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Tuesday, 28 August 2007
the red moon & my mum .

oh boy do i have a lot to update on. this past month has been crazy, in both a good and bad way. but! since my bedtime is 10pm (and its currently 9.42pm) i wont go into details just yet.. (and most facebookers would have seen some photos already :P)

the first reason i came on was just to mark the ~lunar eclipse~

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pretttttyy schweet no ? i love staring out at the night sky, its just so peaceful. everything seems so serene and for a moment, your probelms seems to be so insignificant. such a beautiful creation, from a even more beautiful Creator.

and secondly, its my mum's birthday today ! the big five-oh . a momentous occasion, and looking back at all the old pictures and stories, i'd say its been a pretty awesome life so far (especially the last 18years since she's had me of course) . i really respect my mum and what she's done, what she's doing . she's my hero :D so happy birthday mummy :D

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from saturday night's big par-tay .


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upcoming events:

2 days till ADELAIDE !
14 days till SOCCEROOS !
31 days till HEROES&VILLIANS NITE !
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Monday, 20 August 2007
youth were found at sleepout alive in winter .

[note: i startted this blog a few weeks ago and never posted it .. im ill just finish formatting and then post xD so hold on for more recent events xDD ]

winter sleepout was great fun. we had john christopher come in to talk to us, who has an amazing story . he lead a comfortable life, as many of us are, with a stable job etc etc . but when God called him to give it all up ( and when i say ALL - i mean ALL - his house, his job, his car ) sell it and give the money to the poor . he did . now he's living on the streets, talking and helping teh homeless . because really, the only way to help others is to understand them and humble yourself to that level . what a story ! (i didnt get any pictures of him.. but he had hobo gloves ! )

after his talk, we played a few games and the boys (and ida) chased each other with cardboard houses . andd then the girls slept outside , while the wussy boys slept in the hall . at about 4.30am it started to rain though, so then we went inside .

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jane couldnt be bothered walking, so we dragged her around in her sleeping bag and dumped her body in the bush xD .

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just one of the games we played xD carlson's bringing hobo sexy back .


youth alive - i think ive been every year since yr7 or something to that effect . this year, i wasnt very excited as such . after a bit of a dilemma over transport and whether to go or not, i was late on the train and feeling just really tired - feeling a little too old for it too xD . but when the night was over - i was so glad i went . antiskeptic were so crazy playing, the dancers were so funky - they did a body wave head to toe (its hard to explain, ill put up video later) , preston was funny as - just like reggie .

but most importantly, PS. MIKE GULIELMUCCI WAS THERE . he was diagnosed with cancer 11 months ago and given only 6 months to live . 11 months later, he was on stage at youth alive proclaiming the start of his healing . the week previously from youth alive - he was in a wheelchair with a broken back & leg etc (cause with bone cancer, bones break really easily) , on the night itself he was standing, JUMPING and proclaiming the start of a turn around - the beginning of his HEALING . so awesome .

[ ive got the talk on video but it was too large to upload on youtube -___-'' ]

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Thursday, 16 August 2007
holding onto the promise .

"I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you."

Isaiah 46:4




that verse brought me through vce , course choosing , life decisions . i held onto the the promise - He knew what He was doing . He made me and now He wouldn't just abandon His own creation . He would bring me through . Now that I'm here , i can testify that its true .

I just pray that you would also take hold of this promise, cause if he can bring me through, He will do the same for you. He'll never let you go .
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Sunday, 12 August 2007
can i wait .. here with you ?

so as those who actually care about my life would know, this past week i've been on clinical placements at bh hospital . and well, i don't think a blog post could express the week ive had .

i was beyong nervous about this week because it would decide .. well , decide my future . if this, nursing, would be what i wanted to do with the rest of my life . and im glad to say, after this week .. it is (: its a really strange feeling , but it does feel like .. my calling . that might sound a little strange, but im feeling a sense of accomplishment . im not sure if thats the right word to use, but .. i feel content . its hard to describe . im really .. happy .

besides my life calling and all that sort of d&m stuff , i cant say its been easy . the first few days i was a nervous wreck . i felt incompetent, lost, overwhelmed, sad and with early shifts starting at 7am, pretty sleep deprived too . my parents were amazing though - on my first day i woke up and they had both woken up and made me breakfast, lunch and dropped me right outside the main entrance of bh hosp. as much as i want to be independent, i love being pampered xD .

by the end of the week however, i felt like i was doing something productive . contributing to mankind . even in one week, ive got so many stories, including code blues , code greys , runaway patients , hot curry ortho doctors , holding hands , showersshowersshowers , male parts , poo , wee , old italian men , handover and new friends .

i think i tend to write more than people want to read, so ill stop here .

just to finish off, the main reason i came to post was i was tagged by sab (:

You have $100 to spend online in the next hour. How are you going to spend it?

1. A moment with you DVD $20
linda totally got me hooked on wongfu .

2. a plane ticket to adelaide $69
after my clinical placements .

3. reese's peanut butter cups $2.20
x 4
best chocolate ever <3

20 + 69 + 8.80 = $97.80


ps. pictures & videos from winter sleepout on faceebooook . add me . :D
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Friday, 3 August 2007
pathetic .

HAHA .

you suck .

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Thursday, 2 August 2007
my adventure buddy .

so today i had a three hour break and the one lecture we waited the three hours for was only 24mins . -_________- '' but ! the three hours were fun , cause me and miranda ( now dubbed my adventure buddy ) adventured !

it was a bright sunny day of winter . the sky was bright blue too . beautiful day (:

first stop : fitzroy gardens !

the map that didnt make any sense to me .



we jumped the fence (it was locked) and found shakespeare's house .

me , ann hathaway's house & miranda's finger .
the giraffe swing !

manda lying on dragon butt .

happy adventure buddy .


second stop : st patricks cathedral


the most beautiful and magnificent cathedral ive ever been too ( not that ive been to many ) . as i walked in, the awe of its .. not sure how to describe it . so beautiful that this picture doesnt do it justice . you should seriously go see it for yourselves .

third stop : brunswick st & gertrude ?

we set off to find smith st, but took the wrong turn . we walked for what seemed like ages, and then manda needed a toilet . so we went on a toilet search . but the blockbuster guy said they were staff only . so we headed home ( aka uni )

fourth stop : uni

the end !
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Wednesday, 1 August 2007
myspace quizzz .

-Prologue-

1. Who took your default pic?
jn, me and suwii on our eighteenth .

2. Exactly what are you wearing right now?
grey jumper, black pants & what minhui calls "bling" - the necklace li gave me for bday (:

3. What is your current problem?
i neeed to peeeee .

4. What makes you most happy?
FOOD (:

5. What's the name of the song that you're listening to?
when did u fall - chris rice . my favourite song ever ever ever .

6. Do you like MTV?
yes, but only certain programs like sweet sixteen and made . but not anymore because optus cut mtv out of our package .

7. Name something that annoys you about people?
condescending people who just make you feel like crapola .

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Chapter 1:

1. Nickname(s)
rah, sez, srh, sar, wong, wowo
and the list just from suwii : sarpar, sandyra.d, pupa .

2. eye color?
brown . like chocolate . or poo .

3. hair color?
black, as asian can be .

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Chapter 2:
FAMILY

1. Do you live with your parent(s)?
yes. and my brother. and dog. and cow.

2. Do you get along with your parent(s)?
yes yes . i love them heapppss .

3. Are your parents married/separated/divorced?
married

4. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
my brother who will graduate at the same time as me .

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Chapter 3:
FAVORITE

1. Ice Cream flavour:
roche & peanut nutter .

2. Season?
autumn .

3. Book:
romulus, my father <3

4. Band:
at the moment, mae .

5. Food:
chocolate like whoa .

6. drink(s) (non alcoholic):
milk milk milk .

7. drink(s) (alcoholic):
chick drinks ! mmmm toblerone , bacardi , midori lemonade . (thank you linda)

8. past-time:
stalking . spending whole days with jnlindasuwii and doing so much crazy stuff that we need a recap at the end of the night . eating gelati . curling up in front of tv with blanket & cow watching seasons of gilmore girls at a time .

9. pen color:
black, like the people .

10. store:
jb hifi .

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Chapter 4:
DO YOU-

1.Write on your hand?
all the time . i <3 ___ forever and ever .

2. Call people back?
depends if they're on optus . if yes, then i will after 8pm . LOL . yestime ftw !

3. Believe in love?
yes . but don't ask me about it .

4. Sleep on a certain side of the bed?
yesss .. ive realise that i can only sleep on my left lateral side .

5.Have Mental Health Issues?
LOLOL yes . paranoia .

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Chapter 5:
Have You...

1. Broken a bone?
mine or someone else's ? either way, none .

3. Had physical therapy?
nope .

4. Gotten surgery?
nope , lucky duckling .

5. Taken painkillers?
i try not to .

6. Have you ever gone scubadiving/snorkeling?
snorkeling at the great barrier reef in cairns !

7. Been stung by a bee?
nope . wouldnt want it either .

8. Threw up in a doctors office?
nope . at school though yes .

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Chapter 6:
Who/what was the last:

1. Movie you saw in the movie theatres?
EVENING . aka arthouse film . at collins st theatre . aka arthouse . with suwii . cause we're arthouse :D

2. Person to text you?
suwii , about tmr's adventure :D

3. Thing you touched?
my laptop . and touched it very tenderly too . mm hello laptop (haha)

5. Thing you said?
drive me to park and ride - to my dad .

7. Person you hugged?
sabrina . we hugged it out . fantastic hugs must run in her family .

10. Person to call you?
lindaaaa . i love youuuuuuuu . and that the terrible news was so hilariously funny .

11. Last book you read?
errrrr crisp & taylor .

12. Place you worked?
SAFEWAY - fresh food people .
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love potions .

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shrugz

second week of uni .

x ive already missed 5 hours of lectures . thats more than all of semester one already . argghhh ! self-control -_______-'' i vow not to miss anymore lectures this week ! you can hold me to that .

x clinicals next week ! today i checked my roster, and they made a mistake - therefore - im still at bochiu ! which is such a relief :D my timetable is : early shifts (700 - 1530hrs ) & late shifts ( 1400 - 2230 hrs ) . ive progressed from scared to actually REALLY excited ! i got my navy blue pants today xD

x shopping shopping shopping ! the other day i went shopping with emily, and i got 4 tops and spent only $40 :D (yess, thank you $5 tops from cotton on ! esp. my pink top that matches phoebe's ) & yesterday i spent the day with doris, jess & amanda - we went all the way to bochiu , bought nuts , eat a lot and played at timeout . missed 2 lectures, then went back to the city where we went everywhere till my feet hurt .

x the above two points relate directly to this point which is something my mum just pointed out to me today . since i have clinicals next week, i took time off from work . which means .. after this saturday - im not working till end of august ! YAYAY ! ( i was pleased when i realise this ) . but then it dawned on me : no work = NO MOOLAH = NO SHOPPING . D: how to survive ? save me centrelink !!

x im so OA , i cant handle it . its taking over my life .

courtesy of li :


li is amazing . she made that !

it reminds me of tim tams love potions = linda, jn, suwii & my love biscuit .

which brings me to :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50AySTRGA4

haha its really boring cause im a n00blet . future videoblogs will be more interesting in the future ! :D

ps. sabrina ! teach me how to embed video into actual post xD
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