Bring on the new year!

We have exactly 6 hours and 6 minutes of the year 2009 before we say hello to year 2010. And as the year comes to a close and the new year beckons, we look back on the past months and think about all the things that took place that made 2009 special. I've been doing a lotta thinking today and I think I'm really gonna miss this year.

Usually at the end of every year, I get a teeny bit anxious. This year seems to be coming to an exceptionally quick end and I am reluctant to let it go. And with SPM next year I suppose I should be even less keen on starting the new year. But you know what? I'm not. I'm actually pretty psyched. Because I know that with a little bit of faith, I can accomplish a lot. So how about adding more of that faith to my plate? :) I expect next year to be full of challenges. But I also expect it to be as full of new and amazing experiences. New responsibilities await me and I can only say I'm looking forward to them. I know He has a great plan for me. All I have to do is work hard to turn it into reality and live out that plan to the fullest.

My resolution for the year 2010? Hmmm. To live it as He would want me to and have no regrets by the year's end.
So.. What's yours? :)

"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." [Romans 5:5]
Face the new year with optimism, friends. & God bless you all.

Blessed Christmas!

It's the twenty-fifth of December :)

And every year on this day, it's a celebration of the birth of a very special Someone.

Because of who You are to me. Because You are so wonderful, so amazing. Because as undeserving as I am of this gift of yours, You still blessed me with it. You still love me.

I love You, Jesus. Happy Birthday!

And a Blessed Christmas, everyone! :)

Summer now.

I'm back! (it's an exclamation not because I'm ecstatic that I'm home but because...well, because.) I didn't officially announce I was going on a vacation so for those who did not know, I was on holiday in Spain and Portugal for 12 days. I've got a ton of pictures to show (which are all being uploaded at this very moment) and tons of stories to share. :) I won't blog much about the trip, though, because I don't think I'm good enough at blogging to make my long stories sound any interesting. Hehe. For you lucky (or unlucky, however you take it) ones who will be meeting me during the hols while I'm still on Spanish high, you'll be getting an earful of my ramblings about the trip and how much I miss it. A whole damn lot. Haha. Anyhoo, I had a great deal of fun experiencing autumn in Spain and Portugal and met some really nice people who were on the tour with us. Will update soon. ;) Tata for now.

You're 16!

A special day for a certain special someone :)
Happy Birthday, Christina Gan Yen Yen! ♥

I'm bummed out i won't be around on your birthday, girl, but here's a little early birthday dedication for ya. You're a great friend and here's hoping that our friendship will last for many, many more years and the wonderful times we have together will just keep on coming. :D God bless!

♬

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright

The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change

Don't you think it's strange?

Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song

You go ahead, let your hair down

Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,

Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

corinne bailey rae "put your records on"

Oly-Oly-Oly-Oh

can i have this? :) It's the Olympus E-P1 and I wannit.

I ♥

When violet eyes get brighter,
And heavy wings grow lighter,
I'll taste the sky and feel alive again.
And I'll forget the world that I knew,
But I swear I won't forget you,
Oh if my voice could reach back through the past,
I'd whisper in your ear,
Oh darling I wish you were here.

Astonishing

I can hardly believe it.



so i had to leave for school after the 3rd set. Federer led 2 sets to 1. hope was gone, i thought it was all over. delpo himself looked like he didn't wanna continue on with the match after losing the 3rd set. and i.. i went to school really really down and weary. partly because i had woken up at 4am also la. Still i was praying: oh God let there be some miracle. A miracle. Anything. Don't let delpo lose. At least not this badly... sigh. all the time in school i was thinking bout the match but had no one to talk to bout it as none of my friends watch tennis. So i was left all alone with my thoughts. sad. [9am: they should be done with their match now...wonder who won...did delpo lose?..how badly? did he miss his chance to win the grand slam...] think think think... i know. i'm obsessing big time.

of all days. today i got home only at 4. rushed in, opened up a page, heart pounding and all. and what greets me first but "Federer loses cool, US OPEN title."

*BLINK*

what.

whaaaaaaaaaaaaatt?????? that...that means...

ooh yeah. Juan Martin Del Potro the 20yr old 6-foot-6 Argentine has beaten the world No 1. Ah! *scream-jump-shout-laugh-jump-jump-jump* (mum watches me. "what in the world...")
i couldn't believe it. like, seriously. hah!
they had gone on for 4 hrs and into 5 sets. things really turned around. who would have thought. after 2 weeks following the tournament, the quarters, the semis, nadal and now federer. it's over. and that's one heck of a way to end it.

oh what a miracle, indeed. :)

[...del Potro conceded he hadn’t processed the whole thing, didn’t know what to do with the car they gave him, the trophy he kissed, the $1.85 million he won.
“Maybe cheesecake for my birthday,” he said.]

awwww...

;)smile

.Bev

Finale

hello world. it's 4 in the morning now and i'm up watching the men's singles final. live, yo. yaaawn.
i know i know the odds are stacked against juan martin but still... i'm excited. :)
Go delpo.
Tata.
Off now to watch the match. *blink blink*

4:40:01 AM

It is 4.50am now and i'm awake watching the Djokovic-Federer match. X) Woke up hoping to be able to catch Del Potro's match with Nadal but they already played. But but.... ah. My hands are shaking so much right now as i'm typing this as i am literally bouncing with delight. Just checked usopen.org and guess what man. [open page-scroll-scroll-live matches-completed matches-J.Del Potro in bold] Del Potro beat Nadal. DEL POTRO DEFEATED NADAL. DELPO IS THROUGH TO THE US OPEN FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAHHH!! He won he won he won - in straight sets nonetheless ;) - Definitely gonna be in a great mood today. *wide grin*
Oh ash would be so crushed. hehee

DelPo

I've been reeeally hooked on the US Open. Watching it everyday. X)
Feel so inspired watching them play. Makes me wanna go back to playing tennis.hehe
I am superdupergiddyhappy cos my fave players have made it thru to the semis! yayeah :D

JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO

all 1.98 m of delpo

and of cos...

NOVAK DJOKOVIC

*cross fingers* hope they'll reach the finals. :)

.Bev

Where did you go?

Take my hand and I hope you won't let go.

I WANNA WANNA

go to a Ramadan bazaar =D

a Malaysian and no, i've never been to one. Someone take meee!!

Oh i love that kid!

So i watched UP yesterday with manda, jessica and pei.
It's definitely one of the best films i've watched this year. The animation was absolutely brilliant and i thought there was a good balance of humourous and heartfelt scenes. But i was dissapointed that quite a number of (really really funny) scenes had been cut out. Oh well.

R U S S E L L

i think this kid is just the cutest. XD Russell, the terribly enthusiastic Asian-American "Wilderness Explorer". Haha oh he cracks me up.

Me Hair Now =)

Here's an update for ya!

iLykit Short

bleep..bleep..bleep

Release me into the high skies - there where they fly free.

I'm lost. Afraid. I have no clue where I'm headed.

Often times, I get so intimidated. I'm afraid to take in the truth - to face reality. Afraid that if I do, I'd just fall so deep into hopelessness I might lose myself. I always try to keep my head above the waves of depression. Grasping desperately at any small vision of hope. Is it really so difficult? Each passing day, I feel my heart emptying itself out; my smiles becoming less and less sincere. I hate it. I want so bad to laugh with my friends, smile at every passing face and mean it. I hate lying to myself; more so to the ones I care so much for. Whenever I speak, it feels insincere. Sometimes the silence is there because I don't expect myself to say something that's untrue to me. Do you hear me? I am screaming my lungs out. Do you hear me?
I'm bleeding through closed wounds.

It is ruined. Torn right down the middle of what was once whole and true.
Lead ME.

Not Letting Go

DAVID ARCHULETA!!!

The day started with me waking up round 6. I went over to Manda's bout 8 and we left for Sunway Lagoon Amphitheatre. Yaawn. I was wondering why on earth we had to get there so early when it was stated that the showcase would only be starting at 3 in the afternoon. But when we got there [it was about 8.40AM], there were already quite a number of people sitting in line since, apparently, 7 in the freakin' morning. Man, this people...

Anyway, this nice uncle guard told us that the gate would only be opening at 12 PM. *whuuh...? glance at watch... [8:50 A.M.]* Grreat.. So there we waited for 4 hours. 4 really long hours under the scorching hot sun. It was foolish of us to go totally unprepared with no sunblock or umbrellas. So we were completely exposed, soaking up the sun rays. The only form of protection I had was a small towel of Yoke Pei's that I used to cover a small of my spaghetti top-covered back but it later proved to have been of little benefit.

"Archangel". Haha. I was so inspired by all the banners made by Archie's oh-so-loyal fans.

the terribly long line

with Pei

12 PM came.. finally!
"Listen girls. When we open the gate, we don't want anyone to start running, OK? It's a downward path so just walk." Yeaaah right. Like that's gonna happen. We went in and started our walk downhill then saw these girls behind us running. And it did not look like they had their brakes working right. So we started running as well. I was afraid they were gonna crash into us. While running, my feet hurt so bad that I just took my shoes off. So I ran quite a way on burning hot tar ground, barefooted. Haha. But all that running was worth it as we managed to get good seats, right at the centre, 3 rows up. Once inside, we had nothing to do but again, wait. For another 3 hours. 4 hours to get pass the gates & another 3 hours before we see David on stage. Really. So what do we do? Chat chat. Click click. Doh. Lol.

the stage

burned out from all that walking and running

with Jo, Pei, Manda
Jo and YP.
Posers!

=)



on her arm

3.00 PM: Everyone in anticipation... it's time!!
3.15 PM: Mana David tu?
......
....
wait..wait..

And then! Finally, people on stage. JJ and Ean. From the hitz.fm Morning Crew. =) They got everyone warmed up (like everyone wasn't already so hyped) and gave out goodie bags. There was this one little girl who went up there to sing "Crush". Aww. She was adorable! There were 3 opening acts by local artistes. First up was Hou Ren from idunnowhatshow. Then idunnowhat'shisname from One In A Million. And then Daniel Lee, Malaysian Idol from who knows how many years ago! They each performed 2 songs. Honestly, they weren't that bad. Quite bearable. Hehe. I enjoyed Daniel's "Mimpi" the most.

the cute little girl

Daniel

the 5,000 strong crowd

I'm JJ..

...and I'm Ean.

AH AT LAST! The one we've been waiting for... David Archuleta! Oh gosh, were the screams deafening.
He only came on about 4.30 PM. Great huh. Duration of our wait? You do the math.
But I guess it was worth the wait. =)
He performed really well.
He started off with "A Little Too Not Over You" followed by "Touch My Hands" and "Don't Let Go". After a break, he came back on the keyboards and did a version of Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" and Robbie Williams' "Angels". Last of all was, well duh, Crush.

Video of David singing "Touch My Hand"!

He looked up and grinned shyly every time the crowd erupted into cheers. =) Cute.

I've got a few more videos but I'm too tired to upload them so hope one's enough!

with Rebekah


=P

On the way out from there, we got caught in the rain. It started out with light patter but not long after, it just started to pour! We were drenched wet. Haha. But it was all good. We headed to Sunway Pyramid for dinner. We then walked around a bit, look-see-look-see and headed home round 8.40 PM.

Result?
A sunburn, blisters, getting caught in the rain + time with friends, David Archuleta = One heck of a day!

Though I was more of a Dave Cook fan when they battled it out on Idol, I gotta say that Archie deserves as much credit. He has a tremendous voice and I have to admit, I was more than a little mesmerized after witnessing his performance live.

Thanks so much Manda once again for if it weren't for you, I'd never have gotten the chance to see Dave and to Yoke Pei and Jo for making up the terrific company! =) This was definitely one memorable experience that I'll always treasure.

=D Tata for now.
♥