Yay I bought my air tickets to America! =) I'm leaving on 30th November, Sun morning and coming back on 30th December evening! Then I'm gonna parrtay on NY's eve and welcome 2009 with my lovely friends. WOO HOO! =D My Christmas is most likely gonna be spent on the streets of New York with Lanxiu. Oh my gosh, so exciting!! =) I bought my round trip air tickets at only $1776 while my classmates got theirs at $2k++ so I'm happy! (Why do my parents say I don't help them save money???) Haha. I'm flying on China Airlines and I chose window seats to and back. =) The flights are like 20+ hours long so I'm gonna bring many books to accompany me on the journey. Checked in baggages are limited to max 2 per person and max 23kg each though. And did I mention that I'm flying alone? Haha. I'll be spending the first week in LA alone. Gonna go Disneyland, Hollywood, Universal Studios, Las Vegas and Grand Canyon. AMERICA HERE I COME! =D

Woo and I just received $300 from the goverment. THANK YOU LKY and team! =) It rocks to be turning 21. 27 more days to my party! ;)

Photoshop magic.

A bus trip photo can now become:

*EMOing Along the Journey of Life . . .
(oh my gawd, haha)

*Disclaimer: I'm not trying to promote being emo or saying that I'm an emo kid hor. Just having fun. =)

One day I wanna do Photoshop magic myself! =D

Okay my tagboard is getting quiet again. If you're reading this, make some noise!!



I just came back from watching Mamma Mia! and dinner with Cicilia and Benedict. I loved the movie! =) Cried buckets as usual. =D The songs were fabulous. Loved the humour in the show! Thanks Ben for the rides and the dinner! So nice of you! =) ♥ Cicilia! =)

I laid on my bed to sleep but I had so many thoughts about this topic that I got up to blog about it. Have you wondered what are the indirect messages you send to others? Though they may be unintentional, the impact can be huge. Take for example, if an angry parent blows up and shouts at their child, he or she is indirectly telling the child that it is okay to shout at others when one is angry. I think any saint parent would not think that is right but nonetheless their action has already left a lasting negative impact on the child. When the child gets angry, he starts shouting at someone. Why? Because he saw it being done in front of him and learnt the behavior.

You know, most things that we learnt in life are often not taught but caught. I once asked Justin how do people learn best and he told me that people learn best by example. And it's true. Leaders are people who lead by example, they can say an essay long of words and it doesn't get into their people but one action and bam! , the message is sent across. If a leader does something good, he or she is sending 2 messages across. First, this is how you do it and second, this can be done (within reach and possible). How does a follower receive confidence that something they thought difficult can be done? When they see their leader achieve the seemingly impossible right in front of their eyes. However, the reverse is true. When a leader fails to do that something good, the followers receive these messages - it is not important to do it/okay not to do it or that it cannot be done.

I always felt that leadership is a huge responsibility and that it is not for the fainthearted. It means others can and you cannot. Others can compromise, but you cannot. Others can do whatever they like, but you just cannot. You hold yourself to a higher standard and that requires discipline, commitment and sacrifice. A friend once said this to me and it has stuck with me since, '' There are average leaders and there are great leaders. I want to be a great one. ''

This entry marks a defining moment of my life . . .

1 year and 5 months ago, we looked like this:

1 year 5 months later, we became:

Maybe that's why they say women in love look more beautiful.

Goodbye my love . . .

ROFL.

My students cancelled tuition today... yet again! I'm supposed to tutor them 8 times a week but last month we only have tuition like 3 times? This means much lesser $$ for me. (-_-) This is the prob when you have only one source of income (not taking my allowance into acc)! The other day, my uncle just taught me about increasing finances and it was really quite educational. Even though my uncle doesn't hold a office job, he still has money coming every month from rent from different tenants . . . I need to work towards having multiple sources of income... money that keeps coming in even when u're not working for it. So far I can only think of 3 possible ones: 1. Salary 2. Rental of houses 3. Investments in stocks. What other sources of income are there? The rich gets richer and it's true! Money will grow more money...

My SOT friends, Gabriel and Benedict just called to ask me out for supper cos they stay near me... but I said no because SUPPER = FATS. I'll avoid supper as much as I can since I'm not hungry anyway. Of course if I had a body like Jessica Alba's, it wouldn't matter if I did eat supper but no I don't! Haha. Ask me out for breakfast people. =D

Hmmm... it's been 7 years since 9/11! How time flies! It feels just like yesterday when I turned on the tv and saw the collapsing of the twin towers...

I just came home from the funeral of Nicole, one of Annabelle's friends. I do not know her personally but I was there to lend our support with about 50 other choir members. Though celebrities like Sun Yanzi, Belinda and Utt were present at the service, it was of course not a time for any form of rejoicing about seeing them. Nicole had passed away after her battle with cancer and I guessed she was probably in her early 40s or late 30s, leaving behind a teenage daughter and her mother. Nicole was Sun Yanzi's vocal coach at one time and I guessed she must have been an extraordinary person and great friend because Sun Yanzi was clearly very sad at her departure.

What I took home tonight was really what Pst Ming said that sent tears welling up in my eyes, " At the end of the day, what is most important in life is relationships. So hug those people that you can hug now and spend time with those you can spend time with now... Tell them how much you love them. Tell them you want to have more coffees with them... ". It's no wonder that the bible says, 'Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties, after all, everyone dies - so the living should take this to heart. Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us. A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only about having a good time.' (Ecc 7:2-4 NLT)

Even though I was attending a funeral of someone I do not know personally, I could feel the lost... Needless to say, I would be sorrowful if any of my friends were to pass away... I just pray that before anyone does, I would have the wisdom to treasure them with all my heart while I still can and let them know how much I love and appreciate having them in my life. Though I may be young and relatively healthy now, I know that life is unpredictable and it can be very fragile. I desire to travel around the world and to experience just what the big world out there is like but my mum would say that I can do that when I'm older and earning my own money... but the thing is what if I died tmr? And I wouldn't get to enjoy life in all it's fullness? And I don't get to fulfill my dreams while I'm still alive? How tragic would that be? So please, don't ask me to wait to be anything anymore. Allow me to experience life, experience what it means to be a human being, to see the world, to impact others, to love while I'm still alive and don't stop me, don't even ask me to wait because both you and I will never know how long more I have to wait.

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, Britney Spears won the Best Female Video, Best Pop Video and Best Video at the MTV Awards! And you know what the best part was? She finally thanked God again at receiving the Best Pop Video award! =) She used to always do that in the early years when she received awards at the start of her pop career but you know the story... then she turned to Kabbala at one time and her life just spiralled into a never-ending mess.Read divorce, breakdowns, drugs and more. BUT I think Britney Spears, the mama of 2 now, is finally coming back and righting the wrongs. Way to go girl! =) Miss American dream since she was 17! ;)

Britney Spears sweeps top honors at MTV video awards

AFP - Monday, September 8

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Britney Spears enjoyed a triumphant return to the scene of one of her most humiliating public appearances here, scooping three top honors at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The pop icon suffered a critical mauling at the same awards show last year, when she stumbled and mimed her way through a performance that came amid turmoil in her private and professional life.

But a beaming Spears -- who appears to have got her career back on track in recent months after a seemingly endless series of lurid headlines -- cut a different figure as she accepted her honors here Sunday.

Spears won prizes for best female video, best pop video and video of the year for her single "Piece of Me" which took aim at the paparazzi who follow her every day.

It was the first time Spears had won a statuette at the MTV video awards despite 16 previous nominations.

"Thank God first and foremost for just blessing me like this, thank my beautiful family, my two beautiful boys for just inspiring me every day and my fans, this is for you. Thank you so much," Spears said after collecting her first award of the night.

Spears recently ended a custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline regarding the couple's two young sons.

The Los Angeles-based singer lost custody of the children last year as her life unraveled in the full glare of a frenzied media.

She hit rock bottom in January when she was twice rushed to hospital for treatment in a psychiatric unit following fears for her mental health.

Spears shot to superstardom in late 1998 with her smash-hit debut album "Baby One More Time," which she followed with another chart-topping success the following year, "Oops! ... I Did It Again".

Gosh, when you're brutally honest with yourself . . . =X Yikes.

Advanced Global Personality Test Results Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 74% Stability |||||||||| 34% Orderliness |||||| 30% Accommodation |||||||||||||||||| 78% Interdependence |||||||||||||||||||| 90% Intellectual |||||||||||||| 54% Mystical |||||||||||| 50% Artistic |||||||||||||||| 63% Religious |||||||||||||||| 63% Hedonism |||||||||| 36% Materialism |||||||||||||||| 63% Narcissism |||||| 30% Adventurousness |||||||||||||||| 63% Work ethic |||||| 30% Humanitarian |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Conflict seeking |||||||||||||| 56% Need to dominate |||||||||||||||| 63% Romantic |||||||||||||||||||| 83% Avoidant |||||| 30% Anti-authority |||||||||| 36% Wealth |||| 16% Dependency |||||||||||||||| 70% Change averse |||||||||||||| 56% Cautiousness |||||| 30% Individuality |||||||||||| 50% Sexuality |||||||||||||| 56% Peter pan complex |||||| 23% Family drive |||||||||||| 50% Physical Fitness |||||||||||| 50% Histrionic |||||||||||||||| 63% Paranoia |||||||||||||| 56% Vanity |||||||||||||||||| 76% Honor |||||||||| 36% Thriftiness |||||||||| 36%

Stability results were moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious. Orderliness results were low which suggests you are overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense too often of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment. Extraversion results were high which suggests you are overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense too often of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

Trait snapshot:

craves attention, messy, open, rash, irritable, likes large parties, low self control, weird, fragile, does not like to be alone, emotionally sensitive, worrying, depressed, heart over mind, does not respect authority, dependent, not rule conscious, not good at saving money, more interested in relationships than intellectual pursuits, likes to fit in, very social, frequently second guesses self, phobic, suspicious, not careful, outgoing, vain, compassionate, aggressive, likes to make fun, hates to lose

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I'm an extrovert, a hopeless romantic and humanitarian. =) How, does the words above describe me? I think it's pretty accurate leh, unfortunately... Go go take the test and paste on yr blog! ;)

Okay this is kinda random but I just suddenly felt like blogging about this - I was very pleased with my exam results! Even though some times I was very stressed while doing those MCQs, I'm glad that everything turned out well. =)

Wendy Ang (SOT081803)
No.	Subject	Score	Percentage
1.	GS / CL / VL	80.00	88.89%
2.	GOHS	91.00	75.83%
3.	FT1	93.00	77.50%
4.	FT2	91.00	75.83%
5.	HCGL	101.00	84.17%
6.	HOM	88.00	73.33%
7.	FFM	116.00	96.67%
8.	THEO	80.00	80.00%
9.	SOTM	90.00	90.00%
10.	CM	75.00	93.75%
11.	Prayer	35.00	87.50%

So far I know quite a few people thinking of going to SOT next year - Zoe, Zhi Nian, Victor, Lionel, Gabriel Seow, Debbie and Kelvin. GO FOR IT PEOPLE. It'll be the best albeit the most trying time of your life! ;) I hope the list will get longer!! Hint hint. ;p

Blogging hiatus!

It doesn't hurt when I go to the same places anymore.

I shall leave you with the picture that my friend, Aaron, from SMU created. I think it's superb! =) Work on those leadership skills people!