If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we see the day that nobody died.

-Nickelback, If Everyone Cared

SINGAPORE. Finally (: So far.. I've gone to play late night lan with tab and dia.. FAILED to surprise them.. gone to church and jammed with tab.. stayed over at tab's house twice.. played risk with tab and dia.. eaten 933 chicken rice.. hokkien mee.. sausage and egg McMuffin.. carrot cake (black and white).. roti mum..and finally.. GLUTINOUS RICE! super yum. Neways, I still have to eat my beloved mushroom swiss from burger king... and SWENSENS BAKED RICE... :P

For lan I totally OWNED tab and lydia in Command and Conquer... hehehe. Even when they chionged at me with their massive sized armies.. i don't know why I still won.. hahaha.. strange. But it was sooo fun. When we played Cs.. i kinda got owned by them.. BLEH. hahaha.. but it was sooo hilarious when we had a knife fight. I was literally playing catching with tab.. lol.. so fun. These few days I've been laughing more than ever.. lol.. my tummy muscles hurt when I laugh... thanks to tab and dia.

Right now, dia's at taiwan with joce and their mum.. So i shall patiently wait for their return. Joce, my one-of-a-kind ducky godsis (: I love having meaningful talks with her.. It's like my somewhat.. problems get slowly erased when I tell them to her.. But of course.. not everything.

I carelessly left my camera at church the other day.. so it's with skunk now >.< Sorry peoples from australia.. can't take pictures of food just yet.. hehe. I also met teji and radiating cheese the other day at Far East Plaza.. but it was pretty brief and awkward.. I was shopping with tab while their were shopping with their mum.. So yea.. kinda weird. Talked a lil bit tho.. and it was strange to see them in singapore, but cool (:

I admit, altho I'm here and all. I still miss some friends from Aus.. Xp I don't think it can be helped.. Somehow, I talk about different things with tab and dia.. And I kinda miss talking with sarah and audrey about certain things sarah's 'blurness' and audrey's confusion.. haha and .. and I can't tease anyone!!! ahhhhhh. DARREN come here!! hahaha.. sorry peoples.. hahaha. I'm nice really. Adrienne too... calling me peanut and isaac jelly. LOL.

WHATEVER THE CASE.. I do not love singapore any less. I wanna have the greatest and most memorable time with my friends and cherish every moment! My mum told me that I probably won't be coming back this year... she said that last year and I ended coming back becuz of grand dad. I wasn't even suppose to be back. So yea.. I count this a blessing. Thanks to God (:

It's such a relief to see my grandparents facing my grand dad's sickness with such an open mind.. placing God in the centre of everything. I really thank God for them.. gong has taught me quite a lot of things from observing his life. Always praise the Lord and trust in His love no matter what circumstance you are in.. even if you're facing death. God's way are not our ways and his plans are beyond our understanding. One more lesson is... don't wait till you're old to love the Lord fervently. 'Remember your creator in the days of your youth..' God does not look down on the young and we're never too messed up to be God's tool. He'll fix us and make us great for the glory of His name.

Lord, you hear the cries of men and you respond ever so lovingly and faithfully. We cry out to you in prayer .. Do something great and amazing within this group that is dry. Fill them each with an unquenchable thirst for your love and your touch. Give them strength and commitment to draw near to you... so that you might draw near to them. Take away all the distractions that prevent them from getting to know Your ways.. Displau your majesty Lord and let them be living testimonies for you that you might be praised.
Amen.

Oh what I would do to have
The kind of faith it takes
To climb out of this boat and then
on to the crashing waves

To step out of my comfort zone
Into the realm of the unknown where Jesus is
And He's holding out His hand

But the waves are calling out my name
And they laugh at me
Reminding me of all the times
I've tried before and failed
The waves they keep on telling me
Time and time again.
Boy, you never win!
You never win..

But the Voice of Truth tells me a different story
The Voice of Truth says, "Do not be afraid!"
And the Voice of Truth says, "This is for My glory"
Out of all the voices calling out to me
I will choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth

-Casting Crowns, Voice of Truth

The lyrics of these song are so powerful.. I love Casting Crowns.. they're lyrics are just great and so not clicherical.. lol. I guess many of us fail to hear the voice of truth.. that's why we get depressed, afraid, worried and lack faith in God. People keep pressuring us with their standards.. we just blindly follow the expectations and desires of the world.

Freedom. I guess.. that's the reason why I love to just.. lie down on the grass and just stare into the sky. Cuz I know God created the beautiful sky, clouds and stars.. and I just feel this freedom everytime I'm able to do that. No one can say.. 'you're admiring the sky the wrong way..' or.. ' you shudn't be doing that, it's bad for u..' It's just simply God's creation.. made for us to enjoy :) So I praise God for creating the universe and earth and everything living in it... for He is a wonderful God and creator.

Today I went to watch 'The Guardian' with Isaac and aunty Angie.. it was quite a touching movie.. lol a.Angie was sniffling at the end of the movie.. but I just can't cry at movies no matter how touched I am.. dunno why.. haha. Good thing? I dunno.. lol.. i guess im just strange :p There were some special quotes in the movie that I loved a lot.. lol. I shan't wreck it for most of u.. but.. it reminded me of how much I complain about stuff.. instead of being thankful for them. Looking at things in a different way can do some good for many of us I guess.. :p

LALA.. can't wait for tmr :))

The FUNGUS fairy tale ball was AWESOME! lol.. it was quite fun. I was kinda sick of the amount of bagging I got throughout the night, but I'm fine now I guesss... took so many photos.. lol.. I think I put in a bit too much effort for this rally. But it turned out pretty worth it I guess.. First kinda formal experience other than the wedding dinners I attended when I was like 5 years old.. haha.

Everyone was soooo beautiful :) Ruth and Nick Teh were the queen and king of the first night and shortie and Chris Tan were the queen and king of the 2nd night. It was sooooo amusing :) I told Audrey she got my vote.. muahaha.. got my whole table to vote for her, that's the power of influence for you :) HEHEHE. NEways, the two couples were SO cute when they danced together!!! Here are some pictures :P

I went to the rally with yippy! Haha.. we din do much as dates, but o well! There wasn't much to do besides dance... lol. Lame dates.. hahaha. NEways, Isaac and Charmaine were SO cute together!!!! ahhhhh.. especially when they danced >.<>

Ruth and Franny

The King and Queen of the 1st night

SO CUTE!

Do I need to say more? hahaha..

Me and yippy!

Angie, Adrienne, shortie, me and salami

F.L.M (charmaine) , me, valerie and venetia

Some of the more memorable events includes MEGAN'S SINGING!!! man.. her voice is SO pro... the song she sang was also awesome.. The minute she started to sing, she grabbed the attention of every single person in the hall. Everyone was kinda mesmerised in the song.. haha. IT was so good. Then there was the beatBOUNCRS.. simply SENSATIONAL as usual.. haha. Shortie, chara, jenny and ruth had to dance in HEELS.. MAN.. well done girls! You gals din even stuff up! Maybe the first night a little, but the 2nd night was awesome!!! Alvin and pete's 'pimp' dance was sooooooo COOL. Haha.. someone tell me, do they seriously have bones??? flow here flow there, roll here roll there.. hahaha..

O erm.. I dunno why, but at the end of the rally, I felt SO tired. I think it was cuz of the shopping in the morning and late nights.. ais. Really should develop a good habit of sleeping by 10.30. (nerd mania) =P But yea, I felt like I had no energy to talk even. It was nice talking to shortie for a while.. away from the whole crowd.. away from the constant bagging. I won't be seeing her for more than a month!!! Then I realised the next day (today) was the last day I was going to be seeing a lot of my friends for the last time this year.. I felt a kinda weight put on my heart.. making me even more exhausted.. neways.. there are so many memories to reminiscence. Haha.. I'm just grateful for such a wonderful year God has given me in australia.. the friends that he has put in my life and impacted me in so many different ways..

I shall blog more about things I've learnt throughout the whole year closer to the end of this year... =P A lot to type about.. but yea.. I think I've changed. More mature maybe? (no one say ANYTHING)... haha.. Above all, I hope I've changed to be more like Jesus, even if it's just a little bit :)

"What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the Lord our God is near to us whenever we pray to Him?" - Deut 4:7