Never Gonna Be Alone

Never Gonna Be Alone - Nickelback

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NYDELENE!!!

You are FINALLY 13 this 12.12.2008!!!


I...

Miss that smile...


Miss that cheekiness...


Miss those 'moments'...


So, wanted to wish u a VERY
Happy Birthday again!!!



U know we all love u right??? :D



Lotsa Love,

The other 'Ny' sister
:D

Camouflage

Camouflage - Brandy

Firstly I'd like to apologise for the silence... Have been preoccupied with that AMAZING anime 'One Piece' *haha*

and of course with many other wedding prep stuff... :) of which are all coming into place SLOWLY...
I have also OFFICIALLY gotten the green light to get married since I have miraculously FINISHED uni recently!! ie. passed ALL my final semester subjects and am now no longer a student and am officially UNEMPLOYED *haha*

I really can't believe that I am finally a GRADUATE majoring in Accounting and Finance... the accounting part is not that much of a surprise... but the FINANCE part is definitely miraculous... I can't even begin to describe the countless times I was worried and cried over my finance subjects... I still remember the first finance unit that I did - Corporate Finance 1...

The exam was SO HORRIBLE... See, I have NEVER been the smartest student in class... but yet... most of the subjects that I have done in the past, I can safely say that at the very least - I could ATTEMPT the exam questions - by crapping a bit here and there... and although I don't think I have done all that well in those subjects but at least I passed right?

But this was different... I still remember flipping through the paper during the 10 minutes reading time and froze...

All the sub questions were continuous... whereby if u couldn't answer the part (a), then u most probably won't be able to answer part (b) or part (c) or part (d) etc... and I remember the first question I attempted was a Net Present Value question... The problem was none of the given information was enough to answer part (a) and hence I couldn't even continue for the rest of the questions... and obviously at the end when they asked if I would invest in the company (base on the calculated NPV in the various parts of the question) I had absolutely NO idea if the company was undervalued or overvalued!

And this happened for the rest of the paper... as in I literally could not attempt ANY of the questions... It was seriously living my WORST nightmare! and I went home crying thinking that I would fail that subject for sure!

That month - that was my prayer for my miracle offering (it is this thing that Hillsong Church does)... Although I knew (in theory) that all things are possible with God - A big part of me didn't dare to believe it...
I guess I was afraid that it was ME who didn't work hard enough... or maybe I was undeserving of such a miracle... I started creating excuses such as maybe - Finance is not my 'thing' after all...

But now looking back... those excuses were so stupid... YES I am undeserving... YES maybe I did not prepare enough... and YES - Till the end of my degree... I still think that Finance is NOT my 'thing'... but that just makes it even more miraculous right?

So yar... today I can bravely testify that it IS a miracle I have come so far...
No matter what people might say...
as long as I know that it IS a miracle :)

it is enough... :D

Tonight

YEP! For the past week or so I have been ADDICTED to this anime 'One Piece'...
I won't be surprised at all if u didn't like the looks of it at first - cuz neither did I... The drawings are UGLY! The cartoon characters looked funny and so kiddish!

PLUS... It's about pirates and they are fighting ALL THE TIME!

But *haha* Darrel sat me down to watch 2 episodes I think - I was SO HOOKED on it since...

Normally, I'd prefer shoujo anime... But this one's different...
I think it is their bravery and courage that attracts me... Cuz I am NOT the most courageous person in this world... to be honest - at times I think I am NOT courageous AT ALL...

Sometimes it is things of which I fear, sometimes it is people and their thoughts... and sometimes it is uncertainty of the future... and sometimes - it is myself...

I LOVE Luffy (who's the main character in this character) in this anime... LOVE how he has that ONE DREAM to be the ultimate pirate king and NO Matter what the world throws at him... no matter how many people are against him... No matter how many obstacles stands in his way... and even if he faces Death itself... HE FIGHTS courageously through it all... and it is SO strange how HE ALWAYS KNOWS he WILL succeed! He WILL NOT give in to death - NOT until he reaches his goal... -> The ultimate TREASURE - 'One Piece'

I mean like everyone... I have a dream... A Passion... A PURPOSE to LIVE this life that I have been given...
But there ARE days...

Due to the uncertainty of the world, the obstacles, the storms and the waves of life...
where I FORGET... I DOUBT and I FEAR...
I crawl in this little shell of mine and give in... blaming on the fact that I was NOT born strong or brave enough...

But I LOVE it how in this story - it shows how Luffy's NAKAMA is always there to help him out when he can't help himself (well... although he IS bless with strength and courage - he sure is NOT the brightest one of them all) :p
And in turn He is ALWAYS there for them...

That's why we need GREAT Nakama's around huh?
I am sure GLAD to be bless with ONE GREAT BIG STRONG Nakama :D *keke* and many other Nakama's to watch my back too :)