Make it shine like the baubles on your christmas tree.

Phew.
Just thought I`ll post an entry that`s not jammed up with pictures (:

Yup so anyways, today was pretty okay, not very productive though haha. First, we had this socio test for 45 min, to give our opinions whether Human Behaviour Is A Social Construction. We were given this topic last week so we did have time to look em up cos we have to support our discussion with evidence and like quote sociologists and stuff. So yeah, I mean, I have no problem writing essays, so I was like, okay, over the weekend, I`ll go read through about Talcott Parsons, Emile Durkheim, Jean Piaget, Margaret Mead and whoever la. Tengok-tengok, my parents decided to go to Malacca for the weekend! Like totally ?? man. Haha. So so so, I was still determined to read up on those ppl and their views. I brought like my books and notes and DID read em up at night but after a whole longlonglong day walking around Jonker Street, nothing went in so I slept.

On Sunday, when I got back, I was like omg. Die la. I went through it but haih. couldn`t memorize any of their views and stuff. SO yeah. Today. Socio test. HAIYO. Dnt know how I`ll do. And next to me, James was like FUHHHH, my eyes could only catch flashes of his hand moving left to right, left to right, left to right. Fuiyohh.

Haha, so I stayed back with FiFly to supposedly study, turns out I did, little bit, but mostly we observed people from the shaded glass of Starbucks (: saw friends, blonde haired people, turtleneck guy, random people and animals. HAHA. Looks like Starbucks`s gona be our rendezvous from now on yo (:

New day ahead. New assignments. New challenges. Woowee.

I like this verse :

Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28

Oh, how reassuring, thank God for a God!

Make it Merv's walk to the G

YAY exclamation mark exclamation mark
HAHA (;
Anyways, I yayed cos I finally know how to post pics. HAHA. I mean I knew how to do it before, but like always tak jadi. So so so here are some really overdue pictures (: random pics from random occasions throughout year 2007! heh :D

If only it could remain like that. Its like super unruly now man. Sheesh

With her (:

Us with our dates. SJ prom 2007, Rockefella Vintage yo! (:

Being self-absorbed and narcissistic (:

With them hott babes.

Missing the hair :/

Murni`s, anyone?

Ching (;

Anusha dear and Benny Foo!

Meet Her Majesty, The Duck. Queko!

Another one with Quekster (;

Denise . Mandy. Mememe.

I supersupersuper like this photo (:

Andand this one too :D church camp 07

We do look somewhat alike (: zhen dear!

We family :DD

Hann. ThuanThuan (:

Visiting them Singaporean animals. Wonder if they`re kiasu too haha! :D


Singapore`s national flower. Pretty pretty (;

Changs.

HAHA just to gross you guys out :DD

Dinner at Fullerton (:

Zhen`s birthday do (:

The Gardens heh. My hair!

Rchl . Dns . Mrm

Zhen`s birthday do again

Church dinner with pa myy and some friends.

Make it make you go haaihhh.

Okayokay rmb I said college is a blast?
Yeah. Uh-huh. Right.
That was before assignments started piling up yo!

Haha, I`m not saying college sucks now or anything but hey, big shocker for me. Haha, i mean of course i knew there`ll be assignments and essays and whatnots, BUT i did not foresee having to do THREE sociology essays, each of approx 1000 words, a law presentation and a law essay of 1000 words, all in a week. yup, i can practically hear you GASP. it is seriously hardhardcore. I`m actually in the middle of doing the law essay at the mo. Only on to my 3rd paragraph in 2 hours, sad i know. It`s like i`m blank for the first time. reallyreally. Should be getting back to it soon man. Not a big fan of econs either, didnt take it in high school. So yeah, college is indeed oh-so-challenging..

But my, is it fun (:

Make it a winter romance.

Okay, the previous post was pretty much random haha (:
Anyway, adrienne tagged me. So i have to do the survey thingy thing rightright? finee (;


Name 5 people of the opposite sex...
Then:
a) How old are they?(This year)
b) Where are they currently?
c) How long have you known them?

__________________________________________________

d) Answer the questions below...
e) Tag 5 people.

1. David Chang - brother, 21, Msia, all my life
2. Greg - friend, 17, Msia, 4 years?
3. Ju-Hann - friend, 17, Msia, 4 years or so.
4. Benny Foo - friend, 18, Msia, approximately 8 years.
5. Shaun - friend, 20, Msia, 3 years.

Would you rather:

Party with 1 (David) or 5 (Shaun)
Haha! well, david la. Brother ma right, so nothing funny will happen. Got someone to protect too (;

Marry 2 (Greg) or 4 (Ben)
Wah, second question already so teng wan. Haha, neither la. They`re good friends of mine (;

Kill 3 (Hann) or 5 (Shaun)
Eh, thou shalt not murder :D

Date 1 (David) or 2 (Greg)
Okay. Obviously not 1. Greg? we`re just friends at the mo (:

Make out with 1 (David) or 3 (Hann)
HAHA. super hardcore man this survey. Again 1 is OBVIOUSLY super out. Hann.. haha, friends dnt just make out with friends yo.

Cuddle with 2 (Greg) or 5 (Shaun)
Fuahh, sadsad survey. I know its getting boring with all this "neither" and "not-giving-a-straight-answer-ness" but, again, neither. haha

Have kids with 3 (Hann) or 4 (Ben)
If you think of the process by which you have to go through to get kids... then that, at the mo, is really really not very pleasant to be done with either seeing as we`re friends.

Live with 1 (David) or 3 (Hann)
Just live with? Then prolly my brother. Though Hann does funny antics that will never fail to humour me (;

Be stuck on an island with 2 (Greg) or 5 (Shaun)
Hmm. Shaun. Pre-med student, can help with all the food poisoning and injuries haha :D okay la, he`s good company too.

Trade lives iwth 3 (Hann) or 4 (Ben)
Hann. Cos then i 'll have a sister, su-anne (: to talk to for advice and guidance on everyday life and law (:

Wake up next to 1 (David) or 5 (Shaun)
Hmm.

Completely disown 2 (Greg) or 4 (Ben)
BEN. muahahaha. no la kidding (;

Has 3 (Hann) ever hurt you?
He flicks my arm with his fingers every sunday. Oh, you meant emotionally? nahh (:

Have you ever hurt 4 (Ben)?
I`m gona do an Amy Winehouse and go with NO NO NO :D

Who's the funniest?
It`s a tie between my brother and Hann.

Can you beat up 5 (Shaun)?
wah, cannot la. Nat`ll prolly drive me over with her range rover anyway. Hee ;D

Who's the smartest?
Oh wow. I dnt know. Greg may have appeared in the papers, but that`s just cos his schl has ties with cambridge. You dnt see smksj/wesley methodist adverts in the papers. No money ma. lol.

How long have you known 5 (Shaun)?
Hmm. 2 years plus.

Who's 3 (Hann) dating/crushing on?
BRUNEI GIRL. HAHA just kidding (;

Does 2 (Greg) smell good?
My mommy says it`s not polite to sniff ppl rightright? (:

Who will you still be talking to in 5 years?
ALL yo.

Which in your list is the nicest?
Oh. Hmm. Either brother or Hann. Prolly Hann at the mo, cos I dnt live with him, so yeah. haha.

Who has the better...
Smile - Brother
Attitude - Hann
Voice - Hann. Shaun`s pretty okay too.
Body - David Chang la come on. haha. Got a bit flabby after coming back from aus, but he`s working on it!
Face - Cannot jugde.
Clothes - Brother or Hann.

Tag :
Ben
Caleb
Audrey
Samuel
Julian

Make it undo your coat buttons.

I`m having a BLAST in college !

Make it such a sweet, sweet scent.

It`s here.

It`s finally, finally here.

That thing you`ve wanted for so long.

That particular something that may cause the world to explode.

That ticket that will create something so dramatic it swallows up the whole scene.

SWITCHFOOT !

Make it SWITCHFOOT

LIM WEI ZHEN

WHERE IS MY SWITCHFOOT TICKET?!
you do know that I`m longing to sniff it right ;D

Make it a great bonding day.

Third day of college and everyone is already feeling so at home! (:

It`s just insane cool how everyone just clicks and it`s as if we`ve known each other for ages (;

The bestbestbest time today was probably during out 12pm lunch break (: We had socio before it and our lecturer just mysteriously did not turn up! And chances of that is pretty slim man. While we has socio, the others in class had math. Us socio ppl were having a field time chatting and chilling in class and come 11.30, we were like, you know what? Let`s just go for lunch :DDD !!

So yeah we went for lunch as A CLASS! As in all 23 of us or so. Went to asia, joined FIVE tables together and made a heck load of noise :D We waited for the math ppl, bout 5 of them, and together we lunched and teased and snorted. HAHA. Oh wells. greatgreatgreat time! (:

lovelovelove x

Make it the march of the penguins.

Haha, so I just visited Denise`s blog, andandand I found something really cute! Okay, so I copied and pasted it and yeah, read on (;

funblonde moments;)!

we walked in to Aldo..

rach: oh you know that the astronaut's brother died and he... *suddenly exclaims* OOOOOHHH!!! check out these shoes mannn!! XD heeheehee

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me: hey you guys, it's 6 o'clock now, and we gotta go round 7...

*pauses*

me: let's go somewhere to camwhore!!:D

mim and rach laugh out loud ("p)

me: nooo i'm serious:)

and they said: okies! grab a slut dress and let's go=D!

*********************

my sis: so...who did your makeover:)?

mim: *pipes up* owh owh! i know! she wore white shoes:D!

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HEEEEEE :D

But HEY, Denise had her funblonde moments too OKAY. haha, she sounded so wise and level-headed in the above text, huh. tehe ;D

College has just started and a whole new phase of life lies ahead. At times, to take that one step towards my goals seems so very hard and that the effort to do so might wear my muscles out but hey, I look back over my shoulder and relive all those precious memories with my friends, like the one in the text above, and with the support from them and family, it`s not so very hard at all (:

Though I went to class on the first day not knowing anyone in there, friendship was cultivated and now, after the second day of college, I love my class (: Really nice people and yeah, we had a swell time today just getting to know one another better. Well, we have 18 months together yo! So yeah, looking forward to getting to know you babes and hunks better (:

lovelovelove x

Make it your first post from college.

HEE (;

posting from Taylor`s college :D
around me are anir, mim, zhen, terence :D

so yeah, WHEEHEEHEE :D

okay librarian coming. better chow (:

Make it weird foodie words explained.

How should I say "millefeuille" and "bouillabaisse"?

Always wanted to know how to pronounce that garlic mayonnaise called aioli? Or the sauce made from eggs, butter, vinegar and herbs called bearnaise?


WEIRD FOODIE WORDS EXPLAINED

In a restaurant.

• Aioli (i-Olee) : Garlic mayonnaise

• Bouillabaisse (booYAbess) : A spicy fish soup

• Consomme (kONsommay) : A clear soup made with meat

• Crevette (krUhvet) : Prawns, often with the shell left on

• Bearnaise (bayARnez) : Sauce made from eggs, butter, vinegar and herbs

• Bechamel (bAYshamel) : Sauce made from butter, flour and milk

• Carpaccio (kArpachio) : Finely sliced raw beef

• Chateaubriand (chatorbrEE-an) : A thick beef fillet steak

• Entrecote (Ontr-koht) : Tender cut of beef from between ribs, grilled or pan-fried

• Compote (Konpot) : Fruit slowly cooked in sugar syrup

• Sabayon (saba-yON) : Desser made from egg yolks and Marsala

At the deli.

• Chorizo (chorEEtho) : Cured Spanish spicy sausage with paprika
  

• Kabanos (nabAnos) : Dry, smoked Polish pork sausage

• Pancetta (pancETta) : Italian salted pig`s belly, often in strips

• Prosciutto (proshOOtto) : Dried and salted ham

At the baker`s.

• Baklava (bAklava) : Filo pastry layers filled with nuts and honey and drenched in soup

• Brioche (beEEosh) : Sweet bread with dried fruit or chocolate

• Millefeuille (mEElfuhEE) : Layers of puff pastry filled with cream, custard and jam, and iced on top

• Stollen (shtOllen) : Fruit loaf

And so, now you know (;

Make it oh-so-sweet.

"first of all, a loud birthday shoutout to my girl, rachel chang.

this girl here, has stuck with me as far back as i can remember. LOVE her to bits, if you're reading this, have a BLAST dearie =D "

People, say it with me, THAT`S SO SWEET. Haha, hun I didn`t know (: So thanks loads, Carrie! And yes, LOVE you too! But darn, it`s US for you huh. Have a jolly good time over there!

Make it make you cherish your friends.

My fellow debater. My confidante. My friend.

And she`s off to US on Jan 8th. AFS.

For 6 months. When she gets back, its Alevels for her at Taylors. We mustmustmust catch up okay dear! But like most of my friends, she`ll prolly go to bio-med stream ): Anyhow, we`ll still be in the same vicinity (: so yay for then but till then its boohoo. Sad, much? Sigh.

Anyways, just got off the phone with Denise! (:
She just got back from Sabah and boy, did she have a field time with them seafood over there :D
Well, Denise, remember the stuff we have to confirm/bring this sunday! :

1. DRIVING LESSONS!!!
2. College gahh
3. Prom door gift :D
4. A levels subjects list.

We mustmustmust remember, especially, no. ONE!

And it`s just TOO BAD that you didn`t meet our hot lil shorty when you were there, D (:
heh heh heh.

Oh and yay! I`ve just brushed up my guitar skills with my bro :D and yay, I can play songs now (: So yup, guitar`s my new obsession for now (; gosh, I`ve etched so many scratches on his accoustic already :O sad thing is, left fingertips are sore and nails are like so short. crap.

Hmm, something just crept into my thoughts, though it`s always been there, at the back of my mind. Should I take English Lit? I registered for it but I`m not too sure now if I should drop it after 2 weeks, 1 semester, or not drop it at all. It`s pretty tough, lit. But then again, it`s super good for me if I`m heading towards law school. SO. We`ll just see how it goes. In the meantime, advice, anyone?

Make it the best last moments.

So yes, I just woke up and decided to edit my blog with little success ): Anyway, I just realised my previous entry is like, wohhh! super long :D and the font got bolder at the end :/ nevermind, I`m still learning! (;

Last night, we had a farewell dinner for both Mark and Wui Liang ): Mark`s off to penang to study seminary and WL`s off to uk to do his alevels there! haha so yes, we ate at My Elephant which is, by the way, an EXCELLENT restaurant! It`s located at seksyen 17, below one of the happy mansions. Thai food mmmm :D We made the most of the last moments with them. Kong Weng even sang a song he wrote at the dinner, with Joon Ming accompanying him on guitar. Zhen got them cds on behalf of all of us while the rest were generous on the hugs (: And so we`ll see Mark back here for SWITCHFOOT! and WL in 6 months time ): Pictures are not with me at the moment, so can`t post them up yet. People! Hurry up and send `em to me :DD

I start college on monday and my, am I excited :D

Make it relive my December.

Ah. Blogging. *sniggers* :D
I havent blogged since 2005, form 3, young and naive. It just so happened that I stumbled upon Adrienne`s blog and found my old blog, which is sadly, very pathetic and not to mention embarrassing. SO, PLEASE delete that blog, Li! :D But yeah, it`s a new year and I`ve decided to just start all over again and this time, make sure not to neglect this blog.
So, even as I type this entry, I`m watching the english premier league with my brother (: arsenal vs west ham united and YES arsenal is leading 2-0. Yay. It`s already 85 mins into the match and well, let`s just hope WHU does not score, yeah? heh. ManU is against birmingham on the other side and its 1-0. Darn. Haha. Anyways, football aside, I`ll just go through year 2007 as lived by me (:

Can`t really remember every single detail from the beginning of the year so I`ll just recap December (: After spm, it was pretty much quite exciting cos first, my brother came back from aussieland hooray. And secondly, well, the whole of my December was super insane packed. First came Johor, then Singapore, Mantin, Port Dickson, prom, Christmas and Christmas party on my birthday (:

My family and I headed down to Johor on the 2nd for my gram`s bday, and from there headed to Sg from the 4th-7th. Sg is seriously a crazy insane cool place. The first thing that struck me was, hey, there`re no rempits around. haha I mean my mum and I could actually walk around orchard feeling safe. There was no need to cling on tighter to our handbags and worrying about kapchai`s zooming from behind and snatching jewellery. Next thought was, goodness me, everyone in Sg has style yo! Like no one comes out in shabby shorts and stained tees. Majority of the guys wore skinnies and at first it was weird. Normally here in msia, only rempits wear skinnies tucked into combat boots. But there, it was like, melayu+cina+india semua pakai skinnies. haha. And they looked good (: most of the time, that is. Truthfully speaking, I wasn`t so awed by the malls in Sg. I mean, yeah, they sold quirky stuff and brands you can`t find here, but otherwise, it was pretty must a replica of our malls. They didn`t have ramli`s burger ): haha but generally, the food there was okay.

And so I returned to msia on the 7th, unpacked and repacked as I`d be away from the 8th-13th. Teenstreet Asia. Insane cool camp at Mantin, Neg. Sembilan. It was my first time, so yeah, MASSIVE excitement. haha. People from all over Asia came and it was just great to see so many new faces and different personalities sprout out. The one thing that impacted me so much was the Shhh 0.5. Shhh time was included in our daily schedule for half and hour every morning. It was a time where NO ONE talked, though I did a little (; It was just a time to reflect. A time to stop, and just look around and appreciate what you see, hear, feel, smell, touch. The trees. The rain. That little squirrel that jumped from branch to branch. The pitter patter of the raindrops. The smell of the grass. The feel of the moss. The way the ants crawled on their teeny weeny legs. The movement of the clouds. It was all MAGNIFICENTLY made by God. And it just got me thinking, if we just slowed down for half and hour in our hectic schedule everday and observe our surroundings, we should really be thankful for what we have. What God has provided for us, for our comfortable lives. Teenstreet for me was a totally different experience. New bonds of friendship were made. New lives were carved. New mindsets were made. It was insane cool. And I hope to go back next year!

So after I got back on the 13th, it was youth camp for me from the 14th-17th! Haha, it was superduper packed and yes, I somehow had enough clothes to wear :D Youth Camp. Transform Us. It was GREAT. Held at Port Dickson, we had access to the beach and well, it was great fun. We went on the banana boat :D ALL the fifth formers were there! For once in a long long time. One morning I woke up early about 6.00, when group devotion only started at 7.30 :O I wanted to head down to the beach and just do my quiet time. Nat was up with me and together, we headed down the stairs and sat on a tembok sort of thing. Watching the waves and hearing it crash down against the shore was one of the best times I had at camp. Why? Cos the waves were crashing down relentlessly, neverending, omnipresent. and I just thought, if anyone of us tried to stop the waves from coming and the sea from moving, it would be totally impossible. I mean seriously, think about it. What can mere men do? Build a wall? But that would NOT stop the waves from coming. The undercurrent is just there. It can never ever be stopped by mere humans. And when I was thinking of this, the waves I was watching were calm and small and harmless. And I could do nothing, nothing to stop those small waves from coming. BUT, though we cant do it, God can. He who calms the RAGING SEAS has no problem whatsoever in stopping the calm, small waves. That, is seriously insanely MAGNIFICENT. He can make the waters STILL. Not even a ripple present. Who else can do that? God is AWESOME. Absolutely INCREDIBLE.

I got back from camp at 5pm on the 17th and my PROM is at 7.30pm on the 17TH. Haha. So there was no time to do hair and nails and the other stuff. It was just bathe and dress up. Haha. Denise dear (: was with me and together we went for SMKSJ prom 2007, Rockafella Vintage at Sheraton Subang. Prom was okay, pretty much the usual stuff. Dancing was great fun though :D And my, can benny foo dance! haha it was a time to let down our hair and just relax with friends. The next day, a good 7 inches of hair were chopped off and yup, it`s short hair for me now, after 17 years of long hair (:

Next, came Christmas and it. was. just. great. Most of us wore dresses and had a great time of fellowship (: the christmas play rocked! Hann, Zhen and I were in charged backstaged, or to put it literally, UPstage. Haha we were high HIGH HIGH up. Like if we looked down, it was the stage, and we could see the top of people`s heads. Zhen who was dressed in a super cool corduroy cheongsam was, I think, burning up. Haha. cos it was hot, but not THAT hot, up there. AND she wore leggings. So three of us were up there managing the lighting and props in all our Christmas dresses, tie and long-sleeved top for Hann. Though it was hot, it was really great to be a part of the play (: we worked well together too :D though Zhen`s prop curtains got screwed up for the WHOLE WORLD to see. HAHA. My bro kept on saying that when he saw the screwed up curtains, sure confirm Ju-Hann wan. Haha. Good times. Oh yeah, my bro is now in crutches. Had a knee op on the 10th of dec, so yeah, crutches for 6 weeks.

After Christmas, it was the Christmas party on the 29th :D well I was playing bass for Zhen who was worship leading and after games, we headed into the hall for worship and LITTLE DID I KNOW that miss Lim Wei Zhen had earlier planned to sing the birthday song for me IN FRONT of everyone. gasp. Haha. But the bestbestbest thing was, I ended up playing bass for my own birthday song haha. Funny lah. Worship team consisted of Zhen as worship leader and Julian as co, Dana on accoustic, Sophie on electric, me on bass, Eunice on piano and Kong Weng on drums. For once, girls outnumber the guys :D haha. We headed down to the second hall for dinner and oh wow, ROASTED LAMB! fuhhh, mouth-watering good ol' lamb. So we ate and talked and it`s just so great to spend time with all the youth. At about 9.30pm Hann and I were talking bout school and results and stuff AND haha, around the corner came Zhen holding a cake, secret recipe cake, with 17 candles with dancing flames. Mim and the others were there too and it was just insane cool. Thanks so so much guys. Really appreciate it (: pictures were taken and candles were pushed real low into the cake to be taken out by mouth. Bless them souls who ate the cake after that haha. Saliva could have ter-dripped down HAHA :DD
Them babes are the best and really, love you peeps!

Well, that about wraps up my December (; which was undoubtly a greatgreatgreat one. A whole new year lies ahead with new obstacles and challenges but hey, God is with me every step I take and nothing is impossible with God. So yeah! A very happy new year to you all and God bless!

AND OH YEAH! SWITCHFOOT IS COMING TO MALAYSIA!!!