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ANYONE FREE ON DEC 22? (:
if you’re free, would you like to go for the soweto gospel choir concert? they are a two-time grammy award-winning african choir, and they’re coming to singapore!
tickets are $38 (restricted view)/$48 – these are the only two prices i can afford, but i’d really really really like to go. more details can be found here.
let me know if you wanna go so we can book tickets! :D
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so,
it turns out that i’m going back to singapore earlier than imagined, and that’s a good thing! (:
and i’m still pretty upset that there’s absolutely no subjects for me to do during the summer semester. but that’s okay, i’ll find something fun in singapore.
thank God for friends and family (: you know who you are. those who call to ask if i’m okay, those who listen to all my random nonsense, those who tell me things and teach me the very things i don’t wanna hear and learn, those who won’t give up on me no matter what. (because i am most definitely a work-in-progress, haha) love you guys heaps <3
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keep holding on
“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.”
-winnie the pooh
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again, another reason to love winnie the pooh (:
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也许友情才能地久天长;
永远的朋友
; 陈伟联
(credits to hu ping)
如果你很忙
我到街上去晃一晃
身为一个朋友
有些事情不该勉强
看你黑着眼圈
今晚很长我睡不着
到底是谁害你这么想
因为太爱你
拼命达到你的需要
虽然只是朋友
总比什么都不是好
借你肩膀依靠
借你关心也借你微笑
我很想给你却不要
爱着你却伤心的只能守候不能拥有
真挚的做一个永远的朋友
看着你旧旧的简讯内容
我看见爱情向我大声嘲弄
爱着你却大方的陪你恋爱替你加油
虚弱的做一个永远的朋友
几次累的想断绝联络
却听见你说情人比不上朋友
因为太爱你
拼命达到你的需要
虽然只是朋友
总比什么都不是好
借你肩膀依靠
借你关心也借你微笑
我很想给你却不要
爱着你却伤心的只能守候不能拥有
真挚的做一个永远的朋友
看着你旧旧的简讯内容
我看见爱情向我大声嘲弄
爱着你却大方的陪你恋爱替你加油
虚弱的做一个永远的朋友
几次累的想断绝联络
却听见你说情人比不上朋友
我总是有让你想出声的方法
我却没有让自己离开的力量
也许友情才能地久天长
爱着你却伤心的只能守候不能拥有
真挚的做一个永远的朋友
看着你旧旧的简讯内容
我看见爱情向我大声嘲弄
爱着你却大方的陪你恋爱替你加油
虚弱的做一个永远的朋友
几次累的想断绝联络
却听见你说情人比不上朋友
我只是朋友
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emo chinese songs really manage to bring out emotion much better than emo english songs.
but, i need not emo because my God is able. and if things are meant to be (don’t worry, the song doesn’t mean anything in my current life situation), He will make it work eventually.
okay, back to essays!
xo,
d
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i think sometimes my posts here are more articulate than heartfelt, which shouldn’t be the case. haha.
anyhow, here’s a quote i found while blog surfing and i’ve come to realise that it is very true:
If we were in their place, we would have done what they did. Indeed, we have done it. For whenever we turn away from Christ, we ‘are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace’ (Heb. 6:6).… ‘Were you there when they crucified my Lord?’ the old negro spiritual asks. And we must answer, ‘Yes, we were there.’ Not as spectators only but as participants, guilty participants, plotting, scheming, betraying, bargaining, and handing him over to be crucified. We may try to wash our hands of responsibility like Pilate. But our attempt will be as futile as his. For there is blood on our hands. Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us (leading us to faith and worship), we have to see it as something done by us (leading us to repentance). Indeed, ‘only the man who is prepared to own his share in the guilt of the cross’, wrote Canon Peter Green, ‘may claim his share in its grace’.
John Stott (emphasis added)
(credits to: www.paper-angels.blogspot.com)
it helps me see faith in a whole new dimension. granted, it isn’t the most popular way of viewing things. but more often than not the most “popular” way isn’t the right way. and wouldn’t you rather live right, than live to be popular?
i reckon though, that God doesn’t want us to feel guilty in any way. sending Jesus was His intention. but perhaps He wants us to see that because what man did broke His heart, He decided to send love to reclaim the brokenhearted, in the form of Jesus. and we need to understand that He did what He did because of how we are, no matter how much we didn’t intend for it to be this way. because, neither did God. but things happened, our beloved Father sent Jesus to save us. and while some might think it’s the ultimate joyride, it isn’t.
we do what we do because we know what it’s like to be loved, and to have a love we can always believe it.. and others need to know what this love means too.
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recalling a scene from the notebook, noah asks allie in a fit of frustration if she can picture her life 30 years from now, and if he will be a part of it.
don’t worry, i haven’t found some boy who has asked me that question. haha.
to be honest, i can’t imagine my life 30 years from now. sure, i can fantasise about it and tell you that when i am 49, i hope to be the editor-in-chief of a successful (read: money-making) faith-based magazine, drive a decent car, own a comfortable house (with mortgages paid off), go home to a loving husband and two kids. but really, i don’t even know what’s going to happen after next year. a few things can happen.
- i miraculously make it into the media&communications honours programme
- i head back to singapore to find a job
- i stay in melbourne uni/rmit for my masters in media&communications
all of which sound appealing to me, at least for now. when the time comes to pack up to go back to singapore, i will probably be lamenting the very fact that i need to pack (which is a pain). haha.
for now, i am pretty certain that singapore is to place to be after graduation. no, it’s not a decision i made based on how much i miss home, but rather after a year of thinking and prayer.
it’s funny, because i came to melbourne with the notion that i would be following in my aunt yvette’s footsteps, yet things are really different from what i’ve imagined. which goes to show how far off the mark we humans can be sometimes (or is it most of the time? haha).
even if circumstances change, i know my God is unshaken and i will follow Him, and go wherever He asks me to go. it’s easy to say, but when i’m nearing the end of a season somewhere, i will more than likely encounter all sorts of conflicting emotions and have to fight away plenty of negative thoughts. but it will be a bit easier knowing that i am obeying His direction.
until then, i have been called to melbourne for this time and season. sometimes i deviate and think otherwise, but deep down i know i am in australia, and in the media&communications programme in melbourne uni for a reason. i might not know what, and i might never know; but i know i need to be here.
when all is said and done, my God is always for me. i have to believe it, walk in faith, and trust with all my heart. i might make mistakes along the way – but hey, i’m getting there. and i’ll never get there without Him.
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apple vs pc
as a marketing/public relations student, i’m not sure how far this’ll go in terms of ethics… but it’s still a hilarious (not to mention very intelligent) ad nonetheless (:
i’m not going to make any promises (such as that i’ll never go back to buying a PC), but being a mac user so far has been pretty awesome :D
(and i think the number of people choosing mac over pc is saying something too. hahaha)
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when exam period draws near, diane’s blogging frequency goes way up.
anyhow, those who know me should know that i am an avid fan of singapore idol – because this season’s standard is really good (in my opinion) and they are all really strong vocalists and performers.
for the episode due to air on nov 18, the theme is “you asked for it!” which allows audiences to suggest songs for each idol hopeful and maybe, just maybe, they will sing the song of your choice.
these are the songs i picked – kern thinks that it looks really hard and that i am evil. haha. but here goes!
- Duane Ho – Apologize by One Republic
- Sylvia Ratonel – In This Life by Delta Goodrem
- Faizal Isa – Breakeven by The Script
- Tabitha Nauser – The Climb by Miley Cyrus
- Malaque Mahlady – Be Be Your Love by Rachael Yamagata
- Charles ‘Stitch’ Wong – You Found Me by The Fray
- Mae Sta Maria – (There’s Gotta Be) More to Life by Stacie Orrico
- Sezairi Sezali – Drops of Jupiter by Train
yes, this is just a random post. :D
and i should try to blog less during the busy periods.
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站在晴天和雨天的交界; 該微笑還是流眼淚
窗外雨聲滴響了空蕩的房間
夢里祈禱明天會是一個晴天
最后吻別叫我怎能對你不眷戀
就當做是一種紀念 紀念你給的再見
回憶陪伴我度過了寂寞長夜
陽光安安靜靜走入我的房間
怎么會有一種微微碎裂的痛覺
慢慢地燒到心里面 想念你的臉
站在晴天和雨天的交界
該微笑還是流眼淚
干脆放任自己崩潰
站在晴天和雨天的交界
想要放手獨自往前
才發現我走不遠
思緒蔓延腳步依然不愿向前
后退再次迎接那一場狼狽
為何我就是走不到晴天的那邊
我的眼神早已疲累 卻還不后悔
站在晴天和雨天的交界
該微笑還是流眼淚
干脆放任自己崩潰
站在晴天和雨天的交界
想要放手獨自往前
才發現我止不了淚
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i guess that’s the dilemma, when we’re in the middle of transitions.
we know that there are happier times waiting for us on the other side, and yet we struggle with the emotions of either rejoicing or being sad.
perhaps that’s the frailty of being human. and perhaps, difficult as it is, we can choose to rejoice in the storm. perhaps that’s what it means to consistently choose conviction over preference.
(:
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diane! it is written, Christ is risen says:
…recently i’ve been really drawn to purple i dunno why
hoppity hop. says:
haha u’ve always liked purple
diane! it is written, Christ is risen says:
haha i’ve always liked purple? really?
diane! it is written, Christ is risen says:
because in my memory i always go for black, white, red and pink
diane! it is written, Christ is risen says:
oh no old alr
diane! it is written, Christ is risen says:
can’t rmb things
hoppity hop. says:
eh ya. u’ve told me before.
hoppity hop. says:
HAHA
diane! it is written, Christ is risen says:
HAHA REALLY
diane! it is written, Christ is risen says:
OMG
hoppity hop. says:
u can’t even rem ur favourite colour!
hoppity hop. says:
prolly black washed it out.
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this is HILARIOUS. hahahaha.
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