A Glimpse of Heaven

by the publicity team!

cant do w/o them. Man of Steel huur.

Creator King with effects...

food from awesome ppl.

the musicians. first time on the synth.

and with the liangs. haha.

3 shepherds. hahahhaha.

and lovely angels.

hmm... hahaha.


whoohoo. cleannn up time.


the lums plus paul and i... Something Beautiful.. i try to get hold of a nice recording first yea.


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well. was a little tired. but, real glad that everyone had fun. again, when eugene led, the HS was ushered again. amen.
and for the song we did, i think we did well! ahha. we had very limited pracs until today. haha. like last min, we did like 8 recordings in the youth rm! hahaha. great to play with them. must train to sing nice nice one day.
oh yea. nigel and daniel sang well. ytd... after the prac.. my mum was like.. "whoa. the lum brothers gd ar". haha.
not forgetting the al-so-cool bassist tracy and our shaker, paul. haha.

and today's, my first time on the syth. super afraid. coz i'm so technically not there. haha. so i had to clear closely to wad i was playing.

as for marc's band.. wasted coz could hear his electric. but on the whole, it sounded good. yea bpy.

and the dance. well, we always had fun when we're on stage and off stage, esp freaking out like a few seconds b4 we hit ths stage. but it went well. (: well done to daniel who learnt the dance in ONE day and had like minimal pracs.

raine and pete is awesome. as usual. hahah.

kim sang with gloria! they gave the goose bumps... coz it was whoohoo! coool.

oh yes. creator king and the angels. haha. well done. really gifted from God.


to me, this year i wanted to like chill yow. like just perform one item with nigel coz last yr we've already wanted to do a chilling-acoustic kinda thing. haha. and within a notice of ONE wk, i found myself in 4 items. well, i wasn't supposed to be in the worship team for tonight. but joanne came late for prac so as i was fiddling, i was called in. hahaa. happy coz i've always wanted to do smth with the keyboard. but worried coz i know full well that i'm not there yet. haha. but yea, with God's grace, it went well.


so yea.thus, i did not go for the Christmas Party with the rugby girls. the theme was retro night. haha. saw the effeciently uploaded pics by rach.. they really looked cool. haha.




oh well. i'm still lacking that courage. haha. but why must it be me? but then again, what's really there to talk abt since there's nothing left.

something beautiful.

be sure to catch A Glimpse of Heaven Tmr!



had practice today. up till this stage, i'm not confident in whatever i do. be it in the music, dance or even sports, still lack that confidence.
tsk tsk.


i think its quite funny how my thoughts abt nonsensical details were right abt you. hhaha. great minds think alike. rmbr 'the ability to feel for each other'? i'm not sure if this still applies. haha.


tonight, it feels that i'm some FIB investigator. going through all the past files and photos, still trying to analyze- what went wrong. hahaha. 'brought to you by national geographic'. haha.


independence vs transparency
i'll figure that out. haha.





give it up man,
just give up.

CF

CF card; like a Ctrl Freak

sometimes i ask myself, what if not being marian, i know marian.
how would i see her as...
not so much of peer esteem, but WWJD.
am i living a life that God is smiling from above.


i guess that explains the mixed feelings i'm feeling these few days; like some reshuffling of issues in life.
hoho.
you can say that again.



you know like how ppl demands so much from you;
and ppl eventually end up changing, for better or worse, your heart feels. and then you ask yourself is it your actions or response or just plain internal factors that cause such a emotion to occur.
and at the end of the day, you get frustrated, resulting to being angry with yourself.

and above all, you choose to deny it all.
lagi best.



seriously, sometimes many a times, i unnecessarily tire myself just by being negative and falling into my selfpity mode. and to make the situation worse, i put myself in a position whereby i'm alone, possibly surronded by 4 walls. and then, i blame question myself- in that mode. haha. like in a police interrogation room.

so you start looking at your Indox SMSes, or resort to scrolling down the names in you phonebook. at the Ds, you're like... forget it. and your're not even a quarter way through.
hmmm. Ds. hahaha.



anyways. for other matter.
maybe i'm glad that things are changing abit, but at a megaultimately slow pace that a snail would win that speed. but i just hope that u're realising that i'm still actually looking out for you, despite telling myself to heck it.

carolling

ok. i'll limit just to 5 photos. the rest can be found at http://ascensiontny.blogspot.com/ the photos section.

b4 we left.


the relatively younger boys.

and i think this is all the girls.

our annual brothers photo. our 3rd yr birthday is TMR!

and yes, meet my CELL and my beautiful cell leaders. (:

ok. this year, the no. of boys really overpowered the girls.
thank God there isn't rain.
and, a gd time of fellowship.


this morng trng was 3hrs and i can feel the muscles aching now. we did the diving thing again, and now, my leg is filled with more itchy rashes and ugly cuts. haha. blech. i dun like tembusu field.


after that, went home b4 heading off for carolling. after carolling, went to watch a movie with some of them. i know i had a gd time. its been ages since i'm out like that.

at home.

i spent the day sorting out the Thailand photos and on the Rubick's cube.
i happily forgot about ballet class today. HAHA. yes.

i'm like... pro-lly into 14hrs on the photos now. once its done, i'll do the dedication vid. and once that's done, i'll finish up my IJs and do hardcore projects.


meanwhile.
tmr, i'll be my rarest timing of 8am rugby trng. hahaha. this morng, i woke up, with my elbows and knees pain. AND, i found out ugly long scratch lines on my knees and elbows. hahaha. coz mon we're practising diving since it was raining. haha.i think we did at like 10 over. tak galm lehs! ahha. tmr night is carolling. ahhha.

i really pray that it'll drizzling tmr morng so the grass can show mercy on us. haha.


back to the photos man. gotta long day tmrs.

through my lens...

Faithful
The Sun will rise every morning. Over there, we really appreciate the warmth after every freezing nights.

Our Locked Out Friend
This is a spider caught near the medical area. There were many of these creepy crawlers in the girls room while we're sleeping. haha. Before we sleep, we ensure that all our bags are zipped up and tighten our sleeping bags. haha. This picture is 7-yrs old John's hand who is very excited about spiders. haha.

The Burden
I can't rmr wad Dr. Heng Hung told me abt this illness. But bascially, what we prescribed her was T.O Balm, MultiVits and Panadol.


Starry Stars
Again, another village w/o light, the stars are very very very visible at night. haha. had a gd time trying not to laugh and keeping still.

Don't worry, didn't use the cloning function. ahha. you can see Orion's Belt! ((:

F/5.6
Exp Time 51 sec! (haha) - w/o tripod, using support of vehicle.
ISO-800


Playful Doc.
F/6.3
Exp Time 16sec
ISO 500

haha.
at one of the village there there wasn't light, we had a gd laugh of time play with our torches. This is one of our 'graffitti', using the torchlight by one of our doctors. Its the little things that keeps us lifely at night. haha.

Fatigue
This is one of the Team Doctor, and his son after a long day seeing patients after patients. On some days, the doctors had to see 100 over patients through the night.

My Future
One of our patients, all ready to serve the country. The tries to put up a strong front when facing the medicines.

As Vast...
as the sky. That's just a fraction of God's love for you.

Almost There...
Two of the vehicles got stucked on several occasions. The boys had to go down and retrieve our baggages and equippment. The skilled drivers had to literally digg their way out with their bare hands.

Its All Worth It
These land filled with smiles makes our arduous journey worth it.

Sanitizer
Very important to sanitize our hands while doing medical!

Wounds
This patient got hurt from his machete while farming. The wound is about 2 weeks old w/o proper treatment.

Village Kids
This is 2 very good friends from the same village.

Playtime
They try to hit wheel to make it go in a direction. Its not easy to keep it steady! But this kids make it look very simple.

The Convoy
This is our convoy. It's about 7 vehicles. All communication is done via the walkie-talkie. The roads can be quite bumpy till it gives many of us the motion sickness.

Warmth
Every morning, this cat would appear at my side of my sleeping bag to get some warmth on the cold mornings in the mountains.

Thanksgiving
When our team went to the villages, every village will serve their best. During that season, it was a good season of harvest and we're glad to be part of the thanksgiving services. The villagers will always try their best to ensure that we had a good stay that their homes.

From her view...
An Akha villager looking through the window during a Religious Service. As the concrete building is small, many of the villages had to follow the Service from the outside.


Curiosity
They never fail to get infront of the lens.

Stepping Up
One of the children in the Akha Hilltribes in Northern Thailand. Many of the children suffer from having worms in their stomachs due to poor hygiene values.

Inaccessible
One of the children in the Akha Hilltribes in Northern Thailand. Many of the children do not go to school because their village are quite inaccessible and distant.

Touch of Life
Love.

cold

trng was wet and cold inside out.

i think we all can do this much much much better.

shopping sial.

after church, had some time with nigel and i think God really chose that song. so yea. keep a look out during coffeeshopnite!

after that. shooping and vivo. i spent 100 bucks over on fashion la. hahah.
i bought a 3/4shorts, crocs! and high heels from bata. crocs it the most expensive one. coz i needed smth more formal than slippers w/o the need of socks. and its supppperrr comfortable, courtesy of aunty chris during the thailand trip.

the shorts and heels is for carollling. ahaha. the heels from bata is $35... i think its quite a good buy and it looks very sweet. hahahhaa. will try to modify it if i have the time. hahha.


ok. tonight is REST DAY. YAYS. coz tmr, i can wake up AT ANY TIMING. whoooots. ((:
then at night got trng. but i have got the whole morng to MYSELF. (:



keep a look out for photos! i'll be doing the mission photos now and hopefully finish it up soon.

my leagues.

the camp! ahha. honestly, i was reallly tired. after the trip, its the exams and then the camp. haven't have a proper night's rest. i'm looking forward to sunday night's slp tmr! hohoho.
i'm glad the tny enjoyed themselves. i really hope that the younger generation will step up and apply wad they have learnt in the camp in their lives.

ok. i'll explain the b4 following photos. last night, i slept at around 4am. and i woke up at 740am, rushed down for the mental skills trng at 8am, and only to find shimo and ruby. so they were preparing for the dec babe's cake.

the girls were coming up from the sports com... so we had NO WHERE to hide w/o the mtng room keys. so one solution left. the boys toilet. hahaa.






i think we spent abt 15-20mins in there? a gd adventure i should say. hahaha.

mental trng skills today. i really felt sleeppy. we're suppose to evaluate and use some formula thing. and i tell u ar.... to find the ans for (10-2) x 8 .... i took me 3 times to calcuate mentally with the help of my fingers. my brain was slpping la.

after lunch, went home from camp and then went for tap. felt gd to tap again after 1.5months. need to get new shoes. my 7yr old shoe is spoiling as it gets too soft. super sleepy!!

then had a v gd dinner while celebrating jov's n lydia's bday.


ok. i'm off to do stuff to slp now.

i've got 2 wks to gofortrngs dothechurchdedicationvideo sortoutthaiphotos projectsandijs prepareforcoffeeshopnite and thechristmasactivities.

i wish there is one more wk in 2007!

rest less = restless

probably am soooo disappointed with this morng's paper. i knew my points but applied it wrongly. i wrote the right 20m ans. and i happily changed it to another 4 factors. in total, i've successfully minused off a confirmed 30m for a 50m paper.


i guess that's why i'm subconsicously giving up my paper tmr. i hope i pia tonight pls.

letargic is the word.


i really miss thailand. those 2 wks are probably the best 2 wks of 2007.



gg for youth camp. back on sat.

rubik's mind

quite funny that it seems that the whole world is playing that cube.

my photogs are.
my friends are.
my long lost friends are.


haha.


today's paper... well. i hoped i craped the right stuff though. quite funny.. A P R... it's Accountability, Performance level, Renumeration... i put the A as Accuracy. hahaahahaa. i think the tchrs are gg to have a gd time marking the scripts. that Q was a 20m q. its like... wattts?


i'm not exactly panicky abt this yow. its more of the things that i've not done!! hohos. should i go for coe trng tmr?

:l

not feeling the best of moods now.

the paper in the morng required indepth understanding which i lacked.
and. in thailand, i studied the whole subject of IMP, hoping to score well. but only realising that there's NO TEST for it.

feeling abit very discouraged right now.

also because of my absence for the Asian All Schools and countless trngs, i've obseleted myself an opportunity to play for the major IVP in january. ): but praise God, i heard that the sch field is ready.


today's a very different day.
ought to reshuffle my priorties in life now, leading a life that's pleasing to God and not to Man. keep praying for strength and faith to placing my trust in God. cheer up Marian!




i miss those 15 days with people. those 15 days.

i am BACK!

so many things to thank God for.

so many things on my mind. give me time yea. (:

1. the tests.
2. the camps.
3. the bbqs.
4. my rugby team.
5. my bowling team.
6. my family and friends.


haven't catch up. pls update me whenever posssible plssss! i've missed so so much trngs and eventful days! ):
for some reason, now that i'm back, bowling doesn't seem to matter. and as for rugby, it makes me wanna train more! (: haha. must pray abt this.



the mouse and keyboard feels kinda wierd now. haha. and in total, (have yet to be finalised..) i've taken 3000++ photos! yows.



will update more soon. going to focus on my tests NOW. i've just landed like 2 hrs ago. and i'm having a paper in 10hrs. fun.



but one general conclusion i've learnt through the trip: God is faithfully awesome.

gone!

back on the 9th Dec.

pls do pray for journey mercies and the trip itself. pray for healing as well as salvation (: thanks.

for any urgent matters, pls SMS me. (:

CHAMPIONS

BOYS & GIRLS
Overall CHAMPIONS.
- girls: singles gold, doubles bronze, quartet gold.
- boys: singles silver, doubles gold, quartet gold.






(: glad to make new opponents as friends and most imptly, played as a team.
thank u cheryl, jean and esp amanda, my doubles partner.

there were parts that we could bagged a medal.. but... its ok!
i'm really really happy with the double win. ((: hard fight for the boys team.

honestly, today. i think i placed my shots well. just then it wasnt enough to carry down the pins. someimes off target though. haha.


((: thanks team.

pass it on.

started out a rough morng. coz i did my IJs. i finished it! ((: finally.
but i'm not sure if the A&P one is gd enough. quite confident abt the IMP one though.

commskills. thanks la. the tchr say.. 'well, there's nothing much i can do'. THANKS. so i'm like. 0?. 'you've just got to work hard for other components'. thanks tchr. tchr... BYE! WAHAHHAHAs.



and today. pass it on. it was a 1.5km... i think it was like.. to sprint or not to sprint. AHHAH. neither long nor short dist. but i think our team did well. the line up...
1) estee
2) marian
3) mr. gary
4) mr. steven ng
5) sixiu
6) pk
7) haoming
8) ms de silva. aka.. worker's party lady.

hahaa. i was the 2nd runner and it was like 3 girls out of the 32 teams as the 2nd runner. ahha. then while running.. i felt supppperrr slow. all the guys were overtaking me. ): 1st runner all girls. and dear estee came in 8th i think for the 1st runner! hahahaa.

then was swensens project... AGAIN. super sick of that place. but i enjoy the company and the fries + ice cream. (: my last proper dinner b4 thailand.



so.
last yr i had probs with a few friends. its either because of attitude probs. or, they were just off. this yr, again the mood issue... i think its a prob with her. so far, its the first prob we've encounter as friends. honestly, there are things that i want to tell her abt how i feel. but as the truth may hurt, i just... heck it. so ANYWAYS. i just have to pray and let God do the rest. i cant go on feeling emo which wont salvage anything.
i just wanna thank estee, my grp mates and wonderful classmates for just being part of my happy life.

beam balance.

between

Trust & Fall.



ok.
updates hur.
- IJs die die BY TMR.
- thr running race thing tmr.
- i HAVE to find time to PACK MY BAG.
- SAT: ***POL-ITE!, die die have to rest and slp early on fri night
- mum help me bring guit to church on sat.
- suan help with the lens.
- omg. sit through online lecture. 3 more chapts. *faints.
- hmmm. and ytd, was my dad's 4th yr anniversary. and i cant rmbr spending any time related to pa.

and. my back is aching at a sooo wrong time. haha. rocks.

can one marian. can one.

focus.




joelle's hp hanging thing. cool huhs.

rushinngggg....


dun feel like gg for trng tmr. have been bowling from 7-1am since mon.

today attempted graded B, aia. haha. 1st block.. had a 160 avg. i think i missed like 30 pins to qualify. then 2nd block was bad. 1st game had 6 splits. 6 in a game is like... dun need to play alrdy. then was too tired to make the shots. then sz sent me home. haha.


once again. i have NOT completed my IJs, nor packed my stuff. its THURSDAY TMR! and after fri, its sat. and then... sunday.....!

sycc day 2

): i need a new perspective of the game.



i hit the 4-7 pins and got a stirke. beat that.

photos

projects....... just look at estee.





my barbie doll house. ahaha. coolios vintage huh. ahaha. passing on to the next generation....



hahaha. hohos. looks like andy warhol's that edie girl sadwick.. hahha.


i had fun this morng b4 facing the last few days... haha

SYCC

we ended bowling at 1220am.
6games.

almost died from mental fatigueness.


i bowled like cow. screwed up my singles. i think i had a 140 avg? puii larss.
well, there's doubles and quartet tonight.

i need more rev. and consistency.


had a gd lunch with friend today. haha. glad to have him around in sch.

wanted to pack my bag ytd. but i think i can only start pack on wed!! freak out. haha.
pls pray for me. starting to have a contridicting flu. coz i'm suppose to be 'vaccined' from such bugs. ):


onward marching marian!
at least i'm feeling the drive to finish alll my task! (:

Commissioning

the thought of having less than a week to departure can suffocate me. haha.
and i havent start packing! oh boy.
and mon and tue is the SYCC tournament. fun ars.

i really hope i can be still for God to speak to me. i cant go with my heart feeling so unsettled. i hope once on the plane, singapore will just be at the far back of my head.


and to add on another blow and another sacrifice, i have to give up national selections, again, to go for the trip. so its the all asian sch's, the beach touch, and that. omg. can it like stoppp.. ): ): ): ):





our grp!. went to swensens for field trip. ahah. we had too much neg contents i think.
i'm soooooo sleeepy! for the past 2 nights, i've been waiting for the computer to run... so i took a 'nap' and found out that it was like 6am when i woke up. so heck it. went back to sleep! tsk tsk. so much not done.

nvm.

today i on the esclator from the NEL up to dobhyghaut mrt stattion, i actually FELLL ASLEEEP while ON the esclator.. thank God i woke up in the nick of time. i wasn't shocked! still very dreamy... until about 3 secs then i felt the... 'wah-heing-ar' feeling. hhHAHA.




the wanton mee stall that i ALWAYS eat everyday in pri sch b4 waiting for sch bus. he'll charge me $1.50 instead of $2.. my usual order is the wanton mee soup with the wanton skin (w/o the meat). hahaha.





notice:

monica lee from 5/2 2006 passed away.
her wake's tmr at bedok south, blk 163.

): i rmbr booking her for low belt. ):

sometimes i reallly think its me. ppl around me just leave.