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And thus arrives the chapter of the end of the beginning
- Darrin Quan

29thJanuary2009 - Happybirthday Wei Long

Met up with the PokeGang at 1.pm for lunch. We had a theme that day. POWER RANGERS!

Wei Long - pink ranger
Hansen - blue ranger
See Yuan - black ranger
Aven - white ranger
Darrin - yellow ranger
Wee Yong - green ranger
Zhen Ning - x'tra ranger
Kai Siang - red ranger

Anyway, we had Sushi Ten for lunch. The ramen is a scam. Seriously. Hansen burst into laughter after sampling my ramen. Poor Hansen had to carry his obnoxiously heavy PS2 around.

Aven, Wei Long, Zhen Ning and I went straight to Wei Long's house first to 'set up' the place (actually to slack) while See Yuan and Hansen waited for the rest to arrive. "We'll be a lil late" is a very common phrase smsed to us that day.

The evil slurpee machine died on us.

When everybody finally arrived, we had games. The first game was pictionary and i can't believe my drawing lost to Zhen Ning's. Anyway, that's not the point. Some of us were told to draw things like Charmander or Mr Kamal.

The second game was the number game. Initially it was quite easy. Until Wei Long started to add more numbers at the same time.

The third game was to place the orange between our heads and transfer it to the table on the other side; and on the first round Brandon was sabo'ed to do it with Gwee Jie while Sin Yee and I were sabo'ed. But we won though haha. The dumb part was when Grace Hong and Hui Ling tried it with their butt and got the orange squashed. lol.

The fourth game was the sweets transporting game. We had to use spoons, forks or knives to transfer sweets from one end to the other. The girls played well. The guys just messed around lol. We started to foul play like mad. Haha.

The last game was the "Know Wei Long" game. Wei Long started to ask questions about himself. LOl. Questions such as "Who do i think is the greatest a%$hole (hansen)?" and "Who do i like to suan most(aven)?" Very retarded. lol.

While waiting for the pizza, we had free-&-easy.

Then, Darrin, Aven, Wei Long, Hansen and i started to play a RPG card game called Munchking. Quite fun. Haha. Curse! Level up! Spam monsters! haha. Cleric! :D

So sad we had to abort the great and well planned "Wedding Game". :( lol.
Wei Long <3 Gwee Jie
Cake was nice haha.
Company was nice too. :)
I think i'll really miss everyone in 4D1. Some more some less. But. Meow.
Wei Long you better keep the birthday card i made for you. One and only of its kind. =P.

And it's only at this point of time that we bonded so much. Only when we were finally going to part.

"Kai Siang, you go JC le we will hardly meet liao."

It is when Wei Long said that, did i realise that, we were all really going to part; for good.
A sinking feeling rose up from my feet. It crunches at my heart. Sighs.

On the bus 98 home, while i was alone on the bus, i started to burst out in tears. Four years just flew past just like that. I took for granted what i once had. Sighs. And now, there's only 2 days left. Technically for me, it's only one day, which is sunday.

But, i didn't regret anything. All the best in wherever you guys are headed towards to. :) I believe that you'll succeed in anything you do.

And thus arrives the chapter of the end of the beginning
- Darrin Quan

And it was finally taken,
for the once it was forsaken.

Oh man...

I messed up my hairstyle. Gosh. Nevermind.

The timing.

The right thing in the wrong time is the wrong thing.

How could i forget?

Darn.





























"They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you." 1 Peter 4:4

4D1'08 2009 chalet

It was awesome. Really. I didn't regret going for it despite reaching at about 9.pm.

Went for Ken's 21st birthday party from 5.pm to 7.30pm. Of course i didn't regret going. It was very fun too. :) His mum cooked lots of sumptuous delights and delicacies. Hurray! Food! Eugene was emo'ing in front of Ken's corner before he finally lost it. Armed with a helmet and the full serviceman uniform, Eugene just lost it. I hope you like the T-shirt! Happy Birthday Ken! (Pics soon!)

4D1 chalet was awesome. Atleast for the second part of the day (wasn't able to tell about the first half). The first thing i did when i reached the chalet was bathe before spamming arcade with the rest. Almost completed Silent Hill with Sin Yee but we ran out of credits. Should've topped up more. Ha. And See Yuan and Nicholas seemed to belong to the same organisation which requires people to wear light pink shirts with black long pants. The game which is about throwing balls at the screen was very fun too! We got 20 tickets from it! Yay! haha, okay. Hansen, Julian and I spammed about 20 dollars on the sweets machine with the objective of getting the biscuit out of the machine in mind. But due to many, and seriously many such as dropping at the right spot yet shifted to the top of the pile and when it finally drops to the second level it somersaults and travelled to the top of the pile again, unprecedented circumstances, we failed horribly in that.

Look at the colossus amount of sweets that we captured. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.

Back at the chalet, we watched SAW V. Halfway throughout the show, Ying Ting and Annabel appeared to be missing. All the chaleters were mobilised from the chalet and went to look for them. (they didn't bring their handphones and were late because Yahuan was tricked into going to the wrong place because perhaps Yu Zheng and Pearl wanted to xcoughxspendmoretimetogetherxcoughx.)

We had many night walks. lol.

Then from about 3am onwards, we just spammed indoor games. Wei Long is really the master of games. He knows a lot of games. At about 6am, all of us went for breakfirst at macdonalds.(which was unfortunately closed from 12am to 6am on this specific tuesday.)

By second day, dou liao. Everything that we do we can't do with full concentration. Arcade and pooled while some of us left first. Had breakfirst at Subway. Wei Long, Hansen and I sat away from the rest because Wei Long was lazy to move.

"It's like catching pokemon, you have to weaken it first then maybe do stun spore...etc," said Hansen. LOL. And pokemon became the main theme for our conversations for the rest of the journey home.

Current pokemon available -

Caterpie, Metapod, Caterpod (failure to devolve back and hence a mutation) Psyduck, Articuno[with it's all powerful ice beam] (Mewtwo), Zapdos (Mew), Jynx (LOL), Beedrill (LOL again), Evee, Ditto (who transformed into Nidoqueen and was left like that due to many trainers lack of the Siliscope), Hitmonlee.

Nevermind, moving on to the Johto region soon. Real soon. It's like goodbye to Kanto region soon. Real soon.

(Pics soon, again!)

P.S: Brock, do damage the pokemon next time before attempting to throw a pokeball. Stun spore won't be quite enough for a lengendary pokemon.

SunnY

Oi,
Whaaat~
Bu Yaooooo,
DoTsSs...
Go away~!

Stop trying.

You don't have to kiss every frog to know which one is a prince.

Time is slipping by...

I've yet to submit my JAE application via the internet; and really it's very tedious and obfuscating with questions like "which school should i go to?" at the back of my mind.

Anyway, this is a short summary of what i've done in the past few days:

13th January - Tuesday (2 days ago)

I had my luncheon with Sin Yee at pasta mania. Thanks for the treat! Slacked at Zhen Ning's house for a little while before meeting up with Brandon, Cheong Khi, Hansen, Nicholas wee and Yan Jing at Commonwealth's Mrt Station. Headed for school with them and had a really good talk with the teachers there.

Played basketball at the sheltered in-doors court there. Also caught up with some of my NPCC juniors before having a try at the school's piano; which was quite an interesting experience.

Before night falls, Brandon, Hansen, Nicholas, Zhen Ning and I went to have our dinner at Mr. Prata. The 'emo meal' and 'burger EX' was really retarded. World domination through an 'emo' fastfood restaurant.

Sweets from Sin Yee for my cough and sore throat. Sanks!

14th January - Wednesday (Yesterday)

Woke up at 1:13pm (WOOTS). Simply put, the plans i had for my day was pretty well in the bin. Didn't turn up for the NJC visiting with Brandon and the rest. Sorry guys!
Had my lunch, gymed, swam and played the piano.

After much consideration, going to the new Kallang shopping center was lesser of an evil than eating at the foodcourt in Vivocity; afterall, it's a new shopping center.

The new Kallang park mall (or whatever it's name may be) is a rather immaculated shopping center (i must say); only that it's such a pity that it's situated in a rather desserted area. Sin Yee and I were like sympathising with all the shops because of the lack of customers there.


15th - January (Today)

Laziness got the better of me. I couldn't bother myself to do anything about appealing into RJC. I didn't know why. I was just so, very lazy. Thoughts of doubts kept creeping into my mind. "Aiya, also won't get in one, why bother?". Sighs. Anyway, if that's truly my calling, opportunities above opportunies will inundate in within the next few days or weeks.

Darrin, Kian seng, See Yuan, Wei Long, Zhen Ning and I went for swimming today. All of us, except for See Yuan who was late, were scammed by the evil swimming complex. It was closed today. RAH. So, we decided to make do with the swimming pool at my house. It was, unexpectedly, very fun though. I jumped into the pool and realised that nobody had goggles on except for Kian Seng and I. The 2 KS. HAHA. So, i started to 'attack' the other guys. And soon, those horrible words which i feared pierce through my ears. "ALL ATTACK KAI SIANG!!! GRAB HIS GOGGLES!!!". I ran. However, the water resistance was too high. Struggling, i shove them off one by one. Soon enough, i was entangled by their vile arms and Zhen Ning managed to steal my goggles; which i stole back almost immediately xD.

Kian Seng and i formed an unlikely alliance. Afterall, we were the only ones bestowed with the ultimate power to resist the evils and devastations of the impact that comes from the highly chlorinated hydro-oxgenated crown of mass - the splashing of swimming pool water.

Rain drops came falling and we had to retreat back to my safe haven called home.

Spammed PS3 and went to have dinner with Kian Seng, See Yuan and Wei Long at a nearby hawker center/ coffeeshop.

Yay. My days have been filled with laughter and joy. :).

Giving thanks to the Almighty One.

Why?

Because it could've been worse. So thank God and be content. That is the path He wants you to take.

No cake?

Caught Bedtime Stories with Sin Yee on wednesday before joining Hansen and the rest at his house for the impromptu makeshift 4D1 chalet; which lasts from wednesday to friday. Didn't really do much for the first day and wasn't able to stayover because i had to help my dad in the morning; i had to relief one of the staffs who wasn't able to report to work.

Handrolls.

With Sin Yee at some Jap place.

OLIO! another branch of the coolest eatery called OLIO!OLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOLIOOO

KAILIFE! what a cool shop xlolx

Brandon & Shao Kai!

Initially, i was very reluctant to help out at my dad's shop. Firstly, it was my birthday. Secondly, it was in the morning. But, well, God says that i have to honour my father and my mother; so, I still went to help out in the end. Turns out, it's actually a blessing in disguise! It seems that following God's word would really bring liberation and blessings! After work, just before i left, one of the employees there and my aunt, who was requested to relief my dad from 1pm to5pm so that he could celebrate with me, gave me 20 dollars and 50 dollars respectively. WOots. Okay.

Commonwealth.

At about 1.30pm, my parents fetched me to celebrate at IMM's Hoshi. I ate like some pig. (lol, catpigger) Meoink. Ate really a lot. Just the three of us, my dad, mum and myself, fetched a bill of a hundred and twenty dollars! Meoink. Thanks to Dad and Mum. :). They even gave me another hundred dollars to spend! Meoink.

Ebi Tempura!

Sashimi Assortion!

Dad & Mum.

California Hand Rolls!

Joined Hansen and the rest again at about 7.30p.m. This time, there were more people; only that half of us were not staying over. Sighs. We went to clementi for dinner at some Kopitiam. Hansen treated me dinner! Sanks mate! Oh, before we left for dinner, the 4D1ners gave me a rather *violent* surprise, or so according to Hansen, which *obviously knocked me off my shoes due to the perfect coordinations*. Sanks guys! I got this very cool red bag from Nicholas, Yan Jing and Zhen Ning. There's even a card inside! :). Friends for 4 years now. Sanks guys! My first bag that's not from my parents. And most of all, it's red! I also received a very awesome black shirt from Sin Yee! At first, i thought it was just another shirt. Then, only when i'm at home, did i realise that it is really a very very cool and nice shirt! I think she spent quite awhile thinking of what to buy. She still pretend no time buy present. lol. SANKS GUYS! :D

THE BAG! with the WRAP!

THE RED BAG! with NO WRAP!

Shirt from Sin Yee!

"What can wash away your sins?"

"Nothing but the Blood of Jesus."

Dan Dan Drinking! (DDD)

Due to some technical difficulties with the audio system of the television, we couldn't watch any movies. Then, some (or most) of the guys started to drink. Then, those who didn't want to drink sought refuge in another room which is air-conditioned! and full of beds. HA. I drank ribena from a bottle which looks very similar to those of beer bottles only that it's significantly smaller. Hansen joined the guys but drank water instead. lol. You should've seen how red wei long's and zhen ning's faces were. Basically all who drank were very red. AND OH, CHEONG KHI IS NOW A GUY!!!

I'm still proud to say i've yet to touch any alcohol meow.Oink.Meoink. Yea hehehe.

We played Indian poker. And the forfeit is to say a truth. Amongst Brandon, Cheong Khi, Sin Yee, Darrin, Tricia, Quan Mei and I, only Darrin didn't get his chance at forfeiting. Sian. Then, we started to listen to music and waste our lives away. lol.

Can't believe that i'm already seventeen. Heh. Naturally, i ought to be more mature and all etc. But, my actions in the past few days have been of the contrary.

I slept awhile at about 4.30a.m.

Ordered Mac at about 4.45 a.m.

Aven said that we look like a bunch of drug addicts.

Aven, the drug lord.

DRUG ADDICTS!

Overall it was quite fun.

G.O.D

All i know is to pray and trust in You now.
Whether it is just a test or it is Your will,
is for You to choose.
Once again i lift up everything to You,
as i rejoice over the day i'm created,
i remember the grace You so selflessly poured unto me.
As i cherish every magical moment of the present You presented to me,
the future i will keep in mind always.
Always.

Love,
Kai Siang.

Clique Chalet 2009

I'm back people! (was the first thing i said when i reached the chalet.) =]

Anyway, chalet this time round was a lot more relaxing and it was really quite fun. Heh. Money shortage every now and then for me though. But i thank God for wonderful friends who are willing to lend me money. =)

This time round, our chalet as usual being a 3D2N one at Costa Sands Pasir Ris, we have Kian Seng, Wei Yang, Zhen Ning, Jie Run, Nicholas, Yong Liang, Bryan and I around; though Jie Run left on the second day.

On the first day, we watched the "Deuce Gigolo". Something i learnt from the movie is to cherish what you have. Cherish the present. But at the same time, keeping the future in mind. BBQ was great and i must recommend a very good BBQ-er; Mr Seow Kian Seng. The beef and chicken fillet were really great! I should ask of my maid to add honey to the chicken fillet next time! :D.
And i saw Eileen!=) Cause i noticed a group of HC students there; someone was wearing a I<3HC shirt.

I played with the marsh mellow that i had. I didn't know that it could be so stretchy and nice to pull and to play with after it has been cooked. lol.

Arcade was quite fun. Amen. Nicholas and i trashed a few people there in Initial D. There was this guy who looked like Ahmad(or so according to Yong Liang) who kept wanting to challenge me. Despite having boost one, he still lost to me. Poor guy, used a stock car against my fully modified AE86. I feel for you. ha!. I spent like only 2 dollars on initial D (which is 1 dollar because of the 100% top up nebo voucher) and played 6 rounds! Wee. BUT, I WASTED 28 DOLLARS ON THE STUPID MACHINE. TWENTY EIGHT YOU KNOW?! T-W-E-N-T-Y E-I-G-H-T-T-T-T!!! And i got nothing in return. Though Bryan spent a lil more than me, atleast he had a Pooh soft toy! Seriously, those machines are money suckers and are highly addictive; even Kian Seng also got hooked onto it and spend nine dollars!

Movie was seven pounds. Epitome of tedium for most part of it until the unprecedented twist came slamming in at the end. 7 pounds. Literally. Don't wanna spoil the movie for you. Anyway, i'll give it a 7.7/10! :D. A1 standard okay.

During the movie, i sat between Bryan and Kian Seng. And so i kept stealing Bryan's popcorn.

Bryan:" You understand the movie anot?"
Kai Siang(gives a very stern and serious look as if in disgust): "No."
(and we both started to laugh like mad.)
Kai Siang:"I'm just waiting for the movie to end."
Bryan:"HAHAHA SAME!"

We went back to the chalet and we slept while some of us went drinking. And im still proud to say i don't drink! :D. It's cool okay haha.

On the second day, we had mac for breakfast! I had hotcakes! :). After breakfast we went back to the chalet to watch Wall-e. Quite a cool show ya know. After Wall-e we went for a light lunch because we wanted to eat something more expensive and heavier for dinner. i bought Ban Mian! :D and Barley!. But the auntie cheated me and gave me Lemon Barley! Meow~. More arcade after lunch. This time, i spent less than the first day. Had to control myself. On the first day, i already spent like 21 dollars on the machine. Albeit having the knowledge that the machine is nothing but a scam, i thought to myself and somehow managed to deceive myself into wasting another 7 dollars in a vain attempt of winning something. Oink!!! Okay, went back to the chalet and played "Bluff"(a very cool dice game that Kian Seng taught us all). Then, after Nich and Zhen ning returned from White Sands, we set off for Tampinese Mall. DAng dang dang DANG.

Okay, we had pasta mania in the end. All because there wasn't any other Jap restaurants but Ajisen which seriously is anothe average food centre which sells overpriced yet mediocre food. So, we aimed for Pastamania and i bought Creamy Chicken pasta; i didn't know that we could upsize the serving of the pasta itself! I thought upsizing is only for the drink and the garlic bread. And it's just 2.20 to upsize! Meow!. Okay, i had ICE LEMON TEA TOO.:D. Zhen Ning and i just kept spamming cheese! As in the powdery one.

We went back to the chalet after dinner and rented 2 movies; "Covenant" and "Hancock".
Watched little Nyonya(which was against my will T.T) and some funny channel U show followed by some English Lesson show at 11pm Okto. I think my hp is really siao. Always no bat. Just one SMS and the battery level can fall from 74% to 10%. Wait 5 minutes and it zooms back to 57%. And i think my phone value gonna 'dou' very soon.

"Hancock" is a very cool movie okay.

Went to sleep after that but woke up at the most crucial and exhilerating part of Covenant. The final battle. Haha. "I... will you my... power." *eyes turn black and BOOM* haha.

Went to sleep. Woke up at 9am++ again. Took a few more groups shots and left the chalet. Pics soon k!.

That's all folks! :D enjoyed myself thoroughly!. 1 chalet down 2 more to go! Seize the opportunities and function in the present!

Happy Birthday!.. in advance =)

Sermon today was about moving on. This is like the 4th or 5th time i heard a sermon about moving on. Forget past failures and mistakes, learn from them and improve! Yeah!(or you can learn from others' mistakes too)

Today, we finally had our long awaited covenant signing!

So cool can. Karyn gave a short lil speech.

Then, all of us declared allegiance to the covenant and signed it!
The affixation of the covenant was carried out at Swensons! I had 'golden rush' (it's a food there; pretty sweet).

Okay, i tell you all something very retarded.

After about an hour, the waitress brought an ice cream with a candle on it. Then i was thinking "lol who so pro want to eat some more?" Then, everybody started to sing happy birthday. Then, i started singing too; looking around to see who's the birthday boy or girl. I felt something was wrong. Why was everyone looking at me. Only after singing the third line of the Birthday song did i realise that it was for me. So sweet can. Cell group; love ya guys! :D Sanks for the ice cream birthday with a candle thing. I think i shouldn't tell anybody when's my birthday. Don't waste your money on me :). It's already a blessing to have a loving family, a caring cell group and so many wonderful friends; and of course, an almighty and eternally powerful God.

I'm happy. =).

But, i really can't believe that i'm turning 17 soon.

I've yet to do many things that any 16-years-old would probably have done.

Drinking, kissing, BGR, tonning outdoors and many alike. But, then again, i am not of this world anymore. So, i shall follow my God instead. Anyway, this is what the world, or the system, tells teenagers nowadays. Sensual pleasure etc took priority over emotional development. God, save the world please.

Hey, is that a mail for me?

Hey! I've got mail! =D. Okay, what's inside?Hmm...
It's the first time i received a mail from a non-organisation.

Hmm, this looks like, a very beautifully crafted hand-made card built with lots of love and sweetness.

Hey! It's my very first hand-made New Year Card!
Thank you Sin Yee! =D


Carrot Cake! I had carrot cake today! And barley too!

More pics on the ice cream i had today soon. Pics are with Gracia. =D

Okay, that's all for today! :D

MayHui's BBQ

Yesterday, was cool. Pretty cool.

I checked my mail and viola! I received a very nicely and pulchritudinously hand-made New Year Card. It even had a self-composed poem attached to it! And that's my only new year card for this year. But, there's no strength in numbers. Quality over quantity. Sweet enough. :)

Went for MayHui's BBQ party. Hansen and gang pang sehed me.

And Nich has high fever. Jie Run is not feeling well too.

I shall pray for them. :)

" Dear God, i pray for Nicholas and Jie Run. Lord, i pray that You heal them both. I pray for complete healing to come upon them. Lord, i pray for Your power to come upon them and take away all the illness and pain. Lord, I also want to pray for You to bless them and the people around me to be happy. Lord, i pray for a blissful year for all my oikos. Lord, i pray that if anyone is under the hold of emotional pain and agony, Lord i pray that You take them away too. Lord, i pray for You to reach Your hands,Your mighty hands, to all my unsaved friends and i pray for them to experience life in a much different way; to the fullest. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen!"

Seen many familiar faces again. Oh, the nostalgy.

Ha, i can proudly declare that ZI'm Zthe Zonly Zone who didn't touch alcohol yesterday! :D. Okay, maybe there may be others who didn't too but I highly doubt so! HA.

Marsh Mellow~

Somehow, Bryan's face wasn't as red on the pic. You should've seen him. So drunk. Ha. Then, i forgot who it was but either Ho Wei Yang, Eugene, Yu Zheng or Kok Ti, when Bryan was playing Mah Jong, shouted "Bryan! You're drunk and you're gambling!". ha. His face was crimson red. Literally. I just don't know why the on the picture his complextion isn't that reddish.

Sin Yee! I think she was drunk too. She couldn't count or discern properly! xD

After the BBQ, i went to find my family for supper! The tou fu was super good! haha.

Okay, that's all folks!

I pray that all of us do well for our major examinations. :)

HAVE A BLESSED 2009! :D

2.0.0.9

Happy New Year everyone! Pull your ear!

I thank God for a wonderful 2008 and a will-be-wonderful 2009.

I wanted to end 2008 with a bang; and i did. yea hehehe.

Once i was going to 2008, but now i've left; for 2009.

Went to buy CNY clothes with Nich and Sin Yee today.:)

Sin Yee bought a pair of brown Kappa shoes and i bought a red long sleeved shirt with i've been searching for like forever. Nich didn't buy anything though.

We went to disturb Ruby at central point.

I'm very tired now. haha.

God's word is really a lamp unto my feet. :)

Love.

love (LIKE SOMEONE)
verb [T]
to have strong feelings of affection for another adult and be romantically and sexually attracted to them, or to feel great affection for a friend or person in your family:
I love you.
Last night he told me he loved me.
I've only ever loved one man.
I'm sure he loves his kids.

love
noun
1 [U] strong feelings of attraction towards, and affection for, another adult, or great affection for a friend or family member:
"I've been seeing him over a year now." "Is it love?"
Children need to be shown lots of love.
"I'm seeing Laura next week." "Oh, please give her my love" (= tell her I am thinking about her with affection).
INFORMAL How's your love life (= your romantic and/or sexual relationships) these days?

2 [C] a person that you love and feel attracted to:
He was the love of my life.
She was my first love.

3 [as form of address] UK INFORMAL used as a friendly form of address:
You look tired, love.
That'll be four pounds exactly, love.

4 [U] (ALSO love from or all my love) INFORMAL used before your name at the end of letters, cards etc. to friends or family:
See you at Christmas. Love, Kate.

What is love?

It is heard that it is something that makes the one you love happy. Some say that it is a special bond shared between two people; whereby they unconditionally care and do things for each other and confide in each other.

There are also some jokers who think that physical intimacy such as holding hands, hugging and kissing is love. Some even say things such as "If you love me, you would do it". But i tell you the truth, what he or she is saying is "I don't care about your feelings or convictions, just satisfy my needs!"

It is also, unfortunately, heard that it love is just a feeling. An emotion that arises when you think of someone. Someone special.

But, listen to me. Love, is a choice.

What is love?

Love is patient

Love is kind.

It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

East Coast Park with 4D1'08

Today was A-W-E-S-O-M-E. (But honestly, it's just okay.)

Seeing so many familiar faces again just made my day. Yea.

Too bad the number of people joining us this time round is a lot fewer. Some are either working while the rest are "pang sei king"s in the making.

Stepping into the macdonalds at ECP itself was already enough to send signals of nostalgy down my spine. There was this very, nostalgic feeling coursing through my veins. And, i just started thinking of the first time 4D1 went to ECP as 3D1. So many of us went that time. Only, that, i sort of took it for granted. Now; maybe it's too late to grumble.heh.

I was blading today! YAY. Rollerblading is very fun okay. This years CTSS blading team comprises of Darrin, Ying Ting, Hui Ling, Mitchelle and myself. Nicholas(wee) didn't want to blade this year. And Sin Yee couldn't come today. So sad can. Ha.

Anyway, after blading, we had some beach games. We played captain's ball for awhile. Then after, they started to play soccer as the girls all started to leave the game because they wanted to rest.

Quietly, I ambled, alone, to the shore. The concoction of the gold tinted light casting down on the dune was definitely pulchritudinous. Whilst i was admiring, the sea water crept closer and closer, brushing over my feet; sandy. As i looked into the infinite horizons, i started to think and contemplate, about how i've lived my 16 years of life. I started to think of things which i know has wasted me and things which might waste me.

I don't feel like blogging about this anymore.

Faith.

1Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

2This is what the ancients were commended for.

3By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

5By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. 6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

7By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

11By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become a father because he[a]considered him faithful who had made the promise. 12And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

13All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. 14People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

17By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, 18even though God had said to him, "It is through Isaac that your offspring[b] will be reckoned."[c] 19Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and figuratively speaking, he did receive Isaac back from death.

20By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future.

21By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

22By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones.

23By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

24By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. 25He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. 26He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. 28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.

29By faith the people passed through the Red Sea[d] as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.

30By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

31By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.[e]

32And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, 33who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. 36Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. 37They were stoned[f]; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— 38the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

39These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. 40God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

I have faith in my King, my Lord, my God.

I have faith that He will save ALLLLLL my family members and friends!

Yeah, praise the Lord! Amen?:)

Prayer Works.

They really do. Do not challenge God. You won't want to. Trust me.

Thanks Giving

Time to count my blessings. :)

There are many things that i have to thank God for.(really)

I thank Him for

1.A happy family
2.A loving cell group
3.Altruistic friends
4.That i have become a better person since the NPCC incident.
5.A2 for my CCA; 2 Bonus points for my O levels L1R5.
6.Still able to do okay despite giving my saturdays up to God.
7.The constant moulding of me into a better person by Him
8.A great family in church
9.Very good memory.
10.My father to be able to get the shop he wants.
11.For drawing some of my friends to Him (and some already have experienced the miracle of salvation)
12.My 2nd brother Yong Siang who started to open up to the family.
13.Enough food in the house
14.PS3.
15.And though i can never be with her(for now; i have faith you see) i thank God that we even met and entered each other's lives.

So, let's all start to count our blessings. Whether 2008 is a significant year really depends on you. And to me, it's obviously a Very very Very very significant year.

God bless all of you!

Acts 20:35

"35In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " Acts 20:35

The people around me taught me a lot.

Jordan only drive when he needs to fetch people around.

Ken gives generously.

Sin Yee uses her pay to buy gifts for the people around her.

Then, these made me reflect.

What have i used my salary and savings for? For my own enjoyment.