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| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 |
A shocking turn of events at work today left me...very...sad... |
| allie ♥ 10:21 PM |
| Sunday, April 27, 2008 |
There are days when i just wanna rant and let out all those things that i've kept inside for so long...longing for release, craving to be free and yet, i can't bring myself to do so. The past few days haven't been the best but still, all is good =). Some inner conflicts has been going on - past memories flooding back into my head and moments of the pain recaptured. Somehow there's an urge, an urge to be set free, to break away from boundaries, to cast aside all bonds, be it from the past, present or future. What's been bugging me all this while...is the very thing that has bugged me for almost four months now. It's frustrating...all the labour, all the effort in trying to free myself has only made me come so far. I don't wish to search any further, i give up, surrendered to Him my cares, my trust, my strength. I can find some peace in this. Today, i witnessed a miracle. Never in my mind could i imagine the actual amount the church raised for its new building in ONE sunday. My goodness, it was a jaw-dropping figure. I was stunned. Praise lord for all these, it's wonderfully stunning =). Just now, an image flashed in my mind - that of a familiar friend i used to know pretty well, who attends church regularly and always carries a little notebook with him. A devoted guy/girl is attractive indeed...and it's a nice sight to behold, a heartwarming fact to acknowledge, a good trait to have. Lol...and there she goes again... Let me end with this lovely quote: "Love is more than only feelings. It’s more than sexual attraction. A great part of sustaining and unbreakable love between two people only occurs when they understand each other fully." |
| allie ♥ 5:55 PM |
| Monday, April 21, 2008 |
Service was great, though the message was short and repeated last week's stuff. But it was miracle seed sunday! It got me really excited. Went to do my jap homework at Starbucks after that...the hot chocolate totally rocks! Before i knew it, it was gone >.<. Slacked around abit at Starbucks...before going to The Esplanade for "We Will Rock You". I can't gush enough over the lead in the show. I love watching plays...and this was one of those that i really really really wanted to watch...just like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. But these tickets, were really expensive. It was cool that Ade managed to get us the student priced tickets, saved us about $90 off the normal adult price! Made me sooooo happy that i'm finally going to watch Mig Ayesa at the show! The show was great! It was like a rock concert really. Loved the music, loved the cast (esp Mig of cos :P), loved the Rock! And the crowd (a predominantly young one made up of mostly sstudents) was really sporting and cool. Had a great time there. Somehow i wish i could go again...hahaha...just to watch my fav lead again. He doesn't look like his age at all. Well, enough gushing. Today i was inspired by this recipe i took off one of my favourite baking blogs. And guessed what i baked? I baked Cookie Kisses! The results were great and this was my favourite batch of cookies i ever made...my bro, mummy and daddy loved them too =). Here they are....my finished cookies...cute little brown bites  Dusted with icing sugar topping!  Split open to reveal the hershey dark chocolate kiss! Yummy!  |
| allie ♥ 10:28 PM |
| Saturday, April 19, 2008 |
Easily happy yet at the same time, worry alot....that sounds like me. Just yesterday, new year's day came to my mind...along with some "if onlys". Lol...done with the "if onlys" and "what ifs"...don't really wanna let the past and the unknown future rule my life. Living for the present seems to work best...and one day boss said "live every day like it's your last"...that rang a bell. Was just thinking about sowing and reaping and some thoughts came to mind. It seems that it applies to a whole load of different areas as well - work, friends, relationships...almost anything. Putting hard work into your duties, wtime and effort into maintaining friendship and relationships...these to me is like sowing. And the satisfaction, recognition, praise is the eventual harvest. There's no results without hard work, no relationship without sacrifice and no friendship without effort...it all came as a result of the seed sown. At the same time, putting into a bag full of holes doesn't help either. Putting trust, effort and belief in the wrong areas of life leads to naught. Hmmm...another random thought just came to mind...about how i will go back and read my previous posts and wonder what made me say the things i said back then. Well, people grow and change all the time...so what was said before, is not fully representative of their current state. Did some baking over the past week, and the chocolate cupcakes with pear filling and vanilla bean frosting was quite well received! I would've preferred a denser cake, a prettier frosting and a bigger cupcake! Will work on it next time =). Just baked peanut butter cookies with peanut filling...and the cookies turned out HUGE. When i say HUGE, i meant really HUGE! Lol...no idea if anyone's gonna eat them cos the portion is wayyyyy tooo biggggg...haha. Though it made me hate peanut butter for a while, especially after smelling so much of it...eeks! Here's my cookie! I have decided to name it Peanut Butter UFO Cookie! Lol...  Done with my random writing....here's more pictures of the "crazy colleagues" i have (which includes me >.<) Princess Aurora and Princess Allie  The catwoman and shrek!  Princess JueJue and Princess Sit  The alien invadors with weird red and blue hair >.<  Sneaking around...  The attack of the socktopus!  Killer on the loose!  Princess Aurora worried about Humpty Dumpty  Don't come near my Humpty Dumpty!  I'm amazed at what we do in the office...lol... |
| allie ♥ 2:49 PM |
| Sunday, April 13, 2008 |
Amazing grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy rains Unending love, Amazing grace The Lord has promised good to me His word my hope secures He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures The earth shall soon dissolve like snow The sun forbid to shine But God, Who called me here below Will be forever mine Will be forever mine You are forever mine Amazing Grace...it's actually a movie, with a very nice title song to boot =). Soooo tired today...but since i'm blogging already, i shall post some photos of outrageous friday cum Alanna's birthday! The Foreword gals with Alanna and her birthday cake. Notice princess Aurora's weird finger >.<  Another shot of the gals. This time, notice Alicia's pose xD  Alanna with her birthday pressies - bright orange crocs and a lovely jacket! It turned out to be fisherman get-up with the cowboy hat...haha hilarious!  Alanna was overjoyed when she saw her rement baking set and was moved to tears. And there is Ky-le giving her some warmth and comfort. What a heartwarming moment =).  The three pretty gals - Alanna, Alicia and Lisa =)  CWO at Foreword!  Turned out to be Ade...lol! Paparazzi in action!  Me trying on Lisa's flowery boots!  Lisa and meee...with Syl trying to sneak into the picture...lol  Me, Alicia and Syl acting cute! Haha...quite successful i would say :P  The Japanese love-letter writing duo! Birthday gal Alanna and meee =).  Me staring at my fallen coriander >.< next to the yummy banana choco cake!  Our after work activity - Wii at Lisa's house! Look at their animated actions....hilarious!  I had a blast on Friday, it was fun hanging out with the gals, playing Hoopla and Wii. I figured they prob won't let me off for Beethoven hints. On hindsight, it was quite stupid of me...lol!! |
| allie ♥ 12:16 AM |
| Tuesday, April 08, 2008 |
After a period of "ups" interrupted by that guy who has been bugging me to nuts, which i hope i managed to shake off and currently enjoying some transient peace, it's about time for some "downs". Somehow there's always a rainbow at the end of a storm. From a good point of view, i can say i'm glad i didnt crumble to bits. It's been a bittersweet Monday and Tuesday. Monday was a craaaazeeeeee day at the office! I have to say i have the most hilarious colleagues in the world (at least in my world =X)! They break out into a song like every 5 mins or so...and we'll end up singing to tunes like "Love me for a reason" by Boyzone and "I want it that way" by Backstreet Boys throughout the day. Lol. And plus, we were ALL hardcore Backstreet Boys fans! Lol...hilarious! Fyi, i still have the videotape of the backstreet boys first album >.<...yeah i was THAT big a fan. Used to be so in love with Nick Carter and Brian Littrell. Those were the days. And till this day, we can still sing out the lyrics to their songs by heart....lol. And so Monday was outrageous party outfit day, all in the name of the Foreword anniversary. The gals brought red hot wigs, electric blue wigs, cat ears, tiaras, socktopuses, shrek ears and many more. We had loads of fun putting them on, making faces, striking poses and taking all sorts of weird pictures in the name of fun and for presents to the bosses. We had a wild wild time...the girls were completely hilaaaarrrioussss. And when i thought all was good and nothing can get me down, things happened and my tears streamed down. Its interesting how your heart can feel nothing and yet the tears keep falling, in sheets, uncontrollable, unstoppable...all the way till i slept. Tuesday, Foreword Anniversary day and also TIE day! We were instructed to wear ties to work on this day for our anniversary! At 3.30pm, we were all told to pack up our bags and head off to Equinox for high tea. Cool beans! For suaku, mountain tortoise me, it was my first time to Equinox. It was a very nice place! Food was so-so, though i went mad at the desserts station, digging into yummilicious waffles drowned in dark chocolate and ice cream. The view was sooooo good! I could see the whole surrounding area and even the sea from there, love it! After high tea, we went to SRC for a ktv session, which the gals have been craving for some time. Lol....as expected, all went mad when the backstreet boys songs were played. It was fun! And the boss sang along too. Lol...i miss those days. It was an night of fun and laughter where the gals sang their hearts out, danced to their hearts content, and mimed at every line of lyrics possible. Hilarioooooussssss! Lol i love the gals. And when it was time for the last song, we sang "Love will keep us alive". I started singing the first few lines...then couldn't continue anymore...and zoned out...trying hard to prevent my tears from falling again. That hit a nerve, it being the last song and lyrics touched on a sensitive topic to me. But it was all good, the gals had fun and it was a great nite out. Currently feeling upset...but all numbed inside. Had a sudden urge to do something but decided not to in the end. It's not the time to worry about me, i'm still fine...so don't go into panic mode ya. Probably just need some space and time to sort things out, which i believe i will. Support and encouragement always welcome though :), especially from my inner circle of friends. I was told that i don't act like the oldest child. Do i not? Don't know if it's a good or bad thing though i have some views on that too. Hmmmm... Havent sighed in a long time...but today i feel like sighing. Sian-ed. Live for today, cos you never know what will happen tomorrow and you only live it once... |
| allie ♥ 9:30 PM |
| Sunday, April 06, 2008 |
So proud of myself today, brave allie went to church on her own! Ger wasn't feeling well and i was all ready to go already, so i went alone. Praise and worship was great today...love hearing my fav pastor's messages. And i got to hear the awesome voice of this lady for the first time. Heard that she's been away for a year or so cos of a throat condition and now she's back, well and healed. Praise the lord =). Saw the posters for the Israel trip...i'm very eager to go this time. Haven't gotten around to asking my bosses though...pray hard that they'll let me go. Can't wait! Thinking back on how much i've grown over the past 3 months. It's like an internal revolution...how things seem to straighten out. Somehow, thinking and trying to solve problems on my own just makes me go in circles, and the result not convincing. And when i cast my cares on him, things work amazingly. Nevertheless, i'm still learning, growing, yet enjoying every moment of it. And of cos, there's so many people who've helped me along the way in one way or another (whether they realise it or not...lol) - dh, ger, vin, jer, my bro. Thanks my dear angels =). Found this great link to Prince's videos: http://yflcsandi.wordpress.com/category/pastor-joseph-prince-broadcasts/ Hope it's okay for me to post it here. If not, let me know =). Yippeeeee i finally got my pinky pinky ipod nano!  And here's a gift from Justin. A pretty handphone chain in my name!  Changed my pillowcases to the ones i bought from Bangkok. They had soooo many designs and i would love to have all of them! But too bad they are all too lovey dovey and i don't really have someone to share with. So i bought this and here's a pic of my pillowcases on my bed!    Cute aren't they =). Thanks to everyone who've contributed to these. Now i can listen to a whole lot more while i'm outside! And have a pretty handphone chain for company too =). And there's something else...my colleagues rolled eyes at what i engraved on my ipod >.< so embarassing...i won't write it here...lol!!! By the way, i love this quote "Nothing happens to you by accident. Even a “chance” meeting with someone is part of God’s plan to set in motion His blessings in your life" Sweet |
| allie ♥ 3:07 PM |
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