"but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. against such things there is no law."
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| Sunday, January 21, 2007 |
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Dot: You should update, you haven't updated in ages.
So here I am...
Things that have happened since I last updated "properly":
- spending heaps more time with Lynn because of certain orders from certain people...
Lynn: How often should I walk the Von?
Thank you, Lynn, for exercising me... and for talking to me and making sure I'm ok. ^__________________________________________________________^
- apparently made quite a few people worried by my worrying posts... They're not actually that bad... are they?
- talked less to Nick and Tim... and even Lulu. :( :( :(
- got to know a few people better -- Ken Li, Yelitte, Michael, Yenni
- agreed to do ballroom dancing lessons with Yenni and Ken Li
- been even more conscious of my weight and eating habits
- craved chocolate
- given in to those cravings
- been more considerate towards my family, but less considerate towards my other family... less MSN, less clucking
- experienced what it really was like to have love fully concentrated on me
- organised a surprise partay and failed miserably.
Lynn: Von, you need to stress less.
- forgotten a lot of my German and French. (I'm sorry, Frau Schiessl... *cowers in corner*)
- cried... a lot.
- had a go at being Dot. I have a lot more respect for my sister now. She never cries.
- baked fortune cookies and burnt my fingers
- fallen in love with 'Wherever You Will Go' by The Calling
- written a journal entry every day
- took a harsh look at myself... and hated what I saw.
- realised how much people actually loved me... and wondered at how it could be. Thank you, Lulu, Claire and Nick... I never would've expected it.
I love you all... and I hope listening to my siblings bicker for 16 hours in the car won't drive me completely spare. Tomorrow we're leaving to go to Queensland/Sydney for 10 days. Hopefully I return to you a happier, and tanner Von. With more love to give. And less tears. I have 4 mins before Dot kicks me off to post herself. So I won't do individual messages/thanks. One day... I owe you all. So lately, been wondering
Who will be there to take my place
When I'm gone you'll need love to light the shadows on your face
If a greater wave
shall fall and fall upon us all
Then between the sand and stone could you make it
on your own. If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low,
I'll go wherever you will go
And maybe, I'll find out
A way to make it back someday
To watch you, to guide you,
Through the darkest of your days
If a greater wave shall fall and fall upon us all
Well then I hope there's
someone out there
Who can bring me back to you Runaway with my heart
Runaway with my hope
Runaway with my love I know now, just quite how
My life and love might still go on
In your heart, in your mind
I'll stay with you for all of time If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go
Way up high or down low,
I'll go wherever you will go
If I could turn back time
I'll go wherever you will go
If I could make you mine
I'll go wherever you will go
Don't worry, people. Von isn't dying. |
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| Thursday, January 18, 2007 |
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I only know one other person who thinks like this... if this is his fault, head on pike.
Von: Stupid pen! *scribbles some more on scrap paper*
Dan: Maybe it doesn't like you.
Von: Mmhmm...
Dan: Maybe your pen doesn't like your glasses. Or maybe your pen doesn't like your lipstick. (N.B. Von wasn't wearing lipstick) Or maybe your pen doesn't like your lips. Or maybe your pen doesn't like your glasses. Or maybe your pen doesn't like your hair.
Von: Do you like my hair, Daniel?
Dan: No.
Von: *hurt* Why not? *expects something like "Too long"*
Dan: It's too brown. |
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| For those admittedly lovely, caring people who think that I'm unable to function with certain *cough* people away, I'm actually ok. Seriously. Blog posts come out more seriously than they really are. I'm sorry for any worry I've caused... :( But I enjoyed your company. ^_^ 'Twas fun, and those choc-chip cookies are gonna do baaaaad things to my thighs, Claire-bear. *huggles Lulu and Claire and Nick* |
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| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 |
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“The only time I ever really suffered in body or mind, the only
time that I ever fancied myself unwell, or had any ideas of danger, was the
winter that I passed by myself at Deal, when the Admiral (Captain Croft then)
was in the North Seas. I lived in perpetual fright at that time, and had all
manner of imaginary complaints from not knowing what to do with myself, or when
I should hear from him next; but as long as we could be together, nothing ever
ailed me, and I never met with the smallest inconvenience.” -- Persuasion, pg 74-75, chapter 8
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| Wednesday, January 10, 2007 |
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Nothing much to report -- just back from cleaning the house. Vacuumed the public areas and a bit of the corridor until it reached the end of the cord because I couldn't be stuffed unplugging and plugging in again. Cleaned our bathroom and toilet, then loaded all the plastics into the "new kitchen" and had to wash half of them because apparently you don't need to clean things before you put them in the cupboard. : Found a dead bug in our juicer. Was so grossed out by it that I had to get the vacuum to get it out. EWWWWWW...
Then finally got round to putting the spare ribs in the oven just as Dad was coming home. Ooops. And apparently I can't load the dishes right, so there you go.
Looking forward to my daily walk. Hopefully I get new earphones soon so my mp3 player doesn't just blast music into one ear. |
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| Sunday, January 07, 2007 |
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I realise that I owe you all another very, very long post. *sniffles* I'm sorry that I've bored you for so long with photos of phones. Sooooo annoying finding a phone.
Hmmm... what's been happening in my life? Nothing much, really. Hotmail's being evil and rejecting my emails to HK (they were really long ones too!), and am slowly being relieved of possession of my brain due to large amounts of time with no stimulation whatsoever. In other words, I'm going insane from boredom. Lovely Nay has offered to babysit Daniel for a day. Am still deciding whether or not to take her up on that offer. Have to ask Dot too, of course.
Listening to Frank Sinatra cd I got for $12. *loves old CDs* "As Time Goes By" is on it. Guess what it reminds me of, Nay? *beams* Looooooove that movie.
Had lunch in Woden again today. Then lovely long chat with Nick and Nay afterwards. Ignore my sniffling, everyone. "Hay fever". In other words, it's seasonal and "this too shall pass". Will post more soon. But now? Going off to drool at Aragorn. :P And perhaps Mr Darcy too. Huggles to all! |
| posted by vonbon @ 7:19 pm |
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| Tuesday, January 02, 2007 |
| 選りすぐる |
As usual, Von is being her indecisive self and cannot pick between 3 phones... so I'm gonna ask you to vote. C-box as usual, Matt -- be serious, Nate too. The rest... you too. :P
1. LG KG220 :: $99
2. LG KG245 :: $119 + $75 (and a couple of weeks) to unlock from Vodafone
3. Sony Ericsson W300i :: $199 - $10 discount Dad got. (that was a minus sign) 
Please help? |
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Yvonne a.k.a. Von, Mum, Che [姐](Dot), Dada[大大] (Dan), Vonnie, Yv (Ling), Vonnles (which is how Trudy spells it), Vonnals (which is how Jasmine spells it), Von Bon (Ann), Bon Bon (my grandma), Mommy (Nick, who is not very subtle with his hinting), ィヴォン, ボンボンちゃん
O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, in your name I will lift up my hands
psalm63.1-4
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| le futur |
:: saturday the 11th ::
5pm.choir
7pm.yf
:: sunday the 12th ::
joyce's birthday
9am.church
11.30am.joyce's birthday lunch
3pm.lulu's choir recital
:: monday the 13th ::
3pm.working
:: wednesday the 15th ::
6pm.work meeting
:: thursday the 16th ::
linguistics transcription assignment due.
:: friday the 17th ::
french writing exercice #2 due.
international ball.
40h famine.
:: saturday the 18th ::
40h famine.
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- Spend a considerable amount of time with God every day
- No swearing
- Exercise at least 3 times a week
- Von-time for reflection every month -- analyse how I react to things and people, how close I'm getting to people, etc.
- No lying
- Be more joyful and caring
- Be less selfish
- Be more subtle
- Be more conscientious with money
- Get a job
- Keep said job
- Keep in touch with grammar girls
- Join a gym
- Speak Canto with Lynn
- Speak French with Nay
- Don't lose my languages
- Save up money to visit Rach in America
- Keep up piano
- Spend less time on the internet
- Coffee with Meera and Lynn once a month if Meera's in Canberra
- Looooong walks with Lynn
- Be sensible -- set boundaries and don’t break them
- Be a better daughter
- Keep in touch with (and visit) Mutsumi
- Start reading again
- Finish Emma and Mansfield Park
- Read a Shakespeare play
- Journal more frequently
- Consider keeping a written journal
- Don't depend so much on other people
- Make time for Lynn, Meera and Nay
- Keep in touch with Grammar people -- esp. Lulu and Claire
- Weekly/monthly Grammar coffees
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