FILLED.

oh my, i've been eating and eating some more.

but i'm happpppy. 

more food, family and fellowship for a few more days.

i like. 

xoxo

WAVES MAKE YOU STRONGER.

i went for a swim like i usually do every monday.

it's a pretty good rest thing for me.

from afar, i saw a bigger guy coming alongside me in the opposite direction. 

and oh i saw those waves coming.

as they drew closer to me, those waves, i began to pull my strokes with greater force, quicken my momentum and kick a little harder to ensure that i kept on track and oh, didn't swallow any water. 

and that's when it came to me. 

how waves make you stronger. 

you might struggle a little to keep your balance, perhaps push yourself a little harder, or maybe even put in a little more to keep yourself on course.

but they most certainly won't kill you. 

oh but when they pass, you'll realize that you've just gotten a little bit tougher.

thank you for the waves that have made me stronger. 

xoxo

HOLD ON TIGHT.

i am about to hit the sack. 

so much has happened over the last few days...mixed stuff.

just really wanna share this cause it really made my night.

hope it makes yours - day or night, wherever you are. 

xoxo

*hold on tight

THOSE LOVE SEEDS

it's funny how i've been to the club time and again but never noticed these seeds. 

it's kinda like doing the same thing over again but realizing that there's always more to discover each time you look.

it's cool that life is a mystery. 

you get to be a part of it as a new chapter begins. 

i think i wouldn't really want to read a book if i knew the ending already. 

watch life enfold, with me. 

xoxo

i wanna ANIMATE >

i used to learn css in school and i'm still (occasionally)pretty bummed that i didn't pay much attention to it. 

can remember some, but not much.

it could sure come in useful to what i wanna do now. 

like make a gif. 

it isn't that difficult and you could follow steps to do it, if you have time, but i don't really have much now; so there's this! 

found it on this site and you can get ya gif in an instant. 

http://picasion.com/

when i find time, i'm gonna do one on my own. 
and i'll show you when i do (:
xoxo

ALL ABOUT I DO'S.

we were talking after work and a colleague asked where we'd like our weddings to be. 

one said church and another said hotel. 

i said "beach" in a heartbeat. 

that was before i saw this.

on second thoughts, a garden would cut it too (: 

happy friday!

enjoy. 

xoxo

TAKE TWO.

it's saturday. 

a day for doing things you love & lovin the things you do. 

i want to take you for a walk again! 

xoxo

A WALK IN THE PARK

i did it. 

i took time out to waste a little time today and i took a walk in the park.

also managed to make time for friends at a wake today and found out that their gramps was from the same church as my first. there's a service on tonight and i don't know if they will meet him tonight. 

i don't really know if i want them to. 

this world is way too small. 

4 more hours till my sis comes back with a HUGE stash of h&m, or so i heard. 

it's been an awesome sat so far. 

xoxo

NO TIME TO WASTE.

and so i grabbed my ipod and shuffled the songs. 

this song played out. a song i used to like and play on repeat mode the very moment i got hold of it. 

sometimes it is nice to waste time. 

you heard me right. 

to find time to do nothing. 

not all the time because it will lose its novelty. 

but once in awhile, it is necessary. 

to just sit by the beach and...

watch the birds feed on food leftover by beach rompers. 

watch the sweat fall off joggers passing by. 

count the number of tandem bikes wheezing past. 

watch wanna-be fishermen draw in their catch. 

watch little kids run scurry around, fly kites, walk their dogs. 

watch the clouds roll by. 

it's about time to make time to waste time

xoxo

"Chasing Cars"

Snow Patrol

We'll do it all

Everything

On our own

We don't need

Anything

Or anyone

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don't quite know

How to say

How I feel

Those three words

Are said too much

They're not enough

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told

Before we get too old

Show me a garden that's bursting into life

Let's waste time

Chasing cars

Around our heads

I need your grace

To remind me

To find my own

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Forget what we're told

Before we get too old

Show me a garden that's bursting into life

All that I am

All that I ever was

Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

I don't know where

Confused about how as well

Just know that these things will never change for us at all

If I lay here

If I just lay here

Would you lie with me and just forget the world? 

FIRST ROLL.

i sent my first roll of film to be washed today. 

QARAH moment for me cause she was a genius at removing the film and replacing it with a brand new roll.

will only get it in 3 working days though, and im leaving on Mon. 

oh well, guess i have to wait till i'm back to see what was captured. 

counting down to BKK :) 

xoxo 

BBF :)

.post BBF.

i talked about it here. 

BBF is here. 

see it here! 

xoxo

SWEET CHRISTMAS :)

the sweetest Christmas :)

xoxo

the b'day aftermath.

had a fun-filled day on my birthday, doing 3 of my most favorite things. 

sleeping, eating and spending time with my family :) 

there was another reason why i counted down to today, though. 

in anticipation, bated breath, albeit with sweaty palms, i headed to look for JASON. 

yeah, no one else but JASON. 

because he had the power to determine if i could/couldn't choose. 

the color.

of my spankin' new black bird fly. 

yeah. i still cannot believe it, till i hold it in my hands to concede that it isn't but a dream. 

a very good friend blessed me with it and i am still reeling from shock/surprise. 

alas, they didn't have the color i want but Jason was kind enough to order in one for me. 

thank you for favor, Jesus! :) 

my film is waiting for my new camera to arrive but meanwhile i will experiment with a two-frame camera jojo got me for Christmas. 

i don't usually open stuff before Christmas - i am traditional that way, still waiting for the actual day to open up all my gifts just cause i like it. 

but this one i had to, because she insisted. 

couldn't blame her cause she got it months back from korea, just for me. sweet :) 

xoxo

F21 @ 313

i have a short attention span but i can shop for hours. 

F21, yes four stories of all her glory has opened; like finally. and i got to visit today. 

walking out empty handed would be an injustice. 

not to her. but to me. 

my sister turned her bag upside down and squealed with excitement. glee, maybe. 

at the bottom of the giveaway recyclable bag was inked, "John 3:16"

i was stunned. 

either the store was Christian or the bag company was. 

i have no idea. 

but maybe i didn't feel as guilty about my spoils anymore ;) hah!

xoxo

MAX LUCADO

Christ in Me

by Max Lucado

Like Mary, you and I are indwelt by Christ.

Find that hard to believe? How much more did Mary? No one was more surprised by this miracle than she was. And no one more passive than she was. God did everything. Mary didn't volunteer to help. What did she have to offer? She offered no assistance.

And she offered no resistance. Instead she said, "Behold, the bond- slave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).

Unlike Mary, we tend to assist God, assuming our part is as important as his. Or we resist, thinking we are too bad or too busy. Yet when we assist or resist, we miss God's great grace. We miss out on the reason we were placed on earth-to be so pregnant with heaven's child that he lives through us. To be so full of him that we could say with Paul, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." (Gal. 2:20)

What would that be like? To have a child within is a miracle, but to have Christ within?

To have my voice, but him speaking.
My steps, but Christ leading.
My heart, but his love beating
in me, through me, with me.
What's it like to have Christ on the inside?

To tap his strength when mine expires
or feel the force of heaven's fires
raging, purging wrong desires.
Could Christ become my self entire?

So much him, so little me
That in my eyes it's him they see.
What's it like to a Mary be?
No longer I, but Christ in me.

From Next Door Savior
Copyright (Thomas Nelson, 2003) Max Lucado

NAIL ART -

i went for my very first mani/pedicure today. 

it was a pretty enlightening experience i would say. 

being waited on and pampered isn't something you get used to in a moment or even a day, truly. 

or at least i wouldn't. 

i am pretty much hands on and am used to doing these things myself. 

but Your favor was upon me and the owner of the shop did my nails for me. 

maybe i just really needed to sit still for a few hours and do nothing. 

yeah. just maybe. 

xoxo

IN LIFE & DEATH.

and so in 7 days i've encountered 2 births and 1 death and connected with good friends. 

tragedies & celebrations, are poles apart - yet somehow draw people closer together. 

- selah - 

and so in 7 hours i've encountered 2 lives before death was allowed to set in. 

i was reminded about why i am doing what i was doing. 

an email from a friend telling me how he envied what i was doing. because the work of my hands impacts lives. a text from a friend said the same thing the night before. 

it's funny/amazing how Daddy God always knows when i'm teetering over the edge. 

how he always sends something, someone to reach out and pull me back before i fall.

i rest easy, knowing that You're watching over me. 

keep watching, Daddy. 

keep watching. 

xoxo

HYBRID FLYBIRD -

oh will i get me a flybird this Christmas? 

p.s. i've waited all year to get one and still haven't made up my mind. 

xoxo

rainbow lolly -

i am still wondering what this lolly tastes/would taste like. 

yummmmmmmm :)

xoxo

BIRDS NEST -

my mummy bought bird's nest from BKK back for me. 

loves :)

xoxo