Swollen

Observe the left ankle and the right. This is despite icing the left for 2++ hours. Darn the swollen-ness.

update: This is the 4th time i sprained my ankle.

First time before I went to Adelaide in the early morning like 6 +, 7am and I tripped over the kerb on the way to the train station..

2nd time was in July Camp. I stepped on someone's foot but due to my weakened joint, I ended up twisting and spraining my ankle again =( while she got away without pain.

3rd time was just on Thursday. Rushing to class at 9am. Tripped and fell along Gratten Street. (For those who do not know, there are trees planted along the streets and thus the ground is not fully cemented but has like square patches of soil cut for the trees to grow) I think I stepped between the soil and cement, twisting my ankle once again.

Just as I hoped that I won't sprain my ankle for the 4th time again, here comes the magic moment that allows you guys a glimpse of what you see in the above picture.

4th time - Sunday .. while I was playing basketball with the church guys. (and girls of course). I didnt expect it at all.. It came in a series of accidents.

a) got stepped on my right foot..
b) the ball got thrown in my face at my left side
c) the final moment - My left ankle twisted and I felt utmost pain!

=(

The University of Melbourne's Open Day

It was great to have been able to help out with Melbourne University's Open Day despite that it was on a Sunday but good thing was that there was a second service at church which I could attend =) Got to know a fellow Singaporean helping out as well as receive thank you gifts (see above) from the university.

Was posted to a gate and simply directed people to where more information about the course that they were interested in. At the beginning, 'targeted' people coming out from the underground car park. Haha. Got to talk to a few Singaporeans who are PRs now i guess. =D

Went to explore Uni during break and went to get FREE hot chocolate at the old engineering building =) The lines for the free BBQ there was so long! The gate that I was relocated to (gate8) had a 'hidden' component.. free BBQ where the lines were SHORT as well as good music and singing by the music faculty! =D

Whines

Treating me like a kid = frustrating.

Yes, I admit that I tend to forget to do rational things like cleaning up after fun. Yes, you don't want your constant reminders to be naggy. But these constant reminders obstruct my ability to think for myself in cleaning up without being told. How am I supposed to prove that I've 'grown up' and can do such things without being told if you tell me all the time? I don't want to strain the relationship that's been stretched probably to the limits. A calm discussion does not cut out for me. Why am I so incapable of interacting with others?

On the other hand, these are the people who cheer me up and I thank God for them.




It's time to be less selfish.

Relationships [ more ideas than ideals ]

Observing as many around me start the dating cycle.

Played around with this idea before. When people ask if I have ever liked a guy before, I can't really get them a proper answer, which then prompts them to question further, sure that there is a guy out there that I currently like.

However, that might be true or false because of the way I view such relationships.

Firstly, I can't stand the idea of a 1-sided love relation where the one chasing the other always seem so pathetically desperate [must have watched too much animes to come to this conclusion] Perhaps this would lead to my problem of not admitting the fact that I might have ever wanted to go into a relationship with a guy.

Secondly, the idea of having an 'eye candy' as most people put it is appealing, but I don't like the thought of liking someone from their looks [maybe it's cause I don't think any guy would find my looks that appealing =-p] instead of their character. Superficiality versus depth of character of which I lack either way.

Thirdly, the idea of flirting. I wonder if I'm considered guilty of such acts in the past. I guess watching too many shows tended to leave me with a negative connotation attached to it. Because of what I feel in point 1, I might have unconsciously (or maybe consciously, who knows) flirted with guys to 'test' grounds. Haha. No response. Or I had no idea.

Am I trying to justify myself? Haha, sure sounds like it. Wonder why this suddenly pop into my head.. I have always been self-conscious regarding such things. I think I watch too many shows in the past, always watching all the 3rd parties break up couples because she (usually girls, don't know why also) tended to 'not careful' (in my opinion, set boundaries) in her relationship with the guy.. Since primary/secondary school, have always been trying to be 'careful' .. Didn't really know how to react when girl-friends got boyfriends. Always felt as though they would need their own space and thus just end up drifting away instead. =x

My life has always been about drifting away .. rar.

Olympics

The news:

Olympics- Opening ceremony

"Beijing's Olympic organisers admitted on Tuesday that nine-year-old Lin Miaoke, who was seen by millions around the world singing during the ceremony, was actually miming a song that was pre-recorded by another girl."

- seven.com.au

The response

"
The Chinese way: When in doubt, fake it
Why sing when someone else can?
Why bother with the closing ceremony..? They can just replay the opening.."
-quoted from the 6:30 news on chn 7

More
World record in swimming

The news:

"Bernard, swimming in the first semi-final, clocked 47.20 to better the record of 47.24 Sullivan had set in the lead-off swim of Monday's 4x100m free relay.

Minutes later Sullivan sliced a further 0.15sec off Bernard's minutes-old record to reduce the world mark to an incredible 47.05 seconds."

- seven.com.au

The response:

Within 5 mins and 5 seconds, even before Bernard's achievement was officially recorded down, his record was broken by Sullivan! He would, however, still be given a certificate as a recognition.
-taken from the 6:30 news on chn 7 (not directly quoted)

How to tell you are bored..

When you..

- start craving for Olympic matches that do not show on channel 7 (eg badminton matches)
- answer the phone and go through a 10 min survey when it is not addressed to you
- rather read the news paper than do your work
- watch the Olympics even if they don't show your favourite sports
- refuse to start on tutorials work when all 3 other tutorial times are cramped together from 9-12pm on the next day


Darn it. I want the online streaming for Olympics to work! Can someone record the badminton matches for me pretty please?

Fried carrot cake

Trial preparation in awaiting the arrival of National Day 2008!







Happy 43rd birthday Singapore! It's going to be the first time in Australia that I'm celebrating with others :) Didn't really think about it in trinity year and for the past 2 years, I've been performing in CMG as a flautist in a musical each year! Despite harbouring thoughts on celebrations, could never really back out of a performance out of responsibility.

Pot luck tomorrow @ Duane's. Have yet to see anyone's place in Seasons so I thought it would be a good chance to have a look around =)

Outcome: Varied my ingredients .. instead of buying fresh radish, I bought salted ones .. STILL had to cut it in the end =x darn. Maybe i should have just bought fresh radish. Lesson to learn =p Haha. Also, one thing i keep forgetting.. to add flour to water.. not water to flour!! As a result, despite steaming for 30 mins, i think it looked exactly the same =( Was wondering if I should have just bought the 'radish cake' pre made already @ the market earlier today. But then I had already bought the rice flour last night @ safeway.. Haha. Maybe next time i'll try again. =)

*grading for wushu is in 2 weeks' time! Goal: To finish 5 stance and liu he each in 20 seconds?? What a far away goal!*

Popiah Making

Tried making Popiah yesterday together with the 3 med kids =D

Pictures taken quite blur though =x hai. Shall focus properly next time before clicking.

Ingredients:

Lettuce
Egg
Dao Gey (bean sprouts)
Prawns
Crushed Peanuts
Cooked (turnip,carrots,mushrooms)
Mango (optional)
Green parsley?
Sweet sauce =)

Normally, in Singapore, my family of 5-6 usually orders 2 popiah from the hawker centre as appetizers and @ the beginning, I REFUSED to even try it.. cause it reminded me of rojak which is full of tou kau (those tou fu that's super dry) and I just hated those. Only bits I liked about both fares were the heaty peanuts they came with. Haha!

So one day, I decided to try one piece of popiah (each popiah was cut into 5-6 pieces as well i think) because I was hungy. It actually tasted quite sweet! =D *Yum*

Haha.. last night, because there were 4 of us and 20 skins that we bought.. we had to eat 5 each!! Oh man.. it's like super overdose.. furthermore, having it as dinner.. without meat (the amount of prawn was too little to count) .. That was a bit too much for me.. Haha.. Jkjk.. more like the excess amounts of super healthy vegetables available.. the taste of grass =x eek.. Good thing I added mango of which the sweetness has thankfully covered much of the veg taste.. =DD

Going to try fried carrot cake if i can find the salted radish? Should learn to, once again, open my golden mouth to ask the store keepers..

Never, Never Cast Out

Never, Never Cast Out
"Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out."—John 6:37.

The text means, that Christ will not at first reject a believer; and that as He will not do it at first, so He will not to the last.

But suppose the believer sins after coming? "If any man sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."

Advocate: a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor.


But suppose that believers backslide? "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for Mine anger is turned away from him."

But believers may fall under temptation! "God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."

But the believer may fall into sin as David did! Yes, but He will "Purge them with hyssop, and they shall be clean; He will wash them and they shall be whiter than snow"; "From all their iniquities will I cleanse them".

Bible. a plant, perhaps the origan, whose twigs were used in ceremonial sprinkling.

"I give unto My sheep," saith He, "eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand." What sayest thou to this, O trembling feeble mind?

Is not this a precious mercy, that coming to Christ, thou dost not come to One who will treat thee well for a little while, and then send thee about thy business, but He will receive thee and make thee His bride, and thou shalt be His for ever?

Receive no longer the spirit of bondage again to fear, but the spirit of adoption whereby thou shalt cry, Abba, Father! Oh! the grace of these words: "I will in no wise cast out".
"Once in Christ, in Christ for ever,
Nothing from His love can sever."

Non-contributor

Work and afterwards..

Been working for the past few days as a market research interviewer.

In a way, it gives me a closer look at the different culture that I've been surround by yet not immersed in.

Of course, given the verbatim nature of this work, it's hard to relate and understand each interviewee we get. It's more of the interviewee giving me the chance to relate =D

So far, Victorians have been more rude and often slamming the phone down before I completed my sentence (which is super long). I so much prefer the others from the other states. Today i was given this statement which stunned me for a while "Go get a horse and ride away on it" or something to this extent. Er. Er? Ok. "thank you for your time.."

Somehow i got tongue tied tonight. I find myself stumbling on words that i usually just run through smoothly. =x

I wonder if what I did last night on my way home was right :

A man came up to me saying he came from some other state and he left his wallet and he was starting his first job in Victoria the next day. So he needs to go home somewhere far with the price of the train ticket is $60+? He kept trying to convince me but I was just munching non-sympathetically on my biscuits which was my dinner then. I refused to answer his questions and all for fear of exploitation. In the end, i think i gave a very bored look (not that you really could see my face under my cap in the night) and told him I didn't have small change.. He gave me a "I can't believe this" look and walked away without a word..

@ that time, i was as usual, trying to discern between him being a fake or genuine. Even if he was genuine, I couldn't afford that much to help him .. I am after all still a student.. who started working part time not long ago..

Starting to wonder if as a Christian it's the right thing to do.. There's a difference between doing good because of the compassion that Jesus had for his people as well as just being stupid and not being able to distinguish between fakes and those who truly deserve and need help.

I think I've been hardened by the environment here where fakes are everywhere. Perhaps it might be suggested that we give to everyone we see or approach us.. but in that case, I would be 'wasting' my parents money? What a dilemma.. i guess I'm always choosing the 'easy' way out.. to NOT use my common sense/ability to distinguish .. but just to ignore all.. x=

SPOONY - Foolish; silly; excessively sentimental.

ET is spoony when it comes to relating to others instead of sharing in current affairs which sparks no interest in her..