i like my new look so much i'm going to do something unprecedented and blog for the second time in two days! heh. i've always liked green. and i guess it's timely for a change since a new year is round the corner.
oh i've been stuffing myself with the marks and spencer's redcurrant puffs which we bought yesterday. they're fantastic! but i'm heading for an overdose. haha.
happy new year everybody!
how precious this week's holiday is! though rather short, but still a much-needed break from school and i'm more than happy to keep out all school-related thoughts for at least 7 days! ok, not all of them, still had some stuff to do and think about, but generally this is as good a holiday as we can get, right?
it's been 2 days but i'm still feeling surreal about it...that i actually passed my driving test! it was truly by God's grace, because i definitely was a shaky driver (still am) and didn't have much chance of passing on my first try. i guess i was just ok-prepared but not that confident. anyway, things didn't go so well during my warm-up but God gave me a kind tester (he was Ming'en's tester too! during the ballot when i knew i got him i felt so encouraged and hopeful) who actually let me pass!
throughout this whole thing i just thought about how good it was to have God by my side, calming me, encouraging me, helping me... it was so comforting. it wasn't nerve-wrecking anymore. i was just praying really hard about it the whole time and i was like, ok just hand everything over to God, all my worries and insecurities and nerves, and... drive like a snail! haha yes i really did. my tester even gave an audible sigh. he had to minus my points for driving too slowly. heehee! but it was worthwhile coz it kept me away from all the possible mistakes and trouble. so now i think the strategy is to drive slowly so that you don't chalk up too many points for all the mistakes but rather you earn lesser points for driving too slowly. yes...haha. and i was so touched by all the other drivers around me! they gave way to me! they let me change lanes smoothly! for so many days i was fretting about this coz i can't change lanes for nuts, but on that day everyone was so nice to me!
so all praise and glory be to God! i was wondering what was His will for me, whether i should pass or fail, but in the end i figured that even if i failed i'd be ok coz it's His will and i'm more than happy to do His will... coz even if the answer is 'no' right now, it just means that God has a better plan for us! Praise the Lord!
hello all! thanks for your concern. i'm doing well, under my trusty painkillers and antibiotics and what not. the pills have a really yucky taste. i'd drink bitter cough mixture anyday. hehe. and my face started getting quite swollen last night! now i look like a pancake sigh. anyway, i'm removing the stitches on tuesday. so hopefully things will get better from then on... tonight i drank homemade blended grape juice! it was surprisingly nice! :) coz i wanted to eat grapes but it was too painful to chew them, so my mum suggested blending them into a juice and it turned out to be sweet and yummy. yay. so i shall drink fruit juices more often from now on.
the happy thing about tonight is that i finally heard from my korean penpal!! yes i'm really happy that we've renewed contact.
ok happy weekend guys! :)
suddenly my internet is working again today. part of me feels happy to be connected to the world once again, with the ability to check my email, my school stuff, read my favourite blogs, and do research online. another part of me is horrified at how dependent i've become on the internet. so the question is, do i or do i not want to be connected? i think i just like the IDEA of knowing that i can be connected if i want to. it does provide convenience when i need it. but when the internet is not working, i end up feeling a little helpless, especially when i'm running to and fro between two computers with no thumbdrive to help.
anyway, the SEA Games is in full swing! i'm enjoying it so much. singapore is doing really well! :) can't wait for the day when we host it, i'll be even more excited! haha. but because school is very very hectic right now, i can't follow the games on TV so i just read the newspapers.
i'm going to extract my 4 wisdom teeth on wed. i met the anesthetist and he was very funny. he was measuring my blood pressure, and checking my heartbeat, and then he wrote down my weight as 58kg. i was like, huh you mean i'm 58kg??! how did you know??? (of course the crazy thought that my bp or hb could tell him that flashed past my mind...) turned out that he THOUGHT he heard me say my weight was that. well, i almost got a heart attack when i saw it anyway.
i like the national library very much! we were all like country bumpkins there yesterday because of all the new features haha...they were fascinated by the hand dryer in the toilet?!? lol. and the screen at the bookdrop that lets you see your books arriving safely at the book bin. but it's a good place to be at. plus the reference library occupies seven levels. so cool! i'm such a nerd. haha. ok i'd better get back to work... cannot waste time!!
