yo!

hey... haha... dis blog reallli did seem deserted... haha... anyways... ronghui here... well... wads goin on wif mu life? haha... for now... i m currently not studyin... m workin 2 jobs... one still at de cd shop.... do other one is workin at far east... haha...

so next time when ya go far east n saw me workin dere... dun get shocked... as for my studies... i m thinkin of goin private next yr.. but.. haha... dunno will definately go or not... but... realli... studies r realli impt... but... yea... haha...

well... my fone no. is still de same... e-mail still de same... so if ya guys wan meet out do call mi or drop mi a email... k? miss de times where we hanged out... haha... take care y'all!!! ^.^

Something to share ...

Hmmm , this blog seem abandoned . I am wondering if there is any life coaching gathering recently ? Did you girls meet up ? How are you girls ? How are your poly lives ? How are you all coping with studies ? Anything to share ? Tons of questions I wanted to ask all of you ... 

Anyway , I had something to share ...

I was partnering this person , let's call her P , to do a pair assignment . During our first meeting to do the assignment , it was alright , we did stuff together . Then the next lesson she didn't come , so I started doing a little on my own .

Then the third week , the lecturers had to check our work . Two days before , I message her to asked if she wants to meet up and complete the part where the lecturer wanted to check . She did not reply . So , I did the assignment alone . She didn't turn up on the checking day . The next day she claimed that she didn't receive my message and because her cousin died , she couldn't come for lesson . I had my doubt . She even claim that she didn't know about the checking day , I pointed to her that its was printed on the assignment sheet . She said to me , ' We must do ... because there will be a check ' when we first read our assignment sheet ,

As weeks passes , she still didn't turn up for the class where we had to do our assignment . Then before the break , I arranged to meet with her to do the assignment so that during the break we could asked the lecturer . She was reluctant to stay back after school , so we arranged meeting on the day of the consultation . On that day , she message me that she is late and could not make it .

Then it was the week of submitting the assignment . I asked if she could meet me on monday . She said she could and will find me after her lab class . And so I waited and waited .

The next day , she told me that she had changed handphone and so she lost my number . Also she tried to enter my hostel but they didn't let her in . My hostel had a reception , if she had tried to go in , they could have called me from the reception . I knew she was telling lie but I kept my cool .  

Then on Wednesday , she finally could stay . We did our assignment together . As there are lots to be done , I was expecting to stayed back late . But she said , her boyfriend will helped us checked our work and she borrowed stuff that I had done alone to show her boyfriend . She even promised to meet after that . And so I waited and waited . Till close to 10 pm , she message me that her boyfriend had checked our stuff and redid many things .

The next day , she gave me a heart attack . She left the stuff at home . I was super afraid that she had lost my things or tried to submit my stuff as her own . Then she went home to get it . I am glad that she didn't lose my stuff  . When I take a look at the things she claimed she did and had took her the entire night . I asked her some questions like which value she used and what diagrams should be submitted , she gave me all the wrong answers and even gave me a irritated attitude . As I looked closely at the work , I realized it was her boyfriend doing the work .

Then during the break , I went to look for in lab because she said she was staying till 5 pm , but she wasn't there . I messaged and emailed  her and ask her what time she will be available so that we can compile our work the next day . There was still one unknown part , she is suppose to calculate the shaft diameter . And so I waited and waited . 

Then finally , I dropped her a call , she told me that she had submitted her work . She couldn't contact me because her handphone is out of credit . She had drop an email to the lecturer to inform him about this . I quickly head to the reception to hand in my stuff and luckily even though its was little later than the stated time . The receptionist stamped the date I hand up my work instead of the day after that . So it was not consider late .

After handing up the assignment , I realized that I might have put in the wrong shaft diameter , I called her again and checked with her . She told me that there is no shaft diameter . If there is no shaft diameter , how could she have draw the shaft ?  There is only two possibilities , either her boyfriend did it or she didn't want to tell me . I decided to keep my doubts and forget about it .  As for the standard of the assignment done , I tried my best ...

P also skipped Math lectures and  tutorials and will ask me if she could copy the sample test from me . The sample test is same as the test paper just that the values are changed . So who have answers to the sample test will definitely pass the pass . I was reluctant to lend her because I think its unfair . But I had said that I will be there . So I asked another friend to lend it to her . Through that friend , I found out that P had also asked her to lend her to copy . I felt a little betrayed .

After all had happened , my conscience is clear . As Mirabel had advised , I should draw a line with her in friendship . I will distant myself from her . This will be part of my experience . As for me , through this incident , I felt a little scared and uncertain about other issues like what had  she had email the lecturer because she told me that she told the lecturer that I was un-contactable , whether I will face a penalty for handing up split part work . 

I am glad its all over for the assignment ... 

-BELINDA-

Hmmm , I didn't know where to start from . I think the news about me going over to Melbourne to study was quite earth shaking . Ya , it was a speedy decision too . I tried to postpone the study to early next year but my dad refuse ... Now , with internet , the process speed up a lot . It took m less than a month to settle everything . 

Mirabel wants me to blog about it so that it could be inspiration to you all . What landed to where I am now is maybe the wanting to get a degree . Today's society is so practical that it points down to a paper . So , I think having a degree will be essential to me . I also considered myself lucky because my parents are able to support me financially . 

It wasn't a easy decision to make because , I have to leave my comfort zone . Starting a new life in a foreign country . No friends ... I also had to assure my parents that I will be fine on my own . I had to do housework and cook my own meal . Many discouraging things deters me from going . But I tell myself , I never try , I will never know . Even if I went there for a week and decides to come back . I , myself , at least know that I had tried ...

Over these few days , with my dad around , helping me to carry my stuff around and so on . Now, I am on my own ...

It points down to discipline , I am quite reluctant to wash the toilet and clean the floors . I did self-reasoning . I told myself , is this the toilet you want to be in ? Then I washed my toilet's dutifully . All these minor minor stuff , makes a great difference ... 

belinda ... 

sch

now... i m in sch... but sick... haha.. yesterdae first dae of sch le.. but sick... haha... suay rite... den sch ok la... bored like hell la.... den how r u guys doin? sorri bout de meetin last time.. my frens... dey r de quiet kind....

did u guys enjoy yrself? heee... jia you wor guys.. in wadeva u do.. ^^

ronghui

Allow me to update all of u about OUR Secondary school

WAHAHA..

These are the OLD pictures.

the school has many colours already,, nt just THE DULL GREEN COLOUR.

the wall and pillars became very bright..

there's yellow, blue, and many more..

haha

dun look like the old school anymore....

sobsob. tt's all i got to say..haha..so lame of me

Our 1st Catchup dinner in 2008

Call it occupational hazard or 'trying to be difficult', even during my catch up dinner with you last night, I could not help but ask these leading questions:

* How do you think you have grown in the past year?

* What do you hope to work on in your personal life that will make this year better than the last?

The truth is, i wasn't trying to be difficult. I believe in the power of speaking out your growth journey and personal goals. It is always different when we hear our own selves articulate these, especially the affirmation of our growth.

Were you gals encouraged to hear from one another and yourself? =)

I guess the best answer that i had gotten to my first question above was: moustache. (Guess who?)

So here i was trying to 'poke' into your lives though our official life coaching journey ended more than a year back. But it definitely paid off to be meddlesome in this case. My heart leapt with unspeakable joy as i heard each of you share, especially when some of you expressed that you had overcome certain issues that i remembered from our coaching journey!

Life may not always be favourable to our side, but it is the attitude that we choose that determines our joy or lack of joy in life - we can either sulk our way through, blaming others and ourselves, or know that through even storms, there can be a Rock which we can stand securely upon and not a wave can hit us.

Shereen and Asyiqin, you were missed!

Thanks Ber again for organising this! =)

Hey yo everione!!
I got back my results.. hehe.. so happi..
let me boast around abit ba..and update everione.
ermm.. hehe.. my L1R4 is 8.and L1R5 is 10.
and i'm going to study in ngee ann poly ,, accountancy,,
hehe..

Hope to see you all soon.!!and know how u all are been..
--amy--

Snapshots from Israel! Part 1

HEY!!! How are you dears??

Update here and let me know ok?

Below is Part One of my Israel trip account, which i posted on my personal blog. Take a peek at Israel!!!

=)
Luv,
Mirabel

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Two peektures, which i surprisingly discovered, summarise what the Lord has done for me during the Israel trip!

Peekture ONE

Before departure. What a tired and dull looking me! (My spirit was a little down in the week before the trip)

Peekture TWO
Arrival back to Singapore. God works in amazing ways. After two nights of intense lack of sleep due to rushing to airport and travelling on plane, i actually looked more refreshed and joyful this night.

Yes God met me in breathtaking ways in Israel, and He restored my soul and topped up His living waters in me.

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Glimpses of the Holy Land!


Thinking Israel is some dusty, rusty undeveloped place? Check out its city of Jaffa! The whole west coast of Israel is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea (above), ever so exotically blue.

One of the trip highlights for many was the Sea of Galilee (below). The peace of God dawned on many of our hearts as Pastor Eugene preached on 'Peace'.

Eunice, Stephanie and I spent the time after Pastor's message singing as we swung our legs over the Galilee waters to the beat of the songs of worship to the Lord.

The picture below of the beach at Caesarea reminded me of this verse Matthew 19:14
'Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." '

Cana - The place where Jesus changed water into wine at a wedding.

I discovered that.... I might have been a MacDonald's kid! (Below: MacDonald's sign in Hebrew)

To our delight we had a Chinese lunch! The fare was simple but it caused our taste buds to rejoice and leap.

The restaurant is opened by a pair of Christian Chinese. Their words on the wall definitely lifted me a lot - that I can always depend on God to start afresh (picture on the left), and God's joy is truly the best medicine (picture on the right) - exactly what God had given for me in the first 3 days of Israel!

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Tadaaa..... this is the end of Part 1. Stay tuned for more! Ha.

Want to end here by giving thanks for one of my best travelmates Angela (see below!). We had a wonderful time together the whole of our 4th day, and wow how mightily did we bless each other.

ONE OF THE MOST MINDBLOWING MOMENTS:

Me: 'Angela!! Do you know my greatest passion is dance!' (I had NEVER mentioned this to Angela ever)

Angela: 'So scary. Just a few seconds before you told me this, i had a vision of you dancing with a tambourine! Out of nowhere!'

Both of us: 'Oh GOD.... You are with us!'

Me in my mind: 'Wow God, thank YOu for remembering and affirming this God-given passion!' (Nearly really to tears)