Sunday, November 29, 2009

http://adc-distro.com/v8/drama/tantei-gakuen-q/

Memo

Note to self:

Write about
(1) Faith, Hope & Love III concert
(2) Wall painting@ Holy Spiritt

~Charlie Bone; NEXT~

Chapter 8:
Note-
(1) Hypnosis effects wearing off hence not immediate (explains her daze in chap 6 when Gabriel meets her)
(2) ESCAPE - cook i think -

(3) EVIL OR NOT argh shit i don't know (convo with Dr. Bloor maybes... then Dr Saltweather wondering...)
(4) BILLY must write about Billy
(5) Joshua's evil plan shared with Billy
(6) Paton's farewell ~evil quote hehe from book~

Gosh, this is my first *serious* story on Charlie Bone fanfic (gosh, one of the only serious ones that is not fanatically emmaXtancred) so it had better end well!^^

Friday, November 27, 2009

Tantei Gakuen Q

Tantei Gakuen Q :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhzcx8cuANY

hari raya haji

Selamat Hari Raya Haji Nia, Hanisah, Qistina, Atiqah, Shazwana, Illya, Nikki, Cikguz and
all my Malay friends :)

PSLE Results Day yesterday. 290 was the highest score from a Chinese girl in a neighbourhood school. Congratulations, Jeremy, on your high score^^ It's pretty decent, it'll get you to a lot of places.

Yesterday also reminded me never, ever to show my parents my 'O' level results. Ever.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

L9 confirmation retreat

Third Day

We were all gathered in the main hall, tired but refreshed from yesterday's experience. A lot of us were a little wary, like now that we've spent our time mending our relationship with God, it won't hold when we're trust back into the rush hour of society. So instead of morning exercises, there were people doing testimonies on how they experienced God in their life too.

1. From the funky haired dude. He was really sick the day before because of hunger and tiredness, to the point that he became blind in one eye, so he went to one of the boys dorms and found a bed there. "There was an empty bed in one of the dorms and when I went to it, I knew why - it was right underneath the air-con." Whispers from the guys: "That's our dorm." But during confession and praise-and-worship, he felt the Holy Spirit come down and he fell asleep and when he woke up, he was refreshed and completely healthy.

Ok, at this point, I have to explain something about praise and worship. Why is everyone so worked up over it? BUT we're not just singing songs, y'know. As I said before, it's the belief that God helps us and it's the comfort and refuge of finding a new friend, one that you can depend on at all times. That strong comfort would make you want to thank Him for everything he has done so that you wouldn't go crazy in times of trouble, and that's why Praise and Worship is so meaningful - because you really mean every word you say.

2. There was this girl previously from CJC. She had cancer the year before and she pulled through. As soon as she said the word 'cancer', everyone went quiet and nobody disrespected her or anything like we may have done with other people.

We had a bit of songs, then Gerard and Nathan did the song they composed for confirmation - freaking awesome. i don't know how but they hit all the notes perfectly and the accompaniment (whatever you spell it) was nice. It's posted on youtube^^

Then we went for mass, and went home. :'(

WE HAD GROUP PHOTOS though :D:D




Sunday, November 22, 2009

L9 confirmation retreat

Second Day

The morning was fine :) The night before there were people gossiping, taking pictures or trying to find their pillowcases. Judith woke me up and I suppose I looked kind of scary because I had my sleeping bag over my head, and when she called my name and I automatically flipped the sleeping bag over.

There was morning exercise (if you can call it that). We walked to the basketball courts (extremely dilapidated) and did some stretches. You could already tell who were those who went to an all-boys or all-girls school because they were the ones standing still and grinning sheepishly. The co-ed students were more relaxed. We had breakfast (bread and hunting around tables for jam, peanut butter and kaya).

I don't remember much, except maybe we had this talk by the dude from Indonesia and his Singaporean girlfriend. He had us comparing God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit to the different parts of the mobile phone. Our group were wth-.- but we managed comprehensible answers! I didn't talk much and didn't contribute much, but then again, I wasn't exactly technologically advanced.

The groups presented. Courteney talked debate-style and Henrik was in the group next to mine and said under his breath, "Debate, huh" and I was like, OMG YEAH. It was so pro that everyone clapped :D Then Ryan came up and said something like "You know the Holy Spirit is everywhere, so it's... everywhere. yeah. y'know... yeah." So yeah cropped up a lot in his speech but it was funny and claps again :D

I liked the night A LOT, though. It was preparation for confession. We did the Parable of the Son, and 3 people in my group read it! :D I was the narrator, forgot who Julian and Ian were but they voiced two other people too. Stephanie read out a prayer! :D She lit a candle too. It was a bit funny - one guy couldn't strike a match, so what he did was after 3 failed attempts he got smart and used the flame from another candle.

Confession was moving. The priest was really nice, eventhough I was coughing like crazy, he still took my hand unflinchingly and firmly. He said I really knew myself, and I didn't know what to say. Yeah, I think a lot about myself, what I do, my place in the world, other people's places in the world. I'm always thinking about what can be done, what shall be done, what have been done and what can I do. I'm always ALWAYS thinking about it, and I've never thought that I actually know anything.

It was nice. :)

The praise and worship after that was more personal contact with God, how every word seems to fall in place with what we're thinking. It wasn't last year's jumping up and down but it felt a lot better. I was actually comforted, and thinking that whatever I did, God will always help me. Y'know, when everything seems to be against you, it just could be a blessing in disguise? I stopped thinking about it, and I'm grateful to be able to think like it again.

I'm been thinking...

People say religion is all in the mind. Atheists (is that how you spell it?) thinks that God may be a figment of your imagination because you have no proof.

But I think that he's a solid rock. When people say God have saved lives, he really has. The mind is a powerful thing. God has brought us comfort during bad times, in horrible times there's always someone to lean against, in good times it's a great feeling that someone is actually taking care of you etc etc. That's why they call it the power of faith.

Night was pretty quiet, and though some people went back to gossiping, they stopped eventually.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

L9 Confirmation Retreat

First Day

Mass@ the chapel. I did the First Reading, and Courts did the Gospel Acclamation. I think I read OK (as in, nobody looked bored when I was reading) but it was chim to understand (impetuous water, beauty etc. etc.) so I guess it explained the blank faces.

Bonding games! They split us into groups by the colour of our tags. I'm in luminous yellow, haha. My groupmates are me, Michelle, Vanessa, Tiffany, Tessa, Ian, Julian, Nikolas and Jonathan. We had to stand on a ground sheet and invert it. We were first!

'Chope' our beds in the dormitory, haha :) There were a cluster of IJ girls in the right dorm, next to the 'nice toilet'. Haha. Me, Stephanie, Judith, Deborah, Courteney!

Lunch? Haha. xD I don't remember. Food is GOOD.

We had a talk... I think...

I remember the NIGHT. We had some walk around the retreat centre blindfolded. I'm sorry to the person in front of me when I first was blindfolded, I gripped their shoulder really hard. (It was Julian.) Sasha was behind me and complaining about getting pimples, and Aunty Charmaine was teasing her all the way. Haha. It was really funny. "I'm going to have pimples with this blindfold." "There's a pimple on your face." "It can't come that fast!"

A really long talk by another father about how the events in the bible sort of relate to your life. I think it's a bit too chim and a bit of a gamble. It was interesting to see the anecdotes of the different stories. The parable of the son... "Son" "Son, son, son." "Light." "Light, light, light." "Kingdom." "Kingdom, kingdom, kingdom." HAHA. It was my facil, Damien, doing the echoing and his poker face was hilarious.

Dinner! Supper! I forgot all my meals! Haha.

SLEEP :D I was really struggling to stay awake during the father's talk. It was really noisy in the room with the latest gossip alive, plus people taking pictures of themselves with a sneaked camera, but in the end I just pulled the sleeping bag over my head. Haha.

- your only -

  • the friend the dreamer racing for my life mysterious feeling unique one
  • Grace

my wants

  • You.

remembered

notices