its been 21 days since I last posted O.o
its been 17 days since I've used the internet
its been 7 days since I've been home
I'M SO GLAD TO BE BACK
right, in chronological order, major events of the past three weeks
BIRTHDAY
I thoroughly enjoyed being 'surprised' on my birthday :)
by my very close and dear friends,
benedict, haruki, ruth, eugene teo, chetwin, gavin, fang, timmy, riel, benn, abby, joelle, nathan, mel khor, abel (the last three that couldn't make it but wanted to)
I really appreciated your bothering, your rushing down to make it in time, your (attempted) cover-ups, and most of all, squishing into my very small room :p
and to all the others that bothered staying up to message, call, or even facebook-wall, thank you :)
your words were not forgotten or lost, but kept within the walls of my heart :)
or brain.
brain's actually more right then heart
hm.
anyway, I've taken to reading the
Inkheart trilogy. its really quite a good book, it's very much an apt book. The whole theme of words having power seemed nice to me :)
ANYWAY, point being that reading a new, long-enough new story makes me feel highly poetic, explaining the overly dramatic above few lines
WAIT, STRAYING!
CAMP
words cannot express how amazingly awesome camp was
it was... a memorable experience
and yes, it was so... radically different from other camps
from the camps I've experienced before :)
God desired, and so it happened :D
I had a great time with my camp group, iOvercome!
WHOO!
I have to say that I'm really proud of my group :)
really, really proud.
I saw how you guys struggled through your problems, noticed each others flaws, but decided instead to focus on what skills you guys had. I'm really glad that you guys worked together as a team :)
iOvercome, Rad(i)cal camp 2008
Mei Yan
Christal
Rui Han
Ryan
Aaron
Fredrick
Me
Chelsea
Ruth
Berlin
Michele (or is it two l's?)
Cheryl
Sister Susie
And of course, our youngest member, Joey!
Haha, Is till remember when we were on the bus on the way there, thinking up cheers
then suddenly joey goes "I know I know I know!"
rest of us: "yes joey?"
joey: "I overcome, you overcome, we sit on your head!"
hahahahahaha, I laughed so hard at that moment my cheeks hurt.
"Radical Christians, We have Overcome!" (WHOOOOOO!)
and rui han wanted to add "we're better then you"
hmmmm, alot funnier the way he says it
IWCP
hahaha, my hair got sprayed with the red and green hairsprays so much I was scrubbing my scalp in the shower for half-an-hour
but nevertheless, God was good :)
I do believe many seeds were sown
and when the time is right, they might just bear fruit ;)
props to our devoted planning committee :D
and WHY DOES SHAUNICE HAVE SO MANY RETARDED PHOTOS OF ME
KL
spent time there with my mum's cell group's families
it was actually quite fun :)
tested my tolerance for small kids that annoy
not small, small kids, those are cute.
more like the annoying kind.
I ate alot.
every night I had a food baby
you know, when you eat so much your stomach expands and you feel like you're pregnant?
not that I'll ever know how that feels
yep, I'm quite sure I never want to know how that feels
sadly, no, I didn't gain weight
I'm beginning to wonder if its actually humanly possible
too dang skinny >.<
ANYWAY, I like small cute kids
... I sound pedophilic
CAMERON HIGHLANDS
a fun time with my parent's usual group of families
its so strange when i think about it.
my mum and dad have had these gatherings with these group of friends for the past 22 years
and they were the first couple to get married
so they saw all the others through courtship, engagements, marriage, and having kids
and they hope that their friendship will last between their kids too
I think it'd be pretty funny if it did.
anyway, thanks to all that messaged me a Merry Christmas while I was away
ooo yes, and a belated Blessed Christmas to all :)
anyway, I wasn't feeling too good thursday night
friday morning I had a horrendous sore throat and headache
afternoon I ran a 38 degree fever
it was really funny, because at first the thermometer jumped from 35 to 36, then from 36 it crawled slowly, degree by degree, till it was at 37.9
two hours later, it went up to 39 degrees
let me say first that getting sick sucks. Getting sick in 15 degree weather really,
really sucks.
anyway, I'm glad that God's healing hand was there, and by this morning I woke up feeling great :D
God is good :)
note to self:
get/make a new blogskin
do a nostalgic post!
thus is the new year tradition
on the drive down from cameron ,the clouds are really, really nice
especially early in the morning, because at that time the clouds have spent the night forming
I wonder if God spends His free time painting with clouds
He reminded me of this old song
Just one word, the world came alive
Just one touch, You brought sight to the blind
Just one moment in Your presence
I am changed
Rivers in the desert places
Mercy and grace that never ceases
Lord of all, I stand in awe
I stand in awe
All things are possible with you
All things are possible with you
My Lord
All things are possible
a timely reminder, wouldn't you say? :)