and so it was my egg-breaking day last saturday. trying to be low profile, so i planned to celebrate alone.
after working half day, i headed straight to Nex shopping mall to treat myself a sumptuous lunch.
there you are, my Carl's Jr!! the burger is almost the size of my face, or bigger than my face? haha!
i've been liking Carl's Jr since my first trial on it at Changi Airport. i like the fries! really different from McD's and KFC's. and seriously, the McD and KFC here are nothing compared to those made in Malaysia. even Singaporeans themselves agree that KFC here are "inedible" haha! but halt, PizzaHut here is nice!! nicer than Malaysia's!! you gotta try them out yourselves =P
can someone get me a set of this to reunite with the other two sets that i brought home from taiwan? =PP
like this dress! but it's $39. no budget for new dresses so i gave up. but i did find out a local designer store in Nex! the dresses there are awesome. for dresses, they are all $59.90 and above. wait for me~~ will be back before CNY!!!=PP
die die also wanted to have a slice of cake. and there's no Secret Recipe and other bakeries that provide dine in services, so i went for Baskin Robbins. and i could only say, dont ever go baskin robbins for cake. ice cream would be ok. not cheap too. $6.50 per slice /_\
the kitty behind was found in Popular bookstore! something i like about the Popular here is, they have all sorts of toys. you might be surprised to find Gundam at Popular! haha!!
since i join Saturday's evening chinese service, so i went church after a round of shopping. teehee.
i thought only my leader would know it's my birthday and he might lay it low. who knows they actually threw me a birthday bash and i was truly very surprised! haha!
thanks Blessed Grace Church's brothers and sisters for the blessing!! the cake was far more better than Baskin Robbins definitely. haha!!
well, that actually ended my first plan for my egg-breaking day.
went to Jurong Point as my second and last plan for my egg-breaking day.
i thought i never went there before. but i had bits and pieces of memories on it once i stepped into the mall. i actually went there before. but few years ago. who i went with, when was i there, and why did i go there since it's so far away from Woodlands checkpoint?? i have no answers to it =_=
new thing is, they have this Malaysia Boleh shop with various stalls selling most Malaysian foods. it's kinda hard to get a seat there, too crowded. the food there not cheap too /_\
this so-called Klang Bak Kut Teh which costs $5.50 wasnt filling for me zzz at least it did satisfy my craving for bak kut teh a bit =3=
and these presents ended my celebration of my egg-breaking day.
bought the kitty mug at $7.90 at Kiddy Paradise. the stupid hair clip costs $11.90 /_\ but once a year, whatever lar...
i like spending for hello kitty with own money =)
had a special wish this year. i wished that Israel and Malaysia would turn to God one day. may God bless these two nations especially Israel where the Israelites are God chosen people. may them not be harmed by others. =))
thank God for the leading through thick and thin all these years..
i hate being eldest in the family
i wish i was the youngest, the notorious, and useless one
then none of the family members would be of my business.
envy those who are the eldest,
but dont have to be responsible after the family financially and have their good time having fun around without any savings in the account.
had this second speed dating during mid of july earlier on.
and my pig's mum actually urged him to accompany me to go over. i was like, "wow~ a bit 受寵若驚" haha! i can survive at Singapore on my own. but well, since his mum insisted, so both of us had a super short trip =D
so nice of his friend that he actually took a day leave just to accompany us. so we went Universal Studio. hiakz~
this pizza is crazy. 20 inch!!!! and there was only three of us!!! luckily there were two guys... haha!
like it's a trend to snap this "ball" haha!
and the three of us went marina bay sands and garden of the bay, with my pig's aunt as well.
keychains souvenirs is a must!=PP
heard that Takiong supermarket sells this. but more expensive than what we can get from Fairprice.
the mo cha one is a real no-no. haha. prefer the dark chocolate one.
we took this map from the Universal Studio but i didnt refer to the route on it at all. i actually led the two and followed my instinct to move forward. surprisingly when we're done with it and referred back to the map, we actually finished everything by sequence haha!!
love the Transformer most. if i were to go once again, i definitely WONT close my eyes!!!-.-
it was my first time to be at Changi Terminal 1. tsk tsk tsk.
not much photos and i didnt bring camera as i thought my pig would bring. who knows, he forgotten -.- photos were taken by nokia n8 =D now i miss those places we had our footsteps
and this is life. hope it'll never end.......................
most course mates have swung into working place. i prefer taking a long break. perhaps to counter back the second year long hols whereby i went for apprenticeship and they had their enjoyment. hiakz. it's been long time since i last enjoyed such life like what i'm doing now. haha!
it wasn't a blink of an eye, and four years of degree life ended, unofficially, by the grace of God.
learned a lot, seen a lot, experienced a lot. and of course, i really experienced God in these years. how He had helped me in going through all the ups and downs.
the most important thing that i learned in university life is that, i actually learned to skip classes [during rainy mornings and not-so-important classes] =P an ex-prefect, an ex-thomian star. well, good girl needs to be bad sometimes to balance out her life XD
no more tests, quizzes, assignments, projects, thesis, and finals. how does it feel? oh man, i feel that it's like, as usual. -.- obviously, i've been in a relaxing mode all these while.
if i knew i'm going to be in engineering course, i'd choose electrical instead of civil. at least i have a bit more interest in electrical than civil.
not easy to get this thing done. a bit challenging, as the steps weren't very clear. but halt, challenge accepted =)
nothing much, nothing special. just to note down the day i ended my degree life.
p.s.: can i wake up at 10 or 11am tomorrow? it's been a week that i woke up automatically before my alarm actually rings, which is before 8am. what is the alarm doing?!!! *eyes rolled*
with all my sweat and handwork and of course by the grace and mercy of the Lord. teehee~
glad that i undergo tertiary education at government uni. most of the private uni don't require students to do this. and this makes me feel proud of myself by the time i claimed this from the stationary shop. hiakz...
glad that the stationary shop is efficient too~ without pre-booking, it can be done in less than 24hours. just that, more expensive than those who did their booking early. due to certain unexpected problem, i didn't get to book the binding service >< so this book actually costed me rm25, which is equivalent to two and half days of expenses. haizzzzzzz whatever~
for the very first time, i haven't bought my ticket yet >< planned the day to go back but couldn't buy it, scared that might have other pop-up problems... guess i'd have to buy it the day before i'll be back. swt
p.s.: one more paper to go, which is on next monday, structural analysis. aih.... i'm ready to be killed by it. so long as i could pass it with not a too-bad grade, that's it.
since don't-know when, i've been wishing "happy father's day" to my dearest heavenly Father.
am so blessed with all kinds of blessings, guidance and love that He's showered upon me through all these years.
and made me who i am today.
everything happen for a reason, and there's God's will behind it. if not for His will, things will not happen.
i blamed before, but now i'm happy with it. cause if not for all those, i won't get to know that i have such a wonderful Father in heaven, who's known me since i'm in my mother's womb.
message of the day from |Our Daily Bread|
Take heart in the fact that if you have been redeemed through Jesus you have a perfect heavenly Father—and He’s the best Father of all.
— Joe Stowell
The heavenly Father’s arms never tire of holding His children.
the most vivid one was the one i had last week or last two weeks. i dreamt that there was people actually stole my organs from me while i'm alive and left me there just like that. but miraculously i survived for few years after praying, and probably longer than that.
i was really woke up by that dream with heart beat accelerating ><
the most recent one was last night.
i actually dreamt of the moment i had my thesis presentation. i was no joke nervous throughout the whole session, and was woke up by that too @@
seriously don't know how to cope with that. i think even if i'm really well prepared i could have accelerated heart beat as well TT______TT
had this open discussion in class on thursday. just a normal discussion with QnA. not that i don't know how to answer the questions but when i was about to speak, i start to get nervous, till i finished talking. and my hands really turned cold, trembled and heart beat accelerated TT______TT
and now even if i only thought of the presentation i start to get nervous ><
yay~ finally submitted my 1st draft on friday. tho kinda incomplete, cause there's still another set of data not completed yet, and i have no idea on how to vomit out a 2-pages conclusion. hahaha.
the 1st draft is basically essence already. cause i vomited it out from tuesday nite till thursday nite. apart from completing chapter 4, i actually amended chapter 1-3, so even though it's only 1st draft, it's my best. haha XD
it's all by the grace of God. praise and glory to the Lord =))
i was super relieved after submitted my 1st draft and played whole day yesterday and went to church in the evening XD but there're tests coming up. oh no~~~
glad to have a bunch of seniors who really take good care of me well and brought me around to have fun XD met a new friend too! a PhD students from electrical. haha.
people nowadays tend to ask, "where would u go after graduating?"
and i have a new plan last nite after attending church's service -- it's all by the will of God. wherever He wants me to, i'll try my best to obey it =) and then i would not have to worry about anything, because wherever i'll be, it's His will and so i believe He'll provide me with all kinds of necessities and i'll only have to stand there to get blessed XD
woohoo~ i experienced His abundant blessings once again today! weeeeheeeee~
around 10sth in the morning, my supervisor texted me saying that our 1st draft should be readied by now. and the 1st draft is inclusive of all chapters. and i was like, "OMG?"
seriously, i'm only at data analysis, haven't even get to analyze my data. and my intro, literature review and methodology need further amendments. i was like, "+_+"
then i consoled myself that God will be over all these. so i was like, "=)" again. haha
after class, before going to meet the PhD student, i received a message from my american friend, Chris, whom i know through Facebook, that he has prayed for me so that God will provide me whatever i want. i did share with him what i'm facing now. he's a good guy. we've been sharing all these while, just that i didn't contact him last year, for no reason =.= and connected back again cause i was looking for solution for Mann-Kendall test last week. so yeah, he's prayed for me =)
so i went to meet the malay guy, Naim, at 3pm.
after a brief intro, he has no idea of how to help me and turned to ask another two PhD malay girls, and so i was like, "oh God...."
okay, at least the two did explain a bit... but basically the discussion was equal to 0. and i started to be nervous cause they were going for a meeting at 4pm, with that, i felt abandoned.
blessings came...
before they really left, they chatted with a guy in front of a computer. well it turned out that that guy is rather familiar with regression analysis than Mann-Kendall test, and my data can be analyzed using regression analysis. so Naim and i moved over to approach that guy. from the conversation, i learned that he's also a PhD student, at the same time a lecturer.
i really really really thank God for his existence!!!
the amazingness is, he's seldom around in utm. it's so happened that he dropped by this afternoon just because he had to submit his PhD draft and amazingly he went to the computer lab to online!!!!!!!!!!!! while listening his explanation, i was like, "oh God, you're really great!" seriously...
i told him my situation and it's quite urgent cause i have to submit draft this friday.
he told me to find related papers to support my research. he can help me with the data analysis, as long as i'm able to get related papers. again i was like, "wow~ God, you're more than amazing!" haha!
it's so happened that his degree thesis was about regression and his current PhD research is about time series. i was more than "wow~" already. then he explained to me the details and also how to avoid from being killed by M16 during thesis presentation and shut those panels' mouth from asking me questions. haha! you should know that it's more than "wow wow~" hahahaha
see, my God is really amazing. He's really something! thank God for His mercy!! He knows that i dragged my work but still provide me and bless me, just because i call upon His name. how can you not "wow~" on my God? hahahahahaha!
seriously appreciate Chris and Carol's prayers on my thesis!!! i'm so blessed with these brother and sister around =D
thank you, Lord!
oh my heart, do not forget the blessings of the Lord in spite of all circumstances. =)
when God shuts a door, He'll open at least a window for me.
i've got a feeling
that i'm going to encounter Him fully in these coming weeks!
well, i was just being blessed by Him.
the PhD girl under the supervision of the maths lecturer i've found isn't able to guide me with my data analysis. she said she'll find another one to guide me. statistically, there's a probability that she won't be able to find any. BUT, by the grace of God, she found one!!
i know He won't cast me away from His side
cause i'm His precious daughter =D
He'll shower His abundant blessings on me like heavy downpour till i say enough! haha
i'm not at home for the first time ever for mother's day!!!!!
thanks to the Ministry of Higher Education!!!!
i'm gonna be naughty as usual to surprise my mum.
planned that at the end of april.
first i bought an OGAWA mini eye massager from Jackcow.com. it's a deal of around 50% discount. so i bought it at around rm29.90
as i thought mother's day was last Sunday, so i redeemed the coupon after i bought it and have them delivered to my mum before last Sunday. LOL! to avoid troubles, i put my mum's name as the recipient XD
as i always buy things online and post back home, so mum called when she received it.
she said, "you bought things again is it?"
so i said, "that's for you haha"
then she realized and said, "for mother's day one is it?" hahaha
i know she'll be quite happy with that. cause she has puffy eyes and always grumbles about it. lol
after quite some time, she called again
mum: "aiyo... i couldn't use that thing lar... it triggers my itchy nerves and i sneeze whenever i use it! so i use it as face massager"
hahahaha!!! my mum.. lolz
and i know she loves the california maki from Ten Ichi Restaurant. so i planned for 2nd round of surprise XD naughty as usual xD
so i asked help from my pig to be my postman. wahahaha...
then my pig is more evil than me and suggested, "why not hang it on your door and scare her?"
HAHAHAHA nice one! i love it. wahahaha
so i woke him up yesterday and urged him to go buy and hang it on my door before 2pm cause kitchen closes at 2pm and my mum would be at home around 2pm
who knows mum reached home around 1sth in the afternoon. so i had to find an excuse to get her to open the door. lol. i told her that my pig would be going over there to copy dramas and movies for her XD
after my pig put the sushi on the shoe cabinet.... and ran........
me: "go open the door... alvin reached house d..."
5mins later......
mum: "where's he? i didn't see him. i opened the grill and saw no one."
then i was laughing and said, "go see the shoe cabinet"
then my mum kept saying, "u said alvin's going to copy dramas for me right?" so i kept replying, "go see the shoe cabinet" hahahaha
then only she realized that there's a plastic bag on the cabinet and was surprise and very happy when she saw her beloved!! lol.
8pcs for rm36. not expensive actually. cause sushi king can never beat this down. lol
i'm a typical chinese who dont say "i love you, mum" and not even a stalk of flower XD
but i know what she likes so i always surprise her with her favorite. haha.
the church i attended at JB here had this mother's day celebration with this song composed by my own pastor.
julie and i were crying when we heard this song =.= and i envied those having their mums at church...
obviously we miss our mums lol.
wonder if i'll be at home not next year.................
just when i'm lost in analyzing my data, a mechanical junior finally scanned the chapter of regression from a statistical book with the instructions to analyze data with excel
and while exploring my stupid excel with the stoooopid mac, i found that i didnt have the "data analysis" function in that stupid excel.
so again, i asked mr Google.
he told me to download StatPlus. and i did.
and now, i can do analysis.
BUT
i dunno how to read the results!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHA
so funny.
BUT
i'm happy
HAHAHAHAHAHA
thank you Lord!!!
a prayer can really move a mountain. try it and u'll know =DD
spreadsheet for Mann-Kendall Test not found
i can't do anything for my analysis part.
job not found
path in front seems to be in a mist.
BUT
He will certainly make a way
He will always be my side
i just have to keep holding on
and have faith
i was here without His prior consent
but i believe He will bring me through all these
'cause He's Jehovah-Jireh - the God who provides
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." - Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV)
it's such a comfort that whenever i face difficulties, He speaks to me through His words.
in today's "Our Daily Bread", it mentioned that when we face desperate circumstances, we tend to look to other people for guidance and comfort. they are in the same boat, however - lost in an ocean of life's ups and downs. only God is outside the boat, sovereign, stable and strong enough to calm the storms (Psalm 107:24-25,29)
We worship a God who is greater than our greatest problem.
as usual, He's my comfort, my shelter, my refuge and strength =)
5days of holidays [i don't have classes on monday and friday] and i didn't make it to go back. return ticket cost about rm500. even tho i wont the one paying for it, i also couldn't be so mean to book it =.=
new cloth for my EZ Link card. thanks to Julie =)
apps nowadays has several upgraded version. so do my "i-dunno-how-to-describe-it". this "i-dunno-how-to-describe-it" thing has been upgraded to version 1.0 =P for durability purpose.
may maY mAY MAY!
OMG
525. a deadline i set for myself. let's see if i'm able to finish it on time, with tests and projects in between. hmm.....
thanks to Uncle Sun who shone so brightly for few consecutive days, and now i'm caught with influenza. grrr...
something wrong with the door knob. i couldn't close the door completely. and i don't have door oil. i even tried with baby oil =.= suddenly i remembered that i have quite a lot of rubber bands.. i did this. i thought the window has grill, initially wanted to tie to the grill. since there's no grill.... i end up like this =.=
