My Wedding

HAHA. I wish. Not so soon (and maybe not ever) anyway...but my aunt gave me this bridal bouquet from her friend's wedding. I thought she caught the bouquet but turns out that the bride was so busy that she forgot to throw the bouquet. So she gave it to the bridesmaid (my aunt) instead.


Anyway, I'm soooooo happy (and relieved) that exams are over and HOLIDAYS are here! Christmas is in the air! :D

Previously, I didn't understand why everyone was already into the Christmas spirit cos I didn't really feel it until my exams were over. I got all revved up when my mum and her sisters started bursting out into Christmas carols and planning for the family Christmas party after dinner last night. Really hope that they will carry out what they have been discussing cos it seems like nobody wants to take the lead and be the coordinator.

Anyway, thank God that exams are over, seriously! I mean, it's quite hard to come up with a decent essay in the span of 2 hours, compared to JC days where one can churn essays in the short timespan of an hour. It kinda seems impossible now; it's like asking me to start a rusty engine.

One thing I learnt from the exams: never clump 2 examinable modules in 1 day. Initially, I did that cos I thought it was like O and A Levels. 2 papers, write a bit more in 1 day and it won't kill you, and you're done! But I was so wrong! The rigour is more than that, plus the memory work...

Anyway, I achieved a remarkable first for my exams on the first day, which was Psychology paper. I arrived 5-10 minutes late. Plus, I was in such a hurry getting my pencil case and whatnot that I forgot my matric card when I rushed to my seat which was 394857km far from where my bag was so, I had to "Amazing Race" all the way back when the invigilator told me to get it in the middle of exams. Thank God I managed to not only finish my paper in time but I could actually check through everything again. And I find it pretty amusing that the first question for my short-answer question was " Why do we have 2 eyes?" XD

Anyway, what's done is done. I can only pray that I'll do reasonably well, especially for Bio. I'll just settle with materialising my post-exam plans, of which I have been dreaming about for a long time. Actually, most of them are plans that have been carried forward from the previous holiday, which I have either not got the chance to bring it to fruition, or I just can't get enough of it. So, I'm planning on scouring for interesting recipes in the hopes of bringing new food items on our boring, "all-you-can-see-is-takeaway-food" dinner table. Other than that, I wanna read! I wanna exercise and shed some pounds! I (have to) get Christmas presents! Meet up with friends! Spend time with family! Watch more movies!

Busy eh? OK, probably not as bad as other people but I hope that this holiday will be more fruitful than my past 8 months of idling before Uni started, not that it was pure idling but it felt like I was hit by one whole wave of activities then. Hopefully, this Christmas would be more meaningful too.

God, please lengthen the holidays so that January 11th would not come so soon!

Tonight You Belong To Me

Love her voice! It's not the typical contemporary, power-packed voices you hear today (not saying that they're bad though)but it's very soothing and mellow. Plus, it takes on a slightly saccharine quality. Fits the song perfectly! :D

In The Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel Cover)

After hearing many different renditions, I think this is one of the best although the video quality is quite bad. He has quite a unique, hill-billy voice plus the guitar-playing is not bad.

News reader cannot stop laughing at model falling over!

Not being mean but the model looked as if she was balancing on 6-inch heels. I was laughing at the way the news anchors laughed (or rather, hissed) actually...

News Blooper: News10 Halloween Prank Scares Morning Anchors!

I literally burst out laughing to the screen when I saw this...made me feel so much better! :D

George Bush worst Freudian Slip in history on TV! must see!

This is really good! My Psych lecturer showed this to us, amongst others, while explaining what a Freudian Slip is :D

Reflections...

Heylo! Feels like I'm cut off from the world and my friends cos I haven't been seeing them much, save a few. Thank God that my (beloved) baby brother recovered from his bout of Dengue Fever! It was quite scary cos he collapsed into my room last Monday night after relieving himself in the wee hours of the morning. At that point, he wasn't even aware that he went into the wrong room and he was so pale and totally unconscious so we rushed him to the hospital. He had to take his O Levels there but at least he's much better now. Thanks for all your prayers and support! :)

As for school, I'm feeling very relieved today cos I've finally finished my 2 projects which I procrastinated about beforehand. The holiday yesterday sorta helped speed things up.

Can't wait for December holidays to come (Have I mentioned it already?). It's getting sorta monotonous...there's really nothing interesting that can happen except maybe the occasional highs and lows you experience upon getting back your test results or assignments. Hmm...maybe it's just me. Just don't feel like being so involved and committed to activities outside the normal curriculum time compared to secondary school and JC. Of course it's good to widen your social networks, get to know more people, try out new experiences, etc but for now, I don't really have the time, and maybe the mood, to get rah-rah about stuff. Maybe in the subsequent years?

This leads me to a nagging thought that I occasionally ponder about. Sometimes I think that I give people the impression that I study a lot and that I'm only concerned about school stuff and neglect other things in the process. It's like they perceive me as a high achiever and that my studies are my top priority in life but it's not totally true.

No doubt I value the importance of education but I do recognise that it's not the only important thing in my life. The thing that keeps me motivated to continue studying and achieving my academic goals is based (mostly) on the fact that I do not want to disappoint my mum cos she has invested so much in ensuring that I receive quality education and I know she'll worry incessantly if I'm not doing well. Also, that's my main role right now: being a student.

Then again, it doesn't mean that I won't find time to have fun and chill out or pursue other activities cos I do! In fact, sometimes I have the tendency to enjoy too much to the point that I neglect my studies :S

By fulfilling your role, you're also honouring God by doing your best in wherever you are based and being a good testimony to the people around you and through it, you learn to depend on God more as you find that certain things can't be accomplished solely on human strength alone so, in a way, your relationship with God would be stronger. Of course, when you concentrate too much on a certain goal, you would inevitably have lesser time for other stuff. There'll be times (in fact many, many times) when I feel that I'm not serving God as much as I would like by not being actively involved in church activities.
Maybe right now, my ministry would be helping the people around me as much as I can by being there for them as much as possible. In essence, being in touch with them especially when they need you the most. Sounds easy but it can be challenging to even avail yourself to make time for others...

Then again, I don't really see the need to justify my actions to people who see me as such. I am only accountable to God and I will act accordingly if He deems my present actions unfit.

OK. Enough of the heavy stuff.

Last Sunday, Er Yi and Co. fulfilled another desire of mine! :D:D Previously, they satiated my craving for D24 Durians from the EXACT durian stall that I wanted to go to at Joo Chiat. Now, they saved me A WHOLE lot of trouble by bringing me to the Bedok outlet of Botak Jone's! I didn't know that they had an outlet at Bedok and I was "desperate" enough to travel all the way to Toa Payoh just to taste how it's like!

The food is really good and it comes at a reasonable price. The Cheese Potato Salad and both the Cajun Chicken and Black Pepper Chicken is perfect although the coleslaw was average. Didn't get a chance to try the Beef meals though, although one thing's for sure: I'll be going back for more! :D:DPictures from Google