Saturday, December 30, 2006
it is end of the year! i'm going to spend my whole day outside tmw bwahaha..
it's really been a wonderful year. so many memories.
2006 is a year of transition. i found myself changing and growing stronger thru-out this year. it's not a smooth-sailing one but God has proven to be so faithful, He gave me a perfect job and the pass that i've been waiting for more than 3 years. i dare to say that i don't come to the point where i am standing now easily.. i pulled it through and i know there are many to come.
i so so want to climb to the top of a mountain right now and shout 'God You are great!' hahaa too bad we don't have any here...
thank You Father for:
new group
beloved 8b4...
being under cara (YF n Nic) has been really fun. a total new experience.
though i'm still struggling in waking up early for 830 am sun prayer meet, it's been a good transition. i have a good family.
new ministry
media is the way! ^^
i am so loving what i'm doing for God's kingdom now.
new job and new colleagues
i don't need to say more. quite a heaven.
not so new friends
those who never fail to make me laugh and cry.. simply because i love you all very much.
time can be found no matter how busy we all are.
a few of you out there who have been complaining that i am being distant this year, i will be better in 2007.. promise.
i'm so at peace now.
there's nothing better than being in God's house. Home is where my heart is.
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Friday, December 29, 2006
28 dec @ marchethat was a great dinner.
happy bday again dewen!
first time celebrating your bday after knowing you for so many years ><
think again, it's the first time 4 of us actually had this kind of gathering. it's been a blessing to know you folks.
all those stupid and crappy moments just brought me constant smiles.
i had a chance to meet weiling's colleague, evelyn (at last). it was pretty fun, she's quite similar to me in terms of our love for manga and anime hahaa..
sowing can be very fun too.. i'm glad that i'm doing something. really wanna get to know more ppl outside, be friends and bring them to our family. these ppl are precious yah.
we settled on death note 2, i must say that i am satisfied with the movie. the ending is MUCH better than the original. i think most ppl should have known by now that the original manga has a super lousy ending. nevertheless, overall i still think the original is better, simply because raito looks 100x more charming there. HAHA... something that a real human can never bring out.
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
raining whole day.. perfect day to slack at home.i couldn't believe my own ears when boss called early this morning.. the time was 8 am. "livi, today don't need to come to office, i've decided to keep it closed. it's raining heavily and i think it's better for all of you to rest at home today."
i put down the phone after saying merry christmas and continued to sleep till 12. HAHA... oh my.. God is so good ><
extra holiday for the aching body. it's been a tiring but fun xmas.
me, pris, jasmine and rachel. ladies ruled the xmas multimedia. LOL.
it has been a wonderful experience serving together. steven is a very encouraging leader and together with the team, i totally enjoyed being involved in this year's production. i guess the only thing that i'm sad of is the fact that i couldn't watch the production from the front view, it must have been very nice with all the lights and video. watching it from the tv alone almost brought me to tears, we really did it. everyone's hard work.
big celebration for all lives saved within the 2 days!! ^^
charls came back from hongkong and she attended the xmas ss as well. what a joyful occasion, i was so happy to see her that day.
after the long day of ss, i decided to go for supper with them. quite a crazy nite LOL. though it's short, we had a great time of sharing.. almost like the old days. too bad huimin couldn't be there.
the last ss on 24th was the most relaxing one to most of us.. especially with ps.jeff's phrase of the year 'he who walks, walks alone'. LOL.
the unforgettable giraffe~
we had a great xmas dinner together @ my secret garden (if you minus the reservation issue in the afternoon which made me extremely angry but let's just forget about that one). we headed to weiling's house after that for movie marathon, fully utilized her new 43' HD Flat TV hahaa... nice.
me n susi stayed overnight there, susi KOed early followed by me. weiling was still talking and talking and she didn't even know that i fell asleep hahaaa.. feel so bad making her talking to herself.
wanted to sleep through the 25th when the 2 persistent gals (dear veron n shuz) asked me out for a night at the museum, couldn't reject at all since ron offered to pick me up ><
at the end, we had a night gathering at shaw, it was fun.
what a great xmas with God's family. Lord, You are good.
note: 8b4, check your emails.. i've sent the photos through yousendit
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Saturday, December 23, 2006
xmas is finally here and i'm having total 4 days off from work (if you consider the weekends and public holiday) starting to feel the festive season now.
my so called last day in office was really fun. my boss dropped by and once again she bought us choc mousse which i suspect is her fave cake. this time the cake's imported from france (seriously). 1 kg is about S$90++ and if i may quote what my colleague said, it's heavenly...
she really knows how to motivate us at work.. well at least me =p
she got each of us a cute choc as well, i took the snowman which head was beheaded by shirls just now. i know that i've said this a lot of times, but i feel really blessed with my current job. such lovely ppl. God treats me too well.
these past few days have been extremely busy though, which can be good cos i've been skipping lunch to finish my work (diet) bwahaha..
work.. buy gifts.. wrap gifts.. write cards.. so tiring man.. everyday slept at 4 am. not to mention all the rehearsals. we were literally clapping when the rehearsal ended just now, finally over. now only left the real thing.
i was really amazed with the whole production. dasmond did a really good job with the props and the video's very nice... personally i like the place a lot (kallang theatre), very cosy. it's very freezing backstage, somehow it gave me butterflies in my stomach.. or perhaps i was just nervous. can't help to think that each of us is holding a great responsibility. wanna give the best for this xmas.. revival tmw.. hundreds coming to know God.
my cg has a lot of visitors!! clap clap clap ><
nicole is having headache now, cos i think we have more visitors than own member HAHA.. no wonder we always say the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
how true.
alrite gotta rest. gonna have a blast later.
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Sunday, December 17, 2006
was trying to get germs guess the crazy ppl behind the veil, and she said (copied exactly):
"dewen and junyao
ya the only 2 person i know will do such thing
pink seems to be darker
should be junyao
but given his huge ego
should be dewen"
HAHAHAHAHA.......................... i don't know what to say.
anyway, we had a great matthew event last nite, the arabian xmas, dining at the star. at the end, not many ppl dressed up as arabian, well actually i didn't either. couldn't find anything suitable so i settled with a dress instead. according to janet, "you look adorable but not suitable for the theme". LOL. i took that as a compliment nevertheless.
we did see a number of unfamiliar faces there, overall i think we did have a good event. weiling n YS did a great job in hosting!
JH, bao n his friend totally won the games section, their act on 'the ring' ruled.
gotta believe that there will be more visitors coming for next week's ss as many couldn't make it yesterday. we are all craving for new siblings ><
i'm feeling so dead tired now. been falling asleep anytime and anywhere nowadays.
i have finished all my xmas shopping! never felt so satisfied before. i guess i broke my own record this year for buying more than 20 gifts... ouch.. so broke.
orchard has this midnight shopping thing, it's scary to see how crowded the whole stretch of road is even after midnight.
i wonder, out of all those ppl on the street buying xmas presents, how many of them really know Jesus? then why are they celebrating xmas and exchanging gifts? hmm..
this morning i was with hope tots1 (hope's very own 3 yrs old n below kids). i was the stand in guitarist for one day and it was FUN. the kids are really cute and some of them have the making of becoming models. they knew how to pose the moment my camera faced them. LOL. it's amazing to see how tall nicholas is right now, that means i'm really old.. time flies. oh well.
this year we're going to have a smashing xmas! zoo at kallang, careful with the lion =p
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Thursday, December 14, 2006
today (or yesterday to be precise) was the first time we had an official cg prayer meet where there's nothing else but praising, worshipping and praying. sometimes we are too busy or act as if we are busy that we forget to pray. i almost forgot how powerful a prayer can be, it can move a mountain rite? miracles beyond imagination.
i experienced it before. and i want to experience it more.
it has to start from my daily life yah.. *calling for repentance*
after the 'prayer meet', some of us (the gals) decided to embark on a journey at raffles just to find a particular shop that could make many gals drool. alas, as we couldn't find the right direction, we came too late. the shop was closed and the fierce security guard didn't let us in!!! LOL. really joke of the night.. after walking so much. anyway we took it as an exercise =p
i've been wanting to make a post on hope KS ppl.
on the pic (left to right) : huiling, kok heng, huili and me.
the gals reached here earlier of last week and kok heng came on sat. i was alone at home at that moment, kinda suspicious at first when a stranger (a man some more) knocked on my door late at nite... as the rest had not reached home, i ended up talking with him first, it's very interesting to hear what's going on back there at kota samarahan (kuching), they are mainly a tertiary group and here in spore for the youth camp.
brought them to sunday ss as well, met the whole cg and we took a nice pic together =)
after that as a good host (as we all ought to be), i brought them around orchard, sight seeing and shopping, dinner and we ended the day at esplanade. they're very excited in taking pictures. huili's camera was so cute with the shape of a goldfish. you don't see that kind of camera here in spore haha.
it was a really fruitful tiring day, really glad to know them. i think it's a great thing to know more bros and sis from overseas hope. you could learn from one another, making friends all over the world.
and you know what, the gals love anime!! it's really amazing, we could talk the same language, anime language.
apart from that, last week was filled mostly by working. hmm.. went to casting crown concert at efc yishun with jus and roy. we had dinner too long and ended up late. it's only 5 mins late and we couldn't enter the auditorium.. can't believe it ><
so we sat down at this waiting room (imagine america room but much much bigger). it was quite disappointing but since they had very good sound system and projector, by closing my eyes i could actually feel the band near. so it's not so bad after all. and yes they are good.
after the whole thing, we ended the day with swensens' apple crumble, fries and ice cream. these guys always thwart my diet plan. LOL.
kind justin took a detour to accompany me in taking the bus home.. all the way. what a good brother.. i gotta say this out to up his market value HAHA..
oh well continue to next time, i need to sleep-
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
i was trying to find a deck of cards in the empty bedroom at RC just now when i discovered a stack of gifts on the floor! these few days behind a closed door ><they're souvenirs from hope KS (Kota Samarahan) delegates who stayed with us last week. it's really very sweet of them, but too bad they wrote my name wrongly on the card... i'm not liby (T_T)
it's amazing how we could communicate for so long and yet ppl still spell my name wrongly. the most common mistake would be putting my name as livy, not that i mind for that one. one of my colleagues likes to call me lizzy.
anyway i have so many things to do nowadays that blogging has been one of my lowest priority. or perhaps i just don't have the mood nor energy to do it.
someone said that since i took up this new job, my energy level has been going down and down, becoming more and more sianzzz as if no motivation to do a lot of other things. i was actually pretty surprised hearing that, cos i love my job and i did not realize any changes in my life.. no matter how many things that i need to do in office, i'm enjoying it fully. stress is never in my dictionary.
but now that i think again, i have to admit that perhaps the problem is i'm tired. it's a physical thing.
i hate to admit that i'm tired. i'm a woman who doesn't need sleep after all.
one cannot be stubborn. ok i do need rest. sigh. will blog again other time-
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Sunday, December 03, 2006
it's quite mind boggling that sometimes others know you better than you know yourself. perhaps it's simply because you are denying who you really are.
it's been a wonderful week with a scary weekend.
i think i hardly talk bout my colleagues, should blog this down as a good reminder. one reason why i enjoy my work so much is mainly because of the ppl. since i'm helping out with the wine business, i really got to know more good friends. as they are all believers, not sure if i should be happy or sad.
we got hannah, an indonesian whose accent reminds me a lot of michael (raditya) haha.. i think she's my best lunch companion since we like similar food. few years older than me, she's a happily married woman with a good taste of design. yah she's our main designer =)
another side, there's cecilia (my mentor). i think she's a superwoman, handling sooo many things in office yet keeping a cheerful attitude. i wonder if i would feel stressed if i had to take over her workload.. anyway, really enjoyed learning from her.
linus is practically my second mentor in office. he just graduated from SIM but seriously he knows almost everything about the business. it's so fun talking to him cos he's perhaps the most crappy person in office besides me. too bad he's changing line soon, another one month and i won't be seeing him in office.. that's kinda sad considering that we've just got to know one another better.
not to forget susie, sook ooi, pixia and wei hsiong who have been very patient with me.
kris my partner who's really very humble.. sometimes i'd forget that she's older than me cos she likes to ask for my advice bout things in life lol, as if i'm some guru. but we're learning from one another and i'm glad that she's with me in this job transition together.
last but not least soh may, my boss whom i truly admire. God really gives her the wisdom, it's just great talking to her, all the life lessons. there's always something that i can learn from just by a short conversation.
she's hardly in office but when she's around, she would bought us cakes >< the other day she got us heavenly choc mousse... not to mention the dimsum treat from time to time..
sometimes i look back and think, my faithful God is giving me something that i don't really deserve right now.
this is grace.
why do you wake up every morning and go to work? this is the question that i'm always being asked of. is it for the paycheck? gotta be more than that.
purpose is something that i must always have, a meaning in life, impacting others.
what would ppl write on my tombstone? here lies livi melinda, a good friend? a cheesecake lover? an anime freak?
i pray that when my life ends, i will be remembered for more significant things, specific things.
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i shopped so much that it kinda scares me now. planned to go to sentosa on sat but as many couldn't make it, i ended up shopping with nicole instead. i've been wanting to buy a few things, so i didn't mind making that trip to bugis village.
i am awed with the hours that we spent together and the no of shopping bags that i carried home ><
i was practically rewarding myself with a new bag, dresses, shoes and accessories. sigh. once in a while should be alrite i guess.
anyway, it was a good time spent, talked to her bout few things as well, mostly things that i've been hesitating to bring up.
liu-shu and his wife came from vietnam on fri nite to stay at the rc for few days. managed to talk with him for a while, a very fatherly friendly person. he knows cara and some of the ppl who went for the mission trip before. heard that he can cook really well, too bad i didn't get to eat his own cooked dishes.
oh... his wife received Christ yesterday! that was amazing =)
me and weiling finally fulfilled our promise to go to garlic restaurant! not that i'm a big fans of garlic, but last time when we were both still jobless, we made a deal that we'd go there for a meal when both of us are able to settle down in new jobs.
it's kinda like a declaration for God's faithfulness in our lives.
lastly i want to comment a bit on 'happy feet'. personally i think it's a good movie, more than what i expected. not just because the penguins are cute, yup more than that.
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