Monday, June 30, 2008
They won.
They really won.
They won every single bloody match in the Euro 2008!!
I feel like a proud mother :D
Yinny was Joshing around @ 5:47 PM
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
My favourite boys are playing tonight against Germany.
Somehow I have a nagging feeling that Germany are going to win (because they are damn cheats...haha) but I'm super glad that Spain has come thus far anyways.
That being said, I'm so totally going to be in a crummy mood for the entire day if they lose >.<"
My 4 champions from the team:
Captain and striker of the Spanish team, David Villa. Cool, calm, talented and veryyy hot.
Goalkeeper, Iker Casillas. Cool, calm, extrodinarily gifted with his hands (wahaha that sounds dirty) - his hands have been insured for an obscene amount of money. Only 27 years young and already one of the few best goalkeepers in the world. He's also smokin' hawwtt.
And the hottest of them all:
Striker, Fernando Torres - visual appeal 200%
But the real apple of my eye has always been:
Midfielder, Cesc Fabregas - he's got it all
Even his pout is cute and sexy *lol*
I do so hope they win *crosses fingers*...if for nothing, for the sake of the people who have to bear with me tomorrow LOL.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 8:12 PM
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Bryan, my nephew, is the cutest lil' hyperactive angel in the world - I'm crazy about him:
Here he is wearing his mom's high heels...a little disturbing but I daresay he's working it better than I ever have:
Here he is showing off his sporty genes already:
They grow up so fast don't they?
Yinny was Joshing around @ 10:56 PM
(0) comments I'm ready and waiting!! MEMEPICKME!!!
In my previous post I blogged about how I was tired of waiting around for slow people.
I had a nice, long conversation with Juice and Peg last night at Starbucks (always the right place for a nice, long conversation lounging on their comfy sofas over coffee) and realised that something I said to Juice a few nights ago over MSN meant something to her. I will not blog about the exact conversation but Juice was saying something about her being ready - and that she was waiting - and that she has been waiting for what seems like a long time - and God has not responded...yet.
I told her: "Patience is a sign of your trust in God" - A sentence so honest and simple that there is nothing I can do to complicate it.
She told Peg and I about it last night and said that she never saw it that way before. It was like a revelation. I can honestly say that before last night's conversation, I never thought twice about that statement.
I think that sometimes we think that we are ready to handle something, but God knows that we are not - but we ask God for it anyway. Sometimes He makes us wait, sometimes He gives us what we want to show us that hey, we're not ready after all. But God knows best. I mean, everything in His time right? It's normal to get impatient - we are but human after all. But always remember that God will never forsake us and that He will provide :)
My source of inspiration came from my own situation, and the greatest testimony of patience, Joel :)
Speaking of inspiration, we were walking around in Raffles City last night and walked into a very interesting art shop. I chanced upon this piece of art and stood there for a long while just staring at it, secretly hoping to make it mine:
I couldn't get a better picture of it but this piece is titled "Fish Fish and More Fish". It's actually 2 separate pieces of canvas which joins together to make one complete painting. I know nits about art but this piece of art by Kendall Perkins-Brakels (which was priced at SGD$5,600) took my breath away. You have to see it in person to imagine it. The colours and textures were so lively - it looked as if she was just splashing paint around and fish HAPPENED to appear. All her other paintings are of a similar style - loud, bold, daring - but look beyond all the colors to see what emerges from it. I immediately imagined it on the wall in the middle of the living room of my future house *sniggers*.
The other artist that caught my eye was Coplu.
Coplu's paintings made me smile for good reason.
He paints about love, dreams and that beautiful, simple life :)
This one's called "Holding on to a dream" (I love this one):
This one's called "Devotion":
I can't find a picture of the specific painting that I saw but it was about sowing the seed of love.
Just beautiful.
All these talented people make me so envious.
I thank God that even though I don't have artistic genes, I still had the chance to admire these works.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 10:06 AM
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Monday, June 23, 2008
If there is something that really gets on my nerves, it’s waiting for something to happen.
Waiting for public transport.
Waiting for friends who are late for appointments.
Waiting for people to take action.
Waiting outside toilets for friends.
Waiting in long queues.
Waiting for colleagues to send me work so that I can complete my part of the deal.
Waiting for people to finish work so that we can go home.
Waiting for people to finish eating so that we can leave.
Waiting for mail to arrive.
Waiting for people who make promises but never keep them.
I don’t even think that I am an impatient person by nature.
I think I've spent half my life waiting for something to happen.
I can’t spend my whole life waiting around for slow people anymore.
I just don’t have the time.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 3:27 PM
(0) comments Spain strikes again!!
And Spain are through to the semi-finals of the EURO CUP 2008!!! WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!
picture taken from The Age
I was so bloody scared that they wouldn't make it past the slimy Italians but they still did anyway!! Congrats!! For a young side, they really deserve it.
We kicked your BUTT you slimy Italians!!!
Now it's against Russia in the semi-finals. I have every confidence that they can beat Russia but Russia are the underdogs and they have an excellent coach so I hope that Spain doesn't underestimate its opponents.
It would be awesome if they were through to the finals.
It's their turn to shine.
I predict the final 2 will be Spain and Germany. What do you think?
Yinny was Joshing around @ 12:22 PM
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
If there was anyone I'd kill to be, it's Lucia Micarelli.
If there was anyone Josh should be with, it's Lucia.
I've been a fan of Lucia's since I saw Josh Groban's "Closer" Tour on DVD.
When I saw her myself at Josh's "Awake" Tour I wanted to BE her.
Not because she's Josh's violinist, but because she's just such an amazing person.
When she plays the violin, I am mesmerized and hang on her every note.
She.Is.Amazing.
Lucia Micarelli plays the violin.
She was hand-picked to be Josh Groban's lead violinist.
Born to an Italian father and a Korean mother, she's 25 this year and is musically very talented.
The violin is a part of her.
She already has 2 albums under her belt and has toured with Jethro Tull and Josh Groban.
She.Is.Gorgeous.
She's not the kind of beauty who stands out immediately, but there's a quirkiness about her that I find really, really attractive.
Lucia not only plays the violin beautifully, she writes really well too - AND she's funny.
I like her because her style of music is a cross between classical and rock.
She can play anything classical, and then she can suddenly just plug a wire into her violin and play her ass off electrically.
I'm a fan of her blog (which she updates sporadically): http://www.looshed.blogspot.com/
She also has a website which she maintains: http://www.luciamicarelli.com/
I really admire her.
She's my heroine.
Yinny was Joshing around @ 7:33 PM
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
This is freaking annoying.
This is my shortest break ever but ironically it feels like the longest.
Time is really crawling by.
I want school to start again.
I want to see my friends.
I miss them a hell lot.
But I know what it means when school re-opens.
Court hearings and loads of work to hand up.
But I've got to be thankful for what I have, no?
The grass is always greener on the other side, isn't it?
Yinny was Joshing around @ 5:58 PM
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Friday, June 20, 2008
For Spider Man :) -
Somewhere out there~An American Tail
Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me and loving me tonight
Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there
And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky
Somewhere out there if love can see us through
Then we'll be together somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true
Yinny was Joshing around @ 6:32 PM
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
"you think too much" is the sentence I keep hearing more and more frequently these days.
Do I really think too much? Sometimes when I think too little, people say I'm insensitive and that I'm too simplistic. When I think too much, people say I'm overkill. Sometimes I just can't help it. Hey I'm not perfect. I'm only human. A very emotional one at that. And that's not something I can control. Overthinking is better than not thinking....no?
When my friends come to me for advice I always tell them not to complicate matters. I wonder if now I'm the one complicating matters or this whole situation was complicated to start with.
I must admit that the whole thing was my fault.
All along I thought that I was the victim...but then I had a sudden realisation that it wasn't him all along...it was me.
I started it and now I'm turning the tables and blaming him...it all seems so unfair.
So now I'm walking away from all this confusion...because honestly, I don't need it right now.
I wonder what's going to happen once I turn my back on the mess that I created.
I tried to fix it but he brushed me aside, implying that he's getting too comfortable in the mess.
It's going to be hard not looking back but I suppose it's for my own good - to step outside and look at things from a fresh perspective. To go back to days when things were simple...
I miss that.
Self-immersion in work may help.
One of my favourite quotes at the moment:
One often meets destiny on the road he takes to avoid it~Master Wu Gui from Kung Fu Panda (I love that show!!)
寄没有地址的信
这样的情绪
有种距离
你放着谁的歌曲?
是怎样的心情?
能不能说给我听?
雨下得好安静
是不是你偷偷在哭泣?
幸福真的不容易
在你的背景有我爱你
我可以陪你去看星星
不用再多说明
我就要和你在一起
我不想又再一次和你分离
我多么想每一次的美丽是因为你
我可以~Evan Cai Min You
Yinny was Joshing around @ 3:23 PM
(0) comments Josh at home - real & simple
For some reason, I saw this picture from a magazine and fell in love with Josh all over again:
Him, sitting in his pool room in his shorts and jumper like he just woke up, concentrating on his work on his gorgeous Mac. A picture so real and down-to-earth that it makes me wanna walk over and kiss him.
Only God could create such a beautiful person :)
Yinny was Joshing around @ 12:40 AM
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
I just had to photo blog today.
Took a few pictures with people at school. It was long overdue.
This is Christian just being...Christian. Oh gawd he never fails to crack me up:
My gorgeous gals Xi and Sharon:
Rowena has been an awesome friend since 1st year law school:
Ron (my Gor - whom I was annoyed with because he didn't smile - he is really handsome in real life), Justin and Ji - awesome, awesome guys that every girl should be so lucky to have:
more awesome people - Hong, me, Sharon and Josh:
I'm making sure I'm taking more pics at school from now on!!
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ps: I just discovered a nice song by Sum41. I heard it in Gossip Girl (which is like a damn cool show with hot gals and hot guys) and fell in love with it immediately. It's called "With me":
I don't want this moment, to ever end
Where everything's nothing, without you.
I'll wait here forever just to, to see you smile
Cause it's true, I am nothing without you.
Through it all, I made my mistakes.
I stumble and fall,
But I mean these words.
I want you to know, with everything I won't let this go.
These words are my heart and soul,
I hold on to this moment you know.
Cause I'd bleed my heart out to show, that I won't let go.
Thoughts read are spoken, forever in doubt.
And pieces of memories fall to the ground.
I know what I did and so, I won't let this go.
Cause it's true, I am nothing without you.
All the streets, where I walked alone,
With nowhere to go.
Have come to an end.
I want you to know, with everything I won't let this go.
These words are my heart and soul,
I hold on to this moment you know.
Cause I'd bleed my heart out to show, that I won't let go.
In front of your eyes, it falls from the skies,
When you don't know what you're looking to find.
In front of your eyes, it falls from the skies,
When you just never know what you will find.
I don't want this moment to ever end.
Where everything's nothing without you.
I want you to know, with everything I won't let this go.
These words are my heart and soul,
I hold on to this moment you know.
Cause I'd bleed my heart out to show, that I won't let go.
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pps: I just took a Josh Groban quiz on: http://www.quizilla.com/quizzes/1081542/what-kind-of-josh-groban-fan-are-you
and it's frigging hilarious!!!
I'm a Grobanoid...and proud of it!!! :D
Yinny was Joshing around @ 12:25 AM
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Friday, June 13, 2008
I can't believe I ever had doubts of whether I wanted to stay on in Aus or go back to Singapore.
If I had gone back to Singapore, I would never have met the awesome people that I have met in college.
I would have missed out on so, so much.
This year has been amazing. And I'm only halfway there.
I know that God would have had a whole other plan for me if I had gone back to Singapore which would have brought me a whole other world of exciting opportunities. But for now, I shall not speculate the unknown and continue basking in the path that He's led me to instead.
Sometimes I'm afraid to be too happy because experience tells me that the more you allow yourself to let go, the harder you fall.
And there always comes a time when you will fall. It's just a matter of when.
I mean, good things always come to an end right?
I can't wait for the day when I can truly say with all my heart, "Lord I'm really letting go now, just catch me if anything happens".
The people at college make me smile all day.
I truly, truly felt loved by everyone.
And these are people I've known only for 3 months.
It's amazing. I'm so blessed.
Special thanks to my Gor, Sangee, Chik Hong, Chik Seng and Juin for everything :)
And the girls. How can I even start to say how much they mean to me? They are my family over here. We've been thru thick and thin together and they are the most beautiful bunch of people I know. Ok now I'm gushing.
A boy made me chicken soup last night:
Something so simple yet tasted better than anything in the world at that moment.
He's such a mommy - "Eat your vegetables. I don't care if you don't finish the pasta and chicken, but make sure you eat your vegetables". "Are you sure you're full?". "It's cold, button up". "Take your medicine and for God's sake eat something after that". "No fried food and cold drinks for you until you get well". "You've got to learn how to take care of yourself. Why don't you take care of yourself?!?"
As we sat in front of the TV eating I couldn't believe that all 4 years we were at uni we never crossed paths and now in the span of 3 months we've become so close.
Amazing right?
That's how God works.
I think sometimes people try too hard to define relationships. They get uncomfortable if there are grey areas. There always has to be a line drawn somewhere. Well. The lines are blurred in our relationship. And we like it like that. So there.
2 weeks. I will miss you guys so much. Happy holidays!! :)
Yinny was Joshing around @ 3:01 AM
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
I walked past the Monash bus loop this morning and saw a queue of students waiting for the shuttle bus to go for exams. (Which reminds me - good luck to all those who are sitting for exams soon!!) I saw them and thought, "mannn...this is the first year in 5 years that I'm not waiting at the bus loop just like them". I felt kindda relieved though. Me did not like exams.
I happened to catch a reflection of myself this morning in a mirror next to Myer shopping centre as I was walking to college today.
It was me, in a suit, holding a cup of Starbucks mocha in one hand and my handphone in the other hand. Peeking out ever so subtly from my black handbag was one of the many manilla folders that I now hold - every client I have has a folder of their own.
Oh man. Is that how I'm going to look from now until I retire?? I sure hope not.
I'm soOOoooo glad that Monday is a public holiday for us (yay to the long weekend!!). It's the Queen's birthday (Lord save her). Have a good weekend you guys :)
Yinny was Joshing around @ 9:28 PM
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
It's been a mad, mad, mad, mad, crazyass week...and it's going to get worse.
Everyone is nutty stressed because there are so many things to do. Peoples' tempers were raging these past few days and you really get to see people in their true colours in all their glory when you start working with them. People say that you don't mix business with pleasure, but I tell you, once friends start working opposite each other and one doesn't keep up with the other, their relationship sours.
Let me explain myself. In my course, all of us start as great friends. However, we are made to act opposite one another for different clients in certain cases. I'm really glad because I've had excellent opposing solicitors so far. Some others haven't been as lucky. Some people are really slow in their work and once one person is slow, the other can't finish their work on time either because they are always waiting on documents to come in from the other side before they can proceed. As a result, people are getting pissed off with each other and bitching about it to third parties. Some even have public brawls. Quite exciting for the unsuspecting yet nosey bystander to watch, I must say.
I am happy and proud to report that I am on top of things *grins broadly* People wonder how I do it but it's no secret. I'm not smarter than anyone. I just put in more hours. I come in early and I leave late. I don't sit around and gossip or chat for a long time during office hours. I make sure that I do what I need to do. When I'm free, of course I will go sit around and catch up with people or lend a helping hand to someone. But I make sure I do what I need to do on time and do it well. If I don't, I just stay until I finish it. Or I come earlier to complete it. I seldom bring work home. Home = sanctury = place of rest = no work, and I like to keep it that way :)
I was so tired yesterday that I was relieved to find a place to rest my head.
We sat snuggled up together on the train back home.
There was a comfortable silence between us as he rested his chin on my head and ran his fingers through my hair.
At that moment, I felt safe in his arms.
I like the way we are. I'd like things to stay this way - nothing more, nothing less.
Narnia's out!! Will be catching it tomorrow with my colleagues. I hope that will allieviate some of the stress and tension that they are feeling at the moment.
Toodles until next time!! Have a great week everyone!! :)
Yinny was Joshing around @ 7:19 PM
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Sunday, June 01, 2008
I can't believe I'm at home on a beautiful Sunday writing my brief to Counsel for a Criminal law hearing.
Actually most of my colleagues brought work home to do over the weekend.
This is my first time and it sucks because I've forgotten what it's like to do work over a weekend.
I'm supposed to be in church now - Planetshakers' album launch is today and I really wanted to go.
It's my fault really - bad habit of procrastination came back to haunt me. And now I'm paying for it.
I wanted to apologize to Joel for PS-ing him over these few days. I'm so, so sorry buddy. I'll make it up to you I promise!! In the meantime, enjoy yourself at Shakers and remember to tell me all about it!! :)
It's been a mad week.
Some issues arose between myself and someone else at school and talking to the girls always, always helps (thanks babes). It's been a long time since we sat around and chatted and laughed till the wee hours of the night. It's become such a rare occurence now that we're all so busy with our own lifes, that I appreciate it so much more. They have always been a huge part of my life so I always want to include them. I'm pretty sure nothing is happening/will happen but at the moment I will not do anything but wait and see. As Amy said, time will tell. I really should stop sending out wrong signals. I didn't think that people would take it seriously. Upon reflection, I wonder if I would take myself seriously. *sigh* This is so complicated.
Being taken care of when you are sick is a really nice feeling. It shows that someone cares about you. I've nearly forgotten what that feels like since I left home. I hate showing my weak and vulnerable side but when I do, it's to people I really trust. Thanks buddy. You know you're the best :)
Hope you guys had a good weekend!! It's June already!! Have a great week ahead!!
ps: For all my peeps who have exams, good luck and all the best!! :)
Yinny was Joshing around @ 10:59 AM
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