Knocks and Debs

I like this!

Yes! Doesn't she look like Edna from 'The Incredibles'?

She posed for me. Emo betul. hehe

Her favourite pose

Syabas

.....kepada SYABAS kerana membekalkan air berwarna kuning kepada penghuni Kolej Kediaman Keempat!

Aah. There is no water in the whole university. Oh well. I'm alright. No big deal (yeah right). Actually I can still bathe with one pail of water. But I definitely need to boil mineral water to make my cereal or coffee. Please don't expect me to use the yellow water to make my drinks. Oh dear.

Well, this is uni life. I still got few more months to do the things that I won't be doing after that, like struggling to carry 1 pail of water and 2 bottles from the car park all the way to the 2nd floor and up to the end of the block which is like so FAR away.

Well, who knows. Maybe this is how God is trying to prepare me for some ulu place which He's going to send me to in the future. Who knows maybe I would need to carry buckets of water from the river to my small hut which is going to be far, far away and up a hill.

Ehehe.

My Panda is back!

I thank God. Now I really know what it is to rediscover something that was lost. Like what Philip Yancey wrote in his book 'What's so amazing about grace', to lose, and then find...makes the owner happier than the day she got it in the first place.

Lately it's been a dry spell. I don't know what pictures to take. Was thinking...I WILL one day attempt street photography because I find it interesting. (when I have the time..and a better camera..hehe)

Oh well.

Just now, in the evening, my room was dark, and the sky was so orange-y. I felt that my room had a nice feeling to it, and my room-mate was studying. I felt..I should capture that moment.

Yesterday, it rained in Banting, and again I was looking for spider webs after the rained stop.

And then I saw some ants...as usual..hehe

Oh, and another thing. I usually take pictures to de-stress myself. So yeah...you can roughly guess what I'm feeling right now.

Sigh.

Have you seen Panda?

MISSING

Sigh.

Sobs.

:-(

Boo!

:-) and :-(

Sigh.

Sometimes I am like this, all bright and sunny.

But most of the time I am like this, glum and gloomy.

I am so tired of you.

My...

Plant Physiology lecturer

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Cameron Highlands

How fast the week has passed by and there is still so much of unfinished work. eg. studying! On Sunday I went for my church family camp. I went with very low expectations and I wanted to get away from something (and someone) for a few days.

But God indeed surprised me. Things turned out quite differently from what I initially expected. I had a wonderful time with Him and with people. I think I needed it. I needed a break from the unseen things that are happening in my life.

Some thoughts that have stayed with me since camp.

• Sometimes we pretend to have some form of godliness. It is like a gold-coated ring that looks expensive but in actual fact it is not because of the impurities that are hidden behind it.
• God will show me greater things than this. Am I prepared for it?
• I take courage when I read 2 Corinthians 4:16. 'Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.'

Here are some of my favourite pictures taken at Camerons.

This No-Name Doggy made my stay at Chefoo a rather enjoyable one. On the first day it was quite apprehensive of me..but ooh, we bonded perfectly well once we got acquainted with each other...hehehe

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After gobbling down the scones, I asked Meng Yee to teman me to walk to the nearby stream. It was after the rain and I felt that the place was so lovely. The ground was covered with moss and there were rain drops on the trees, leaves, flowers and everything else..

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My mum and I. I'm so glad she went also.

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My pastor's daughter.

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Siew Hoon. hehehe

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I see 2 groups of people here. 3 of them are already church leaders. The other group will be the future church leaders. Yes?...hehe

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Mona. I like the blue sky! That's why I asked her to stand facing the sun and the blue sky behind her. :-)

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Red, Yellow and Green

*** It was my 2nd time in Camerons this year. I can still remember the first time (this year) I went which was somewhere around May and then I got terribly ill the day after I went back home. I will be going back in November! I don't think I will ever get tired of this place...

***Marchantia. I fell down like a cempedak while looking for this. It was my first time seeing this outside of a Bio lab. I think I got too excited that's why I fell.hehe...
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The four pictures above were taken at Sg. Palas Boh Tea Plantation.

Cameron Highlands...Once Again: Part 1

Cameron Highlands...Once Again: Part 2

Cameron Highlands...Once Again: Part 3

Simple.

This orang asli boy's name is Bindu. He's one of the few orang asli kids whom I see every Saturday.

So many thoughts running through my mind that I don't know how to sort them out.

Something is still keeping me sane.

I need you Jesus, where else can I go?

B213

Ooh. After three years and I finally have internet access in my college room. (I know, I know it's all because of you Michael. I don't say your name, nanti I'll kena from you..hehe).

So, for my first post from my room, I've decided to put caterpillar pictures.

This is so ME right?

:-)

Aah. Hands were shaky and it was getting dark. Not too happy with the pics. But oh well. It's amazing to know how it actually looks like. I didn't know its legs look like that. Tiny little flaps stuck together.

Good news.

Doctor has reduced my steroid pills from 10 to 8. This is for 2 weeks. And then, I will be taking 6,5 and 4 pills every 2 weeks. How do I feel? Happy of course! And there's more. This doctor and an SLE society counselor were surprised that my face isn't so rounded. (yes, steroids is supposed to make my face puffed up). She even asked me whether I've been taking my pills everyday. Well OF COURSE!

Overall, everything is fine and is under controlled. Blood test result was very good and I am feeling very good. (but a wee bit tired sometimes if the day is packed with classes). Other than that, I'm alright!

Oh, and my skin is fantastic! hehe. I don't have any sun spots on my hands or my face but ONLY 5 very small faded spots on my legs. This is like less than 2 months since I was out of the hospital which is a good thing. I thought I would have rashes, but nopes, there isn't any.

Aah. But I'll be seeing my skin doctor this Tuesday. Sigh. I've to skip classes AGAIN.

Everyday I take: 8 steroids+1 anti-malarial pill+2 calciterol+1 calcium+4 supplement pills. Fuh, 16 pills. Before this it was 18 pills.

Me!

Updates! (with pictures of course)

Be prepared for a rather lengthy post.

Yes,classes started last Monday and I can tell you that it was a tremendous week for me and I experienced so many of God's blessings. Seriously. I'm not lying.

There are only few special moments between me and another person that make my heart melt. Sometimes I feel that I am so undeserving to receive such a response for so a person. What have I done to receive such kindness and appreciation?

Last Tuesday my heart was so touched and this feeling I had was something I never experienced before. And I asked God why did he seperate us? This was my first time having such a friend as her in college and I hoped I could so something more.

My ex-room-mate, Alli and I bumped into each other at the dining hall. I was so surprised to see her being so surprised to see me. I thought she would just smile and greet me with a few words but no. We shook hands and then we started talking. I really wanted to see her but did not have the time. And so she told me how lonely she was in her room, how her new room-mate was so boring.

But it's not the words that she spoke but the tears that filled her eyes, that touched my heart so much. .She was too happy to see me. Of course I was happy to see her , but I did not expect her to be like that.hmmm...I think it's because I wrote her a rather lengthy note before I left last semester....maybe it's because of that?...

This is something that I've been praying for the whole of last semester, that I be a good friend to her not only as a room-mate.

You know, I have this very interesting idea..one of the nights(if I'm free), I'm going to carry my bottle of mixed nuts with me, and then walk to Alli's room and spend some time talking to her(if she's free too)...and also my other ex-roomie, Lintau. Sometimes my room is too quiet.

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Other interesting events,

• I dissected a mouse that reminded me of Reepicheep, Peepicheep and the rat in Ratatoille. It was so interesting to see the bloodied organs on a dead mouse that was 'terpelanting' on the rubber board. Oh my...
• God answered my prayers during the last week. I wanted to meet a Punjabi Christian girl during dinner, and whaddayaknow, she messaged me instead! Had a great time catching up with her and also talking about punjabis and their religion.
• I was really hoping to meet a Christian junior at 4th, and whaddayaknow, during lunch I saw a girl wearing the 'oh-so-famous' FES Legacy Live T-shirt. And of course I seized the oppurtunity and talked to her :-) very good!!
• My lecturer is so kind that she allowed me to register her subject that is clashing 30minutes with another subject. I tell you, the world would be a miserable place without such kind hearted lecturers.
• My two new room-mates are nice girls but rather quiet. One is from Banting!
• I had few meaningful conversations with different people especially the juniors. It was good.
• I have started to do journalling (a proper one) again which I think is good (for me at least).

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You know, taking pictures de-stresses me, at least for a while. :-)

Everyone knows why I love the sun

It's a baby dragonfly!

Mangosteens from the William Mangosteen tree.

Why I like ants. Red ants only.

An ant carrying a dead relative.hehe (It would be so nice if this picture was much sharper)

And when I'm bored and the 2 girls are not in, I do this...

:)

Tomorrow will be my first check up! I am nervous.