bro juz look so diff in e army uniform n in civilian's clothing.. but hey hey, u'r a civilian le.. ;)
ever been a walking model for a day? haha i did.. thou i'm abit bigger size than her..
after walking e whole day looking, searching for jackets (get e best we can find).. e 3 of us went to e "park" at marina square n we ate my fav ice cream - 95% fat free ; VENEZIA.. haha.. kena suan, dey say thou it's 95% fat free, we'll still become fat juz at a slower rate.. :p
each one of us chose a flavour, bro = dark choc, zara = cookies 'n' cream, me = lemon.. haha.. e dark choc was rich but seems not as rich as gelare's choc overload (bro's fav)..
aniwae, we ended up chatting after e ice cream.. got stuck to e chair, so comfortable sitting in e "park" n talking.. as usual, zara n i went crazy, high.. laugh n laugh non stop.. haha.. we were saying bro next time wont go out w us alr; scared of e 2 of us.. first time go out tog n we'r so "crazy" haha..
after dat rushed to hq, zara took her bike dat she bought frm national camp.. den i rushed to tampinesss to meet steph n wei ting to go 4 our N.W's mini retreat.. haha.. recently i'm so tired.. i kept dozing off.. after dinner, we went to a pub n drank a lil n celebrated han chong n michael's b'day.. hee.. as usual.. lil gal oni noe how to drink hooch.. haha.. alcoholic but cant taste it, oni can taste e sweetness of blackcurrant.. haha.. so funny, steph n fang jing still ask if i'm of age.. haha.. yea.. dat's being e lil gal in N.W.. youngest lo.. :p
went back to e chalet n watch movie.. to watch e show "eight below", i tahan until 2+am n finish oni at 4am.. b4 dat dey were showing "joseph's (frm e bible) life in cartoon form.. basically it's gen 37 onwards.. after i finish watching "eight below", i knocked off even thou i was slping on e floor n it was SUPER SUPER SUPER COLD... haha.. slept all e way to 10.30am.. fang jing, jerry n deon went for e run; i couldnt wake up.. so sad.. missed e opportunity to run e route dat jerry explored.. he claime e route as "jerry's trail".. haha.. heard frm deon, dere's a V V big empty space, nice scenery by e beach.. :(
sAtuRdAy
steph bought breakfast for me.. on n off many ppl woke me up, but my eyes juz couldn't open..
it took me abt 2 1/2 hrs to finish my "brunch".. got interrrupted.. while i'm eating half way, jerry says dat do QT better than watching tv, when we can watch tv at hm.. since all r here, do QT tog better which is 100% true.. so did QT den had prayer in small grp.. den steph left.. e rest of us continued singing, having our mini im-promptu afternoon devo.. we nearly sang e whole song book.. taught zach n wei ting my kids' kingdom songs.. haha.. coz dey didn't grow up in e church nor as w a x'tian background.. so i taught dem e songs n actions how kids will express e song.. haha.. so much fun, juz like gg back to my childhood days.. hee..
left e chalet at 3pm w han chong n wei ting.. den i realised dat i'm wrking at 4pm, not 5pm.. so overwhelmed.. i was wearing neither white top nor shoes.. gosh...
called jx, ask him how.. end up i couldn't get my mum to get shirt for me to change too.. she was rushing off to wrk by e time she called me.. end up, i went to jx's place in slippers n blue top.. gd ting i didnt go hm after sch on thur, so i've my jeans.. haha..
finished wrk feeling v v tired.. saw zara's missed call.. called her back.. *boom* she gave me a surprise.. dose 3 cadets of ours r actually still in contact w ppl we didnt expect dem to be in contact w.. aniwae zara surprised me not w e confirmation of gathering tis wkend, but for e v fact dat mel n han chong n roy r joining us.. gosh.. actually feel like it's been a long long time we'r talking, recalling abt NDP n i tink it's definitely gonna b V V gd memory in our lives, but i tink we shld move on either to build friendship b/w each other or juz forget abt dem n juz continue to lead life normally..
sUnDay
once again, i struggled to wake up in e morning.. i tink i really haf slp disorder.. when it's time to wake up, i slp.. when it's time to slp, (like now.. hee..) i'm awake.. gosh.. got no choice but to take cab down to church.. hai..
immediately after svc, i was doing my hope world wide flag day stuff.. felicia came to pop by n b4 i say anyth i juz hugged her n breakdown.. gosh... totally couldn't control myself.. i was in e straitshall w so many ppl ard me.. ppl like shaun suddenly came to say 'hi' too n he saw e crying.. den he asked who bullyed me? i still can joke saying 'u la..' haha.. nah.. i tink i'm over over over stretched recently.. probably e past few months.. eversince i start yr 3.. stress n worried over my present n future.. keep tinking thou i'm v tired, feeling so stretched; but i should juz tahan n enjoy wat i can coz next yr i would b able to b leading a life i'm leading now.. = free n easy.. go out as n when i wan, do watever i wan anytime n anyday..
when i start wrk next yr, i'll b having a shift wrk lifestyle.. oni time i've to b out w ppl is on days when i'm on morning or off.. i cant b out when i'm on afternoon shift, no one can meet me n of coz when i'm on nite, when it's time 4 dinner or drink or entertainment i gotta go. rush to wrk.. *sigh*.. worried that i'll haf difficulty meeting up w x'tians; spending time w my frenz in church n outside church like sj frenz, sec sch frenz.. oso discipling time.. worried dat i'll not haf enuf faith n convictions dat's strong n deep enuf to pull me thru e 3 yrs..
suddenly i realised, i'm worrying.. that's a sin.. gosh.. dat shouldn't be e way.. i should juz leave it to god to plan my future.. he has e best plan for my future..
romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose".
*repent, repent*
- laws against touching e dead = after touching e dead or anyth dat has germs muz wash hands [ numbers 19:11-13, 19:17-19]
- laws commanding sanitation = muz haf specific place to relieve ourselves [ deut 23:12-13]
- laws to circumcise, the miracle 8th day = muz to cirumcise coz chances of getting urinary tract infection is 10X more n chances of getting AIDS is 8X more; oso tis muz b done on e 8th day of e new born coz new borns nd vit K for clotting factor in e bld.. n on e 8th day, e prothrombin level is e highest.. [gen17:12]
- laws against sexual immorality = juz 1 century ago (100yrs ago), 97.5% of brides n grooms had their first encounter during e 1st nite of marriage.. (Klassen, Williams, Levitt et al., 1989) [ hebrews 13:4] ;
if a man is burning w passion, he shld marry [1 Cor 7:9]
n many many more like laws against worrying [ matt6:25-34], even to anger [prov 29:11]; our anger most of e time is actually due to our EGO; when we'r tired, we tend to stop thinking n analysing.. [romans 12:3]..
so amazing at how relatable e bible is, n once again deepen my conviction on god's e maker of e world n it's literally e world = all mankind, man's brain, technology, germs, hygiene..
i could even memorise all e 3 memory scriptures [ deut 10:12-13, hebrews13:4, psalms 34:18].. i was encourged by my results last wk.. but to my surprise, i oni got 3/7.. so sad.. partly coz i couldnt understand wat e qn was asking, another reason is becoz i didnt study wat was asked..
wat was asked was deeper n more detail than wat i studied.. did i take e deep teaching series, god's words too lightly? i tink i did.. coz abt half of wat was asked was actually frm e New Testament which is e homework = quiet time series for e wk.. which i haven been doin consistently..
dat's so bad.. my relationship w god is kinda affected i tink, esp recently i started helping out at my fren's shop.. more n more projs.. i started to lose focus on him.. which is VERY VERY bad.. i noe it but i'm not doing anyth abt it.. leaving it getting worse, drifting further n further away frm him..
so selfish of me.. for all dat he has done, was juz to 've a relationship w us; to teach, rebuke, correct n train us to be a better person.. [2Tim 3:16] he set exact commands, standards for us in e bible.. all we need to do is to follow..
thou i struggled alot during e 1st n 3rd (today's lesson) chapter, one thing i managed to understand frm today's lesson is dat he wants to see unquestionable obedience..
gosh.. watelse can i say, we'r all sinners.. [romans 5:8], tis is smth we cant change, we'r one everyday except e fact dat when we accepted god n putting him first in in our life = getting baptized, our sins r all washed away BUT dat doesnt mean dat we dun nd repentance..
e very fact dat we'r aware of repentance, cant say "no" to it for we noe e consequences; sin seperates us frm god.. oso dat goes to show dat i'm taking god for granted..
i tink i really gotta start repenting.. god bless me w ur wisdom n strength.. repentance brings time of refreshing.. [acts 3:19]
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2) oh ya.. abt e movie "Click"..
gosh.. it's such a nice movie.. movie w climax n really caught me off guard..
thou it's juz a movie, hey hey..
god's in e pic too..
lookin at how Adam Sandler neglect his family to wrk n earn more money; resort to doing things e easy way out caused him to missed every impt detail in his life..
one of which moved me was e part where he realised dat oni he's grown 10 or 20 yrs older, he missed his father's death.. w e "UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL" he has, he went back to e last time he met his dad.. lookin at how he IGNORE his dad n son, makes me think of my relationship w my dad..
frm dat part where he ignored his dad n hurt his dad by telling him dat he actually knew his "magic" trick all e yrs n his dad still tell him to take care n he loves him, i start crying non stop till e end..
gosh..
*cry* *cry* *cry* *cry* *cry* *cry*
haha marilyn oso cried!!! haha..
e scene where adam sandler bought a "female" dog for his pet dog, was so touching.. he was so determine to put family first, change his mistakes n priorities in life.. he nv forget abt getting a partner for e dog too.. BUT who noes, e dog he bought was another male dog too.. i tink e funny part abt tis scene is matching a bull dog w a i tink labrador.. hahahahahaha..
i'm gonna watch it again when e dvd is out.. can watch w felicia.. poor thing.. cant watch it coz tml still got last paper n today's e last day e movie is screening.. hee.. no worries ok.. i'll watch w u one.. ;)
buddies: Lina, Me, Limei, Zara(e one "below" me :p)
more of us together :D
training n training n training..
Free Time~~
see e guy in e red circle? he brought tis "xi shua shua,
xi shua shua" cheer all e way to National Camp.. gosh.. tis is
done during most of e free time..
(p.s national camp is immediately after
national day - blog abt it another day)
look at tok cheng yi (in short = tok), grumbling n
sulking abt e food.. be grateful
u'r fed.. :p
zara's "dong" lei.. haha
("dong" lei = tong lei = same kind :p)
zara looking so depressed..
*kena left out*
hahaha.. someone quick! call IMH~
our dear bro sam [eh! same pet name as me :) ]
with his belated b'day presentSSS..
(5 ice cream frm zara, lina, limei, tian le
n me.. haha.. )
wat happens when everyone's so tired..?
(continue looking ;p)
p.s the box of cookies i'm holding is baked by lina.. yummy yum yum ;P
Lina n I wif e balloons borrowed frm e cadets..
(gosh.. cant believe i did tis :-/ looks so stupid)
p.s did tis when zara's talkin to e cadets [debrief], we'r behind e contingent.. haha..
poor zara, so tired after a day of lameness, jokes n craps
another day of training :D
it's really a gd opportunity to get to noe each other better.. we wrk together as a team to get e cadets moving, responding n behaving up to our stds.. i feel dat i got e hang of wrking w dem, noe their style of doing things n most imptly -- i learnt how to lead. hee.
we oso spent our spare time fruitfully. dere were times where lina, limei n myself study while zara was left alone feeling bored.. haha. BUt most of e time we joke n lame e whole afternoon. gosh.. those frenz who r not in sj will nv believe dat i can be so lame n so crazy..
haha we got to make new frenz who we had a gd time wrking w, samuel n roy n sgt toh. haha. recall back how we all start talking to each other, i tink was oni when we were at kallang stadium. haha once zara was calling for me frm my back, n behind her was samuel. guess wat? "sam sam!" both me n samuel turned looking at her. hahaha den we realise dat our name r e "same". as time passes, all of us enjoyed being together. not to forget ppl like sgt toh, always so quiet sit one side when sam n roy r not ard n always keeping quiet when he get "bullied" by zara; sir kk n sir koh, both of dem really took care of e officers = our welfare; mdm hui xin, sir wei wen, hakim, tian le n e 3 cadets..
our HARDWORKING marshallers :)
(SGT Toh, LTA Samuel, LCP Roy)
*to be continued... :) *