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Army

2010-05-01T11:37:00.005+08:00

Hey, sorry for not updating for such a long while. As much as I want to, but the weekends are really hard to come by once u're in army and the week is really packed tt i can hardly find any empty slots. But i'm still taking an effort to blog now.

I can't really update much on how's life in army, there's alot of things, and also alot of things that I am not allowed to mention. Lol. But basically, I've jus finished my first week of BMT, and I'm already inside for 2 mths. Time flies.

All I can say is army really strengthens a person physically and mentally, so in some way, they always say there is a growth.

The growth isn't very significant for me in terms of mentally, becuz the things I went thru inside, are probably things I already went thru outside before, but definitely physically, I've become a bit more conditioned, though I still feel very tired now and den tsk. But it really depends on how mature a person is already, before he enter army. No, I'm not saying tt im very mature but im jus being honest in my opinion. Lol.

However, during the 2 mths I've been wif these bunch of ppl, many times when we wanted to give up, many times we get screwed together, and times when we breakthrough together, but we still pushed on, and manage to succeed together. I am proud to see tt during tough times, we are able to influence and bring others together with us with our attitude, during the tough times to push together. We may come from different culture, understanding, races and background, but we all have one objective in common, and that is to protect and serve the nation.

They say that in Tekong, it will be the best time in ur army life, and I think so too, from all the PT, SBA, SBB, Route marches, outfield, rifle range, SOC, Grenade throwing etc, these are moments tt we won't forget. If not for these ppl, I wouldn't be the darker and skinner Yokie now. Lol. I definitely will miss the ppl when I POP in 2 more mths.

The new batch of enlistees has jus arrived these week to join us, and to those hu are enlisting soon, all I can say is, good luck, you can do it, serve our nation proudly. (:

Yokie

Show me the love peeps ;)

2010-03-05T15:51:00.005+08:00

I wanted to blog a post, but I realise by the time I finish my supper with Annabel, its already 2.22am. Lol.

Nonetheless, I still want to tell all of u ppl. Thanks for showing love, thanks for catching up, meeting up, thanks for getting me stuff, thanks for the blessings, thanks for the realli late and surprising smses, or even the surprising supper wif Annabel. LOL. Many stuff. Appreciate it alot.

Two weeks is nth, and 3 yrs in TP is nth, so wad more is 2 yrs in army? I'll be out in no time before u even noe it. Before tt, pls keep me in prayer about my aims and goals in life, and support me. Thanks (:

Will miss all of ya'll, I'll take this time in army, as an opportunity to spend time wif myself for once, just for myself, to be able to think, without the consideration of other ppl or factors, and to be able to handle things at a slower pace unlike when I'm outside now, and aiming for wad I wan in life.

I may not be the best looking, may not be the most talented, may not be the richest, may not be the loveliest person on earth, but I thank God, I have been blessed with many good relations with people and friends in my life, and I thank God for the many opportunities, and experiences in life I've went thru in life, enabling me to learn so many stuffs and open up my eyes to see the world and mature my thoughts even at this stage. (:

C u all in 2 weeks!

Yokie

Dewini, Mad Jacks

2010-03-01T22:02:00.002+08:00

5 more days till I enlist, 4 more days as a civilian.

I've manage to meet up a few of Dewini people on Sunday. Was really happy to meet them cuz its been a while since I last seen them and its been ONE YEAR, since I've seen Miaozy! Lol.

So am very happy and touched by the fact they have not forgotten my enlistment, and the love is still around. Thanks.

Thanks Ah Pek for the pouch that he got me too, for me to use in army. Haha!

Before that, I actually had service, cuz I didn't go on Sat, since I had relative's visiting on Saturday at Boon Lay.

And after service on Sunday, I travelled from expo, all the way to Boon Lay again on Sunday, jus to meet them for lunch. Lol. It didn't feel very long in my opinion, though it took around 1 hour. lol.

Was suppose to meet at 12pm, but my service ended around 12pm+, and by the time I reach there, its about 1.45pm. Samuel and Esther had to go off already by then, though I manage to see them too before they went off.

Went to settle for food court since they already ate before tt. Had chicken rice, cuz I wanted to have one more taste of chicken rice, before I head in Tekong in case I forget how it tasted like. =x and they ordered dessert.

I really liked this, it was Lee Kiang's (:

Straight after we had rode the mrt all the way to Joo Koon cuz we wanted to see how the place was like, den travelled all the way to Town for movie session. Had a great chat wif Lee Kiang on the way in the mrt. (:

Thanks for the support and jiayous, sometimes I wished, there were more ppl lik u arnd, where we can really jus hv a mature chat, and share wad we think, and sit down, and really bother about each others life, and den encourage. (:

While waiting for our movie, we slacked our time at Ya Kun. And I must say the French, Cheesy Toast is ultra delicious.

This is really good. I think Sally let me tried it once while we were at Ya Kun last time, tts y I wanted to try it again when I tried hers the first time rd.

I jus realize, changing your tea/coffee to a can of cold drink, costs jus 10 cents more. Lol.

Caralyn came to find us too afterwards, but shortly, they had to leave, since they were gg to visit relatives too.

We watched Valentines Day.

Look at that amazing casts

In my opinion, I really liked it. Maybe becuz I have a preference for chick flicks, family oriented show, humor, love shows etc. The cast was great as well.

Anyway, we manage to take a pic of this while I was at Pet Lover's Centre at plaza sing!

So cute right!? They looked like they're kissing. Lol. I really miss keeping a hamster, even tho its a short while. oh well..

After that, we waited till 10pm for Ah Miao to finish her work.

In the meantime, Weiqiang called me from Thailand! It was actually quite hilarious at first, becuz he tried calling me as early as afternoon when we haven't watched a movie.

But becuz it didnt occur to me he would call me, so when I saw that my phone has an overseas number, I didnt pick it up, becuz I tot it was gonna be some SCAM call, like u noe, telling u, u would win some lottery or stuff likdat.

And I kept hanging up on him, and den he tried calling on sth else, and the caller id put BLOCKED. So I was like, BLOCKED!? 100% Scam already.

Until he sms me and told me, that it was his number and tt sms costs 60 cents jus to tell it was him. =x Calling only costs him less den 1 cent/min since he is using international card. =p

Anw, was really happy catching up wif him. Good tt he still rmbed me at Thailand. =p

Had a good chat with him, and den we met up Ah Miao after her work.

Joke, she said after 1 yr of not seeing Yuan Jian, she forgotten his name. =x

Afterwards, we all headed home by catching the last MRT and Bus.

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Had a great time meeting up Anson, Miz, and Sally as well. And my new friend! Gary! lol. From the same church too.

They wanted to meet me up before I go inside army, initially, our original plan was to go Clark Quay, but becuz Miz couldn't come since she needs to go back to TP for project, we decided we were gonna meet her on her behalf! so we went back to TP.

I made cookies on that day for them. Hoped they liked it. (: Manage to meet my niece as well in TP. Her exams just finished.

After Miz finished her project, we went Mad Jacks to eat, since tt was the original plan by Sally if Miz was coming.

My new friend, Gary

This is how Miz listens on the laptop or her mp3. =p haha.

Anson took this, while I was taking as well. Im still thinking shld I upload the front shot =x

Model sia

Anson looked better likdat =x

Anw, once again, thanks ppl for meeting me up before I go in. Glad meeting u guys up although there were alot of last min changes here n there. But it was a great time of fellowship nonetheless. Thanks.

Which is quite funny, cuz tts not the last time we're meeting, we're still meeting up on this coming wed at Clark Quay, cuz apparently, Sally wans to treat me, and she blames me for not giving her an opportunity to treat. -.- lol. And tts how we're meeting tis wed.

Meeting my niece and cousin tml. I wanna hv a good time wif them tml. ;) I wanna make full use of my last week before I go in and set out wad I wan to accomplish.

Gonna go for prayer session at Touch community chapel this wed and friday. I'm gonna stay and pray for 6 hours session for this week instead of the standard 2, to make up for the 2 weeks confinement, i'm gonna miss.

Will meet up wif Vivian on Friday too, the last day before I enter, at her chalet, becuz her bday celebration starts on Sat. One final look before I go in.,

Maybe some of u nvr really tried praying tt long, but when u are in the presence of God, time flies realli fast. (:

And I'm glad tt I had a great chat wif Eunice today. Glad I could bless and advise her. It helps me in my growth as a cell leader as well, as I learn to serve ppl. ;) Pray for me too. (:

Yokie

Lunar New Yr Updates

2010-02-25T00:11:00.005+08:00

Yep, I'm back to update. Quite alot of updates, I guess I'm gonna mesh everything into a post again. lol.

Anyway, the week has been pretty hectic, yet surprising. I was surprised the first day of this week, I saw Shun An at Tiong Bahru bus stop. Lol.

Initially, I couldn't really recognise him but he just seemed familiar, but as we got closer, he kept looking, so I was like, "confirm already la" and we said Hi. lol. I guess he's there to pass his friend sth.

Hectic becuz last week and this week, I've been out everyday, except for today becuz I insist on staying at home to take a break instead. Or else, I was suppose to go out.

Prayer at touch chapel tml, 40 days of prayer to prepare for the good harvest on good Friday. Tml will be the start of the first 2 hours session for me, 10am - 12pm. The chapel opens 24 hrs, and each session requires at least 12 ppl to go. So its quite interesting to noe tt, in the wee hours of 3, 4am, there are ppl still praying in church while we're sleeping. lol.

My enlistment has been pushed back 2 days later to 6 march, probably becuz of the release of A level results, so every1 is required to enlist earliest on the 6 only, which is good. It means, I only need to go thru exactly 2 weekends and I can come out already.

Although its a pity, cuz Vivian's bday, falls exactly on the day of my enlistment. =/ And as I'm planning my 21st today, I realise catering is so ex, CHEAP catering is abt 10 dollar PER HEAD, and if I have about 50 or 60 person, tts 500 or 600 MINIMUM. Normal is about 15 - 20+ per head. -.- Lol. Hope I can get the confirmed attendence soon. Dowan to overpay for it.

So hw's every1s new yr? New yrs been good for me. Lotsa visiting (still visiting this sat), visiting frens' hse and lotsa catching up before I go in.

Julia flew off on the first day of new yr to Aussie. Manage to send her off (:

Visiting at frens' hses

And relatives..

Not forgetting, Train's 21st

We manage to accomplish wad we wanted to do, and that is the demolition of Train's underwear as promised.

WHAT!? HE STILL HAS BOXERS?! WE WILL TEAR IT UP TOO! Lol.

Go check out the vids on facebook if u're interested. I better prepare for my 21st too. =p

and of cos, random catch up wif frens..

such as the totally random encounter wif Annabel & Shuangying @ Dao Huay after my swimming

And the random KTV session wif Eunice, Chia Fong and Eunice's friend (can't rmb name)

and a couple of nice shots wif my specs they're playin wif, and Eunice's shades tt i wore lol

See, I always said I can bring out Girl's stuff. lol

My specs is a girl's 1 too btw. lol

The random gathering of my frens wif my mum at River Ang Bao (No, thats not my Mum, its YJ's gf. lol, We didnt take any fotos on my fone at river ang bao, so fotos nt uploaded. tis is the only 1 at dinner I took.)

Taken wif my Asus nettop.

and lastly, not forgetting, swimming wif Nigel again on Monday and not forgetting...

Nice Jap Food at a restaurant to end off the day! (:

Really good, not too filling too, and quality good. (:

And of course, wad nice way to end of the day, shopping at Ben Shermans' at Paragon ;)

and I'm so excited going into Army. Army shld really have more ppl who're excited to protect the nation. =p Haha! Whatever it is, its good to have a goal and aim, rather den drift 2 yrs in army, thinking tt its jus a 2 yrs ting to go thru. Its good to plan for the future.

One day, I will share wif u ppl, my beautiful dream. (:

Yokie

Happy Burp Day Train

2010-02-20T15:08:00.003+08:00

I wanted to blog, but I realize I'm running late to meet up my clique at Compass Point cuz its TRAIN'S BIRTHDAY TODAY! (:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRAIN TOH WEI QUN!

YOUR UNDERWEAR WILL NOT BE SPARED - By Dan

Will blog when I'm back

Yokie

Ignorance is Not Bliss

2010-02-08T23:33:00.009+08:00

You know as I was doing my quiet time today, I just had sth short in mind to share wif every1 here.

I suddenly rmb, one of a famous movie scene, Jack Nicholson's character, Colonel Jessup, yells, "You can't handle the truth!" in the face of a young military lawyer. The reality is that the truth isn't always pretty.

When Jesus says, "The truth will set you free," we often imagine a sun-shining day with birds and flowers. But the truth is ugly: we are sinners.

When we come face to face with the Truth, we realize tt we arent as nice and as good as we thought we were. We aren't entitled to anger or revenge. We are no better than our enemy.

But the truth does set us free cuz once we noe the state we're in, we look to Christ to save us. That is freedom.

If we continue to believe in the illusion that we're okay, we are enslaved and deceived to that illusion. That illusion leads to hell - that is not bliss.

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Many times we like ignorance because when we don't know, we don't have to act.

Sometimes, we tend to pretend to not know anything even tho we noe sth.

Maybe, we pretend to feign ignorance and not acknowledge anything by a person, so tt we do not need to be accountable, drawn into it or responsible for it.

Sometimes ppl, think the truth hurts, so in order not to get hurt or let others get hurt, they withhold the truth from ppl, maybe cuz they care, but if they really care... read on..

However, ignorance is not an excuse for our behaviour. In this case, when we don't know, we lose. Let us seek out the truth and spread the truth.

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And if u still don't agree, I suggest u read this again the 2nd time until u fully digest it.

"The reality is that the truth isn't always pretty.

When Jesus says, "The truth will set you free," we often imagine a sun-shining day with birds and flowers. But the truth is ugly: we are sinners.

When we come face to face with the Truth, we realize tt we arent as nice and as good as we thought we were. We aren't entitled to anger or revenge. We are no better than our enemy.

But the truth does set us free cuz once we noe the state we're in, we look to Christ to save us. That is freedom.

If we continue to believe in the illusion that we're okay, we are enslaved and deceived to that illusion. That illusion leads to hell - that is not bliss."

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So now u understand the truth DOES hurt at times, and it is not any better to feign ignorance, so tt u wont get hurt. That is delusion and its a sin. Ignorance is not an excuse for our behaviour.

It is not always sun shining wif birds and flowers. The reason being it hurts simply becuz we are sinners, whether u or the person ur telling it to. So understand these 2 pts.

So give ppl an opportunity to rely on Christ. When they're hurt, or you're hurt, tt is why we can learn to rely on Christ for freedom and healing, and grow from it, u receive freedom from the truth.

The worse is not helping our fellow brothers and sisters to grow by withholding truth from them or feigning ignorance.

In doing tt, u are not helping them to grow, u are not being accountable, u are not giving them an opportunity to rely on Christ and to receive a revelation from him regarding the truth. - and all sorts of bad tings start to come out, ppl get confused, ppl get desperate for answers, worst case is they will nvr hv an answer for tings tt turned out to be likdat.

Everything may seem ok on the surface, spiritually, they may struggle from not noeing the truth, even tho u tink it may be the best for them. But we do not live in the illusion tt everything is ok jus cuz we withhold it.

Be bold in the things that are right, and have wisdom to discern and hear God's truth to know when you're wrong.

Truth is not made but revealed. Let us look to God and God alone for this revelation.

Yokie

The language of Love

2010-02-05T01:15:00.003+08:00

With Valentines's Day drawing near, we come to the time of year where we celebrate the love relationships we have in our lives. Valentine's Day cards, chocolates, and flowers are given to express love and appreciation to the relationships we hold dear.

I think anytime we have an opportunity to express our love and thanksgiving to the people we care about, becuz its useless to keep it in our heart if they do not noe, and we should do it because life is just too short. The biggest regret most people have at funerals is wishing we could have one more chance to tell the beloved how much we love him or her.

So taking the time to express care in a relationship is vital for it to grow and flourish. It has been said tt relationship is alot like a plant.; if we just leave it alone, it will eventually die.

So what should we do? Invest into that relationship and give it care and attention through words, deeds, phone calls and even emails.

And I hope that I'm able to show care, attention and love to some ppl in my life and I hope becuz of tt, ppl learn to express love, give it out, and gratitude to ppl as well whenever u can. (:

Whether be it doing sth simple for ppl, sending a sms on how they're doing, calling them up to find out bout them, writing a card, getting sth for them, helping them wif sth, complimenting them wif words, encouragement, being there for them, praying for them, understanding them in times of need.. etc

So maybe this Valentines Day, will be a good opportunity for ppl to tell their loved ones, family or friends jus how much they appreciate them. Maybe a simple sms or call to tell them hw much u appreciate them, maybe a radio dedication, or a simple gift or hug, a facebook comment, or helping them do sth tt u nvr learn to like, house chores any1? lol.

Or maybe.. its the best time for some ppl to tell Jesus, God I love you. (:

The one relationship we want to keep alive is our love relationship with Jesus Christ. Besides meditation on the Bible, there is no greater means of developing our relationship with our saviour than talking to him thru prayer.

As u read thru the gospel of John, we see clearly that Jesus desires a close and intimate relationship wif his followers. Jesus says that in John 10 that his sheep "listen" to his voice (v.3), His sheep "follow" his voice (v.4a) and his sheep "know" His voice(v.4b)

He goes even further to say that his followers will nvr follow a stranger's voice, rather they will "run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice" (v.5).

Do u noe our shephard's voice? Knowing some1s voice this well, as Jesus has described it, comes from a great deal of time tgt, talking and communing tgt, jus lik how a relationship should be. Love r/s between 2 ppl, Friends r/s, Family r/s.

It comes through unhurried time in the prsence of our Father in heaven, who longs to speak to us and loves to hear us speak to him.

May his voice become clearer and sweeter to u this yr, may friendships grow closer this yr, and may 2 ppl learn to forge a strong relationship this yr, and to learn to be a great lover in a love r/s jus lik a love r/s we hv wif Jesus.

Listening for his voice wif u,
Yokie (:

Down the road..

2010-02-03T20:13:00.005+08:00

I'm back folks, and I just felt like I needed to blog, cuz somehow, if I don't come to this page, I'll feel weird. Lol!

Sometimes, being busy is a good ting, it always means tt u hv work to do, and tt there's a demand for ur work. But sometimes, the work is a curse, and it causes us to be blind to many tings tt become unimportant in our busy schedules.

We sometimes lose touch to the simplest ting yet crucial ting in life, friends, family, element of love, yourself etc

So for these few periods, I really enjoyed spending time with myself and with God. And of cos not forgetting, the occasional meetups wif ppl. (:

And since every1 is working, studying, busy wif their own lifestyles, it gives me an excuse to spend more time wif myself and God and anyway, even not, I would also prefer spending time alone these period, becuz previously, I always led a rather fast paced lifestyle, wif so many tings on hand.

So its good tt, these kind of periods helps slow things down a little, and tt we can pause from our busy lifestyles jus to feel differently.

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But anyway, back to updates.

Firstly, wanna thank Regina for advising me on some stuff bout pursuing music in the future. I greatly appreciate it becuz she's gonna tie me up wif one of the most well known producers in the industry of today for media, sry, I cannot mention the name for official reasons.

So now, its left to planning the dates, once done, he will talk to me, guide me how it goes bout the industry, tour me arnd the studio, and let me in as an intern, to work lik an attachment, and mainly to get myself used to working in an environment lik this.

So after experiencing, I will decide whether is this really sth I wan and feel tt, tts the substance tt God placed in my heart, I wan to go all out to achieve it.

In the meantime, I'm pursuing a grade 5 cert at music sch, and after getting the cert and going thru the intern, and if I really feel tts wad I wan, and tt God has opened the door, and closed other doors for me, den I've already planned to auditioned for NAFA for enrollment which shldnt be difficult wif the cert, and the required vast experience.

So check back here for updates! (: and keep me in prayer. (:

And I've jus cut my hair this week, and the new yr pricing has started already! ): But doesn't matter, this shld be my first and last haircut for this mth anyway b4 I enlist. Lol. Should last me exactly one mth.

And I jus brought the laptop for servicing today, and the person quoted a 700 - 800+ dollars for LCD screen replacement and told me it was not advisable to fix it anyway.

Which is true, I could've jus gotten a new laptop wif tt money anyway. So I might jus plug in an external monitor, probably the TV in my room, for the time being to transfer my stuffs.

Oh and speaking of laptop, I'm getting a new one this coming 18 feb! =D

Okay, its not exactly a laptop, more like a netbook, but its a new model which came out only this yr jan, and I got it free cuz I recontracted my internet. (:

The glossy interior sure looks classy and nice for a guy, but of cos, I definitely noe tt will be a huge fingerprint magnet. Lol.

Anyway, doesn't matter, I jus need it for general use, for typing documents, surfing web, and stuff. Very general. So it serves well for me. (:

The battery can last as long as 12 hours on HEAVY VIDEO watching. So this is one of the best long lasting netbook on the shelf so far. (:

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And to end off on a good note, I seriously think I've cut down and slimmed down abit, I think its quite evident from my features lik my face and fitting comfortably into my once uncomfortable shirts.

I'm v happy wif it, and I will continue to be maintaining my routines for this week, all the way until army. (: Swimming tml wif Nigel as usual. Lookin forward to it. ;)

Oh and I realise sth, I tend to hv this bad habit of writing but nt reading blogs. Lol! Bad~ Bad! haha!

Yokie

Faith and GOOD expectations

2010-01-31T08:45:00.009+08:00

You know, today as I attended cell group, I just felt I needed to share these wif every1.

Maybe ask yourself, out of a rating of 10, on how u see or rate urself, in terms of everything, wif 0 being the lowest, 5 being jus passing ur mark or expectations and 10 being perfect.

How much would u rate urself?

I rated myself 7.5 to 8, tts cuz I'm happy right now, and I feel tt God is happy wif me, and I noe for sure where I stand in God's heart, happily serving in ministry. Personally, I'm quite confident about myself, I have good social relation wif ppl and I'm happy about myself and about God.

You do not hv to be the same as me, maybe u could rate urself 5, 6 or 7, or anything, but hopefully I hope every1 rates at least above 5 la. haha.

Now, let us check back the bible, for wads the meaning of faith.

NKJ Hebrews 11:1 - "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. "

Faith is a substance.

Here is a diagram I've drawn.

The red dot, is really wad faith is.

First, faith is a substance.

Has God placed a substance or direction in ur life yet? If not, pray about it, and take action, go out and serve and see where God places you, maybe from there, u'll slowly find ur substance.

Once God has placed tt substance in ur life, maybe it could be serving the ministry, maybe it could be sth God places in ur life, maybe it could be Music or Dance, maybe it could be teaching etc

You go into steadfast prayer, and u jus keep praying believing tt God has placed tt substance in ur life.

And den u go into action. Its useless for God to place sth in ur heart, to believe into sth, pray but do not take actions and wait for tings to happen.

You see, God has high expectations for each of us, and he expects us to achieve great things.

How do you see God? I hope every1 sees and expect highly of God. Becuz if u jus expect the minimum or sees God as lowly, den I seriously think, we need to repent and rethink.

King James Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

God wants to give all of us an expected end.

And this expected end comes from how you see yourself down the road or at the end, or wad ur gonna be next time, in relation to the substance tt God has given u. Jus lik wad the phrase above meant.

The lord noes ur thoughts of peace, noes wad u wan in life, and wans to give u tt expected end. It is all within ur control and God is in charge of the process to bring u there.

It is not sth tt God has already planned for u, yes God plans ur future and it changes all the time, depending on the route u take, but the expected end, is sth tt is within ur control.

Wad u wanna be, or see urself being, is something within u, and God is suppose to help u achieve tt expected end.

And tt is why we need to expect highly of God to help us achieve it and at the same time, we need to expect and aim high for ourselves.

Ryan asked, he dun understand y some ppl can be prospered wif good life, but yet ppl whom are good to the lord, isnt always as prosperous.

If u wan to prosper and have a good life, u could, but rmb, it mus be in relation to God. Are u using it for the ministry? Tithing? etc If God prospers u, and lets say u earn 20k a month, u must make sure, the money is involve in God's ministry.

If all ppl tink is bout car and material possession, den money is jus greed.

The worse ting is tt, God curses u in a way, where he will prosper u, but prospers u till u nvr ever need God in ur life, tts the worse curse in a way. No God in ur life.

They may enjoy temporary good will on earth, but will suffer eternally in hell. Tt is y, ppl always look at the internal.

So ppl, nvr be envious of tings in life, becuz we hv many tings ppl don't, eternal heaven and happiness wif God and even for ppl who are prospered by God, more things are expected of them.

Anyway, getting back on track, I hope every1 expects highly of themselves.

If not, if u jus aim for the borderline, seriously, ur life will be nowhere. U will be drifting and u will be neither here nor there.

U might say, but wad if I feel tt this is my direction, but Im scared, if I venture into it, I might fail. Den it jus means u are nt praying hard enuff, or either tt, God hasn't placed tt substance, or the substance is nt concrete in ur life yet.

Faith is about believing in the things unseen. When u hv tt substance, and u noe is from God, u will set it out to do it becuz its from God and u believe u will set it out to achieve for God and to believe tt God will sustain u.

Even should u fail somewhere, at least u tried and learn and grow from it, tts really all about the process, u still get sth out of it.

I hope when ppl go church, u cannot jus be a member of the church. Everyday, jus go and listen to the service.

Close ur eyes, "ohh ok, if God speaks to me, den good. If not, den its ok." "If God asks me to do this, I jus do loh, or I jus always become a cell member in my whole life and tts enuff for me."

I hope tts not the case.

Tts why God places ppl out in diff areas lik serving and in ministry and tts where some ppl find their substance.

And this kind of expectations is not bad. Some ppl might say, if u expect too much, u will be disappointed even more.

But definitely, its better den some1 hu expects nothing, or expects low, just pass, or borderline for themselves.

Rmb, God expects highly of us, and we are to expect highly and believe God for the process, if tt is the substance he placed in us, den all the more u mus believe and believe tt God will bring u there, in hard prayer and actions.

Why even entertain thoughts of failing? Tts fear. Better den u nvr tried at all.

I can tell Adrian, "Okay, Adrian, as a leader, I want u to go out and do this, becuz I believe u can do it and I expect u to do it".

Or I could say, "Ok, Ryan, I want u to aim 10, John, I wan u to aim 10, Daniel, I want u to aim 10."

Or I could say, I want to get IPPT GOLD in army.

Tts an expectation, and I can pray and set out action to do it, lik running now and keeping myself in condition, and believing God tt he can sustain me.

If I don't get it, its alright, I tried, at least, I GAIN sth from the process, I DID exercise and maybe I cld've gotten silver. I might nt even hv gotten silver, if i didn't aim for ath.

So its not totally a bad ting. Its a healthy expectation, cuz it inspires some1.

The teenagers now of this era is being pampered. Society expects lowly of teenagers, tt is why teenagers are drifting here n there.

But when u inspire them and believe, it actually ignite a fire in their hearts becuz u believed they can do it. This is wad faith is all about, believing in things unseen.

Maybe u could hv a talent, in making tings, a talent in singing, a talent in teaching, a talent in socialising, a talent in calculation, a talent in dance etc or something tt God has placed in ur life and u feel tt he wans to use it to achieve great tings or to glorify him.

Pray and believe God wans u to achieve great tings wif it, and set out to do it wif wisdom, and aim highly and for where u wan ur expected end to be, and not an unexpected end.

And rmb, even God has expectations of us. Lol. This is wad also learning to be positive is bout. God wans u to aim high in life, cuz God expects of u and rightly so, u shld aim high in life.

Its better den nt expecting at all, or expecting lowly or to be on the borderline, becuz I can assure u, when u hv no expectations, u will hv no expected end.

And when u hv no expected end, u will nvr be able to achieve the thing God has planned for u to achieve if u always feel discouraged or aim low.

If u nvr trusted, learn to rely, or aim high in God, to do the things u believe u could do, or fear disappointment, I really feel its time to rethink and repent from it and tell God,

God I wan to trust in u, place tt substance in my life, in steadfast prayer and action, I wan to achieve the expected end tt u wan for me, and to do great things tt u wan me to do.

So start expecting highly of God to do things in ur life, hv an aim, and make ur life count. (:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Amen. (:

Yokie

My heartfelt thoughts

2010-01-30T03:16:00.006+08:00

I decided to do two post in a day, cuz I jus wanted to pen down a thought tt suddenly came to my mind..

I noe I caught up wif alot of ppl during my "fake" enlistment. Now its 1 more mth to the real ting and I nvr told alot of ppl bout it, and I wonder, if i nvr said ath bout it, do ppl actually bother to find out bout me? lol.

I wonder if tis time rd, will any1 even bother to catch up or find time for me b4 i enlist?

Many times, we bother to find out bout our frens whom went overseas, or frens whom we nvr seen for a while after grad, frens whom we will miss for the nxt few yrs.. or even frens who can jus go overseas and travel for a few days or a few weeks!

We bothered to send them off, we bothered to write them cards, send sms, emails, send our regards, make things for them, write to them, keep in touch wif them etc

I don see tt often for NS men. We're going away to serve for 2 yrs, we're pitting our lives to protect the nation and the safety of our loved ones and families, so tt they may get to slp peacefully at home.

Ppl may jus die while physically training, freak accidents happen, grenade explodes, tank overturn, mosquito bites and lost their senses, tings likdat. And for ur info, they do get alot of these in army, but they dun show it in the newspaper cuz its THE ARMY, or else how do u tink tt will make the gov look? lol.

The responsibility is big, so its nt sth tt we jus hv to go thru simply cuz its part of a phase, and jus cuz its compulsory. Nonono, its much bigger den tt. I hope every1 can see it tt way.

And especially when they only hv their weekends to REST, and if they even bothered to find u out, pls try to make an effort to meet them, becuz they can rest but yet they made an effort.

So for guys, be proud ur serving ur nation wif tis in mind, ur dignity, and for loved ones and families, pls rmb to appreciate them.

Basically, I jus feel tt NS boys sometimes are underappreciated, becuz ppl tink tt its jus a compulsory phase they hv to go thru so they didnt really bother bout how they're doing or even bother to find out. Life is very fragile, u only get to live once.

Sometimes, I can't help but wonder will ppl even miss or realise my presence? Small little tings i do for them, outings tt I planned for ppl, cards tt i wrote for ppl, prayers tt I prayed for ppl, students tt I taught, and every little and big efforts I've done in ppl's life, I wonder if ppl will rmb it.

I'm going to be away for 2 yrs.

maybe I wont even hv enuff time to meet up some ppl as much as I wanna make an effort to

maybe they might nt even bother bout my smses while im inside (as from majority experiences I noe, usually ppl outside, don realli lik to entertain the ppl inside, cuz they probably dowan to listen to their army lifes, but at least try to show tt u bother)

Maybe I wont even be able to see or contact some ppl for a long long time but I'll always make an effort..

I wonder if ppl reading this, will they say.. So? Who cares? Ur not impt anyway.

Or after reading this, they will say, Yes.. actually we shld start appreciating all our army guys and frens.

But well, expect nth in return, I bless willingly, but sometimes i jus happen to wonder if ppl will rmb them. hmm.. lol

I hv God, at least tts comforting to noe. (:

Not a big deal actually, but im jus tryin to say and I'm sure every1 will agree, tt sometimes, it feels nice to noe tt at least ppl cared or cares.

Wif jus a little love from ppl, the world will be a better place. (: haha! x)

But no matter wad, I jus wanna say, I still appreciate each and every1 of u. (:

Yokie

Pictography, Exercise & Leisure, Tania & Erica's Bday

2010-01-30T01:42:00.014+08:00

Been toying around with effect for photos, from vintage, retro, to black and white etc

And some other fotos wif the John S lens and Kodot Verichrome

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Anyway, weekly swimming with Nigel as usual, and also had my run today since I'm running on alt days, I had to run more today cuz ytd we went to eat steamboat after swimming since its been a long time since we ate, so occasionally, tis time rd, we decided to close one eye.

The place we ate at is at a mall opposite rocher dao huay, which I hv no idea wad isit called. But the steamboat's svc is one of the best I've seen so far.

Very restaurant style, air conditioned (unlike some other places which is air conditioned but becuz of so many ppl and pots, its still hot), they serve u food! (u dun hv to take it urself), FREE FLOW drinks, they clear ur dirty plates all the time, they refill ur drinks for u, CHILLI CRAB! and many more

Its jus 17 dollars, very worth it in my opinion.

Look at those food at the side of the foto, they're being serve nicely on plates too. (:

Sorry, I was busy eating so I only manage to take the prawns lol

Mr Nigel Cai, request tt the original foto not be put up, cuz he tink its ugly, but yet he tinks this is nice and he wants this to be put up. lol.

And anyway, in my previous post I said tt I got my black specs at 12 dollars right?

Guess wad?

On that day when we went to eat steamboat, we walked arnd town area first, and I saw sth SIMILAR at only five dollars. -.- But mine still look better =p

So if anyone here wans to get ladies or black specs and are on budget or jus wanna see hw u look, pls head down to cine, 3rd lvl, its nt a permanent store, but they shld be there for a while, 5 dollars for any specs or shades.

But anyway, weekly swimming wif Nigel is always good, becuz its a workout day and den a day of leisure afterwards. Totally relaxing.

Last week, after swimming, we went to watch Toothfairy!

Great movie, as much as Dwayne Johnson tries his best to act in light hearted and family, he just can't get rid of his "The Rock" image, but tts not totally bad, tts probably the reason y its entertaining cuz its him. Lol.

Great movie, light hearted, family oriented, and humourous show. My type of show. lol.

And den after movie, we were so hungry, since we didn't eat lunch, we decided to head to our fav chicken pie shop in chinatown. Don's chicken pie!

And this time rd, both of us got the whole chicken pie and shared, which is worth it, since each pie cost 3 dollars only, rather den getting a slice itself, which is $4.80 and we were really hungry, considered we nvr ate lunch and only had light breakfast. lol.

Trust me, when I say that this will the best pie u hv ever eaten, it means this will be the BEST pie u hv ever eaten, i dun lie. lol.

I've eaten this since young when I was in sec sch, cuz my mum used to buy it frm her workplace often and the taste nvr changes.

And lastly, last sat, met Weiqiang, Train, Sheryl, Vivian and Zack for dinner. We jus walked arnd n shopped in town. Chinatown had fireworks on tt day but we made a detour since it was crowded to the max. Was to commemorate their opening of first night market.

and den before meeting them, was at my relative's hse celebrating, my cousin's twins bday. Their first yr. Happy bday to Erica and Tania for being 1 yr old. (: God loves u.

See! ur mummy is so nice to u by getting such nice cakes! haha

Princesses cake

Thats my another cousin holding Tania

Seriously, I dun think anyone can differentiate Tania and Erica from pictures. U only can differentiate them from their size or when u hold them. lol.

I only hv these few pics frm my fone, the rest are in my niece's camera which she hasnt uploaded. Will blog about it again.

Gg TYA tml to meet the kids again. As much as I wanna post cute pics of my students, but I can't, becuz they hv some rules, where we're nt suppose to show their fotos on anywhere, becuz of some issues regarding their personal life and family background. So yea, sorry. ):

Will be seeing whether I can find a replacement and be excused for next Sat's TYA, since Sally & gang are heading for the sci centre.

Cya!

Yokie

Updates

2010-01-27T19:14:00.006+08:00

Accompanied Eric to get his iPhone casing and screen protector today, seems like everyones switching to an iPhone, and I fully support it. :D

Went Plaza sing den afterwards lunch at Jus Acia. Eric left to pick Meiling up while I head down to Orchard Ion to do my only purchase which I was planning to get a while..

Tada! A zero degree black frame specs (: 12 dollars only

I planned to get it long ago already, jus tt I didn't, cuz the subcrew cap hasn't arrived at tt time, so I only got it now.

It suits my black or white attire (which i usually wear), and looks especially good wif caps. (:

I'll probably wear the glasses and caps as well when I enter army. I jus love it. Lol.

Getting a Casio G Shock watch somewhere down the road soon. Need it as a sports watch, mainly to time my runs and exercises, and partly also as a fashion piece when I go out. (:

And a pic of the 2 subcrew caps.

U probably cant see the word Subcrew on the black cap, cuz I contrasted it too much lol

Hopefully a better view

Notice the white lining along the cap? Those lines will shine if a camera is taken wif flash.

And its good to have an aim in life, I probably already started planning as far as 2 yrs down the road, after army what I'm gonna do and my plans.

For army, I've already aimed to go OCS, 4 mths of discipline and regular training shld be no problem at all tryin to get into OCS. No, a pass in IPPT is not good enuff, a GOLD is at least wad I wanna get.

I've been running almost regularly, alternate days of 4km everytime. It really feels good, I've never felt this good for such a long while, it reminds me back of myself in sec sch days, when I exercise regularly. lol.

And I'm currently blogging now from my main com, and I'll be on iPhone most of the time.

As you can see, my LCD monitor is totally gone, cuz my bro carried it by the screen and pressed too hard in.

Will get it fix up soon. (:

Yokie

Retro beauty

2010-01-25T20:18:00.007+08:00

Lens: John S lens
Film: Kodot Verichrome
Flash: Standard flash

Took a few shots at home.. Love the Kodot film texture, made it looked like an old polaroid printing and the John S green lens.

This is a really really old camera in my home, its counted as an antique now. I have various more at home actually. All belonging to my Dad cuz he loves photography in the past.

Planning a step at a time

2010-01-22T15:01:00.015+08:00

I realise Singapore, choosing wad u wan to study is not hard, but wad u wanna work as locally is the problematic thing.

And I realise, in Singapore, the ratio of business to others, is realli lik overwhelming ratio but I mean its not totally bad, its jus becuz its in demand and its easy.

After I talk to Eric on the msn bout the stuffs thats being offered locally, lets see some of the various things thats offered here..

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Lets say if I ever wanted to do any of these for eg.. the more general ones tt ppl are taking now as well.

Law? You probably wanna to do law overseas, unless u wanna be a clerk or secretary in law firm, and Singapore wont allow u to practice law unless u have a masters.

Psychology? You probably wanna do it overseas too, unless u wanna be a councellor.

Music & Arts in Laselle and Nafa? Not much opportunities to be honest unless ur very good in wad ur doing.

Science? Not alot of places offer studying of sci but its still a good choice.

IT? U gotta love technical things. Eg. Programming anyone? Multimedia?

NIE and become teacher? To teach, ur O level maths, english and science mus at least be B3 or at least a few As, if u dun hv B3 on any of those subjects, unless u take up specialist course like being a PE teacher.

Sign on army? Yea, probably if u lik regimental life or if u hv no other options

Many more.. of cos, these are jus rough ideas, definitely, its not jus likdat, but ya, jus tryin to pin point tt its not as easy as well, cuz its sth tt u have to specialise in.

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But you get the drift. Opportunities are really limited, maybe for the exception tt business is rather largely available.

No wonder, raffles place and city hall is booming with so many ppl working in the business district. lol x)

But I mean, business is in demand, tts probably why there's so many being offered here, and business is easy, u get a degree, u can probably start working somewhere from the time u grad. You wanna study business, there are loads of opportunies for u to study them anywhere.

IT, u need to specialise in that. Science, u need to specialise in it too. Design, Music and Arts, u need to specialise in them too.

They're more technical, which is why, they're harder, becuz its a skill, and not as many ppl take them up and tts y they're not as available. And probably why they're offered in such few places only as compared to business.

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So if you were to really ask me wad I wan, I would tell u I would really love to do music. I would love to spend my time composing music, playing music or instruments, or even performing, or even doing theatrical stuff.

But I noe there's not much opportunities as much as I wan to believe I can do it.

That is y God places us in different places for the different opportunities and different experiences to venture. (:

Maybe I could do music, but not full time, maybe just partly as an interest. (:

And if you really ask me in terms of being practical.. Honestly, I don't really like handling things with numbers, especially calculations or things lik Math.

I don mind being a teacher, I love to teach.
I dun mind being a coucellor, I love to speak into ppl's life.
I don mind doing science and being in the lab, tts wad I wanted to do in poly all along.
I dun mind doing IT and specialising in it, I could become a CPA teacher and teach in sch.

I might also just take up a degree and go overseas to work for a period instead, or ultimately, u nvr noe I might just end up doing business, marketing or accountings, since I nvr noe whether I might have interest in it until I try it. Lol.

All these are just a rough idea, nothing concrete yet, but its better to start planning now. (:

Two years in army, I still hv time to tink about it. But time flies, just like how I felt 3 yrs totally fly likdat in my poly years.

Have u planned urs? ;)

Yokie

SMG X DEVILOCK X CASIO G-SHOCK

2010-01-22T04:10:00.003+08:00

Exclusively Limited SMG X DEVILOCK X CASIO G-SHOCK

Nice. Th old school first batch G-Shock will always be a welcome addition. (:

In God We Trust

2010-01-21T03:39:00.008+08:00

Right, just wanna share these pictures..

Oh yes, I got these sticky chewy sweets from central, for my students, it cost quite abit, and I will pass them this Sat when I go for TYA. (:

I specifically asked the person to make the sweet in Godly fashion. In case u can't read it, since its abit blur, it writes..

Thanks ( v ) God Bless

To remind them to give thanks and always be appreciative and contented wif the things arnd them and God.

I know I am a thoughtful, sweet and caring teacher for my kids. Oh well, wad can I say, Im too nice. Hahahah! Ok la, kidding, mus be humble. (:

I really love the kids at TYA (:

And I'm glad I could serve them, even though it is on a voluntary basis, becuz they are really quite poor ting and their family is poor, and it is a blessing when I can put in abit of my effort, even if its to jus wake up early, to teach, to play, to talk, or to bless them wif sth as simple as a sweet.

Seeing a smile from them is a wonderful gift, becuz I noe I've blessed them.

Every child comes with a message that God is not yet discouraged of humanity and has hope for the future. (:

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In God We Trust

Actually this was suppose to be a short post, but I wanna take this time to remind ppl of God, and an eg in all circumstances of our lifes is like..

I'm sure there are times, u happen to read tings, or pass by something, which u don expect to see or read, even if it is not about u, or does not directly involved u, it can be some1, ur fren, ur family, ur loved ones, or any1 related, and u get slightly affected by it initially, and den u start to tink.. what if.. maybe?.. or wad if otherwise?

And den u start to blur out between wad u already noe and wad u do not noe but jus knew. Even though it can be a few years ago, and den its lik, maybe u've made a decision already, maybe u've decided u wanna do tis, or tings likdat den suddenly, sth small pops up and becuz of tt, u start to think, ponder, and think otherwise and den suddenly it totally opens up another possibility to tings.

To summarize it, its like a sudden twist in a storyline or movie. Lol.

Sometimes things likdat, may be small and undaunting, but the role they play can affect big decisions of the present for some ppl. Things likdat can sometimes tumble u abit off and cause u to slightly lose track if u're not aware of God. The Devil uses all sorts of mind games on us.

But as much as small tings likdat are to us, I jus wanna encourage and remind ppl out there who sometimes, get tumbled by this, think too much or forget to get back on track..

that as much as how big of an impact they can be, there is one thing we need to rmb God for..

and that is..

God, grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

And in God, we can fully trust him.

Not yourself, not myself, not anyone, or anything, not any person, but God only.

Becuz humans are not perfect, we are vulnerable, and we can't trust ourselves as much as we want to, becuz there is always tt chance of failing or falling into temptation and sins.

But we can trust God, and tt is why our trust is not based on ourselves, its based on God.

If we have no trust in God, we'll probably fail, fall into temptations, and be vulnerable to alot of tings. That is why only God can sustain us.

(:

Ps: I did not write this becuz I happen to see sth I'm not suppose to see, its jus a scenario I give, which can happen to ppl, the purpose is to jus serve as a reminder tt in god we trust. (:

Yokie

New Balance X 769

2010-01-20T17:56:00.003+08:00

Just bought 2 pair of shoes from New Balance Raffles City.

Anyone interested in getting a running shoes and casual shoes should go check it out, becuz there's a clearance sale. Shoes from 180 dollars are as cheap as 100 or 50 dollars.

There are a couple of really beautiful shoes though they don't have my size, probably got snatched by other ppl while there's sales. Lol.

I'll take this as my new yr shopping for this yr, and anyway its a good idea to get stuff early, becuz when new yr is around the corner, shopping prices will hike up.

I think these 2 shoes are a pretty good buy, considering its on discount. 75 for the running shoes and 80 for the sneakers.

I can't wait to run in this!

And my sneakers, dark brown, white base, green design and green shoelaces, a very royal match on sneakers. :D Its a limited edition one somemore. Wanted another pair actually but they didn't had my size. ):

I'm happy with these two beautifully crafted shoes from NB. :D

So I'm more or less done with new yr shopping for yr 2010, and probably ain't gonna buy ath else for probably until the nxt yr, already got my 2 pair of levis jeans, my new sneakers, and new levis belt. Thats probably bout it. Will get clothes some other days.

Yokie

The Sandwich Adventures

2010-01-20T02:36:00.005+08:00

I've received my enlistment letter!!

"You are herby required under Section 10 of the Enlistment Act (Cap 93), to report for enlistment on..

04 Mar 2010 at 11.45AM
to BMTC SCHOOL 2
You will be attending a 8 weeks physical training phase programme followed by 9 weeks basic military training."

In other words, under the new change for serving NS, instead of previously serving jus 3 mths in BMT, now I have extra 1 more mth to serve cuz they made changes to the system.

In other words, my birthday might have some changes again. Becuz I'm afraid on the month of April, by the time its on April 10, Saturday, I only might book out at night, and then if I celebrate it on the actual day which I can on Sunday, but I'll have to book in in the evening.

Maybe I might just celebrate it in different batches with smaller groups of people.

Actually, I look forward in to going into army and I'm quite positive and happy about it. I know probably alot of ppl will tell me the same thing, its probably gonna sux, im probably gonna say I wanna give it my all now but when I'm in there, I will really get to realise it etc etc etc

Of cos I noe all this, of cos I noe army is not enjoyable. I know army is all about discipline. And I believe, that there's gonna be alot of things tt'll probably make ppl feel emotionally tired, and physically over the top, but its really not about that.

I really wan to look forward to this tings, becuz I really believe it is only in time when u go thru the HARDEST thing in life, and only when ur at ur most physically and emotionally tired, tt u really get to learn the most, learn how to cope, learn to see ppl, and the best time to really see who ppl really are.

And just like discipline, no matter how tired I am, I will push myself to do it, cuz its not for them, not becuz the sergeant ask me to, not becuz I jus wan to complete it, but becuz I will run and do it for the lord and for my own good.

Anyway, I'm more or less prepared mentally. I believe its a good opportunity to really serve, and experience growth and of cos, we gotta be wise, so ppl wont take us for granted, but ultimately, jus be urself, and be helpful but in a smart way.

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Sandwich Adventures

That aside, I actually miss singing, cuz I haven't totally recovered from the sore throat I had like from the day since the concert ended.

Its like at 95% recovered now but I might have lost touch not singing for that long. I just tried singing just now at this weird hour, playing abit of the keyboard, while closing all the windows in the room and I jus didn't sound as good. Lol. Its okay, slowly.

Asides from that, rmb the previous post, I mentioned something bout making sandwiches for Sally and frens?

Yep, since I was busy serving for that past 3 days, I decided I wanted to make an effort to serve and bless my frens and actually handmake sandwiches for them, jus doing sth simple, so I could bless them.

Was suppose to wake up at 6.30am to start making sandwiches, but I woke up late though =x but it was still early! =p But becuz I had to meet Sally, I didn't really have time to fully prepare. So as u can foresee, I multi-tasked. Lol.

Before I went to bath, I boiled the eggs, while boiling the eggs, I showered.

After showering, I switched off the fire, I went to dress up, and den, I started making ham and cheese sandwiches first, and den while eating my own breakfast (my sandwiches), I peeled the eggs and den Sally called, and I quickly stuffed all of them in a package.

I was suppose to mesh the egg, and becuz I didn't have enuff time, and I didn't have enuff time and dowan to waste any time, thinking wad size of bowl shld I get to mesh the egg, so end up, to be on the safe side, I brought the biggest one I can find..

And I dunno y they're so amused by my bowl. -.-

And then initially, wanted to make for Sally, Eunice, Anson, Chia Fong, Julia and Elaine.

End up, Elaine never come, Chia Fong nvr come, we didn't go back TP to find Anson. And I was left with 3 of them plus Peiqi.

And then it was suppose to be a surprise, but Eunice ate breakfast already, so she was full. But cannot blame her, cuz its a surprise, so I nvr inform her. So gave Eunice half a slice, and den she peeled half from the already HALF slice, to give Peiqi.

And then, Sally had half a slice, and tts bout it. So u can imagine how many leftovers I had, wasn't wad I planned initially.

And they were hungry, so they still had popeyes somemore instead of wanting to eat my ultra delicious, 120% effort sandwiches!! )): Ok la, but no difference, cuz they were realli hungry already and my sandwiches not made yet, so can understand. Haha! =p

I didn't eat any breakfast, lunch or dinner, so that IN CASE, I can finish it up on my own. Lol.

And den we headed to labrador park in a rather last min decision.

This time rd, I actually wanted to do egg sandwich only, but I realise I had so many ingredients left, I decided to jus combine everything tgt, and the result was good, IN MY OPINION. =x haha!

The guarentee I got is that, NO ONE had stomachache. I assume =x and hope? haha! x)

Cheese covering the ingredient

Julia only wanted egg but not sandwich, she's the only one throughout the whole day whom never ate my sandwich at all. ): Lol!

Sandwich in process

Pepper which is ULTRA nice

And thats probably bout it.

If u wanna see the chef in action, pls go to facebook and look under videos. Credit to Sally for the vid and Julia for the commentary. Lol.

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What Happen To The Leftovers

On a random note, I actually had some hams leftover, and I tried my best by wrapping 5 slices of ham wif bread to eat tgt b4 it expired but I couldn't finish all.

So in conclusion, its actually expired. So ytd night, I actually threw the ham into the dustbin, cuz its already 2 days after the expiry date.

But somehow, I knew my mum will take out the ham (which is probably the reason why she brought bread home) from the bin (the bin is clean cuz its brand new, so there's nth inside), so I purposely throw the packet of ham "properly" =x

If she wans to take out and make, den ok, if dowan den jus throw away... and I was right.

In the morning, I saw ham sandwich on my table, and I was thinking, gosh, it must be my sandwich, but ok la, my mum cooked it, so it should be alright. Den at night, I had hams with a little noodle, since I had heavy lunch while I was outside today.

Lol.

Yokie

IM TIRED!

2010-01-16T23:27:00.002+08:00

So all I can say is, this week's pretty hectic, especially coming towards the end of the week, I'm totally tired cuz I lack of sleep but it has been spiritually fulfilling nonetheless, sacrificing my sleep for others is totally worth it, we need to learn to be unselfish and put others before us. (:

I actually manage to meet up Dan, Xue Li, Sally for dinner and lunch somewhere over this week, a little bit of L4D2 session with Dan & Xue Li, manage to send Elaine and Eunice off from airport, Trybe camp, TYA, Church, John's bday and really alot more..

I think the travelling really take its toll on me becuz I've been travelling non stop since Wednesday. I wouldn't be elaborating on any post, cuz this post would solely be just about my travelling and how I felt drained out this week. I'll do those post another time.

First it was sending off Elaine from the airport on Wed night, since she's going to sweden for 6 months for studies. That was the start of the travelling, and then after sending her off, I went all the way to Boon Keng to meet up Wister & Wei Hao.

The next day, I couldn't get to sleep despite arriving home pretty late and tired, but I guessed my mind mentally wasn't prepared to sleep cuz it was lik 3.45am, and I had to arrive at Greenview Sec for Trybe camp at 7.30am, I probably told myself, it was pointless to sleep for 1 hr plus.

And den I didn't sleep, and I set off myself for the camp, by taking cab in the early morning of 6am plus, and den lasted a straight 17 hours plus outside, cuz I probably reached home around 11pm plus, at that point of time, I was seriously drained out.

And den, before I went home, I actually went to Tampines One after the camp to get ingredients to make sandwich, cuz I wanted to make them for every1 as a surprise and blessing, the next day when we sent Eunice off of the airport, end up I realize I forgot to buy mayo of all the ingredients.

And den, I woke up late the next day, though I actually planned to wake up at 6.30am to start doing sandwiches, was suppose to give Sally a morning call as well, but my bro was playing my iphone that night, and I probably fell asleep while waiting, luckily Sally woke me up by calling me, saying that she'll be late. I was still in daze when she called me.

Anyway, still manage to prepare abit of sandwich, I still had to wake up early though, just not as early as 6.30am, despite the lack of sleep, and I travelled back to Changi Airport for twice in a week, once again.

Upon sending Eunice off, Julia needed to service her phone, and apparently, her phone service centre, only happens to be at some place near our area, so we travelled all the way back to my area, and den realise its closed, and den we went Labrador Park, to continue doing my sandwiches.

At that point of time, I was totally drained out again since I was drained out already from camp the previous day and I lacked of sleep, I was so tempted to go home, but I pulled myself all the way to Pasir Ris for nEbo chalet, since I promised them and its seriously a long time since I've seen them, I told myself, its alright, this tiredness is nothing, fellowship is more impt! So I went all the way there and reach about 9pm+.

Planned to actually leave at 11pm. But figured it would really be a wasted trip, jus staying there for an hour plus, especially when I'm feeling so tired and actually travelled so far to fellowship, I better stay longer. So I decided to stay longer and cab home.

We manage to catch a midnight movie, Law Abiding Citizen which was really a fantastic show, and I probably reached home around 4.45am. And den I went to sleep after bathing, and I STILL had to wake up to go Queenstown CC for TYA to teach the kids tuition.

And den, after tuition, I travelled all the way to TAMPINES, for John's 21st bday, and we are gonna have our cell group there anyway, so I made my way there, and den we travelled all the way back to Bukit Merah TCT for service at night. And I finally reached home to where I am now, about 11pm.

But I am still alright, finally able to rest today, but at least, spiritually, I felt really happy to be able to make an effort to wake up early, even though I really lacked of sleep, but the happiest ting is to be able to go all the way to really far places to serve kids from Greenview, the poor kids from TYA, fellowshipping with alot of my frens, making an effort to make sandwiches for my frens, I think lacking a few sleep is all worth it, becuz everytime, I make an effort to make up, I can actually make a difference to ppl's life, as long as I'm able to bless them.

Sorry, my post may seem abit jumbled up and messy, but tts cuz I'm probably too tired to tidy up the sentences too. Lol.

Yokie

The ABCDF of Yokie

2010-01-12T15:41:00.013+08:00

Hey guys, so if u did not already noe, one of the things this yr, tt I would try my best to do, on my part, is probably to be blogging more frequently.

There are probably too many things to blog about, and I see there isn't really a need to blog about my daily life, or where I go, unless I feel or need to, or else I probably would've bore all of u.

Or maybe if you're one of the many stalkers out there, which actually digs info of where I go, who I'm with, which stalkers are pretty common in my life. (Alright im jus kidding)

But can u imagine, if I were to blog and it goes sth like..

"So today..
I woke up early...
I saw myself in the mirror...
I lace up my shoes...
I went to the supermarket...
I went to the groceries...
I bought Spinach...
Lettuce... Tomato...
Mustard...
Cabbage...
Bitter Gourd?
Brinjal.. Chilli?.."

Okay, tt sounded horrible. =/

Yea, but anyway, I mean, its pretty handy in keeping a record of where I went, u noe, so I won't forget things next time when i browse thru my archives, but I'll probably leave tt for my organiser and diary.

So yea, after I posted up my recent post, u noe I was quite surprised tt a few ppl actually bothered to ask, like zj and gl whom actually came on msn, or for Sally's case, when I met her up for lunch, and they asked me..

Why do I have to read the whole dictionary?

So todays post, I'm gonna answer that question! Aren't you lucky!? =D (guess not)

I mean firstly, why I even wrote that I have to read the whole dictionary apparenty, probably becuz I just meant tt I was just too busy to get back to some of u, cuz I was busy reading it.

I mean come on, if I didn't even flip the dictionary, how would I have known that the first page of the dictionary consist of a content page, an introduction etc?

And, I mean, I actually made an effort to learn all the pronunciations of the word! You see, if not for the dictionary, I wouldn't even realise I've been spelling pronunciation and pronounciation all these while!

And I mean I learnt to pronounce "Gay", which is like pronouncing the name, "Gary", the G and A are not silent but the R is, and that its actually a happy emotion. (no offence to any1 named Gary)

And yea, I already started on a few words, like "Apple"?

I mean seriously, if not for the dictionary, I wouldn't even noe tt its a fruit, or tt it came probably in various colors like, red or green, or probably brown when its rotten.

You see, the dictionary is amazing, it gives u knowledge. Tts y u guys shld read it too.

You see, when I was in school, I have to deal with studies and people all the time. But I'm not exactly a nerd as well, I don't score straight As in schools all the time, I'm not really that hardworking.

The last time round, I had a B for my paper. A 'B' grade! See, so I'm not exactly a nerd and I'm definitely not a straight Ace student.

You see, this is how it works in general

A means Awesome (it means u're doing great)
B means ur still pretty good (ur doing better den alot others)
C means ur slipping a lil (but u're still ok)
D means ur not doing too good (which probably means below avg)
F means u basically fail (sometimes u get tt yea)

But when you're me, its different level.

An A doesn't stand for awesome anymore..
An A stands for Average (Probably I'm just average)
A B stands for Bad (cuz i'm below average, and the others are probably getting 'A's)
A C stands for Crap (it means I'm doing terrible, my parents will probably yell at me, spank at me, lecture me etc)
A D stands for Death (my parents would probably threaten to kill me)
A F stands for Finished (they'll probably abandon me, lock me up, probably send me away by Fedex, etc terrible things happen)

So yea, this is why I read the dictionary, so that terrible things don't happen. I'm below average, I usually get around B or C. Yea, so I'm jus brushing up my skills now. ;)

Ps: Anyway, I hope I manage to entertain you with my post, all work is fiction. No, my parents don't do that to me, I have a loving parents, I love them, they love me. I was jus feeling pretty bored anyway, so I don't literally read the dictionary, all these were merely meant for entertainment purpose. ;)

Cheers

Yokie

Greetings everyone!

2010-01-10T14:35:00.040+08:00

Hey guys, first of all, as you all probably already know, New Year has already seen its first 10 days, and I realise that I missed out something during my Jan 1 post.

And I have like people messaging me, smsing me, on an avg like a few HUNDREDS in that specific day wishing me happy new yr?

And its like, receiving an avg of fifty smses a day in my daily life is already bad enough.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA how long it takes to sms and wish back all of those sms?!

(Ok, I'm jus exaggerating, hundred and fifty is abit too much seriously, i'm not tat popular. haha!)

And not to mention, I get tons of messages and sms saying stuffs like..

Why didn't you wish me back! )):

Why didn't you wish me Happy New Year? )):

You didn't rmb me! )):

I sent this like an hour ago but u didn't reply! )):

You nvr respond to my msgs! )):

Well.. TOO BAD! You gotta learn to accept and deal with it.

Haha! Alright, I'm jz kidding..

ok no.. wait.. seriously.. too bad.. LEARN to accept it.

I mean come on, u gotta be understanding.. every1 has a life! Even I have one! As complicated as it is..

I got stuff to do.. u noe stuff like.. I gotta clean up.. my laptop keyboard.. Yea, and wad else.. I gotta read.. the whole dictionary apparently? I gotta clean the.. hamster cage I guess? Oh wait.. my hamster died a mth ago. )):

Ok but yea, U get the drift, I do stuffs! =/

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Alright, anyway, I was jus trying to get things on a light hearted mood, I wasn't serious about all those stuffs I said jus nw. haha. (: I still love ya peeps. ;)

Anyway, jokes aside.. jus wanna say..

thanks to every1 hu wished me, I'm sorry I can't wish each and every1 of u, and don feel too bad becuz I didn't actually wished any1 this new yr at all actually, so its only fair, haha, maybe only for tt few, whom I happen to see or meet, so yea, I really do feel bad sometimes, tts y i'm doing this now..

AND INCLUDING ALL MY SILENT readers out there or whether u happen to pass by, heard bout me from a friend, or click by ur friend's blog..

Weiqiang, Joel, Eunice, Anson, Kian Aik, Wilson, Grace, Shun An, Sally's friends, or any1 who passes by - Hello to all of you. Thanks for passing by, its always pleasant. (: If you're not feeling shy, u can always tag as usual. (:

So to make amendments, this is for all of u out there! (:
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Happy New Year EVERYONE! :D
- Yokie

and from feedbacks, I asked why isit tt they read but nvr tag my blog, and they said its cuz they tagged, but i nvr reply their tags.. okay.. den lets start off wif my first New Yr Resolution of the year.

I will try to reply tags more often now. Cheers. (:

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I hope I didn't manage to scare any1 with my hideous look. Haha.

-A Message to all curious minds out there bout my display pic wif Sally-

In case any1 starts asking qns about my fb picture, like why I suddenly remove or edit that previous display picture I had in my fb, or why I even have it in the first place.

Isit becuz I don't like or hate Sally, tts y I remove her (yea I don't, cuz she's stealing my spotlight), or maybe cuz I had a catfight wif her or isit cuz she got mad at me for putting tt pic up etc etc

(ok i was kidding bout the spotlight ting)

But yea, I know we look good, especially when we're taking shots tgt, we always do, thank you ;) haha!

Ok but seriously, don't get the wrong idea, there's nth going on between us. (: and don worry, none of those I mentioned or you could ever think of happened above as well. haha, tt would probably be bizarre. Wow.. imagine, me and Sally catfighting? -.o

In fact, I actually wanted to put up that picture wif jus me inside cuz tts like the only latest pic tt i hv, but becuz I was on my iphone and didn't hv time to actually go to the computer, I couldn't edit it as much, as it only lets me crops as much of tt size in fb.

So tts how she happened to be in the pic, and for less obvious reasons, I've tried my best to shift her to the corner already. ): Haha!

Ok, but yea, I do admit the picture can look pretty deceiving..

so of cos doing her and me a favour, and doing a favor to all Sally's admirers out there as well.. as well as all of u who are still kept in the dark... (:

Here's the good news! =D

I have already edited the picture! =D

And there's.. nth between us apparently! ): Aww.. u were expecting sth else huh? =p

I hope that didn't disappoint any1 hoping to hear sth else. ): Sorry, no surprise. (:

And maybe its good news to some ppl =p

Cheers!

PS: Do give credit to the young lady yea, she was kind enuff to let me put it up for a few weeks, and anyway, she really look good inside and made the picture look good too. ;)

(maybe I look worse, tts y I probably helped her stood out in the pic ):)

See Sally! So be glad u look good! ;) haha! Maybe tts the reason y ppl got deceived, cuz the pic was jus too nice.

(ok, i was kidding bout myself, if i didn't feel I look alright in it, I probably wouldn't have chosen tt as my pic -.- , nonetheless, we still look good ;) Yea)

Thank you

-End-

Alright, nice guy aside, back to the main topic..

Alot of ppl are probably asking me why I ain't updating my blog as frequent as I used to (err.. was I even frequent this period?) Haha! Alright at least, not as frequent as compared to the already not very frequent period now, haha.

But yea, it doesn't mean that my life is probably in a standstill now. You know as much as I know how much I am a nerd but..

In fact, I've been out with my friends to various places, I even went back TP open house this New Year period, I even manage to catch Chipmunks 2 last yr, I manage to catch up with Weiqiang, Yuan, Vivian, Train during the weekend, I manage to hv time tis yr to do TYA again, I'm planning to find job soon..

I even manage to find time.. to... to go to the toilet? -.=

Okay, but yea u get the point. ;) Lol.

A few pictures to end off this post..

TP Open Hse'10

Starbucks outing

I actually did an edit of this picture, Sally mentioned it looked lik a statue, and I literally laughed. Find it in my fb under mobile uploads.

A view of Orchard Skate Park area from the top

Vivian

Ok, this was realli random, I actually met up Anson & Sally at Bugis jus for some short meet up session, and den we stumbled upon my sec sch frens in starbucks.

They called me, despite the fact that we're jus within 5 feet away, and then I saw them, and then the most hilarious thing is, they asked me whether I was with TWO girls, cuz apparently Anson looked like a girl.

And then, they asked me whether I was tgt wif Sally, and den I asked them, why did they not suspect i'm wif the other "girl" there, and they said, as usual, cuz we look good tgt, and I would've probably chosen the other 1, cuz its more of my type. Wads my type seriously? lol.

Oh and den, I told them that was a GUY, and they were like OHH really? "she" didn't look like one until he turned and faced us. lol.

A photo wif the two girls.. erm, i mean girl?

New yr eve @ TP

Chipmunks 2 @ Century Sq

Pretty natural candid shot (I can take pretty good natural unglam shots too =x, anyway this is by Anson, not me)

The original display pic I was talking about above

Me & Eunice

The group

Okay wow, classic

Haha! Okay, enjoy this New Year! Cya soon! (:

Yokie

The New Year 2010

2010-01-01T20:17:00.005+08:00

2009... a year of rest, a year of closesure with people, a year of trials and tribulations, a year of growing, a year of feeling the world, a moment to remember, and a time to reflect and then re-engage,
a chance to shine and rise, to look forward to 2010..

2010, a year of harvest for family, friends, army, studies and music.

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Good luck!

We are all placed on earth to leave imprints on each others' lives.

Life is about creating something out of nothing, stick to it and keep working on it.

No one can stop you unless you stop yourself, No one will push you unless you push yourself. The choice is yours.

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Do check out SMG, they're selling SMG x DJ Tommy "Black Edition" Vinyl Mp3 Album

"SMUDGEstore is featuring the very limited SMG/JJ Lin's Black Edition with the full length LP "Vinyl-CD-MP3" by DJ Tommy. This album rounds up big names like Edison Chen, MC HOtdog, MastaMic, MC Yan, 24 Herbs, Mavis Fan, NYCCA and JJ Lin in... a selection of hits that is both representative of DJ Tommy's style and a reflection of voices of today's street scene."

Go grab urs if ya haven't.

Grabbed a few casual photoshoot of the toy today during my comfort.

Seems inspired by Darth Vadar, and anyway, its only limited to 300 pieces.

I love collecting a few toys like this and I think they make pretty good toy companion and for music people alike.

You can pull out his head and plug into an mp3 slot and the eyes flashes red when you're listening to it!

Yokie

Christmas gathering, EOY'09, Sally's house, Rebel Scholar

2009-12-28T23:09:00.004+08:00

Merry Christmas people!

Hope your Christmas has been joyful and full of surprises. Don't forget the origin of Christmas (no, its not Santa Claus) amidst all the festive mood and gift exchange, but its Jesus's birthday, that Jesus came for us. (:

Went for Christmas Stomp in church, I have to say the presentation of the whole event was superb, well thought and creative. It was a play, coupled up with digital media, in the form of Wii game concept, and then, every1 is given a small drum set, where the crowd will be playing the game tgt wif the play to determine the game outcome. Was good, spectacular. (:

Also had Christmas Party @ my relative's place. Was great, enjoyed the bonding and fellowship and closesure. Got my gifts as well (: its a Boxing shorts though. LOL. I shall jus wear it at home.

Had turkey wif lotsa tings to go wif, turkey stuffing, sauce, cranberry sauce, had ham, beef/chicken lasagne, wraps, spring roll, curry puffs, pork ribs etc Ultra sumpteous basically.

See that bottom stuffs in the picture? I forgot what are those called, but those tings tt looks like bread, are suppose to be eaten together with turkey stuffings, blue cheese and I can't rmb wads the other 1. Was really nice, except for the blue cheese, I couldn't get used to the taste, it sounded like it tasted bad it turn spoilt but tts how its suppose to taste like. It goes good with wine though.

My newphew

My cousin and her husband, and newborn two twins nieces about a few mths old, im gonna become uncle again

The family

nice shot of my mum

Another one of my cousin's wife, and my nephews and niece, my family tree is rather large lol

Tania and Erica, which I seriously have no idea how to differentiate

My cousin and his family, so u can see how of all the cousins, im one of the youngest, wad an age gap lol

oops

me and my bros

haha!

me and my niece

Cousins and niece again

Awww

I think pictures are enuff to speak for itself, I have a very heartwarming family, and I love all of them. God bless. (:

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Went EOY'09 cosplay event with Sally to look for Nette and Puik. Needed to pass Nette her present and get my present from her.

Met Sally before that, as usual, some1 think she's princess and made me wait another half an hour. =x

Ate, it rained ultra heavily, but we still manage to get to Bugis despite the bad weather which became slightly better, by taking train from Tiong.

Met Nette to pass her present, got a coin bank named Chow Chow (i think?) for her, I got one for myself too, but then I'm not gonna use it for coinbank, I used it for display, cuz the designs are nice. Haha.

She made this for me.

A voodoo doll with my name on it.

And guess what? I lost it in less than 3 hours. -.-

Thats cuz after the event, I went for my Cell Leader's appreciation day, and then I when I passed her a present, I brought my more than words plastic bag along with the present, so I had no other storage, except that plastic bag and my jeans were too tight to put that doll in, so I put it into the plastic bag.

When catering for dinner came, we were suppose to go outside to eat, and I wanted to bring the plastic bag along, cuz after eating, I needed to rush back already, and den my friend said..

"Why not you put your stuff down la, later than take"

So I took his advice, put my plastic bag under his bag and went to eat.

After eating, every1 had to clear the place in less den 3 mins cuz they had to rush for service and the uncle has to lock the room already.

And when I happily went back to look for my doll, my plastic bag was missing. I wanted to ask my friend whether he has seen it but he's the first to leave for service. So I searched around, I found a more than words plastic bag, but inside is just another plastic bag. So I threw that away.

I wanted to continue looking, but every1 had to leave the area by 3 mins, so it was messy and they switched off the light. I wanted to check the dustbin in case some1 threw it away, but the bin is full of food.

I wanted to search for it but they told me, most probably they've packed everything into the big plastic bag they collate, so they'll search during service.

So I went to look and it wasn't there, I wanted to go back to the room but it was locked, I told the uncle about my situation thru the fone in hope that he can unlock the room, but he said the rubbish bin is already cleared by the garbage man, so if my doll happens to be thrown away, bye bye.

So yea, its gone.. then Nette made another 1 for me. (: Thanks! The one on top is the one she made again. Lotsa hard work. Appreciates it.

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Extra heart that she made cuz she felt it was too small

Sally and my voodoo doll =DDD! So nice, looks lik we're tgt =x Haha! But Sally looks so shy, turns away from me )):

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With Nette & Puik

Sally & Nette

Overall, its my 2nd time seeing a cosplay event, I'm not really a cosplay fan myself, i noe nuts bout it, I only noe characters but nothing bout cosplaying.

But after noeing Nette, and going to see her cosplay for like one or two times, I don't mind going in the future, in fact, it was quite interesting to see ppl cosplay, and i tink its only fair, to jus show a simple appreciation to the hardwork they do, planning their outfits and making the materials etc by going down to support them as frens. (:

So if you have any cosplay, I'll go support u in the future. (:

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And I finally went Sally's house today! YES! I completed another milestone in her checklist. =x Haha! Nth much, thats for me to noe.

Anyway, came together with Nette, and we were watching youtube videos by NigaHiga. Man, I love his production. Ultra hilarious. Go do a search when u ppl are free, there's a reason for the views always hitting a million. lol.

Ate mac breakfast first before we headed to her house, I was wearing a white shirt, but the chilli happen to spray and stain onto my shirt. -.- and the worse part is, when u open too hard, it sprays out, its understandable, but NO, FOR ME, it comes out smoothly in the beginning, and only tt LAST BIT, it sprayed, which is kinda weird but yea wadever. lol.

Went to post letter wif the postwoman again. =x and then headed to her house, played with Winterbell again (gosh, Nette & Sally are saddistic ppl =x), shucks and I failed to see her cookies today! =/

And then, Sally needed to go off to her fren's house to make pizza, so we left our seperate ways. Before that, we went to the playground to play swing, I fail at that seriously, and then I headed to Chinatown to SMG to get my iPhone case.

Sticker that came tgt wif my purchase, maybe I'll paste it on my laptop or sth, I love SMG stuffs

My 50 dollars rebel scholar casing, love it

Rebel scholar logo

*Photos taken with iPhone

So this concludes my post, Merry Christmas every1 and thanks once again Nette for redoing the present although u didnt have to, thanks, u manage to bless some1 during christmas and alot of ppl wif ur present, so noe tt are a blessing to ppl (:

And I think my iPhone case will look good wif my shirt, cuz its like almost the same colour. =x lol random.

Yokie

iPhone, Vivace, Sally

2009-12-22T01:39:00.009+08:00

PS: Sorry, I'm lazy to resize the pictures =x

Hey, I've decided to blog now cuz I just can't tone down my excitement for my coming iphone this wed. x)

Yes! I've finally chose an iPhone after I decided to recontract my contract, and I'm paying 48 dollars for the iPhone only which I think is a ULTRA good deal for jus recontracting my contract. lol. Further discounted cuz I ordered it online via Visa.

Anyway, I've been itching to get my iPhone, its coming this wednesday, and I've already planned to make a statement wif my iPhone by purchasing one of the best iPhone cases, which provides protection, yet expressing oneself wif its design...

The Rebel Scholar Poison Petals iPhone Case

So totally in love with it although it cost a whopping 50 dollars, but its worth it for that quality, its laser etched prints, which doesn't scratch the design at all no matter how hard u rub on surfaces, and it has rubber sliders inner side, extra layers and secret layers inside and outside respectively, its light and doesn't really feels like it adds on any weight at all.

I wanted the Silver Unicorn though, but its abit too overpriced at 150 dollars. I could've bought a 2nd iPhone wif tt price. Lol.

The silver unicorn by Rebel Scholar

Yea! So excited lol. My Dad got his Samsung Preston too with my voucher. Not too shabby, and my bro hasn't decided wad to get wif the rest of the vouchers yet. Lol.

Anyway, Vivace'09 has finally come to an end. Just like every concert I've ever participated, I never regret knowing these bunch of people whom has the same passion and goals.

Saturday will never be the same again, gonna miss my dance prac and singing session.

Thanks to people who made an effort to come, Sally, Anson, Tingyun, Charis, Meiting, Mum, Dad & Bro! Especially Sally & Anson, whom miss her church event to come and whom travelled from Simei all the way to St James. I still rmb the black dress! =x

Thanks!

Anyway, this is such a cute photo =x

Lol, hope Nette is reminded of something. =x I posted something similar like this in the past tts how we randomly got to noe each other, cuz of Sally's picture =x

At least this time round its with consent. =x

---Sally---

Been out with Sally pretty frequent these few period, I think we've been everywhere, from the east, to the west, to the central, maybe not north yet =x

Bukit Gombak, Jurong East, Town, Tampines, Farrer Park, Clark Quay, Dhoby Gaut, Harbourfront, Tiong Bahru, Chinatown, Orchard, Bugis, City Hall, Raffles Place, Bukit Merah, Bukit Merah View, Telok Blangah VOID DECK =x etc etc etc

If I were to blog bout everything and my time wif her, I think it would take 10 pages long and still not finish. Lol. I think on average while we're outside, we accumulate about 8 hours plus. Lol.

And EVERYTIME, WITHOUT FAIL, i will ALWAYS meet a friend of mine outside whenever I'm wif her, and yet it doesn't happen when I'm with my friend, and I really mean, we NEVER fail to meet my frens outside. lol. EVERYWHERE we go. lol

There's so many things I don't even noe where I wanna start with.. so I guess I'll jus start with that very impromptu day.. lol.

A few days ago, Sally was having her driving lessons at BBDC (Bukit Batok Driving Centre), and it all started out with that rather random and impromptu sms about how sian she is, cuz she has about 3 hours break after her theory to her next practical.

So of cos, me being a good guy, and being gentlemanly as usual, asked her whether she wanted to meet up for lunch since she has so much time to kill and I could accompany her to kill time and since I noe she never eats breakfast anyway.

Initially the plan for me, was to just meet up with her at Bukit Gombak, accompany her to eat until she goes off practical den go home.

But Bukit Gombak was damn ulu and so she suggested coming to chinatown to meet me instead cuz I wanted to bring her to Don's chicken pie to eat. But by the time she reached, she said she needed to go off already in case she's late.

So IMPROMPTLY, I decided that we'll jus head to Jurong East to settle our lunch since its much more convenient for her, though its not v convenient for me. =x But its ok, I'm jus there to kill time wif her, so tt she won't feel so lonely. lol.

And then, I tot JURONG POINT, was at Jurong East, turns out, I made the same mistake again when I was working at nEbo, I realise Jurong Point is at Boon Lay. End up, its actually quite ulu at Jurong East also but at least not as ulu as Bkt Gombak.

We impromptly, explored the place and impromptly, we ate wanton mee at JURONG EAST. So its like, we purposely travelled all the way to the west, jus to eat wanton mee, which I can probably jus eat under my house. Afterwards, my plans is to just go back since she has to go off already after eating.

Den IMPROMPTLY, she said why not I follow her to her driving centre instead, I can wait for her to finish her driving den we can go back tgt.

So I agreed since I didn't realli felt lik coming so far den going back, and I wanted to accompany her back anyway, and so while we try to make it on time for the shuttle bus, end up, we couldn't, she was late, so impromptly, we cabbed there.

So I waited for her during her driving practical, I was pretty bored, so I ventured out of the BBDC to explore a few places.

End up, after 10 mins of walk, which I see loads of LUSH BEAUTIFUL GREENERY, I can conclude, Gombak is realli a damn ulu place which has nth interesting to see, I rather rot my time at the canteen than walk around in lush greeneries with nice hills and sand.

I went back to the canteen and waited for around 1 hour 40 mins for her to end everything, I think while waiting, my eyes became as small as hers, and den impromptly, just as we're heading our way back, she told me, why not we go SCIENCE CENTRE.

I agreed impromptly again, and off we went, only to find out its closed. So we wanted to get a drink, was suppose to get mineral water but IMPROMPTLY, Sally said she very long nvr drink pepsi twist already, so instead we got pepsi twist and 2 mineral water.

And den, I was suppose to go back to my house to get tickets to return for the concert but end up, I was too lazy to travel back. So impromptly, Sally offered to accompany me to Orchard to return the tickets.

My initial plan was actually, from there she go back, den I go scape for rehearsal and stay till the end, but she said she wanted to follow me and den afterwards can go back tgt, since she tot I am going to return money den go off, den ok loh, I decided not to stay throughout the whole rehearsal.

Upon reaching there, I stayed a while to rehearse a few items with my friends, impromptly ended up, she waited 1 hour likdat for me. =x So it was like, I waited 1 hr 40 mins for her, and den she returned the favor by waiting 1 hr for me =x Lol!

Afterwards, I wanted to bring her to cold rock creamery for ice cream, we agreed at first, but once we stepped out of scape only, impromptly, she told me why not we go to Shokudo at Cine to eat instead.

Afterwards, we finally finished and wanted to go back already, den suddenly, impromptly, we though bout the concert tml, and was tinking how I was gonna pass her the ticket, den impromptly, we decided to go my house last min, so I can pass her the tickets to the concert.

And that concludes the end of our impromptu day, u can count how many times I used that word, and tt particular day, we were out from like early noon till late night. Lol. Impressive.

And today, met her also, finally brought her to Don's Chicken Pie

Shephard's Pie & Chicken Pie was superb.

Afterwards, we went to Smudgestore, to see my iphone cases, slick~ and den we headed our way to Dhoby Gaut to watch movie since its a weekday today, the nicest way to relax after eating, movies! (:

We watched Planet 51

Basically a story bout how aliens and humans get together, some small romance flick between aliens, and how humans, aka as aliens in this movies, to the aliens, invade their planet and cope wif their existence. Lol.

Was a really funny show, I can see Sally laughing realli hard at it. Lol. Worth it for a weekday show. (:

And rover is so cute =x

Walked around afterwards, settled dinner @ Pomo, took mrt back to harbourfront, and we headed our seperate ways. Me - Home and Sally - Church.

That picture of her was taken when we were eating at tiong, I can't rmb whether isit the same day we went to City Square & Mustafa.. there's too many tings to rmb =x I only rmb, somehow we were at Plaza Sing, I can't rmb for wad, shopping for fren's present? Had Fish Manhatten for dinner, some hilarious moments occurred. Haha! =x and den impromptly, we wished Anson a Happy Bday (:

And at the end of that particular day, the most funny ting happen, I was suppose to go back rehearsal, and she's suppose to head home, and den we're suppose to both go towards the harbourfront direction, end up, she took the harbourfront direction and I took the punggol direction -.-

And she told me she never take mrt much today, so she dunno the direction tt time, and the coolest ting is, when we were going down the escalator, she can tell me, ohh ur train has come, but actually tts the train tts going towards punggol when Im suppose to take the same train as her towards harbourfront. -.-

This is a cute picture (:

I realised I typed such a long entry, so Sally, pls zhi dong abit (automatic abit) pls read everything and appreciate my effort for the time I took to write bout ur post =x Lol!

Cya!

Yokie

Christmas Gadgets

2009-12-14T14:53:00.005+08:00

This Christmas season is good, cuz I'm very happy, I'm eligible to get a couple of things I want! Lol.

First, my phone contract has already expired, and is eligible for upgrade. I just checked my plan, and I plan to get a new phone.

I'm actually torn between iPhone & Omnia 2. Lol.

If I renew my contract, Omnia 2 only costs 48 dollars. Lol. If I take iPhone, I have to sign up for the new iFlexi plan but the phone is alot more ex, about 388 dollars, and they won't me use the voucher that comes tgt wif my plan since its not eligible. (Crap, singtel jus wans ppl to sign up for their iflexi plan which isn't realli worth it in my opinion. lol)

VS

First look, I'll definitely want to get my hands on the iPhone but I think about it, I dunno whether isit worth it for that hefty price, and Omnia 2 is a good general purpose phone too at a much much cheaper rate, a good phone considering its only $48 for me. Lol. It looks pretty stylish too, I love big screens with black covers. Lol.

And then followed by, I'm also getting a Lenovo IdeaCentre Q110 Nettop! Lol. Thats cuz my broadband has expired a few mths ago, but I decided to wait till their christmas promotion to get the worthwhile grab.

Read reviews about it, seems good for me, with Windows 7 OS somemore. The world's thinnest desktop and has trendsetting design. Slick, nice, fast. And it comes together with a wireless keyboard too. ((:

And lastly, my Mum bought a LCD 19 inch TV screen home, cuz it was on discount. Its a nice slick silver color LCD TV, and the best thing bout it is, I can insert memory stick, and view video and pictures that was on my phone, or I can just plug in my laptop or CPU and use it as a PC monitor, and it also can operate as a TV!

Nice, 3 in 1. HP media, PC media & TV media.

Thinnest TV.

And that TV is gonna end up in MY ROOM. lol. Not sure if we're gonna drill and hang it on the wall or place it on the platform. Anyway, the rest of the other rooms already has TV already, thats why she decided to get it for me and my bro's room. I'll jus plug in my harddisc and watch movies man seriously. Lol.

And the best things of all these gadgets is, its free and doesn't cost much, except for the LCD tv, since my mum decided to get that and of cos, the exception of iPhone.

But if I decide to get Omnia, its only 48 dollars, and the nettop is free wif my broadband upgrade. =D

Yokie

UPDATES!

2009-12-09T02:29:00.005+08:00

I need to start posting some entries soon, or else I'll nvr be able to finish all these long overdue post. Will post as much as I can.. Mostly photos to summarise.

Gonna start out with..

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Sally & CF's belated bday surprise

Basically, I planned an amazing race for them. The whole purpose of the game was that they are suppose to guess the location of each station, and at each station, would be their friends. But the whole idea is that they have absolutely NO idea which friends turn up at all, and so thats the objective, to find out which friends turned up. Lol.

The surprise was the flyer, and surprisingly to me, it was every1s first time on the flyer, and the second time for me. Second surprise was Eunice, which I told her to cook up some excuse in a form of last minute that she couldn't make it. The more disappointed they are, the more surprise they'll be. =p

Before that, I actually took time to racquee those places and create a few hints, not an easy task, was pretty tiring actually and no1 else to entertain me anyway, but was worth it, since its great to see my plans being appreciated by them and enjoying themselves.

And becuz of THIS picture..

End up, I had to take the same kind of picture wif every1.

First station: Statue outside fullerton

Clue 1: Help! My friends are jumping down the river after partying at a hotel!

Halfway during this station, Julia got bored standing at her post, and she LEFT her post and stood by the river, when I saw her, I was like OMG! Y IS SHE THERE!? and I tot CF & Sally would've spotted her, but they DIDN'T.

Well, you can't blame ppl for having small eyes =x, den I jus told Julia to follow behind us and surprise them in the end by appearing from behind. Lol.

2nd Station: Merlion

Clue 2: I am imaginary. I can be found on land and in water. I am made of two animals

I actually wanted to put Eunice in the last station as a surprise, but then since the number of ppl that turned up wasn't enough to fill all the stations, and Eunice appearing at the last, by the time they reached there, would be pretty anti climax.. So i situated her here.

She cooked up wif an excuse to say that she has stomachache, and needed to head home when she already reached Raffles Place. Which sounds pretty incredible, becuz I would find it pretty hard to believe, cuz she can always go to the toilet at raffles place. -.- lol. But well yea, they believed. lol.

I would've believed it if she told me she ended work late, and has meeting and couldn't meet us. =p

3rd Station: Esplanade Roof

Clue 3: A popular location to see fireworks

The FLOWER among the THORNS =x

We actually came here after the 4th station instead, becuz there wasn't enough time. I actually aimed for 25 - 30 mins for the whole game, but becuz of their phototaking session, we took like 1 - 2 hours for 3 stations only. =.=

During this part, becuz of the surprise of Eunice, Sally suddenly said, oh yea! Maybe Elaine also surprise us by sayin she not coming, but actually she came also like Eunice!? (I won't put the same tricks twice pls =x), den I just told them to walk one round the roof (for them to enjoy the view actually) and ask them to find Elaine & Joel, cuz they're hiding. lol.

4th Station: Sg Flyer

Clue 4: Fly me to the moon & let me play among the stars.. in 30 mins!?

Afterwards, headed for dinner @ Popeyes and thats bout it.

More photos & Videos @ FB

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Dewini Outing cum Jruth's bday celebration

Celebrated Jruth's bday, they met up in the noon to watch "The New Moon" which I didn't joined them since initially, I wasn't interested since I didn't watch Twilight and that I have to head down to Scape anyway to pass the money of the concert tickets that I sold.

Scape Dance Studio

My beloved juniors

Lol, seeing them do all these and learning dance, only reminds me of when I joined hip hop/breakdance in secondary school and my previous performance wif Gefang. Lol.

Missed those times. I'm gonna have my dance prac tml evening anyway. Shouldn't have lost touch, since its only 1 yr.

Afterwards, met them up at Plaza Sing, had dinner at Pastamania, den we headed our way to Teo Heng KTV.

Bday cake for Jruth

Bday girl

Weiqiang was the guest of the day since me and YJ asked him along. lol.

Afterwards, ALL of us squeezed into 1 car and headed to Changi road there to see aeroplane land and fly over us. It sounds like nth much, but its actually a great place to chill, and to see airplanes literally fly OVER on top of you. Lol.

More photos in facebook.

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Shuangying's Straw Folding Session

Been quite some time since I met Shuangying. Glad she's still doing well. (: Was happy to see her anyway and its not like I had a choice, cuz she came to meet me to complete a task she set out to do...

Straw Stars!

The previous night she was bugging me on how to do it, I actually couldn't rmb, and I had to dig out 2 straws in my house, which happens to be SLURPEE straws, to refresh my own memory and abit of help from youtube, although the video isn't very clear.

Suddenly when I rmbered how to do it, I was abit dreading it, cuz I noe how painful and tough it is to fold ONE straw star and it reminded me of how I manage to fold 700 in the past. Yes motivation. lol.

If you think she's folding it for SOMEONE, ur wrong, she's folding it for SOMETHING..

Which is her new show and production coming up in mediacorp in ur TV near you soon (: More to be updated =p

So after teaching her how to fold, while stealing my shaker fries as well at the same time, this is her result. (And no, the one on top isn't folded by her, its by me!)

Which actually doesn't look too bad for first try, but den, maybe is cuz I teach well =x or maybe cuz of her camera angle. =p

The master & The Student

Actually, the nice 1 is actually my second attempt. =x

While trying to refresh my memory, actually this was my first attempt. LOL.

Totally cmi I noe.. lol

Does this look as nerd as you Sally? =x

K i'll stop here for today. Dance prac tml! (:

Yokie

LEVIS JEANS!

2009-12-06T23:13:00.002+08:00

Went shopping today at Orchard Ion. Brought Mummy along since its been like 1 or 2 yrs since she's been to Orchard. Anyway, I wanted to trade in some Levi's Jeans too while I'm there cuz..

Levi's has brought back the promotion of: Trade in ANY jeans, and they'll give you $50 discount on any jeans that you buy from Levi's that is 100 dollars and above.

I bought 2 jeans, $149.90 each, and bought a $59.90 leather belt. While trading in 2 jeans to get $100 discount. So instead of paying $359.70, I only paid $259.70!

Which I think is worth it, becuz its LEVI'S. Sorry, I'm quite bias, I'm a Levi's lover. lol. The last jean's not very clear, cuz its suppose to be a very dark blue, ultra nice, smooth denim. Haha. For levi's lover, this series is from the 522 series, check it out. ;)

Anyway, I needed new jeans after the bad incident of lending one of my friend my $149.90 black levis jeans. This should last me for a long while or at least, it'll ease and take my mind off my missing jeans, since I finally got my hands on 2 new jeans that which is way nicer than the one I got previously, and it won't make me think, I need the other jeans badly, altho its the same price.

Anyway, I lost it just likdat cuz he lent to his fren MY jeans without asking me, and den the fren went totally missing in action and I noe he isn't gonna pay me for it, so I'll just take it as a bad and expensive experience, take it as blessing him, cuz he NEEDS it more than me. (He could've jus asked actually)

I just checked my contract too, its eligible for renewal. Nice. I get 300 dollars discount on any phone I choose in Singtel. =D Iphone? Blackberry? Samsung Omnia 2? lol.

Which means, I only need to pay just a few 20 dollars plus for those above phones. I'm only gonna use it for weekend though, since I'm entering army soon. I told Sally she could use it first during the weekdays. =x HAHA.

Wedding dinner tml, den midnight running of 4km again. I realise, if u have the right breathing technique, as in breathing all the way to ur diaphrahm, till ur stomach expands until u have lik a BIG stomach, lol, it actually helps since more oxygen is taken in and more carbon dioxide is replace. I realise its all about jus sustaining and taking in more oxygen.

I used to pant alot and become breathless becuz I was breathing from my chest all the time. Lol. I sing and used diaphrahm, yet in the past, when it comes to exercising, I didn't even noe I mus breathe likdat =p

Yokie

The AMOUNT of ENTRIES to cover

2009-12-04T12:54:00.003+08:00

This is the amount of things I want to blog.

The current ones are what happened over JUST last and this week. The upcoming one are the ones coming up soon and more might be added on the list.

The lowest, being as early as Sally's & CF's amazing race last mth, which is actually jus a week ago, and the rest being what happened this week.

Each topic can become a standalone entry on its own already actually. Lol. But seeing the list pile up slowly day by day, it seems such a daunting task to blog about all these. T.T

With so many things that happened in just this 2 weeks, I think its also fair to say that, a fair amount of money was spent. Zz. Not alot, but becomes alot when u add all of it one by one. Lol.

Argh!

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Upcoming

27th Dec M'sia Trip with Dewini
19 Dec Vivace Concert @ St James
Ktv session with Sally, Eunice & Friends

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Current

Planning of Christmas Party, Christmas exchange
11 Dec Medical review
Roving Santa Claus @ Orchard Central
Rehearsal, Dance practice & Fitting
Shopping for jruth's present & Cell group meetup
Elaine's ktv session
Swimming & shopping @ Central
Don's chicken pie, Smudge, Steamboat, Esplanade, City Hall breakdancers
A week with Sally's Winterbell
Weiqiang & Sally meetup session
Shuangying's straw flower folding session
Charis meetup session
Scape dance studio, Weiqiang & Dewini ktv session, Jruth's bday, Changi road, Airplane flyover
Sally's & CF's amazing race

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Yokie

Don't Look At Him For What He Is Not. Look At Him For What He Is.

2009-12-03T02:52:00.006+08:00

Man, I seriously have ALOT OF entries to blog about. Everything seems to move so fast paced now, my life's suddenly been so active. Lol.

I better start somewhere soon, but I'm too lazy to write anything bout those long entries now since is lik 3am. Lol.

I manage to start getting myself back to a running routine. I ran 4km today in 24 mins. Not too bad actually since I've been inactive for so long. Ran at night with my bro, yes, lack of oxygen, but even better, cuz that makes the heart work extra hard in pumping oxygen. =p

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Anyway, I think this phrase is meaningful.

"Don't Look At Him For What He Is Not. Look At Him For What He Is."

I think many times in life, we tend to do comparision, or complain, or think a person is not good enough.

Mainly from friends, to being in a relationship, to finding a mate etc

We often hear things like..

"But he is not as good as him leh"

"He's not handsome!"

"He can't dance for nuts sake, not like that guy"

"He sings and croaks like a toad"

"That guy is better loh"

"I prefer to find some1 hu -fill in the blanks-.."

"I don't think he is good enough"

"There are so many other people who are better outside"

I think instead of looking at what people are not, I think its time we learn to appreciate what people are, and say more stuff like..

"I love and I appreciate you for who u are"

I seriously think, that every1 has their strengths, and there is always a beautiful part that makes them up. So we need to start telling people about their good points, and for those who receive compliements, please receive it openly and thankfully in ur heart. (:

You don't hear me saying or complaining bout things like,

"Yuan Jian can't dance la, not like my fren likdat, way cooler",

"Weiqiang cannot make it la, I don't like him",

"Ginette so quiet! I don't like." ,

"CF too shy, I don't like shy girls",

"Eunice mouth is air con loh! Cannot take it" ,

"Sally has small eyes la! Other girls got bigger eyes loh"

"Yokie!? But got fitter, more handsome, more spiritual and more talented guys den him leh!"

SO? lol. I don't care! I still love them and I love them for who they are. (:

Ps: If I did say something like that cuz I was suaning, or teasing u (The main thing is I nvr compare! lol. I nvr said I dont like ah =x)

Pls rmb it is only in the context of love, teasing u guys is jus a way of showing love on my part. =p

Just like how u ppl show love to me by saying "Yokie is lame!" and "Yokie is round!",

I still noe its in the context of love =p

Main thing is, I'm not comparing or complaining bout what they are not. The tone and attitude approaching it is not of judgemental, comparision or preferential view.

I appreciate Eric cuz he is sensible.

I appreciate Yuan Jian for his sense of humour and bringing laughter to our clique.

I appreciate Weiqiang for being agreeable all the time.

I appreciate Nigel cuz he is unselfish.

I appreciate Eunice for her spiritual commitment.

I appreciate Cf for being very patient most of the time.

I appreciate Ginette cuz she's very talented in making stuffs! "Oh I love ur music note, v nice, thanks ;)"

I appreciate Sally cuz she's very loveable and thankful.

Of course, there are many more good things bout them, but this is just a few points.

And of course, those not on the list, doesn't mean I don't love you, this is just an eg, I still love you people for who you are. (:

Yokie

Weekly Updates

2009-11-25T01:17:00.002+08:00

Lets see.. What did I do this week.. hmm..

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Sunday

I went Regina's place on Sunday for gathering with church people, basically for fellowship, and to celebrate Charmain's bday.

Before I got there (at Jurong), I wasn't sure where I was suppose to alight after taking the bus. Alvin told me to look out for a polyclinic on my right, and that it is around SIX stops from the interchange.

So I took the bus, and off it goes... I was smsing, and then about just THREE stops, which I didn't really look around since I was smsing, and since Alvin told me it is around SIX stops, I happen to turn to my right during the 3 stops, I saw the big wording.. "JURONG POLYCLINIC", and its there and I missed my stop.

Okay, common sense would then tell me to alight at the next stop and just walk over. But no.. in a turn of event.. Alvin called me just when I happen to miss my stop.

I told him, "hey bro, I think I miss my stop, I didn't manage to see the polyclinic, the words were too small on the building, I think I'm jus gonna alight at the next stop"

He then told me, "Oh nono, nvm its ok, DON'T alight, the bus will go one round the neighbourhood and back to the polyclinic stop again"

So I was like, Oh, okay tts great. Saves my walking trip.

In the end...

Yes, the bus took one round, but it took 15 mins ride -.-, so actually if I alighted at the bus stop 1 stop later, It would've jus been a 5 mins walk. -.- Okay... lol. Nvm, I still appreciate his good thoughts (:

Upon reaching there, played nintendo Wii, some cute game, dunno wad isit called though. Den went for lunch, brought Prata back and den the rest of them turn up, and we played taboo, the words and the way some ppl describe is so hilarious, gosh. Lol. U hv to be there to experience it.

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Afterwards, I left around 7pm, cuz I had to meet Weiqiang.

I made plans wif him cuz I lost track of date, I tot it was a Saturday, and he asked me out on Saturday actually, and I said I would confirm wif him again, but it slipped my mind, tt on that day was a SUNDAY and I forgot to get back to him on Sat anyway, so thinking that its Sat, I made plans wif him.

So technically, I didn't really actually manage to celebrate Charmain's bday at all, since I had to meet Weiqiang & Vivian. Lol.

Went to new shopping mall at Farrer Park called City Square.

Initially we wanted to catch a movie at town, but there wasn't any movie we badly wanted to catch and I wanted to go abit more budget, so we decided we'll jus have dinner, since it'll be cheaper.

End up, THE DINNER cost more expensive den watching movie. -.-

We were exploring places to eat at the mall, and den we ended up eating Manhatten Fish Restaurant.

Food was alright, I was prepared to spend around 18 dollars+, but den when I ordered my food, they told me,

"We have a promotion now, for the fish and chip you order, for every one set you order, you get another set free, basically 1 for 1, Two for the price of one"

I was like, wow, thank God, blessing in disguise. So I shared wif Vivian and ended up paying around 12 dollars+ only. (:

Afterwards, we accompanied Vivian back to her bus stop, and den with Weiqiang and me only, we decided it was still early, we decided to go Mustafa.

THE PLACE IS HUGE, and I finally understood why so many Indians go there. Its no wonder, cuz they sell alot of Gold, Silver, Watch, Gadgets etc

Basically all the things are targetted for them. But the place is worth a visit too, its so so so huge, and basically, all the daily neccessities there are ULTRA CHEAP. lol. I think I'm becoming more uncle =x

I saw so many things I could get if I had a 50 dollar note in my pocket =x

GILLETTE FUSION SHAVER cost only TEN DOLLARS, my 18 dollars L'oreal Studio hair product, cost only 12 dollars there, original perfumes such as Davidorf, Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss, DKNY, which I usually pay around $50+, is only $38 there.

And with so many things mentioned, I only bought...

A MANGO CORDIAL =x HAHA

Well, I wanted to drink Mango Juice ma. =x And I wanted to drink whenever I want, wif the ease and convenience of making it myself whenever I felt like drinking, and since there really isn't anything I MUST get, so yea, I only settled for that. =x

So uncle right? Like doing groceries likdat. Haha!

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Monday

Was entertaining a few of my friends on msn, Eunice was one of them.

Suddenly come tell me she damn cold and falling sick, den started crapping wif me, so since Sally isn't around to entertain her, I did the entertaining instead. So yea, I crapped back wif her, and somehow I became her mp3 player halfway and entertained her. -.-

Afterwards, I met Sally for lunch (or high tea, in her case) after her driving lesson.

We were jus smsing randomly, until she told me she was going Tiong Bahru Plaza, cuz she wanted to get some mini cornetto ice cream for her sis.

So I was like, ohh ok. Nothing much loh. She's jus getting it den going home. So no plans made.

Until when she sms me the next one, she said she was SUPER hungry, and plans to eat at Tiong and at the same time grab some ice cream.

So I had second thoughts whether I should meet her, since we met 3 times last week =x but I was hungry and I wanted to go out to eat yet I didn't noe whether I should meet her.

And then think bout it, I think I am hilarious also. Becuz... i was thinking..

WHY THINK SO MUCH!! LOL.

Its just a number! My gosh. lol.

The MOST silly thing is to purposely not meet some1, JUST BECUZ u meet 3 times in a week only. -.- (Yea thats wad I told myself in the brain, den I tink its silly also, this is den wad is called lame, as always emphasised by Eunice. LOL)

Hungry den jus go eat, and since she also happen to be there, jus be considerate and eat tgt. lol.

So yea, thats how we met for lunch. Lol! Hilarious.

Afterwards, went Bukit Merah to find her mini cornetto, end up, didn't have the one she wanted, we settled for 2 Fruit tree Yogurt Juice instead. Nice, my favourite drink, haha, too bad, not for me and den home sweet home.

Ps (on a side note): See Sally! tts y I say u are not typical. =x

When I said, "Maybe today, I should turn up at Vivo instead. Haha! =x "

Obviously, it wasn't a serious comment pls. Lol. why would I purposely go there jus to hv lunch! Its so out of the way and I'm at ktv! Haha.

Its really basically jus trying to implement the joke tt we were cracking about "are u gonna turn up at tiong AGAIN?" and maybe tis time rd, I shld appear at vivo instead, so we can hv lunch AGAIN. HAHA!

Yea, tt was the whole purpose. Haha x)

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Tuesday

Some impromptu outing today. Didn't expect myself to have any plans today actually. Den Mr Eric Lim suddenly called me and asked me what I was doing and asked me to go sing KTV wif them, becuz BRANDON & MEILING, wanted to go KTV after their school after their A level test. (Random decision).

So he just told me to prepare and he's gonna pick me up at 2pm. Ktv'ed from 2.30pm - 7pm, and den went Aston for dinner. Tried a new one, known as Lemon Lime Chicken (or mayb not new, jus tt i didnt notice it since last time), and den, afterwards, Meiling & Eric had to go first.

Brandon wanted to chill, and so I suggested going ECP. Brought a few drinks from 7 eleven, and we CABBED to ecp (despite walking distance), and in a few mins time, we were at ecp chilling, talking, catching up and listening to music.

And then CABBED home, and yea, now I'm here. Lol.

Thats all for todays boring post. =s

Yokie

Jackpot! 3 times in a week!

2009-11-22T02:51:00.011+08:00

Before I even start posting, I think I've made some incredible achievements and feats.

First, I manage to meet Sally THREE times, this week, which is an incredible feat, and guess wad! We're still gonna see each other this coming Thursday! Oh no~ I better not meet her for the next 3 mths den =x Ha!

Second, I manage to get her out past 11pm while outside with Timothy, which usually she's home by den.

Thirdly, I manage to catch not ONE, but TWO, incredibly GLAMOUROUS moments of her in the cinema while watching Christmas Carol. Oh make it 3, I suddenly rmb bout the Billy restaurant ting.

=x

More into that later.. =p

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Anyway, I'm so tired today. Slept at around 4am ytd and woke up at 8.20am today. Went to Queenstown CC to check out TYA (Touch Young Arrows). Was late cuz I dozed back to sleep and woke up at 9am afterwards =x

Finally saw JD again after a wle, and today, I was allocated to teach Jia Jun. Gosh.. as usual, was cute and fun, but really active and noisy, think I've become rusty after a while of inactiveness, I totally forgot how to draw Pri 5 BLOCK MODELS. LOL.

And then, one of the most hilarious thing today was this.

We have a christmas party organised for them during the period of dec. During this period, a company called Rockwell, decided to bless each of the children here with a present not more than 30 dollars. So every children are suppose to write down TWO wishes for presents they wish to have, in case the first one wasn't available.

Everyone wrote pretty ok stuffs like.. Bags, Shoes, Yoyos, Toys etc

Guess what Jia Jun wrote...

1st Option: MP3 Player

When I told him, "Jia Jun, mp3 player sure cannot 1, confirm more than 30 dollars. You might wanna change into something else, which is more worth it, or else u'll be wasting a choice."

Den he wrote..

1st Option (After Edit): SECOND HAND Mp3 player. LOL.

He said second hand sure have less than 30 dollars one. -.-

Then I said ok, if you insisted, then second choice, u better put something that u REALLY REALLY want, in case u didn't get ur mp3.

He said, "I SURE will get my mp3 one!"

Guess wad he wrote for his second option....

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PENCIL

LOL. When I saw that, I was like, PENCIL!? it costs only 20 cents la come on. -.- Den I ask him, why don't u request for shoes, or bag, watch or something. He said he already have all these and don't need it. So I said, Pencil... you really like pencil isit?

He said ya. So I was like.. err.. ok la, at least request for a box of pencil or something la.

Den he edited and wrote..

2nd Wish: A box of Pencil

Den I told him, why not u get a box of MECHANICAL PENCILS INSTEAD!.. so there.. A box of MECHANICAL Pencil. =x

HAHA. omg so funny.

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Afterwards, went to meet Sally at City Hall for Nette's cosplay thing. We reached early to have lunch. Thanks for the blessing. I believe there's many more to come =x HA! Anyway, this was the 3rd time we've met this wk.

And this is the first time, I hear someone like SALLY, persistently asking me to tell her wad I wan, so tat she can treat me. Aww so nice of her right? I bet she's secretly badly wanting to treat me la, jus can't wait. =x HAHA!

She said it isn't very often she treats ppl so I better make use of this chance. LOL. Get used to it den =x Ha! (:

She blessed me wif Sapprino Pizza, got one for herself too, which is like the best pizza I ever tasted, and then a bowl of 12 Meatball soup, 6-6 each. Lol. Thanks girl (:

Afterwards, Nette came to find us.

Its the first time I've seen her do Cosplay live, but basically, I felt that the costume she wore today looked very natural, in fact, I think I loved it.

I'm not very into Cosplay myself, I noe nuts bout it, but for her costume today, I felt it was simple, nice and basically, natural. Her hair is nice, loved it, very layerish, very nice.

And, this is rather random, but I felt its worth a mention. Ha!

As we were talking bout Nette's mittens. We suddenly came across the topic of why Nette just bought her Mittens instead of dying it.

Dying was apparently cheaper in a sense by Sally. But for Nette, why would I wanna dye, when I could jus get the thing? To Nette, Dye = $, Time spent doing it = $.

So Sally, was like, No, but I thought usually dying is cheaper, (which actually isn't usually the case, cuz if you do get the object plus the dye, depending, it might become more expensive instead, plus u need to spend time dying it).

So Nette was like, den u dye everything ah?

Den in the end, I was like, Sally, so next time, just buy 1 dress or t shirt la, ONE is enough, den everyday, see wad colour u wan, u jus dye loh. Pink on Monday, Green on Tuesday, Blue on Wednesday.. etc Ha! =x Don't worry, Sally, I dyed my shirt too, it was red ytd, tts y it became black today. =x Haha! (:

Anyway, Nette did this pearler beads thing for me. It was a rather impromptu thing actually. She just asked me whether I wanted one becuz she was doing one for her fren too. So I was like, sure if you wanna bless me.. den go ahead. Lol. =x

I actually requested something within her ability, or so I THOUGHT.. =x Ha! jk =p I asked her to do a pearler beads of MY FACE. HAHA!

But anyway, thats the Pearler Beads. Very nice (: Thank you.

PS: I realize that the music note was actually in a opposite direction.

Becuz when I brought it to church today. My friend told me, I think the music note is opposite. Initially, I didn't realize it, I was like.. are u sure? I think its correct leh. (Can't believe it, I handle so much music papernotes at home, I didn't even realize the note was wrong. Lol!)

Den I started using pencil, drawing out the 4 lines on my sermon book, den I drew a music note, den I realize, Oh YA! Its opposite direction =x Lol!

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On a random note, I think I shall trim my hair again, this is the troublesome thing of tryin to keep long hair. It jus gets thick so fast. Zz. I only cut it like a few wks ago, and its back to being thick again. zz.

Anyway, let me try to recap what happened this week and past days..

I celebrated Kian Aik's bday.

Basically, like the previous post, before that, I met Eunice, Sally, Timothy, Anson for lunch. OH! Now I realize why I felt like I met Sally so many times this week, cuz a few days before this wk, we met on Sat for lunch. Lol.

Anyway, met Dewini & gang at Bugis Iluma, we caught 2012. Was a nice show. Not too bad in my opinion, above average. And then afterwards, travelled to ecp to go Kar Yee's bday.

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How I met her 3 days in a week..

Wednesday, chatting normally as usual, den suddenly, it was raining, I jus said I was hungry, she said if it wasn't raining, she would've met me up for dinner... and we still met up. =x I said Lets do it den! Lol.

Went to have simple dinner with Sally at KFC, and thats the first day we met this week. We basically travelled too and fro places, thanks to her and thanks to me.

Thanks to my really good navigation skills, and also thanks to her really good memory bout her ez link. We manage to travel from Bukit Merah, to Tiong, to Bukit Merah again, altogether passing by my house 4 times, and finding a shortcut which isn't really short. =x

Friday, we met up again with lunch for Timothy. She has returned me my favour by travelling to my area to meet me first. Tsk. Wanted to meet for lunch initially, and ended up, we spent the whole early noon walking, talking and searching for present, den afterwards, brought them and had lunch wif Timothy @ Jus Acia.

I will nvr forget this restaurant called Billy Bombers, I'm sure Sally would not forget too. =x

And then, Christmas Carol movie @ The Cathay, some really cute scenes happened in between, I felt my 8 dollars was really worth it tt day, much more than the movie itself. Ha!

Movie was good, and enjoyable, light hearted, a little suspense in the earlier period (I think I understand, thats why =x) but felt rather short for me, but was good at getting both of us in the Christmas mood.

We started talking bout how she wans her Christmas to be and how I had to dress up as Santa Claus, climbing through her house window at those HDB flats, since there's no chimney to come down from. But there wouldn't be any presents at all, cuz she's a bad girl this season, she LIED to me bout her overseas trip! So, for ur info, Santa Claus is not GULLIBLE, not GULLIABLE, enough to give NAUGHTY girls present. oops =x

Den all the way back to her home, to get back my hamster cage, and finally home sweet home. (:

Met again today, for Nette's cosplay thing, hilarious as usual. I told Sally that she didn't have to dress up for cosplay at all, cuz she makes a good alien. If she stands next to Leslie, they make a good cosplay called, Alien vs Predator. HA! I have no idea wad Nette dressed up as though. I have no good knowledge on cosplays. hehe.

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Gonna go Regina's hse tml with CG ppl. Gathering for after exams for some of em (: Nice, shall enjoy a few games of rock band before I decide again to meet Weiqiang for food fair @ Expo.

Ps: I'm down with a very bad flu suddenly ): Huge Headache

Yokie

Gimme a break!

2009-11-15T03:30:00.004+08:00

Crap, I still have a photoshoot tml at 8am @ Hort Park and I have no idea how I want to go there in the shortest possible method although I noe there's bus 175. But I'm lazy to do research on where it is and where I should alight. Shall research tml morning instead. So sleepy n tired now.

Hectic day today.. Summary..

Lunch wif Eunice, Sally, Anson & Timothy.. 12pm+

Dessert with Sally at Henderson Market.. 3pm+

Rushed home.. (Get Blazer) 3.45pm+

Rushed back to Tiong bahru plaza AGAIN (Pass blazer).. 4pm+

Rushed back home AGAIN.. (Bath & Change) 4.20pm+

Rushed to Bugis for bday celebration.. 5pm+

Caught 2010 the movie.. 9.30pm+

Rushed to ECP via Bedok Mrt for ANOTHER bday celebration.. 10pm+

Waited for Bus.. 10.20pm+

Walked from ECP to chalet.. 10.45pm+

Stayed to eat for a while.. 11.30pm+

Walked back to bus stop.. 12am

Took last 16 bus svc.. 12.15am+

Back home again.. 1am+

Thats how I probably spent my whole day. Going back and forth places.

I'm still going for Vivace's showcase @ St James Powerhouse. Lol.

Have one more ticket with me, spared Sally that ticket since I thought she might be interested to accompany me and since its so near her house. Hope she makes it.

Ok, anyway, I'm jus complaining for fun. Haha!

Seems like my rest is coming up to an end, going back to normal again once my toe recovered ;)

Yokie

害怕

2009-11-12T23:46:00.007+08:00

Everytime, I listen to this song, everytime I start to sing this song, I remind myself of how God is in my life. (You might need to off the music at the background, below on this blog to hear this, and sorry, I do not have my keyboard with me now, so the lack of background melody)

Everyone has a fear within their heart sometimes.

Some people are afraid of seperation.

Some people are afraid of loneliness.

Some people are afraid of failure.

If you ask me what do I fear?

I think I fear losing confidence..

I fear losing hope..

Because I once lost hope and confidence...

So I know whats fear.

During the time, I wanted to do music, there was a period of time, I was stuck in maybe what you call a low point, maybe life's lowest point. I began to fear music, fear not knowing which direction I was headed or needed to head to, no idea how I want to go about it.

Because I've come to realize that some people in the music, and in the world of music, made me feel very discouraged, made me feel like, I lost strength.

During that period, actually there were a number of friends around, my church mates, my families, they gave me alot of support, and let me feel that, I have not totally given up on music.

So I went thru prayers and prayers, asking for God to give me back the hope and strength I was looking for, and today, I thank God where I am now, because I noe exactly what his destiny and calling for me is, and I will trust him to sustain me till the end.

I want to thank the people who've been there during my music lowest point, and I also want to thank God for letting me realize the preciousness of music. He let me never fear again, and the only thing I fear, I fear God. (:

Yokie

Finding rest in the Lord

2009-11-12T16:23:00.019+08:00

Hey guys, I'm back.

I actually typed this a while ago just now, but my friend msn me and I accidentally press back of the IE explorer and my whole post is gone. Initially I didn't want to type it again cuz I lost the inspiration and unsure on how I wanna start this post, but den, due to Eunice's request, I have decided to write again on a second attempt. Lol.

Anyway, I actually wanted to start out the post, thanking God for granting me this period of rest, so that I can focus on a few individuals that I missed out in my life.

I think I just wanna dedicate this post as an appreciation.

I was an extrovert, I still am now, but only when situation calls. Becuz of this period of rest, I prefer to find a balance myself, and making an effort to go to individuals I missed out in my life. Its time I rested. So for ppl who noe me a while now since the beginning, U shld be able to see, I've toned down on my hyperness and approach for ppl.

Prior to these, I just wanna give some background info.

I love joining camps, activities, social groups, and anything that has big group of people surrounding me becuz I just love to make LOTS of friends. I can go up to any1 and talk, I love having lotsa friends, to have fun, to have energy to do sth together, to go out in groups, etc that is something that I love.

I love going to people, I love people coming to me, I love to meet up and I love making an effort to go to people and establish a good relation wif all of them.

Somewhere along the line, I was attached a few yrs ago, I began to tone down, becuz I felt I wanted to concentrate fully on my r/s. Moreover, I already had alot of other commitments from performance, roadshows, work, school and church. I couldn't afford to find time for any1 new.

Another reason was becuz I was afraid my gf at tt point of time, would feel insecure if I had too many group of frens, especially if they were females. Its logical, becuz when u join social groups, u definitely tend to make large numbers of frens of both genders. And I mean, I have as many good guy friends as I have with female friends. So yes, I do have female friends that I am having good relations wif.

But I just wanted her to feel secure, so on my part, I decided to tone down, settle down and focus on the r/s and basically to block out myself from noeing other girls in my life and just maintaing a very normal r/s wif them.

Last reason, partly but not mainly, is the number of friends I already amassed from orientations, camp, fren's, performance and social group. And then, in the beginning the numbers were still manageable, but as it kept increasing in hundreds and hundreds, it came to a point like, I had to be two places at the same time, which wasn't possible. So I felt that I lost focus, I'm not focusing on the individuals, and I couldn't find a balance between commitment of tings I'm doing and friends.

Everytime a new face popped up in my circle especially when its female, becuz of me being attached, I decided I only want to go as far as being just normal fren with them and nth more. I wasn't interested in making friends cuz I wanted my gf, at tt point, to feel secure.

So basically, there were 2 ppl hu appeared in my life during this period whom I felt I missed out, last yr. One was Eunice, and one was Sally.

At first, it is logical that we come to noe each other becuz Sally was in the same lab as me, initially, I plan to just break the ice, let us feel comfortable wif one another, and just stay as hi bye, how're ur doing friends, casual chat and tts it.

Eunice popped up together with Sally and thats how I got to noe this 2 really sweet girls. I rmb when I first saw Eunice and when she tried to talk to me, it reminded me of when I was in the past. So full of energy, wanting to noe ppl, social gatherings, loves to reach out to ppl etc

But initially, I didn't wanna look as though I was interested in making friends with them cuz at first, I was still attached at that time.

But even after when things didn't work out, I still stayed likdat, becuz I still had commitments going on, but I was more open to them, its ok if we're jus going to be friends, u noe lik contact each other once in a while, but I cannot afford to give them time often.

Anyway, both of them sometimes would randomly sms to tell me about things about each other. Initially, I didn't know them well, so I felt, like it was pretty weird, why they were tryin to be all close to me or something, and I couldn't afford to give them my kind of time they needed, so there was abit of distraction at first.

I also rmbed how Eunice can ask Sally to randomly ask me to call or sms her when I don't even noe her well, and moreover, I don't really like talking on fones, I like ppl getting back to me by sms instead. Initially, becuz of her strong approach, I still tot she likes me. HAHA. Anyway, I used to be likdat too, so I understand, some ppl tot I liked them too when I'm likdat. =x

But, anyway I always account back to ppl, so I will still return her calls or sms, but sometimes I only get back to them like at night or 1 or 2 days after. But you can see, that its like I didn't even have time to fork out for them.

There were times, Sally would ask me out for lunch and we would talk on msn, just to catch up, everytime, she was the one that initiated it. That is why I felt so bad, this time round, I decided to make an effort to initiate things instead.

I felt she wasn't the stereotypical type of girl at first, becuz everytime I talked or commented, she would respond otherwise in another way I didn't imagined, quite interesting actually, but yea, at first I felt that it was very hard to understand her, so I felt there might be some difficulty noeing tis person, so it was initially abit of discouraging at first, but it turned out ok I guessed as I got used to her.

Anyway, it was until one day, when I was focusing on my exams for supp paper, Sally told me that Eunice wanted me to call her. Initially, I was like, gosh, what is these 2 girls up to again. But I called, and then Eunice actually called to want to help me out in my supp paper.

From then on, I appreciated her help, I really do, I felt quite touched. I was like, I don't even noe her well, and she wanted to help me. I felt like, wow, I really need to give them time, I'm being so unfair to them, not even giving them a chance to noe me.

Everytime, they would talk on the fone about my blog entries, about how I am so spiritual about my entries, so affirming and there, I couldn't even fork out for 2 ppl that cares.

I feel that its like so unfair of me, I was not able to find a balance in my commitments and friends. And becuz of my r/s last time, tt I didn't want to give them a chance to noe me, and I felt tt I am so unfair.

Everytime they smsed or called, I couldn't even pick up or get back to the sms. Everytime, I would be at rehearsal, or doing sth outside. I usually take a few days to get back to them, or sometimes I'm so tired that I didnt even get back to them.

Yet, they still kept on getting back to me, jus asking how I am, randomly smsing me tings.

So I told God, God I think its time I find rest in you, I think its time to stop whatever I'm doing, I've been doing everything so fast and furious, I seem to have lost focus and not sure wad am I even doing, I seem to lost focus on individuals who come into my life I've missed.

I need to find a balance back in my life, juggling the number of commitments correct and yet not neglecting my new friends.

So yes, God gave me rest, from the time the performance ended, to preparing to go army, to getting my toe nail injured for 2 surgeries, God gave me alot of time to rest until now. Lol.

During this time, I made a covenant to God, I told him I wanted to serve and reach out to my friends whom I missed out in my life during that period of rocky patches and busy schedule.

The 2 ppl are them and I really thank God how much we've grown closer from the covenant that I made with God.

I want to make an effort, even if its as simple as asking them out, lik for a simple lunch or dinner, or even that 3 hour or 4 hour plus of chat with Eunice over the night. Even if its as simple as attending their outings, or writing a small card for Eunice, or getting my friends to come to as a surprise. Even if its jus a simple msn conversation that I initiate..

Even if its as simple as travelling to Sally's house becuz it was jus 3 stops away, even if I had to walk back if there was no bus, or planning sth for the 21st bday. Even if it was jus simply praying for their needs, whats most impt to them. Even if its just tryin to plan and hold a k session. I want to make an effort for them. This is the covenant that I made to God, to want to put in effort to realli hope they appreciate it, becuz I think I wanna be a blessing to them.

We slowly became where we are now and I think God gave me this rest to reflect for a purpose. Definitely God works in amazing ways. All of us got closer one way or another, thru each other, be it Eunice, Sally or me or any1 for that matter, the only one tat matters is, God is the one tt brought us together for a purpose.

As I get to noe Eunice, I'm glad we're on a rather comfortable level to share and account to each other, I get to serve her needs and I really enjoyed my time wif her, as well as Sally, I enjoyed my time with her, just being with her becuz she's just herself, even though at first, it was hard to relate to her, but I slowly begin to understand how her brain works =x Haha!

But I just want to say how much I really appreciate this 2 person in my life. (:

I thank God for this rest too, becuz I can finally put down everything and think bout my destiny and wad God called for me in music, and that I am gonna work towards that direction after army. I feel that when u believe in sth, u need to go out and do it, and to convince.

Its jus lik being Christian. When you feel God is evident in ur life and you feel that ppl may reject the idea of sharing, but the only way we can prove is really jus being a good testimony. When u believe in sth, u need to show and convince ppl.

I believe there's still many more opportunities coming. (:

On a lighter note, since the rest on top sounds so wordy and serious.

Well..no animals were harm in the making of this post. =X

Yokie

Sally's Bday

2009-11-10T03:19:00.004+08:00

First of all, Happy Birthday Sally!

See, like we promised, we didn't throw you into the swimming pool. =x

So now ur 12 yrs old, my my, aren't a little too old looking for that? =x I might be convinced if u told me ur 42. =x Wahaha jk =p Happy 21st birthday! (:

Yep, this small little person right here, whom may seem small on the outside, but actually, has a heart of a giant. Lol. Thanks for always being gentle, caring, loving and being a blessing in our life. (:

Anyway, we went to celebrate Sally's birthday at Raffles Town Club.

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A little background and sidetracking, I didn't turn up for rehearsal briefing because of that. And because of that, I had 9 missed calls at the end of the day, and because of miscommunications. Nice.

Initially, I told Zhiyang that I most probably could make it for the briefing since initially, I thought it was at his house situated at Bukit Timah and it only takes starts at 1pm and takes 30 mins. So I was thinking maybe I could still arrive abit late but still in time for Sally's cake cutting session since Raffles Town Club is pretty near Bukit Timah anyway.

But upon seeing my email, I realised the location was at ZHENG HUA CC. Some ulu place at Choa Chu Kang. And I checked streetdirectory on the fastest method to go Sally's bday via bus and MRT...

And I realise, for bus, I will need THIRTY stops, including changing 2 buses to get there.

And by Mrt, I will need to first take a bus, den take LRT, and den stop at Choa Chu Kang, after that take to Newton and take bus again.

By the time I reach there, the thing would've probably ended. And so.. I messaged Angeline to inform her that I couldn't make it. I even told Mavis the previous night most probably I'm not going cuz of fren's bday.

And the exciting part comes here.. at the end of the day, Angeline didn't receive my sms for unknown reasons, and when Zhiyang assumes that I'll come but I didn't and starts his ranting, and MAVIS didn't occurred to her that she could inform him too that I wouldn't be coming when she's there. -.-

And yea, they gave me 9 missed calls and 3 smses. Amazing. The previous record I had was 39 missed calls from my friend cuz I was suppose to meet them for flyer, to queue up for free entry, but end up I overslept.

So ended up, out of all the seniors, they told me only 2 turned up. -.- So even if I did go, it wouldn't make much of a difference, but becuz of misunderstanding, it seems like they misunderstood me and thought that I promisedto go but got back on my words -.-

Oh well, nvm. Next sat I will account to them.

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Anyway, yea, before we arrived to Sally's birthday, we decided we want to give her a surprise. Actually not really a surprise but more of a "WELCOME" gift. LOL.

Initially, I didn't thought of giving anything since I'm gonna give her stuffs after her celebration wif us and on her actual day, but I felt it was just not enough to turn up empty handed. Maybe I should jus wrap myself in a ribbon and give her as present. HAHA. But yea, I felt it was not enough, I went to nearby florist and got a Pink Daisy!

Initially, I wanted to find a blue rose or a blue daisy, there wasn't any. And red rose are too common anyway.

I wanted to get a bouquet of 3 stalks, since 1 stalk seems really small & insignificant, ended up, they told me they could only make 1 stalk for Daisy cuz its not big enough for a bouquet. -.- Okay, so I had no choice. Anyway, Daisy is cheerful, nice, and bright, suits her jus fine. (:

And Eunice, got this really huge balloon that steals attention away from me instead, and have every eyes lookin in the mrt. =x HAHAHA.

I always tell Eunice...

Yokie: Eunice u noe hoh, actually if u realise, alot of girls like to look at u on the street sometimes. U noe why? Actually they were lookin at ME, so it happens tt they jus view ur direction =x WAHAHAH

Omg, new definition of shameless, how to spell Shameless.. Y-O-K-I-E =x

Anyway, the food was alright, I think I would've ate more at Yuki Yaki or some other buffet places. This was like probably the only buffet place that I ate one plate and thats bout it. Not because the food was not good, it was good, in fact, I feel the Salad was the nicest, but maybe I jus didn't wanna make myself look lik some greedy guy in a rather posh looking place. =x

See, its really good

Anyway, the usuals, everyone chatted, caught up, had brunch or lunch, and basically the cake cutting session commenced.

Now the picture becomes nicer =x

Den Eunice, suddenly came up wif an idea and wanted to take fotos at the staircase and basically it turned out like tis...

And lookin at tt, well....Okay, so I told Eunice, why not we try this instead, can we at least stand in different position and pose for the camera pls, and if u tink tt was nice, tink again..

SEE THE DIFFERENCE? =x

Okay, im jus tryin to say all credits go to Anson, cuz he's the one taking the fotos anyway =p wahahah!

It looks pretty flowery, just the right kind of design for some1 whose getting old =x Oops, sorry I meant young, cuz she said she's 12. Yea, pink looks young =x

Sally's Family

Printing error, TWELVE, ITS TWELVE!!

Her church group photo

Her secondary sch group photo

Of cos the most important group comes in as the last, US =x HAHA

Group foto

And then came the most unforgettable scene of the day..

Well, I'm actually proposing to her... NOT!

Basically, they dared me to approach Sally to sing my rendition of a Happy Bday song for her. I mean come on, its jus singing a bday song. Its the bday's girl special day anyway! Of cos I can do tt. LOL. But I was actually not very ready becuz there were so many ppl arnd. LOL.

It wasn't until when Leslie pulled out the chair, Eunice making all the commotion, every1 suddenly started doing all the wolf whistling and wooo, started whipping out their handy video cams and digi cams, and her family at the other table, and ALL the other waiters and strangers looking, SALLY being so shy and embarrassed and becuz of ALL these add up, I became SLIGHTLY shy too, but come on, IM A GUY, jus sing it man. Wads there to be afraid? =x

So yea, I sang it. It was a tad embarrassing and shy to be singing in front of so many ppl, but yea its for u, I really hope u liked it, hope that I didn't go off key =x

At least when ppl ask me wads one thing tt I cannot forget this yr, at least I can say its this. (:

And I'm glad I can bring this memory to look back to while I'm in army to look back to and remind myself of happy moments, and I hope u do rmb too.

I dedicated that to u =D so count tt as a surprise. =p

Nice pink daisy (: Its not just nice, its LOVELY =x

And there we end the day of her celebration. (:

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THATS NOT ALL! uh uh. Haha!

Anyway, I met up with Adrian for dinner today. We went to eat Jus Acia. Haha! He's a great bro, I thank God because God places him in my life to be accountable to. He is a mature, sensible, loving leader, and I love him just like a real brother.

Shared with him some stuff and I'm glad I got the answers I was looking for. Sometimes, its not easy to share the kind of things I want to share wif any1, becuz I always feel that not every1 is able to give me the kind of advice I want, may not be the right person to advice me, or at least not on that level yet. But definitely, he is some1 whom I can be accountable to about anything.

After dinner, of course, I didn't forget the bday girl's special day coming up at 12am. Lol.

Sidetrack & backtrack a little.. There was one day when I went out wif her randomly for lunch. I rmbered I interrogated her about various things. =x LOL.

Actually it isn't really interrogation. Seriously, honestly speaking, on my part, it really was just a casual conversation, it didn't even occurred to me, I would plan based on these tings she say, but when I wanted to plan all this, I just suddenly recalled, remembered and took note of everything she said.

So yea, this proves I have a great memory, which is actually very evident la, when we were sharing some of our past stuff during lab times, and she can't even rmb some. =x

But anyway, one of the thing I rmbered she told me was that she LOVES australian cheesecake. Initially, I thought she mentioned Australian BLUEBERRY Cheesecake. Oh well, humans make mistakes sometimes =p and anyway, U can't go wrong wif blueberry cheesecake pls, especially when its from SECRET RECIPE =D

Yea, initially after dinner, I went cafe cartel to try my luck to get a blueberry cheesecake, but they told me it was out of stock, I den went to another outlet to try my luck and it was out too. Shucks. But I still got it ultimately (:

Blueberry Cheesecake

And den initially, I told the bday girl, I WILL MAKE SURE U DUN SLP EARLY TML. =x tts jus to let her noe tt I'm planning to come visit her at 12am. Haha!

Initially, I didn't wanna inform, but since that girl sleeps early most of the time, I was afraid I would be making a wasted trip, and imagine lighting up the candles, and everything, and waiting for no1 to come down. -.-

So yea, and at 11.56pm, I called her and told her I'm at her house void deck, and initially, She only thought I had hamster, but I had blueberry cheesecake too. =D I gave her 4mins allowance to come down, so that I could wish her on 12am SHARP, end up, I timed, she took 12.05am to come down. -.-

In the process, my finger got burnt about 6 times. Because I thought she would come down by LIFT, and everytime I saw the lift coming down, each time, I would light up the candle, and when the lift has no1 or is not her, I would blow away and repeat. -.- People who came out of the lift, kept looking cuz they probably tot why I'm so weird, lighting up a candle den blowing away. Zz

Anyway, she came down, caught me by surprise, but wadever it is, I still lighted the candle, gave it to her and yea! Happy Bday (:

Passed her the hamster that I've been wanting to give her, its really hyper active like I told her, cuz I hand picked it myself =P and the hamster doesnt really have a name, but I always call it "little guy" when I'm at home. That scrawny creature have been living off me since den, and I think I did a pretty good job of feeding it till its fat and giving it sand everytime till its fur is soft (:

Yea, the bday girl, YES IM THE FIRST TO WISH HER, cuz she saw mine first =x

Can u imagine how privilege it is to be the first person to meet the bday girl, aside from her family at home, on the actual day! LOL. It isn't everyday she get to celebrate it personally wif a... AHEM... a guy like me u noe.. LOL =x SHAMELESS again omg. Lol.

Anyway, I hope that the hamster brings joy to u and ur family. The main ting is realli, I jus wan u to experience the joy of keeping a hamster again cuz I noe u jus love them so much (:

Anyway, wad I wanted to say, I've already smsed u. Take that as a bday card =x SAVE IT! =x LOL. But, I'm really glad and appreciate tt u are a blessing in my life. I just ask for God to make u rejoice on this day.

Yes, Happy 21st Bday Sally, this post is dedicated for u.

I enjoyed every 33mins of time I have with u down ur void deck and I hope the small tings I did, would be a pleasant surprise to ur bday. (:

Yokie

Our Beautiful Saviour

2009-11-09T13:01:00.004+08:00

Jesus, beautiful saviour
God of all majesty
Risen King
Lamb Of God
Holy & Righteous
Blessed Redeemer
Bright morning star

All the heavens shout your praise
All creation bow to worship you

How wonderful, how beautiful
Name above every name, exalted high
How wonderful, how beautiful
Jesus your name, name above every name, Jesus

I will sing forever, Jesus I love you, Jesus, I love you

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As I'm writing this, sharing the lyrics and singing along wif it, I think God really talked to me and just prompted me. I was at the verge of tears as I was singing that song in my mind.

I think that its a very beautiful song, Jesus, our beautiful saviour. I love you, and I want you to break me, and mould me to who you want me to be. I dedicate myself to you lord, I want to commit my life fully to you, grow as the individual u want me to be, be good fathers of children.

Lord give me a humble spirit, that comes with humility, guide me as I take every step, becuz Lord, I have faith in you, and NO MATTER, how I get distracted or tempted, I will pray and fully focus on you. Everything in my life, is not done by me, not anyone but only you Jesus, you shall be the light upon our dark souls.

For God, you tell us that, we shall seek your kingdom first, and everything else will come after that. We will be provided as we seek your kingdom. That is the promise you made to us, and it remains the same even until now.

I realise this a long time ago, and I just want to share and remind every1. When people get hurt by love, the only way to recover, is to double your love for people around u. I think that that is very true, because when we learn to love the people around us, I tink it is much more satisfying, I feel much more happiness when loving people than wanting people to love me, thats why one of God's commandment is to ask us to serve.

I feel happy when serving my friends, serving children, serving people around us. It flows through me to other people.

Wanting to feel love, should not be filled by humans but by God alone. Thats what Jesus did, and our happiness and needs for being loved shouldn't be based on ppl arnd us.

Human fails, God never fails. When u based ur happiness on humans, they are only going to disappoint and it comes with expectations. But because of expectation, if they don't meet it, u will be left disappointed, sad, hurt. Yes, it is natural part of human nature to want to feel love, nothing wrong with that, but that void or love should only be satisfied and filled by Jesus, and God alone.

I'm more of a person who pens down my thoughts, rather than saying it out.

I think in life, I dare not be truthful to myself. I may seem like a person who can give so many solutions, advice and everything thru the word of God, thru God's ability, but yet, when I face issues of my heart, I do not know how to handle it.

I have a fear of hearing things I may not want to hear, yet I do not want to face the deepest issues of my heart alone. But whenever I hear things I don want to hear, I get confused, sometimes it becomes a crossroad, it becomes a very hard decision to make, sometimes, it upsets ppl, sometimes it upsets me, I am unsure.

But I need to learn how to hear things I fear, cuz in life its very common. You will be placed in uncomfortable zones. A good eg is like when you are at work, what if one day, you have to fire your friend? Or your friend has to fire you? Its very uncomfortable but u hv to do it.

Ultimately, I realise I hardened my hearts to these tings, just so that I can avoid hearing things I do not want to hear so that it would not affect me emotionally. Thats the main issue, the fear of hearing things I do not want to hear. Thats why I need you to guide me Lord.

I also I do not want people around me to feel worried or affected and I want to be a good testimony to God, that I always remind myself, we should be emotionally strong in God, not let it bother us. But I think, ultimately, sometimes, even if it may be a hard decision, it is for the good of God, it is not what we want, but what God wants for us. Thats why we have the body of christ to help us.

God, I hope that you guide me along step by step. Most importantly, it is not about me, it is not about what I want, but what YOU want for me.

If this is from you and something strongly that I feel, that every night, I sit at your feet while in prayer and meditation, making my own calling and election to you, and asking for your guidance and wisdom, and I believe its from you even though I know tat it may not be now, but it may be in the future, den God, I pray that every step I take, you'll give me guidance, sustain me towards the end. But Lord, I know that I must seek your kingdom first and I know that I can balance it through you.

And there is one thing I praise you for, praise you that whenever I feel confused or unsure, God I know you are around, to give me direction and that I have you to depend on, and I never fail to always remind myself a thousand times of the promise that you made, becuz u nvr disappoint.

Praise God

Amen

Yokie

Blk 162 Halloween

2009-11-04T00:05:00.002+08:00

So did everyone enjoy their halloween last weekend? (: Hopefully u guys did enjoy urself dressing up and having fun. (:

Anyway, Halloween is always related by the world and media as death, monsters, ghouls, ghosts, satan, but actually it is not, Halloween is called HALLOW for a reason, also better known as All Hallows Even and is actually celebrated one day before All Hallows Day in some country. So it is not all about the devil, it is the celebration of holy days aka All Saints Day, about the saints, and about God. (:

Anyway, I went for my cell group's halloween party at Bukit Merah. We invited all our tuition students and students we've linked up from Henderson Secondary and the childrens club.

Initially, I didn't plan to go, it was a last minute thing. I actually had a rehearsal tat day but end up, last min my partner didn't go, so I didn't go. And so I turned up for the halloween event.

Initially, I wanted to rent costume, but because it was on the same day itself I decided to go, I didn't rent any costume, but I did some last minute make up. If girls need any advice on how to put on make up, u can ask me, I think i became quite good at it afterwards. =x

This is how a professional make up looks like!

Haha! Last min make up, 10 mins before the party started, I only had purple, white and red available to me, so this is what the end result was.

Anyway, we had loads of games, sharing of testimonies and refreshments

Some other funny/nice costumes (some photos are sideways)

Just let the picture do the talking

Nelson as the mummy lol

Ernest as some naruto character

DAN AS THE TRANNY NURSE HAHA

Yew Choong as the Changi Prisoner

The MC of the night, Dalson, as the count

The makeup gang without costume aka the clown gang

Jennifer's Body HAHA, anyway the right red girl's name also happen to be Jennifer lol

Yvonne as some dead farm girl or sth Lol

Adrian as some dark wizard, looks lik some harry potter character lol

The chef, some weird monster and i dunno wad tt guy is haha

The NURSES and the dentist doctor lol

The best dressed Mr invisible, the dots on his hat is actually all the votes gathered for best dressed award. lol

The kids and the young adults

The young adults & the teens

Fiona as emily rose i guess? haha, with 3 childrens =x

Me and Jady, yea Jady is cute haha

The dance gang

Blow wind blow, blow wad!?

The white shirt guy is suppose to be "L" from death note, apparently, he say his L stands for large. Haha!

Yummy blood~

The clown & the prisoner

Charmaine as some pirate wif tuition student of HSS haha

the teens

Leaving

And the changi prisoner shall bid u goodbye!

Haha! thats all for pictures. Loads of them actually which I haven receive but I'll jus do wif wad I have.

Anyway, Halloween's be fun this yr, great wif those great cute kids and teens from HSS. Its good to serve and reach out to children and the teens in HSS. (: I've been missing some commitments due to my injured toe. Haha. Will be back soon. (:

Yokie

Accountability

2009-11-03T03:54:00.002+08:00

I seriously don't understand why in this world, there are people who lend things but never have the responsibility to return them back, either hoping they would forget, or come up with something so that they could own the thing.

I mean where's that basic accountability, responsibility and integrity? I am a person when I lend things, I trust that it is returned to me at the end in good condition. Even if it is not, at least, I appreciate it if someone is honest with me and apologetic to me or be honest in telling me that why it became like that or maybe that they really like that very much and if they really needed it more than me, I could've blessed them with it.

But not when the thing has been missing for a year, its costly and I didn't even own it for more than a month, and after constant reminder, they're not being accountable and they dismiss my smses and facebook wall comments by deleting, without even getting back or being accountable.

Zzz. Shall not elaborate on it. I really want to trust and give the benefit of doubt, but please at least make an effort to show ur doing sth, or being responsible and not dismissing it lik as though ur doing sth otherwise. Gosh. If I really can't get it back, den by all means may it be a blessing to u, take it as an expensive lesson learnt, but I hope that if tis realli happen, God will speak to u about accountability and integrity.

Yokie

莫文蔚 - 陰天

2009-11-02T18:24:00.003+08:00

阴天在不开灯的房间
当所有思绪都一点一点沉淀
爱情究竟是精神鸦片
还是世纪末的无聊消遣
香烟氲成一滩光圈
和他的照片就摆在手边
傻傻两个人笑的多甜

开始总是分分钟都妙不可言
谁都以为热情它永不会减
除了激情褪去後的那一点点倦
也许像谁说过的惆得无餍
活该应了谁说过的不知检点
总之那几年感性蠃了理性那一面

阴天在不开灯的房间
当所有思绪都一点一点沉淀
爱恨情欲里的疑点盲点
呼之欲出那麽明显
女孩通通让到一边
这歌里的细微末节就算都体验
若想真明白真要好几年

回想那一天喧闹的喜宴
耳边响起的究竟是序曲或完结篇
感情不就是你情我愿
最好爱恨扯平两不相欠
感情说穿了一人挣脱的一人去捡
男人大可不必百口莫辩
女人实在无须楚楚可怜
总之那几年你们两个没有缘

阴天在不开灯的房间
当所有思绪都一点一点沉淀
爱情终究是精神鸦片
还是世纪末的无聊消遣
香烟氲成一滩光圈
和他的照片就摆在手边
傻傻两个人笑的多甜
傻傻两个人笑的多甜

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Currently learning how to sing this song. Its a very soul/abit of blues kind of songs. The groove is nice and the lyrics are one of the hardest to memorise and understand.

One of the hardest song to sing. To totally dwell into the feel, u're not suppose to actually sing out the song but to actually tell it like a story.

I think Karen Mok has done a very good job. One of my favourite songs.

The lyrics is deep as well, the arrangements and melody relates to a love-hate evened out due to two incompatible people. One person break away from the feelings of the person who pick it up. The rational side of emotions, love and passion from the blind spot, in doubt.

Its a very deep song with the right title to describe it, Dark Cloudy Days. I love how the whole song manage to capture the feel, easily relate to. This is what I call good song.

Yokie

Hell-owe'en

2009-10-31T02:15:00.005+08:00

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- Mingling by Master Medusa
- Fortune Telling
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- Best Dressed Competition
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Anyway, I went downtown east today to meet Weiqiang for dinner and we chanced upon Escape theme park. I have to say every year, the halloween event has been really up.

This time round the atmosphere was even spookier, lotsa people who really dressed up and you can see how much details, they put on their make up and costumes and there were lots of people too. There's even a night walk and a costume parade around downtown east. Its happening.

So if you want to celebrate HELL-O-WEEN,, in alternate fashion in a "family-friends-oriented-spookiness" style of envirionment without hitting the night clubs, or bizarre places (which I dun really enjoy those places), or the ZOO (to see the snake) then head down to Downtown East, cuz its the next best happening place

So come to catch really nice visuals like, spooky graveyards, hit the haunted mansion in escape, spooky haziness, live mummies, draculas, and live SNAKES, coffin draggings, costume parade, spooky night walk, fire eating etc

(unless u host a halloween party urself in chalet or at home, den it might be a diff story altogether).

Some photos from last years, halloween.

Sacred Coffin

The Count

Ready to enter the world of dead? (Escape entrance)

Literally Live Flying Clowns

Mind your own grave

Undeads of different era

Impressive? Then this year is even better! (:

And this is some photos I took just now with my phone cam. The place was too dark, so the quality is bad with my phone camera.

Nice!

Anyway, after dinner with Weiqiang @ Buddy Hoagies, we actually wanted to catch Michael Jackson's movie "This is it" but ended up, Yuan Jian couldn't watch cuz Ming fong was sick, so he has to send her back early later on. So before he came, we actually toured around escape, and chanced upon that. Then shortly afterwards, we just went to meet him at whitesands to have dinner at Xin Wang since he hasn't eaten. Saw Ivan as well with his girlfriend.

And my toe dressing came out AGAIN, cuz it was raining, drizzling, and I was trying my best to keep my toe as dry as possible, but it still came out ultimately. Went back and quickly dried my toe and redressed it, dowan to risk infection. zz.

Thats probably bout it, simple dinner session and catch up. Can't wait for my Cell group's halloween event tml. =D

Was suppose to dress up for the event, wanted to rent costume at first @ Masquerade or No.1 Costume shop @ Arab St, but didn't cuz initially, I thought I would be going rehearsal, but end up, I wasn't going already, so I shall go as myself tml. I think I don't need to dress up. I go likdat can scare people already. =x Ugly ma, no choice =x Haha! =p

Happy Halloween! (:

Yokie

Taken for Granted, Underappreciated

2009-10-29T22:34:00.003+08:00

This is a rather random post, but I feel its an important one. So just wanna blog my thoughts on it.

Have you ever felt that in life, you are not important to the eyes of those you give so much attention to?

I admit I experience it sometimes, I think many people do too.

In life, its very common for people to take others for granted.

Like many of us, taken for granted in a sense that we are basically undervalued or not appreciated.

Many times, in our lives, in fact...

Sometimes we feel taken granted because of things like...

Maybe you feel that you always have to be the first to initiate anything to do wif ur frens.

Maybe you have slugged out and put in so much effort in ur work, but ur superior doesn't recognise it.

Maybe you've been serving in church for a while, and you seem to hear so little thanks.

Maybe your friends might take advantage of you, or your friends take little appreciation for what you've done for them but complains something strongly when it isn't what they want.

Maybe with your loved ones, the thanks are rare and the complaints are expressed far more often.

Now, I want you to do your homework, and list down a things of what you feel you have been taken for granted by.

Once you've done that, now, imagine how God's list would look like.

This evening, I was actually abit upset with a few stuff, I just felt slightly underappreciated, it happens pretty common in my life, and I just want to remind every1 that it is okay to feel upset as long as we don't harbour it, and meditate upon our heart. But I just felt like sharing it with my fellow friends or anyone out there who feels taken for granted all the time and yet do not know how to respond to it.

So you need to ask yourself. Has it ever occurred to you, how often in our lives, that we take God for granted?

And I think about how many times I have actually taken him for granted in one point or another (and I think no1 can perfectly deny and say that they never did, whether intently or not), and certainly, I don't like to be taken for granted. No1 likes it, yet this happens to alot of ppl and perhaps quite often.

Then there are 2 things I come to recognise.

You can either brood about it, or you can accept that EVEN GOD experiences this.

I just want to remind us, that God never take his creation for granted and continues to love us regardless. And definitely, I won't and I don't like to take people's life for granted because it is so not God.

I want to be grateful and thankful for people and who they are. Because it is never enough to just think, it is important that you let them know that you appreciate them.

The thing is most people cannot read minds, if you really appreciate some1, you need to tell them, gentle words are words of affirmation. The thing is majority of the people hear too little appreciation from people around us, friends, families, church etc.

So guys, I hope that in our lives, we learn not to take people for granted, lets really be grateful and appreciative of everyone around us.

And for those who felt being taken for granted, just like what I did earlier on, I jus wanna remind u, jus lik how God reminded me today, 2 tings, u can either brood about it, or realize tt even God experience this and I hope the latter reminds you of how you should be. (:

Do not focus on things that makes you worry or sad knowing that it doesn't care. Looking beneath it is a state of mind. You may feel unappreciated because you live up to that mindset that you are not appreciated.

But the fact remains is that you are in fact, very appreciated by the people around you just that you might be blinded to see. But be grateful to God who cast out the blindness and reminds you of how perfect you are in his eyes. You are the apple of God's eyes.

Whether or not, are we facing unappreciative or difficult people, our attitude should never change. It should be an attitude of love, just like how God responds to us even when we happen to take him for granted. So keep loving them and have deep understanding.

I pray over these messages I wrote today and hope that God refill ur spirit afresh for those who felt taken for granted and that remember, God's presence will delight ur soul. Amen (:

Yokie

Eunice's Bday

2009-10-27T13:26:00.002+08:00

This post is a little late and outdated. Haha, but I'm still gonna update it nonetheless.

Anyway, 22nd October was Eunice's birthday. Surprisingly, and of course understandably (since I am always a good guy =x, wahaha self praise =x) I am the first to wish her via SMS. HAHA. =x

We celebrated her bday for her on Saturday instead since that would be the time when mostly every1 would be free.

Her surprise guest appearance is Yuan Jian, Weiqiang & MING FONG.

Now the reason why I purposely capped Ming Fong's name is because, EVEN I, did not expect her to turn up, so it was really a surprise. Lol!

Initially, it was suppose to be only Weiqiang, Yuan Jian & Leslie. With Yuan Jian not able to confirm until much much later when he books out and Weiqiang, agreeing at first, but later told us that he has a family dinner.

So it seems like chances are, they're probably not gonna turn up. WRONG. Haha. It doesn't matter whether Eunice was expecting them or not, but at the end of the day, it never hurts to believe and have faith in miracles, praise God. =p Haha! I never do anything, all I did was just pray. Lol.

In a turn of event, the next day, Weiqiang just smsed me, he was gonna postpone his dinner, and then followed by Yuan Jian, who told me he can come. And I was like, YES, I knew it. Lol. I wanted to sms Sally to let her know at first, but I felt I shouldn't, I think it'll be better if we made it like a surprise appearance for Eunice with everyone not expecting anything. LOL.

Anyway, yea they turned up in the end, which was really unexpected for her. We went to celebrate her birthday at Mad Jack's Cafe, and I realised nEbo card has discounts, and I rmb one day before, I even told Sally, I had the card to get discount and end up, when I placed orders, I didn't use it. -.-

So yea, anyway we bought this for Eunice..

Initially, I wanted to get her some cute Voodoo Doll that has pins and words around like, "treat me coffee" , "please return my calls", "Go out with me today" etc. The main thing is actually yhe "please return my call" cuz in the past, everytime I didn't pick up her fone or sms her back, she would keep bugging me bout it, so I thought yea, good, next time anyone who never returns ur calls and sms, u can PIN IT THERE. Lol!

But end up, it ran out of stock, and the only one left was the one on display and of course, the display one is touched by millions of hands before. -.-

So in the end, I stumbled upon this gift for her, and I find it pretty interesting, cuz initially when I looked at it, i didn't know what it was, and the shopkeeper, approached me, and told me that it is a telephone. I was like, WOW, so INTERESTING!

This would suit Eunice so well, cuz she loves to chat on the phone, so I thought, it was a cool and hip gift to give her, chatting on a unique phone that suits her personality. Colourful somemore. HAHA.

Anyway, Eunice's birthday dress code was CASUAL bottom with FORMAL top. Which in the end, it seems like only the girls seems to qualify that criteria, and the guys seems to be basically casual, with Yuan Jian being SUPER casual, and maybe the only exception being Anson.

I decided not to wear any collar shirt, because initially, I pictured everyone would probably wear something like a shirt, either rolled up, and then skinny jeans or anything that looks like they're going clubbing. So I decided to get something simpler, just put on a blazer, take it out easily or put it on if I felt like it.

So yea, lets just let the pictures do the talking.

Surprise Appearance

Anson, Bee Yean, Yiyuan (I recognised the latter 2, cuz I rmb I saw them arnd engine sch all the time lol, didn't have a chance to talk though)

Joel & Me (Nice seeing his new head, I think he looks better likdat haha!)

(Un)Glamourous foto, Chia Foong, Julia & Sally

Sally & Elaine

Leslie & The Birthday Girl

These are the people who turned up. Haha.

They said that we looked like we're dating and that I gave the rose to Eunice. I always tot it was suppose to be the other way rd. HAHA jk =p But it's a nice pic..

..thats becuz I'm inside! =x LOL no la, the bday girl is the main thing. (:

Birthday girl & her really big chocolate shaped like "esplanade" cake

This is hilarious, I STILL NEEDED to think of a STRETAGY for them to take foto -.-

This is hilarious too, Joel and YJ looks lik brother. LOL

Grp photo

Grp photo

Afterwards, we were suppose to go play board games @ Settlers Cafe, end up when we reached there, the reservation was given away since we were late like almost a hour or a half. We den decided to try our luck at Minds Cafe but it was too noisy and I think every1s probably tired, we just chilled at The Cathay afterwards. Lol.

Took some pictures during our journey to Settlers.

Sally & Me

They said we looked like as though we're holding hands. I'm actually holding a water bottle, Does THAT look lik a HAND to u!? Lol! But this is a really nice pic too. (:

Eunice, Sally & Me

Alright thats all. Hope u enjoyed ur bday Eunice! (:

Yokie

Pets, Toe surgery

2009-10-24T16:03:00.005+08:00

Regarding the previous post of Skippy. I suddenly thought of how many kinds of pets and "pets" I actually kept at home before. Lol.

Currently, I have 1 dwarf hamster, 1 red ear slider terrapin and a few neon tetras fishes with me now and I used to keep pets like...

Lizards

Iguana

Beetles

Tarantula

Discus

Star Tortoise

Angelfishes

Crabs

Crayfish

Hermit Crabs

I nearly wanted to keep a snake last time, but it wasn't available. lol. The tarantula was imported when I was in sec sch, cuz my fren asked me. Lol. The Indian tortoise was given by Vivian, the rest were either bought, or captured at home or outside.

If u jus scroll thru and realize, the common thing bout them is, some of them are really interesting, unique, and uncommon as pets. I love it, becuz some of these pets were pretty challenging (and costly), some of them were dangerous, but it was exciting and thrilling, it also gives u a sense of accomplishment when u succesfully tame these dangerous critters and creatures, thats the main drive behind me tt took these as pets.

I love reptiles, aquatic creatures, insects, and furry creatures.

Reptiles scales and skins are so unique and nice. They look dangerous, frightening, but are actually friendly creatures. Cold blooded outside but warm heart inside. (: Their forest and dry barren landscape lifestyle, burrowing, climbing, camouflouging, is wad makes them so interesting. The unique colours.

Aquatic creatures are like art when u view them in their environment. So peaceful and demure. So quiet, and its great to observe their natural behaviour. It is colourful, bright, and peaceful.

Insects, just like furry creatures, are social too. Once tamed & captive under the right condition, u could take it out, stroke it, watch how it relates to u, feed it, let it climb on u and other stuffs lik tis. Small in size, hard outside but soft creatures are they, they literally let u feed them off ur hands or fingers jus lik a house pet as long as u dun startle it. These are gentle creatures too.

Basically, they were very challenging, and everytime u decide to keep, u are committed and responsible for them to meet their needs.

The time to research the animals, to bond wif it, to actually get to noe these creatures are not really as scary as it looks, the time and effort taken to build up and provide the animal's home and stuff, and it is when under ur provision tat it gives u a joy when u noe ur pets or "pets" are relating to u well, being tamed, handled, and lived a long age under u, is well worth it. =D

Quite cool, I missed my pets. Some of them, in some way, had some relation or interaction wif me I'll nvr forget. lol.

Such as I rmb one time, taking out my 4 beetles out of the tank, onto the table, all of them flew away, out of the house, and during the evening, while im lying on the sofa watching tv, suddenly my mum told me, there's 3 beetles on my body. I guessed it shld've been them. LOL.

The tortoise, tarantula and Iguana, would always await in their sandy, foresty opening in an area, whenever they noe I'm coming, they would always await for me cuz they noe I'm bringing them food. =D

Some of these pets has become illegal already though cuz some of them are near extinction or are jus too dangerous to be kept as pets. Its known as exotic pets.

But anyway, its good to keep some pets anyway, cuz it teaches u how to be committed and responsible for them. lol. Although, they could be quite costly in getting them a really good home and habitat. Haha.

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Anyway, jus some updates on my toe surgery. It is a success. Was pretty much prepared this time rd since its my second time. Basically this time round, they jus added and implemented more steps into the surgery, and tt means more pain! *ouch* lol.

Anyway, initially, my appointment for surgery was suppose to be 2.30pm. So I'm suppose to report at 1.30pm at the surgical clinic.

Before the surgery, a few days ago, the hospital just called and told me mine would be shifted to 4.15pm instead without my consent cuz they said some1 wanted to start earlier. Which I was alright, since I had nothing on, but I was just guessing, how could they change appointments likdat without ppl's consent, wad if they couldn't make it?

But ya anyway, I reported at 3.15pm at the place, and I waited till like 6pm+ to do my surgery. During the waiting, my Mum was pretty bored, couldn't understand why they took so long. So there are other patients there as well, awaiting their turn, she decided to jus hv a chat wif them.

The patient before me, was awaiting his turn as well, a mid age Malay guy around his forties with his wife. My mum started chatting with them in Malay and after the whole conversation, I asked her wad she talked to them bout.

She said, they waited equally long also, and they were awaiting surgery as well, they were jus complaining bout the waiting, and she told me, they started waiting here from like 1.30pm onwards cuz their appointment is at 2.30pm.

So I was like.. OH! SO IT IS THEM, the ppl who requested to change appointment without consent. She said they rushed after their lunch, when they were eating lunch halfway at 12.30pm cuz they had to reach at 1.30pm. And ended up, they waited till like 5pm+ to do surgery. A total of near 4 hours. Wow.

So, I guess this is blessing in disguise. =p Becuz if he didn't changed the appointment wif me, I probably would've been the one waiting for 4 hours. Lol

Anyway, like I said, surgery is smooth. More steps and stuffs were involved for more preventive measures cuz previously the nail grew back again.

This time round, It required stitching, and they use fire to burn some solid stuff into liquid, and den together wif acid, they cut my flesh, thats connecting to the nail at the back, open it up, and pour the thing into it, so as to destroy the nail matrix, disabling the nail from growing back.

Only that part, I felt the sharpest pain, cuz even with my toe feeling numb, I could feel the sharp hot liquid jus seeping into it and burning it away. Argh.

Anyway, they bandaged my whole toe till it looks like this.

And I basically couldn't even wear any form of footwear, I had to wear my slippers on one side, and they gave me a plastic bag, for legs those kind, to wrap on my leg to go home. I got warded for about an hour there, cuz they didnt wanna let me start walking so fast, and den took taxi home. They told me they'll see how the condition is again after 2 wks and that I must change dressing every 2 wks at polyclinic.

I went polyclinic 2 days ago, and saw my toe for the first time, gosh it was seriously disgusting and traumatising. I swear I would not dare to clip my nail on that toe again. It was so ugly, I tot to myself, "gosh, how did it become likdat".

And the inner bandage, was so FULL of blood, tt the whole bandage was red, I could imagine how much I was bleeding after surgery, and u can imagine how pain it is, when the nurse tried to take out the bandage to change when the thing was dry and stuck to my wound. When she took out, the toe was still bleeding.

But basically, yea, thats how my toe is, and its pretty disgusting. Lol. But everythings good. (: Probably will stay at home for 2 wks.

Yokie

Skippy

2009-10-22T17:26:00.003+08:00

Heya~

Today, I shall dedicate a post to my cute hamster Skippy! =D

Well basically, my time with Skippy is not very long, cuz I took this hamster from my friend a few weeks ago. But he was like no other, I just got so attracted to it. Haha.

I remember when I first got the hamster from my friend, which my friend named it Xiao Hei. I decided to rename it. =x And I rmb taking the cage from my friend, while the hamster just looked at me and didn't bothered anything else. I basically is in the process of spoiling him.

Once I got it, I let it settle down into its new environment first. Luckily at Tiong Plaza, there's a pet store, and a large varieties of products they sure have. So u definitely guessed it, I got most of the stuff I needed from there. Haha.

Basically, this hamster has been tamed from day one, I rmb it only took 2 days for him to get used to my scent, and let me hold him, and play around with. I rmb the 1st day, he was still quite scared and actually made a shrieking noise. Lol.

Previously I housed him inside a plastic bin box, which was cost friendly, big and spacious. The only problematic thing was the cleaning, the space it took up, and the water bottle cuz it couldn't hanged and the previous water bottle was problematic. I rmb when I was outside wif a fren at 9pm+, I quickly rushed to a pet shop @ Clark Quay and bought a useless expensive water bottle for $7+ and I only used it for lik 1 week.

Anyway, today I bought him a new house. He adjusted to his home pretty quickly actually. lol. I rmb I spent half an hour or so to choose and see all the cage designed, quickly cleaned it up, and set it up, cuz i jus wanted him to have a better home.

The cage was good. At just $24, the cheapest and by far, the most satisfied cage I see so far, its quite spacious for a single hamster, left hand has a bathing area, has tubes linking to it from below, has a really big silent wheel, a really good water bottle, and food bowl, wif a toilet roll I put inside for fun, and my $2 daiso object.

Initially, I wasn't sure how I wanted to set up the cage. So I just played around wif it.

However, I bought another 7 dollars playground for it. Initially, this was suppose to be an external activity like when I bring it out of the cage to play. But suddenly, I had the idea, since the cage is so big, I might as well utilise the space.

So I decided to place the playground inside. It can sleep in it if it wans, play wif it, store food or nest, or wadever it wans wif it. I didn't know how I want to put it.

But it looks really ugly. Until I decided, OH YA! The playground has 2 holes, and the other is not utilised, I decided to jus connect the playground and the tube linking to the bathing area together, so its like a bigger expanded playground with a bathing area! =D So I readjusted the whole cage.

Now the wheel is shifted to the front, the playground is placed horizontally, linking to the tube below to the bath area. I took out the $2 Daiso object since I guessed he would've had more fun wif the playground instead, took out the toilet roll, since there's more than enuff tubes and shifted the food bowl outside the playground.

And it worked superb. Lol. Skippy climbs around on it, and loves going to the tube linking to the bathing sand area. He adjusted pretty quickly, and recognises my voice, whenever I call him, he would stand up to greet me at the cage whenever I came into room.

Basically this small creature is a great accompany and a friend to have. I never saw him as a pet but a friend. His presence not only filled my heart but also the hearts of anyone who saw him. He is small with a big soul. (:

Bongout, Prudential

2009-10-20T13:20:00.005+08:00

Stomach's been upset for a couple of times already. Must be the steamboat I went ytd wif my church people. It was hilarious. Shall touch on that later. Lol.

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Adventure of Dempsey, Bongout @ Clark Quay

Anyway, during Sunday, I met up with Nigel because we wanted to explore Dempsey Road, maybe eat some Ben & Jerries Ice cream and try out the PS cafe.

But we wasn't sure how to go there, we did our research on streetdirectory.com, and we wasn't exactly sure where it is still, its situated in a rather secluded area, and from queenstown mrt, u have to walk arnd 1km, and from Orchard, u have to take around a 7km bus ride. Very inaccessible.

Anyway, we decided to try our luck. We just know we needed to take bus 123, and then alight somewhere further from Orchard, at Holland Rd, in between Queenstown area and Orchard area, so u can see its quite big. lol.

I boarded the bus from my house area, and Nigel boarded the bus at Tiong Bahru Plaza. I asked him whether he has checked the directory and whether where to stop, he said Yes, he's checked and knows roughly where to stop, which sounded lik a good ting.

The bus, took 1 big round, from our area, to outram, to somewhere, to Orchard... Once it reached Orchard, I was like good, I told him I rmb seeing the map, Dempsey Rd is jus ahead, somewhere between Queenstown that region.

The bus started going towards Queenstown region, at Holland Rd, becuz thats the direction where I always go Hwa Choong previously for rehearsal, and den I told him, we have to alight soon, I think its arnd here, he said No, he doesn't think so.

So the bus continued going towards Queenstown area, to Queensway, to IKEA.. and I told him, u better be sure ur prediction is correct, cuz apparently, I think we're heading back to my house direction =/

And den the bus makes a big turn around Bukit Merah, and we reached our last stop, which isnt our destination. BUKIT MERAH CENTRAL INTERCHANGE. -.-

It was a 45 minutes bus ride to Bukit Merah Interchange, when we could've jus taken 5 mins to walk there from our house, and we reached back to Square one.

CONCLUSION: WE MISSED THE STOP WITHOUT REALIZING IT Zz.

Anyhow, we were too lazy to try our luck again, so we were really hungry and were planning on eating elsewhere. Between, the cheesy baked chilli crab at Tiong plaza, Ikea or Clark Quay.

I decided to bring him to Clark Quay, a cafe called Bongout, since he nvr been to before and decided not to waste our 45 mins eating somewhere near our house which we can eat anytime.

Anyway, Cafe Bongout is a really nice cafe, situated in the heart of Clark Quay, jus ahead of Liang Court abit more.

The special thing bout this cafe is, on the outside, it looks lik a bookstore for manga and magezines. But its actually a restaurant as well. Its all in Jap language though, and u can pick out any manga to read while eating. The food there is really nice, I will nvr forget this place, becuz this is the place where I first tried my Teriyaki Chicken Don which tasted so nice and home cooked, it is the place tt jus reminds me of my time in Japan.

I'm quite a regular patron there, tsk, becuz I think I eat it like every once a week for this month. Haha!

So after dinner wif Nigel, we headed back to Bukit Merah again at night to collect some hamster stuff from my friend. The walk was really long and tiring. Lol. Tts bout it.

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Bongout Again, Prudential

Met up with a friend of mine ytd for lunch at Bongout AGAIN, haha, becuz I wanted to bring her to try sth new and for a fresh change.

Met up at Clark Quay, was late and apparently waited arnd 30 mins cuz my friend tot I was still sleeping when I was bathing. Haha.

It was quite funny, becuz when I entered the cafe again, the same cashier and server saw me. Attended to me and as she wanted to ask me seats for how many people. She suddenly stopped and smile, said hi to me by nodding her head cuz I appeared here yesterday. Lol!

After lunch, we den headed Vivo city, cuz I wanted to get some hamster stuff. As I walked out from the MRT, this person by the name of Rebecca, from Prudential approached me.

Initially, I didn't know she was from prudential, and I didn't have the slightest idea, what it is about. She approached me and asked me to help her to do a survey. I know how hard it is a job for doing collating and doing a survey. So I decided to jus help her do it.

I asked her again, "So this is jus a survey right? cuz I'm rushing for time now, I need to go off after doing it", She said yes, it'll only take a few mins, so I did it.

In the end, we took like 10 - 15mins, becuz she was discussing things lik interest rates wif me for savings, and asked me to write my mobile number down in which I already have guessed, this must be sth redundant again, so I decided to write a fake number down.

End up, I told her, I'm really rushing for time, and if I'm interested, den we'll see again.

She then told me alright, and den she'll jus give me a brochure, I said okay, I'll jus hv a look at the brochure cuz im rushin for time now and if i'm interested, I'll jus get back to them again, which most probably I won't be. But this is jus not to be too mean, cuz she spent lik 30mins explaining things, its only right tt u accept ppl's effort by accepting a small brochure.

IN WHICH AFTERWARDS, she asked me to take a seat while printing the brochure, I was like "gosh, u still have to print brochure? -.-" and den started explaining again to me and FINALLY, asked me to take out my handphone to save her number, so that I could get back to her anytime if I wanted.

I took out and keyed in, initially planning to jus delete it afterwards, and jus keyed in, to give her the impression tt if I'm interested, I'll get back to her but she asked me to MISS CALL her.

-.- So its like, my fake number will be exposed. LOL.

Anyway, it was a spur of moment, if I had focused, I would've jus told her its ok, I'm not realli comfortable wif giving strangers my number, so if i'm interested, I'll jus get back to her on the number she gave me. Haha. Nvm, its over anyway.

Thats bout it, shall blog bout the Steamboat entry another day. Or else I'll have a wordy post again. Lol.

Gonna have surgery later, 4.15pm. Killing time now. Pray for smoothness, safety and recovery. Pray for after effect surgery to prevent infection.

Yokie

Random stuff

2009-10-16T01:19:00.003+08:00

Wow, been spending alot of money this week. I jus realize how expensive stuffs are, even in normal daily needs. Lol! Oh well, but its only occasional, I guess its counted cheap in a way, since after buying the stuffs, it could've last me at least a month or more. Haha.

I think I spend near 100 soon in just a week. Hairspray, Hair Gel (discounted), Haircut (which was pretty useless, becuz the hairstylist forgotten to trim my top -.-), EZ Link (wow this is a killer). Haha.

This does not include, eating dinner or lunch outside, or casual spending like just going for 1 or 2 movies with frens. Gosh. Zzz. And I still have upcoming things to spend on.

But actually, I'm controlling it quite well already though. Haha. I mean the things that I spend are things that I need anyway. So I guess its ok, cuz I wont be spending on it for lik the next few mths. Haha. Which means, I'm actually paying lik maybe less den 4 dollars a day, for my needs. haha!

Oh well, regardless, I'm still gonna bless my mum, cuz I think she works realli hard for the family, and its only right, that I bless her back, cuz she has blessed me for like 20 yrs already? Haha. Tsk.

Its Friday today, never go out, I'm trying to cut cost, cuz I wanna be a good stewart of my own money and save for Saturday's spending. I can't wait for Saturday though. Its Eunice's birthday celebration, and I'm quite excited to meet them cuz its been some time since I seen them. Eunice, Sally, Joel, Chia Foong, Weiqiang, Leslie, Yuan Jian (To be confirmed).

Its like the first time, my 2 different grp of frens come tgt to meet, which is a good ting. I tink its good to bring the 2 grps tgt and jus get to relate to each other. Its a good way to understand ur frens too.

After my toe surgery on 20th Oct, I'm gonna decide whether to work again or to wait for enlistment, depending on my enlistment date.

Oh well, jus a random post. (:

I thank God that because he first gave and provided us, that is why we are able to give freely and bless ppl. And when we bless or serve ppl, we get blessings in return from our inner self, for it is through ourselves that happiness flows out to other ppl. Giving is a simple form of love. (:

PS: Friends, blessing is good, but rmb, only bless when you have the ability to do so (:

Yokie

Updates

2009-10-15T00:50:00.004+08:00

Alright, I'm back. Lol. tts cuz I'm trying to get used to blogging frequently again.

Anyway, if any of u known, I've been having insomnia for the past week, I didn't had good sleep for about 4 days, but now I'm okay already. Thank God, and thanks all ppl for praying for me and giving me advices (:

And to clarify, if u did read ytd's post (or if u did not read it, its ok), I wasn't bombarding my friend. Haha! I jus wanna make her feel she's mean =x Lol! No la, she's actually a very nice person, (only for that day, cuz she went out wif me as compensation. =x) Lol! jk.

She's a nice person la. (: God will be proud of her =p Haha!

Don't worry, she didnt caused me my insomnia, whether anot, I would've had it anyway. Haha.

Anyway, I went prayer meeting at Church today. Was good. Felt joyful. Its always joyful to indulge in God's presence and I think one of the joyful things we can do is to jus come together and pray for ppl of this country, childrens of the world. I pray that every1 hu reads this will have a heart for children, for the heart of God is having a heart for children. Amen! =)

Just wanna share some phrase wif u guys, I think this is how much God loves us and wans us to do the same for ppl arnd us.

"If someone sins against u for seven times a day, and he comes to u seven times a day, saying "I repent,", You shall forgive him."

God is amazing huh? Haha. Just a reminder, tt the hardest ting is to love the unloving ppl arnd us, but still, we must approach them with love just like how God would approach them.

Anyway, Happy Birthday to you Guang Han. (:

Thanks for always being there for us. Thank God for putting u in the midst of us, your fatherly figure has inspired all of us, to show us how to become like a real christian, how to be good fathers of the future, and what kind of men we should be, that women will find in a husband.

May you be blessed abundantly, walk with Jesus everyday and as I flip through the bible now, I have a verse for u, may u be 100% for God. Psalm 100:4-5

That you may enter and approach God's gate with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. Be thankful to him and bless his name. For the lord is good, his mercy is everlasting and his truth endures to all generations. Amen.

Anyway, our whole cell group wanted to come up wif a present for him and every1 was given a paper, and a file and we're to compile it into a scrapbook for him.

This is wad I did ytd, it was 1 day thing, and I didn't spend a single cent on it cuz I found lotsa ice cream sticks at home =x. Well, its the thoughts that count. =p

Ok right! not too bad for a 1 day, budget free work right? Haha! When everyone saw my picture, they said it didn't looked lik me. Really meh? Only 2 yrs only, got so much difference meh? =x

Den a few days ago, went with Sally to check out this ship which houses sales for books and CDs. We went on the last day, so all the good stuff were grabbed already. She managed to buy a book though. However the concept was quite cool though, its the first time I went. Haha.

Decided to break some interesting news to her, and u'll see it from the upcoming pictures.

Hamsters! Haha. So cute right? (: My fren had a hamster that jus gave birth, so I got 2 of these from him. I haven't kept a hamster for quite long already, I'm actually quite excited and joyful bout it. Thank God. (:

So I decided to bless her with the white hamster becuz she used to keep hamsters, and we recently went to a pet shop and jus talked bout hamsters. So I decided to spread my joy to her and have the joy of keeping a hamster again. Haha. Wanted to give her on her bday initially, but realized tt she had it b4 on her bday, so I decided to just give it now as a surprise. Haha.

Den today went Kbox with Bing Rong, Daniel, Cheryl and Min Min. Long K session den to church. Long time nvr see Bing rong already, glad he's doing good at CHC. I didn't have dinner, until like 11pm when I reached my house area. Lol. Was starving throughout the whole prayer meeting. zz. Haha. But God sustained. (:

Praise God for everything. Cya!

Yokie

The difference between Sally & Me

2009-10-14T00:22:00.004+08:00

Hi, I'm here to blog about a cute friend of mine named Sally Teo. This post is dedicated to her.
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Anyway, the first day of my sleepless night, the very first day which I decide to stay awake for 37 hours cuz of someone by the dearest name of Sally Teo, of all ppl. Lol. She made me a victim of her genius cute tricks as wad she claimed.

It all happened because it was about 2 or 3am on msn, She randomly messaged me good night on msn. If I knew, I wouldn't have replied, but me being a good guy, decide to reply, in case she claims tt I am bad and decided to dao her again in which she did, cuz she said she assumed tt I wasn't gonna reply and will ignore her.

So I smsed her and asked her wad she's doing, she told me she's packing her bag AT 3AM+. Who would pack bag at 3AM pls and I assumed she would tell me the truth. Anyway, I was too tired to think. So I jus asked her where she's going, y is she packing bag.

So told me she was going Korea and Aussie and will only come back NEXT YEAR MID JAN. I took that for real becuz firstly, it didnt occurred to me its a schoolbag she's packing at 3am. And her blog wrote that she wans to go for a homestay badly, so I assumed this is one of her top priority stuff to do, so it made sense if it was last min, cuz it is somewhere she wans to go badly. I was abit disappointed already tho. She even said she would get souvenirs back for me if she rmb and ask me not to forget her which sounds damn sad and damn convincing.

I had doubts, so I asked her qns lik why she nvr told me earlier, cuz I knew she wouldnt suddenly go off, how is she going to celebrate Eunice's bday and I asked her did she knew this long ago or just? But she didn't reply, so I assumed she purposely decided not to answer the qns and I did not pursue it, maybe due to sensitive reasons, lik she doesnt wan me to worry or feel disappointed, but i actually was starting to feel abit.

SO I ACCEPTED FATE and jus told myself, oh well, jus bless her, I didnt wanna call her to confirm cuz I wanted her to rest and hv enuff slp the nxt day for her flight. She even ask me whether shld I give her the last morning call. And to make tings even more convincing, she said I can sms her bout my toe condition, (thinkin tt she is going off and realli cares bout my toe condition) and its ok, cuz ppl receiving the sms, the bills won't explode at all.

She told me her flight was 8am, which means 6am she'll be there, which means about 4am she needs to start preparing. I nearly wanted to go down to the airport and surprise her but I realise in order to do tt, I had to cab, so I didn't which THANK GOD, I didnt -.-

She said I could still chat wif her b4 she flies off, and I was feeling quite unprepared cuz she's going off for so long, all of a sudden likdat. So while we stopped smsing, I was thinking wad I wanna ask her on the fone the following morning.

I told myself I've decided to ask her those qns again and her school. Cuz I dunno the university holidays date, i assumed it is holidays for her already and anyway cuz she recently has exams, i assumed it finished but she didnt tell me.

I wanted to ask her how bout her school, when school starts again, when is the holiday, where is she going, whose she's going wif, where she's going to stay, will she be able to come online over there? and jus chat a while more b4 she flies off.

I even woke up at 5am, to search my bible for phrases, cuz I wanna pray for her and ask God to protect her, look after her, and make sure she arrives there safely, and hope its a spiritual journey and most imptly to arrive n come back safely cuz I tink tts lik the last ting I can do as a fren b4 she flies off.

I decided not to sleep at all, cuz I scared I would not be able to wake up. So when the time came I called her... the first ting I asked reluctantly was.. Hey Sally~ So are u lik at the airport now (lik duh in my mind)

AND SHE SAID.....

HAHAHAH IM AT HOME, ITS JUS A JOKE.

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-.- and I got tricked. As compensation, I asked her to eat lunch wif me, and we went to watch movie tgt, Cloudy with a chance of meatball! =D

Actually I wasn't rewarding her for tricking me, mind u. lol. Its true, I wanted her to accompany me as compensation, but den, I realli jus wan her to enjoy and relax cuz this girl has been studying very hard and I jus wanna bless her. She said she wans to be a nerd, but she has no choice anyway cuz she tricks me.

The show was not bad, but I was feeling quite tired, I felt lik sleeping though but I manage to wake up throughout, and she would always wake me up wif her PODS.

Lol. but all in all, most imptly, is we still enjoyed ourselves at the end of the day.

Lik i said this is dedicated to u, so jiayou for ur exams, i will take care of "IT" until u finish exam. lol.

I tink tts bout it. this post is to prove how Good I am =x

Yokie

Vivace, Dewini, SBG, Chinatown

2009-10-04T17:09:00.002+08:00

Yo im back to blog.

My blog will never die, becuz I will definitely come back to do a post, just that u nvr noe when for an extended period. lol.

So I know some ppl might be lazy to come everyday to check and den complain to me tt I nvr update.

So I'm gonna do some update now cuz some of them hv been requesting me to do so. lol.

Not really sure where I wanna start.

Anyway, just to update you bout my toe condition, its not ok yet, becuz SGH keep postponing my operation. If everything is (to them) is OK already, den I'll probably start doing next week, and to re-emphasize again, so that ppl won't ask the same qn, my enlistment will only be known AFTER i done my surgery and after I go for a medical review on 11 Dec.

6th Oct will be Train's enlistment and 7th Oct will be Yuan Jian's. My friends are all going in one by one, yet I'm still stuck here.

Anyway, if some of you still rmb, last yr, I was involved in this Pop Charity Concert known as Change'08 @ SBG (Singapore Botanic Gardens), some of you might have heard it cuz we went TP to promote it as well last yr, and me trying to get all my MP/SIP ppl to donate =x, to mainly to raise funds for ACRES (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society).

This year, please show ur appreciation and support to these batch of music enthusiast from Gefang Music Academy, Vivace'09.

Similarly, its another Charity Pop Concert, mainly to raise funds for MILK (Mainly I love Kids), an organisation that houses orphan.

Similarly, if you want to come down to support me, I will be performing, dancing and singing with them, as seniors and in some segment for seniors vs juniors..

or to support young singers like Huang Zhiyang, Khim Ng, Gong Sijia, Fu Kuan, or support fellow TP seniors like, Han, Welson, Chang Yong..

Please come down to St. James Powerhouse during Dec (Date to be updated), and purchase a ticket for the price of $18 (This money will not go to St James or Gefang, but to MILK).

And at the same time, you'll enjoy one free drink on the house (Alcoholic or Non alcoholic), and if you are a clubbing lover, the best thing is, once u pay 18 dollars (much cheaper den if u usually go clubbing normally), after the whole event, you can get to club at St James.

Do come down and support! It'll be bigger than ever (:

Some events that happened during this month, aside from those normal going out, more notable ones like Church Mid Autumn Outing, Dewini/Pyunn Celebration Outing, and recently, to Chinatown with clique.

Pyunn's Bday celebration

Okay, I came abit late, cuz of my hospital visit tt day, I'll try to recall wad they did, before I came.

First, they met up, before Peiyun came to buy Toto & $5 Nightrace lucky draw. (LOL wad kind of meet up is tt) cuz the toto price was 9million. And they manage to win $8 from the nighrace draw -.-

Then for Pyunn's present, they got her a bracelet, AND a TOTO TICKET sponsored by Kian Aik. LOL (Omg, hilarious present, they were wishing the bday girl's luck would fall on all of them).

Afterwhich they met up the birthday girl, and bought sushis and brought it up to the rooftop of tampines one to eat.

By the time I came, they finished the sushis *shucks* =x

Kian Aik brought his laptop along so that THEY CAN CHECK THE TOTO RESULT. LOL (Man, i wrote this entry as though, the whole point is about the TOTO and not the bday).

We then went Ehub for overnight movie session. Watched Fame. Its not a bad show, quite good. Its an inspirational show, I guess it'll click more with people like me, who likes to perform, or people who have dreams of wanting to become something.

Basically, it says about things like, in life, when you are blessed with talents, u need to recognise it, have the right attitude and to groom and be willing to learn.

Some people might never go past the initial stage where people first recognise their promising talents, but they never progress past tt initial stage.

However it doesn't mean they have to give up totally, becuz somewhere down the line, they might still do something along that line, like a teacher. You might not be a great performer, but you can always be some1 whose good at teaching and grooming ppl.

Some people fail, when they chase fame at every opportunity, end up chasing the wrong things, and sour relationship wif ur ppl.

Some people fail when they believe they have talent that can go all the way, but never groom it, and without proper guidance, faces stress from the mainstream world, and drop out.

Overall, it was good for me, but I guess my mates didn't enjoy it, maybe cuz they were tired, or they felt it was abit disjointed. Lol. I tink it wasn't really disjointed. haha.

Afterwhich, we slacked at White Sands Mac till 7am before heading home.

Church Outing, Chinatown with Clique

Okay, I'll try to summarise this section cuz there isn't any picture available for the time being.

Went to Botanic Gardens on Friday cuz there's a combined Mid Autumn cell outing hosted by Yew Choong.

Credits to him, becuz he planned all of these, and brought 30 lanterns, sparkles, candles for us to use (and Thank God all the lanterns were used (: ).

We gathered at SBG (Singapore Botanic Gardens), and started our game.

We were splitted into 5 groups, each carrying our own lanterns. Our task is to navigate around Botanic Gardens, finding 8 prominent statues situated in SBG, and when we find it, we're suppose to light a sparkle and take a picture with the group, and the statue.

In the end, no1 found all 8, lol, but hallelujah, our group found the most, 5 statues =p But all in all, its a great outing, not about the winning, but bout the bonding. Lol.

Chinatown

Went Chinatown with Weiqiang, Leslie, Yuan Jian, Train, Ming Fong & Vivian. Lol. Train started to shave his head even before enlisting. I guess it'll be kinda weird I'll be the only guy with hair when all of them start enlisting. lol.

Actually there wasn't anything much we did at Chinatown, maybe cuz I came late, so I headed to the market to meet them, jus to have dinner. It was flooded with people, and in the end, we headed to Vivo City instead. I guess this post, should be named Vivo City then Chinatown. lol.

Slacked at the roof top, seeing lots of kids having fun with the small pool, lanterns and their sparkles. And also get to see some floating lantern event at the small pool.

Then walked around, slacked, and I was pretty tired from previous rehearsal, so I didn't manage to stay overnight and watch midnight movie with them. I headed home from there while they headed to Dhoby Gaut.

Thats bout it, i tink my last post bout chinatown is probably the most meaningless post. Lol.

Cya

Yokie

Life back as a civilian TEMP

2009-09-16T19:22:00.004+08:00

Ok, I guess some of you would've probably already known or heard about the twist of my army fate. Lol.

Just for those whom haven't had the slightest idea of wads going on, I guess I'll just probably briefly explain.

Basically, my act of enlistment on 10/09/09 has been postponed till further notice because I am medically unfit and I am to report for a medical review on 11/12/09 to confirm my PES status and my enlistment date.

Alot of ppl would probably go like, wow, I am so lucky. Damn, this guy gets to slack for so long. Well its not exactly a good thing, it has its good and bad.

Every intake is 3 months, so the earliest I'm getting in is DEC batch wif the JC ppl. That is only if provided, I am able to go into the DEC batch.

Now think... WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO GO MEDICAL REVIEW on 11 DEC when I will recover in just 1 to 2 weeks time? And to make things worse, if the DEC intake is full, my earliest enlistment is APRIL 2010. wth.

Yes, despite me telling them I'll recover in 1 or 2 wks time, they gave me 3 MONTHS of PES D status (which means medically unfit to grade).

So yes, I am gonna plan to call them up to confirm my fitness right after my recovery from surgery, 2 weeks from now, in hope to confirm my status and fitness asap in time for DEC intake.

So much for the thanks and goodbye. lol.

But still, the feeling sucked, becuz, I already finished wadever I wanted to do as a civilian b4 I went in, and then now, its like I'm back as a civilian again. lol.

Oh well, better cherish my freedom while I can.

Anyway, some updates. These few days once I am back as a civilian, I've been eating alot. Activities start pouring in consecutively once my enlistment was postponed.

Mainly becuz, the guys like Weiqiang and Guan Hui, has already POP, so they have lik 1 or 2 weeks off, so they wanna make full use of time to go out and enjoy b4 they are back to army life.

And then followed by my friend's birthday, like Mun Ting and Gabriel.

Went Gabriel's BBQ Birthday at Aloha Changi on Friday. Was abit ulu and far, but the chalet was really big and lotsa ppl turned up.

Church Gang

Rock band is really fun, great for party games

The bunch of idiotic guys, who challenged to see hu can last longest in tt freezing tub. I was one of them too initially =x LOL

Happy Birthday Gabriel

Afterwhich, the day after, I went to johore with Weiqiang, Yuan Jian and Wilson. Before we went, YJ, WQ and me went to swim at seng kang swimming complex. I forgot to bring passport out, so Wilson had to drive me all the way back to my house and we headed to woodlands check pt.

Johore was good. Things were really cheap there. And the best is, its the home for pirated games =x We went Jusco, walked around, ate at a HK restaurant which was really good in my opinion and freaking cheap. 3 dollars sing can get u a main course already la.

YJ and his food

The only bad thing was , we went during a weekend, so on our way back, we kinda got stuck at the custom for lik freaking 2 hours at the custom.

And they were thoroughly checking people passing thru the custom cuz it was a public holiday. Luckily they let us pass, cuz I had lik 2 pirated CDs in my bag =x But anyway, the trip was good.

The following day after JB, we went east coast for Mun Ting's bday. Again we had BBQ food. Gosh.. We stayed overnight. Some pictures which I have.. Waiting for the rest ot be uploaded.

Anyway, like I said, we stayed overnight. The girls slept on the beds and as usual, the guys slept on the floor. Almost all the guys didn't sleep at all, cuz the air con was freaking cold.

AND COMMON SENSE would be to WAKE UP, and just adjust the air con, but NO. The remote control was just on top of YJ, and despite freezing till death, he didn't want to adjust. I had to force myself, to wake up and walk over to his location, and realize tt he wasn't asleep becuz he looked at me, and I adjusted the air con. Zz.

And the eating doesnt stop here, yesterday I met up Gah Wai to eat eighteen chefs restaurant at the new outlet at Tiong Bahru, we ate freakin alot, Baked Chilli Crab tt comes with 5 buns, and comes wif another 4 garlic bread, wif soup of the day, 6 nuggets and ice cream. Wow. -.- bloated

And then TOMORROW, I am gonna eat BUFFET becuz Mr Puah wanted to eat tt instead of going K, so we jus accomodated to him since he has to leave early tml evening for TKD.

Gonna meet the rest at 11.45am at city hall tml. Kudos~

Yokie

Goodbye Boy

2009-09-10T00:53:00.002+08:00

Hello! Today will be the last day I blog as a civilian for now. Tsk.

I'll be off to Tekong island in about 10 hrs time. Thank you Guang Han, Adrian, Dan, Yew Choong, Nelson, Derrick, Manfred, Joel, Benedict, Lirong & Edric for praying in church for me today.

Thanks Weiqiang, Guan Hui, Dominic, Xue Li, Benedict, Sean, Adrian, my 2 brothers at home for giving me advice on how to watch out for myself and to prepare army life.

Thanks to everyone who made an effort to catch up.

Eunice, Sally, Joel, Chia Fong for all the lunch session, including today, the KTV sessions.

Weiqiang, Yuan Jian, Train, Leslie, Wilson, Sheryl, for the random gatherings when Weiqiang books out.

Wahab, Guan Zhong, Kelvin, Estella, Firdaus, Leslie, Gah Wai, Khairul, Wei Lun for the random supper and dinner.

Wanwen, Han, Chang Yong, Jaslynn for giving me my first and last Vivace mini outing as a civilian.

Eric, Meiling, Shaowei & Mavis for the KTV session.

Angeline for the Thai express lunch and catching up.

Min Xing and Han for the lunch outing and arcade session.

Grace, I thoroughly hope u enjoyed the place I brought u.

Sze Kee for meeting up 1 hr to eat. Shuangying, for the really random dao huay & movie session.

The church people for all this time and Swensen's ice cream buffet.

Dewini for YJ's birthday and my army farewell.

Lets just take a brief look through of my civilian days before I enlist.. (Some of u probably would've seen my teeth already but here goes)

Mx!

Flyer @ YJ's Bday

Weiqiang, Train, Sheryl

Clark Quay & Holland V

Vivace!

Eunice Kbox session

Dewini!

Swensens!

See you all back in 2 wks time. =D

Enjoy ur freedom while u still can! (:

Yokie

Wo Hai Xiang Ta

2009-08-20T00:26:00.000+08:00

Wo Hai Xiang Ta - Yokie

Pardon me for singing another JJ song, cuz i jus hav much loves for his song. Well, i jus sang it cuz i'm bored. Jus share it wif every1 (: Nice song. Wo Hai Xiang Ta

Infatuation vs Love

2009-08-18T04:16:00.022+08:00

Just caught up with Adrian just now. Had dinner at Clark Quay, brought him to the Jap cafe. We ate Teriyaki Chicken Don + Coffee jelly with Green Tea Ice cream. Haha.

Anyway, we were talking and then we kinda stumbled upon topics on relationship. We both decided that relationship is realli about making choices and being responsible of them. Just wanna share some stuff.

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What is Love and What is Feeling.

I believe tt love is a choice, its never a feeling, an emotion or something tat passes by in a moment. You see, when you are angry, you can still choose to love a person regardless. To step up and rise to the occasion, and to love and forgive some1, to me, thats unconditional love.

Feeling, lik wad I mentioned above, is an emotion or something tat passes by in a moment. Anger, is a feeling, sadness is a feeling. Joy is a feeling. Touched is a feeling. etc

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The Real Purpose of R/S

U chose them becuz u love WHO THEY ARE, which also means, u must totally understand they have weakness, jus lik all humans, and its only right tt we are capable of committing the same mistake as them. So u hv to recognise tt, love their weakness as well but also help them grow. Tts ur role as a partner.

The simple reason tt u choose to get tgt in the r/s wif the person, should be because u noe tis person well enuff, and can be sure they provide u, and to be wif u in a long time to come.

So this is the person u chose to be wif and wans to marry in the future.

So, people ask, how do I even love or see myself getting together wif them when I don't even feel for them?

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Feelings Elaborated

Well, feeling is part of love, but its not the main thing.

When feelings comes first and then u choose to love a person, becuz the feel was right, den its infatuation, also known as attraction. Feelings cannot make u love some1 for hu she is, it can only make u feel INTERESTED.

Similarly, feelings cannot let u noe how a person is. Can u safely tell me, becuz of wad ur feeling, u can depict his behaviour, his character, how he handles tings? This is when things are swept up by the moment, jumped into it, cuz it jus felt right.

Then a r/s based on feelings will not last or rather, it'll be hard work, and costly. Courtship can only last tat long, and the longer it drags, the worse it gets. Even when ur dating some1 or going after some1, the longer it drags, it gets worse. lol.

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Feelings are CREATED & Triggered

Feelings can be created, lotsa ways in fact.. to name a few.. through atmosphere, bring them for dinner at a nice place, whisper sweet nothings, surprise them etc This is when u feel the romance, the warmth etc Making ppl feel attracted and interested.

But u can't possibly do tt everyday. If a r/s is based mainly on it, u'll tire out or exhaust ur ideas, then the "feeling" fades, and when there's no more "feel" in the r/s, it becomes lik they're not falling in love anymore, they leave.

Sounds familiar?

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The R/S Stages

First 1-4 mths honeymoon period, 4-6 months, issues and differences starts to surface, 1 yr - real test of r/s.

I'm sure if any of u have been in a r/s, will definitely find it surprisingly familiar and in some stage of the r/s, definitely went thru one of the few stage i mentioned.

The first 4 mths, are usually the fall in love and perfect period. Honeymoon. Dates, surprises, presents, lovey dovey messages, promises, going to lotsa places, jus a world of 2 ppl, u noe its realli HOT on FEEL cuz the person created it for u (:

Continuing onwards, differences and issues, which u didnt noe (probably cuz u dun even noe a person well b4 hand to start off wif, lik how he'll handle situation, how he handles problems when he's stress, is he insecure etc etc), starts to surface out.

For those that couldn't handle the differences, they leave, cuz they realize they're not ready to accept this partner, or there's jus too much differences. This is when u jus noe, u CHOSE the wrong person or u dun CHOOSE to love the person anymore.

This is wad happens when u dun understand ur partner b4 u got tgt. Den tts the end of infatuation.

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Relationship based on feel/attraction

For those tt nvr had the chance to noe their partner b4 the r/s but are LUCKY (cuz their partner are already good, loving, forgiving ppl but they only realized it after being in a r/s), den it goes on to 1 yr phase and onwards, this is the true test of r/s.

It breaks down into simple 2 kinds.

Ppl hu seek feelings, and ppl hu choose to commit. (Love is a choice, not an emotion)

For those whose r/s is mainly focused on feelings/emotions for the partner, they realise they exhaust ALL their ideas, and it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain the feel. (Yes feel can be created and it must be balanced) Some1 will probably tell u, the classic phrases jus lik how girls would reject in guys in a nice way..

"I don't think I feel it anymore", "The feeling has faded", "I just don't feel lik how I did in the beginning"

It ends here. Each of these sentences has a word called feel, and the issue is the feel was lacking.

So tis is wad I call, a "relationship" tat is focused on the feel for the partner.

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R/s based on Commitment & Choice

For those who chose not to throw in the towel, and decide to commit. R/s is based more then emotions and feelings. Usually it is the differences and mutual understanding tt's wad makes the r/s grow n become stronger.

This is when u CHOOSE to LOVE the person and forgive or grow tgt from it. Den the bond grows stronger and the feel comes wif it. Den u can start doing the occasional surprises to balance up the r/s.

The difference, is tat the feel, is jus part of it, a supplement, not the main thing. See the difference?

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Conclusion

So really, r/s is not courtship, it shldn't be based on feelings, and the ting tt keeps r/s running is when differences surface and both choose to head towards the same direction in the r/s and still choose to love the partner.

The simple understanding is tat when 2 ppl get tgt, 2 hearts become 1 and direction of the r/s shld be heading for the same direction. and hopefully it shld be arnd a marriage direction. This is r/s. It is a choice of commitment

So realli, finding the right partner, is all about making the right choices, and noeing the right ppl to go into a r/s wif, not the right feelings. So its really about taking the time to noe a person better and finding the right person b4 letting the feel determine for u.

You can't love or noe more bout some1 from feel. How do u determine the person's character, a person's relationship wif his frens and family, how a person handles a problem, his mindset etc etc, jus by feel? lol.

and its difficult to have a feel last so long, and I pity those ppl tt tries hard to maintain the feel but it just nvr work, becuz feel can never last!

Its exactly common sense and safe to say tt u can't choose to feel angry, sad, happy for a long period, it jus happens. lol.

Love is NOT attraction and realistically, its actually tiring trying to ATTRACT ppl, so they stay INTERESTED in u or come to u.

Yes, we can try to attract ppl during dating so that they wan to noe MORE bout us, but don let it become the focus in the r/s. Drop the mind games, the control games, and jus be urself. A girl don need a bad boy, a girl needs a strong man. Don let it be the main ting in a r/s cuz its definitely more den tt.

U can attract and play all the mind games to all the ppl u wan in ur life, so tt many will come to u, but rmb, they came mainly for wad u created n did. But only u urself will noe ppl whom are genuinely interested, and its not wad ur bare eyes can see.

I've been thru all these stages to safely tell u this.

Affection grows when u choose to Love and it goes a long way.

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My personal opinion

Personally for me, I don see a rush for relationship. I don't NEED a girlfriend. Relationship is not a must, its a supplement. My girlfriend is the one that will help me grow and one where we could be interdependent.

I'm ok remaining single, and I'll take whatever time I have to take, to know a person well, and find the right person. I won't rush into one jus cuz I wan a gf, lack companionship or jus wans to feel how it is to "fall in love".

I hope this article made some sense to all ppl out there.

Yokie

This is for (Insert ur name here)

2009-08-17T04:53:00.005+08:00

Decided to blog again. I think I'm slowly getting back the feel to blog. Just felt like blogging at tis hr and I should, since the blog should be the place where I pen down my thoughts.

I have exactly around 3 and a half weeks before I go in army. I dunno y, I suddenly have this surge of motivation to look forward to army. I have this motivation to want to start running everyday now before I go in army.

Actually, I tink I will miss a selected few people when I go in army.

I will miss Shuangying, Yuan Jian, Weiqiang, Eric, Meiling, Sally, Han, Sze Kee, Min Xing, Angeline, Qinny, Wahab, Guan Zhong, Ridwan, Adrian.

Names that are not mentioned, pls don flame me. Lol. I still miss every1 but I cant possibly mention every1.

Those mentioned, are those whom I will specially miss alot more than others. I have deeper relations for them, deeper memories involving me, happy, sad or deep memories, they are in my heart. So be assured, they will not be forgotten in a long time to come. Yes, Yokie is a bias guy, I admit. Extra loves to them

Cuz when I'm in army, I admit, I think they'll jus keep appearing in my mind and I'll miss wad we do everyday and all the small little tings, jus lik I'm starting to miss it now.

So I hope u guys feel it, even tho it may not seem lik it, but from my heart, I hope ur able to see I'm really tryin my best to take every opportunity to meet u guys as much as possible whenever i can b4 i go in, and I cherish and appreciate down from my heart when u guys meet me, cuz I noe I might not hv the chance, or at least for 2 yrs, we might nt be seeing tt often anymore. I'll make an effort though! haha

Army will teach ppl to learn to cherish my weekends more and cherish ppl arnd u.

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Actually, I went to Seany's blog, and I saw this being drawn by his buddy in his camp.

It was actually his army post, tt influenced me to have such positive mindset suddenly cuz I kinda expected, this will probably be how I would post my entries too when I'm in army.

He basically jus summed up for me. lol. Kinda like a sneak preview. lol! I think both of us are the same type, naggy but we appreciate alot of tings in life.

Can u imagine how optimistic it is to see some1 actually draw out his memories in army. 2 yrs after we ORD, and maybe another 5 - 10 yrs down the road, this will be memories tt is valuable and precious. (:

Maybe I shld kinda do sth to take note of my experiences in army too. I'm quite good at drawing stick men. Laughs.

Gosh, its the 2nd day I'm sleeping at 6am. Parents are nagging now. Gotta slp. Cya!

Yokie

Flyer, Happy Bday Yuan

2009-08-17T01:21:00.006+08:00

Okay, photos from the flyer and some other fotos which we celebrated for him earlier.

*Edit* I realise when I try to resize the foto it looks suxy and pixelated. So im gonna leave all in original size.

Mr Yuan

He should be happy, that this time rd, his birthday is not celebrated once only wif mf. Haha!

Oreo Cheesecake

Before going in

Man Hunk Spotted

View from the top

Mr Lin & Me. Recruit & commando. Lol. Apparently, the cold air has made Lao Lin's face constipated.

The tourist behind took foto wif us too

Happy 20th Yuan

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Anyway, I'm gonna remove my braces this wednesday finally. And then the following week for retainers which is probably gonna stay for another 2 yrs. =/ lol

Recently, I've been playing FFXII. I realised lotsa games couldn't load on my ps2 because the disc was dirty, FFXII was stuck at some cutscenes too.

So I decided to purchase CD wipe solutions for my wiper since it dried up. And good news is, ALL the games can work after a wipe! =D

Bad news is, of all games, FFXII after wiping it, couldn't even manage to load the first screen, and tts the game I wanted to try to complete. Zzz

Anyway, I received my DBS IBanking Device already. Cuz previously, my salary banked in with the wrong amount. A difference of 320 dollars was missing. -.-

I love the stickers they give for personalization. They have lots of different designs, but they gave just 4 for me to choose from.

So I decided the black one is the nicest.

Nice right!

I never imagined holding a device or hanging it arnd my keys can look so cool. LOL

Can't wait to meet Adrian tml for dinner, gonna bring me to a jap cafe at Clark Quay and then Mavis & Germaine for Ice cream at Holland. Cya!

Yokie

Hippie!

2009-08-16T02:11:00.007+08:00

Hihi!

Been busy a few period cuz of the mountain of events that I was involved and work. Its been ages since I got on the laptop.

There seems to be so many updates to share, I don't really know where to start with. From Han's kbox gathering, Yuan's Birthday, Movie marathon, last day of work, Sentosa outing, Eric's BBQ, Nebo's gathering, Gefang's audition etc

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Anyway, just celebrated Yuan's birthday with Weiqiang, Shuangying, Ming Fong, Lih Yee (is tis how u spell it?) & Victor, a rather random clique if I do say so myself.

Initially, we wanted to watch movie, but we decided to take the flyer in the end, which was a good choice.

Amazingly, we were able to see some locations from there, like eg, Marine Parade, (which is very near where mf lived and sy used to work) though it wasn't very big. lol. The cabin was cooling, and for awhile, we were just enjoying the view, though it was pretty dark. The picture was nice. Waiting for it to be uploaded.

I hope he finds this yr's birthday good and special cuz I believe both of us are at the stage whereby we don't really wanna continue growing older anymore. (maybe thats for me =x), so stop reminding us of our age anymore! lol.

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And I just quitted my job this week which is a relief and abit saddening cuz I finally get to rest and do heavy catching up yet saddening cuz I really enjoyed my time here with the people and I'll miss them.

Anyway some very very very very very very very very overdued pictures.

Actually, with facebook around, its a wonder if anyone ever needs to blog with pictures anymore

My hairstyle previously which I didn't bear to change it until recently. Cuz I was trying to grow my length but it just didn't grow at all.

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Went to Eric's bbq session because it was his 24th birthday. Was pretty enjoyable cuz its the first time I bbq'ed with so little ppl, lik less den 10 ppl altogether.

Even thou i dunno who's idea was that on the cake, i must say, A JOB WELL DONE! *claps lol. I gave him a Domo HP holder for present since I knew he recently got his omnia 2.

Birthday Boy

Yummy veggies!

Food!

I kinda screwed up, becuz during BBQing, i actually used the thongs that were used for charcoal to cook the food without realizing it.

only when some1 asked "where's the thongs for charcoal ah?" I was like.. uh oh. oops =x

Look at the cake!

60 DA SHOU. HE'S 60! Nice guys nice. speechless.

He kept complaining he is old, so he got his wish

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Why always sentosa!?

Drag me to hell? Nope. Drag me to Sentosa!

Adrian Yang looked as though he scored a goal, and Guoqiang was running crazy

I find my emo shirt cute

I am not pro at it, serious lol

Lirong looks like he's about to hit us

Dead Arab

Wushu exhibition & Para Para

Uncle also got go sentosa 1 hoh

不知道是哪个变态拍的

Afghan Bride for sale. LOL. He's the dead body =x

Will update the rest of the fotos soon.

The good thing bout facebook is, it helps to revive ur blog.

I'm actually quite tempted to change my status in facebook to "in a relationship". I just wanna see wad kind of reactions I spark =x. Haha!

Cya!

Yokie

Insomnia, Thank God

2009-07-15T02:28:00.004+08:00

Hey guys, shall be blogging in purely text since I have no pictures to upload for now. lol.

I've been experiencing insomnia for the past 3 days, and I couldn't get a proper sleep without tossing and turning for 1hr+ and then sleeping at 5am to wake up at 7am for work. YET, I'm tireless until the 3rd day, spectacular huh? lol. And I think I've identified the reason for that.

I realise the whole cycle starts after I end work late, reached home about 11pm, 12am+ and I DO feel tired, but whenever I start to get droopy or sleepy, my bro would kinda wake me up to use the computer cuz he'll be going out. How can I miss out on the opportunity to use the computer since I haven't been using it at all the whole day! Lol.

And there I go into my cyberworld, till 3am, 4am because I don't want to sleep early myself, going to work, coming back from work and then sleep to go work again, dreading a no life lifestyle, therefore I used the com late, which is equally lifeless.

And just when I was about to sleep at 4am, my bro would come back around the same timing, switch on the lights brightly, make some noise and I would be fully awake again. Yep. Chaotic sleep huh? lol. To make things worse, my laptop radiates so much heat, and if Singapore's weather is not hot enough, everytime I sleep, I feel so uncomfortable.

But I'm glad my sleep time has been reverted back. (: well.. at least for ytd. HAHA! I was about to sleep just now till the same thing happened again but I think I should be able to sleep today cuz I do feel sleepy while blogging this. (:

And there's my short story on my insomnia. Alright.. I've been watching movies recently. I think this summer's movies has been good so far. I mean I thoroughly enjoyed Transformers & Ghost of Gf's Past, eagerly waiting for Harry Potter, wants to watch Ice Age 3, and I watched The Haunting of Connecticut today after work. I think movie is cool, and I think my 6 dollar tickets from nebo for the movie is a steal and I wouldn't mind spending money watching good movies.

C'mon, not everyone has a posb card or wans to pay by posb to get entitled to a 6 dollars tickets, not every1 has a student pass which they can trick to get 6 dollars tickets b4 6pm like me, HAHA, and not every1 wants to watch before 6pm. Moreover, not everyone has a nEbo card! SO WAD ARE U WAITIN FOR NOW?! come sign up at e!hub level 4! (LOL, advertising =x)

I guess my life is pretty dull now. Actually I would say a balanced life, I'm sure everyone will say that too if they were in my shoes. lol. Work, work, work, getting more money. I'm gonna plan my budget. When you have money and ur not attached, and u PLAN, the good ting is u get to splurge money on urself for the things u wan and good food and u still have extra for ur savings. (:

Right after I come out from army, I'm definitely gonna get a new phone. In the meantime, I might get a decently good earphones. I will get a watch but not this month, I'm gonna get either a PS3 or a Wii after army. Maybe get a few clothes apparel, like 2 or 3. I'm gonna attend music classes at Music Clinic or OB during army and I already have some money for Uni and I'm gonna apply Uni right after my 2 yrs in army. Probably SIM and considering other Uni like Curtin and Psb Academy.

My list is actually considered little, abit costly if u consider spending everything in 1 shot, but with enough planning, its actually worth it long term since I won't be needing or wanting anything else for the next few years. I mean, it makes me look good, feel good (watches and shirt), there's enough entertainment in my life if I chose not to go out (PS3 or Wii), I'm able to cope wif the fees for music sch and pursue my interest (music classes @ $150+), I'm able to pursue my degree (Uni)

The good news is, I'm not splurging everything in 1 shot, and I'll have enough savings every month or anytime I decided to get one of those tings during the period from now till after army.

U realise when ur single, u dun need to get much things, and a few good stuff is really wad will last u a long time and u can afford to get it, and tts y single ppl get to pamper themselves and yet still have money as long as they plan and be good stewarts of their money. Haha!

The rest would go to my savings, my parents, and for my rest of the other misc stuff. lol.

Still meeting up with my clique, everytime Weiqiang books out. Went Kbox recently with them and happened to saw Han and Charis and going kbox this coming sat with Han. lol. Also went steamboat at suntec convention centre. The food was good. Worth my $25.80.

And its great to have a good connection and relation with ppl. When ur relationship wif God is good, ur relationship wif Man is good and everything just falls into place nicely and smoothly. I met lotsa new friends, and kept in touched with lotsa old friends and I have many opportunities involved for my interest and a job that gives me enough wages and time. And very simply because I don't have overly expectations on myself and am satisfied with wherever God places me.

I have to admit, these few years, God has been very good to me, making me into a better and better person which I don't regret.

When I look back at myself for the past few years, maybe when it was 4 or 5 yrs ago, I would start questioning this change, thinking whether its a good or bad ting and say, man I grew weaker and softer cuz I am not as strong wif my decision, I am not as confident, funny, cocky anymore around girls, I cannot influence ppl to my decisions, I don't have an expectation of myself, and that I always give in to people, and I'm not as fun to be wif.

But I'm thankful Guang Han supported me through and stuck me through the whole process. His words will always be something I rmb. It goes sth lik, "Trust in God, that whatever transformation God is doing to u, its for ur good and God will not harm u, he wants u to be a better person. Just trust in the work he is doing. U will grow stronger, not weaker, even if its by ur knowledge. But God's wisdom will surpass ur knowledge instill his wisdom into u."

Very true in fact, now, I thank God, because, I am not as strong in my decision becuz i'm not as stubborn anymore with wrong decisions, I make the right one and only stay strong and stick by it.

I didn't grow weaker, I grew stronger emotionally becuz I am no longer as ignorant, I understand certain things better not to let it upset me.

I am not as self centered and no longer thinks for myself, I am not first, I am always last.

I am no longer proud, sarcastic in a bad way, and flirty arnd girls cuz it serves no purpose. I am not ready and I want ppl to like me for hu I am in God, and I believe God will provide the person one day. If ppl like me becuz im the otherwise, den sth is very wrong wif them. I am confident, funny, and proud in God. (:

I'm more opened to other ppl's view and don't assert my own views anymore, I'm not always right, I don't argue to put my pt across anymore, be it right or wrong, most imptly, is the relationship wif ppl.

I don't have unrealistic or unneccessary expectations anymore and I don't expect things to happen, ie. to earn 2k+ wif my diploma and my standard and in this time of crisis, to be a performer, to get a girlfriend, etc etc and end up with nothing with my expectations. I am satisfied with where God has placed me or provided me when I least expect, and fruits bear when u are satisfied wif little stuff and be thankful for it. I have humbled myself.

I give in to other ppl, because I am no longer selfish. I share stuffs, I want to bless ppl and I want to spread love to ppl. It is not about me but it is about me being a good testimony to God.

In fact, I grew with strength and love. Thanks God (:

Yokie

Ikea, Transformers, Angeline & Qinny, Sze Kee's Bday

2009-07-08T02:42:00.005+08:00

Alright, im back to blog. I'm trying to blog on a more frequent basis now cuz I promise a few of my friends that I would actually try to update more often. lol.

Was late for work today. Was suppose to be working at 1pm but end up, I woke up at 1pm instead. lol! I forgot to set alarm and last night I slept at 4am plus instead. I just didn't want to sleep because I don't want to sleep, and wake up the next morning to go straight to work.

So I wanted to make full use of my night, which explains why I sleep v late nowadays because I just don't want to get to sleep. But I realise, I do alot of time wasting stuff instead like Facebooking and beating my Final Fantasy 8 on my PSP before I sleep. lol.

Not that I don't look forward to work, I just dunno y I have this weird habit. lol! Work is fun, cool, relaxing and as usual balanced. I realise as u work longer, u feel the job gets easier and easier. Word of advice, make full use of ur time in work, always try ur best and establish good relations with ppl. Don't go and just work and go back. Go, make full use of ur time, learn, establish connections, have fun and the day will be enjoyable (:

FINALLY PAY DAY HAS COME! wee! =D I already bought my hairspray cuz I realli couldn't wait for my pay to come any longer. But it finally came today! alright! I better start planning, what I NEED to get and then the rest, to save for transport and myself.

The advantages of single life, tsk tsk, the money for myself only =x Gonna give hundred to my parents though. (:

Oh yea! I forgot I got fotos, so that gives me more reason to update! =D (I'm actually half awake, cuz im just typing randomly and whatever comes to my mind now, this is a blog right? -laughs-)

Recently, I met up Lee Kiang and Ah Pek to catch Transformers. Was actually a good show. Was worth it for a 2 and a half hr show. haha. I enjoyed the 2nd one more than the first one since there were more actions.

This is rather random, but sometimes, I don't like how ppl compare movies and storybooks. I've heard of ppl complain bout harry potter, twilight etc etc and it goes something like, "oh man, this is like not a FULL motion cinematic of the storybook of harry potter.. twilight.. etc etc" blablabla.
I hope ppl all just appreciate the movie as a STAND-ALONE rather than comparing with its storybook counterparts.

I mean, c'mon, the books are like hundreds pages thick and u expect the full thing to be in the movies squeezed in just 1 and half, 2 hours plus show? Will u pay to watch, Order of the phoenix, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, in the movies, for seven times, just to get the full story to show in the cinema? -chuckles- of cos no right. -duh- tts boring and it'll never end.

So lets give props for ppl for highlighting the main stuffs, and producing the great movies brought to us man seriously. lol. (Im not an avid reader, so probably im bias =x)

Anyway back to updates, we booked our tickets for a 11.20pm show at Tampines. Initially we wanted to just watch a movie, have a simple dinner and head back but last min, Lee Kiang told us, she had to attend HSS AGM last min.

So we bought the tickets for 11.20pm instead and end up realizing, the HSS AGM has already ended just as she was waiting for bus at the interchange. -.- so u guessed it, we had lotsa time to kill.

We went IKEA! =D and it was great! cam whoring and REALLY good food. (mayb i miss ikea's food).

Wow, how I wish this was my house. Cosy and nice. haha!

and I also caught up with Angeline & Qinny. Was helping them out with Gefang's publicity. Ended up, I was just helping Angeline carry her bag and giving out a few brochures. lol!

But was v happy to catch up wif them. Very fun and cute girls to be with. haha. We went to some restaurant at Clark Quay to eat. Its kinda like a Japanese restaurant. The atmosphere was good and the food was good. You could even just take a book off from one of the shelves, to read while dining. lol.

The Teriyaki Chicken at 11 dollars was superb. Yummy! We then had Coffee ice cream with coffee jelly and Green tea ice cream for dessert. We then made our way back to Central, only to eat AGAIN at Waruku. We ate 3 strips of cheesecakes, 1 Jap Yoghurt drink, and Ice cream again. Pics with Qinny. lol. paiseh. Angeline was feeling abit of mood swings, hope she's feeling better nw. (:

And I also celebrated Sze Kee's birthday on 4th July together wif TCP ppl! (: At first, I was worried I might feel abit left out even though I noe every1, but since every1 was frm TCP and I wasn't and stupid Eric couldnt come! so yea. lol. But it turned out ok otherwise. I hope she enjoyed herself because 21 yrs old only comes once in a year and I definitely enjoyed myself, especially the food and the polar bear game session =x

sze kee: I sent u some personal sms, lol, pls read it >.<

I want to meet up with my clique soon. Friday will be catching a movie and going on some more munchings. I gave my wednesday work schedule to Ivan since he said he wanted to earn more money for his Gf's birthday, so I guess I can rest and sleep till late today. haha

Till then

Yokie

King of Pop, Updates

2009-07-02T01:26:00.004+08:00

Yo earthlings, i'm back to blog! haha..

I guess its been some time since I blogged and I realised ever since I'm active on facebook, I seem to blog lesser. Not sure whether that occurs generally to everyone as well but yea. lol.

Anyway, before I start off with any post, I just want to take the top part of this section to pay tributes to my childhood idol, Michael Jackson.

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He's one of the few very artistes in the beginning that inspires me to want to sing. I rmb I used to sing his songs during my childhood time and trying to imitate him which kinda paved way to my style and kind of genre of music in chinese to similar artistes like JJ Lin and a few others, but he was the stepping stone.

Its funny sometimes how the media can perceive one person to be the king of pop, putting him on the throne so highly, and then for a period, just puts him down, termed "wacko jacko" and then when he finally leaves, they put him back up like a legend again. But I always believe it is the fans that inspire him to the top.

The media may be the media, I always feel that media or not, artistes, performers, anyone alike, who are in the music industry, I always feel we should all work hand in hand together for the love of the music industry. We're not out to compare, to compete and to gain personal success. Its the passion and the love for the industry. To establish and make known the chinese/english music industry, to touch ppl's heart and to entertain and influence.

MJ is the man, always been my inspiration, and will always be a loving guy I've known. Loving the world and making it a better place, breaking the barriers for races. Earth will miss him.

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me
- A genuine heart from a genuine man

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Back to normal updates, just gonna be a brief one cuz there seems to be a ton of things to update and things I might've missed out.

We just had our first clique outing after Weiqiang's first booking out from his 2 weeks in army. He didn't change much except for his head. Haha. We wanted to go out with the purpose of catching the movie, transformers.

Not surprisingly, we expected the thing to be full house for most of the places, since we didnt book tickets, but surprisingly and unexpectedly, as we were planning to watch other movies besides transformers at e!hub, we realize they only have ONE movie being screen in the whole cinema, and thats transformers...and all were full. -.-

Wow. lol. Simple dinner and catching up session afterwards. lol. We avoided Orchard in case of H1N1. LOL.

And then there's Ricky's bday 21st bday celebration. Was a good celebration. I bet he must've been happy cuz if it was me, I would've felt loved too with so many of my friends celebrating my 21 yrs old which only comes once. tsk. lol

Adventure club

And I'm going back TP tml for AC's AGM. Im lookin forward to it, cuz I can get to eat sch's food again. I miss sch alot. (: Might be performing tml, but miao hasn't given me a reply. =/

And then there's the pot luck class gathering. Was good, simple and fun. U realise when u graduate, grow older or when ur apart frm ur frens a period of time, u start to cherish gather ups more den u realize u would in the past. x)

The food on our tables, Weiqiang the botak

Alright, thats probably bout it, hopefully its short and sweet. Thats as far as I can rmb for the things tt happen this wk. haha! Dental in the morning later. Till then (:

Yokie

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-21T18:19:00.004+08:00

Happy Fathers Day to all Fathers!

I love my father very much and I thank God for placing such a loving Father into my life. He's a very simple and loving father who loves the family and brings us our daily bread for us. Thanks Dad! Love ya.

Will be going Sakura to celebrate Father's day later. Not sure if I can actually eat alot since I just came back from Pizza Hut with church ppl not long ago. lol.

I hope every1 of us, who haven't become fathers will learn now to become more mature and responsible to be good fathers of the future for our children.

I hope we can hear our kids tell us, "I want to be just like you"

if I have a kid, I promise, one day, I'll tuck him to bed, kiss him goodnight, walking across the toys as I turn out the light and I'll whisper a prayer that someday, he'll see that he has got a father in God because he has seen Jesus in me.

I hope that Lord, I can more and more like you
because I want my future child to say he wants to be just like me
I want to be a holy example for his innocent eyes to see
Help me be a living Bible, Lord
That my future little boy can read
Sometimes there is so far to go, so many mistakes that you know of
Sometimes it seems no matter how hard I try, with all the pressures in life, I might not get it right
But i'm learning from the best
being patient, kind and filled with the Lord's tenderness
cuz I believe he'll learn from the things that he sees
and the Jesus my future boy finds, will be the Jesus in me
From where I stand, I may seem mighty tall
but thats only cuz i am learning from the best father of them all , Jesus (:

Yokie

Faith, Random

2009-06-21T01:09:00.002+08:00

I realized nowadays I don't have that urge like I used to, to blog everyday. perhaps because life is routinously mundane now since I'm just working and when I'm not, I'm probably out or slacking catching up wif frens and doing the usual stuff. lol

Weiqiang has gone into the army, together with Guan Hui & Zack too. Army is like taking away all of us one by one. Kinda seperates our clique. But don't matter, we'll still catch up when we have our weekends or after 2 yrs in army, I'm sure, but who noes, after the 2 yrs, wad changes there'll be? lol.

I suddenly have movie urge now. I want to watch Drag me to hell, Terminator 3, and Ghost of girlfriend's past! And I look forward to movies like transformers 2 and harry potter! Gosh. Argh! so exciting. I even have 2 free tickets from Golden Village which will expire in Nov.

I'm still planning on what show I wan to use the free ticket for. Currently there isn't any show that is worth splashing my free tickets on when I can just watch it for 6 dollars wif my nebo card =x Wait for premium movies, its applicable too =P

Caught up with Sally & gang on Friday. Was a simple dinner of fun and laughter and pure catching up. I was happy that I am able to catch up with them. I cherish all my friends alot even though I might not be able to put it into words or actions to each and every1. Yea but thats how I feel about my frens. I appreciate the small gathering ytd. (:

Anyway, just wanna share wad I process during my quiet time.

Faith is exactly what it takes to go through uncertainty

Faith is not necessary when u noe how things are going to work out - thats knowledge.
Its in the time of unknowing that having faith is what sees us through to the other side. Faith is what gives us strength and is the light in our heart that keeps on shining even when its all darkness outside.

So fellows brothers and sisters, lets keep our faith alive! (:

Yokie

春雨裡洗過的太陽

2009-06-13T00:42:00.002+08:00

这是王力宏的新专辑歌曲，春雨裡洗過的太陽。

其实生活以及工作的壓力，常常让人不容易快樂，於是希望能夠和大家分享这首歌，會心一笑的歌曲，能够紓解生活的緊張壓力。

其实我自己很喜欢这首歌。我上次也推荐的了另一首歌，叫心跳。那种难过的歌，也不是说每天都会有还是出现那样的形情。

可是在春雨裡洗過的太陽，在哪里播放这首歌，我都会觉得有个舒服的感觉。

不管在生活上有什么难过，开心的事，希望这首歌和MV能让大家感到不一样的感触，能让每一位的听众都微笑起来。

春雨裡洗過的太陽

作詞：王力宏/易家揚作曲：王力宏

分開之後另一年的春天
記憶也像下雪一樣溶解
那些有你在身邊的影片
呼的一聲飛的老遠老遠

愛在夏天過完之後鎖在秋天
捱過冬天之後的我好了一些
嘿雨後的天上彩虹出現襯出一片藍天

我在淋過一場大雨之後的晴朗
那是春雨裡洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落傷得多深
然後忽然看懂雲的形狀

O!WA!YA!YA!YA!
If listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain
那是春雨裡洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落傷得多深
每個呼吸都是新的芬芳

O!WA!YA!YA!YA!~~~~~~~~
分開之後另一年的春天
記憶也像下雪一樣溶解
那些有你在身邊的影片
呼的一聲飛的老遠老遠

愛在夏天過完之後鎖在秋天
但捱過冬天之後的我好了一些
嘿雨後的天上彩虹出現襯出一片藍天

O!WA!YA!YA!YA!
我在淋過一場大雨之後的晴朗
那是春雨裡洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落傷得多深
然後忽然看懂雲的形狀

O!WA!YA!YA!YA!
If listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain
那是春雨裡洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落傷得多深
每個呼吸都是新的芬芳

O!WA!YA!YA!YA!~~~~~~~~
流下的眼淚留下了智慧
愛情會天亮也一定會黑
世界會等我它會問我冬天過去了沒

我在淋過一場大雨之後的晴朗
那是春雨裡洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落傷得多深
然後忽然看懂雲的形狀

If listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain
那是春雨裡洗過的太陽
每個冬季帶來失落傷得多深
每個呼吸都是你的芬芳
春雨裡洗過的太陽

Yokie

Grieve & Celebrate

2009-06-07T19:15:00.002+08:00

Some things to celebrate, some things to grieve.

My 2nd uncle from Indonesia just passed away while migrating from another hospital to another hospital. He passed away from lung and kidney complications. They lack the medical equipments in Indonesia, and they migrated him to another hospital in Indo. Initially, we wanted to bring him to the hospital at Singapore, since its medically more advanced there. But before we could even do that, he passed away. I received this news when I was with my church friends. A pity he wasn't a christian, but may he rest in peace.

Even though, I never have the chance to relate much to him, since we're country apart, a rather distant relative of mine, but I still remember he is a good men who took good care of my grandma. (:

On a happier note, Firstly, Happy birthday to Yvonne & Regina! Celebrated their birthday at Guang's house on Friday. His new house is actually quite nice. I love the mini stage he actually have in his house. I am gonna have one too when I have a home of my own. Lol. Keyboard, Mic, Sound System. (:

Went Shokudo to eat after church today. Was feeling very tired and lethargic so went home to rest afterwards.

Secondly, Pinnacle Award Ceremony just ended. Not sure when the videos will be out.

But here are some pictures for the award ceremony at RP.

The cast and team of the Awards Show 2009

Top 7 winners

Ah Ge, Ah Jie, Yong Ming &　Xian Huan

Khim & Chu Xuan

Nobody Dance. Haha!

Speech

The Audience

Though my performance was cut short last min to avoid overrun but still, I must congratulate Sean for his achievements and this award ceremony, for recognition for all the actors and actress, and of course, once again, invited me back for the show the 2nd time.

This time round I was more prepared, I didn't wake up last minute to dawn on my jacket and rushed out like the previous time with my out of bed look and sing Liu Xing Zhu Jiao =x. HAHA.

I sang Wang Lee Hong's Xin Tiao in a more glam way. (:

Opening Ceremony with Zul

Interview

Singing Xin Tiao

Sorry I move alot in the beginning lol. So its blur

For the clearer pictures

Thank you!

Finale!

Thanks all for coming down to support me! I didn't join them for the post celebration, I went out with dewini ppl instead. lol.

Thanks Xiao Chun, Yanglu, Zhou Jing for coming down

Qinny & Angeline too

Dewinis!

I think Chu Xuan really looks pretty

Mr Ng Chee Yang, long time no see lol

Khim, she looked really different now

Ah Ge, Yong Ming

Shiqi

Elizabeth, crew cum friend. haha

And Shiying, i tink she really looks cute on that day too. Congrats for getting award.

Cute, just like my face =x HAHA jk

Afterwhich, I went Central with Lee Kiang & Ah Pek for dinner since Miao had to go somewhere after that.

Thats all Folks!

Love

2009-05-30T03:09:00.006+08:00

Just wanna share something with you guys.

I think everyone desires to be loved. But before you even start desiring to be loved, I think we need to first learn how to love.

If you don't learn how to love, you will never be prepared or ready for the love you desire because if u cannot even love people. How are you gonna love ur parents, ur future partner, ur boyfriend/girlfriends, ur friends?

This is the best definition.

LOVE
1 Cor 13:4-8
Love is patient,
love is kind.
It does not envy,
it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails.

Now reflect on each of the phrases, and think through it.

Ask yourself, are you demonstrating this love to people?

Do you remember what wrongs people have done?

Do you not speak the truth because u are hiding something or do not know how to put it across?

Do you protect or put down the person with ur angered or boastful words?

Do you get envious of other people's love?

Do you forgive people easily?

Do you stop loving the person just because he has done something?

Do you love selectively?

Do you hurt others or put them up with ur words or actions?

Do you self seek your own love when you know you're not ready for the human love when you cannot even learn to love people?

Are you ready for the perfect human unconditional love that you desire for?

We love to love. We don't loved to be loved. Love is a gift given to us. Give it freely, give it willingly and give it without expectation.

Love people as much as you love yourself. Treat people as how you would desire to be treated.

This is Love.

Yokie