Lead the way

More acoustic covers by Lyn.

Goosebumps~!

I Don't Care was my favourite. She did it much better than 2NE1! :D

I love her voice so much! Her versions sound much better than the original! LOL I love acoustic covers. :)

I apologise for the lack of updates because I'm so not inspired to write anything interesting while I've been rotting at home for the past few weeks. I said I wanted to post a full report of our mission trip to Philippines. But I figured it would be kinda dull to post an entry without pictures. I didn't bring my camera. The words might blind you!

So, while I try to get some inspiration, enjoy these few videos! It's been a while since I've shared something. :P

Forget about girl power, bring on the best male rookies of 2009! :D

MBLAQ a.k.a. Rain's boys and BEAST. ^_^

The girl group dance covers were funny!

More dance battle. But it's too short! >.<

Love this MJ tribute! :)

The most rewarding trip.

I'm a day late, but who cares. I'm home!!!

I promise I'll post a daily journal about our 8 days at the beautiful land of the Philippines, specifically Baguio City and the village in Bagong soon after I finish a proper report.

Stay tuned! Pictures and videos will be up on Facebook soon.

'Til next time, SALAMAT!

Note: Pictures courtesy of Christopher. :)

Sweet freedom.

I'm finally free from the most chaotic semester ever. UniSA Year 2, DONE!

I've been really enjoying my break for the past couple of days. It's been a while since we've had dinner with Stanley, he brought Ee Leen and I out for Thai food! It's so, so, so good. I'm still salivating now thinking about it. Check it out on Flavalogy!

Ming Kam(?), no idea. I keep forgetting the name of this dish. Just mix a little bit of everything and voila~!

Stanley didn't touch the chili padi at all. Hahaha! I like this appetizer, it's very refreshing. :)

Pineapple rice.

Tom Yam Goong! A must-have in Thai restaurants. This is one of the best I've tasted, and it was mild! Look at the size of the prawn. Yummy...

Pandan Wrapped Chicken.

Mango Sticky Rice! Another Thai dessert must-have. I was already bloated by the time we came to this dish.

It was a delicious meal indeed! Thank you Stanley!

I had twisted my big toe the day before after falling down on the road when it was raining. This gave Ee Leen another reason to call me a grandma. Stanley wondered if I did it on purpose to be a good friend to Ee Leen and suffer together, since she hurt hers (THE SAME TOE) a few weeks ago. -______-"

Now that I think about it, wouldn't it be weird seeing us walking like ducks together if we had hurt our toes at the same time. Haha!

Later, we crashed Stanley's place for a while because he wanted to show us the David Foster & Friends concert. We were so awed watching all the performances. I didn't know David Foster was behind all those great classics! He invited many artists for this charity concert in Las Vegas and they performed some of those classics while he played the piano.

It's too bad the greats like Barbara Streisand, Celine Dion and Whitney Houston weren't actually there. They appeared through a couple of clips here and there. But it was awesome watching Andrea Bocelli, Peter Cetera, Michael Buble, Josh Groban, and some of the past American Idol dropouts like Katharine McPhee and Michael Johns. Michael Johns was great!!! It's funny how the dropouts are doing far better than the actual winners.

But one of the performances that gave me real goosebumps was Charice, the little 16-year-old from Philippines. She is C.R.A.Z.Y. She never fails to make my hair stand while her perform. I remember watching her on Oprah and I just went O____O. Ee Leen was so shocked because she doesn't sound like how she looks! Singing songs by Whitney Houston and Celine Dion is asking for a suicide. But she does it easily, perfectly.

Speaking of the Philippines, I'll be going there for a mission trip in less than two weeks' time! It's my first and I'm REALLY excited. Everyone has been telling us how dangerous it is to go at this time, with the storms and typhoons happening so often. But we trust that God has His special timing when he gave us this opportunity.

Now that I'm finally on a break, I better use all the time I have to prepare! Can't wait to show our little performances to the people in the villages. ^_^

What time is it?

They're back. Bigger and better.

But ... without leader Jay. =(

Everybody is still waiting for him. Everyone is stuck at 1.59pm.

I've joined the club!

Last night was indeed the best assignment break ever!

As most of us were still rushing the worst assignment nightmare the night before, Andrea wished me on MSN and said she was sorry I had to spend my last moments as a teenager like this. Stepping into the 20's club with Journalism Ethics is not a good feeling at all!

Everyone in class was completely zombiefied during our 8am class. It was our last day of class for the semester. We're done with our second year! Well, technically not yet. We still have two submissions on Monday. But I just wanted to enjoy my day and forget about assignments.

After having lunch with Qiki, Jason, Joanne, Chern Lin and Mun Suet, Qiki crashed my place for a while. Poor Nabs was still preoccupied with work.

Before I knew it, the first thing that came into my inbox was a video clip sent by Chern Lin. She said she was going to sing a birthday song for me in Korean, but I didn't expect her to do it so quickly. We just had lunch together! It was such a cute video. Thank you Chern Lin, Jason, Joanne and Mun Suet!!! =D

We didn't have IMPACT last night and all the Cell Groups went on with their individual programmes instead. Since our plan to go to Snowflakes failed the last time, we decide to bring our FROGs there this time. It was also a combined birthday celebration for Melissa, Chloe and Yours Truly.

Initially, it was supposed to be just us FROGs. But a few more IMPACTers joined us later after their skit practice at church. NaCL was there and many aunties tagged along as well. FGA USJ took up almost half the place! We felt bad for occupying the place because there were so many people waiting in line.

Charis had a smart plan and asked us to play 'Mafia'. It was a little weird because the place was so noisy. We could barely hear each other. But we went and played along. As usual, everybody was given our respective 'characters' and we were asked to close our eyes. The moment we opened our eyes later, Melissa, Chloe and I were greeted with a really cute birthday cake made by Charis, Caryn and Auntie Siew Fong!

Look at the cute little smiley faces!

Each of us picked a face and ...

Voila~!

Jade started playing with it first. And we thought that it was a good idea for all of us to pose like that. The poor girl had to hold that pose for quite a while before everyone managed to stick it on our tongues properly!

Thank you so much for the presents! Thank you Melissa, Charis, Chloe, Jade, Ji Huey, Cheng Yi, Ying Ying, Yunny, Hannah, Caryn, and Auntie Siew Fong!

It was great spending time with the FROGs last night. I had to rush home because Jon called me and said he wanted to collect the digital camcorder I had borrowed from him earlier. After sending Charis, Jade and Chloe home, I quickly rushed home because it was very late.

My mom called me a couple of times to rush me and said Jon had been waiting outside my house for very long. It was weird because he told me to let him know when I'm home and then he'll come. So I thought maybe he decided to go straight to my house. When I was right behind my house he called again and said he had to go over to Ee Leen's house to fix her printer. That gave me a little more time to get the camera and stuff.

When I came home, Auntie Mary and Auntie May were there. But I still didn't suspect anything because they always come to my house randomly. I figured they were preparing for tomorrow's children's carnival or something.

I went upstairs to get the camera in my room. I noticed that my room was a little cold, the air condition was switched off not long ago. I thought probably my Mom was in my room clearing stuff. I picked up the monopod. Suddenly I heard a loud bang on my toilet door. It usually makes this kind of noise because of the wind, but this was loud. I thought maybe someone else was using my toilet. But I couldn't think of anyone. And then, I saw an orange light coming through the door. It looked like a torch light and I freaked out!

I was just about to go down and call my Mom... when THIS happened.

HAHAHAHA!!! I was genuinely surprised. I did not expected anything at all! I had Jon's monopod in my hands and they thought I was ready to attack them! XD

Apparently Ee Leen had been texting Charis the whole time asking her to delay a little. But we naturally ended late because we had to wait for some of the parents to pick them up.

It was hilarious listening to all their initial plans. Apparently they wanted one of the girls with long hair to sit at my toilet bowl alone with her face covered to scare me in the dark! If that were to happen, I would really have gotten a heart attack! Thank God they had a better plan.

They were all worried that I would immediately start changing my clothes after entering my room. Now that would have been awkward and embarrassing. I can't believe they even considered that possibility! XD Some of them hid in the toilet and most of them were in the guest room. A few of us them had waited for a long time for me to come home! Cheryl said she stared at the cake for so long and it was starting to melt. Ammie accidentally burned her fingers and blowed all the candles while rushing to light them! Hahaha!

Ee Leen said she banged the toilet door because she couldn't figure out the lock at first. She wanted me to hear the bang and open the door to check what is inside. But I told her I WOULD NOT open the door if that were to happen! I'm a coward like that. I'd probably run downstairs to get my parents. =P

Anyway, thank you everybody for giving me the best surprise ever. You said it was a very last minute plan but it totally worked! So, THANK YOU!!!

Thank you Ee Leen, Ammie, Cheryl, Amanda, Pei Yi, Jade, Li Teng, Nicholas, Christopher, JonLoh, Brian, Barry, Brandon, Fermen, Joshua, Auntie Mary, Auntie May, and my parents!!!

Many people welcomed me into the new club. It is indeed a great pleasure!

THANK YOU EVERYBODY! <3

Now... back to my last two assignments. -___-

I still can't believe it either!

(Referring to Ee Leen's latest entry.)

I was really shocked when Ee Leen called me on Friday night and told me the biggest news of the week (or year XD).

I was alone at Ebenezer home fellowship waiting for my Mom. All I could think about was "WHAT?!" and "FINALLY!". I couldn't really scream, but I think I did scream to Ee Leen over the phone.

Ee Leen and I, along with some hundred people, have been bugging him about this. When he told us soon, we didn't expect it to be this soon!

We were just talking about it again yesterday. Stanley, if you're reading this, we feel just as weird as you, but we're REEEEEALLY happy for you.

Although we can't drag you out as often for ice-cream sessions anymore after you get married, we'll crash your home with a few tubs of our favourite BR next time. And we promise we'll take your kids out too! =p

Once again ...

CONGRATULATIONS!!! *throws confetti*