I surrender all...

Love is patient, Love is kind.. Love never fails.

A different me...

The past few weeks was non-stop stress.. one after another. First was my work..then came the wedding preps.. ugh. And i thot i could lose some weight. Hah. Perhaps i did.. pple have been telling me that i look smaller.. but the weighing scale is ganging up with me, myself and i to tell my brain im not. Hmmph!


Now that im actually starting to count down, ive only 2 months and 10 days left to the BIG day.. and boy am i sweating profusely. I ve tons and tons of details to think about.. tons of errands to run.. what else not. If i ever make a list, it would be endlessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss..

I just read the book "The Man God Uses" and my immediate response was to surrender all. Surrender all my troubles, stress and worries to Him, the One who holds eternity in the palm of His hand.

"For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you, and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and future." - Jer 29:11

Its 19:37pm now.

And i only slept for 1.5hrs last night.

Thot i'd be stronger than this.

But i was wrong. The time has come for me to stumble and fall.

Im stoning more than i ever did in my life. Work is moving bit by bit.

The hours seem to pass SO SLOWLY

and all i wanna do is just go home and watch my Olympics.

So many things. So little time. So limited knowledge.

Im headed for a steep slope...that can only get steeper over the next few months.

Only God can supply what i need. Only He can make the impossible possible.

Jiayou Clara, i know you can do it. =]

Dissatisfied.

argh. this feeling sux.

i used to feel happy staying in my hometown,

hanging out with my good frens,

being a good daughter to my parents.

but it was all in the past.

now as my activities on facebook increase,

my jealousy increases.

and so dissatisfaction creeps in,

bit by bit.

I get so annoyed with myself,

while browsing everyone elses pics...

pics of them going on long tours to europe,

pics of many going for exchanges to other unis,

even pics of frens going to the weirdest places.

and i get SO envious.

I so hate facebook.

why didnt i grab hold of opportunities as they came by,

and let it slip away.

now there's no turning back time.

i'm turning 24 soon and what have i accomplished?

i wanna see the world..

before it gets swallowed up by time.

*my Hope is in His unfailing love*

Red Cliff rocks!

4.99999/5 popcorns for the Red Cliff!
4.99999 for its awesome production, for its marvellous actors and for the wonderful parts of the script..
0.11111 for the not-so-wonderful parts of the script, namely its corny humour which cheapened the BIG movie.. it didnt quite go well on me, as i preferred it to be more grand and majestic.
(trailer at the right hand corner)

Oh well, it 's still my favourite movie of the year so far.. but who knows what other movies may come along and steal its limelight..
The Mummy 3 seems to be quite a blockbuster as well. Cant wait.

And cant wait for the Red Cliff Sequel.
I'm so gonna get the HSBC discount card ($75 for 10 tix!!!!!) by this weekend.

Good days vs bad days

Today was a good day coz i met up with some church frens for a great dinner at a traditional korean restaurant. I knew it was a good day coz we had previously cancelled our previous dinner appt and that was a bad day!

Think about it..if everyday was a good day, we wouldnt ever experience the 'really' good days. It's the bad days that help us appreciate the good days, agree?

As Jim Grams, the writer of today's devotional wrote: "Good days are like mountain peaks. There is a journey, a struggle to get to the top of a mountain, but once there…the view is awesome and the climb worth it." I agree with his statement wholeheartedly.

Just another of my little contributions to my readers or any other visitors who are feeling low at this point in time. =)

My kinda lyrics..

I was jus exploring youtube when i chanced upon some of Leona Lewis' MTVs in the music channel. I loved both her songs - Bleeding Love and Better in Time. So there was a list of her songs and mtvs and one caught my eye.. it was titled: Footprints in the Sand. I was brought to mind the famous poem penned by Mary Stevenson. It goes like this...

One night a man had a dream.

He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.

For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand:

one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him,

he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path ofhis life there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it:
"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you,

you'd walk with me all the way.

But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life,

there is only one set of footprints.

I don't understand why whenI needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:
"My son, my precious child,

I love you and I would never leave you.

During your times of trial and suffering,when you see only one set of footprints,

it was then that I carried you."

It's an amazing poem that never fails to touch deep into my heart. So i thought Leona Lewis sang a song using the poem! But it was replaced with another set of lyrics, very similar and also just as touching. I have attached some of her videos relating to this song at the left hand bar of the page.. one of the videos also includes the lyrics.

“I promise you
I’m always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
I’ll carry you when you need a friend
You’ll find My footprints in the sand”

So glad he is back in Singapore with me.. =)

Ive been on leave since then.. trying to catch the GSS while its on to make some wedding purchases. We are inching forward bit by bit in our wedding prep altho' we really should have settled most of the big stuff by this week..

In the midst of my leave, i had the chance to attend my church motivational camp and im really amazed at how the seminar was carried out. It was not only encouraging and refreshing, it was also realistic and applicable in our daily lives.

I am the best of the best! Oh yes! =P

S.O.L.E.!

Today was the day of my photoshoot! I was really looking forward to taking the outdoor pics at the place where me and kevin met BUT the rain washed away the initial excitement.. Sigh. But we also know that there is a purpose for everything.. so i guess we chose to accept it and went forth to set aside another day for our outdoor shoots. At least we had our indoor shoots taken and i was wowed at the before and after look. Heh..

Before...

After!!!!