I Believe I Can Fly...with SIA!

I failed my first SIA attempt. =( It's not the end of the world! I've come up with several possibilities of why I didn't get thru...
1) I was the shortest among the 10 people
2) I didn't state my height and weight on the application form
3) I spoke too much
4) I looked too corporate
5) They had a problem with my teeth (I have a problem with them too! Haha)

But I do want to get porcelein veneers for 4 of my teeth. They are too small so it makes my teeth look jagged. I don't need braces tho! If others can wear braces, I don't see how veneers would be seen as 'ai sui' or fake. Cosmetic surgery is fine if it gives back one's confidence! Having such an imperfect set of teeth has definitely stripped me of much confidence! =/

Anyhow, I don't even know if I can pass the skincheck round! I need ample sleep and facials? before I try again! hehe. My complexes aside, I always believe that everything will happen in God's timing and by His grace! Maybe He wants to prepare me more internally, to strengthen my innerman before I take on giants when I'm without family and friends by my side. Like someone said, when God doesn't allow something good to happen, He's just accumulating ur faith so he can surprise u with something greater later on! Also, thru reading His word and the past weekend, I'm reminded to let go, and let God.

Not sure when the next recruitment will be but I'm guessing it'll be in May or June. After my last day of sch (which is in 50 days time, YAHOOOOOOO!), it'll will be a time of resting, exercising, hopefully a trip to BKK w my sis to fix our teeth, church camp, learning how to cook, going to the aquarium and waterpark at USS w Jo and sec sch friends, spending time with God like I've nv had before, and basically resuming a healthy lifestyle (Not that I actually had one to begin with). But I'm gonna be indebted to mommy till I find a job or get into SIA cuz I gots camp fees and dental fees to pay! *Sigh* If I do not get into SIA on my 2nd attempt, I may find a temp job at MBS or volunteer at one of the nature reserves! Just don't wanna bum around.

I'm so eager to join SIA (and not those short stint kind) cuz I am genuinely interested in serving people, exchanging cultures and polishing personal competencies which are relevant lifeskills as well! Also, I may miss impt dates here and there but I will not have to bring any work and worries back home! In future, I'm considering joining SIA as a groundstaff or CAG, where I interned. Who knows what the future holds? :)

So many things to look forward to...how not to feel excited??!?
*flashes my not-yet-pretty teeth*

Till Death Do Them Part

I put 2 houseflies in

I took the oxygen out

I put a tiny moth in

And I shook them all about

They do a hokey pokey

Then they turn themselves around

That's what it's all about!

And THIS is Localization

Up to now, I still can't figure how the 'Oppa Gangnam style' video became such a hit. But heck! This is still hilarious! And... GOOOOOOOOO KOREA! :D

Thank you, NTUC Fairprice!

Christmas came early and Santa sent these to Singapore!

TEEHEEHEE!

Oh I miss Thailand! So sad I couldn't see Nopy when he came earlier this week but happy I got to hear his voice at least! :D
Pooh's bday is coming up! Hope everyone's doing well!

So Simple Yet Meaningful

I woke up ytdy morning with many new messages in my inbox. They were well wishes from my region friends! Really touched and thkful! :')

Clay in Ur Hands

After going in circles, I realised this is who I wanna be. Jesus help me be more selfless. Cuz though my heart hurts for others, though it means sacrificing my dreams, my time, my energy, I find no greater joy in U when I'm doing what U want me to. Thr's no greater joy n peace knowing u r listening, knowing ur heart beat, and feeling closer to U than ever before. I want to stand in those gaps!

It's been a long time since I spent this many hours w U. I'm glad I made the decision to stay home. I managed to rest not just physically, but also to rest in U... To not go thru the motions out of obligation. But to go back to the very reason I came back to church and why I'm serving U. To love U because U first loved me. Love...



Your name
Is a shelter for the hurting
Jesus Your name
Is a refuge for the weak
Only Your name
Can redeem the undeserving
Jesus Your name
Holds everything I need

I will live
To carry Your compassion
To love a world that's broken
To be Your hands and feet
I will give
With the life that I've been given
And go beyond religion
To see the world be changed
By the power of Your name

Poking needles in my body

Wanted to get my vaccination done for Thailand so I went down to the health clinic in school today. In the end, I had to do some Hep B screening first so I hv to go down another day. It's my 2nd time drawing blood and I still don't know wad my blood type is!
After that my arm felt a little woozy. I always hv this thought in my head that my blood will not stop squirting. Haha! In a way it was good I didn't take the jabs today, if not my arms would swell and I wouldn't be able to concentrate on my project which is due tmrw. Gotta go for Hep A, Tetanus and Typhoid jabs tmrw or Mon... ASAP to allow the swelling to subside CUZ I NEED TO STUDY FOR MY EXAM THE FOLLOWING MONDAY! :O What a rush! I may or may not need to get the Hep B vaccination... We'll see!
The school clinic ran out of some vaccines so I need to go to NUH instead. The lady I spoke to when I called NUH was v helpful, until she advised me to take another vaccine for rabies. Guess how much? $500!!! What a rip off! I'd rather let the dog or bat bite me.. Then I'll bite it back. Haha!

Ok back to work!

Ohhhh weather why u keep making me feel so sleepy???

Past, Present, Future

Just wanna give a shout out to Jo, my quirkiest and closest friend from secondary sch! It's been 9 years!!! She's 'Different, Different, but Same'. Those who know her will know why! HEHEHE! I really enjoy her company and one of her many strengths is how she makes the atmosphere so comfortable! Am really happy that she's been doing well in school! I bet her resume's gonna be really long! Haha! Anyway, she reminded me about some neoprints we took a long loonnnggg time ago! I'm gonna dig them out and scan them in! Maybe some of you will be shocked out of ur skin when u see the 13/14 yr old us. LOL! But if it's too horrific, I will not upload them. For my eyes and Jo's only! =P Thr's too much I can tell u abt our friendship! Revisiting some old pictures really makes me smile! Am v thkful for her and thkful that though she can be kinda racist towards a certain race I mess up here and thr, she still likes me so much, LOL~ Hoping to meet her after the crazy (deadlines/exams)! I should start calling up some of the others like Chiang, Jabez, Bteo etc lest they say I bo xim. Haha! Just wanna say that friendships are very precious to me... and even when I don't show it, I think of y'all! Reeeeaaaallly! Soompa!!

So anyway a couple of things have led me to think a lot about my career and all... one is Jo's blog post (told u I'm ur faithful stalker), another is how I've been depending on my mom for allowance and all my financial matters and I really don't like it! =( Can't wait to start working so my parents can take a break! =| Am very very blessed that I hv had so many opportunities and my parents hv been so gracious about letting me go...whether it's a holiday trip or school trip. I just wanna be independent and repay them... Though I know I'm forever indebted to them. I mean, no amount of $ can measure up to their love for me! But I just want them to enjoy life already! Anyway I've been looking at websites stating job openings from several government bodies where my interest lies: NPB (National Parks Board/Nparks), STB (Tourism Board), NAC (Arts Council), MFA (Foreign Affairs), CAAS/CAG (Aviation Authority/Changi Airport Grp). Hvn't explored the private sector yet. My field of study is in Geography, mostly the human aspect and I'm gonna do more modules relating to culture and tourism in year 3. So if I don't qualify for honours, just as well, I can start work. but if I do qualify, should I do the extra year just because that's the 'obvious choice'? I don't know. But I will trust God because He has nv failed me! At all of my major transition points, He opened ONE door for me. He knows I'm bad at making decisions and get stressed easily so He saved me the trouble of weighing 2 choices. Haha! I've always thought myself to be very aimless and dreamless...but I guess u can say this is one of my dreams? =B



You hold the future in your hands
You know my dreams and you have a plan
And as you light my way, I'll follow you

My eyes on all of the above
My soul secure in all you've done
My minds made up
And you are the only one for me

Jesus, savior, in my life you are everything
My future decided, I will praise your name
And I know that I am, I am yours
Yeah, I know that I am, I am yours!

The Sweet Things in Life

Came home from the airport and bro saw this on my bag:

Bro: Went to see the Doctor ar?

Me: No la..this is the real medicine! ->

Bro: *Feels cheated*

Gotta love the packaging! My favourite parts are eat "before/during/after food", don't "share it" and don't "stop if choking".

I'm definitely gonna buy and share this cuz it's really YUMMY!! Thks Sam.Low for your thoughtfulness!! =D

Till We Meet Again

We sent our Liberia team off for 9 months of missions today. It was a strange feeling! I heard they have a 27hr journey including transits! 7/8 ppl came to send Jo.Wong off too. I didn't talk much to anyone cuz my throat was hurting quite a bit. =/ I feel extremely bummed I couldn't send Nic n Gladys off cuz of my deadlines! EXTREMELY BUMMED!! =((( This has been by far one of the most stressful times I've had. But still I wanna thk God for several things:
1) Completed most of my deadlines before this throat pain head pain body pain thing happened. I really need His healing touch before this Easter's musical! Swallowing's painful, head's heavy each time I get up from lying down and waking up this morning was an agony! But I've still got my voice! =)
2) Got to work with some nice people in school - Wei Seng, Gao Min, Kelley, Isa, Jessica, Shirleen, Andre. Appreciate such good groupmates a lot!
3) My family has been really kind! They know I've been v stressed lately so in different ways, whether subtle or not, they've lent me their support... Like Mom making sure I eat my meals still, Bros fetching me around, Dad knowing I've been staying up for many nights. :')
3) Lost and found my ezlink on Friday. It really is amazing! I usually top up $20 in my card each time but so happen that before I lost the card, something just made me top up $10 instead. Also, I had used up quite a bit for printing already. There was another project due and we were running late but I could not pay for the printing so my grpmate had to use his card. He went to top it up and realised he had only $15 left in his bank account, just enough for the minimum top up of $10 in his ezlink! After submission, I went to the library to ask if anyone had picked my card up but no one did. So I rushed home for net (Bro came to my sch v early to wait for me and my HP batt was dying so I had just enough to contact him). When I got home, some of my net friends were already thr. I thought we had to use the messy hall cuz I didn't hv time to clean my room, but lo and behold, Mom had cleaned and cooled down my room already! I shared my ezlink card story w net and thanked God that there wasn't much in the card and I didn't feel very upset about it. But God is so good! At 9.40, a phone call came and it was a librarian who called my house number. She said someone kindly returned my card. I thought the library closed at 9pm so imagine how happy and surprised I was to get the call! =D What's amazing isn't how I found back my ezlink but how everything was just nice! And net lesson was on God's love. Incredibly apt! ^^
I love You, Jesus!

Anyway I hope I can get Nic and Gladys's address in Chiang Mai so MAYBE I can find them when I get to Thailand for my fieldstudies! I'm sooo happy for all these who have gone to share the joy of knowing Christ!!

¹⁴ But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? ¹⁵ And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!” - Rom 10:14-15 (NLT)