hope will alreadiii be crushed to the bottom.

but its not just God's blessing, we did work hard for it OKIE??!!..

a bronze?- its a good begining. it also means there are more rooms for improvenment!




jia you le, punggol band! pray that God will continue be on our side=)

tuesday is here.

tuesday means so much things!

- my dad's arrival to singapore!- it has been years since i last seen him, kinda miss him. there'll be a series of activities coming up. batam trip from thur to fri. night safari trip on sat night. yea! be readii to check out all the photos when im back.

-work in IKEA'- first day of job in IKEA.. can you believe it?? i actuall got the job!=) yea. and im such a road idiot- i can even get lost in my work place!! whahaa... and u can imagine what happen when the customer approach me for directions???. in the end. i borrowed a map home.. must do some homework at home, at least to memorize the map!


-class dinner- the saddest event in this happy day!!. i realli wanted to go for the class dinner de. i had miss so many class outings.( yea, in fact i didnt get to attend any one of them!)- and i told serene that i will go!!... bt in the end i didn turn up. what a liar am i!!!...maybe its the opportunity cost of having to work in IKEA!.

job

i love IKEA'

juz enjoy looking at the furntiures, designs, colors..

a place of imagination- i can picture my future home, family..a truely heart-warming scene in my mind.

simplicity is nice



flowering pot-green

children's chair-red












can i get a job in Ikea as a part-time sales assistant?
that would be nice.

pray that tomorrow orientation will be fine.

new poly course

yea, just got my posting result a week ago. its expected to get into my first choice- environment and water technology. @np.

it makes me ponder. where are all my dreams?
it has been a dream for me to be a child psychology for many years. i had been working hard for it and earn a very satisfactory score for my o level. i can enter to a jc to pursue it, or at the very least, i can choose courses like early childhood or psychology&community service which is closer link to my dream.

what actually happens to me?? why did i choose something like environment and water technology??.. am i turning to be materialistic, conforming to the pattern of this world??.it's all about money and money and careers, salary.

"early childhood"??- ooorr,, no no... u can earn nothing!!... a very low pay

"psychology& community service"??- ooorr... its even worse!!, u know psychology isnt a very demanding job in the society, it's not easy to get a job out there, i may end up doing some odd jobs. commnity service?? working in volunteery organisations, you can imagine how the pay is going to be like!!

i have to forgo so much things to take this environment&water technology. i wonder is it worth it.

- i give up a jc life- a place where i can study deeper into my physics, chemistry and maths. it means i have to give up all the subjects. i miss a chance to participate in SYF!!.

- i give up my dream- environment and water technology?? it have nothing to do with children, nothing to do with psychology....im totally out of the track.

environmental and water technology:
now i give up so many things just to be with you, i will make sure you are worth the sacrifice!!
PUB scholarship.. im coming for you.