End of another year!

Last post for 2009!

Been lazy in updating ... perhaps I will make a fresh start next year :P

A bit over 6 hours, Happy New Year everyone! :)

Only Believe

God works in such wonderful ways =)

Since I began reading my daily devotionals about a month ago, I'm still continually amazed at how applicable it has been to what I do each day and to how I've been feeling. Emotionally, mentally, physically weakened; and yet those hundred or so words I read each morning just brings me back into perspective and reminds me of how much God is wanting us to completely entrust our lives to Him.

Stay happy.
Don't get pulled down.
God will work it out.

Memories

About a week ago, I dug out the one and only Gackt album I have in possession - his Moon album - and started listening to it. And lol, when I got to the song "Memories" ... *heart* I don't think I've had such an obsession (listening to it over and over again and making it my ringtone LOL) with a song since ... a long time. Such a nice melody and catchy tune. Yay.

So, the other day I was meeting up with a friend and nearby, a group of people were doing wedding shoots. So periodically I would glance over and see what was happening. Bride and groom were a striking couple, the bride was pretty and an awesome floral print dress on (cbb going into details) and the groom ... looked like the main singer from F4, LOL! My first thought was "OK, that can't be possible, really can't imagine why someone like that would come to Australia and here specifically to get married, or rather, would even get married. But why does he look so familiar???" So obviously, that thought sat on my brain for the rest of the day with no result.
[Next day at work]
*Guy comes into shop* "Hi, I'm here to return this helium cylinder."
Me: *thinks: I've seen this person before..* Yep no problem. Oh hey! You had your wedding yesterday!
Guy: Um ... yes? *shifty eyes/semi-uncomfortable look*
Me: Yeah ... I walked past it yesterday ... nice balloons!
Guy: Um ... ok.
Me: =) *thinks: sigh, probably shouldn't have voiced out my thoughts, the guy probably now thinks that I was stalking him or something*
Interesting how the brain remembers things ...
Side note: The guy had also come into the shop the week before to book in the cylinder, so that's why I had actually seen him and said he looked familiar, I really am not stalking people, lol.

Just for fun

This just made me remember my love of arts and crafts (beading and origami). Not that I'm trying to create a business or anything, but to get an article thrown at you that semi-reminds you of your hobbies 2 weeks before an exam block... *supress urge supress urge*

I miss my arty crafty days =(

Hummer limos

What's the fascination with them lately? Went past people taking wedding shoots today and there were 3 limos ... 1 of which was a hummer limo. I just saw a few others the weeks before ... there're everywhere on the streets! Saw a hot pink one too!! :O And weddings! So many lately. Bus past one every week after work ... seems like quite the occasion this year.

Things found on a usb.

Lame jokes. Don't know where they came from, lol.

1. A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tyred.
2. What's the definition of a will? It's a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward [or dyslexic] poet writes inverse.
5. In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes.
6. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
7. If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.
8. Acupuncture is a jab well done.
9. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
10. Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.
11. When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
12. The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
13. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
14. You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
15. Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
16. He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
17. Every calendar's days are numbered. [In more ways than one.]
18. A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint mine.
19. A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
20. He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
21. A plateau is a high form of flattery.
22. The short fortuneteller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
23. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
24. When you've seen one shopping center you've seen a mall.
25. Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
26. When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she'd dye.
27. Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
28. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.

Dear Macro,

I fail as a student.

Grr ...

Thought I knew my stuff ... but doesn't seem like that now.

Pray that God will really bring me through this subject T_T

Brain Dump

So I just spent 2 hrs straight doing 4 assessed accounting quizzes. What else to do after that than to procrastinate! And lookie, I remembered my semi abandoned blog.

Just a brief note and comment one what's been happening since last post til now (semi losing interest in detailedly blogging about what I do and whatnot):-
- re Sem1 09 exam marks: I passed everything! *joy* After law, passing was all that mattered then.
- Kids Club: Praise God for the wonderful week, had good fun, was nice and challenging, tested my skills of interacting with and taking care of kids, tiring, got to know more people around the church, found out kids are really clingy once they get attached to you (more so than before), earliest consistent waking up time during holidays/since ever. Looking forward to next year
- RICE: was an awesomely fantastic experience! I seriously can't wait til next year even though so many labour hours (estimated 53hrs+ over a month and a bit) were put into it. Praise God for the wonderful design team, for how things ran, for everyone's efforts and all the kids that came to either events!
- MYC: relationships, lol. Intense and challenging (talks + bible studies) and entertaining week , interesting food, got to know more people from uni, got to talk more to people I don't usually talk to, really cold, semi out of comfort zone, decent camp site minus no reception. Learnt a lot and hope to remember and apply to my own life. I wonder what next year will be like.
- Work: was basically non-existent over the holidays due to various activities, 3rd week back or something now, nice to be earning some income again, the usual jobs + funny and random incidents, interesting talks with fellow employees, considering to get relevant job experience.
- Baptism: 16 August 2009! with 7 others, memorable moment/day, great to hear how God has been working in everyone's lives :)
- BLT+ : another good weekend of reminders and a kick back on track with my walk with God, Psalm 119 is so long but good to go through, met new people, met up with people I hadn't seen in a while, challenging talks that made me reconsider how I've been approaching things, entertaining free time on the beach building sand sculptures of sorts lol, nice relax time. Looking forward to next year and wish I could go to the January one.
- ITB: exam done and conclusion - needed to study more, but was very useful nonetheless.
- Uni: 6th week in, workload increasing, exams approaching, falling behind. yay.
- Church worship team: enjoying it, not as hard as I first made out to be, can sorta sing higher notes now, praise God for the opportunity to be a part of it, kinda drawing me back to my piano playing, love the songs.
- Friends: been able to meet up with those I hadn't seen in a while, outings + dinner, good/regular opportunities to catch up with some, constantly stuck around one particular friend every day at uni (hahaha jks, love you :P), wish we could all just have the ability to just meet up whenever.

TioN coming up this weekend, can't wait!

Productive.

In a nice change, for this month of holidays, I actually have things to do, there are actually plans. Kids Club, MYC, RICE, and catching up with studying ITB. Every other June/July holiday period to memory has just consisted of sitting around at home thinking about what to do and getting lazy. Another thing I noted was that these holidays are always somewhat God/ministry focused, whether it be from a week long camp from previous years or just generally (I confess) more time to spend with God without uni things being thrown at you at the same time.

First day of Kids Club was today. I must say that the minor doubt I had in me about signing up for it this year was pretty much quickly pushed away upon arriving at church this morning. Minus the feeling of uber cold weather in the morning, when walking through the doors, I just suddenly felt really glad about actually having the opportunity to participate in the program and helping the kids that were coming to learn more about God. Anyway, the day was fun and the kids were a way more manageable group than I thought/expected, which is a big plus. Looking forward to how the rest of the week develops.

RICE ... lots of design prep coming up. Hoping that we'll all be able to put together our ideas properly and gather all the resources that we need to make the decorations. Nice large project work ahead. Should be fun. Looking forward to the actual 2 days that are coming up in amongst the busy prep between now and then :)

Need to get moving in ITB, kinda need more focus on it. MYC ... looking forward to and hoping it'll be a challenging experience!

Planned and somewhat planned holidays! I like, I like :) Hope everyone's having a good holidays!

Done.

Yay the semester is over once again and exams have just finished for me as of 5pm yesterday! Now it's just waiting for the results to come out, and to have a sure confirmation that I've actually passed the exams before I feel truly relieved T_T

Things noted in this SWOTVAC/Exam period:
- Having 4 exams in three days really sucks =(
- Pointed out several times that I am the "silent stresser/worrier" ... which was somewhat interesting.
- There really is a difference in the level of exam difficulty between first year and second year courses.
- Never again am I having a "late start" semester ever again. Body clock and brain never really properly adapted to the earlier wakes over the past 2 weeks, hence study efficiency wasn't too good and consisted of much yawning and zoning out.

In other news, RICE! . It is drawing closer and closer, and it's so exciting to be involved in this area of ministry. It's great to see all the churches work so closely together to form 2 funfilled and challenging days for the school kids. Helping out within the design group this year is really giving me a better idea of how much work really goes into all the planning and promotion of it. And that I really need to be more organised and have better time management, lol. Either way, exams are now over so can focus more on helping out when needed instead of worrying about a million things at the same time. Can't wait :)