| Today, school started with this: |
[30 Oct 2009|07:45am] |
"Happy Birthday Miss Dorothy
You're born in the zoo
You wore a bikini
I love you so much!"
Haha, work's always packed it seems but I'm enjoying every minute of it. :)
One of my 'secret ambitions' has been on my thoughts lately, sorely tempted to go "just do it now before you never start on it" (which often happens to me), but I know its not time yet, at least for now. At the moment, I only know God's clearly equipping and teaching me to do the things I never felt/thought I could do. :)
And I never thought I'll say this, but I do miss the UK a little, heh.
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| Transitioning almost complete! |
[09 Oct 2009|08:57pm] |
"Bear with me one moment.."
Drew the above during lunch yesterday, i know it has been ages since I've last posted but things have been so packed. So really, do bear with me, I'll get things up and running real soon!
What's new with me? Well, I've been working for about a little more than a month now, it's hectic, but all's still well. :) I've also taken big step in my service to Him, all I know now is that I'm not ready for much yet, He's still teaching me. And then there's the wedding preparation, it seems that planning a simple one is more complex than I thought. Some stuff has cropped up in the family as well, but as I said before, all's still well.
That aside, I really think I should learn to drive real soon,
day after day, there seems to be more reasons to drive.
I really don't mind riding a bicycle if the distance is reasonable,
but bicycles get rob of their wheels and seats in Singapore, which is very sad.
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| Oreo: 7 August 2009 |
[11 Aug 2009|01:18pm] |
He's so big now, but still absolutely adorable :) You should see how happy he was when I came back, jumping and rubbing against me, following me whenever I go, while Tang Yuan on the other hand, ran away from me with eyes wide open :p
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| Jeremy's 22nd Birthday |
[11 Aug 2009|12:44pm] |
My motley bunch of cousins, minus Amos though, he refused to join us :(
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| Delayed Again |
[11 Aug 2009|10:59am] |
( More Doha )I had quite an experience coming back home, just when I thought the severe delay on my first flight to UK was a rare occurrence, I had another huge delay on the last flight home. Initially, I was quite anxious, a couple of hours had passed from the time we should have taken off, but not only were we not on the plane, the staff were not telling us anything at all. We were just given food vouchers and told to roam around the gift shops in London Heathrow. When we finally got on the plane, we were stuck in it for hours again. Because I missed my flights, I had to stay in Doha, Qatar for a day and it was oven-like hot! But a couple of us decided to brave the heat and explore Doha for a bit. Honestly, Doha kinda prepared me for the weather in SG. :p The people there were actually very nice and quirky at times.
Before this, I've never been so open and comfortable talking to strangers before. I met a guy who works for the US military in Afghanistan, he shared pictures of how life is like in camp over there, a missionary from the Netherlands heading to Nepal, a Nepalese PHD student who's studying in Switzerland and heading back to Nepal to do his paper on TB, a Singaporean mother, a UK-Sri Lankan-Malaysian family, a couple of HK students who were doing business, fashion and graphic design. I could really see how God really knew my anxious thoughts, and gave me company and protection throughout the entire lag of the journey. I know I would have been so bored if I were alone for that many hours. It's also amazing how I now have friends to visit when I'm in respective countries :p
By the way, did you know that a litre of petrol in Doha costs about 25¢ and there's no income tax? :O
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| You, me and a house in the dell. |
[13 Jul 2009|09:16pm] |
( More of This )
Oh well, so much for the proclaimed hiatus. truth to be told, I'm excited, there's a lot that I want to say and share, yet I just can't, so this is the best I can do right now.
Most of the time, I've found the trait of thinking a lot very useful in my daily life, although many, the thoughts (existing on their own or in a flow chart) do come at a good fast pace and I'm able to process them. Some might say I think too much, but I feel that it really does help me to be more mindful of things and the people around me.
Okay, it makes me laugh when I try to explain this and I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but recently my thoughts are coming at me too quickly. This blasting is rendering me speechless. Not only do I find it hard to word what I think and feel, I (regrettably sometimes) end up talking off the top of my head. This is really one of the reasons why I'm keeping my hands busy with new things, it enables me to filter most of my thoughts away while I'm at it.
Yeaps, so that explains it I think.
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Anyways, had my first day in the bookbinding intensive workshop, which is the only reason why I'm still here in the UK and it's really fun! The degree's done and I'm coming back home in practically a few days time. :)
The project above is something quick that I did today. I just wanted something simple and aesthetically-reliant on the Constantina (accordion) structure of the book. The design's made out of simple layers, the feel of it changes when the book's flat or stretched out.
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[10 Jul 2009|09:05pm] |
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hiatus, obviously.
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| Still experimenting.. |
[06 Jul 2009|05:58am] |
Larger version here...
this didn't turn out very nice in my honest opinion :/
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| Girl with a cute pockmark |
[05 Jul 2009|05:34am] |
it has been quite a while since i vectored my handdrawns, thought i should do a quick revision before i get rusty. hope you like this as much as i enjoyed doing it. the larger version can be found in my facebook, i kind of like it better in my face somehow. :/
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| My 110th attempt to put what I feel in words.. |
[29 Jun 2009|04:54am] |
I can't drive (yet!) but I thought this was the best way I can think of to illustrate how I feel at this point...
I would imagine my life right now to be at a junction, the engine has stopped for a quiet pause,
even if I peered really hard, the road to take next is still so obscure. Despite this, I don't feel lost or worried, tracing my journey thus far, I know how I managed to get to this point, it was His faithful planning all along.
It's funny to put it this way, but I just feel that God guides me like a good GPS system. It has always been at His pace, through His word and the experiences that He has placed that He shows me the next direction to take. However, being stubborn most of the time, I would either not wait for His next instruction or ignore it, taking my own directions thinking I knew better. Just like any GPS system, He would remind me incessantly that I'm heading the wrong way, asking me to stop being lost and go back in the direction that He wants me to go. :)
While being in this quiet pause, I'm brimming full of hope and dreams, thinking of them makes my heart pound so hard. I don't know where I'll be next, but I have faith that He knows best, with Him I can revel in challenges, I can play, I can do what I am passionate for and be close to the people I love.
"Show me your ways, O LORD, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Remember, O LORD, your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Remember not the sins of my youth and my rebellious ways; according to your love remember me, for you are good, O LORD." Psalm 25:4-7
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| Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 |
[15 Jun 2009|02:16pm] |
"Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him - for this is his lot.
Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work — this is a gift of God.
He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart."
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| Whee! |
[14 Jun 2009|02:19pm] |
niko and i having some fun after painting the exhibition space! we look like twins right :p
am still horribly busy and unprogressive with packing, big headache. but i've been watching movies and talking into the nights with Niko, which has been good :)
more busyness to ensue next week!
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| I feel.. |
[11 Jun 2009|02:17am] |
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| However long the night, the dawn will break. |
[09 Jun 2009|08:38am] |
Due to server issues and the fact that I don't have any backup of all the images I've posted in the past 3 years, I could not fix the broken images. Which not only made my blog visually unpleasant, it also placed my thoughts and words out of context. In a bid to make things better, I decided to pdf my entire blog (comments included) for keepsakes and delete all that I've shared. Yeah, it's a pretty drastic solution, but it seems to be the only way I am comfortable with.
Putting that aside, June seems to be a beautiful month so far, like the dawn of new beginnings! :)
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