i spent the 25th at church and at my aunt's. :) nothing very exciting, but it was nice. yesterday was evacuation day for my family and neighbours. people came to hack down the corridoor cement floor so that it could be replaced and it's super loud. so we fled to eat lunch outside and then went up to the hill. we brought bran along, of course. on the way out i saw my neighbour taking her dog out too. today the hacking continues, but it's not right outside our house so it's not that unbearable.

SIGHS...

it's xmas eve people! i've gotten three presents. one from mommy and two from aunts. ^-^ the singing yesterday was fine, although attendance was a little low. i was feeling seriously tired after service so i came home and napped, but when i woke up i had this pounding headache on my left side, so so disabling. today i feel much better lah. went down for breakfast with parents and came back first to read bible, blog, and do work. i don't wanna waste xmas eve idling away.

a note on the use of the word XMAS. people always say, "don't X Christ out of christmas!" well i say christmas isn't a christian word in the first place. christ + mass = mass of christ. UM, i'm not catholic so i don't do masses. Christ wasn't born on the 25th too, someone was just very misleading and made everyone think so. besides, the whole 'spirit' of christmas nowadays amongst the general public has nothing to do with God or Christ or His birth or the purpose of His coming. it's become a materialistic eat drink and be merry holiday where you kiss under funny plants and be good for ulterior motives [santa]. i find it ironic that people 'die die' want to put Christ's name in a holiday that now has so littttle to do with Him, and if you study the origin of christmas you would even be more reluctant to do so. but anyhow, i'm not saying you should or shouldn't call christmas christmas. i'm saying there is no point forming convictions on this trivial matter because it would hardly make a difference in the end. i use xmas because i want to save typing/writing energy, not for the sake of being a rebel or what not. i kind of had to explain all this to people a few times, so i thought i'd just throw everything out here and ask people to read it if they asked me why i used the word xmas.

i shall go wash off my face mask now. :D

YAY i have gotten my comp back [thank GOD!] and carol's back too! :D today some of us went to play captain's ball. at first they played at a court near my house, but it started raining so everyone went to the semb mart void deck and i joined them. the way we play very funny one lor! got screaming and falling down and cheating [sort of la.] funfunfun. after that we went for lunch near northpoint. shared porridge with geil and i just realized i forgot to pay s. weichern back [AIYOH]. a very happening morning!

christmas is coming. i know it's some worldly holiday and all, but the festive air is so refreshing. there're sales and good buys and starbuckz at NP is even giving away sample drinks in nice big cups, so much so it's as good as a free drink! when else does that happen?? :D i think i'm getting carried away. change subject.

lets remember to pray for people. the number of things to pray for is really overwhelming, but we should still give it a shot right? pray for people who are finding it tough running the race, people who are doing right, people who are not.

goodnight everybody. sleep well. :)

i am so sad. my comp is down, and no it wasn't my doing. some male in my family used it to test something and tadah, now it's spoiled. anyway now i gotta use tim's comp. keyboard so funny one, tsk. this week's my mom's leave week so we're trying to spend time together.

last night i ate and ate until i was so bloated that i had to turn to tiger balm for help. i think i'm suffering from indigestion. :( so if you see me these few days, just know that i'm not actually that fat. it feels awful.

on monday my mom and i went to eat with geil to celebrate her being born day! roy was having a haircut so we invited him along. BTW he's botak now [so cuuuute] LOL.

for SOME ccamp pics click HERE. tm's saving the really 'good' [or rather idiotic] pics for watchnite.

aza aza fighting!

reached home from church camp on saturday evening! aiyoh, there's so much to tell about the camp i seriously dunno where to start lah. let me generalize everything. the messages were great and i will remember them. the weather was awesome, thanks to God. the people were super funny and nice and family-like. the facilities were quite run down but i guess everything else made up for that. =) the theme was pressing on! hebrews 12:1,2. we went to a waterfall and went crazy there, we saw an injured horse, we tried out archery and went back again cause it was too fun, we hunted for tarantulas, we played captain's ball in the rain, scrabbled and unoed, and made idiots of ourselves during charades. FUN RIGHT? my roommate was GEIL; we both got freaked out by scary bugs and stayed awake for hours. i bunked in a room with her, and in the other rooms of our apartment were the bornays, a very cute family. sometimes i felt like i was in the philippines when geil and everyone spoke tagalog, but that's fine. ;) the bus rides were okay and pretty funny OTHER THAN when the ride up the mountain starts. the way up was alright but the ride down was seriously pukey and like, 3 ppl puked in the bus. i almost did but i held it in by crouching into a ball in the seat beside roy. when we were down from the mt. i went back to my seat beside u. roland and jake.
alright, there are some weird ideas going on now because i sat beside jacob and was laughing like a mad person there. clarification: i was actually sitting with geil and planned to spend the whole ride with her. then we played uno and aunty janet, who was sitting beside her son in the backest row, told me to change seats with her so it'd be easier. geil sat with roy and i promptly sat one seat away from jake. then we played that micro-scrabble with jerry and i moved beside him. on the ride back, my dear buddy geil was already sitting beside my bro so i just sat beside u. roland, who was beside jake. later i changes places with u. roland. and all the laughing was just lame stuff. the END. no, i don't like jacob, there are no sparks flying or anything, please stop speculating. i will be more reserved next time.
anyways, when i was sitting beside u. roland on the ride home, i said i was hungry and he pulled out 2 cinnamon buns out of his pocket. FYI i love cinnamon stuff. so i ate the chocolate one and when i came to the plain one i realized it was full of huge black ants. so i can proudly say i have eaten ants before! [ unconsciously] some of us were supposed to go shopping at JB but in the end it was too late. reached home around 8. at 11 the lows came to get their dog. LOL.

i came back from church yesterday and CRASSSHED until about 8. yesterday was the last day of VBS! oh yes, i taught on the second day right? and it was successful, just the lesson part, but everything else was crazy-out-of-control. kids just love storybooks lah. you start telling the story and suddenly all the kids hush and look. amazing. so THANK GOD even if they were wild the rest of day, at least they payed attention to the lesson. that's like the most important part. =)

sis. weichern took the third day lesson where we acted out some funny skit. i was delilah, a clever bully, and isa was mary, a good christian. my character [i say it like i'm some big shot actress HAHAHA] can dance ballet, sing, and knows taekwando. she also likes to bully christians. in the end she gets saved and her life changes. that was the main point.. a change of life. :)

and finally, yesterday isa shared the gospel to the kids that could come. they're really young but they all said they wanted Jesus to save them from their sins and they said they believed in Him. ^^ may God keep them and their faith safe as they grow up.

NOWW, church camp! i'm overly excited, as usual lah. i need more casual dresses to wear over jeans and i need track pants. but there's no time/money to buy them now so WHO CARES. isa is quite sick, so please pray for her! i really want her to go. =| it's supposedly very cold there so i'm bringing some long sleeved stuff. the bus ride is very long too so i'm bringing dumb stuff like eye masks and uno. i may write or draw too. if roy brings his dvd player then problem solved. =D AAAH i hope i don't puke.

my kayaking shoes spoiled. =( so sentimental.

WAHWAHWAH vbs is tough stuff! the first day was alright, i suppose. honestly i think this vbs is the one with the most hiccups i've ever seen. my mom kept reminding me to focus on the important things like giving the message to the children and depending on God. so that's what i plan to try to do today.

funny things about yesterday: half the kids in my kindies class are foreign. a bit of a language problem there. one boy is unimaginably hyper. i think he eats jet fuel or something. one boy is heart-wrenchingly sweeeeet. one girl doesn't wanna play anything or do art and craft. one girl basically is in her own world and does whatever she wants e.g. strangle and slap her friend and run around screaming. also, along with the kids come a group of helpers and moms. for art and craft we made sunglasses which are so sooooo cute. thanks geil for helping!!

today is scary. isa and sis. maria won't be there, so it's just sis. weichern and me, unexperienced me. AND I'M TEACHING LAH. i made a giant story book. the lesson's about the boy who gave 5 loaves & 2 fishes. AZA! pray for me. :) must depend on God. *chants*

pray for:
mememe. hah.
tim & games.
safety of kids.
strength for all workers.
kids to understand lesson.
kids to be good.
daddy & the bus.
parents to be nice.
kids to know Christ!

Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

WEDDING CARD that is sold! actually it's a custom made one for jamie. her friend's getting married on a boat [SO SUPER COOL LAH. i wanna copy them next time also. XD] and i tried to think of something related and made this in the end. i still have to add some words/ a word on the left but i'm still thinking what to write. :\

i'm not feeling so good in spirits because i made a terrrrrible mistake ignorantly and may be in for some serious chiding. :( it's one of those times you wish you could turn back time. i have a big cloud over my head. (very sad face)