29/09/2013 Lovely Sunday

Have I mentioned how our life has been so healthy ever since the presence of Teddy Chow! Thanks to the presence of a four-legged fur friend, now we all have to slogged out every Sunday to bring her to park to interact with people and other fur friends. Talk about responsibility. I really enjoy my Sunday now as compared to the past few years where they are just wasted by me lying in bed for hours. Because of Teddy, family outings has been more regular than before! Thanks to Teddy, we got to interact with more people and dog lovers. Bishan park has been our favourite park! The environment, the lush greenery, the friendly pet owners, pet-friendly restaurants, ... everything about it! :) Fingers crossed I won't meet anyone or any incident that makes me have a second opinion about it. Teddy loves bishan park too! It's a bonus and she loves roaming around the mini dog park since she doesn't run that much.

BEFORE THIS: Teddy was at the vet due to scratches from her eyes. Initially we thought it was flea... (Forgive us! We are first time pet owners!) We went really paranoid and all but in the end it was due to Teddy itchy fingers which caused her injury. Thank God it wasn't that serious! :)
Something which makes me super upset and super mad is the freaking receptionist. Every single time we visit the vet, he would start telling us how hard it is to raise Chow Chow, and how difficult it is to train Chow Chow, cannot pamper her if not she will bite us and all...  Once and for all, SHUT UP! I am raising my dog and I know her jolly well better than you do. Everyone that saw Teddy knows she is such a kind-hearted, soft and gentle Chow Chow. I'm really not lying. Many times I have brought her out and she has been attacked by other smaller dog breeds. The thing is Teddy didn't even retaliate, she just backed away when being threatened and bitten. No Bark at ALL. The last time we went there, the receptionist continued his stereotyping of Chow Chow...

'This kind of dog very hard to train.' I just ignored him. I'm already very nice by not asking him to shut up. What this kind of dog? Did I go around stereotyping you? Like bald, fat, ugly, hairy, blah blah blah...? Maybe you bite too? Then please kindly keep quiet and keep your mouth to yourself. We do not need you to come and teach us how to raise Teddy?

Anyway, it is our third visit over there and every SINGLE TIME, he has to comment on Teddy. First time, he made such statements, it really scared us cause we were first time owners... but subsequently as we spent time training her and etc... Teddy really was a nice and wonderful dog we can ever have. Anyway, one last time, I am gonna change our vet. Even our vet commented on how nice Teddy is and she is the NICEST CHOW CHOW he has ever met! :)

Waiting patiently for Teddy's turn!

 Checking Teddy's bone! :) 

Happy Monday everyone! :) 

Maybe nobody reads this but feel free to share with me your pet experience? 

26/09/2013 Prisoners

Last Thursday, I went to watch this really awesome thriller, PRISONERS! There may be one or two loopholes which I totally felt could be addressed. I mean c'mon what era is it... ok but I totally have to agree that even in real life situation such as Jaycee Dugard who was in captive for like eighteen years until the police discovered something amiss? (Spoiler alert) Put that aside, I was quite taken aback because I didn't manage to guess who the kidnapper was! Tada, outwitted. The whole movie lasted for more than two hours and throughout I felt there were parts that could be fast forward. I cannot deny that it was really intense and throughout the movie, I could felt my heart pounding. Anyway, long story short... I kind of dislike the ending. It gives people room for imagination... I personally chose to believe the positive side of the story. Plot aside, the actors were really really professional. Jake Gyllenhaal and Hugh Jackman. They really gave Oscar winning performance. No doubt. Even though there were a lot of symbols and signs of Christianity like verses from the bible and snakes, I felt it wasn't too overly used. Overall, it was a good movie which will definitely leaves an impression on your mind and makes you think about certain things in life. 

Rating: 8.5/10 

25/09/2013 SPIZZA!

Spizza with my wonderful social work friends! Wished I knew all of them way earlier! :) This picture doesn't do justice to how big our 20 inch pizza really is!

24/09/2013 Money & Filial

How do you define filial? The money you 'return' your parents every month? It may be true that it is natural for adults children with the capability to be self-independent to return to their parents in some sort of a way. Monetary. To be exact. However, that in my opinion, is a false gauge. How can we even put a monetary value onto filial piety? It starts from within the heart. I may sound like an unfilial daughter but I somehow felt that it should be based on how much our parents sacrifice their time and effort for us. How does it feels returning to an empty home? It pisses me off every single time my father asks me to return him when I've gotten my first pay. I think about all the lonely nights I spent, crying myself to sleep whenever I face any issues. Where is my mum and dad when I needed them? All I remember is my parents returning late from their work. It may be true that they are working hard, but there are definitely times when they could have used the time to spend it on us... but instead it was being squandered freely away with friends, beer and cigarettes. Do they even feel regretful? Do they even think and remember us? Despite me being 21, yes... I should be matured enough to understand that my parents are slogging their life to help me earn my degree and who I am today but I still feel the hurt every single day of loneliness whenever my parents ain't there to help me. I remember nights when I attempted to commit suicide and they did not even realize anything amiss. Days when I cried because I had friendships problem... and they simply weren't there to notice because they were too tired. People may tell me to grow up and all... but all I wanted was for them to notice and asked me what happen, and the minimum they could do was to talk to me. I used to run so eagerly to them every night, telling them what happened in school, and all they did was to ignore my ramblings. Yes, I thank you my parents for who I am today, and how independent I have become because I had to. I tell myself everyday that if I were ever to become a parent, one thing I would have done differently, I would be by their side, watching them grow.

22/09/2013 雪糕的一天

Thank God for Friends! :)

Have been feeling really upset and depressed the past few days! I really have no idea. It's just this chronic sadness and I have no idea. I just felt so lonely, like nobody would understand me. Why am I even cooped up with my own problems when there are so many things for me to worry? Anyway, Thank God for friends. I decided to pull my ass out and thick-skinnly(no such word) asked my friends out... Sometimes, company really makes people feel better. It helps to forget for a moment why we are this sad and focus on our friends and their lives. And I enjoy it. Maybe I have not been crying for awhile. It just feels as though nobody cares. It's probably true... we will never understand how a person feel, what he or she goes through until we are in their skin. No matter what it is... this too shall pass.

20/09/2013 Lazy Bones

“Don't let go too soon, but don't hold on too long.” 

― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie

I'm so so so lazy! Procrastinated for more than 24 hours already and I can't even finish my assignment. God, please give me the strength?

Now, even saying, praying to God seemed to put me in an ironic position. I mean, c'mon, who am I to speak of God?

Even though I didn't mention but most of the time, I feel like a fake Christian. Whatever you call that. Not that I'm pretending or like I do not believe in God. It feels so condemning. I just feel so sad when I'm in church. I feel so lonely. I can't find anyone I can confide in. It's like I know God hears my problems, knows my needs. It's just that I don't feel belonged. Every single week I go, I feel like I'm very tiny and at the back of church. A corner... Probably yes, when we don't feel God... SIN is the thing that separates us. I'm ... yeah basically... Just that every week, I feel so unworthy so be a cell leader. No, I'm not even a cell leader. I don't know what I am. I feel so neglected. I don't so my quiet time. I don't pray. Every week when I pray and in cell, I feel so far away from my cell. Not like I hate them or what. I really do enjoy their presence but I just don't felt belonged. I feel so out-of-place. I feel like I cannot bless them. I feel like I'm not worthy enough to even pray for them. Every week, I feel like I'm dragging my feet to service. A commitment... probably I have been going teens service for quite sometimes... I feel so empty and letdown to the teens if I did not attend. Maybe my presence does not even make a difference. Now, I have made the decision of not attending night service. Now thinking of it... I feel really sorry towards God. Like I've based this decision on my personal needs and not on who God is... But for now, I really want to sort my thoughts... really don't even feel like stepping into the auditorium.

15/09/2013 Blessings

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We pray for blessings

We pray for peace

Comfort for family, protection while we sleep

We pray for healing, for prosperity

We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering

All the while, You hear each spoken need

Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights

Are what it takes to know You're near

What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom

Your voice to hear

And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near

We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love

As if every promise from Your Word is not enough

All the while, You hear each desperate plea

And long that we have faith to believe

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops

What if Your healing comes through tears

What if a thousand sleepless nights

Are what it takes to know You're near

And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us

When darkness seems to win

We know that pain reminds this heart

That this is not, this is not our home

It's not our home

'Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops

What if Your healing comes through tears

And what if a thousand sleepless nights

Are what it takes to know You're near

What if my greatest disappointments

Or the achings of this life

Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can't satisfy

And what if trials of this life

The rain, the storms, the hardest nights

Are Your mercies in disguise

Credits: http://www.lyricshall.com/lyrics/Laura+Story/Blessings/

Just stumbled upon this wonderful song while I was on the internet. Every words, every sentences just pierce through my heart every time I listen to it, especially in this moment, where I'm feeling vulnerable to all the setbacks and disappointments in people. Most of the time, we pray and yearn for God blessings. We only want good things, great things to happen to us. I think we all as humans fail to see and understand God's blessings through the small little things/trials/darkness. All these disappointments, setbacks are inevitable because God did not promise we will have a smooth sailing life... He promised that we will have trouble, but God will be with us through the trials and storms. Is it enough? I really like the chorus. Probably we would never know what's healing without getting hurt, without experiencing His love for us.

04/09/2013 Been awhile...

You know how some people don't understand your situation and when they go talking about things that pricks your heart... All you can do is to sit there and feel paralyzed. Both physically and mentally. I feel the strong pretense like I really should die or commit suicide... Like I couldn't even deserve a single shit in life. All I'm feeling is really scared and mostly disappointing. I hate how all these feelings come back to me, and I feel completely useless and defenseless. I couldn't talk about it, tell anyone, or even bring myself to love myself for who I am. It's like all these strong feelings just bottling up and I can't even do anything about it.

I'm sooo sick & tired... I wanna move forward.

20/08/2013 Year Sem 1

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04/06/2013 How has it been for you?

I've been experiencing the dark side of social work ever since I started my placement. Maybe what Doc. Goh mentioned in lecture is reenacting and being put to great test. As a social worker, we face the dark side of life everyday, do you have the courage to face them? Honestly, I'm starting to get a little scared of what's happening around me. Heartbroken. You see what people don't see. You listen to what people don't like to hear. But I guess most importantly, you gets to see the true human nature of life. We are all sinful and fall short of God's glory. I cannot believe if anyone stands before me and proclaim that he or she is perfect. God knows every dark secret and our heart. Through this placement, I am also praying that God will help me to see His presence in every small details! Even though I have my own struggles with my own relationship, I know that my world lies in Him.