florence sent me a really interesting email on paper cuts that can be transformed into really cool forms just by using a sheet of paper or so.
so out of curiosity, i just tried it out and heres the outcome:
heh not as nice as what i have seen, a little slanted but hey can you see the effect?
a ballerina with her shadow !

ive had a good sunday:D
okay it was actually a typical one but im still feeling blessed over it.
i got woken up by mum at 8.30 in the morning and we all went for our usual sunday jog at botanical gardens, and then to farrer rd's mac for breakfast.
seening the turtle pond and de' mini playground there reminded me of my younger days , just horseplaying ard , feeding the turtles and running ard like no one cares.

ah , im ageing way too fast.

well well, after that i went for church service:] had prayer meeting after svc, which made me felt better bout myself and my imperfections and i just love my cell tribe. a bunch of fun-loving peeps!
went for dinner at anchorpoint with family after that, had my all time fave yong tau foo <3>
i seriously dont know when i started loving that so much .
am damn full now, after grabbing a papaya as well.

and i finally got what i wanted to get! yay freakyhead, im over the moon!
work tmr:/ gahhh openings, blech.

have been watching step up2 videos and im dying to watch it!
darn, havent got much time to catch a movie with fen.
NEXT WEEK , yes next week if theres time, fen we shall go catch it yeah:D
woohoo, start the groovin'!

there are just way too many albums i wanna get till i dont know which to get first.
and im so gonna get step up 2 's soundtrack.
and then corrinne may's :]

kbox practice with elaine was ubber fun!
i had never doubted elaine's wonderful voice, she could go far and pursue her singing passion.
so we managed to sing quite a number of mando, english and even jap songs!
wahaha we kept ranting on about how jap songs are gonna be quite difficult so we sang "i believe" (jap) over and over again. and we could click! that was the best part.

stay tuned people, our orientation concert song piece would be : fall in love- koi ni ochite originally sang by olivia ong.
i think we can do this, i HOPE, just pray that i wont freak out so much and stone hopelessly on stage that day itself :/
the pictures are really pretty dark, cause we are in a dark room after all.

heh i was picking the songs while elaine was singing .
hi elaine:
and there she was at her moment :D
didnt go to kbox for like almost 2 years now, and i didnt know there was klunch if you went there between 11 to 2. cool eh.

im trying very much to be more optimistic now bout this, thanks elaine for everything:] and everyone who has encouraged us in one way or another. Bless you guys!

going to kbox with elaine tmr to rehearse for our duet item for the freshmen orientation's concert!
and im so freaking out here! ah im just getting the nerves and all!
i cant believe im doing this, i cant believe i actually got the guts and nerves to do this thing!
and i cant believe im going to SING in front of all the ogls, lecturers, sdn students, and FRESHMEN. oh my freakyhead! what if i really cant sing in front of all these people?

what if i faint and die on stage? what if i became a laughing sock of myself for another dreadful 2 years? what if my voice cracked while i was singing? what if im a burden to elaine's wonderful singing?
what if what if what if.
oh no , sorry elaine, im just way tooooo pessimistic here :/ but thanks for all the encouragement and assurance you had given me all this while . im still trying to get through this , at least, with a more open mind, and self actualization. i can do this, I HOPE.

i have never sang before with my SOLO voice in front of so many people. and nevertheless, a performance? on an arena facing people?
i only sing in showers, with close friends and WITH people singing WITH ME .

this is going to be a totally new experience and i really do hope its a good one. if not, i promise NEVER to sing or hum again . God Bless! Father, show me this is a right decision.

a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to dearest crankie who turns 18 this wonderous day! :D
ahaha im happy for her , really, that she is at this legal age where she can do many other stuffs like purchasing alcohols and watching mature movie themes . HEH, at least i can get her to get me some alcoholic drinks the next time.

and .. tadah! presenting to you cranky ckbudd,
gorgeous as ever,
fun-loving as ever,
and still loving me as ever haha:
i seriously think we need to take more pics together girls !
we hanged out the whole dinner without taking any shots of ourselves i realised. WE BETTER START THE SNAPPING WHEN WE MEET AGAIN BUD!

and a pleased weebee when we were at sushi tei's , taka:

and oh my, did you see the wonderful cookies she made for ck? they are really pretty , and tasty looking woohoo, check em out at http://www.therottenberry.blogspot.com/ ! her baking skills just get better:]
sushi tei's was really not bad, good for its desserts and jap curry. i had stomachache though after that, maybe i was too full eating too much sushi haha.
i love sushi!
and there was this public performance on really groovin' baybeats kinda thing going on at the *scape park ! its damn cool luh, judging from the way they were just ordinary people with a great sense of rhythm and harmony and just by using simple percussion instruments. i wanna join a music beats group then! ahhh should come up with one of this kinda grp one day with wb .

had a really good bday meal with the beautiful bday girl, crankieee! dont ask me why i call her that, it just sounds endearing and she loves it:)))

once again, happy birthday my friend! a toast to you!

i finally got my long anticipated high chair from IKEA , thanks to mum!
i can sit by my windowsill everyday now and watch the world go by:]
i love IKEA.
it probably creates and designs the most innovation and affordable furniture you can ever find.
and mum gave me these pretty stickers from melbourne which she got from her colleague!
so typo eh.

i woke up this morning at 11am! one of my latest ever haha, was feeling kinda blue though.
till i read my emails and the beautiful mail that ck sent lifted up my spirits instantly:]
thanks crankybud! I LOVE YOU TOOOO.

met juleen at BM at 1 and we went off for lunch and then i accompanied her to PIERCE HER EARS. ahaha, she finally pierced her ears! and they are beautiful, pink diamond studs.
went home early and im really bored right now.

sigh, i actually miss school already.

Good friday isn't just a public holiday.
It is a time for us to remember how Jesus died on the cross for our sins.
Christians could probably relate alot to this, with no offence to non-believers. i know that there are other religions reading my blog here so i better not go into the deeper details.
hey im not religion-cist okay. HAH.

well, so Good Friday was a pretty good day to begin with!
had a game of badminton with CK and WB at delta sports hall, and we really perspired quite a bit , they are both awesome players:] good game woohoo!
and then we took a bath and hurriedly headed off to bugis , national lib's HANS for lunch with ahhh :D XT, SM and KH! it was a really really reallyyy long time since i met XT! and there she was, as gorgeous as ever, the same old xueting i know and love. and i gotta met up with SM and KH again which was such a pleasure. sometimes, just by having lunch with old friends, catching up on good times together is indeed what i count truly as a blessing!

we had a wonderful meal at HANS, mama mia~
and then right after that, they walked to HAJI lane while i went home to put down my stuff and got ready to go to expo's church service for santification week. i just had to go today since it was Good Friday and its a really sacred moment to be more intimate with God, to continue my fellowship with Him so there i was! Loads of people and there were mats everywhere plastered on the ground for those who brought for kneeling down. But still, it was good and all, its so amazing how we all come together as one big spiritual family in front of God, and pray and worship Him. and the video Pastor Khong showed us bout how Jesus died on the cross was so traumatizing and moving i cried and cried again. Thank you Father.

That was why it was only today that i truly understood the meaning of Good Friday and why i should not just see it as a public holiday where i rejoice and go out till late.
so im going to santification again tmr! Cherie and Peilin would be there too yay:]
Oh , and the Jewish violinist who played beautiful pieces there was such a music prodigy , really, im in deep admiration for him.

and ah well, it all ended at 9pm and i reached home at like 10 plus. Should probably get some sleep now, its turning 1am.
Cant wait for another weekend! i actually am looking foward to a couple of events next week.
yeahhh cant wait for sushitei on CK's bday, and the shopping with her and the meeting up with my polymates!

i did some grocery shopping today alone. haha im getting really independent nowadays , heading off to places to buy stuff without any company.

and yeah man, i finally got the A2 CUTTING MAT! mum has been reminding me to get it and i finally got it at pop's! no more over-cutting:]

and then i headed to anchorpoint's cold storage and remembered cherie's highly recommended BALSAMIC VINEGARETTE! and whoosh, i got it too. a treat for sourtangy lovers.

so i made an appleveggie salad with balsamic vinegar for tea since it was already 3 and i made some for dinner as appetisers too! woohoooooo.

i think i could be an expertiser in the art of salad-making haha. i think.

im beginning to like sundays. at least they are much more meaningful now.
rather than wandering or staying at home aimlessly.

i woke up in the morning , had breakfast with family and then get on to completing rachel's birthday card and then read a psalm and off i went for church service.
Service was good like it always was and we learnt about recovering from a loss of faith that actually applies to many of us.

went home for dinner after that since mum was cooking! YEAH, its actually home cooked food!
like finally. Dinner was splendid as usual, mum's cooking had always been consistent :]

so my sunday was spent , this way and i love it, like this.

went for JR tribe's sports day today at east coast's urbansports arena!
the soccer pitch there is actually made up of turf grass(artificial grass). how cool is that! eh hah.

had friendly matches of captain's ball with other teams! it was a really good game though we lost the the first round to the taller bball guys but it was still a defeat we are proud of!
i mean hey, they are freaking tall, all of em' are guys since they belong to i-forgot-who's cell but because we belonged to the same cell tribe, we are all in this game thing together.
we are an all girls and one guy team haha.
But it was fun losing, we scored one goal and are proud of it! And for the rest of the rounds, more team spirit were built and we managed to win a few matches strategically too:]

too bad there weren't floorball since many didnt turn up! wished there were more who would come participate in this annual sports event! it would be so much more exciting then.
well, oh and i played volleyball with cherie too! it was so much fun ahhhh sheesh.
cherie said we would plan a volleyball and rockclimbing activity the next time yay.
i cant wait for more adventurous cell outings:D

the sports event ended at 12plus and we head on to subway for lunch and then i was off to work.
sticky and a little sunburnt, i still had to get on to work . i know, ewww but at least i wasnt smelly! HAH, like how would i know.
it was a pretty good saturday except for the fact i had to work if not i could join siying and soph for some water activities.

oh well, i have some arm and leg muscles now that i dont really fancy and im aching all over:/
the price paid for sports but im living it up. more to come please.

FIRSTLY, MANY MANY APOLOGIES TO FEN AND CHRIS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO GYM WITH YOU GIRLS TODAY. and i seriously felt so bad about that. why is it that something will always cropped up when i wanna go out with my friends so badly. sigh, oh well.
sis had a bad case of stomachache and giddiness this morning that she could barely walk.
so i had to bring her to the doctor's at tiong and we waited for a pretty long time just to hear the doc's ranting of prescriptions.
am so glad now that shes alright and feeling much better:]

had a busy day, waking up early and then going off to the doc's and then buying lunch for sis.
but it all ended well with a good dinner with my ol' best budds!
it was hema's birthday, and we had dinner at pasta mania, bugis. i really love the time that we shared, just chiiling and walking ard , reminiscing good ol' times together at sec school.
they are the still the same fun-loving peeps i know and will always be.

and HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DEAREST HEMA! in advance actually:]

the beautiful cake and the beautiful her:
the beautiful ladies i know and love!
there, all of us! hema, kaihong, shumei, me and huixin! missed florence and peifen though:[
candid shots!

love you girls and duh, a toast for many more wonderful moments together!
cant wait for next fri, another outing with em'.

went to grandmere's house to sleep over yesterday night.
and it was because i suddenly miss those nights i slept in grandmere's room .

just that now im alone without my sis accompanying me, she has school:/

but still, it was a time well spent. i had never seen my grandmere this happy to see her granddaughter stay over.

She never failed to make sure that i was being fed well and good and being tucked in comfortably. and grandpa would always let me eat first before he does.

Just yesterday alone, i felt so pampered and blessed.
im turning eighteen, all grown up now, yet my grandparents' love and attention for me never falters. it only grew fonder.

For once, i was a little girl all over again.
Thank you grandmere and grandpere:] and i love you.

today's service was like woah. and it started at 0900!
there were just so many people! since it consisted of the morning adult services and youthnet so the population was like an eye opener.
But it was interesting and all, and Pastor Khong led us into a 1 hour prayer thing , where we pray for the many issues happening around us, family, country, other countries, economically and politically, our school and stuff. there were so many things I didnt know i could pray about!

And we went over the 1 hour limit. it was sooo amazing how the prayer was carried out.
And the worship was in both english and chinese. a little confusing but at least it catered to all.

well, grandpere's bday dinner later! happy birthday grandpere:]
i had a good morning at service and am going to have a good dinner to end my day.

Everyone's life is driven by something.
Most dictionaries define the verb drive as "to guide, to control, or to direct." So what is the driving force of your life?
Right now, you may be driven by a problem, a pressure, or a deadline. You may be driven by a painful memory, a haunting fear, or an unconscious belief. There are hundreds of circumstances, values, and emotions that can drive your life.

Many people are driven by guilt. Guilt-driven people are manipulated by memories.
Many people are driven by resentment and anger. They hold on to to hurts and never get over them.
Many people are driven by fear. Fear-driven people often miss great opportunities because they're afraid to venture out.
Many people are driven by materialism. Their desire to acquire becomes the whole goal of their lives.
Many people are driven by the need for approval.

- Adapted from The Purpose-Driven Life.

But, hey , why not live a purpose-driven life?
i stumbled upon this sentence in the book that i thought was full of meaning:
A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.

And i guess, that is why i have always believed that God has a plan for everyone of us:]

if you dont take too long, i will wait for you forever.
- adapted from The Leap Years.

work has been a wreck.
thanks to my unwillingness to smile pleasantly, really unhappy spirit, a tired soul and long hours.

i wish i can stop complaining but i cant.
im so sick of doing closings . im so tired of doing things i dont wanna do.
but everytime i want to stop , i have to hesitate over the fact of consideration.
where everyone else is concerned.
i cant quit at this point of time, simwei is pregnant and all. i have to replace other part timers and help out with the lack of staff too.
if i quit, i will be letting down my employers and previous employers , they have seen me as the longest staying part timer. sheesh:/

but i guess its all part of life. i have to quit by next term, year 2 is gonna be hell. and im so not looking foward to it so i will have to stop what i dont think im suppose to be doing and get back to whats most important.
right now, i have to priortise to get a life. or shall i say get back my life.

im just glad wed and thurs's closings are over.
movie with Peilin tmr! woohoo:]
and Peilin, get well soon!

oh and i just noticed that whenever i put on my specs, my eyeballs , the black balls in the middle , are so in the middle, so stagnant and straight,that i think it look cock-eyed haha.
okay so maybe im wrong, and its like that, but well, i cant stop wondering if it is.

i realised how much i love waking up in the early mornings,
tuning in to 98.7, where morning interviews with stars and hits are on air,
having my breakfast cereal,
sipping my morning tea,
and then having my laptop in front of me.
while hearing the greatest hits off the pop chart.

im a morning person i guess:]

SPINELLI's newest drink for the month!
if you like green tea, esp MATCHA green tea! try this :]

and yeah, i got my new specs! no more eye straining!

woohoo the pair who put in so much effort to complete their model!
ct said we looked tired haha and yeah, we do:/
goodbye blk m, we are so gonna miss you ! i cant believe that the school of design is actually gonna shift to blk r when the new term starts. its heartwrenching to know that :[


whats left of blk m.

finally, bungalow model down.
after late nights, going without sleep on thurs night, muscle straining, bleeding fingers and the many cuts.
im proud to say, its all done.
presenting, our 3 storey bungalow with the attic!

the debris:

and yeah the other pair who kindly waits for me and fen to finish up our work! thanks girls:] and can you believe it? that cy treated us to a large ice milo each! I MEAN ITS LARGE ! oh well thanks anyway cy.

the attic!
the windows that were damn tedious to cut!


like yay, the hols are finally here and this is the time where we break the house down:]

projects outtttt!