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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

8:21 AM

school's into its 3rd week alr.
so fast. JUST 10 more weeks to exams and its end of Uni life.
gosh. much as i wanna get everything over and done with, im gonna miss all my friends when they all leave for back home.
gosh. the familiarity and time spent hanging out together everyday or the many occasions.
ahhh. im gonna miss all of it!
for now, im really enjoying every moment of my time now.
live for the moment for now!
the memories worth keeping and the times shared will always be treasured.
okays. its getting a bit emo. but well. cast all of that aside and yes im enjoying myself loads this sem.
Thank God for his wonderful sustenance and provision!
i really need to get back into study mode though. assignments are coming my way and ive got quite a bit planned for aug too. gotta get all school work outta the way first. :)

pictures will be up really soon. been lazy to post them here or facebook. till then!

&the beauty.

9:24 AM

last sem of Uni! finally!
its all gonna be over in 12 weeks. gosh. tt's fast.
ive come to the end of my University degree. the past 2 years went by really quick i must say.
of course time seemed to have passed by really slowly in the midst of studying for exams and assignments in between semester.
but the journey has been great!
cant believe its all ending and most of us are heading home soon.
of cos ive another year (most probably) in Monash doing a masters of applied finance.
but tt's an option for me. to think thru what i want to do in finance industry and basically start my career.
gosh. this all seems really surreal. the thought used to be so distant now its all of a sudden so near.
Thank God for all the times that ive had in Uni. be it happy, sad, frustrating, and just feel like giving up. all has been good!
loved the whole experience being here in Aust and making friendships to last a lifetime.
friends who have became family in a foreignland.
i def still do miss home now n then. but they help relieve the nolstagia. :)
alrights. getting all emo n stuff already.
school is into its 2nd week and im still in holiday mood. =x

last week i had OCF welcome night and the booth setup in the morning to be busy with.
welcome night was good. made new frens and had good fellowship.
hopefully the friday meeting would see more of them coming.
yeps. and so its still pretty slack now. still getting into the groove of things.
gotta start serious work over the weekend i hope. assignments are coming my way alr. starting week 4. 2 weeks frm now.

till then! wish me the best :)

&the beauty.

5:35 AM

Desert Song

This is my prayer in the desert

When all that's within me feels dry

This is my prayer in my hunger and need

My God is the God who provides

This is my prayer in the fireIn weakness or trial or pain

There is a faith proved of more worth than gold

So refine me Lord through the flame

I will bring praise

No weapon formed against me shall remain

I will rejoice

I will declare

God is my victory and He is here

This is my prayer in the battle

When triumph is still on its way

I am a conqueror and co-heir with Christ

So firm on His promise I'll stand

All of my life

In every season

You are still God

I have a reason to sing

I have a reason to worship

This is my prayer in the harvest

When favour and providence flow

I know I'm filled to be emptied again

The seed I've received I will sow

I LOVE THIS SONG! A must-hear. =) GOD IS AWESOME!!!

this song totally tugged at my heartstrings big time at conference. :)

&the beauty.

9:39 PM

HILLSONG'08 is absolutely PHENOMENAL!!!!

this year's conference was just fantastic. got so much out of it that it has just changed me and transformed my mind.
Thank God for his wonderful presence and works he did in my life throughout the 5 days.
just soaking in His presence and consuming of His word was just amazing.
God is just soooOOooooOOooo good!
seriously. i got so much outta this yr's conference due to the convictions in my spirit and just clarified up a lot of things i was asking God for. God is mysterious yet so faithful in keeping His promises.
just basking in His presence and relaxing in the His church was just so refreshing and loved.
the theme for this year's conference was on mercy and justice.
most importantly...
He taught me what unconditional LOVE is.
really. this year's conference w the I Heart revolution being kickstarted and all. i really loved how the theme is all centred on Love and God's heart for His people.
i fell in love w Jesus all over again. conference brought me back to where this all first began. how i started my walk with Jesus as Lord and Saviour of my life and just loving the journey w God on my side. Fantastic is really an understatement.
the encounters i had with God over the conference time was just enough to keep me wow-ed over and over again at how magnificent being a child of God is.
i truly embrace the grace He has over my life; knowing my identity and authority in Christ.
He so freely gave of His love to the world and sent His one and only son to come down and save the world. that just amazes me.
The love of Christ. :)
anyhows. i am really strengthened in my faith and really want to do so much more for His kingdom.
i can do so much w Him on my side. Thank God for that.
wanting Him to break my heart for what breaks His. keeps me reaching out to the unsaved and lost.
and...i realllyyy reallyyy wanna thank Him most of all for my good results.
without His strength, its really impossible to obtain the results ive got.
i know how much He has done for me and keeps me rooting for Him.!
one more of sem of Uni left!!
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anyways. the time in Sydney hanging out w the guys was fun.
and the one night stay at the backpackers' inn w the guys was such an experience.
this trip in sydney..we went sightseeing again. and to the Sydney Fish Market for the needed dose of seafood. :)
we also have been having so much steak and fish and chips in Sydney that we were all craving chinese food the moment we got back.
2 weeks of western food was enough for me to miss good ol' asian food A LOT.
but all's good. i really enjoyed myself in Sydney this time. meeting up ppl and the fellowship was just great.
thanks to Charity too for so graciously letting us bunk in w her at the hotel and the car rides to and from the acer arena are greatly appreciated.
her boss was one funny guy that was nice to be around with too. he's so happy go lucky.
anyhows, the sydney trip has strengthened friendships and i really love the company of friends. just love it. to me, they are my family in melb alr. :)
it was really good catching up w the SA guys too. been a while since JC ended and army took them for 2 years. been good just hanging out n seeing them 24/7 for 10 days. lol. treasure their friendship. cant wait to get back n hang out w the rest of the group too :)
so anyways. as much as i enjoyed the trip, it feels really good to be back home.
gonna adjust to getting back into routine and all. i miss it actually.
the holidays have went by so quickly for me. been really busy.
just wanna sit back and relax now. =)

pictures up when im in the mood to upload them :)
till then.!

signing off,
xoxo.

&the beauty.

6:03 PM

the guys were here over the whole week.
been busy taking them around and just exploring Melb like tourists like how they are.
pretty fun. took quite a bit of road trips to off country. was fun hanging out with them :)
covered quite a bit of places and had very early starts to most mornings that kinda tired them out by the last few days. hahah.
places covered included St Kilda's beach, Mt Dandenong for awesome Skyhigh view of Victoria and Pie in the Sky for their pies and scones, Great Ocean Road (a place not to be missed), Wilson's Promontory with the OCF peeps too, Chadstone and City shopping, Otway lighthouse, Twelve Apostles, Crown Casino.
a night's stay at Apollo Bay was awesome. watching the sunrise in the morning was spectacular. loved it! the air there was simply crisp and fresh. no joke.
we had dinner at Sofia's one night and they were surprised at how large the portions were for a single. had nice italian gelati for desserts too :)
then i took them to try kangaroo meat at Giorgios' the other night which they quite liked though it was a done lil rare this time round.
i sure hope they had fun the past week. i did :)
they've left for Sydney this morning; taking a long long 1,000,000 metres roadtrip. :)
gonna meet them there when i head up w Justin n Darrell tmr.
yay! more fun added to the holidays!
will be back with pictures when they send them to me.

Signing off,
xoxo

&the beauty.