Peace I leave with you,
My peace i give to you;
not as the world gives
do i give to you.
Let not your heart be troubled,
neither let it be afraid.
--john 14:27

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Exodus 16:29,30 -*
See! For the LORD has given you the Sabbath;
therefore He gives you on the sixth day
bread for two days.
Let every man remain in his place;
let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
So the people rested on the seventh day.
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

ok.. now for the london and paris part of my trip!!

+london+

the ride from manchester to paris was all smooth sailing and i managed to meet yvette at the euston train station =) and when i met her.. she say she just saw ming sheng at the euston train station.. but we kinda ignored this coincidence cos we were all too excited about seeing each other. hehe. so we walked to the subway.. talking a lot.. and dangerously crossing roads. yvette crosses the road like she owns it.. its scary!!!!! and when we were at the subway.. when i was just about to tap my card and enter the gates.. ming sheng was standing right in front of me!! hahaha!! its really really such a coincidence that we can meet in london!! its so big and so random!! we took a while to get over the shock and started talking. he was there for his medicine interview too. hahaha. and he helped me with the luggage down the horrible stairs.. so im so glad we met him. it's just a pleasant surprise to meet a familiar face in such a foreign state.

then yvette brought me to her hostel and cooked me a nice and hot lunch. hehe.. its not some super extravagant meal.. but it was nice and cosy eating in their kitchen. and den she brought me out to the oxford street which was like a bigger version of our orchard road. shopped a bit here and there.. and there was a hamleys store that sells a lot a lot of toys!! all so cute!! and i tried their krispy kreme doughnuts.. too sweet for me.. but i will say that it is still very nice.

and den we went to the london eye area. it was already quite late so the night view was very very nice. can see the big ben from where we were.. and the london eye is just gorgeous at night! so we stood by the river and talked and laughed a lot. i wanted a coffee and we talked and laughed even more over the coffee. it was a lot of catching up.. and i can tell all vballers that she misses u all! she bought a top and both joyce and yvette exclaimed tt the top is so yvonne!! so von.. they are thinking of u even when they are shopping!! hehehe.

went back after that and i got to meet her hostel's guys for the first time. i can just stand and listen to their conversation and just laugh!! hehehe. and yvette did her work while i read my bible till very late before we went to sleep finally. this is probably the lastest ive slept since i reached uk.

yvette went to school early while i lazed in bed till it was time to meet my cousin. if not for this london trip.. i never knew that this cousin ever existed. so that was the first time i met him for my entire life that i can remember. it was quite awkward initially.. but im glas his jap girlfriend was there.. else it would have been worse. his jap girlfriend is pretty cute.. hehe. and my cousin treated me to a ex dim sum lunch at chinatown and his girlfriend treated me to beard papa there!! hehehe.. good food and im so lucky!! =) they brought to tour around chinatown.. their red light district and some shopping area too.

den i met joyce!! yvette was too busy to come out.. so joyce came!! i was so so so happy to see joyce again!! =) we kinda got lost trying to find our way to camden town.. but it was such a disappointment when we finally found it.. cos there was nuthing!! so we decided to just find somewhere to sit down and eat ice cream and talk. so we kinda wasted the entire afternoon not going places that i shud be visiting.. but it was good catching up time =) and we left when it was time to return to the hall for our cny steamboat dinner =)

i have to say that im very impressed with the guys in yvette's hall. not to mention that some of them are pretty good looking.. they can cook!! im impressed how they knew how to cook the soup base using carrots and bones and they taste real good!! and they did all the marketing and washing and arranging of all the food while we girls were out. im really impressed. hehehe. and the steamboat dinner was nice.. not because the food was nice.. but the company was nice. the guys are just all jokers.. i just had fun laughing at them. hehe. and i got chocked on the golden mushrooms.. which kinda spoilt my appetite. joyce is damn zai!! she eats slow and steady and when all the guys were down.. she was still eating!! hehehe.

after the steamboat.. we girls went for the second round!! dessert!! hehehe.. so we went to the supermarket dressing very little.. it was cold but we enjoyed the cold. bought ice cream back and had out apple strudel warmed.. and eat again!!! two guys joined us.. but they watched more than they ate. boris and zhen an if i din spell their names wrongly. so we all talked and joked a lot.. with them talking about the food they miss in singapore and boris saying i will just come back and eat everything they mentioned. these two guys can really make me laugh till die. talked and talked till yvette decided its too late and we all went back to sleep. so this night.. four girls shared one tiny room.

and the third day.. yvette had a full day school.. so it was down to me and joyce again!! joyce brought me to their nice nice hyde park.. and den the natural history museum. its surprising nice there and i enjoyed myself there!! geography suddenly seems nice to me at the museum. we even saw dinosaurs.. haha.. and we kinda acted like little kids while we were there.

then we went to the west minister abbey where i wasnt very sure what i was watching.. cos there were just tombs everywhere and it looked nuthing like a abbey that i had in mind. and then we were to the harrods.. where everything was ex but nice. even their toilets have attendants.. haha. bought some stuff and we headed back to the hostel for dinner! wanted to cook a nice dinner just the two of us.. but the cottage chicken was too alluring.. so we bought that for dinner and still cooked a packet of maggie mee!! hehehe. dinner was just sinful but nice. and then joyce went back =( leaving me alone in yvette's room awaiting her return. so i went online and did all the necessary stuff till she finally came back.

the next day morning i kinda followed yvette to school and after that we did some groceries shopping. had a nice lunch and went to the airport super early. felt so sad having to leave my friends in london.. happy that im going london and yet worried cos i dunno who i will be meeting. (this fren of mine in france.. i never met him before.. i knew him thru a patient in the clinic. she's a french teacher and he is her student. she intro us cos i was interested in a third language for a period of time.. so all we did was talk online.. and not met before.. hahahaha)

was so tired that i slept while waiting for my plane. luckily joyce smsed me.. else i would have missed the plane totally. and finally boarded the plane and reached paris safely. but from then all.. it was trouble and more trouble.

+paris+

the moment i came out of the airport.. everything was so foreign and i couldnt find the signs that should lead me to the metro station!! so i walked everywhere hoping to find the signs and when i could not.. i called joyce for help! cos she went paris with yvette and boris before. and real trouble came when my phone ran out of money while calling her!! and i haben gotten the directions from her!! and my singapore phone doesnt allow me to call anyone!! so i was totally left to myself =( did get a little scared and worried.. but a big part of me was how was i supposed to go the place where i am supposed to meet desmond and how is he going to contact me when my phone cannot be used!! when i kinda figured my way out.. it was really late.. so i decided to just head to the hostel.. hoping that he had stopped waiting for me and headed to the hostel instead. and when i reached the metro station near the hostel.. i was worse off. i couldnt find my directions and none of them freaking understand english! so they kinda use signs to direct me to the hostel. i was a little apprehensive about asking a group of guys for directions.. but i had totally no choice! it was near 10 plus and i was really desperate to find the hostel. and i finally found the hostel but to find that desmond had not reached yet. but i am glad he reached about half hour after i did. phew.

feeling tired after everything.. i was bathed and went to sleep.

waking up fresh!! and he first brought me to some church near our hostel. cannot remember the name of the church.. neither can i pronounce it. the view from the church is just gorgeous!! and we went in.. walked a while and sat down to talk. im really surprised that we can talk so much altho we hardly know each other. we talked a lot about christianity and how he thinks i shudnt start with new creation church as a baby christian.. we even talked about politics! can u believe it?! hahaha. i will say he is scaringly critical about stuff and i can never outtalk him. just feel stupid and ill-informed about stuff when talking to him.

left the church and he helped me call back home.. cos i simply dunno what the hell was the telephone blabbering about. so glad i have him around.. else i will be totally useless in paris. let alone feeling very lost.

went to the notre damn.. a well known cathedral there. its nice in there.. but i just dun understand why there seems to be more catholics than christians there.

walked and walked till we reached the louvre but decided to come back tomorrow cos he says its super big and need the entire day to finish seeing it. and we continued to walk and walk till this very very very very nice park. and there were just random chairs around. we just sat down.. enjoying the sun and wind.. relaxing by the pond.. and i kinda dozed off a little. hehe =) its just the relaxing life they lead there that is so amazing and totally scarce in singapore.

walked and walked even more till we reached the arc. nuthing much there to be seen.. but the roundabout is just so big there! with 12 exits! oh my!! i will say that it's very big!!

walked and walked till we reached the eiffel tower and just took pictures from far.. cos it feels like a waste of money going up there. and at the place where we were taking pictures.. there were strikes going on! and its pretty cool that its legal there and police can just stand there watching the strikes. sat a while watching the eiffel tower and talking about more random stuff.

den he brought me to this shopping centre with a roof terrace that i can see a good view of paris again. din spend long there cos it was cold. did some walking around and sat down again to rest and talk. and den it was dinner!! the dinner serving was freaking big!! we ate at some italian restaurant. i could hardly finish my main course.. but ice cream was nice altho i gave the whole scoop of dark chocolate ice cream to him.. it tasted horrible! went to toilet and he paid.. saying that i can return him later.. but in the end.. he treated. felt damn bad.. cos it isnt exactly very cheap. oh wells.

and we walked back to the eiffel tower again! simply cos its lighted up at night.. and according to him.. there will be light displays on the tower every hour. so we were there to catch the lights!! and it was just super duper nice la!!! i couldnt stop looking at it.. and in my mind.. there is this song: you light up my life =) and i thot of tian. =)

went back and slept like a pig.. so tired. was supposed to go moulin rouge but gave it a miss cos we were both so tired. and if not for my alcoholic allergy.. he would have brought me to a pub. oh wells.

the next and last day.. we went to the louvre. walked and walked and walked but it was too big to finish walking and seeing everything. i wasnt all interested too. but it was a good experience i will say. and i had kebab sandwich for lunch. it was really nice.. altho we had to eat it in the open.. with our fingers freezing cold before we went into a church to warm ourselves up. the candles were such beautiful inventions at the moment of time.

then he sent me all the way to the airport and still bothered to accompany me till it was nearing my boarding time. im really glad and i really appreciate his company and his hosting. i wouldnt have enjoyed paris as much without him.

+flight back to singapore+

the flight from paris to london was screwed la!! it was delayed for half an hour cos of the bad weather.. so i almost missed my london flight to singapore! i had to run once i got down from the freaking plane.. and i managed to check in and board my plane in time. but what's bad was that i could run.. but my luggage couldnt. so my luggage din get transfered back to singapore in the end.. and was stranded in london. they had my lugguage delivered to my house the next day morning. and everything i needed was in there! irritating!

and i sat with two indian ladies on my way back. why am i always in trouble with indian ladies?! hurmp. because of them.. i din get a comfortable ride home.. neither did i get a good rest and sleep. oh wells.

after this entire trip.. i will have to say that there were blessings every now and then during the trip.. which i am glad for. praise the Lord for them. and im so glad that i din meet those bad luck and bad people that everyone was talking about before i came. i am glad that throughout the trip.. i was covered my Jesus's blood and that i am safe.. my money is safe and my luggage is safe.

and of course.. i know who really places me in the center of their lives. tian who smses me everyday.. always worried if im safe whenever she doesnt hear from me. my family who cannot get to sleep if i dun call them one day. and those we were praying for my safety and wishing me luck for my interviews.. thanks all. love all.

so now i'll wait for the news from the universities and hope for the best =)


says me`6:56 AM
Tuesday, February 27, 2007

yay!! im back from my uk trip!! =) and it's a very very happy one. im glad for everything tt i saw and experienced there. altho there were times i wished someone was with me.. i still enjoyed being alone and doing everything myself =)

+flight to glasgow+

first time flying on a plane!! haha.. was seriously pretty worried when i boarded the plane.. din know what kind of feeling will i get when it takes off.. but it was totally surprisingly ok! haha.. din feel much pressure difference and din get pale or headaches =)
dinner was served pretty fast.. but it was disgusting. steamed fish with sunflower seeds.. with some chocolate-flavoured dessert and bread. den snacks came.. banana.. den breakfast! breakfast was pretty nice tho =)
i was so lucky that there wasnt anyone sitting beside me on my flight there.. and i got a window seat.. so the ride was pretty comfortable. i could move all my notes and books onto the seat beside me when i want to sleep.. and my legs can well stretch beyond my seat =) and i watched 'love actually' for the first time.. not as nice as what many people made it to be.
there was a thunderstorm on the way there.. and i was so excited when i realise that we are flying above the storm =) i could see the lightning below the plane. din feel much turbulence.. but the cabin crew were asked to return to their seats as well. and looking out the window.. it suddenly dawned on me that altho we are experiencing a thunderstorm on earth.. up in the sky.. the stars are still shinning well above the dark clouds. and seriously.. the stars are many and are very beautiful =)

+glasgow+

reached glasgow safely after the transit at london heathrow. the customs at heathrow kinda of gave me some trouble.. but i got thru them safe and sound.. they are irritating la. had a second breakfast on the flight to glasgow.. and had a cute flight attendant serving me =) when i came out of glasgow.. i was so excited to see my breath vapourizing!! hahaha.. first time in my entire life im experiencing it and not seeing it on tv!! exciting. hehe. got lost for a little while.. din know where to take the bus to central.. din know where to top up my card.. but 'ask and u shall receive'.. and i managed to call back home finally and found the bus to get me to glasgow central. found the subway tt niece was talking about and it was when she called me finally. met her and went to her very nice house.. the house is big just for the two of them.

followed her to school after tt and had a good tour of their university alone while she attended her meeting. den she brought me to glasgow central for shopping.. and we went to some chinese supermarket and den found my dental school! haha.. the very fact that the dental school is in city center and i can have easy access to the chinese supermarket just makes everything perfect. din go into the dental school.. but the appearance of the building din give me a very good impression.

den had a nice big lunch at yates and den it was more shopping! went home before 5.. cos i was tired after the flight and i wanted to prepare for my interview. but in the end.. when i get home.. i slept on the sofa till 12 plus then waked up to bath.. read a few pieces of my notes and went back to sleep again. glad for the jet lag that i woke up at 5 plus and started my preparation real =)

the interview was not exactly smooth.. cos they asked a lot questions that i expected myself to know only if i enter the course and start studying. called dr tan and told him the questions and answers.. and he said i more or less got them correct. luckily i pay attention when he talks and explains to the patients. so over the phone, he gave me a quick summary to the definitions of the basic terms and taught me how to handle this kind of questions and turn their direction to something i am familiar with. im so glad for dr tan. and the tour around the dental school kinda changed the entire first impression i had. altho it was a old building.. everything inside was pretty new and nice! and its big too. the facilities are pretty good! =) and the admin person was really nice to me.. she really took care of me and even helped me to talk to the interviewers before my interview because i randomly mentioned to her tt i cannot really understand the people there cos of the scottish accent. so the interviewers were really nice to me =)

+edinburge+

and den niece brought me to edinburge!! walked quite some distance and went to the edinburge castle. there wasnt much in edinburge also.. but the castles and all are pretty nice and its just something u will never get to see in singapore. saw how their traditional costumes were made and i must say i really love the scottish stuff.. hehe.

went back and niece's sister treated me to nandos!! hehe.. again.. something tt i will never get to eat in singapore. it was really spicy and nice!! haha.. they let me have the biggest share of the chicken =) thanks so much for the hospitality they given me.. considering that niece and i arent the closest of friends even.

+stirling+


and the next day was valentine's day!! and on valentine's day.. i went stirling to see my husband!! haha.. niece called william wallace my husband cos i was all insistent on going to his monument. william wallace is just someone with a great great impact on my life and my actions.. i would say part of my strength and courage comes from him at times.. he's just a good good hero, putting aside the bloody side of wars. it was a long long climb up the the monument.. and also a long along climb up the stairs to the top of the monument. but everything was just worth it at the very end. the scenery was like superb altho the wind was really really big. i now regret tt i din get the william wallace cup when i was there =(

we kinda missed two buses on the way back and was caught in the middle of the road on a cold cold cold cold day. never felt so freezing cold in my entire life. went back and she called all her friends to her house and we had a very very nice indian meal!! even the indian meal in singapore cannot be compared to it! i think the place tt we ordered from was '7 spices'. cos of the big group of people.. we kinda have 6 curries.. 2 nann bread.. 1 big pizza.. and many many more la. i forgot to take a photo before we started. and they went on to play some gambling stuff and i just kinda of dozed off on the sofa again. hehehehe.

had to leave early on the next day.. and niece called a taxi for me. its just too tiring and hard to carry tt stupid luggage of mine all the way to the train station. it was 4 pounds.. but i guess it's already the cheapest of taxi fare tt one can find in uk. everything is good in glasgow apart from the very very very cold weather of theirs.. living expenses are low and everything.. i wun mind going there at all if i can =)

+leeds+

and my train ride to leeds was pretty screwed up. i actually boarded the wrong train!! they dun even check the tickets before we boarded.. so i kinda only knew it when the train left the platform. i was supposed to go to carlisle and make a transit to leeds. the train tt i took goes to carlisle also.. but it took a longer route and time.. so i missed my transit to leeds. in the end.. the train conductor kinda planned my alternative route to leeds.. and i had to go to manchester from carlisle and from manchester go to leeds. this is all still ok.. cos i din get lost.
when i reached the leeds station.. i was frantically looking for the metro station to get to my hotel. so i went out of the train station.. din find the metro station or any signs leeding to it.. and boarded the free city-link bus. randomly dropped at a place where i saw the metro sign and to realise tt that is the headquarters and not the station itself. walked back to the train station.. and finally opened my stupid mouth to ask the ticketing person. and the freaking metro station is the same as the leeds train station!!
and so i took the metro to my hotel.. kinda got lost when i got down the metro. so i just anyhow walked in some random direction till i finally met someone on the street.. asked him and finally got to the hotel after asking some more people on the way.. who all kinda din know where the hotel was exactly. and so.. while i was supposed to reach leeds at 1 plus.. i reached my hotel finally at 6 plus. what a day of getting lost!!

the room i had was pretty good.. self sufficient i will say. the only thing was tt i needed to go out for toilets and showers.. but tt was fine =) it is not some big hotel but some family-run one.. it was just cosy i will say. and the breakfast they served was the best i had in my entire uk trip =)

there wasnt much in leeds. after my interview which went the best among the three interviews i had.. i kinda only went to the two famous shopping centres.. victoria quarter and corn exchange. din have much at the shopping centre too. maybe it was the rainy weather.. i felt totally bored that i went back to the hotel at 3 plus and just stayed in there for the rest of the day. so i will say i dun have a very good impression of leeds.. but the university and dental school there is one of the best in uk. a lot people really want to study in the dental school at leeds. with the facilities.. its somewhere i will want to go too.

+manchester+

den it was to manchester.. my fav city among those which i went to =) my stay is the most comfortable and relaxing there =) and i din get lost as often altho im alone.. the transport system is manchester is just easy and idiot-proof. but im pretty amazed at how much trust the transport company has for the people.. the expect the people to have enuff self-discipline to buy the tickets from the machine at the platform before the board the train.. and they hardly check. and the thing is just that.. while i was there.. i din see anyone who didnt buy a ticket. singaporeans wunt have this much self discipline.

there are just many silly things that can happen to me when im alone.
example one: when i was looking for my hostel and i got lost for a while.. i kinda stood behind a lamp post to figure my way out before i started moving. and it so happen tt i shud be heading in the direction behind me and when i turned, i walked straight into the lamp post. and the worse thing was that someone was there and he laughed =(
example two: when i finally found my way to the hostel.. i sat down on the lower deck on the bed. and as i stood up to start arranging my stuff.. i knocked straight into the upper deck. great luck. and i called tian to tell her about my great luck.

the hostel tt i stayed in was very nice.. altho i was sleeping with three strangers for the first night. but the bed was comfortable.. and very like the one i had at home.. so i had a good sleep and a sweet dream. i even remember myself laughing out in the middle of the night. and their breakfast is good too.. i like the cereal there =) and their scrambled egg.. =)

i left the hostel to go out right after i put down my luggage and arranged my stuff. and i went to salford quay station where there was supposed to be a lot nice things.. and it was really nice! it was like our esplanade area but maybe a hundred times nicer. this is the first time i wished i am not alone in uk. so i had a long and slow walk along the river and just saw the attractions from the surface.. cos i wanted to make manchester united my first station.
so i walked for about half an hour till i reached there.. and it so happened tt there was supposed to be a match on that day!! so it was really really crowded.. but it is good to see and feel that everyone there was there to support their home-team. and then i went into the mega store where i almost went crazy! it was so big and nice things were everywhere. altho im not a man-u fan.. i kinda became like one in the store. just felt like buying everything. bought some shirts for my dad and bro and a cat collar for maomao. i missed maomao. it was just so exciting that i am actually so close to a match and so close to the players so many people are going crazy for!! haha.. it was just EXCITING!

and den i kinda walked back to the area where the imperial war museum, the lowry and the lowry outlet mall was. shopped for a while and realise tt i spent a bomb at the manchester united store and have only about 11 pounds for dinner. it was new year's eve.. so i thot i shud treat myself to a good reunion dinner with myself. so i walked into a chinese restaurant thinking tt it looked nice on the surface. and it turned out to be a real horrible dinner. the taste was suited to the english and just totally lost the chinese flavour and character the food shud have. but what's worst is that it cost exactly what i have remained in my wallet. so after the lousy meal.. i was practically penniless.

after dinner it was already 7 plus and the sky was real real dark. and when i reached the station near my hostel.. i kinda freaked out cos it was so so so dark and there werent much street lights around. so i walked in a pace like as if i can start running already.. and on my way back.. i just kinda scared myself thinking there were stuff around me.. so i had to sing some praise and worship songs to chase the fear away. and i was so glad when i reached the hostel! i swore to never so back so late when im alone.

the next morning.. i wanted to go chinatown but i din know how to and where to. so i decided to follow my instincts and just go the the piccadilly station and from there find my way. and im so glad i followed my instinct.. cos there was a shuttle bus right outside the station. the chinatown was nuthing spectacular.. maybe it was simply cos i went there too early.. but it was already pretty crowded. i thot i could find some nice and traditional chinese food.. but i din. there were all selling stuff that are there to impressed the english. many of the english were tricked into offering incense to the buddha.. which i wasnt all pleased about.. but there is no fault in them la.. they din know.

din know what to do after going chinatown so i just hopped onto the shuttle bus. and when i saw a crowd somewhere.. i decided to just go and see what's happening and join in the crowd. i kinda squeezed all my way till the first few rows and apparently.. there was supposed to be a dragon dance soon. so i got all excited.. simply cos i din expect to see something familiar in a foreign place! waited quite a while and the dragon dance turned out to be pretty disappointing. but i have to say that its a good effort on the english's part.. it just not their culture and knowing so little.. its just so hard to bring out the spirit that the dance shud portray. moreover.. they were all sweaty during the dance.. so i will say it is a very good effort =) while watching the dance.. it then came to me that im alone during chinese new year.. so i teared a bit. oh wells. spent some time around the place doing nuthing before moving on.

and then it was shopping! the shopping centre there is just spectacular la!! big and nice!! so there.. i splurged on a top that was 30 pounds.. it was so too nice for me to ignore it. hehehehehe. walked to urbis where there was an exhibition on hongkong.. and i just thought urbis archi looked like tt of titanic so i went it.. so it was quite random. and because of the splurge.. i decided not to have dinner outside and so i went back at 5 for a maggie mee dinner! it was the nicest meal ive had since i reached uk!! and i had the entire room to myself for the second night.

on the second night.. i just had the urge to go online. i havent felt any urge to go online to check my mail since ive reached uk.. cos i know nobody will email me.. and i din know why i have it that night.. till i followed my instincts and paid to go online. there was an invitation to a interview from the university of manchester!! they were asking if i was still in uk cos i emailed them about my trip there. haha.. i would say it's God who gave me the urge to go online.. everything is just more than mere coincidence.. and i would have missed the chance totally if i checked my mail when i reached yvette's place. and i replied giving them my hp number cos i have no more access to internet anymore. and the next morning.. they called and ask me to go down for the interview the very afternoon!! i was so so so so happy!! and im really glad for all the help they gave me in arranging a slot for me in such a short time and tight schedule.

looking for the dental school in manchester was the first time i really got lost in manchester. it was just horrible la.. luckily i left 2 hrs earlier.. haha. the interview was fine.. only that they asked some questions i wasnt too clear about.. but i will say im pleased with how i replied. got to know some new friends there and to realise that they are all younger than me by quite a lot!!! oh wells. and the tour ended about 3 plus.

then i decided to visit their big big shopping centre.. the trafford centre. and it was really really really huge. maybe two or three times that of vivo-city? i dun really know.. cos i din manage to cover every part of the shopping centre. and they have nice decorations everywhere.. even have a chinatown and new orleans within the shopping centre. the only thing was tt it was quite far from city and isnt easy to get to without the shuttle bus

the last night at the hostel was hell!! i met an indian lady who was like a bit crazy!! actually quite crazy!! oh my!!! she was like talking to herself in some language i cannot understand and keep laughing to herself. den she was making weird signs and doing some actions tt i think was totally crazy. so i went to bed very early tt night.. fearing her.. i even held my bible to sleep that night. i was totally scared la!! im glad it's only for a night. and for the next few nights.. i get scared whenever i think of her.

ok.. i have to get to sleep now and try to get my day back to night and night back to day. have to start work tml also =( will blog on london and paris as soon as i can!! =)

cheers.


says me`7:21 AM
Sunday, January 28, 2007

i love sundays =)

finally get to see pastor prince during service today. as in.. in person. everytime im so lazy to wake up early.. so i end up going for the service that plays the sermon that's pre-recorded.. so it's been quite some time since ive seen pastor prince. good to know he's still well and as handsome as ever! he's just one typical someone who doesnt look very good but still handsome and attractive in everyone's eyes =) i just love seeing him during service. i was so happy when i saw him walking onto the stage after 'praise and worship'! and his voice is so full of life! every time when he sings.. when he talks.. it just never fail to bring a smile on my face and i can just feel refreshed and happy. i love pastor prince! =)

all the while.. i have so much confidence that God will give me dentistry this time round. till someone pointed out that God gives according to His will. and it occurred to me that i din even consider that at all. I kept telling Him what i want.. but i forgot to ask for what He wants for me in life. Although i will be damn sad and disappointed if i dun get dentistry this time round.. i will still be glad for whatever God gives to me. Cos i know it's the best. i will just continue to do my best in everything tt will lead me to my dentistry dream.. so that i leave no regrets in my life. other things.. i leave to God =)

im so excited about my trip to uk!! so so so excited. although the whole world is worried about my safety there.. i am still so looking forward to it! first time flying.. first time overseas.. first time in winter.. and i hope to see snow for the first time too! =)


says me`8:09 AM
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

im in office now!! hehe. of course.. im not doing my personal things during office hours. work has ended but im trying to kill time while waiting for my mum to call.

ailin is very very very very very very happy today! =)

i just recieved a letter of invitation to interview from leeds =) ive been waiting and praying for this for so long!! haha.. so if nuthing goes wrong.. i will be in uk soon. praise the Lord. the interview is on the 16th feb.. dunno if i can get the air tickets in time tho. im so happy =) my bank account gonna be depleted after this trip.. but altho im spending all my earnings for the past one year on this single trip which doesnt have any seen conclusion yet.. im still happy about it. this will be the first time i am leaving singapore in a flight! hehehe =)
most likely.. i will have to go alone.. the air tickets are not something my family can afford. im feeling a bit uneasy about it. i know nuthing and nobody.. feeling very very uneasy. ive never been overseas before.. feeling a bit incapable. but if i really have to go alone.. i know i will be able to survive there =)

some things that were supposed to be passed to me went missing a few weeks ago. things that are pretty precious to me. ive been adopting a "dun-care" attitude because the date which i needed them for is not near yet. only till this week did i start panicking and kept asking my friend for them.. and he still said he couldnt find them. so yesterday i was desperate and asked God to find them for me. I asked God to let him find the stuff. and guess what?! my friend called today and said he found them!! =) Good Lord!

"i praise you- you are for me
i praise you- yes you love me
i praise you- you are faithful
i praise you- you see me through
Your goodness, Your mercy,
shall follow me, all my days."
--- excerpt from "you alone i praise" cd

im so so so so so happy today!!


says me`2:09 AM
Thursday, January 18, 2007

wednesday night someone called and the skies became clear =) although i thought you din have to do so.. i still appreciate that you did. thank you.

my hotel school interview is over! haha.. now im home excited and relieved! although i din answer perfectly and all that i wanted to say din manage to come out.. but i thought it was an engaging conversation i had with the interviewer. =) it was like talking to a old rj senior =) well.. at least it was like this to me.. hope it was like this to him too =) and maybe because he was sick that he couldnt think of questions to throw me off the chair. he's a nice person.. hope he thought the same of me too =)
now that i have done my part.. the rest will be Jesus's! I cannot be anymore glad for what happened this morning before the interview. i wouldnt have been able to go for the interview in peace if not for what He did. His grace flooded my morning =)

have to go back to work later.. but im still happy! hehehehe =) this week has been good!
oh.. and in tuesday.. i witnessed the surgery in which ive seen the most blood of! first time ive seen blood spurting out from a patient's mouth! got us a little worried but things were under control with the ever-calm dr tan =)

the week will continue to be good! and better!! yay!!


says me`6:44 PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

i ought to be angry because of what is said of me. but im surprising not. just puzzled where all these words can come from. well.. this is what i can say to whoever you are:

maybe you can just shed some light as to how i backstab my friends? if you are out to arouse distrust and dislike among my friends towards me.. it may work as you please to some.. but i can tell you that my frens know very well how to use their heart.. they know who i am.
or maybe if u are a victim of my backstabbing and scheming.. do tell me about your incident so that i can apologise if it's my fault.
i know Jesus loves me unconditionally.. that i know very well so thank you for reminding me that because of His love.. i should never get into strifes. i also know very well that i have His righteousness as a gift.. it doesnt matter to me what you said of me. All i need is Jesus's good opinion of me. =)
but i still thank you for telling me to watch my deeds.. and also warning my frens about me. we will be careful with each other.


says me`11:31 PM
Sunday, January 14, 2007

a nice weekend =)

volleyball on sat was fun.. as usual. finally got to play after so long.. and because of my once-in-a-month playing chance.. zhikang arranged it in the afternoon. im really thankful for that. i really love to play with all of them every sat.. really really. and the weather was on my side too.. the sun came out for the first time in two days =) so thankful for that too.
i was pretty lost on the court for the start. luckily there's always people like calvin and ivan to get me back to where i shud be. maybe it's the scary weiren's presence that made me tense. his presence seems to remind me that i shudnt make mistakes else he will eat me up. hehe.
i particularly love the two sets when the j4s played as a team. altho we lost.. but all the aces we shouted and all the laughes we had on court were precious and i love them.
and so.. sat was filled with smiles and laughter.. the way i havent been for pretty long.


i love sundays. because i can go to church and have everything refreshed. =)
so many negative things are said of new creation church and pastor prince.. unfair comments that are made when people take what is said out of its context and jumps into conclusions. but God be our witness. i just think.. conclusions should never be made when experiences are at second-hand. i love new creation church and i love pastor prince.

this morning.. my dad talked to me about giving up the idea of going overseas again. he again reminded me of the things i already know: to do things within my capability; so many people come to singapore to study and yet i want to get out; singapore education is good enough; i should just settle for anything; i do not have a strong mountain to back me up financially.. etc etc. all these i know!! not that i am not willing to accept reality.. but am i suppose to tell all these to my children next time? am i gonna not fight for something that is good but hard to get? am i to restrict myself because of what i dont have now? no! if i do, i have never ever get what i do not have now. i just wanna give myself a chance so that i do not look back one day and say:" if only i decided to hand on that little while longer". all i want is a chance to not have regrets. i will accept whatever God gives me this year.. please just let me hang on that little while longer.

and praise God.. as i heard a piece of my dad's mind.. i keep reminding myself that my God is good and my miracle is with Him. and then.. pastor prince sang this:" no other love.. no other love.. no other love is like your love..." and then said:" so forget what other people say that you cannot! because there's nuthing our God cannot do!" and then i cried. everytime i hear words that seek to destroy my faith in God.. everything bad things happen.. His love superabounds! His grace superabounds!


says me`9:25 AM

+ ailin-*
+ 19-*
+ 25.08.1987-*
+ rjc+so3q+volleyball-*
+ loves-*
maomao. jay. cinderella.
korean shows. piano.
Jesus.

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--faith.