The Prayer of Jabez; Asking God to bless me and enlarge my territory.

And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying,
“Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that your hand would be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain.”So God granted him what he requested. —I Chronicles 4:10 NKJV
Extracted from PrayerOfJabez

Usually, I'm a pretty Pro Catholic, but I do open up to other dissections of Christianity as well, especially since tubbs is a Christian and I know I wouldn't force him to convert. He follows me to my church and I in-turn, listen to his pastoral sermons on CDs together with him, a bit of a compromise here and there. :) Anyway the main topic of this post isn't about which is the "right-one". So I say to my friends, "You're christian and I'm catholic, we all believe in God, but we just believe it in a different way."And so when Aunty sent tubbs this book~ "The Prayer of Jabez", I thought I'd have a read and it turned out to be quite inspirational. The main highlight of the book was the prayer above.

And so I pray to God everyday to Bless me, Guide my Path of Life and Enlarge my Territory. Enlarge my Territory meant letting me make more friends, so that I will not be lonely. And I believe he has done so. New friends will never replace the old, but they will somehow bring a smile to your face and will someday become your "old ones" too. :) Don't worry, I still love ya loads my dear coussy's Jan, Kris, Rac, my Pooh Gang, my Chabohs, Ah Wen, Sharon and my Pal Pal S.K. You all will never be forgotten or replaced. *muah* And I miss ya all! (*o*)

More updates on Shopping, City Trip, More new neighbours and New Student Eileen comin up in the next couple of days. =)

New Music Craze, On Life back to Monotony, Cute Jay Chou, New Neighbours and I wanna sing sing sing!

Currently Listening: Genie Zhuo 卓文宣 ~ 习惯 /Be Used To Released: Oct 2006

No I'm not being "un-faithful" here, I'm still a loyal Jay Chou and S.H.E supporter. It's just that I'm also open to other artists, genre and type of music as well. And for some reason, this (I thought she was a newbie at first) sweet lass here happened to have the "Oh-so-famous" Liang Shan Bo and Juliet/梁山伯与茱丽叶 song which was played on the radio station, television and my friend's car so repetatively that you would have to be ignoramus not to have heard it before. So I kinda ripped of her songs from my friend's CD and I fell in love with a few of the other songs too -> Winter Orange/冬天的桔子, Long Sleeves/长衣袖, Concoting Happines/幸福调味 and Can or Not/可以不可以. You can find out more about her from ChineseMusicBlog.com

Life's been pretty much mundane since I got back from M'sia/S'pore, as expected. But luckily there are the little things in life that perk you up once awhile like when your boss suddenly comes in and tells you, "Hey, look at this ad here, it's good, I reckon we should display all your ads along the hallway of the office", when I get to go down to Melbourne city and shop, when my pal sends me the latest Jay Chou or S.H.E album, when something exciting happens in the boring place I'm in (dreaming). *Sign* I thank Ying and Serene for keeping me sane sometimes, apart from mum and tubbs. I honestly miss my friends, my "used-to-be" happening life. Anyways I finally got my lazy arse back to playing tennis yesterday evening. The new grip that tubbs put for me on my Wilson racquet definitely made playing much easier. Yeah, I wanna keep playing, at least twice a week.

Then on something more unusual, I discovered another Jay fanatic like me when I was searching for METERS/BONWE a.k.a Jay Chou endorsement. The only difference in this fan is that she blogs about his latest news on her blog in English, she only discovered Jay in June 2006 and she's a Canadian-Born chinese. And her blogging makes it easier for me to read about Jay, rather than the pesky forums that make me go "oh-so-dizzy". Needless to say, I had to steal some awesome photos of Jay from her blog (with her permission of course) and I'm so glad I made a new found friend, who's born in Canada, lives in New York and loves Jay. Cheerios to getting to know you, Doretta. :) And here's pics of adorable, handsome and talented Jay:



I also got chatting to Kal on MSN yesterday. He's gonna to be my next door neighbour next semester. And his house is gonna be one big gambling den with he and his 3 housemates all being poker addicts and yessh all 3 are guys and yessh I have already chosen nick names for them: Beach Boy, Korean Guy and Ah Beng. Well apparently "Ah Beng" is actually a very eligible bachelor, yes eligible in every way you can think of. ;p *wink* And also they wanna invite my female housemate over for dinner one day, because they think she is hot. And no, that housemate is not Sheali because she's back in Malaysia, so you all go figure.

And on a totally different matter, I think I've been listening and singing too much of Genie's songs, so much so that I wish I have a chance to sing on stage again. YES, 我想再次站在台上唱歌.。如果人生有来世， 我想在台湾出世，成为下一位最佳女歌手。

Launch of Cosmic Reviews, Congrats to Chaboh Loo and Chaboh Len

3 Small Updates. First things first, please visit this newly launched website: Cosmic Reviews

It's a Wholesame Review site catered for the Modern Men and Women with categories of all forms and includes prices of the different items reviewed in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia currency and even ebay. You can visit the site from the logo above or by clicking here.

Secondly, CONGRATULATIONS to Chaboh Loo for finding a great job! Update us soon!
Thirdly, not so significant, congrats to Chaboh Len for winning $ in Roulette and "THANKS" for sending me the SMS at 6am in the morning. ;) (Alright the 3rd one was absolutely lame and written out of utter boredom, I admit). ;p

The Compulsive and "InsaNe" Shoppaholic~ Shopping in Melbourne Central, DFO Essendon, Spencer Street and on Malaysia/Singapore Trip Home.

Okay, so I finally found time to actually crop and edit the photos of the shopping I've done in December itself. (Not that I was busy with work or anything, fine I was just lazy! ;p).

Anyway Leonard (Pics Previous Post) asked me if I was into LV, Gucci and those branded stuff when we met up I bluntly told him and anyone else who'd ask; NO, I'm not into those stuff. Maybe when I become a Tai-Tai in future, but not at the moment.

I honestly can't bring myself to splurge a few thousand on just 1 SINGLE ITEM. If you happen to see me using anything like that or whatsoever, it's probably a gift or some Top Grade High Quality Fake. Hurhur, after all who can tell between genuine and fake unless you squint closely right? Yeah, call me cheapskate or what, I'm just practical I guess. I would rather spend a few thousand on heaps and heaps of stuff, just like the heaps of pretty stuff I got below. :) Enjoy!


1) 2 Sleeveless Tops from Jay Jays : AUD$25
2) Overalls from "Bits & Pieces" (Can't quite Rem.) Target : AUD$49
3) 2 Skirts and 1 Blouse from Dotti (SALE): Around AUD$55
4) Tops from Glasgow and Esprit: Price can't Rem.
5) Top from underground shop in Melbourne Central and Dotti: Around AUD$40+
6) 2 Tops from Jeans West: AUD$30
7) Shorts and Above Knee Pants from Glasgow: $40
8) Wallet from Rip Curl: $35
9) Vera Wang Princess Perfume (50 ml): AUD$76


1) Slipper and Shoes from Sachs and Vincci: Around RM$140
2) More Shoes from Mixit, Vincci and Neckerman: Around RM$150
3) 4 Tops from Dolly, Chic Avenue and Googles: Around RM$120
4) Biotherm Cleanser, Toner, Moisturizer and Eye Cream: RM$260
5) Handbag from Giamax: RM$49
6) Cardigan and Jacket from Googles: Around RM$80
7) Handbag from Jap-Alike brand Momoe: RM$63
8) Pants and Jeans from Apple Mint and Dolly: Around RM$160
9) 3 Mickey Mouse Tops, 1 American Athletics Skirt, Googles Jacket: $180
10) Bossini T-shirts, one with Imprints of Doha Games 2006: SGD$45
11) Esprit Tops and Bag: SGD$80
12) Cellnique Pro Sebum Gel (Ya, read from XiaXue's Blog la) + Mask: SGD$85
(Airport also cannot escape from shopping! How to when its Duty Free!)
13) Davidoff Cool Water for Women: 2 (30 ml) bottles: SGD$30 and Clarins Travel Skin Care Regime: Cleanser, Toner, Moisturizer, Beauty Balm and Lip Balm: SGD$55

Alrighty, enjoy the Fashion and Beauty Items for the time being cause I have put a restriction on myself not to shop for 3 months! Except pay for Food, Groceries and Fuel. *Fingers crossed* Don't know how long I can keep to that! :X

New year new hopes new hairstyle :p, Trip back to Malaysia and Singapore, and Congrats to Stacey.

The start of a New Year, the start of a new blog design. Yes, it should have been earlier, but there were lotsa unpacking, cleaning up, re-arranging of furniture, and not forgetting the unwilling start of work last week, so it took some time. In fact, it took so long that I've kinda forgotten most of the things I wanted to say.

The trip back to Malaysia/Singapore this time was a brief and hurried one. I had to squeeze spending time with my family and meeting up with friends all in just 2 weeks! But it was still a memorable one because I managed to meet up with those that mattered to me and that was all that matters right? ;) Okay I won't deny that maybe I did become a bit anti-social, in that there were wee little times that I actually felt lazy going out. Well, can't exactly blame me since a sociable and happening (used-to) person like me being isolated in a place like Gippsland for so long, I am already thankful that I'm still sane up to now. Anyway, enough of whingeing, here's the photos from the trip: (Of course I can't put 100 over up here!)

I'm so glad that I've managed to meet up with my dear dear cousins this year and it was especially heart-warming that we could celebrate the count-down to christmas this year. After a much heavy buffet dinner at New York hotel with my parents, bro and sis-in-law, we headed over to my coussy's house. Pics clockwise from left: With my Kristie, Rachel and Janice, Everyone having a great time singing, cute Desmond an Felicia, and Felicia enjoying her hello kitty ride.

With 2 pals from the Korean trip, Swee Kee and Ailin, With Primary, Secondary School and Poly friend Fukang, with Secondary Sch besties: Sharon, Beiwen, Susan and Cindy and lastly with darling's "super ultra annoying non-stop fidgeting" BUT awesome friend Leonard, a.k.a Monkey boy! heehee.. :) Can you believe he actually squatted down next to me at a Traffic Light crossing and pretended to be a pimp! OMG!

With my pooh gang, Evon and Denise, with cousin Aiting, with ex-ex-BF's friend Sunny and of course not to forget a quick visit on the day I flew off to CTC, my ex company to find my God bro, pass him his prezzie and say hi to everyone. Wish I had more time for lunch and dinners with them though. My ex lady boss was also telling me about the Integrated Resort thingy happenin soon, it was sucha temptation to packs my bags in OZ and zoom back SG. But... anyway, from left is William, CK and Ian.

Best wishes as well to Stacey who got married on 13 January. Wished I could attend her wedding in Singapore. But lucky I could get some friends to bring over the prezzie anyway. So till then, enjoy photos... (P.S: Chaboh loo, don't kill me for not putting your pic here hor, at least it's in friendster! hehe.. ;p)