Friday, September 30, 2005
that name is so lame. hey, it rhymes! okay. that IS lame.
i'm tired. and when i'm tired i say things i sometimes don't remember.
when did i say what?
comments:
Freakspace on 30 september 2005 at 06.05
That was really fast! I can usually never get pics up for months after something happens...ah, the joys of not having the internet at home. Hey, instead of Blog Squad there's a new name I want us to use. Nate made it up, it's even gayer than Blog Squad, are you ready? Blog Buddies. Yeah, that's a name that spoons itself...
nate on 03 october 2005 at 09.50
I like that! It "spoons itself"!! We could even combine the words into one hellish concoction - "bloggies"!!
Oh dear... :S
me on 03 october 2005 at 11.41
spooning again? i thought you little boys gave that up already? oh dear is right, natey.
Monday, September 26, 2005
it's monday morning AGAIN!
after the first two weeks, i feel like i've gone backwards in my 'performance' in clinics. took me more than an hour with my first patient, then i had to squeeze my second patient (who i found out had anger management issues) into half an hour which stretched to fifty minutes. that left me with fifteen minutes for lunch...make that ten minutes for lunch and five minutes to read up on two outpatient notes. it didn't help that both of them were initial assessments. sigh.
to top that up, i had to take home and write up both their notes, look up knee problems for my tute tomorrow (which i still haven't done), call heaps of people about different things, clean my room, tidy up the computer area of all my notes and junk, figure out presents for five people, whose birthdays/birthdayparties are coming up, plug jumpstart to all my unifriends (who were on the fence from last year's event) and arrange a time to meet up with my best friend before she leaves for malaysia for good. it's an hour and a half to midnight and i have to go to bed soon or i won't get enough sleep for tomorrow.
ahh...the joys of life before career getst o sink its long complicating claws into you.
comments:
anGe on 27 september 2005 at 01.08
ahhh you're doing a great job!
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
there were things he told me he looked for in a girl.
but if i changed myself to suit that, who will i be? definately not me.
what will i become? fake.
instead, i'm going to walk the road i'm walking on, focused only on one thing.
GOD, His love, His perfect will.
everything else is secondary.
comments:
anGe on 21 september 2005 at 13.20
hmmm *sigh! Just when I was getting excited for you....
you can have lists but they don't really determine if you're willing to love and commit to ther other person.
Besides, guys like to do the chasing. Us women should just wait around and look pretty as they hunt and catch their prey! hahaha
Be in a place where you're not too open and not too closed ... like don't desparately seek or chase a dude ...... but then again, don't stay still and expect God to serve the guy on a silver platter to you .. if that makes sense ... BALANCE ....all about balance!
You'll be right!
G on 21 september 2005 at 14.10
Heh, true that guys like to chase, even though most of the time, he's seen a mile away so it's more of a carefully scripted play... pity the guy's not seen it :P
It's true that somethings shouldn't chase, but there should be a level of compromise existing between two ppl. Just as we're always changing, evolving and growing as people(and christians), growing stagnant using the excuse of "being yourself" isn't the best of options.
Of course, maybe that's WHILE you're dating and not just to try to look attractive enough to get picked up. But my $0.02 :)
me on 22 september 2005 at 10.11
i still like him and all and it's pretty hard not to 'chase' him. remember i said i had second thoughts? i still do like him, tho...you still can be excited, ange.
nate on 23 september 2005 at 10.47
What! I read this post before, but now it occurs to me... Deb!! I think you have some stuff to share @ our next gathering!! :P
You COC'ers are BGR-weird :S
Sunday, September 18, 2005
gravitate collison camp '05
collision camp was a COLLISION of hungry hearts & GOD!
the best place to see what God was doing was upfront, where i was. i saw everyone's faces, their hands lifted up in worship, how much they cried out in hunger. during the last session, i had a glimpse of what God was going to do that morning. i saw people going down on their knees, and a sense of awe came over me. i opened my eyes and saw it come true. (almost) everyone were on their knees in worship.
i think collision 'did its job'. by the end of it, there was some sense of unity between groups. i saw people who never would have talked to the ISZ students laughing their heads of at their jokes. i saw youth talking to adults with such respect/camaraderie i don't think they give their parents.
most of all, i think everyone was changed. now all they have to do is not let themselves slip back into their comfort zones.
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
i was talking about somatic pain, but i guess it kind of works with emotional pain.
hmm..emotional pain can be impossibly hard to deal with especially when you've formed some sort of attachment. sometimes, i wish the numbnessbeforepain that follows the initial insult can last forever. the justkillmenow's are not an option.
it's been more than 4 years since both my grandads have moved on. sometimes during my extended family gatherings, i reminisce to the time where yeye used to jingle his change pocket everytime he came home & all of us grandkids would run to him with our palms out (which was just me. i was 5. dan & ling couldn't even walk yet). i want to relive the times where gung-gung pats my head everytime he came over for afternoon tea with a butter cake no matter how many times mum tells him not to buy them. he doesn't eat them anyway. and i run around trying to avoid his palm from ever touching my head.
i remember staring into yeye in his coffin wondering what we would have talked about if i knew how to speak hokkien and what we would have done together (me being the oldest grandchild) if he wasn't so sick in the last year of his life.
i...i miss them. i miss kissing yeye's stubbly cheek. i miss gung-gung's dance whenever i try to tickle him. most of all how the both of them would smile for no apparent reason at me with their eyes looking at things far away, far from reality.
comments:
anGe on 15 september 2005 at 03.31
At least you got to know your Grandpas :o) Smile at the memories that you had.
Freakspace on 15 September 2005 at 08.34I always forget to ask - what does Euphonius Cognitate mean? That is how you spell it...oh, there's meant to be an 'o' somewhere in there now that I look back.
With reference to this post, I've never seen a dead body before. The first funeral I went to was last year. Guess I'm just really clueless...I don't know what hurts, or how bad it can.
Mr. kaiwin on 15 september 2005 at 13.10
testing testing...
i hope this works,
kaiwin
me, i'm right here next to you on 15 September 2005 at 13.15
i'm happy it works!!!
happy kaiwin
G. on 15 September 2005 at 15.42
Heh... yeah, at least with the older folk, it's understandable. Logical order, the older ppl die first. When siblings die at relative young age... completely screws with your way of thinking and everything. However, it's not something you'd wish on anyone. And then, the ultimate 'experience' a parent losing their child...
However, having experienced death within one's family does give you a certain... edge when it comes to helping and talking to others. Kinda hard to related when you've never experienced anything like it I guess. But I ramble... lol
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
the today, simon & tanya came with their jittery stories, both involving trains. both of them couldn't stop thinking about that conversation until they got off...
comments:
anGe on 13 Septemeber 2005 at 11.00
Terrorist threat? I'm so out of the loop bc I've either been organising Collision 05 OR sleeping due to the fatigue from organising Collision 05!!
G on 14 September 2005 at 00.11
Shouldn't really matter whether trains run on time or not. Peak hour's usually the busiest. And the funny thing is that no matter how hard we are policed, how much of our rights are compromised and our privacy breached... it'd not be very hard to place a bomb somewhere in Sydney or Melbourne...
me on 14 September 2005 at 01.38
hmm..that's is true
Freakspace on 14 September 2005 at 07.02
I don't think it will happen here. I just wanted to say that to be part of the people who can say (when, terrorists inevitably attack somewhere or something in Melb') "WOW! Just think of it! I never thought it would happen..."
kaiwin on 20 September 2005 at 07.16
do you fear death,Deb?
how attached are you to this world?
are you worried that you might be hurt if these rumours are true?
-kaiwin
Monday, September 12, 2005
terrorist act on sept 11

note that it's an airline blanket mum 'accidentally' took from the plane. it's made out of some synthetic material..acrylic, i think.
comments:
Kaiwin on 20 september 2005 at 07.07
i like how you write, Deb!
this entry is VERY funny.
now to read your other entries...
-kaiwin
BUT i'm glad they didn't get us to do that many things today. i don't think i would have been able to keep up..me yawning all the time...
YAWN!
comments:
nate on 12 september 2005 at 14.54
eh deb, it's monday... it'd be a foreign feeling to wake up on a monday morning with enough sleep, wouldn't it :P
preach it sister, preach it... let the yawnful mondays be told...
Friday, September 09, 2005
wink and smile!
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
cell special was good. organising it wasn't as bad/stressful as i thought it would be. usually, i agonise over who's coming & not. but this time, it ran smoothly. ended a bit earlier than i thought it would but i guess it was expected of a weekday. for some reason, 'so, who do you like?' always finds opportunities to crop up in conversation. this time, it's during show & tell of our favourite toys. it's not even related! BUT it's good to know the people you tell it to will keep it to themselves & not spread it around.
ended up spending the rest of the night with a lot of people i don't know very well..with the exception of ange & mikey. it's nice just to sit & laugh at other people's jokes & not feel obligated to say much. it's funny how a conversation swings from a topic that is insanely idiotic to one as serious as the course of one's life. and i can't get d & t spooning out of my head! allyourfault,ange!!
comments:
nate on 11 September 2005 at 15.52
a lot of people that you 'don't know very well' besides ange & mike... hey! That's just me!!
u were actually laughing @ our lame, lame bantering? :P Ew, ew... stop with the spooning imagery already... *shudder*...
anGie pities Mikey on 12 September 2005 at 03.28
Twas a pleasure hanging out with you :o) Lame bantering is always fun! Can't take life too seriously or else you'll grow old, frustrated and die faster! haha
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
20 My soul still remembers
And sinks within me.
21 This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.
22 Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
24 “ The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“ Therefore I hope in Him!”
Lamentations 3.19-24 (NKJV)
comments:G. on 06 September 2005 at 22.22
Great verse indeed!
Sunday, September 04, 2005
FATHERS' DAY TODAY!!
can't i kiss my dad without an ulterior motive?
comments:
anGe (Homepage) on 07 september 2005 at 10.59
NO! They're old asian men and aren't use to physical affection! So Debbie, what was your ulterior motive? Money? New Car? Intro a special someone to your folks? :o) Just poking some fun!
it was nice of mikey to send us home, but i think i would have fallen asleep if not for bibi staring at me & making engine noises...
Saturday, September 03, 2005
this clip brings a fresh new meaning to being macho (for guys, duh! but i'm definately not one), being a 'manly man'. with God thumping in our hearts, we can be whoever we want to be, outside the limits of societal constructs & views of how a wo/man should be.
enjoy.