thanksgiving before christmas-

because i had some impacted wisdom tooth extracted so i have more time at home thus i felt i should reflect on the year that passed-

in this extremely boring and mundane year that passed, i thank God for the following:

• for letting me realise how important simple stuff like family is to me. well, in being home everyday we often take our families and homes for granted, and often end up treating it like a mere hostel, where you go back and sleep and just leave the next day. but thank you Lord for making me realise and appreciate this simple yet easily forgotten blessing.
• for being with me every minute along the way throughout this past year. my prayers you have heard Lord, and thank you for that.
• while it hasn't been a big or eventful year i still thank God for the small stuff in this past year like passing my driving test, getting a place in an engineering course and all, many of which i probably couldn't have done without your grace.
• while some prayers may seem like they've not been heard sometimes, thank you Lord for making me come to the realisation that sometimes it is not just a simple 'yes' or 'no', but a trial to wait, and accept that if it is Your will, i will heed.

its been ultra long since my last decent post but i suddenly had the urge to update today. and just in case i do not update in time later, merry christmas to everyone :)

drive drive drive-

i finally passed my driving test :)

this has got to be the shortest entry since i started this blog hahah.

bowl bowl bowl-

had off today so decided to bowl in the afternoon at csc.supposed to bowl with weimin but he got recalled to camp last minute so he did not come and so i bowled alone-

anyway! i was quite happy with today's bowling :D 7 games total pinfall 1176, thats an average of 168.

ok fine the average isn't that fantastic but i was happy enough because i bowled two high games (high by my standards thanks) today :D
first high game scored 204, which i actually cleared a split to maintain a perfect closed game =)
second high game was 214 woohoo, also closed all frames but i had a turkey in my last frame so scored better than the previous 204 =)

OH YES (sad to say) 214 happens to be my all time PB too hahah am i noob or what =/ but nonetheless i'm still damn happy over my bowling scores today :D

music from the heart-

haven't been updating for quite some time! will update in the next few days, but i thought i would post the lyrics of this song just before i sleep. well written lyrics-

全世界的人都知道 by 王俞勻
[恶作剧之吻] 插曲

在见到你关键的第一秒
爱的情愫开始发酵
小心翼翼写给你的纸条
幸福划上星星记号

你像一座孤傲的岛
有自己的城堡
我是上不了岸的潮
也只能将你围绕

全世界的人都知道
一厢情愿是种烦恼
只要换你一次微笑
就算是做梦也会笑

全世界的人不知道
我不在乎付出多少
我想这就是幸福写照
任何人不能阻止我对你的好

sigh-

was too tired to update yesterday so i didn't-

anyway i went to BBDC to finish up the stupid final theory test that i obviously should've done last december to not waste time. anyway it was fine, and i passed, hahaa and i broke my record time of attempting 50 questions :) i did it in 7 mins this time heh. the auntie beside me obviously looked quite nervous (relax lahh) and looked like she's never seen an 11B in her life before, staring at my 11B that i placed on the desk =/

and so i'm meeting my instructor next wednesday to book my practical test. hopefully i can get a date thats not too far away please.. my initial plans of passing before my birthday seems impossible now that the earliest slot available (as of today) is on the 24th of september. by next wednesday i doubt i can get any slot before the 26th =(

and so its ndp rehearsal (eurgh) once again tomorrow and it will be the last time i'm seeing jake, he's been posted out to ADF since he's signed on as ADF. gonna miss his presence i guess, even though i've only known him after i got posted to the navy.

youth sunday this week, got to collect offerings so have to wear long sleeve and put on a tie. it's been like 9 months since i wore such stuff. never mind, i'll go find a tie for sunday after i come home from rehearsal tomorrow.

nothing else interesting in my mundane life at the moment. period.

P.S. yes i already expected that big TSKK from you miss-science-teacher! hahaa.

幸福遇见-

ON A HOPELESS PIG'S REQUEST, I'M UPDATING MY BLOG-

i received my pre-ordered 林依晨 album yesterday!
album comes with 2 folders (one with a cartoon of 林依晨 and one with her picture of course). the album also came signed in gold ink =D was admiring it before i went duty yesterday but didn't dare to unwrap the plastic covering the album as i was initially afraid that the signature was signed on the plastic.
i spent the whole night duty yesterday listening to 林依晨's new songs =) the tunes just keep running through my head hehe.

aight i shan't continue my blabber about how good 林依晨's new album is or i can imagine someone (who keeps complaining about my blog being dusty) giving me a very big TSKKK and a pig telling me i'm obsessed.


also went bowling with weimin in the afternoon, went to hometeamns a.k.a CDANS initially but the back end of the lanes were so dirty it wasn't nice to bowl so we switched to CSC after two games. oh well, the advantages of having a car to ferry you around hahaa.

final theory test is tomorrow at BBDC. which actually is quite dumb cos i SHOULD have taken my final theory test last december so i wouldn't have to waste time waiting in order to book practical test. miscalculations and lousy planning, thats me.

my internet is also finally up, no longer using starhub now but using singnet, still quite satisfied with it at the moment. and OHKAYY i will update my blog more regularly. (i didn't update my blog only because my internet was down for more than a week aight.)

of closed doors and reality-

secured early from camp today so i went back to school to collect the school graduating certificate in the evening. it came in a very nice brown folder with the words on the cover embossed in gold.

on the way home i read through everything with mixed feelings. reading the testimonial made me appreciate again (since i've already read the testimonial before.) how nice miss bobillier is, making a playful kid like me sound like some conscientious student. obviously i didn't deserve that.

opened the letter box to find NTU's letter-

"We regret to inform you that due to keen competition your appeal (for change of programme to Aerospace Engineering) has not been successful... The place in the Mechanical Engineering programme has been reserved for you for academic year 2011/12."

receiving such notifications are, of course, disappointing. but who else can i blame but myself for not having performed better? whatever happened during a'levels period cannot, and will not be an excuse for such mediocre results. but what's over is over, i will stop lamenting and start thinking about and planning for the future.

when everything you planned doesn't work out at all, could it be Him telling you where he actually wants you to go? perhaps submission is just something my rebellious nature needs to learn-

the random life of an nsf-

HELLO WORLD-

YESSS i am back to update this very very dead blog after being coerced on my cbox and msn to update this dead blog (hehe just joking). ohkayy after some thinking i thought i ought to update it too since this is probably the only place i can post updates about myself to keep in contact with people i have less contact with now =/

p.s. look adel and yantian i have updated my blog (fine i will update it frequently since i'm free)

i have nothing of importance to update today but since yantian thinks i should update about anything at all, here it is-

firstly, 幸福遇见!

林依晨's debut album is out for preorder! its going to be released on 10 July 2009! i've pre-ordered my copy online woohoo it's gonna be shipped to singapore as soon as its released.
MY PREORDER COPY IS SIGNED =D
p.s. 林依晨's my psp wallpaper as well :) and yes i have her 甜蜜花园 MV on my psp too :D

secondly,
i wanted to upload my POP photos from ages ago but i realised i really cannot find where i put them =/ so sorry people you can only see photos of the bald PTE Chan when i find the photos hehe.
oh yes, to people who don't know, i've since been dyed blue after POP (i.e. i've been posted to the navy) and my unit now is Tuas Defence Squadron / Sea Surveillance. (if it isn't obvious enough, i'm based in Tuas Naval Base now)
oh yes, i'm a stay-out personnel :)

thirdly,
i've continued my driving lessons after stopping for close to 2 months (thanks to being in Changi Naval Base for like 6 days a week and booking out only for a day during the initial phase).
thank goodness my driving hasn't really rusted, i still feel quite comfortable at the wheel =) oh hahaa there was this short girl who had the slot before my driving lesson and she's quite odd because her seat is way further back than i would usually sit (albeit her legs being obviously shorter than mine) and i had to adjust like everything (seats, mirrors) when i got on, i couldn't see a single thing with her mirror positions hahaa.
taxi drivers and traffic light cameras are the hate. taxi drivers just refuse to give way so you have to force your way into the yellow box to make them stop. traffic light cameras are the ultimate since i always seem to get on the end of perfect amber-light-timings so i always have the fear of getting snapped.

enough of my random rubbish talk, i'll update again soon =)

off to be bald-

decided to drop one last post before i go off to be bald and be detached from my computer for 2 weeks-

reporting at 2pm later, not really sure what will happen and what life is like in there. quite worried, no matter how relaxed i look. now i can't wait for chinese new year to come, at least there'll be a long weekend for a breather hahaa.

i bought my liverpool cap =) it's damn nice i swear hahaa. anyway people, uhh take care hahaa i'll see you all in 2 weeks' time!

goodbye world-

thanksgiving 2008-

as 2008 came to an end i reflected upon the past year and had quite a few thoughts. this thanksgiving post is 2 days late, but better late than never-

as i thought about the year that passed, i thank God for the following-
1) the chance to take part in a'divisions even though i'm seriously not good enough. this chance really meant the world to me.
2) giving me really great tutors at school who never gave up on me, no matter how bad my grades were, giving me consultations tirelessly in the stretch leading up to a'levels.
3) the best classmates and bowling teammates i can ever have. we had fun, we worked hard, they form the 2 years of my memory of life at hwachong which i will never forget.

there are many many more in between that i can't really express well in words, but the final few things i thank God for are one of the most important-
4) for the chance to have lived with, and taken care of, my grandma in her final few months with us - the chance to cook for her, the chance to watch tv with her, etc. - thank you Lord for leaving me with no regrets.
5) this is a little unique, but after grandma left us, i found that she still kept the momento i bought for her from Penang eight years ago (well that dates back to year 2000, when i was ten). the thought that my grandma treasured the things her grandchildren gave her so much that even eight years later it was still in very good condition really warms my heart. thank you Lord for this consolation following the departure of grandma.

to lose a loved one is never easy, especially when you're stuck right in the middle of two weeks of examinations that would change your life. but thinking of it i still thank God for having relieved grandma's pain, as well as for putting me through the test for me to grow.

as i face the year ahead, hopefully i will be able to be steadfast as i go through national service and whatever comes my way in the coming year-