Christmas<3

If you ask me, what Christmas in 2007 and 2008 has been for me, I would only have a word, hectic. This year, I really wanted Christmas to be quickly over. As, Asia Conference and ministry came one after another, and I thought I really want to have a good break. When the last performance at Jurong West was over, I apparently found myself in tears. I wondered, why would I be crying? I mean, the ending of service meant rest for me! And besides I wasn't majorly involved in this production either. When I looked at my seniors, the rest of the ministry members, and my leaders, then I began to understand, what Christmas meant to me. That is, serving God with the rest of my ministry members, being busy together, but enjoying one another's presence...being "bullied" by adrian and the rest...the photo takings and silly lines and mistakes on stage. I can't remember what Christmas was like before. Time flies. It's been a year now. Till easter we meet...

I love dm.

Jonghyun's voice is amazing.



Elison.

한국어

안녕하세요!

I'm back blogging again. These few days have been super tiring as Christmas is approaching. Rehearsals are long and sometimes draggy, I am really looking forward to post-Christmas. 빨리,빨리,빨리!

Anyway, I have 2 korean friends now! :)) Like finally? They are Jung Seung Ho and Choi Boryung. Seung Ho lives in Daegu while Boryung lives in Seoul. Nice people. I realised Koreans are very polite people, in addressing one another, if formality plays a role, the language used is different.

I'm buying an organiser imported from Korea! And while shopping online, I saw so many pretty stickers, tapes and stamps from Korea! I want them all~ moo la moo la...아이구...

Okay, this is very much a random post. That's just all for now, I've got to go prepare to go for rehearsals already!

안녕!

love,
Elison.

quality challenged

Okay, so wondergirls are not exactly the people with the best vocals. Going with sex appeal and catchy tunes, they have made it to the top 10 achievers in korea in 2008. With the influence of john and jiani, wondergirls have made it into my head, with nobody and tell me on constant replay. Yes, this is a HORRIBLE experience. I really don't like them, but the song just irritatingly stays, like rainism. bleah. I mean really, i don't know how long they have to sustain coming up with this kind of upbeat and catchy songs to keep the audience happy.

And yes, SM has finally made the change to Mirotic. And the new lyrics are...stupid. It has moved from "under my skin" to "under my sky", "I got you" to "I choose you" and trust me, singing it alone sounds funny, and the new lyrics just doesn't fit the entire song. It's kinda pointless, i don't understand what's the big fuss. I mean, it's just a song. English songs have more explicit lyrics than that. *shrugs*

Sometimes it's tough to find a companion.

I hope my attachment thingy will be resolved soon. Or I'll have to start writing and sending out CVs. I hope rehearsals will end early today, and it'd be a success today, so that I can go for cgm on friday. I hope Saturday comes really quickly, I'm excited for korean class. I hope Christmas is here soon. I hope my fingers will stop hurting so badly so I can get back to playing the guitar.

James is a good guitarist, and a faithful guitar teacher. LOL, ystd was the first time I've seen James so serious in teaching me! Haha, I really learned a lot from him. Just got to pray, flow and practise, practise, practise!

This is very much a crap post. I just wanted to exercise my fingers with some typing. ahem.

Elison.

strawberries! <3

I think omma and I are telepathic. Haha, perhaps it's like what gracie said, that God is granting us the desires of our hearts. I was just telling vanessa yesterday when we were out, that the best Christmas present that she can give me that is inexpensive, would be korean strawberries. Haha, I saw it on an advertisement on the straits times. This thought i only kept to myself and van, but when I came home from svc yesterday and opened the fridge..TADA! haha, omma actually bought the strawberries! How amazing is that! Haha, God is so nice to me.

Hmm, so a question i think people will ask would be, "How are Korean strawberries different from say, Australian ones?" I made a little observation about the strawberries. They are of a brighter shade of red as compared to the usual strawberries, much smaller in size, sweeter, softer, and shockingly, HAIRLESS! Haha, I was kind of reminded about the hairless legs of the Korean artistes on Happy Together. But anyway, yep, Korean strawberries are definitely nicer to eat. The colour alone makes me happy!

Mianhamnida to kexin! I didn't want to ps you to face those ppl, but I'm really so lazy. Going out so many days in a week is more tiring than studying for A levels! I really want to take some time to stay home and rest, and do some relaxing things.

Gracie thinks that I should learn to say no. But saying no is hard. I don't like the aftermath feeling. But I don't like the aftermath when I say yes too. Urgh.

Whee. i'm excited for Christmas! haha, I hope rehearsals won't end too late today. The coming week will be great, apart from the fact that vanessa will be flying off. Guitar lessons, drawing lessons, mind cafe, drama...wheee~

Elison.

death

I actually wanted to blog about my new toe socks, but that somehow doesn't click with my thoughts right now.

Within 3 days, I received news of 2 deaths. The death of Chinling's grandmother and John's mother are too coincidental. Going for the funeral service yesterday and watching life transformers just set me thinking. Isn't death scary? How it leaves the living longing, how it grieves the living, all the psychological trauma it has on the people the dead leaves behind? When i heard amazing grace yesterday at the funeral, I thought of grandpa. He died when i was so young. I remembered that I didn't know what death meant at that time, and at the funeral, my younger cousins and I were still playing with plasticine and were ambivalent to his departure. It wasn't until the last day of the funeral when the adults were in tears that i realised he has gone to be with the Lord. and there, amazing grace was played to send him on his way. When I saw how chinling and her relatives cried at the loss of their loved one, i couldn't help but cry. The thought of losing a loved one is indeed scary. Yet it is comforting to know that they will go to be with the Lord. But what about those who have not known the Lord? we'll never get to see them again. Let this thought only serve as a motivation to evangelise. What we choose to do now has an eternal impact.

Don't cry my lover totally suits the emotion now.

<3

Elison.