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Twilight, Starlight

The Crimson Red
Touches The Greyish Blue
Its Swirls Like A Candy Floss
With Ray Of Light Peering Through
The Seven Colours Slides Across
Irony Irony
Yet A Sweet Surprise
Hidden Stars Out In The Sky
Silently Waiting For The Time To Shine
With Just Precious Seconds Away To Twilight
Say Goodbye To the Ray Of Light
And You Realise How Time Has Pass You By

Its a Good Day to Shine

Kai
Its My Turn To Fly
Its My Turn To Soar
Its My Turn To Let All Know That My Dream Will Come True

Dont Run Away
Dont Let It Go Too Soon
Build All The Bridges I Burn
And When The Sky Is Falling
I know You Be There With Me
Step Back And Hear You're Calling
I'll Let My Dream Go Far And Wide

Dear Diary...

Monday, December 31, 2007

-4:41 PM

Happy New Year!!

Dear beloved cg mbrs,

SURPRISE!

I made a nice cheesecake just for you guys! So do try it tonight when you're all ejoying yourself and counting down to 2008! Happy New Year! The cheesecake is just a small gift of love and thanks for all the things you guys have done for me.

Wanna take this time to specially thank some of you!

Sherylyn - Thanks for all the hard work you have put in, always been prompt and efficient in all that I've asked you to do, and never complain about the amount of things I've asked you to do. You're amazing beyond words. Jiayou in your future endeavours! I'll be cheering you on!

Tat Kwek - Thanks for your all your help and hard work. With faithfulness, you constantly gave your best and do it without asking too much question. Jiayou! Keep on working towards your goal in life, with determination, you'll go far!

Imelda - Not only just a team leader in the cg, but a spiritual giant with tenacity and large capacity. You served the cg mbrs, been in-charge of so many things, and yet handle tuition assignments, have a full-time job, part-time studies. It has been a stretching year for you in 2007 isn't it. But I know that you doing good, jiayou!! Hang in there, your life vision and goal is getting closer and closer!

Serena - Jiayou! You are a strong woman of God. You have been through storms and turmoils. And finally, you stand. I believe in you! Jiayou! And Thanks for the Xmas gift.

Daniel - The most awesome 'transfomer' I've met thus far, you are always so patient and courteous. I believe that you will be a great art student in Laselle-Sia. And I know that you will definitely get into the school.

Valerie - Thanks for all the effort put into all that you're tasked to do. You're a great woman of God. Jiayou! I believe that you have a great destiny. And thanks for helping me to always build the worship atmosphere with your fantastic guitar skills!

Glenn - You're the man. You're a living example of one who changed trememdously, look at you now, God is using you in so many ways. Hey, I believe that you are a man with emotional strength, I know that down the road, one day, you'll be prospering like never before, because you put your faith in Him. Thank you for been so faithful in the little things I've aske you to do and help me with.

Vannessa - Thinking about you, I think that you've a gift in sourcing out things that people need (p.s. remember that I managed to source out some things that I want, kudos, lol). I think you'll make a awesome secretary. You're a great friend that people can talk heart to heart with. And you have a friend in me. May success come to all that you do! Thanks for all the help! The cheesecake is custom-made to your liking (strawberry cheesecake)

Chai Huat - Thanks for been so flexible and change your guitar playing style to the way I want it to be whenever I request for a change, lol. And also, sing for me whenever I cant hit the key, lol. No matter how busy you are, you still care about the souls of your friends, always inviting them back. Good job!

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lol, me and Glenn, we got the same gift for gift-exchange at thanksgiving cg.

Friday, December 28, 2007

-1:36 AM

Joanna Wang - Lets Start From Here

Finally, the song that I've been searching for so long! Yea! ^,^

Giving up, why should I

I've come to far to forget

Beautiful, just got lost

Somewhere along the way

So much was missing when you went away

Let's start from here, lose the past

Change our minds, we don't need a finish line

Let's take this chance don't think too deep

Of all those promises we couldn't seem to keep

I don't care where we go

Let's start from here

Standing here face to face

A finger on your lips

Don't say a word don't make a sound

Silence surrounds us now

Even when you were gone I felt you everywhere

Let's start from here, lose the past

Change our minds, we don't need a finish line

Let's take this chance don't think too deep

Of all those promises we couldn't seem to keep

I don't care where we go

Let's start from here

Let's start from here I've never been the one to open up

But you've always been the voice within

The only warmth from my cold heart

Let's start from here, lose the past

Change our minds, we don't need a finish line

Let's take this chance don't think too deep

Of all those promises

Let's start from here, lose the past

Change our mindsWe don't need a finish line

Let's take this chance don't think too deep

Of all those promises we couldn't seem to keep

I don't care where we go

Let's start from here

Let's start from here...

~ Joanna Wang, 王若琳

-1:08 AM

Boxing Day part 2

Firstly, a special thanks to all my friends and relatives for making this Xmas a special one. Filled with fun, joy and Love.

Here's are some of the additional gifts I recieved from my friends and cousin. ^ ^

I like this Tee, simply red-Hot! Pssss....*smoke (Hot! Hot!) =)

Ah! Socks for the cold n rainy season. ^ ^. Thanks Cous-zie!

GAP long sleeve. Nice. Break-through wear for me, lol. I never wear horizontal-striped shirts in my whole entire life. (I know, I know, "conservative!" I can hear some people labelling me as one =P )

Xmas is over, but the spirit is in the air.

Holiday season is not over yet, visiting Chinatown yesterday infected me with the Chinese New Year celebration. ^ ^

Thursday, December 27, 2007

-2:09 AM

CheeseCake!

Alright! Alright!

Here's the recipe for my cheesecake! Spent some time to make the cheesecake on Sunday (23rd Dec) evening.

Spent a total of $34 for all the ingredients.

Ingredients:

2 teaspoon of Gelatin in half a cupful of hot-water

1 x Digestives Biscuits

1 x Butter

1-3 lemon (individual preference)

2 x Cream Cheese (Philadephia is the best choice so far)

1 x Condensed Milk

To make the Base of the CheeseCake

Pound the digestive biscuits to pieces, and mixed the melted butter with the crumbs. Make sure its all evenly mixed together; and then spread it across a metal pan. (Thickness of base of the cheesecake should be about 1cm

To make the Cheesecke filling

Mixed evenly => 2 boxes of cheese, half a cup of dissolved gelatin, 1 can of condensed milk, half a cup of squeezed lemon juice (some people like it sour, so you may wanna increase the amount to lemon juice to be added in, or else half a cupful is just nice, simply sweet,creamy and abit of sour taste kinda-cheese-cake). Use a electronic mixer to ensure efficient and fast even mixing of the cheesecake filling. (If you dont have a electronic mixer like me, simply use pure muscle, your hand and start stirring the mashy, slimy, sticky mixture manually).

Pour the filling into the metal pan and put it into the freezer for 4 hrs and its ready to be served!

Here's my creation!!

(P.S. I added in an additional ingredient for my cheesecake filling to create a more creamy and smooth, tasty cheesecake! What's the ingredient? For mw to know, for you to find out! he=he)

Verdict for my cheesecake : Delicious beyond words! Dont believe? Try doing one and you'll know it! If say after you made one, and you think it taste yucky! Well, then ask Mr Anointed Hands (ahem! Yours truly, Me) to make one for you at a cheap price. ^ ^ (Aaaa, I'll add in my secret additional ingredient for your cheesecake ^ ^)

(Zzzz.. tired, time to turn in for the day, stay tune for my Boxing Day Part 2) Adios!

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

-11:55 PM

Boxing Day (Part 1)

Started my day today going out with my mum. We went to Chinatown for a time of shopping. Just when you think that Chinatown is boring, noooooooooo... so much have changed at Chinatown, the newly painted shophouses,

the daytime shophouses,

and the numerous ladies' fashion shops.

At the Ladies' fashion shop, that is where I learnt something else about my mum. Her bargaining skills are superb! She managed to strike a deal for a top from the price of $28 to $20, *jaw dropped and *kudos! I was in awe when the shop owner called her back to strike the deal with her, total *kudos!

After that, we both went to visit my granny. Ate my lunch there at 4.35pm, (yea, dinner huh!).

Then we head on down to visit my aunt (my mum's eldest sis). And it is when I was there when I was reminded that I already a 'uncle', I have 2 niece (P5 and P1) and 1 nephew (K1) enjoying their every moment of school holiday. I decided to act out what I've learnt about exploding prosperity into people's lives; and be a friendly and nice uncle to the 3 of them (since I only get to see them once a blue moon ) by bringing them to Tiong Bahru Plaza to buy some post-Xmas gift for them, since its boxing day anyway! After our little adventure (with a few heart-thumping moment when my little nephew loves to run around even when he's walking by the road-side) filled with long walks and choosing the gifts they want, a brand new smile shone on their face. A definite satisfying moment for me indeed.

(my 1 nephew and 2 niece)

Xmas is about giving, thats the true spirit of Xmas. Happy Boxing Day Everyone!

Monday, December 24, 2007

-10:46 AM

Kelly Sweet - Raincoat

Chanced upon 2 very nice MV on MTV ch 51. Managed to only find this one by Kelly Sweet (still searching for the other song by Joanna Wang - Lets Start From Here) ! Oh! So soothing! *melt *melt *melt.. Enjoy!

Busy Day ahead! and btw, Merry Xmas Everybody! (^,^)

-12:06 AM

Xmas Get-together no. 2 (22 Dec 07)

Food! Glorious Food!

When I arrived at my friend's place for Xmas get-together, *gasp, all the delicious food are infront of me, welcoming me! ^ ^

KFC, Pizza Hut

Strawberry 'Fondue'

Sakae Sushi

Durian Ice-Cream Cake

Follow by the ever traditional Xmas gift exchange!

Watched my friend's wedding video after that (and yes, I'm in the video) Gosh! I really did gained some weight.

At that point in time! I make a decision to get back in shape! (1st Goal set, for 2008 ^_^)

Friday, December 21, 2007

-11:52 PM

Xmas is here!

Ha! Finally, I'm in the mood for Xmas!

Today, I went out to meet up with my SIM friends for Xmas dinner and gift exchange. As I arrived early, I went to bought my 1st item on my wishlist, L'Arc~en~Ciel cd album - KISS. Like one particular song in the Album, track 10 "Hurry Xmas". ^ ^

At Vila'ge, had quite a filling meal there. Spent $27.83 ,,,('o'),,, But the food was not at its best, the Rosti was not crispy enough... -_-

Did our Xmas gift exchange there and thought of playing a game of guessing who's buying the gift for who, but oh well, ended up we simply give the gift to whoever we assigned to just like that.. -_-" . Guess what I got, so cuteeeeee... haha... A USB Mini Ducky Vacuum and a Ducky Note Clip! Cutesy stuff.... so cuteeeeeeee.....

And lastly, I also recieved an unexpected gift from my very good pal in SIM, Larry. He gave me another 'so cuteeeeeeeee' mug! Winnie the Pooh mug.. so cuteeeeeeee.... (okie, enough with the 'so cuteeeee' duh! )

Merry Xmas Everybody! - posted 12.30am

Thursday, December 20, 2007

-2:40 PM

Braces Off!

Finally, after 2 years and 10 months of torture, I finally took off my upper braces yesterday! Feel weird seeing my teeth w/o the silver metal. Still left with my lower portion yet to take out maybe next week or next month. Gotta spend $$ on the retainer. (-_-"') After taking the braces off, its not realy perfect yet, final phase, whitening ($$ again) ! My teeth is natural brown-white. Soon, shall go for whitening! ^ ^ - 2.48pm

-2:26 PM

For those of you that are interested in Switchfoot, famously known for their hit songs like "Meant to Live, Dare you to move, Stars" and many others, and my personal favourite "Learning to breathe"; they're coming to Singapore on 31st for a one-day only concert! Here's the post adapted from MTVasia.com. ^ ^. I wanna go to ther concert! <(^,^)>

Switchfoot Surfs Into Singapore -taken from mtvasia.com
December 11, 2007

Singapore - The band whose name is taken from a surfing term,Switchfoot, will bring their highly energetic and entertaining live show to Singapore for the first time and for one night only, on January 31, 2008, at the Max Pavilion.

Said Concert Organizer Mr Jon Hemsley from Wake Me Up Music, "Given the band's immense popularity and diverse range of fans, Switchfoot fans here have waited far too long for the band to come perform in Singapore!"

The San Diego-based Grammy nominated alternative rock band is best known for their unusual three-guitarist line-up to deliver the unique "Switchfoot Sound" - described by many as "a melodic crunch of densely layered sound featuring some electronic experimentation, and often driven by hard-charging guitar riffs."

The band consists of Jon Foreman on vocals and guitar, Tim Foreman on bass and backing vocals, Chad Butler on drums, Filipino-American Jerome Fontamillas on guitar,keyboard and backing vocals and Drew Shirley on guitar.

Switchfoot's first big mainstream break came when four of their songs were included in the 2002 movie A Walk to Remember. This led to their first major label debut, The Beautiful Letdown in 2003, which sold more than two million albums in the U.S. alone and produced two Top 10 Pop and Modern Rock singles "Meant To Live" and "Dare You To Move". The band's 2005 album Nothing Is Sound debuted at no. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart and promptly went gold; yielding the radio hit "Stars."

The band's latest studio effort, Oh! Gravity was released in 2006 and has been extremely well received by music lovers – debuting at no. 18 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart, with over one million plays on Youtube for their video "Awakening" in less than three months.

Switchfoot has won multiple awards for their unique brand of music, notably awards from the ASCAP, the GMA Dove Award and San Diego Music Awards. The band has sold over five million CDs worldwide and received a Grammy Nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album in 2001.

Apart from composing good music, Switchfoot has been actively involved in a number of humanitarian causes, including DATA, Bono's THE ONE Campaign, the Keep A Breast Foundation, Invisible Children and To Write Love on Her Arms. Switchfoot has also fronted the Switchfoot Bro-Am Surf Contest, benefit contest and concert run by the band to raise money for organizations serving homeless kids the band's hometown of San Diego and starting the online magazine Lowercase People.

The Switchfoot concert will be held on January 31, 2008, at Singapore Expo's Max Pavilion. Ticket prices are at S$70, S$80 and S$90 and can be purchased at all Sistic outlets or at www.sistic.com.sg from the 26th of December 2007. - posted 2.39pm

-1:38 AM

Xmas is coming!

Its the time of the year again.

So looking forward to Xmas!

More than just the celebration, the joyous occassion, its all about spending time with the one you love, lavishing gift/s on the one you love. Relatives, friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, etc.

So have you prepared a Xmas gift for me? ^ ^

I'm waiting, my wishlist is on my 'profile', check it out! =) -posted 2.37am

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

-1:41 AM

Stretched

Its the time to be jolly.

Wow, just a blink of an eye, the year has come to an end. This whole december has been a stretching and great time. (And I know that after I'm stretched, I'll never return to my ususal capacity again.) If you asked me to evaluate this year 2007 thus far, I would really say that it hasnt been really good.

Disclaimer: (My next few sentences and words, after reading it, many of you will be shock I assume, as I know that some may view me very much as an optimistic person, and after reading it, you may think I'm emo )

Many things, I've always want to see it happening, but hasnt really did happen. After a bumpy and heart-wrenching 2006, I was optismistic to look forward to a perfect <7=perfect> 2007, but it just got worst thus far. I've been stretched. Going from one transition to another, having to make major decisions, its all so demanding and energy draining at times. (Of course, it not all that bad in 2007, I found her! ^ ^). But with all the transition, things I've done wrong, its all so heart-aching.

My emotions, physical strength, my every being is been sucked in. Who can really understand me but Him.

And, I know that He's Grace is all-sufficient, I'm determined to end this year well, to start the year 2008 on a high note!

I know, its from Transition -> Transformation.

Looking forward to a great new year! ^ ^ -posted 2.15am

with tears rolling down my eyes, I cried myself to sleep last night..-posted tue Dec 18 11.20am

Sunday, December 16, 2007

-3:05 AM

Swee Chiow The Adventurer, Laurence The Passionate Journalist

Hi All,

wanna take this chance to introduce to someone which can be quite familar to many singaporeans, Khoo Swee Chiow. Yes, he's the first Singaporean who conquered Mount Everst.

Currently he's on an inline skating expedition. He will attempt to break the Guinness World Record of the Longest Journey on Skates. The current record is 4,175km. Swee Chiow's route, from Hanoi, Vietnam to Singapore, is approximately 6,000km. He plans to do it in 100 days.

After saying "A-di-os" to my good friend Laurence on 17th Oct, he set off with Swee Chiow to Hanoi. Their expedition started on 20th Oct 2007. Do take some time to check out their expedition on this webbie : http://www.daretodream.com.sg/skate_report38.htm .

Hey Laurence, great job updating us with the expedition and the lives of the people there! Keep out the good work, you're a fantastic journalist.

Signing Out =P

Thursday, December 13, 2007

-11:47 PM

My Pursuit Of Happyness

Finally,

I managed to catch 'Pursuit of Happyness'.

Simply fabulous, inspiring and makes one reflect and compare their personal circumstances to Chris Gardner's. I mean, in Singapore, I believed that 99.5 % of Singaporean are better off than Chris.

His wife left him cos he cant really provide for the family, he got to sell his almost useless and redundant 'bone density' scanner machine (which a crack-up person in the movie said that its a 'time machine', ROFL). He love his son very much, insisiting that he will take care of his son rather than allowing his wife to take his son to another state. While he worked hard travelling to sell his lousy Bone density machine, he worked hard as an intern in a well-known Stock Broking Company, Dean Witter. He wasted no time drinking water while in the office, so as to save that few minutes not going to the gents. He knocked off punctually, so that him and his son, they can queued up as early as 5pm for a one-night stay at a free lodging Home-stay. And once, they didnt made it, and slept in the Railway's gents!

Many normal, small petty life circumstances caused him to miss his chance making it big, but he never gave up. He just kept presevering on, and eventually, he really did made it big! Becoming a multi-millonaire.

Our life, like a ship, is constantly hit by many storms, but who is the one who can conclude the ship-wreck, its the ship itself. We can make our own come-back as long as we repair the damage done to the ship after a storm. Afterall, each storm, how big can it really be, I mean, even the greatest storm in the world, as long as we build a ship that is bigger than the storm, we will conquer the storm yet again.

Chris Gardner's life pursuit for the happy-ness, is filled with many set-backs. But really, the movie remnded me, the pursuit of happy-ness, be it if its only for a short moment, its all worth it.

I'm on my pursuit for Happy-ness, are you?

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

-1:48 AM

Threading into the Unknown

I've been thinking since early this year,
I believed its time,
Time to thread into the unknown,
Time to carried out what was on my mind all this time,
The feeling of transition,
The thought of it make me quiver,
But I know,
He is with me,
In Him, I'll trust!

Time to Step out!

Thursday, December 6, 2007

-6:39 PM

Everyone has a Hero

Everyone has their very own hero, I've mine too. One of 'em, my earthly Dad..

I believe that in most normal family (and in my case, a dysfunctional family), the children would love their parents very much. Not matter how their parents punished them, if the children are brought up rightly, the children will love the parents back when they grow up. I love my dad and mum very very much even though I never agree to their choice of divorce.

Today, I told my dad about my exam results, he is very furious when he heard that I flunk 3 out of 4 of my modules.. Honestly, I'm ashamed of myself too, having to study so hard, spending so much $$ on my education, and still fail, and comparing to the rest of my cousins, even my younger cousins who are already degree graduates. I feel like a black sheep in the big family. But anyway, that is not the most important thing, the main thing is I have let my dad down, my one hero in my life.. I feel so so small about myself..

I still remember a week ago when I MMS-ed him a photo of a 1 yr old me and my dad in the picture, and I heard that he was very happy and glad of me having been so thoughtful to MMS him happy birthday using that photo.

He is the one hero in my life that I look up to, no matter what he done in the past, he's my dad, my hero..

Now is the time of making a big decision, to take a big step forward, a time of transition, a time of change, I have alot to consider, but I know that the path of the righteous will always be made straight.

Kai, Jiayou!

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

-11:16 AM

The Evolution of W.Kai