e symphony of life

another great weekend ending soon. sigh. then back to the boring uni classes. haha.

anyway. great church service, as always. i just love the band so much...Adeline played the keyboards today. How i wish that i can have the opportunity to play for the church 1 day...(if i can pass e auditions!)

oh my goodness Adeline's going to e Hillsong conference in Sydney!!! ahhh!!! a whole of e youths from e church is going there this july after their finals! shucks man. why can't i go?! yeah i have uni ma... sigh so dissapointed. nvm next year i'll surely be there! haha.

actually there's another national youth conference here in Chch soon (july 4th i think), called "Influence". hehe. too bad i can't attend e whole thing due to uni class too, but will try to make it at nite. e tshirt's cute oso! haha

i'm still not used to finishing big servings of food here! so paiseh ar when i can't finish my food while Su Teck n Esther's plate so kilat oredi... anyway they really eat a lot here. dat's y ppl get fat so easily during winter. haha. will join badminton wif e youth soon, but gotta buy new racquet le. haih have to korek my pocket for more cash again!

another full-of-crap blog

Just in case I lose my memory in the future... These are some (MANY) things that happened during National Service in Kem Bumimas Siri 2/2005. From 13 March to 24 May 2005.
caution: do not read unless extremely bored. very very long n "loso". yeah u know me

~arrived at my new home for the next 2 months wif Yvonne. sad, nervous, n excited as well.
~divided into new different "kompeni". a proud member of the BRAVO company. new hostel too: Mata Kucing
~complains that there's too many bumiputeras in my hostel. wants more Chinese frens. in short, grumble grumble grumble
~physical activities start. marching for long hours under e hot sun. complain even more. getting more dark.
~got closer to e gals in my hostel. got along quite well wif Karen, Hua, n Siew Yong. still miss home n food. n mummy
~silang budaya class finishes. kelas kenegaraan starts. my teacher's pretty. haha. the lovely cikgu Mastini
~chat a lot wif Ah Pek in class. advises him to quit smoking n be a good boy. haha.
~saw a cute (ahem) guy in Alpha kompeni. took a picture with e guy (Jimmy). really awkward. haha. started msging wif him
~the whole camp practically knew dat i have a crush on Jimmy. no face ar! i think he knows too. bleh. dun care
~Ah Pek's gang started calling me "da sao". He started getting protective of me. kinda flattered but he's not my type of guy
~kelas kenegaraan ended. cried when i hugged cikgu Mastini. gonna miss her so much.
~a surprise party in my class for Cikgu Mastini. the cake fight began. face n hair all covered with oily icing.
~enjoyed "flying fox". loved rakit n kayaking. started to like physical training. trained hard for marching competition between companies
~many sports competition went on. BRAVO girls rocked! yeah~ *e guys were ok la...*
~had a major fight wif Felicia. went on for at least 2 days. so stupid. then we made up n laughed about it *smiles*
~something went wrong between Camy n I since she found out about Jimmy. stopped talking to her. she tried getting more attention from Jimmy
~Bian Tai became famous for his scream. dun even ask. he stares at people too much.
~dun like e new class, "pembinaan karakter". miss kelas kenegaraan n frens in e class.
~NS ending soon. a strong bond built between all my frens (no matter wat race n religion) n I.
~duet choir presentation wif Siew Yong, "More than words". Chung on guitar. so embarrassed coz of terrible sound system. Ah Pek tried to cheer me up. haha. but all's good.
~(maybe) began to show a lil interest towards Chung. talked a lot to Ck n him. Jimmy n Bian Tai kept bugging me.
~Kenny gave me a few important tips. haha. supports me all the way. such a cool fren
~the funniest moment in history happened. Mok, Ck, Chung, Vincent did a stupid ballet dance in front of 400+ people. Dressed in plastic spaghetti straps n paper-made skirts. laughed histerically when Ck's skirt fell down. almost fell off my chair. stomach muscle ached for laughing too much
~had a new best fren. LUCY! go Lucy. she found a bf. haha.
~I received presents! woohoo. A ring, 2 bracelets, a keychain, an earring. love them.
~We won e marching n obstacle course competition! wao almost pengsan during obstacle but e joy is even incomparable. on cloud nine. guys got no.2 in marching n won obstacle
~BRAVO r champions again!!! lotsa hampers n trophies. took many pictures
~community service started. going home in 2 days. so sad. dun wanna go home. dun wanna leave my frens and kem Bumimas
~took an (ahem) cozy picture wif Chung. he put his hand over my shoulder! haha. me being immature again
~Vincent told (i think) Chung how i felt about him. face reddened.
~sigh sigh. packed my things to head back to Kuching. cried again. cried myself to sleep the night before. saw Lucy crying also.
~last few minutes in Kem Bumimas, my 2nd home. Chung n Ah Pek shook hands wif me for e last time. sigh again. saw Jimmy wiping a tear(?). Bian Tai with his puppy eye look. sheesh make me cry even more
~took last pictures of my beloved home. left on 24 May. not for 1 second regretted National Service. Thanked God for placing me in this special program.
I am truly blessed. and so are thousands of other national service trainees.
Will remember n cherish these 2 months forever. If God allows, might meet with my frens there again. Somewhere, somehow I believe.

Is this the right church for me?

Went to City New Life Church this morning. Gosh, it was so packed. Today was the opening ceremony of their new stage. haha. really cool new stage. found out that the church was actually a majestic theatere, but was bought over and renovated by some pastors. In short, I was just in awe of the exquisiteness n beauty of the church. just breathtaking...dunno how to explain but u have to c it to believe me. haha

Got to know Esther much more better. talks a lot, but thankfully not crap. She's studying law and living in Chan Seng Kai's house now. haha. Apparently her dad knew the mayor really well. Wouldn't be surprised if she'll turn out to be a good politician in a few years time. She even asked me to remember to vote for her. hahaha! hmm...maybe will consider flatting with her next year, since she cooks rili well. hehe

yeah... i survived the first week

wao. time passes rili fast, doesn't it?

1st week of uni has officially ended. today is the most tiring day for me. haha. went into the chemistry laboratory to do some simple experiements today. 1 thing i noticed: totally different from what i've learnt back home. here, all experiments are done individually. reports must be handed in at the last period. and every report counts to my final grade! hah, that's new... so no chance of slacking and finshing report last minute anymore. hmph.

oh yeah. did i mention how funny i look in those long white coats n HUGE goggles??? hahaha.

english class is a wee bit boring. haha. in a sense that it covers really 'kiddies' topics. for the sake of those students from mainland China who don't speak fluent english. but here comes the 1st challenge. an assignment due Monday. hmm. the time to prove myself. muahaha

lalala...

been MIA for a week now. don't ask why. just blame e laptop.

anyway, 2nd day of official uni-day. so how did i find it? 1st thing: really tiring la... class starts at 9am every weekday (tuesdays r worse coz class starts at 8...) n finishes at 5pm. man... sigh. n mind u, it's still very dark at 8 in e morning during winter n gets dark again around 5. haha. so that's my new life here.

some classes are interesting, some are just drop dead boring. statistics teacher is an expert in making people fall asleep. and e only way i can stay awake during snz class is by pinching myself. esp when it's late in e afternoon. many many students r from mainland China, and gosh... are they filthy rich or what?! kinda paiseh owez need to say "hah?" or "pardon me?" coz the chinese they speak sounds rili funny n a lil too precise. haha. nice n sweet ppl though.

snz teacher is plain SCARY. she's just like a female version of prof. SNAPE. really. what kind of teacher frightens her students on e 1st day of class by telling them there's gonna be a report/essay consisting 15% of e final grade which needs to be at least 750 words??? aiks. wanna faint ar. chem n bio r still ok i guess, since it's same as form 5, just in english nia. phew.

right, that's all. cheers!