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2009-09-03T12:44:00.001+08:00

inactive blog for the win!

2009-07-14T21:43:00.000+08:00

We need to pray for the world.
Now, more than ever.

OHAI THERE!

2009-07-06T13:39:00.003+08:00

Ooh, seems like I've not be on blogger in awhile. Heh.
Few thoughts recently:

1. She seems so happy (no, this ain't referring to me)
2. Are the holidays coming yet? *whistles*
3. I wanna buy a digital piano and a instant photo printer! Instant photo printer can save me tonnes of dollahhs in the long run, methinks. Quite a worthy investment.
4. How long is an electric guitar?
5. Why can't I download HP and the chamber of secrets? That was totally the best HP movie ever!
6. It has been awhile since I watched a horror flick.
7. I haven't finished watching ~~Bollywood~~ Slumdog millionaire! (Can you believe I typed Bollywood millionaire? Then after 5 seconds I thought it sounded wrong lol)
8. Petch keeps blogging about soccer.
9. I wanna have cookies and cream ice cream!
10. I hate probability!!!!!!! What is the probability that probability will come out tomorrow? 1. T___T

This has got to be the most random post ever~~
By the way my favourite colour is still green.

Moving back to LJ

2009-06-25T15:49:00.000+08:00

Blogger needs to have a f-list system.

Shape up or ship out.

2009-06-21T23:19:00.002+08:00

“You know why I've started to study, though not entirely?
Because I’m desperate now, more than ever
If I don't get promoted this year, i wont have a life
I'll be shipped off to army and be left in the lower echelons of society for life

Your determination is driven by what you want in life, your lack of action is driven by your lack of desperation.
So, what's the last straw for you?

Even now, I'm not studying much because i keep thinking promos will help me.
But at least I'm a bit desperate now
Are you?

What you want and what you will be denied must be differentiated and compartmentalized so that you will be receptive to them
I'm starting to feel the denial i will receive if i fail.
You have to recognize it, and accept it, and act. "

“What you want: money
What you will be denied: money

Same thing but, sometimes people fail to recognize the negative part of it. we keep fantasizing about the positives and the possible denials become a peripheral blur.

I think it's important to be aware and alert of the denial we shall receive upon failure, so as to even begin acting against failure.

Put the two into different drawers, see the starkness. recognize the possibilities, not the possibility.

Well I'm tired now so my explanation isn't tip top."

Looks like someone paid attention during Pre-U sem, hmm?
But the difference, Thias, is that you know.
What is it exactly that you want.

And it's not fair. You always do.

IMAGE INTENSIVE KTHXBAI.

2009-06-08T20:06:00.003+08:00

^ CANNOT STAND IT LESTER LOOKS DAMN TALL IN THIS SHOT.

Why can't blogger have a lj-cut like function? Then I can put all the photos under the cut. Zzzz. Anyway I had fun, but I really gotta get my butt down to studying ):

I'm still praying for you ;)

Friends are wonderful creatures.

2009-05-16T00:05:00.003+08:00

" when you're down and troubled
and you need some loving care
and nothing, nothing is going right
close your eyes and think of me
and soon i will be there
to brighten up even your darkest night

you just call out my name
and you know wherever i am
i'll come running to see you again
winter, spring, summer or fall
all you have to do is call
and i'll be there
you've got a friend

if the sky above you
grows dark and full of clouds
and that old north wind begins to blow
keep your head together
and call my name out loud
soon you'll hear me knocking at your door"

Today was a really good day. Well I kind-of expected things to be really bad with me today, with the worry and all. Initially at morning worship I just wanted to be alone.. to just have that solitude and just pray, yknow? But Sammie saw me, I think she was concerned, and she came to join me. She knows what's going on and she prayed for me and I felt really good after worship. (: Thank you my love. Samuel said something that really struck me though.. " Everyday we wake up thinking 'it's yet another day..', but if not, then where would we be?" I thought that was really deep, lol. Maybe we should all really stop taking every day for granted. You never know how much time you have left.

The rest of school was okay I suppose. I didn't really feel like talking today but with such concerned and coolios friends around, how not to? They really helped to get my mind off things and I'm very thankful for them. Brens, Alexia, Meiting, Max.. Oh! I went for econs consultation today! I think I understand the tutorial more now so I am happy. (:

After school went to subway with Meiting Chesed and Victor. It was awesome! Awesome company, awesome food at awesome prices, awesome conversations. We talked about the weirdest things, seriously. About our childhood, then it lead to science (?!), then specifically to physics (photoelectric effect, relativity and time freeze), then to Tim foo (lol!) and then to disney.. Oh we also saw this really.. interesting dude in the 163 bus queue. Let's just say the afro dude.. attracted our attention. For more reasons other than his hair ;D

Had the FIRST video call in my life in the night (omg phailz). But my laptop sucks and I STILL CANNOT FIGURE WHERE THE MIC IS LOCATED AT. But still. It was quite funny because chesed was saying ' oh poor you, you have to type everything out..' I is going to get my headset tomorrows! D< After that had a webcam session with Toon! Awesomes to the maxest, seriously.

All in all I'm just really glad to have these people around. I love all of you, and thank you for standing by me today (: And hey, I'm always here too, okay?

x, Audrey.
photo credited to fringuellina on flickr!

2009-04-24T17:37:00.003+08:00

This is insanely creepy.
I got goosebumps after watching this!
(you need to watch the whole video to know what I mean by CREEEEEEEEEEPY!)

But boy is he talented (?)

Happy Easter! :3

2009-04-13T21:19:00.003+08:00

Other than the fact that I got virtually no work done, Easter was good this year :D And, I love this song woohoo!

I like it when people say 'thank you'

2009-04-05T11:14:00.001+08:00

You get that warm fuzzy feeling, yknow? Keeps you smiling :)

Disastrously-addictive song alert!

2009-04-01T19:20:00.003+08:00

Second post today!
But good grief this song has been playing over and over and over in my head :O

Can I have an egg omelette?

2009-04-01T17:44:00.003+08:00

Firstly, the title for this post has nothing to do with its content :D

Sigh. I think the tired bug is coming back again. It seems like no matter how much I sleep now I'm still tired. You have no idea how hard it was to pay attention during Math lecture today. My eyelids and I are at some sort of perpetual war with each other ;__;

My rashes are getting from bad to worse. I have no idea how/when I got it though. Maybe it was at FD2? All I ate was carrot cake with prawns, but I didn't even touch the prawns! Anyway I'm getting really irritated by it. Doesn't help that the rash cream Dr Goh gave me has run out.

The acoustic set today was awesome :) At least when I was there it was. Vincent and Landy did a Jason Mraz. I think that has become the defacto first-impression guitar song. I used to always think it was More than Words; I really love that song. Hey, I should go listen to it now. Mr Yit and Mr Hu were awesome as well; especially Mr Hu; never knew he could sing! Lol. And Landy the #o1 tan-nist 'imparted' some tanning tips. I'm so disgusted at the blotches on my face now, seriously. We should go try out artificial tanning someday! It's be something new and exciting. Ooh, I love experimenting with new stuff :D

After the set MT and I went to pray; it was our turn for the prayer chain. It was really good today :) It's like the prayer practically composed itself. There were no pauses or anything; it seemed like we had lots to pray for today and lots to thank God for. You know, people are always starting their prayer with 'I pray that..., I also pray that...' It's like we're always asking? I think it's really nice and necessary to give thanks, too. I always make it a point to start my prayer with a thanks. Something Mommy taught me from young I suppose!

Oh, I'm really hgfoiguguwgug about losing my water bottle though. I loved my beautiful green nalgene bottle! I was drinking from it while watching the acoustic set, then I went to pray, then when I returned for it, POOF IT IS GONEZZZ. Gahh. I was still planning to pump water into my stomach since I'm penniless.. I still haven't figured why I'm so broke this week!! Will someone please explain it to me? Sigh. Oh crap there's life con shirt to pay for. D":

Okay I am going to read though some notes now or something. I really need to, like. Buck up.
Adios!

Rest assured you're in my prayers :D

Prayer is a powerful tool.

2009-03-31T22:16:00.002+08:00

1. Thank You for today, from my waking up to keeping me safe as I go home
2. Prayer for the sick: Sammie, Victor, WenQian, my rashes (?!)
3. Life Con people may God guide you to run and help you to never grow weary
4. Bless our relationships
5. Guidance and faith for tomorrow :)

: )

2009-03-30T17:11:00.003+08:00

This is gonna be really short!

I'm glad I went yesterday for FD2.
I got the answer I was looking for, and I got his promise.
That he'll always be walking with me and encouraging me, simply with his presence.
And now I know, everything's gonna be okay : )

God, can you hear me?

2009-03-26T22:17:00.003+08:00

After praying last night and as I was on the verge of sleeping, I had a sudden eureka. It just.. came. A verse. Used my phone light to grope around the alter next to my bed for my bible, took an awfully long time with the severe lack of light, and finally arrived at Isaiah 43:2. And it was really apt and something I could relate to easily, with life being the way it is now.

Honestly, this has been a really, really nasty week and Audrey is almost reaching her limit.
Results are back ('disappointment' would be a severe understatement), relationships are getting strained, expectations are not being met.

When I got Math back, I was totally at a lost. How was I going to break this to my parents? It didn't help that I do have help for Math, which is why my grade is simply not justified. How was I going to answer to them? In the evening I had a little.. dispute with my dad. Okay, it wasn't exactly 'little'; in fact it made me feel really guilty. Especially with the family problems going on now. I already got into this whole mess before, um, 'informing' them about my Math grade. I think they would kick me out of the house if they found out.

Hoped today would be better, but I guess not. Got back Chem and again, expectations were not met. I was really down about the fact that despite having studied for it, I still didn't do well. But I was more concerned about letting people down. Again. I mean, that's my personal definition of 'fulfillment': to meet people's expectations. (Which, may I add, is really ironic. I always seem to be letting people down. I never seem to do anything right.) I felt really guilty, and how I was going to tell Gerard. Really, I think he has been very kind to render help whenever I am in doubt. He's always saying, ' If you have any questions you can ask me yeah?' And thanks to him, I've been scoring A's for all my chem tests so far. I had questions the night before h1 papers and he took time off to explain, despite not having studied for Economics. But the fact is that I screwed up Chem BT1. Emmanuel, Victoria is sorry k?

I tell people to have faith in God's plan, yet as usual, I'm not practicing what I preach. I cannot; I tried, really, but I just cannot see myself leaving it all to God. I cannot commit everything to him. I cannot trust that he'll make everything okay. Really, I think my faith is, for the lack of the ability to come up with something coherent at this point, as puny as an ant. I know faith is believing without seeing, but I just can't do that. I'm like Thomas; unless I can put my hands through his side, I won't believe. I need that event. I need that something that is so tangible I have no choice but to believe.

" When you pass through deep waters,
I will be with you,
Your troubles will not overwhelm you"
.isaiah43.2.

I have been very intrigued lately.

2009-03-10T13:12:00.001+08:00

Dichotomy vs Trichotomy

On a happier note,

2009-02-21T23:06:00.002+08:00

This is why Loh's email is what it is.

"legazevu says:
cherrmichealrao = the name of my bass guitar.

legazevu says:
ok initially it was named micheal, spelt wrongly when i was younger, when i went to buy my bass guitar

legazevu says:
it was micheal because... i was a guy and i assumed the guitar i bought would also be a guy. hence the first male name that came to my mind

legazevu says:
next, after using my bass for a while, i realized my constant action of plugging in the cable jack kinda made it a girl, hence, the first female name that was the top of my mind, Cherry

legazevu says:
lastly, rao. since none of my first 2 assumptions on my guitar's sex really made any sense, i figured it was neither guy nor girl. hence using my gay teacher's name, from cat high, rao. "

I am laughing. (:

(terribly) pensive.

2009-02-21T22:54:00.002+08:00

For those who know why;
Brens, Rachel,

I want to go back to Thailand.

All the way back to Chiangmai
Just for one more night under the stars.

2009-02-20T22:55:00.002+08:00

" Let Go, Let God"

Sometimes we ask God to help us with something, but we are unwilling to let go and let him take care of it, even though it was us who requested for his help in the first place. Many times we stand at his side as he tries to fix our problem and when we get irritated and impatient at the pace at which he works (sometimes it takes awhile), we try to interfere because we think, with our disgusting human pride, that we can handle the problem ourselves. Maybe we should leave it in his hands because, regardless of how long he'll take, at least we have the assurance that the problem will be well-taken care of in the end. In the grand scheme of things, only he knows what's best for us, his precious children.

With this, I commit myself to you, Lord. Together I lift up my family, my friends. Their troubles, fears, insecurities. Only you can grant us this peace we seek for.

" He will protect you as you come and go, now and forever," [psalms 121:8]

This is easily one of my favorite bible verses. It's apt in any and every context.

2009-02-15T22:47:00.001+08:00

It is not my duty to love God.
It is not my duty to go to heaven.

Instead,
It is a joy to love God, and
Heaven is his gift to me.

Just thought that what Father Goh said at mass today was quite meaningful. ^__^

2009-02-10T21:53:00.002+08:00

Life is short.
Treasure those around you more.
Never wait until you realize you no longer have the chance.
Love truly,
Laugh uncontrollably,
And never regret anything that has made you smile.

" He will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
There will be no more death, no more grief or crying or pain.
The old things have disappeared."
(Revelations 21:4)

Rest in peace.

NSFW alert! XDD

2009-02-05T19:58:00.001+08:00

Okay, Mervin totally shouldn't have introduced this to me at Geepee today.
Now I'm so caught up with beating his stupid score. T^T

click me XD

Hurry go try it!
Thias says I type like machine gun, but why still slower then Mervin?!
Yuck.

Kk I go try again.

refrain

2009-02-04T17:56:00.004+08:00

I told you it was going to be a sad day.
Saw it coming since I woke up.
Not only a sad day; a -inserts word here- angry one too.
What do you do now that your heart is so full of hatred?
What would you HAVE done?

This is not a time for petty conflicts, Audrey.
I've looked past that; you can go bask in your own childishness.
Remember: " Urgent " & " Important ".

I'm gonna go bang on the piano.
Let it out.
And keep the peace.
Lord, set me free.

" Let it be " - The Beatles.
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

When all the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be

For though they may be parted there is
Still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
there will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

Yeah, let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be

And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it be

I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
There will be no sorrow
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be no sorrow
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

HAPPEH NEW YEAR!

2009-01-26T00:48:00.006+08:00

Hello Team 2! ♥

Audrey-Victoria Molly Ho Wanxin wishes all a Happy CNY!
May you win lots at blackjet,
Eat lots of pineapple tarts,
And, um. Try not to mug in these 2 days? Woohoo!

And because I have a sudden fetish for screen caps..
Petch you need to stop popping windows up like that over msn k!
I read your first sentence laugh like idiot already. Oh no. I need more Silvia.
OH MY BUDDHA YOU ARE SO WEIRD. Cannot stand it. I throw (boiled in thai tom yum) fishballs at you then you know!

/edit: Thias says I type like machine gun. Oh my why is everyone so funny today!!

Thais love Singapore y/y?

2009-01-25T17:19:00.004+08:00

Toon said 'lah'!
And Petch does " wah lao" all the time.
XD

Reminiscent.

2009-01-16T21:52:00.003+08:00

Audrey wants to go back to the village. D:
Dear God, please keep the village children and our dear translators warm in the freezing cold weather?

For
1. Toon, who is tirelessly working,
2. Nuni, who is studying so very hard like us,
3. Tow, who is going to be a soldier soon,
4. Jack, who is going to get his degree in a semester's time,
5. Ms A, who is having loads of fun teaching her students,
6. Bank, who has changed his job and hasn't been online for us to know what he has been up to lately,
7. REH; Please, just keep safe dear boy,
8. Nut, who is.. " Lao Da"; take care of all the village children for us okay!! You're the boss!
9. Lester (the black dog at Ban Pha Taek), which is.. Um, are you still at Ban Pha Taek, Lester?? Lol, & lastly, for
10. All the children in the village, all of who I hope with all my heart they are healthy and happy. :D

" But all who find safety in you will rejoice; they can always sing for joy. Protect those who love you; because of you they are truly happy. You bless those who obey you, LORD; your love protects them like a shield."
.Psalms 5:11-12.

Love, Audrey-Victoria.

Guess who huh?

2009-01-14T20:53:00.002+08:00

No, not George.
It's 老大! Woohoo.
He looks supah cool here can.

NO I DO NOT LIKE HIM. I respect him kk. Different. U___Ull

HI MR LIANG GET US BACK TO PAN PHA TAEK KTHXBAI.
Pres Lim I delegate you to go bug LB about it.
(:

Phisssshicks MSA on friday GG!
Yay.

OCIP gathering @ Sentosa!

2009-01-10T13:46:00.008+08:00

I think we planned this outing since we were in Thailand can? YAY WE FINALLY CARRIED IT OUT. =3= Anyway glad most could come down despite really really short notice! It was really awesome and Molly is uber glad to have celebrated post-birthday with y'all!

Weather was shiok can?! So hot and full of love. But then idk why after coming back I'm still not tanned/red. Is sad about that. Also that AMIRAH couldn't come down last minute due to literature commitments. And Gerard N.E. although he read the bible the whole morning. And the others that couldn't.. We missed you!

Is happeh that ma Hein buddies could all come down! In hein! And pwn everyone at Basketball kthxbye. XD Thanks Petch especially for coming down since he only landed in freaking-hot Singapore the night before!

And so! Here are photos taken by my (insert every possible positive adjective here) camera!

AWESOME CAMERA IS AWESOME. Y/Y? ^__^

(although still wishing we had taken the CABLE CAR instead! Imagine if we get stucked up there like SG Flyer! So fun!)

( Can you see? On the sand below it says SAJC ocip Thailand 2008.blogspot.com Click on image for larger view! :33 )

Headed down to Thai Express for lunch / dinner. Ate glass noodles with fish! Aro mak mak!! Yum.

They look like they're holding hands! But no, they aren't. Just a good photographer with a good camera at work, that's all. ;D

After eating we went to Daiso and Cherub bought some blow-blow thingum (like a recorder? Idk.) Tricia bought the most number of stuff! She walked out with this big bag of boxes. -___-ll

And then I noticed! Petch is always blocking George. HAHAHAHA.

btw KC looks supah cool here. ^__^

Yup, thanks all for going down again! Was really really happy we could finally meet up after so long. NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD SET A DATE TO STUDY TOGETHER AFTER SCHOOL RIGHT RIGHT. Every week! Then maybe we can all do well like KC and finally understand his magic tricks. Pfft. So, WEEKLY STUDY DATE OKAYS. If Gerard wants we can ask LB to come also. LOLLER.

/edit: THANKS FOR THE PRESENTS, BRENS, TRICIA, CHERUB, PETCH (you still owe me half. HAHA.) Much love to you all!

Not OCIP-related but.. :3

2008-12-17T15:27:00.003+08:00

Local vamp at home wants to say hello.
And that he pwns Edward Cullen any day. XD;;
And for the record.. Currently he has

1. Black hair!
2. Black eyes!
3. Black tie!
4. Black inner formal poet's shirt!
5. Black overcoat!
6. Black belt!
7. Black formal pants!
8. Black formal shoes!
9. Black undies. XD

I should give him a black neck collar too. Mhmm.

/ just a random thought ;

2008-12-15T13:00:00.001+08:00

Is it possible to rekindle old relationships? Can everything be like it once was?

/ends random thought.

Tadaima! ^o^

2008-12-15T10:40:00.004+08:00

Hello Audrey and welcome back to Singapore! :3 Actually came back on Saturday but, YKNOW, caught the lazy bug and decided to lay off blogging for awhile.

..Until I remembered that I still owe Rachel her post! Lol.

Rachel, rachel. My first impression of her was this SUPAH guai and INCREDIBLY holy girl. Like, those that, no matter what, won't go against what is morally correct? (i.e, the type who didn't know how to have fun XD;;) But HEY! THAT WAS TOTALLY NOT HER PLEASE. Taunting Audrey is morally incorrect, yet she still does that all the time! T___T Anyways I'm glad to have gotten to know her better during this trip. Like, she was always in the class next to mine but I never knew her! Lol. I'm also glad to have been able to introduce SANCTUARY to her since it's such a beautiful song. (btw, have you heard 'offering'? It's an awesome song too) AND! I would like to thank her for bringing her guitar on the trip! Or the whole experience in Thailand would have been very very different. So, thank you! :D

Oh. She seems to find it very amusing that I speak in 3rd person. -___- Why ah. It just comes naturally, okay??! DON'T JUDGE ME! >D

Audrey-vic <3s Rachel!

Bye bye, Singapore!

2008-12-09T09:31:00.005+08:00

Ahh~ Flying off to Vietnam in 2 hours (SQ, lol! Not airasia.com. XD;;) and I haven't packed my hand-carry bag yet! (Why am I still blogging? -___-ll )

Anyway see y'all in a week's time! I seem to have so many things to pack, though I'm going for only 5 days.. which is 1/3 of the time I spent in Thailand? Oh the irony! Charger. Must remember charger! For DS, Ipod, Handphone, Camera, Laptop!

Will blog more about the trip when I get back! Sorry to Rachel; I still haven't written your post! I promise to do it when I get back yeah..

Bye Singapore, and let's continue to pray for Reh!
Love, Audrey-vic! :D

D:

2008-12-07T21:43:00.003+08:00

ZHOMGGG.
Heard that Reh hasn't been to school since we left! And I was all worried for him last night too..
I'm just feeling really crappy now. Like, conflicted.
There are so many things I wanna tell him now, but HOW?? Even if I do see him, there is still the language barrier.
Audrey misses her one-baht boy. ):
Please keep him in your prayers, everyone.
Thanks so much.

Today has been an awesome daaaay :3

2008-12-07T00:39:00.013+08:00

Ahh, really wanna thank God for today. U___U Here's what happened today (fine, yesterday) that got me really happy and thankful:

# o1. I woke up at 12pm! Not really anything big, since I wake up late everyday, but recently I have been having sleepless nights that make me feel so lethargic the next day. Today I woke up feeling so refreshed and energized! So, it's a point worth noting down. :D

# o2. Went for lunch with Irvin and Aunty at Sun with Moon (jap cuisine). They both did really embarrassing things there, but their silly antics really made my day. Irvin drank iced coffee from a stirrer (LOL??!), for starters, and Aunty bickered with the waitress about them having beef in potato croquette. Urghhh, it was so embarrassing but certainly amusing! So, awesome lunch, awesome entertainment.

# o3. Went to Sun Moulin and bought heaps of bread after lunch! (yesss, and finished them all XD;;) Finally ate my chocolate chip melon bread after SOOOOOO long! And they have new-flavoured bread too! There was this sponge cake thingum with chocolate filling. Mhmmmm it was so delicious!!! >w<

# o4. Celebrated Paul and Mark's birthday with cousins over dinner. Theme was ah-neh (indian) at Angela's house! Ahh food was great!! And we had, like, 5 different desserts to choose from, including apple pie, black forest and tiger beer ice cream from Island creamery. Okay, enough said. >D

# o5. Dear Thias is back safely and happy! Got his message over dinner that he was home, tanner and fatter (nope, not believing this last part U__U ll) and was really pleasantly surprised when he said he had (a little too much) fun. Since he kept complaining that he was very sian about OCIP and wanted to get it over and done with.. so I'm really glad he enjoyed himself! But since I'm going to Vietnam this Tuesdayyy.. our apple-pear crumble baking day has to be pushed back. D: No worries, though! I'm sure we'll do it someday. And I totally agree.. we need to meet up soon to share our OCIP stories! Over starbucks, right? Yes yes, you and your love for coffee. :D Welcome home, Matthias! ^o^

# o6. THE CHILDREN IN BAN PHA TAEK ARE MAKING USE OF OUR LIBRARY! Really, I was so, so happy and touched to see these few pictures on the website! I'm also glad they have floor-paper for the library! TT___TT I am so ~!@#$%^&*() DELIGHTED!- now I can cry. Look at the kids! Yutenahh at the computer! But then ah. WHY GOT NO PICTURES OF MY REH? D: Would really love to know how he's getting along because I miss him tonnes here. ): Oh and how can not have pictures of Lao Da huh??! XD;; Joking, joking.

But I really wanna see Reh so I know he's getting along fine there. But hey, he's a tough boy so AUDREY, DON'T WORRY TOO MUCH LA! <3

Btw, sorry Rachel, I'll blog about you tomorrow okay? Don't be disappointed! 8D
& while I'm at it, I shall note down certain amusing and fond events that happened in Thailand! Ahh I really miss the place. U__U

1. The fresh, cold air in the morning! Somehow it's different waking up in an aircon room in Singapore. :D And the kuais that go down the hill every morning with their cow bells ringing.

2. Morning worship, yo! It's always nice to wake up to guitar-playing and people singing. Really, it's very soothing. And really wanna thank Brens for always waking me up for morning worship after she brushes her teeth. You're really like my Mother leh! ^o^ Maybe next year you call me to wake up also la, then can go for worship in school. HAHA.

3. Tricia! I miss talking to her about Christian/Catholic stuff. Recently a question has been bothering me, OKAY NOT BOTHERING, but I've been pondering about it for quite awhile, since I came back. It's something we've spoken about before, but I just really wanna ask her opinions regarding it again. I love how she tells me about her Christian practices, and accepts my Catholic practices with that understanding look on her face. Maybe that's why I can open up to her about stuff like these. :D

4. UHMMM, I'm really full now but I miss Miss A's cooking! Damn the spice in her food was always just right, although it got all wrong and non-spicy towards the last few days in the village thanks to SUNAK GERARD NICHOLAS EMMANUEL complaining it was too hot. XD;;

5. KC'S Momma-calls! It was, like, a practice to sit at the steps after debriefs to listen to Cherub Chesed strumming lovely, melodic tunes on the guitar and singing, and then when KC comes out with his phone, everyone shuts up and just listens to him narrate the day's happenings to his mother. (: It was always so comical! I wonder if he's doing that in Vietnam now, too. Haha!

6. THE STARS ARE SO BRIGHT AT NIGHT.

7. Our morning conversations! Every morning we would definitely talk about these 3 topics: I) Why Charmaine hasn't shat yet. XD;; II) Gerard complaining about KC's phone alarm being so damn loud! & III) Which part of Tricia I slept on the night before. HAHAHA. Breakfast! Oh then Amirah and Charmaine would always go back to second helpings of the Aro biscuits.

8. What else was eventful? Oh! PLAYING HARDCORE TIC-TAC-TOE WITH REH! Like, instead of 3 x 3 it was 5 x 5 leh! Hardcore right? Haha! He draws so damn well too.. Maybe tomorrow I will take a picture of a dragon he drew and put it up here. (:

9. On the last day when we had to chiong the painting for the wall at the library, Tricia and I got up waaay too early and decided to go to the library to start painting first! So we were outlining in the dark using our torches. Then since the translators, Toon and Tow to be exact, were awake too, they decided to hold the torches for us! Yay, then we went for morning worship which Brens led! I remember everyone eyed me suspiciously when we sang Sanctuary. HAHAHA.

10. Hmm on the day we were under hotel quarantine, I was going down to com to use internet when I bumped into Cherub in the lift and we decided to go explore the hotel. HAHA. We went to fire exits and stuff, then got so excited because from 10 floors up we saw this GIANT rat (or so he claims, I still think it was an otter!) swimming across the lonkang below. Then we took pictures blah blah blah.. then about 15 minutes we realized ZOMG! We can't open the fire exit door from the inside!! At that point I was EFFING WORRIED LA! Like, I didn't bring my phone and Chesed's phone doesn't have reception! We'll be stuck in a fire exit our whole lives!~ So I was panicking like an idiot and Cherub just kept laughing and laughing, LIKE AN IDIOT! So anyway, we hurried down a couple of floors, and managed to find an unlocked fire exit door. Heng sia. Lol. I remember Cherub saying, " Oh no, if we're stuck here I will have to eat you, Audrey!" o______________o II Scary sia. But thrilling! (now that I think about it) XD;;

^ Fire exit on second floor! A few seconds later someone looked up and saw Cherub's legs dangling off as he scurried off the steps. Haha.

^ Fire exits are really really dirty. It's like, a dumping ground!

Yup, just the top 10 on my list. Many, many more, ESPECIALLY THE SCENE WHEN WE LEFT THE VILLAGE, but I don't think I need to write that down; I'll never forget that. Ahh. I just got a tagboard on ma blog! *is uber happy* THANKS, AMIRAH! <3>

Okay, Ciao.

Rachel, oh rachel..

2008-12-05T20:23:00.001+08:00

With reference to this post,

I have blogged about Rachel. >D

I need to start my swim regime baaaadly.

2008-12-05T17:46:00.010+08:00

こんばんは!

Sent KC off at the airport today! He's going to Vietnam for his ODAC trip. And it was quite weird because there were a lot of SA people at the airport.. Like, people from my class too. And I haven't really spoken to them in awhile. D': So it was, yeah, quite weird. Went with Brens earlier to snap a few photos of the airport! I love the place! The architecture and the bustle (busy, yet still tranquil!) and simply put, the whole atmosphere. And GYARGHH. I drank my 5th cup of Mocha Venti since coming back from Thailand. WTS, I swear. I'm such a starbucks junkie it's not funny anymoreee! D<

^ I realized: Bangkok, Singapore and Malaysia are all adapting the same-styled lifts. Good grief!

^ KC is mighty happy he's so darn rich. HAHA. Cheap thrill leh, you!

^ Oh my dearrr Amirahhh!~

^ These 2 ah.. Really same-same-but-different! :DDD

OHHH, today I got an email from Silvia! Boy was I surprised. Said she's been looking through my flickr, saw George's hospital photo and was wondering how he was doing. Also said she has been researching on dolls. She said I had lovely dolls! Waaah I'm so happy. Unlike MAURICE, who can't seem to stop criticizing me for it. D: I really hate it when people do that. Like, can you just lemme DO WHAT I WANNA DO??! Sheesh; can't you let me enjoy my hobby? And then I went home to swim my mandatory 30 laps. And OH MY BUDDHA (what petch would say)! I need to start my daily swim regime again. 30 laps was okaay, not tiring or anything. But I shouldn't have ended it with my worse stroke ever: Freestyle. Came out the pool panting like a dog when all I swam was 4 laps of freestyle. Gah I really suck at that. D: Hmm who should I talk about today? Oh I should mention: the people I talk about are in NO PARTICULAR ORDER! Although the ones I've already talked about probably impacted me a little more than the others. (: Sooo today I shall talk about THE Weiwen! Haha.

She ahhh.. Truth to be told I'm quite scared of her sometimes! You know how I am; I'm super-sensitive to people's behaviors. And she exudes VIBES! It's not baaad, or anything. But it always makes me feel like I've done something wrong. D: Oh wells. I'm sure she doesn't mean anything.. I just get jittery every time I feel the weiwen-vibes. Haha. And little miss treasurer came up with this damn weird theory which I will never forget, lol. It's quite funny, actually. I really wanna know how she arrived at that conclusion, but WEIWEN IF YOU ARE READING THIS. Holy crap, it's totally not true. You and your weird deductions. (Like you think I don't like you.. -____-II )

Oh today I've been listening to lots of awesome Christian songs. Like, playing in the background as I blog this. Ahhh I may end up going for morning worship afterall! But it's so early leh! You know Vietnam trip don't have morning worship? Apparently Derrick Ong doesn't allow.. Wow after hearing that I'm really thankful to God for placing me in this trip with such great (and holy) fellow Christian teammates. Like Sunak Gerard Nicholas Emmanuel says, I felt so holy throughout the trip! The 3 of us (G.N.E, Zorrgeenaa and I) really felt that way.

Hey, you 3 SFC people! Must sing Sanctuary if we go for morning worship okay. (:
(Today's post so long sia. LOLLER! )

Audrey loves TRICIA to infinity and beyond!

2008-12-04T21:54:00.004+08:00

Person of honorary mention today is TRICIA! My lovely and cute sleeping buddy. :3 Ahh she really inspired me (in more ways than one) on this trip, and I'm really glad I got to know her so much better in Thailand! I would also like to congratulate her for surviving my terribly-weird and hazardous sleeping habits (I slept on her head) every night! She really changed the perception I had towards many things, especially towards Christianity. You are awesome Tricia! Audrey-Victoria loves you many many many times over. :D

^ Picture was taken at the most awesome dinner ever. Most memorable part of the night was Petch saying " Why is the piece of chicken I'm eating getting bigger and bigger? Next they are going to serve me a whole chicken!" YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LAUGHED AFTER THAT. And here's another picture I really like of the boys camwhoring! They look like little kids. >D

& KC is going to Vietnam tomorrow for his ODAC trip! Wah power sia, he. Haha. We're sending him off at the airport tomorrow. I hope he enjoys his time there! Have tonnes of fun, yo. :3

YOUR FEET ARE LIKE PIG TROTTERS.

2008-12-03T20:52:00.002+08:00

But please get well soon, George! :3
We'll all be praying for you.

PETCH LOVES CAM-WHORING.

2008-12-03T00:43:00.005+08:00

Today Audrey shall talk about Petch because
1. I'm talking to him online now &
2. He's the last member of the Hein-starbuck gang &
3. HE IS SUCH A CAMWHORE THOUGH HE SUCKS AT IT.

8D

Petch oh petch, he should just stop being so mean and ebil to Brens! But apart from that, he was a really vital member of our team. Like, hello? He was the only one who could speak Thai fluently?? HAHA. So the whole team's really grateful to him for always helping translate, and I think that has gotten to his head because he JUST WON'T STOP FLATTERING HIMSELF NOW.

We're visiting George later! Supposed to meet Brens and Cherub (I'm so used to calling him that! OMG.) at 1015 at YCK mrt. HAHA HOPE I CAN WAKE UP ON TIME~~

Just did the reflections for the post-expedition thing and DAMN, I miss Reh damn badly can. And all the children in the village. I wonder if they miss us too, since every day is a new day for them. But I really hope we stay in their hearts, because the whole of team 2 here has them in ours. U___U

1. Lastly, Which parts of the trip/experience from the OCIP program was most meaningful to you and tells us the important lessons you learnt from it? (You can give more than one.)

The debrief sessions every night were certainly meaningful. I’ve learnt a lot from my team mates through their sharing. It was also interesting to see that even though 2 people were referring to the same incident, they had varying, and possibly contrasting opinions regarding it. I’ve also jotted down points which my team mates have shared which I feel can be applied to my personal life so I can look back on it anytime I want and remember, and apply it to whatever circumstance.

The scene when we left the village was also very touching and emotional. Everyone cried (even Mr Liang!), and I think seeing this, it was obvious how much we loved the place, and how much we were going to miss the villagers and each other. We have given so much of ourselves to the villagers there, and it was sad knowing that could possibly be our last time there. Also some villagers cried, and through this, I could tell that they appreciated what we’ve done for them, and that the feelings that we were going to miss each other were mutual. This really touched me because I felt that everything we’ve gone through, the challenges, they were all worthwhile.

Truly, that's how I feel. The scene when we were all leaving.. We were all crying like idiots please. And I could see the tears in Reh's eyes but he was just SO STRONG and he kept it all in. It was only when we were on the truck that Tricia saw his tears finally falling. D:

Okay, I'm getting all emo and reflective now. I just really miss everything, you know? And it hasn't even been a week! Like, I miss the team, but I can see them anytime. But the villagers, Reh.. I may never see them all ever again, although they've impacted me in such a great and deep way.

It's such a pity, yeah?

Okay, Petch. Now you have to make Audrey bread.
D:

GET WELL SOON, GEORGE!

2008-12-02T19:12:00.004+08:00

Person of today shall be Cherub Chesed! I think I've said this so many times already but I think I've talked to him more in the 2 weeks than in the whole year! 8D Anyhow, it was nice bickering with him about the stupidest stuff. But Cherub, CAN YOU STOP FLATTERING YOURSELF PLEASE? And expand your vocab so you don't have to keep using my lines to get back at me. XD;;

Team 2's gonna visit George tomorrow! Zomg, I really hope he's feeling better. D: And that his leg will hurry and deflate so the whole team can have our Sentosa date. HAHA. Went to taka today and got him some purple elephant hand puppet. So cute I swear. Better than normal flowers and fruits. :DD Sharing with Brens!

There is a total of 3 people who have told me that Sanctuary is stuck in their head. >D I've got Make me a Servant stuck in mine! Loller.

AND. Audrey is uber proud of herself today! Resisted the urge to buy a SDF! Wtf, it's only USD390 now can. I should hurry and buy it now right? NOOOOOO~ I will stick to my plans and buy it after A levels, even if it means the price shoots up to USD600. God will reward me later for resisting now. (:

I MISS BAN PHA TEK BADLY. D:

2008-12-01T13:36:00.002+08:00

This blog was created so I could post on the Thailand blog but guess what? I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT BLOG OR BECOME AN AUTHOR. God, Imma useless ass. I'm gonna try and put pictures with my team mates here! One at a time. Today I shall start with Brenda, Plamuk; if not for her I wouldn't have survived the 16 days away from home! (And there's Petch in BOTH SHOTS, who's always trying to wedge his way into our photos. I've successfully mastered the ability to angle my shots in such a way his face isn't captured. HEH. )

Anyway how many days have I been back in singapore? 3rd day already.. Man I miss the children in the village really badly. And the team too. I miss Reh, ma one-baht boy. And Lao Da (nut) too.. The thai pledge is still in my head. I'm so bored maybe I'll go youtube it later. :D

I miss the translators!
Miss A and her cooking, Jack, Nuni, Toon and Tow with their rubbish and BANK AND HIS CRAPTASTIC JOKES THAT AREN'T FUNNY. :3

Ahhh it has been awhile since we last dug up 18 buckets of sand, 15 buckets of stone, 5 buckets of water and 50kg worth of cement. And mixing them all together. That was terrible and tiring but it was so fun, doing it with the team. Audrey is a hazard, I knowww. I almost chopped off the fingers of countless people when I was wielding the chanko. HEH. >D

MOST OF ALL, I MISS THE WEATHER IN THAILAND!
Zomg it's so blarrrdy humid in Singapore and I hate sweating. D:
We may be visiting George this wendesday; I hope he takes good care of himself til then??

Oh, Thias rowed (since he went in a boat instead of a plane) off this morning to K islands! Hope he has a great one week there and comes back feeling as fulfilled and satisfied as I did.

:D

BLOGGER SUCKS!

2008-11-30T21:16:00.000+08:00

And I thought LJ sucked,
but blogger is worse!

ZOMG.

Sian TTM please.
D: