Cell~

I went to Cell just now.. It was so much fun!! They are really a funny bunch of people! Could laugh the whole night through if people like Bernard or George kept talking.. Haha.. Not a bad thing I guess. =P

Worship was nice.. Although it was only two songs, but I could really feel the Lord's presence there.. It is so true that when one or two gather in the Lord's name, His presence will be among us all.. Word sharing was done by Chen Eng.. I think she did a wonderful job.. Can really make a person think.. Hope to be able to share like her one day.. Hmm...

We were talking about Mark 13.. It was about trials and tribulations when the end times are coming.. We discussed a lot. Although we were joking along the way and were talking about killings a lot, but I think we all learned quite a lot on that topic.. We now know that it is actually normal to be afraid of facing the tribulations.. But we cannot skim through it or purposely die just to get pass the torture and troubles.. We need to face it bravely.. Stand strong and firm in our faith, be a witness to the people and to pray hard..

I just wanna say my opinions.. If you really know me, I was too shy to speak up just now. But when we were discussing of purposely dying(like through asking another person to kill us so that we wouldn't go through the sufferings), I feel that that is not right.. Even if you didn't pull the trigger on the gun or push the knife into yourself, but if you ask someone else to kill you, I stil believe that that is a kind of suicide. Just that you didn't do the action.. It was still the thought of killing yourself that is wrong.. Like Bernard joked, "That(Asking somebody to kill yourself) isn't in the contract to get to heaven during the trials and tribulations. Take the elevator down 8 floors(But we all know that that is too little.. Maybe a few thousand to reach hell).."

Another thing is that if a soldier or an antichrist person were to come threaten or harm you, I think that it is ok to defend yourself. Even if in the process you did kill the person, I believe it isn't really murder.. But hopefully we will never come to face that.. I think none of us wants to kill a person..

So I really think that this has made me think a lot.. I do believe that I wouldn't give up my faith during the end times.. But who can actually be sure? If you go through enough sufferings and tortures, it might even make you change your mind about Christ. So I think I need to build up my relationship with God. Like what people always say.. "I will die for the one I love." I really hope that that will be me when and if I do face this second coming of the Lord.. That I will be willing to die for my Lord. That I will not put aside my faith just so that I can live on..

But if I do get pass the sufferings and the torture and still be alive when Jesus does come again, I think it would be such an awesome experience.. Like Eleni said, "It would be a splendour moment." We would be able to see Jesus descend from the heavens in the glorious manner He Himself is.. Maybe when we really do see Him with our very own eyes, all the sufferings and tortures we went through would be quite worthed it..

I guess that's all for tonight.

P/S: Really wanna thank Bernard for picking me up and sending me home after that.. I know he must have missed his tv shows at Bel's.. Haha.. And thanks to Bel for the delicious dinner.. Thanks guys..

New Friends

Have you ever felt bad for making new friends? Felt like if you made new friends, you might spoil your existing relationship with those you already have? I for one do... But I'm not sure whether this feeling is right... And whether it is a common one felt by many..

Then again, I don't really lose my old friendship.. It's just we don't keep in touch that often~ But we still are friends.. We still care for each other. We still hope the best for each other. Many many "We still"s.. Friendship is such a hard thing to understand.. It seems that just a little "mistake" might wreck it. And worse still, we might not even know we had made a "mistake"!

Anyways, forget about that for now.. Let's talk others..

I've made some new friends in my college.. Namely Debra, Jeannie, Fannie, Jason, Priscilla and Grace who are also my classmates. Others include Mei Mei, Judy, Yvonne, Rui Ping and other old classmates plus schoolmates... But I'm mostly closer with those in my own class. I feel so at home with them.. They are a great bunch of people! All with their own unique personalities..

Debra, whom I click much more with as we speak the same language and "frequency", is such a sweet person.. She shares a lot of her stories with me.. And also things that she had done when we weren't in class. And I like that about her. So open and friendly... She doesn't speak Chinese though and sometimes she is left out of the conversation when the 7 of us are in a group.. Hope she doesn't mind that too much. Haha.. Pity her a bit.. But then.. I try to translate to her sometimes. Hope she doesn't think I am too "Fan"... @.@ Looking forward to keeping in touch with her even when she takes the part time course in July.. Gonna miss her in class.. Haiz...

Jeannie is a little peculiar.. Haha.. When I first met her, she was such a shy person. When you talk to her or ask her a question, she would just keep quiet or smile. She wouldn't step into our conversations. But as time passed(and maybe due to our friendliness too... Haha! =P), she started to open up... And I start to know that she is actually a very friendly person as well and says really interesting things.. I guess you really got to wait until a person opens up then only you can see their real personality~

Fannie... She's the second youngest among the girls(and me being the youngest if you didn't already know).. I feel that we have many things in common. As in types of food that we like to eat, our thoughts at times, etc.. She's a very funny girl.. Always making us laugh and having a good time during our break... She was the person who opened up topics so that there wouldn't be any awkwardness among us when we first started this course.. I guess we need to thank her for that and that we can talk about anything now..

Jason is the only guy in my class. Even so, I'm very surprised with his willingness to spend break time with us girls.. I thought he would have cabut-ed once the first morning class was over. But I'm happy he didn't.. If he had, we wouldn't have known him as such an "interested-to-know-anything" type of guy... He always asks a lot of questions.. Mainly about things that he couldn't ask guys but only girls.. Haha.. And I personally was surprised at how brave he is to ask anything he likes.. He is currently working as a promoter for Hotlink... He even promotes the student package to us during break time repeatedly.. Hotlink should pay him more.. Haha.. He does his promoting even when he is off work! =P

Priscilla is the oldest among us.. But I think she is still young at heart.. Actually, all of them are.. They don't seem like their age(in a good way of course... ^^). She is the one who is absent from class the most.. We don't know what she's up to most of the time. But we usually guess she went back to her hometown in Miri.. And yes.. She's from Miri.. Now I know someone from there... Haha.. She is someone who is quite shy but at time also quite bold. She says what she knows and is not afraid to make mistakes sometimes.. That's a good quality..

And last but not least is Grace.. To be frank, I don't really know her that well... I don't usually engage in a conversation with her.. But from what I see.. She has some personality~ She is kinda like the big sister who knows a lot of things... She keeps us informed of stuff.. But like Jason always says.. She always goes solo.. Haha.. She likes to go off by herself.. And don't really have her break time with us.. Well, I hope to get to know her better in the future~

Long post eh? If you really read it all, I must give you props... Coz it is all about my friends.. And maybe you're reading about people you don't know at all.. But anyways... These are my new friends.. Not sure how the friendship will develop.. But I'm looking forward to some long-lasting ones... We'll just have to see how it goes then! Hmm.... *Thinks about the future*

Interesting....

Look what I found....

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own Facebook account, paste this as a note. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up, change the header adding your number, and click post at the bottom. Have fun.

Teen/ Romance:
(x) The Cinderella Story
( ) Another Cinderella Story
(x) Step Up
(x) Step Up 2
(x) High School Musical
(x) High School Musical 2
( ) High School Musical 3
( ) Hannah Montana Movie
(x) Enchanted
(x) Sydney White
Total: 7

(x ) She's the Man
() Licensed to Wed
( ) The Break-up
(x ) 13 going on 30
(x ) 27 Dresses
( ) P.S I Love You
(x) Made of Honour
( ) What Happens in Vegas
(x) Get Smart
( ) The Princess Brides
Total: 12

(x ) Camp Rock
( x) Wild Child
( ) Ella Enchanted
(x) The Princess Diaries
(x) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
() 50 First Dates
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Hotel For Dogs
( ) Just Married
(x) Freaky Friday
Total: 18

( ) The Hot Chick
( ) Sleepover
(x) Confessions Of a Shopaholic
() Twilight
(x ) Nancy Drew
(x) The Devil Wears Prada
() No Reservations
(x) Perfect Man
(x ) Australia
( ) Never Been Kissed
Total: 23

Comedy/Humour:
(x ) Yes Man
(x ) Bedtime Stories
(x) The Pink Panther
(x) The Pink Panther 2
( ) Marley & Me
(x) Cheetah Girls
(x) Cheetah Girls 2
( ) Bratz
(x ) Haunted Mansion
( ) Paul Blart Mall Cop
Total: 30

( ) The 40-year-old virgin
(x) Night in the Museum
( ) Night in the Museum 2
(x) Evan Almighty
(x) Bruce Almighty
(x ) White Chicks
( ) Neverending Story
() Meet the Spartans
( ) Meet the Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
Total: 34

( ) Scream
( ) Scream 2
( ) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
() Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Pie Band Camp
Total: 34

Adventures:
(x) Harry Potter 1: The Sorcerer’s Stone
(x) Harry Potter 2: The Secret Chamber
(x) Harry Potter 3: Prisoner of Azkaban
(x) Harry Potter 4: Goblet of Fire
(x) Harry Potter 5: Order of Phoenix
(x) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
(x ) Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( x) Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Total: 44

( ) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
( ) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
( ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
(x) Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
(x) The Mummy
(x) The Mummy 2
(x) The Mummy 3
(x ) Journey to the Centre of Earth
( ) City of Ember
( ) Finding Neverland
Total: 49

(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End
( ) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
(x) Spider Man 3
(x) King Kong
Total: 56

() Hellboy
( ) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
() Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( ) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
() Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Underdog
( ) A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Batman: The Dark Knight
Total: 57

Action/ Thriller
() The Matrix (Maybe I should try watching.. Mr. Aw keeps bringing it up in class~)
() The Matrix Reloaded
() The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Terminator
(X) Terminator 2
(X) Terminator 3
( ) Ocean's Eleven
( ) Ocean's Twelve
(X) Ocean's Thirteen
(x) Casino Royale 007
Total: 62

(x) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremacy
(x) Underworld
( ) Butterfly Effect
() Death Note
() Death Note 2
() Death Note 3: L Change the world
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
( ) I, Robot
Total: 64

(x) Rush Hour
(x) Rush Hour 2
(x ) Rush Hour 3
(X ) Mission Impossible 1
(X) Mission Impossible 2
(x) Mission Impossible 3
( ) I Am Legend
( ) Predator I
() Predator II
() Signs
Total: 70

Horror:
() Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) Saw III
( ) Saw IV
( ) Saw V
(x ) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) The Ring
() The Ring 2
Total: 72

(x) Final Destination
(x) Final Destination 2
(x) Final Destination 3
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
() Child's Play
(x) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
Total: 76

(x) The Grudge
(x) The Grudge 2
( ) The Haunted Apartment
() Siren
() Silent Hill
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
( ) Alone
() Omen
(x) House Of Wax
Total: 80

() The Eye
() The Eye 2
() Shutter
(x ) When the Stranger calls
(x ) The Fog
( ) The Orphanage
( x) The Skulls
() Cruel Intentions
() Cruel Intentions 2
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
Total: 83

Cartoons:
(x) Lilo & Stitch
(x) Ice Age
(x ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
() Madagascar
() Madagascar 2
() Kung Fu Panda
(x) Bolt
(x) Wall-E
(x) Monsters Inc
(x) Shark Tale
Total: 90

(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2
(x) Shrek 3
(x) Finding Nemo
(x) ET
(x ) Cars
(x) Ratatouille
(x) Toy Story
(x) Toy Story 2
(x) The Incredibles
Total: 100

Inspirational:
(x) Little Miss Sunshine
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Coach Carter
() The Last Dance
() To Kill A Mockingbird
( ) Conrack
( ) Midnight Sun
( ) Little Black Book
( ) Rwanda Genocide
Total: 102

Classics:
( ) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Titanic
( ) Romeo & Juliet
( ) Frankenstein
( ) A Midsummer Night's Dream
Total: 103

Hmm... 103 films.. That's over 85.. Does that mean I don't have a life? Yikes~ But I watch movies alot because I like movies.. Maybe it is counted as a hobby? Haha.. Well, this is just a small something I thought was interesting to do.. Maybe you can try it out too and see how many movies have you watched already in total.. Leave me a comment and tell me when you've done it.. =)

Cookies~

I baked coookies today since I had no class.. Woke up this morning and my mom suddenly said "You should bake cookies today." She surprised me by saying that as she wouldn't normally ask me to bake something.. Haha.. But I like baking. Since given the chance, we started discussing what type of cookies to make.. Ended up making chocolate cookies with dark chocolate icing.. YUM~ Like the sound of that.. We searched the internet for a recipe.. And here it is:

Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Preparation:

In large mixing bowl cream butter and sugar together; add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture, blending well. Chill dough for about 1 hour or until firm enough to roll. Heat oven to 325°. Roll portions of dough on lightly floured board or between 2 pieces of wax paper to 1/4 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters; place on ungreased cookie sheet. Continue rolling out and cutting shapes until all dough is used. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until no indentation remains when a cookie is touched lightly in the center. Cool slightly; remove to wire rack to cool thoroughly. Frost or decorate as desired. Makes 2 to 3 dozen cookies.

Icing:
Blend 2 cups sifted powdered sugar with 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and about 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons milk or half and half. Stir until smooth and add more milk or half-and-half if necessary. If color is desired, spoon portions of icing into small bowls and stir drops of food coloring in until desired colors are achieved.

(http://southernfood.about.com/od/chocolatecookies/r/bl21218b.htm)

Instead of using the above icing recipe, we used the dark chocolate that we had in our refrigerator.. So, it was much easier.. As we just had to melt the chocolate and spread it on top of the cookies when they were done.

You know what the funny thing was.. We didn't have any baking soda... My mom had used it all up in the last "baking session" and forgot to replenish.. Luckily it didn't turn out hard or anything.. Or else we would be left with 160 rock hard cookies~ Haha.. Wonder who would eat them then...

We had fun making those cookies.. At least I know I did.. The whole duration took us around 5 hours! From start to washing up... Was so tired after that.. And I think I ate too many during the process of baking and spreading of icing that when I got to the finished product, it didn't really appeal to me anymore.. Haha.. Funny..

P/S: I would have uploaded some photos of the cookies. But my family camera has been lent to a friend. Oh well..