Touched by an "angel"...

No no no... I didn't see an angel... See the quotation marks? The "angel" is my boyfriend - Joshua. Since the beginning of the year, I wanted to get a MP3 player. Joshua knew about it and offered to buy one for me. Of course, I worried that he would spent too much money. But that's the problem with girls, we worry about this yet expect the man to do it. Haha... Anyway, months passed and nothing happened. So... I got a little tired of waiting and didn't really expect anything from him. But... Just as I was getting a little disappointed, he gave me a surprise! Yes! He bought me a MP3 player from Creative! It is in my favourite colour - red! And yes... I am touched by that gesture...
I am touched because he bought me a MP3 player...
I am touched because he spend money on me...
I am touched because he bought me something that I wanted...
I am touched because he sacrificed his sleep to buy me the player...
I am touched because he sacrificed his time to make me happy...
I am touched because he sacrificed his money to make me happy...
I am touched because he gave me a surprise...
So, what more can I say? Thank you dear! *wink*

Post-production

Hmm... I guess its about more than a week that I wrote something... Anyway, its my blog so I can write whenever I want... Haha... Sounds domineering eh? Well, I guess I was quite privileged today. For those who don't know, I am in the choir ministry in CHC. Normally we would have choir practice on Wednesdays. However, there was no choir practice today. All I remembered was that in the late morning, Idy (my choir IC) smsed me and told me to go for the church recording. And surprise surprise! The venue of the recording studio was just 2 bus stops away from my house! Alright, besides that surprise, I find it quite a privilege to be part of the post-production of the church's latest worship album. During the live recording in April, I was having my exams. I wanted to go to the live recording so badly that I was so disappointed when I found that the dates clashed with my exams! I was really really disappointed and I kept on whining about it. I whined and whined till Joshua could not take it. It didn't help that Joshua could go for the recording as part of Strikeforce and I couldn't. I remembered that during the first night of the recording, I was at home studying for my papers. Halfway through, I started to wonder what the congregation was doing in the recording, what were they singing etc... So sad... Anyway, back to post-production. It was my first time in a recording studio. Daniel and Leah Pringle (Pst Phil Pringle's elder son and daughter-in-law) were there to monitor us (the choir). We recorded a few songs. Some songs were difficult, some were easy. For some songs, we had to keep singing and singing again so that the notes/keys/parts were correct. It was a fun process although quite a few of us became quite hungry at the end of it. I dun think anyone (besides recording artistes) would have the chance to step into a recording studio at all, so it was quite an experience for me. Well, although I didn't make it for the live recording, at least, I played a little role in the post-recording process. I guess that makes up for that loss... Thank you Jesus! *wink*

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

At the stroke of midnight, I was at CineLeisure waiting to catch Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith at 12.30am. It was a long wait... Anyway, when the show started, the audience in the theatre were very excited, they started clapping their hands and cheered loudly... Haha... My favourite character? Its not Anakin or Obi-wan. You won't believe it! Its Yoda! Yes, I know he is digitally animated, and he is green but isn't he amazing?! Strong with the force, sharp and with a wave of his hands, bam! The droids fall... Haha... Anyway, the maker of the film is more impressive. George Lucas. How many directors can boast of having a saga of 6 films? We have a lot of trilogies - The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Infernal Affairs etc but not much or no saga except for Star Wars. Its quite amazing, 30 years and 6 films and it started even before I was born... Haha...

Tuition blues

I've been a part-time tutor for 3 years, took on this job to supplement my allowance. But its a tough job... You have to face all kinds of children and sometimes spoilt brats. But you don't have a choice... This year, I had a difficult boy who has a short attention span and very impolite as well. Anyway, the kids have finished their exams so the main thing I am concern with is how well (or bad) they have done for their exams. So, I went for tuition today. The first thing his mum said when I entered the house was that the boy had failed his Mathematics. Alright, I got a shock. None of my tuition kids had failed before. So I thought, perhaps he was just a few marks away from passing... But... Horrors of horrors, he had less than 35 marks! I didn't expect that he would fail by such a huge margin! Needless to say, that was a major shock! Well, as I said he was a difficult boy... Or were my expectations too high? I mean, since January I've telling him to memorise his multiplication tables and till now, he ain't even sure of his 2 and 3 multiplication tables! That's a long time. You can't say its difficult because my other kids of the same level as him have memorised all the 12 multiplication tables... Hai... Tell me how lah...

Kingdom of Heaven

Went to watch Kingdom of Heaven last night... My boyfriend keeps thinking that I want to watch Orlando Bloom but the answer is no. I like Orlando Bloom as Legolas the elf in LOTR because he had blond hair, blue eyes and pointy ears. So perhaps I just like Legolas not Orlando Bloom. Haha... Anyway, the show was about the crusades set in the 12th century. The Holy Land had been seized and people from Europe went there in search for a better life or for redemption. Many of the crusaders in the show kept saying that "God wills it", if "God wills it" they will fight, they will kill... But at the end of it, you realised that many of them are fighting for their own honour, their own glory, their own greed. It was never out of a cause for God, it was for their own personal glory. Because they wanted glory, they wage war with disregard to the lives of the common folk. All these were done in the name of religion, in the name of God. Orlando Bloom acted as Balian, towards the latter half of the show, he took on the responsibility to defend the Holy City. Although he surrendered Jerusalem, he did mentioned that the kingdom was in the head and in the heart. Somehow, I feel that this is quite true. Things don't die when they die physically, they die when it is no longer in your heart and mind. In our walk with God, we cannot see God physically but we can feel Him. We cannot see His kingdom physically but His kingdom should be in our hearts and minds and with our spiritual eyes we can see it...

Pst Phil Pringle

Pst Phil Pringle (yes, its Pringle, but he ain't the owner of that potato chips company) is my favourite preacher. I first heard him preach when I was 15 years. Its been a long time since. He is a carrier of God's presence. Besides that, he is an anointed preacher, a creative person. Want to know how creative is he? He is colour blind but yet he can paint! He has art exhibitions and he gets people saved through his paintings! He also write songs and his church is one of the most creative churches in the whole world. Its amazing how God puts His creativity in Him and use Pst Phil for His purposes. I mean God is Elohim, creator God. With Him, comes creativity, productivity and ability. It is His creativity that enables people that are colour blind to be able to paint. Ain't He amazing?Pst Phil was the one who got me convicted in committing to God. Back then, I was just a restless 15 year old attending church every week and not having a serious attitude towards God, it was just religiosity. But Pst Phil came for a 3 night seminar. I attended the first night and I was awed by him. I remember that I only wanted to go for one meeting but somehow I felt led to attend the meeting on the third night also. In the end, I went and sacrificed a friend's birthday barbecue. But I was so glad I went. That was the first time I experienced God's presence... When I backslided, the first thing that got me going to church again was Pst Phil. He was in town and a ex-CG member invited me. And I went. And the rest is history. From then on, there was no turning back. That was the start of an adventure with God. Through different trials and testings, I continued to trust in Him. Pst Phil sowed that seed of faith, commitment and trust in God into my life and that was all I needed. And I have never regretted that decision since... This week, he is back again for a seminar and weekend services. It was an amazing first night. It was just about the presence of God. That tangible touch from the Spirit. It will bring forth greater things and I believe that for the next few sessions, I will continue to be awed by the presence of God... Amen.

Technology nowadays

I guess technology nowadays are really shortlived... When their time is up, their time is up! I am quite a careful user of things and I dun change my things frequently... But apparently... Take for instance, my laptop. It has a warranty of 3 years. It will be another 3 months before the warranty is up, but recently it had a hardware malfunction. Hui Juan's laptop also had problems, she had a trojan and her usb drives were not functioning. So we brought our laptops for servicing today. And we were not the only ones. In front of us and behind of us, people were getting their laptops serviced. Amazingly, all of us sent the same model of laptops for servicing! It only tells you so much uh? I also had a problem with my printer, used it for 3 years already and it went dead on me 2 days ago. Sigh... So it spells change! But I guess it can't be helped... technology is moving so fast. Manufacturers can only produce products that won't last too long. If it lasts too long, no one will buy new products. Moreover, I guess we are fickle as well. We always want the latest gadgets, no one wants use something obsolete. That's the irony...

Girly me... Divergence...

I bought a skirt while out shopping yesterday. Yes, its a skirt. For those who know me well, I seldom wear skirts. its once in a blue moon that I wear a skirt. Anyway, I wore it out today with a nice feminine pink top. So overall, I was very girly. One of my girliest ever. That's quite a breakthrough though... Keke... Attended service today and Jian Ming came. After that, Joshua, Jian Ming and I had a fun time talking about airheads. It was really funny. We met up with Kirby as well. Wanted to watch Kingdom of Heaven but it was 2.40am! Anyway, I watch Divergence today. Wanted to watch it since it opened and finally... It has a strong cast, all the big names. I am quite amazed at Aaron Kwok's acting. First time I see him act so well. Quite different from his usual roles cos he was acting as a loser cop. Didn't know that he can handle this kind of role. Next few movies I wanna watch? Star Wars!!!! Can't wait for it to open...

Rainy day

Okie... Its a relaxing day today... The heavy rain helped to cooled the temperature and it was just amazing to see the rain after weeks of super duper hot weather. I did some shopping on my own today and bought a nice skirt! And yeah, its quite feminine, something that has not been in my wardrobe for a while... Haha... Also started to catch up on my Bible reading although I doubt that I can finish reading for the month of April. Nevertheless, I am going to try to complete my Bible reading for the month of May and eventually for the year! Will be having Pastor Raymond Mooi for service tmrw... Looking forward to it...

Buzzing day...

Well, I had a fruitful day today although at the end of it I was quite tired... I slept at almost 4am and was woke up by my mum at 7am. And yeah, she gave me a real shock. She had to rush my dad to the hospital cos he was having an acute abdominal pain. Of course, that was really scary. And I just couldn't sleep after that so I started praying fervently till the burden was lifted before I began to sleep fitfully again. But I gave up at 9.30am and decided to wake up for the day. But thank God, my dad was ok. He had a gallstone so he was just given some medication and 3 days MC. Praise the Lord! I am just glad that it was nothing serious. Anyway, after that, I decided to spring clean my room. It had been very messy since the beginning of April and I was just waiting for the exams to be over so that I can clean it up. Well, it was hard work though. I ended up spending a whole day springcleaning. I only ended at 9.30pm! So it was 10 hours of work! But my room is clean and neat now and it looks pleasing to the eye. I am a neat freak so this is extremely important. Keke... But I really do appreciate my dear for coming all the way to accompany me after his night shift. It was a surprise and it was really sweet of him to do that so that I won't feel alone and keep worrying about my dad. Thanks a lot dear dear!

Exams over galore...

Alright... Its 3.26am right now... Usually I'll be asleep ny now, but I just dun feel like sleeping tonight... Muz be too excited... Haha... I just finished my exams today and I'm still feeling excited and extremely happy! Went out right after that to a KTV session with Hui Juan, and we had a great time singing and singing for almost 4 hours! Juan is my best pal in NUS. I dunno how we hit it off but hey we have remained good friends over the past 3 years, going and skipping lectures, me 'nua-ing' in her room during my free periods... Keke... Gonna miss her when she graduate... Well, I should probably try to sleep, hopefully I can... Gotta pack my room later in the day, its way to meesssy!