Christmas Day @ T3

Reporting LIVE from T3 Departure Gate B3 :)

Can't wait to mai dong xi chi dong xi!

I HEART SQ WAHAHAHA

Standard Chartered Marathon 2008

Blessings of the Day: It was my first marathon but surely not my last! :)

How we decided to join the marathon was something I found it rather amusing. In 2007 2nd December, Kg and I was taking a train to SK library to chop seats for kg's last cramming for his exams. When we board the train we saw a runner wearing the SCM shirt dozing off in the train. Glancing down the train cabins, we found quite a number of people wearing the same shirt dozing off too... And it just occurred to us that we wanted to do the same thing - to join the marathon in 2008. That's it! We just want to join! HAHA. *actually i secretly like their addidas shirt alot - and that why i wanted to join wahahaha*

Early 2008, there was a women magazine SHAPE 10 km marathon too, I had wanted to join to kick off my training early, however i missed the deadline! Due to the overwhelming response, within 2 months, all 5000 places were snapped up! Argh~ this had definitely taught me a lesson that I should register early for the SCM as well. Immediately July 2008, the early bird promotion was introduced, I quickly registered as a mixed team with Kg, my brother in law and sister. In July, I had started to train my stamina for the marathon.

2 months later during the officers' retreat, i injured my right knee while *jumping* -_-" . I went to see the doctor and discovered I might have injured my ACL - the inner knee ligament. I was horrified when I started to do my research online reading about torn ACL. I was very very afraid that my ACL might be torn... the next follow-up visit showed that I had a runner knee - a common symptom that happens to women with big hips especially. After the swelling went down, he also discovered my muscle mass in my right leg was smaller than my left leg. He recommended that I'll start to take glucosamine and plus do some exercise that will help to strengthened my quadriceps muscles by doing cycling and swimming but no running! If physio therapy don't work, maybe arrange a surgery for me *faint* When I asked if i could still take part in the marathon in Dec, he just gave me a *sick* smile. Slowly the pain was subsiding and I could climb the stairs without feeling any pain but my right knee was still feeling quite weak. I would wear a knee guard from time to time if I anticipated that I would be doing alot of walking during the day in erm hmm high heels. Since then my training had also stopped since I was instructed no more running.

When 7th December Sunday arrives, I was clearly excited but back in my head was *sleep sleep*. Kg would not be running with me as the timing for mixed team had changed. The guys proceed first and followed by the ladies at 8.15am. The atmosphere at the padang was indescribable - everyone was clapping and cheering for the runners who ran past them. It was such an encouraging and motivating event. At 8.15am sharp, all of us started running. YA I RAN! How can i NOT RUN? Everyone was running around me! My hair just stood up! I was so excited and clearly soaked into the running fever atmosphere!

I ran and limped. I told myself "Take it easy PY.. just land on your heels so there will be less impact on your knee" - everyone was looking at me but after awhile, everyone was just running/jogging/sprinting and listening to their mp3. When I passed the 1km mark after 15 mins, I was pleased :D I had expected to take about 30 mins? HAHA... I decided to brisk walk/jog very very fast to keep my speed going on. I started to get abit sian when I didn't see any more route markers. I kept anticipating perhaps I passed my 2km/3km or even 6km? When i turned my back, I was amazed at the long long long stretch of blue girls behind me! I was clearly not the LAST! WAHAHAHA :P The view was buildings and buildings but it was just so fun to run down the streets like this. Most of the time I ran in parks and stadiums during my training and not through buildings like these.

When I ran on the ECP - the view was just so beautiful. The pandang, the flyer, the marina bay and the esplanade. I can't stop but feeling what a good choice I had run in this marathon. When I finally saw the route marker - it states "5km" and you can almost hear everyone on the road saying "WHAT? I've only DONE 5KM SO FAR?" and that includes me haha. But a glance on my watch - I spent about 45 mins! I was super happy again!!! In my past training session, I was covering 5km in 30 mins! To brisk walk in this manner 45 mins - i reached half of my distance! I told myself keep it up PY! :D I just needed to spent another 45 mins and I could finish this 10km run!

As I walk, it clearly became very challenging and tough. The route was never ending! Just you thought you can turn into the padang, the route shows you had to go towards the flyer, i really felt so stretched. I tried to run to increase my pace but my legs were starting to shiver non stop. The morning sun at 9am+ was extremely hot and I was insanely thirsty yet I didn't want to drink too much water otherwise it would be made harder for me to run. My body temperature was rising and I just kept looking on - where is that finishing line???

At times like these, most people had already started walking instead of running. The route also became more crowded as we merged with the half marathon runners. Most of the runners were drenched with sweat and yet pushing themselves till the next level. Some runners took out camera and started snapping one another. Some runners were holding up a sign board saying - Running for a Cause - the Heart Foundation - and rest saw and started clapping and cheered for them. One runner wore shirts with message displayed - "with God - anything is possible". As I approached the finishing line, I saw more people - volunteers, passer bys and tourists cheering for us to finish the race. "I know you can do it!" / "You are reaching soon, don't give up!" / "I see the marathon runner in you! Keep going!" *Touched*

Approaching the last 500 meters, I prayed to God " oh let me run like how I used to run in my school's sports day. Pleasseeeee" Then my legs stopped shivering, and muscles tightened... I sprinted all the way to the finishing line.

I couldn't stop grinning... hehehe

:D i finished at a timing of 1 hr 39 mins.

My knee? Oh actually I think it got better. Was swollen after the run... yes but after that I thought my knee looks ok now. Hmm I see how, i am doing a follow up tomorrow and I shall let the doctor take alook. hehehe..

I heart running!

Next year I will do 2 more 10km run - Shape and Standard Chartered Marathon 2009 and followed by a training to go half marathon in 2010 and lastly a full marathon by 2012 :)

Oh that how we both felt after the marathon

Many things to Do - So little Time

Blessings of the Day: "Common Sense Granted to PY"
"Beg as loud as you can for good common sense. Search for wisdom as you would search for silver or hidden treasure. Then you will understand what it means to respect and to know the LORD God." ~ Proverbs 2:3-5

I absolutely have no common sense knowing I shdn't jump and i still jump. Now my knee cap is running to the other side.. Need to be more disciplined in exercising- swimming & cycling. No more jogging :( Boo Hoo~ Hope i can finish the 10km "marathon" on the coming Sunday.

I am getting abit panicky these days - the recession, the work, the studies :(

In anyhow just before 23rd Dec, I had a list of things to complete and to pray about!

Work
1) Project #1 = Client A to cooperate with me!! Argh~
2) Project #2 = Client B to cooperate with me also!!!! :S
3) Ad-Hoc #1 = Client C continue to make more changes and so i can earn more from u *evil laughter*
4) Ad-Hoc #2 = Cliend D Where Art Thou? Please come back from Bangkok :(
5) Projects Biddings to go through :)

Studies
1) Finish the rapid prototype and sent off for user testings.
2) Write 1st Paragraph - Introduction

"Cooking Dash"
1) Pot Luck Party = BBQ/Kimchi Chickeng Wings + Katang Salad
2) AP Lunch = Fish Pie? Meat Ball Pasta?? or BOTH??
3) Family Christmas Party = Menu Planning in progress
4) Post Christmas Party = ....

2008 December, may it be a fruitful and God honouring one :)

Going to the land of 买东西吃东西

hahahaha i am going going going to

买东西吃东西
买东西吃东西
买东西吃东西
买东西吃东西
买东西吃东西



shd i go disneyland?? *ponder very hard*

Praying

Lord, Please use me as your instrument to touch the girls' lives. Amen :)

Focus

i need to focus!

Outsource SAF?

haha this was really funny and it woke me up while doing my research on Singapore globalization:

A Singaporean soldier was sent to Nepal to train with the Gurkhas to be paratroopers. One the first day of training, the instructor asked the Gurkhas and the Singaporean for volunteers to jump out of the plane. No Gurkhas put up their hands to volunteer. The Singaporean found it strange. These were the Gurkhas whose bravery were legendary and yet they didn’t dare to parachute out of a plane. The Singaporean thus decided to volunteer. The instructor seeing the Singaporean’s hand raised asked for more volunteers. Slowly, hesitantly, a few other Gurkhas raised their hands.The instructor was satisfied.

He then took out a parachute and said, “Each of you will be jumping out of the plane with this parachute”.

“Oh…we can use parachute, ” the Gurkhas started whispering among themselves.

有一位神

Just returned from kopi cos need to spend my precious friday night productively to do my thesis.

This evening a few of us went to attend a church member's mom funeral wake who passed away peacefully in her sleep. This church member or couple is a very jovial couple and always come across very positive. It touches and surprises me that the strength like this wasn't easy especially at this difficult time. As we listened to her sharing how her mom enjoyed high tea just with the children and manage to spend some time with the grandchildren. She kept saying "My mother died as a happy woman. Eat her fav dim sum, dressed in her new and favourite blouse and even now in the coffin." Her husband did a few posters of photographs of the happy memories of the mother in law and her family members. As I looked, it strucked me this is how funeral should be. We should be reminded that our loved ones had once spent the happy times with us and yes we greived but learning to treasure even more for our love ones who are right beside us now and to draw the strengths of our love ones who left us and to pass on this strengths to the next generation.

As she lie in there, i saw the smile on her face. I knew she was really peaceful. I looked back that this year wasn't a easy time for myself and Kg. We both experienced lost of loved ones as well. Looking at the couple jovial and encouraging spirit reminded that the hand of God is indeed with them and her family members. It was something I need to learn from them - being positive and most importantly faithful.

As I returned home, the song 有一位神 just popped up in my head and kept replaying non stop. Reminding myself I will need to be faithful and believed that all things will work in His time.

有一位神 有权能创造宇宙万物
也有温柔双手安慰受伤灵魂
有一位神 有权柄审判一切罪恶
也有慈悲体贴人的软弱
有一位神 我们的神
唯一的神 名叫耶和华
有权威荣光 有恩典慈爱
是昔在今在永在的神

有一位神 有权能创造宇宙万物
也有温柔双手安慰受伤灵魂
有一位神 高坐在荣耀的宝座
却死在十字架挽救人堕落
有一位神 我们的神
唯一的神 名叫耶和华
有权威荣光 有恩典慈爱
是昔在今在永在的神

Saigon

I am coming into the heart and soul of Vietnam - Ho Chin Minh!

The "Rehearsal"

I felt I was going through a rehearsal - I wasn't expecting since it was a direct honours program.

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My parents were proud of me that I had finally grown up *smile*

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Strangely enough, in the midst of the joy.... or maybe after they went home first leaving me and kg behind to take more photos... my heart was thinking of something else instead. What i really want them to see is how Christ's love had touched my life all these years. My desires to share the Christ love is equally as how much I desired to earn my degree to make them proud. Maybe more. Today in my heart just ring these words...I wanted very much to tell them:

God loves you too.

Thanks Dad and Mom - I will work hard for my final year and most importantly I'll pray that God's love will come into your lives. I pray your hearts will be touched just like how God touched my life 9 years ago. Just had how God open this door to me return to studies. I know one day God will open your doors for me to share the love of Christ to you!

study hard = work hard = pray hard

next year Oct 2009 - Here i come again

Why Grace was Needed Earlier

On Sunday evening 7.30pm, he called me and told me he couldn't do it anymore.

Seriously I was very upset and of course I knew I could no longer depend on him. No point mopping or no point saying anything more. I took over the project. It took me around 10 hours to finish up the remaining 80% of his work and met the deadline on Monday afternoon.

This incident had brought back memories when I was staggering a full time job and while doing a free-lance project. I remembered most of my weekends and nights were burned off due to extra projects taken up. My social life was affected but not severely. Most importantly the amount of time to sleep was affected. But it was ok - yes I complained and grumbled. But I knew I was doing for a reason to fulfill my dream.

He was introduced by an ex-colleague of mine. He had been a great help and in fact it was a fantastic job done. I had expressed my deepest appreciation and often praised him and encouraged him. The way I handled him, frankly speaking Kg wasn't at least impressed with what I was doing. He felt I should have been stricter. I said - "Kg, he did a good job. I was strict and kind - i knew i was. When he had done right, i will praise him. When he done wrong, i will have to rebuke him. "

The 3rd and also the last project was the one that I witnessed the downturn of his attitude - which I had no idea why this was so. No reply and I often had to chase him down just to get the update of the job status. I was worried and frankly the darkest fear was He might just play me out anytime was hovering in my mind driving me nuts for weeks!

I had been praying for someone who can help me on a long term basis or better still established a good partnership so that I could recruit full time once I had stabilized. I was tapping on these part time folks to see their skills, job attitude and the character. I needed someone whom I could trust and work with. I wondered if I had expected too much. After all a free lancer don't get a lot of benefits isn't? I knew where he was coming from as I had been through that path before. But because a free lancer worked at his own flexible timing, that wasn't much you could control how this person work and perform. I had finally understood why some of the clients immediately rejected me upon learning I was a free lancer. I didn't understand why then. Now facing with this group of people, I had just to pray and God to point the right person to me whom I could trust.

Blessings of the Day
Grace was needed much earlier. Now moving forward, grace was needed even more from God. Wisdom too. In all circumstances, I had learnt to see His counsel and to walk in His direction not mine. I was glad my prayer was answered. The project was back on the timeline again.

GRACE NEEDED

I NEED THE LORD GRACE AND STRENGTH TO GO THORUGH!

Multiple Thoughts

Blessings of the Day

(1) A wonderful retreat - I heart all my sisters.
(2) A wonderful reward - my tutorial teacher wrote me an encouraging card on my papers done so far and I was really thankful despite of the last min preparation each time i had to cramp through my reports.
(3) A wonderful LOVE - the Love of God never fails me. I need the grace ever more to go though this period. Thank you Father.

Am Feeling Currently:

Being emotional doesn't mean is all the negative thoughts and mood. It is a mixture of consists the good ones and bad ones. Thankfully the good ones are more than the bad ones.

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But however when i let worries dwell too much, sometime the elements of worried can actually be more than the good ones which mine looked like this:

= + + + +

They said that 3 good moods can remove 1 mini bad mood...

which left me with :

= + + +

That's why I said i am emotional.

I need the grace grace grace ever more from God!

Random-blings

Blessings of the day: My 2nd assignment grades improved by 10 marks and secured a B+ for this assignment. 1 more coming back and then I will start my thesis on advertising. God help me!

Am feeling :

Barely enough 5 hrs of sleep last night due to debugging @ work. Its been a frustrating with one of the freelancers. I can never seem to find the right person to help me :(

I am still clocking a timing of 30 mins for 3.5 km. How am I going to run for Standard Chartered by Dec?

Looking Up

When the things around you make you want to hide,

remember God gave hope to keep a smile inside!

MAMMA MIA!

The movie was a BLAST!
http://www.mammamiamovie.com/main.html

:)

Be Still My Soul, God will undertake

Blessings of the Day: Had a good time catching up with Kg. Yes with him cos we haven been out to relax and chat for a very long time, i can't help by noticing that. A hectic year for me and him - in filled with good n bad with the latter seem more often. I hope he sleep well tonight after all the laughing we went thru :)

I can't help but to realize how life seem becoming abit more gloomy these days. It is constantly filled with lots of anxiety and fear. Sometime I have to ask myself time to time - why am i doing this? I felt alone sometimes and I desperately had cried to God many times asking Him what is His plan for me. Sometime I thought I might get the answer and sometime I actually miss the opportunity. Tell me God, had I been searching the wrong things at the wrong place?

I needed peace. I desperately needed the inner peace that God can give me to help me to understand. I read the bible diligently and hoping I can get something out of it. For the past few weeks, my emotions were running abit up and down like a roller coaster. I just don't know why. PMS? Can't be that long right? Sometimes when things got so heavy for me, i desperately just go to the park and run. Even when running, my head was still heavy with thoughts filling with the 5Ws in my head.

When things get tougher, do people really get tougher to go through the tougher process? Is it necessary? I had tried and by doing so by my own strength is impossible at all. I get even more tired in the process. Sometime I yearn to go to God and tell him " God, I give up... can You just spare me...."

I re-read my blog entries from 2005 onwards. Some articles amazed me, some do not, some seem childish to me, some was like - GOSH! Why ON EARTH I WRITE THIS KIND OF THING? Some reminded me of God's faithful love for me. Some were painful reminders of what I had done. One thing that is evident was the growth of my faith. I could see the faith in me growing very slowly but steadily all these years. Sometime I wondered how much but when I looked back 3 years, I could clearly see when I had cried out to God, God did hear me. He hears me in fact all the time.

It is a sweet assurance I got for spending hours re-reading my blog. No doubt, fears and anxiety still exists in my life right now even as I typed these words. At least I also learned that from past fears, God had nudge me closer to Him.

[as py stop typing, she was reminded 2 years ago in Anew, kwa kwa sang a beautiful song "be still my soul". She went to search the song and played and started to google for the lyrics]

Be still, my soul,
The Lord is on your side.
Bear patiently, the cross of grief or pain.
Leave to your God, to order and provide.
In every change He faithful will remain.
Be still, my soul,
Your best your heavenly friend,
Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.

Be still, my soul,
Your God will undertake
To guide the future as he has the past.
Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake.
All now mysterious shall be bright at last.
Be still, my soul,
The waves and winds still know
His voice who ruled them while he lived below.

Be still, my soul,
Be still, my soul,
Be still.

Thank you Father.

The getaway

Blessings of the Day: Feeling quite good and healthy after exercising for about 3 weeks. I still fell sick though due to dehydration. Exercising is my top priority these days and I always look forward to a great time of sweating it out. Look more fit (at least when I stare into my reflection). Weather is super hot, got to really drink more water.

Had the opportunity to go back to KL for a short break after 3 years since I visited the place. Surprise my memory serves me well and most of the time I can navigate the group around KL pretty well. Though is only 3D2N which only granted me 1.5 Day of shopping, it was a relaxing trip.

After 3 years I managed to try out the Aeroline which I missed the other time. The bus was not too bad and perhaps I thought I might have overrate it somehow. I was told 5 Stars would be a better choice of course more expensive. But the thought of the bus reached our hotel at the door step, the convenience was too good to be resisted. ConcordeHotel was one of my selected choice followed by Corus. However location won us over. Standard did drop compare to the other time when I stayed. Particularly the service was terrible but I was reminded to be patient and treat the staffs with patience. Both left and right the corus folks were kena scolded by of course I supposed Singaporeans (Since it was national weekend). My heart nearly dropped when they almost couldn't find my bookings. Again patience and sincerity was the key to receive good service. The guy named Abe who served us was really kind enough and I thought how maybe he seen his other colleagues got slashing from the customers was probably thanking in his heart he got such a nice customer like me. Haha. The room arrangements took abit more time than expected, but at least I was grateful he was willingly to meet my minimum requirements. Anything else extras were bonuses and I guess I too must appreciate his hard work. Thanks Abe!

We went to Suria KLCC for first thing to get - A&Ws. Chicken Wings were soso, Onion Rings were HUMONGOUS! Waffles were good (too bad I didn't 1 for myself), Root Beers were my top favourite.

After that the group split up and agreed to come back by dinner time. Kg and I roamed around and I could see he was pretty excited to be in KL. I got myself a nice basic tee from MNG. Then I somehow got abit overheated and became very thirsty. Kept flying to Cold Storage to buy mineral water. I drank at least 3 bottles in 2 hours I thought. Got myself cinnamon buns since Saints Cinnamon extinct in Singapore. What else did we do? We walked for at least 2.5 hours before dinner time strikes.

After doing some groundwork online, I brought the group to Mdm Kwan for dinner. Like me, they all seem to be overheated too and ordered our own individual food. The food were really good btw. I got myself chicken rice - too bad for the small portion otherwise it was excellent! Kg got himself dumpling soups and it was really good. All local food by Mdm Kwan were really good. Although pricey but at least I knew we were eating authentic Malaysian food.

My chicken Rice

Jem & Kel - some kind of spicy noodles.. can't remember...

Fried Guo Tiao - KK's

The healthy folks - KG & Mandy's order

We walked around and went out of KLCC and tried to take various shots with the Petronas Twin Towers behind us. The challenge? BEND DOWN ALL THE WAYS and point ur camera up and take the pictures. The whole outdoors of KLCC looks abit worrying with many teenagers and adults smoking away, skating and chatting. Out of nowhere came 3 police cars, I thought it really freaked Kg out abit. Kg was trying to hurry the group back to the shopping mall. Poor Kg was really stressed and he only stop worrying when the whole group was finally back in the KLCC.


We caught a 3D movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth". It was an interesting show and I thought it was better than "Mummy 3" Well it was better because at least Brendan Fraser was performing more in "Journey" than in "Mummy" plus it was a 3D show. It cost us RM17 to catch this show. Pricey again - but worth it.

Next morning, we head to opposite coffeeshop to have our first local breakfast. We had their teh or teh tarik (Don't look like teh tarik to me though cos it should have foam but none found). A malay young guy took our orders but due to poor communication, he nearly got our order wrong. I might end up having 4 marsala thosai. The breakfast was filling for some. Their local mee rebus were different from SG and the thosai as well. Mandy got a good choice of Mee Goreng. The breakfast for 6 of us came up to around RM35+ plus. Quite affordable.

Since @ KLCC, the group didn't really get to shop much, I brought them to Bukit Bintang. Mandy made quite a good planning that we would shop at Times Square and meet up for lunch before we all proceed to Sungei Wang and BB Plaza. Hoho I went mad at Times Square cos I got a pair of sandals, beach shorts, a Body Glove polo tee and work dress from G200 @ 70% OFF! I always thought Times Square would be like another Suntec City as this was what I saw the last time round. Hurray to Mandy.

@ Lunch time, the group looked quite tired from all the walking and plus sadly we did not find the mini lobster noodles shop and the food center that was recommended was not really looking good and appealing. It looks old and most of the shops were closed. So based on one of my friend blog, we tried out Mdm Wang @ Sungei Wang. Initially Jem wanted to eat Japanese food but the teppanyaki didn't quite look appealing and the customers also looked bored in the shop. So we moved to Mdm Wong's cafe instead.

Jem's Order - mei qai kou rou



My teh - nice cup



Kel's order - cant remember the name again...



Mandy's rendang order.



That's mine - stired fried seafood udon



KK's order. I cant remember also.. lol What that?

Similar to Mdm Kwan, they served Malaysian authentic food. I ordered stirred fried udon. It was good and cheap to eat there. Then after we shopped more and actually both Kg and myself was abit overwhelmed by all the mini shops. It was like forever you could never finish shopping in Sungei Wang. As SW and Bukit Bintang Plaza was linked we checked out the other building.

Surprisingly, there weren't much stuffs either. Just about to give up and returned to the mini maze of shops, we suddenly found this very nicely bright and open spaced .... FISH SPA! Kg and I wanted to try foot massage but we couldn't found any. Most looked like "black shops" to us. Haha, at least BB Fish Spa looked professional and you could see exactly who are the people using the fish spa. It resembled like a Japanese room and it was surrounded with a 50cm deep water filled with fishes or guppies of course. Kg was surprisingly ONz all of the sudden and said OKOK we go try together! Paid RM38 for 30 mins each pax. I thought it was all in the name of the fun experience plus is in KL! How cool was that! So we washed our smelly feet in case the poor fishes were dead in our feet. (haha, you get my joke? No? erm nvm)

Seriously when i saw all the fishes - i WAS CHICKENED OUT! I took my own sweet time to insert my pig trotters in. Most of the fishes would usually swim away first. I got really freaked out whenever the fishes came near me. The fishes were not really guppies size at all. They were as long as mine last finger as fat as my thumb. Kg was quite excited and just put them in. And the next thing........

I think you got to watch the video and you know what I mean... lol cos you got to experience "LIVE" since you were not there like me. I tried to add subtitles in to let you see... give me maybe about 1 working week to upload the video up. haha..

The "pathetic" look on my face. I was trying hard not to laugh so much. Kg was more relaxed after his torture.

So it took me at least 15 mins to laugh finish and settled down. By the time I thought there were at least 50 fishes each chewing my foot dead skins away. It looked very very gross seriously but FUN at the same time! The business quite easy to survive leh. No need to buy fish food just give them eat smelly feet. Haha. By the end of the fish spa, Kg kept saying OHHH looked how white my feet had become.. Hmmmm I don't know but I guessed it looked smoother after all. What a fishy experience.

Next we met up and head to Chinatown. I was quite disappointed with the chinatown trip. First the gui lin gao that I had 3 years back - standard dropped slightly. That wasn't the main disappointment for me at least. It was a Chinese confectionery shop in Chinatown. Anyway when I returned from KL, I was greatly upset (and even had a nightmare about it [why must I always have nightmare whenever i go overseas]) and wrote a review at Tripadvisor.com. So you can read the not so nice review over there instead of my blog. So after getting all the local food products, we returned back to KLCC for dinner since KK wasn't feeling too well and plus the group was feeling abit uncomfortable. Chinatown seem to become slightly more messy compare the last time. Just before sunset, we went back.

During the afternoon, we couldn't get our stomach filled with Japanese food, we had dinner @ Sake Sushi instead. Sake was slightly cheaper in KL than in SG. For the first time I ordered Salmon Don. Friends who knew I don't particular like sashimi. What I liked was the fragrant vinegar japanese rice. I thought I could have 2 bowls of the rice and would return feeling contented. hehehe.

Here are mine and kg purchases for the trip.

The next day just before we set off back, we had breakfast at the same coffeeshop again. This time we ordered their prata too. THEIR PRATA SO NICE!!!! I liked!!!! It was so different from SG. Their plain prata were "teared" up before serving. The best thing was it was sweet and I could eat it plain without sugar. I also had bee hoon goreng. *Drools even when I think of it now*

Drool My BEEHOON GORENG!!!!





Egg Roti



Gorsong Roti Drools X 10

Back on Aeroline, we "flew" back home and feeling quite happy and contented with all the mini shopping cum eating trip. Hopefully the next road trip will be Penang and Ipoh. :)

半工半读

我好累!!

Just want to express in chinese. haha

But i guess is the good kind of tired - the fruitful and contented type. Can't complain right?

Quote Kwa Kwa "Py, you'll soon be missing your studies days when it is officially over"

The Lord is with me :) I know that for sure.

but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31

Goal in Dec 2008

Blessings of the Day: I OFFICIALLY DECLARED I HAVE NO WRITTEN EXAMS FOR MY FINAL YEAR! YES!!!!!

I will be signing up for the Standard Chartered Singapore Run 2008 on the 7th December 2008, Sunday.

I am so excited! Anyone want to join me and Kg?

I am so excited number #2 - I have looked up on the internet to find a program that can train me up to run my very first 10km marathon. Guess what I found this >> http://www.health24.com/

I am so excited number #3 - I did my Day 1 first training yesterday morning. I was SO SO SO REFRESHED! Here is a peak of what happening to this week schedule.

Week 1

Day 1

• Total Time: 26 mins
• Walk 3min(warm-up), (Run 1min, Walk 1min) x10, Walk 3min(cool-down)

Day 2 - Rest

Day 3

• Total Time: 26 mins
• Walk 3min(warm-up), (Run 1min, Walk 1min) x10, Walk 3min(cool-down)

Day 4 - Rest

Day 5

• Total Time: 31 mins
• Walk 3min(warm-up), (Run 1.5min, Walk 1.5min) x5, (Run 1min, Walk 1min) x5, Walk 3min(cool-down)

Day 6

• Total Time: 32 mins
• Walk 3min(warm-up), (Run 2min, Walk 2min) x4, (Run 1 min, Walk 1 min) x5, Walk 3min(cool-down)

Day 7 - Rest

Full details - http://www.health24.com/fitness/Programmes/16-1347-1398-1464-1350.asp

With this program, I will be trained and can complete 10km in less than 60 mins which i think is very good and I know I can achieve that. Cos when I didn't train, JP Morgan Corporate 5km run was clocked around 55 mins. Effectively I may lose 3kg end of the year. MUAHAHAHAHA

This is a great start! I haven't felt good for such a long time :)

Sings: Heaven is a wonderful place, Filled with Glory and Grace, I want to see my Saviour's Face, Heaven is a wonderful place

Don't asked me... i suddenly feel like singing that song.

A meaningful personal connections - LOVE

Blessings of the Day: Feeling Spiritually Refreshed Renewed

It had been such a long time since I was touched and healed by the Holy Spirit. The feeling was amazing. I shalln't focus on my personal problems but how God had led me through in this amazing time of healing.

On last Sunday during church, there were announcements on the Wholistic Christian Counselling Conference in Asia 2008 which will be at Faith Methodist Church for 3 nights. I didn't really take note but one particularly caught my attention - Experiencing God Through Times of Change. I thought that was interesting but it was abit of travelling distance from North to West and plus I did not know any of the speakers.

On Monday afternoon, Ray messaged and told us to go for the 2nd night which was the one i mentioned earlier. But on Tuesday I was heading to JB and I wasn't too sure I was be able to be back on time. So finally I decided to give a miss. I felt a pinch of sadness when the girls messaged that night me how wonderful the speaker was that night sharing on the topic.

Weiggy first messaged me to attend the last night of WCCC. She was raving this is her new idol saying this speaker was term as the Love Doctor in Asia. Next Mandy again messaged me and told me to go for the last night which titled - Journey to Intimacy. Seriously I wasn't too interested to go. So when Mandy expressed her desire to attend the conference instead of HQ event. I told her I don't mind going cos I think Kovan was nearer. Who knows, Jem messaged said she needed to take care of her mom and she will be skipping the seminar and go for the HQ event and would be easier when she returned home. Finally a few more exchanges of sms - I was thrown at this question - "PY are you coming anot?"

Me ? - No reply. Went to sleep

Next day, in the morning 9am+, I got another message from Mandy again - "Hope you can come tonight. Its at commonwealth. Its refreshing .."

Me ? - Woke up and go to work. (yes i wake up at 9am+ and work at 9am+)

After lunch time - "Py, u not coming tonight ar?"

Ok i Finally replied - "Coming Coming Coming Coming :)"

That evening when I reached, I was greeted by the beautiful worship led by Convenant EFC. The worship was led by their Pastor Fabian. The prayers and the words of the songs ministered deep down in my heart. It was a wonderful time of assurance from God. I hadn't felt like this for a very long time. Deep in my heart, every word just answers all doubts and questions.

Next Dr Huang was introduced as the speaker for the evening. He came across as a very humble man and a hidden humour. For the next 2.5 hours, I was paying full 100% attention and writing furiously the notes into my phone. The congregation was fully engaged by his teachings. I certainly have a fruitful time. It is more than just learning men are from mars and women are from venus. It is the art of the love language that most of us couples or even singles fail to grasp it properly. Getting into paradox fightings were meaningless.

When I returned home that night, I still looked at my phone notes. I slowly realized that I hadn't been supporting him well enough. I called him up and apologized for the nonsences that He had to face from me. I too recognize the efforts that he had been trying to put in to pay his attention for me. It hadn't been an easy time for us either. It was so much and too overwhealming many unexpected events had happened and we constantly snapped at each other non stop. That night, we talked for 2 hours sharing and talking what I had learn from Dr Huang's seminar. It was a certainly a time of healing not only for myself and for him as well.

It was really a blessing to be able to listen what Dr Huang had taught us. So ... Thanks Weiggy and Mandy for asking me to go :)

25

Blessings of the Day: I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. - Psalm 139:14

I turned 25. Ironically I am not too excited about this. I have to admit that the thought of more loads of responsibilities are falling unto me is beginning to load me abit down. Sometime the more wisdom I asked God to grant me, the more things I discovered that I need to change to become a better child of God. I kind of felt there is unseen pressure on me. As each passing day and moment, I finally understood that is how God is close to me now. I can hear His still small voice. During my days as a younger christian, I often asked, why doesn't God speak to us like how He spoke to Abraham, Moses, King David, King Saul, King Solomon directly. Jesus talking to the apostle Paul, John, Peter and many more. He spoke to these godly people directly face to face. Giving instructions. I often lament if only God would do that, the difficulties in my life will be reduced drastically. I don't have to walk the wrong path.

Colossians 1:9 - 14

9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 13For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

But however I am so wrong. Even with instructions given, men still makes mistakes. I often wonder why are these people so funny, ABC instructions lay before you, you still do the wrong things. Seriously, I wondered why. Since the JAP accountability group started 2 years back, part of our structure accountability is to do QT 3 times a week. With the book I read 3 years ago, I applied the mecury QT timechart in it to help Weiggy and Jem and myself too. By God's grace, I was able to spend at least 10 mins each day to read His word. By God's grace, my fellow sisters were making remarkable results too. Seeing one another desire to read God's word earnstly and faithfully and often we said "We strive to be an A star student next month" just help me to see that all of us desired to be the faithful child of God. As I deepened my relationship with God, there are many things opened before me. I felt very very stressful actually because it often shed light on our sinful nature and I just felt it was too hard to go on. Funny I was even blaming God - "Why on earth You show me this?!" The more i read the more despressed I get. At a point of time I just felt everything was meaningless. MEANINGLESS

If you asked me how did I ever overcome all this depressing emotions, I learned to pray. I am still not perfect even now. But at least somehow in the midst of all these prayers, I know God is talking to me heart to heart talk. Just like how He talked to the Abraham. Moses. King David. I felt scared and assured at the same time. I know I need Him even more in all these transitions in my life that is going on non stop behind me. I got to learn and trust in Him to ask him to guide me.

1 Timothy 4
Instructions to Timothy

1The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 3They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. 4For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. 6If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. 7Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives' tales; rather, train yourself to be godly. 8For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come. 9This is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance 10(and for this we labor and strive), that we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who believe. 11Command and teach these things. 12Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. 13Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. 14Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you. 15Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. 16Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.

25 years old. This seem to be a magical number beside 21 years old. It just striked me that I am in my mid-twenties. Will I grow and aged gracefully and maturely and lead a life that is God will be proud of? How many more years do I have now? How many sets of 25 can I go through? At least 2? What will happen in the next 25 years? What will happen in the next 50 years? No one can answer that question except God, I suppose :)

Never expect my 25 is quite an emotional one and filled with much anxiety and thoughts. In a positive direction I prayed, that my next 25 years to come, is a life that is pleasing to God.

Wondering - will i still be blogging at age 50? That will be an achievement then. :P

Blessed Birthday to Me :)