& so we meet again.

Hello Blogger, I truly am sorry for the long absence.
But sincerely hope you've been fine. I've just had
so much to do the past few days/weeks/months,
its unbelievable. Right now I just need to focus
and get my life back in place.

Stop wasting money
Stop buying shoes & jeans
Start running
Start sleeping early (before midnight)
Start studying intensively

there's more but for now, that's it.
Hope all you wonderful people have been great.
Till the next post, goodbye for now.




note: blogging feels good.

Recharged

About 23 months ago, he left home. Not just to study, but also to start over again. Academically and also somewhat in life. Before he left, he went for a great camp. Everything you could look for in a camp --> good friends, nice (enough) accommodation, good worship and of course the Spiritual High one encounters. Fortunately/Strangely, that Spiritual High lived in him for most if not the entire year. In fact, it didn't die down till more than 18 months had passed from that camp.

But you know what they say. People change. Things change. You change. To no surprise, its true. Somehow, he took a wrong turn. Ended up in the wrong path. Going in the wrong direction. What happened? Most would give the standard answer. Church or not serving in Church. However, Christianity is not just a religion. Its not just flaunting your beautiful voice that can hit all the high notes in all the latest songs. Neither is it being able to play various instruments. It is a relationship we as man share with God. That was something he just simply had to understand.

Fortunately, after listening to one of the best sermons ever, he raised his hand during an altar call. Which resulted in him walking to the front of the congregation. Being prayed for and also rededicating his life. That moment is impossible to describe. It is one where you have to encounter for yourself. To experience that fuzzy feeling of His presence. The thing is, its easy to have a Spiritual High and proclaim you'll do everything you can for Him. But how long will that last? We as human beings tire. Be it physically, mentally or spiritually, we have a limit.

This may seem hard to keep up/go on. But He never said being a Christian would be simple and that we wouldn't face obstacles. However, He's omnipresent. He's always beside you. Guiding you, picking you up, spurring you on and no matter what, He loves you. Not just ordinary love. But unconditional love. Which means, even if we fail or stumble, His love still endures. To be close to Him, we have to choose to be. We have to welcome Him into our hearts. Placing Him first before everything. Willing to get out of our comfort zones. Also we have to obey Him. Even if it means we have to do things instantly, or even if there are no benefits, or even if it doesn't make sense, or even when it hurts and also we have to obey Him to completion.

We might say we can't go on, but His grace is sufficient.
(2 Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

All the time.

Sometimes we feel we aren't good enough.
Sometimes we disappoint others when we fail.
Sometimes we neglect and doubt.
But all the time,
You forgive,
You love,
You comfort and
You never give up on us.
Thank You.

Daylight Savings

Due to daylight savings, the time difference is now 3 hours. Melbourne is 3 hours ahead of Singapore so if its like 10:30PM onwards in Singapore, please start chasing me off unless I'm studying. Thanks guys.

Exams

Hello all. Exams are seriously around the corner. All prayers would be deeply appreciated!
2nd Nov- English
7th Nov- General Advanced Maths
7th Nov- Chemistry
8th Nov- Business Management
8th Nov- Physics
9th Nov- Mathematical Methods

For English I have to write 4 essays in 3 hours. 2 are upon 35 marks the other 2 are over 15 marks. General Advanced I have to study for Kinematics/Dynamics, Calculus, Vectors and Complex Numbers. Won't be studying for Chemistry cause I will most definitely be dropping it next year so I don't want to stress myself out even more. Alot to cover for Business Management but its mainly memorizing and understanding various concepts. Physics, alot to cover, alot to memorise, even more to understand but I should do okay, well hopefully. Mathematical Methods = 8 Chapters = Die. So do keep me in your prayers! Hope all of you are doing just fine!

Its totally normal to fail, but you have to pick yourself up and keep going.

Content

Thank You for everything.

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Elroi.

Its been 12 years or more. Who's counting? haha time really flies eh bro? I distinctively recall the days where we used to smack, whack, wrestle, quarrel, play the gameboy,
run around in church whilst our parents were having worship prac, folding paper planes and all the other unforgettable stuff. Good times, good times =). Oh look, you're 17 now!
Happy Happy 17 Birthday Elroi Ng Yu Kwong! Sure do miss you dude. Take great care and study hard. Your present will come but remember, patience is a virtue haha. Alright, be good don't do drugs, its not cool. Stay in school! hahaha

Love you Bro.

Busier than a bee.

School takes up most if not all my time. Homework is given daily and there are at least 2 tests a week or more. Great, another reason to dread school haha. Other than dead tired and mega occupied I'm still alive and kicking heh. Though I'm falling behind I don't seem to be bothered. But I'll start getting serious soon - sooner or later. My main problem is that even though I have so much to do, I'll manage to say I'll do it. Just not now, maybe later. From that, I'm sure you can infer from the 'maybe'. Laziness and exhaustion dominates.

Thankful.

I thank You for the great family You've blessed me with.
I really thank You for Dad's opportunity to drop
by Melbourne for 3 days.
Though it was short, it was definitely enjoyable.
I also thank You for our
SuperMom that does just about everything.

I simply cannot ask for more =)

Hello! How's you?

So far, its been really, really hectic. There's just so much work I have to catch up on. Unfortunately, its not easy doing anything without motivation. Even with motivation, there's still the laziness that lingers. Not to mention, the pure exhaustion. I need sleep. Like a whole week's worth. Been getting like 6 hours of sleep every night but it takes a while before I fall asleep. Its as though I've got some slight insomnia. Really annoying when you're dead tired, lying in bed hoping to get a good night's sleep but to no avail it takes a good 30 minutes! But then time and time again, I remind myself that He will provide me rest=).

Anyway, I've gotten back 2 results already. Not too bad. Though I missed out on 2 week's worth of work on vectors and had to catch up all by myself, I didn't get the lowest mark. I got 64% but the lowest was 58%. So that was quite refreshing I guess. And for my English essay, I got 86%!! Was pretty glad, just that there were 2 students that got like 90%+. But I'm thankful for the rather satisfactory results!

Haven't been talking to most if not all of you recently. Its either I'm busy or you are. But fear not, if there's a will there's a way! =). Hope all of you are coping with your school work unlike me; slacking off. And also hope that you guys are not sick and for those that are, DRINK WATER AND SLEEP!! Okay time to go off. Night!

drained.

Caution: not a happy post.


I love school,
I love the people in school,
I love doing homework,
I love Melbourne,
I love waking up at 6:50AM from Monday to Friday,
I love being tired.
But I hate it when I'm this sarcastic.




(Just needed somewhere to vent the frustration. Alls good.)

School.

School. It wasn't as bad as I thought it was. Just a little worse. haha
Man first day of school and I was like 20 minutes late. But then again
my teachers are used to me being late already so I don't think they
care anymore. Okay, I have so much homework I do not know where
to begin. I have homework for pretty much every subject! Like 2 chapters
each for both of my Maths, 2 chapters for Chemistry, 1.5 chapters for Physics,
an assignment for Business (due Monday) and I have to watch Schindler's List for English.
Thankfully, my classmate has the DVD so I can borrow it!
Man, there's so much work to do and I'm just so, so, so exhausted. I'm simply worn out!
What's worse is that I'm so lazy. I have my motivation and goals but my laziness
is consuming me from the inside out! haha. I better get back to bed and fricken get
off the computer man. Deleting MSN would be one solution. But, its time I wake up and
get out of my 'holiday mood'. So I can catch up with all the work that I have!
Time to re-cooperate..

new place, familiar faces.

Hello all! I moved in with my sis, tee and another church friend, michelle!
Am now living in the city. So far all's good. Just that it takes quite
a while for me to get to school but its not that bad.
I get more of my 'alone-time' and also I get to think about where I'm
heading to in the near future. The way I'm 'living' my life, I really
ain't gonna live very long man. haha I seriously need to get more sleep.
Like 9 hours a day so that I can compensate for lost sleep!
I just need to remind myself that in Him will I find rest =)


P.S:I wanna go home!

Singapore (June/July 2007)

Okay. I'm now back in Melbourne after
22 wholesome days in Singapore!

I must say I really enjoyed myself when I was in Singapore.
Everyday was prettymuch filled with fun! =)
This time round I spent so much time with the people
from church. Mainly those from my batch:
Eliza, Ethel, Elroi and Lucy.
I also spent quite a bit of time with others like
Nigel, Belly, Shiyan, Dom and some others.
(Sorry if I've missed you out hee)


However, I hardly met up with my school friends!! But don't worry,
in my next trip we'll have plenty of dates!
haha. Speaking of school friends, it was great
to see Adam and Daniel Wong as they
are studying in Canada and China respectively.
So I don't get to see them much at all.
Especially that asswipe, Adam.
It was real good to see others as well like
Holy, Koh, Gomez, Zhiwei and Eugene!

Okay so in my trip, I expected myself to buy
mountains of stuff. Sadly I really did not manage
to find anything nice.All i got were a pair of Futsol shoes,
skinnies (heh), 2 tees, a belt and
that's it. Oh oh! Also a plain black hoody! I was quite
disappointed buy at least I didn't spend that much! =)

Anyways, I really enjoyed the company of my church friends!
We ALL go crazy when we're together man.
Especially Elroi, Ethel and I.
Just that when we're in our crazy mode,
Eliza smacks us whenever.
And Lucy finds us too immature haha.
Nonetheless I love you all!!

Oh ya, this time we managed to jam quite abit!
Was really fun man!
Singing "I'm yours" and"You and I both" mostly.
Just that there are some notes which are
too high for me so I have to strain my voice.
I've found a solution : castration.
(Doubt the tight underwear will actually work.) Haha


Oooh! I also managed to learn how to play abit of
Jason Mraz's "I'm yours".Kudos to Elroi and Eliza .
And and I learnt the piano bit of
Lemon Tree thanks to Ethel!
You 3 are zee best.
Soon I'll get Lucy to teach me some super cool
drumbeat muahaha! Btw, I think I'll learn
to play guit for real now. Haha.
With Liwei and tee to teach me
I should be able to play a song or two!


What have I missed out? I know! Being able to attend
FMC for 4 Sundays was so awesome!
And having the opportunity to sing
backup for Youth Sunday was quite cool too!
Saw so many familiar faces! From
toddlers all the way to the nice Aunties and Uncles
(parents of the youths mostly).


Hmmm, oh! I ate so so so much whilst being back in Singapore!
The scale says I'm 75kg haha. I only have 4cm to
grow then I'll be Brad Pitt's height and
exactly 6 feet. Lose 3 kilos and I'll be on par with
Brad Pitt's weight hahaha! Woooo lol. Not forgetting,
pretty much half the population in Singapore is anorexic.
Is it like a trend? Seriously everyone's so skinny.
It seems illegal if you have biglegs or arms.
Food is to be eaten. Fish are FOOD not friends! hahaha.
If you think you're fat, please slap yourself.
Yes you, Ethel haha. Oh and Belly, you too.


Okay man, I've said quite alot in this post.
Time for pictures! haha

Dom & I.

Elroi & I.

Eliza & I.


Ethel & I.


Belly & I.


Nigel & I.


Lucy & I.

And yes, I noticed I do not take alot of pictures and I should start
doing so. So that when I look at the pictures,
I can reminisce better haha =) Sorry if I do not have any photos
with you but I'll be sure to take plenty
next time! Love you all!! =) Take care people.


P.S. : I miss you guys already! =(

Singapore June/July 2007

Okay. I'm now back in Melbourne after 22 wholesome days in Singapore!
I must say I really enjoyed myself when I was in Singapore.Everyday was pretty
much filled with fun! =) This time round I spent so much time with the people
from church.Mainly those from my batch : Eliza, Ethel, Elroi and Lucy.
I also spent quite a bit of time with others like
Nigel, Belly, Shiyan, Dom and some others.
(Sorry if I've missed you out hee)


However, I hardly met up with my school friends!! But don't worry, in my next trip we'll have plenty of dates! haha. Speaking of school friends, it was great
to see Adam and Daniel Wong as they
are studying in Canada and China respectively.
So I don't get to see them much at all.Especially that asswipe, Adam.
It was real good to see others as well like
Holy, Koh, Gomez, Zhiwei and Eugene!

Okay so in my trip, I expected myself to buy mountains of stuff.
Sadly I really did not manage to find anything nice.
All i got were a pair of Futsol shoes,skinnies (heh), 2 tees, a belt and
that's it. Oh oh! Also a plain black hoody! I was quite
disappointed buy at least I didn't spend that much! =)

Anyways, I really enjoyed the company of my church friends! We ALL go
crazy when we're together man. Especially Elroi, Ethel and I.
Eliza just smacks us whenever.
And Lucy finds us too immature haha.
Nonetheless I love you all!!

Oh ya, this time we managed to jam quite abit! Was really fun man!
Singing "I'm yours" and"You and I both" mostly.
Just that there are some notes which are
too high for me so I have to strain my voice.
I've found a solution : castration.
(Doubt the tight underwear will actually work.) Haha


Oooh! I also managed to learn how to play abit of
Jason Mraz's "I'm yours".Kudos to Elroi and Eliza .
And and I learnt the piano bit of Lemon Tree thanks to Ethel!
You 3 are zee best.
Soon I'll get Lucy to teach me some super cool
drumbeat muahaha! Btw, I think I'll learn to play guit
for real now. Haha. With Liwei and tee to teach me
I should be able to play a song or two!


What have I missed out? I know! Being able to attend
FMC for 4 Sundays was so awesome!
And having the opportunity to sing backup for Youth Sunday
was quite cool too! Saw so many familiar faces! From
toddlers all the way to the nice Aunties and Uncles
(parents of the youths mostly).


Hmmm, oh! I ate so so so much whilst being back in Singapore!
The scale says I'm 75kg haha. I only have 4cm to
grow then I'll be Brad Pitt's height and
exactly 6 feet. Lose 3 kilos and I'll be on par with
Brad Pitt's weight hahaha! Woooo lol. Not forgetting,
pretty much half the population in Singapore is anorexic.
Is it like a trend? Seriously everyone's so skinny.
It seems illegal if you have biglegs or arms.
Food is to be eaten. The same way Fish are FOOD not friends! hahaha.
If you think you're fat, please slap yourself.
Yes you, Ethel haha. Oh and Belly, you too.


Okay man, I've said quite alot in this post. Time for pictures! haha

Dom & I.

Elroi & I.

Eliza & I.


Ethel & I.


Belly & I.


Nigel & I.


Lucy & I.

And yes, I noticed I do not take alot of pictures and I should start
doing so. So that when I look at the pictures,
I can reminisce better haha =) Sorry if I do not have any photos
with you but I'll be sure to take plenty
next time! Love you all!! =) Take care people.


P.S. : I miss you guys already! =(

Wheeeee.

SINGAPORE HAS BEEN MEGA ULTRA SUPER DUPER PHENOMENALLY
EXTRAVAGANTLY OVERWHELMINGLY EXCEPTIONALLY A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!!!
just that its also boiling hot in singapore. global warming is REAL people heh.
okay the past 2 weeks were super fun man. met up with so many familiar faces!=)=).
will explain more in detail soon.
(when i have totally nothing to do that is)

haven't really shopped/bought alot of clothes/stuff but
i sure have spent alot!! okay just wanted to update myself and you guys.
will have more in my next post! take care all! =)


oh shit,
im going back to melbourne.
way tooooo soon.

After 'much' deliberation..

I think its safe to say I will fail English & Chemistry.
Oh bugger. I am actually able to say more than those 2 words.
But for now, I'll keep it short, sweet, simple and straight to the point.
2 more papers to go! Business Management tomorrow
(which is actually in just 9 hours time)
and then Mathematical Methods. Right now, I'm kinda like ahhhhhh,
screw both of them. But Business is supposedly relatively easy so hopefully I don't go too bad with it. As for Methods, I pray that I'll get at least 75%.

Also... I am dead tired. Off to read through my Business notes.

I believe its stress.

I have no idea why I'm blogging to be totally honest. Exams in 2 day's time and yet I'm here to tell all of you about life, my life in particular. Its been really hectic even though my exams haven't started. But 6 papers in 4 days is no joke man. After the 1st 2 days (Tuesday & Wednesday) I would have already sat for 4 of my dreadful papers.

And for Thursday I have a rather easy paper ; Business Management. Though easy, it does require a whole lot of memory work which isn't exactly my forte. Friday I'll have Mathematical Methods which would cover topics like Linear Equations, Functions, Quadratics, Gallery of Graphs, Range and Domain and not to forget the extremely 'loveable' Probability which is basically utter nonsense.

Oh and if you're wondering what's on Monday, its a public holiday. Queen's Birthday. Long live the Q... *snores* Really, I don't think we all give an owl's hoot about the Queen. Fortunately I still get the day off. So on Tuesday the 12th, the disaster begins. First I'll have Physics followed by like a 2 hour break and then General Advanced Mathematics.

(Yes, I'm taking 2 mathematical subjects. Crazy? Yeah I'd think so too)
Wednesday, I'll have English and Chemistry. For English I realized I have to write 4 essays in 3 hours. Talk about quantity & quality. Chemistry? Oh yay, let's use Avogadro's constant to find out how many molecules there are in object x.

Anyways, x amount of days after my last paper on 15th June, I'll be making my way back to the sunny island. The thought of being reacquainted with all my friends & family is just too satisfactory and blissful. Not to mention the delicious food. Anticipation at maximum. Motivation not too far behind. Problem is I haven't been fully able to concentrate while studying and I can't seem to absorb much.

But I will PERSEVERE. I actually don't have a choice. Especially since I haven't been getting very desirable results. Hopefully I get like 80% for everything. But for English 65-75% would be good enough. For me at least. Expectations haven't been very well entertained on my part. I better get back to boot book camp soon. Take care all =)

P.S: Eating is too good a way to un-stress. Thus I have put on more weight. So don't be alarmed when you see me (haha). And when I get back to Singapore, I'll put on even more!!
Hohoho, Merry Eating to me.

Oh and thanks for all the encouragement =) Really appreciate it!

P.S,P.S: Sorry if this post is too long. But then again,
I didn't force you to read this. Heh heh.

I've stumbled
& occasionally I mumble.
From time to time I fumble.
But my world will never crumble.

my first Century

hello everybody! this is my 100th post! haha i can't believe i've actually posted 100 times including this one! its quite little compared to everyone else, but i am the person that hardly blogs! anyways, the past week has been pretty good. i didn't actually do any studying... BUTT i did all my homework! or at least almost all of it! and that's quite a major improvement! haha just that i bummed around yesterday. watched a few movies, caught up with some friends and semi arranged my room. i don't even know why i'm blogging now to be honest! i didn't go to church today cause i decided to my own BS and also i really can't stand the church i go to when i'm NOT in the city. and the people just seem to be real good at pulling my trigger if you get what i mean.

and i have ALOT of work to do man. like one practice essay, questions to do for BOTH my maths and gotta study for my 6 subjects! i actually have to study for english! lols.


okay, so i finally talked to E yesterday. we then started to talk about who can date who and what not haha was kinda funny. i just hope that i'll always be super duper close to E1, E2, E3 and L whether i'm married or not or vice versa. then again i'll be so envious of their respective partners. SO, i have decided to marry ALL of them! hahaha i'm not saying i don't treasure my other precious friends. its just that when you've known E1, E2, E3 for 12 years, its simply impossible to be separated from them. and for L, i've known him for pretty damn long time too
(like a decade!!). we'd always say hi to each other before but now we're mega close. ahhhh really miss the 4 of you and of course my other friends too! gotta get back to my books now though. and wow, i'm actually gonna do work on a weekend. never though i'd do that.


ps: i really ♥ the 4 of you!!

and also my other friends!!

Oh no.

1 boy.
6 papers.
4 days.
Exams in 2 weeks!! Oh boy! haha
Stay tuned to find out what happens! lol



I WILL start studying starting this week!


P.S: Do you find expensive stuff nice, or nice stuff expensive?