funny conversations over the weekend...

friday : -at vilage [the old marche] at heeren-

russ : hey bec..how do you spread your icecream so smoothly?
bec : -looks at him-
russ : oh. yours is a waffle. hahahaha.
bec : -looks at russ' crepe with ice cream smeared on it. bursts into laughter.-

sidenote : rebecca had chocolate ice cream on waffle. russell had caramel ice cream on CREPE with mangoes.

this was how it looked after his attempt of smooth smearing...














saturday : -at home-
morning:
me : daddy..where are you going?
daddy : teck whye..going to..blah blah blah..and buy blood worms for the discus.you want anything?
me : A TURTLE PLEASE!
daddy : no. no turtles in this house.
me : why! margharita died! i want another turtle! terapine also can.
daddy : noo. no turtle. when you go holiday who will take care?
me : haiyahh..okk..

and my sister is so sweet...she went to town on saturday..and on the account that i pissed her off when she got home..she didnt give me a present she actually bought for me.
so today..she gave it to me. after i gave her ten repeated reasons why im a good girl.
she bought me a turtle!!

introducing my new study buddy....















HENRY THE TURTLE!

sunday :
-in church-

me : i need wear an insole in my right shoe cos my right foot is half a size smaller than my left foot.
joy : your right foot is half a foot smaller huh..orhh..
me : no its half a SIZE not half a FOOT.
both of us started giggling for a good 2 mins.. [note giggling..cos it was during service]
joy : haha.if its half a foot..yar..buying shoes quite hard.
me : yar. i would have to buy one kid's size and another normal size.

i love joy. seriously.what would life be without my joyjoy.haha.

-at home-
after having a friendly banter..
drey : return the turtle!
mummy : huh? what turtle??
drey : yar. you dont know meh..we bought a turtle. its in the discus tank.
mummy : -walks over to the discus tank- where is it?? does your daddy know? the turtle cannot dirty the discus tank! where is the turtle???
me : -points to the filter- its behind the filter! daddy doesnt know.
mummy -starts panicking a lil-
drey : haha. go show mummy the turtle go.
me : -took the turtle from my room and showed it to mummy. much to her relief-
mummy : this one so much cuter la.



i love the people in my life.
haha.

my heart is in Your hands.
no matter how hard i struggle with You..please dont let it go.

ame told me once to commit all emotions to God.
and i am gonna trust in Him.
no no..andrea is not falling for anyone.
just thinking..cos everyone gets burnt by love..placing importance of immediate satisfaction..not seeing down further.
but its not easy being young and all.

i want to be found in Your embrace, let me lose myself in You and nothing else.

love unfailing, overtaking my heart, You take me in.
finding peace again, fear is lost in all You are.

yet another lazy afternoon yesterday.
made me miss the empty sports gymnasium in mg..after every training.
when the school is practically empty and silent and the sun sets behind us whilst we hull our tired bodies to the toliet..
to flood the whole area before heading to the canteen to have our tomyam noodles and orangina.
i miss the those days.
woke up thinking of stella..cos i suddenly remembered eugenia telling me that stella used to sing the stacy orico's song.
and i dont really remember stella much of a singing-often person.hmm.
i miss her. her optimism and her "nagging"..no no..motivational speeches..her "haiyah andrea!you know..." getting me to study and all.
and she is a super good persuader.cheryl usually gives in with a "ok la!ok la!"...or "STEELLAAA!!!"
you are missed miss-a-la-la-la-la-loong. =)

going through a somewhat pensive confused phase.
each time when i am alone or quiet..i feel as if i would go into silent mode for the rest of the day.
dont feel like talking much.
but the moment i am around people..i would go into this hyper-retarded random state.
i seriously do think i am retarded.argh.
running out of things to talk to people about too. i guess it boils down to my lack of general knowledge.
but one cant help it if one aint interested in stuff like that right?
i need to grow up. i know.
find me a neverland.

trust in the Lord's timing.
give Him your all.

isnt it funny how each time you feel like you've done so much for a person.
and yet the same cannot be reciprocated back to you. even just a listening ear.
the feeling is so frustrating. and yet..nothing can be done.
cos you still love the person too much to want to scold him/her.
and even if you do..you might end up just scolding what seems like a wall.
or worse..the wall will dig up all the past and throw it back in your face.
and it just doesnt seem justified. it just doesnt.

sometimes..
i wish i was less of a people person and find myself in seclusion more often.
i wish i was more vocal and outspoken when i need to be.
i wish i could open up to people easier than being on high guard.scared of getting hurt/betrayed.
i wish i would be less introspective and see the bigger picture.
i wish i didnt have emo days like this. when you feel like crying for no rhyme or reason.and the tears dont come.


hide me in the cleft of the Rock.

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!



LEO KEEPS BLUFFING ME!


usually when my silly dog wants to do his "business"..he would circle around an area sniffing the ground.
that's the sign for us to place a sheet of newspaper for him to aim on.
that has been the tradition for many years.

but in the recent months..my dog has come up with a new amusement!
he would do the same circling sniffing thing..
and when i place a piece of newspaper on the ground.
he would jump and crumple it and tear it up.
just for the fun of it.
its highly irritating. cos he is so retarded!
here i am..anxious to place the paper down, just in case i am "too late".
but there he is just happy that he gets a new sheet of paper to chew on.
argh.

my dog is either getting senile..or he really is out to bully me.
roar.

streams of sunlight.
lazing dog.
serenading birds.
sound of the machine drum spinning.
archie comics by the bedside.
clothes drying in the wind.
sesame street for education.
jamie oliver,yummy delights.

finally...

a slow-paced day.
all to and by myself.

it has been a long while since i have been able to do things at a slowed down pace..to sleep whenever i want..
and to be the lil domestic helper that my mum has been harping me to be.

housechores can actually give one a sense of satisfaction.
amazing.

collected my contact lens today..made a new pair since my last one tore.

did more thinking today. which is wonderful.

perhaps all tuesdays should be like this.




but eugenia would kill me.i shouldnt pon lectures.

i want to become a hermit crab.
find me a shell please.
i want to go into hiding.

honey lemon tea.

FINALLY!!
andrea is finally online.
my wireless is working at last.
and my mac..well..some how i cant connect wirelessly..but at least i am finally back in the world of msn and blogs.
yay.
oh yes!

in the midst of my hustle and bustle of getting my internet back up..i forgot to mention.
i've got myself TWO NEW BABIES!
i am a happy girl.
maybe now i can go on and finally really enjoy my new acquisitions.

i got a black macbook and a black ipod video.

yay.
i have satisfied my carnal materialistic cravings.
terrible.i know.
each time these feelings come..my parents get a big burn.

i must abstain from expensive items now.

school has started.
and i need someone to kick me hard.
i am still very much in denial that school has started and there are tutorials to get done.
ARGH!

but i am quite excited about this new sem.
i realised that there are quite a no. of common break slots with my favourite pple.

OH!!
i have a thanksgiving.
i have been wanting to get forensic science for the longest time.
and on tuesday..they surprisingly opened up not 100..but 400 places!
and our lecture is held in our school's auditorium..so our cohort for that module is like..over 1100 pple.
its madness. but i am so glad.
cos my good frens are all in the class with me..
enting, dor, edlyn, izzy, eugenia, caroline, drew and twin!
yay!
and forensic is really interesting. a tad bit morbid. and its after lunch time too.
its gonna be a good sem. -i hope-

freshmen vision tea was on thursday..and i had to share my testimony..thankfully it was in the form of a skit..and i shared abt my gen12ii trip. of my tripping over the projector and how God supernaturally healed it. It was realy all Him as i spoke, i tend to get incoherent and speak really fast when i get nervous. i kept praying before going up. and He is so faithful really.

had to call the freshies this week to ask if they would want to know more about crusade..i think about 4 of them are "abandoning" me..haha..cos they have decided to join the indonesian student christian fellowship.
which is all good. as long as we are all serving in campus. =)

exciting sem. new responsibilities. new opportunities. new hope.

God is good all the time.

2 days of internet cold turkey + 4 days trying to get my mac connected = one very frustrated and tired andrea.

sty in my eye.

oh sty in my eye.

please go away,

sty in my eye.

why oh why, is there

a sty in my eye.

it hurts me so.

please go go GO!

outcome of drinking insufficient amount of water.

called my freshies today.

so exciting.

my hands were cold and clammy.

i am shy!

shy!

my tongue gets tied and i am at a lost of words.

but He is faithful. i managed to date 4 girls out.

kenna rejected by 2.

but its alright! =)

He has everything orchestrated.

its all in Your hands.

roar.

tutorials are starting.

hold my hand. dont let me go.

i feel helpless and at a lost of things to do.

i need You.

my heart and flesh cries out,

for You, the Living God.

Your Spirit is water to my soul.

i've tasted and i've seen,

come once again to me.

i will draw near to You.

i will draw near to You.

tweet's and ber's birthday is the same as singapore's!

it was fantastic fun during tweet's 21st birthday lunch at PS cartel..and also watching adam sandler's "click".

i hope you enjoyed yourself babe. i hope you felt wonderful.

thanks to all who came.. =)
it was super exciting coming out for tweet's birthday outing..cos we didnt know who exactly were coming.
and WWOOO!!! it was fabulous to say the least.

thank you so much to jason too! you're fantabulous, brudder! FANTABULOUS!

may God continue to smile and sing over you, tweet, as you embark on another phase in life.

YOU ARE GREATLY LOVED BY MANY PEOPLE, ALBERT HALIM! GREATLY LOVED!

dont hide one corner and cry anymore ok? wahahaha.

-kiddin-

after watching movie..i rushed from PS to centrepoint to get lembu's present..and then to taka to fetch my darling ame.
we headed down to west coast park for lembu's birthday bbq.
we sang many great hits from veggie tales.
haha.craziness.
=)

HAPPY BELATED 21st BIRTHDAY LEMBU LOO LOO!!

yupp..
tomorrow night..going out with my girls to celebrate janetta's 21st birthday..
excited.

so many birthdays in the month of august..
to those whom i'm close to..
please..please...by any means..dont conceive your kid in august next time ok??
or i'm gonna be a self declared bankrupt next time each august.

i need to start saving money man..
next year...there are gonna be many MANY MANY 21st birthday parties.

alright..many more birthdays coming up this month.
its all so exciting.
i love birthdays.

birthdays are not meant to be celebrated alone.

funny phrase of the day : ok.who is the c*ckster who pressed??!

wahaha.
if you dont get it..its aight.

another fantastic day..and all thanks be to You.

and like the blink of an eye..

my holidays are officially over.

FOC was rocking.
God gave us such perfect weather..and everything flowed well.
A HUGE SHOUT OUT to my games comm.
thank you darlings so so much.
you all were great help in planning and organising the games.
i really thank God for each and everyone of you.

ROAR!!!
=)

its gonna be an exciting year..there are gonna be many emerging ninja crusaders..
and they are gonna be mighty warriors!!
wooo..exciting.

God is really on the move.and its such an adventure following after Him.

ktv with the crusaders was fun too.
highly embarrassing too actually.cos of some stupid songs i sang and actions i did.
im really quite retarded.

been busy meeting up with many of my friends.
and planning and getting ready for the next semester.

im quite apprehensive about next sem..so many new responsibilities.
but...BUT...i am trusting God to provide and guide me.

my hair is ruffled...but i'm gonna get them all neatened.

i need to start looking outwards..to be clay vessel and stop thinking im gonna be a vase someday.

it is not me they need to see.
it is You.

and in the midst of my busy-ness..
i've hurt you on the way..and i am really sorry for not being there for you when you needed my shoulder.
it did cross my mind each time i checked my inbox to message you..
but its my constant flaw to tend to get distracted easily.
its a flimsy excuse..and i am ashamed to say that i have indeed failed you.
i hope you'll talk to me when you're feeling better.
i know we're growing apart..and there's an inevitable distance between us.
i just hope you'll understand.
i really am sorry.



and so the happy days ended.

ITS HERE!!!
FOC IS FINALLY HERE!!!

im so excited!!
im so nervous as well.
i know everything is gonna be fantastic.
cos why??
cos HE IS IN CHARGE OF ALL!!
and...i'm just trusting my whole comm and myself into His hands..
SURPRISE AND BLOW US AWAY!!

yay!
pray for good weather and lots of fun!
and strength and wisdom.

its gonna be one mad party!
i cant wait.
wwwwwwwwwwwwhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

a HUGE THANK YOU!! to all who came to help in the video-ing of the commerical and mtv today.
especially to our director MR ANDREW TANG!

so grateful for ALL OF YOU really.
thank you so so much.

i had great fun.
it was hilarious and a GREAT JOY working with you all.
=)
much love.
-hug-

its the first thing on my mind when i wake.
and the last thing when i sleep.

i'm starting to get worried.
i'm losing sleep over it.

but its all Yours.
there will be things that will happen that i do not foresee.
but You have seen it all.
i trust You. i really do.

in my moment of restlessness..in my moment of insecurity..
You gave me a word of encouragement.
to remind me that You have time and again proven Yourself faithful.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."
-hebrews11:1
"Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors."
-psalm 119:24

i miss sitting at the balcony in philippines and just spending time with You.
when all things seem to stop and its just You and me.
and Your glorious handiworks of mountains and skies just sprawled out in front of me.
how could such an Almighty God love such a one as i.
it still baffles me.but i'm so grateful.

i want to..i need to..find that secret place with You once again.
i'm running myself too tired.

take me to the secret place, where i can only see Your face.

all my delight is in You, Lord.
all of my hopes, all of my plans.

6.15 am ame : good morning! choose either mint or caramel.
6.57 am drea : caramel! why are you up so early??!!7.04 am ame : i thought you say 715?
7.05 am drea : no! Ahh! 8.40! oh my.where are you now?
7.05 am ame : bukit batok...
7.06am drea : oh.haha.okok.yr so cute la. ok.come my house k? call me when yr at yew tee.

so here she is now.
sitting next to me on my bed.
making a funny face at me.
roar.

she's so cute.

going to the zoo today with dor sam and amlah.
YAY!

guess i'm not that bummed abt not going to sentosa after all.
=)

its gonna be a fantabulous day.

Lord, please keep the weather fine.

here's looking at you. 

you are always my favourite band-aid. 

if my foot could talk..


it would have scolded me left right and center by now.

it has not fully recovered from the tapping strain..
and in the last week..
i have played tennis and squash..
and today..
while rushing out of the house..i took my heels out..
i wore them in the car..
and the moment i stepped out of the car..
the strain in my left foot came to haunt me.
felt like i walked a thousand miles in them.
i'm sorry foot.

drove uncle philip's merc today.
from church to HF.
i drove real slow cos i wasnt used to his car.but it was shiok.
thank goodness nothing bad happened.

this weekend..i've been a lil out of sorts.
felt very random.
too many things on my mind i guess.

hmm..pray for me for wisdom.
how to lead my youth's worship to a higher realm of worship..
how to spur my carenet on to want to desire more of Him..
how to get my youth to grow..
i know i'm not gonna do it alone..
i wanna know what He has in store.
pray aight??
=)

i'm getting a lil nervous for FOC. [but still a whole lot of excitement in me]
i hope the games all run alright.and that everyone will enjoy themselves.
and the weather!
which is totally out of my control.
its all YOURS!!

Lord, You are more precious than silver.

Lord, You are more costly than gold.

Lord, You are more beautiful than diamonds.

and nothing i desire compares with You.

my fortress.my shields.
i love you all babes.

thanks for saving this damsel in distress.really.

meet my long lost friend.we're gonna have a good time today. yay. 

at times things can get so frustrating.
when i try to do things in my own strength.
when i walk away from my year's resolution.

but its going to stop.
i'm running back to You now.help me.empower me.
i dont want to be led away from my focus.
i dont want to have my emotions being drained for temporal reasons.
i dont want to be away from You.
You are all i need.
You are all i want to seek after.

i resolved to follow hard after You this year.
and i have not done it to my best effort for the first half.
i want to run after You.
all things that surround me become shadows in the light of You.

i will not be distracted [winks at darkwingedduck].
i will not be found weakened.

now its just Jesus and me.
for each tomorrow..
for every heartache
and every sorrow.