Every day i learn new things from either things that has happened or past. And i really thank God for seeing me through this past semester. Though it came and went away rather fast, i think looking back , i did somethings which i thought that i will never do in my academic years thus far. haha.. i dun think i have any regrets though , ( which is a good thing) ... erm.. i did add more interesting thing and have plans for a coming exchange too ! wohoo

so , THANKS be to God, cos i stayed in residences, something which i never thought that i will be successful in applying since i have 0 cca points from year1.

and the many lessons my cfers have taught me, :D songs and morning breakfast and prayer requests!

and the many interesting conversations that i have with the chemists in labs!

and the many lessons my fren have taught me : just like how u believe that there is a Jay but u dun somehow nt a fanatic.. and how true it speaks to me of what others think of Christ.

and the many interesting library happenings: haha.. yes, library is a happening place when it draws nearer to exam dates

and the many nice songs that me and siew ting hummed to: haha.. those jason mraz and colbie -Lucky, taylor swift's love song, etc. wooohoo 987fm disc jockey <3

and the many geo challenges that i try but cant seem to break my own high score and how others easily beat mine within the identifying the flags :(

and the many emotions that my frens shared with me this sem: betrayal, loss, anger, broken relationships , new love, and randomness of the science.. (ya, we are sort of random pple)

and the many chemist frens of fren of frens of frens .. haha.. we all chemist have this bond that soon u will know the whole molecule, opps i mean cohort

and the many prayers answered

and the many opportunities
and the many
and the
many

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semesters ahead to look forward to
:D

protonic life ( protons are positively charged)

HEEEEELLLLLLLLOOOOOOOO
THE END OF SEM IS NEAR
THE START OF HOLIDAYS IS NEAR
BUT

EXAMS ARE NEARER STILL!!!

haha
little rants of mine*
i hope u dun mind

HAHAAH.. laugh
what ever makes you happy,
what ever makes u glad...

Feeling kind of swalllowed by the many lab reports. the reason that i am laughing is not because i am sick or having a fit but because i just submitted ALL , i mean my ALL lab reports! I did 4 lab reports over the last 2 days.. haha.. i guess it is the feeling of ' yay , finally i am out of the whale's belly' !
probably Jonah knows better ! and he went on to change a nation! How amazing the transformation!
* Jonah is a character in the bible who tried to run away on a ship when God tells him to go to a evil and sinful land to preach to them. So the ship crew threw him overboard when there was a storm , knowing that the god is angry. Jonah was then swallowed by a giant fish for forty days and after which he obeyed and preach to the land and changed the lives of many! Read Jonah for more details:D

Can I Change Your Mind About Halloween?

Julie Ferwerda -Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer

If you want to throw a nice wholesome party on Halloween including nice wholesome costumes… hey, why not? What's the harm when your motives (and behaviors) are exemplary? Might even be a good witness. People can observe Christians having good, clean fun especially when churches offer alternative celebrations for their members and community.

That's all what I used to think.

To be honest, I really don't care much about the pagan origins of Halloween in ages past. It's not like most of us are even aware of them, and what do they really have to do with current times? Not exactly a motivating reason to change my lifestyle. But what I have come to care about is what Halloween stands for now, based on a few of my own observations:

In every neighborhood of every town of every state of our country during this celebrated week (and a few other countries as well), you'll find dark, scary decorations. Big hairy spiders in webs, hideous green witches donned in black, skeletons, haunted houses, coffins, bats… nothing is too dark or too evil to display. And don't forget the sweet little kids dressed as Grim Reapers, ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and Freddy Kruegers.

Type "Halloween Crimes News" into Google, and you’ll get 349,000 results. There's a huge influx in alcohol and drug related revelry and crime that police departments far and wide refer to as "pandemonium," requiring increased police reinforcement.^[1]

Many pet shelters do not adopt out any black or white cats during the month of October, and many families keep their pets inside on and around Halloween. Whether or not it's true that Satanists use them for sacrifices (I'm not willing to take a chance with my black cat), it's absolutely a newsworthy fact that there is considerable animal cruelty on and around this holiday.^[2]The dictionary defines "hallowed," from which the word, "Halloween" comes, as holy, consecrated, sacred, revered.^[3] In my mind, that opens up the question, "Who is being worshiped and revered on Halloween?" On the Satanic Calendar, Halloween is one of the most significant nights of the year when "attempts are made to break the bond which is keeping the doors to the underworld closed." Sexual rituals are performed in association with demons and blood sacrifices called, "The Blood Feast of the Dead." Both human and animal sacrifices are included, with the focus placed on children ages seven to eighteen.^[4]

In college I heard an ex-Satanist tell a story so horrible, it became the deciding factor for me. In his account, the FBI had hired him to help them investigate a case during Halloween involving several child abductions and murders involving the worst of tortures such as group rape, and then being hung and burned on a cross. One little victim was an adorable girl of only eight.

It was then I realized that, even if I could somehow rationalize participating in this dark holiday promoting intoxicated revelry, overt evil, and pet cruelty, albeit under the guise of "innocent celebration," I could not rationalize participating in a holiday that at any level victimized children.

Consider these verses…

“What fellowship can light have with darkness? Therefore come out from them and be separate,” says the Lord. 2 Corinthians 6:14, 17

Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Romans 12:2

Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them. Ephesians 5:11

So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life. Leviticus 18:3

When the LORD your God destroys the nations...do not be trapped into following their example in worshiping their gods…These nations have committed many detestable acts that the Lord hates, all in the name of their gods. They have even burned their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods. Deuteronomy 12:29-31 (selected)

In her guest appearance on Christian Family Radio, author, occult researcher, and producer of the video, Halloween: Trick or Treat, Caryl Matrisciana shared her views. "…[Halloween] is a time that there are sacrifices. My question is, if we know that this is a holiday of vandalism, death, cruelty, abductions, poison, mayhem, why do we as Christians celebrate this kind of a holiday?"^[5]

I think Caryl is right. As Christians let's truly set a good example for the world by taking to heart the present realities of this day, pray against the forces of evil, and stop paying homage to Satan and his followers.

So what do men say that i am?

Take up your cross and follow me..

Shout to the Lord, All the earth let us sing...

i think sem's really fast.
Blinks and u have *zom till the last few weeks in school!
I like the way my OLD FIVE S THIRTEEN guys will be making a lot of sound effects for the word fast. haha , things like : Super nova! choing sua! choing ar! Zoom +slapSoundOnPoorBala!
haha.. it was way more expressive if they could do it again and again! haah

Forever i praise you , Forever i sing

in the world today , we are always demanding here and now. this line sure stands by me forever!
i think it is always a good timeto pray too!

helloes to the start of a new sem!
kinda exctiing i guess .. to see familiar faces and new pple.. haha.. on the first day of school, i met Aziz ( 1st-3-mnth ogl) , den i met my new lecturers ( of course rite?!) den i met a few more pple whom i smile but cant remb their names.. ( forgive me , i can be quite goldfish brain at times) .. haha. today is the 2nd day of school and till now i have been like wasting a lot of time alr.. i like school environment , kinda of weird to say this after like 16 yrs of education!
haha..

Time goes by and now it is already in the month of JULY *gasp ( wols to u if u haven realise this.. heh )
i am much occupied by those meet-your-frens-in-the-holidays kind of mood.. hah.. those catching up over meals and realising that we haven been to science centres stuff, or we are slowly gaining status to be part of the museum.. haha.. it is kind of nostalgic, like 3 of us girls sit around for dinner and having a nice conversation about anything under the moon. well, it was dinner..

It is amazing that we remember each other and each other siblings.. haha.. we can extend our memory to them too.. haha.. and time passes, u realise tt the primary 4 sister of ur fren soon is in a secondary school!
ahha.. and besides dinner, i guess we all have tt guilty pleasure craving
It was a hunt for ice cream, and we hunted from Clark Quay to Seng Kang!! haha.. get the scoop of mr.bean guilt-free-soy-ice cream :)

IT IS AMAZING, tt even though we met in the last 2 yrs of sec sch, we have so much to talk about! even abt NUS modules!! haahaar

short forms.
No they are not a term for people who are short, they are aptly termed short forms because 'abbreviations' is a long word for something that can be summarised in 2 syllables. -_-''

well i came across one short form recently: RMJ

i believe half of Singaporeans know this.. yes, it is Running , Marching , Jumping..
The usual stuff that only bothers the NS people..
i mean, can u imagine, their 2 years worth of sweat and more sweat on these 3 things, and the better stuff is they are paid .. haha..

lame stuff that i find when talking to people serving the nation. hha haa..
guys, RMJ , all the way~!

Get smart

one word: hahahahhahahahha

this is really one movie that i thoroughly enjoyed throughout the entire show.. haha. like was practically rolling off my seat. Catch it while it is still screening :]

me and my dormies ! ( from left: michelle, me, yin fei)

miss their live chatter in the nights :]

Though i am always the one to sleep first.. ahahah

everyone is either working nowadays or working everyday..
and i have been out of job :]
anyone with any lobang, kindly direct ur lobangs to me.. much appreciated. haha

I dun noe what it is , but being jobless nowadays seem like the uncool thing of today.. wad do u think ?

perhaps, like they always say, society is progressing at a speed uncalled for...

Hide and Seek

i have been thinking about this lately. You know the whole concept isn't something new? The first man on earth had played that long before time in the garden of Eden. He hid from God and it was God who sought after him. i think the game has a lot of emotions running thru, like when u are hiding, somehow u dun wanna be found out so fast but when time past too long, u are worried that u might never be found. Ironic game.

heyheyhey!

i have been away for a loong time and i guess the blog is something tt never seems to disappear even though u have no intentions of losing it. haha.

events this june thus far:
4-6 :climbed berkelah waterfall
9-14: ABC 08 @ BAtu Pahat

Like many others, the waterfall trip was breath-taking. Literally and physically, ha ha. The sight of the majestic (pardon me for using this word) waterfall was worth all the peeling skin that i am having now. when night falls, and all around seems dark and perhaps scary, the stars above are ever so many and ever so shiny! All it takes of me was to look up and behold His creation. And it was really good. One thing tt i realise was that even the best camera could not reproduce the image of the stars.Perhaps this is something that speaks volume of the creation and the created creatures' creation .Certainly best to bring a photographic memory with you.

CAMP!
I signed up for dorm, not knowing who i was dorming with until the arrival at the hotel Katarina. To my initial shock and horror, i had 2 notorious , and loud and noisy kids under my care. Knowing and having that perception did not help matters, except abundant grace and patience. All that soon gave way to a more personal friendship with them. haha.. i was their mummy for that 5 days. Somehow, i feel like i am looking at a flashback of my child hood, some parts of it reflects the same issues and contemplations.
Looking back, i feel that they are quite a blessing to me. I shall elaborate when time permits . with pics!

Right now, i am leaving for Driving lessons at 1030.
round and round!

heys!
this week is a interesting week..
first there is a Good Friday..The ransom paid, the freedom released.
however, something besides the death happened.. as it was said and fulfilled, He rose again on the third day...
what more can i ask for?
looking at the universe and believing it all started with a big bang? or into history and evidences such as B.C (Before Christ) and A.D( After Death)??
Consider Christ!

sigh
the weather is cool but somehow i dun feel it in me
i dun noe if i am thinking ..

hi everyone!
Something about the ideology of L struck me..in his last words, 'no matter how gifted you are,you alone cannot change the world'. i think in everything it is like this, we are constantly using our own strength to fight the battles and wars. I always forget.. or rather, choose not to remember that i have someone greater than the enemy, on my side. But i dun think that i am gifted in the area of maximising my brain capacity. haha.. perhaps, perhaps, perhaps..

Love is like that, its mere presence transforms the ugliness of life into a beautiful trophy of grace. Love covers the scars of sin. Love heals wounds and eases the pain of the past. We all need to be loved and we all need to love.

There is no greater love than this, that a man would give His life for a friend.. there's no higher sacrifice than paying the price on the cross.

haha... i haven been blogging for almost a YEAR!
Myabe it is just me and the laziness.. that is oh-so-apparent and inherent...

maybe i should put some pics up.. hah. should have a photo log of things gg on.. hmm.. whr should i start.. ever since jan began, or rather 2008, i have been rather busy with a lot of school and school related stuff.. big or small some complicated, some QED.. but it just feel not right to totally revolve ONly ard sch stuff..
so that's gotta change..
tell u more
in time to come
hopefully, eventually finally