Berry picking at last!

Fun with Gloria in Melb

Birthday!

Tassie trip photos

Tassie is beautiful...simply enchanting.

Great Ocean Road

Yarra Valley

Nice scenery, great company, wine tasting and fine dining!!! What a perfect day!

Stressful October!!!!

So many assignments...not enough time!!! Will not think about it now...haha:p Enjoy the photos we took during our semester break:o)

Williamstown

Tulip Festival

It is SPRING!!!

Took some crazy photos on campus two weeks ago:p Spring is here!!!!

And I spent a day at Williamstown...a quiet but beautiful town. I even visited the Sciencework which is similar to our Science centre. Very educational...but I am too lazy to download the photos into my laptop. Btw the church will be going to the tulips festival after service on Sunday. So I will upload all the pictures at one shot...when I have time...heehee

Highlights for September

I am currently working on the ethic committee approval which I need to submit by the 25th of this month and an assignment due in early October. After which, I have 3 assignments due in early November. But these are not the highlights for September! Heehee...

FOOD! GLORIOUS FOOD!
- Cell group outing on the 1st of sept
We had Malaysian food (Hainanese chicken, laska, beef hor fun, mee goreng, fried kway tiao and seafood noodle) followed by ice chocolate at Koko black (Lygon)...must try that...very nice:p
- another cell group outing today
We will be going to Springvale for dim sum. Heard it is very nice!!! Can't wait!

Kokoda Walk
- the church will be going for a 1000 steps walk after service this Sunday...hope all my gym workouts will pay off!

Great Ocean Road
- I will be going to GOR again but only for 2 days with my friends in Melbourne during the two weeks semester break. I figure that I need a break from all my assignments! A short break will be nice and it will be our last trip as a group. After that, we will all be busy with assignments and packing to go back to Singapore!

Berry picking
- the cell group is planning strawberry picking trip. Don't know where and when but I hope we will get to go:o)

My mini library

I am on a "shopping spree" for books at the education library because it will be closed from 14 of sept to next year for renovation. HOW CAN THEY DO THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEMESTER >o( (angry face). We need books for assignments and research!!!! VERY UPSET!

Apparently there were two or more demonstrations by the students...but...sigh... . Anyway, I have got over it. See my mini library below...guess how many books have I borrowed? HAHA!!! Give a hint...we can borrow up to 100 books. BTW, this is not the end:p

Transformation?

Just like to share a thought about my journey in Melbourne. As I go through each day, I feel that God is revealing His purpose for me in Melbourne. He wants me to look at myself...look at who I am and who He wants me to be.

To begin with I need to work on my perception...who I believe myself to be...my self-beliefs! I am not going in detail but what I mean is I know that I am victorious in God...but I never really believe in it. It is just head knowledge. I don't really believe that I am "significant, accepted, safe and secure" (quoting from the Beta series that we are doing in cg). I feel that in order to believe in all that, I have to let go of myself, my background, my past, my identity...which is quite scary (even though they are bad qualities) because I have to come out of my comfort zone. I mean it is so difficult to let go of my identity...the identity that is in me for so many years...in fact all my life and just give it to God so that He can transform me. Actually, I feel that I am my own hurdle. I hinder myself almost of the time.

Well, it is about time to think about it and work on it. No more escaping...it has always been parked at the back of my head all this while but there are always so many things to do that I never really dealt with myself...I guess God brought me here so that I cannot run away anymore...I have to build myself to be more effective for Him. I have to move on and change! Don't know if I can do it...but with God all things are possible!

Better get serious!

In case you didn't notice, I have been enjoying myself since my return from Singapore. Can't snap out of my holiday mood...oh no!!! I told my supervisor that I will finish my Literature review by the end of the month (btw I found a supervisor and currently working on my thesis). Guess what? I am not even 10% done! Oh No!!! I better get going! On top of the thesis, I have 4 assignments this semester. OH NO! Ok, don't fret! I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!!!!! Stop PROCRASTINATING and START WORKING!!!!

August events

National Day Celebration 2007 in Melbourne
















See how red we are!!!





Yong Tau Foo Outing

We are outside the yong tau foo shop. Just look at our bags and faces! Heehee...so satisfied with what we brought :o)

Ballarat

I went to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat today. Ballarat was a mining town in the 1850s. Soverign Hill is a recreation of the goldfields at that time. It was educational and fun. I enjoyed myself and learnt more about the "gold diggers".

National Day

National Day was a disappointment! A few of us went to the National Day celebration organised by Uni Melb's SSS (Singapore Student Society). They promised big screen for NDP but the screen was small and the computer hang all the time. In the end, we did not get to watch it at all:o( The event was held in a pub and we had to pay $12...but we had fun anyway. We were entertaining ourselves...fooling around, playing silly games and taking photos:o)

Will show you the photos will my friends pass them to me on Tues.

Mount Buller Trip

I went to Mt Buller last Saturday. Told myself that I must experience snowing. I mean I have seen and touched snow in New Zealand but not snowing! Heehee...God granted my wish!!! In fact, it was snowing the WHOLE DAY! It was so cold that I wished it would stop. Haha!

The view up in the mountain was...SPECTACULAR. I had a great time with Li Nah and Jenny (2 Singaporeans who just arrived). We took the chairlift which is around AU$19 and I love toboggan!!! SO FUN!!!

As I was reflecting on the trip, I have so many things to give thanks. Besides, the snow, fun and good company. Most of all, I want to thank God for safety. We booked a day trip to Mt Buller and there were 2 pick-up point, one at the city and the other at boxhill. I am the only one staying in the city which means I need to be in the city as early as 5.50am...alone. I checked the tram schedule and apparently there were no tram at that time.

To be honest, I was very worried because it can be quite dangerous walking early in the morning. It is so dark and quiet and there may drunkards and homeless in the city. I pray...very hard for God to provide me with a solution. However, I was still worried after praying. In fact, I was so scared...heehee...that I could not sleep that night.

Anyway, I woke up at 4.30am and left the house at 5.05am as it will take me around 40min to walk. The moment I stepped out of my apartment...lo and behold...there was a tram...waiting (I would like to think it was waiting for me:p). Thank God! I did not have to walk to town and I got there on time. I felt so silly for worrying!

My new boots

I bought a new pair of boots some time ago. Nice?