me
LOVES
# Joy JM
# Dancer
# Believes in the spirit of volunteerism!
# Future backpacker:D
# NATURE-lover
# welcome all who wants to make friends:)
# To Sing:D
# Sunflowers!!
# Musical boxes:)
# Yellow & Orange
# Kids!!
And most importantly my brother, sister, mum n dad!!!
~Beautiful fragments of my life~
Friday, October 22, 2010
This week is ultra uber draining for me! 2 papers on consecutive days! Well, glad that its over:) But theres more to come... for the next 1 month. CUIiii-ness:(
Dance and suppers are the best outlets of stress. Halloween dance is gonna be awesome! Although i admit that i have a natural talent for acting(haha), it sooooo uncomfortable to act sexxxayyy! WOOHOO!!! AHH hope i dont embarrass myself. And jiayou Ethan! Haha:D
Another awesome event of the week was the family violence symphosium held by PAVE and CSDA. It was a great time spent and I learnt alot more about trends and reasons for domestic violence and the importance of community collaboration and networking. Hehe you peeps probably wouldnt understand. Anywae, there was good food and also a lovely environment of being around social workers and other working professionals:D
On a side note, I've finally decided that i will not continue to stay in hall. I dont want to be away from home and not be aware immed of the things that happened. I dont want to be so preoccupied with hall and school activities that I cannot find time to speak to mummy. And I dont want to be sleeping so late its terrible for my health. Haiz, the only thing that is hard to part with is dance. And of course the attatchments I have formed with my many friends in RH!
And today was quite a bad start. I received some upsetting msges. Talked to sis in the afternn bout navin and her r/s. She was upset, he wasnt happy either. Hope I helped them abit, coz i see that theres more or less peace now.
My take is that when a r/s gets manipulative(when each party is overly dominant/involved in the other's life, and there is no longer private space or freedom, things will only go downhill. It is equally essential not to overlook differences in perspectives, personailities and goals because such lack of an understanding or respect for each other's decision may make things worse.
Love cannot be blind:)
Love you sis:)
Stay pretty and healthy please mum:D <333
P.s Tmr gonna singgg!
Love,
Joy
jiamin=) out
@ |Friday, October 22, 2010|
Lets keep going forward and embrace every new day with a open heart:)
jiamin=) out
@ |Sunday, October 17, 2010|
Dear Orange,
Time for another reflection sessioN! First the good news. I didnt do as badly in my mid term exams as i thought:) So i rewarded myself with an awesome dinner with sebas n david! We had white horfun with dou ya(both ends cut off!), XO beehoon and oily chicken with nice chilli. HAHA. We continued our food expedition to the icecream place at sunsetway. Woah the couch was so comfortable i swear i can fall asleep there! JJQ joined us too:D
Now that i am back in hall, reality caught up with me again:( I have so much work to do!! But I want to go home:((( Enough of procrastinating JM! The reason why I am blogging is to share some insights i have to the social work profession. The department invitied a medical social worker to speak to us today!
COntrary to what I've always thought, social workers need outlets to vent their emotions and frusfrations too. Thats great news for me:) It's good to know that social workers can cry like any other human in the work context. I really cannot imagine bottling up all my unhappiness and let it accumulate throughout the years. Its wonderful to get to hear from all these inspiring social workers, and i really can imagine myself gaining all that satisfaction i want in life(not in monetary terms)!
This is so important to me, yet i somehow have this fear about not having the capability and capacity to help people like how successful social workers in the field did. What if after I am euqipped with the knowledge and skills, but ultimately i dont have the x-factor/ am not cut out for social work?
I can see my path, but it looks so rocky, I am afraid i'll fall. Hahah but come to think of it maybe if I am a little more confident, I can manouvre through it more steadily. And even if i fall, there'll definitely be helping hands around me to push me on. YeP! Since I've decided that this is my career path, I shouldnt look back. The only way is forward!:D
Hhaha i am grateful that my mind is tuned in such a way that I almost always have happy thoughts:D
so noe comes the unhappy one: I have so much work to dooooo!!!!!!:(
gtg.
Love,joy:)
jiamin=) out
@ |Friday, October 15, 2010|
<3 you, mummy:)
jiamin=) out
@ |Monday, October 11, 2010|
I achieved 2 first-times this week!
1) Ran from RH to PGP and back + Sprint 5 times up a >100m slope with RH Handball
2) Clubbing at St James powerhouse + Sleepover at RH!
:D
Show u a glimpse of what its like in the club:
THough i dislike the fact that the place is more squeezy than peak hour MRT and stinks more than my own shit, i enjoyed the blast of the music! 
In my room before clubbing:)
YAY thanks to LY for the pretty make-up. Guess what, I just realised that my eyelashes are long!:D
At Prata SHop after clubbing:D
We chatted till we fell asleep on waner's and my bed and woke up 10plus the following morning for breakfast@Macs.
Its grweat to have my jie mei's company at night even though half the time i was trying not to fall off the bed HAHA!
Was chatting with a dance senior over supper on Thursday and alot of things he said struck me. To summarise,
1)in life, in order to move on, we must learn to forgive ourselves instead of constanly reminding ourselves of the mistakes we make because no one remembers our own mistakes more than we do.
2)There are certain things in life which dont give us a second chance. Therefore we need to GAN GAN grab hold of them! But when its time to let go, let go.
3)You'll only last long in a r/s if both parties can visualise being with the other over the next 5, 10 , 20 or even 50 years.
I think its easier to visualise a long-term friendship though:) Y do i have so little faith in r/s? :x
I feel like singing and shopping! 2 ASSES haha. next week shall be it:D
<3, Joy
jiamin=) out
@ |Saturday, October 09, 2010|
Dear Orange,
woke up at 11am today! WOOHOO I dont feel lethargic anymore! Yesterday was both bitter and sweet. Bitter coz of the stupid history test that made me panick like crazy and make a mess of myself in the library O.O. I am sick of projects, readings and essays too! :( My brain's just not working anymore and thus yesterday was stoning day for me.
But well, every valley comes with a peak. It's great to have a balance of activities and friends to encourage me along! So my bad day was complemented with my most beloved dance, and buying my pair of shoes:D. Not to forget LEN, Nat, "my beloved sis" and my awesome neighbours in RH who brightened up my day haha.
Guess what! Tonight will be first-time clubbing day for me, ly,len n sh! Hope it'll be fun? Dont know what to expect? heehee
gtg back to my readingsss ahhh
love,
joy
jiamin=) out
@ |Tuesday, October 05, 2010|
Just wanted to share that I am so glad to have many primary school friends living in my neighbourhood. We had pepperlunch today at IMM. A short but fruitful 2 hrs spent on catching up:) I must make an effort to arrange more of such gatherings.
Next Sunday will be basketball! Hopefully we will have our full strength on that day.
P.s.Oh no i just bathed before i went out and now my hair stinks of the smoke from cooking the chicken just nowww
Joy
jiamin=) out
@ |Saturday, October 02, 2010|
Dear Orange,
A bad habit of mine is that i always like to keep myself occupied with as many activities as possible. From cca, to gatherings, to studies, to even making time to meet other people's schedules. I want everything that life offers, I want to stretch my life to the fullest. Through the process, I learn, i grow, i have fun, i become stressed, i become emotional.. it seems that life is so happening.
But sometimes everything is just so packed that i realise that I dont have time for myself. Solitude, time to take a breather, time to reflect. This is really what the statement above is trying to remind us. While planning and going through this journey, do we care to stop and take time to savour the scenery around us?
I guess this is something for me to think about.
Anyways, I am really grateful for this 1 week e-learning break that I have! I hope I do make full use of it to catch up with my studies, to meet up with my friends and to TAKE A BREAK!
Time passes so fast! In the blink of an eye this sem will come to an end and i'll have to pack up and leave RH. I really do love the people and the environment in RH! I do really wish that I have the finances to stay for the whole year, but I believe that it would be wiser if i save up the thousand plus for my exchange programme to Hong Kong. YEP! I have to keep looking forward!:)
I'll probably blog again sometime next week. Gtg go now though.
Love,
Joy
jiamin=) out
@ |Saturday, October 02, 2010|