Be Consistent!

I’m gonna make up for forgetting to post my B post on Saturday by doing a triple post ….chehwah.

1. Becoming Children again.

On Saturday, we had planned a youth trip to the KLCC Skybridge. Sue Ann & I went at 7.30 a.m., ahead of everyone to buy tickets, but when we got there – omg there were SO many people and the line was so long! Gilerr. But we lined up anyway, and waited half awake and grumpy. I had slept at 4 am the night before –.- Trust me, I was grumpy.

Thank God for the Mesra shop there…that sold strong coffee and overpriced hotdogs. At least we weren’t hungry. Just a bit broke, and it was just breakfast.

When we were only 1/4 way to the counter, the board showed “Now selling tickets for 1.30 p.m. visit to the skybridge” It was way too late for us, so we decided to chow. WHATS THE BIG DEAL ABOUT THE SKYBRIDGE ANYWAY? Why every time also packed one? I must commend the service at the KLCC Skybridge counter/waiting room though. Really friendly, helpful and polite guards, despite how early and packed the place was.

But kesian la, my poor yuffies…Ezra brought his binoculars some more. Haha. So we decided instead to go to Petrosains.

You know, I expected to be bored out of my skull. The last time I went to Petrosains, I was 12 or something. And even then I was bored – I remember it being about petrol and some really lame helicopter ride simulator. The only reason why we decided to go there this time round was because it costs only RM12 for adults (and RM7 if you’re under 18), compared to the gila b*b* expensive Aquaria where only infants can afford to go. Plus, Tim had been there recently (2 years ago) and recommended it.

I was wrong! Petrosains has been really keeping up with the times, and its SUPER fun! I don’t have all the pictures – they’re in Sue Ann’s camera. But here are some of them:

Here’s the Infinity Mirror where you could see up and down to forever. (Limited to “forever” at that spot in Petrosains, KLCC only though)

Here’s the Many Sides Of You mirror, where you can see many sides of you (but only if you see through a little crack at the door)

Here’s Dino from Da Hood,yo! the rapping T Rex: “Hey kawan selamat datang…” You won’t be able to get the rap out of your head.

Annnnnd….I got to go to SPACE! Hah! I also got go la, Sheikh Muszaphar!

There were games and a science show where Yew Meng won a badge that says “I had fun in Petrosains” and wore it throughout the entire trip until worship team meeting that night. We were there from about 9 a.m. till 2 p.m. and didn’t want to go home, but we were too hungry and our legs were giving way (ok, not all our legs). Petrosains is SUPER fun, guys! Even if you’re already old and have to spend your weeks quietly behind an office desk

2. Birthday Chick

Happy Birthday Sheng Mae!

 

We first met in 2 Usaha. She was sweeping the floor and she had the longest hair…like Rapunzel! Couldn’t tell whether she was sweeping with her hair or the broom. She was there, all through primary school, badminton classes, every birthday, through high school, form six, in prison, through our uni years and now. This year marks our 16th year. Love you babe! <3

 

3. Buying Cheezels.

I LOVE Cheezels!

Quack

Ok. In an effort to blog again, I've joined a BLOGGING COMPETITION! All I have to do is...blog everyday about something to the day that starts with each letter of the alphabet. So means tomorrow's will be A for April.

I'll bet LOTS of people are going to name their post April. Mmphh. But not me! Na’ah!

What will my blogpost be then? Ahahhah! It's a mystery.
Since I'm probably the only one who reads this blog, since everyone else probably thinks its dead by now, I'm keeping myself in suspense. Sad, but true.

You know (self), I've been blogging for a very. long. time now. This would be my...8th year.Why haven't I been making any money out of this? Maybe I should start photographing cute colourful things, like these marshmellows I'm munching on. Mmmm mmm. :)

Feeling a little bit nostalgic, I went & dug into my past….blog. xanga.com/envyno. Hey, before blogspot, and wordpress and all that canggih manggih, xanga was IN ok.

This was my first ever post at the tender age of 16. It didn’t use to look like this at first (with all the purple flowers and all), but I couldn’t find the original template.

I sounded 16 didn't I? Hehe. I even got a comment! My first ever comment….from myself.

Alrightos. Its 6.30, time to go home! I won’t say where I’m blogging from. Hehee. Toodles! See you (me) tomorrow for an A! – not cool, I know…couldn’t come up with something wittier.

Disturbances

I’ve shifted to the hospital store. It feels weird working in a hospital! Like, one walks into a hospital expecting to jab, or be jabbed – people go there because they’re in pain, or want to help others who are in pain – not to sell over-priced coffee!

Ah well, but here it is - I now sell over-priced coffee to people in pain, or families visiting people in pain, or others. I’ve found myself wondering, these past two days (I only started at the hospital yesterday!), what do I say to these people while trying to make conversation over the retail counter? Do I ask “Are you having a good day?”. I mean…they’re not there to shop, or hangout! They’re there because they/someone they know isn’t well, or its their job to pick at brains or drain blood and clean bed pans. Not exactly sunshine and glamour, if you ask me – well, maybe not to me at least. My hat is off to the ones who willingly, with a smile, change adult diapers, perform coffee enema on others and mend human guts!

On the bright side…its a new place for me to explore! (I accidently walked, almost into the MORGUE late Tuesday night…now, that was creepy!) I plan to wander to the paeds ward (if I get to go in) and see the babies tomorrow. Awww :) :) :) We get lots of babies at the store (when their parents get coffee for themselves). I love looking at them. The babies, that is.

When I was at One U, I was comfortable…almost to the point where I considered (if the meager salary wasn’t a factor) just doing this my whole life (I hope none of my aunts/dad/Jen/Dai May see this! :P). It was fun, I had great colleagues and everything was so accessible. PLUS I loved that I was working in One Utama! Now that I’ve been taken out of my comfort zone, I can’t wait for something more permanent (and NOT in a hospital!). Maybe this is God telling me to look ahead and that I simply cannot stay in Starbucks forever (I know…you must be thinking duhh! –who says ‘duhh anymore, anyway?!) but, well, just hanging out some linen.

Some other random stuff:

We (the Youth) are going for Steamboat-BBQ in Kepong this Saturday, and I’m really REALLYYY looking forward to it. I went once, our ex-colleagues at Fly took us there on our 2nd-last day of work…and it was WONDERFUL! (*cue angels song). The spread is amazing, and you get to barbeque and boil all your food all by yourself and there’s unlimited ice-cream and fondue and jellies annnnddd….FRIED CHICKEN WINGS! 

Insert: Fried Chicken Wings! *beam

Maybe I’m just hungry now, or maybe thinking about the buffet is making me hungry.

Second last day! :D

I heart P.J, of course.

Because P.J. is home to...only the awesomemest pasar malams in the whole world! But in a way, I'll miss being here (in Bangi) also. I'll miss :

my housemates (ahem, better say first in case one of them reads this).
Metro Kajang Ground Floor Mamak Tom Yam - yum!
can sleep and wake up anytime I want without getting nagged at. (yes, even at 22!)
roaming aimlessly (exploring) Kajang town and yonder.
the quiet, slow, uncongested lifestyle.
Nasi Lemak in the mornings.
my room here is neater than back home.
the UKM library.

but well, goodbye Bangi. I love P.J. more than you. :)

till July only la, then it's back to school. So don't get too excited.

Yello

Today is day 40 of 40...well actually a bit more than 40, special days with the Master. He is faithful, above all else.

And I believe, after these 40 days, there will be a lot more to come.
For,
No eye has seen,
No ear has heard,
No mind can know
what God has in stored for those who love Him.

:)

It's been quiet days of late. I wish I was not so impatient. I should learn to appreciate this quiet and not keep trying to fill it up with other sounds and sights. i should learn to hear and appreciate listening to Him.

Three LYPGs have gone by! I'm still amazed at what God is doing, and what He's putting in our hearts to anticipate for the year. So far, we've seen new people coming each week. Praise the Lord!, it's strange and exciting what He's stirring in the hearts of the young people. To paraphrase what Alvin said, "Young people who would rather spend their Saturday afternoons praying...what a peculiar sight" :)

God has been guiding the youth too. He's set for us a new structure, and believe me when I say, it was definitely unexpected! The word is - impossible overhaul. But with God, all things are possible, amen?

One thing I haven't been doing though, is catching up with my old friends :(

Lilies, Love Story

I really like this song...I don't usually like songs like ...like nowadays song - haha, yes, age is catching up :( I listen to Mix Fm alot more now. :( :( Anyway, I really like this song...its so romantic :) makes me think of white lilies.

Taylor Swift - Love Story
We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony of summer air

See the lights,
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
You say hello
Little did I know

That you were Romeo you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said:

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet cause we're dead if they know
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while

Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said:

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real,
Don't be afraid
We'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes, oh,

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town I said:

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head, I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

And said:

Marry me Juliet you'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes

:D
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So..updates : School's started again...and this sem's classes are like, way early. Ish.
There's a new nasi lemak stall near our mini-house in the morning. I liked the nasi lemak for awhile, I had it every morning for four mornings. I don't go there much anymore, I've gotten jelak.
Tis time to change (no I haven't switched providers, am still loyally being conned by Ananda Krishnan). I'm trying hard to go for all my morning classes, and so far I've been quite disciplined :) Yay!
It has also been a time of Good Waiting, of Big Decisions and one that Requires Wisdom. To those who asks for it, God gives wisdom generously, without finding fault. Praise the Lord. I'm thankful for you, too.

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Sonnet 11, Monna Innominata

Many in aftertimes will say of you
"He lov'd her"--while of me what will they say?
Not that I lov'd you more than just in play,
For fashion's sake as idle women do.
Even let them prate; who know not what we knew
Of love and parting in exceeding pain,
Of parting hopeless here to meet again,
Hopeless on earth, and heaven is out of view.
But by my heart of love laid bare to you,
My love that you can make not void nor vain,
Love that foregoes you but to claim anew
Beyond this passage of the gate of death,
I charge you at the Judgment make it plain
My love of you was life and not a breath.

Christina Rossetti

Yesterday I saw a really, really fat woman smoking

and I was wondering, "ei? how come?"

Now I know :

Teen girls smoke now, pay with larger waistlines as adults.

Girls who smoke 10 cigarettes per day or more are at greatest risk, particularly for abdominal obesity. Their waist sizes are 1.34 inches larger than nonsmokers’ waists are as young adults, according to the study in the February 2009 issue of the American Journal of Public Health.

But smoking in adolescence did not necessarily predict weight problems for men, according to the study.

Scientists know a correlation exists between women’s weight and smoking, said lead study author Suoma Saarni, a researcher with the Department of Public Health in Helsinki.

However, she added, “We do not know why smoking did not affect men’s weight, as we do not know why smoking affected women’s weight.”

The study followed twins born between 1975 and 1979 with questionnaires mailed shortly after their 16th birthdays. Researchers collected more data on the 2,278 women and 2,018 men when the twins were in their 20s.

Scientists looked at twins to take into account familial or genetic factors affecting smoking and weight gain, Saarni said. Half of the participants had never smoked, and 12 percent were former smokers in adolescence. About 15.5 percent of men and 9.4 percent of women smoked at least 10 cigarettes daily.

By the time participants reached their 20s, weight problems became evident. By age 24, roughly 24 percent of men and 11 percent of women were overweight. However, male smokers were not necessarily more prone to become overweight than nonsmokers.

The young women who smoked more than 10 cigarettes per day were 2.32 times more likely to become overweight than nonsmokers, according to the study.

The difference could be either biological or cultural, Saarni said. Biologically, it might be that tobacco and gender specific hormones interact differently in girls and boys in ways that affect appetite and fat distribution.

“My hunch is that women are more likely to smoke for weight control, especially in adolescence,” said Sherry Pagoto, assistant professor in clinical psychology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. “When people do quit smoking, one of the reasons they gain weight is that they increase their consumption of foods. They’ll start snacking at the times they used to smoke.”

ScienceDaily, Jan 6 2009

Back when I was Bruce, Bruce Lee.

Pre-Bruce

































How was I supposed to know...




































That I would end up looking like Bruce Lee -.-
(Sean wanted to 'take a picture with Bruce'. Look at him smirking!)

This one, just for laughs. Hahahah...sorry, May :D

I'll walk closer now on the higher way
Through the darkest night, will You hold my hand?
Jesus, guide my way.

O You mourn with me and You dance with me
For my heart of hearts is bound to You

Though I walk through valleys low
I fear no evil
By the waters, still my soul
My heart will trust in You
My heart will trust in You

O You counsel me and You comfort me
When I cannot see, You light my path

Though I walk through valleys low
I fear no evil
By the waters, still my soul
My heart will trust in You
My heart will trust in You.

Still my heart, and let me know Your will. There is no other way I would rather take. Still my heart so I can hear Your voice, because Yours only is the Truth.

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In other news :

• Hermit the Crab's shell broke, again. Poor little fella. I had to push his little behind to get him out of his shell just now...or whatever is left of it; it was dangling behind him and he was dragging it around. I gave him a piece of apple and a new bottle cap. I hope he feels better.
• I had to eat the rest of the apple. It is 4.08 a.m. -.- The things I would do for that crab. It just that he's so darn cute.
• There was a baby cockroach on the wall!!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I killed it with one wack of a newspaper roll. ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh...I hope there isn't a Mothership!!!

Fog - ed Up

TehTarik (irrisistable) + Sleeping in the afternoon (it just happened) = Still up at 3.15 a.m.

Today I had time to sleep in the afternoon. I REALLY needed to, after an all-nighter with the mozzies (They're real party animals man). I went to sleep at 5, and when I woke up, it was dark already.
Mich woke me up by coming into the room. Something smelt funky, I asked if something was burning. Mich said no, they fogged the apartment, a couple of hours ago.

My phone said '4 miss calls from Ed'. He'd been trying to call me to check if I was still alive, because when the fog-man came to fog the apartment up, they'd run out and left me sleeping.

5.40 a.m.
and i'm still not asleep yet, thanks to teh-special order-tarik.

Ahh...caffeine. I loveth thee too much. Thou wilt be the death of me!

*smiles show gigi*

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Know no fear I'll still be here tomorrow
Bend my ear I'm not gonna go away
You are love so why do you shed a tear
Know no fear you will see heaven from here

I'll shelter you, make it alright to cry
And you'll help too cos the faith in myself
Has run dry
We are love and I just wanna hold you near
Know no fear we will see heaven from here

I see real love in your eyes
And it fills me up when you start to cry

I just wanna hold you near
We will see heaven from here

Well it all seems out of reach
I will take the blame if it keeps the peace
My shelf life's short
Wish they'd make it more easy to follow
And I've been caught with nothing but
Love on my mind
We are love don't let it fall on deaf ears
Now it's clear we have seen heaven from here

- Heaven from here, Robbie Williams

G'mornin

ooh...blogger has got a new look! O.O

Was awaken this morning at 10, by a figure with outstretched arms standing at my doorway.
No, it wasn't the Lord, or an angel come to take me home. :(

It was my ex-coursemate Siew Ling. It was nice to see her :) Time to wake up anyway. Mich took the rest of them back to uni, and since I'm up at this hour (I hardly ever am), I thought I'd watch some cartoons on TV.

I turn on the TV, and Martha Steward's talk-show was on. And then they start drilling away downstairs. Hmmph. Great, now I can't hear a thing.

I pour myself a mug of fruit juice (guava), and walk around the apartment, wondering what to do.

I pack some clothes, and wait for Kin Meng to be done with his report so we can go home.

Home is 45 minutes away. It always is.

My morning escapade

I woke up at 8 (A.M. ok) to go to NECF to pass a set of keys to Ps. Ann which i accidentally took.

Now, those who know me would know that i'm not exactly the perkiest person in the morning. Especially after only 4 hours of sleep last night (i have no one to blame for that except myself and Bill Watterson), waking up at EIGHT this morning was one of those 'wrestling' mornings for me (me wrestling with the morning). Papa drove me to NECF because he said i was too groggy to drive. He was in one of his moods again.

But this is the ultimatum:

We reach NECF, and Ps. Ann wasn't there yet. So being the nice, kind, helpful, kay-po that i am...i thought i'd open the office for her.

I open the door with the key and the alarm goes off.

Ps. Ann arrived a good 15, excruciating minutes later.


Sigh. These things only happen to me.


Ahh well...a few good things about being up this early are i get to eat toast, and watching the lakeland live revival, live. Those with cancer are healed, the lame walk, the blind see, the deaf hear, people are being saved and healed everywhere, not just there but people catch the fire and bring it to their churches, to malls, restaurants...there are even testimonies of those declared dead being raised to life!

All glory to God!!

"There's something like a revival happening around here"

Its so amazing, please go watch. You can use my account:
Username : envyno
Password : psalm91

LORD, send revival to Malaysia!