28 January 2010
;00:22 "You can recall the creases caused by the smile on a loved one’s lips or the way the tears crept to your eyes. But pain is hard to put into words and in life there is always pain. It’s as natural as birth or death. Pain makes us who we are, it teaches us and tames us, it can destroy and it can save. When it happens, it takes our breath away."
//Anna McPartlin; Pack up the Moon
What can be more painful than financial accounting? FREAKING FINANCE FOR LAW. Like what kind of module is that, man? It's not fun to do the homework but okay I admit it's pretty interesting when you can apply it to your own life.
Like if I had $5,000 in my bank account now and I need to pay off a $40,000 loan from my dad to sponsor my university studies in about 10 years, what kind of interest rate would I be looking for? Apparently, I need an investment with a return rate of 32%. asfhafhaksghka!
haha, my dad suggested that I go use the funds in my bank account to start up a loan-sharking business instead. then I can loan out my money to my friends at a monthly interest rate of 2%! which would be awesome until you take into consideration the fact that I would need to hire a couple of lackeys and also pay their wages so they can get some fierce looking tattoos, buy a few tins of red/black paint, some really big and pink pig heads, maybe take some basic Hokkien classes and still have the energy left-over to chase some of my friends who take my money but don't pay up. Think you my friend then big is it?!
hmm, that's wayy too tiring already! considering the fact that Jojo and I just got off the phone after attempting to solve all the finance homework questions for last week. we took almost three hours cann argh!
was talking to weilin(!) about stuff when we kind of realised that somehow things came full circle in some areas of our lives. and that led me to think about the journeys which we take.
sometimes, we don't really understand the people we love. after all, Man's heart is deep water. he may not even know his own motivations. a little bit of love, a little bit of selfishness, a little bit of cunning. maybe that's why God breaks us, to teach us to give away the parts of the heart that we need to so that we become incomplete, in order that we learn to be complete in Him. like weilin said, we've to be crippled to be strengthened; to surrender to overcome; to sacrifice to gain.
being broken can be the most painful process, but in the end I know that gold has to pass through fire to be refined.
14 January 2010
;22:43 "You know that feeling? That feeling when you just want the right thing to fall into the right place, not only because it’s right, but because it will mean that such a thing is still possible? I want to believe that." //Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
ohmytian, I'm taking my BTT for the third time tomorrow and I'm practising questions on some dodgy website cos the lady who took down my BTT registration apparently forgot to sign me up for the e-trial test. oh well, I suppose it will all work out especially seeing how hilarious some of the comments are on this dodgy website.
Q) What should you do while waiting at a red traffic light? A) Of course wait for the light to turn green la, what else you want to do?
Q) If the brakelights of your vehicle are not functioning: you should a) you can still drive if in good weather; b) you should not drive at all; c) drive it to the workshop for repairs immediately. A) B. Then how am I supposed to repair the lights? Call a truck to tow my car to the repair centre? Yes, that's a really pertinent comment cos I was thinking that too! Q) Upon seeing a green B light, you should a) proceed if your vehicle is not an omnibus; b) proceed if your vehicle is an omnibus; c) give way to vehicles behind. A) What is an omnibus?
Q) The traffic light has turned red but the pedestrian is still crossing. What should you do? A) Bang the bastard down. This goes toward proving my point that the logic behind BTT questions is flawed! Some of the questions are downright hilarious can!
5 January 2010
;23:55 "Your eye is on the sparrow; and your hand it comforts me. From the ends of the earth to the depths of my heart, Let Your grace and mercy be seen." //I will Run to You; Hillsong Australia
I know that we all are on a journey, we all have our own paths to follow and in the end, when we come to the finishing point, we accept that we ran the race with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength. We kept nothing back and we gave it everything we had. And for this, I am thankful. That I loved and learnt so much but lost nothing. Because, in the end, I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that people change so that we learn to let go, things go wrong so we turn to the only one who can make things right again and sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together. Despite everything, we had a wonderful run and I know now that there are some things that are beyond my reach where God has His own plans. He has brought me full circle and showed me that his wisdom is immeasurable and I am in good hands. The finishing point is here and I know I have to start on a new journey. I don't believe that giving your heart away takes away a part of you. I think you give away the parts of your heart that you need to. So that you become who you were meant to be.
So, stay gold my dear. I will miss everything that we had.
"Love is a river, flowing where we know not. The wound is deep, yet the river is wide." //Kevin; The Wonder Years
the past year has been a journey for me, in the truest sense of the word and I hope it was the same for many of you. I hope you explored, loved, lost, learnt, treasured, laughed, sang, cried, agonised, stumbled, fell down, picked yourselves up again and hoped. I hope you ended the year with as many friends, family and loved ones as when the year started. I hope that no matter what happened to you, you are stronger, wiser, better than when you began.
"You can recall the creases caused by the smile on a loved one’s lips or the way the tears crept to your eyes. But pain is hard to put into words and in life there is always pain. It’s as natural as birth or death. Pain makes us who we are, it teaches us and tames us, it can destroy and it can save. When it happens, it takes our breath away."
//Anna McPartlin; Pack up the Moon
What can be more painful than financial accounting? FREAKING FINANCE FOR LAW. Like what kind of module is that, man? It's not fun to do the homework but okay I admit it's pretty interesting when you can apply it to your own life.
Like if I had $5,000 in my bank account now and I need to pay off a $40,000 loan from my dad to sponsor my university studies in about 10 years, what kind of interest rate would I be looking for? Apparently, I need an investment with a return rate of 32%. asfhafhaksghka!
haha, my dad suggested that I go use the funds in my bank account to start up a loan-sharking business instead. then I can loan out my money to my friends at a monthly interest rate of 2%! which would be awesome until you take into consideration the fact that I would need to hire a couple of lackeys and also pay their wages so they can get some fierce looking tattoos, buy a few tins of red/black paint, some really big and pink pig heads, maybe take some basic Hokkien classes and still have the energy left-over to chase some of my friends who take my money but don't pay up. Think you my friend then big is it?!
hmm, that's wayy too tiring already! considering the fact that Jojo and I just got off the phone after attempting to solve all the finance homework questions for last week. we took almost three hours cann argh!
was talking to weilin(!) about stuff when we kind of realised that somehow things came full circle in some areas of our lives. and that led me to think about the journeys which we take.
sometimes, we don't really understand the people we love. after all, Man's heart is deep water. he may not even know his own motivations. a little bit of love, a little bit of selfishness, a little bit of cunning. maybe that's why God breaks us, to teach us to give away the parts of the heart that we need to so that we become incomplete, in order that we learn to be complete in Him. like weilin said, we've to be crippled to be strengthened; to surrender to overcome; to sacrifice to gain.
being broken can be the most painful process, but in the end I know that gold has to pass through fire to be refined.
"You know that feeling? That feeling when you just want the right thing to fall into the right place, not only because it’s right, but because it will mean that such a thing is still possible? I want to believe that." //Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
ohmytian, I'm taking my BTT for the third time tomorrow and I'm practising questions on some dodgy website cos the lady who took down my BTT registration apparently forgot to sign me up for the e-trial test. oh well, I suppose it will all work out especially seeing how hilarious some of the comments are on this dodgy website.
Q) What should you do while waiting at a red traffic light? A) Of course wait for the light to turn green la, what else you want to do?
Q) If the brakelights of your vehicle are not functioning: you should a) you can still drive if in good weather; b) you should not drive at all; c) drive it to the workshop for repairs immediately. A) B. Then how am I supposed to repair the lights? Call a truck to tow my car to the repair centre? Yes, that's a really pertinent comment cos I was thinking that too! Q) Upon seeing a green B light, you should a) proceed if your vehicle is not an omnibus; b) proceed if your vehicle is an omnibus; c) give way to vehicles behind. A) What is an omnibus?
Q) The traffic light has turned red but the pedestrian is still crossing. What should you do? A) Bang the bastard down. This goes toward proving my point that the logic behind BTT questions is flawed! Some of the questions are downright hilarious can!
"Your eye is on the sparrow; and your hand it comforts me. From the ends of the earth to the depths of my heart, Let Your grace and mercy be seen." //I will Run to You; Hillsong Australia
I know that we all are on a journey, we all have our own paths to follow and in the end, when we come to the finishing point, we accept that we ran the race with all our heart, all our soul and all our strength. We kept nothing back and we gave it everything we had. And for this, I am thankful. That I loved and learnt so much but lost nothing. Because, in the end, I believe that everything happens for a reason. I believe that people change so that we learn to let go, things go wrong so we turn to the only one who can make things right again and sometimes good things fall apart so that better things can fall together. Despite everything, we had a wonderful run and I know now that there are some things that are beyond my reach where God has His own plans. He has brought me full circle and showed me that his wisdom is immeasurable and I am in good hands. The finishing point is here and I know I have to start on a new journey. I don't believe that giving your heart away takes away a part of you. I think you give away the parts of your heart that you need to. So that you become who you were meant to be.
So, stay gold my dear. I will miss everything that we had.
"Love is a river, flowing where we know not. The wound is deep, yet the river is wide." //Kevin; The Wonder Years
the past year has been a journey for me, in the truest sense of the word and I hope it was the same for many of you. I hope you explored, loved, lost, learnt, treasured, laughed, sang, cried, agonised, stumbled, fell down, picked yourselves up again and hoped. I hope you ended the year with as many friends, family and loved ones as when the year started. I hope that no matter what happened to you, you are stronger, wiser, better than when you began.
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