1. So. I have a test on Wednesday on Anatomy. And I haven't studied at all. :/ Yesterday I went to town to buy some groceries and bought an iPod-USB cable for 5 euros and thank God it works. And I also got photo frames for the photos I'm gonna give my flatmates. :D Then I did my laundry and cooked and stuff like that and that was my Friday. I cooked er.. noodles that were like kueh tiao but more like the Beaufort Noodle kon lao mian kinda mian, if you get what I mean. And thennn for dinner I pan fried a steak YUM YUM and boiled potatoes and vegies. :D
2. Today I went for volleyball and it wasn't that great. It was ok. I could've spent the time studying but I went to the game which was kind of a bleh because we didn't win, surprise surprise. But at least I got a spin back which means saving 1.80euro on bus fare WHEE. But kinda lame cuz I bought biscuits to break my 20euro note to get change for the bus, so that just means I'm gonna nom nom on the biscuits and get FAT.
3. I finallllyyyyy finished Have A Little Faith by Mitch Albom. Honestly, it's a... powerful book. Well, kinda hesitating on using the verb powerful because it could be nothing to some people. But it was really inspirational to me and thought provoking too. I remember I slept super late (like 4am) one night because I had read a few chapters of the book and was trying to think and apply it to my life but it was hard. Hahaha. But anywho. Now that I've finished it, I want to post about the parts that made me stop to think/go back and reread. There are LOADS of dog-ears in the book marking those parts, and this breaks my rule of loving my books and not bending the pages OR the spine of the book. :0 But there's this one part I would just like to note here which is towards the very end of the book. Erm. Here it is I guess. Oh, the church downtown is a Christian church near the author's house at the time and it's really rundown with a big hole in the roof where the rain can get in. And Henry is the pastor of that church, I Am My Brother's Keeper. And the Reb is the late Rabbi of the author's synagogue.
I thought about his dilapidated church downtown. And I realized that, in some
ways, we all have a hole in our roof, a gap through which tears fall and bad events blow
like harsh wind. We feel vulnerable; we worry about what storm will strike next.
But seeing Henry that day, being cheered by all those new faces, I believe, as the
Reb once told me, that, with a little faith, people can fix things, and they truly can change,
because at that moment, you could not believe otherwise.
And so, although it is cold as I write this, with snow packed atop the blue tarp on
the church roof, when the weather thaws—and it always thaws—we are going to fix that
hole. One day, I tell Henry. We will fix that hole. We will shake the generosity tree and
raise the funds and replace the roof. We will do it because it needs to be done. We will do it
because it's the right thing to do.
it—but her parents prayed and she pulled through and she is now a ball of energy with a
grin that could lure the cookies out of the jar. She is at the church almost every night. She
skips between the tables for the homeless and lets them rub her head playfully. She doesn't
have a lot of toys and she isn't scheduled for countless after-school activities, but she most
certainly has a community, a loving home—and a family.
Her father is a one-legged man named Cass, and her mother is a former addict
named Marlene. They were married in the I Am My Brother's Keeper church; Pastor Henry
Covington did the service.And a year later, along came their precious little girl, who now runs around as if in God's private playground.Her name, fittingly, is “Miracle.”
The human spirit is a thing to behold.
This kinda spoke to me. The part about all of us having holes. It's true lo. Everyone has that thing which brings them down once in a while and makes us cry and hurt. But... the human spirit is a thing to behold. We need to have faith that we can patch this hole up. We don't need to leave it there, an opening for the rain to come in. Haha, I think this really spoke to me because now, for the first time I feel like when I say that I'm standing on my own two feet, in the sense that I can say that it's fine if my close friends back home aren't always there for me because I knowwww that they love me and always have my back, I really do mean it! Before, I was honestly just trying my best and pretending I don't care. But now, I just KNOW that I can run to them when I'm broken. So, I have faith. I'm not scared. :)
4. Can't wait to start a new book!!!! :D
5. Just found out that My Chemical Romance has split up. O. M. GOSSSSHHH. And I just recently started to listen to their music again, the amazing Black Parade is Dead concert in Mexico!!!! SO SAD. They released a new album then POOF. The type of vanishing act that leaves everyone shocked and astounded. I would've loved to see them in concert. Haha btu I'm not worried. Cuz I'm really sure some time down the line, they'll have a reunion concert. (PLEASE DO!)
6. Oh. I don't know if I talked about this, but I was kinda emo when I was about to turn 20. OMG. I'm 20!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm SO OLDDDD. :'( Hahaha. Not really emo, more like, bogged down. Because I didn't know how I was supposed to act. I felt like I had to change something as I shed my teen self you know? I felt like I had to grow up a little and be less childish. Especially when I'm having a conversation with Andrea who's 22, and I would suddenly say something really silly that I think is really funny then I do that stupid high pitched giggle where, in my mind, I'm high-fiving myself.. then I'll be so stressed because that's not how a 20-year-old is supposed to act. I was talking to Jason about this today. But I think I kinda decided that I can't really change who I am. I'm probably always gonna like stupid jokes on 9gag and applaud dry humour like Sara Bareilles' Sweet As Whole song which actually made me laugh out loud, I'm probably always gonna like watching stuff like Okiku Furikabutte and cheer on Jeremy Lin, saying it's Asian Pride though I don't even watch NBA. I can suppress it and hide it, pretend to be mature. But then hey, life's too short to try and be someone you're not. So this is me, the one who likes weird clothes and bright colours and actually, LITERALLY laugh then clap clap clap my hands when there's a funny joke on New Girl (yes.. -.- I actually do that), and who thinks photos of people who are genuinely smiling with laughter in their eyes are always beautifullllll so I hardly take photos seriously, and who's always soooo cheeky/annoying and screenshots ridiculous photos of people I love when I'm skyping with them. I am this person and I probably always will be. HAHA NEXT!
7. WHEEEE. Got my class hoodies on Thursdayyyyy. :D :D I was SO EXCITED to get them. This is for our class, Dentistry 2017 cuz that's when we graduate (if all goes well). And our slogan at the back says Oral Specialist. HAHA. Due to the fact that it's a pretty heavy sexual innuendo, some chose not to get the slogan on the back. I almost didn't get it as well because I'm such a nice and innocent girl and I don't wanna walk around promoting er.. stuff like that. But then I'm such kid so I was like YOLO and I just got it. So yea, we had class photos as well on that day, but they're gonna have one after the test on Wed cuz some ppl would have been absent on Thursday. It was so fun taking photos oh. Felt like TTSS times when you just walk around with a camera and take photos. -Wistful face--- Those were great fun times. So yea. 'Twas fun!!! Oh and the First Year Pharmacy's hoodie's slogan is "kiss my aspirin" which I thought was pretty funny. hahaha.
So yeaaapppp. Here's the first photo I'm putting on this blog that is NOT from the internet.
Yes. The one with the awkward face and the awkward skirt is me. BAM. Does my face suit my blabbering thoughts? :P
Cheers peepz! It's time to study! I've procrastinated enough on this blog. Seriously man. I've spent hours here and NOW IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT AND I HAVEN'T STUDIED AAAAHHHH!!!!!
Okie bye.
Sun 00:19 24/3/13
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