While waiting for my sister...

1. What's your phone brand?
Nokia

2. What are the last 3 digits in your cell phone number?
349

3. What does the 2nd message in your inbox say?
Hey ange! Yeah... just got here before dinner. passed the stuff to your cousin n met doris.. trying to locate the bubble tea place now :p (Jess)

4. Who's the first person under M?
Madam Janet Wong

5. Who's the last person you rang?
Donny

6. Who was your last missed call from?
(no number)

7. Who's the 2nd person under D?
Dana

8. What does the last message in your inbox say?
Ok. (Cheekins NZ)

9. Who is the second last person under J?Justin T

10. Go to your sent items. What does the 10th message say?
Ok that's good ( to Cheekins NZ)

11. Who's the 4th person under S?
Shahin

12. Who's your network provider?
Vodafone

13. How many messages are currently in your inbox? 680

14. What do you have as your background?
Mrs Fraser's Latherus (cute doggie!!!)

15. Who is the second person under R?Raina

16. Who do you have on speed dial 3?
No one... i only have speed dial 2.

17. If you're on prepaid, how much credit do you have left?
$4.36

18. Who is the last person under C?
Cynthia

19. How many bars of signal do you currently have?
4/4 =D

20. What do you have as your main ringtone?
Nokia tune. How original can a person get :P

Out into the real world...

Sometimes not sure to be myself or to be my real self. me. Is that the same as the worldly me vs the more godly one? Or wait a minute... which is the real me?

Jesus said "be in the world but not of the world."

I am able to express my work day in two versions: the nice or the not-so-nice. Working life is very much more different than i thought. I found it pretty stressful and extremely busy, and i'm not sure if this is because i started at one of the busiest times of the year, the week before Christmas. But for whatever reason, the most important thing is for ME to have a positive, learning and Christlike attitude in everything i do. Especially during the first few days of work, i found myself meditating on Colossians 3:23. Just repeating the Word as i dispense, as i revise in my head what i need to remember to do, as i start my runs to Mercy, Francis Hodgkins and the Hospice. I know that wherever i am, whatever i do, God is with me. It's easier now that i've settled more into a routine, with my priority on contract dispensing. But i still have a gazillion things to learn. There's still so much to pick up on and remember, but in a year's time, i want to be able to look back and say "It has been a great year." Thank you God for my colleagues... After my first day at work, my great Dad reminded me "Rejoice in the day that the Lord has made. Today has gone. Begin afresh tomorrow." And i try to..

praying for His wisdom, mercy and grace.

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Christmas isnt Christmas till it happens in your heart. What is the reason for this season? If it was all taken away, the tree and the lights, the presents and the people, the delicious turkey for dinner, that kiss under the mistletoe...

What is the reason?

The birth of a significant somebody to become a nobody. Because me, who i had thought was a nobody, was actually a somebody to Him. Jesus, thank you.

My Dad, Mum and Daniel have left today. I missed you guys very very much... :'( A lot lot lot...

So you're moving?? =(

Events

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans - Beautiful Boy by John Lennon

I cant believe it's over.. the Health Sciences graduation ceremony on the 9th December 2006. We were praying for good weather and guess what, by the time Dad, Mum and i came out from the Thanksgiving ceremony at Holy Name, the sun was beaming down on us!! It was awesome!! We were able to parade down George Street. It felt really odd to be one of the "red carpet celebrities" instead of being at the sideline taking pictures and waving to grab the attention of friends and family that were graduating. I thought that it would be a day when smiling would reflect how i felt inside and then later become a pasted expression on my face just cos, but i was surprised when i came home that day, smiling still, and realising that it was a genuine smile from the start till the end. And even better... my facial muscles werent sore at all!! Here's one for the road...

I love Otago!!

No, make that 3...

buddies Lye Funn, Maryam and Jean

covering our heads with the graduation cap when it momentarily drizzled

with my siblings

Aik Ming and his brother Yit Kiet (did i spell that right? >.<) came to Dunedin for a visit. He's still tall. And nope, i havent caught up and i dont think i ever will =P It was good to catch up and to be sitting in the lounge listening to foochow foochow everywhere! =) It felt just like home. I hope that you had a good trip here. Keep up that exercise up Baldwin Street! Hee..

with the brothers up Baldwin Street (can you see the trickle of sweat down the side of my face? =P)

I passed my driving test!!! So now i've got a full NZ drivers licence. *big grin* Thanks to my instructors Josh and Las, and thanks Josh for lending me your car. Now i can chaffeur you around ya? =P

with Lye Funn in Waimate

But one piece of sad news. Lye Funn has left for Waimate ='( It's hard to believe that we're all dispersed all over New Zealand: with Lye Funn in Waimate; Vic in Hawkes Bay; Megh, Maryam and Jean in Auckland. And not forgetting Fady in Sydney. I'm going to miss them a lot.. 4 years of Pharmacy completed.

And my first day of work officially starts tomorrow!!! *excited*

Stocktaking

You know you've been cooped in a supermarket too long when "Cheesy Macaroni" puts a smile on your face.

One-off job. Stocktaking.

Day 2: I've never felt so alone in a while.. first counting cigarettes, on shelves and then in drawers, and then in that little corner counting boxes of chocolates. It would have been so much better if there was someone else with me. But all i could do for company is to look into the store from the checkout counters and try to catch a glimpse of another person wearing a blue vest like mine. But as the minutes passed, it got harder and harder... and eventually, i felt as though i was the only one left. It was good when i finished Location 504. Item count: 2971. Phew!

I'm feeling quite airy fairy today and i dont like that very much. :S

But as always, there's something to be thankful for. And i'm thankful for the hands to be able to work. =)