You definitely can tell that life is just a tad bit stressful now by the looks of my room. Its basically an open secret, my room generally becomes a humongous mess once I’ve got an assignment due or its nearing exams. Here’s a peek into the kingdom of mess 
It’s not everytime you get to see a girl’s room, so there you go.
The neater part of the room
The not so neat part of the room
The worst part of the room
I must say I do feel paiseh that my room is in that condition, but with me and studying and rushing assignments, things will always be that way. No matter how neat I try to keep it at the beginning of semester.
Currently my room is not so crammed because I’m using the laptop in the living room which I cannot afford to mess up due to the fact that everybody walks past that area and there is no door to hide the mess 
I had a tummy ache from eating too much junk yesterday and M&Ms today. I’m such an emotional eater and when I’m stressed I eat a lot too. Looks like the weight I’ve lost during the Easter Break is slowly but surely coming back on again 
While showering, I was having a thought: I’ve conceded that there is no such thing as a perfect guy in the world. Each person comes with their flaws and that is the essence of a person. No human being is perfect by any standards. Thinking about the movie Becoming Jane and how her love life was dogged with lots of drama and how the situation twists and turns in so many ways which frustrates us. I’ve conceded that I will never find a guy who is so-called perfect, but whoever I date will definitely have to meet some important criteria. Criteria that is very dear to my heart, but preferably not mentioned here just in case anybody is reading this
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately, about guys, God and a whole heap of other things. I look around me and see how the world has turned into one which is complacent and accepts all things immoral without a question in their mind. I see people around me who don’t know about God and I see how they lead their lives and thank God that I’ve found Him and accepted Jesus as my Lord and saviour. I don’t put myself on a pedestal as being better as non-believers, but more like I see myself in a better place personally. I can honestly say that I’ve changed for the better since getting to know God a little bit better, and as I take the journey of learning about Him each and every day.
I ask myself sometimes how come I never did listen to God’s promptings before. I don’t know why and doubt I’ll ever understand why I was so hard hearted in the past. I feel that I’ve changed now, especially this year. After going to New Life City Church (NLCC) this year, somehow the hunger and thirst to know God emerged and I have been wanting to know God more each day now. I have always accepted that Jesus died on the cross for my sins, but somewhere in my heart I have not experienced such thirst before. And I blogged about a month ago how I experienced this overwhelming sense of joy during worship one Sunday morning, it really struck me there was nobody who could stir my heart like that but God and He has answered my prayers about wanting to know Him more. I won’t go into detail but the least I can say is that God is great and will always be great.
It certainly has been a long day today. Ange, Lam, Lin and I went off to the UWA Med library to get some books out for our rehab assignment after having an 8am lecture all the way at Curtin today. And I got quite a bit of work done today, which makes me feel a little better. I suppose it has been a productive day with research done for my OT 402, OT 403 and OT 305 assignments. All I have to do now is to get thru oh, I don’t know, 200 pages of research for my assignments and another 500 pages of readings for classes. Not to mention I’ve gotta work 10 hours this weekend. And people wonder how come I’ve got no time to hang out and I am acting like an anti-social person. Well, paying $21k per year for uni fees is no joke.
I better be off for now. Too much thinking for the night and I’ve got a tummy ache from eating too many M&Ms. Another sign that I’m stressed.
I look around me and see people who have many friends who they think know them, but don’t mean much to them. It’s hard to describe but I have this small bunch of friends who I have kept in contact with over time. Some friends just fade into the background due to reasons such as laziness, distance and things like that. I admit I have my fair share of friends who have drifted apart from me, I can’t help but look back at the friendship and ask myself how has it come to this point? I don’t regret losing some friendships because I feel like I’ve been used in those situations and makes me feel like a charity case.
The friendships I have now with a few close friends are the friendships I think I’ll treasure for life. As I grow older, I take friendship seriously and choose friends wisely or rather with more caution. I’ve learnt from the mistakes I’ve made when I was younger and have become that little bit more wiser with time.
I don’t know if I’ve ever written a thank you to my friends, but somehow I feel like writing one now. If you’re name isn’t here, I still love you
Zaneta - I love you so much! I really thank God that you’ve come into my life and stayed in my life for these few years You know the question you asked me, about how if we didn’t both go to Taylor’s College, how would things differ? I can’t even begin to think of an outcome if we hadn’t met back then in 2004. If we hadn’t started talking back in English class or if we hadn’t hung out at the ball or if we hadn’t eaten lunch at Red Rooster’s those years ago. It’s hard to think that it’s already been 3 years since we met. Time really flies and you’re turning 19 soon! I’ve shared my secrets with you and we’ve had all those conversations about those guys and I cannot even imagine my life without you in it now. Thank you for listening to me go on and on about so many things in life and giving me advice about things. I really really appreciate it, right from the bottom of my heart. You understand that I’m crazy at times and I swoon over guys and entertain my fantasy of being married to Wentworth Miller or even Justin Timberlake, whose birthday is the day after mine I love that you squeal with delight at the movies and cry when the movies are filled with emotion. I cried too at the one we watched at he the film festival earlier this year I’m glad that you understand me and that guys drive us to the brink of our sanity sometimes. We will always bounce back from all those setbacks in life and we’ll conquer life with all our wild ideas of starting up boutiques and selling things. I definitely do think starting a boutique with you is a good idea….Hehe….Not to mention, buying those dresses and shopping. We’re so going to look hot on your birthday we’re gonna knock the socks off those cute guys I’m looking forward to going on that graduation trip with you when we both finish uni! *hugZ*
Angeline & Lin - Hey babes! I love you babes you do know right? I can’t believe I only got to know both of you last year or so. It’s amazing how our friendship has developed. We see each other almost every day, so we have to love each other right? Teehee….I know I’ve enjoyed my time immensely with both you wonderful girls. I won’t forget the adventures we have, the lunches we had, the veggie kebabs we eat cause we’re always short on money and the 10 minute tickle torture Lin has to endure I look forward to working with you babes in the future
Caila aka Munky - My munky! *hugZ* You know I love you a lot too. I love all the times we’ve gone crazy together and the times we’ve hung out and done crazy things. We met last year and clicked. It’s not often that I do that, but I’m happy you’re one of the few friends that I have in my life who understand how my moods are crazy I’m looking forward to watching you get that tattoo
All my other friends, know that I love each and one of you too. There’s just too many to write down
During the Easter Break, I’ve made a conscious effort to cut back on my junk food and go for a jog around the neighbourhood and by the river. The compliments I’ve received since I’ve gotten back to uni have really been encouraging.
If you have known me for a while, you would know that I’ve always had weight issues. I used to be really thin when I was younger but I ballooned up due to inactivity and pure laziness. I suppose procrastination has a lot to do with it, I’ve always been the fat kid in school and couldn’t be that bothered with trying to get in with the thin crowd.
Going on the jogs during the holidays have really relaxed me a great deal. I have 1 hour of jogging and walking while listening to my ipod, which pretty much puts me in my own little world for this 1 hour. Nothing else matters but me and my music for that 1 hour.
I’ve learnt to like feeling the burning pain I get when I start jogging and walking. I’m beginning to like sweating and feeling tired after coming back and not wanting that 1 hour to end. My mind drifts away and I can forget about all my worries for that little while.
Time is something that I don’t have enough of each day, and I value each and every second of my time I get alone. I don’t see myself as an anti-social person but more like a person who likes to spend time by herself by nature. I tend to think the best when I’m in the shower and its just me and my thoughts and the warm relaxing shower. I sometimes wonder if I’m eccentric but I’ve learnt to accept myself as I am. I don’t need to change outwardly for any person but myself.
So the weight I’ve lost and my change in lifestyle is my decision and made because I’m sick and tired of seeing myself struggling and always not being able to look good in the clothes that I like. And so as to reward myself for all my effort during the Easter Break, I’ve decided to get myself a pair of skinny legs jeans I’ve always wanted a pair but I could never fit into them, so I’ll wait till the next sale and then get myself a pair
Was supposed to have lunch with Cheryl today, but poor thing woke up with a sore throat and had to go see the doctor. Instead I went off to see Zaneta who didn’t have to work today. It has been good catching up with you Zaneta All our adventures together at Subi, namely Howard’s Storage World where both of us go crazy with storage options. I tell you, they’re going to make a fortune out of us if we’re not careful and get sucked into the craze…Hehe…It’s good to have you back in Perth Zaneta! I love you! We should have a fun outing during the 1 month break we have from uni. I’m so looking forward to have a girly night and watch movies till dawn!
Last night’s cell was awesome!!! We had it at my place, and 20 people showed up which was really encouraging. We were doing the thing on the 5 languages of love, namely: quality time, words of affirmation, acts of service, gifts and physical touch. Looking back on my entry for Thursday that really summed up my primary love language of quality time, which basically is spending quality time with people close to me. I’m actually surprised how well I know myself, because sometimes I have doubts about myself and my qualities.
I’ve ended up with an even more crooked nose due to my colliding with someone yesterday while playing ‘Heart Attack’ during cell yesterday. It’s quite sore and a little swollen. Now apparently I’ve got an even more Jewish nose So its now slightly more crooked than usual, so when you see me, please don’t tell me I look ugly
Thanks goes to Gloria for the photos taken at cell
Proper shot
L-R, Top-Bottom: Justin Chin, John, Chester, Rachael, Cheryl, Olivia, Benson, Fiona, Mel, Amanda, Cheesy, Michelle, me, Yvonne, Jian Yuan (JY), Wen, Gloria, Joe, Anshula.
Muck up or rather, everyone wasn’t ready
Today we also had the Amazing Races at King’s Park which was such a fun activity! I can almost see my fat melt away after the running/jogging/walking we were doing. Nic led our team (Eaglez) which comprised of me, Jasmine, Angel, Tim and Kevin. We had quite a run and trying to solve clues as well as doing the puzzles and not getting lost.
We came in first in the end, even after the time penalty for missing one clue about the ingredients of glue
We started off first but the second team caught up due to us not getting a map and trying to be all pro And the Eagles won the derby!! Woot!
Here’s some of the pictures from my camera, will compile the rest and file it here so you guys can download it soon. Here goes:
We are the Eaglez!
Amanda and me
Pretzel untangling
Nic and me. Go team leader!! 
Group picture! L-R: Kevin, Nic, Jas, me, Angel, Tim.
Ready, ready?
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Try 1. Fail.
Try 2. Fail.
Try 3. Success! Presenting the Toyota or Smashpop jump!! Woot!!!
If you are reading this and have photos from the Amazing Races, do drop me a comment of e-mail me at gazooie@gmail.com so I can compile them and put it up.
It has been a while since I’ve last sat outside or by the river and watched the night sky. I certainly plan on doing that again sometime soon. Sitting at Matilda’s Bay or the jetty where JoJo’s is at or even the big field and having a midnight picnic there. You know what? I think that’s what I’ll do for my birthday next year. Just have a nice picnic at night and relax under the stars. Nice and intimate, though minus the mosquitoes and flies of course. Insect repellent would be a very good idea
Actually, stick that on my birthday wish list for next year. Surprise me with a picnic at night. I would love that. OKlah, sounds romantic, but hey I like the stars. Watching the stars reminds me of God’s glory and how he made the world we live in and without Him, we are nothing. It also reassures me that there is God out there who created us and the we will meet Him one day.
I guess its time to get my butt off the chair and into bed cause I’ve got work tomorrow morning and a whole bunch of other things to do.
I’m back from dim sum lunch and karaoke. Lunch was yummy, though I do miss the siu mai Somehow the waitresses said that they were coming but they didn’t, so I had to settle for other stuff. Meh. Anyway, went for karaoke after lunch. That was quite an experience! Not being able to read Chinese definitely has its drawbacks as I can’t read those characters and sing I’m so going to learn chinese. Maybe that can be one more of my life goals to do by the time I’m 25. Anybody can teach me Chinese? Pretty please?
Anyhow, I’ve started the OT 403 assignment and I’ve done 1 annotation so far. I’ve got at least another 14 articles to read and 14 annotations to do, not to mention everything else along with it. I seriously am going to go with a lot less sleep than I usually do cause of the uni workload. Oh well, at least I’m trying my best to excel and to earn that PDA phone from my brother
For those who know me well enough, you can probably tell by now that I’ve started doing my assignments and I have started the procrastination usually associated with them. So if you’re bored like me and want to read and know me more, then go ahead. If not, there is always the lil ‘x’ button on the top right hand corner of your screen
Layer One: On The Outside
Name: Kristine Lim Ai-Ling
Birth Date: 30th January 1986
Current status: Single and available
Eye Colour: Dark brown, close to black. Although you’d have to look really close at an angle and with a light source to see the brown bits.
Hair Colour: Dark brown, with a few light brown streaks and some regrowth. I’m wanting to go colour my hair, but the place is fully booked.
Righty or Lefty: Righty
Layer Two: On The Inside
Your Heritage: Chinese. Contrary to the belief that I am mixed, I am a pure chinese
Your Fears: The dark and losing control of things
Your Weakness: I would never say no to food
Your Perfect Pizza: Hawaiian!!! No seafood nonsense. Seafood does not belong on a pizza!
Layer Three: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your Thoughts First Waking Up: Did my teeth really fall off or was that a dream?
Your Bedtime: now? 10pm - 12am or when I ‘m studying and busy, 1ish, 2ish.
Your Most Missed Memory: My family in Malaysia!
Layer Four: Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke: Coke
McDonald’s or Burger King: I’d have to say McDonald’s for fries and nuggets and Hungry Jacks for Whoppers *drools*
Single or Group Dates: Single
Adidas or Nike: Doesn’t matter to me
Tea or Nestea: Tea. Must be the real deal man. Lolz.
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate. Vanilla does not exist in my world
Cappucino or Coffee: Skinny cappucino 2 brown sugars extra foam. You buying me a drink?
Layer Five: Do You…
Smoke: No, I think its a habit that noone should have cause it just kills everybody around them more than it does themselves
Curse: Sometimes, although I’m trying not to
Take a shower: Yes, of course I shower, thankyouverymuch. I’m very hygienic
Have a crush: I have a crush on Snicker’s bars. Whoever buys me a Snicker’s bar will make me a very very happy girl. I haven’t had it in so long
Go to school: Yes, I go to uni
Want to get married: Yea, before I’m 28
Believe in yourself: Sometimes
Think you’re a health freak: Nah, I think I’m on the middle of the scale. I try to watch what I eat, but sometimes will power just caves and I head straight for the desserts and junk food
Layer Six: In The Past Month
Drank alcohol: Nope
Gone to the mall: Yea, groceries were calling me
Been on stage: Nah. Though I had a class presentation
Eaten sushi: Yes!! *slurps* Partridges have the BEST salmon for sashimi in Perth! Well, I think so anyway…teehee
Dyed your hair: Nope. Was supposed to go tomorrow but there were no appointments
Layer Seven: Have You Ever…
Played A Stripping Game: Nope. I enjoy my modesty thankyouverymuch
Changed Who You Were To Fit In: Yea
Layer Eight: Age You’re Hoping
To Be Married: Before 28, so that gives me another 7 years to get hitched
Layer Nine: In a Girl/Guy
Best Eye Colour: Brown
Best Hair Colour: I’m not to fussed. Just don’t give me a guy who’s hair is so jeng and stuff then I’ll run awau
Short Hair or Long Hair: Depends on how the guy looks with it
Layer Ten: What Were You Doing
1 Min Ago: Typing up my assignment
1 Hour Ago: Typing up my assignment and talking to Lin
4.5 Hours Ago: Eating lunch and waiting to go karaoke!
1 Month Ago: Studying and working and trying to balance everythign out
1 Year Ago: Same as above
Layer Eleven: Finish The Sentence
I Love: chocolate
I Feel: lazy and sien
I Hate: people aren’t punctual
I Hide: my ratty stuff in the closet
I Miss: my family
I Need: more money and to lose weight
I tag nobody, since I’m sure people will probably be annoyed at me anyway.
Well, as I promised, here are the pictures of me getting my hair coloured for the good cause. Maybe next year I’ll be braver and shave my hair off like John
Thanks goes to Lin who for once photographed me instead of herself
Ange watching me while I get it done. I hadn’t really chosen the colours, but since they were the only 2 colours the hairdresser’s had I had to take them. Besides, its all good
This is all the pictures I’ve got so far. It wasn’t as colourful as last year due to the fact that I had to have it done prior to everyone else due to the classes I had all day long.
I’ve got a looooong week ahead of me. I’ve been working nonstop since Friday last week and today is my only day off before I start the marathon working again till uni starts on Monday. Got dim sum lunch planned today with my cell group and the baptism study after lunch and cleaning up my room and studying tonight. Working in the morning tomorrow and the usual jogging in the evening and studying and cleaning up my room at night. Friday is an even madder rush with work till 2pm, group meeting at uni at 3pm and make a mad dash home, shower, eat dinner and clear up the games room for cell and then have cell. I wonder when I have the time to sleep?
I’m off to go clean up my messy room now. Toodles!
It’s the 4th day of the 2 week Easter Break and what have I accomplished? I’ve attended the PDE today, printed out a whole bunch of stuff, gotten out a whole heap of library books to read for my assignment and gone for numerous walks. I suppose the walking bit clears my head, but I end up coming back home and cleaning up my room and doing laundry due to my bad habit of procrastinating everything and leaving it to the holidays.
Another Kristine Moment that happened on Friday but I have yet to blog about is the one where I fell over trying to do a test for 4-18 year olds. Here I am, fat aging bum, can’t run and pick up stuff without falling into a whole heap. Slow mo.
Here’s what happened:
I was supposed to run 50 feet to one end of the OT building corridor and pick up this red colour piece of foam, about the size of an A4 paper, and run back to the original position. As I ran to pick up the foam, all was going good and I was thinking to myself, “So, this is my exercise of the day, considering that iIm going to go home and sleep after rushing my childhood and adolescent assignment after this lab”. Besides hearing myself talking, I could hear Lin yelling, “Faster, hurry up!”. At this stage, I had slowed down to pick up the foam and turn back when the predictable thing happens to me.
I pick up the foam, turn around, lose my balance to the right and run and fall to the right. I knew I was falling, but I somehow could not right my centre of gravity and there I was, in a heap in th e OT corridor after running 50 feet. All I could do was laugh at myself and ponder about how stupid I am. But all is good. I came out of this incident relatively unscathed, only a minor bruise on the shin and a painful bum and a lowered sense of pride
That evening, I went jogging (sort of) with Amanda, Fiona and Adeline all the way to the Swan Brewery on Mounts Bay Road. But of course the next few days I could barely walk after the falling and jogging thru the pain. Oh well, at least I’m the road to an unsedentary lifestyle
Anyhow, I got my hair cut yesterday. Layered it and pretty much fixed the fringe which I killed 5 months ago. I must admit, it does feel better now after I got the hair seriously layered. It’s so much lighter and easier to manage! I’ll be colouring my hair soon, sometime during the Easter Break. I won’t put pictures here, although you all know I’m craving to do that but I’ll surprise everyone with the new me when I come back from t he holidays Now ain’t that a thing to look forward to?
To all the NLCC J-Lifers who are going on camp, do have fun on my behalf! I’ll join you guys next year *fingers crossed*
To everybody, have a great holiday and make sure you study and not party all the time!
Quote of the moment: By Zaneta “A car is like an extra large handbag”
