yup another one here for momma.

this is for my momma...

ok. the fat lady there.. i don't knw where she came from. but nvm i think she makes the picture look more real. btw pple, this is a real railway. at first i thought it was fake, but that was before i saw a train zoom past me. so i couldnt really take a picture with this, cos i'd be blocking the way pple walk.. there were already a few who were giving me black faces for standing in the middle of the road..

the port! at first i wanted to sit out here to eat... to see all the boats n everything.. but there were soo many seagulls.. plus kor said they'd come n try to steal ur food n all.. so we sat inside to enjoy the yummy yummy food.. X))

was so windy~~~! this is a really HUGE anchor that was along the road at fremantle.. thought it was pretty cool... haha

this pic of this mountain of fries was taken AFTER i had stuffed my face with as much fries as possible. tot hink i thought i could finish all of it. can u imagine how it looked like in the beginning.... so scary.

Cicerello's! fremantle's best fish n chips!

kor's fishies. see the blue one? its super nice.. see the yellow one? it has this abnormally large thing under her head. i seriously thought she was going to explode.

my food at hog's breath before i even touched anything. doesnt this look beeeaauuttiiffuull?? *drools* oh how i wish they'd start a franchise here.. look at the food...!

thsum cute sign from hog's breath. it's kinda small here, but if u save it to ur own comp n magnify it, u'll be able to see the words clearly.. its quite funny. =)

cute Hog's Breath logo

Hog's Breath! the best place for steaks!

kor driving with his billabong beanie.. too bad hedidn't let me take a full body snapshot of him, cos he looked like a robber.. he was wearing this black colour sweater n baggy pants.. with that dark blue beanie.. was quite funny actually.. hahaha... *sighs* too bad i didn't get my own Emily the Strange beanie..

kor's sports car!! i know its lame, but it felt super cool to sit in a sports car with the music blaring. hahaha...

manda hugging a huge sun dial outside her schl

me

the asians in aussie

amanda n moi!!!!!

the big big sign outside the schl.. with me trying not to blink with all the wind hitting my face.. hehe

part of the wall......... lol

cafeteria.....

the art wall! they even have their art centre.. so cool.. man the school is HUGE i tell u...

some guys in the schl cafeteria... i was bored, they were sporting... voila! a photo!

dahling amanda. isnt she so adorable?! hahahaha.. X)))

the courtyard or something.. the schl's just huge...

High school!! the slackest place in the world.. the students slack, the teachers, everybody slack.. hahaha..

hey peeps!!!! i am finally back home in sunny singapore...! a mil. apologies for not blogging more while i was there, but i was pretty busy running about in the day, [and watching anime at night] that i didnt blog... haha.

well, shall tell u abt the rest of my trip in aussie. on wednesday i walked around town at hay st., but i dindt buy anything. [well i bought sweets for some people] the things in town were sooo expensive.. people, i have no idea where u got the notion that surf wear is cheaper in aussie... well its not. it is sooo super expensive... i think some of the stuff is more expensive than back home.. n the clothes there are simply not nice. hah. [altho i did see some shops that sold prom dresses and i saw some bril dresses but yea they were for viewing pleasure only... quite sad we don't have prom back home. hai. oh well] so that was wednesday. we ate pizzas [which are so darn cheap there, only $5.80 for the largest pizza] for dinner and had garlic bread n everything.. was stuffed. haha.. so on thursday morning, my bro picked me up from amanda's place, and we went to harbour town to eat some super nice burger u can't find in s'pore. was so yummy. =) then went shopping, and saw this super bril roxy jeans that i couldnt resist buying. cost quite a bit tho [my mom had a shock when she heard the price] but well i think it was worth it. X))) so korkor cooked dinner for ewen, elaine plus moi, n then we headed over to ewen's + elaine's place to help them pack cos they were moving out fo their house away form the Nelster. [don't ask me why the landlord is called 'the Nelster', cos i have no idea myself. i heard he was pure evil or something.. ahahahaha...] so we packed until about 3 in the morning.. n kor drove me back to his place where i crashed. on thursday woke up pretty late... kor went to help ewen = elaine with their final last bit of packing... n he took soooo long to get back, i was starving by the time he reached home. but he made up for it [at least ewen did] by bringing me to have a fab dinner at this bril place called Hog's Breath where they serve the most fab. steaks. totally yummy. went shopping at some palce after that.. can't really rmb cos i was so tired.. yeaps.


ok. i totally forgot whut we did on friday n saturday. but thats prob cos i'm reall tired cos i havent slept in quite awhile n the flight was delayed just now so i m pretty exhausted. ah more tmr. too tired to think.

on a small note... school is starting.. boohoo. am planning to concoct osme srange kind of sickness tmr so i wont have to go donw to schl. hope it works.

laters.

hello dahlings.... miss me????? obviously right.. haahha... well i'm still in super cold australia, where i am freezing my butt off. it is super cold, n its pitch black. [u might say: 'well duh, it's 11 already..' but no, it gets totally dark by abt 6.30. so my time clock is so totally screwed] but i'm not complaining.. it's bril here!


ok.. i dont have time to type.. tmr will tell u abt the shopping n the schl n tuesday night.... so yups.. tmr going jogging in the morning.. if i can wake up.. hahaha... more tmr dearies!!!!

laters~~

yoohooo~~ i'm currently at Shenton College right now. amanda is having a test.. so i'm using the computer. it's quite interesting to be in a High school.. the place is huge.. n its just beautiful. the whole school is huge. and everyone goes into different classes all the time.. so after every lesson they change class.. so there's no arrnaged seating..... can u believe it?!?! so shiok wanz... n the class is so laxed.. it's totally different from s'pore. so i've been like a tourist... 'ooo-ing' and 'aaaaah-ing' at everything.. which is pretty cool.. i do plan to take a ton of photos but i don't think it's really allowed right now.. so i'll do it after school. oh ya, there are alot of asians around... much more than i expected, and actually, the pple here are... well.. dunnoe how to put it, but they have many cliques. as in.. the different social circles are pretty distinct.. and u can see them hanging around in different parts of the school in groups... so it's really like all those teen flicks where there are diff. social classes.. its really quite interesting. hehe.. X)))

the weather here is brilliant... so comfortable.. it wanst as cold as my mom told me it'd be... so i'm really enjoying the weather now. it's only when u bathe, then u freeze ur butt off.. cos after u step out of the shower, the cold air hits u.. n man... it's super super cold. n another thing, my toes tend to freeze up, even tho i've been wearing pretty thick socks.... so yeaps... thats what's been happening..

ok i gotta go off now.. they've finished the test... more tonight yups!!

laters~~~~

ok super short post before i leave for aussie.. am so excited.. i didnt even sleep much at all. X)))) well i'm gonna miss all of u guys.. will try to come online to talk ok!!!! love ya'll sooo much.....!!!!!! hahaha.. aussie here i come!!!! wooohhhoooo!!!!!!!!!


watch out aussie.. sarah's coming

I don't look good in no Armani Suits
No Gucci shoes - or designer boots
I've tried the latest lines from A to Z
But there's just one thing that looks good on me

The only thing I want
The only thing I need
The only thing I choose
The only thing that looks good on me...is you

haha just heard this song on MTV and i totally loved it. its by bryan adams.. n its a pretty old song.. almost 10 yrs now. hah..

anyway... i know i've been saying this for so long.. but i am soooo excited to be going off to aussie by myself!!! its like.. man, the first time i'm travelling alone.. on a plane, in the airport, meeting new pple, going to a high school... exciting....!!!! altho its only 6 days... but still.. a week w/o parents.. in aussie during winter... can't think of anything i want more... hehehe... have already started packing.. n it's such a bother.. i keep thinking i've forgotten something important... ah well.. i m still super excited.. hehe.. can hardly wait.. X))))))

ok so u must be wondering y i have this template back again. i was searching blogskins.com for a couple of hours trying to find a nice template... n i remembered this bril. one that i love so much... so got it back.. updated n everything.. n yay! its finally back.. so pleased... i missed this template too much. just thinks it bril. hahahaha X)))))

well i have quite alot of things to talk abt... but firstly... the NBA finals.. man i wanna say that the Lakers were rubbish. watching them disgrace themselves was pure torture. its like.. they were still trailing by 27 points during the last quarter lor?! so horrible... 27 points u know..... i wanted to throw stones at my tv set. was really quite disappointed. at least they were bril. sports. after the game went over to congratulate the Pistons. so yeaps.. thats bball... still quite sore over the fact that they lost. hah.

anyway.

am super excited to be going down to aussie by myself.... woooohoooo!!!!!!!!! really hope i can do sum serious shopping there.. hehe.. X))))))) it's been a long time since i've travelled.. n even better still, all by myself. well okok i know that i m still going to live with my bro n my chum.. but still.. i'm going there alone!!!!! happenning manz... ahahahaha... plus its winter there n everything.. man i can't wait to go sumehwere thats cold... after being stuck in humid singapore during this june hols... i really am thrilled. oh well.. i'll try to update there.. not much to say abt this week.. super relaxing. managed to sit down n read the 5th harry potter book.. so yeaps.. its been good. =)

laters

i am real bored. bored.

mosquitoes are attacking me. stupid irritating little insects. n the weather is so hot. its amazing i've not melted yet.

i can't stand it here. eeeeeks. can't wait to go to aussie to visit ma dahling amanda. just one more week and i won't be suffering in this intolerable weather. thank God.

wow my hols seem to be flying by. its like... wwooossshhh, n half my hols have passed. well the pessimist will say half my hols are gone, the optimist will say that i still have half my hols left. but no matter how i try to look at it in light, from a different perspective, the truth just stares back at me...

half my hols are gone.

guess i'm a pessimist.

hah.

actually have very little inspiration to type.. what i want to talk about is very.. hmmm.. private. ah well. natalie is not around.. she flew off to china today.. so won't get a chance to talk to her until july.. cos when she comes back i'll be in australia.... man...

oh suddenly remembered.. i was just talking to a friend of mine, someone i havent met for quite some time, n when i was chatting with him, exchanging experiences.... suddenly realised what kind of guy i want next time. hahaha. suddenly realised i don't want sumone who is super good looking [well thats just a plus point hehe], or sumone who is super talented in the arts [altho thats also one super plus point], i want to be with people who are super strong carriers of God's presence. quite simple right? haha.. to have the same flow n everything.. but love God equally hard.. go crazy over Him together.. yea.. i think thats when i'll really ejoy my life with that person.. hehe. =)

ah well have alot more to say actually, but i guess i'll leave it here. dont really wanna expound on it here lol.

oh btw i just found out this is my 111th post. haha

laters

so today was quite eventful. went to tao nan pri schl to help out (part of children's church ministry) n it was pretty good.. found four really cute girls who stuck to me like glue. altho they were soo sticky.. man they were like glue [oh the sean paul song lol]. two of them stuck to each hand.. the other two wrapped themselves arnd me.. so scary actually... but honestly, i really felt so blessed to be able to make a difference in their life.

ok so after that i headed down to plaza sing to meet my beloved ex cgms n we caught a show together, harry potter n the prisoner of azkaban. was quite disappointing actually.. but lets not talk abt it. wanna talk abt the super cute guy i saw on the train when i was on the way home!!!! [ok i know this is totally bimbotic of me... like... totally man... but he is really good looking] he's definitely from church.. cos i rmb seeing him helping out in children's church before.. a total hottie.. n he stopped at kembangan... but ah so sad his back was facing moi but man was he good looking.. so shuai. hahaha.. just realised its been quite long since i've been gushing over a guy lor.. and it feels very interesting.. hahaha.. cos he really is super cute.. n i do hope i see him in church or sumthing...

ah well its good to talk abt cute guys... so fun. hehe.. now i can go n sleep. laters. X)

[dunno y but my ears feel funny.. as if there's water inside. how bothersome. blleeaauuurrgghhh]

to all my babes out there, just wanna let ya'll know i love u gals to bits. u are the ones who put the smile on my face, take my tears away, and stand by me after soo long. nothing in this world can make me stop being ur chum.. thank u for being in my life! *mwwuuaahhhs*


A young wife sat on a sofa in Bukit Timah on a hot humid day, drinking iced tea and visiting with her Mother. As they talked about life, about marriage, about the responsibilities of life and the obligations of adulthood, the mother clinked the ice cubes in her glass thoughtfully and turned a clear, sober glance upon her daughter.

"Don't forget your girlfriends," she advised, swirling the tea leaves to the bottom of her glass. "They'll be more important as you get older. No matter how much you love your husband, no matter how much you love the children you'll have, you are still going to need girlfriends. Remember to go places with them now and then; do things with them. And remember that "girlfriends" are not only your friends, but your sisters, your daughters, and other relatives too. You'll need other women. Women always do."

'What a funny piece of advice,' the young woman thought. 'Haven't I just gotten married? Haven't I just joined the couple-world? I'm now a married woman, for goodness sake, a grownup, not a young girl who needs girlfriends! Surely my husband and the family we'll start will be all I need to make my life worthwhile!'

But she listened to her Mother; she kept contact with her girlfriends and made more each year. As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about. As time and nature work their changes and their mysteries upon a woman, girlfriends are the mainstays of her life. After 50 years of living in this world, here is what I know about girlfriends:

Girlfriends bring you chicken curry and scrub your bathroom when you need help.
Girlfriends keep your children and keep your secrets.
Girlfriends give advice when you ask for it. Sometimes you take it, sometimes you don't.
Girlfriends don't always tell you that you're right, but they're usually honest.
Girlfriends still love you, even when they don't agree with your choices. Girlfriends laugh with you, and you don't need canned jokes to start the laughter.
Girlfriends pull you out of jams.
Girlfriends help you get out of bad relationships.
Girlfriends help you look for a new apartment, help you pack, and help you move.
Girlfriends will give a party for your son or daughter when they get married or have a baby, in whichever order that comes!
Girlfriends are there for you, in an instant and when the hard times come.
Girlfriends will drive through blizzards, rainstorms, hail, heat, and gloom of night to get to you when your hour of need is desperate.
Girlfriends listen when you lose a job or a friend.
Girlfriends listen when your children break your heart.
Girlfriends listen when your parents' minds and bodies fail.
Girlfriends cry with you when someone you loved dies.
Girlfriends support you when the men in your life let you down.
Girlfriends help you pick up the pieces when men pack up and go. Girlfriends rejoice at what makes you happy, and are ready to go out and kill what makes you unhappy.

Times passes.
Life happens.
Distance separates.
Children grow up.
Love waxes and wanes.
Hearts break.
Careers end.
Jobs come and go.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget favours.
Men don't call when they say they will.

BUT girlfriends are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girlfriend is never farther away than needing her can reach.

When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you have to walk it for yourself, your girlfriends will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you. Or come in and carry you out. My daughter, sisters, mother, sisters-in-law, mother-in-law, aunties, nieces, cousins, extended family, and friends bless my life! The world wouldn't be the same without them, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we need each other still.

i hate mosquitoes.

oh man this years emerge conference really has made me grow alotttttt. ok.. i can still hardly contain my excitement from last night... where i actaully shared my testimony on stage.. in service... CAN U BELIEVE IT?!?!?!! i was like... soooo super excited... and i only knew i was going to go on stage at like.. 7.30?? when svc is at 8... but ya pst. ting was with me.. n she brought me to the guest room.. [which btw is sooooo nice... i didnt even dare sit down on the chairs.. it was like... wow. and there are two security guards and all.. and the whole place is suede.. suede furniture.. suede this.. suede that... man pst. sun has superb taste manz] n all the pastors just strolling in n out n get this - knowing my name. so cool lor... hahaha.. was quite excited lah... i mean.. 2 share my testimony in front of a couple thousand pple is a big deal for me.. ah well.. take it as training.. since i m going to speak to multitudes one day amen!!!! hahaha...

ok so thats just abt my testimonay.. still havent really told u guys about emerge conference this yr. and man was it good!!!! its like.,.. each session, pst kong would really bring down the presence of God.. n it really was amazing to see how hungry we were for more of God's presence.. like.. on the last night... ppls start q-ing up at 1.30 when svc is at 7.30 lor.. i mean.. thats 6 hours of q-ing in a zero ventilation area... power manz.. so it was really good to just be in God's presence.. and praise n worship was just fab lor!! its like.. we didnt have much time constraint.. we were just free to worship God.. the feeling was good lah.. the presence of God was so strong.. man it was just wonderful. and on the first day of conference.. dr. richard roberts [oral robert's son] actually came to preach to us.. n he didnt even prepare sermon.. or rather he did, but before he was abt to preach the holy spirit told him not to preach whut he prepared.. n man he is super annointed lor!!!! was so brilliant.. cant wait for him to come back next yr... so emerge was good man.. just bril... learned so much frm the conference..... like how its not who the preacher is that is impt.. but its rather how hungry a person, or group of pple, are for God that really attracts His presence lor.. it was so amazing to see all the youth so hungry for more of God.. to just sense that longing for Him in the atmosphere was just brilliant lah. haha...

well.. have alot of things i wanna say.. but i'll think it'll take forever to write everything out... so yeaps.. i shall adjourn to my bed.. after i whole week of going to church every day... its finally time for me to rest.. haha..

oh ya on last thing... have to commend the super cool boy veroy for doing so well in emerge conference.. he was just brilliant.. cant believe he's the same guy i saw when he just came to church... its just amazing how pple change. hehehe...

okok... think i've really typed alottt for one day. m super tired. so i shall expound more tmr yups. laters!

have stared at my computer screen for the past 20 minutes trying to figure out how to put all that i've experienced in the past 2 days into words. its hard. while i stand in awe of the great God i serve.. while i soak in His presence.. when He just comes into the main auditorium n fills my heart till i feel like i wanna explode, n yet want more, more, more, more, more, oh sooo much more of Him... n all i can do is tell Him that all i am is His. man its just brilliant. well have been listening to the hillsong album 'more than life' and there's this song i really love inside.. so yea... think that will suffice in trying to explain how i feel. yeaps.. haha.. i'll try to explain again tmr...

Did You raise the sun for me?
Or paint a million stars that I might
Know Your majesty?
Is Your voice upon the wind?
Is everything I've known marked
With my maker's fingerprints?

Breathe on me
Let me see Your face
Ever will I seek You

Chorus:
'Cause all You are, is all I want, always
Draw me close in Your arms
Oh God, I wanna be with You

Can I feel You in the rain?
Abandon all I am to have You
Capture me again
Let the earth resound with praise
Can You hear as all creation lives
To glorify one name?

wwooohoooo!!!! blog readers i bring glad tidings!!!!! we got third for word power n we only won the 4th team by 4 points! so PTL!!!!!!!! i mean admittedly of course i was very disappointed.. becos of some silly mistake i made we didnt manage to get first prize... but well i got over it n i really thank God for the oppurtunity. esp. when pst. audrey said that we were a really good team that displayed a great attitude n had sportsmanship.. n that she was proud of us.. wahh.. really felt so happy lor. =) n pst. zhuang, some of the leaders.. they were all super nice.. came to congratulate us.. n said stuff like in terms of strength n in terms of bible knowledge we're the strongest team.. just that we didnt have a chance to answer questions.. n jo was also soooo super nice to us, esp. to me even tho she didnt have to cos i'm not her cgm... but she still was so encouraging n she even bought all of us presents after our word power! i mean.. u really can see that she just loves pple in general. no question abt that.. it's when i see pple like this that i suddenly rmb why i wanna be a cgl.. to rise up in church... its becos i really want to love pple n serve them the best i know how.. n let them know that sumone cares for them... man this is whut being a leader is all about man... i can now say that i really love her alot n i admire her so much... ah, she just rocks. =)

ok so i have so much i want to blog abt... emerge conference has really been a blast. its not really abt whut pst preached abt, cos i've heard the messages before.. but its more of how storng the presence of God is lor.. His presence is so tangible.. that all i can do is stand in awe of the great God i serve. n the fact that we dont need to rush when we have praise n worship.. n we can just soak up the presence.. its just a great feeling. n when pst. preach the annointing was so strong that during the 3rd session i cried when he was preaching... well, he actually was playing a guitar n singing 'i have come to bow down' and man.. i just started crying lor.. not crying becos i was sad or anything u know.. but when God just hit me.. man.. the feeling was just awesome lah. its really hard to describe n explain everything to u cos its really late n i have been waking up at insane times in the morning n sleeping very little... so yea.. thots not very focused.. just now that i still have the presence of God with me.. i'll expound on that another time.. but yeaps emerge has been sooo brilliant.. i havent wasted my time coming down early.. q-ing up.. n just going all out for God.. man.. its worth it.. all of it.. so yeaps! i'm live life for Jesus amen! He rocks my world!!!!