hello! (:

It's the end of recess week! This means it's time to work hard!
The month of March is a freaking busy one and I hope I survive well.

Recess week was great!
Okay, not great in terms of academics- in fact, I think I accomplished quite little work during recess week. =x But, I always believe that sometimes, academics is not everything.
Work can always be done somehow, through sacrificing sleep or whatsoever, but
time with precious friends is always irreplaceable and to be treasured :D

i met up with really close friends this week, people whom I have not seen for a long time,
and I really enjoyed the time spent with them.(: Even though I fell down, grazed my knee, sprained my ankle, fell abit sick and am still not fully well , memories of the times with friends make me feel happy ^^

:D

I SPRAINED MY ANKLE AND IT HURTS NOW :(

but today's meet up with 2 people totally made my day <3

while swimming just now,
i couldn't help but smile. (:

i'm really happy for my bro :D
happy that he found such a wonderful girl,
who is so considerate, nice and just the right one for him.
as he told me about their story,
i could sense his happiness and bliss :D
which made me really really really happy ^^
he's a great guy- one of the best i ever knew-
and i'm confident that both he and her will hopefully live happily ever after.

i love this recess week(:
not because of all the work,
but because of all the wonderful people i will be meeting to catch up with(:

i just understood something recently:
what drives me to make an effort to meet up with certain very close friends in my life regularly?(:
the answer is because:

I want to meet up with them , not just for the sake of meeting up, but to know how they're doing, share their joys and sorrows , be there for them and supporting them as they journey through life. (:

these are so precious people that i want to keep forever <3

i will learn to see more things in life as bonuses and be contented with what i have.
i'm a very blessed girl indeed and i must keep counting my blessings and learn not to take things for granted. (:

helloo(:

decided to blog before i go and plan my recess week timetable!

it's recess week!
i'm looking forward to it actually!(:
not just the work that I really hope to accomplish,
but rather the people that i'm meeting! :D
i'm meeting a few really treasured people in my life
whom i have been too busy to meet up with, so yes(:
i'm happy.

anyway, today's my godbro's bday!
(: happy 19th birthday to you, godbrother!
had a great celebration with him today - a very special day to remember(:
I feel that birthdays are such special occasions and if possible,
i want to make the birthdays of people v close to me , special :D
so yes, i'm wishing you ( i'm sure you will read my blog)
all the best for your future and good luck for ur upcoming a'level results (:
have fun exercising and take care of yourself ah!

yesterday's genes and soc midterm was not easy.
i think i guessed alot :x but oh well, i guessed it stressed me so much
that when it was over, i just felt so relieved that i didn't really care
about the paper. haha.
sigh. what a module right.
but at least i'm taking with brandon ang <3 who had to bear with my angsty side
partly due to this midterm, so for that, sorry to you!

so far, recess week has been great! (;
haha two things i need to whine about:(
i'm getting broke and getting fat :(
haha okay la. not that exaggerated
but if i don't watch myself,
i'll end up broke and fat:(
haha. so yep(: jiayou lyon:D

i will count my blessings in my life and stay happy ^^
because i know that people who cherish and treasure me
want me to stay happy :D

happy valentines day! :D

this year's valentine day has been the most awesome ever!
not just because of my valentine, who of course brought out the meaning of valentine's day <3,
but cuz of my delightful and wonderful social work exco and social work friends and other uni friends which i feel so happy and glad to have :D :D :D

v'day eve was AWESOME (: with the awesome exco :D
what emerged from a simple mindset of wanting to just help and join the social work exco
turned out to be one of the BEST decisions i made in my uni life (:
they are a group of people that never fail to make me laugh, treasure , appreciate
and SMILE (: (: probably going to be one of the best memories in my uni life :D
thankyou to my angel sakinah and lots of love to my secret valentine zawi(:
and of course everyone else , shurlene, sham, juian , huiwen, boon, nadiah, clarice <3

and today was GREAT(:
manning the booth with social work peeps,
taking photos , laughing and just enjoying myself (:
and meeting up with friends that i haven't met for quite long,
xiaoxi, wanyi, jieli, vincent:D
and shihao, geraldine , xinling :)
i feel really happy :D
plus a family celebration for brandon's bro(:
and of course simple sweet time spent with brandon ang <3

even though vday can be said to be too commercialied and perhaps even exaggerated,
i feel that vday is a day to remind myself to better cherish and appreciate the r/s i have <3

and now it's back to reality (:
i am thankful for what i have in my life.
and i will cherish, appreciate, learn to be contented
and live a more fufilling and happier life :D

hello(:

i'm blogging again! haha seems pretty long since I last blogged!

Well, some updates in my life:
SSWS Hokkien dialect workshop went well!(:
All the effort that I put in paid off as I saw everyone having fun and learning
at the same time, it made everything worth it. (:
This workshop made me realise something important:
Help can be mutually beneficial. (:
I felt really indebted to Ben for lending a helping hand to me.
However, hearing him say that he was really proud of coming to NUS to teach
and having that to show off to his friends,
it really struck me that what i thought was a one-sided help
was actually mutually beneficial(:

i guess it was impactful because afterall,
i will be in the helping profession.
i think it's important to let people know that
when they are receiving help, they are not actually in a "lower" position
but they are helping us too, in whichever ways the context deems fit (:

besides being really busy recently,
i've come to struggle with some principle issues,
i have my own principles but sometimes, they get challenged
and i have to repeatedly ask myself if what i am doing is correct.
but i think that perhaps i should really stick to what i believe and not doubt my own principles so much.(:

i've been thinking about an issue-
i think that sometimes i'm too task-focused,
meaning i get focused on the here-and-now,
focused on my individual responsibilities and stuff,
which probably extinguishes whatever passion i have for other stuff
that probably involves advocacy.
i don't want to be a social worker who works for the system, who works for responsibility.
i want to be a social worker who works with the system, ready to support or challenge it , whichever deems fit.

ohhh welll. jiayou lyon!