Christmas 2010

How I spent Christmas this year:

• Christmas Service at church on Saturday (pretty geng chorus by the chinese side choir)
• Secret Santa exchange with the lovely girls (Sta is ossum)
• BBQ and beach with the family on Christmas day (Turkey sausages, mustard n herb marinated lamb, bbq steak, teriyaki chicken and onions *nomnomnom*)
• Dessert at mine on the night of Boxing Day (Konnyaku Jelly, Jelly Slice, Cookies n Cream icecream and Winner: ALMONDY DAIM CAKE ! *slurp*)
• Then brainless button bashing on the PS3 with Tekken 6 (Seeing Joy n Becs button bash was hilarious, and I think we all established that Loony takes the cake with this one)
• And then Pictionary till way past midnight (Loony almost took the cake with this one) - Thank you all (Esther, Loony, Rick) for awesome company!
• Opened Christmas gifts on Monday morning, the 27th (this has happened 2 years in a row now, maybe we should just make it an official thing for our family LOL). Best gift of the lot: Polaroid Camera from Nick! =D Still very over the moon about it! :)
• Then had a big big lunch and spent the arvo watching one of my favourite Disney movies 'Enchanted'. (Still very good the 4th time!)
• Pretty much spent today at IKEA ($5 brekkie and for lunch, 20 meatballs for $5!!) and Spotlight :)

So there you have it. In a nutshell, I spent Christmas this year at my favourite place (the beach), with heaps of food and sleep-ins (of course they top the list of my favourite things to do!) and most important of all,  with my favourite people (you know who you are)! :) Quite possibly the BEST Christmas yet! :) :) :)

39 degrees

To treasure up all these things, and ponder them in my heart. :)

Merry Christmas, everyone!

goosfraba

I would really like to vent, but that would be just plain mean.

So I'm just gonna keep repeating this in my head until I find myself a pick-me-up, or a chill pill. (And to be reminded again of this last night, how timely.)

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails."

- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 -

So I've highlighted the phrases and words that apply best to me at this point of time. 

Gosh, I am so irritated...*sighs* 

Anyways, let's not go there. Paul says in Philippians to think of anything excellent or praiseworthy, so here we go: "Love is patient, love is kind..it does not envy, it does not boast...."

F.W.B.

"..Just cause it's all in your head, doesn't mean it has to be in mine..."

- Only One, Lifehouse -

The Rhythm of Love

At first I wondered why my gingerbread man didn't get a nice dress, or a beanie, or gloves, or buttons, but then I realized that I was overlooking what it already had - a BIG heart, and a smile. :)

Much love to Joy and Rebecca for making me this cookieman!

This has totally made my day, and I know seeing it again tomorrow will continue to make me smile

And this happiness shall last until...I eat it all up. :P

Even so, I'm glad I have this picture to remind me of what Mr Cookieman used to be.

Yay for Tim and his iPhone!

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." -Helen Keller

a little bit of this, a little bit of that

*whew* I am mentally drained. Spent the entire day at the UWA Clinic today, but thank God that my patient load today wasn't too intense. I actually had time for lunch, although quite regrettably, I only brought an apple and an orange. Didn't think i would have time for lunch, based on my last placement experience at the clinic. Oh well, I suppose it's a good thing - jian fei! :P Actually, no, I just remembered: Heather (the receptionist) gave us about 4 chockies each. "For sustenance," she said. So much for jian fei-ing. Lol.

I carried out my first ever surgical procedure today - a partial resection and phenolisation of the hallux nail! In simple English: I operated on an ingrown toenail of the big toe. Basically what I did was (and this was done step by step, following my supervisor's lead) take out the edge of the nail that was digging into the skin and causing the toe to hurt. It wasn't a messy procedure, but it was fairly bloody. Not extremely, but still enough to make some knees go weak. Therefore, not surprisingly, my one and ONLY thought before carrying it out: Please please pleeeeeeeeeease don't let me faint! :P Apparently I did very well (well..okay, not like my supervisor can tell me I did a bad job in front of the patient, lol), so all in all, that was pretty much THE most exciting thing that happened today! :D Yay! And it's things like this that make me not regret volunteering to come in to the clinic over summer. Otherwise, I do sometimes get a very 'meh' feeling about having to go back to clinic, especially on a Sunday night.

I have also just turned blackanese from my Albany sunburn. I should probably mention that 2 days ago, my face started peeling, making it look as if I had fungus growing all over my face. It was terrible! Hopefully all that peeling and dead skin's gone. Now I just look...black. Speaking of my sunburn - vanity got the better of me today, so I decided to wear my glasses so that my sunnies tan doesn't look that obvious. Yes, it's that bad - you can totally draw a line to separate my different shades of skin colour! What? We're all entitled to vainpot moments once in a while, kay. 0:)

Anyway, check out the view from The Wind Farm. That was an absolutely beautiful reminder of God's presence with us that day in Albany - indeed, how great Thou art!

"When I feel afraid, and think I've lost my way

Still you're there right beside me

Nothing will I fear, as long as You are near

Please be near me to the end."

Don't be afraid to do it.

"Just in case you haven't figured this out yet, men need to be hit over the head with things, sometimes frying pans, mostly love."

- One Tree Hill.