Tuesday, March 28, 2006
A wonderful Blessed Week
I still remember the struggles i had faced. The pain and despair... there's plenty of challenges ahead and there's so much more to do and complete. All the quizzes and mid's are all coming in. I know which modules i'm behind in.
Have to work more harder. Work hard, play even harder and PRAY the HARDEST! Giggles... Here's a list i am very thankful for...
- A wonderful caring housemate
- Caring, loving and matured friends in Christ
- All my other friends who are always there to give a helping hand
- A fantastic prayer group (I will be praying for each of them too)
- Two quiz down. A heavier weightage one coming up
- My brother is really changing for the better
- My sister whose mind is slowly renewing, she's gonna grow into a matured woman of God
- Health Recovering!!! YES!!! I am back! Stronger and Better!
- A job that allows me to drink all the fruit juices i want!
Some interesting things about myself you will like to know! I lost weight... ahhh.. how much i don't know... But i'm not upset. Easier for me to run about! haha... yes... Praise God for these two feet... pray that they'll walk the path you want me to walk.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Updating my blog!
It's not easy being a older sister. There's so much responsibility, a large part of it i willing undertake. I do love mysister, and i would be devastated to see her go the wrong way. Yet in the same manner, i want to give her the freedom to choose and do what she likes and find her own way through life. She's truly a unique individual, sometimes, she teaches meto be strong as well, her will power, her boldness. I love to bask in her innocence and truthfulness, but her very fortesometimes is a weakness and puts her in a unfavourable position. I myself am learning to stike a balance in life, learning toput God as my focus before anything else.
So yes, there has been another string of new series of problem. May i not forget that nothing is impossible with God. May i learn not to doubt his ways. That though i may not see his hand leading in the situation, that i may learn to trust Him withall my heart and lean not on my own understanding.
I have been ill, but i'm on the road to recovery. God is truly amazing. Today, i knew that there was a "surprise quiz" but..i was not in gd health to do the quiz. To my surprise, the computers in the whole building was not working... so quiz will be postpone to next week. A huge sigh of relief came from inside of me. My brain was not in the position to retainor analyse information. Alot of catching up to do right now, and besides that... i've got a whole ton of stuff at the backof my mind. I WILL trust him and give every situation or circumstance to him. I can't handle the load. Abit too heavy for me.With all the quizzes and assignments and tutorials and other nitty gritty details that i have to take care of. sigh* But ireally enjoyed the bible study today... somehow something was happening inside of me... a strange sense of rest i think.But it was a really nice short time to just bask and reflect and appreciate his love for me.. which made me realise how muchi miss the support i would get from home, epsecially from mei mei. One of the things i would love to do when i get back homeis to cook a nice healthy meal for everyone, sit together around the dining table and laugh together. Followed by a gd doseof TV and then a stroll in Mt Fabour. Till then, i have to toil the ground here and work my butt off.
Tomorrow i've got to work again... after which, friend coming over to help me with my bed!!! Once Bed is UP, everything will be pretty much more organised. HAHA... yesh... i'm actually hoping everything will turn out nicely. Owe my friend a treat.Really appreciate all the help that has been provided. I can't possibly do it on my own.
Hope tomorrow will be a good day of work, and that i will be recovered. I wanna complete some revisions as well. TML anotherbusy fruitful day! May i do it with a smile, and a heart that is filled with thankfulness. May i be a blessing to others as well.
Church has been growing which means have to talk to them more, make them feel more at home. Of course, can't be toorestrictive, must try to be nice to everyone around me. Sometimes i pause and feel that the pressure is kinda great. I mean,there's eyes watching what i do, i can only pray that they will see the excellence and perfectness of Christ instead of the incapable me.
My prayers goes out to friends who are currently facing surmounteneous problems, stress in their studies, relationships withfriends, work, time management, a broken heart, health..etc. Don't worry, i won't name any of you. It's safe with me.
It would be cliche and thoughtless of me to ask you to look at the bright side of life. Hence i ask of you to treat urselfalittle better. Take some spare time off. Off handphone, no MSN, no music... just you and the space around you. Close youreyes and appreciate the silence and tranquility around you. God holds each one of you very close to hi heart. He himself willbe traumatised and devasted to see any of use fall into the road which leads to destruction. So let us be diligent, focusingour eyes on him, and having the faith and trust in the one almighty God. It's abt 11:37pm here. Have to go sleep. Have a wonderful blessed tomorrow!
Thursday 23rd MARCH
Yup, IT's Thursday!!! SO HAPPY! LOL, Really glad that i've made to the end of Thursday! Going out with afew friends and mynew housemate. Hope we can both get along. HmmMm.. it sure is different staying with a girl as compared to a guy. Think i'lljust stop here. Some things are just not meant to be said... I haven't been online too much lately on MSN cause my "wireless"only comes with one adapter. Sigh... gonna need to get a cable soon. Since i am talking about the new place, i'll dwell onsomething which happened two days back. Neighbour from downstair came up to our place and knocked.
door knocks
'knock! knock!'
Linda opens the door.
Linda:'Yes?'
Guy:'Hi! i'm ___ from downstairs.
Is Peter in?'
Linda:'Oh no, he' not back yet! Is there anything i can do?'
Guy:'There's a water leak at our place. You can come down and take a look.
"Linda:'OK!'
Let me explain... when the knock came, i was actually busy fixing my bed. It was a tuesday. Meaning i had knock off fromwork, am tired and working on fixing my double size bed frame up. Went to his place and ooOOoo.. saw a trail of water droplets coming from his roof. We(including housemate) ourelves were having problem with water... the water was murky!Eeks... water rationing that day. The next day, owner got the plumber and got it fixed up. Apparently the source of the problem was coming from his attached bathroom which he got renovated not too long ago.
Moving on to health. I think i can safely say that i have recovered! Sometimes nose alittle bit blocked but that's about it. YUP! Am very grateful for all the smses, encouraging me and praying for me constantly.Would like to thank a very good friend who passed me some cold tablets... you know thoe small little yellow tablets that actually knock you out?! Yea... took it and it really does the works.
I do feel happy, cause although life is hectic, you see the little things fall into place. Like scholarship application hasbeen successfully sent. Double gaurantee chop! Yea... that's really a huge relief for me.
Sometimes i do feel weak... i AM weak, but He is strong. Guess that's how i pull through time after time, by relying on Him.Just very thankful for everything i have been blessed with. I shan't take anything for granted. No, not the fact that i havelegs to climb that steep hill day after day and a nice place to stay right on top of the hill. The fact that i have a familythat calls me, even though most of the time its family problem. The fact that i have got alittle time to ponder and reflect on my day even though i am so busy in the day. I guess sometimes i have to learn that i don't have to swallow/handle everything myself. I ought to give it to Him first and then let Him guide me and empower me. Trying to fix my eyes on thethings that are eternal instead of the things that are present right now.
Shall continue to ponder and reflect silently right now.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Still sick
Sigh... today still sick... suppose to go see glow worm cave with friends... but sick until i am on the verge of losing my voice.. think i'll just rest at home...
couldn't make head or tail what the cost accounting teacher was talking about.. no... my brains are not stuffed up... 80% of the class don't understand... coz i aske the left right centre back... and they were clueless... sigh* I also no mood to study in my current state... hence i'm blogging... gonna rest soon...
i feel like whining... so i shall whine today....
Aiya.. dunno why the weather so hot today...felt like fainting... think not enough oxygen flowing into my brain... haiya... so irritating... the lecturer cannot talk slower...
gonna go for consult next week loh... dun care.. go and tell her that she was talking to fast and i was sick that day....... who ask her... talk so fast... nv explain properly... BLeh
oke... whine enough...
talk about commonwealth games...

Just afew tots on my mind... atheletics have a tough life... they train their heart and soul out... just to compete for the top position... praises are given to top 3 positions... wat about the rest... they have gone unnoticed... all the months or years of training boils down to this moment... this few minutes...
It must be mentally draining for all of them... the pressure.. the expectations... i mean... some of the coaches are sitting on the aisle with the stop watch... the intense look... i can imagine what is going through their minds.
After the games... i wonder what goes behind the scenes... reprimands? consolation? praise? encouragement? IT must be very tough on them... for some this is their bread and butter... the sacrifices they make... are huge.. What is life all about? A race? yes... its a race and our goal is to finish it.
This week is a heart breaking week for me... i've got friends who have troubled minds and hearts... some of which i cannot solve... no... i am not God... so... i shall seek His counsel and his wisdom... friends... hang in there... nothing is impossible with God... yes... its hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel... its hard to see a better tomorrow today... but this is not the end. It might be just the beginning towards a wonderful journey... let's fix our eyes on the things that are eternal... let us not lose focus... i'll be praying for you... you'll be in my prayers...
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Settling in
I'm down with the flu.... caught like a sore throat on Tuesday.
Couldn't really sleep for the past few nights... i think i probably caught like 2 hours of sleep last night... the rest of the time was spent sneezing away... think my nose is as red as Rudolph. But like i always say... its better to catch some sleep then no sleep at all. After today's lesson which ends at 3pm.. i'm gonna head straight back home and catch some rest... though i would love to go out... do some extra groceries... Yup... there's alot of things lacking in our new place... especially food!!! need to stock up on those and drinks!
Very very thankful that i made it past the last 3 days that was sheer torture... started with the sore throat... and now the flu... i hope it clears up later in the day. Praying for speedy recovery....
School work are now piling up... its getting tough. Alot of thinking to do... and like ok.. i got to be more diligent in my studies. More progress... gonna need wisdom as well to manage my time so that i have time to study, play, take care of myself... ...etc.
Havent really got round fixing the wireless network up. Still not sure how to go about it. Think i'll just buy a LAN cable... save me all the trouble.
Feeling alittle giddy now... must be all that sneezing... what it does to your brain... excuse me if what i'm saying doesn't make any sense... not enough oxygen flowing to the brain? Only God knows... anyway... i woke up this morning with this particular line... If he carried the weight of the world upon his shoulders I know my sister that he will carry you. Which comes from this song...
There is no problem to big God cannot solve it
There is no mountain to tall he cannot move it
There is no storm to dark God cannot calm it
There is no sorrow to deep He cannot soothe it
Chorus:If he carried the weight of the world upon his shoulder
I know my brother that he will carry you
If he carried the weight of the world upon his shoulders
I know my sister that he will carry you
he said, "come unto to me, all who are weary
And i will give you rest"
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Church Outing...
Regretted afew stuff... on the way to Newstead... i think i sort of sounded very agitated and frustrated at the poeple in the car... coz they were asking me about transporting someone mid way... and i lost my cool. There was an awkward silence after which i tried to rectify it... it actually wasnt their fault... just that i have alot of things on my mind... and just adding onto it... just glad that i didn't explode... that would be ugly.
After the event, got back home... tried to tidy things up abit... but sigh...i need to adjust again... my housemate just called me earlier... wants the keys back... wants me to pay for the cleaning agent he hired... my mother already tell me don't pay... for the way he treated her and me.. and everything else... i agree that i need not pay... in the first place... i didn't give consent to the hiring of the cleaning agent... i don't know how to break the news to him.. how is he gonna take it...
I need alot of prayers really... my scholarship application needs reference from my lecturer... and now then she only come and email me that she thinks that she's not the appropriate person to do it up for me. Is she kidding? She told me that she'll SEND it in next wEeK! I already spend 100 over AUSSIE dollar just on the application. FREAK! I feel sick at the tot of it... i just hate it when I cannot control the way things are... you know what i mean? DRIVEN BY CIRCUMSTANCES.. it's the worst case scenario of all... and there's nothing i can do about it. Why do people bother giving me their word when they don't fulfill it.... Just want to be left alone really... but today is a dear sister... who's going back to Singapore for good. I'm grateful for the time of fellowship, laughter, suaning and mutual understanding that we shared... the least i can do is to see her off.
I have to kick myself back into positive mode. Look forward... no point whining and getting upset over something which i have no control over... i just have to keep praying... and push the faith button hard...
This week has been a sad, frustrating week... here's why:
1) My water bottle cap was not screwed tightly... it leaked and spoilt my mobile phone
2) Housemate wants me to share the cost of cleaning agent
3) Lecturer HAVEN'T FILLED IN the application form which was suppose to be done LAST WEEK! --> Leads to a angry frustrated mom who keeps yelling at me like its my fault and makes me feel really useless and helpless. Everytime she calls... i actually shudder and hesistate for quite awhile before picking up. It's a very reluctant "can i not pick up?" kinda feeling...
4) Transport to BSF is SCREWED for next week!
Things i am grateful this week:
1) Swollen gums is TOTALLY cured!! Even before i see a dentist.. woohoo (told you all it was not a wisdom tooth problem)
2) Internet is up and working! Haha don't ask me how... i don't know how i did it
3) Outing is over!! (Less things on my mind)
4) Everybody who helped shift my barang barang to the new place
Things i have to deal with:
Forgiveness... to forgive all the dumb unreasonable stupid things that my previous housemate has done... all the trouble... incovenience... to look at him in the eye and see a friend, not a stranger...
Reality... application is in the hands of my lecturer... i'm praying that God's favour will be upon me... and she will JUST WRITE THE APPLICATION AND SETTLE IT ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!
It's a waste of time money and it pushes all the emotional buttons in a WRONG WAY!!! ARGH!
AND... my mother will have TRUST in me... and quit YELLING at me.. cause it will NOT solve any problem... WASTING energy yelling when it can be better used to RESOLVE the issue... cannot tahan any longer... i think i need a run... ...
Father Father... please pull me through this... you hold the answers... you hold the keys... i need your guidiance... your wisdom.. your strength and your grace and mercy... I AM UTTERLY USELESS... but with you i KNOW you can turn things around... HOW?!!! I have no idea... .... i need you to rescue me...
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Face like goldfish
Reasons for swollen gums:
-heatiness
-stress
Stress coz mummy can't talk nicely to me... talk afew sentence and she starts yelling... maybe its me not her... shall check my conduct the next time i speak to her again. I admit that i havent been eating well... dunno how many meals i've skipped already...
Anyway... since young... whenever i'm sick i always take care of myself... so it's alright... the gums don't hurt that much now as compared to this morning... i scramble into my closet and found the chinese pill... suppose to be for bowels and all... but... i also remember my ma tell me that usually when your sick, its becoz i have not been eating well or sth... so much clean stomach. I've popped two pills... that's why its much better now.
My housemate is driving me nuts... but this time i am not gonna budge... he's gonna hire a cleaning agent and... i think he wants me to pay part of the cost(to think he even had the cheek to bring it up). Of course i'm not gonna pay... not even a single cent. Ha... if he was more polite to my parents i would! But NOOOOooOO NOT EVEN A HELLO! Right.. it's not like i asking for a million dollars. Some more pick wrong time to talk to me AGAIN! When my gum is swollen... YOU ARE A BIG MEANIE.. *Linda growls.. I told him to go ask the price first... haha actually i have no intentions to pay... just wanted to end the conversation so i can go and rest...
The house seems messier each day. How are they gonna move... where are they gonna stay? One more week more to go. Oh well... housemate is rich. He just have to call mini movers and he'll get it done in a day.
Enough of housemates.. i just pray for a better living experience with my new housemate. We probably will have different views priorities and perspective... just hope things work out well for both of us.
Today is another busy day:
-pack stuff in the morning
-move to new place
-meet new neighbour
-take care of myself... rest
-study
-church
Problem:
-Bed and table
-Clean house (thanks to housemate)
I just want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who helped me move today. If not for them... i'll be still lost, desperate AND VERY stranded. I am just so grateful that God has brought you all into my life. I don't know how have i blessed or been a help to any of them, but they have constantly given me their support, encourgement and help.
Was talking to a very very close friend last night. So happy she found her MR Right. I hear wedding bells already. i havent seen her for ages...... i'll go MELBOURNE AND see you!! Don't fly back to Singapore YET!! AHHHhHHhh *SmILeS* I know this is gonna look childish... but.. what the heck! *Friends4EvER