With the Holy Spirit

Friday, July 28, 2006

Everybody's feeling the way I do *sigh*
I feel like an ant.
Fullstop.
The world seems so big and I, a puny weeny thing. It's like Singapore on the map lor. Starting all over again. My only consolation is that I'm loving what I'm doing. Going through all the modules and electives, I'd known that this was exactly what I wanted. I'm doing what I've always wanted to do. Not totally but I know I'm on my way there, be it the shorter route or the longer one =)

I wish me luck for my test next week =/

Praying that if it's meant to be, then so it shall be...

-Yours truly ;

Friday, July 14, 2006

Staying up till 5a.m with the company and help of my bestie Phae, I've finished the report for my team!!! Finally! Ha! If not for you Phae, I'd have dropped dead of exhaustion. But NOO...my eyes were opened wide like fishballs cuz I was laughing stupidly at the comp. We looked like retarded toots in those pics that we took lor. HAHAH! Will share this fun, laughter, tears and joy with my fellow blog readers very soon. Hee hee.

Our report...

Devastation. Destruction. Despair. This was the aftermath of the earthquake of magnitude 6.3 which struck the Indonesian provinces of Yogyakarta and Central Java on 27th May 2006, leaving over 5000 people dead, almost 40 000 wounded and half a million homes destroyed or damaged.

Desperate cries from the nation's victims resonated rapidly as food and supplies began mobilization and world bodies synchronized their efforts to reach out to the victims as many were left traumatized, homeless and parentless. The most affected were the orphans who are unable to fend for themselves in the poverty-stricken nation and were caught in the midst of chaos.

On the 20th July 2006, a team of 18-strong youths from National University of Singapore (NUS), driven by their passion to reach out to these children, embarks en route to Indonesia, Yogyakarta, in a bid to bring a glimmer of hope to the nation's poor and affected. With support of Youth Challenge Singapore under the mandate of the United Nations Development Programme, and armed with nothing more than zeal and a heart filled with love, these youths begin their journey of self-discovery as they seek to touch the lives of those around them.

A plea to all of you, each of us aim to raise at least 500 bucks- Singapore currency ya!-by the end of the week to buy food supplies and useful materials like stationary kits for the children in orphanages and people in refugee camps and slums to give out when we touch down. Cooking for thousands of people everyday, we need all the supplies (money too!) we can in our mission. Please...please donate!!! Even if I don't see you, and you don't see me, drop me a msg or call and sign an "I O U" mental note with me and I will "look for you" . Ok? ;)

-Yours truly ;

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Watching the cars zoom by,
people running in a flurry
and just being still when the world seems in a hurry.

I'd never gone from one end of the tiny dotted country to the other and back again -alone- without any intentions- before, but for the first time in history, I found myself insanely doing so. As I sat there, in the middle of nowhere where no one cares about me, neither does the lady security behind the counter when she saw me sitting on public property at the railings, I'd thought of how crazily time flew by. Sure there were ups as well as downs in those years- for the past 18 and a half years. But then again, the everlasting impressions left behind were the many golden memories tucked in my heart, dug up once again and refreshed when the occasion calls.

EMDD night. Supper at 1a.m. Eating junkies at Jac's patio. Why do we look weird at night? Hmm. Haha! =)

Candid shots. Posing la di da!

I just realised what a cam addict I am. Whenever we went out, it'll be fei, jia and jac who'd bring their cameras and take non-stop. And for the first time *YAY!* Haha..I brought a cam!!! Now melia, when's your turn? Hee ;)

Looking stupid. Hee hee.

My enemy turned bestie of 13 years... Cheers dearie.. =) We were in the TOI-LET remember? HAHA!

My neighbour, my sweetest girlfriend, my best friend.

And some photos I took when I got home after EMDD..Being obssessed with the cammie.

"Hey you!!! Yes YOU!"

Just me and puppy.

-Yours truly ;

Friday, July 07, 2006

I woke up thinking of you...
my mind was in a whirl.
I was sleeping still -
yet things from past and menace haunted me with thrill,
grabbing my dreams and snatching me from you.
Pain and guilt wrecks me in my sleep,
and I wish I am awake all the time,
'cuz only then I know you're real,
and all is not surreal.
Those haunting dreams will never catch me,
and tear me away from you.
for only God's grace
is my solace.

I love you so,
no words can ever let you know
how much I do.

I love you,
that's all you need to know...

-Yours truly ;

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Just some of the photos I took whilst in China. Enjoy (^-^)

That lazy fella there is China's Olympics 2008 mascot-presenting *drum rolls* Jing Jing!

28 turns around the mountains that made me almost faint and puke.

Making monkey faces...
Me: Hmm..Are we on top of the mountains or what?
Him: Ooo...cool. Duh uh!!!

Him and I. Guess who? My brudder! Haha!

Mountain cow!!! Its fur was so darn long...longer than my hair. Gee.

Tibetan tribal clothes on me...against the backdrop of majestic mountains. Beautiful eh??

Somewhere around the Tibetan village

Mountain hawker. With a tibetan sales lady in tow!

God's wonderful creation- One of the seven wonders of the world - Jiu Zhai Gou.

Fairy pools of crystal clear water. Aqua marine and turquoise blue. Amazing.

Home sweet home. I love the clouds..

-Yours truly ;

Monday, July 03, 2006

12 hours ago, I landed my butt on homeland. Felt happy and sad at the same time, happy cuz I missed Singapore...especially the rest of my family!
My darling doggies too!! And, not forgetting- Singapore food!!! (mmm...*licks lips*) but at the same time, I missed Sichuan and it was a bit of a heartache to leave. The beautiful mountains and valleys, waterfalls, rivers and lakes, twists and turns of the wilderness and the new tibetan friends I made, not forgetting the pandas, sheeps, lambs, camels, goats, piggies and cows!!!! Went to the part of China where we were close to the tibetan borders and visited the tribes.

Though it was 10 days of holiday and fun, I gained more knowledge than I lost money. I didn't realise how really fortunate I am until I saw how those people lived in poverty. Even the OCIP I did in Indonesia when I was in college, can never be comparable to the poverty of the people in China where I was holidaying. The city people were certainly far more well-to-do, contrast to the village and mountain people. Imagine, a peasant actually owns an average of only 3-5 suits of clothings, where each can be worn for 7 years..torn and patched over the years whereas in Singapore, even the poorest of the poor have more clothings on their bare backs to shield themselves from the scorching tropical sun.

While holidaying in China, I was thinking, gee, everything is so cheap!!! $2 in China is equivalent to 50 cents in Singapore and that $2 can buy a local a bowl of piping hot noodles from the roadside hawker. What can 50 cents do for us?? Maybe only take a bus ride around Singapore. But at the same time, I didn't realise how big the picture was. A normal waiter working in the city of China only earns an average of 800 yuan a month, and the most a mountaineous farmer can earn is far less than that. $2 to them is how we see $2 here. Make sense? It certainly did to me.

I remembered my mum jokingly asking this tibetan girl and her parents selling trinkets and accessories whether she wanted to fly with us to Singapore so that she can matchmake her. Her parents immediately said yes and pushed her to us, but the girl said no. Gee.. the girl was around my age, 1 year younger. If I were her, I'd say no too. Over my dead body I say. Ha! No matter how poor I am, I'll never stoop so low to sell myself and lose my integrity. I'd rather beg and plead on the streets to make ends meet.

But, think about it, given a real situation, some girls have no choice.

-Yours truly ;