a wEekshOt

3 bAbes fR my tEmpoRary-ceLL :) eM, maRtEen & cAndy


doesn't this look so much like singapore? :) well, it's a scene from brissy


viEw frOm my bAlcoNy


chiNatOwn in thE vALLey


nO, i diDn't aUditiOn... one girl actually blamed her not gettin in on her 'lucky wristband" hAHa!


2 of the 3 singaporeans i know here :)

snippets of idiocracy

episode 1:
days in a life of a P-plater
boO! i can't believe i stalled my car coming downhill. who in their right mind does something tat retarded? yarr... watever, ur looking at her. special can? :)

episode 2:
the 'tim-tam-slam'
"try it," she says. "how in the world do i do that when i don't even know wat tat means?!" i think to myself.

smiles, nods politely to candy, turns to my new brazilian friend armadale who's as blur or even more lost than myself and give him the "HELP ME (not look like a total imbecile)" look complete with the wild eyes.

he guffaws, we peek at candy from the corner of our eyes and discreetly follow her lead. *crunch* the top right hand corner of the tim-tam disappears. *flip&crunch again* the other corner of the opposite side of the tim-tam's now gone... *chewchewswallow*. now for the finale, stick one bitten end in hot chocomalt, suck from the other corner and there you go, my first tim-tam-slam!

actually, it didn't really happen like tat but trust me, you wouldn't wanna know wat really happened after the wild eyes anyway. haha! but at least now all of you know wat a tim-tam-slam is ok?! :)

episode 3:
delusions of grandeur
this is a little retarded. imagine an old man. cute but like really reEeeally old. got it? now imagine him imagining he's the king of the universe. now imagine him thinking i'm his queen. eww, right? wait.

so R (names have been changed and abbreviated to protect his identity?! ;) haha), it's time for physio now. let's go attack those stairs! R declares (really loudly may i add), "nOno my dear, not before you give me a cuddle first!" now, imagine i was like pretty near to him at that moment and before i could react, he grabs me by the waist and squeezes me really tightly. stunned, i freeze, torn. should i push him away and risk him falling over/hurting himself or should i just let him hug me? decisions decisions. i decide to do the duck and attempt to wriggle outta his vice-like grip. haha! i'm free! or so i think. but nope, mr not-so-good-on-his-feet-but-quick-with-his-lips there plants a big one on my neck/shoulder as i wriggle free! aah, scarred for life, woe betide me. ok all together now. eewww.

alritey now. tat concludes the movie marathon of morons this week. :) smile knowing there's someone more retarded than every retard you know :) haha

but God loves me ok? so there! :)

stop, go, no... wait

if you're reading this in the midst of your exam prep and stuff, stop! :) haha and know that i've been praying for you. n you, n you n you and you! :) haha so all the best now.

and if you're not and just reading cos u've nothing better to do.. ;) heyhey to you too. :)

so guess what? i'm officially a 'local' now! or at least tat's wat jo, one of my new friends calls me. why? simply cos... brace yourself... i joined the library! haha! so my first brisbane reading endeavour includes macbeth by shakespeare. seriously, i'm a little ashamed to say this but i've not read a single major play by w.s! no wait, does merchant of venice count? if so, that's the only one i read! no, not even romeo and juliet or hamlet has made it to my lista achievements. so macbeth...

"come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day"

hAHa, alil encouragement for those bogged by books and text by mr w.s. himself! :) (actually, i've not even made it past the macb-introduction. what kinda introduction runs for 60 pages? bleah. figure i'd get lost in the land of old english if i don't persevere though so... look forward to a book review people! :) haha)

and as for sneha, she actually has a pretty sharp nose quite like i predicted! ;) haha except, it wasn't as big (think aristocratic) as i expected. :) hAHa BUT she kinda makes up for that for she's one of the gentlest people i've met, a UK-born and bred indian chicka. very sweet.

and to the curious, i've not met-met any cute guys here! except for the random bloke who smiled and winked from his hummer whom i'll probably never ever see again. or the dude i met in the lift who started chatting me up when i was visiting an aunty's friend whom i also will probably never see again.. and the.. haha, you get the hint. ;d

last sunday i attended 2 churches. the first was a tiny one off cathedral street (serious, the street name is tat! it's got heaps of churches on that street and it's just off the citycentre). oh a little digression... if you open the map of brisbane and scrutinize it, you'll realise that there's this road called boundary road. and there are a couple of 'boundary roads' on different suburbs surrounding the city. and the history behind that is something about 40+/50 years ago, when bB usEd to me alot more racist, the government drew up these roads to ensure that after a certain time in the day, the ab's shouldn't be found in the city or they'd be culled/jailed? and those roads were the boundaries.

so coming back, the really interesting about both churches was that they both talked about GOd's sovereignty and perfect timing--which is something i've been learning from the beginning of the year. now more than ever before, i needed to hear that and GOd is good. He gave 2 explicit examples from the 2 different churches. the first (ASCOC) talked about rachel in gen31. if you dunno the story rach was jacobs 2nd wife. and she was barren for a long time while leah (1st wife) being the fertile one kept giving birth. sososo, she told jac in the first coupla verses "give me a child or i will die' or something to tat extent. but jac said it wasn't up to him, but God. and later in vs22 it is written that GOd heard rAch and GOd answered and opened her womb and tadaah, joseph was born! all in His good timing! and the 2nd chuRch (KBC) touched on joseph in gen41. how the cupbearer forgot him and he spent 2 more years in the prison not seeing the light, not knowing wat happened, accused, misunderstood. till the pharoah needed an intepretation of his dream did the cupbearer recall his promise and tadaah, joseph, 2nd-in-command. God's perfect timing.

my constant struggle has always been wat to do in the meantime tho? i dunno about u but i like to achieve things. i work better with a target. and i enjoy the sense of achievements just ticking off to-do lists. now tho, work's kinda non-intellectually-stimulating to put it nicely. and like joseph i know i'm here for a purpose but like rach it's the waiting period that's so hard. o that GOd will continue to have mercy and be patient with me. and may His perfect timing, His sovereign will prevail! ;)

where i'm at

sO this is my qUick photO updAte of sOme of the mAteriAL things i thAnk God foR.. :)


jUst a tEenywEeny hiLL nEar my plaCe


my nEw-oLd bABycAr! :) hAven't nAMed it yEt.. any idEas? ;)


a quArtER vieW of my rOom, the othEr 3 quArt's still in a mEss *gRin


my kitChen arEa bEhind the bAR


the loUngey arEa


witH a loOK at my bAlcoNy whiCh ovErloOks the ciTyligHts. :)

sOme shOts

sO aRe yOu wOnderin wAt pArts of bRisSe i've sEen (whiCh is nOt mUch at e mOmEnt) aNd wHy hAven't i shAred aNy of thOse thiNgs yEt? :) hAHa gUeSs nOt! bUt hEre aRe sOme phOtos aNywAys, eXcErpts of my lifE in briSse imMortAlised


tAt's the rivEr at wEllingtoN poiNt all fiLLed up
(p.s. do you get flashes of scenes of new zealand whenever the word wellington comes up? haha i do! that and paddington bear splashing around in his red wellies. :))


tAt's the sAmE rivEr dRying up... the powEr of UV!


jUst cOs i reALLy likE huGe wAter-bOdies


i dunNo wAt to cALL thEm yEt... :) aCquAintAnces-4-nOw/fRieNds-2-bE? sOme aRe alreAdy sHowing thEmselvEs to bE fRieNds thO.. pEople like cAssyEe, cAitlyN, tEdDe...? :)


jUst coS i like hOw my hAir loOks fRom the bAck :) so shinEee! hAHa *nARcisSistic


chOcotARt with a hUge scoOp of aNti-depResSant!


wAt tEdDe doEs whEn hE's bOred :)

alritEy dEn, timE to sleEp! qUik weAthEr updAte: it's pOuriNg aNimALs. swEetsleEp :)

earn like a pauper, spend like a king

wow. spending money is so much easier than earning it. irony, the wonder of life.

so i thank God for my parents who are so super supportive. to cut the long story short, a new apartment (with no internet so no updates for a while) and a new car are imminent, whilst a new wardrobe has pretty much established itself. my excuse? the lack of uniforms. :) haha

had a little 'chat' with aunty L, the mommy of this house, about benny hinn and election blahblah and sometimes i wonder why i even bother. one things i noticed about people here? they talk in spirals. one point doesn't connect to another and i seem to always get lost in conversations cos i dunno where they're leading. haha so the 'chat' became more of a lecture from her AND her son in the end about how i'm wrong? but i still believe what i believe and nothing they say can take that away from me! ;d romans 8:35-39

"Now is the time for us to shine, the time when our dreams are in reach and possibilities, vast. Now is the time for all of us to become the people we always dreamed of being. This is your world. You're here. You matter. The world is waiting." -from my fave drama now: one tree hill

ooh i emailed the pastor of metro community church who forwarded my email to this other chick called sneha. cool name huh? have this feeling her nose will be really sharp! haha ok i admit that was abit random.. :) will tell you if i'm right after meeting her tomorrow!

plus, i caught the sniffles. *drip*

a random thought

have you ever taken a picture then realised there was a stranger in the background? hah, makes you wonder how many pictures you've starred in hey?!

sOme tiMe(s)

here's a simple equation...waiting for buses that don't come + 7 patients with dementia x 3 working days - shaz's patience => joy

the harder u squeeze, the deeper i've to dig... right?

so i'm the only physiotherapist in this new aged-care facility. feel a little erm.. nevermind. suffice to say any senior i believed was going to mentor me was and is at the present moment totally non-existent. well, it's a good opportunity i reckon to hone in whatever skills i have? yupp, i'm gonna have to dig deep. :)

and thanks you who have been keeping me in your thots and prayers. :) visited 2 churches thus far. first being hope and today gccc. after attending one of hope's prayer meet, i realise i really don't agree with somethings the leader said? like that everyone should have the gift of tongues and that you don't think (empty ur mind?) when you speak in tongues. correct me if i'm wrong but i believe in worshiping God in and with your mind even when u're speaking in tongues? and not everyone will have the same gifts even tho it's ok to desire for it cos the Holy Spirit gives as He pleases. right?

anyway, gccc i felt was em, well, nothing like fcc. they'd a guest speaker today, mary something and maybe i'm being a little too critical but.. how can a preacher preach without even opening the word even once? how can a teacher teach without a text? i really cannot comprehend and i really do not agree.

haha BUT God is still good. He's been speaking to me recently about His election and call. read romans 8-10 for yourself. very very interesting stuff! :) this verse in particular jumped out at me

"though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad- in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of his call."

that was in reference to jacob and esau, the former whom God loved and the latter who God hated. hmm... what are your thoughts? :)

ooh i've narrowed my car searches down. hah! i figure a small getz will do for my first car! but cos autos are heaps more expensive, i'm still a leeeeeetle wee-bit apprehensive! my excuse being there are heaps of hills here? and i really don't want to be stuck on one in manual in a jam! ;) which by the way is really common here too! ;) daddeee, i need more moneeeee... :) haha

and happy mother's day everyone.

this is how mine was spent...

rekindling my childhood with my mommee's sistar's friend's children! haha just to make it sound more distant than it is:) ryan and kimberley, the sweetest kids i've met here yet!


oh hey, do you remember the time when our prepubescent brains could conceptualize dinosaurs and skyscrapers with little lego blocks? well, this is the best i could come up with after 23+ yrs of life. a far cry from my pteradactyl days. such a shame

and this is the closest i've come thus far to finding a house that i like. but God willing i'll get a little apartment unit by june :) was thinking of getting one near to UQ so i can do some courses or something..? korean, anybody? or sports med? :) *fingers crossed and praying

so it's true, sometimes it takes a some time to be established. (in life, in studies, in work or relationships..) but till then let's cling fast to Him who is able.

am still keeping u all in my thoughts and prayers! :) haha and occasionally uncontrollably laughing at some of your sorry plights slogging away for assignments and exams! jiaaaayou! ;)

record

so i'm supposed to be at my first day of work today. but guess wat? happy-lil-boss has called in sick as i was on my way! and guess wat's next? sitting on the front porch of my friend's house waiting for someone to arise, i witnessed his dog masturbating! no kidding! but i shall spare the details! *gAg* needless to say, shell-shocked, i was banging the door down in a couple of secs.

plus i cannot believe i've been coming online almost everyday. i'm blaming it on realestate.com/carsales.com. hAah!

ttfn :)

strike one

feels like i'm in a constant freefall.

'When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth' -coldplay

where are you when i need you most?

too easy

so it's been 5 days. and so far i'm still kinda at ground zero. that means: no house, no car and no church i want to settle down in-- yet.

but i'm making little gains. shortlisted some apartments after visiting at least like 15 over the past few days, test drove a coupla cars and pretended i was race-car-rally-driver and also visited hope-brisbane. :) climbed so many hills my butt has become perkier. (serious) and finally increased the number of people i know in brissy to more than how much u can count with one finger. *yAaY

so tat's brisbane from a vantage point. bit like an urban jungle don't ya think? personally i think the view in perth is prettier. brissy-city seems to me like urban-sprawl but then again, it's got its perks-- more life. more people. more dust. haha

and those are the shiniest buildings i spotted in brissy-city. very good for the vain birds. haha! ooh, apparently there are as many butcher-birds in brissy as there are crows in wa! (according to my astute observation) and no i did not make the bird name up. they swoop down randomly and attack cyclists thus their name. or at least tat's wat i've heard anyways.

so i feel a little disconnected from God which is weird cos i was really confident tat this leap/stretch of faith would enhance our relationship. guess it's too easy to become distracted with all tat's happening. now, i'm just holding on to heb10:35,36

"therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised."

ah, God is good all the time.