Scars Makes Us Stronger For Life

Another fave from her latest album...

"Scars form whenever we hurt ourselves, if we have an injury to our bodies, our bodies respond by healing, and often, forming scar tissues over the wounds.
The scar tissue is usually thicker and stronger than our normal skin.
In our lives, we often encounter events, or situations with people that hurt us, for eg, a lot of us have gone through the painful feeling of a break-up with a girlfriend or boyfriend, or the loss of a loved one, or the pain of being ill.
I believe that when we go through the sad and painful events in our lives, we eventually heal, and we become stronger as a result of the challenges we experience."
- Corrinne May

'Scars (Stronger for Life)' by Corrinne May

I just want to run
Just want to hide away
Close my eyes to your gaze
Just want to leave
Don't want to hear them say
"You're no good at this"

When the world swirls with naysayers
Broken wings and torn pages
The road ahead
Drowning in my tears

Break me open
Tear me down
Into pieces
Broken crumbs
On the ground
You can mould and shape me
In your image
Breathe your life
You know I need it
Scars make us stronger for life

Losing myself
Gaining it back again
Forging strength from weakness
All that I am
All that I'm meant to be
Melting in your hand

Let the world swirl with naysayers
Pickled hearts and sour faces
What is real is what I cannot see

Cut away
All within me
That won't bear fruit
Cut away
All within me

Scars make us stronger for life

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Blessed Birthday Sis!

From L-R: Sis (Eunice), Cousins Andrea & Laura

Today's my little sister's birthday!

Eunice is 24 this year! Woohoo! Old liao haha

Anyways, I'm glad we gotten closer over the years (esp in Australia). And I dun use u as a 'punching bag'/'servant' no more
(ok ok, I know, bad brother but can't help it leh, itz genetically programmed for elder brothers to bully to younger sis no?)

Thanks for being my guide to all things cool and fashionable. I'm glad (I know sometimes u r not! lol) that we share similar tastes in cars, restaurants, cafes and chill out places (STOP following me whenever I'm out!; my sister and I bump into each other one too many times), music, and guys. (opps, that came out wrong)

Well, I know u are out there somewhere enjoying yourself and u wun be reading this till dunno when but u haf a blast k?! I love you sis!
Enjoy your Krabi/Bintan/Stockholm trip!!!

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Facebook/Friendster...a waste of time? or a great practical/useful social tool?

I rarely read the newspapers but today I happened to read the 'Today' newspaper and one article in the techcomment section caught my attention

"The Most Annoying People on Facebook"

I have been using Facebook since its early inception but my frenz were mainly from Australia/Europe. Most of my Singaporean friends were on Friendster instead. At first, I thot Facebook was one of those social websites that were destined to die or be rarely used or taken seriously by Singaporeans (e.g. WAYN, MySpace, Tagged, Multiply, hi5, BeBo, Windows Live Spaces...some of these which i am guilty of being a member...)
So i ignored the first few invites by friends as there were too many of these email invites (evites) floating ard and taking up email space! Then after a while, u just simply cannot ignore the tremendous amounts of evites so I decided to check it out...lo, like some friends declared on their facebook "I am addicted to Facebook!" "Facebook is addictive!" I, too got hooked on Facebook.
It is somewhat different from Friendster (more options) and besides, I had more Aussie friends on it than Friendster (apparently Friendster is an Asian thing, worldwide, MySpace and Facebook are the top social websites).

The writer, Holly Jean for the Today article says she finds Facebook annoying YET she wun quit loggin in to check for updates.

She lists a few things that irks her abt Facebook

• The Super Pokerdo...she writes, "I poke you, you poke me, etc" "Many people leave meaningless back and forth messages on a daily basis" "Probably so that they will be more prominent on the news feed" "But leaving a 'hug' or 'kiss' every now and then is okay. It allows friends to send meaningful greetings and keep abreast of one another's lives"

• The Commentator...this person does not leave humour, satire, nor has something nostalgic to say BUT rather leaves a comment in hope that u return the favour later on your profile

• The Face Collector does not actually have 273 friends but adds every single person he comes across, known, seen or heard about (reminds me of MySpace). Jean writes "Have you ever tried to juggle more than 20 friends in real life? It's tiring." "If they are people you met once, they are not friends" "A legit minority use Facebook to keep in contact with friends, but please don't fall into the trap of being a Face Collector!" She writes that people are not trading cards despite wat the Collector thinks.

• The Photo Fiend: "yes, it' nice to see a few dozen pictures of your holiday or event but do we really need to see 2 million pointless ones of every angle of your body and face? Jean realises that many snapped pics of themselves using the aerial view method. Many take pics of themselves (innocently) looking up and the camera happens to point down to their cleavage!

• The Group Junkie loves joining every single (pointless) group there is! Do you really need to be part of the "I love mullets" grp or be a member of "The Derek Zoolander Centre for Kids who can't read good" and ten other grps which serve no real purpose to prove your sense of humour? I mean...how often to you really go back to these grps for updates and useful info?

• The Application addict - This person adds all kinds of 'cool' applications and spams everyone elses email with "Come join me, this application is fun" 'nuff said!

AND oh...if u r on Facebook too, add me ya? =)

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In Everything Give Thanks

Read the bible today and devotion and was reminded of a few things, namely that I should not whinge so much but that I shld count my blessings and be content...for life could be worse...

In every thing give thanks.
If we pray without ceasing, we shall not lack and we would be thankful for many things.
As we must in every thing make our requests known to God by praying, so we must not omit thanksgiving (Phil 4:6 ).
We should be thankful in every condition, even in adversity as well as prosperity. It is never so bad with us but it might be worse.
If we have ever so much occasion to make our humble complaints to God, we never can have any reason to complain of God, and have always much reason to praise and give thanks: the apostle (Paul) says that this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning us, that we give thanks, seeing we are reconciled to God in Christ Jesus; in him, through him, and for his sake, he allows us to rejoice always, and reminds us to be thankful in life for many things. And thus, this pleases God.

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MobTV - An update

I absolutely love MobTV!
I can get to any point of the show, pause it and rewind anytime i want to.

I mentioned in the previous post abt my recent two fave shows and how the names of Tay Ping Hui's characters are similar in the two shows. Thanks to the power of the pause button...GUESS WAT? The boh liao person in me actually noticed that the car that Ping Hui drove in 'Mars vs Venus' is the SAME as the one his character's dad drove in 'Honour and Passion'!
the license plate number? SDR 3333C - Grey Toyota Camry! heh heh...chao boh liao rite?

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Woohoo! MobTV

Finally got ard to subscribing to MobTV


For those who proli dun live in Singapore (or been hiding under some rock in Singapore), MobTV is Singapore's first online video-on-demand service. It is operated by MediaCorp TV.
For a subscription fee, one can have access to many MediaCorp programmes (even old popular ones)! Sometimes u can even watch a program before the actual telecast on free-to-air TV!

I subscribed to it because of Felicia Chin's (=P) latest drama (plus I saw the actual filming once too!); this u may find silly but due to me missing the first ep of "Honour and Passion" on TV. I decided not to continue watching it on TV at all, hence missing the whole series. BUT thanks to MobTV, all is not lost as I can download (or watch it via streaming) the entire series now. heh heh

Wotz more, I can also watch "Mars & Venus" which I liked but missed plenty of eps when it was on TV.
Incidentally, anyone realised that Tay Ping Hui's character's name in "Honour and Passion" is the same name as his character's wife in Mars and Venus?! hehe...I'm proli the only wu liao person to notice such things. :P

Ok...back to more MobTV...till then...bye bye...(hmm...wat shld I watch next ah)...

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Happy Birthday Van!

Today's the birthday of a dear fren whom I've known from uni days in Adelaide.

Happy (fill in your desired age!) Birthday Van!

The song below says it best about what I want to say to you

Thank you for all the love and support you have given me esp during the clinical placements.
You've been such a blessing to me and many of your friends, such a joy in our lives
May all your dreams come true dear!

Looking forward to our next Ash Rai movie outing!

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Track Your Diet - Singapore Style

Check out the Diet Tracker, a useful tool that helps you keep track of your calorie and fat intake through your mobile phone!
The beautiful thing is that almost everyone (I say almost as I know of some who do not want one!) has a mobile phone and we carry them with us like, 99% of the time so it is only wise of HPB to create this software for the mobile phone! Kudos to them for this wonderful idea. From a non-profit organisation no less!
Its database is based on our local foods by the Health Promotion Board (HPB)

Simply go to the HPB website and submit your details and you can either download to your PC and then transfer to your mobile or directly download it via GPRS.




I tried it and itz awesome! It creates a personal profile for you and your energy and fat requirements are calculated individually to you.
You can then proceed on to add what you ate for the day from the database of local food delights.




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