SC RETREAT

Finally, our student council retreat is over! It was awesome! I was so worried that things might not go on that well but everything went perfectly fine during the retreat. And I thank God for that. My fast & pray did help me to grow spiritually and I believe God heard all my prayers. The hotel that we stayed was very comfortable. It was Rainbow Paradise Beach Resort, next to Flamingo hotel. The price was reasonably good and the service was also very good. I'm happy that everyone liked it. I love the hotel beds! It was super comfortable and cozy. Now I miss the bed. :(

We also had sessions in the meeting room for three days. The sessions was very good. We managed to get a lot of things done. And we realised that things weren't as simple as we thought. Especially the Standard Operating Procedures(SOP). We did the timeline for 3 events and thought that we were so productive because Mr.JP's had only expected us to complete one SOP during this retreat. But finally we found out that there were soooooo much more things that have got to be done in the SOP. We had to make it so much more detailed. And we thought we were heroes. Haha. We finally managed to get one SOP done and presented on Sunday. Proud of ourselves! The old council helped us a lot. I'm really thankful to them because they shared a lot of their personal experience with us. Especially Yen Ping, I was in the same room as Yen Ping and Rocyie. We talked a lot about the problems in the council and Yen Ping had shared with us so many experience of hers in the council which i find it very helpful.

Other thing we managed to do is our job description. Now committee member no longer exists in the council. We have events coordinator which is me, and publicity coordinator which is Bryan. Events coordinator is a very heavy position. Yen Ping also also told me that I would have a lot more responsibilities. I like the new position because it really suits what I like to do but at the same time, I'm actually very worried that i might not be able to take up such heavy responsibilities. My studies will most probably be affected. But I will still continue to pray about this and I believe if God put me into this, he will bring me through this too.

Life as a student council isn't that easy as I thought It would be. We really have to help each other out. I love our council and I would really hope that we can do a good job. This retreat have helped us to get closer to each other and helped us to understand each others' flaws and strengths. I believe that we will do much better after this!

And I bought two pairs of earrings, a bracelet, four key chains and tau sa pia from Penang! I have not been there for a very long time and I don't remember anything about Penang except the necklace I bought with a glowing rice that has my name on it! We went to Batu Ferringhi the first night and Gurney drive on the second night. The food in Gurney drive was awe---some! Somehow I managed to eat a lot of food without feeling very full! The others were surprised that I actually ate so much. The amount of food I had was actually comparable to how much Jon Gui ate. Haha. The food was cheap but the portion was also not that big. In the end, I managed to try different types of food!

Now we are all back to our lives, where we have so much more to do and to go through. But this trip is definitely memorable to all of us. We did not even need ice breakers to break the ice, we have already bonded with each other. And I got to know the old councils better and they are awesome people! They have made the trip very interesting. I really enjoyed myself during this retreat.:)

Once again, thank you Lord for helping me so much and listening to my prayers! And also my mum that have gave me a lot of advices on planning this trip.

H&M OPENING

Went to H&M with michelle, divya and xiao hui on Saturday. It is the first H&M outlet in Malaysia. When we got there around 11.15am, the place was so crowded and we had to queue to go in. The sad thing is the queue was so far back!


We started queuing from here!

The queue was soooooo long. But luckily we did not have to wait so long to enter the shop. If you have noticed, the girl in black in front was holding a pair of slippers. She looked like she woke up late and rushed all the way there.



H&M Opening in Malaysia

The three girls :D

And, Michelle :)

I had a great time shopping there but the queue to the fitting room was just too long! I was finally satisfied after buying myself a pair of pants and two t-shirts. I spent nearly a hundred ringgit. It was quite a lot and i almost have no money left but the student council still owe me two hundred plus ringgit!

H&M <3

After shopping, we went to Teppanyaki for lunch. It was me and py's favorite restaurant in Sungai Wang. I have not went out with py and jy for quite some time already. I miss them a lot. :( sobs. As usual, I ordered Chicken Teppanyaki.

Chicken Teppanyaki

It was quite a long day for me, i went out for 'dinner' with Alvin later in the evening. It wasn't really a dinner cause both of us did not order any food. I was still feeling very full after having Teppanyaki for lunch. I realise that I get full easily ever since I started fasting. This should be a good thing right?


Jamie Taylor, Hudson Taylor's great great grandson came to my church to speak for the service yesterday. He message was very good indeed and surprisingly he can speak very good chinese. He said that there was once when he preached in chinese, a chinese had to do the translation for him in english! You can just imagine how good is his chinese that someone approached him after the sermon to tell him that his mother tongue should be chinese instead.


Four more days of fasting! Dear Lord, please hear my prayers :) I know You work miracles! :D
Its also four more days to Student Council Retreat! woohoo~ Penang, here we come!

BOOK FAIR

I bought two books from the book fair in college today! I'm so happy because they're CHEAP! I regret for not dropping by yesterday so that i can go back and consider buying a few more and of course get money from my parents, BUT I only manage to find time to go there today and I wanted to save money for our girls' shopping plan tomorrow at h&m! And its so sad that the book fair only lasts for two days. I wanted to buy more books. HMPH. If you know me quite well, you would know that I don't usually read and I'm not those people that enjoys reading beautiful novels but I just love buying books! I know this sounds a lil weird as if I love spending money but please don't get me wrong. I enjoy buying books and take my own sweet time to read it slowly.

The two books I bought are:

1. Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern

How is it possible to know someone you've never met?
    With her marriage already in pieces, Joyce Conway nearly lost everything else. But she survived the terrible accident that left her hospitalized - and now inexplicably, she can remember faces she has never seen, cobblestone Parisian streets shes's never visited. A sudden, overwhelming sense of deja vu has Joyce feeling as if her life is not her own.
    Justin Hitchcock's decision to donate blood was the first thing to come straight from his heart in a long time. He chased his ex-wife and daughter from Chicago to London - and now, restless and lonely, he lectures to bored college students in Dublin. But everything is about to change with the arrival of a basket of muffins with a thank-you note enclosed - the first in a series of anonymous presents that will launch Justin into the heart of a mystery ... and alter two lives.

2. The lost daughter - Diane Chamberlain

Would you live a lie to keep your child? 

     In 1977, pregnant Genevieve Russell disappeared. Twenty years later, her remains are discovered and Timothy Gleason is charged with murder. But there is no sign of the  unborn child.

     Ceecee Wilkes knows how Genevieve died - because she was there. She also knows what happened to the missing infant, because two decades ago CeeCee made the devastating choice to raise the baby as her own.

     Now Timothy Gleason is facing the death penalty, and CeeCee has another choice to make. Tell the truth and destroy her family. Or let an innocent man die to protect a lifetime of lies. * For the fans of Jodi Picoult, this is a must read!

Both books seems very interesting to me! I don't mind lending it to others after I have finish reading it. But please take note that I might take a long time to finish it as I love to read them slowly. I thank God for giving us this day and has granted us safety journey home. Thank you Lord. 

BLESSINGS

Can't believe I'm back to blogging. Its not really common nowadays to blog because there are so many more other so called cool stuffs such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. I came across this very interesting blog that actually inspired me to have a blog of my own. It might also help cause I'm currently struggling in A level's law and business. It would be good if I could practice writing more to learn how to construct my sentences better. I thank God for putting me in an English speaking Christian family. However, after being given ten years of Chinese education, my English seems to have deproved a lot. Now that I have to start using the language more frequently, I find it hard sometimes for me to construct proper sentences. I have to think twice before I speak. But the matter of speaking was not a big issue for me because I have been speaking English at home all these years. Hopefully I'm able to get used to this soon.

Back to my life, I have been very busy these days with my own studies and also the student council retreat project. The project was not easy to handle but I believe God will bring me through. After attending the Awaken last Saturday, I have turned back to the Lord once again. God was so real to me that day, I could feel His presence with us during worship. I am very grateful that God did not give up on me but brought me back to Him that night. I have also decided to fast and pray for ten days till next Friday for a few important prayer items. Mainly for my sister who is now in need of help. I love my sister and I really do not want her to marry a non-Christian. My brother and I have advised her not to get married so soon. This is not about prejudice but this is the word of God clearly given in the bible. My parents knew that she was falling away from God ever since she went into a relationship with Gong Lei(a non-Christian from china who stayed in Singapore for a long time). My parents were not very happy and were very disappointed. But thank God that my sister shared her feelings with all of us. I can tell that she is very stress now. So I hope that my prayers will help and God will show her His plans for her.

Today is my fourth day fasting! Its a miracle how I can not feel hungry in college when I was fasting. Haha. Normally when I try to control my diet in college, it turns out to be a failure because I can't control myself when I see good food! I believe I am highly influenced by Michelle. I saw the canteen aunty selling yam cakes yesterday morning, but I was fasting. O.O Life without good food seems miserable. Once again, I thank God for giving us these good food!

I have been quite stress about the student council retreat next Friday. Hopefully everything can be settled today. My dad thinks that planning this trip is a great opportunity for me to learn more about organizing events. I should be grateful to have this chance to plan this trip. :) As a committee member, I'm not usually given big tasks like this. So having this chance to plan this trip is a great experience. I also do hope that everyone enjoys this trip! Mr.JP has suggested Ananda to put me as a project coordinator which sounds so much better than committee member or commissioner! If they put me as a project coordinator, I will be super busy but I believe that I will enjoy the job a lot. :) I just love organizing events and making people happy. We have heard lots of rumors that many do not have high expectations on our new council. I really do hope that we can prove to the students that we can do better. I just love our council members & our undercover member!

I am very blessed to be in the student council and I believe that God put me there for a reason. It took a miracle for me to get into the council and God did it! Thank you lord! It might affect my studies if I get too involve in the student council. I took on a small position as a committee member to avoid taking up heavy responsibility but still I was put in charge of one of the major events. So no matter what role I take in the council, God will still use me.

'Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.' - Matthew 7:7

I would like to urge you all to always pray and ask God to give you directions. God hears all our prayers and He works! Just keep an open heart for Him to take charge of your life and you will find peace in Him. :)