Firstly, thank you Chang Jia Wei ! (:
For enlightening me on how fabtastic making your own header banners is hee.
Thanks for the link (; and I just realized I used the same font as you lol
And congrats againagain on your ant's attack !!
My Ant's Antenna is Burnt lor. LOL.
Lol just spent the last 30 minutes messing around with the layout of my blog, obviously, since even the background is a totally different colour. Not too happy with it yet, but time is of the essence, so I'll tweak it more when I have the time lol
Oh and thank you to Carishma for the picture. It's my favourite too out of the lot (:
What really struck me was the enormous weight that is placed on the lone white pawn.
I don't know what it really means; is the pawn supposed to defeat all the black chess pieces (how it's going to do that I don't know wei lol) ?
Or is it supposed to just stay alive by randomly moving about ?
Or, maybe, it is supposed to stay alive, but only to make sure its race (the whiteys) does not become extinct on that vast chessboard.
I don't know if it means to fight for victory no matter what, or to place more importance on self-preservation.
But I do know this. The whole situation on the chessboard above represents a situation many of us, if not all, have gone through before and may go through in the future.
Sometimes it seems that we're alone, with no one astride, facing the enemy head on. And it doesn't help that they are in such great numbers.
The enemy could take the form of anything.
Us against studies.
Us against real enemies.
Us against friends.
Us against hurdles we need to pass to get to a certain goal.
But, to me, the ultimate enemy takes the form of sin. Or more accurately temptation.
Us against temptation; money, love, vanity, suicide, sex, alcohol etc.
This is vividly captured in the video, Lifehouse - Everything, which you can watch on Lim Ying Xian's blog (go check it out man, it's insane cool) January 15th post. It's only 5.33mins long but the values infused in it is so powerful it really, quote YX, tugs at your heart strings. It shows perfect examples of temptation that the girl goes through.
So yeah. I guessed that's why I'm using it as my header, to show that we will always face obstacles in life, often times alone, physically, that is.
But hopefully we will be like the white pawn, facing our enemies head on (though it's hard to tell cos it may be facing the other way to start running I wouldn't know, the pawn looks the same from every angle lol but I believe it is facing them head on :D ), and with God on our side, nothing is impossible, though it may seem so.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Make it The Pillars of the Earth
Just got back from college, saw something in my letter box.
Hmm.. okay, letter for Mr Chang..
uh-huh, Mr Chang again... Mr Chang..
Ooh, Miss Rachel Chang ! Heehee and with a Great Britain sticker.
Ahh.
Finally. I've gotten all my acknowledgements from the unis ( :
Was worried that they didn't get my application cos they took quite a while to reply but all's well. Funny that only Southampton's came by snail mail.
Hmm.
By the way, did you know that peanut butter and cheese is a superb combo ?
Discovered that with my bro when I was real young.
And peanut butter on strawberries is equally yummy :D
Banana with peanut butter's splendid too.
Basically, peanut butter is a delicious partner for everything lah k.
Provided you like peanut butter lol
It's like at the top of my list, next to it's rival, chocolate, and it's other rival, cheese.
Potato's not lagging far behind either, simply because potato is just so good.
Think french fries, mashed potatoes, garlic parsley potatoes, potato salad with bacon bits, potato in its jacket with sour cream, potato wedges, hash browns, criss cross potatoes from Burger King's, potato in stew or curry and so on. And potato chips ! How could I forget ?!
And here we have, Mr. Potato, Chipster, Pringles ( I initially typed Prongles hahahaha typo) and others.
So, you see, am I right or am I right ?
:DD
I think what led me to talk about food is the fact that I just got back and all I had from morning till now was Sarawakian noodles and me is hungry.
Oh, and wouldn't you agree that Oreos is the best biscuit ever ?
Besides all the chun ones like Famous Amos and stuff from Marks & Spencer etc lah :D
I really need to go get something to eat.
There're mangosteens on the table.
Maybe I'll go try that with peanut butter now.
Tata ( ;
Hmm.. okay, letter for Mr Chang..
uh-huh, Mr Chang again... Mr Chang..
Ooh, Miss Rachel Chang ! Heehee and with a Great Britain sticker.
Ahh.
Finally. I've gotten all my acknowledgements from the unis ( :
Was worried that they didn't get my application cos they took quite a while to reply but all's well. Funny that only Southampton's came by snail mail.
Hmm.
By the way, did you know that peanut butter and cheese is a superb combo ?
Discovered that with my bro when I was real young.
And peanut butter on strawberries is equally yummy :D
Banana with peanut butter's splendid too.
Basically, peanut butter is a delicious partner for everything lah k.
Provided you like peanut butter lol
It's like at the top of my list, next to it's rival, chocolate, and it's other rival, cheese.
Potato's not lagging far behind either, simply because potato is just so good.
Think french fries, mashed potatoes, garlic parsley potatoes, potato salad with bacon bits, potato in its jacket with sour cream, potato wedges, hash browns, criss cross potatoes from Burger King's, potato in stew or curry and so on. And potato chips ! How could I forget ?!
And here we have, Mr. Potato, Chipster, Pringles ( I initially typed Prongles hahahaha typo) and others.
So, you see, am I right or am I right ?
:DD
I think what led me to talk about food is the fact that I just got back and all I had from morning till now was Sarawakian noodles and me is hungry.
Oh, and wouldn't you agree that Oreos is the best biscuit ever ?
Besides all the chun ones like Famous Amos and stuff from Marks & Spencer etc lah :D
I really need to go get something to eat.
There're mangosteens on the table.
Maybe I'll go try that with peanut butter now.
Tata ( ;
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Make it reassuring.
Just wanted to share something mind-blowing and amazing with you.
Sometimes I feel like nobody can hear me.
As in, hear my distress and plea for help in time of need.
Like not even He will answer.
And I was just thinking about it minutes ago, that my future seems so bleak and full of uncertainty and I was just mulling over these thoughts and that yknow, I was not sure whether I'm heard even when I pray.
Then, out of no where, amidst my troubling thoughts, I just felt the urge to open iTunes, so random right lol, and I never open it when using the computer (I'm using comp now) cos only my lappie has all of my songs and iTunes in comp is very inadequate lol but suddenly I felt like I needed to do it.
So I opened iTunes, and just started scrolling down, pretty aimlessly, not even sure of what I'm looking for. Then I reached Hillsongs. And my eyes went straight to the song Came To Rescue and I knew I had to play it. It's such a simple song, with only 2 verses, 1 chorus and a bridge, but I guess it was the lyrics that really struck me. I've heard this song a million times and it's actually one of my favourites but somehow it was only minutes ago that I realised how real a song can be.
The chorus is :
I called You answered
And You came to my rescue and I
I wanna be where You are.
And it was all I could do to contain the tears. I mean, I was reassured that, really, He will answer when I call. That I can always reach out to Him without feeling any shame. But somehow, through some weird malfunction of my brain, I still wondered, something that was niggling at the back of my mind, if He really will answer.
And so like whatever la. I mean I felt reassured, but not reassured reassured, you get ? Okay then I felt like checking my email. Mainly for any changes in UCAS. But weirdly I ended up scrolling down down down to the first few emails and clicked on an email VeiShaun sent me, only because I was wondering since when do I receive emails from VeiShaun and since the title wasn't in bold, I'd obviously opened it before but couldn't remember what it was about.
The first thing that greeted me was :
Isaiah 65:24 - 'Before they call, I will answer.'
Exactly in that size.
I was left speechless and in awe.
I mean like it was blasted right in my face.
I mean, to lead me to a song that answered my questions and silenced my doubts is amazing enough but to reiterate it in an email sent ages ago is something altogether.
And as if Him reassuring me that He will answer after I call was not enough, He had to show me that even before I call, He will answer.
The rest of the verse is :
While they are still speaking I will hear.
I don't know. I feel like this is so weird. Like good weird. And my 18-yr-old brain can't comprehend the extent to which His promises are so real.
I need to trust Him more.
And it's never too late cos :
"Return to me and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty."
Malachi 3:7
I also feel that sometimes I put too much importance on worldly things and also myself. And another song I played by Hillsongs United was Lead Me To The Cross and parts of the lyrics leapt out at me :
Everything I once held dear,
I count it all as lost.
Bring me to my knees,
Lord I lay me down.
Rid me of myself,
I belong to You.
I believe that there is a reason for everything and to me, through what I experienced 10/15 minutes ago, it happened because this is the start of a new year. Year 2009. And it's time I stop living my life for myself and also to commit and rely on Him because He will answer.
I'm still learning and like everyone else, I fall every now and then, but I'm trying ( :
Sometimes I feel like nobody can hear me.
As in, hear my distress and plea for help in time of need.
Like not even He will answer.
And I was just thinking about it minutes ago, that my future seems so bleak and full of uncertainty and I was just mulling over these thoughts and that yknow, I was not sure whether I'm heard even when I pray.
Then, out of no where, amidst my troubling thoughts, I just felt the urge to open iTunes, so random right lol, and I never open it when using the computer (I'm using comp now) cos only my lappie has all of my songs and iTunes in comp is very inadequate lol but suddenly I felt like I needed to do it.
So I opened iTunes, and just started scrolling down, pretty aimlessly, not even sure of what I'm looking for. Then I reached Hillsongs. And my eyes went straight to the song Came To Rescue and I knew I had to play it. It's such a simple song, with only 2 verses, 1 chorus and a bridge, but I guess it was the lyrics that really struck me. I've heard this song a million times and it's actually one of my favourites but somehow it was only minutes ago that I realised how real a song can be.
The chorus is :
I called You answered
And You came to my rescue and I
I wanna be where You are.
And it was all I could do to contain the tears. I mean, I was reassured that, really, He will answer when I call. That I can always reach out to Him without feeling any shame. But somehow, through some weird malfunction of my brain, I still wondered, something that was niggling at the back of my mind, if He really will answer.
And so like whatever la. I mean I felt reassured, but not reassured reassured, you get ? Okay then I felt like checking my email. Mainly for any changes in UCAS. But weirdly I ended up scrolling down down down to the first few emails and clicked on an email VeiShaun sent me, only because I was wondering since when do I receive emails from VeiShaun and since the title wasn't in bold, I'd obviously opened it before but couldn't remember what it was about.
The first thing that greeted me was :
Isaiah 65:24 - 'Before they call, I will answer.'
Exactly in that size.
I was left speechless and in awe.
I mean like it was blasted right in my face.
I mean, to lead me to a song that answered my questions and silenced my doubts is amazing enough but to reiterate it in an email sent ages ago is something altogether.
And as if Him reassuring me that He will answer after I call was not enough, He had to show me that even before I call, He will answer.
The rest of the verse is :
While they are still speaking I will hear.
I don't know. I feel like this is so weird. Like good weird. And my 18-yr-old brain can't comprehend the extent to which His promises are so real.
I need to trust Him more.
And it's never too late cos :
"Return to me and I will return to you, says the Lord Almighty."
Malachi 3:7
I also feel that sometimes I put too much importance on worldly things and also myself. And another song I played by Hillsongs United was Lead Me To The Cross and parts of the lyrics leapt out at me :
Everything I once held dear,
I count it all as lost.
Bring me to my knees,
Lord I lay me down.
Rid me of myself,
I belong to You.
I believe that there is a reason for everything and to me, through what I experienced 10/15 minutes ago, it happened because this is the start of a new year. Year 2009. And it's time I stop living my life for myself and also to commit and rely on Him because He will answer.
I'm still learning and like everyone else, I fall every now and then, but I'm trying ( :
Make it an oddity.
C'mon man, what kind of name is lilirac lah ohmygoodness
hahahahaha
Fiona's is funniierrrr though lol !
But JiaWei's is classic hahahahaha : D
And how's chuenla for you lol.
I wish blogspot had animations like the Sony Ericsson's !!
Really, I do. It really expresses what my face and body language look like hahahah
I think the animations vary from model to model but my W580i ones are cutest ! tehe ( :
Exactly one week from today is terror day : O
I feel all woozy already just thinking about it.
Bah
I don't know why I post up random entries nowadays.
Lost me marbles yo.
And why are the unis taking so long to reply ?!
Grr.
hahahahaha
Fiona's is funniierrrr though lol !
But JiaWei's is classic hahahahaha : D
And how's chuenla for you lol.
I wish blogspot had animations like the Sony Ericsson's !!
Really, I do. It really expresses what my face and body language look like hahahah
I think the animations vary from model to model but my W580i ones are cutest ! tehe ( :
Exactly one week from today is terror day : O
I feel all woozy already just thinking about it.
Bah
I don't know why I post up random entries nowadays.
Lost me marbles yo.
And why are the unis taking so long to reply ?!
Grr.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Make it distasteful.
Ohmygoodness lah, please lah, why so annoying wan ?
Just chill and stop being so uptight can ?
Sheesh.
Lol. I don't usually do emojimo posts, but I find it just so lame lah. So.. uncalled for. Bah.
By the way, I want to watch so many movies and buy so many DVDs haha. Really want to catch Inkheart in the cinemas and see if it stays true to the book, which I hope they really do. It's already kinda a spoiler for me cos Brandon Fraser's inside lol I'm not a big fan, didn't like him in Mummy or Bedazzled or that weird Looney Tunes movie thing. Want to see Bedtime Stories and Benjamin Button and Yes Man and IP Man.
Too many movies lol.
And I need to get the DVD for Wild Child, because the pathetic RM4 one I got from Penang has Emma Robert's face in purple hues due to shameful quality lol nothing can beat SubangJaya's DVD shop lol. I guess you pay double for better quality and so that your eyes don't get all screwy from the unearthly colours.
I have a Contract Law test tmw, something neither I nor my fellow Lawers are looking forward to :| But tmw will inevitably come so, sigh, there's no escaping. Might as well go start studying early. Like now.
Okays, have a good week ahead !
Just chill and stop being so uptight can ?
Sheesh.
Lol. I don't usually do emojimo posts, but I find it just so lame lah. So.. uncalled for. Bah.
By the way, I want to watch so many movies and buy so many DVDs haha. Really want to catch Inkheart in the cinemas and see if it stays true to the book, which I hope they really do. It's already kinda a spoiler for me cos Brandon Fraser's inside lol I'm not a big fan, didn't like him in Mummy or Bedazzled or that weird Looney Tunes movie thing. Want to see Bedtime Stories and Benjamin Button and Yes Man and IP Man.
Too many movies lol.
And I need to get the DVD for Wild Child, because the pathetic RM4 one I got from Penang has Emma Robert's face in purple hues due to shameful quality lol nothing can beat SubangJaya's DVD shop lol. I guess you pay double for better quality and so that your eyes don't get all screwy from the unearthly colours.
I have a Contract Law test tmw, something neither I nor my fellow Lawers are looking forward to :| But tmw will inevitably come so, sigh, there's no escaping. Might as well go start studying early. Like now.
Okays, have a good week ahead !
Friday, January 9, 2009
Make it The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Nothing in particular about the title.
I just want to see the movie hee :D
Haven blogged in quite a while. And time is not on my side now either lol.
Anyways, today was the 2nd day back to college sigh. It's super crowded again now cos of the January 2009 intake ppl and them younglings are taking up so many, too many, parking spaces bah.
Was looking through stuff and decided to post up pictures of 2008 lol.
Zhen's 18th !
Christmas 2008 ( :
Youth Camp 2008 with my group ( :
With the Tan brothers, Stephen and Andrew, who is finally back in Malaysia for good ! Andrew I mean.
That's all for now.
Have a great weekend ! ( :
I just want to see the movie hee :D
Haven blogged in quite a while. And time is not on my side now either lol.
Anyways, today was the 2nd day back to college sigh. It's super crowded again now cos of the January 2009 intake ppl and them younglings are taking up so many, too many, parking spaces bah.
Was looking through stuff and decided to post up pictures of 2008 lol.
Zhen's 18th !
Christmas 2008 ( :
Youth Camp 2008 with my group ( :
With the Tan brothers, Stephen and Andrew, who is finally back in Malaysia for good ! Andrew I mean.
That's all for now.
Have a great weekend ! ( :
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