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"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken." - Psalms 62:1-2

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janella*
12 October
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Francesca Battistelli - Blue Sky
When you’re down and you’re out
And you don’t think you have a friend
When you’re lost in the doubt
And you can’t see what’s around the bend

Just hold on
Don’t turn around
Keep on walking
Don’t lose heart
‘Cause I am here, I am here
Wherever you are, wherever you are

(Chorus)
When the rain is falling
And there’s no silver lining
And you just can’t seem to find the light
When you need a reason
To help you keep believing
Let my love be your blue sky

Don’t you know that I know
Life can be so hard it makes you wanna give up
But don’t you know over the horizon
The sunny day you’re looking for
Is waiting right here in my love

Just hold on
Don’t turn around
Keep on walking
Don’t lose heart
‘Cause I am here, I am here
Wherever you are, wherever you are
(Chorus)

Come on come on
Don’t you be afraid
Whatever comes tomorrow
My love is here to stay

(Chorus)

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Thursday, December 24, 2009
*881 - catch up #1



Catch up session #1 - Intan and Syafiqah :)

Today, I met my two best friends for a catch up session over Macs, Starbucks and the Esplanade bridge. :) It was so great to finally meet them and tell them about everything that happened over the holidays! Teehee. Chatted, laughed, shared, ate, drank my favourite chocolate cream chip frappe from starbucks and walked around City Hall/Suntec/Esplanade. :) It's been a while ever since I met someone/some people to talk. And it's heart-warming to know that they were there to listen :) teehee. Happy happy. I missed them a ton, but I still haven't talked to Nicole over this whole holiday! GRR! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO HAVE TUITION! ): Sigh. But nonetheless, it was fun :) teehee.


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Enormous love.


I love enormous love from an enormous God, because I know that that love that God has for mankind can be trusted more than anything in the world. I guess I've made wrong choices of love in my life. I've placed my love on God, friends, boys (hey, I'm human. I have crushes too), money, fame, results, acceptance and the temporary. And I realised that the love that lasted through this whole year, was God's love. I believe it's because God's love is constant, never-changing, the same yesterday, today and tomorrow - Just like the Bible said.

I still find it so so amazing. :) God has been good, God has never failed me, God has never walked away, let go of my hand or given up on me. And that great, enormous love knocked me over again and just melted my heart once again. :) I love God, because He first loved me, sent His only son to earth to die for me (us).

2009 - has been a year full of love :) He broke my heart, and filled it with His love. He took away my earthly love to replace it with His. He took away my pride, to replace with with His love. He placed me on waters to drown me with His love. :) Ahh, the love of God. How sweet it is :)

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My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace

Wednesday, December 23, 2009
*880 - blankkkkk ):

Simplicity brings you back to a place of pondering.
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spent my day in town walking from place to place to do some last minute christmas shopping. And now my legs hurt, my arches are sore and my back aches ): sigh. Should've worn my converse. HAHA.

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ahh, my mind is blank trying to come up with something decent to post about. Maybe I'll try later, after finishing up my christmas cards :)

Tuesday, December 22, 2009
*879 -

He has made everything beautiful in its time :)
(Taken in Tanah Lot, Bali '09)

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I didn't want to wake up at 6.30am today, but I had no choice to. I was walking to the bus stop, and I managed to catch the sunrise. Took 28, freezed my butt off in the bus ride, defrosted when I alighted. Walked to the market to get myself a hotdog bun, finished it while walking to school and went for the lighting course with Mr Collin. After the grueling and yet entertaining and educational course, went back home to shower and change before heading out again to meet Ariel for dinner (who was SUPER LATE. Tsk tsk. Hahah, kidding :) I understand). Gobbled down my soup, salad and drink before heading down to PL for Christmas service jams! :) Jams was great fun and I just love love love serving God. :)

Haii, God is good. I love God, and how He's changed my life. :) I certainly cannot wait for 2010 to come. A whole new adventure awaits, and I can't wait to embark on it!

Monday, December 21, 2009
*878 - Bali '09



Back from Bali :)
Bali is just such an amazing place. Beautiful scenery, food, culture, people and everything. Water rafting was just so fun. Wasn't as fun as I thought it would've been, but fun enough. Cycling was the most memorable one. We went cycling around the Balinese villages, and it was just so awakening, how they live their lives. How happy they are with so little, how independent they are and how friendly all of them were. Watching them roast their own coffee beans, harvest their own rice, make their own rattan baskets and carve their own statues to build the village temple. Simplicity, but yet, they live so happily and everything. What an experience. :) And at the Elephant Safari Park, we fed the elephants, saw baby elephants and fled from the elephants that were spraying water. HAHA And also, laughing a whole lot with my dad and sister when the Jumbo song played. Hahaha! Inside jokes, so funny :) Oh yes, and I finally went swimming after wanting to since before church camp. Hahaha, and I got a little tanner. Teehee. I'm happy with this holiday. It was really an eventful one.

Firstly, going to OBS :) Secondly, going to Melbourne! Thirdly, going for church camp which was a life-transforming one. And lastly, going to Bali with my father and my sister where I caught many things which are now locked in my heart. :) I like my December holidays, though the first part of it was just D: because of school and choir, the rest of it was pretty pleasing :) I'm not mentioning the fact that I still have my social studies and physics holiday homework to complete, but I'm not really planning to finish them, because it's just way too much work.

going back to reality tomorrow. I've got my drama lighting workshop from 9-12pm and I've got Christmas service jams at 7pm at PL :) And we're supposed to hand in our drama journals tomorrow, and I forgot all about it, and I should really do it now. :) goodnight.


Thursday, December 17, 2009
*877 - camp IGnormous

Camp IGnormous was simply the best, and the most memorable camp I've ever been to so far :)
God moved so powerfully and met me, refreshed me and empowered me.
The service that moved me, and changed me the most was the last night. I cried a bucket and received a whole lot from God. And thank you sis Michelle, sis Jerlyn and sis Gwen for praying over me. Thank you sis Gwen, especially, who heard from God and prayed so directly until I was just so overwhelmed that I fell back in awe and in wonder of what God was doing. And when I was laying there, God was just reminding me of the dreams and visions that I had been getting and just reaffirming everything. :) awesome awesome camp. I can't put it to words but I'm just speechless at how God had moved :) Love it. Love God. :)

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I'm back today, and gone tomorrow. :) Would be back on Monday! So see you then. Heheee :)

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Take my life I lay it down
At the cross where I am found
All I have I give to You oh God

Take my hands and make them clean
Keep my heart in purity
That I may walk in all You have for me

Oh here I stand
Arms open wide
Oh I am Yours
And You are mine

Take my moments and my days
Let each breath that I take
Be ever only for You oh God

My whole life is Yours
I give it all
Surrendered to Your Name
And forever I will pray
Have Your way
Have Your way

Sunday, December 13, 2009
*876 - blame it on pms

Camp camp camp camp camp camp IGNORMOUS IS TOMORROW. I can't wait :) so excited! Teehee. Therefore, from this Monday to Thursday I wouldn't be updating! :( and from Friday to the following Monday, I would be soaking up the sun in Bali, so I wouldn't be updating either!
Hahaha, yesyes. I know. I'm going away far too often, but I can't help it ): siggggh.

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Weekend was good :) worship was...more than words. He deposited the song "Hosanna" in my heart about a week ago and told me to do it, so I did...and it just clicked with the spirit and to what P.Andy was preaching on (which was a timely message, I must really say.)

And also, after service today I went for my cell (Zealots '09) lunch at Burger Shack and I had a great great time with them :) I'm going to miss the sec 4s a lot ): sighhh. HAHA. But i had a lot of great memories with my cell this year. :) TEEHEE. LOVE YOU, ZEALOTS! :)

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my week has been an emotional roller coaster for me. But nonetheless, I emerge victorious! :) still a bit "argh" about certain issues but I'm going to put it away and just focus on camp! Teeeheee. :D can't wait can't wait can't wait! :) teehee!

Saturday, December 12, 2009
*875 - let your will be done

Let Your will be done
Let Your will be done
Let Your will be done in this place

I kept singing this over and over in service today. I think it would make a nice song, don't you think? HAHA. I shall get to writing it :) and it's my hearts cry to see His will be done in IGNYTE ministry. To live our lives the way He wants us to. That's my dream.

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I think what hurts me most is the thought that you don't even realise.

Thursday, December 10, 2009
*874 - double B outing

I don't know why I'm awake so early, considering what I did yesterday (ish).

So yeah, yesterday.
Badminton at Tampines Sports Hall with Iffa, Mary, Cherie, Jared, Aaron, Wayne and Lester. Then went to Carls Junior for lunch where rather obscene topics were surfaced. AHEM. Then went to SAFRA for bowling! :) After that, we made a totally last minute and random decision to go to block 85, Fengshan market for dinner. BA CHOR MEE :) Hehee.

And, I woke up today with my arms, legs and back all sore from yesterday. I wanted to go swimming today, but I'm too lazy to, and I think I would die because I'm aching all over. And also I've got a lot of things to finish up. Heh.

But, i like swimming. I have always loved the feeling of being in the water, feeling so free and light (trust me, being in a pool is the only place on earth where I'll feel light. THANK GOD FOR PHYSICS) Swimming is like the chicken soup to my restless/angry/sad soul. And a added bonus to my joy :) if you know what I mean. Swimming has always been my favourite sport ever since I started when I was in Hong Kong. But after time, my schedule got too packed and I neglected it ): sighh. But I think I'm quite unfit now. If I do laps, I'll probably die. Heh! ): but I still love swimming. HAHA:)

Camp jams later on at night! It's going to excite me even more :) HEHE can't wait for camp! :D :D :D :D

and I realised that when I'm in Singapore for a week, I'll be away the other week. Like
I was here for the week of lessons, then I had OBS the next week, then after that I was here for choir concert, then I went away for Melbourne, then I'm here now and next week I'll be away at camp and Bali. HAHAHA. My holiday is so interesting.

Oh yes! On Tuesday, I met up with Gideon and Ariel for lunch and Ben n Jerry's at Dempsey. :) Had a blast just catching up with my best friends, and HEHE. Had a lot of laughs and silly moments. Hehe. And after that, went to town for Christmas shopping! :) I'm happy, and I bought everything that I need. YAY. So at night, I started with my cards and everything! Whoohoo, so exciting. :) hehe.

alright. I think I've updated enough. :) I shall get to what I need to do now. BYE

Wednesday, December 09, 2009
*873 - I love..


random msn messages like this :) (click to enlarge.)

INTAN SOFIA ALI, I miss you like WHO KNOWS WHAT. and I will miss you dearly when I'm away, or when you're away! ): MEET UP SOON! :)

Monday, December 07, 2009
*872 - realisations.

I shall blog about my Melbourne trip very vaguely. HAHA

Day 1 - Monday:
- Reached Melbourne in the morning at 9am-ish.
- Went to Melbourne Central or something for lunch at a burger place (with really good burgers)
- Went to Immigration Museum
- Went to National Gallery of Victoria (with really, really great art pieces!)
- Went to our hotel and checked in
- Went to Target, Cotton On to shop before dinner at a Vietnamiese resturant.

Day 2 - Tuesday:
- Zen zen zo workshop.

Day 3 - Wednesday:
- Went to Melbourne Museum. Read about the aboriginals and I was all teary and everything ):
- Went to Bialik College for exchange programme. (Went extremely GAGA over the awesome gymnasium and the HUGE HUGE campus that they have. AHHHH! DREAM SCHOOL DREAM SCHOOL. They have A RECORDING STUDIO IN THEIR SCHOOL. DAH)
- Watched The Oracle at the Malthouse Theatre.

Day 4 - Thursday:
- Playback Theatre company workshop
- Malthouse Theatre workshop
- Watched On Ego at the Red Stitch theatre

Day 5 - Friday:
- Went to Wonthaggi Secondary College for workshop and exchange programme
- Phillip Island! :)
- Went to 2 beaches (amazing sights, OMG HAHA)
- Watched penguins coming out from the sea back home at the Penguin Parade (THEY ARE SUPER CUTEE!)

Day 6 - Saturday:
- Went to Victoria Market to buy fruits and other stuff :)
- Went to the Direct Factory Store to buy MORE stuff :) :)
- Went to the airport, bought Krispy Kremes and OFF TO SINGAPORE WE GO!
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I had the greatest time at Melbourne, and I miss my room 615 buddies! ): Awww. Pfft. Well, I would be uploading more photos when Claire uploads them! Took tons of photos when we were there. TEEHEE :) And I had a nice time with the 9 other drama elective girls, and Ms Kang and Ms Tan :) and of course, God was evident :) I love Him to the core! WHOOHOO! :) :) :)

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Iffa Hashim - my brader, my duck, my bestfriend! :)

Thanks for being there last night. And listening to me when we were waiting for the little penguins to come out from the sea. I can't believe the time we've known each other for, and now I realise, it was a short time but I trust you so much :) Since last year, science lab buddies, to the same class in sec 3, being my biology practical partner to being in the same OBS group as me, and going to Melbourne together :) HEHE. I LOVE YOU A LOT:) can't wait till Wednesday! HEHE.

AND AND AND I miss Nicole, Intan and Syafiqah SO MUCH. ): GOTTA MEET YOU ALL SOON ): ): ): ):



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