Monday, August 1, 2011
♥ first day of semester 2
well, holidays flew by pretty quickly.
it mainly consisted of working at reddot (1 - 2 days a wk) and vodafone (2 - 3 days a wk)... except for the last week of holidays, i took off most my shifts, working only the thurs night at reddot.
i've gone out with the boyfriend, caught up with a few friends (not as many as i would have hoped). organised our lifegroup retreat. semi cleaned my room. and did lots of shopping. lots of shopping.
i'm turning my wardrobe around, and trying to avoid shopping at places that have cheap clothes but not really the best of quality.
i've been having pretty bad back / shoulder pain lately. might have been from sleeping on the couch at the retreat =/
well a few weeks ago i made curried egg sandwiches for a picnic i had with some high school friends. and i made lasagna on the weekend. and if you didn't already know, i never cook because i'm terrible at it.
but i'm trying to change. unfortunately, i haven't received much support and the response i've gotten has been pretty disheartening. can't a girl try to change, without having others comment on how long it's taken or being really sarcastic about it. why can't people just appreciate that i'm trying, that change is starting to happen?
anyways. the retreat went well - everything worked out in the end - transport, food, accommodation... i however, was a bit all over the place. my personality is very... hmm. i needed everything to be perfect, organised properly, done my way - which leads to me being stressed, bossy and frustrated. and then when i'm like that, i start being defined as those things by the people around me. which kinda sucks, because what if i was trying to change, but their words just mock my attempt to? not everyone is perfect!
anyways this has turned into a very negative post! which doesn't really summarize my holiday that well. i blame it on my current bad mood.
til next timeee~
it mainly consisted of working at reddot (1 - 2 days a wk) and vodafone (2 - 3 days a wk)... except for the last week of holidays, i took off most my shifts, working only the thurs night at reddot.
i've gone out with the boyfriend, caught up with a few friends (not as many as i would have hoped). organised our lifegroup retreat. semi cleaned my room. and did lots of shopping. lots of shopping.
i'm turning my wardrobe around, and trying to avoid shopping at places that have cheap clothes but not really the best of quality.
i've been having pretty bad back / shoulder pain lately. might have been from sleeping on the couch at the retreat =/
well a few weeks ago i made curried egg sandwiches for a picnic i had with some high school friends. and i made lasagna on the weekend. and if you didn't already know, i never cook because i'm terrible at it.
but i'm trying to change. unfortunately, i haven't received much support and the response i've gotten has been pretty disheartening. can't a girl try to change, without having others comment on how long it's taken or being really sarcastic about it. why can't people just appreciate that i'm trying, that change is starting to happen?
anyways. the retreat went well - everything worked out in the end - transport, food, accommodation... i however, was a bit all over the place. my personality is very... hmm. i needed everything to be perfect, organised properly, done my way - which leads to me being stressed, bossy and frustrated. and then when i'm like that, i start being defined as those things by the people around me. which kinda sucks, because what if i was trying to change, but their words just mock my attempt to? not everyone is perfect!
anyways this has turned into a very negative post! which doesn't really summarize my holiday that well. i blame it on my current bad mood.
til next timeee~
Labels: holidays, leadership, moody
6:07 PM
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
♥ ikea. coffee. update.
ikea is amazing.
I was feeling pretty bleh today, so I dragged myself out of the house and tagged along with louis and co to the big yellow and blue building
They have this totally awesome "eat your discount" deal this week, which basically means.. you eat at their cafe / restaurant, and however much you spent on food, gets deducted from your purchases at the check out
HOW AWESOME IS THAT?
I was very happy. Even though I got lost....
Anyways I just think it's such a good idea. It attracts so many customers and everyone is happy!
We even went to san churros after and got free coffee (yes, did you know, every wednesday in my, they were doing free copy? AMAZING. even though i hate coffee.)
Anyways, I know I haven't blogged about my life in a while. What's been happening?
Med's getting better. Or maybe I'm becoming more tolerant.
Exams are in like two weeks, and I'm being....... rather lazy. Which is not good. Especially with an assessed oral presentation and report due next week...
Seriously, what am I doing?
Time to get off my butt and do some work...
On other news, I've officially dropped generate and taken up lifegroup leadership.
Generate. I don't know. My excuse was that I didn't have enough time. And that's true. But I guess what's more true is that, I didn't feel like I was getting that much out of it. Investing time into something that wasn't particularly worth while for me.. I guess it's just silly. The culture of the group as well, was a bit odd I thought. I just find it really weird that it's "normal" to put together all these people passionate about eradicating poverty - and they come together to head out, party and get drunk. I don't know, maybe because it's not my thing, that I don't understand. Most of all, I just felt there was this BIG thing missing in everything they do. And I realized it even on camp... they're missing God in the whole process. Everything they do, they rely on human effort and money. They want to give people food to keep them alive, but what about hope? faith? life? eternal life.
Lifegroup leadership. I think this is where God wants me to be right now. This is where I can grow. This is where I can be influential to others. This is where I want to be right now.
And that's what's been happening in a nutshell.
I was feeling pretty bleh today, so I dragged myself out of the house and tagged along with louis and co to the big yellow and blue building
They have this totally awesome "eat your discount" deal this week, which basically means.. you eat at their cafe / restaurant, and however much you spent on food, gets deducted from your purchases at the check out
HOW AWESOME IS THAT?
I was very happy. Even though I got lost....
Anyways I just think it's such a good idea. It attracts so many customers and everyone is happy!
We even went to san churros after and got free coffee (yes, did you know, every wednesday in my, they were doing free copy? AMAZING. even though i hate coffee.)
Anyways, I know I haven't blogged about my life in a while. What's been happening?
Med's getting better. Or maybe I'm becoming more tolerant.
Exams are in like two weeks, and I'm being....... rather lazy. Which is not good. Especially with an assessed oral presentation and report due next week...
Seriously, what am I doing?
Time to get off my butt and do some work...
On other news, I've officially dropped generate and taken up lifegroup leadership.
Generate. I don't know. My excuse was that I didn't have enough time. And that's true. But I guess what's more true is that, I didn't feel like I was getting that much out of it. Investing time into something that wasn't particularly worth while for me.. I guess it's just silly. The culture of the group as well, was a bit odd I thought. I just find it really weird that it's "normal" to put together all these people passionate about eradicating poverty - and they come together to head out, party and get drunk. I don't know, maybe because it's not my thing, that I don't understand. Most of all, I just felt there was this BIG thing missing in everything they do. And I realized it even on camp... they're missing God in the whole process. Everything they do, they rely on human effort and money. They want to give people food to keep them alive, but what about hope? faith? life? eternal life.
Lifegroup leadership. I think this is where God wants me to be right now. This is where I can grow. This is where I can be influential to others. This is where I want to be right now.
And that's what's been happening in a nutshell.
Labels: generate, leadership, lifegroup, shopping
11:11 PM
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
♥ :O BYM!
excited much?! =D
Labels: BYM, leadership
10:24 AM
Monday, December 15, 2008
♥ power
p o w e r .
leadership has a lot to do with power.
to be able to lead, its often best to be respected.
but to also have control. power. the ability to have the final choice. or even the direction.
sometimes, when im not the leader, but maybe part of a team... or group...
i can be pretty overpowering. its kinda my nature.
leadership has a lot to do with power.
to be able to lead, its often best to be respected.
but to also have control. power. the ability to have the final choice. or even the direction.
sometimes, when im not the leader, but maybe part of a team... or group...
i can be pretty overpowering. its kinda my nature.
Labels: control, leadership, power
8:21 PM
