Sunday, May 25, 2008

our future business woman

our future business woman=D



we went for prata again!!! hahas yayyy












Tuesday, May 20, 2008

storytime (:

i was blog-hopping then i chanced upon this story.


A group of students were asked to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World." Though there were some disagreements, the following received the most votes:


1. Egypt's Great Pyramids
2. Taj Mahal
3. Grand Canyon
4. Panama Canal
5. Empire State Building
6. St. Peter's Basilica
7. China's Great Wall


While gathering the votes, the teacher noted that one student had not finished her paper yet. So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many." The teacher said, "Well, tell ! us what you have, and maybe we can help."


The girl hesitated,

then read, "I think the 'Seven Wonders of the World' are:


1. to see

2. to hear

3. to touch

4. to taste

5. to feel

6. to laugh

7. and to love.


The room was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop.

<3 esta

P.S. I LOVE MOULIN ROUGE

Photos of prata trip

Photos!!!
from our previous
long awaited
PRATA TRIP!

just 3 only haha
i will take more photos next time (:


yummy eeg prata with yummy currry and a extra piece of hand HAHAHAHA

EVERYBODY IS EATING =D

TISSUE PRATA (:

WE WAN MORE OUTING (:




Monday, May 19, 2008

Superstition

I don't even know why I'm typing this. I mean, maybe I should have done it on my own blog but then I guess this IS the most appropriate place for this post since I'm searching for some answers and maybe some views.

Before I begin, let me apologise in advance for being the irritating person that I am who just CANNOT accept things the way they are and go all out to prove others wrong.

So while I was in China last December and obviously they brought us to all these shops selling jade and precious stones some of which, when carved into particular shapes are supposed to 'bring luck'. I'm not superstitious and anyway not of their religion so of course, I don't believe in such things. And while other Singaporeans maybe believe in it, I certainly don't.

But here comes the issue. If you want to buy the precious stones that have been carved into no symbolic shape whatsoever just simply because you like their colour and their shape and not for the 'luck' that it claims to bring, then is it wrong? In my opinion, it isn't. If the shapes aren't carved into the idol or another religion and are jsut let's say, a plain sphere or cube strung together, then it could also be used as an accessory right?

I mean, we use diamonds as jewellery. Rubies, emeralds, sapphires, GOLD.... All have been used by the ancient Egyptians to decorate statues of their many 'gods and goddesses' and also to decorate the coffins of their pharaohs(correct spelling if I'm wrong) for the afterlife. Just because the Egpytians used these jewels that are so commonly valued today in their religious practices doesn't DISallow us to use it as just jewellery and nothing more.

Because, seriously, I don't there is ANTHING wrong with using a gem/stone used in a culture for superstitions and religious practices that we don't believe in for the use in our own jewellery or simply because we like it.

We CANNOT discriminate any gem/stones and refuse to use it just because so-and-so religion is using it in their practices and because they use it and their religion is against Christianity Christians cannot use it. God created ALL the gems and stones on earth. It is purely HUMAN activities that have superstition-alized them and turned them into religious symbols. But suppose we DON'T believe in those religious symbols? Then there's nothing wrong with admiring their colour and shape and buying them as un-religious jewellery because every gem is, after all, created by God.

If we can appreciate and admire those majestic peaks of mountains that are God's work and the beautiful limestone caves, there is not reason why we CAN'T see beyond the stones stereotyped by a culture to be superstitious and learn to appreciate and admire it as a form of God's work and art as well.

Some people are like, "No, don't buy the stones even if you want it as simple jewellery because others may think that you're superstitious since you own one." So in the end it's all a question of acceptance and not so much religious belief? If other's think you're superstitious just tell them you aren't. If they don't believe you, then why are you even friends with them in the first place? There aren't worth your friendship! As long as you're certain you never want it because it 'brings luck' and treat it like any other jewel/stone then I don't see how it will affect your faith or your belief in God.

The stone, is, after all, just a stone like any other stone.

I just wish people would be more open minded.


Cheerio!
---Kerryn(though I'm pretty sure you could guess who I am since I'm the only person boliao enough to talk about these kind of things)

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

esta is a crybaby

oh my goodness. i am an emotional wreck. I just finished watching "A Walk to Remember" and i cried like POOLS AND POOLS OF TEARS.

it is a great movie and i have no idea why i teared so much. Wasn't even that sad. BUT IT WAS SUPER TOUCHING !!

k i hope i dun get swollen eyes tmr.

<3 esther, the crybaby

Thursday, April 03, 2008

I. Passed. 2.4. ZOMG!

You know, God's wonders never cease to amaze me.

Like today, when I had my 2.4km run/walk(though its actually a JOG. Get your English right people! GOODNESS). And my physical fitness level is 0(if there were negatives, it would go to negative infinity) so 2.4 is actually really really hard for me, even though I know all the sporty people out there find it a breeze.

YEAH I'M SORRY BUT I JUST CAN'T DO IT AS EASILY AS YOU CAN OK?

So anyway, I started off thinking, "How on earth am I even going to complete this?" and soon, things proved themselves to be worse.

Imagine, it's hot, sunny and humid. You're doing your 2.4, and then your calf muscles feel like they're on fire, its like a permenant leg cramp. Everytime you stop, the pain gets sharper so you have no choice but to continue jogging.

By the middle of the jog, you're already breathless, your muscle cells have already started to respire anaerobically(producing lactic acid so it means I'm probably gonna have muscle ache tomorrow. AWESOME), your legs CONTINUE to hurt, every step is agony to your heels, sweat is dripping off your back and face.

Your lungs are close to self-combustion, and your head is reeling. You thirst for water, you're desperate, so you swallow saliva in an attempt to dampen your throat. Instead, it feels totally parched and dry, making you choke. All in all, it feels a lot worse than what you had initially expected(and believe me I've already got a very good imagination) and you want it to end SO BADLY.

But you must complete it! You MUST! If you don't, you'll have to go through this torture again! You need strength, and who do you turn to? Yup, I always turn to God. Because God's always there, rain or shine(or snow)! You ask, you BEG, "Please, PLEASE give me strength(physical). I NEED IT. I need to pass this so badly!"

You're still running. You don't feel like you're changed, I mean, you're still tired and all, but some how, you manage to continue. You push yourself beyond your own limit. Your body cries for help by sending pain signals everywhere. You ignore them. There's a motivation now, a kind of motivation that makes you want to pass. You HAVE to pass(yeah I know everyone's aiming for A or C, I just want to pass, happy?), you don't want to go through this again, in fact, you CAN'T.

And lo and behold, you actually make it! You don't know how, but you make it and that's what counts.

Everytime I start the run without knowing how I'm going to make it. And everytime I manage to do it, no matter how much I feel like giving up in the middle. Isn't that a miracle?(to me anyway, I know to YOU it might not be. FOR ME IT IS OK?) I can never understand how I am able to pull through, and if it isn't a miracle of God then I don't know what is.

PEOPLE!!! THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION. It's a factual recount from MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE!!!! I really DID feel like that during NAPHA, believe it or not.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Harlow!

harlow!

okay im very bored so here i am, trying to find myself an excuse nt to do my work =D
anyway, we are going for prata next week! and im super happy nt because i get to eat my -craving -for-a-long-time prata bt we can all go out tgt! ok thats wat i really like ok. im nt obsess with prata =). anyway GO GO JIAYOUS! to everybody stressed out out there, including teachers and vp and students.

anyway i tink we shud plan for our big class outing so we can like go batam or something at the end of the year =D dun like last year liddat too late le cannot book any room I WANT TO PLAY MAHJONG OKAY~ and i wan to have loads of fun =)

im like currently thinking whether i shud juz give up the chance of trying out for the econs aussie trip and go straight to church camp in batam because i tink it will be so much more fun with u guys around even though the econs fieldtrip is 1350 dollars subsidiesed to 350 only for a trip to perth australia [ and this is super duper attractive. think abt it. pay 300++ and u get to choose australia or batam]

anyway i am like dead beat this whole week because my only day to slp in which is sat is taken by my sch sports carnival and its a total waste of time. i actually signed up for TOUCH RUGBY. i was still thinking how i am going to survive thru sat days before. anyway i did nt play in the end though[ unfortunately,-- to ernie] cos i have stomachache =(

in conclusion lets all work hard tgt okay!!!! anyway wat is jiren laoshi doing now ah? working? or studying? if studying den our whole class is a study class! woohoo haha bt i tink he is working rite =D lols ok i tink i shall stop crapping LOL a pile of shitty crap lah. =D

-7 days to prata

>.<

i dunno how im gonna pull through this week with all the workload.. so i guess thinking about the prata trip and knowing that we are gonna have prata next sunday is my only consolation.

im looking forward to it :) so please dun cancel it. it will torture my already stressed out soul.

<3 esther pang, the stressed mugger

Saturday, March 22, 2008

just a post/ memory

sorry but i just need an outlet for me to type/ rant stuffs that are running thru my head right. feel free to skip this post cause i have no idea how its gonna be like or how its gonna end. just gonna type whatever that pops into my head.

k, random but i suddenly had a vision of me being alone and old. kinda freaked me out. i think this is how people starting emoing. like u stone then this random NEGATIVE / SAD thought just hits u and u starting brooding over it like crazy.
haiz. but the reason why im emoing isnt because of that dumb vision la. i think im justing too insecure about certain stuffs. >.<

which is why I WILL COME UP WITH A CURE FOR EMO-NESS cause i cant stand emoing, so tiring.
not to mention, i wanna cure the common cold. :) but my mum reckons that ill literally die studying medicine. (i havent thought of what i wanna do in the future yet tho.)

zzz. k change topic, schoolfrens rock but schoolwork sucks. sitting in the front of the class isnt in the least helping me pay attention during lessons. but thank goodness there's PE. kerryn i know u loathe PE. but i think PE is the only time i get to have real real real fun. my PE teacher rocks!!! WOOTS.
k i think im transiting from emo to being a little bit high.

k my itunes is sorta on shuffle and now is playing avril lavignes's who knows. kinda like funny cause ernie and i were mentioning that we both are poor little souls who are living just to get the days go by. and like the song says "there's something more, life's worth livin for". i guess im still trying to find my calling in life.

i have this urge to end off with a meaningful poem or something but my ang-moh sucks. haha, i felt like googling the poem but too lazy. sorry to be ending so abruptly like this but whatever la. ben xiao jie super sleepy. emo and sleepy dun mix well, so i'd better just go sleep before i get cranky/ unhealthily high.

GOD LOVES US :D
<3 esta

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

I'm in!!!

im in!!!!

hello people.

let me rant here.. my holidays are ending.................................
but school will be fun i guess. besides the pile-load of work.

take care u guys.
pray hard.

signing out
-joel

Wednesday, December 19, 2007



From Left to Right: Joseph Sam Stingray















Thursday, November 08, 2007

Just a random crappy post

So... This is my first ever post in this blog. If you've even noticed that is, but I wouldn't cuz I'm not very observant.

I'm just feeling really bored and decided to say some stuff here, what stuff I don't know, I'm just gonna spew whatever I feel like saying.

I'm not that updated, and I'm not totally clear what's going on in everyone's lives. But I'm pretty sure there are people still with O Levels(though whether it's over or not I don't know) and those who are all tied up in CCA and those well, with their own stuff to do.

And then there is me, with tons of stuff to do but I've not gotten the motivation to do it yet so I'm putting it off till I find some. Ok, so I know this isn't exactly the right attitude to have. But I can't help it! If I so much as STARE at another trigo question, my brain is going to explode and my I'll start foaming at the mouth.

But anyway, I'll try not to complain.

I just hope that those with exams, you'll be able to hang in there, persevere(though it's much harder than it seems) and get through the entire thing. Oh, and hopefully, you won't end up studying last minute like me. I think we're all pretty familiar with the consequences of last minute work, even though sometimes it does work wonders!

Yes, and I hope everyone gets some GOOD school teachers next year, and not those noobish teachers who actually say that, "It is not the responsibility of the teacher if you score badly. It's your own fault." because to some extent, it is their responsibility to ensure that we understand the concept of the topic. We need to study the details, but the basic foundation is ALWAYS laid by the teacher. And if they say that our marks can't be determined by our teacher, then we might as well stay at home and self study! The teacher can't make any difference anyway right?

Stupid logic of theirs.

And those with CCAs or activities that take up their week, I sincerely hope you enjoy it, because it's the only way you can stay happy, and being sad and angry IS quite tiring after awhile, if you've tried to do it for a long period of time before, which I have, and trust me, it wasn't a good experience.

Well, seems like I ended up complaining a great deal after all...

Signing off now, bye! And those who actually have a proper, uninterrupted holiday, then good for you! Happy holidays!

--Kerryn

Thursday, September 27, 2007

EXAMS STRESS AR...

Hellos!


Seemed like everybody had a bad week lol.

Hmm don't worry. God will bless you. (:

And so, let me tell you guys how dead I am...

And the inspirations.


Okay first history. Have a whole stack of notes to read, plus erm some reference book on History of Singapore. And next wednesday is History exams.

And so, to cheer myself up, this will be the last time I'm touching history... So better chiong else I'll regret it. (: [P.S. I really really don't like history]

Then Physics. Our most wonderful Chem/Phys teacher [actually she's upper sec chem teacher, no idea why she come teach us lor.], have not finish the sec2 syllabus, and we have no more lessons with her. In other words, we don't know a thing after ray diagrams.

But it's okay, God will ensure I finish the powerpoints. And pray hard nothing came out for those she didn't teach.

Then Maths. Set theory is awful. I manage to get all the sets questions wrong for my Maths Common Test 4. And plus a whole lot of carelessness, which is why I scored 31.5/40, when I can get something like 37.

Nevermind, Maths teacher says this time exams isn't very hard.

Language Arts. Don't ask me why we even have this. I haven't study my formal letter format yet. And it's the first paper.

Whatever. I will go get a 5 minutes crash course on Monday morning.

HCL. Seriously there's something wrong with the dictionary. Either that or I just can't differentiate 词语 with same pronounciation.

But nevermind, I don't use those words lor.

Geography, the worst. I got my geog notes, and 3 textbooks to study...

Then again, I got until next Thursday to study.

And so, this is the pros and cons...

To cheer you guys up, think of post exam activities!

EOYs in 5 days, freedom in 15 days.

I think I can live that long.

Love, HuiHan (:

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Code okay!

Yes yes yes I fixed the code. Call me pro. Hahahaha.

Lols happy birthday Ernie!

Sunday, August 26, 2007

AH *pouts*

GUESS WHAT... IM PRACTICALLY GONNA CRY ALR >.<

my stupid itunes crashed and all the songs are gone alr.. i dun even know where to start looking for or adding the 1387 songs in the com

STUPID COM STUPID LIFE OF MINE

Saturday, August 25, 2007

*unhappy face* D:

HAIZ.. i screwed my english orals and if i fail english again, ill most likely have to retain in sec 3 for another year...

way to talk about stress

Sunday, August 12, 2007

腓 立 比 書 2

13 因 为 你 们 立 志 行 事 都 是 神 在 你 们 心 里 运 行 , 为 要 成 就 他 的 美 意 。

hello kiddos! this is the latest memory verse :)

samantha mentioned taking down our prayer requests. anyone has any ideas how to go about doing that? also, remember to come at 9am next week :) it's a day for you kiddos and some oldies (haha).

meanwhile, don't be too stressed out by your school work!

Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6

beyond the studying, remember that God has a greater purpose in our lives: to become like Christ! and the 3 tools He uses are the bible, prayer and suffering. When we submit to God and each other through service and sacrifice, God grants us joy, now and the future.

that's the summary of today's lesson. :D

btw, thanks esther for copying out the verses on the board :) but can you please add the Don't back to the Please erase? thanks :)

Monday, August 06, 2007

dear kiddos (hehe),

i have a story to tell.

we teachers said we wanted to exchange a verse for 1/4 prata. but we really want to treat you all! :) hee. in any case, it reminds me of Jesus.

So, we treated you all to prata. We didn't do it cos you memorised the verses. Even if you couldn't memorise, we still would have treated you. Does this mean you don't memorise the verses? No, instead you memorise cos you know we love you all like Paul loved the Philippians. :)

Similarly, God gave us His 10 commandments among other laws. Apparently, if we obey the laws, then God will grant us salvation. but through the people of Israel who received these laws, it has been shown that NO ONE is righteous or good enough to be able to obey these laws. So He sent Jesus, through whom we have salvation. but does that mean we do not obey His laws since we are not good enough? No, instead because of God's love and mercy, the more we should obey Him. Not to get salvation, which has been freely granted to us, but because to obey is to show that we love God.

Ok, I am not trying to say the teachers are as great as God. Haha, I just wanted you all to realise how wonderful our God is. :)

See you all this Sunday!

Sunday, July 22, 2007

腓 立 比 書 1


6
我 深 信 那 在 你 们 心 里 动 了 善 工 的 , 必 成 全 这 工 , 直 到 耶 稣 基 督 的 日 子 。

21 因 我 活 着 就 是 基 督 , 我 死 了 就 有 益 处 。

27 只 要 你 们 行 事 为 人 与 基 督 的 福 音 相 称 ,... 知 道 你 们 同 有 一 个 心 志 , 站 立 得 稳 , 为 所 信 的 福 音 齐 心 努 力 。

腓 立 比 書 2

3 凡 事 不 可 结 党 , 不 可 贪 图 虚 浮 的 荣 耀 ; 只 要 存 心 谦 卑 , 各 人 看 别 人 比 自 己 强 。

These are the memory verses so far! do come and take a look at them and try to understand and remember them! :)

我 将 你 的 话 藏 在 心 里 , 免 得 我 得 罪 你 。 - 詩 篇 119:11

when we put God's word in our hearts, the Holy Spirit can use them to remind us and teach us to make choices and comfort us. it is a blessing!

anyway, i love you all :) haha, you guys are my favourite class!!

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

SOMEONE'S GETTING OLD MATURE!

DEAREST DEBRA :DDD

*lol so many D-s*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY:)
we wish for u greater wisdom, good health

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!!

HEIGHT:))

<3 your stews