Cadence

(A melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution.)

"But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever." - Psalms 52:8

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

have you been approached yet?

how would you react to a stranger who suddenly comes up to you?

would you smile warmly, and engage in a conversation?

or would you become all wary, and think 'what does this person want?'

once, i had a pair of strangers, who said they were from malaysia (KL), asking Farty where he bought his bag from. i guess i belong to the 'get wary' group and i clammed up. we gave the info asap and then left.


they were really friendly though, but i thought it was weird how they started the conversation. anyway, we didn't think much about it, and when they sms-ed us (yeah the short conversation went all the way to 'oh let's be friends and exchange handphone numbers'. which i didn't really like.), i deleted the msg without much thought given to them...

until yesterday.

i was on the way home, taking the train when these two women came aboard. suddenly one of them said to this lady sitting near me, 'wow your necklace is so pretty! my friend would like to know where u got it from...?'

being polite, the girl replied, smiled, and took out a book to escape from the conversation. it was utterly useless.

the lady continued the conversation and said, 'wah, you're reading this? what are you doing now?' and i just felt that her questions were rather intrusive, but being very polite and patient, the girl responded.

one thing led to another, and the 2 women sat down next to her. however, only one was very chatty; the other just listened on to the conversation.

i couldn't help but eavesdrop because the woman was talking so loudly and it was really quite irritating. that one woman was really being a tad over friendly.

apparently they both were from sarawak, and having a holiday i think? at first they were just talking about singapore, then suddenly the woman asked, 'so what do you do on saturdays?'

my gosh! why is she asking questions like that? i don't know about you, but that seemed really weird to me.

that was when i started thinking, 'she probably struck up conversation with a motive.'

i was right.

she asked what the girl does on her saturdays, and whether she goes to XXXX (a place in singapore - i won't say where because it'll be too obvious).

that woman beat around the bush... then she finally said, 'do you go to church?' sheesh, she was trying to invite her to church!

wah lao eh. i had a very sick feeling in my stomach.

i am christian, but what the woman did just made me feel repulsed, i guess? i don't know how to describe my reaction, but i just didn't like it.

if somebody did that to invite me to church, i'll probably think 'my goodness, so she was so friendly with an ulterior motive!' i'll also defnitely not want to go to that church.

i know, because it happened to me before i knew God, and at that time i was just as repulsed as yesterday.

argh, why do they have to do this???

Friday, October 27, 2006

pirates!! ARRRRRRRR

before i get into pirate mode, here is the link to can-can's blog for the Lantern Festival 2006 pictures!! XD

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i was a pirate today! :)

it was so fun. i only did it because i heard they were giving away an ipod to the winner of the best-dressed pirate competition, haha!
(but they didn't... and i didn't win.)

we had a Microbiology Welcome Tea today, and the theme was the 'Parasites of the Caribbean' (pirates of the caribbean... savvy?)

my prof, farty and i decided to dress up.

ok, actually it was more like a 'eh, if one dress up the rest must also dress up coz i don't wanna look like a dolt' kinda thing.

then my prof showed me a picture of a man dressing up as a pirate - wow, the inspiration hit me so hard, i went straight home and got all excited. i found EVERYTHING i needed (thanks to my dad's shirt, mom's vest, adrean's army boots, and my many shawls).

i even brought my eyeliner to give farty kohl-lined eyes, a moustache and a goatee.

oh! oh!! and the phantom of the opera video i was mentioning?? we screened it during the entertainment section, and the response was...

so good!!

it felt fantastic to have people laughing, coz we were afraid that what seemed funny to us, might not be funny to others, eh? thank goodness it worked. however if you watch it, you probably won't think it's that funny, coz it was geared towards the life science people. haha, but yes, great fun.

ok enough talk!! video and pictures, comin' up! XD





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ok, not exactly 'ARRRRRRRR' material...

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angeline!

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i was in the midst of rolling my eyes lar.

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we are gonna rob ye!!

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ARRRRRRRRRR!!! that's all!!!

Monday, October 23, 2006

in the backseat while it's drizzling

Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.
I came along,
I wrote a song for you,
And all the things you do,
And it was called yellow.
So then I took my turn,
Oh what a thing to have done,
And it was all yellow.
Your skin
Oh yeah, your skin and bones,
Turn into something beautiful,
You know, you know... ,
You know...
I swam across,
I jumped across for you,
Oh what a thing to do.
Cos you were all yellow,
I drew a line,
I drew a line for you,
Oh what a thing to do,
And it was all yellow.
Your skin,
Oh yeah your skin and bones,
Turn into something beautiful,
And you know for you,
I'd bleed myself dry for you,
I'd bleed myself dry.
Its true, look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine.
Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And all the things that you do.


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it took me the whole DAY to find the song by Razorlight.

ugh, i thought it was by electrico because of the guitar riffs they use... so embarassing.

THANK YOU GERG!

there, i've uploaded it. i love it to bits. :D

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my church prayed for the HAZE TO GO AWAAAAAAAAAAY yesterday.

so cool, it rained in the morning. should have known last night's drizzle was a sign of breakthrough!

all in tune with yesterday's message!

Saturday, October 21, 2006

damn funny survey feedback

this was from NTU, bloody funny comments i tell ya.

angee!! who's this elusive sexy baldy?? do enlighten us!!

(but anyway, i'm not interested.)

teehee.

Monday, October 16, 2006

planning ahead. waaaaaay ahead.

you know how people normally plan their days? how YOU plan your days, it's usually planned forwards, ya?

i like how i plan my days.

BACKWARDS.

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*train of thought*

hmm, i need to do a 2 day experiment.

wednesday is the next ring stage (a particular growth stage of malaria). ok, so i will do on wednesday. and end on friday.

(here we go backwards!)

hmm i cannot end too late on Friday coz i have kids cell at night!

ok so i do in the morning.

48 hours means... i start on Wednesday. *GASP* but Wednesday got filming to do!! (more about this after Wednesday).

ok which means i need to come super early. ok, i come at 7am.

and i need to prepare my drugs on Tuesday as late as possible.

hmm. should i watch goong (korean drama) tonight? but it's the last 4 hours and i want to finish it! will end up sleeping too late.

right, i will watch everything tmr (Tuesday) before preparing my drugs. but Wednesday i need to come down early!

since i need to reach school at 7am on Wed, i need to get up at 5am. which means i gotta sleep by... eep, 9pm on tuesday. which means i gotta reach home by 8pm, leave school by 630pm, and start preparing my drug at... 5pm.

sigh. cannot watch goong liao. might as well watch now.

*starts moping about how my life is all scheduled out according to my experiments*

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yup, this makes no sense to the reader. but typing this down makes me happy coz i like how quirky (retarded) i am. :D

Friday, October 13, 2006

answers!

1. She's an emotion avenger/ She is the villain who sends a - Words So Leisured - Franz Ferdinand
2. I have told/ All of my enemies/ Very politely/ To go home - Control Myself - Maroon 5
3. Horny & burned out now is how it always ends for me
4. My life is brilliant.
5. What ravages of spirit
6. I gotta testify/ Come up in the spot looking extra fly
7. Break of day/ Your light it shines on us
8. Soon a man will kneel to pray/ Soon the light will burn our shade
9. You are the open door to freedom
10. Down at your feet O, Lord/ Is the most high place - No Higher Calling - ?
11. Feel the burn/ Feel the demons come to mix - When Morning Comes - Dishwalla
12. Summer has come and passed
13. A rising generation/ Set apart for liberty/ A royal loving people/ Chosen to be mighty
14. As he came into the window/ It was the sound of a crescendo
15. I'm afraid it's been too long to try to find the reasons why - Waiting for the World To Fall - Jars of Clay
16. "I'm here for you," she said/ And we can stay for awhile - The Feel Good Drag - Anberlin
17. Paint the town/ Take a bow/ Thank everybody/ You're gonna do it again - Then The Morning Comes - Smash Mouth
18. I didn’t mean it when I said I didn’t love you so/ I should have held on tight I never should have let you go - We Belong Together - Mariah Carey
19. L to the I to the B to the E to the R to the T Y
20. Hey Miss Murder can I?
21. Van Tango had a mean old scene, Van Tango!
22. How dare you say that my behavior is unacceptable/ So condescending unnecessarily critical
23. Would you believe it/ Those sapphire eyes
24. I know I've been mistaken/ But just give me a break and see the changes that I've made - Right Here - Staind
25. Heaven bent to take my hand/ And lead me through the fire - Fallen - Sarah Mclachlan
26. No me puedo controlar/ Aqui con el señor LL Cool J
27. We come into this Holy place/ To bring a sacrifice of praise
28. This life is, harder, so much harder - 40 Stories - Dishwalla
29. Desperate for changing/ Starving for truth
30. You's a nasty (nasty) Trashy (nasty)/ Sleazy (nasty) Classless (nasty)

Sunday, October 08, 2006

HEADLINE NEWS

i heart my keychain(s)

farty passed me a keychain yesterday, which he'd taken from his sister's wedding - Grand Copthorne gives great wedding gifts!

i got pretty excited, so i immediately dug out my keychain to include this new addition...

only to realize my keychain is FILLED with... keychains. and not by actual keys. there are more keychains hanging off the main keychain than the number of keys i have there!

i know, i know... some of you have pointed this out to me (in sarcasm) before: 'wah, your keychain is for keeping your... keychains? how come more keychains than keys??'

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i love my keychain(s). when i think about the origins of each keychain, i realize that every piece came from people i love.

skinny, lammy, the girls, kel, farty, and my cousin whom i grew up with.


it really represents every area of my life! and of course, i have my HOUSE keys and LAB key.

interesting.

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

how NOT to be filial

my grandma hasn't been feeling too good lately, and she was hospitalised for a while. during the short hospital stay, it raised the concern that my grandma may need help in being taken care of in the immediate future.

so to cut the long story short, all the Loon siblings (yeah she's my paternal grandma, and she's my only grandparent left) are chipping in to provide my grandma with a maid.

my mom was concerned, not because of the money, but she knew that some maids you just cannot trust. 'what if they are asked to buy lunch, but they stay downstairs to chat with their friends or decide to do something else? they won't care for mama one!'

so my mom went up to my dad and asked if there's anyone who would able to take in mama.

somehow, my dad flared up - very short temper nowadays. :(

he said that there was no one... but my mum knew that a few of my aunties were not working.

and apparently my mum overheard my dad telling my uncle: 'oh, here cannot la! me and doris are working, vivien's studying and adrean's in NS... there's nobody at home, how to take care?'

which implies that the siblings were looking at the possibility of someone taking mama in and caring for her, but in the end, they probably decided to hire a maid because nobody was available.

i don't have details, but my mum was just harping over one fact:

'why is it that all of your dad's siblings are Christians, and they have SO MUCH TIME to do volunteer work, but when it comes to taking in a family member and caring for them, they just can't seem to do it?'

and:

'they all must have thought, oh no, since doris can't take care of mama, we just get her a maid la. coz since doris is not free there's no one else able to cook for mama anyway.' (my aunties can't cook)

my mum has always felt ostracized by the Loon family, maybe coz they're all english educated, and she's not, but she thinks they keep using her because she's the only one with maternal qualities (can do housework, xian qi liang mu, will be willing to care and cook for the elderly etc)

so now my mum is very unhappy. because of all the implications, because she's worried for my grandma (though she gets nothing in return), and because of the 'Christianly' example that my relatives have seemingly portrayed.

it's hard to give them the benefit of the doubt when i hear things like this going on.

free hugs, anyone?

my lab has been chosen to provide entertainment for the upcoming Microbiology Welcome Tea event. the honours students in my lab are in charge, and we're doing a play!

but i chose the wrong day to not go to school.

they've decided to...
1. do a Phantom of the Opera spoof
2. and i am freaking Christine... coz i wasn't there to refuse the role.

oh gawd.

and guess who's the Phantom? T_T

my prof!!!! noooooooooooooooo. if they put in a romantic scene i will butcher all of them. all of them who were present at the Dover-Road-Chicken-Rice-Stall-Lunch-Meeting.
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this made me smile today.

Monday, October 02, 2006

you can try this out!

meme from Farty!

Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is cheating. no cheating, please

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1. She's an emotion avenger/ She is the villain who sends a

2. I have told/ All of my enemies/ Very politely/ To go home
3. Horny & burned out now is how it always ends for me
4. My life is brilliant.
5. What ravages of spirit
6. I gotta testify/ Come up in the spot looking extra fly
7. Break of day/ Your light it shines on us
8. Soon a man will kneel to pray/ Soon the light will burn our shade
9. You are the open door to freedom
10. Down at your feet O, Lord/ Is the most high place
11. Feel the burn/ Feel the demons come to mix
12. Summer has come and passed
13. A rising generation/ Set apart for liberty/ A royal loving people/ Chosen to be mighty
14. As he came into the window/ It was the sound of a crescendo
15. I'm afraid it's been too long to try to find the reasons why
16. "I'm here for you," she said/ And we can stay for awhile
17. Paint the town/ Take a bow/ Thank everybody/ You're gonna do it again
18. I didn’t mean it when I said I didn’t love you so/ I should have held on tight I never should have let you go
19. L to the I to the B to the E to the R to the T Y
20. Hey Miss Murder can I?
21. Van Tango had a mean old scene, Van Tango!
22. How dare you say that my behavior is unacceptable/ So condescending unnecessarily critical
23. Would you believe it/ Those sapphire eyes
24. I know I've been mistaken/ But just give me a break and see the changes that I've made
25. Heaven bent to take my hand/ And lead me through the fire
26. No me puedo controlar/ Aqui con el señor LL Cool J
27. We come into this Holy place/ To bring a sacrifice of praise
28. This life is, harder, so much harder
29. Desperate for changing/ Starving for truth
30. You's a nasty (nasty) Trashy (nasty)/ Sleazy (nasty) Classless (nasty)