thankfulness~

can't express enough how thankful i am and touched i am by everyone who put in so much effort into the dance~

i realli had a great time and this dance gave me so much to take away from it.. nothing would have been the same without any of u guys.. esther, kaizhen, joann, gena... and of course the guys too.. chin, jer, junrong, wilson, tianhan~! u guys did better than i ever expected.. haha i nv had much faith in singaporean guys dancers till now =P thanx guys for taking our weight (esp jer cos i'm e heaviest =S) and for not dropping us~! =)

and many thanx to all who came down all the way to support us and cheer for us~! if not for u we wouldn't be dancing~ =P and we wouldn't haf enjoyed dancing so much if not for the frens we knew were in e crowd =P

*beams*
am probably suffering from withdrawal symptoms cos i guess for e past few weeks dance was the motivation and center of my life.. to a certain extent dance -was- my life.. it realli realli kept me going~! =)

kk.. pictures~
especially for mommie and mama~
i miss my family.. esp tt day when they were having a major gathering in our old house clearing tt place up.. all e childhood memories~
i'll realli miss it.. i alreadi do..


girls all just done up after 3 hours in tt toilet~!


joann and me~ ME senior~ =P


kaizhen and me~ the pink ppl~! =)


dearest esther~!


all e girls almost ready to go~
they danced soooo fantastically~! they're -all- pro dancers now =P *beams*


val chris and me~! =) chris so pretty =P


freshie girls~! =P


combined ppl~! sang really well.. sang 'home'.. *aw*


part of the chinese dance~
onli managed to get this one from val.. other ppl got other photos~ need to get from them~! *jump jump* =P


me ppl~! =)
beloved qiongz~


the guys to did an amazing job~


chorus pose #1~


chorus pose #2~ after holding for abt 3 cameras~
guys were shaking alreadi~ haha

okies~
i think the rest of the pics are with other ppl~
will try to put them up if i get them.. =)

thanx again everyone~!
and i realli thank God for the strength and the joy tt i've received throughout this time.. it has been a blessing~! =)

adrenaline~!

it was a long but amazing day~
sea cult nite was amazing.. thanx so much to all who played a part~!

am starting to get withdrawal symptoms.. am sure i'm gonna miss dancing with u all v v much~

shall update more later.. am pretty tired and tmr morning got church..
been a crazy week dancing every day till like 1 or 2.. but i thoroughly enjoyed it..
it was all worth it~! =)

happy happy birthday hwying~!
luv u so so much~!
for e first time today i heard the original version of tt song u sent me.. and i couldn't help but miss u so so much~

*hugs*
ur e bestest best fren anyone could ask for~! for e millionth time~ =)

time out~

had a looong day machining two wax blocks and sanding them for our mouse...
then we drove up to the plymouth road hardware store to look for supplies for our hinge.. 1/8" rod and 16 ga nails and 4 little washers...

hardware store reminded me of daddie.. had so many tools tt daddie would luv to look at and prob buy...

gave ballroom a miss cos i realli needed a time out~
for e first and prob the only time..

jem came over for awhile... after not catching up for a realli realli long time cos we're all so busy.. they went down to e lounge to study.. while i took a nice long hot shower and am lounging here in my room.. i'm gonna take my me250 notes and snuggle in bed and attempt to read them before i attempt my homework..

thanx to all e ppl who've been supporting me through this crazy time~
i'd never get thru it otherwise..
thank God for the strength.. i'm still holding on with every last ounce of energy and every last breath i take~

full~

i'm very full.. ate too much nice food for one day =(
had tuptim for lunch.. realli nice thai food.. but pretty ex.. and had great lakes for dinner.. there goes my wasted meal credits~ *oh wells.*

i wanna shower but there's a guy standing at the toilet door on bree and sam's side of the room.
*bleah*

can't possibly close e door in his face can i...

will haf to wait..

*yawn*

tmr is bring frens to church sunday~! val is coming.. *beams*
excited..

st patrick's day~

its wear green and get drunk day~.. supposedly an irish tradition...

while everyone else is throwing up, i am cleaning up~!
*beams*
proud of myself.. started with the sink and the mirror... finally made full use of tt spray spray multipurpose thingey we bought ages ago..

then i cleared up the room and swept the entire floor free of dust..(or at least areas visible and used.. =P) then i took a roll of toilet paper and that spray spray thing and got down on my knees and wiped the whole floor up~! i even wiped my slippers and washed my feet after.. heh..so now i can walk bare footed in my room~! *pleased*

i declare our floor clean from our beds to the end of the shoe rack~! no shoes allowed past the forbidden line..
*yay*
i feel clean. and happy. =)

haha i was so into cleaning that i decied to polish my little pinky ring hannah got me over christmas break.. and was so enthusiastic about it i ended up deforming it with too much force instead.. heh.
oh wells. now i need a new ring.. *shrug*
not a bad thing =P

uh oh. chin's doing math and gg soccer later. sea cult how? *worried*

sharing e same side of the moon...

i'm finally done with my math web and me 211 written homework...
*breathes*

am pretty confused with me 211 though, i need to one day sit down and dedicate my whole time to reading through that text book and try and comprehend every little thing it's trying to say.
i do seriously wonder tho, when i'll ever haf e time, patience and concentration to do that.. *hms*

we're gonna start machining out wireless optical foldable mouse on monday~! or at least the epoxy mould that we're gonna make it out of.. its quite exciting, but it also means that we haf two team meetings this weekend to get the g-codes for e machining out. =( *bleah* i hope it goes well..

i can feel myself being transformed into a mechanical engineer... it suddenly seems so real and so evident tt almost everything i'm doing has smth to do w it..

its not a bad thing tho.. cos all e machining is e best part of it.. actualli making e stuff is what i'm in this whole thing for.
and now e candle stick holder will be on my table to remind me that.. =P
heh.

oh wells...
laundry is a pain today.. too many ppl wanting to use machines + out of order machines = painful process of doing laundry.

ps. my best fren rocks =) i luv hwying =)
she has a special way of making me feel better and showing she cares..
and i noe its all genuine and real..
i've been given e greatest frenship anyone could ever ask for..
and i realli thank God for her..

"we share the same side of the moon,
that we'll be looking on when the world turns blue
you know that space and time can't come between me and you
we share the same side of the moon
and tho u'll neva see all my tears shine thru
i know i can't be that far from you
if we're both on the same side of the moon.."

-- as edited by hwying

its ok tt u dun see my tears shine thru..
cos space and time can't come between this beautiful frenship...
u're far away but u are ever so close to my heart. =) *hugs*

i dunno wat i'd do without u~!

emails~

replied emails today...
typed one VERY VERY VEry long email.. looked like a thousand word essay..
guess i just had alot to say.. *thinks*

miss my girlfrens back home~

oh we finished the candlestick holders in ME 250 lab today~! mommie i saved it for u. =P
doesn't quite screw in very properly tho.. tap drill wasn't too good today =(

minus one~

hms.. must be smth i said yesterday about out comes the skirts and slippers.. cos now its freezing again.. woke up this morning to a minus one temperature=S

and last nite e winds were howling like crazy.. apparently some tornado across illinois according to val.. *shrug*

gonna haf math quiz later.. *hmz*

i need some inspiration~ my creative juices are depleting..
=S
i have 8 hours - (4 hours of lessons) to choreo smth~!!!

special shoutout for alina--
i miss u dear~
and i'm proud of u for holding on~
*hugs*
cheer up~!
it'll be ok~! =)

gg browning~

in GG brown now rite after making the top portion of our brass candle stick holder in ME 250 lab.. the machining and everything was really neat. =) gonna machine the stand for the bottom part on wednesday...

was supposed to do mathlab w val and serene.. but i can't get them and they haven't contacted me yet.. hms.. after this got me 250 meeting with my project groupmates..

i've got so many things to do~! =(
1) study for math quiz tmr~!
2) eng 100 homework
3) eng 100 team lab report
4) me 250 homework
5) math 215 webwork
6) math 215 lab
6) me 211 homework
7) choreo hip hop
8) meet chin to choreo combined part
...
e list goes on..

bleah compulsory ballroom tonite.. haven't practiced since e last lesson which was a week ago.. =S hope it goes ok..

how am i gonna finish all i need to do? *bites lip*

well one good thing is the weather's been realli realli nice these few days..
out comes the skirts and slippers~! =P
until next week tt is... its gonna snow again..

pot luck day~

last nite e girls finished the whole 3 mins of chinese fan dance~! =)
*beams*
great job...
nv thot it possible to put together a whole segment in two nites~

we're gg grocery shopping soon.. and then heading over to samuel and kianleong's to cook lunch for ourselves and food for tonite's pot luck~

woke up with a crummy feeling in e depths of me..
i think trying so hard to forge a high has propelled me further into depths of lows..
*hms*

hush~

pensiveness, comfort, solace, embraced by elegance and poise~

keeping my head up~

exhausted but refreshed~

just back and showered clean~ =) and its 2 am in e morning~

we had sea cult nite prac today~ and i wanna thank all who came down and made the effort~ =) especially the girls who worked so very hard.. whom i might have pushed a little too extra today.. *ponders* u were amazing and i'm realli thankful for e effort~! =)

2 weeks and 2 dayS~ we'll make it e best we can.. but most of all we'll haf fun.. tt's wat dancing is all about anyways... its all about enjoying e music, enjoying the movement, enjoying the company, e friendships built, the amazing memories~

its stressful and hardwork perhaps..
but rite now i think it is also my back up steam engine~ its my motivation and its keeping me going~
its making life a little more worth living~
and tt's worth putting every little effort into it =)

thank U for this opportunity~ =)

inertia~

inertia has caused me to stay home on this pleasant thursday morning to finish up my ME 211 homework instead...

my bed is made and e curtains are drawn, soothing music is playing~

this hasn't happened for a realli long time~

i like it~! *smiles*

today's daily bread~~

A Living Hope

Life is hard for everybody, but it's much harder for some than for others. Putting our trust in Christ our Savior does little to change that. Nothing in the bible promises us a free pass merely because we are Christ's followers. In fact, some of our wounds may not heal and some of our deficiencies may not be corrected during our lifetime. They may even get worse. Yet our deformities and weaknesses are only temporary.

Anticipating what God has in store for us can put a smile in our heart. Hope gives us poise and lets us live with inner strength, because we knew that one day we will be dramatically different than we are now.

If you are in some way damaged by past abuse or feeling defeated by sin, or if u feel so inferior to others that you walk with your eyes to the ground, take heart in what God has in store for you. Live today with the courage God gives you. Make what you can of your afflictions. But rejoice, because all that degrades and limits you is only temporary. It will be gone - some of it sooner rather than later.

If you have a living hope in Christ, you can deal with your past because of your future. God's glorious best for you lies ahead.

Lord, give us grace to trust You when
Life's burdens seem too much to bear;
Dispel the darkness with new hope
And help us rise above despair.

happy crazy~?

val said i was crazy~ but its in a good way this time~
its happy crazy~! =P
heh i was totalli on the positive side today.. and keeping it that way~
haha not tt i have anithing to be happy crazy about.. but its a good feeling to haf.. and it realli helps.. =)

did pretty ok on ME 250.. 83.. one standard deviation away from e mean.. which was 73.. hms.. not great.. but above average.. and i'm thankful.. coupled with the fact that my other papers did pretty well. =) i can't complain~

had sushi for lunch today~ 5 dollars.. decided to treat myself.. =P from stache's..
and then just went to bursley to get food to exchange from my meal credit =P since i din use my meal credits and dun intend to use it much either~ =P

going for dinner and ice cream tonite~! *beams*
potbelly's.. *yum yum*

bailed out on val and e gym..*sheepish*
shall rest abit before SSA meeting..

hms.. need to think up some moves before tmr's sea cult prac...
and need to do ME 211 homework~!


aw~
innocence, loveliness, passion, hopes and dreams~

count my blessings~

not my worries~..

a few good things happened to me today =)
engine 100 midterm was surprisingly pretty good.. thankful =)
had lunch today at bursley =) tt's was a good thing too.. usually dun get proper lunch..
then watched interesting video on how ford mustangs are made~
we're starting on the second half of ME 250 lectures.. manufacturing.. hopefully this half will be better than the last.. its a good change from visualisations~
then i managed to finish my me 250 lab today~ its a miracle =)
then i went home and managed to get a nap... its a rest i realli need~ =)

so.. yups i haf many things to be worried about.. other not so nice things..
but still i am blessed in many tiny ways i tend to take for granted..

isn't life this way? we tend to take the most basic blessings for granted.. but these are the things that make our lives so much more worth living...
maybe we'll only appreciate them when they're not there anymore..

more photos~


dearest candice who's so nice i dunno how to thank her enough for everything =)


we were in some place in lse where we met up with lingli~


lingli and me at the lse library~


candice and me at dinner at magic wok~


girls at yvette's place~ louisa (candice's housemate), alex, candice and me~


dancers 03~! tt's yvette~ haha i miss rj dance~


jem candice and me in e cad to mos~


candice brought us for a walk by river thames after and we found ourselves at e london eye~


boarding the bus to oxford on thursday~


we reached oxford~!


mommie and i in front of nice buildings in oxford~


pretty? it was about to snow~


i *think* this is the library in oxford


tim and john in tim's room~
hms.. i need to get the other better pictures of them from mommie's camera~!!


rachel and me.. in her room~ its v cosy.. and nice smelling =) haha


karen and me and ben's cookies~ =) realli nice.. thanks so much karen~! for bringing us around shopping.. it was incredibly fun shopping w u~! =)


train station on our way to cambridge~


mommie and audry at formal in st cat's hall~ audry's taking salsa lessons~! =) *beams*


jiahui and me at formal.. bunch of drunk ppl next to us had a bottle of wine -each- =P and lost my black scarf there too =(


agnes and me in jiahui's room...
thanks jiahui for letting us stay~! and letting my mom haf e bed.. it was realli fun.. agnes staye over too.. three of us had mini slumber party on e floor and talked alot alot.. =P

ok the rest of the photos are in mommie's camera~
except for this last one~

in the house the morning just before i left to go back to ann arbor..

back here now~ hoping this time to come will be better than i imagine it to be =)

school after break~

this is killing me alreadi~
NX has died on me or refused to save or refused to work at least 5 times over today.. i've been working on my lab homework the entire afternoon and i still can't get it done.. its due wednesday and i dunno wat else to do alreadi.

i can't believe i'm feeling so demoralised on the first day of school alreadi...
do computers just hate me or wat.. =S

pictures from spring break~

here are some pictures from my camera in spring break..
still waiting to get other pictures from mommie and other ppl =)


met up with the twins once i got there.. sent jem off to nottingham~


pretty architecture and nice blue skies~


me and mommie and miss ng (my piano teacher) and her baby~ =)


these darlings waited so long for me~! thanx dearies~ was great seeing u again=)

huishan closed her eyes so here's another pic of her and me



imperial at nite~
thanx to zhongyi(jo's bf) for cooking us dinner afterwards.. it was good~! =)


mommie and me in front of a bridge in kingston.. shopping day in kingston~


some funny structure in kingston haha


in e middle of kingston shopping area~


mommie and me~ dun realli look alike at all huh...
*ponders*


mommie on e phone w daddie at mac's.. we were having nice long chill out talking time at macs w fries and tea~


mommie and i now haf matching phone covers~! =)


mommie bought me new hat~ bought herself nice new baret(is tt how u spell it? ) too.. but not wearing it yet~


mommie looks funky w her dark specs and new "baret".. we were outside harrods


inside harrods-- market section i think~.. so grand, no? =P


mommie and me in front of marble arch i think.. and bus came along to block e view.. as usual.. =P


hyde park~


mommie and me ain leicester square~


covent garden~


covent garden market~


me and jem jem.. some building in covent garden.. he owes me many more photos i think..

ok... i gotta go for ballet soon~!!!
update more later~

bleah.. dun feel like going to school =( *sighs*

back from london~

i'm back~!

had dinner at bursley.. then e girls congregated in chris's room for a nice girl chat~ i luv e girls here =) *hugs to everyone*

was realli nice catching up and being with mommie.. and my nicest sweetest frens too~

special thanks go out to jo and huishan and yunlei~! for waiting for me so very long.. so sorry.. circumstances cropped up tt couldn't allow me to be on time.. thanx for being such sweeties and waiting for me =) and thanx especially to darling candice~! and louisa.. for letting me stay.. and candice brought to me to a real dance lesson in london. =) was realli good.. and to john and karen and tim and rachel in oxford~! and to jiahui and agnes and audry in cambridge~!

ok more next time.. and hopefully i'll get photos from mommie as well..
lots more to say, lots more on my mind.. but i think i will rest for now..

watched moulin rouge in e plane~! and two other movies...
a little quote from the movie:
"The greatest thing u'll ever learn, is to love and be loved in return.."

oxford in spring break~!

i'm in tim's room now using tim's internet cos i haven't had access to internet in ages.. or wat seems like ages...

spent e day walking around w john.. and karen came to join us.. it was realli nice.. the last two days haf been realli nice catching up with ppl.. but frankly the first few dats were pretty trying...

just a little post from spring break~!
shall update more later when i get back home~ =)

john's here~!
we shall hang out and talk. =P