Happy New Year to one and all......
I am at the airport now and Dave and I are both in the departure terminal waiting for our plane.......
It has been really an eating trip and I have gained 4kgs since I got back.....I am fat and round like a pig now!!!!!
Feels good to be home with family.......will update more when I reach Perth......
Have a great 2007 ahead!!!!!
It's 28th November 2006.............
I am feeling really down and sad.................currently at work........been a busy day at work........rushing heaps of stuff coz i will be in training again tomorrow.........
Reason for sadness??? Feeling empty..........coz Dave has just gone offshore and he'll only be back next week.......he'll be away for 2 weeks.............I never knew that I would feel so sad.......so empty........but now, I know the reason why.........he has grown to be a part of me........a part of my life..........and how complete can you be when a part of your life is not there? Anyway, just pray and hope that his mobile phone will have reception when his ship leaves the shore..........
Got up early this morning about 5 plus, made breakkie for him, and he called a cab and left for the airport.........I showered, ironed my clothes, had my breakfast and came straight to work.......spoke to hubby here and there before he boarded the plane..........at work, felt so moody........until my phone rang at 929am.........it was my dearest dave.........saying that he just touched down and was waiting for his luggage..........cool.......there is reception there and he will be there till some time tomorrow before the ship leaves.........so will have contact with him for a while at least.............
Arrrggghhhh...........I shouldnt be feeling so down.........but i cant help it..........it's alright........i will get used to it in no time...........i will be burying myself in drama serials..............so that time will fly..........in no time, dave will be back.............pray that he will be safe and that his work will complete quickly and he can come home earlier.............
Feeling quite sad to go back to the empty house...........arrrgghhhhhhhhhhhh..............but it's ok.............I'll be fine...............i should be looking at the holiday that dave and i will be going for after he comes back...........
CHEER UP LYN!!!!!!
WHOOHOO!!!!!
Exams are finally OVER!!!!!!! Cant wait to get back my results...................
It has been 2 long stressful weeks for me.............stress at work, stress in uni.............stress over some issues happening.............everything is stress stress and stress..............
Work was killing me as I was nearing my exams.............stupid accounting systems giving me problems!!!!! Insufficient information provided...............etc etc.................plus rushing through my assignments in uni.....................was on the verge of falling off the cliff...........but God is good...........................He is really good!!!! He pulled me through all these...........with a lot of assurance that I will be fine...............
Anyway, was working till last Wednesday before I was officially off work to study for my exams..........Thursday, started studying day and night, Friday, was studying day and night, Saturday was studying day and night, Sunday was studying day and night.............no life at all...............oh, on Saturday, Dave actually brought me out for dinner at Blue Duck..........that was the day he proposed to me last year.....hehe.......it was a good break for me from studying...............
Monday, I had two papers!!!!! First paper was the killer paper that I feared most..............Managerial Accounting 530.............went for my paper..........and dont know how i went of course, but i did my best.......just hope that the results will be fine......and then when i was driving home after the exam.............was busy discussing with my classmate about the paper, didnt notice the time........it was school time...............and i saw a camera flash right in front of my eyes..........i was very sure i was only going at about 50 plus..............but of course school zone 40km/ph...............sigh.............not sure if the camera flashed at me or at the car behind me..................anyway, bad mood for the whole afternoon coz of the speed camera...........i have NEVER had a speed fine before...............this is the first time i am getting one.........i am normally quite good with my speed.............normally lah...........hehehe..........but sigh...........
but life goes on........just hope that it's not me................
went home, had to continue studying for my information systems 531 paper...........i was exhausted by then.............from the first paper.............so tired..............i actually fell asleep for about 5 minutes on the sofa when i was reading.............got up........and thought, let's set alarm and get up half an hour later.............tried to sleep, cannot sleep...............fed up........went to take a shower, and then came out, continued studying...............dave came home and sent me to uni for my exam..................did my paper, left the exam hall earlier..........coz i was too tired to think..........since i feel that i have finished, i might as well just leave..............i am quite happy with my paper.............coz i know that i have done my best...........despite the fact that i didnt have much time to study..............
Tuesday.............had my law paper at night.............whole day i was stressed out...........coz afraid that i cant remember a single thing during exam...........coz my brain capacity is already at its max................whole day was practicing the question..............wrote till my fingers were swollen!!!! at night, went for my exam................did my paper...........and left the exam hall earlier as well..............i finished all that i can remember.........and answered all i could answer.....................so thought to myself, there is no point staying any longer..........better go home and rest...............coz i was really mentally and physically exhausted.............but i am quite happy with my paper as well...........just hope for the best............
Wednesday, had to come to work, to sort out some payroll stuff in the office...........sigh, i wish i wasnt working................got up at about 630...........came to work..........and i was like a zombie!!!!! what to do...............???? life.................
Finally, yesterday, had my Financial Accounting paper...............whole day was kinda stressed up.............coz i didnt touch this subject till yesterday.............for the whole second half of the semester, i ddint know what was going on with the course............haha.........coz i am a slacker...............started studying in the morning.........and realised that oh my god!!! i cant remember anything!!!!! went to uni earlier for group discussion as well.............went into the exam hall without much hope..............just pray for God to work miracle...........hehehe.............i guess i did my best as well.............and when i first looked at the paper, i thought, ohh my goooddddd!!!!! what are the questions asking for???? during the 10 minutes reading time, i didnt even bother looking at the problem questions.............i was doing the multiple choice questions..............and then finally time to start...........said a short prayer.............and things started coming back to me..............things i studied...........and flashbacks during lecture..............which is good...............all my accounts balanced...........whoohoo!!!!! so happy................stayed till the end of the exam.........checking my calculations................and YESSSSSSSS!!!!! last paper done!!!! for this semester at least!!!!
Last night, went to have chilli mussells with dave, coz we havent had dinner...........i think i was too tired...........and mentally exhausted...........didnt have much appetite to eat..............went home, showered, and i was gone...............sigh, still gotta come to work today.............and stress over all the back logs that i have.....................i have so much stuff to cover...........................
dave has been really supportive throughout my exam period..............the house like a pig sty..........hehehe..........papers everywhere..................wanna say thank you my dear..........for your support.....................
lastly, just wanna highlight the goodness of God...............when i feel that i cant take it anymore, God's always there for me................He has always been there for me..............when i am tired, He seems to give me energy pills to sustain me to continue what i have to do..............when i feel like giving up, He seems to be there with poms poms cheering for me...............when i feel like i cant do it, He seems to keep telling me that I can I can.............God is so good to me................I just wanna share the goodness of God!!!! He is really faithful, if we are faithful to Him................For those who still dont know Him, you have to experience it yourself..............and once you have experienced it, your life will change forever............. :):):):)
ok lah................1pm........time to get back to work...........
Have a great weekend!!!! God bless!!!!
My goodness.........nearly the end of the year.........
Exams are creeping in........work load is piling........heaps of stuff lining up........
Let's see, what happened since I last wrote.....
My birthday.....a surprise from Dave and the rest of the friends from church. Went to a Japanese restaurant in Northbridge.....cant remember what is the name of that restaurant.......but the food was yummy!!!!! Before that, was watching the Eagles vs Swans game.............exciting...........EAGLES won!!!! Yeah, it's good they won, or else, Dave will be complaining the whole day...........HAHAHA.............Dave got me a violin.........which is really cool.....coz i have always wanted to play the violin...........from then till today, i can play some songs on it already.........hiak hiak hiak..........not sure if my fingering is correct or the way i am pulling the strings is correct..........but as long as there is music coming out from the playing..........i am happy..........hahaha.........i know i irritate dave a lot with the noises.........hahaha........hope to learn formally after my exams......i love my bday gift!!!!! :):):) Initially i thought dave was gonna get a drum kit for me.........hahahah..........but i was wrong...........
Besides that, nothing exciting happening..........coz studying and working...........equals to a dead Lyn....................by 10pm every night i am gone...........wake up 6 plus in the morning.........to work.............at night to class.............home.........and crash.............
oh ya........one exciting thing is that Dave and I will both be serving God in cell ministry again.........we had a break from it for a while..........and we both grew alot during our break....we learnt a lot......from this break that we had.....i have grown so much closer to God.............i cant say that i am perfect........i am just human and i have my weaknesses...............i am striving to be a better person..........maybe still have heaps of flaws...........but i believe...........God is moulding me to be a person he wants me to be..........Slowly but surely...........
over the past few months..........i am growing so deeply in love with my husband..........there are still ups and downs of course..........but each time i look at him..........i adore him more and more.........i thank God for him in my life.............its a blessing to have him as my hubby!!!!! of course there are still things we dislike about each other...........but i can loudly scream out to everyone that I LOVE DAVE!!! *blush blush* 
what else? oh ya........got dave an electric guitar and amp...............he is enjoying it which is good..........and we went for a black tie event last friday at hyatt hotel.............it was the 2006 Western Australian Industry and Export Awards.........my company is one of the finalists for the CY O'Connor Award for Excellence in Engineering and Technology.............the food was not too bad...........and it was fun dressing up for it lah..........but after that event.......i was dead beat...........reached home at about 12 plus.........showered and i was gone..........
last few weekends.........have been camping in uni doing my assignments and stuff.........super tired of it..........cant wait for the exams to finish..........that's when the pig will be let loose!!!! hahahahahahahah!!!! who's the pig?!?!? i am!!!!! i can sleep.........can do whatever i want to!!!!! now, cant do anything at all...........no time to slack from now on........exams are drawing near..........sigh!!!!
wow..........i have written quite a lot................will try to post some pictures soon..........
look forward to catch up with some old friends............going back on the 15th december..........!!!! WHOOHOO!!!!!
have a great week all!!!!!
WOW.............seasons come seasons go!!!!! Its already September.............that is so quick!!!!!
Many things happened from the last time I blogged up till today................I started my classes.........and surprisingly, I am sorta enjoying my studies.............I guess it's coz I have to pay so much for it.....hehe..........$2K per unit and I am doing 4 units so that totals $8k for just one semester!!!!! *shaking my head*..............the unis really know how to squeeze $$$ from students!!! should have done another degree instead of doing my masters.......that would be so much cheaper.......but slightly longer though.......Will be having some mid semester tests next few weeks..........and a test this week too.............sigh........havent really had time to sit down and really study.........or should i say, i have been slacking off last week coz its semester break.............but i think i have not studied and revised so much in my life!!!!! probably coz i am working as well which adds on to the worry and stress of falling behind.............
hmmm.......lets see what i can share.........oh ya.....the goodness of God!!!!! i was actually doing more of the marketing and advertising stuff for my current company...........and i started working part time when my uni started...........on the first week of uni.........i received a call from my current manager, but missed it..............and he left a message to urgently call him back........he even dropped dave an email to get me to call him..........when i heard that........i thought.......gosh, what is so serious??? did i get into trouble for something??? so i called him back.........he told me that the financial controller of the company has just tendered her resignation...........and asked if i was game enough to take up that role since i am doing my master of accounting...........and i did.......and now i even have my own office.......it's really god's blessings.....history is..........i tendered my resignation with this company before i got married in april.......and found another job at the australian medical association in the training dept...........when i came back from msia, started work at AMA in may, but didnt like that job.............and quit...........i was looking for some part time job to fill time while i wasnt in uni.......and of course to earn money.............the next day after i left AMA, my current manager emailed me, to see if i have started working somewhere when i was searching the web for some pt jobs........and he said he is willing to offer me part time work if i came back..........and he also reviewed my pay........... :):):) so, i came back after negotiation.............and started part time when uni started...............and then the offer came.............for financial controller...........isnt it god's timing and blessing???? and before that..........i also rejected coming in to this company once.........and manager also called me the second time to counter offer..........sometimes, i really feel God works wonders.........and He wants the best for us..............there's the song that goes.........In His time, in His time, He makes all things beautiful in His time.......Lord please show me everyday, as You're teaching Your way, that You'll do just what you say, In Your time.........i love this song!!!! and i strongly believe that God has always been there for me.............
Anyway, work has been really stressful though, coz we changed new ERP systems.........and also I am tackling a new role altogether.............with minimal knowledge...........plus my study stress...............just gotta get a hold of myself..........when i sit down and do stuff..........things can get overwhelming at times............but I think during this time, i have actually grown closer to God.........coz He is the source of my strength...........when I am weak, He makes me stronger...........God is good!
The craze with Dave the past few weeks was Naruto........who always goes DATEBAYO..............after all his sentences...........I LOVE that show..............it's very inspiring..............positive attitude...........and I learn alot from it........and not to mention the tears that i have shed........HAHAHA.............what's new?? Lynnie is always a cry baby..........but...........it's a good show...............
Time to get back to work.........lunch time is over...............oh ya, probably will go back to spore/msia during Xmas/NY period..............WHOOHOO!!!!!! 3Fs!!!!! Family, Friends and Food!!!!! Look forward to catch up!!!!!
Have a great day all!!!!!
Pouring………
Its raining donkeys and pigs outside!!!!! Pouring like mad………..Monday………..phew……..glad that its coming to an end………..
Last weekend, on Saturday, finally got around to clear my “room” to prepare myself for studies. Moved the wardrobe from my room to the other room. Moved the bookshelves in my room from north to south………..and rotated my bed 90 degrees………hehehe…….moved the computer table from west to east as well………its still very messy………I only managed to clear the CD shelf and the book shelf………other shelves with my other stuff are still in a total disaster………hahaha………..dave wasn’t home when I was clearing the room, so I was incredible hulk that day!!!! Moving stuff here and there………
On Sunday, got up, cooked some pancakes……..actually not i cooked lah.......I did the mix and dave fried them……….and then had breakfast……….and then did housework………laundry and etc………..and then played piano………and then we went out to have lunch……..wanted to go for Happy Meal horfun!!!! But closed……….thought, fine………kabuki for Japanese………….but also closed!!! ARRRGGHHH!!!!! We settled for nasi goreng ayam at Makan2………..after that, headed for tennis and basketball………….started playing basketball first……….just two of us……..quite hilarious…………but, it was fun!!! And mannn!!!!! It was tiring after so long………….as compared to my netball days in high school…………..my fitness is like *shaking my head*………….no comments mann!!!!! After that played tennis for a while……….but, my wrist is still hurting like mad!!!! So couldn’t go on anymore……..and went back to basketball.............after that, took our shower, and then headed straight to church……….worship was great……….service was more like an “interview” type session, with generosity as the main topic…………..
Reached home last night, dave cooked pineapple friedrice..........YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I am salivating now!!!! Coz i am hungry as usual!!!! Sigh, i need food now........how ah?!?!?! 2 more hours........gosh!!!!) anyway, after that i showered, and i didnt know what was going on in the world.............i was dead to the world................all i know was dave was watching tour de france...........and i was reading a book..........and the moment i put my book down, i met some friends in dreamland.........hahaha........
In the middle of the night, i remember dave asking me (coz he felt something hard), what are you using to cover your face (in a blur voice)...........when the "face" he meant was my shoulders.............!!!!! it was quite hilarious..........i was laughing to myself in the middle of the night..............at times i pity dave..........hehe..........coz i am a kicker when i sleep!!!! especially when i am cold...........dave made a statement..........."you wanted to be my mattress last night, you wanted to sleep under me"..............coz when i am cold, i will kick my way under the person sleeping next to me..........my mum can testify that.......coz when i was younger, and when i slept with my mum, i would kick her till she gets backaches..........hehe...........and now, poor dave has to put up with that.............but i didnt know i was that bad........hehe......cold mah!!!!!
Dave and I have been sick the past 2 weeks……….I passed the cold to him……….sigh……..we both look horrible……….i looked like a bull with tissue paper stuck up my running nose for the first few days I was sick…….I started this running nose joke with dave………”I think my nose thinks that it’s getting a bit too big and it needs to run and exercise to become a bit smaller”……………but yeah………….i hate getting the flu!!!! But I think mine is nearly gone now, but dave’s still down with it at the moment………..poor thing………..
I was reading my daily devotional thingy, and this famous verse came up again………just to encourage some and myself too……..we have been discussing about this lately………….and yeah……….here goes………
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
I have to keep reminding myself as well………not to be anxious not to be anxious……….cool down……….dont be gancheong………….at times, we tend to lean on our own human strength………..the verse above reminds us I guess in a way, to have faith……and keep praying................
Hmm………my journal is so messed up and jumbled up………..
I am going back to student life………..working as well………..a bit worried…….coz my brain’s rusty already……quite excited…..hope that I will quickly finish this one year………..uni’s starting next Monday………and I have classes every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday………just hope I can cope………….
I am thinking of going back for a holiday prolly end of this year during semester break, or during Chinese New Year………..I miss my family and friends………and the food too………….
Wow...........I wrote life story!!! so long winded!!!!
Shall not blabber too much………..hope this week would be a great week for one and all!!!!
Wow!!!!!
More than half a year gone!!!!!
Been a while since I blogged...............many things happening around me...........good, bad..........I think I am a bit tired these days.................
Exciting stuff? World Cup?!?!?! *SIGH*...........my favourite team lost!!!!! So it wasnt so exciting after all.............Brazil...........they will come back in 2010!!!!! Finally finished........and finally I can sleep in peace without having to wake up in the middle of the night just to watch 22 people kicking a ball around the field for more than an hour trying to get the ball in the goal.............hahahaha..................but I really love watching the World Cup...........I cant believe that I actually didnt sleep for nearly 24 hours just to watch them play........but yeah, am glad that it's over..........and i can get some proper sleep now.........coz it's either me watching it, or dave..............so either way, we both are not really resting...........
3 more weeks and I am back to uni full time again........i just hope to finish the course as quickly as i can...........and get back to the work force full time again..............i am gonna go on a retreat for the next few months.............to reflect on myself..............and to concentrate fully on my studies...........
many things happened and i realised that life is kinda fragile...........friendships, relationships, character, etc etc are always tested...............and i strongly believe that regardless of what happens, one thing will always remain the same..........and that is the LOVE OF GOD for us.............His love for us remains the same yesterday, today, tomorrow........and through eternity...........there's a song that goes..........
That's the love of God its never ending, Thats the love of God, always forgiving, He's always there, He never fails, All He will do is love forever, And He longs to share it, That's the love of God.
Oh ya, just bought a piano too!!!! So happy!!!! Been playing it for the past few days........havent played the organ for a long time..........but yeah, am enjoying every bit of it!!!! I just love playing pieces by Richard Clayderman!!!! Yenhong, if you are reading this blog, can you email me the name of the composer Ecstasy?!?!?! Do you have the notes for that?!?!?! Can you scan and email it to me?!?!?! Hehehehehehe...............
Anyway, I was really down the last few weeks..........and now, I have decided to brighten up my own day.............by not thinking about any sad or negative stuff.........and thnk positive....I will just retreat for a while.........and i believe after this retreat, I will come back even stronger than I am now..............i truly believe that He will make my paths straight and He will be the light unto my feet and guide me through all these turmoil................ :):):)
Dont really know what I am saying here, but I know what I have to do..............
Have a great month of July!!!!!
Look forward to see you guys whom i havent met for ages soon!!!!! I should be going back end of this year during my semester break if I have enough leave to take by end of the year......that is if i dont take any leave during my exam period in uni.............
Cheers!
