New Year's Eve

The words New Year's Eve holds some magic in them don't they? Hope and dreams and misty lanes and midnight kisses :) haha so, one last post to end the year! I guess the typical thing would be to do new year resolutions heh. Anyway let's talk about other stuff first :D

Spent 30th Dec with my family at Pulau Ubin as last year. The weather was amazingly brilliant! So we went to scout out this slightly-saltwater-ish-mangrovey-but-still-quite-freshwater-river where some guy found this unknown Agriocnemis species that we might have found at Chestnut marsh.. and it was fun! Hahaha think mum got quite bored though! Last year we all slacked at Chek Jawa boardwalk and let the seawind blow in the new year :D ahaha then back to jetty for lunch and the ah mah at the 煮炒 we always go on Ubin is Hakka! :D :D then on to 李华阿姨's to visit her haha 转眼间 it's already been what, 12 years since we first met her! When we were tiny kids and could fit into her basin and bathe in the open till now, we're so much taller than her but she's still the same :) ahh, if I ever go Ubin on my own or with friends must really remember to go see her :D
And after that, went on to Grandma's place for dinner with her! She had this GIGANTIC pot of chili home grown home made home everything (Y) I'm gonna learn to sew from her using her old sewing machine! SO COOL can't wait to start xD
Hehehe 31st Dec, morning @HighPoint, 20 secs of courage :P mmm there's this uncle who travels a lot! He's been to Finland and to Norway haha, and I was translating for him and Aunty Doreen cuz she didn't know all the Chinese names 大峡谷 hehe. Super a lot to pack today! Wah but the fish was epic (Y) ended precisely at the time when I'd have had to leave for lunch with CG. Heh finally returned Mere Christianity to Bread I WAS SO AFRAID I'D KILL IT. Hehe met Ms L lalala :P bubbletea! Woots. Aha OKtea was surprisingly nice eh :O and on to church whee! Home for EOY dinner 水饺 NOMNOM albeit being very ex 水饺 nomnom ):

Recently I've read through some of my old blog posts, after seeing the 2010 Soccer CCA fair video WHICH WAS SO AWESOME by the way hahahahaha and yeah I was so different! Yan says I was more carefree then and true lah I guess, looking at the video, I'm a bit like I did that?! Haha but I believe that I've changed in the good way! As Pastor Jose P got me to realize, it wasn't an immediate change but a slow tedious one.. and there's still so much of me I want to change.

So during altar call at service today I was feeling slightly daunted at how incredibly much more I've to do and how hard it'll be to live the life I want to live.. but then as Joyce was praying for me God reminded me of how far I'd come since February 2010, and how much I'd changed, and how He was there at every twist and turn. And I got to thinking how much more we have to walk, Him and I. So then God showed me the long path ahead, but it was entirely straight, no "bends in the road" (a la Anne Shirley) because in Isaiah 45:2, He says "I will go before you and make the crooked paths straight" and yeah that's His promise for me! Encouraged with His power and peace and love for the year ahead whee, and truly I'm so blessed in my life with everything I have! PTL :D

This has been a great year! In church, in hostel, in school, outside, in my family, life in general has been pretty awesome. I've gotten to know some people better and I guess also screwed up my share of friendships, for which I really hope I can try to fix back I guess =/ mmm and yeah I had fun with you guys! Special shoutouts teehee; very beloved family of mine, for sticking with me through all my horrid years; the few close friends I'm glad to have: Bro Yan, Narmie, Phanny, GloriaChua, Conj B'ase, Jackfruitie, Yam Naan (HAHA); other friends of mine that I really love but I didn't list up there :P

In 2012 there'll be so many changes ahead hmm? Graduation year.. I'm actually quite psyched for it! Haha despite the horribly slack timetable ): new friends, better friends, so many lasts too even, so many goodbyes too! But 离开是为了回来 n'est-ce pas? Alors que sera sera, we shall see!

To tie this back to the resolutions theme, haha there's really a lot I want to do in (LOL I quote) "Chapter 12", but it all goes back to, "in my life not my will but Yours be done".. and that's really my prayer for this new year, that and Romans 12!

Psalm 139:23-24 "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

Alright, that's it! Long post long post. Lots of love and Happy New Year to all! :D