the greatest gift of all

This song is amazing!

It's not the flowers, wrapped in fancy paper
It's not the ring, I wear around my finger
There's nothing in all the world I need
When I have you here beside me, here beside me

So you could give me wings to fly
And catch me if I fall
Or pull the stars down from the sky
So I could wish on them all
But I couldn't ask for more
'Cos your love is the greatest gift of all

In your arms, I found a strength inside of me
And in your eyes, there's a light to guide me
I would be lost without you
And all that my heart could ever want, has come true

You could offer me the sun, the moon,
And I would still believe
You gave me everything
When you gave your heart to me

wenn du noch nur wusstest

|Tut mir leid. Auf Deutsch muss ich schreiben!| Während meiner Mittagspause habe ich gedacht, daß es viele Freunde gibt, die mir viel bedueten. "Wenn du noch nur wusstest" - diese Phrase bliebt immer in meinem Kopf, besonders danach ich nach meinem besten Freund gedacht haben. Einige Freunde haben keine Achnung, wie wichtig sie sind für mich. Gewöhnlich bedeuten sie mir viel mehr im Vergleich zu ihrer Kenntnis. Ist das schade? Leider habe ich jetzt keine Zeit, weiter zu schreiben. Bis bald! :)

Deutsch jetzt

|Neuschwanstein Castle| Inspiration was drawn from this castle in the designing of the Disney logo. Isnt the castle beautiful? Pictures of this castles have been used widely to represent Germany, especially in calendars :) Anyway, i am considering to further my german in NUS. I better brush up my german before the placement test! So jetzt muss ich immer Deutsch sprechen und üben. Hilf mich! :D

ramblings

It's late but so much has happened that i ought to type sth. First things first, i like this photo. The boy's mom must be real proud of him and vice versa too:)
Gek and i were just talking abt this:The more you want something, the more you want to prepare for it, but in reality, preparation doesnt necessarily make things better. Take interviews for example. So many people felt obliged to prepare for the medicine interview cos it just means too much to not do anything about it. But i realise, reading or asking for a lot of opinions might not actually help 'cos the reply to a question usually turns out quite bad when our minds (opps.. i can prob only say for myself) scramble desprately for that perfect ans we have read/heard somewhere. To me, it would have been better if it was all spontaneous, after all, an interview is about how much u really know and who you really are and not what you think you should be. It really ocurred to me when i made comparison btwn my 2 interviews. The teaching interview was a 100 times better when i did zero preparation. Well, even if i dont get the scholarship, cos i told them honestly that medicine was my first choice, at least i have gained sth from this experience :D
友情并非茶水，愈冲愈淡；而是好酒，愈久愈香This saying goes out to a lot of my friends, though most of them dont know of the existence of this page. I got reminded of this line while talking to one of them and i was so moved by how much abt me was remembered. A BIG Thank You to these people :) Each one of you are AMAZING.
Some things are better slow Hope i get to run soon. I miss doing long dist, i miss the thrill of being able to sustain my run, i miss taking time off to just enjoy running and running only. Most people dont understand why i like running on the track so much, but i think it takes u on another level of understanding of the activity. Well, there are times for nice slow runs with nice scenery to watch (and i like them), but there are times for more to be felt from something simple too.
-sigh-If you are reading this, you must be really bored. The above were just random ramblings. I have more to say, but i'm tired. so, good night.

5 people you meet in Heaven

Just read:The Five People You Meet in Heaven Simply told, this book explores what heaven might be like. Everyone has an idea of heaven, as do most religions, and they should all be respected. I rmbr asking Jon if heaven is a boring place, but the truth is we all wont know until we see the place ourselves. When i was young, i thought going heaven means growing a pair of wings.. haha.. i even wondered if it'll hurt when my wings do grow! Perhaps it is how the media has portrayed it, i've always harboured the impression that heaven will be filled with fluffy white clouds and beautiful music. What's your idea of heaven like?
Anyway, I like the book because it suggests that we sequentially encounter pivotal figures from our lives when we're in heaven. It's a refreshing idea to think that one of God's greatest gift could be to let us understand what happened in our lives. By explaining to us the reason why each event happened, a lot of the answers we've been searching for will be found. It left me wondering who could be my 5 people i'll meet in heaven.
I also liked how the concept of lost loved was explained. The author believes that lost love is still love. It's just love taking a different form. When our loved ones leave us, many sense are weakened but memory heightens. Memories remain and in some ways, they help us realise that we should be thankful that the love was allowed to grow.

Chawanmushi

|i want chawanmushi| I'm not sure if what i'm in is a so-called "inital euphoria" but since my dinner at sakae sushi, i've been SO fascinated by japanese cuisine. Not sure why this is happening for the first time, but i am going to learn to make chawanmushi and much more one of these days. Holiday tmr! Hope my parents let me bake something :)

Absolut* love this one

|Absolut*|This photo still looks as powerful as the day i received it in my mailbox. It's amazing it isnt it? When i look at the photo, there're so many things i see.. Wish i can put into words how much i felt and still feel for this photo, but perhaps you may come close when you look at it closely yourself:)
To the one who picked this card for me: You really know me so well! You have no idea how big a difference this made to my slow sunday morning -grin- ild