Childhood games

If you and i were born in the same era, you would recall these rather large grey handheld TETRIS sets where you basically have to manipulate various shapes so they fit into empty slots.

Here's another version - less malleable.

=D




yes yes, havent been bloggin much because many many things on my mind.. will get down to it soon.. soon.. sooooooooonnnnnnnnnn...

Which Sesame Street Character are you?

So.

Some of you may know that i really liked Sesame Street when I was a lil girl.

Come to think of it, I still really like Sesame Street. Here's what I found today.

Test Numero Uno.

Your Score: Kermit the Frog

You scored 52% Organization, 53% abstract, and 72% extroverted!

This test measured 3 variables.

First, this test measured how organized you are. Some muppets like Cookie Monster make big messes, while others like Bert are quite anal about things being clean.

Second, this test measured if you prefer a concrete or an abstract viewpoint. For the purposes of this test, concrete people are considered to gravitate more to mathematical and logical approaches, whereas abstract people are more the dreamers and artistic type.

Third, this test measured if you are more of an introvert or an extrovert. By definition, an introvert concentrates more on herself and an extrovert focuses more on others. In this test an introvert was somebody that either tends to spend more time alone or thinks more about herself.

You are mostly organized, both concrete and abstract, and more extroverted.

Here is why are you Kermit the Frog.

You are both somewhat organized. You have a good idea where you put things and you probably keep your place reasonably clean. You aren't totally obsessed with neatness though. Kermit is also reasonably tidy. He'll even dress up for interviews.

You both are sometimes concrete and sometimes abstract thinkers. Kermit spends a lot of his time as a reporter collecting facts, but he is also the author of the dreamy song "The Rainbow Connection." You have a good balance in your life. You know when to be logical at times, but you also aren't afraid to explore your dreams and desires... within limits of course.

You are both extroverts. Kermit gets along with everyone. Sure a few folks annoy him, but that's just because they are annoying. Kermit likes to meet new people when he does his job as a street reporter. You definitely enjoy the company of others, and you don't have problems meeting new people... in fact you probably look forward to it. You are willing to take charge when necessary or work as part of a team.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Kermit starred on Sesame Street years before The Muppet Show.

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on Organization
You scored higher than 99% on concrete-abstra
You scored higher than 99% on intro-extrovert

You can try this at:
The Your SESAME STREET Persona Test

Test TWO

Or we have another one here you can try:

You are Elmo ( Tickle Me ! ). You are cute, and everyone loves you. You are a best friend that no one takes the chance of losing. You never hurt feelings and seldom have your own feelings hurt. Life is a breeze. You are witty and calm most of the time. Just keep clear of backstabbers, and you are worry free.

Last but not the least: Test Trio

You scored as Ernie, Ernie is a dreamer with a strong imagination. He's always thinking, imagining, and playing word games. He's mischievious and a bit of a trickster. He's good natured, bubbly, wise, playful, naturally outgoing, very affectionate, and spontaneous. He always has a good time and he knows he is funny. This crafty free-spirit always finds a way to come out on top! Ernie 78% Prairie Dawn 73% Rosita 70% Zoe 68% Elmo 65% Cookie Monster 63% Big Bird 63% Telly Monster 50% Grover 48% Count Von Count 40% Bert 40% Oscar the Grouch 38% Which Sesame Street Character Are You? (Many outcomes) created with QuizFarm.com

what to do, so loveable I am (then again, very few Sesame Street characters not "love"ly - so probability of gettin something yucky is like.. down there)

Yes Yes. You cant tell I am bored alreadyyy..

I ish gong hokkien waaayy

Okay i stunned this from Huimei's blog..



closet lian manifesting again. =)

sometimes i wonder what it would be like if i REALLY spoke hokkien.. *shudder*

Bday (finally) and MANY other pictures!

Today, at church, I made an observation.
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ANNA HAS THE SAME HAIRSTYLE AS ME!


Really! I neh bluff u!! See!! . . . . . . Even the back is the same man!
Hahaaa. I had quite a difficult time persuading Nana to take a picture with me - but my patience paid off... Elsie also wanted to take a picture.. FRONT

And BACK.

Hee. *grin*

So anyhows, here's another random shot of Keifu, who was very inspired by my Bintan-see-whose-eye-bigger series of photos..
And this is just a gross shot of himself he took whilst waiting for me to come out of the toilet.. LOL. But my Keifu is handsome wan okay, and SUPER CUTE..

hor hor hor hor hor?

Okay, enough of all that pink..

So. Here are the pictures of how i celebrated me birthday.. with the many people who remembered! (Yuarh those of you who forgot are not going to hear the end of it until my next birthday.. tsk.. shame on you (vincent).. lol)

Yvonne was so sweet - way before my birthday (which, if by now you dont know.. *gasp* is April 12!!) she made known her intention to give me a BIG TREAT.. initially she wanted some place nice, but i was thinking, it would be quite nice to go to east coast hawker centre and order a feast right? (yes yes.. ms low maintenance already)

And it was really very nice.. (my camera lens not wide enough to catch all the food and i lazy to stand up to capture everything. .hurhurhur)


not that we could finish the food - but the fellowship was good!

Thank you YJJ! love you to pieces!!!!


Then horh, my best friend (weihuang) also decided to give me a birthday treat.. i said i wanted jap, so he did some investigations and brought me to this authentic old school japanese restaurant, Kazu Sumiyaki (at Cuppage) for some yakitori.. which they cook infront of you.. (btw, dont think i so crever know all these fancy jap names, I am asking Huang on msn as I blog this.. i only know i like sashimi and wasabi, of which the restaurant that we went to didnt serve (!!!), and that fish on rice is sushi =) )


Huang is real sweet too.. check out what he gave me for my birthday last year!
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FLOWERS delivered to my office!!!!


Super big basket can?

Which girl dont want? Guys, if your girlfriend or girl friends tell you they dont like flowers - THEY ARE LYING.

I still remember that day was a real horrid day at work for me. i was in court, and on my way back to the office from court just wondering what time and HOWWWW i could leave the office and guess what greeted my weary eyes when i was back??

aaaawwwwwwwwwwwww...........

and if i remember correctly, before i could call him to say thank you (he was still in Stanford then), he called me to wish me happy birthday!!!

DOUBLE aaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.......

Heh. Yuarh my best friend spoils me - so i put up with all the suaning that he throws my way.. (okay writing this.. i suddenly have a huge rush of affection and reminiscence for wwh.. it's been almost 10 years!)

So anyhows, this is a picture of the jap chef that i thought was rather striking and which huang tried to take a picture of, just because...


Dont duh larh, of course is the chef on the right larh.

So Jianfa was at the dinner too..


Jianfa is another sweetie. i remember when we were still in uni, he used to buy me lunch all the time because back then i didnt have enough pocket money to eat.. =)

Okay this is just a random shot of this hp accessory that i bought during my birthday proper.. cute horh.

so after dinner, JF decided that we wanted to bring us to this nice place at Swissotel, where he bought me drinks for me birthday.. actually i thought that place would cost a bomb larh, being right at the top and the view being excellent, but it didnt.. so we were all pretty happy..


the next arty farts shot is wwh take wan..

And so ends night out with the boys.

I also celebrated my birthday with my cell group..

Yuarh Qingtian birthday close to mine.. I thought i look very happy above.. haha.. btw, YJJ gave me that pretty dress.

My birthday card nice horh.. is Julee make wan..

Picture with (spiritual) Mummy and the birthday present my cell sisters gave me.. actually it's quite farnee because they were all commenting that it is not LOUD enough and not quite my style.. lol..


Picture with my pastor and spiritual father (yuarh the one that trashes guys half his age at basketball. heh). and the book he gave me (of which I have only read till chapter one in the last month.. oops)..

I realized that the fork appears in all the pictures.. hahahah.. not i greedy okay.. quite cute marh the fork.. but yes, the cake was very very nice too.. =)

Then my cell members also got me something... Guess what?
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Mirror leh. Hahaha.. According to Corrine, they were wondering around for a long time and couldnt agree on what to get me until they saw this and unanimously agreed.

Sometimes I wonder what I teach them. And what they think of me.. hahahahaha..

Anyhows, on my birthday itself, I also brought my Mom and Ah por and Aunt for a buffet lunch. (okay larh i think the verdict is out. i think my love language might be food, since i always buy people i like food, and people i like buy me food.)


The food and service wasnt too great so i didnt take alot of pictures.. except for this pregnant fish which i was very amused by.. so yeahh.. heh..



And then when we reached home, my mom proceeded to cook a big bowl of my favourite soup - which is this herbal thingy with XO and wine and chicken and ginger and pig kidney and chicken gut and fried egg..

Heh. (u see what i mean about the food thingy?)

And then right, with the girls arh.. they decided that it was high time i got to a KTV lounge with that.. I mean.. i was pretty excited, that might have been the first time i stepped into Cuppage Plaza (with huang at kazu sumi yaki was second time)..

I tell you, the whole time I was inside.. I was just laughing and laughing.. I mean check out the MTV.. so cheena can (okay at least is modern cheena)


Check out the white background.. so 80s lorh..

I think they were singing ABBA's Take a chance or something.. but i was really laughing my head off.. I mean, really..


I remember there was this self-made MTV (i.e. English song but made in Taiwan) there was this angmorh lady who KEPT TWIRLING in her flowery skirt THROUGHOUT the WHOLE song leh - wah i see her i also feel very heeeeennnn i dunno why she not heeen.. and worse, when the lyrics the grammar is ALL WRONG.. wahlauz.. how to sing... just laughing alone can already.. but the ULTIMATE of the ULTIMATE is this one man..


CHECK OUT THE SNOWMAN.. i mean, dunno come out from where, and totally unrelated to the song?? LOL.

Hahaa.

I think it's something about being cooped up in an enclosed area with microphones because we all went absolutely mad.


So anyhows, a pretty alright birthday season for me.. blogging about this reminds me that i am indeed very blessed, and very loved!

I also think that with this post, I have truly, out-done myself..

heh.

Forty winks

Recently I haven't been sleeping enough as well... so it was aaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww in my heart when i saw this today.



very cute horh. reminds me abit of this..

Not that my pastor is like a polar bear lar.. but the cradling and the sleeping infant bit..

i was so amazed at how anna can just sleep in that awkward position.. And she was really sleeping, when we picked her up and passed her to another person - she was still sleeping!!


So cute! How not to smile right?

Vincent used to tell me how in the army, guys would like sleep standing on the parade square - but i think that would be more comical than awww... LOL.

I can run 42 km!!! ( in due course. heh)

Nope. You didnt see it wrongly, this is tissue paper! That's how people mark their seats in Raffles Place - i believe this is a culture seen only in this part of Singapore - maybe because it is really crowded and everyone just wants to get lunch over and done with. So you use your tissue and other not valuable items to mark your seat. It's abit silly because if you were to leave valuable like your mobile phone or wallet - confirmz it would be gone when you return - *shrug*

So in this instance, my friend and i had ONE packet of tissue, and two seats to chope - so we placed, okay, I PLACED (closet auntie surfacing already, dont bluff i think there is a closet ah chek or auntie in all of us! we just pretend it's not there, come to think of it, all my close guy frens very ah chek in some way or other! *gasp* =D) the tissue deliberately over the two seats so no one would take them away.. so dumb horh.. but whatever works!

So anyhows, the friend I am talkin about is Huimei!!



I think you guys should know all about her because she managed to do something pretty special.. she managed to inspire Ms. Nuah Queen, yours truly !!! *gasp*

You see, at the beginning of the year, I had several noble (faith) goals:

1. Memorize XXX number of bible verses in a year;
2. Study the Bible for 2 hours a week on top of my usual devotional time;
3. Exercise twice a week!
   

The above is challenging because of the disposable time I have a week - hence faith goals, but a large measure is also cuz I choose to sleep more than to do the above ( i mean my working hours are quite something right).

So anyhows, time has past, we are into half the year and I have sadly not accomplished my goals.

But hahaha.. I have been inspired by Huimei! This lady has set her heart to complete the Ironwoman race - she's going for a Triathalon this year and boy, has she been training! Talking to her makes me feel like - it can be done!

Me: I was thinking of getting all my girls to do the 21 km Standard Chartered Run this year. 10 km is achievable even for me. No stretch, no point right?
HM: Why end of this year, you go and do the Half Marathon in August which is 21 km, end of year you do 42 km larh!
Me: Hmmm... (seriously thinking)
HM: O. but you going Israel, so you cant go for Standchart.
Me: O.

Hhahaha.. luckily for me! To do 42 km at the end of this year is QUITE a faith goal indeed! But hey, I think the fact that I can even CONSIDER doing such a thing, is break-through indeed!

It's not like I dont have people around me to inspire me (My Brother!!!! people who finish Ironman, my pastor who beats people half his age at basketball) but sometimes I think it takes a lady to inspire a lady. =) Okay, I have other female frens who are athletic (like Bella and Vaneh - both my juniors and both presidents of the Student Council of their batch.. hurhurhur) but hahahahaa.. maybe cuz they dont have snazzy sports gear so it doesnt get the attention of posers like me *grin*

i've been electrified out of inertia!!

Come to think of it, is also the fact that she didnt laugh out loud or tell me that it cant be done because i so nuah or my working hours so jialat - infact even lagi ask me to go further than what i intended (whether or not i agree with her is quite another matter altogether. heh) i am encouraged!

So anyhows, end state - one of the chief reasons I am deciding thus is also because I always preach about choice. Choosing. It's a choice - and I think I can make it if I want to - to have a healthier life style. But more importantly, choosing to be disciplined!

dis·ci·pline (dĭs'ə-plĭn) Pronunciation Key n. Training expected to produce a specific character or pattern of behavior, especially training that produces moral or mental improvement.

I mean physical rigor is just one MANIFEST aspect of discipline - we all exercise discipline every day - what we read, what we say, what we choose to watch or do - so ... if i can do it in other areas, no reason why i cant do it here.

I always say that if I were as disciplined as MY BROTHER!!! i would be able to accomplish so much more - so, quit thinking already! It's high time to get moving!!



I picked this picture of HM because I think she looks cute and abit yah yah here. =) this is totally out of point, but HM is very kind wan okay - when I burnt my leg at the exhaust pipe in Bintan - she help me apply aloe vera gel cuz I was a wee little bit in shock from the fact that i just got burnt, it hurt and it might scar.. haaha =P

So anyhows, I dont believe in talking without action. I went to do a search of some of the (half or a quarter! whatever!!) marathons available this year.


So the site is under construction but the run is gonna be in September 2007 - 10 km only, but heck.. then i can take the time to be real good at it right? *grin*

As a further pledge of my sincerity, I am putting this up here for all to see. As my senior would say, BOH BEI ZHAO!! so all of you can keep an eye on me and spur me on! (But dont nag me, I will get irritated wan. Heh. Positive encouragement ah, suaning doesnt work either, my love language is Words, remember that!! =P)

Yes ! So I will start cracking as soon i recover from my sprained ankle, and bout of cold. The doctor actually prescribed nose drop for me leh.. gross lorh (but it works)



You are supposed to be looking at the iliadin Nose Drop, not the pink furry pencil holder behind horh.

SO. how about YOU?
When was the last time you CHOSE to just get down to doing what you know is good but been draggin ur feet all along?

Get crackin' already!! =D

ps: anybody wanna run with me? *grin*

Bintan 2007

I know i know I am supposed to put up photos from my birthday. But this one is farnier so I thought I would put it up first!

Anyhows, so some of you may know that I headed off to the Kelong in Bintan for another retreat last Monday thru Wednesday. The day began at 7 am (cuz I hadnt packed my bag, again. haha). Actually I had been sick over the weekend, and that morning as well, but thank God i was alright during the trip, till after i came back my flu morphed full blown!


The purpose of this trip, for me, was to really bask in God's presence. Realized awhile back that I am a naturalist - get huge kicks out of being in nature (doesnt quite go with my xiaojie image but those who know me would know i really not THAT xiaojie marh. i think.. =P)

this is huimei and i at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal (Yes sebas, now I know we also have a CHANGI Ferry Terminal).. Lookin fresh, but was really quite sick that morning.. heh

God was good - I was fervently praying that it wouldnt be raining during the trip - can you imagine, really the ULTIMATE SIAN OF THE ULTIMATE SIAN if it rains at a kelong when you there to relax right.. so the weather was really good for the time we were there. (except like in the morning we were returning, the wind was blowing so strongly i scrambled out of bed to check out the commotion.. which was like SUPER LOUD.. i promise the attap house we were in was shaking, my bed was confirm shaking lorh.. At least if got Tsunami i want to see it coming =) )

yeah this picture was taken the ride there - only drizzling abit outside.

This time around we were at a different ferry terminal then when i went the last time - for awhile we were wondering if I went to the same kelong cuz everything was like different (how their rooms had TV and mine didnt. Different staff and different ports and different ferry services and different vehicles and different towns! =P)

So we all had to take this vehicle to travel into the kelong - it was about an hour's ride in.. not bad larh, since i like to sight see anyway - I am proud to note that i saw ONE cow... seems like Indonesians dont like to rear cows, unlike in Malaysian countrysides. hurhurhur.. =P

i know this is out of point, but i wanted to put this picture here because i think Sebas really looks like a Mat here - the driver in the picture above asked when the guys were not in the car..

Hendra: "他是印度人 ?"

Me:" 他是 BABA, Peranakan."

Hendra: "O yuarh. So obvious. Can tell."

AND he proceeded to show Sebas the Ferry times in Berhasa.. LOL.

(heh. Come on.. what is life without cheap thrills right? =) )

I took like 163 pictures this trip - obviously cannot put everything up here.. but was thinking long and hard on how to organize the post.. shall be in this manner..

a. Swaku Singaporeans

b. Just nice pictures.

c. Siao liao (this is the best part of this post! so i would stick with this post all the way if i were you! =P)

My high C nature larh.. cannot ramble aimlessly (which actually i do larh, but i dont feel like doing that now. =D )

a. Swaku Singapoereans.

Actually it could just be me that was Swaku. I was super excited by things that I dont get to see in Singapore. Like the cow I mentioned above. Little kids crossing the road like it belongs to them. So we were particularly fascinated by the "wild life".

You see us here being fascinated by a dead puffer fish.

We fished it out of the fishing pool in the middle - but cuz of the way it was slammed down, its innards were like leaking out larh.. but i was pretty fascinated nevertheless - poking away all.. ahhaha..

then after we finished playing (with the dead puffer fish), we threw it back into the water again.. hahahahas.. like cats.. they play with their food u know, dead rats larh.. heh..

b. Just Nice Pictures.

Hahaaa.. Must start with nice picture of me. =)

Anyhows, all the pictures below were taken from my trusty k800i. So go get one already - it's pretty cheap now.

This picture was taken from the panaroma view function thingy of the cam phone..

I feel very relaxed when faced with wide expanse of space - especially it be the sky or sea.. couldnt help taking tons of these..

you know it's like what we study in secondary school geog.. the dunno what.. ccc-something-something- clouds which means that the weather would be very hot.. which it was, praise God! else yes yes.. ultimate sian of the ultimate sian!!


Moving on to the evening sky on the first day..

You see, our kelong is kinda like in the middle of no where - and there were like stuff on the left and ride of it.. here we see something on the , i would say left side of the kelong, which i explored - waayyy coool.. pictures below.. but the right side is cool too.. according to huimei and sebas got lotsa kodak moments .. pet monkeys feeding dogs and little children waving - whilst they were running into the sunset together.. hurhurhur.. =)


Actually one of the more memorable time for me was when I was praying in the morning on the second day and just staring at the water below my feet - sitting with your feet dangling over the side in a kelong is WWAAAAYYYY COOOLLL man (after that u feel like u can draft a 1000 page submission no sweat okay maybe not no sweat but you get my drift) .. but the point is.. i was gazing at the very clear water below me and was suddenly so overwhelmed by God's love for me that i started to tear (God must love me very much to allow me to rest in an environment that means so much to me)


the picture below was taken from a boat ride, which ALMOST DIDNT HAPPEN for me.. cuz i was afraid my stomach CMI - thank God in the end was okay.. so i get to say that i took a boat out to a nameless island-let in Indonesia, and went fishing in a boat that kept spinning around because we couldnt really anchor.. hahaa. imagine fishing and seeing that you are actually rotating in the same position.. quite farnee actually.. =)

anyhows at the island i found this crab in a shell that was like alive and crawling - nothing much but the stuff that Singaporeans who never see it before would ooohhh and aaahhhh over.. heck lar.. being childlike is good horh..

but i didnt get to take no pictures cuz i left the camera in the boat whilst exploring on the island-let.

Evening of the second day - waaayyy beautiful..

Okay this is abit out of point from the postcard pictures above but i wanna show u the chickens we saw whilst exploring the left side of the island - all the chickens arh, NO MEAT WAN.. lean like dunno what - hence all the chicken dishes we had there - the pieces had more bone and skin than meat put together lorh..

Looking at their chickens above, we are not surprised man.. really mountain chicken very fit - run around until no flesh left.. =)

We dont get to climb over boulders in Singapore very often - at least not for Ms. Chin who spends most of her waking hours in CBD. I think, since I feel so close to God in natural environments, I SHOULD take these expeditions more often.. was sharing my salvation story when i had a fresh revelation: yes, God must love me very much to draw me to Him in such a drama way (thanks amos!)

Morning Sun of the third day.

I realized that the sky at different times of the day tells me of different aspects of God. The morning sky and sun here, tells me that God is strong. Full of hope and promise. And will break through for me.

The evening sky invokes in me, a deep gut wrenching longing for beauty - not unlike God's longing and love for us. For me.

Okay. Now that the serious stuff is aside .. the nice pictures of people in this trip - not alot arh.. just the few here.. (I cant keep putting pictures of myself up right.. LOL)

Actually it was quite hard to take nice picture of 4 ppl with one phone camera..

c. Siao liao!

So when you put farnee ppl and ppl who are easily amused together - it gets kinda fun..

Don't see this Walls Umbrella no ups.. whilst initially given to us to shield us from any potential rain..

it becomes both an act cute device..
As well as props for Man-Hunt..


As it is, I am already the very easily amused type - so I was super happy that simple things get carried on so far in good humor.. like how we went to collect toilet paper, and I was very amused by the way the guys were carrying theirs, macham like the toilet paper was a wallet, or other matter of grave importance - like something you hold when you do inspection -




See what I mean? =P
So on the day of the first evening, Amos spotted a purple crab, i mean it was PURPLE.


And we spent some time trying to catch it with a hook on a liner =S

Then after that i went to find the net (old school kind man) from the rearing fish area.. and our attempt got slightly better..



But the FARNEE THING was the serenade that Amos belted to the purple crab!!



Amos starts to strum.
Jasmine already doubling over with laughter.
Sebas: Come out already come out already..
Amos: Purple crab, please come back. Purple Crab. Please come back. Purple Crab. Please come back. Come back.
Huimei faithfully capturing the video, but if you listen carefully you can hear her holding her laughter in.. =D

wahlauz.. BWAY TAHANZ LORH.. =)

So i was taking a picture with Amos, and i think it got into his head that his eyes must be as big as mine..


The above isnt farnee until you see the real size of his eyes.. below..
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Then I think it got into everyone's head that it is farnee to have big eyes and we couldnt take normal pictures anymore.. hurhurhur..

the girls are not to be outdone.. think i look like some animae character where the female lead always look permanently in shock kind.. lol..



but i think the ultimate was THIS!!!

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NEOPRINT!!!
I havent taken a neoprint in like ten years can - okay.. really, 8 years. check out the big eye shot... and the act cute shot - but i think i was the only one who pulled it off, the rest look normal or like some 武侠小说 hero (Sebas larh)... hahaha

So all in all, pretty good trip - Surreal actually.. on another note, i was amused at how we concluded that since this can drink had a rhino on it, it must be cooling (since i was sick must drink cooling stuff).. hahah.. i think our recognition of the rhino = cooling = good for sick people is a sign of our age..




But God was good, I only became really ill after I reached Singapore - i think it's the office.. hahaha.. the only mar on the trip was the fact that I got burnt by the exhaust pipe, the needle below was given by the doc, meant for me to burst the blister myself but i didnt - until yesterday it accidentally burst in kalai's car.. (eeeeeyyyyeeerrrrr). hope it doesnt scar man..


I have to end on a higher note - so i put nice picture of me.. hahahaha.. =P


Actually, there is a shadow across my face - but that's not the point really. Thank God, for His love for His people, and His love for me. Hurray to the deep blue sea!!!! *grinz*