Saturday, January 15, 2011

Dear Orange,

School has started and I am back in hall, once again attending lectures and having meals with my hall friends, back to my usual routine of dance every thursday..
It's indeed a very enjoyable part of my uni life, but at the back of my head something just keep telling me that this is not reality.
Yesterday when I got home, problems that my family members and even my relative are facing just simply reached my hands, and there seems to be many matters unsettled. This is reality right?
Problems are unavoidable, but it really depends on how you view them as they are not necessarily detrimental. Sometimes they pose as a challenge or even a learning experience for us. And I feel that all these I am facing now will in some way or another contribute to my social work career:)

I really envy people who can voice out their feelings well. It is so hard for me to describe my thoughts and emotions to even my closest friends. And it feels terrible when you keep all the mixture of anxiety, fear, anger and sadness everything within you. Although I know when the storm is over, all these negative emotions will clear away, it is still very important to be able to express oneself!!
Really quite frusfrating to not being able to tell others exactly how I feel. And I admit that its a major flaw I have as it sorts of put up a wall/boundary between me and others, as if I am always keeping a distance.
I've gotta work on this! :)

Time to go back to my readings!
Love,
Joy

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jiamin=) out
@ |Saturday, January 15, 2011|
Sunday, January 2, 2011

Dear Orange,

Today's already the third day of 2011!
The weather is rather bleak now, haha but well, its time to share some thoughts:)
2010 has been a good one, where i got to travel, and also meet many new friends, especially those from Raffles Hall:) I believe that these bonds are long lasting. I also moved a step closer to being a social worker, which I hope that 2011 will give me more and better opportunities for me to work towards this dream of mine.

Now some updates of the previous 2 weeks!
Christmas eve was spent with hall friends:) David, Rohan, Waner, Edmund, Fauzan, then later Sean and Yuekiat.
We dinner ate at Swensons before Rohan drove us back to my house for a sleepover:) I love having friends over at my house heehee coz they can play monopoly with me!
Playing monopoly with them was really fun! Rohan was mega excited, trying to make deals using 10cents coins and by offering to buy cup noodles. HAHA! Really enjoyable.
Dad cooked beehoon for us and we finished playing at approximately 3am.
Some went off to sleep, leaving me edmund david and fauzan watching DVD all the way till about 5am.

Christmas was spent at AhGong's house, then Joyce and JH came to sleepover! Hahah played monopoly again. Then coz i was so tired, i went to sleep first. Joyce and I were chatting halfway when at 12 mn the crazy trio outside threw my bedroom door open and sang me the Happy Birthday song! Hahah! What a surprise huh!:D I was elated of coz:)

Boxing day (my birthday) was spent with family at Bukit batok CSC. Sang Karaoke the entire afternn. Had fun!:) Then Linyan and LEN came to surprise me over dinner with the lovely musical box and awesome hand-sewed and handwritten card:D

Hehe my birthday wish was for everyone to be happy and healthy, and to do well in their studies and work! :DD

MOnday i met up with Xinran to go to the Singapore Art Museum. The exhibit was really cool! It showed the way of life in the city of Pompeii which was buried under volcanic ashes many many years ago after successive volcanic eruptions.
That night, I had dinner with my dearest MS colleagues! Li ying(and her sis), shuling and shuen! Marvellous:D

Wednesday I went shopping at NEX with DG (which we did more talking than shopping). After dinner at Sushi Teh, we headed off to Singapore River for a walk. WOOHHOO it has been long since I last went there. We went into the prettily decorated Fullerton Hotel too! HAHA very pleasant to the eyes:D
We did some reflections and here's my 2011 new year resolutions:
1) To have a healthy lifestyle and get my family and friends to do that too
2) To pull my CAP up to above 3.5. I want to go for Honors year!
3) To dance my heart out:D
4) To take some time to help my sis with her studies.
5) To have a meaningful Social work field placement during the may-july holidays
7) To save up for Australia/holidays
8) To go for OCIP
6) TO LOVE, LAUGH AND GIVE!

p.s. Can someone lighten up the atmosphere please?

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jiamin=) out
@ |Sunday, January 02, 2011|
Saturday, January 1, 2011

On this first day of 2011, we discovered the most horrible fact that we should have known long ago.
Please treat my loved ones with respect. PERIOD.

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jiamin=) out
@ |Saturday, January 01, 2011|