Thursday, January 29

really blessed by the past few days, its when cny and birthday celebrations
come together..for me, cny has become a time when i get to meet my relatives
whom i might not even see for the rest of the year..my kinship ties with the
rest of the extended family have not been strong all these while but i'm
glad for whatever catch-up we might have during this period of time...this is
particularly so for this year as i wun be ard for cny next yr due to exchange,
so i make sure i was around to visit my relatives..

i'm really thankful for all the birthday celebrations for the past few
days. Personally, i wld always lk to keep it low-profile cause i dun lk
attention to be on me for events such birthdays but i guess ever since my 21st
birthday experience, i've slowly grown and appreciate the love that others
show during my birthday. I was really overwhelmed by the many messages left on
facebook..seeing
friends from different periods of my life sending well-wishes really blessed my
heart....

appreciate and thanks to all who have been part of my life thus far :)

jel; 4:50 pm

Monday, January 26

thanks to those who reminded me abt my lack of updating of my blog...at least that shows there are people who bothered enough to want to read abt my updates....had been wanting to update for many times over the past week but just didn't manage to, only till now...

amazingly, two weeks of sch have past and its CNY today!!! haha..but somehow this year the mood for CNY is not evident, at least within me...could be due to the fact that i stay in sch...but even just now when i was out at river hongbao and chinatown, the crowd was evidently lesser as compared to last yrs and the general feeling i receive is people are spending less, whether it is the consumers or the organizers for the festive celebrations...it is true for the latter, having read that from the newspaper...a gloomier year predicted ahead but don't let this affect our mood...its still essential to be upbeat in bad times, for the sun will always return after a heavy downpour :)

have been really blessed this weekend...met up with 2 diff groups of people yest, and we sort of shopped for what i want for my birthday present...well for one who doesn't expect people to give presents, i find it a blessing to be able to receive one...and today i had 3 birthday cakes!! haha...one was from my church family this morning and 2 others are during reunion dinner when both my sis and anut bought cakes...these were the 2 cakes...




blueberry cheesecake and chocolate royal...both fantastic cakes...felt terribly overdosed with cakes today but very very blessed by the love of a family, spiritual and physical ones...really appreciate what they did and definitely always a reminder of God's beautiful creation in me..something which was reminded in me today: to always be pouring out of my life to others, a personal belief and conviction to live my life meaningful for others, to enhance and make a difference to others

jel; 2:17 am

Thursday, January 15

Read a book recommended by Sook San, The Shack, and finished it over a few days... Its kind of weird that i usu take a long long time to finish a book but i guess this is the first Christian fiction book i've read and it caught my attention. Really glad she recommended this book cause through the impersonalization of the Trinity, it reflects the character of God and corrects wrong impressions of God in humans. It left a deeper, personal impression in me as the ways of God is shown through the conversations and actions rather than simply stating them, so it tends to relate to me better. Would definitely recommend this book to others...

jel; 3:34 am

Saturday, January 10

i was really excited over the 2 arts mod that i'm taking this coming sem..changing landscapes and popular culture...both are singapore studies mod and i do agree that i have a special inclination towards such mod..as i was reading through the module details and lecture outlines, i really thank God that these 2 mod were chosen...i'm anticipating the arrival of each lecture to learn abt the various aspects of singapore...haha, maybe one of them might overtake government and politics as my most recommended ss mod..who knows???

looking forward to the start of sch...

jel; 9:07 pm

Wednesday, January 7

came back from vietnam yest..was down with stomach flu and fever on the last day...a terrible feeling..could be due to the seafood i ate the previous night...but nevertheless, the trip was a great one...filled with cheap, interesting finds and wonderful sights to absorb...thought it would be great if i could master some Vietnamese language so as to better integrate into its culture...wld prob do that if i have the chance to visit this place again...

am resting at home now...hope to recover real soon...

jel; 2:49 pm