Interesting News from the Phillipines: A teacher at a local school held his students hostage. He is suspected to hold large amounts of explosives.

His demand: free education for the poor children who are unable to get education.

My opinion: are you sure this guy is really a teacher? I suspect that there is something wrong with his brain.

the double decker bus starts to vibrate violently and swerves into the next lane, threatening to go over the curb. some woman in the upper deck screams. people start grabbing onto the railing in front of them. she pulls out her earphones and tries to find out what is going on. go any further and the bus would have gone over the curb and overturned, throwing everyone out of the upper deck in the process.

the bus stops. then it turns slowly back to it original lane. people start to stand up. no one knows what is going on. the bus driver gets out of the bus, but leaves all the doors closed. he comes back. silence. doors remain closed. someone presses the bell and demands to be let out. voices in the lower deck. bodies shuffle towards the steps and attempt to leave.

you had a bad day, you had a bad day.

try waking up in the morning hoping today will not be a bad day. and then later in the day, you experience a near death situation.

"yes! I did not die! today is going to be a wonderful day!"

this is my third post for the day! surprise surprise! but i decided (thanks to sheng'en's reminder) that i must post this, to remind myself of what God has done and to encourage all you people out there who are still struggling.

quiet time has been talking about trust for the past, i dont know how long. never really got forced to apply it in my life. until today.

i have a level 3000 project due tomorrow. my first time doing a level 3000 paper and so i was totally lost and confused about what i am supposed to write. since it is due tomorrow, i decided to change tuition date. and my tuition kid's mom agreed so easily! wow. and ya the more surprising thing is coming.

for those who know me, i tend to worry very easily. but today i kept forcing myself to stop worrying and just let God take over. so i told God: you let me do sociology so please, take me through this paper. help me to finish this paper before dinner (although i was prepared to sleep late to finish this dumb paper). guess what. as i continued to write the paper, i got clearer and clearer about what i am writing and theories just kept surfacing. and i really finished the paper before dinner!!! wow. i never thought God will really answer my demanding prayer. but he did. he really understands that i have to finish the paper early so i can start on my next paper.

so here i am, giving him the glory due to him. lesson learnt: trust even when situations seem impossible.

You Are An ESFP

The Performer You are a natural performer and happiest when you're entertaining others. A great friend, you are generous, fun-loving and optimistic. You love to laugh - and you like almost all people equally. You accept life as it is, and you do your best to make each day fantastic. You would make a good actor, designer, or counselor.

What's Your Personality Type?

honestly, i kinda disagree with this. hahahaha

funny how God can turn anything bad into something good. experienced it today. from all these stresses, i am going to be more patient and understanding.

sometimes, these troubles do not simply help me. in this case, helped vincent as well. hey vinz, what nice timing huh? =)

i am suddenly kinda excited. last two projects! and im excited to have so many thing in store for me. suddenly all these things that i have to do seem fun. gives me a chance to exercise faith. haha not sadistic la.. but it really is going to be exciting to see how things turn out in the end. oh well.

first comes the pimple outbreak. then comes the mood swings. then i start getting blur. now, im losing my appetite.

nope this is not the time of the month. its the time of the sem. really looking forward to when this is over.

losing my appetite this drastically is bad actually. hardly ate anything proper for any of my meals. feel like puking during each meal. only good thing i can think of is that after this im going to lose weight.

help. i am drowning. drowning in my workload. this is a good time to pray that i have the ability to split up into different bodies, like how sun wukong plucks out his hair and poof! so many of him comes out. then i can make one of me go do worship prep, one of me to do deviance proj, one of me to do race proj, one of me to do social psych proj, one of me to deal with small group, one of me to do housework, one of me to be my dad's assistant. and of cos, last two but the most important, one of me to sleep 24 hours a day, and the last of me to do quiet time and pray for the rest of us. yay! what a wonderful plan

personality tests say i am a dreamer. i agree with that. a dumb dreamer too.

it feels good to have so much to do actually. to be constantly having something to do. like some kind of drug that keeps your mind off things.. only thing is that i am not taking this drug on my own free will. but i guess having so much to do and so many errands to run helps me to feel healthy =) walking around and sweating. hahaha. at least, i know that after all these i am really going to be so used to stress and expectations. its not going to be easy to be an adult.

but still, its tough trying to shake that feeling of tiredness, like how my mind can suddenly blank out and i fail to see that the car is swerving into the curb until my instructor grabs the steering wheel and shouts at me that i can fail for doing something like that. wonderful huh. i guess no one will dare to sit in my car even after i pass, especially when i am tired. hahahaha.

right now, grace is zombiefied. mind is blank. eyes staring straight at the screen and wondering how her fingers know what keys to press. her body tells her it it time to go to bed, but her mind (or at least the part that is semi awake) is telling her to finish the proj or she will fail terribly. oh well. this can be one of the decisions in life that vincent can talk about for refresh camp 07. to sleep or not to sleep. that is the question.

what is in a name, that a rose by any other name will smell as sweet.

i will admit that i am biased. as long as you catch my attention and tug at my heartstrings, you are my friend and i will protect you no matter what you do. if you don't, then i hardly notice your existence. is it just me? or does everyone else face this problem?

when things do not turn out the way you imagined it to be, but the way you prayed for it to be, it may not be a good thing. perhaps i prayed for the wrong thing. maybe i did. i am not sure.

when will this feeling leave me? when will i feel peace again? when will i feel rested?

too many things to do, 12 more days to april. congratulate me on being so behind for my work.

been so busy recently that i have not been sleeping well.. but i shall post one happy post (and everyone goes... "finally")

yups went out with Shumei, Emily and Shengen last sunday.. was so super fun!! its been a long time since we had a girls night (or day) out. almost thought that we wont be able to go out after all, but we made it! yups and i still can't believe we spent 9 hours shopping. from getting into Shumei's car and having emily as our personal dj, to experiencing SHumei's improved driving skills, to making ourselves comfortable at the back with shengen, to eating and watching each other try out clothes. wow. fun. havent laughed so much for so long. sigh must do this more often!

made me think how important friends are. yups. thanks gals. for not just the fun we had, but also the support we show each other along the way. and of cos, the internal jokes we shared on that day..

this sem has alot in store for me, 5 heavy modules, driving, tuition, new small group dynamics and so on. but im sure God will bring me through. this is going to be another fruitful sem!

hey people. anyone wants to go out? lets go! but no shopping.. haha must stop me!!