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07 June 2006 @ 09:01 pm
i havent not been writing in here for a loonngg while.
i've moved to [info]imperfecion. be forewarned, its all God this & God that. *rolleyes* so if you think im too holy for you or whatever crap, i dont care. i dont bother. so add me if you want. dont add if you dont want.

this book is henceforth closed & will remain for archival purposes lah.

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02 April 2006 @ 12:36 pm
my first time shooting an event and it's during church praise&worship. -sweat- most of my pictures came out blur cuz of slow shutter speed and handshake. i pushed the ISO to 1600, f/5.6 but shutter speed still abit slow. so blurry images ruled the day. cant use flash during svc as well.. so how??? im so lost lah. dont know how. need to find out the secret to shooting during svc without changing to a faster lens cuz i no money. (using 28-70mm f/2.8 but its abit soft at f/2.8).

anyhow since almost the whole cell group turned up for service today, we decided to take a photo! SJY say in honor of my first time shooting during service, they shall support me by letting me take a group pic. hahaha. -sweat- i missed out yingying. she's hidden by david and i didnt notice until i was reviewing the pic later during dinner. -___-|||


my beloved cell group! W207 ♥
say you want more! )

muahahaha. i love my cell.
today's service was a healing service by Rev Richard Roberts. can i just say A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. God's presence is so tangible when we were praying. made me weep abit. the miracles i saw was just WOW. people gave testimonies on the spot. deaf could hear & the lame could walk. its so amazing. many people recieved Christ as well - thats something to be happy about. :D i've not been putting up sermon notes as i promised... kept forgetting. -.-"

alright i shall head to bed soon. very tired can hardly keep my eyes open! my arms are sore from ytd's gym.. bleahh.
 
 
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24 February 2006 @ 09:41 am
You are an artist
Your appreciation of beauty, ability to think abstractly, and innovativeness make you an ARTIST.
Never one to be tied to a particular way of doing things, you let your imagination guide you in discovering different possibilities.
You would rather seek out new experiences than stick to your everyday habits, taking in as much of the world as possible.
Your eye for beauty and your willingness to consider different perspectives make your creative efforts interesting—even though you may not realize this yourself.
You prefer to think about things before voicing your opinion, considering a wide, diverse range of options.
While there are forms and styles that you prefer, you tend to keep an open mind when it comes to your artistic preferences.
You are curious about things, interested in the "why" more than the “how.”
You have an active imagination that leads you express yourself in a distinct way.
You tend to do things on the spur of the moment, not sticking to a set schedule.
You have a strong sense of style and value your personal presentation - friends may even seek your style advice from time to time.

If you want to be different:
Be more open to risks in your creative efforts, and don't be quick to dismiss the praise of others.
Think about how attention to detail may help you be more sure of yourself.

You are dynamic
As someone who is DYNAMIC, you do not have a hard time meeting new people, and you have a bunch of close friends.
You are not overly concerned with what others may think about you, which leaves you free to be thoroughly involved in the world around you.
There are those who find being around people exhausting—but not you! Interacting with others, whether at a party or in conversation, gives you energy.
You have a strong sense of what the world is like and how it should be.
You have enormous respect for those who have earned their success, and have little patience for those who try to bend the rules or ride on the coattails of others' hard work.
Believing in the importance of integrity and hard work doesn't stop you from believing that people will do the right thing—you know that people are good at heart.
You sometimes have trouble understanding why others feel the way they do, but it doesn't stop you from having faith and trust in those around you.
Part of what makes engaging with people so interesting for you is that you occasionally learn something new about yourself or about a problem you're having when discussing things with others.
Your strong worldview leads you to believe that people shouldn't rely on their emotions so much when making decisions.

If you want to be different:
Taking some time to explore others' perspectives could make spending time with people even more compelling than it already is.
Making an effort to see the complexities of situations might open your eyes to alternative perspectives of how the world works.
Those who are as outgoing as you are often need to remind themselves that time alone can be just as fulfilling—take some time for yourself and you might find that there are many things in your inner world that are just as compelling as the world outside your window.

Seems half-true and half-false. haha.
Take the Personaldna test here.
 
 
Current Mood: bored
Current Music: Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
 
 
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31 December 2005 @ 11:40 am
another hops on the bus that comes rumbling along..
2005 - a year of ups & downs. have to check my archives to see if i got more sad or happy entries. hahaha. mostly happy lah because i finally say that i've gotten over Nick. friends - im tactless sometimes and therefore by extension stupid as well in how i handle situations, but im learning i guess. *shrugs*
proud moments (actually moments that i feel really happy) include the bangkok trip with sean, completing my first ever formal sort of run (SC 10km) in a relatively good timing, not failing any of my modules, getting together with eugene.
so resolutionsthings i wana do in 2006.
* graduate properly with my Bachelor of Science (Psychology). and try to get into Honours program while im at it.
* complete a 10km run mid-year (better than this year's timing) & StandChart 21km end-year.
* get my ass to volunteering at KKH/IMH.
* pick up a new sport(fencing)/skill(no idea what yet)/language(japanese)
* aim for another overseas trip (probably Bali or Japan - Jpn only cuz i got free accomodation hiakhiak)
* start going to church
* get a job by CNY
Happy 2006 my lovelies!
 
 
Current Mood: cheerful
Current Music: Siljie Nergaard - Two Sleepy People
 
 
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26 December 2005 @ 10:26 am
sick on Christmas?
not very nice.
first im sick on Christmas in all my 19 years of life. bleah.
 
 
Current Mood: sick
 
 
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25 December 2005 @ 01:27 am
merry christmas.
i <3 all of you.
 
 
Current Mood: cheerful
 
 
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23 December 2005 @ 11:53 am
vertigo
'v&r-ti-"gO
1 a : a disordered state in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
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yup i think my period's causing all my dizziness.
 
 
Current Mood: giddy
Current Music: Jack Johnson - Sitting Waiting Wishing
 
 
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21 December 2005 @ 11:40 am

please help me spread word round. cheers!
 
 
Current Mood: hopeful
Current Music: Moby - Homeward Angel
 
 
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20 December 2005 @ 10:59 am
i want to earn peanuts! peanuts are good. peanuts gives me a spanking new Mercedes, backdated salary increment, first class air tickets (some i can dont even use!), corporate credit card, bonuses of up to 12 months! whoo peanuts also know how to get me insurance and name my spouse as my beneficiary.
no wonder everyone wants to work in the peanut factory. *rolleyes*


someone in CSforums said this might happen to our peanut master. LOL
 
 
Current Mood: disgusted
 
 
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15 December 2005 @ 11:16 am
never attempt to put your appointments back to back. can get really drained at the end of the day. :/
i met gene for (his)lunch at PS. he dled the last episode of Survivor for me cuz i missed it. ♥ myboy. (:
met fox for coffee. really nice albeit shy guy frm CSforums. cldnt quite recognise him at the station cuz he was wearing contacts but in my memory (from a year ago), he wears specs. he got back from Melbourne about a month back and he got me a soft toy! hahaha. quite unexpected really. he's going back mid-feb! bring me with youuuuuu! (i know you're reading this lah) hur. i accompanied him to Mt E hospital (place looks really rundown for a hospital) to get his largeformat camera. first time buy&sell occurs in a hospital. lol.
met Perlin&Linus for dinner. Seoul Garden. feeling the aftereffects of it now. :/ just caught up on things and stuff. both of them are trying to turn me into a WOW convert. but $120 for a game which im not even sure i'll like .... wait until i strike lottery lah huh.
so i was going from place to place (thankfully all within town). i saw this absolutely gorgeous dress at TOPSHOP. $99. but i've got a $40 discount! thing is, i dont know if i've got an occasion to wear that. :/ im just looking for a versatile dress. one that can take me from simple shopping trip to a nice dinner when paired with the right accessories. im gonna look for more opinions before deciding i guess. (:
staying home today. *looks at backlog of school assignment* on 2nd thought, the library's looking damn fine. sigh.
going to Sunny's place tml for a spot of tanning! heheh. more catching up to do.

appts/events so far\\
16Dec: tanning?
17Dec: svc 5pm @ Expo; karine's bday
18Dec: may be blading with gene? *shrugs*
22Dec: coffee with CSfolks (dont know if i wana go)
24Dec: family celebration; sec sch reunion @ west coast
25Dec: family celebration; church svc @ 1pm
30Dec: class.
31Dec: gene.
1Jan06: gene.
3Jan06: Midterm Statistics exam

i'll survive. (: although have to insert in the time frame certain things like studying, more catching up, work... :/
 
 
Current Mood: okay
Current Music: N'Sync - The First Noel
 
 
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12 December 2005 @ 11:37 pm
caught The Descent ytd with gene. it scares you using shock tactics. very graphic as well. not recommended if you're the type to feel queasy easily. i was either covering my eyes with my hands or burying my face in gene's shirt. :/ we pretty much just walked around. had dinner at Wheelock's NYDC (was craving their baked pasta); walked around somemore. I saw a graphic tablet (Wacom, me thinks). So nice! gene has one & im trying to get him to lend me for a week just to play around with it. hurr.
got my speakers from one of the sprees i participated today. would love to try it out but i dont have batteries! not AAA ones anyway. oh well, get it tml or something.
met gene (impromptu) before class. had Fish Dippers (quite horrible actually) at the Mac's near school. Met a friend of gene's there. Hayden was his name. haha, gene said i was shy when he introduced me. SHY MEH??? -__-" okay lah, maybe just abit weird for someone to introduce me as his gf rather than just "Samantha". gene agrees he felt weird too. hahahaha. so its not just me lah. XD
ive got 8 insect bites. the bite on my left hand is swelling slightly. garrr. very itchy!!!
it feels weird to be reading your bf's blog. esp when he writes about you! hahaha. but its a nice warm and fuzzy feeling. :D
 
 
Current Mood: loved & itchy
 
 
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10 December 2005 @ 05:25 pm
edwin has inspired me to treat photography seriously again. and this time im RTFM (Read The Fucking Manual). hahahaha. might go for a shoot with him when he comes back from BKK or after his India trip.. which is next year. -_________-||| long way to go. i wana get this lens soon. Nikon 50mm f1.8. been eyeing this for very long but each time i wana get it, its out of stock!!! )!#&((*!@
okay gotta shower and go to aunt's place. toodles!

edit// now i realise why i dont RTFM. too much info to take in.. now im surfing the nikon site for other lenses. i wish i stike 4d or something just so i can get one telephoto + wideangle. haha. might as well at the same time, also have enough moolah to go overseas for 3years to study.
 
 
Current Mood: determined
Current Music: Nelly Furtado - Try
 
 
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10 December 2005 @ 10:43 am
i just finished HP's book. shed a few drops of tears when Dumbledore died.
yes im abit slow and sad, i know. hard to believe that a book can make me cry man. although technically i didnt cry lah. i just felt sad that Dumbledore died. hohum. its just a book.

me and gene realised that we dont know how to handle a relationship after a year+ hiatus. gene says it takes time for us to readjust our thinking to the fact that we're attached. haha which is true, really. he feels he has been neglecting me but there are other commitments as well. of course, we cant keep using them as an excuse but hey, for now, im happy with what i've got. and no pressure from him - bliss.
and yes im officially and properly attached as of uhm, a few days ago. (:
i want to make it known to my friends first that its official but its hard to talk to them cuz they have their own things going on so tadah, the ever impersonal method via the internet. (curse or blessing?) its hard to want to gush about someone you've just met when you have the impression that they've been thru shit and the last thing you want is to make them feel uncomfortable (works both ways actually).

i might be getting into my "own business" soon but i'll need more details from a friend before deciding. so if that takes off, then i wont be so worried about looking for a job. im using the term rather loosely cuz its not entirely my own but we'll see.

perlin came over ytd. had a chickflick marathon. "40 year old virgin" and "Must Love Dogs". i ate too much. we bought ice-cream and pringles. *groans* now my stomach is staging a protest. we talkedgossiped about how Nick has become so cold; old friends. me and XXXX are like a couple that had a big fight and simply refuse to talk to each other now yet we still ask how the other is. haha.

heading to my cousin's place later. he's turning 11! probably a feast awaits... :/ *pats tummy* getting fat. hahaha. also hope to brush up on whatever little i've learnt playing the piano later. hee. the sun's really good this morning. perhaps i shld go for a swim before my cousin's place.. but i've not been swimming for the longest time and i actually fear the water just a teeny bit.

church has shifted to Expo starting today. so there will only be 2 services. 5pm on Sats and 10am on Suns. lucky i checked the website last night. else tml i go to church building to discover that there are no services. -.-" hahaha.

ah well. gene's meeting his friends today so will probably see him tml or something. gonna do abit PSing and then finish my schoolwork.
 
 
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Eric Clapton - Wonderful
 
 
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08 December 2005 @ 11:55 am
aunt angela brought her cam along. wheee~ so we took a few pictures lah. (:

L to R: Sean, Bryan, Jerome, Shannon, Bro & Me

my hair looks freaking messy lah. *lol*
something for my grandpa! )
wheee~ lost weight since the last time i saw them lah. i have photographic evidence! LOL.
lalala~
 
 
Current Mood: artistic
Current Music: Moby - Swear
 
 
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07 December 2005 @ 10:35 pm
myBoy never fails to surprise me. he loves using the car to surprise me. haha. we were at the carpark and i opened the door. see, normally he has a cushion thingy on the car seat and it was overturned. didnt think much of it until i lifted it up to place properly and i saw something that made me went omigod about 5times.
he got me Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince book!!!!! haha the ironic thing is, we went to Kino earlier on and i was looking at the same book, musing over when i can get it.... -.-"

parents are suspecting something though. what with all the flowers and stuff. :/

yay i am going to go read my book now. hurr.
 
 
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07 December 2005 @ 12:30 pm
im never one who reads papers indepth. it kinda bores me. i just skim thru it. sometimes i dont even read the papers at all. but lately, ive been cultivating the habit of reading papers in the morning during breakfast.
hmm. the papers are a lot more interesting these days lah. haha what with the nguyen's case and the HRW's report on maid abuse in SG... it kinda makes you think, doesnt it.
heh. i need to start clipping articles related to school.

i have tons of reading to do! :/

today gonna complete a chapter on ORT & Erikson & start my research for lab. so its off to the central library later.
tml gotta meet XinYi for durian puffs at Goodwood Park. she says the durian puffs there are to die for. heheh.
 
 
Current Mood: busy
 
 
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05 December 2005 @ 11:07 am
 
 
 
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: Simply Red - Holding Back The Years
 
 
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04 December 2005 @ 11:12 pm
YAY! i completed my run in 1hour11mins. pretty huge accomplishment cuz my last week's timing was very lousy. 1hr24mins. YAY YAY! i was drenched in sweat. hurr. the feeling of pride and sense of accomplishment after you cross the finishing line: bloody fucking priceless. im hooked on the sense of accomplishment i get after completing. so next year im gonna go for the half-marathon. 21km. :D
E was such a dear! he picked me up at 4.30am - poor guy didnt sleep at all the previous night. and waited for me till i completed my run. i wanted to share my joy with him immediately after i cross the line but i didnt see him until i was queuing to get my belongings. heh. had breakfast at Ya Kun (yummy!) before we headed to his place.
he surprised me with a bouquet of roses, a pooh bear and a card (in which the message made me melted) after the run. he placed the stuff in the boot of the car. he pretended the car could not start and ask me check some meter in the boot (and i believed him... i even thought i might have to push the car or something. lol)
me: *looks around for the meter, completely missing the "surprise"*
him: surprise!!
me: *thinks - huh wat surprise?*

then i saw the stuff and my first reaction was "omigod....", this man knows romance.
headed to his place. showered. hang out for abit. watched this really hilarious standup comedy - laughed like mad. talked quite alot. went to Ikea to shop around. then he drove me to my grandma's place.
i hid in a corner to read the card and i couldnt stop smiling.
it was one of the most sweetest message i've ever read/recieved. *beams*
i looked damn shagged at the end of the day. )
 
 
Current Mood: loved
Current Music: Last Christmas - Wham
 
 
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02 December 2005 @ 11:28 am
meeting Karine to go window shopping. wheee~ have not seen this woman in ages! :D
 
 
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01 December 2005 @ 09:20 pm
motherfucking dysfunctional fucking family
 
 
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