It's not a hairline fracture

To miss, or should I say, Mr Christine Song,

GET WELL SOON!!!!

Hahahaha. I can't believe you made a fracture seem like the funniest thing that ever happened. Haha. I never laughed so much at such an incident. Haha. Anyway, more pictures on facebook.

Ok loonnngg day tomorrow! s'long, goodnight.

#1-when she finally got crutches

#2 - the wonder woman still could cook dinner (before hospital)

Technology

Technology evidently hates me right now. And the feeling is going to be mutual soon.

Chains be broken

While the congregation sang the song 'You'll come', I witnessed the most amazing baptism so far. It wasn't the procedure that amazed me, it was the fact that God's presence filled the room.

It was so heart warming to be able to part of that spectacular moment.

You'll Come

I have decided
I have resolved
To wait upon You Lord
My rock and Redeemer
Shield and reward
I'll wait upon You Lord

As surely as the sun will rise
You'll come to us
Certain as the dawn appears

You'll come
Let Your glory fall as You respond to us
Spirit rain
Flood into our thirsty hearts again
You'll come
You'll come

We are not shaken
We are not moved
We wait upon You Lord
Mighty deliverer
Triumph and truth
We wait upon You Lord

As surely as the sun will rise
You'll come to us
Certain as Your word endures

You'll come
Let Your glory fall as You respond to us
Spirit rain
Flood into our thirsty hearts again
You'll come
You'll come

Chains be broken
Lives be healed
Eyes be opened
Christ is revealed

Matthew 16:26

"What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? "
Matthew 16:26

Somehow I keep seeing this verse today, in many various places.

Today I discovered that the files on my external hard disk are most probably corrupted; I was devastated. I felt so much frustration, so much anger. And due to no better outlet (or due to me not looking for a better outlet), I punched the wall (a few times and my knuckles do hurt) and ended up crying everything out.

And then, as I started to cool off (I literally did so with cold water), it dawned upon me that I was placing too much importance on material things. Because truth is, most of the stuff is backed up in my dad's hard disk and I still have some stuff in my com. True, I may not get everything back, but there was really no need for that fit of mine.

As I saw the verse over and over again, it felt like God was just telling me over and over again; to not place so much importance on all these earthly things and store treasures up in heaven.

I am at peace again. Thank You.

Don't give up

A lot has happened in the recent days, maybe weeks. Certain stuff that was said really shocked me, scared me.

I remember talking to dear Tiffany Teo, and she reminded me how when led by the Spirit, you can really pray. Like there are actually things you can pray about. (thanks dear)

At that time I admit I still had a bit of doubts. I always complain how I cannot really hear God's voice. But I distinctively remember that for the past few nights, I was constantly reminded to not give up. To not give up hope, to not give up on friends; to simply not give up.

And somehow, this really like motivated me. I got reminded to take a step at a time, to not overwhelm myself and to simply trust God to tell me where my next step should be.

So ya, in that sense, my week has been really fruitful :)

Shine!

You're here to be light, brining out the God-colours in the world.
God is not a secret to be kept.
We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill.
If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you?
I'm putting you on a light stand.
Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand,
SHINE!

Matthew 5:14-17

Wow.

Wow. I've been here for almost a month. Time has really flown by.

Suggestions please

It's now 7.10am, and I'm feeling super not well. My throat hurts so badly and my whole body is starting to ache. My forehead is starting to feel warm despite the cold weather. Which means, I'm sick.

But I can't decide if I should go for school as per normal. But the thing is that I have a 2 hour break which won't do me any good. Or should I just go for tute. Or should I just take a sick day.

WHAT SHOULD I DO??????

My current workload

Trust me to come and blog when I have tons of things to do.

This week has been a very unproductive week. Because I wake up early Mondays-Wednesdays, I am usually so tired that I won't do much work. Usually I would aim to finish the work by Sundays. So my master plan was to start work on Thursday which I obviously didn't. Friday I wasted time as well. Yesterday I did just a bit which meant I am supposed to really study today.

But for some reason, I can't absorb anything. I finished my readings for tomorrow's tutorial but I have 2 on Tuesdays, and those are the two subjects which I am no where near completion. On top of that, I have this online test thingy for sociology regarding Google and some library database thing. And I thought, how hard could it be?

Boy was I so so wrong. The only tutorials are sooo long. It's like another set of readings altogether. I'm so dead. Bad time management this week. And if I don't finish my week's readings, it means that the week after I'll have double. Which doesn't sound ideal at all.

And assignments are going to start soon :(:( The lecturers started emailing us the topics and such.

Ok I've procrastinated and whined enough. Back to work. Oh boy...

I Hope You Dance

To cut a long story short, I really need guidance in my life, and somehow this passage and this song keeps repeating in my head.

Dancing With God

When I meditated on the word Guidance, I kept seeing 'dance' at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will is a lot like dancing.

When two people try to lead, nothing feels right. The movement doesn’t flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky.

When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to flow with the music.One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back or by pressing Lightly in one direction or another. It’s as if two become one body, moving beautifully.

The dance takes surrender, willingness, and attentiveness from one person and gentle guidance and skill from the other.

My eyes drew back to the word Guidance. When I saw “G”: I thought of God, followed by “u” and “i”. “God, “u” and “i” dance.”God, you, and I dance.

As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I would get guidance about my life. Once again, I became willing to let God lead.

My prayer for you today is that God’s blessings and mercies are upon you on this day and everyday. May you abide in God, as God abides in you. Dance together with God, trusting God to lead and to guide you through each season of your life.

And I Hope You Dance!

I Hope You Dance
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance


I actually have something to share regarding the song, but I'll share it another time. And every time I hear this song, I can picture this dance in my head, not the one in the video. I don't know how to explain it, but it's really nice. Haha.

The Rain Cycle

This interesting cycle has been happening the whole day.

The wind will blow all these dark clouds and you can see the blue sky slowly disappearing behind the clouds. As this is happening, it would start to drizzle. In a matter of minutes, the whole sky would be dark and the rain would get heavier and heavier. Then after a couple of minutes, it'll slowly reduce to a drizzle again and the sky would be really bright, and the sun shining fiercely. And then the wind start howling again...

But I guess Melbourne really needs the water. So ya, thank God for the rain, and for the cool view I have from my window. It's actually really nice to be on the 16th floor, looking over Carlton Garden and being able to see far into the horizon, and see how the weather is constantly changing.

And now that it's going to rain soon, I can't go out to buy food. And I really don't feel like cooking. And here comes the heavy downpour. Maybe I'll go later to buy food. Hopefully this cycle is shorter

Don't Have Kids

My lecturer showed this to us during my health science lecture. He was using it to illustrate something regarding communication, and the message is funny.

I once was lost, but now am found

I've been in the wilderness for way too long; I thought could do things on my own, using independence as an excuse. Lies. All a bunch of lies.

I'm tired of living life alone. I'm tired of trying to take control of my life. I'm tired.

And now I pray for Your grace to fall upon me and I pray that You would just pick me up, and carry me through this. Help me break through all these.

I need You, Jesus

Rescue - Don Moen

You are the source of life
I can't be left behind
No one else will do
I will take hold of You

'Cause I need You Jesus
To come to my rescue
Where else can I go
There's no other name
By which I am save
Capture me with grace
I will follow You
I will follow You

My heart is Yours for life
I need Your hand in mine
No one else will do
I put my trust in You

This world has nothing for me
I will follow You
This world has nothing for me
I will follow You

When I'm down, when I'm out, You are there. Even when I fail, You remain faithful.

Thank You so much.
Thank You Jesus.

Hope

"For many months, we've been teased, even derided for talking about hope. But we always knew that hope is not blind optimism. It's not ignoring the enormity of the tasks ahead or roadblocks that stand in our path. It's not sitting on the sidelines or shirking from a fight. Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it."

-Senator Barack Obama (victory speech at the Iowa Caucus)

My eyes are really popping out

I'm attempting to be a really studious girl and do my readings for next week, so that well, I don't have to rush over the weekend and stuff. But woah, I really have a thousand and one excuses not to do it.

I just need to get back into the studying mood, not say I really ever had one. But yeah. Uni is really not all fun and games. Time to say goodbye to my holidays and really start working again.

Sigh

It's a huge leap

I'm exhausted.

So far I already had Health Science (lecture and tut), Criminology (lecture, tut starts next week) and Psych (lecture). Content wise, my subjects are really interesting. Today I learned how Psychology is most probably going to kill me. In total we have 3 hour of lecture for psych per week, and they have done it in a way that we'll have 3 lecturers, each taking one hour and teaching something different. Which means 3 topics of psych per week. Readings is going to be such a killer. But other than the massive amount of reading, and the fact that the essay topics really scare me (and most of them are due like week 5 or 6?), uni has been rather fun. I actually (so far) enjoy what I'm studying. Besides, since I already bought the materials, I don't think I'll be changing subjects. And I'll really need the stamina to like keep up with my readings. This is seriously so much different from high school. I really hope I not only survive, but do well. Time to be a nerd.

Btw, the psych lecturer doing personality is really funny. Haha. Or maybe personality is just an interesting topic. But whatever it is, at least psych is fun.

Yeah. I actually just want to sleep now, but I just ate and I need to bathe. The horrible wind messed up my whole room. I should have closed the window.

Alright. That's all I have. Sociology tomorrow. Hope it is equally fun. Then I'll have 4 totally awesome subjects. Ok. That's all. Bye

A Quick Update (I Hope)

Hello friends. I'm really bored right now.

I just had my orientation week which was kinda boring, well with the exception of friday, beach day. Well that was like ok lah. Ask me about it, I don't really want to type what went through my mind over here. Ya.

Yesterday, I officially cooked a proper meal, which I had again for dinner today, and I'm so glad there isn't anymore left. Because it can get quite boring eating the same thing. I really don't know how I'm going to survive cooking throughout the whole year. But we'll just see how things go.

I'm kinda excited for lectures and tutorials to start. I've been rather bored and I've been reading through like my psychology and criminology books. IT'S JUST WORDS AND WORDS AND WORDS AND WORDS AND WORDS!!! And the font size is rather small. Criminology has no pictures at all!!!!! OMG! ok I mean, no pictures is ok. But it's quite scary to see how much I have to actually read. Like woah!!! It's really a huge jump from high school. But on the plus side, the text has been rather interesting. Yeah.

Ok that's all I have really. My life is quite boring right now. Haha. But if you talk to me online or something, I'll have more things to say. Haha. Yup yup.

S'long