I cannot but nod in agreement to what Uncle Kia Wang preached over the podium yesterday, that the young people of today live in a "Me, myself and I" generation. I am particularly guilty of a few things he mentioned: broadcasting my feelings on Facebook, blog entries etc. Save for Twittering and posting YouTube videos about myself, I am really quite self-absorbed! ): He also mentioned that most of the blogs are always full of people ranting and being emo, basically to gain sympathy from readers of the blog. I can't deny that I do that at times too, and lately, I think I have not been very positive in my writings.

However, I beg to differ that all blogs are like that because I have come across many blogs that are inclined towards raising political awareness, blogs that have entries that are tremendously thought-provoking, even those that post very helpful reviews about movies and books that are possibly useful for many. There are numerous of blogs that dedicate their entries to praising the Lord and giving daily testimonies about the grace of God in their lives (which was my intention of this blog initially, but i guess my self-centredness got the better of me ): )

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Anyway, note to self: be positive! :D My devotional journal for today has this part where it says: You Become What You Think.

An excerpt:

"Your positive or your negative lifestyle will indeed affect every function of your body. If you dwell on negative things, you will spout negative words and have negative facial expressions and body gestures. Being negative keeps you unproductive and focusing on self. When you think negatively, you simply do not accomplish as much in a day as you think positively."

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS. I WILL SAY IT AGAIN: REJOICE! -Phil 4:4

God's grace is sufficient for me :)

I don't know whether to feel happy or scared that I am in hall.
There has been a big commotion over the recent sightings of 2 intruders, one of whom has been caught on CCTV. This has been rather exciting (like wah, we have totally no life and we need such people to entertain us!) and traumatizing at the same time because now the safety of female hall residents (especially the unfenced TH) is now severly at stake.
Though I have not seen these 2 intruders around, listening to the tales of friends who have seen him prowling around & even made eye contact with him is horrifying enough.

I don't have many pressing project deadlines or whatsoever, but final year exams are looming. I find myself unable to focus or get down to doing real productive revision lately and it scares me to know that I am living such a life. Hall life is great in the sense that I get to have friends around me ALL THE TIME and there's always activity, like a whole night of trainings or just hanging out with friends. Socially, I am very satisfied but deep down I know I can't sustain such a lifestyle cos studies are of major priority ):

"It's not the number of hours you put in but the quality of work produced during the given time."

Note to self:
1) No online messenging while doing work
2) No Facebook until I have completed my tasks
3) Lock my ROOM! :)

On a lighter note, my week has been rather fulfilling cos I walked Jesse and Russell for 3 days and had a helluva fun time with Bimbong & Momo on Friday night (:

For my first day of dog walking, I had severe major hiccups, much credit to the erratic weather! Firstly, I also have myself to blame because I couldn't remember the directions to Jo's house (even though she has given clear instructions 3 days before). I conveniently took the bus from the wrong bus stop and conveniently alighted at the wrong stops. Hence, I had to cross and re-cross overhead bridges for 123456789 times. It didn't help that it started pouring all of a sudden & I couldn't get a cab because I was on the AYE. HAHAHA. MAJOR MISTAKE. So thankfully, I called Sue-jean who happened to live near Jo and asked her for directions & she was indeed a great help :)
After 123456 hours, I managed to find my way to the correct bus stop but subsequently got lost in the private estate area. AHHA. But thankfully by the time I reached Jo's place, the rain has stopped so I could bring the dogs out. BUT alas, the thunder had to rumble 5 mins into my walk and Jesse was so scared she refused to budge! ): Her hindlegs were trembling and she remained rooted, to the broadest sense of the word, to the ground. No matter how much I cajoled her, she refused to move an inch ): I called Jo and she said I'd have to just pull her along and in the end, the dog tag broke ): But thankfully, it all went alright eventually.

The subsequent 2 days were awesome & glitch-free and I'm beginning to get more confident with handling dogs! (: It's really cute to watch them pee & have them jump and catch the ice cubes I throw to them after the walk. They are such adorable beings :)

Bimbong & Momo never fail to make my days, seriously. It helps that I share the same sports as them too so whenever I feel damn jaded during trainings, their presence can lift up my mood (: We had a mini-exclusive outing to Vivocity just to eat Haagen Daz cos of my expiring pathetic $10 gift voucher. Ahaha quite a silly excuse, but the outing was super fun (: Embarrassed ourselves TTM at Haagen Daz cos we took mother-long to come to a decision for our orders. It was mighty hilarious to see 3 different staff coming to us and asking us whether we were ready to place our orders. Bimbong seriously cracks the both of us up and we felt so proud of ourselves to have thought of her affectionate nickname so spontaneously. (: Though the icecream was really quite palatable, the pathetically-small Belgium waffle baffled us because it costs a mother $5! Daylight robbery, seriously. -.-

Erratic weather. Don't know whether to feel happy or sad because of it. HAHA. It makes me sleep because it's sooooo cooling but it wakes me up at the same time because of the thunder.

):/ (:?