it seems like i blog once a week now haha. sorry everyone for not blogging for so long, i dno who still reads this but jerusha, isaac & adrienne, I LOVE YOU.
umm i'm in the office atm. i'm doing work experience this week at Tonya Hinde Interior Design. it's been awesome. i'm really loving it. i've been designing my bathroom cos my mum wants to renovate sometime in the next few years, so i've learnt how to draw up floor plans, elevations & sections on everything. woooo FUN.
lol nothing much else has been happening. i'm currently on holiday mode cos i've finished school this term. so i laugh at you all who still have one day ^^
i feel so independent lately cos i've been walking around the city & taking public transport myself =) lol gracie and me when i took the train at shakers.. haha good times. ANYWAY, i'm loving the smell and sight and sounds of degraves. it never ceases to smell of toasted foccacias. i love the graffiti and busy people constantly hurrying past degraves. i love the men & women in business suits out for lunch, and i love melbourne's quirky uniqueness. degraves sounds like people having fun, and the music playing from the cafes is always jazz.
nothing much to say, how boring am i ?? will blog more later.
ciao bloggers.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
a long awaited post
well,
lots has been happening, and as a result, my blog has been neglected somewhat - until now! so i'll just write about everything happening lately as i think of them...
i went to my friend sarah dickson's 16th birthday party on saturday (14/6/08). it was really fun. her brother (chris dickson) set up her garage with lcd tvs, karaoke machine etc. and that was cool, we danced & sang very LOUD all night! they also had a pinata which some of the people there tried to hit. getting high on softdrinks is so hardcore, almost as hardcore as drinking alcopops =) haha. well i saw david want & michael want there (my old neighbours back in bond st, ringwood) and also graham king (kid who went to oxley in year 7). good to catch up with friends and just have fun.
INTENSIVE rehearsals for our school musical, "fiddler on the roof" is well under-way in the music department. the band (strings + concert band) have been working tirelessly to learn and put together (with great skill might i add) - 36 pieces for this musical. i'm actually quite doubtful we will get it all together in time, but we'll see. it's basically three rehearsals a week (two band + one sectionals), for about 4-5 hours each rehearsal. oh stress..
i'm leading worship at church this sunday (come along to cornerstone!) for the first time in church (like i led at camp, but never before at church). i'm nervous, but mainly excited! i can't wait! i'm also sharing at church about my missions trip in january to thailand & cambodia next sunday as it's missions month this month. also, i'm planing a princess day for the girls at church on the holidays and i'm taking two sunday school lessons on the holidays, which is exciting! so, lots happening there.
God has really been challenging me to continue to support my parents in their ministry at cornerstone. this move hasnt been easy, and two and a half years later, i'm still suffering from feelings of regret, loneliness, disapointment, impatience and confusion about all this. i know God has a plan, but sometimes it's so hard to see past all the stuff hapening at church and focus on what really counts. i still feel like giving up at times on my youth group, mainly because it just doesnt feel like it's going anywhere. on sunday though, the speaker at our church (Dr. George Forbes) was sharing from Isaiah 60:
1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
4 "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm.
5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come..."
so i was really encouraged and i felt like God was saying to me to "Arise and Shine" and to make a commitment to Him.
next week is work experience week which i'm really excited about. i'm working at Tonya Hide Interiors in the city. It's an interior designing place which my worship leader - Ed works at. when i'm there, i'll be designing our bathroom and finishing up a cafe - should be interesting!
SO YEAH! that's basically all that's been going on. the emo-ness in the previous entries have gone mainly because i havent had much time to think about any of it.
i'll leave you all with some pictures of sarah's party =)
HOLIDAYS COMING UP! o.0
lots has been happening, and as a result, my blog has been neglected somewhat - until now! so i'll just write about everything happening lately as i think of them...
i went to my friend sarah dickson's 16th birthday party on saturday (14/6/08). it was really fun. her brother (chris dickson) set up her garage with lcd tvs, karaoke machine etc. and that was cool, we danced & sang very LOUD all night! they also had a pinata which some of the people there tried to hit. getting high on softdrinks is so hardcore, almost as hardcore as drinking alcopops =) haha. well i saw david want & michael want there (my old neighbours back in bond st, ringwood) and also graham king (kid who went to oxley in year 7). good to catch up with friends and just have fun.
INTENSIVE rehearsals for our school musical, "fiddler on the roof" is well under-way in the music department. the band (strings + concert band) have been working tirelessly to learn and put together (with great skill might i add) - 36 pieces for this musical. i'm actually quite doubtful we will get it all together in time, but we'll see. it's basically three rehearsals a week (two band + one sectionals), for about 4-5 hours each rehearsal. oh stress..
i'm leading worship at church this sunday (come along to cornerstone!) for the first time in church (like i led at camp, but never before at church). i'm nervous, but mainly excited! i can't wait! i'm also sharing at church about my missions trip in january to thailand & cambodia next sunday as it's missions month this month. also, i'm planing a princess day for the girls at church on the holidays and i'm taking two sunday school lessons on the holidays, which is exciting! so, lots happening there.
God has really been challenging me to continue to support my parents in their ministry at cornerstone. this move hasnt been easy, and two and a half years later, i'm still suffering from feelings of regret, loneliness, disapointment, impatience and confusion about all this. i know God has a plan, but sometimes it's so hard to see past all the stuff hapening at church and focus on what really counts. i still feel like giving up at times on my youth group, mainly because it just doesnt feel like it's going anywhere. on sunday though, the speaker at our church (Dr. George Forbes) was sharing from Isaiah 60:
1 "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
2 See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
4 "Lift up your eyes and look about you: All assemble and come to you; your sons come from afar, and your daughters are carried on the arm.
5 Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come..."
so i was really encouraged and i felt like God was saying to me to "Arise and Shine" and to make a commitment to Him.
next week is work experience week which i'm really excited about. i'm working at Tonya Hide Interiors in the city. It's an interior designing place which my worship leader - Ed works at. when i'm there, i'll be designing our bathroom and finishing up a cafe - should be interesting!
SO YEAH! that's basically all that's been going on. the emo-ness in the previous entries have gone mainly because i havent had much time to think about any of it.
i'll leave you all with some pictures of sarah's party =)
HOLIDAYS COMING UP! o.0
Thursday, June 12, 2008
bludge days
this week (which is basically wednesday & today) is like getting-back-exams-finishing-semester 2-bludge week. so i've gotten back most of my exams and the results have been as expected - so i'm pretty happy about that.
yesterday we had our first lot of dance lessons for our formal. we learnt the jive + tango and it was so much fun! we did a progressive jive which means that you move around the circle as you dance. it was awesome! i can't wait until formal, it's going to be fun.
today we didn't do much, lol bludge days, but i had my very last photography lesson today and that was really sad cos i love my photography class so much! i wish there was vce photography at oxley, cos i would seriously consider doing it. so i mounted my triptych and reminisced with claire & mr lau about how far we've all come since that humble day we started photography last year in year 9... good times in that subject =)
we've done so many rehearsals for fiddler on the roof, our school production on this year. i'm playing violin in the band. it's so frustrating because we have to learn 20 over songs in like 8 weeks and no one ever pays attention in rehearsals! and i dont really have school tomorrow, but because of rehearsals, i have to go to school! ARGH..
anyway, i was just thinking today about how i seem to lose friends so often. it really frustrates me. i've never seem to be able to keep friends for very long or at least close friends for very long. it seems like it's God's way of keeping me dependent on Him. i feel like as soon as i've been friends with them, God says it's time to move on, and i almost always lose that friendship. it's hard cos i then have to start all over again. i just wish i could stay in one place long enough to keep friends.
yeah thats about it for now =)
im still missing my fungusses.
xo
yesterday we had our first lot of dance lessons for our formal. we learnt the jive + tango and it was so much fun! we did a progressive jive which means that you move around the circle as you dance. it was awesome! i can't wait until formal, it's going to be fun.
today we didn't do much, lol bludge days, but i had my very last photography lesson today and that was really sad cos i love my photography class so much! i wish there was vce photography at oxley, cos i would seriously consider doing it. so i mounted my triptych and reminisced with claire & mr lau about how far we've all come since that humble day we started photography last year in year 9... good times in that subject =)
we've done so many rehearsals for fiddler on the roof, our school production on this year. i'm playing violin in the band. it's so frustrating because we have to learn 20 over songs in like 8 weeks and no one ever pays attention in rehearsals! and i dont really have school tomorrow, but because of rehearsals, i have to go to school! ARGH..
anyway, i was just thinking today about how i seem to lose friends so often. it really frustrates me. i've never seem to be able to keep friends for very long or at least close friends for very long. it seems like it's God's way of keeping me dependent on Him. i feel like as soon as i've been friends with them, God says it's time to move on, and i almost always lose that friendship. it's hard cos i then have to start all over again. i just wish i could stay in one place long enough to keep friends.
yeah thats about it for now =)
im still missing my fungusses.
xo
Sunday, June 8, 2008
a long time away
oh i havent blogged in ages, i never thought people really read my blog, but isaac's message convinced me to. so much has happened since i last blogged, so i'll just go on about what has been happening now...
yesterday i went to a market in warrandyte. i saw so many young musicians there (all around my age) and i got re-inspired. the music they all played was so sincere and genuine and of themselves. they were playing to entertain. then i realised that i take my music for granted. music is art. art is meant to communicate feelings and emotions and thoughts to people that plain words cannot. somewhere along the way, i've stopped playing for me, or for an audience and began playing to get a certificate. there's a vast difference. somewhere, i've lost the artistic side of my music and got caught up in analysing the music too much. i know people who play music will understand that music is not just a sound - it's a voice.
also, i've not only been inspired musically, but have been so in photography. atm, i do year 10 photography and am enjoying it so much, it's the best subject, and our class has the funniest and most fun times in that darkroom. in oxley, we don't have vce photography but you can do visual art and fill your folio with photographs (it's not the same though). but anyway, i was browsing through myspaces and came across a guy called "Zaldy" who takes amazing photographs of the most simple things. (check out his myspace and see his pictures at; www.myspace.com/nodesignhere) he even quotes,
"To capture something real, the subject has to be immersed in something real. Such simplicity can include doodling on a piece of paper, riding a bike, watching the sun rise/set, up to the depthness of human connection - the love of parent for their child to the pain of losing someone. Alot of things need not require photographs to freeze them. But there are some moments that do. In our advancing world, it is easy to forget some things."
wow, one day when i own my own SLR, i hope to see everything in the world as art. with a camera in my hand, maybe i can capture the true emotions of everyday life.
anyway, enough deep arty stuff.
exams are over so i'm relieved, but lately i feel like i've been far from God and a lot of my friends, like i used exams as an excuse to push everyone out of the picture, i feel really bad. so today, at church, i told God and i said sorry. it's missions month and we had a speaker called, TT Quah to come and speak to us, and the main thing which hit me was when he said, "The highest expression of love for Christ is worship, the highest expression of worship is obedience, and the highest expression of obedience is evangelism." he also told us stories about how he and some russian pastors planted hundreds of churches in russia. he told us to dream big, silly dreams, cos God will use them. i realised at that point how great a God we serve. He is awesome! God has been doing some great things in my heart since this morning.
that's about it. i guess i'm still trying to fit in at church and school. it's weird, for the first time in my life, i didn't want to go to church this morning, not because of God or i thought it was boring or anything, but mainly the fact that i don't feel like i still fit in at church. i'm trying, and i wish i did fit in cos i know God put me there, but i can't. i feel so selfish sometimes.. like clearly God calling me there is not all about me. and i guess school's just weird, i don't feel like i can really find a few close friends, our "group" has just grown so big now, and it's so lonely sometimes.
i also attend a group at school called Chapel Champions, and they meet every second week (chapel champions are a select group of students from year 10-12) and plan school chapels as well as pray for our chapels, and hopefully, God will use us to bring our school chapels to the next level, and really grow some of the christians at our school.
so yeah, that's mainly stuff happening in my life now, so i'll leave you with some emo crap i wrote a week or so ago and blogged it on myspace, and i guess i still feel this way, but not as much anymore.
i can't believe it's happening all over again, but this time, i'm smarter; this time, i'm stronger. i want to run back to you, i wish you were there to tell me it was going to be ok all over again, but you're not. i wait all day to hear your voice, to hear you make a sound, maybe make me laugh, or make me cry, but there's nothing but silence. then there are moments we're together, but it's not the same anymore. you seemed to have moved on, you seem to not care, but my feet are glued to the ground. i want to walk away fast, but i can't. i need you to tell me if it's over. i wonder how long i'll be standing here. and now i feel so stupid because i saw the signs, and i thought maybe it'd be worth it. you meant everything you said - at the time. i did too. how come "i love you" became such a cliché between us? you were the only constant in my life, but now my world's slipping away without you. i wish i could hear your laugh again. i wish i could make you smile. i wish my hugs were what you looked forward to at the end of the day again, but now i'm not even making sense, i'm sure no one reads this stuff anyway, do they? i miss you.
God bless guys,
miss all the fungus people,
xo
yesterday i went to a market in warrandyte. i saw so many young musicians there (all around my age) and i got re-inspired. the music they all played was so sincere and genuine and of themselves. they were playing to entertain. then i realised that i take my music for granted. music is art. art is meant to communicate feelings and emotions and thoughts to people that plain words cannot. somewhere along the way, i've stopped playing for me, or for an audience and began playing to get a certificate. there's a vast difference. somewhere, i've lost the artistic side of my music and got caught up in analysing the music too much. i know people who play music will understand that music is not just a sound - it's a voice.
also, i've not only been inspired musically, but have been so in photography. atm, i do year 10 photography and am enjoying it so much, it's the best subject, and our class has the funniest and most fun times in that darkroom. in oxley, we don't have vce photography but you can do visual art and fill your folio with photographs (it's not the same though). but anyway, i was browsing through myspaces and came across a guy called "Zaldy" who takes amazing photographs of the most simple things. (check out his myspace and see his pictures at; www.myspace.com/nodesignhere) he even quotes,
"To capture something real, the subject has to be immersed in something real. Such simplicity can include doodling on a piece of paper, riding a bike, watching the sun rise/set, up to the depthness of human connection - the love of parent for their child to the pain of losing someone. Alot of things need not require photographs to freeze them. But there are some moments that do. In our advancing world, it is easy to forget some things."
wow, one day when i own my own SLR, i hope to see everything in the world as art. with a camera in my hand, maybe i can capture the true emotions of everyday life.
anyway, enough deep arty stuff.
exams are over so i'm relieved, but lately i feel like i've been far from God and a lot of my friends, like i used exams as an excuse to push everyone out of the picture, i feel really bad. so today, at church, i told God and i said sorry. it's missions month and we had a speaker called, TT Quah to come and speak to us, and the main thing which hit me was when he said, "The highest expression of love for Christ is worship, the highest expression of worship is obedience, and the highest expression of obedience is evangelism." he also told us stories about how he and some russian pastors planted hundreds of churches in russia. he told us to dream big, silly dreams, cos God will use them. i realised at that point how great a God we serve. He is awesome! God has been doing some great things in my heart since this morning.
that's about it. i guess i'm still trying to fit in at church and school. it's weird, for the first time in my life, i didn't want to go to church this morning, not because of God or i thought it was boring or anything, but mainly the fact that i don't feel like i still fit in at church. i'm trying, and i wish i did fit in cos i know God put me there, but i can't. i feel so selfish sometimes.. like clearly God calling me there is not all about me. and i guess school's just weird, i don't feel like i can really find a few close friends, our "group" has just grown so big now, and it's so lonely sometimes.
i also attend a group at school called Chapel Champions, and they meet every second week (chapel champions are a select group of students from year 10-12) and plan school chapels as well as pray for our chapels, and hopefully, God will use us to bring our school chapels to the next level, and really grow some of the christians at our school.
so yeah, that's mainly stuff happening in my life now, so i'll leave you with some emo crap i wrote a week or so ago and blogged it on myspace, and i guess i still feel this way, but not as much anymore.
i can't believe it's happening all over again, but this time, i'm smarter; this time, i'm stronger. i want to run back to you, i wish you were there to tell me it was going to be ok all over again, but you're not. i wait all day to hear your voice, to hear you make a sound, maybe make me laugh, or make me cry, but there's nothing but silence. then there are moments we're together, but it's not the same anymore. you seemed to have moved on, you seem to not care, but my feet are glued to the ground. i want to walk away fast, but i can't. i need you to tell me if it's over. i wonder how long i'll be standing here. and now i feel so stupid because i saw the signs, and i thought maybe it'd be worth it. you meant everything you said - at the time. i did too. how come "i love you" became such a cliché between us? you were the only constant in my life, but now my world's slipping away without you. i wish i could hear your laugh again. i wish i could make you smile. i wish my hugs were what you looked forward to at the end of the day again, but now i'm not even making sense, i'm sure no one reads this stuff anyway, do they? i miss you.
God bless guys,
miss all the fungus people,
xo
Friday, January 25, 2008
the Mekong Mission & Malaysia & 2008!
wow, i seriously have not blogged in forever! im thinking im going to start. maybe it can be my new year's resolution, i know its a bit late, but its still january! haha. well, a lot have happened since i last blogged, and im not even going to attempt to name or describe them all, but we've got like christmas, new year, birthdays, exams, etc. etc. yeah, you get the point, but mainly, im blogging cos i have so much to share about the missions trip i've just been on...
well, it was from the 3rd - 14th of Jan, and im blogging about it cos ive learnt so much and it may be a while until i see many of you again. im going to briefly share about what we did, and the bits which touched me the most, not in any particular order, just as they come to me. if you would love to read more about this, you can check http://www.themekongmission.blogspot.com/ that was our official missions blog, so yeah =)
1. kids, kids, more kids!
as most of you probably know, i love kids =) i even debated (inside my head) whether becoming a kinder teacher (like grace ling) is an option. anyway, we did a whole lot of kids ministry, and i just loved being with the kids, playing with the kids, laughing with the kids & sharing with them. in fact, ive told a lot of my friends that i really wanted to adopt like 20 of them (collectively, in the many villages we visited), and i could actually name most of them! anyway, the kids really touched me, especially when it came to the cambodian kids, and seeing the way that they have practically nothing was just simply heartbreaking to me, and im sure to many of my fellow missionaries. im so so thankful now, for all the things i have, and believe me, you have more than you think you do. i also saw some kids between the border of cambodia & thailand, and they were really poor. basically, they come up to you and ask you if you would like them to hold up the umbrella for you, in exchange for 1 baht. and these kids were looking through garbage to survive! i was about to cry, but we couldnt give them money, so we gave them lollies instead, but it was still so sad for me, and i dont think any child deserves to beg or look through rubbish just to survive.
2. seeing christianity out of someone else's eyes
while we were there, we had the opportunity of meeting some inspirational christians. some of which were under huge persecution from their governments (i wont mention the country or their names, for security reasons). anyway, i was just absolutely blessed by seeing how they live & worship God. many of the pastors there have hardly enough money from the offering bag each sunday to just fund the church, let alone have an income; so a lot of the pastors have to work a full time job + be a full time pastor & lead a church, and believe me, just being a pastor alone isnt easy! (i would know, my dad is one!!) just seeing the joy of these christians though what they are going through was seriously a wake up call for me, because i have everything, im free to be a christian - in fact, my school encourages it! yet, i dont have half the guts these christians have. not only the guts, i dont have that joy (made clear by the smiles plastered all over their faces), or that hunger to know God so deeply. i tell you, that ive changed so much, my relationship with God, and my perspective on life, just by meeting these Christians. they are truly Jesus Freaks. the type you read about in books, except these are living, real people, and somehow, it hits you more when theyre real.
3. eating & trying odd things
while i was there, i ate the weirdest things; from crikets to silkworms to raw red ants!! the crickets & silk worms werent so bad, cos they were deep fried, so it just tasted like oil. we then visited a village, whose delicacy was red ants, so they gave us their best food (which you cant NOT eat!), which was red ants. so, they had red ant soup, fried red ants, red ants in lard-na (a chilli pork dish, famous amongst the Issan people, who are those we visited), they also had RAW red ants & red ants eggs, and i didnt know they were raw, i thought they were cooked, so i figured - well im not going to eat this probably ever again, so why not try? - which i did. but it was just sour. YUK! they told us that cos they dont have lemons or lime there, they use the ants as flavouring cos the ants are sour from the acid in their poison!!
4. Hazel Lim
when i was there, we travelled with a missionary family (they were like our hosts) and we go to know them heaps. they have a daughter who is around my age, so i got to know her really well. (she's from FGA USJ so she knows people like serene ong, stanley ong & audrey tan, for all the fungus people who know those people!) anyway, we clicked, which was really good, and became really good friends there. but like most of my friends in life, i had to say goodbye. and that was sad, but we still keep in contact with each other, though as we both agreed, its not the same. we could talk because we talked about stuff like having to leave your good friends. i think these are things that mainly pastors kids & missionary kids would understand (i mean a lot of my friends have migrated here etc. but not for the same reasons that we have to move, and thats 'god's calling', which i absolutely dont doubt btw, just that sometimes, its not at the greatest of timings, but God knows best!)
5. Malaysia!!
then, there was our holiday to malaysia. that was fun, for me anyway! i got to go out with some of my friends, to the movies and such (not all cos most of them have to go to school!). and talked, laughed, took more sticker photos & ate curly fries =) and i got to meet my beautiful niece, Mikayla Ren Cai Yee, and talk to my CRAZY cousins yet again at her family full moon. we bragged about our reunions, compared to everyone else's families and talked a lot about music (if you know anything about my cousins, theyre all musos!), so yeah, that was very fun, and now i miss them all again! we also visited my old church (the one my dad pioneered), as my dad was preaching there, and it was goo dto see some of our old members again, and realise that the church is growing heaps, which is always an encouragement! so yeah, malaysia was fun, and ive gotta say, full of food!!
so yeah, that was some of my trip, now ill leave you with a pic of my little niece =)
my baby niece; Mikayla Ren Cai Yee
God Bless,
Danica =)
PS. check out this photobucket site, its got lots of pics from my missions trip!
http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q45/danicayee/the%20Mekong%20mission%20and%20Malaysia%202008/
well, it was from the 3rd - 14th of Jan, and im blogging about it cos ive learnt so much and it may be a while until i see many of you again. im going to briefly share about what we did, and the bits which touched me the most, not in any particular order, just as they come to me. if you would love to read more about this, you can check http://www.themekongmission.blogspot.com/ that was our official missions blog, so yeah =)
1. kids, kids, more kids!
as most of you probably know, i love kids =) i even debated (inside my head) whether becoming a kinder teacher (like grace ling) is an option. anyway, we did a whole lot of kids ministry, and i just loved being with the kids, playing with the kids, laughing with the kids & sharing with them. in fact, ive told a lot of my friends that i really wanted to adopt like 20 of them (collectively, in the many villages we visited), and i could actually name most of them! anyway, the kids really touched me, especially when it came to the cambodian kids, and seeing the way that they have practically nothing was just simply heartbreaking to me, and im sure to many of my fellow missionaries. im so so thankful now, for all the things i have, and believe me, you have more than you think you do. i also saw some kids between the border of cambodia & thailand, and they were really poor. basically, they come up to you and ask you if you would like them to hold up the umbrella for you, in exchange for 1 baht. and these kids were looking through garbage to survive! i was about to cry, but we couldnt give them money, so we gave them lollies instead, but it was still so sad for me, and i dont think any child deserves to beg or look through rubbish just to survive.
2. seeing christianity out of someone else's eyes
while we were there, we had the opportunity of meeting some inspirational christians. some of which were under huge persecution from their governments (i wont mention the country or their names, for security reasons). anyway, i was just absolutely blessed by seeing how they live & worship God. many of the pastors there have hardly enough money from the offering bag each sunday to just fund the church, let alone have an income; so a lot of the pastors have to work a full time job + be a full time pastor & lead a church, and believe me, just being a pastor alone isnt easy! (i would know, my dad is one!!) just seeing the joy of these christians though what they are going through was seriously a wake up call for me, because i have everything, im free to be a christian - in fact, my school encourages it! yet, i dont have half the guts these christians have. not only the guts, i dont have that joy (made clear by the smiles plastered all over their faces), or that hunger to know God so deeply. i tell you, that ive changed so much, my relationship with God, and my perspective on life, just by meeting these Christians. they are truly Jesus Freaks. the type you read about in books, except these are living, real people, and somehow, it hits you more when theyre real.
3. eating & trying odd things
while i was there, i ate the weirdest things; from crikets to silkworms to raw red ants!! the crickets & silk worms werent so bad, cos they were deep fried, so it just tasted like oil. we then visited a village, whose delicacy was red ants, so they gave us their best food (which you cant NOT eat!), which was red ants. so, they had red ant soup, fried red ants, red ants in lard-na (a chilli pork dish, famous amongst the Issan people, who are those we visited), they also had RAW red ants & red ants eggs, and i didnt know they were raw, i thought they were cooked, so i figured - well im not going to eat this probably ever again, so why not try? - which i did. but it was just sour. YUK! they told us that cos they dont have lemons or lime there, they use the ants as flavouring cos the ants are sour from the acid in their poison!!
4. Hazel Lim
when i was there, we travelled with a missionary family (they were like our hosts) and we go to know them heaps. they have a daughter who is around my age, so i got to know her really well. (she's from FGA USJ so she knows people like serene ong, stanley ong & audrey tan, for all the fungus people who know those people!) anyway, we clicked, which was really good, and became really good friends there. but like most of my friends in life, i had to say goodbye. and that was sad, but we still keep in contact with each other, though as we both agreed, its not the same. we could talk because we talked about stuff like having to leave your good friends. i think these are things that mainly pastors kids & missionary kids would understand (i mean a lot of my friends have migrated here etc. but not for the same reasons that we have to move, and thats 'god's calling', which i absolutely dont doubt btw, just that sometimes, its not at the greatest of timings, but God knows best!)
5. Malaysia!!
then, there was our holiday to malaysia. that was fun, for me anyway! i got to go out with some of my friends, to the movies and such (not all cos most of them have to go to school!). and talked, laughed, took more sticker photos & ate curly fries =) and i got to meet my beautiful niece, Mikayla Ren Cai Yee, and talk to my CRAZY cousins yet again at her family full moon. we bragged about our reunions, compared to everyone else's families and talked a lot about music (if you know anything about my cousins, theyre all musos!), so yeah, that was very fun, and now i miss them all again! we also visited my old church (the one my dad pioneered), as my dad was preaching there, and it was goo dto see some of our old members again, and realise that the church is growing heaps, which is always an encouragement! so yeah, malaysia was fun, and ive gotta say, full of food!!
so yeah, that was some of my trip, now ill leave you with a pic of my little niece =)
my baby niece; Mikayla Ren Cai Yee
God Bless,
Danica =)
PS. check out this photobucket site, its got lots of pics from my missions trip!
http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q45/danicayee/the%20Mekong%20mission%20and%20Malaysia%202008/
Monday, September 10, 2007
my last shower for four days..
hey hey guys,
OMG, there goes my last shower for four days lol...
im going on survival camp tomorrow. no showers, toilets, walls, ipods, phones, or cars. just our legs, tents, friends, a fire, a hole and baby wipes. its going to be awesome!! ahaha.
anyway, sorry havent blogged in ages, its due to my busyness yet again. life is so busy, sigh, sometimes i dont even have time to spend with God and i feel so bad cos its like im giving God my "leftover time" when i should be giving him all my time, and everything else my leftover time.
camp should be good, a chance to get away from technology, myspace, msn, phones, ipods, noise and civilisation for four days. as well as studies and my hectic music programme. should be a great time to strengthen friendships and learn to see the world from another point of view.
as always, school is crazy, i have hardly had time to eat at recess or lunchtime, cos of extra-curricular stuff and many rehearsals. its so so so BUSY! cant even talk to my friends anymore, so i have to call them at night to ask what happened at school lol.
yesterday, i saw gracie again, that was fun lol. at daydreamers indoor play and learning centre..amanda's awesome work! it was so fun, we played and "supervised" the kids on the playground and the awesome SLIDE!!!! ahaha. then we watched mean girls, and talked. good times. miss you already gracie.
anyway, i hear that fungus rally is on this satday, and as usual, everyone has been asking me to go. im thinking i should be able to, unless my parents dont let me. hope to see you all there =]
anyway, my violin exam was supposed to be today, but the stupid examiner didnt show up so now its postponed till next tuesday which is really annoying, cos i was hoping to get it all over with before camp!!! ARGH. oh well, itll be ok next tues.
i should go now cos dinner is ready, but yeah, thanks for reading my blog..LOVE YOU ADRIENNE haha..
♥
danica
OMG, there goes my last shower for four days lol...
im going on survival camp tomorrow. no showers, toilets, walls, ipods, phones, or cars. just our legs, tents, friends, a fire, a hole and baby wipes. its going to be awesome!! ahaha.
anyway, sorry havent blogged in ages, its due to my busyness yet again. life is so busy, sigh, sometimes i dont even have time to spend with God and i feel so bad cos its like im giving God my "leftover time" when i should be giving him all my time, and everything else my leftover time.
camp should be good, a chance to get away from technology, myspace, msn, phones, ipods, noise and civilisation for four days. as well as studies and my hectic music programme. should be a great time to strengthen friendships and learn to see the world from another point of view.
as always, school is crazy, i have hardly had time to eat at recess or lunchtime, cos of extra-curricular stuff and many rehearsals. its so so so BUSY! cant even talk to my friends anymore, so i have to call them at night to ask what happened at school lol.
yesterday, i saw gracie again, that was fun lol. at daydreamers indoor play and learning centre..amanda's awesome work! it was so fun, we played and "supervised" the kids on the playground and the awesome SLIDE!!!! ahaha. then we watched mean girls, and talked. good times. miss you already gracie.
anyway, i hear that fungus rally is on this satday, and as usual, everyone has been asking me to go. im thinking i should be able to, unless my parents dont let me. hope to see you all there =]
anyway, my violin exam was supposed to be today, but the stupid examiner didnt show up so now its postponed till next tuesday which is really annoying, cos i was hoping to get it all over with before camp!!! ARGH. oh well, itll be ok next tues.
i should go now cos dinner is ready, but yeah, thanks for reading my blog..LOVE YOU ADRIENNE haha..
♥
danica
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
STRESSSSS
hey guys,
its been a while yet again. im thinking i should either scrap this blog, or actually use it, cos atm its kinda half hanging. ANYWAY, if people actually read this blog, i will blog, but if no one does, then i dont really see the point lol.
lots of stuff is happening in life atm, there are my music exams, studies, assignments, homework, school stuff, friends falling apart and friendships collapsing. yup, its all happening, and its happening fast. i am stressed out to the max, and i have no time to breathe.
its not actually as bad as it sounds. despite it all, im quite happy with me & God's "state" or "relationship" right now. i wake up every morning at 7 instead of 7.30 to do my quiet time, and its been really good for me. i feel so close to God, and i know that even in my darkest moments, he is there.
everything is happening, but i know there is a reason its all happening. i was talking to jerusha the other day, about stress (it was a really short msn convo) and i came to the conclusion that its not the stress, cos we'll have stress, and cares im pretty sure for almost the rest of our lives. its how we deal with it. im sure we can put this stress and turn in into a constructive thing...somehow. i havent yet learnt the key, but am learning =]
this week, my aim is; (actually i have two lol)
1. to live for others, not myself and
2. not bagg jonny about his ego, or about being chillian lol. (but thats a silly one haha, though me and serpil thought it was a good one lol, although hes so fun to bagg)
but i wanna focus on the first. living for others, ive found is quite challenging. time and time again, i find myself starting to talk about myself, until i consiously remember that i am trying to live for others. i guess thats how we are as humans, self centered and self absorbed, but we need to begin to change it. ive tried this this week, everytime i start to talk about myself, i think of God, instead of looking at myself, i look up. (not literally) and instead of telling people what i did last night, i ask them how they are. im still trying to establish what is crossing the line and what is just needing to spill stuff out though. its hard, but im getting there.
please continue to pray for my youth group and my church. all your prayers have been appreciated.
anyway, that was just a thought.
i miss all you fungusses a lot recently, and i think im having one of those sentimental weeks, again. like jerry said. its really annoying, the timing lol.
im trying to care about other people, as much as i care about myself. i know that sounds funny, but its harder than it sounds.
I LOVEEE YOU ALL!
god bless :) and guess what? nick is out of hospital..YAY!
♥ dani xx
its been a while yet again. im thinking i should either scrap this blog, or actually use it, cos atm its kinda half hanging. ANYWAY, if people actually read this blog, i will blog, but if no one does, then i dont really see the point lol.
lots of stuff is happening in life atm, there are my music exams, studies, assignments, homework, school stuff, friends falling apart and friendships collapsing. yup, its all happening, and its happening fast. i am stressed out to the max, and i have no time to breathe.
its not actually as bad as it sounds. despite it all, im quite happy with me & God's "state" or "relationship" right now. i wake up every morning at 7 instead of 7.30 to do my quiet time, and its been really good for me. i feel so close to God, and i know that even in my darkest moments, he is there.
everything is happening, but i know there is a reason its all happening. i was talking to jerusha the other day, about stress (it was a really short msn convo) and i came to the conclusion that its not the stress, cos we'll have stress, and cares im pretty sure for almost the rest of our lives. its how we deal with it. im sure we can put this stress and turn in into a constructive thing...somehow. i havent yet learnt the key, but am learning =]
this week, my aim is; (actually i have two lol)
1. to live for others, not myself and
2. not bagg jonny about his ego, or about being chillian lol. (but thats a silly one haha, though me and serpil thought it was a good one lol, although hes so fun to bagg)
but i wanna focus on the first. living for others, ive found is quite challenging. time and time again, i find myself starting to talk about myself, until i consiously remember that i am trying to live for others. i guess thats how we are as humans, self centered and self absorbed, but we need to begin to change it. ive tried this this week, everytime i start to talk about myself, i think of God, instead of looking at myself, i look up. (not literally) and instead of telling people what i did last night, i ask them how they are. im still trying to establish what is crossing the line and what is just needing to spill stuff out though. its hard, but im getting there.
please continue to pray for my youth group and my church. all your prayers have been appreciated.
anyway, that was just a thought.
i miss all you fungusses a lot recently, and i think im having one of those sentimental weeks, again. like jerry said. its really annoying, the timing lol.
im trying to care about other people, as much as i care about myself. i know that sounds funny, but its harder than it sounds.
I LOVEEE YOU ALL!
god bless :) and guess what? nick is out of hospital..YAY!
♥ dani xx
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