Friday, February 29, 2008

God is so real.
I dont know where to start but I have a feeling my fingers are just going to start freely typing and not stop. It has been an incredible night and God really took me out of a pit I had buried myself in earlier tonight and brought me back to my feet.
All week I had been looking forawrd to going to Blue Sky, the uni fellowship at my church here. I was so excited about meeting new people and being part of a new Chrstian family here in Sydney. For some reason however, at about 5 this afternoon, about an hour and a half before BLue Sky started I began to have cold feet. It was all planned out, I'd meet my brother after he finished uni and then we'd go together to Blue Sky. I messaged him but no reply...i called him..no answer. It wasnt long before I realised he had left his phone at home. So I had no idea where to meet him or what time and I was brought to a realisation that I'd walk into Blue Sky tonight and no..NO ONE coz my cousin wasn't going tonight. I panicked and all of a sudden, for the first time in my 2 and a half weeks here I felt a million miles away from home and all sense of familiarity. More than ever I missed my church friends and right then and there I asked myself, why the heck am I in Sydney? It was at that moment I realised I have no church friends here and I just wanted to be with my church family back in Melbourne again. So I told my parents, "I'm not going tonight...I don't know anybody there, I dont know whether Barny is going to be there. I'm not going." It's funny how God works though.
My parents convinced me to just go and have a look and if I dont want to stay than at least just go and pass barny's phone to him.
I arrived there, looked around, no brother. Everyone was in their own little cliques and again I asked myself what I was doing there in the first place. But it was God's will for me to be there tonight, and nothing was going to stop that.
Having just come back, I don't really know how to describe i in words but I feel God's presence and I dont know what to say. I met so many people tonight. BLue Sky consists of about 75 people, don't think everyone was there tonight but of all the people who were there, I think i met most of them. My first impression of Blue Sky: they're some of the most, real, genuine, passionate bunch of Christians I have met and I know that's a big call.
This post is going to be a little bit all over the place, I'm, sorry. So..we had a time of worship and they're just a great bunch of people to worship with. The pastor for Blue Sky then came up to share with us and I have met this guy numerous times before and everytime I meet him or hear him preach, I am just left in awe by his passion for God and His ministry. It was during the pastor's message tonight that I began to feel God speaking to me. The message was about God's presence in 2008. The pastor began to talk about Blue Sky's vision for this year and I was just blown away when I heard about the work Blue Sky has been doing/are going to do through the group STudent Life in universities across Sydney (and Melbourne) and the work they have been doing in other ministries around Sydney. I have always been interested to know how to evangelise to our neighbourhood communities, to the people around us and it was so exciting to know how passionate Blue Sky is about the young people of Sydney and I feel so excited to be a part of it. The pastor urged us to desire and hunger for God for it is deep passion that is going to see these visions achieved. We were then given 15 minutes to pray. we could pray by ourselves, we could pray in groups, it didn't matter how we did it but it was our time out to spend with God. I prayed with the girl beside me. She's quite a lot older than me, she's finished uni and working. We shared with each other our prayer points before she prayed for me. While she prayed for me, she began to cry and I don't know how to explain but at that moment, I felt God right there and when I began to pray I felt like God was giving me the words to say and it was like, discovering a new edge to praying. After our little prayer session, it was time to mingle. My brother began introducing me to everyone and I was so touched by how genuinely compassionate these people were. It was so much more than, "hi, my name is........nice to meet you" *walks away* It didn't take long before i was having conversations about what the Lord has been doing and with so many conversations people asked me, "what do you expect God to do in your life this year?" and "what ministry are you involved in?" These people are so passionate about ministry and it's just overwhelming. Not to mention, on top of their passion for God, they're funny and just great people all round and it wasn't long before I felt like I had known these people for a long time. I also met the worship team today and now I'm a part of Blue Sky worship team =) but i said i didn't want to start straight away, maybe in a few months so i'm excited! they're great people =)
SO more than ever now, I know this is where God wants me to be. He has brought a whole bunch of new people into my life and though I can hardly remember all their names, and there is still so much to get to know about these people, I know God has brought me to the right place. Now after talking to some amazing people tonight, I am convinced that God has great plans for me and I know without a doubt that 2008 is going to be a life changing year and with the message: "experiencing God's presence in 2008", I can't wait to go to uni and get involved in student life and I can't wait to go to church and Blue sky and i can't wait to see God working through my life, through the life of Blue Sky and through the lives of people we are going to meet along the way.
Through my many conversations I have had tonight, there were 4 words that kept popping up: "God is so real." and I agree. God is so real.
To all you Melbourne guys, God bless you. I love you all so much and I'm keeping you in my prayers always. Keep that passion for God burning =)
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

It was the first day of o-week today:
Took 2 trains and a bus (as i said before, it seems worse than it really is..i met people who travel way further than i do) before arriving at the large sand stone buildings that I will be facing for the next 4 years (and hopefully no more). The lush, green lawns outside the Great Hall were today covered by "over 200" stalls promoting clubs and societies of all kinds imaginable.

I entered the Great Hall for the Welcoming Ceremony and thought i had walked into the wrong building. I felt like i was on the set a Harry Potter film. First of all, the building is really called the Great Hall, it looks like the Great Hall both inside and out and when i entered, i thought i was in the wrong place and had just entered some sort of graduation ceremony or something. The Hall had been divded into half, with all the students on one side dressed in black robes, pointing at the first years and muttering under their breath..."are they just randoms?" which was somewhat denigrating to say the least. The first years soon realised they were actually post graduate students and the welcome was for both undergrads and postgrads.

I started talking to the girls next to me. One is about to do a double degree in...health science/rehab counselling?...if i remeber correctly(usyd offers some strange double degrees) and the other girl is about to study social work and both were feeling just as lost in usyd as i was so it was comforting to know that most people seemed to be in the same boat as me. So we were talking away in the rather stuffy Great Hall when through the loud speakers were the words: "please stand up for the official party" I tried hard to hold my giggles . I thought the days of "standing for the official party" had been farwelled the second we finished our final assembly at highschool but obviously not. So the official party consisted of academic staff and students all dressed in black gowns and funny hats...including the Chancellor (or should i say.."Her Excellency", the Vice Chancellor "His Excellency", the Dean of the distinctive faculties and the head of the various student bodies. So we sat there for half an hour (thankfully it was quite short) and the same old speeches that you would expect were made about making the most of your life in university. The formality of the whole thing i found rather intimidating and immediately i knew i wasnt in school no more.

Back to the girl who did that funny double degree..you know those people that you can sense are christian before they even say anything? well.i could tell straight away =) We hung out for a bit after the ceremony and i met a church friend of hers in 2nd year. They were really friendly and I'm kind of sad i probably wont see them around uni much coz we're in different courses and she doesn't use msn or facebook but we did exchange mobile numbers =)

Sadly an hour later, we had to go our seperate ways because I had to go to the pharmacy faculty welcome. It was great meeting the people you're going to be stuck with for the next 4 years (i'll be honest in saying after meeting quite a number of people...i dont actually remember anyone's name espescially when everyone takes about 5 seconds to intro themselves before we start talking about other things) It was funny coz i reckon about two-thirds to three quarters of my cohort are asians(including indians) which is hardly surprising really. It's also funny how asians always seem to flock together and all the caucasians were squished at the back of the lecture theatre while the asians took up the rest of the seats. The 2 hours seemed to drag as different members of the faculty staff introduced themselves to the students and made their boring speeches. There was so much information being presented that most of it just flew over our heads i think and most people just wanted to get back to the social aspect of o-week. We were given a free bbq and that's when we all started introducing ourselves to each other, overall the cohort seems really friendly and i can't wait to get to know these people more as we do lectures, tutes, labs together for the next few years =)

After lunch I made my way to the stalls and that's when i went a little overboard i think. With 25 hrs crammed into 4 days of uni you'd think I'd try and take it alittle bit easier with other things but...nups..I think my remark about living at uni this year seems more true now than it did when i said it a few days ago. Ok..call me crazy but i joined:
2 Christian fellowships..Evangelical Union (EU, the main christian student body) and Christian Students Unite but i'm about to ditch the latter and join Student Union instead because they're quite strongly connected to BLue Sky (my church uni fellowship group) Don't know too much about Student Life, besides the fact that my brother told me to join it coz everyone at Blue Sky who goes to usyd or unsw does. EU sounds really good though. At first i thought pharmacy wouldnt have a bible study group of their own and it crossed my mind that it may be a good idea to start one someday before i realised..EU does it all. So there are apparently weekly meetings where everyone comes together and there's a speaker and then there are weekly bible study groups and they divide us according to our faculty which is pretty cool =) SO yeps..that's 2 Christian fellowships. On top of that..
I joined 2 choirs. One which is a smaller one which i'm guessing sort of resembles like a Renaissance..churchish style choir and another choir, which is..or is part of the music society and is i think the main choir for undergrads. I'll probably end up ditching the first choir or which ever one i don't like as much just coz i really don't think I have enough time.
I joined the wind symphony so that i can keep playing my clarinet, however...I'm a bit unsure whether i really should go coz rehearsals go for 3 hours and finish at 9pm which a bit insane i thought but then again I don't have uni the next day which is kinda good (for this semester anyway)
Obviously I joined SUPA (Sydney Uni Pharmacy Assosciation). We get 2 pharm cruises and a ball a year! how cool is that =) and they do pub crawls but i really dont think that is my thing and it's not like uni is in short supply of alcohol anyway. I think we have 2 bars on campus and probably more coming once Sydney Central has been built.
And lastly....(at least i hope it's lastly unless i subconsciously joined other things)..I joined a group called Chopsticks which is the Australian Chinese Cultural Appreciation Society which i found rather amusing and they seemed to have some pretty fun social events and they were giving out freebies which is always a good reason to join anything.
But yep...talk about keeping myself busy at uni but i guess joining different stuff on campus is a great way to meet people outside your faculty. Don't want ALL my friends to just be pharmacy students. Bring on uni life!
Anyway..enough blabbing. I'll end my post with this url: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2713176270
I found this rather amusing facebook group and it's purely sarcasm just in case you don't pick it up and get offended and all fired up. It's actually there to bag sydney uni coz apparently usyd ppl are really arrogant but i guess we cant help but feel a litte patriotic towards our respective unis :p
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

it's thundering outside and i can see the lightning flashes through the blinds. I think this weather must be adding to my emo-ness as well.
It was absolutely POURING outside a few hours ago. You Melbourne people have nooo idea how hard it can rain until you live in Sydney for a bit coz i had no idea until today. I have only ever seen such massive downpours during the monsoon season in malaysia but aparently this kinda rain is normal over here :S I think my childhood/early teenage phobia of thunderstorms came back to haunt me again today but I think it's not as bad now coz i didnt feel the need to hide under the covers, put the pillow over my head, use my hand to cover my ears and cry like i used to :D Anyway..did i mention it was abolutely bucketing down just now and not to mention the hail stones! The hail stones u get here are all on steroids or something. I'm used to seeing little pathetic pebble sized ones..NOT....jumbo...ping pong sized ones!!! i thought the roof was going to collapse on me or something and my dog was shivering like no tomorow and she looked like she was going to have a heart attack.
This gloomy weather makes me just wanna sing A thousand Miles at the top of my lungs and catch the next flight to Melbourne and give you guys over there a big hug (or walk a thousand miles like the song suggests i should do-i exaggerate..it's more like a thousand kms.. miles/km i think it makes quite a big difference)
On a brighter note..o-week starts tomorrow so i guess it's time to meet some new ppl :D yayyy that's probably what i'm looking forward to the most.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

Crawled out of bed at 7:30 this morning...still trying to get used to church starting early. Actually, it starts at 9:30 which is normal, soo...i dont really know why I woke up so early. It was all happening at church today. I think wesley is experiencing some sort of baby boom and we had like 6 infant dedications. On top of that there were 2 baptisms and a bunch of people dedicating themselves as members. I love baptisms =) I didn't get a chance to stay back and talk to people today because i went to the harbour straight after.

Both the QE2 and the Queen Victoria (they're ships I should add...or should i say..HUGE cruise liners) were docked at the harbour today.It's supposed to be a histroical occassion. Though there's nothing new about the grand QE2 docking at Sydney Harbour, today was extra special because she's on her final voyage round the world before retiring in Dubai. The Queen Victoria on the other hand, is i think a sister of the QE2 and she's on her maiden voyage, hence it was a pretty momentous occassion., both being in the harbour at the same time and hence it has been dubbed-"the royal rendezvous". My dad has some sort of fettish with ships so it was a must-see for him, so I accompanied him.
So we got to the harbour, and usually the Bridge can be seen before you even get there but this time there was this HUGE mother of a ship blocking out the view. You really have to be there to see just how big it is, plus it's about 10 stories tall not to mention it's grand. She is one beautiful ship. I was so annoyed i forgot to take my camera. It's usually always in my bag!! If you want to see a picture go here:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/10/nvictoria110.xml But if you're thinking you may want to take a short holiday on it however, i suggest you think again. Apparently it costs anywhere from $25 thousand to $300 thousand a ticket but if it is any consolation, it's for 6 months and when i say it's grand..i mean..it's grand..i reckon it's like a 10 star hotel on water. So all we could do was fantasise along with the rest of the crowd of normal people watching in envy as the rich bastards wealthy and successful greeted us from their personal deck area. Maybe I'll marry some multi-millionaire and then we could go on a round the world cruise for our honeymoon (i wonder if it goes to the miditerranean islands)..ok..dream on pris....

SO ANYWAY, we didn't actually end up visitng the QE2 because it was on the other side of the harbour..right across the botanical gardens and my feet were killing me(i never learn my lesson with heels) and dad was worried we'd get burnt coz the sun was out in full glory today. Dad has seen the QE2 before though so it didn't matter that much if he saw it or not.

Got my uni timetable today. It's like...school but worse. Don't think i ever go home before 4pm and usually i have lectures right through the day starting from 8am or if I'm lucky..9am and my only break is 1 hour at lunch and maybe another hour at some rnadom time. Not to mention i finish at 6pm on a tuesday *#&^(@%&_@&!!! Not to mention i have to take 2 trains and a bus to uni (it sounds worse that it really is though coz each leg is quite short) .So that's 25 contact hrs a week for me...think i might as well just live at uni. OH BUT i nearly forgot to mention...i get fridays off!! woooo!!!(with the exception of a couple of weeks) but yayyy!! Oh well...uni starts in a week and o-week starts this wednesday (they lie..it does't go for a week). alright..this is dragging.i shall end it here! =)

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Saturday, February 23, 2008

For all the times I've failed You, Lord
Forgive me
For all the ways I've fallen short
Lord, forgive me now
God, I'm so in need of grace
I fall upon my face
Forgive me

You see the tears fall down my face
Forgive me
Take my fear, Lord, take my shame
Lord, forgive me now
Purify me, make me new
Like only You can do
Forgive me now

Lord, we come to honor You
We are forgiven
We bring our love and thanks to You
We are forgiven now

God we praise You for Your grace
Before You we are raised
Forgiven
God we praise You for Your grace
Before You we are raised
Forgiven
Forgiven
~Rebecca St. James~

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Woww...so this is the internet..i can hardly remember. I've been internet-less for 5 days and I somehow managed to survive. The optus guy finally came to do all the cabling for my internet today so..yayyy! Sorry, don't think I can tell you in detail what I've been doing the past week coz it's all been a blur really, not that is has been all that eventful.

Monday we moved into our rented house (our temporary home for the next 10 months). 2 huuuge trucks arrived on our doorstop and literally took up the whole street...PLUS our street is really narrow. Okay.so last time i said we had 90 boxes or something yeah? change that...the grand total came to just over 200. Whoops. So much for throwing a lot of stuff out. The removalists were here from 11am-4pm. I spent the next couple of hours attempting to set up my room and make it look as pretty as possible , not too mention scurrying around, digging through stacks of boxes, in the search for my mobile charger only to find that it had been in my carry around luggage all along...DUH PRIS.

Tuesday I went to Koorong with one of my cousins. The one here is bigger and it's just outside the train station. How convenient! Spent an hour and a half there and came out with one cd BUT not just ANY cd..it was THE cd i had been wanting to buy for the past half a year-the new casting crowns album!! yayy finally =) Overall..a good album. I love Casting Crowns espescially because behind every song there's a story...i love their lyrics and the songs are really deep. Yes..i know..i love deep and meaningful stuff.
My favourite song:

"Somewhere In The Middle"
Somewhere between the hot and the cold
Somewhere between the new and the old
Somewhere between who I am and who I used to be
Somewhere in the middle, You'll find me

Somewhere between the wrong and the right
Somewhere between the darkness and the light
Somewhere between who I was and who You're making me
Somewhere in the middle, You'll find me

Just how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control

Fearless warriors in a picket fence, reckless abandon wrapped in common sense
Deep water faith in the shallow end and we are caught in the middle
With eyes wide open to the differences, the God we want and the God who is
But will we trade our dreams for His or are we caught in the middle
Are we caught in the middle

Somewhere between my heart and my hands
Somewhere between my faith and my plans
Somewhere between the safety of the boat and the crashing waves

Somewhere between a whisper and a roar
Somewhere between the altar and the door
Somewhere between contented peace and always wanting more
Somewhere in the middle You'll find me

Just how close can I get, Lord, to my surrender without losing all control

Lord, I feel You in this place and I know You're by my side
Loving me even on these nights when I'm caught in the middle

Does that not sound familiar? Feeling like you're stuck in the middle. Knowing where you want to be. Knowing that God wants so much more from you. Knowing you're so far off from that 10 on the holiness scale. Always finding yourself always stuck in that grey area, where things are neither 100% right or 100% wrong. I don't know about you but the lyrics to this song really made me ponder. Not to mention it's a nice song as well.=)

Wednesday and Thursday I just bummed around and explored the inner west (where I'm situated) The good thing about where I'm staying is that it's convenient to go places =)

Today my cousin woke me up at 9am this morning with an sms asking me my plans for today.Turns out he had nothing to do and I had nothing planned either so Barny, Geoff(my cousin) and I headed off to Coogee Beach this afternoon. It was between Bondi and Coogee and we decided Coogee coz it's just as good less the tourists so that's always good. It was PERFECT beach weather today. Sydney has been raining right through summer and today must have been one of the first days where the sky was clear and not a cloud was to be seen in the sky. The boys went swimming...maybe i should hav gone swimming but the idea of soaking up the sun on the beach (i put sunscreen on so it's okay) was more tempting. It was so relaxing that I fell asleep on the beach and managed to get myself a *cough*healthy*cough* tan. I didnt get burnt for once so yayyy. Finally....niceee beaches!! Quite rare in Melbourne. Except the beaches here are a lot more crowded which is a bit of a bummer.

Anyway, just letting you guys know I'm still alive and kicking so dont worry! I may not sound like it but believe me I miss you guys more than you could ever imagine but i'm trying to think positive and not dwell on it so much. so cyaa guys. xoxo
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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Today is Sunday which means church day =) The word i would use right now to describe how i feel...FREE. As much as I miss Balwyn Church and the people there, at the same time I have been looking forward to going to a new church. I'm now attending a church called Wesley Mission in the city. I'm part of a congregation of just over 800 people called the Wesley International Congregation (WIC) Yes. It's a big church...you dont say. The way i see it though...it's like Balwyn Church but 8 times bigger coz the majority of people are Malaysian or Singaporean I'd say. All my relies attend this church and it is the church we have been going to everytime we come up to sydney to visit.

I walked into church with an extra spring in my step today with the prospect of making a whole bunch of new friends. Today was Vision Sunday so it wasn't like any other Sunday. The sermon wasn't so much a sermon but rather the pastor just went through WIC's vision for the next 2 years. It sure sounds like they have an exciting future ahead of them =) We had leaders' dedication as well and i was so amazed to see that the majority of people in the congregation are leaders and actively serving in God's work.

Church service finished and my cousin (geoff) introduced me to some of the members of Blue Sky (the uni group). Just like the YAG at BWMC..all the Blue Sky people sit at the front hahha i told you WIC is just a larger version of BWMC. I'm loving meeting new people. So why do i feel free? I finally can go to a church and for once..be a nobody. People don't have any pre-existing ideas of what I may be like, for now..I have no expectations to live up to and for once...I'm not known through an assosciation with someone, I'm not known as a pastor's daughter, I'm not known for the things I do and the only thing I have to deal with is being known for now as "barny's sister" but after 18 years, i've gotten used to that. Oh and I also have to deal with people going, "ooo you remind me of Adrene!"(my cousin that everybody says I'm a carbon copy of) but I dont mind :D I have the freedom to be me and it's great and it works both ways. To me...everyone is an empty canvas at the moment and it's exciting to know that maybe in a year these people could be some of my closest friends.

The other great thing about going to a new church now...all I see is a loving church family and I hope that's all I see for a while. When you've been at one church all your life..and your parents have been pastoring that one church for so long, you see things first hand which you'd rather not see. You hear things which you'd rather not hear. You face the realisation that the church is not one big happy family 24/7. You see what happens when the selfish nature of human beings come into play and realise that the ideal Christian network filled with love and happiness is not always so, due to flaws of human kind. Looking back, I think it was these couple of years which made me mature years beyond my age. It is these things which make you grow up. No child should have to see this at such a young age but I did and though it slightly scarred me, I have vowed already to leave the unpleasant memories in Melbourne and what's in the past is left in the past and things are different now =) woops..i think i went off track a little bit...

So in the next few weeks I'm looking forward to getting to know the people in Blue Sky. I think Blue Sky doesn't start until uni starts so it won't be for a couple fo weeks =) The other thing I'm looking forward to or should i say..REALLYY looking forward to, is joining the new worship team. Just so happens that one of my cousins is very good friends with the worship coordinator and they're always looking for people to join the Sunday morning worship team yayyy!! and my other cousin plays guitar in the Blue Sky worship team so they're going to talk to the worship coordinators. I love having connections here =)

All the cousins went to lunch after church..the benefits of going to church in the city is that you have the freedom to go anywhere after service. It's good being with all my Sydney cousins again =) and it's great how we all go to the same church. I guess that's one thing i was deprived of in melbourne..family. After lunch I shopped for a bag for uni. I found a nice bag that had been discounted by 50% yayyy!! BARGAIN.

Moving day tomorrow =) Everything seems to be coming together and other than missing my Melbourne friends I feel comfortable here and I see my future here. I'm excited and I can't wait. When you know you're following God's plans and not your own you feel the peace and satisfaction that you don't get when you go against God's will..that empty hole that you try to fill and it can never be filled.
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

Tell me when the time we had slipped away
Tomorrow turned to yesterday
And I don't know how
Tell me what can stop this river of tears
It's been building up for years
For this moment now

Here I stand
Arms open wide
I've held you close
Kept you safe
Till you could fly

Tell me where the road ahead is gonna bend
And how to harness up the wind
And how to say goodbye

Tell me why
Why does following your dreams
Take you far away from me
And I knew that it would

Tell me how to fill the space you left behind
And how to laugh instead of cry
And how to say goodbye

Here I standArms open wide
I've held you close
Kept you safe
Till you could fly

Tell me where the road ahead is gonna bend
And how to harness up the wind
And how to say goodbye.
~Michael W. Smith-How to Say Goodbye~

yeah, okay so I am a little homesick, if that's the correct word to use. Actually... surprisingly I'm feeling quite at home here but I guess I just miss you guys that's all. Anyway, the best thing about staying at my cousin's house is that she's a fan of Christian music and her house is like library of all the past and latest christian cds and dvds and i get to borrow them when ever i want muahahahaha and it's great coz she's a huge fan of chris tomlin just like me! actually...chris tomlin seems to be huge among the christian community here in Sydney. Everyone here is crazy about him so yayy :D Anyway, feeling a bit lazy today maybe I'll blog more tomorrow or something. Today was a rather uneventful day. I was SUPPOSED to go shopping with my cousin but nothing ever goes to plan around here and we were busy doing other errands regarding our new rented house. Anyway..take care guys =) xoxo
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Friday, February 15, 2008

today was colour selection day for our new house!!! It was quite exciting picking all the colours and fittings. Who would have thought you even have to pick the style of door knobs you want and the colour for the pipeline. Hrmmm..my room is a different colour to the rest of the house so...may not match with it's surroundings very well but oh well :D it's like a dark purply/pink colour hehehe yes..very feminine. at least it's not hot pink! but yayyy can't wait till our new house is done but it wont be for a while because our house just got demolished and sydney keeps raining grrrr. We drove past Hillsong Church today. SHould have taken a photo for all you Hillsongs fans out there. I've been inside the place a couple of years ago. It's like walking into a sports stadium. Anyway..my plan for the next few days is to familiarise myself with the surroundings. Tomorrow i'm going out with my cousin to shop =) and sundayyy..will be church day and making new friends day. Then my cousin is going to teach me how to get around the city since church is smack bang in the middle of sydney anyway. I'm so used to all the roads in the city being parallel to each other in a grid like formation as it is in Melbourne. The roads in Sydney just go everywhere.
By the way..i found mini mee!! my cousin's 4 year old daughter is like a carbon copy of me :D we smile the same we eat EXACTLY the same foods and have EXACTLY the same eating habits. She only eats duck, plain rice and asian vegies (stalk only) and she eats her cereal without milk like mee!! and she has exactly the same skin problems as I had when i was younger. I doubt my daughter will be THAT similar to me :D
anyway...i'm just ranting. I miss you guys. I bet you all my posts are going to end the same. Misss youuu =) once i can access wireless on my laptop i'll webcam with you all not that you want to see my ugly face but i miss all your beautiful faces so bad luck :P
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

I am finallyy in Sydney! yayyy..but feeling very far away from melbourne at the moment.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

So it's my last day in Melbourne and i know i said i wouldn't blog until i reach Sydney but I somehow happen to have internet connection so might as well make the most of it. It is currently just after 10:30 in the morning and the removalists are at my house. It's the weirdest feeling ever, sitting on the carpet in an empty room. Yeah..so there's all this stuff happening around me at the moment and i'm sitting here blogging away but there's nothing I can do anyway coz the removalists are doing all the hard work =) A few more errands to run and we'll be leaving hopefully by this afternoon. No idea what time we'll get to Sydney.
P.S I have matching laptops with xinni now! My brand new pretty pink Sony Vaio and i'm enjoying the convenience of using a laptop.
Anyway, the next time i blog should be in Sydney. By the way, you all have to get skype, I'm going to bribe you all to get skype.
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Monday, February 11, 2008

It's hard to believe i'm actually leaving tomorrow. After anticipating this move for years the day has almost arrived. There is so much I have to say to people before i go . It's been great spending time with those closest to me the past couple of weeks. They'll be weeks I will always remember and cherish for the rest of my life. I couldnt have asked for any better way to say farewell to 13 years of living here in Melbourne.

I want to specially say thank you to all my church friends. Thank you for making Sunday night so special to me. I was so touched. I have so much to say to you guys but I deliberately didn't want to make a speech that night because i knew i would start crying like a baby and none of you would understand what I'm saying anyway. So instead, I'm going to type out everything i wanted to say right here and pray that you guys read it:

I've been at Balwyn Church now for 13 years and you guys are family to me. As a pastor's daughter, the Church at which your parents are pastoring becomes such a huge part of your life and everything you do. It becomes your home and the people become your family. With my churh family around me, I have come to know the Lord as my personal saviour. With these people around me I have been baptised, a day I will never forget and with these people I have travelled and been on numerous mission trips around Asia which no doubt has shaped me as a person. It is at this church that I found my passion in the area of worship ministry and ironically is one of the main reasons I'm going to Sydney.

I want to specially thank band 1 which i have been a part of for the past 5 years. It is where it all began and I have learnt so much serving our Lord along side you guys. Unfortunately much of the original band 1 has been split up but band 1 is still the best! :D Your passion for music and your passion to serve truly is contagious. You guys are soo gifted and soo talented. I pray that you'll continue to use these amazing gifts that God has given for His glory.

To those I have grown up with, namely Tim, Chris and Zuning, you guys are so special to me. I share soooo many memories with you guys: funny, embarassing, sad or just outright crazy moments, you name it, we've been through it. You guys are my oldest friends, and these I pray that many more years of friendship will be added on to the 13 years we have already shared.

To those who came later, I've come to know each of you through different circumstances but whatever they may be, I am grateful that God has blessed me with such amazing friends.

Thank you for the laughter and always bringing a smile to my face. Thank you for being my constant source of encouragement and for being the first bunch of people I run to when I need a listening ear or a shoulder to cry on. I always enjoy hanging out with you guys and I dont think I will ever find such a group of friends as weird as you guys are but that's what I love about you all.

BWMC will always be very dear to me and I pray that it will just continue to grow from strength to strength. I encourage all of you to continue if your walk with God with a burning passion and to constantly strive to be more Christ like everyday. It will mean the world to me if you guys also keep me in prayer. I have been praying about this move for many years now and I know in my heart Sydney is where God wants me to be. To be honest, I have no idea what God has planned for me but pray for me as I seek God's will and purpose as I start this new chapter of my life.
I'm going to miss you guys so much and I cant even describe in words how sad I am to leave u guys but believe me, the past few months i have cried buckets and nuckets of tears. I will never forget you guys. If u ever come up to Sydney it's FREE accomodation at my place. I'll come down when ever I possibly can so you can't get rid of me completely. God bless you and I love you all from the bottom of my heart.
To class of 2007:
Hopefully I have already thanked you guys in an earlier post somewhere but just in case, I want to thank you guys soo much for 6 years of highschool memories. After all that..we have made it :D It it you guys which made school so special. At the end of the day, it is the times we mucked around in class and the crazy things we did at lunchtimes that will always be remembered. As we all go our seperate ways, I wish you all the best in your tertiary studies and beyond, which ever uni you may be going to. Hopefully we'll all still continue to keep in touch with each other.

So on that note, it's back to doing last minute packing. It never seems to end. I finish one thing and there still seems to be something else waiting for me to do. Anyway, I'll blog once i get to Sydney. I better have internet connection when i get there OR ELSE. Love you guys! =)
*huuuuuuuuuuugs all round*
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