When I think about how long I've known each of my close friends in church, it really feels that we've grown older. For some, we grew up together, although along the way we may have drifted apart and then back closer. For some, we have acquired each other along the way, knowing of each other's existence before hand but never really talking till something sparked it off. Either way, it's been a long journey together and I really thank God for each one of them. It was nice spending time with them again, something we really haven't been able to do much once everyone got busy with different things.

Friends play an important role in my life, and like the song that's always part of my blog template, I hope we'll grow old together hand in hand!

`signing off
-lynn




Twenty-twelve. 2012. However you say it.
It's gonna be an interesting year, what with turning 22 (soon enough, at the end of the year) and being 21 for now. Even more interestingly, there are the speculations on the end of the world. Will the world end? No one knows. But why bother? Live each day as if it's your last! That's what matters!

In any case, school is starting again tmr. (Oh ho, or maybe not so for me because my Mondays are FREE. Ahaha, so sue me.) Alright, so I'll quit being bimbotic for awhile. I'm glad for the changes happening in YZ. BS on Sundays, no longer exactly part of the core but just mentoring my new understudy. It frees up a lot of my time, for one. Secondly, it allows me to take a slight breather without really taking a breather (because I'm still serving, except that the workload lessened). And, hence, I became a worship leader for YAM. It's probably time I think of transiting myself from serving in YZ to YAM. I can't stay a youth forever, can I? Haha. My heart is still with YZ though, so I'll still stick around for a couple of years more after my girls graduate.

Sharon said something that I thought was really true! When God calls you, you can't run away. Indeed. While being a DGL was not really much of a consideration for me, because I had already prepared myself when Daryl asked me in 2007. I was really excited, although I wasn't exactly sure how to do it. Reflecting on how I feel about being a DGL now, I'm still equally excited and I really truly enjoy it. Call it a teacher's heart (: And then I realised that I suppose being a DGL could really be a gift of mine! Looking at all the batches that graduated from YZ, I really cannot pinpoint many who have seen their groups through all 6 years. I would be the second female DGL? I was thinking about it too. I would like to come back and mentor another DGL for perhaps a year or two. Like the double DGL groups with Cara and Michelle, Cyrus and Linus, and now Vera and Joey. I enjoy all the DGL fellowships anyway. Serving alongside the people whom you've known for ages is really heartening.

On a sadder note, Deb is leaving. I'll miss our star-gazing chitchats in camps, our talks about what's going on in life, serving together (first in flute, then in yz), someone familiar to go with when I'm in a sea of people I'm not so close to and don't feel like opening up for that moment, someone to support me when I'm down. We've been busy lately I think, or at least I have. But friends will still be friends. Nothing can change that! (:

I think I've typed enough for now. So long! I'm probably feeling a bit more reflective cos I just watched A Little Bit Of Heaven.

`signing off
-lynn




YZ Camp is tmr, and as usual, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I'm really looking forward to a few days off my dramas so I don't keep going crazy over them and also spend some time with church people. On the other hand, I'm really NOT looking forward to sleeping on classroom floors and bathing in crammed up cubicles and being dirty. I haven't gone for a camp in a really long time >< and I feel absolutely old. Hanging out with kids who are only 12, playing games and running about. Even though I'm not the kind who makes kids feel uncomfortable when they're talking to me cos I'm much older, it's still so gross to think of the age difference I have with them!!

Anyway, time to enjoy my last night before hard rock floor sleeping..

`signing off
-lynn




I am a sucker for romance dramas! I don't like long, draggy dramas that span for more than 20 episodes and the 16 episode kind is my absolute favourite. I've watched many many dramas since 2006 (which is when I started watching dramas, starting with Goong...). Anyway I kind of consider myself quite a pioneer when it comes to anything Korean, because I was on the wave already before the world decided that it was worth giving K-pop a try! Haha how boastful of me. After counting, I've watched 21 korean dramas. This isn't including Taiwanese, Hong Kong, Jap (one/two) and English. I think I spend half my life watching dramas! Haha. My books are feeling neglected now...not. Cos I already finished them! I'm wondering where on earth did I find the time to actually do all these, study, and fulfill all my commitments.

Rambling on! I'm bored cos I just finished Oh My Lady (: Si Won is an unbelievably good entertainer, I must say. Upbringing is indeed important.

`signing off
-lynn




December. The time of snow in seasonal countries. Here in the tropics it's all rain and no sunshine. I dislike the wet weather, even though it's cooler. I prefer the bright, warm sunshine to the cold, gloomy blanket of doom. And yet, December is still my favourite month, simply because it's my birthday! And it's also Jesus' birthday! Well, officially that is. 25th December is just an estimate anyway. A few years ago (maybe like 5-6?), if you asked me, I would have replied that I prefer the rain.

I am so glad that I'm no longer the emo teenager anymore. Turning 21 this year will mark the end of any teenage stuff remaining. The days of dwelling on problems, being so upset over things that go wrong, feeling disappointment because of people who failed me...all those are long gone. Of course, I'm still not a ball of optimism, but I reckon that I now move past all these things quickly and handle situations in a more mature manner.

Haha. I hope my birthday party is a success! I suck at organizing and hosting parties.

`signing off
-lynn




Drove past ECP on the way to school just now (from Joey's school) and passed by the whole array of PSA, Raffles Place, City Hall. A few things I thought while passing by...




It's funny how birthday songs are meant to be sung in a loud and boisterous manner, no matter how good a singer you are. Haha just a thought! You've got to announce to the whole world, or whoever is within earshot, that "Hey! It's HIS/HER birthday!" Embarrassing as that may be, it's a classic (Singaporean perhaps?) culture that I enjoy, both as a participant of the singing or as the receiver of the well-wishes. Gives you the sense of warmth and tells you that your friends really love you.