~**pRiNcEsS diAriEs**~

had a really good preacher at church today.. he was very cute in his mannerisms and all and he brought up some really interesting points.. i guess what really spoke to me was:

* how we have the survival spirit in us.. and we are not dead unless we are dead
* how we are NOT victims in life but VICTORS in life..

i guess it is just very encouraging when u feel so overwhelmed with everything u have to do and feel like ur going to crumple under pressure any moment..

went for lunch at joondalup bbq.. the SIA guyz joined us this time and after lunch for some strange reason some ppl wnated to take a pic on the road since it was rather empty and "how often does this happen" acutally i think quite often in perth compared to singapore i guess.. but yahz...



had leaders meeting after that and had to go home and crash study since i have a test tom! eeks! more language and literacy stuff to learn.. and all these midterms coming up... starting to get abit worried :/

car ran out of fuel on the freeway.. it was at nite too and was kinda a scary experience.. these red lights started flashing on the dashboard.. the more you tried to press the accelerator, the slower and more jerky the car was... so yah.. had to call for help... ended up getting fuel off the paul family coz they had some for their lawmmover... yah.. then pumped up... coz david was sending the highschoolers home, he came with see tim n ryan too.. coudl tell they were trying to pull a straight face..

how embarrassing! nwo i know teh MAX my tank can drive is 700km... eeks!

was going to watch a movie with david using our free vouchers but nooo.. we couldnt use it coz the movie was nft and the other movie times showing were at odd times.. then went back home.. then was going to try out this restaurant in joondalup from the entertainment book but nooo.. it was closed on sunday.. ah well... we went to another restaurant my mum told us about in mindarie.. food was ok.. atmosphere wasnt all that great but it was ok... we thought it was the restaurant right by the riverfront but it wasnt...

this was our entree...


then was in the car and then the radio happened to have this sermon by chuck swindoll, which we listened to before going home.. it was about building and sustaining a ministry by not building a monument to oneself because God can only contain the glory.. quite interesting stuff.. i like the american accent hey!

long day so tiring.. the only thing worth noting is that i guess i played pool with bao at curriehall during our break from 12-1pm

went to see cirque de soliel! it was a pretty good performance.. must say those people were really talented in terms of flexibility, balance and humour! :) hehee..



after that went to shermaine's house for her bday party or get-together kinda thing... it was good to see some people again like dorcas..

me n the birthday girl~


shermaine was trying to do some blood pressure thing and see how music afffects ur heart rate.. it was hard for me to get a reading either because the machine was faulty or there's something wrong with me.. but did manage to get one reading after i dunno how many times.. but yeh.. its 67 when resting.. i thot i would be really unhealthy hey.. joy was pretty unhealthy.. a staggering 85! i couldnt do the music thing because it was just too hard to get a reading..

played taboo too! and we won!! we won!! hehehe :D

had the individual interview today... was the first group of people to be interviewed..
but then again, my interview skills werent really good (was talking about my weaknesses instead of my strengths and just blab about i dunno what.. i think they were pretty confused too).. then i was saying how im not a very creative type person and not really one of those people that would lead a group discussion in a team environment... then they were like "did you know one of the core values and valued behaviour is innovation and creativity? what do you hav to say to that?" "well, i dun despice it.. im open to new things?" had a really hard question on legislation in australia and why its needed.. how is the government made accountable and how are public servants made accountable? hmmm...

oh well..

lunch~


had a sightseeing bus tour of canberra.. it was nice..

was in Canberra Aug 8-10 for the assessment centre thing!!! :)

i would say that in itself didnt go too well for me...
4 assessments:
# the group one i didnt really say much in the group discussion
# the numerical one was rather ok but i didnt finish it
# the analytical one on superannuation in australia was rather biased in the end beacuse we didnt get our full time and i didnt finish do a whole questiona ltogether
# the im-promtu 20min presentation on the health care system in australia i had no idea what i was talking about and came up with some pretty lame stuff..

at nite, had dinner with the assessors at an indian restaurant.. let's just say the food was nice and i really enjoyed it.. i dun think i made a really good impression on the assessors tho.. not that i said much...

this is me outside the department of finance and administration :) n the group of us attending this cadetship assessment centre...



ooo.. n its Singapore National Day today too!

dad's bday today!
had a surprise party for him.. glad everything kinda turned out ok.. i mean, it was a surprise afterall :) hehe..
i had fun today.. taking lotsa pictures.. as can be seen................






later went to church for music prac..
im really exhausted hey..
quite stressed with the amount of work i have to do.. i think i might have over-committed myself in the various areas... i need strength!

such a mean mean lecturer! i have an assignment that is only coming out on monday and then due the following monday.. and you know how im going to be in canberra on monday and kinda getting back on wed nite/thurs... and thurs i have to work so the only time i can get the assignment is on fri (since its not available online), then im asking for a slight extension since i will have to get the notes for the week and try and catch up and do the assignment.. but no, he wouldnt give me an extension for it! how mean! he said get the notes and assignment on fri, do it over the weekend and hand it in on time! like err... how am i going to do that?!!! i have other things to do over the weekend as well too rite! :(

went to work at refresh today.. entering the invoices into the system.. ahha.. been awhile since i used myob in high school.. but it was pretty good..
then i had to go to kumon and teach the kids.. by then, i was acutally pretty tired and exhausted coz i also didnt eat lunch..

home for dinner (or more like a snack) since there was meant to be food at joy's colours award ceremony.. but yeh..

went to joy's colours award ceremony.. basically it was quite a disaster! sam wants to demand a refund! having paid $30 to go for my dad and i to attend this award my sis was getting, we had to get our own tables from the classrooms, carry our own chairs out, didnt get any food or drink (not even water!) which the other tables got.. so unprofessional.. apparently, some people paid for less people but just brought more people anyway...



grr!! anywayz...
work work and more work to do...
really need God's grace to survive this semester..

i did mystery shopping at ANZ northbridge with alvin.. he thought i kinda made a contradiction in my statement but at least it shows that im not good at lying.. ah well.. we went to sparrows for lunch.. yummy food.. hehe.. ended up missing our maths for economists class... checked out the forrest chase maccas to see if they had the toys but they didnt.. tried convincing the people at 24h william street maccas to sell me the display toys but they wouldnt.. :( went back to uni to go to my language and literacy class.. it was pretty interesting.. we 'learned' the malay, thai and chinese lanugage system and stuff...

but... continued my Huffalump Mcdonalds toy search.. after class, i dropped my fren off in Girawheen and went to the mirrabooka maccas, kingsway maccas, ocean reef maccas and currambine maccas.. didnt manage to get any toys but the person at ocean reef suggested i call head office coz that is where they send all the toys back to after the happy meal toy promotion is over.. so yah.. that is what i did... they said they had none in perth coz it was a popular toy.. she suggested calling sydney head office... which is what i am intending on doing.... some people think im alittle desperate and crazy for these toys.. hmmm.. but they are sooo cute!!! :) hehehee

at nite, heard about zac meeting with an accident and being admitted to hospital.. so went to see him but didnt really end up seeing him coz he was in the emergency department and they had pretty restrictive rules about visitng and stuff and there were just too many people and stuff.. ah well.. at least he wasnt that badly injured.. just really bruised.. hope he feels and gets better :)