ED is on tonight!!!!

just came from lunch! gave my dad a choice between instant noodles or spaghetti but he insisted on instant noodles! even when i offered to cook better food...sigh so asian (yeh they were asian instant noodles) =P

had a really good sleep last night! slept for like 9hrs straight, in complete oblivion to the world, woke up in pretty much the exact same position i fell asleep in! no one at home when i got up...my mum baked muffins b4 she left for work, my dad ended up taking my bro to school b4 he went off >.< he so should've saken me awake to take him...too nice to...

hmm almonds and walnuts taste especially nice when munched together with sultanas...wondering why. can't describe it...sensation and taste both unique. kinda like apple and chocolate together! is it an individual psychological trait, or do the chemicals they release combine in the mouth in a special way? does anyone else find those combinations especially pleasant??

finished molecular biology assignment last night (draft of it anyway) ... should start another one soon !

tried to tidy up my fringe this morning hehe almost sniped off my eyelashes with those scissors >.< dun ask me how i nearly managed to do that =P


hmm yeh the past fortnight or so havent been exactly smooth-sailing for me...thanks to those who've borne with me, and who've been there for me! God's so good =)

How great is Your love
So much higher than the heavens
Faithfulness that reaches the skies

How close is God? Cannot be closer ... He's always there ... He lives within us if we accept Him ... guiding us, loving us, comforting us =)


ED is on tonight!!! 11:30 pm on Channel 10!!! Woot! wonder if the tv guide is right about it...it better be =P

cake!

hehe the smell of cake overrides all others in my house at the moment!! my brother's baking a chocolate cake in the kitchen yummy =) he got too bored of studying =P come to think of it, it's been some time since i last baked something...been cooking yeh, but it's always meals (lunch, dinner) these days...don't have time to bake sweet stuff! mind is cast back to year7 when a few friends and i made apple pie and cake at my place...cooking was so exciting back then...now it's just a normal mundane task unless im trying out something new or peculiar! cooking with friends is still always loads of fun though =)

hmm some friends at the fish markets today...wouldve like to go but couldnt make it =( yeh i know it's the fish markets but i havent been there for aaaages!! besides the company wouldve been great hehe and im shure there is stuff other than fish there =P

anyways should head back to studying before my mum drags me out somewhere or other =P love spending time out with mum though...just that clothes shopping tends to get on my nerves a bit when i don't feel like it, or when im actually looking for something but nothing seems to fit or suit me. looking forward to shopping in HK at the end of this year! so much more variety and clothes are generally cheaper hehe. fit me better too for some reason! tsim sha tsui at night and tai koo are my favourite places =) ocean park too cos it brings back heaps of fond childhood memories...but havent been there since i was 6 so im not sure whot it's like anymore.

You raise me up

Crucified and laid behind the storm
You lived to die, rejected and alone
Like a rose, trampled on the ground
You took the fall, and thought of me,
Above all

~ Above All (Michael W Smith) ~


So, what did today, Good Friday, mean?

Better Homes and Gardens - Chocolate, colourful gardens
Coles - Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, bargains!
Easter Show - Good weather, crowds, showbags, rides
Kmart - 15% off storewide tomorrow!

Chocolate. Holiday. Sleeping in. Bunnies. Eggs. Hot cross buns. Easter Show. Horse pooping everywhere. Double demerit points. Surcharges. Cramming for exam on tues. Recuperation from Kelly concert. Hangover. Goeffery Rush in 'Shine'. Etc.

JESUS!


Attended a service at St Aidans Anglican Church this morning which was really good. It was somewhat different to the type of service im 'used to'. Northside and the churches ive visited have mostly been Chinese churches so i guess that explains why. So to be honest i felt rather uncomfortable at first, adapting to this different style of worship. But it was great to have been challenged by God in this way today, who plucked me out of my comfort zone and blessed me with this opportunity to worship Him. Made me realise all the more that though there may be different styles of worship, there is but one awesome God, and that worshipping Him should come from your heart as opposed to certain rituals etc.

No matter who you are, which culture you belong to, where you're from, what your career is, when Jesus was crucified around 2000 years ago, He stretched out His arms, and embraced you and me.

Normally if we're forewarned about something drastic that's gonna happen to us, we'd do whatever we can to prevent it from happening, or stay away from it. Jesus didn't. He knew and yet He strode on forwards. Truly amazing that He died with us in mind! Thank you Father!!

hehe someone actually visited Cumbo!

A sengie friend visited Cumbo this afternoon hehe wonder whot he really thought of it! He was very nice about it, but i reckon deep down inside he thought cumbo is a major hole (hehe which is what i think too but i happen to like this hole cos of the ppl in it!) His final comment: "though the tour took much longer, the meat of it was only 10 minutes". It says something doesnt it?

This year im spending much more time at usyd main campus than cumbo (a reversal of last year) which has been unexpectedly good! At the beginning of this semester i kinda dreaded this reversal cos it meant i wouldnt be able to spend much time with cumbo friends and ecu. But this past month, ive got to know main campus friends more, as well as ppl doing my own course which has been great! EU has been good too, though i can only go alternate weeks cos of practicals. So tempted to skip the 1hr stats lecture every second tues but there's eu afterwards. Still feeling rather 'scattered' though, so many beautiful ppl to get to know, yet so little time and chance to really get to know the people they truly are! These past 2 months in particular, ive really come to appreciate all the more God's family....such an amazing blessing =)

Some people have been asking me why i keep working at ACE (tutoring centre) even though the pay aint that great for the work expected and stuff. To be honest, there could be better jobs, esp ones that actually relate to what im studying at uni atm! But the longer ive been working there, the more ive come to love the ppl - staff and students. Watching the students grow is truly amazing (during the hols i took around 9 each week but now the manager's given all cept 2 away =( my fault though cos i cant work much during the semester) The centre is run by a Christian couple, and over the past year they've given me such support and guidance that ive come to look up to them as 'advisors'. Getting to know the staff has been really good...much more interaction these days than there was a year ago =) Getting to know a few of them on a deeper level has been awesome. Personally, it's like as though God's brought His family to me when im not able to go out to meet with them...and im so grateful that He has provided this blessing amongst others!! So yeah...i know the pay isnt good, i know it's not related to what im studying, i know it's not in epping or eastwood, i know it's not a laidback job...but i love working there, not for the money and all, but for the people and what the centre essentially is and upholds =)

Psalm 42

As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
When can I go and meet with God?
My tears have been my food
day and night,
while men say to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"
These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:
how I used to go with the multitude,
leading the procession to the house of God,
with shouts of joy and thanksgiving
among the festive throng.

Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember you
from the land of the Jordan,
the heights of Hermon-from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.

By day the LORD directs his love,
at night his song is with me-
a prayer to the God of my life.

I say to God my Rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I go about mourning,
oppressed by the enemy?"
My bones suffer mortal agony
as my foes taunt me,
saying to me all day long,
"Where is your God?"

Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.

bloop!

been pretty busy lately, but good in the sense that ive been a bit more productive with my time! spent the whole day at tutoring centre today...year6s sitting their selective exam this coming wed! wish them all the best =) was ditched by my friend for lunch but partly my fault seeing how i had to be back at the centre in 40 mins (they needed someone to look after the place from 1-2pm cos my employer and other staff were all gone). selective trial started at 2pm and from then on the centre was alive again =P parents seemed more worried than the students, which was understandable...hehe felt really old and mature when i had to talk to the parents about their kids' progress! it's been such a good experience though, watching them go through those trial exams on top of their weekly tutoring...watching them prepare for their exam....have this feeling i'll be missing them. can't imagine how it is for parents when they part with the kids they've nutured from the time they were born (moving out etc)!

uni's been good, despite the work starting to pile up already >.< good to bump into ppl randomly, catching up, learning, growing!! future seems a little daunting at times but uni's such a great time to learn and grow=) bit sick at the moment though, cold started yesterday, with stuffed nose and throat not feeling well and headaches etc! hehe gonna sleep =)

Back to uni!

Woah been so long since i last blogged! Time flies by so quickly, too quickly it seem! Just back from work...had a good chat with two other colleagues while we were typing up some material for the tutoring centre =) never talked to one of them before so it was great! hehe started off with her telling us that Princess Mary is coming up to Pennant Hills tomorrow, which wasnt as exciting for me than it was for her! but we went on and had a good chat about love and relationships which brightened up my day pretty much. It was getting a bit boring in that room and i always like having a good chat about the 'deeper' issues in life, and getting to know someone all the better =)

Anyway been back at uni for only a week and already it's starting to get busy >.< we were given an assessment schedule on our second day back which spoilt all the fun! Still awesome to see uni friends again, some of whom i hadnt seen since last semester ended. Gonna be working twice a week (one afternoon + sat) on average which will be good...hehe busy enough to keep me out of mischief (like wasting too much time in front of the tv) but not too hectic! oooh had a wonderful surprise the other day when we found out that two 5-hour practicals are on alternate weeks, which means instead of having 26hrs every week, we have 26hrs one week, 16hrs the next, 26hrs, 16hrs, 26hrs, etc =) still heaps of hours to some ppl but it's awesome for us...never seen a week with less than 20hrs before! a chance to go to EU lunchtime talks now, every alternate week, plus a bunch of other stuff like work or just meeting up with friends! God's is so good =) in many ways, not just with this!