Because He Lives

God sent His son, they called Him Jesus
He came to love, heal, and forgive.
He lived and died to buy my pardon,
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, All fear is gone.
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living just because He lives.

How sweet to hold a newborn baby,
And feel the pride and joy he gives.
But greater still the calm assurance,
This child can face uncertain days because He lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, All fear is gone.
Because I know He holds the future,
And life is worth the living just because He lives.

And then one day I'll cross the river,
I'll fight life's final war with pain.
And then as death gives way to victory,
I'll see the lights of glory and I'll know He lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.
Because He lives, All fear is gone!
Because I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living just because He lives!

Words: Bill & Gloria Gaither

The New Normal

If I could wish upon tomorrow

Tonight will never end

Two nights in a row of feeling so blessed with great friends around me. Thank God for happy days like these, even in the midst of the most heartbreaking ones. Haha satisfied my Beard Papa cravings and now I think I'm hooked onto Tako balls. This gotta stop hahahaha. Good thing Yf camp's starting soon, I guess :)

I've never felt so busy in December, but this is all good. All things for God is and will be good, yepp! Random thought: I kinda miss carolling heehee.

Hey Purple Dinosaur you officially turned 18 two days ago, and I'm so glad we spent it together with JA the SBB too. :} Heehee anywayyy, see you in 2012 again, we'll ask Pling and Deaf Knee along this time round! And Jia Ai your post was so sweet XOXOXO

& BBFF, we'll get out of this sticky situation together and not be trapped in it any longer, k? It's funny how we are going through exactly the same stuff but with different people hahaha, loved yesterday and can't wait for my life to be flooded with such days! Heehee and yep it's BBFF :}

You're out of sight but not out of mind.

Thank God for the great weather today. Dry run was, considerably successful I guess? I'm really praying that the Yf camp will run smoothly. Thank you everyone for making time for tonight :)

I reached home nearly an hour ago and I can't wait to quickly take a shower and hop into bed hahaha. But before that... I was looking through some pictures just a few minutes ago, and it just occured to me how good times never last. We should always be contented still, because we've had those moments, no matter how short they were. It was only a few days, but they can last me a lifetime because the pictures have the ability to speak thousands of words that I can never utter, or describe to match the very least. They bring me back to the exact moment when I can almost feel all the same feelings. Except knowing it's all overrrr.



Hm and somehow, I find my name becoming a taboo among my friends. Hahaha oh well... :( SIGH SAD LIFE.

At One Go.

Kho-Hot Ruimin guess what, knowing you miss me makes me miss you so much more HAHA. And it's probably only 50 hours since the last time we met but I feel like meeting you againnnn, like, NOW!!! Heehee that's a good sign, right? Anyway you know I'm so busy with you-know-what lately and I feel so worn down these days but I know you are right, when everything works out for the best I'll be happy too! Currently I'm thinking about that lovely watch we saw but I'm gonna keep to my promise and stop splurging for quite a while and save up hahaha. SIGH. Okayyy you better update me soon about you-know-who heehee can't wait! Pretty Little Liars is keeping me in great suspense, only I can't watch them in one go (as much as I want to!!!) cos I have other pressing things waiting for meeeee. Alrighty love you and why does this sound like a diary entry. XOXO!

I'm no counterfeit.

Hi RuiminK I think we rock hahahaha you make me less of an embarrassment when we are together!

We should have more days like that. Oh, and don't you think it's funny we are kinda, almost, going through the same thing? Haha but yeah you are right we should all be n.o.r.m.a.l. and forget all the other confusing things. :)

This night's a perfect shade of
Dark blue dark blue
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room when I'm here with you
I said the world could be burning burning down
Dark blue dark blue
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room well I'm here with you
I said the world could be burning dark blue

We were boxing
We were boxing the stars
We were boxing we were boxing
You were swinging for Mars
And then the water reached the West Coast
And took the power lines the power lines
And it was me and you this could last forever
And the whole town under water
There was nothing we could do
It was dark blue

Love, love this.

Finally, I'm letting go
Of all my downer thoughts
In no time there'll be
One less sad robot
Looking for a chance to be
Something more than just metal

Basketball today was awesomeeeee! It felt so good playing ball with the friends and random people for hoursss. I'm... happily tired heehee. It has been a long while. :)

Okay I'm gonna escape the world for a short while, just a little little while... and when I'm back I know all of this will be behind me! I'll be as normal as normal can get and be happy with the way things exactly are. I will, oh yes I will.


Oh, Miss Delaney (Miss Delaney)
Whatcha sad for?

On sleepless roads the sleepless go.

“If only there could be an invention that bottled up a memory, like scent.
And it never faded, and it never got stale. And then, when one wanted
it,
the bottle
could be uncorked, and it would be like living the moment
all over again.”
- Daphne du Maurier

But some are better done away with, forever.

I just realised I'm gonna be so busy in the coming days and weeks, but in a good way I guess! Haha, since it really puts my energy and time to good use and stop me from rotting away while focusing on irrelevant matters.

They say, some things simply bear no answers, and maybe we should all stop looking for them. Maybe it's time I do just that.

Prayerfully all goes well. :)

Keep Your Friends Close

Kemei you have the best swimsuit hahahaha.

& Ruimin, Coco is so cute but not when he has something up his sleeves hehh little pervy :}

Love you two truckloads. Stayover the next time round! Hahaha I promise I'll try to be more glamorous so you two won't have a chance to laugh at me anymore :( Heeheheheehe!

When you turn out the lights, it's all the same darkness.

"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken
at the flood, leads on to fortune but omitted, and the voyage of their life is
bound in shallows and mesires. On such a full sea are we now afloat and we must
take the current when it serves or lose the ventures before us.”

Sometimes I'd rather feel nothing.
It's easier/

Fleeting Moments.

Last day, at Incheon airport. Trust me I was almost completely depressed about having to come home haha :'{

So cute. The left one. Heehee I'm kidding, I meant the one on the right. Bright like the sun, too. :)

Kimchi making (haha or rather, wrapping) it was pre-seasoned!

At Everland theme park, where the scaredy cat on the left doesn't dare to take any of the thrilling rides since she's puke-risk.

LOTTE World hotel, the characters level. CUTE OR WHAT (haha wait till you see the rooms!)

Hotel near the hot springs place.......forgot what it's called! Anyway the ceiling was decorated with stars that blink. I had a great night heehee (fell asleep while watching the stars twinkling. not the real ones but hello, it's good enough hahaha) :}

From Jeju to Incheon (day 2 or 3)

Ohhh, the farm. Fond, fond memories :)

Dinner after soaking in hot springs heehee :}

And this is Day One.

These days were beautiful, yet they are all but permanent. Short-lived, yet close to my heart. It's been more than a week, yet it only feels like yesterday that I just came back, and feeling awfully sad knowing it's all gone.

The same feelings only in a different place.

Momentarily, everything was safe and everything was better.

In brief words.

The Korea trip was spectacular and thoroughly enjoyable, so unforgettable that I'd probably always remember the time I spent there. The first day I woke up in Singapore after coming back from the trip, I was almost struck with melancholy that it was all over before I knew it. Temporal depression. Haha, and now I'm already planning to save up and travel more places next year! Top of my list: BARCA. But oh well obviously I'm gonna have to wait a long time if I'm intending to rely on my pathetic savings. Not to make myself feel worse, but I kinda just bled from spending on my new Vaio lapto (which I'm using now) yesterday. Hahaha well the brother's belated present (now perhaps in the form of belated 'money' would have to wait till the end of Dec) It's safe to say almost that, yeahh I'm broke. :(

Gonna look for a job, ASAP. Hm, but that will probably have to wait till after Dec (which means, till 2012) since I'm currently occupied with Christmas preparation, catching up with the dear friends, and most important of all at this moment, the planning for YF camp. Praying all goes well :)

Korea pictures are up on fb! Haha and... I shall blog about it another time. Maybe :}

Inititally, I simply wanted to blog one sentence.

And that was,

it sucks to be me.

Oh, and it's not because of how occupied I am (I'm sure relishing in that), but cos... according to some people, I bring epic failure to a whole new level. Sucks to be Mag then. :( HAHA kiddingggggg, I still think it's pretty awesome to be me.

Ok you probably think that's a lie. And...... I agree.

Boohoo :(

I remembered preparing myself the day before, that all good things come to an end no matter how happy they make us feel, yet when the morning arrived and the bus started towards the airport, I find myself struggling to breathe. To let go. The feeling lasted till this very moment. Not as strong, but it still lingers and it still haunts.

Too beautiful a memory makes the reminiscing immensely painful.