i am second

Brian "Head" Welch, Ex-Guitarist of Korn


It touched me in bible study and I hope it touches you too. God IS real.

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"During those bubble years while the stock price was going up 30 percent a month, we would have all-hands meetings, and I would ask employees, 'Please do not feel 30 percent smarter because the stock went up 30 percent, because when it goes down 30 percent in a month, we'd have to feel 30 percent dumber.'"

Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com

And this doodle was inspired by lecture boredom & Amelia's Phuket souvenir (:

thank you Lord

Thank You Lord, for the trials that come my way

In that i can grow each day, as i let You lead

And thank You Lord

for the patience those trials bring

In that process of growing

I can learn to care

I thank You Lord, with each trial i feel inside

That You're there to help lead and guide me away from wrong

Cause You promised Lord

that with every testing

That Your way of escaping

easier to bear

I thank You Lord, for the victory that growing brings

in surrender of everything life is so worthwhile

And I thank You Lord, that when everything's put in place

out in front I can see Your face - and it's there You belong

at the ending of the rainbow, where the mountains touch the sky

I've been waiting for the weekends to come all this week (at least since Tuesday). This is the toughest week so far in my 3 years and 5 weeks in UTAR. The past few days have been so stressful it's worthy of a blogpost all by itself. 5 midterms are coming up, 5 assignments are due subject after subject, and if that's not enough, we have to blog about E-commerce every week. BUT..........,that is NOT what's causing all the stress that has been making me fat and sleep deprived. You see, our proposal brief for our thesis has been rejected four times this week (and since Monday was a holiday, everything happened within 4 days). Let me repeat myself- FOUR times in FOUR days for reasons beyond our comprehension. And let me tell you, writing it four times again and again and more demotivated each time will cause all the tension and force to go right up to your head and booM! Ok maybe not exactly but you get the point. And if that's not bad enough, I now permanently have my name listed in the Rejected Proposal Brief in WBLE. And of course we don't have a supervisor so we can't go on anyway anyhow.

I'm sorry if you had to read all that pessimism. To think that this is only the start of our year-long thesis. I'm so tired. On the bright sight, I'm thankful for amazing group mates who are supportive and always willing to go the extra mile to put in more work and not add to the stress level. I'm thankful for my mom who chose this week to bake the best chocolate chip cookies in the world. I'm thankful for friends who thought long-term and got me ferrero rochers (explains the making me fat part). I'm thankful that the new season of Ugly Betty started this week. I'm thankful it's Friday.

appatw II

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a picture paints a thousand words.

Here's two for you to paint more words.


*pictures taken by Ms Loke with her new precious

all the red

I don't know what it is exactly, but everything about Chinese New Year makes me happy. From the red deco in front of everybody's houses to the daging salai stalls that magically appear this time of the year. So you can imagine how nice it is walking past a very decorated and red south lobby every day soaking up the hyped up cny atmosphere in uni. I especially like cny songs, the noisier the better. But my favourite part of cny is definitely sitting around with the whole big extended family after all the eating part is done. I love the part where everybody just lazes around and practically do nothing. Nothing beats that kinda fun, isn't it?

This following list is for people who have nothing to do while staying at cheras. (haha)

What I've learnt in the past few days

1. you can eat at the same mamak with not so clean utensils for 3 days in a row and still survive. what does not kill you only makes you stronger.

2. amazon.com = partial e-commerce. (sorry, but i have to start absorbing something)

3. there is alot of noise polution involved in building a retaining wall.

4. how a piping bag really works.

5. grocery shopping is fun.

6. hannah montana is actually quite cool.

7. bakery supplies stores are one of the most aromatic and therapeutic places.

8. the very nice (and clean) uncle at the ramly burger stall opposite utar sg long makes the best ramly burger in the world (this was discovered more than a few days ago though)

9. it is impossible to find the journal articles you want.

10. it is possible, with the right precautions, to doodle right under your tutor's nose in class.