Feeling Blessed

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Christmas. I always loved that word. I guess it bings with it lots of love, joy, happiness, presents, delicious food, sales!and fun.

Looking back now ( Yeah , NOW I look back), I see that I really have taken for granted lots of things.Every year we'll have a wonderful Christmas dinner in my aunt's house...Seriously, its gooodddd..Lots of meaty stuff especially.We're talking about 2 types of ham, lamb, 3 types of sausages, 2 turkeys / goose, the oh-so- healthy salad with plenty of dressing, wine ( Not like I drink)..More than enough for the whole family to stomach I guess. Save some for Boxing Day :).

After dinner will be presents time and catching up on all sorts of news about each others lives.And do I stop and think about how good I have it?No.

So I REALLY have nothing to complain about. So what if I didn't receive a present that I like?It's the thought that counts right?Not to mention the fact that I actually GOT something.

When I read the newspaper like a day or two before Christmas, it makes me really sad that some people don't even have enough food to enjoy Christmas properly.Don't even talk about presents la.I was reading this article the other day in The Malay Mail about this lady who only longs for people to donate school clothes for her two primary school going children as she can't aford it.It's sad really.

So yes, I'm feeling oh-so-blessed at the moment.
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Went to Mid Valley yesterday with a friend.Feet were aching by the end of the day.But it was worth it. The decor there was simply to die for.(I actually wanted to write this post yesterday.BUT. My picture uploading thing wasn't working.Hence the thing of writing it today) ;)


I really love the white christmas-y look in Mid Valley.

Handbags Galore..

I'm in a handbaggy mood.I don't know why.Been constantly looking for handbags lately.Hehe.Just looking la.It's not like I actually have the 'ka-ching' to go shopping anyway.*Sigh*.. Oh well.Munchies and TV never fails to dampen my mood, unless I'm in a seriously depressed mood which I'm not feeling at the moment.

Anyway I've been looking and I found some just too adorable to pass up on.My favs...












The Guess Nile Top Zip Handbag













The Guess Velvet Rose Banana Handbag. Colour: Rose. Click here to view the other colours.















Monica Faux Fur Guess Shoulder Handbag. Colour: Black.



















Roxy Handbag.Colour :Rouge.
















Roxy Fab Black. Click here to view the one in pink.
















Roxy Mine Handbag in Dune.Go here to see the one in Coffee.















I loveee this Roxy Ya'll design in Spruce Green.To view the other colours, go here.

So there.My own little yacking on handbags that I want. Anyone with spare cash?

P.S. = It's still Christmas....TWELVE days of christmas...Lovely ;)

When I Get Bored...

Thursday, December 22, 2005

I went for my Undang exam today with Audrey and Adeline.You should have seen us before the test.Just a bundle of nerves.Well, me actually la.The other two were kinda cool.Oh well.By the way, we passed!!Woohooo!! :)

I've been doing some thinking recently.Just to avoid doing more studying, I'll pretend to read while thinking about things that have been happening in my form 4 year.Hehe.It's actually quite easy when the book you are reading is immensely boring, try the Undang question book, and your mind just can't help but wander to another place.It works for me ;)

I was thinking to a time when I actually thought exams were fun.Seriously. I guess back then it was easy-peasy lo.NOW it's a whole different story.I guess it comes with the whole concept of growing up.Sad sad sad.
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Just a few things I would hear regularly from my friends during exam season :

"Sara, chill!"

"Relax la Sara!"

"Sara, stop studying!"

"Ugh! Stop studying already!"

"Don't so tense!"

And...the most recent one...

"You crazy ah?!?"

Hmmmm........So I admit I do get tense over the most trivial of things.I guess its just in my nature.=D
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Oh and before I forget...

Have A Blessed Christmas Everyone!!

'Tis The Season To Be Caroling

Monday, December 19, 2005

Today was the last day of our 3 day annual christmas caroling.I am so gonna miss it.Another year to wait for the next caroling.I'll be patient.Hehe.

We went to a nursing home today for our last caroling.It was called Phyllis Nursing Home.The people there were all so friendly and nice to us.The first two days of caroling saw us going from one house to the other, singing carols and stuffing our mouth with all sorts of food, tidbits, cordial, junk, getting presents, money and soooo much more.Yup gaining weight again.So much for losing it.*sigh*....But for all my complains, I really did enjoy our caroling this year although it did seem a little dreary at the beginning when the turn out was so little.Hehe.We came, we sang, we conquered, we ate and we loved every minute of it!!


Me and Ann.Miss you so much girl.

My darlings.Uh, the girls only.Hehe.Thats Evan with "santa".

Somehow I really like this decor thing.Took this picture from one of the houses I was caroling in.It has this really cool fiber optic effect.I loveeeee it.


My fellow carollers.Muaxx~

From left: Shaun, Evan, Adeline and Nat.

Don't we look simply angelic?

Celebrated a birthday or two.Happy 21st Shalom!

Our ever hardworking guitarist.


Santa's lovely santarinas.

Mae and me.

Amanda and me.Tom Felton fans forever!*winks*

Me and Addie.Love ya!

Me and Mae.Yet again.

Group pic.Lalalalala lalalala~

Winner of the angelic picture award.*coughs*...prassan.Hehe.Joking.Hey, the light behind does give some effect.

There She Goes Again.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Woke up rather early this morning. Not intentionally if you must know but because I had too for my tennis lesson which just had to be at 8 a.m. every Wednesday and Friday. You would think some people would love to sleep in on holidays, no?..Not my coach apparently. I can't wait till the tennis courts in my normal club gets done so that I can go back to going for tennis lessons on Sunday evenings.At least then I wouldn't be half asleep although I also usually have to drag my feet to the courts on Sundays as well.Hehe.Thats me.Being a total pig.*oink oink*

Well tennis lasted only an hour today, normally it would last for two long, long, longggg hours.That was because no one else showed up except for me and my cousin today.Yeah,they were smart.Not like us.Aih they sacrifices I make.

I slept more than usual today.Not exactly proud of it but if you gotta sleep you gotta sleep right?Oh well.I love sleeping.Sue me if you will...Came back from tennis,took an extremely satisfying bath and had a short nap.For half an hour only la...Then I had lunch, watched some TV, read a bit and proceeded to my soft bed again.Mind you, this would not have happened if I had gotten enough sleep the night before but alas, tennis was calling me. Grudgingly, I woke up at 2.30 to get ready to go for my caroling practice.Not like I didn't wanna go, hey it was a chance to mingle with my friends, but because I just felt so sleepy I just didn't wanna get out of my nice, soft bed.

Caroling.A word I was looking forward to all year.Sadly, the turn out this year was pretty disappointing.Where's the christmas spirit guys?...Not there I suppose.At least there were some new people this year if not few.Oh well, we'll do our best this year eventhough we have so little people and our singing isn't exactly up to par.We'll be impeccably dressed however, I hope, so don't you snigger at our singing when we come to your houses!To the carolers : United we stand, devided we fall. Corny, I know but hey, it suits us.Heheh.

Came back form caroling practice approximately 2 gours later and went online to check some stuff.Then it was time for....dinner!Food here I come!=D

I planned to continue my studying for my Undang exam after dinner but somehow, being the procrastinator that I am, I started watching TV with my bro and sis.I kept saying to myself, "9 o'clock please go and study".had my mind set on it.Then......my dad came home and bought some new DVD's lo.Haih.I just couldn't help but watch them even though I had already watched them before.Hence, I didn't study.At all.There goes another worthless planning that I should not have bothered to set at all, knowing myself.I'll regret this one day.Sheesh.After two and half hours later of watching Harry Potter again, here I am writing this. I thank you for your time in reading this even though you could have done much more interesting things then listen to me ramble on about my boring life. =P

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRO!

Sunday, December 11, 2005

It's my brother's birthday today so my family and relatives had a little party for him last night.Just a few pictures I managed to snap and actually had the mood to post. : D
My bro and cousins.Yeah, I can't believe I'm actually related to them.Hehe.Love you guys loads though =)
Life lessons.From my cousin's point of view.

Happy Birthday bro!! You're a year older!!

p.s =I'm STILL older than you.Hehhehehe...

Another Step Closer...

Yessss!! I'm another step closer to actually getting my 'P' license!Weeeee...

Went for the Undang lecture today with Drey and Adeline.I was surprised actually by how full the class was.It was so full that we didn't even get to sit next to each other but luckily they split up the group and therefore I got to sit closer to my friends la.Haih.......

The lecture was not bad actually.I thought it would be very boring and that I would fall asleep the second I got the chance though.Guess that didn't happen.The lecturer was quite entertaining if not loud la.Yeah,he was extremely loud, shouting like half the time, in a good way though.I was actually thankful that we didn't get those lackadaisical teachers.Now THAT would have been a bore.*ZzzZzzzZz* Hehe. The worst part was when I got called up to do this "quarreling" scene with him.Man, was he intimidating. In my head I was like "Shit, shit , shit why did he have to call ME?!?"... Then when I was standing right in front of the whole class I was thinking "Don't get tongue tied, don't get tougue tied"...Just my luck I guess...AND thankfully I survived.No harm done.

The next step....Undang test!! Wish me luck!!

Memoirs Of A Geisha

Saturday, December 10, 2005

This is a good book.Seriously.I admit that I only started reading it when I heard the movie was coming out sometime in January.Seeing as the book was entertaining enough, I can't wasit to watch the movie.

The story is about a young girl named Chiyo who was born in a fishing village.It tells of her life as she grows up to be a famous geisha named Sayuri.The book really goes into detail on how she was sold into slavery in the 1930's , how she was tormented by the geisha Hatsumomu and how she with all the ordeals of becoming a geisha.Entertaining and a good read.

Of Weird Thinkings and Failed Resolutions

Sunday, December 04, 2005

OK.This little thought was scaring me.Seriously.

I was having lunch with my family just the other day when I looked over at my brother.He was drinking some drink,I forgot what, using a straw.Suddenly I started thinking that it wasn't because my brother was sucking the drink that was making it go up the straw, but because when he sucks the straw, its actually air that he is sucking.Therefore, the pressure in the straw is less than the atmospheric pressure because the amount of air is getting less and less. So, it was not the fact that my brother was sucking the drink that made it go up the straw.It was in fact the atmospheric pressure that was acting downwards on the surface of the drink that was making the drink go up the straw.It took me a second later to realise I was thiking about pressure.Oh gosh. When I was having lunch.Not to mention the fact that I haven't touched my Physics books in like ages.

By the way, since I am so lazy, as you already know, I don't think I'll continue posting those daily Purpose Driven Life qoutings.Yup, yet another failed resolution.This one didn't even last three days!!!....Someone save me..

p.s.=I hope I got the concept of that Physics thing right...=)

Wishful Thinking

Friday, December 02, 2005

Just a few things I was thinking about...

I wish I was not so lazy.
I wish I would not procrastinate.
I wish I were more photogenic.
I wish I was better at Biology.
I wish I was better at Chemistry.
I wish I was better at Physics.
I wish I was better at Add Maths.
I wish I can remember everything in my History book which will be virtually impossible.
I wish I had more self confidence.
I wish I wasn't so self-centered at times.
I wish I were more fit.
I wish I could sleep all day.
I wish I was not so indicisive.
I wish I was more sure of what I want to be in the future.
I wish I wasn't so self-critical.
I wish I had another hobby other than sleeping and reading.
I wish I was more computer literate.
I wish I can driveeee.
I wish I wasn't so absent-minded.
I wish I was more graceful.
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Day 2: You are not an accident.

God planned for us to be bron this way.He was the one who prescribed every single detail of your body.He was the one who chose your race, your parents and where you were born.So, it is not by accident that you were born this way.He planned it all for HIS puepose.

A meaningful poem by Russell Kelfer:
You are who you are for a reason.
You're part of an intricate plan.
You're a precious and unique design,
Called God's special woman or man.
You look likeyou look for a reason.
Our God made no mistake.
He knit you together within the womb,
You're just what he wanted to make.
The parents you had were the ones he chose,
And no matter how you feel,
They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,
And they bear the Master's seal.
No,that trauma you faced was not easy.
And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into his likeness you'd grow.
You are who you are for a reason,
You've been formed ny the Master's rod.
You are who you are, beloved,
Because there is a God!


(from the book)
DAY TWO
THINKING ABOUT MY PURPOSE

Point to Ponder: I am not an accident.

Verse to remember: "I am your Creator.You were in my care even before you were born." Isiah 44:2

The Purpose Driven Life

What on earth am I here for?

Those were the words that really got my attention when I picked up The Purpose Driven Life...Yeah so even though I heard of the book way before I even laid eyes on it, it never really struck me as a book I would like to read.Oh how utterly wrong I was.My cousin loaned it to me a couple of months back and it was just sitting on my desk till I recently decided that it was time to go on my 40 day spiritual journey with the Lord. That and the fact that I was being lazy of course to read the book.Just hope my cousin doesn't kill me for taking it for so long!Love ya loads girl!


So anyway I started today and I suppose I would be making regular posts on what today's lesson is and so on for 40 days I guess...I won't go into too much detail in case you want to read the book in the future and therefore I would only be spoiling it for you..=D

Day 1: It All Starts With God

The purpose of our lives is not about ourselves.It is about God.We were born by his purpose and for his purpose.It does make sense after a while I guess.We didn't create ourselves so who are we to tell ourselves what to do?Our purpose in life should be about what GOD wants us to do.To discover our purpose in life, the easiest way is simply to ask GOD.God has not left us to wonder in the dark.He gave us the Bible and only through HIS WORD will you discover your purpose in life.

(From the book)
DAY ONE
THINKING ABOUT MY PURPOSE

Point to ponder: It's not about me.

Verse to Remember: "Everything got started in him ad finds it's purpose in him." Colossians 1:16b

Question to Ponder: In spite of all the advertising around me,how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?

(Other quotes I found very meaningful...)

  • Focusing on ourselves will never reveal our lives purpose.
  • You were made by God and for God-and until you understand that, life will never make sense.
  • "For everything, absolutely everything above and below, visible and invisible,....everything got started with him and finds it's purpose in him." Colossians 1:16

 
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