Dodgeball games @ Kallang

we were trashed by the groups of young volleyball/basketball players.

but you know it's not so much about winning but about the camaraderie displayed.

we had fun and that's all that matters.

though i think next time...i'd opt for a more sedentary activity...think age is catching up on me, butt hurt the day after the games -_-"

hmm, now that i look at them more closely, i kinda think they're are starting to have 夫妻脸! 

"uncle" YH selling drinks. he was constantly coming up with all kinds of weird advertising strategies. it was hilarious.

with the most bubbly girl in the entire BK zone, Shawn.

seriously, she's like a walking energizer bunny. constantly full of energy and always smiling. a joy to hang out with :)

group shot.

see the group of school sports players on the extreme right...u get the idea...was quite terrified that they would throw a ball right smack in my face & i'd break a nose or something.

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Sunday service with Mike Connell

(this was written 2 weeks back but it took me 2 weeks to post this...power of procrastination :S)

this man is truly annointed with the love of God.

for the first time in a long, long while, i teared cause the presence of God was so tangible.

when he prayed for those who were receiving God for the first time, the powerful love of God was so strong, i could feel the warmth and peace of God just perpetuating the hall as we worshipped in Spirit.

God, it's been a long while...

pastor preached about how the way we deal with circumstances, how we respond to obstacles in our lives, affect the way we become. some of us have past hurts and we carry this burden so long that it consumes us and we become a pertuator of the hurt/allow it to manipulate our mindsets/define who we become.  

the word preached really tugged onto something close to heart. something that i haven't thought of for a very long time. and it just all kinda made sense. when i was younger, i saw and experienced painful things caused by people closest to me and it was sometimes traumatic especially since most of the burden was on me. It hardened my heart to a lot of things, moulded me into the person i am because circumstances did not allow me to be weak. despite the turmoil and tears shed, i chose to let God be my pillar of strength. and i held the belief that every cloud has a silver lining. nothing is as bad as it seems. God turned things around eventually and kept His promise, to protect the one thing that mattered.

and for that, i am eternally grateful. i know that because of Him, i have a family that through all odds stuck together.

often i get consumed in my own daily routine that i forget to thank God, i forget what He has done in my life. and it's times like these when you reflect on your life...you realise...

 God is good.   

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wild honey @ mandarin gallery

celebrating bestie & yean ling's birthdays

all day breakfast here at wild honey. very cosy but did i mention incredibly expensive as well?

not really worth the price considering we had to queue to order yet pay 20+bucks for bagel & salmon.

belgian waffles costing 20+ bucks too. it was pure daylight robbery.

it was great to see elaine after almost a year. it's been a long while! she's my fave senior from swiss, always so generous and blessed with a heart of gold.

STUDIO SHOOT.

it was a fun but tiring day.

many many thanks to joyce &wp for helping us out, this day couldn't have been possible w/o you guys!

posting up the pictures first. tired after processing half the collections' photos...

we spent a total of 6 hours at the studio...what a long process! really appreciate joyce & wp for enduring the long hours...posing, constantly having to listen to our instructions to smile/to face a different angle/to position the hands at another area....to increase/decrease lighting and endure the weight of the heavy camera the entire day! thank you so, so much!

vicks & i acting as stylist/art directors. haha. though tiring but it was fun to do dress up :)

with our pretty model who, did i mention, has crazy long slender legs. i am green with envy already.

we were starving. the studio was at a warehouse in some ulu part of Singapore hence there was not a single food stall in sight. joyce and i were dying of hunger and resorted to eating the century ol' looking sweets provided. they tasted rather gross but i guess when a person is starving, anything goes.

Vick's i pad 2!!!

group shot #1

group shot #2

see, what i mean! super long legs.

okay. i shall stop grumbling.

i'm sure life is fair...somehow.

love this photo. though i kinda hate my mac book. but i like the colours and how the background is blurred against the mac book pro.

haha. failed attempt at being a model :(

Vicks helping to style joyce. Vicks is my gorgeous sidekick at work and also my partner in this blogshop biz. she helped model for some clothings too and i honestly think she's made for the camera. really photogenic. have always been telling her that she should just take over the modelling too.

picked up my lens again :)

took a shot of my keypouch.

AF-S 35mm 1:1.8G Nikon lens is indeed love.

gonna bring it along for this saturday's studio shoot just to play with it!

meanwhile, did some logos to add in to ophella too and gona pack the stuff to bring for the studio shoot (quite excited!).

yes, after what seems like ages!!!

hai~, sometimes i fantasize about quitting my job to focus on it. i believe if this were ever to succeed, it would require all my effort and 100% commitment.

with all of us working full time jobs now, it's just so tough to get things moving faster, i don't wana end up doing a slipshod work...but i feel that's what it's becoming...

i need courage and faith to take a risk.

but somehow i think i'll always be a prisoner of practicality...

think it's what the singapore education system has done to our minds :(

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5km in 35mins so far...

still got a long way to go if i wana catch up with vicki's goal of running 10km in under an hr :S

rawr! give me strength and stamina!

my energy drink right now...

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i like pink songs for the messages she brings across through her lyrics.

less the in-your-face explicits, i think the songs carry so much meaning, much more than some random love song.

hmmm.

do i have to resort to blatant honesty...?

KUNGFU PANDA 2

my best impersonation of kungfu panda! haha i look stupid beside dainty lilian.

N109 :) hmm, suddenly it looks like our guys are overwhelming the number of gals :S

gotta call more of the gals out!

daniel being plummeled till his face is convoluted.

haha, from another angle.

and look who did it?!

*throws fist triumphantly in the air*

*war cry*

haha. okay. retarded.

all in all. the movie wasn't as good as expected. been hearing raving reviews about it so it came as a disappointment when it didn't quite meet up to expectations.

but i never did like kungfu panda 1 in the first place.

we should have just gone to watch x-men: first class or hangover 2 instead!

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weird dream

today i woke up to a strange dream.

i haven't dreamt for a really, really long time. probably half a year or maybe a year...

was pretty bummed that the one dream i had after what seems like ages...was...how do i say this...morbid?

i don't quite recall most of it...

i vaguely recall i had some lover far far away and somehow, during the time of waiting, i developed some weird illness...don't know what disease i was suffering from but what i remember most clearly was the scene where one of my fingers dropped off due to the disease...

that totally scared me.

it felt real but in a painless kind of way...if that's even possible.

after that happened, everything else in the dream just became a blur.

what a dream nightmare.

p.s. i haven't even watched any gruesome movies for a longgg while, i have no idea why my dream's so morbid! why couldn't i have dreamt of some romantic comedy with me as the leading lady instead?!! argh. why did it hafta be "SAW 5" with me as the lead! i hate dreaming.

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RESONATE IDOL 2011

we went to *scape to support our sub-zone's very own superstar Kelvin Loh!

haha, we are hard core fans ;)

haha, see, we've got our very own " we love you" plaque!

(actually, think it was his cell group who made it)

haha, but we did contribute to the loud cheers and physical support!

haha, contestant with lotsa diva style. he sang to the tune of Justin Bieber's "Baby".

he was v entertaining.

myrna, char & i were amused & impressed, we were disloyal for a while and started cheering him on. haha.

 and finally contestant #12 - Kelvin Loh

our very own super star!

we were cheering like crazy.

think he probably won hands down on most enthusiastic supporters. 

i loved her! i thought she was one of the best performers tonight! awesome rendition of "Bigspender". Big woman with big vocals.

a buncha us!

so happy to see one of my fave gals ever - Myrna!

and yes, i cut my hair, the shortest in a long, long while. was too chicken to cut it any shorter.

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went out with my lil' bro :)

this is the one & only picture that we've taken just the 2 of us since...wah, i can't even remember. primary school??

i know we hardly look alike but yes, he is my lil' bro.

genetically smarter & crazily tall too.

darn it.