Mark My Words...

I am going to start studying NOW! (ok by now, i mean after i finish this post lah. don't be so literal can?)

See, it's been a good day, I woke up early, I made a BIG BREAKFAST, ate it (of course!), cleaned my room (i can actually see my table now. whooopeeee!), had my pasta, and now... jeng jeng jeng jeng.....

STUDY TIME! from now till 6pm. before i head for OxyGen's Mamak Night.

MARK MY WORDS!

Thks INs, Seremban peeps, Cousin Ann Jee, Ivy dear, Melbourne-ers, Jin Werne darling for your cards.. I know it's late, not because it arrived late, but because.. ehehe.. I didn't check my mail box.

I need new sunnies!

because i lost THESE ones :/ althought it's an 11 dollar, no brand (ok la, it's forever 21~!), cheap-o sunnies but they are my favourite!!! and i lost it... :(

so... should i get:

wide framed? aviators? or oversized?

by the way, it's MERDEKA DAY!!!! :) Happy Birthday, MALAYSIA.
You know how much I love you, how much I miss you, and how much I want to see you again!
God I pray that You bless Malaysia, as my beloved country turns golden (50 years old lah!)



"And all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land," says the Lord of hosts.

AND, AND, AND, what better way to remember Malaysia than to have MAMAK FOOD??!!! :) OxyGen's gonna have a Mini Mamak Night tomorrow,


Sept 1, 2007. 7.30pm.
UniSA City West Campus.
Roti Canai, Curry Chicken, Teh Tarik and lotsa fun!!! :D

Free ENTRY!!!!!

you don't know what medicine is until...

u go on-call!

ok, i may have only gone to an Australian version of being "on-call" but it's bad enough already!!! gah.. especially when you do it after a LONG day (it's common programme day mind you)! and we have ward rounds + case presentation tmr.. thank goodness i was doing it with sean, that made it bearable.

i was tired
i was hungry
i still had to take notes while the reg interviewed the patient (i have no idea what they're talking about sometimes!!!)
it was so depressing
i just wanted to slap the patients silly to wake them up! it's not the end of the world. you don't have to kill yourself ok???!!!! why why why do people want to commit suicide? how about the people around you? ha?

if there's one consolation, the reg was really nice and friendly. and he was nice to let us off early.

even then, it was already 10pm! and i had to take a bus! and guess what? the bus came late, AND it rained!!! great!!! surprise surprise..

welcome to the real world of medicine christine...

GOD!!!! it's really overwhelming.. Only You can see me through this.

Sunny Day

The weather has been really good lately! :) Sunny, but yet not warm, windy but not cold. It's perfect.. I guess in many things, (like the SUN for instance) are often taken for granted until it's taken away from you (like in winter). I'm such a person, often forget how important things are until these are threatened to be taken away from me. *shudders at the thought*

Awaiting Drug & Alcohol lecture at Joslin. I really don't know how I'm going to stay awake, but I will. I will. I will.

Gonna watch No Reservations later with my lifegroup :) It's about desserts. My favourite topic. Wee...........................................

Belated Happy Birthday To Me!

and TO MY "TWINS" TOO!!!! (Christopher & Cassandra)

nope, not quite excited abt being 23! (self consolation: it's only 21++) but am definitely blessed by having all the wonderful people celebrating with me :D

of course the utmost thanks goes to my Heavenly Father who brought me into this world, who knew me even before I was formed in my mother's womb, who knows the thoughts and plans He has for me, who'll never leave me nor forsake me, who LOVES me :)

to my parents who brought me into this world (literally) and brought me up until fat fat white white (fei fei pak pak).. haha! making sure that everything goes well for me (and my 2 brothers!) thks!!! :)

to my baby darling, whom i've shared the past 2 yrs & 4 mths together. through the thick and thin, we'll pull through yeah? with God on our side, everything will work out! *muaks* thks for putting in all the effort to plan for the surprise, and the giant card, and just for being such a sweetie!

to my housemates! past & present. i love you all!!!! thks for being a part of the surprise!!!!

to my anak-anak, cucu-cicit & dear CF-ers. thks for reminding me the joy of serving, and sowing into the Kingdom :)

to my dear OxyGen and UV Lifegroup members.. you guys rock my socks! thks for being my family while i'm here!!! i'm blessed!!!

to my med sch kakis.. thks for making adelaide such a nice place to be in.. it's been great joy knowing you all, and here's a toast to deeper friendship!

to the Villagers.. kampung 4eva! -_-" haha..

thank you for the surprise peeps! i was truly surprised and touched!!! *sniff* imagine 40 over ppl in my puny apartment 64 on a weekday night.. thks everyone.. love you all..

ok, enough of words, let the pictures do the talking k ;)

i've got 3 different sizes of MeToYou bears to add to my collection :)

on Saturday, we went to chocolate bean. i've never had so much chocolate in my life!!!! i thought i wasn't gonna have chocolate for the next couple of years. haha! kidding :P cos i made chocolate cake for Rahul's birthday..


the chocolate fountain! it was worth every cent ;)


the place is puny! someone said it's made for 6. haha!!


chuen! what are you doing?! :P
(L-R: chuen, robert-o, chris, me, rahul, ken, lenghui, shiaucern, 1/8 of kian! haha)


steph, chuen, robert-o, rahul, chris & myself :D


ian, daphne, victor, joanne, jebbs, chris & myself..
aww, victor & daphne looks so sweet ;)

quinnie, me & jenna

joanne dear & me. *hugs* you're a blessing girlfriend ;)

CAUGHT IN THE ACT! look at their guilty faces. haha.. glad u guys enjoyed the fountain too!

the girls!!!!! pretty ones too...

me, jebbs & shiaucern.
(my new pinafore dress, nice or not??? i bought it at half price!!!! so happy lah)

group picture, say CHEESE!!!! thks again for coming guys..

Ruby

God sees me as a tear drop Ruby. Precious in His sight. Loves me just as I am. Red. Washed in His blood. Made clean, perfect. Tear drop. Because I cry easily? For every tear I cry, it's precious in His eyes. Not because I am, but because He is. Thank You Jesus for loving me.

Gym :)

i finally went to the gym!

ok ok, don't faint. if u want to faint... faint after reading this.

i ran for 20 mins! (initially at 2.38 mins, i told joanne i was going to collapse! but i did it!!!)

cycled for 10 mins!

worked my arms for 10 mins!

and did 30 crunches.

now u can faint.. :P

and it felt really really good. thks joanne! :) awesome time spent..

Fresh Heart, Fresh Start

adapted from Jon Walker's Purpose Driven Life Devotional.

“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalms 51:10 NIV)

God creates my pure heart, not me. It is his spirit within me that cleanses and “re-creates” my heart. It is his power, his grace, his hand, his works, his abilities, his strength that creates this pure heart.

My heart is not purified by me, by my noble efforts, by my good thoughts, by my ability to follow the rules.

The heart God creates, then, is no longer cynical or distrustful. It is no longer damaged or broken. It is a pure heart.

A pure heart is a fresh start – Ask God to create in you a fresh start. (Psalm 51:10 MSG).

these are snippets from today's devotional. actually, i haven't been reading them for a long time, but today's title caught my eyes. the content caught my heart..

O God! How many times do you have to remind me for me to remember it's not by my works? but what You have done?

Sticky Date Pudding

ernestine introduced me to this new vocabulary "sticky date pudding" during my first few weeks in Adelaide. after hearing SOOOO much abt it, I finally tried it (after SIX months?!!) at hsien fei's farewell lunch (Charlie's). IT WAS SOOOOOOO GOOD! but by the time i was done with main course, there was none left!! (I only had a small bite of the pudding from someone else..)

so, being very very very unsatisfied.. i searched high and low for the perfect sticky date pudding recipe. somewhere during the course of my search, i had sticky date pudding (during halfway dinner) that kinda satisfied my cravings for awhile. but it wasn't as good as the one at Charlie's. it was on ONE very special night, that i decided, i couldn't take it anymore, I HAVE TO MAKE IT! and that was yesterday, when we had steamboat.. wahaha!! i took the opportunity to try it out. TA-DAAA.......

the result of my sticky date pudding. yay! so happy la :)

From the Inside Out

A thousand times I've failed
Still Your mercy remains 
And should I stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace

[Pre-C]
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise

[Pre-C]

My heart and my soul
I give You control
Consume me from the inside out

Let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love you from the inside out

Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart
Is to bring You praise
From the inside out
Lord my soul cries out

While lying under my covers, he sang me this song. And I cried.

me tired..

u know when they say psych is emotionally draining? it really is...

it does not help when it is the time of the month too. bleh...

3 cups of coffee in a day is NOT good for you...

i think i need to resume my 8 hours of sleep a day regime. i was a lot happier. not so bipolar.

psych is making me think i'm going crazy.

so... what is crazy? what is normal? the 3 stooges & i (robert, ian & sean) always ask each other. that keeps us going.

i'm irritable now. Gah!!!!

me also very tired. very, very tired.

Matt 11

v 28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

v 30 For My yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Praises

do you like to be praised? :) i like it! let's be honest.. we feel good when people say nice things abt us! cos that's how we're created.. there's this reward system thingy going in our brain.. and there's the emotional part of us that desires for people to praise us.. u definitely don't yearn for people to criticise you! oh my goodness.. NO!

and then, as i had this thought, i felt a bit ashamed. i felt like i was quite "desperate" and "perasan". if u get what i'm trying to say. but! one day.. on the bus, i was listening to Ps AR Bernard preach.. and He quoted this verse, God dwells in the praises of His people. DWELLS! And i just felt like God was saying, you know why you like praises? because, u're made in my image. i like praises, you will definitely like it too! there's nothing wrong with you!

but again, u can't just depend on people's comments to live by.. but you know who u can depend on? God's constant voice, telling you.. He loves you. You are made perfect in Him. You are His child! and.. don't just receive! because God delights in the praises of His people. He dwells where your praises are. so PRAISE Him!!!! :)

Fear

we had a combined psych lecture at the qeh today.. the last thing scheduled was to watch a video. it was about FEAR! stuffs like phobias, and post traumatic stress disorders and the like.. common presentation for it? heart pounding, shallow breathing, legs feel wobbly..

how different this FEAR is.. from this FEAR ->

Matthew 10

v29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will.

v30 But the very hairs of your head are numbered.

v31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

fear in the first context is being scared, afraid, often a reflex, not necessarily given deep thought. it is often starts of as a protective mechanism (but sometimes can lead to overdrive). but the second fear, speaks of 'worry', lack of confidence and trust. it is the kind of worry that occurs when you don't put things into context.

these three verses really stood out to me. am i not more valuable than the birds of the air? if God takes care of them, will He not also take care of me? He even knows how much hair i have!!! (ok, the hair topic has been an issue of concern for me all this while, because.. i don't have much to start with) but even so, God still knows how many (grammatically correct for God because He CAN count!) I've got!

He knows how many hair that's on your head too ;) He cares! Nothing
happens without Him allowing it to happen. Whatever it is, He is in control.

Halfway Dinner :)

so halfway dinner is to celebrate the fact that we're halfway through med school :) which really is something to celebrate! it's been 3 years!!! at the same time, it made me miss the imu ppl even more!!! cos it would have been so much more meaningful for us if we celebrated it together. miss you guys!!!!!!

baby surprised me with tulips!! so sweet :) thks..


our only decent picture together, *sigh*


i love the preparation part, of getting dressed up & be pretty!! :)


and that's us, just before leaving.. we look smashing ey?


another one, while waiting for the taxi..


joanne dear, me & lenghui :)


me & shiau cern

me & Ms Immeculately Dressed, yin yee :)


me & sarah


gomolemo & me :) u made ACC fun! miss ya!


the main course.. it tastes as yummy as it looks :)


me, chris, jenna & grandpa sun! :P


pls refer to facebook for their names. haha..


the girls :)


more girls :D


say cheeeeeeeeeeeeeese :D


one more timeeee...!!!


me, kenneth (aka grandpa), jebs, shiaucern & josh


we loveeeeeeeee taking pictures


me, robert & chris (robert's wearing a tie...........!!!! :-o)


self shot when i got bck. you know why?!!!! BECAUSE my camera ran out of battery halfway :( and i didn't get to take a picture of myself. i'm leeching off other ppl's camera. will post more as i receive them, OR alternatively.. you can check out my FACEBOOK :)

twas a lovely night...

sorry i didn't get to post the pictures up earlier.. had a busy-as-a-bumble-bee weekend! there was OxyGen on saturday, and the fantabulous UV Lifegroup (phew-it! Ernestine!! Jia Ching!! We love youuuuu.....) were chosen to present a skit - What Can I Do for You?


UV rocks!!!!!! ernestine, why u cover ur face?????


me & wing sun :)


dramatic moments, during the skit.