Indifference -- a technical term. The indifference curve maps the consumer's marginal rate of substitution of Good A for Good B
Indifferent -- such a nonchalent word. I am indifferent about going to the movies or having dinner at this restaurant.
Indifferent -- such an easy going word. I am indifferent about yellow and red. You make the choice.
Indifferent -- cold and hurting. I am indifferent between spending time with you and doing my own things.
Friday, April 27, 2007
the end of year 1
There are issues of immediate concern that I am reluctant to write on, because I am afraid that doing so would open a flood gate of torrential feelings and reminiscence. Setting these embodied thoughts into black and white gives them too much wield over me. I prefer them relegated to some inaccessible part of my mind.
Exams has ended, so year 1 flies by.
On a brighter note, will be going to xian de lai for steamboat in 5 minutes. I hope I will remember to upload some pictures of a hot steaming comfort boat, and some moments of good fellowship.
Till then.
Exams has ended, so year 1 flies by.
On a brighter note, will be going to xian de lai for steamboat in 5 minutes. I hope I will remember to upload some pictures of a hot steaming comfort boat, and some moments of good fellowship.
Till then.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
a quilt of memories
Dear friends,
The other day Ah boy and I were talking about our past, and I thank God for giving us such a long history together, so many numerous shared experience. In retrospect, I think God has really been really good, they way he interweaved the both of our past to cross each other in so many occasions.
I still remember him when we were in Sunday School, when I was 7 and he was 9. Subsequently, his mother became my sunday school teacher. How comical is that? Even now, I call her 'yu rong laoshi' after so many years. I guess I can't really dismiss the fact that she once taught me when I was young. Once a teacher, forever a teacher. At that time, Ah boy was always hanging around the back during Sunday School, with his 'i can't be bothered' and 'this is lame' attitude. But Ah boy was not my ah boy then, I merely called him 'Vin' short for 'vincent'.
I remember our awkward adolescence. Ah boy was skinny then, and he had a lot of leg hair and i was abit afraid of his sullen face. I was afraid of people with alot of leg hair because in my mind, leg hair = pervert. hahaha. How funny is that?
When I grew to Sec ONE and joined Nanyang choir, he was the VP in Cat High choir. And as Providence would have it, both choirs along with dunman high, travelled to the beautiful sandy Waikiki beach in Hawaii for a choral festival. I liked him then, and it was rumored he had feelings for me.
We continued interacting in church, being in the same cell and all. There were pleasant memories of church retreat, common jokes that happen to certain comical people in church, the camaraderie of youth camp, of christmas carnivals and carolling.
In 2002, he went to Hwa Chong choir, which shares the same choir instructor as Nanyang Choir. This seemingly trivial circumstancial 'coincidence' proved pivotal for the start of our relationship on 1 March 2003. Follow the train of argument; because we shared the same instructor, we had a choral workshop at Victoria concert hall, because I had worship prac that day, Ah boy followed me to church, on the MRT, HQ (Bless him!) messaged him saying he wanted to talk to him, I instinctively knew he wanted to talk to him about our 'too close for comfort behaviour' so I told Ah boy what the discussion would be about
The events of March 1st 2003 merits another story on its own, but suffice it to say, I became his girlfriend. The rest, as they say, is history.
God was gracious in granting him the MOE scholarship (local), even though he only applied for the award. And the Almighty's act of graciousness enabled the both of us to be reading economics in NUS under the same scholarship, and provided us with the financial means to finance our education and our future.
Today, we are the cell leaders of the youngest cell in the youth zone. And our teenage years have come full circle.
Thank you Lord for writing our love story.
The other day Ah boy and I were talking about our past, and I thank God for giving us such a long history together, so many numerous shared experience. In retrospect, I think God has really been really good, they way he interweaved the both of our past to cross each other in so many occasions.
I still remember him when we were in Sunday School, when I was 7 and he was 9. Subsequently, his mother became my sunday school teacher. How comical is that? Even now, I call her 'yu rong laoshi' after so many years. I guess I can't really dismiss the fact that she once taught me when I was young. Once a teacher, forever a teacher. At that time, Ah boy was always hanging around the back during Sunday School, with his 'i can't be bothered' and 'this is lame' attitude. But Ah boy was not my ah boy then, I merely called him 'Vin' short for 'vincent'.
I remember our awkward adolescence. Ah boy was skinny then, and he had a lot of leg hair and i was abit afraid of his sullen face. I was afraid of people with alot of leg hair because in my mind, leg hair = pervert. hahaha. How funny is that?
When I grew to Sec ONE and joined Nanyang choir, he was the VP in Cat High choir. And as Providence would have it, both choirs along with dunman high, travelled to the beautiful sandy Waikiki beach in Hawaii for a choral festival. I liked him then, and it was rumored he had feelings for me.
We continued interacting in church, being in the same cell and all. There were pleasant memories of church retreat, common jokes that happen to certain comical people in church, the camaraderie of youth camp, of christmas carnivals and carolling.
In 2002, he went to Hwa Chong choir, which shares the same choir instructor as Nanyang Choir. This seemingly trivial circumstancial 'coincidence' proved pivotal for the start of our relationship on 1 March 2003. Follow the train of argument; because we shared the same instructor, we had a choral workshop at Victoria concert hall, because I had worship prac that day, Ah boy followed me to church, on the MRT, HQ (Bless him!) messaged him saying he wanted to talk to him, I instinctively knew he wanted to talk to him about our 'too close for comfort behaviour' so I told Ah boy what the discussion would be about
The events of March 1st 2003 merits another story on its own, but suffice it to say, I became his girlfriend. The rest, as they say, is history.
God was gracious in granting him the MOE scholarship (local), even though he only applied for the award. And the Almighty's act of graciousness enabled the both of us to be reading economics in NUS under the same scholarship, and provided us with the financial means to finance our education and our future.
Today, we are the cell leaders of the youngest cell in the youth zone. And our teenage years have come full circle.
Thank you Lord for writing our love story.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
A place to call my own?
Dear friends,
We had a gathering today at Nick's house for the worship ministry. Wish I had pictures to show, but the phone battery was flat. It was alright. A little blander than expected because we discussed the same issues year in year out. The best time was the fellowship we had, playing heart attack and mahjong. haha. This is about the 3rd time we've used Nicholas' house for church events since he and audrey moved in.
Ah boy sent Grace Buy and I home. We went to the hawker centre to get some dinner, and she invited the sis and I to her beautifully renovated home. We shared some views abt our love for singing, which is very encouraging indeed.
The boy and I are looking forward to the idea of owning our own house in the future. The autonomy of owning your own piece of property is amazing. You can renovate it however you like, invite friends over for meals and movies, use it to bless others. The prospect is indeed thrilling. Not that living with our parents is without merit, it does have its benefits. But somehow owning property is a sign that one has truly achieved the "status" of adulthood.
Our ideal, is to have a few close friends (you know who you are) come on a regular basis to just hang out and fellowship. Young people usually have to resort to meeting at crowded places like town, or east coast to catch up, and so end up spending alot of money just finding things to do outside. Seldom do they meet in each other's houses, because you know, after all the house is not really theirs, and we have to put up with all the formalities of being courteous and polite to their parents.
To have our own place, means we really and truly can have uninhibited fellowship, and is definitely a plus if we plan to do youth work in future.
Still, one must not always look to the future and cease living in the present. I tend to do that often. Each season of life has its own joys, and I must be careful not to miss them, because time waits for no one.
I suppose what we can do actively in the present to make that dream come true is to build up our support network with the friends among us. Church people like James, Nick Audrey, Phoebe, Amanda, Xiaowen, Yanru, Youjun, Wei Wei, the elijahs, abia, dot, fish, suatyria, dominic, maggie, sharon, anthony, jason.. basically all our youths. grace buy, eugene etc. Not forgetting school people, perhaps even my old time friends and buddies,michelle, Zhonyun, Rebekah and Gabriel, Erica, Daphne, ruth, etc. I desire very much to keep in contact with these wonderful people and hope that they will not just be my friends, but our friends. Who knows when we might need them in times of trials, or they us?
God help us to make and keep good friends in life, they are a gift from Him.
We had a gathering today at Nick's house for the worship ministry. Wish I had pictures to show, but the phone battery was flat. It was alright. A little blander than expected because we discussed the same issues year in year out. The best time was the fellowship we had, playing heart attack and mahjong. haha. This is about the 3rd time we've used Nicholas' house for church events since he and audrey moved in.
Ah boy sent Grace Buy and I home. We went to the hawker centre to get some dinner, and she invited the sis and I to her beautifully renovated home. We shared some views abt our love for singing, which is very encouraging indeed.
The boy and I are looking forward to the idea of owning our own house in the future. The autonomy of owning your own piece of property is amazing. You can renovate it however you like, invite friends over for meals and movies, use it to bless others. The prospect is indeed thrilling. Not that living with our parents is without merit, it does have its benefits. But somehow owning property is a sign that one has truly achieved the "status" of adulthood.
Our ideal, is to have a few close friends (you know who you are) come on a regular basis to just hang out and fellowship. Young people usually have to resort to meeting at crowded places like town, or east coast to catch up, and so end up spending alot of money just finding things to do outside. Seldom do they meet in each other's houses, because you know, after all the house is not really theirs, and we have to put up with all the formalities of being courteous and polite to their parents.
To have our own place, means we really and truly can have uninhibited fellowship, and is definitely a plus if we plan to do youth work in future.
Still, one must not always look to the future and cease living in the present. I tend to do that often. Each season of life has its own joys, and I must be careful not to miss them, because time waits for no one.
I suppose what we can do actively in the present to make that dream come true is to build up our support network with the friends among us. Church people like James, Nick Audrey, Phoebe, Amanda, Xiaowen, Yanru, Youjun, Wei Wei, the elijahs, abia, dot, fish, suatyria, dominic, maggie, sharon, anthony, jason.. basically all our youths. grace buy, eugene etc. Not forgetting school people, perhaps even my old time friends and buddies,michelle, Zhonyun, Rebekah and Gabriel, Erica, Daphne, ruth, etc. I desire very much to keep in contact with these wonderful people and hope that they will not just be my friends, but our friends. Who knows when we might need them in times of trials, or they us?
God help us to make and keep good friends in life, they are a gift from Him.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Juicy Steak!
This coffee shop at the void deck of Toa Payoh Lorong 5 has been featured in Lifestyle Food!
This is a picture of the tenderloin steak that costs only $10! The rib eye (thinner) goes for $9
The stall is called UNO beef house, and it sells affordable and quality western food!
The potato ball looks deceptively like bread at first, but is actually creamy mash potato! Quite a refreshing change from the normal baked potato with sour cream that we usually have with steaks.
The steak itself is flavourful and juicy, of course it cannot beat Jack's place steak, but its still commendable.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Exams prep and a surprise meeting
Dear friends,
Exam preparations are rather gruelling. It never pays to work at the last minute, but, as human nature would have it, I have not changed my undesirable habits.
It was pleasant having a chance meeting with Amanda this afternoon at the subway in school. I love spontaneity, well, at times, makes life exciting. But I prefer spontaneity that leads to a good outcome, not one that would result in an unfavourable circumstance, but don't we all?
By this time next week, my exams would have ended, and so Year ONE would have flew passed. Then there's 3 months of idleness, well not really. There's still church retreat and mission trip to look forward to.
Now, its back to psychology and economics, somehow, i'm more thrilled by the latter, contrary to popular opinion.
Exam preparations are rather gruelling. It never pays to work at the last minute, but, as human nature would have it, I have not changed my undesirable habits.
It was pleasant having a chance meeting with Amanda this afternoon at the subway in school. I love spontaneity, well, at times, makes life exciting. But I prefer spontaneity that leads to a good outcome, not one that would result in an unfavourable circumstance, but don't we all?
By this time next week, my exams would have ended, and so Year ONE would have flew passed. Then there's 3 months of idleness, well not really. There's still church retreat and mission trip to look forward to.
Now, its back to psychology and economics, somehow, i'm more thrilled by the latter, contrary to popular opinion.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
A crab craving!
dear friends,
I suddenly have a craving for seafood, after seeing an advertisement for seafood platter for 2 on Jack's Place seafood harvest. Its got all my favourite foods, crabs, prawn, oyster, sushi, lobster. Wah! heaven. The boy refuses to go because he doesn't like seafood and says its too pricey. My father loves crab but he can't eat it because of his arthritis. Sigh! When will I taste it again?
The perfect birthday meal happened some time ago at Noble House Restaurant, where Grace Buy got married. But we went on my birthday for a buffet, Nicholas, Audrey, the boy and I. I had 2 big servings of crab! One in the traditional egg chilli gravy, and the other in white wine and egg white. It was small, but fantastic. I also had my first taste of pigeon soup there. Wow! I was so caught up in the atmosphere and the taste of the food, savouring every moment I was there, that I forgot to take pictures! And now I can only transcribe my memory into words, and hope you can imagine the exquisite taste.
As I type this entry, I'm, at the least comforting myself with chilli crab flavoured cup noodles. Haha.
More soon
I suddenly have a craving for seafood, after seeing an advertisement for seafood platter for 2 on Jack's Place seafood harvest. Its got all my favourite foods, crabs, prawn, oyster, sushi, lobster. Wah! heaven. The boy refuses to go because he doesn't like seafood and says its too pricey. My father loves crab but he can't eat it because of his arthritis. Sigh! When will I taste it again?
The perfect birthday meal happened some time ago at Noble House Restaurant, where Grace Buy got married. But we went on my birthday for a buffet, Nicholas, Audrey, the boy and I. I had 2 big servings of crab! One in the traditional egg chilli gravy, and the other in white wine and egg white. It was small, but fantastic. I also had my first taste of pigeon soup there. Wow! I was so caught up in the atmosphere and the taste of the food, savouring every moment I was there, that I forgot to take pictures! And now I can only transcribe my memory into words, and hope you can imagine the exquisite taste.
As I type this entry, I'm, at the least comforting myself with chilli crab flavoured cup noodles. Haha.
More soon
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Finally, a virtual space of my own!
Dear friends,
I am an avid blog stalker. I love to read the blogs of others, friends, acquaintances, strangers alike and catch of glimpse of their thoughts and musings. It is a way of sharing life with others. I may not write as beautifully as some of my friends, you know who you are. =). But I sure aspire to.
I have named this blog hungrygoon because my beloved calls me goon, and i'm hungry most of the time. This is the simplest explanation I have for it.
I have a few purposes for this virtual space I call my own. To recommend good food! because that is one of the most glorious pleasures God has given us on this earth! To record my thoughts and musings, and also to do pen my memories.
Do visit often.
I am an avid blog stalker. I love to read the blogs of others, friends, acquaintances, strangers alike and catch of glimpse of their thoughts and musings. It is a way of sharing life with others. I may not write as beautifully as some of my friends, you know who you are. =). But I sure aspire to.
I have named this blog hungrygoon because my beloved calls me goon, and i'm hungry most of the time. This is the simplest explanation I have for it.
I have a few purposes for this virtual space I call my own. To recommend good food! because that is one of the most glorious pleasures God has given us on this earth! To record my thoughts and musings, and also to do pen my memories.
Do visit often.
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