Depressed...

I felt sad after checking our daily usage of bandwidth on the 'net today...I don't think I will feel better unless you guys help me by joining me in prayer that dad will change the internet plan to the 25GB one! PUH-LEASEEEEE!!!

We are now on the 12GB plan thing and that's TOO LITTLE!!! HOH?? PHEBS YOU AGREE?? You also watch a lot of Korean/Singaporean dramas and with 12GB bandwidth allowance per month you cannot freely click on a link and watch the drama right??? YOU AGREE?? SEEE! kasjdwiajdjajd;wa DADDDD CHANGE THE PLANNNNNNNNNNNNNN *SIGH*

Anyway, we were originally on this 21GB plan with a different internet provider - Optus, now dad changed the plan cos he thought that the deal was good (a salesperson came to our house one day and persuaded dad to change to their company - Telstra - for reasons I cannot fathom, oh wait, it's to win back customers, well why do you want to win back customers unless it's cos ppl don't like your company cos Telstra badeth! No seriously, they are, got lots of bad publicity on TV last year)

What's more, we were promised unlimited bandwidth and sureeeee we got unlimited connection, just that the speed will be slowed down to 64kbs after you pass the 12gb limit (64kbs in layman terms = extremely slow) Terrence, you understand my plea, pray that dad will change plan quick! Cos we used up about 8+ gb already and it's not even been a week!! :S

Below is a screencap of our daily usage... AND I CANT BELIEVE THEY EVEN COUNT THE UPLOADS!! WHAT IS THIS TREACHERY??? HOW DARE THEY NOT INFORM US?? Now I will look upon salespeople with hate discontent in my eyes, you'd better watch out salesppl! I won't ever trust you!

Go on, click it

So kids, if you are ever here in Aus. do not seek Telstra for their products or services :)

Australian Open mens finals today! It's Novak Djokovic world no. 3, also happens to be my favourite player versus this unseeded guy Wilfred Tsonga which beat Nadal (2) in straight sets!! (Djokovic(3) beat Federer(1) in straight sets too! Like, woah)

Women's finals was yesterday...Maria Sharapova won..she's really good, she even beat Serena at 17 to win Wimbledon!

School's gonna start on the 30th, I'm so not looking forward to school...plus I haven't even finished my English homework yet! Ahhhhh.

I'm going overboard...

LOL, yes, definitely. 3 posts in 1 day? @.@ I guess I'm bored...sigh...I got someone to introduce you guys to!

This is my baby. I got her in Dec 2005 when we went to KL, I practically begged my parents to get me one and made excuses reasons to convince them to buy. It cost RM 300+, but I bet it's even cheaper now.

My baby, a short intro.

Now, about 2 years later, my baby is old enough to face the world of the dusty ComputerDesktop with more dust than the average store room (not really...but still v. dusty) and more grime than that of ComputerDesktop's most common inhabitant- Mouse. Together with it's neighbouring ally- the Keyboard, they pose a threat to mankind and their hygiene. When in action, Mouse and Keyboard will work profusely to collect dirt, dust and grime and annoy mankind as they frequent ComputerDesktop for reasons unbeknown to us. How do we stop this monstrosity? Experts believe that by separating the inhabitants, either by hiding them or by removing them from their habitat, mankind will cease to visit ComputerDesktop and hence mankind will not be buggered by the resulting grime of Mouse and Keyboard's daily routines and-

Eh? Sorry, was on the wrong track. I'll restart. :)

My baby, a short intro.

Now, about 2 years later, my baby is old enough to face the world of the dusty ComputerDesktop with more dust than the average store room (not really...but still v. dusty)....etc..etc..etc..

blah -_- I cbb continuing anymore. This is what I really meant:-

I took off my baby's protective plastic covering today that came with together with my baby which I raelly should have taken it off as soon as i started using it, but I couldn't bare to see it her so exposed so I left it...and now I'm showing her off because one, I'm terribly bored, two, I'm a proud mum and three, wait, no number three. I also hope that she'll stay with me at least until I get to Uni. or until I get a proper job, in which I will be needing a new baby like the one below ;D (Buy for me ya?)

Wacom Cintiq 21UX aka My Dear (LOL)

Woah, this is really cool.

Click here


Thanks for the link Dory!

Your Last Opportunity

I went to Camberwell Methodist Church yesterday for their English service. I enjoyed the sermon Rev. Gan was preaching that day about opportunities and how important prayer is.

This is kinda what he said (shortened)...it's not word for word but it should be alright.

Even if it was the last day of your life, nothing is more important than prayer. Through prayer, we keep in communion with God. So if we had one last opportunity, what would be the most important thing to do? Pray. Or in other words, to keep in communion with God by keeping the relationship alive through devotion, prayer and worship.

Rev. Gan then went on saying that most Christians are too busy or lazy to have that dedicated time for prayer and devotion (like me...but I'm trying!) and that nothing, nothing is more important in Christian life than prayer, no matter how busy we are. He then quoted from his friend/cousin (I forgot) which I thought, was worth a double thumbs-up goes like this:

"Ordinary people wait for opportunities, wise people look for opportunities but the very wise create opportunities."

Right on!

This reminded me that I should really dedicate a time just for prayer and devotion, not that I haven't, but dedicate a little more of my time...like say...30 mins? It that little? I want to be a very wise person by creating opportunities for myself to pray....XD

And again, devotion time is not because I have to do it or because I feel like doing it, but it's mostly because God is God and HE is the one worthy of all this attention, just like worship. We can't say, "Oh...I don't feel like worshiping today because I don't feel like singing etc etc." We worship because God is...well...GOD! The LORD of the universe! We are only His created beings! We have no right to say, "Sorry, I don't want to worship you today." (I learnt that from camp last year when this pastor was telling us that we worship God because of who He is not because of whether we want to or feel like it. Cos ppl were tired and all and weren't joining in the worhip...hehehehe)

So...yeah...SING PPL! and pray!

The downside of AO

NO MOVIES!! All the time slots for channel 7 is taken up by tennis (below, high-lighted in green. Sighhh) They normally would have movies and other interesting shows...but I'm kinda bored with all the tennis action. Hey, you would be too if the it's on morning, afternoon and night! At least it ends on the 27th. *click on pic to enlarge*

I'm bored outta my wits! But wait, there's Mythbusters! YAYYY, okay, me go watch =D

A (cold) Summer's Day (warning, long post!)

I met up with Jia Han on Sunday, I think it was the happiest I've been in a long long time-lol. It's nice to meet up with someone from Sibu again; to talk to each other in- as Phebs had put it- 'rojak language'; to pester her for every ittle wittle bit of information whether important or unimportant about friends and church; to gasp and laugh at stuff she told me and to somewhat feel a bit disheartened on the whole.

I asked the night before if she wanted to join me for church the next day, she agreed and I told her how to catch the train from Flinders Station to Mitcham Station (which is nearer to our house in Wantirna) We were promptly late for church, haha, as JH missed the earliest train and had to wait 30 more minutes for the next but we got there in the end. After church (it was at Grace Church, also near where I live...walk 15mins can get there) we went back to our house, chatted a while and then mum and dad took JH, me and my sister for lunch at a Vietnamese cafe at Box Hill the so-called 'Asian' town (sort-of, since that's where all the Asian food is). The food was good. I love Vietnamese noodles! I also wanted to post pictures of the food but I can't because I don't have any pictures to post, lol.

Me and JH then took the train from Box Hill back to Flinders Station which is in the city. The train ride took about 30 mins (very normal time spent on travel if you live here, you get used to it) so we talked a lot on the way...about youth worship, church, SPM and all that. Now I feel sad again...=( Miss you all!!!

We then walked to JH's hotel (yes, she's staying at a hotel for now until they find a house. Pray for her!!) Gosh..I wanna talk about Australian Open but not yet..calm down, Grace... -_-;; Anywayyy, we freshened up in JH's 5-star hotel (Crown Towers Hotel)..wahh the room there so nice...even got a flat screen 40-42 inch tv in the hotel room @.@ The hotel foyer was 'wahhh' lolol. Seriously, I gotta stop that. MMMmmmm. I asked her why not stay at another hotel where it was cheaper and she replied "Well, let's just say my dad knows how to pamper himself" and I laughed...lol, it was comical wad...

Since there wasn't anything much to do; we didn't wanna go shopping or walk around the city so we opted for a movie: either 'Enchanted' or 'Atonement' in this case, we chose the latter because the time slots for Enchanted weren't suitable as JH's dad had invited us me for dinner afterwards. So Atonement (side) it was and besides, JH wanted to watch it.

Surprisingly it was pretty good, that's a big compliment from me because I'm not the type to go for romance or war but I enjoyed Atonement thoroughly. I loved the cinematography: it was extremely unique in a way as some parts of the movie were told from two different perspectives which was the main reason why I liked the movie. The other reason is the lead actor - James McAvoy (he has an intense glare and extremely pretty blue eyes. Don't look at me like that! :X and oh! He's the guy that plays Mr. Tumnus the faun in CoN:LWW!!), ermm lead actress Saoirse Ronan (no idea how to pronounce that but wow, she's really good for her age, 12 I think?) and the other lead actress Keira Knightly, yah..her... Don't worry, no spoilers...and for those who have watched it...I closed my eyes the entire time the..erm..MA 15+ scene showed...ah-ha-haaha................*nervous laughter* mm. For those who haven't, go watch, it's nice =D

After that we took photos using JH's camera (she hasn't sent me the photos so no photos) and then then went back to the hotel for dinner at Koko's: the best Japanese cuisine restaurant in Melbourne (here) ...$79 per person for the Teppanyaki set menus and that was only the second cheapest! But I guess the experience was worth it because the chiefs cooked the meals right in front of you on the hot stove that's built into the tables so we just sit around it and wait for the chiefs to cook..makes you feel like a princess...hahahaha. The other thing is that since the Australian Open (yes, finally!), the first of the four grand slams was starting the next day, famous tennis players come and stay at Crown Towers, so if you're lucky enough, you get to meet them.

Fortunately me and JH were lucky enough that evening to be sitting on the same table as Patrick McEnroe a former professional tennis player who is now the captain of the USA tennis team which won the Davis cup in winter '07. We found out because the chief who cooked for us loves his tennis and so he was congratulated Patrick on the win last winter and me and JH were both O_O and so we ate and listened to Patrick and another guy...forgot his name...who apparently works as a sports commentator in ESPN sports...wow...lol...but we didn't meet any other tennis players...JH did! She met saw Rafael Nadal world no. 2 tennis player (men) at her hotel foyer but she didn't get his autograph....sigh...JH la you...

World no. 1 is Roger Federer =D

I think I need to explain myself about this tennis business...I fell in love with tennis after watching the Hopman Cup last year...then it was the Australian Open which is held in Melb. in which Federer won..again (in '06 and '07)...no wonder he's world no. 1 player...aha-ha-haa....gahh...I WANNA GO AO NEXT YEAR! I'd better stop...later y'all get bored...

After dinner I had to head back, it was getting late so we bid our farewells and I walked back to Flinders Street...had to wait 40 mins for the train...so I played games on my mobile..haha..I guess it was an interesting day for me. Here's more of AO..XDXD
(I wonder who's gonna win this year...)

Venus Williams (USA) rank no. 8 female (her younger sister, Serena Williams is no.7) Just look at her bling! Real diamonds le..

This one here....Rafael Nadal...nice shirt~ and when there's a slow-mo of him on TV ahh...you can see all his sweat flick off his hair...uh...
Roger Federer! He's such a nice guy...very humble for his rank.

Okayyy!! I'll stop! Geez..

2008

Finally, my first post of the year. This took me a long time to get started-- blogging I mean. I have considered this several times over the past year but I just wouldn't or couldn't take the time to sit down and, well, write something. So now, influenced and encouraged by family and friends- oh, and of course, the start of a new year- this blog came to be.

A new year includes:- new responsibilities, new interests, new dreams, new things-- I could go on and on, but heck, you get the idea. =) Anyhoo, I want to thank God again for bringing me and my family through '07 where there were times when we rejoiced and times when we mourned.

Since it is the start of the new year-- disregarding the fact that it is the 16th January (16 days late, haa)-- I made some resolutions that I do hope to keep. One of them (which made me start a blog) was suggested by dad; he was saying that: "You know, we should keep a diary and write about what we learn during our daily devotions every morning so that we can share them at night during family time." or something along the lines of that, so I did, not everyday though. That was resolution No. 1. No. 2 was to finish reading the bible this year because this was something I have never been able to accomplish so I am determined to do it this year. No. 3 was to study hard as it is my last year of school and I want to get a scholarship to help support me financially for when I'm in uni. No. 4 was to get a part-time job so that I'll be able to get the experience and the extra-pocket money from it because I don't want to keep depending on mum and dad for stuff- which btw, I'm happy to announce that I have a job! Whoot! More on that later, lemme get through this list of resolutions first, haha. No. 5 was to draw and cg more costhenicansellthemandearnmoneyandatthesametimeidgettomeetlotsa
coolartistsandmydreamistoworkatPixaranimationstudios! Tad sorry about that, I got a bit too excited; thinking too far into the future. For now, I gotta focus on things at hand like VCE (equivalent to SPM/STPM) eek! Please pray for me!!


A shorter vers. of my resolutions:-(mostly for my own reference)

1. Keep a diary/blog and update often
   
2. Finish the bible this year
3. Study real hard and get 'A+'s in all my assignments (eek!)
4. Get a part-time job (completed)
5. Improve in my art skills so I can get work for Pixar Animation Studios or Dreamworks animation studios
   

I'll make it a point to update this every week, if not, every month (just pester me long enough and I will, because I'm lazy, k?)