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Tuesday, July 31, 2007



God, i pray for your protection over the korean christians that are kidnapped by the afghanistan. God may you strengthen them, even in the midst of darkness, they will see the light. As your word says, by your blood they will be set free. Set them free Lord. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Its scary issn't? I was reading the papers today and realise they shot 1 of them, besides the pastor. It sends chill to my spine when joleen message me that they will kill another 9. Innocent kids and they are still so young.

Xiaoli, you must be strong ok? We will be praying for u too. May God heal you completely and be healthy again. We the girls are all behind you. Jiayou!!


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Monday, July 30, 2007



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 reigns
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
My chains are gone I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood
His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace


My chains are gone
I've been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood
His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God, Who called me here below
Will be forever mine
Will be forever mine
You are forever mine

Yes, this is the amzing grace we all know, be it christians or non-christians but we sang this at the funeral wakes or even at the alter call. How i wish i could upload this song into this blog and share this song to you. It is an improved version of the amazing grace from Chris tomlin. I'm touched once again by His amazing grace, amazing love. Because of Him, my chains are gone and i'm set free. Thank you Lord.

Finally, WIL done. I did it overnight and manage to submit the assignment this morning at 8.30 before going home to sleep at 10am. I am so drained out till i was still so sleepy when i woke up at 6pm. I guess i need an early rest tonight. I'm happy to be able to download all the new songs recently. I miss christians songs... And they can never be boring.. As what Pastor says, Methods can change but message must be the same.

3 essays due end of August. I wonder how i can handle all these. But, i believe with the strength of God, I'll be able to go on. That doesn't mean i will have no life! All i need is the peace of God with what i'm doing.


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Sunday, July 29, 2007



Finally, I've made up my mind.

I guess it has been sometime since i really blog. Not on what i'm doing, but how i'm really doing. Compromising upon compromising, I've been telling myself its just the company but not the place. And the voice "I don't drink anyway, so should be alright." Yet, time after time, I feel insecure, i feel empty.

I thank God for designing me in such a way that i don't love clubbing, i hate loud worldly music and simply, i jus "sway" along with the music and dance all night long. Guess its time that i should stop compromising and given all sort of excuse because its someone's birthday.

God touches me in a way or another. How i pray every night, how i desire my prayers to be answered. God rewards all labourers. As long as i did what i should do, God will handle the rest.

1 cor 3:6-7
"I planted the seed, apollos watered it, but God made it grow. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow."

I planted the seed. And i really want to see it grow. For this, i sacrifice. I hold on to my stand in this area and will not compromise.

Sorry Susan, i would say no this time. However, thank you for your invite. Shall meet up with u for a meal someday.


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Friday, July 27, 2007



=Fixing crab in process=

Went for the famous amk crab last week with my uni friends. We ordered 3 crabs and a few dishes and these cost us $27 per person. I love the butter crab and the beehoon soup. Yummy... I will definately go back for my butter crab. Finally got a chance to try this. Hehe....


WIL assignments are killing me. I think the weekends will be burnt because of this assignment. Argh...Due on monday and i still got 7 linkups to do. Torture... Decided to stay at home today but the assignment is so dry that i need to have a break 2-3times for 1 link-up. Dying...


Finally met up with weiyuan. Its like how many months since we meet up. Glad he is doing fine, still busy with his exercise and still very active with his tennis. Guess when time goes by, everyone will be busy with their own stuff and meeting up will be lesser. He got yee and myself a small pouch from south africa. Thanks!


Probably going for the wakeboarding event next week. Haha.. Wanted to try long ago.. Hopefully i won't be so broke by then... Anyone interested?! Time 2 shower and paint my nails. HOF tonight with the mini musicals.. And will be back early because of WIL. Argh...give me a break...




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Thursday, July 26, 2007



I badly needed a break. Its 4.36am and i'm still stuck with all my link-ups. Stupid WIL.. How can i finish all the 10 link-ups by sunday. Oh..God..i need your wisdom and ideas badly..


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Tuesday, July 24, 2007



I'm back!

It has been a busy week for me and i really thank all my friends for being there for me, making the effort to have a meal with me. Thank you. Sunday marks the end of my celebrations with Terry, tingchun, Joleen and Xinyi.

Suppose to have lunch with mayfen and ting chun after church. Stupid mayfen overslpt, so left with terry, tingchun and me. We were like roaming around orchard, no money to shop, i jus follow them around. Basically we just "sit and eat" followed by "sit and drink".



Then, met the girls for dinner at lemongrass. The tom yam soup is so spicy! hehez... We had a 30% off the total bill and thanks terry for the treat! Good to meet up with them and we were like jokingly teasing terry for replacing trina in our group. Hee... I miss you TRINA KOH!

Had some desserts after our dinner as it was still early. The dessert place wasn't fantastic. I was quite amazed that we still have alot to talk about as we don't hang out often anymore.

Met hongyi later for coffee at Holland before proceeding back home. It was a tired day but i enjoyed myself.

I've met up with all my friends. Though i expected 1 more meal but i'm fine with it. I am planning a trip to KL to visit my aunt. Hopefully 1 weekend. Projects and assignments coming up. Kinda busy. AND the latest news, I am fired by my parents on sunday. Guess i'll just take up some tuition and some banquet waitressing at night after my dad find a replacement for me and after i handover all my stuffs.

Lastly, thank you for this.


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Saturday, July 21, 2007



Create last night was a success. I enjoyed myself throughout the event listening to the different solos and groups performance. I really think the standard had increase and i agree with pastor dale, the live band made the performance more professional. Well done everyone.

I'm impressed by all the groups. You can see the new and young talented musicians all coming up. Hehez... I sitted there, remembering how i feel last year when i took part the soloist category. Last year, i had someone who supported me. This year, i've lost that someone in church.

This week is coming to an end. I worked today and believe it or not, i'm actually dozing off while driving just now. Scary right? Anyway, I'm tired. And I've nothing much to blog about..


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Wednesday, July 18, 2007



Happy Birthday Ruth & Joy

We were celebrating for each other's birthday. Because our birthdays falls on the same day! Happy birthday Ruth!
Carine and Sherrie were late. The 2 of us were so hungry, till we eat our cake. Thank you Ruth for buying that cute little Oreo cheese cake for me.
We ate at speghettis and milk shakes at billy bombers.


At Swensons
Met jiahui, ying and yee in town. Ying and yee were nice to meet up with me 2 pass me my birthday gift. We had a celebration last friday though. Was glad that they can clique. As usual we talked about shuqun stuffs. Those were the memories.. Didn't know jiahui is quite informative. Hehez...

And the clock strikes 12....

I'm greeted with an earthquake. Sharleen, jiahui and kelvin actually plan it. They actually get a waiter to deliver the earthquake and the present. Haha..i was shocked. Hehe... Sharleen and kelvin were the surprise guests of the night. Thanks for the great effort. I met all my besties in one day.

The group picture.


The birthday girl with each individual.




Verinice Kopitiam
Had morning lesson today. I was late and i came after break. Hehe.. It was planned to have lunch after school. And we proceed to clementi for "ke ai ji"(cute chicken). And they surprise me with a cake. I didn't expect it.




一人一口,感情不散。


And...
Just 30 minutes ago, I had my last celebration of the day with my family.

Happy Birthday Bee. I knew i was blessed. I am very blessed. Thank you so much my friends for the wonderful smses, wishes and the gifts. I thank God for all of you.



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Tuesday, July 17, 2007



I was damn pissed initially. Was it just me? I really don't know. 3 years in a row i was asked to get a cake for myself? Hello? I'm the birthday girl, so what if you are going to return me the money later. On my 20th, my mum did that to me. 21st, I get my own cake because I'm celebrating. I did all the preparation and stuff, no complains. 22nd, my dad just send me a msg to ask me 2 get a cake today as my mum will be leaving to KL tomorrow. Have i forgotten any of your birthdays? Everyone's birthday we get to hav a meal outside, this time none. Was it because i'm big enough to get my birthday cake and i look the most "chin chai" person at home and that probably shows that i don't care?

I was so damn pissed off till my tears started rolling... I was like...wat?! After amore, i control myself and went home. Decided to just cool myself down and have a proper dinner at home. Guess what, my parents started quarrelling. Didn't want to meet my friends for supper initially, but i was so irritated that i need some fresh air. Met hongyi for coffee since others can't make it. Was feeling better after taking a break from home.

Thank God i didn't really vent my angers at home. I feel guilty too for leaving home just like that. In the end, we didn't celebrate. Mum bought me a perfume. So nice of her. But i cannot blame the quarrels, just that it falls on the day that they shld be celebrating for me. Forget it.

Hope things will be better tomorrow. Meeting yee for another round of NB aerobics tomorrow morning. Getting pretty emotional this week.. and i hate it.

1st present from my beloved mum.



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Saturday, July 14, 2007



Some pictures taken on the day of presentation. Everyone was wearing formal and that fits the purpose of bringing the camera that day.

On Friday, we went to holland V after HOF. Was suppose to chill there but end up we went different places and i tell you, I'm really tired at the end of the day. Well time spent with my besties...

Some killing time session at some back alley at sentosa. Call me stingy! I refuse to park before 12am cuz there is extra charge. Haha...But better than alvin, he choose to park somewhere further, which do not cost him a single cent. Oh please, its just 1 buck!



I had my first celebration on friday. Though it wasn't a surprise anymore as i sort of guess it, i appreciate them for the effort. Thank you yee, ying and xiaoli for going 2 church with me and later spend time with me till 6am in the morning. Thank you too sandy for finding time to meet us yest even after ur work and almost cause you to have a quarrel with your boyfriend. And thank you alvin for forgoing your clubbing last night to celebrate my birthday.


Taken at cafe delmar. Some photos are still with ms yee yee. I wonder how long will she take to send me... Haha...

Saw many ppl last nite. Had some ice cream at holland V. Coldrock. It was packed! We decided to give it a try though it was EXPENSIVE. Well, Samuel and gabriel will be working there.. so hopefully we can get some free scoops from them soon. haha..but who will visit holland v in the day time..=( Saw taufik at the shop too! He look quite "dao" though...

I saw Daren Chen shi Wei! He is so cute! haha...All the girls thought so.. Hehe.. But c'mon, we girls think too much. Got to know one of our senior is singing at dragonfly. Though i duno who he is, but at that time, sandy and i was thinking he is very charming. Haha...

Was sending ying ying home last nite while we had a short chat in the car. She was telling me that i will look for someone whom i love for than he does. I paused for awhile and later agree with her. My past experience do prove it doesn't it? I was feeling a little "emo" is slowly creeping in, especially when my birthday is round the corner. I was telling hongyi that i hate birthdays, especially mine. Cuz its the day that you'll expect a little more and you will also feel disappointed most of the times. I don't know why but it always happens. Especially this year where i have nothing to look forward to, i'm just letting the days passed by and hopefully july 18 will be over soon.
I thank the 1st friendster message from weisiang, which is like 1 week before, the first birthday cake presented during G12 last week and also my dear besties for celebrating with me yesturday. You guys really made my day.


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Thursday, July 12, 2007



Had a great time with jiahui just now at vivo. Back to the times where we'll just talk anything under the sun and how we put our faith in God as we encourage each other to pray. =)

It was a time of shopping and feast at vivo with her after her lesson. We did buy stuffs but were careful with our choice. Heh.. Dinner at sakae was ok, just that the staffs were not very friendly. Anyhow, we're still satisfied. We wanted to take a stroll along the bridge just before sentosa but realise we have to pay the admission to sentosa. ITS NOT LIKE THAT 4 YEARS AGO!! Haiz..too bad we could not fulfil our long awaited desires..

Presentation was fine this morning. I thank God for a nice and kind lecturer. =) Told u prayers do work.. Hehz.. Photos will be uploaded soon on the kelong trip and also for the presentation day. Stay tune...


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Monday, July 9, 2007



Over the weekends, i spend my time at kelong at some place in Malaysia. It was an experience for me since i'm not been there. The weather was really hot initially but the evening sunset was good and food was good too.

Had great time at nite playing games with the rest but most of the time i'm with jaecia. Haha... we were the only few that dislikes mahjiong. Anyway, overall not bad.

Was disturbed internally ever since last night. Sounds like i'm the silly one, even though outsiders feels so. I told God i need to be strong, and i will be. Heard from my mum abt my aunt's condition. Its not on a bright side but will continue to pray for her. Mummy don't feel good also and i hope i can pay her a visit soon.

I hate to feel this way. Many things happened and made me feel uncomfortable. The more i want to cherish those around me, the more helpless i am..



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Tuesday, July 3, 2007



Manage to edit my photos for the BBQ last week. Had alot of fun at the condo, though i barely know some of them, but everyone was friendly. =)

Hongyi's marinated Chicken wings.. mind you its not curry chicken.

Preparing for the BBQ while others are waitin for their food.

Girls of the nite

No. of times I'm being blocked...

Us without the 38th RMIT batch.

Susan + Kevin + me

Lastly, I just wanna be happy...

I went jogging yesturday evening with my mp3. I miss spending time with myself, listening to the music and do self reflection. I ran pass couples upon couples, be it old or young. It just speaks so clearly what i really want in future. Someone who do care for me and can work future out with me and not someone whom does things base on feelings alone. Feelings do come and go.. But serious commitment don't...

School is fine so far. Met up with richard for lunch and accompany him in school since he is new. WIL project mates are fixed and i thank God for not-so-bad team mates. Haha.. ER lecture coming up on thursday. Groups are all finalised and Amore was also good. I began to love Step aerobics.

Time to relax..... Looking forward to this weekend....



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Monday, July 2, 2007



Had been crazy over the weekends. Was sick yet i still went all out to play and enjoy before school starts, and school starts TODAY! More than a month of holidays and i've been working. I guess time really flies.. Its like not long ago i was at mac studying, not long ago i was worrying for my results and now... I'm gonna start studying hard soon!

Was out till very late 2 days in a row. Friday nite was fun but was quite out of place though. Company was good with alvin and gang and also hongyi and gang. I was almost lost!!! thanks to hongyi! Had supper before heading home.. Met new friends and susan's brother who is also my senior finally thinks tat i'm familiar. haha...


Suppose to shop on saturday but woke up late. Finally i got to change my dad's shirt.. After so long...Thanks suzzie.. Hehez.. Went to join jacia, wenjie and raymond and continue 2nd round at partyworld. Can't believe myself singing with a broken voice. ArgHz...I'll be back soon after i recover. Still considering whether to join them for kelong next week. Had been wanting to go there.. but see how lor....




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