madness.

i really had a crazy 2 weeks. it was a wake-up "welcome-to-the-real-world" call. realizing that differences become magnified and it's hard working with people. people who aren't your friends and you realize they can never be your friends.

which was quite apt that pastor talked about friendship at today's ypg3/tertiary students gathering. real friends are really so hard to come by. and in the midst of raging a war with my new 'friends', i've found comfort in what the Lord has provided me with. that handful of people whom i can call friends. the friends that i've grown to treasure so much. people who know me. and the late nighter i pulled with my sister, working out a brilliant marketing plan. (:

i miss travelling. sam is now in laos shooting an investigative documentary of sorts with his broadcast media and journalism pals. sounds so amazingly exciting. much better than being stuck here drafting a business plan for a vegetarian fast food restaurant that i wouldn't patronize, because i'm such a carnivore.

the corrinne may concert was very heartfelt. as always, she really sings from her heart and it shows. her songs are beautifully written. not just the lyrics, but the melody and accompaniment too. she makes me wish that i'm more musically talented. and i really wish i could write songs like her. it's a great way to express yourself beautifully. she sang familiar favorites from her old albums and every song on her new album. which features some really beautiful songs. it's very heartening looking at her - a singaporean girl, just writing her songs and singing them, someone who loves God so much she just shines. i wonder if she'd be so popular if she never moved to LA.

after getting her autograph and a picture, melody and i went for some prata in the dead of the night and got back only at 3am, after sending her home. here lies my record of getting home late. i broke my own record set during wala wala's with the bioscience gang. and to my surprise my sister was back even later! haha.

i wish i could blog more about my summer trip here, but i'm very determined to finish watching the west wing. now at the final season. school is starting. it's a little disconcerting that i'll be back in ntu. i feel detached from it. going to school in bioscience building, listening to boring intellectual-unstimulating lectures. it's upsetting that i can never be as interested and motivated to do readings and go for lectures and participate in discussions as i was in seattle. but i do pray that maybe year 4 will be different. maybe it will be so interesting. hopefully. but meanwhile, i'll always have the Lord's word to stimulate me. i'll always have sam to challenge me intellectually.

here is my favorite song from corrinne's new album. (i'm capping all the You's because i like to refer you in this song to my great God)

Love song for #1
Corrinne May

In the twinkling stars that dance like fireflies
In the blushing fruit that hangs upon the vine
In the face of a baby as he forms his first smile
I see You

In the whisper of the wind's soft lullaby
In the laughter and the roar of the rushing tide
In the song of the sparrow as he takes his first flight
I hear You

*Why do you hide among the nameless and forgotten
Why do you walk along these long forsaken roads
Calling to me in the hungry and the homeless
Calling me to water your thirst

**So i'll give You my heart and my song
In a world where so much is right
but so much is wrong
Your love is my beginning and i know it won't be too long
Till i see You

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I hear You
I love You