here's a picture of sandcastle!! my church youth went to changi beach on sat and small samuel and his parents were building a "wall to prevent seawater from going into a hole" they dug. im not a geog student so i dont know what that is called. then i joined in the fun.i probably looked so happy (or desperate in need of help) that daniel yuliang and henry came along to help. the other girls were probably not gamed enough to dirty their fingers .___. so anyways, im so proud of it! :) i love playing with sand. (actually major credit to the church photographer, watson. hahahah it doesnt look THAT nice in life)





"If you haven't heard already, Steve Irwin (the Crocodile Hunter that you see all the time on TV) died today on the 4th of September, on the Batt Reef, pierced by a stingray barb throught his heart near Cairns. s a sign of respect for the ustralian cultural icon, please place a turtle ( tu ) at the Start of your MSN name, and forward this message on to others."

i was just mentioning to a few, the way irwin died actually parrallels to that of Jesus' death 2000yrs ago; both died under the hands of the ones they care and love for. mr stingray probably thought irwin meant to kill him not save him. aren't we sometimes like that too towards God's doing? we think the trials and difficult times He gives us are killing us.irwin's death serves as a very strong reminder to us.

and here's smth random tricia thinks is very meaningful from her (piantai)friend "steve irwin died doing smoething he loved." :) i like that.

i find e conversation between tricia and i very intriguing today. (i'm gonna copy wholesale)

you are my strength. says:
when i say something is 'this way'; i will keep to 'this way' and ignore others when they say it's 'that way' (stubborn me)
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is it
you are my strength. says:
not meh?
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but i know that when ppl tell you something
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you'll stick to it
you are my strength. says:
stick to it as in ; stick to what i think right
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not necessarily
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umm
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i'm not sure
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you're more like
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i tell you to do this ins tead of this
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you will do it
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and not do something else
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i'm not sure about you sticking to what you think
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but then again
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who doesnt stick to what she thinks?
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an insecure person?
you are my strength. says:
you make me sound like a very guai person
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mhmmmmmmmmmmm
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llikeee if i tell you to move her instead of going this way
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you'll listen (I NVR KNEW THAT ABT MYSELF)
you are my strength. says:
i guess your 'who doesnt stick to what she thinks?' is true... but i go overboard sometimes
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hmm
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sometimes you're like that
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but sometimes you're not
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so i think for you
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its more of a normal thing
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it happens and it also doesnt happen


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so mr q didnt scold you today
you are my strength. (mil i got damn sexy photos of my bro! but i cant put on my display. so sad) says:
nah. he just opened my eyes to some stuff
you are my strength. (mil i got damn sexy photos of my bro! but i cant put on my display. so sad) says:
i gotta change my attitude. must be more receptive to advices
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you arentmeh
you are my strength. (mil i got damn sexy photos of my bro! but i cant put on my display. so sad) says:
apparently ,no
you are my strength. (mil i got damn sexy photos of my bro! but i cant put on my display. so sad) says:
and the thing is that, he can see through my weakness . i'm actually a very proud kid =/
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hahaha gosh
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i've known you for 3 yeras
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and i didnt know that about you

you are my strength. (mil i got damn sexy photos of my bro! but i cant put on my display. so sad) says:
sometimes, i think i'm always right
you are my strength. (mil i got damn sexy photos of my bro! but i cant put on my display. so sad) says:
and whatever somebody else say, it's wrong (to me)
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no offence
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but i didnt think you knew that much to think something is right -.-"
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but if you're saying about perceptions in which you say you right they wrong
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then yeah i suppose so
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but if you say aboutother things like school work or something
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then i wouldnt say you;re stubborn (tricia, i'm quite sure i've argued with you abt work before...or maybe someone else...hahaha)
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i'll prob only agree to the stubborn bit if you're tlaking about perceptions

mr q called me aside today to 'inquire abt my personality'. "is it when you've made up your mind on something, no matter what anybody says, you'll never change your view?" i must learn how to argue less. i must learn how to think before i speak. i must learn how to look at things from a diff perpective. and, God is gonna teach me. you tell me when to shut my mouth too when my old habit kicks up. :)

tricia CUT HER HAIR TODAY TOO!! so cool. i just cut mine too. and janell

http://www.sgedulab.com/ --> that web supposedly gives free notes. will check it out one day.

i was watching some boring show with my sisters ytd night. suddenly, dad barged in gentlemanly and broke their long choo choo train of thoughts. as i looked up eagerly,hoping for any form of entertainment, there he stood, with furrowed brows and his stern smile. in his hands, he had an unsuccessful-attempt-hidden book, "Rich dad, Poor dad." then he began," i just want to say. what i apply in my life now, are not things taught to me during my school days but are things that i learn from the bible. how i deal with clients, with business...everything. i learnt it all from the bible." i was so stunned that i became amused. i smiled, my sisters smiled, my bro stared up lazily, my mum snored; all as an encouragement for him to go on. (he rarely talks abt God. and when he does, it's these occasionally surges of revival) daddy hesitated, then shyly said ," ok i'm done." he left the room AND CLOSED THE DOOR gently.

i learn so much everyday.