And you say...

* the loveLY. the ugLY.....

Wednesday, June 27, 2007
How amusing...
This morning I talked with me Daddy on the phone. He said, "Men are funny creatures." Now that I have this piece of information in my head, I don't know whether to laugh or cry...don't worry, I still like men. Hehe...

Just now, Jo told me that me Mummy had a dream...the dream was something about Mum and I, and pasar malam, and kayaballs! And Mum was scolding me because I was buying one too many kayaballs, and she had no money. =P Of course there were other details to the dream, but ahh, too long. Haha...it was so funny, I laughed.

Oh, my parents... =)
Posted by ltsmei at 10:58 PM ~
Monday, June 25, 2007
your efforts are not in vain
I used to think that gentlemen was a "dying race".

But did you know that there are no gentlemen around? Therefore, gentlemen really isn't a dying race...there are none to begin with even.

If you guys feel like knocking my head so hard till it drops off rolling on the floor, please allow me to say something first. I didn't come up with that idea! It was from a guy! To be specific, Cheng Jae Son. Yes, my future brother-in-law...

Hehe. Jae Son said that men are naturally not gentlemen...they only make the effort to be one.

So ladies, when a guy opens the door for you, pulls out a chair for you to sit, walks on the outer side of the road so that you don't get knocked down, carries stuff for you, do NOT say, "I am capable! I can do it on my own! You don't have to do it for me."

Just be a woman and say thank you. I'm pretty sure that's easy enough. If you can't open your golden mouth (maybe you have golden teeth, I don't know), please at least S-M-I-L-E...work those muscles lah...

Be constructive, not destructive.

And to all the guys and men out there, thank you for making the effort at being gentlemanly. =)
Posted by ltsmei at 9:10 PM ~
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
When I was just a little girl...
I didn't ask my mother what I would be when I grew up; neither did I ask her whether I would be pretty, or rich...and she never answered, "Que sera sera, whatever will be, will be. The future's not ours to see." Clearly, because I never asked those questions...

But when I was young, I had a problem...I couldn't see myself in any other way than being ugly, useless, good-for-nothing, worthless, and everything yucky.

So I had one single goal: to be the best-est daughter among my sisters (they don't know this...well, no one else knows it either, for that matter. So when you people read this, it might be a sudden revelation to you, haha) to my parents.

I worked hard...I didn't shout back to my parents, I didn't slam doors, I did my share of the household chores, I even did extra chores if there were (but of course, my sisters never realized it), and I studied like I should. All just to prove my worth.

But I never got what I wanted: to be shown extra favour. My parents love us all the same (and I'm glad they do).

Yet through that painful journey of discovering myself, I found something else...something much more precious than life itself. I found my worth in Christ.

When I began to see myself in God's eyes, my whole world changed. I didn't just do my share in the home and behaved myself because I wanted attention...but because God's love compelled me to be my very best.

I am still compelled to be and to give my very best for the One who loves me so, the One who has set me free, the One who turned my world upside down.

Well, no one ever said upside down was always bad... ;)
Just don't see it the world's way. =)
Posted by ltsmei at 3:01 PM ~
Saturday, June 09, 2007
my Strength & my Song 

A thousand times I've failed
Still Your mercy remains
And should I stumble again
I'm caught in Your grace
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

Your will above all else
My purpose remains
The art of losing myself
In bringing You praise
Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame

In my heart and my soul
Lord I give You control
Consume me from the inside out
Lord let justice and praise
Become my embrace
To love You from the inside out

Everlasting
Your light will shine when all else fades
Never ending
Your glory goes beyond all fame
And the cry of my heart is to bring You praise
From the inside out, Lord my soul cries out
 
Today I'm reminded once again, of the joy of being in the presence of God.
 I'm very much like you people out there...sometimes I don't feel like doing my Quiet Time, or feel that I should do it "later", although we all know that the "later" would probably be pushed so far back, it would already be the next day, and then before we know it, the day after that comes, and the day after that...and the day after that. You all know what I mean...

So there I was spending time with the Lord this morning, and I'm thinking, "Being in the presence of the Lord is so good...how could I ever compromise my time with Him?"

How could I? Doing QT after all, isn't about me...it never was, and it never will be. And it really is an art of losing myself, dying to my "don't feel like doing"-ness...something I am constantly working towards.

The Lord is my strength and my song, and He has become my SALVATION.
Psalm 118:14

   

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Friday, June 08, 2007

   

   
    
   Does it?

   

   
I've got exactly TWENTY THREE days left...
...till I enter a whole new world
...till I plunge into the sea of green uniforms (KK nurses wear green)
...till I start entertaining parents and relatives who would want to wring my neck if they are upset about the way their child's being treated in the hospital
...till I start saving for my own future

WOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wouldn't I just love it??
Yea, right...it's more scary than anything else.

But.....I WILL SURVIVE!

I'm savouring every bit of my break right now...the trip up to KL (again) with Dad, Mum, and my sisters was good. Although I can't stand KL traffic...especially on rainy days. Ughh. But the trip was good. =)

People say that when you enter the working world, you have no life...but it doesn't have to be that way, does it?

No, it doesn't.

   

   Posted by ltsmei at 11:18 AM ~