exam madness

introducing my 2 exam muggy buddies, li-chan and my sister dearest. loL. i think we ate more than we studied though. heh. the custard bao that u see here, well its our late night supper. whats interesting was the process of 'heating' up these yummylicious bao. ehh, well we tried to steam these bao of cos..but it kinda failed, cos the bao ended up happily floating in the pot looking like 4 super big tang yuan.. well u can imagine. so anyway we decided to oven-bake it..haha. smart right. turned out really well too, still as yummy as ever. abit crunchy though. heh..yums.

anyways, heres 3 cheers to li-chan, cheryl and yummilicious custard buns. loL.
life is so much more bearable and fun~ =p

less than 2 weeks to home!
less than 1 mth to costa rica!

woohooo!

oks doks. time to ZzZzzz!

weeee!

I got my project assignment for ISV already!!! Thank God He gave me what i wanted!!
SEA TURTLES!!! COWABUNGAAA!!!

distracted. again.

top 10 ways to stick to your new exercise plans (an article i got from a site)

1. Get an exercise buddy. They will help keep you motivated…and so will the guilt of standing them up.
2. Make a bet with a friend or enemy. Placing a money wager that you will hit your goal by a certain date makes every workout count. It also puts your honor on the line!
3. Tell everyone you know about your fitness goals. That way, you will have that many more people to answer to.
4. Buy yourself new exercise clothes, sneakers or a workout bag. Not wanting new and/or expensive equipment to go to waste will make you more apt to get off the couch and use it.
5. Join a gym that you pass by nearly every day-perhaps on the road between your home and work. Seeing it regularly will eventually draw you in there to train.
6. Get on a professionally-designed, long-term program. The sooner you start seeing results, the more you'll want to keep training to continue them. Aimlessly hopping from workout to workout-or even worse, from machine to machine-will only waste your time.
7. Join an exercise class. The camaraderie you develop with your classmates should be enough to keep you coming back.
8. Keep a workout log. Recording your progress from session to session (or lack thereof) will show you what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong. There's also a great feeling of satisfaction that comes from watching the amount of poundage you use grow with each passing week.
9. Buy an iPod or portable CD player that you can take to the gym. Associating your workouts with fun music or escapism will make you not want to miss them.
10. Put a picture of your family or loved ones in your gym bag. It will remind you who you want to be healthy for.

i likey point 4 and point 9. lets do some shopping! loL. point 10 sounds interesting to me.

okiz for point 3: im gonna annouce to the whole world now - aiming towards FLAT tumtum/chiochio abs by end of next year. loL. i dunno how yet, but im gonna do it!

current shape - round (oh woe!)

weight: im not telling you!

physical fitness: all time low.

all this is gonna change...wahahaha~ debs and me have made up our mind to join next generation fitness club next semester. best part is..its near my new place. whooopeee doo.i hope this works.

for now though, i shall get back to my exam prep. woe.

Friday Night Live.
Left to right:
Debbie
Pengpeng
Susu
Me
Jean








abit of photo update.. thats the only one i hav. haha..i've been under-utilising my camera~ bleah. yet to get remaining photos from my frenz..so yeah...

CHOOOCHEEEYANAAA!!!

note to self: f0cus!

bits and pieces.

so i've been gone for a long time. nothing much has happened, except that..all my assignments are done. now its just benkyou all the way.. 3 hour essay.. im dreading that. no idea how to prepare for that yet.....im just studying for my human learning and cognition unit, which is MCQ based. taking only 2 papers this semester. so i guess, i really shldnt be complaining. but ah...why essay. i dunno how to prepare for that. or probably, jus lack the motivation? meh. dunno. i've been studying lately, but got my priorities wrong man...trying to escape from my essay preparations...

went over to have dinner with amanda, gabz, joey poey and deborah .. yummy dinner. but the best part was catching up with 'old' friends....haa. we decided we must live a healthier lifestyle. lOL...then contemplated to join gym next sem (not murdoch gym! and hey, it wasnt me who suggested it this time!! i noe wat u're thinking ellie.). so anyway...wld be checking out this place called 'Next Generation' theres even a website for it..looks real cool.......and pricey. haa...maybe i'll try and get a free trial or sth. lOL.

hmm.......i thot...i had something else to say.........but i forgot..

anyway....oh so its confirmed, im moving to bibra lake with debs and ellie next sem. *WAVES to future housemates* woohoo. hehe...

ahhhhhhhhhhh. ok. seems like my brain's not functioning quite well now. haa. thats all folks. gonna watch waterboys now. heheh. >_<

i will wake up early to study tmr. yeth. EARLY. hmm, suddenly realised..i'm becoming more of a lark than an owl now... study best in the morn, but at nite time...i jus shut down.. neither can i study, nor sleep. grr. to the one who invented TV...i love you. haha. [was it alexander graham bell?? or did this guy invent the phone? or who is he anyway.....? aish. nevermind]

jya neh.

a note to my dear goldfish(es)

thanks bobo and ellie bellie for that cute lil note in gladwrap. heh..heartwarming indeed. =p
and hello there to all my fellow goldfishy.. sorry goldfish lee has been hermitish again. heh.. one last assignment to go...then we can all muggy mug together in library. im giving myself till this friday to complete it. yes i must! then bobo, i'll wait for u...and we can have one whole day dedicated to playing video games (i realised my PS2/ntsc-j has been modified to be able to play pal games...haaa. just as well, since the format in aust is pal...but cos of that i cant watch DVDs using my ps2. grrr.), photoshopping and numnuming...heh.. soon soon.

anyway been lazy to blog, somethings wrong with that tagboard. bleaah. i've been wanting to revamp this blog....i think since few semesters back -_-"

ok doks. i willl see u all veryyy sooon.

with lots of loveeeee,
+noodle

ima back.

i've been missing for quite a long time, and im guessing no one ever checks in since i changed the address previously. heh....anyway...lazy to write much now. some photos. taken with my D200. having lots of fun with it..but lately i've been neglecting it due to busy schedule, but mostly due to lack of inspiration. still learning the ins and outs of handling a dSLR..and trying to grasp photography techniques...anyway, enjoy.

How are you running?

...so I run straight to the goal with purpose in every step...

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize." 1Cor 9:24-27

Lord help me. to take every step with your purpose guiding my feet...

taken at cotts.

i love my zoom lens, and unsuspecting subjects. haha.

Family: hand in hand.

Everlasting...Your light will shine when all else fades..

drifted off again. indeed just as pastor Benny said..its so easy to drift off. once u do nothing, you'll be dirfting off even before you realised it. further away from God. hmm..thats the bad news. but good thing is that..at least i've realised it? haa...probably tiredness, probably.. i've been thinking about stuffs that i shouldnt again these past weeks. and its wearing me down mentally. sucking life out of me. just attended empowering conference over the weekend with Chris Hill as the speaker. it was good i must say. and once again, i was reminded to 'not look back'... i agree... but was thinking, how long can we keep running and running and running and never even looking back to take a glimpse of the past? sigh, just that glimpse is enough to stumble me for a long long period...all it takes is just that glimpse for me to fall into a state of confusion once again. So anyway...enough is enough. its always those few issues that always haunt me now and then.. i've had it. ugh! im not going to live a defeated life. God help me rise up above all these issues!! God I need Youuuuuu!!!!

Father, You are my rock, my fortress, my refuge, my comforter, my ever present help in times of need. In You, I will trust! In You, I know that I do not have to fear, for You will not crumble......and as long as I trust in You, neither will I.. !! Father, restore me to fellowship with You again, that I may once again align my heart closer to Yours.

"To you I call, O LORD my Rock; do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who have gone down to the pit. Hear my cry for mercy as I call to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place." -Psalm 28: 1-2

thats all for today. time to seek Him now.....

"Never ending..Your glory goes beyond all fame, And the cry of my heart, Is to bring You praise From the inside out, Lord my soul cries out..From the inside out Lord my soul cries out...."

sick again.

i should be in uni having lessons now. but here i am blogging. so anyway, im sick again. yes..for the....*lost count* number of times this semester.

nyeah..feeling puky and giddy, and my head hurts. its the same symptom everytime. i wonder whats happening to my body this semester. the weather probably? i've been quite conscious of my food, so it can't be that..

*sigh* ok, today's supposed to be my longest day in uni, feeling extra guilt for missing so many lessons. but i guess even if i was there physically, nothing would be able to get in my mind. except for jap maybe..? oh no, hope im not missing too much.. my jap oral and aural is on 6th june!

alright, im gonna start work now. ciao.

have a jelly belly!

i just learnt how to create borders. so anyway was playing around with photoshop..and this was the result. somehow the border does not seem to complement the photo leh. any ideas? more practice!!

anyway..i love macro shots~ hiakz

ooh btw, these jelly bellies are yummylicious! hmm..i love the butter popcorn flavour. haha. though i dont like to eat buttered popcorns. haha. i was just amused by the buttery flavour i got from a jellybean. haaha. oh they also have toasted marshmallow, chocolate pudding bubblegum..licorice...and dunno wat else. interesting.

D200

who wants to contribute to the Buy-Nona-A-dSLR fund?

muacks!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIRABEL!!
bong bong bong !!!

love?

few issues on my mind now, most of which i can't do much about. and that sucks. so anyway, the best thing i can do is to stop procrastinating and get my lab report done once and for all. yes..at least that'll be one load off my mind. set my priority right. for the rest of the problems, i'll just have to wait. learning not to rush, learning to be still, and hear from Him.

so anyway, between studying the Bible..psychology, as well as generally observing life, I have come to the conclusion that modern society has completely lost the concept of what love is.

Love is not a feeling. It is not an emotion. Real love is not transitory as it appears to be in modern society. People today are "in love" one minute, and "fall out of love" the next. To think this is even possible...... i think this shows a perverted understanding of what real love is and should be.

Love is, and will always be reflected in our actions. At its heart, it is a decision. A motivation. to give before taking, serve before being served, caring before knowing whether the other cares.

Christ said "By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another". How is the world going to see Christ reflected in His followers lives if their love for one another is just an emotion that rises and falls with the tides. Christ also said, "There is no greater love than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." This is probably a bit of an extreme example from what we experience in our day to day lives. But the point cannot be missed. Love is an action. It is sacrificial, and at its core, it's a decision of the heart. It is part of who we are, and any real love is neither transitory, nor dependent of the actions of those we love.
Does God cease to love us when we disappoint Him? Does a mother cease to love a child when they disappoint her? And probably we should ask ourselves, do we want those whose love and care we cherish to cease loving us when we disappoint them?

This is not to say that it is invalid for someone to change their mind about their romantic commitment, or level of affection for another. But we have to stop using a watered down definition of love. The pledge to "love one another till death do us part" has no meaning if our love is just an emotion and not a commitment. The decision to commit to love someone is not a decision to feel loving every minute of every day. It is a commitment to care for, support, protect, and provide for all the other needs of the person that has agreed to do the same for us. Whether they manage to do so or not on any given day is not a release from our commitment. It is simply a chance to provide our love in a more Christ-like manner, without returns, without reward or recognition.

to me, love isn't just about feeling good and all the like..

love lets go, but never leaves...

Lord, may You be the one to stir up my passion and compassion, help me to truly care and love once again. let not circumstances numb me. Teach me how to love. Let my every step be aligned to Yours, so that i can truly say, i live, do and serve all for love.

"In my life
You've heard me say
I love You
How do I show You it's true
hear my heart, it longs for more of You..

I've fallen deeply in love with You..
You have stolen my heart
I'm captivated by You
Never will you and I part
I've fallen deeply in love with You.."

-Deeply in love, Hillsong United.

Happy mummy's day!

love of my life.


my godma and me, during my baptism.

thank God alot for her, for it's her who first led me to God. and through my godma i learnt alot about faith and perseverance.

and to my spiritual mum back in sg, happy mummy's day~ *hugz* thank God for you, for ur encouragements, for keeping me in prayers, for never giving up on me. =)


my spiritual mum, lindee.


mira-bongbel. bongbongbong. haa =p

although not 'officially' my spiritual mum, but u're one i've always look up to, mighty woman of God. =p u've been there during one of my darkest momemnts spurring me on, never failed to point me to God when i got lost. your passion for God and His people has encouraged me a great deal. hugz.

last but not least, ps yueh ping. my network pastor, ever so loving and caring. beautiful woman of God! truly truly the best spiritual (grand) mummy one could have. hee.

wow...look at all the wonderful people God put into my life.
what more can i say?.. God is good! i truly am blessed! =)

Thank You Lord.

i love assignments. i love stats. i love writing lab reports.

ahhh! im so gonna kill myself~~ accidentally closed the SPSS browser, and i've yet to save the data. grrrr. now i have to go through the whole bloody process of generating the data FROM SCRATCH for it to confirm my hypothesis. great. just what i needed.

it probably isnt that big a deal, just time consuming. and i was very pleased with the sample i generated just now. ugh. careless careless, what was i doing!? probably a sign that i should just go sleep now. lol.

hmm, actually........im quite enjoying the fact that i've been doing work this whole day. haha. nerd power! glory to the geeks! yeeeeeeeeeharrrr!

alrighty, back to work.

bleugh.

'When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.' - Albert Einstein.In my life right now I would liken the hot stove to being a prisoner in my room, sold as a slave to assignments, and the pretty girl, well to a pretty boy of course (takeshi kaneshiro! takeshi kaneshiro!!!). sorry i cldnt help it. haa.

nothing seems to ease the excruciating minute-counting, assignments-loaded, tests and exams round the corner period. i need an outlet, but i don't know what i can do to make me feel better now. i did a 7km run today, blasted my music, stoned. cooked. eat. breathe. shit. bathe. nothing seems to work. bleugh. so i should think positive. eto, time passing slowly means more time until the exams? heh. Well I must get back to my minute-counting-slavery-to-assignments-fun.

ps.if you are reading this on a study/assignment/work break it's obviously time to get back to work because an hour will have passed and you will have done nothing. =p