Crazy Day

I have never felt so insecure in my life.

Today was a day I skiped OCF and attended Li's graduation. Li graduated at the Sheraton hotel and it was great too see her graduate! She looks sooo preety :) Always have been too :P The phrase "Hang Zhou chu chang mei nu" wasn't a play play phrase :) Hang Zhou, where Li is from and apparently its a state famous for their pretty girls hehee.

Li in her graduation gown :)

Met her landlady as well and she is nice :) We spent most of our time chatting beside the riverside as the sun set behind us. It was a site that i marveled at.

After the graduation was pretty funny. There were light refreshments served but everyone was famished by then. The food dat was placed on the table never lasted very long, 10-30 seconds and one plate wud be gone. Before long, the food never reached the table and the WAITer had to only do what their name mentions -WAIT. All they did was take the food outa the kitchen and WAIT wher people wud just flock towards them automatically.

It was the heading home part that kinda freaked me out.

Initial plan : Walk to the train station with Li, catch a train back around 9pm and have Brett (my homestay dad) to pick me up from there.

The plan changed as I realize there were these few gurls who lived down the street. It was also rather late after the whole thing. Asked whether I can follow them and they said yes. :) I was happy. We went for dinner with a bunch of people I didn't know of. I felt kinda lost in their group.

Anyways, they started chatting about going clubbing after dinner and everyone seemed to agree with it. That's when all of my worries started. I didn't wanna go. All I wanted was to be home. It was a moment when I really really wished I was in OCF, with people i know and all. The girl who drove seemed very into the whole idea of going clubbing and it wasnt exactly very logical if I asked her to drop me home first, a 20 minute drive away, and come back to the city where we already are.

I started panicking. It was already 11 and it was late, for homestay standard that is. Furthermore, I was underaged, by two days, and I have never been so thankful to be. I dunno, I guess clubbing is just not my thing, and I dun plan to try it anytime soon, what more with people whom I know only by name.

So, I had my excuse of being underaged. I wouldn't have been able to get in anyways. They are quite strict on these here in Aussie.

This was a Friday night and the city, Northbridge to be exact, wasnt exactly the best place for a girl to be alone. It can be pretty dodgy wth drunk people around and stuff. All sorts of possibilities went through my head.

"How in the world was I gonna head home????" was the main question.

If I took the train home, I would have to do a 30 min walk home. Brett and Claire would definitely be sleeping by then. 30 minute walk through either housing area or factories in the middle of the night alone is already kinda creeping me out. And it doesn't make it better when I'm in a formal dress and high heels...

I started panicking at the dinner table and I hoped it didn't show on my face. I knew they were going to go ahead with the clubbing plan and I was sorta outa ideas. I was nervous, I felt insecure. I dun think u wud ever see me as quiet at the dinner table lo.

Ben came to my mind as he should be either home or somewhere around. He's the nearest to my house I could think of, so I gave him a call. He was busy and asked me to call back later.

By then, they were already leaving the restaurant. So what I told them was to drop me off at the train station and Ill take a train back where someone wud pick me up from there. The driver refused to let me walk alone to the train station and it was pretty sweet of her to ask the whole gang to walk me there. Anyways, point was, I actually have no idea who was going to pick me up.
But one thing i knew for sure - I wanted to be home. So, there I was in the city train station, all alone in a formal dress and all. Insecurity and uncertainty was all that I've felt. Everything seemed soo vague to me.

I gave papa Ben a call and just blurted out all that happened. He was sending Wen Hui home then and was somewher near Merdoch area. He told me to take a train there and he will be there at Merdoch station.

You have no idea how relieved I felt when I heard him saying that. I was literally almost in verge of tears. Thank God the station was crowded with people, making it les dodgy. The only reason why it was so was because Maroon 5 was in town.

The train finally came and once I entered, I could smell alchohol everywher. Found myself a seat and I just coudn't wait to reach the station. I was thirsty, needed the loo but nothing of this sort mattered much to me then.

When I saw papa and Wen Hui, it was the best thing that happened to me today. To know that I was in safe arms was just amazing! I dunno how to describe the whole feeling, but knowing that you are with someone you trust and with insecurity gone, was a huge sigh of relieve for me.

I reached home like 1 am that day, cos we kept getting lost around Wen Hui's place, but it wasn't on my concerned list at all. I was safely home and I enjoyed every bit of the ride home. :) We laughed, we chatted and I was just plain grateful that God provided papa to come to my rescue!!!! Love God n papa to bits!! :)

Signin off : Cow, idea of following someone home didn't exactly work :P

New Discovery, My doscovery :)

Like Captain Cook in search of new land, I was in search of a new comfy office chair. I need one! Anyone wanna volunteer to get me one for my 18th Birthday? Lols :)

Hahaa And along my search, I stumbled across new land, at least land that I didn't know existed :) Hiaks, I have the Warehouse somewhere behind my house. Yes, the one with the slogan "where everyone gets their bargain" And and heaps of furniture stores nearby and even a huge handicraft store! Summore got TWO big pet shops! All dat right near my house and all these while I didn't know they exist!! Lols I enjoyed my search for my chair just now :)

I've been shopping too much lately. Too blessed to be living beside Perth's biggest shopping mall and so many lil lil shops that I din know of :) Hehee Here's some proof :P

Notice anything similar between us housemates?

See da similarity yet?? Hehee :)

Each of us is now a proud owner of a $10.00 Ughie :) Something nice and warm for winter!! Wheee We got lost for like an hour in search of these btw hehee. We went to the wrong mall hiaks. We went to Southland when we were suppose to go to Stockland :P

Cheap cheap cheap~ There are some stuff that are just too cheap and too cute to resist, even when I could not think of using it for anything. :P Hiaks.. Must be some kinda sales tactic these people use to trick lil girls like me. See what I mean?

How to resist?? :) Muahaha

Btw, no success in my comfy chair yet! Hehee Gonna look at another shop tomolo and after that head for Li's graduation!! :) Wheee excited excited.

I retook da family portrait of my family in room cos it kinda expanded a lil :) Heheee Current members, papa n mama cow + papa n mama dog :P

Signin off : EPW!!! I dun like u.

Happee happee Easter :)

Easter was rather special for me today :) Church was cool! Da sermon really reminded me of what Easter was all about and my previous post was technically a summary of it :) Heheee Followed Betty to church today. Her testimony last Friday on how Christ has changed her life and that she felt peace touched me quite a bit.

Anyhows, we girls had fun! It was church, Japanese for lunch, bubble tea and shopping!! :P We were happee people alright :) There was Betty, Jackie, Momo pau and me :P We even ended up coming across a Falun Gong association giving out flyers asking people to sign their petition to stop China government from persecuting them and selling of their organs for profit.

I took a copy out of curiousity and I was just thinking about it just now. If only I had a Christian flyer, I would have passed one to them in exchange :) What better time to let people know bout the true meaning behind Easter than Easter itself :P

Anyways, came home and noticed something shinny lying on my desk. It was amazing how my housemates could find their way thru my room with everything everywhere :P Hiaks It was very sweet of them though!! *hugs*

Dinner was lovely with tempura prawns and noodles. Thinking it was going to be another normal dinner, turns out that I was wrong. The excitement started when Brett announced that he hid easter chocolate bunnys all over the dinning area for us to find. There was one for each and we had to hunt them down. :) Our eyes were everywhere during dinner, trying our best to spot an Easter bunny lying around. Lols

Ready..Get set... GO!!! The search began :)

We were like a bunch of crazy people running around the house, searching high and low :) But we were pretty succesful. I came in second last though!! Lousy finder Hahaa

Easter Bunny family~

And we were one big happee family :) Big smiles with our chocolate bunnys! :P

Dessert time!!! Yummy :P Brett made cream and custard sponge cake! Here it is with our family of bunnys :)

Notice what was on the cake? The greatest reminder of Easter - the cross :P

Esther = Full + Happee

Thanks for such an enjoyable Easter people!!! :)

Signin off : *muaks*

Huh.. God?? What God?

Ever wondered why we face so much suffering on this earth? Why the pain? The heartache? If God loved us, why would He allow al these things to happen? Does God REALLY care?

Mary and Martha were two sisters who were very dear to this man. Their brother Lazarus was very ill and both Mary and Martha were confident that this man would be able to save their brother. They knew very well that this man loved Lazarus very much. Their confidence failed them as time went by and their brother died. This man, whom they have placed their trust in, never cured Lazarus. He was now dead.

Mary and Martha were in grief. They were both questioning why this man never came earlier so that their brother would be saved. "If only you had been here, my brother would not have died." That was a lot of confidence they had in this man.

This man was Jesus and his responded to Mary and Martha's pain.

He wept.

Jesus did care about what Mary and Martha was going through and He does care for what YOU are going through too! He loves you and weeps of the pain and suffering He sees in YOUR life and in the world.

Now why does God seem so distant if he does care!??

The story didn't end here. Mary and Martha did not know there was a hidden plan behind all that happened. They never did have the Bible to read about what was going to happen then :)

Jesus claimed : "I am the resurrecion and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and he whoever lives and believes in me will never die."

The great thing about this what Jesus said was that it was not merely just a claim. Claiming is one thing but Jesus proved what he said.

Lazarus was raised from the dead. With what seemed like the most hopeless thing in the world - death, God proved it otherwise.

The cross...

is what Easter is all about and the story of Lazarus reflects of this story. Jesus died for the many wrongs that you and I have done. He was on the cross because of you and I. His love for us was what compelled Him to do so.

All these pain and hopelessness when Jesus died happened on a Friday and what no one knew was that there was a hidden purpose. Everyone thought this was the end.

People wept and mourned for Jesus' death, just like when Lazarus died. But what they did not know, was that Sunday was coming.

Jesus ressurected on a Sunday and gave hope to the many who thought the story ended when Jesus died. It was, in fact, only the end of the begining.

Now, here's a question for you.

Are you willing to live Friday,

when Sunday is coming?

We do suffer, its true but Jesus weeps for the suffering that you and I go through. God has a hidden plan for that suffering.

And one thing's for sure. For us, Sunday is coming. How do we know?

Because Jesus' Sunday came. :)

Signin off: Have a blessed easter!!

Wedding Pictures

Here are a few pictures of Kor kor's wedding with Angeline :)

Signin off : Awww :)

SPM Results

As many may know, I never did have a result for SPM :) So, A1 or C6 it didn't matter much to me but one thing stood out - St Columba has 8 straight A1 students. Now why is that significant? This is because Chung Hua has only 3 straigh A1 students! :) Shocking?

The fact stands - St Co rocks!!!!

Lols Congrats to all those who did SPM!!! :P *Hugs* It doesnt really matter what result you've got, but it did take quite a bit of courage to pull through the whole thing and you all did it, which was GREATT!! :) Congrats congrats!

Wheee I feel so light and stress free when school ended today. I had a practical lab for Chem in my first class, oral presentation for the second and my apllicable results back on the third. Crazeee day~ Presntation went pretty well :) except that my hands just woudn't stop trembling. Again, Im super thankful for past experiences where Im tossed on stage to speak lo. Being a non spontaneous person, all da training had helped me quite a bit in presentations. :P Glad that I didn't put people to sleep. Praise God!

Note to self : I need to procrastinate less! Only finished my speech like 1am today, not goods.

Headed straight for the mall and got thirsty. Was looking for a drink when I spotted something : SPOTTED COW ice cream in Wendy's! It just so happen that I was msgin cow then. Wells, I enjoyed my spotted cow ice cream and it made me think of cow, so much so that I ignored his msg and just ate my way through :) *angelic smile*

Alrightie, off to start work!

Signin off : Moooo

Fun vs scary

Art in da city

Missed the bus so decided to walk till the bus came. I reached this bus stop where they were two Aboriginal guys sitting ther waiting. They asked me the time so I told them and one asked me to come and sit down with them.

Getting a bit scared as both had like beer bottles in their hand, I gave an excuse saying I'll just stand where I was in the shade. He kept on insisting so in the end I did.

They were friendly and just kept talking to me, half I couldn catch cos of da accents. All I could do was smile and laugh as the conversation went on.

"Do you like it here?" They asked.

"It's alright."

"We dun like it here. We dun like the whites, they are too many of them here" they uttered.

It was pretty cool in a sense that doing ELACS (Australian studies) me understood why they would say that. Having people coming into ur land and taking over wasnt at all fun i believe.

"Make sure you make it home safe." were the words that made me feel a wee bit more comfortable talkin with em.

The bus finally reached wher I got off and i did. They headed off to the train station to get to their friend's place for a Birthday party. Well, its all good :)

Wanna know wad's better. Here's the highlight of the day. Tadaaaaa ~

It all started off as a joke of us buying the Durian we saw in Northbridge :) When Raymond n I saw the $3/ kilo tag, it became reality! Heheee We actually BOUGHT durian, IN PERTH - our very first!

It was kept frozen at the store so it woudn't stink and make everyone pengsan (faint). But who cares, stink or not it still was durian and Raymond n I were happee people alright :) Hehee Went to his place and he started workin on da durian. :) *Psst realize what knife he's using?

Nevertheless, he managed to open it n I had my durian and I was a happee lil gurl :) It was just soooo yummy man. So worth wad we paid for lo - thin skin and thick flesh. Yummmmeee :P

We had better not start buying Durians every week here! Tsk tsk

Signin off : Satisfied~

It's your wedding day!

Kor, today would be the day ou walk down the aisle with Angeline!! :) Sooo excited for you two :P Can't belive kor is getting married!! Wheee how I wish I could be back in Miri to attend the whole ceremony which is like in a few hours!

Hyms playing in the background, Oja's voice filling the church as Kor in his tux and Angeline in her beautiful wedding gown, walking down the aisle. How sweeet!!!

These are the best pics i can come up with for now :) Can't wait till I see the wedding pics!!!

**Thank u Kong for bringin da card back!! :)

Signin off : Sweeeet

Friday again :)

Guess what?? I was thinking there must be something wrong with me. A thick jacket i wore this morning before I went out and Im still freezing cold!! With weather that went up to a 36 degrees last week. It just didn't seem possible.

As I was freezing walking towards skul, was thinking how nice it wud be if I cud have someone hug me or maybe just hide in my blanky for the day hehee

Rushed to listen to the weather forecast and it was 10 degrees!!!! Guess it wasn't me after all. It IS COOOoOLD outside. Hehee, it's a good thing :) Prooves that winter is near. Wheee

Kla, need to go unblock stuff at students services. Can't open my attatchments.

Singin off : Brrr

Trip down South :)

Wohoo! Headin down South with the WC crew :) Its Winter Camp ya, not the WC u have in ur mind :P Kinda excited bout it. I guess this will be my southest trip here in Perth! Wheee~ We're going to check out the campsite btw :) Hope they'll be lotsa pictures to tell the story of the trip!

Hiaks, Im starting to eat heaps here again! Growing sideways is wat Ive been doing so far. Indulging in Cookies, Coffee, Chocolate, Bubble Tea... Horrible man! Can see my tummy bulging more n more. Hehs Somemore I dun walk to the super faraway bus stop anymore which means less exercise as well. N guess wat I just remembered? There's gonna be cheesecake tonight!!! Housemate's birthday today! Hehee Oh wells, cheesecake's gotta come first :) nothing beat having a nice slice of cheesecake. Yummmss :) Ill soo fail if I was ever one of those dieticians. Hehee

I need to find back my passion for Physics these days. Its so gone without Lou as my teacher! *sniff* Praying hard that Ill pass with a reasonable mark for the test i did yesterday. N it's gonna be quite a heartache to see the SUPER BIG difference in overall scores with my last yrs results.

Signin off : Things i look forward to n things i dread~

Busy Buzzz Buzzz

Been super busy lately and hopefully things will slow down after this monday~ Two tests coming up on Monday.

Anyways, I had a bit of fun today getting off my stress.Went to the city and ha a HUGE cup of bubble milk tea - My all time favourite tsk tsk :)

While strolling along in Target, guess who i saw?? Fish Tan Qun Hao!!! Hehee Knew he's been here all these while but never met him around before. He had this super shock plus blur look on his face. Heheee I was kinda shocked myself!

Shock^2 + Blur^2 = Silence :)

Both of us din know wat to say. Asked him why he seems so shock and his reply was " cos i dun know u". *Pengsans*

It was off to Taka with Raymond for me afterwards :P

Signin off : One more week till Kor's wedding~

"Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

Matthew 11:28-30

I'm stressing out!! Too many things to do + tasks + tests!!! I need rest. God, help!!

By the way, Happee Birthday Li!!! Glad to be able to see ya again today. Hope you have a great 19th year ahead :) *Hugs*

Scarborough Beach

Labour day and we decided to do something very Aussie indeed! A group of us headed for the beach!! :) As sakai as i was, never actually been to da beaches here in Perth. Ive always seen it from far, but my footprints never reached the sand :)

Bernie and I took train after train and a bus to reach ther :P Enjoyed her company very much :) We basically chatted all the way there and back hehe

Scarborough beach was just SOO beautiful! I enjoyed just lying in the sand under the hot summer sun! The sand was just so cool and nice. Da water was pretty cooling too but i din go for a swim, had a lil soak and went back to lying in da soft golden sand :)

Oh yeah~ I love the sand soo much dat I had it everywhere! Literally everywhere - from hair to toe :P And here's why :

I was once again the "bullied" one :) Haha See Kenneth happily burrying me alive?

There was a whole bunch of us dat went today and here are a few of em :P

Love this picture of Kara

Lucas and Andy

Si Ying and Daphene

And due to the hot sizzling sun, some of us mutated and our Asianess started to show. And i guess dats why we're not called Aussies :)

Lols :) The beach was fun!

Signing off : Done with cardmaking~ So happeee

OCF Summer Retreat 2008

Summer camp was great!! My first camp here in Perth, in fact the first in my whole stay here in Ozi land :) It was at Camp Wattle Grove and the first impression the site gave was an Australian kampung (village). It gets super hot in the afternoon and super cold in the mornings. The place really reminds me of Lawas! It gets pretty hot sometimes but most of the time, we gathered in an airconditioned hall so it was great! :P Din feel much of the heat and all. There were pretty flowers as well :) (somehow i just love taking pictures of flowers)

Mr Horse was there too - so adorable

Summer retreat turned out to be a light camp to start off the semester and it was indeed light and enjoyable wih lots of free time. Meeting new friends and just chilling was the best man! The campers were from all three centres of OCF.

We had Merdoch's group :

The UWA gang

And the Curtin spidermans, batmans and supermans :P

There were a lot of new faces that Ive never really known and it was great to meet people form other campuses :) Aunty Carol was definitely one dat stood out among the crowd. She's da second one on da right btw :P She's just soo amazing. Being in her peak of her career back in Singapore as a pediatric sergeon, she was willing to let go of it and answer God's caling by just coming to Perth. She always knew God wanted her to go somewher but she never knew when and where. Somehow God lead her to student ministry and to us :) She's such a blessing and encouragement to have!! She said that she see that something great is gonna happen in OCF and she still doesnt know what but asks us not to give up.

Jill slept with us and she's just sooo cute :) Hehee A future vet as well :P Well, very brave girl indeed. She's gonna shave her hair for the Luekimia foundation soon :) *Admires admires* Oh yeah, we just woke up in this pic by the way. Very reluctantly, we climbed outa bed at 7.45 this morning :P It was freeezing then and my sleeping bag really really came in handy! No regrets~

Introducing Bernie!

and Wen Hui

They are part of my roomies for the 2nd day!! 4 people in a 2 people room but we had fun squeezing alright :) Yes, Wen Hui came along and it was great!! Hope she enjoyed herself and got to get her mind off things~ I was very touched by her sharing when she said she found peace in the songs.

Let me share some stuff Cheryl shared. Have u ever wondered why there's this part of u in ur heart that feels so empty? Its like just this spot that can't really be filled by anything u get ur hands on. It may be filled with momentary happiness but till the end of the day its still empty. Wel, its a good thing cos ur not the only one and I believe we humans are created that way for a reason. I believe the answer to that question wud be Jesus. N i believe it wud be his unchanging love for us that's gonna fill that hole in us. Really, it works :) Nothing feels better when u have a hope to rely on even when troubles seem big n uncontrolable. :P

In da camp, we watched this clip called indescribable and it was just amazing! Pictures from NASA showing how our universe is from few billion lightyears away just left me in awe. The preacher was right. We are just such tiny lil things compared to the vast universe we live in and its just incredible how all these pictures are just reflecting how awesome a God we have tht created all these :) Eah image, that astronomers spend hours n hours to get, just shouts back at us saying how great a creator we have!

Back to pictures~ This is Momo :) and me in BRIGHT PINK shorts! Im soo not a person who would own one but yea i actually do have one now! Hiaks

Food through out camp was good! Dats wad our brekky looked like. We had lik pasta for lunch and BBQ dinner with sausages and beef and stuff :P Yumm

Speaking of food, look what i found!!!! Yes, i had the taste of Mee Kolok in my mouth during lunch today! Tho it wasnt the best ever, the fact that Perth had it was already pretty cool in itself. :P Summore got chilli potong! Hahaa Me feeling hungry~

Pam enjoyin her carrots :P

Guess wat? My family in my room is growing :P Heehee see the resemblence of my two doggies sleeping with me? Lols thx for the Christmas + Birthday pressie :) Whee~

Next up - Winter Camp :) Looking forward to it though i cant be ther full time! :) Come join us! :P Im pretty sure it'll be interesting!

Signin off: 13 days till Kor gets married!! :)