cupcake photos!

classy is what i had in mind working with these.
they are my "best sellers".

[chocolate cheese cupcakes with whipped chocolate fudge frosting with chocolate drizzled shapes]

Centrestage 2008

some weeks ago, OxyGen (the International Students Ministry of Paradise Community Church) held an event at PCOM, where every lifegroup had to come up with a performance and we would be judged.. being so close to exams, we thought we didn't have the time to put everything together, practice and all. but thanks to our directors, sumi, yong ling & shee laine.......... & the rest of my beloved, awesome possum Village Lifegroup members. we did it! :) :) :) Chris & I couldn't have been prouder 'parents' to this wonderful bunch. we did have a lot of fun, despite the powerpoint not working (weifen did an amazing job on the animation & graphics), and we only had 2 practices.. but on that day itself, everything ran so smoothly. we've been praying about it the whole week leading to the event!! and once again, as always, God came through for us. and He spoke volumes of where there's unity, there He commands a blessing.

so here are some pictures of the wonderful people that were involved in making this possible :)

some funny behind the scenes, preliminary shots!

on the day itself

action!! but unfortunately not many photographs of the skit itself cos too much movements.

group picture. we won!!!!!

and this is us, the following week during our last official LG. sobs.

Stitch: This is my family. I found it. Is little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good.

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Lilo: Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten.

You guys have been awesome! :) We're all different. But we're same in that we share one faith. one love. one God. we're all broken in our own ways. but still good. still good. because God says so! :D

Parting at the end of this year doesn't mean, leaving things where they were. it means, taking it to another level!

Deut 10:21 He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. 22 Your forefathers who went down into Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

swot vac!!

first day of swot vac. woot~! had an amazing weekend of doing everything BUT studying. goodbye perinatal guidelines & ten teachers (for now).. hee..

i really thank God for a smooth sailing osce on friday. i was truly experiencing phil 4:6-7 - Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. my heart wasn't pounding, i wasn't shaking. all (but one) the stations went well.. will only know my results in 2 weeks, but they don't matter.. because what was more impt was knowing the Holy Spirit was with me through out! :D

after that, fuh~ big sigh of relief, celebrated by having a late lunch at kfc(to satisfy my cravings) and headed to friday night church soon after. i've posted a clip (in my other blog) we saw in church that truly moved me to tears. click here to watch it. highly highly recommended! :)

the next day, chris and i had a photoshoot to go to! haha.. long story. will tell you the details later (another post) once we get a hold of the products of the shoot :D we went to hog's breath for dinner (finally!!!!!!) and that was awesome. yum!!



on sunday i went shopping. wooHOO! bought a skirt. the picture doesn't do it justice. hmmphf!

and had dinner at gusto (linguine granchio's - awesome blue swimmers crab pasta) with the rest. ahh.. that marks the end of my wonderful weekend.

cos i promised to study starting today! :D started the day with ramen & veg & egg -> made by dear -> did our devotions -> study!!!!! -> dinner @ kopitim. yums! :D see how my life revolves on food??!! no wonder my arms so flabby now :(

wonka nerds is gonna be my companion to help me stay awake, and NERD of course ;)

more pictures up on facebook! so go check now!! :D

O&G

what's that??!! the usual response i get. then i say, obs & gyn. i answer with another abbreviation. i guess, i tend to forget that as med students we have a lot of abbreviations that we think other ppl would understand. i wonder why the word abbreviation is so long? -_-"

obstetrics & gynaecology.. in short. women's health/medicine. see women are such complex beings that we have a whole 9 weeks rotation dedicated to our health. hah!

just got bck from prof dekker's place. long case + viva tmr. i'm first up! i hope i wake up and the bus doesn't leave me behind. osces on friday. keep me in prayer yeah! :)

i'm at peace (mentally, emotionally), but my body's fighting it. pls pray that my symptoms will resolve - they include tummy aches, bloating, irritable bowel, headaches (thks or no thks to having the XX chromosome).

i can't wait for swot vac!! :)

deut 10:21
He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.

yes! i've seen the great & awesome things He has done for me. and He will do it again. Amen.

why i love my boyfriend (part 1)

because...
1) he sneaks into my room while i'm in the hospital and surprises me with this as my desktop wallpaper :)
2) he calls me girlfriend christine. hahahahaha.. who else on earth calls their girlfriend - girlfriend???!!!

almost there, but not yet

5th year. 5th year. 5th year. 5th year. 5th year. 5th year. 5th year.

what a mind blowing thought. can't believe it's been 4.5 years since i stepped into medical school. wow. time flies!!! at the same time, it does seem i've been studying for a long time.. a very long time. for something that i never thought of doing in the first place, i think i've had a pretty good journey so far. i enjoy studying medicine (well, as a whole; can't say the same for O&G but haha yeah..), not the exams! *grins* and for me to come this far, it's all by the grace of God. from my "surprise" 'A' Level results (everyone thought i was going to fail, even I thought i was going to fail), to the day i stepped into IMU (and was so sure i wanted to leave - yes, orientation left THAT much of an impact on me), making lasting friendships in IMU (you know who you are), growing roots in CF (my greatest spiritual growth spurt), to coming to Adelaide with Chris (that was a miracle in itself), to God's providence throughout - money that always came on time, to passing 4th year, and now here i am. 2 more weeks to my O&G exams, and 6 weeks to the BIG BARRIER EXAM. it almost seems surreal how quickly this year has gone by.

why this sudden emo/nostalgic post. over the past week, many people have been asking me, so final year already?? and i have to go through the standard answer of, this is my final exam year, but i have a whole year of pre-internship before i graduate, and have the DR title in front of me. or some even asking what do i plan to do? i have many plans! some pretty ambitious ones too. but i guess before i start daydreaming about how my name tag will look - Dr Chow, i really should concentrate on how i can pass 5th year. sometimes it's scary. sometimes i feel a bit worried (ok A LOT)- looking at how hard everyone around me is studying. sometimes i scream to myself (in my head), "christine chow en li! can you please be a bit more hardworking??!!" other times, just numb and oblivious and don't really wanna care anymore. sometimes i get responses like "aiyahh.. you so smart, don't worry la" but the truth is, for every exam i pass, for every time i am relaxed and at peace before exams, it's solely because of God's grace. and when i do go off the rails, and become the worrywart that i truly am, God just reminds me of how he brought me through it all. worrying is not going to do any good eh?

so the reason for this post is, i am getting a bit worried now. but philippians 4:6-7 (The Message) says,

"Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life."

wow, i love this version of the verse. and for all those having exams out there. this is for you too! :)

while browsing for some vegetarian recipes....

...i found this, and burst out laughing. [please click to enlarge]


wahaha!! ketjap??!! what's that? so funny right. ok la, maybe it's just me being easily amused. so.. as a break from all that studying (which only started yesterday. yes, i know. not cool. exams nxt week!!!!!), i decided to post some of my recent bakes - of which, the results i'm very pleased with (this sentence sounds grammatically wrong, but anyway). feast your eyes! ;)

chocolate cheese cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting

cornflake cookies with chocolate drizzle

banana cake (yummy) with chocolate swirls.

everything's chocolatey!!!!

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