Sex and the City 2

Dear friends,

How have you been? I'm good and have recovered from shingles and exams fever! :D
(Shingles is the resurface of chickenpox virus in people who have chickenpox before. Suggested reasons for this resurfacing: Stress, illness(weak immune system) and/or aging. I hope mine was due to (exam)stress and weak immune system! >.< )

I couldn't stay home upon my recovery. And I managed to catch Ironman2 and Sex and the City 2 this week! ^-^
Yeah, two very different genre of movies. I was actually quite reluctant about watching SC2. The reviews that I read from newspapers and 8days magazine made it sound like a bimbo movie about women, clothes, branded goods, shopping and sex. But it wasn't like that at all! Its about how women are like these days, as compared to the old times.(All in American context but I think some apply to Asian women too. At least in this modern city of ours.)

The movie showed how the role of being a woman has changed over the centuries. (Reminds me of the literature text I did in jc: Top Girls.) Women used to be homemakers, wives, mothers, sisters and the weaker gender (in terms of finance, we can't say about physical strength because it varies across countries). But now, women have to be a wife and mother (if she has kids), they need to work too. Women want to be independent financially. They are sick of just waiting for men to bring the bread home. They are no longer seeing themselves as just wives and/or mothers. They see themselves as individuals who are able to generate paychecks and buy what they want/need.

Wee~ I am glad that women are able to achieve so much now and stand up for themselves.
I am proud to be a woman. (:

P.S. Have you starting shopping? YOU SHOULD. GSS has begun! I bought a new dress today~ ^-^

Today

Today I can complain because I have to go to school or eagerly open my mind and fill it with rich new tidbits of knowledge.

Today I can feel sad that I don't have more money or I can be glad that my finances encourage me to plan my purchases wisely and guide me away from waste.

Today I can lament over all that my parents didn't give me when I was growing up or I can feel grateful that they allowed me to be born.

Today I can mourn my lack of friends or I can excitedly embark upon a quest to discover new relationships.

Today I can murmur dejectedly because I have to do housework or I can feel honored because the Lord has provided shelter for my mind, body and soul.

Today stretches ahead of me, waiting to be shaped. And here I am, the sculptor who gets to do the shaping.

What today will be like is up to me.
I get to choose what kind of day I will have, so can you!(:

Punishment.

When God delays discipline, it’s not due to indifference;
it’s due to His very nature—He is gracious and slow to anger.
Some see that as permission to sin, but God intends it to be an invitation to repent.

As it is said about God's righteous judgement in Romans 2:1-4,
"You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3So when you, a mere man, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? 4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance?"

I am overly and thoroughly blessed.

Thank you God Almighty for deciding who my parents are and where I live.
Thank you for food, shelter, education, nice clothes to wear, nice bed to sleep in and I don't have to worry about natural disasters.
Thank you for advanced technology and medical help available.
Thank you for supplies of medicine when I am sick.
Thank you for clean water to drink.
Thank you for the showers I can take in this heat and keep myself fresh and clean.

O Lord, the people in Haiti are suffering but they seem so far away..
How can I help?
I can't mobilise massive food supplies or build a new government for them.
Praying for them seems to be the only thing I can do. Ok, I will find out how to donate to red cross..
If you are reading this, please prayer for them!
Thank you(:

Missing someone...

I have heard others say that if one misses a person(you love) badly, one will get sick.

I didn't believe. How is it possible?

But now I know.
The sadness is so intense, it makes you feel sick.

Tears can't help but roll down your cheeks.
Its neverending...

You don't feel like doing anything.
You just wanna see him again.

Right or Wrong.

What is right?
What is wrong?

Who set the rules?

Do you know who set the rules?
I do.

God did.

Kids these days.

An Observation.

Kids these days are so precious,
Teachers in school cannot execute physical punishment.
Kids these days know manipulation,
They learn fast and usually not the good stuff.
Kids these days are much lazier (or maybe just the ones I know),
They need additional tuition classes to help them academically.
Kids these days are spoilt for choices,
They get to enjoy technology that we would never have dreamed of!
Kids these days are so lucky,
But God loves us all the same.

YAY!(:

Choices

We have to make choices everyday.

From the small things like what coffee to drink to which degree to take, we all have our time of making choices.

But sometimes we don't make good choices.
And sometimes the not-so-good choices that we made will haunt us.
And it is very frustrating. Very.

It takes time to correct some mistakes in choice-making.
One has to be patient.
The world and its rule are not helping.
Everything these days is instantaneous.

We want it NOW and FAST.
We forgot what it is like to be patient and wait.

What choices did you have to make today?
Were your choices good or bad?

I hope its good(:

Life is too good.

I've been living a good life. I almost always got what I wanted.
I have a place to call home, lots of food (good food!), money to spent, air-conditioning available, internet access, money to buy textbooks, a decent study table, plenty of stationaries, ability to pay school fees to get education, family and friends to love and be loved.

I am too too blessed. Thank you Almighty God for all these things that I have!!
I will continue to count my blessings everyday.

Have you counted your blessings today?

Terrific Tuesday

Last day of holidays!

School is starting tomorrow and I can't wait(:(:
My bff is going to Australia tonight and I'm going to miss him.

3 weeks! He's going away for 3 weeks!!
Away from all the chaos.
Away from the heat.
Away from the normal routine.
Away from familarity.

I'm still here. In Singapore.
Still not sipping capuccino in Paris.
Still not shopping in Milan.
Still not sight-seeing in S. Korea.
Still not eating Escargo in France.


Life is not fair and I learnt it the hard way...

Exasperation

Oh Lord Jesus,
Who are the winners on earth and in heaven?

What is it that counts and what is it that doesn't?
Sometimes it can be so confusing.

Oh Lord, my God.
I am tired and weary.
I am fighting a war that I do not know.
I am lost and very confused.

Beauty

is only skin deep?
yes. but it is also something that gives a woman/lady/girl confidence.

Singapore climate isn't the best environment for beautiful skin.
I always wondered if there is hope for people born without the perfect skin gene.
And I have no definite answers..

Is diet important or the products we use on our faces and other parts of our skin?
Maybe both.

Kose, Clinique, Loreal, Chanel, Shiseido, Elizabeth Arden, Clean and Clear, SK II, theFaceShop, BodyShop...... So many stores to choose your skincare from. But how do we know which is best for each individual?

Words

that come out of your mouth, come from your heart.

Always think before you speak, as you wouldn't know the impact it'll bring to others.

What may seem to be a joke to you could hurt someone and cause them to cry every night about it.

If you've said hurtful words to a loved one or friend, seek forgiveness and reconcile.
It is never too late. Do not wait till it is.

"For whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech"

1 Peter 3:10

Restrictions

is not an issue to Dr William Tan.

He was restricted in his movements but that did not restrict his mind.

I am not restricted in my movements yet I restricted my mind on what I can do.

Love

is not quantifiable.

Anything that cannot be quantified does not exist.

Thus, love does not exist.

True or False?

FALSEEEEEEEE.

But its a good way fo girls to reject guys :D

Where will I be without you here in my life?

I have never walked on water
felt the waves beneath my feet but
at Your word Lord, I'll receive Your
faith to walk on oceans deep

and I remember how You found me
in the very same place
all my failings surely would have drowned me
still You made a way

You are my freedom
Jesus, You're the reason
I'm kneeling again at Your throne
where would I be without You here in my life
here in my life

You have said that all the heavens
sing for joy at one who finds the
way to freedom, truth of Jesus
bought from death into His life

and I remember how You saw me
through the eyes of Your grace
and though the cost was Your beloved for me
still You made a way

song by Hillsongs.

Betrayal

You fall in love, whats next?
You wait for the minute of betrayal...

The change of hearts.
The change of lovers.
The need to choose. Only one.

Hearts be broken.

You are through with love.



Men and women alike.
They fancy beautiful things.
They keep one which they think is most beautiful at that moment.
But when they see something else more beautiful along the way,
they discard the antecedent.

Dance

He asked for a dance.
I took his hand and so we dance.

He led well.
All was well. (We didn't step on each other's toes.)

We could go on forever
with the music still playing.
But when will this end?
When the music stops.
Or when I let go of his hand?

To mug or not to mug?

Ahhhhhhhhhhh.
Exam period.

MUG MUG MUG.
but then, the info seems to slip away on its own~

>.<

how to retain what i learned in my head?!

I went shopping today!
Bought blue coloured contact lenses and Rilakkuma Stickers(:(:
Left two. I got both :D
hee.
Been mugging at starbucks quite a lot.
Favourite drink: Cappaucino!

Tried the Dark Berry Mocha Frape.
Looks: Nice
Taste: Kinda weird.

Left: Frape Right: Cappaucino!
Dark Berry Mocha Frape top view
Dark Berry Mocha Frape

God created Man.

Why?

I post that question to a friend.

"Why did God creat man?"

"So that He can love us."

(As if my friend knew I thought that answer was inadequate, he elaborated using a metaphor. Nice metaphor.)

©Loba™:
it's like u draw a picture, it looks nice
then the wind blows, it crumbles up
doesnt look that nice
but u still like it
cos YOU drew it
and its yours