Falling down and out

I'm feeling emo...

On a Monday morning.

But I have Mondays off...

*???*

Maybe it's all those assigments.

Or maybe it's because... *deep breath*
...I'm almost 30 and people remind me I'm not getting any younger and I'm still single and still living on the ground floor of my parent's home and still living off them because I don't have a job where I'm earning my own living and therefore can't contribute to expenses because I'm back at college studying and am struggling to cope with assignments because it's been so long ago since I was a student and then most of the people I spend most of my time with are at least 5 years younger, AT LEAST, whereas my former schoolmates who are my age have got nice high position jobs that take them flying to foreign countries or they are working overseas or who are alreay happily married and having a place of their own while I'm still single and have nothing!!!

Well, not really nothing. I got my family. And I got my friends. Young or not, in a way, they're also like my family. And I've got Jesus. Precious Jesus.

Oh bother. I'm not gonna finish this post coz my little niece keeps bugging me to play. Heh.

*Ouch!* she was bouncing on my bed and just fell off with a loud "THUD!" Yikes, that's gonna leave a mark! She's crying but I managed to get her smiling again. No, she's giggling! And now, she's scampering onto my bed and bouncing again! *smile*

Wow, to be young again and not have any worries.

I learnt something. 'Bouncing' around in life, we're gonna face some tough twists and turns. And when we lose our balance, we're gonna fall. Some falls are not so bad, but some hurt and leave a mark. But we always have to get back up again.

We can all nod and agree with that, but the getting back up part is not so easy. It's much easier though, when we get lots of encouragement and support from people around us... Dear God, I know it's You, and it's been You all along. Everytime I fell, you were there. And you were there to pick me up again. Forgive me when I took my eyes off you and focused on the storms instead. No wonder I had the sinking feeling... but once again you reached out and held me by the hand.

Now that's gonna leave a mark.

"Heal the wounds but leave the scars... as a reminder of how merciful You are."

Midnite Mayhem

I've got so much to do! Help!

Assignments to do: overdue assignments, upcoming assignments, re-doing assingments (none of that yet, thankfully! *phew*) I'm drowning in a sea of (electronic)(as well as non-electronic) books!!! *gurgle*. Paul's not very friendly. It's so hard to understand him. But I don't think it's his fault la... I blame Martin Luther. Oh wait, it's actually the contemporary writers who... oh, I give up! nono, cannot cannot. I MUST finish assinments!!! GAH!!!

And yet, I found time to have fun... *hyuk!* slightly guilty chuckle

Recognise anyone? We were all from the same youth group once upon a time.

This is the best shot we could get. *nostalgia*

Last Sunday after frisbee, a bunch of us gathered to celebrate Jared and Alex's birthdays.

Birthday boys cutting cake. Aww, they're holding hands.

It was actually quite a big bunch. Heh.

And then as if that wasn't enough, I got a call from Ai Vee at 11pm asking if I wanted to go to Jared's house to give him another surprise! At 11pm!!!

Of course I said yes.

So off we went, a car load of people, to Bukit Jelutong to give Mr. Yeoh a surprise visit. We were soh excited we nearly pee-ed in our pants! Well, not really. Gwynne was though. We stopped at the Shell station so that she could go relieve herself while we bought a little birthday egg-tart. Haha! *evil!*

Anyway, we hurried on our way and was about to turn into his road, when lo and behold, who should appear at the junction but Jared himself driving his gold Myvi! We all yelped while half of us ducked, the other half could only try, and all I could do was to keep looking ahead hoping he hadn't noticed.

He hadn't! So we quickly turned the car around and tailed him! (CAN YOU JUST FEEL THE EXCITEMENT GOING ON!!! SOH EXCITING CAN PEE AH!)(good thing we made that stop). Hee.

After many failed attempts to contact Jared's mom (who was in co-horts with us), Eugene Tong resorted to faking a call to wish him a Happy Birthday and find out where he was going. Conversation went something like this:

Eugene: Hey, braaadder! Happy burfday, wei!

Jared: Ah, kk... thanks thanks.

E: Hee... I saw u on msn, but I thot it more appropriate to call u la! Haha!

J: Oh, haha! Yeah... *tahu pun*

E: Sohhh, what you doing now ah? Hehee.

J: Oh, haha! Actually I'm driving now la.

E: Ohhh, yes ah? Haha! *Obviously, since we're tailing you*. Where you going ah, so late?

J: Ohh, heh. I'm going to pick up my father now la.

E: Ha?!! Yes ah??!!! heh. heh. *Gulp! Aiyo, KLIA like 45 minutes away la* Okla, then I better not disturb you, wei.

J: Okok. Bye!

E: Ok, so I'll see u later... oo, err, I mean I'll see u when...

J: *click* (hung up)

*Disclaimer: The accuracy of the conversation may have been compromised for the sake of telling a story. Hee.

Aiyo... we were so disappointed. We got the surprise instead! So we resorted to going to the nearby mamak for drinks. But before we arrived, Christine finally got thru to Aunty Annie (Jared's mom) and THEN we found out that he wasn't going to the airport, but picking his dad up from the Giant hypermarket which was only 5 MINUTES AWAY!!! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!

So we raced back to his house, parked the car a little farther along the road, and ran into the house giggling ourselves silly! FUIYO! SUCH EXCITINGNESS CAN P... you get the idea. =_='

We rushed to hide in his room not two minutes, when Jared got home. We were all shush-ing each other and reminding everyone to yell surprise and basically making a whole lot of noise that I am surprise he didn't hear us. Finally, we suppressed our giggles as A.Annie lured him upstairs, and as he walked into his room, we gave him the fright of his life! Wahahaha!

You should have seen the look on his face! Hahahahaha!

Oh, I wish I had a camera then! Wahahahahahahaha... *wipes away tears*

Anyway, to cut an already very long story short, we gave him his birthday egg-tart, sang him a birthday song, went back out to another nearby mamak, and spent the late night taking group shots that Japheth made us pose for. Haha! The products of which are these:

Jared: I can't believe I let myself get scared by these clowns.

These clowns: *so satisfied*

The end.

Happy Birthday Jared-y boy! Don't forget us when you go to the land Down Under!

...Or Maybe I Will!

...post about my favourite Pop Group! Haha!
(To get what I'm haha-ing about, you'll need to see my last comment on the 'Ana' post... or you just don't get me at all.)( I don't blame you!)

Everybody, if you haven't already, please meet Point of Grace!


This is their latest hit song that won them a Dove Award (Christian equivalent to the Grammys, with all the glam and hype too!). Listen to it! It's really good!



I first heard them more than 10 years ago while I was still a teenager (and we all know how LONG ago that was) and I immediately fell in love!!! ...with their voices la! Altho I must say, they still look pretty good, huh? Hehee...

Anyway, it was POG who first inspired me to sing in parts! Yup, that's right! Their vocal harmonies are so tight and melodious... soh beautiful! And their songs are very encouraging and inspiring too! *sigh* Hearts.

But sadly, one of the members of the quartet has recently announced her retirement. *sob*. She is the second member to go. The original founders of the group were these four:

clockwise from top: Terry Jones, Shelley Breen, Denise Jones and Heather Payne

But towards the end of 2003, Terry announced her retirement to better care for her 3 young kids. At that time, I truly truly missed her voice because it is one that is very unique! Hers is one that is 'girlish, shrilly' and I can't think of anyone today who sounds like her. She was replaced by Leigh (pronounced Lee) Capillino Top picture, farthest left , and together, the group went on to produce more beautiful music.

And now, Heather Payne mother of four young kids, has also announced her retirement! *bawl* Broken heart. I'm so so sad, because Heather has a big big voice and I like to copy her singing style too! Now, the remaining members will carry on as a trio.

So there you go. Now you know my inspiration for singing parts. They really are very good! This album was even recommended by Leon! And those of you who know him knows he has high taste in music! Go go listen to them la. And if you wanna learn to sing in parts, I dunno, go be inspired by them.

Tribute to Point of Grace, you have blessed me and inspired me! God bless you loads!

*mutter*mutter*

I only intended to get some fresh air... brought my book thinking maybe I could do some studying... but who was I kidding? Frisbee beats reading any day! Haha!

There weren't too many of us today, only about 10. But still, we had an excellent game! Too bad for those who didn't come... haha! Missed out! (Be sure to come next week! Ok, this is my little advert slot of the day) Oooh, I just want to mention that I sweat-ed soh much that there wasn't a dry spot left on my shirt! Seriously! Good workout! Couldn't dry my palms anywhere so my throws were geting affected. heh... just thot you'd like to know.

After the game though, my low petrol indicator was blinking so it was time to fill up the car. Last week, the price petrol was increased to 2.70 per litre, and I was one of the few 'kiasu' (Singaporean term meaning not wanting to lose out) people who actually queued up at 11.30pm to get petrol before the price hike. (Joh! It used to be RM1.92 per litre, k? That's what? Almost 80 sen increase!!! Siao!) I don't care if you think it was 'kiasu'! I don't regret it one bit! It was worth every drop of cheap(er) petrol! Nyahahaha!

K, anyway, so I pulled up to the nearest petrol station as I told the attendant to fill 'er up! I thought, you know, it's just a little Savvy car, it shouldn't be too much more la... but actually I was already bracing myself for a shock... AND IT WAS A GOOD THING I DID!!! OTHERWISE MY SKIN WOULD HAVE TURNED ALIEN GREEN WITH GROSSLY BULGING MUSC-KLES AND GRUMPY FROWN WITH EYES POPPING OUT OF MY HEAD!!!

*DON'T MAKE ME ANGRY! YOU WON'T LIKE ME WHEN I'M ANGY!!! ROOAAARRRRRRR!!!*

Then the petrol attendant screamed like a little girl, doused me with (expensive) petrol and set me on fire!!!

No, obviously not. He didn't want to waste petrol so he used water instead. Hahahahahahahaha!

Okok, jokes aside, that didn't happen. None of that did. I merely stared at the receipt, sighed, and drove off... I guess in the long run, it's only money... *sigh*... mind you, it was about RM25 more! That's an extra RM25 per week, which works out to be an extra RM100 a month!!! How la??? I better remember to pay my tithes first... otherwise no more liao. *Gulp!*

I guess it's time to tighten the old belt! No more Japanese buffets, huh? Heh... at least I still have my Ana... hehee... I don't care what you say! Ana is still a nice name for my laptop!

"Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver." - 2 Corinthians 9:7

I dub thee...

Ana!

Wheeeeee.......... it's official! I've decided to name my laptop "Ana"! Haha! I sense a ditsy spell coming!

...especially since my favouritest female tennis sports player ever, Ana Ivanovic has won her very first Grand Slam, the Roland Garros! (That's the French Open to you tennis know-nots) Plus, she's officially dethroned Maria Sharapova as the new World No.1!!!

If you didn't already know (shame on you), Ana who is 20 years old, is Serbian and she had to practice her tennis as a kid in an emptied out swimming pool amidst the bombings of her former Yugoslav nation. Because of the cramped conditions of the pool, she was forced to develop a very tight forehand shot, which she is now so famous for! Besides her booming forehand, Ana moves very gracefully on court and is nice-ness personified off court! (Or so they say la! I've never actualy met her in person...) It's no surprise she's a fan favourite wherever she plays... of course, it doesn't hurt that she is gorgeous!!! Hahaha! Well, I think so anyway. (To all my self-declared agents, please take note!)

Too bad she's 6 foot 1... and all the way on the other side of the world. Sigh.

Anyhoo, I'm glad she's made it as the World No.1! And to commemorate this memorable moment, I am naming my XPS after her! *grin* (Thanks to all who voted on the poll too! Ana came in tops!)(Of course, I'm discounting the 'iwannacombiname' option! Haha!)

Congratulations Ana!


Malaysian fan count: 1. For now... hehe.

Ps. I can so imagine Leishia rolling her eyes like crazy right now! Haha!