I wonder how she's doing now?

I was just reminded of the last thing she told me just before she left. Her story.

In her broken english, we had this conversation..

A: You know doing a phD must do many things in parallel?
me: yeah. many things. I need to go for class, teach, do research...
A: yeah yeah. Many many things in parallel
me: uh huh..
A: many many things. very important.
me: ...??
A: alot of things in parallel. need to find husband
me: ahh... so how did you meet yours?

Then she told me.. How she needed the help of a bioinformatician during her phD years. How she met him. "He helped me graduate, so I decided to marry him" she said. Though brief, i could sense her blissfulness, so many years on. They were such a blissful old couple, bringing lunch and dinner to the pantry, eating together. Now they're working at opposite ends of the world. I wonder how she's doing now?

In parallel..

Does your faith show?

Today's sunday school lesson was from 1 Thessalonians. It focused on Living together in Purity (1 Thess 4:3-8) and Living together in Love (1 Thess 5:12-22). A large part of the lesson was about sexual immorality, and premarital sex. Being a class of 14 yr olds, some were obviously uneasy about the topic. But many were rather responsive too!! though we're teachers, we do learn from the lessons too. and one part of the lesson that i remember, is the part about 'the most precious gift'. with each relationship you have, you give a part of your heart and maybe a part of your body away. with each relationship, you have less treasure for your partner. then on the day of the wedding, your partner will ask "so what do you have left for me?". How sad it is, if there is very little left for that person who'd spend the rest of your life with you! Don't you want to reserve EVERYTHING you have for that person you will love? Thus, think twice about entering a r/s, and what you do with the person you're together with!

I'm glad i reserved alot for whoever I would marry in future. ^_^

how do you know?

when it is right? coz you just know it. you can feel it. trust your own heart. ^_^

i really don't want to say anything abt it, just want to ignore everything and live on. but, i really cannot. i need an outlet. just let me complain, just this once. then i will ignore whatever else comes my way. i am just too lazy to say anything...

i know it happens each time. i know i have alot to defend, and can defend. i am not in the wrong, nor were u in the right. but i just cannot be bothered with such things anymore. let you vent it out, complain all you want, get all the sympathy you want. i don't need it. i have better things around me. i believe the truth prevails. i just hope that one day they will experience the same things as me, then they will understand what i've been through too. til then, i let you win. coz there're more impt things to worry about ^_^

at the door, i saw it. the first surprise. placed very very nicely. obviously a gift. but i was so overwhelmed by the surprise, that i was abit worried that it wasn't meant for me. then would be so paiseh. so i hid my emotions, fighting back my tears of joy. >.< so sorry. next time will not k? thx dear. ^_^

Pink Run!

Yesssss finally, i get to run the Shape Run! 2006 i missed the application. 07 was a too slow and it was full. 08 i signed up and ended up in california that week instead. 09, i signed up and had conference again. but i came back 5 days before the run and recovered very quickly from my jetlag! yay!!! But i tot this year couldn't run again, coz i fell on friday, and had a minor strain on my left ankle+toes. fortunately it wasn't too bad, and i still managed to go for the run! of course it wasn't easy, coz i had been slacking away with minimal physical activity while touring europe! hehe.. but still, it felt good. i liked it. first time running with only girls! so weird. then the roads were lined with only the male species. after the run, on my way back, the shopping malls were filled with even more men. oh gosh. it was a really odd sight to have a shopping mall with no females, and only men sitting in macdonalds and coffee bean. looking bored. hahahah

saw lots of older women at the run today. maybe next yr i will jio my mum along too! ^_^

upon JQ's request ^_^

really quite lazy, and haven't really looked through my photos. but just to please JQ, here are some photos from Budapest and Venice! (or rather, photos of us 3. scenery ones must wait. hehe)

beautiful skies everywherei am still hard at work! hehehe

the sun very hot. look! ninja turtle travels with us! and i'm so tanned now. pity prague now is a little cold, i'm going to lose my tan before anyone else in singapore sees me. humphand some pics of venice. lalala. just our faces lah. venice is really a nice place. esp the food! yum~ me love italy!!! ^_^

Hello! from Dublin, Killarney and Paris!

At a park in dublin..And YES i was hard at work... conference, and being NERDYAt eiffel tower!Off to budapest tmr. Cya all soon~~ (yes.. i'm still hard at work here =P)

5 hours and 10 minutes more..

and i'd be on the plane, on my way to Ireland! Been some time since i flew a plane. In fact, this is the first time this year! and there are new travel buddies this time round, so it'd be exciting! Another 1 mth trip after my london trip.. but that was alone, while this is with many people! yay~ I haven't had the time to upload Ipoh and diving trip pics. well.. maybe next month? or maybe never.. since i'd be busy with europe photos then. hahaha. anyway, everybody take care!! don't melt! =P

sunday dinners at home ^_^

My mum cooked mee siam today!! yumyumyum~

So many tries later, i finally got to eat icecream at daily scoop again. i think i'm the most unfortunate, to go there without my wallet, then forget that they're closed for a few days, then went there to have lunch and felt too full for any icecream! argh. but yes, good things are worth pursuing. i finally FINALLY got to eat my icecream! and sure enough it was goooooooood

Yes, the bestest combination i ever tried. Peach bum with hot hot brownie. it's sourish, complements perfectly with the chocolatey brownie. oooooooohh


and the other one, plain crispy waffle topped with berry brandy! whoa.. the brandy was so strong, as compared to the other alcoholic flavors! nice nice.. ^_^

and i never really stopped by to take a look. the view was so beautiful, especially at that time of the day. wish i had a better camera with me though.

even the kids knew where to get the best view. and i think it's better to go as a kid. it's actually quite high, and i got quite scared. yes, my friends always luff at me being an acrophobic, considering that i'm not that short. >.<

proof that it's high! see? someone was there all strapped up!!

i really must make a trip there again, hopefully before i leave for europe. bah, so many things to do before i leave! but i can hear the berry brandy calling me.. mmmmm =P

Awesome Cinematics!

Go view HOME by Yann Arthus Bertrand. The cinematic will take your breath away! ^_^ (don't know why i cannot embed it.. so.. be hardworking and visit the website lah! hehe)

First post-exam activity

Pumpkin cake! ^_^


Is a gift, for a dear friend who's leaving. So, we decided to make it for her, since she's been requesting it for sometime but i've just been too lazy to do it.

Almost done, before putting it to steam.


The final product, after the garnishing! so pretty! and smells so good, tastes even better! ^_^


I hope she likes it. And thanks for helping. tho i am so very upset at the biasedness of my mum during the entire process. grr.

THANKS TO ALL!!

for your prayers! and encouragement! and everything you have done. It has been a really tough month, but i'm through with it now! yes, i've passed! "it was a perfect presentation" "wendy passed with flying colors", as i quote my supervisor. ^_^

really, i couldn't have done this without the support of everyone. the understanding of my bad tempers; the daily jokes to keep me happy; the encouragement to keep my morale up; the 'pretend nothing happened and let's have fun' to let me forget abt it sometimes and maintain my sanity; the prayers you included me in; the bearing with me ignoring you guys when you come around and have a chat coz i'm studying hard; the accomodating xb for her copilot.. all in all, THANKS! my next exam is in 2 yrs' time. til then.. life is great! hehe~

we have new friends from Finland! ^_^

This is Helmi and Rudolf from Finland! ^_^


so coincidentally, all our toys so far are winter animals. ^_^

thanks

to friends who happen to be there when i need them. 'twas such a weird ending to a happy day out at lunch. so rare to have time to have everyone go out together. ok, maybe weird is not the word to describe it, but rather unexpected. truly. i was fighting my emotions all the way on the bus ride back. whoaa.. think i almost suffocated trying to suppress everything. still had my 3:30pm meeting to think about. back at my desk, i was trying so hard to cram some last minute reading into my head. but i obviously couldn't. thanks for the offer... and so sorry, the moment u asked me what happened, i really couldn't keep it in anymore. thanks for taking time off the busy first day back, just to comfort me. so useless of me.. the only one who took it so hard. >.< and so sorry that i caught you off guard that we didn't bring money along with us. hahaha. but it wasn't a wasted trip! tho i was 5minutes late for the meeting, i was actually in a better condition than ever before, and was actually able to get thru the meeting all fine! so the day ended on the right note. ^_^ just 2 more meetings to go! then yes... now i have even more things to do after june 5th. will need some inspiration then...

and life seems to be back to normal again. things seem good. at least, until 3:30pm today. At 10pm yesterday, he called for a meeting today. Yes, yesterday was sunday night. And yes, i did check my email and reply at 1am. And even more amazingly, he acknowledged my reply at 5am. Are we not expected to sleep?

I really hope the meeting at 3:30pm would go well. coz last week's meeting and presentation brought me back to square one. as though all my work and reading up was just wasted. went terribly. just wanted to dig a hole and jump in. wish i was never born.

Found this on my desk today by chance, while waiting for xb. ^_^ it was a note that brought me through university days. It's simple, but meaningful.

When you're down and troubled,
When you're sad and blue.
Just leave it to GOD
for GOD holds our tomorrow,
and He holds our hands.

^_^

yes, He holds my tomorrow, He holds my future. And I know He'd hold my hands as i go for meeting today, wednesday, and the final exam on friday :)

missing IPOH.. and more =(

Ok, we didn't just go ipoh to jump. haha. but no time to upload so many pictures now lah. next friday, after my BIG BIG exam, i will upload all ipoh pictures and tioman diving pictures! ^_^ meanwhile, just uploading this coz i miss those carefree times, tho it was just a week ago. it's been a big rush since i came back. tmr is my 3rd mock presentation.. with 20-strength audience. geez.

The last, and most synchronized jump shot :)

would seriously appreciate it if people would stop using vulgarities everywhere they go. so glad that many of my friends don't use them, and some others know about how much i dislike foul words, so they do make an effort to avoid using it when i'm around. but i don't usually bother informing other people around me if they don't know, coz though i dislike hearing it, i have no right in dictating what comes out of their mouths. so i just close one ear and pretend i didn't hear anything. just don't be surprised if i suddenly lose my smile and turn silent.

don't understand why people need to use those words. doesn't help the situation more when you use vulgarities you know. it doesn't turn the rain to sunshine. it doesn't stop drivers from cutting into your lane. it doesn't stop people from arrowing you to do work. it doesn't remove the stink of dog poo from your shoe. so why make it even worse by using such unpleasant sounding words? >.<

counting down... with distractions

The exam is just around the corner, and i am working extremely hard for it. for other reasons too, of course. but at the same time, my next weekends are full of distractions, with Ipoh and Tioman trips taking up my weekends! Can't wait.. haven't traveled with the FSC in ages. In fact, i've never traveled with 3 out of the 5 of us going to ipoh! whoaahaha.. the FSC is really going to the next level. we're going to conquer food out of singapore's borders! i'm sure it'd be a good trip. Thanks wyee for agreeing to bringing us home. ^_^

And that's not all. amidst exam preparations, i am preparing for other major activities too! amongst it includes the europe trip. FINALLY, tickets have been booked. at almost half the rates that i was quoted a month ago! Thanks to the flu, as well as the capability of the other 2 going on the trip. Thank God for them! now for the decision of where in Europe to travel after tt. =P there're other things i am planning for too.. really exciting things.. things i have had wanted to do ages ago but found noone to do it with. Now i have found companion! but... it cannot be done unless if i pass the exam. So... i will not announce it til i pass. hehe.

back to the topic of exam. if not for the distractions, i think i'd be so stressed. maybe overly stressed. if not for friends who're around to support me and give me encouragement every moment of the day, i may have collapsed. Lin asked me to watch 'Facing the Giants', and i did. 3 times in 2 days, in fact. truly enough, it touched me. right smack. And the scene on the death crawl (embedded film), really felt like i am doing it now. and i will only be able to do it with the encouragement and support of all around me. Thank you Lord, for sending these people into my life. =)