I am so fortunate

Met this boy around the age of 15 diagnosed with tuberos sclerosis which is an autosomal dominant disease that affects many parts of the body. It caused him to have seizures and fits since he was diagnosed at the age of 2, and caused him to have severe mental retardation, autism and many other problems. Some of them included anaemia, gastroentritis, vitamin deficiencies, and they manifested in areas such as the eye, where he underwent operations to correct them. He is now wheelchair bound, and when i met him today, i just felt so much for him. His case is just so sad. It was then that i realised how fortunate i was. I have been piled with a lot of things to do these 2 weeks, and i just felt a quite stressed. But here i was complaining, when this boy was under so much more suffering and pain then i was. I was just so moved by his conditions and how much he had gone through that i muttered a silent prayer for him and his parents. Oh, I thank God for giving me great blessings in my life, and for just helping me to realise that all the stuff that im doing is nothing compared to how He has put that boy through the trials and tribulations. Now, I know Lord. Give me more Lord, to do great and mighty things for Your glory.

I Hear Angels

First heard this song when my friend sent the mp3 to me. Been listening to this over and over again...

Dinner!

Thank God for His guidance during the papers. Amazing how i actually completed them without falling asleep!

After all that, it's time for a nice break.

Went for dinner on wed after the papers, and couldnt eat much...my throat was hurting quite badly. And yes! There are photos again. As some friends who read my blog have mentioned, it is so true that all the photos that are posted on my blog all have the same poses. Maybe its because many of them are 'zhi pai' photos, but I shall upload the more interesting ones soon.

Then went for dinner yesterday with a friends who is leaving for isle soon. Sigh, supposed to restrict what i eat so that it wouldnt aggravate my throat. But..we still went on a food spree. From city link mall to millenia walk and back to city link again, from bakerinz macarroons to donut factory to candy empire to NYNY. Man...was so full after the actual dinner. Now I am labelled the no limit for food buddy by my friend. That is kinda true BUT today the sorethroat became a cough and flu. Oh wells...

Pat wants to run but can't =P

1 more day!

NTU...5 hours...what more can i say? Can't wait for it to be over. All the campbell-ing is making me nuts. Lack of sleep plus a bad sorethroat. Man...

Oh well, I know I cant do this by my own strength and wisdom. I'm failing most of the past year papers. But, I know God will guide me through this. Let me not do this alone, for my glory or for men's, but His.

I am not giving up now! I want to give it my best shot, and leave the rest into His hands. In all life's challenges, it's a battle not among men, but of faith.

We are held by His Love

I'm held by Your love,
upheld by Your strength.
On Your shoulders You bore me,
by Your faith I'll stand.
Cherished by You, Lord,
treasured in Your sight,
so close to Your heart,
held firm in Your hands.

So awesome is Your love,
so mighty is Your hands,
on eagle's wings You carried me,
Your grace shall be my strength.
So perfect is Your love,
You sacrificed Your son.
Amazing Love reached out to me.
With joy to You I come.

Not by my wisdom,
not by my strength.
Gently You guide me, Lord,
lead me by hand.
Total surrender,
Jesus, I am Yours.
Now and forever,
In Christ, I now stand.

Yay recording done!

Thank you mukky and matt for coming down to help out man! Thank you James for wanting to come down to help too. I thank God for mukky and his guitar, and for matt and his singing. And thank God for helping me to come up with that song.

Take my 5 loaves and 2 fishes. I surrender.

Amazing song by Corrinne May.

Cast your cares

Cast your cares on JESUS for
HE cares so much for you.
Things that now concern you heart,
of course concern HIM too.
When we have a worry,
we can choose to let it grow,
or we can place it in HIS hands
and simply let it go.

Yes, I will LET GO AND LET GOD!

Pasta!

Ok, do YOU want to know the reason why Pat has created her blog and email all under the same name of pastatasters? Well, here's the answer...DRUMROLL...Pat simply loves cooking/eating pasta! And today, she decided to put her cooking skills to the test once again, to make the Best Tay's Family pasta that everyone in her family loves too. Penne napolitean/baked penne anyone? Yum!

(Too bad i cut the baked pasta up before realising I should take a picture. It's oozing with cheese...)

Class Dinner/ZK's Bday

A record breaking 17 people turned up for this class outing, which was held right after the oral presentation for OP. Since it was zk's birthday, elaine and i were teasing him that people were just giving him face by turning up for the dinner, and it was mostly because OP was over. Haha, fellow CT rep, i didnt know u were so popular.

Since it was halloween, fish n co at the glasshouse was full of activity, with many of the customers dressing up as freaky characters, which gave them the benefit of a 20% discount. None of us did, but we still received a 10% bday discount thanks to zk. Anyway, he was made to do the very retarded bday routine, which involved standing on a chair.

The fish and chips was scrumptious, as always. Fish n Co's fish and chips are the best. They are juicy, not that fishy and goes well with tartar sauce. Ah, food! Always my favourite, and yeap i managed to finish everything on the plate (not like some ppl, waste food). After the very filling meal, we proceeded to have cake, by the time everyone was too full to really enjoy it. Maybe i have not mentioned this before, but my stomach seems to be segregated into 2 parts, one for meal and the other for dessert. I will never be too full to eat dessert.

The bday boy (who did not come in a bday suit) managed to cut his cake into a perfect 17 slices. Happy belated bday, ZK. Hope you had an enjoyable time, and hope you like the present as well. =)

Camwhoring was part of the entire class dinner as well. I suppose we had a record breaking number of photos taken at a class outing as well, about 70 in total. Class dinner - total success! Yea!

More pictures

Went out with jy, char and yz AGAIN! Love you guys. You all always make my day =)


















Met Ms Leow, my RS mentor last year! It was so coincidental that my RS groupmates were with me as well. Took a photo with her as well.

Pictures can tell a thousand words.

Here are the pics taken at VIBE as promised...

3-in-1 instant coffee mix

Was having this msn convo with matt online and he had a sudden brainwave:

and floating jelly: ha! i just realised.. 3 like mukky you and i
1 like a team
lol, james can be the water
we're the mix

Poor me did not really get what he was saying until he finally explained the 'terms'...

and floating jelly: what else is 3 in 1
coffee

LOL, i was pretty amused after that. Heh james, matt created a name for the worship team. It shall henceforth be called the 3 in 1 instant coffee mix. So now, matt is the creamer, mukky is the coffee powder, pat is the sugar and james - hot water =P. Interesting how msn convos can stir up our creative brain juices!

This is it!

You know when you are not really a girl when you eat

- banana
- doughnut
- chicken nuggets
for recess

- slice of fruit cake
for a snack before lunch

- egg sandwich
- mash potato
for lunch

- egg tart
for a snack before dinner

- a huge bowl of rice with dishes
for dinner

So, maybe im not a girl! haha food craze up and coming =)

Thank God

For my promo results. He really guided me through the entire exam period. Certain subjects may not be up to my expectations, but Im just amazed at how He pulls me through every difficult situation.

2 hours of sleep yesterday. Exhausted. Nights world =)

PW

PW has indeed been an arduous journey spent with 4 of my classmates. To tell the truth, i dont like that idea of PW at all. I do not really think that it has served its purpose. But, nevertheless, we have reached the final part, the oral presentation. I should say it has been a joy working with you all.

Today was spent fruitfully at VIBE organised by my church doing PW. We managed to compile the ppt and script. Actually, i was pretty amazed at the way things turned out today. I thought a lot of stuff would still be left uncompleted, and many pots left unturned. But im glad we finished most of it up. Not 100%, but nearly there!

VIBE was great! The food was nice. Even my friends agreed that the place looked cool. ok, pics later yea?

Fantastic Four

JY is back! Cant wait to meet up again with Char, JY and YZ. Anyway managed to catch up with 2 of them for lunch at yoshi. Coincidentally, we met JY's mum at taka, then she mentioned that we were the inseparable 3. But when JY meets us soon, we will be the fantastic four!

Shall just let the pictures speak for me. =)

COOKIES and CHOCOLATE

Yesterday, i finally put my baking skills to the test a 2nd time. The first time was the peach cheesecake for Mother's Day. Now, i have succeeded in baking ultra-soft chocolate chip cookies. Haha, they were probably meant to be harder, but i did not put them in the oven long enough. Oh, but in fact, i feel now that soft and chewy cookies are nicer. Brought them to school today, 15 in all. Some were meant for my recess, but i only ate 1, cos everyone else loved them =) YAY. Haha, i think i have been eating a lot of junk. Now, i have this huge 800 g pure decadence in my fridge. Chocolate cake, of course! Oh gosh, i think i live to eat man =P

It is at these times that we need the company of good friends. Good to know that you have friends out there who are going through the same things as you. Friends are there to care and share =) LOVE

Anyway i did my best, and i know He did the rest! Awesome, indescribable, uncontainable.

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME. IF GOD IS FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME!

To everyone out there, ALL THE BEST! =)