"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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| Saturday, March 31, 2007 |
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ARGH!!! Anyone here done linguistics before? No? How do you prove that an alveolar nasal assimilates into a velar nasal and it's not the bilabial nasal that's doing the assimilating? *cries* How much help am I allowed to get on this, because I'm thinking about bringing this to church on Sunday and having a cry at Tiffany.
Well, maybe I can just gloss over the whole issue and make assumptions. Grrr...
Am excited about yf tonight, still have to do what Nick was up late last night doing and hopefully I get everything done. Picking Cheuk and Bianca up tonight and Dot's not coming because she's studying. :( Still sick, so hopefully I don't infect you all. I'll stand to the side, and send virtual hugs like I do over the phone.Labels: linguistics, sick, uni, yf |
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| Friday, March 30, 2007 |
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| Going back and looking over things with a cool head, Von is shocked at how emo, but coherent she actually sounds when she's ranting. This is bad. This is very bad. I hope no one takes me seriously when I'm having a whinge, because I'm not sane. Everything is ok, and I'm fine. We're fine. ^________________________________^ |
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| Thursday, March 29, 2007 |
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You know what's the best thing I found out today? We start holidays a week before the school kids! I have the house all to myself for a week! This could either be really good, or really bad. We shall see. ^_^
You know when you get the feeling that you should do something completely irrational and your brain's going 'YOU FOOL, what are you thinking?!', but you do it anyway and then go 'Ohhh... I get it.'. I had one of those moments today. My boss told me to put my hair up last time I did kitchen and I was 90% sure that I was going to be put on kitchen duty again today... AND ran out of the house sans hairtie this morning. Now normally I have one of my phone, one on my water bottle, one of my hairbrush and a couple on my wrist/fingers. Today, I couldn't find a single one. So I'm going 'Crap. Crap crap crappity crap.'... then in Focus, I come up with a brilliant idea -- go home and get one so I won't get in trouble. So I sit there going 'Von, you're going to leave Focus early... to get a hairtie?'. But I leave anyway, and on the way out, I see a dear friend in tears. THIS is why I had to leave early. THIS is why I forgot all my hairties this morning. THIS is why I angsted over a hairtie today. Thank you, God, for creating Vons this vain.
I missed the bus, by the way, and got to work at the normal time I would have if I'd stayed for all of Focus... sans hairtie. Luckily a canteen lady was there and gave me a rubber band. (You know the thing Von has about tying her hair up with a rubber band -- hates it. Absolutely hates it. Says it hurts and wrecks her hair. Which it does.) And so all was good.
Anyway... I think I know why we happened to study the Good Samaritan yesterday. Thank you, Gen, for being radical and inspiring me! ^_______________________^ Yay for bible studies!Labels: bible, chilli, focus, holidays, work |
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| Tuesday, March 27, 2007 |
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I am proud to report that Von is fully over it. Standing on her own two feet and everything. ^_____________________^ Back to work. *sigh* Remind me to write a bunch of thankyou's during the holidays? Argh. So much to do.
Right. Back to work. *stares determinedly at book* |
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| Monday, March 26, 2007 |
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You have NO RIGHT to wallow in whinge, Von, so pick yourself up and work with it.
If I could, then I would
I'll go wherever you will go.
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Here marks the return of the "perky Von", because apparently people notice when Von's not all bouncy. Do I have to be energetic all the time? Because I'm not. There are times when I feel like Nick does and feel old and lethargic.
Oh, and I'm gonna study tonight. Aren't you proud? |
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| Sunday, March 25, 2007 |
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You Are a Powdered Devil's Food Donut
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A total sweetheart on the outside, you love to fool people with your innocent image.
On the inside you're a little darker, richer, and more complex.
You're a hedonist who demands more than one pleasure at a time.
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This does NOT mean I approve. Just that I'm thinking... Which just makes me hungry. p.s. So totally not true. I just want to be a cinnamon doughnut! Plain, normal, easy to make, not some Krispy Kreme fatty, lots-of-calories thing. |
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I. Give. Up. I give up.
I was talking to Tom today and he said that if he had to sacrifice either his music or his work with FOCUS, he'd give up music. Priorities, people, priorities.
If it gets to a point where I'm brushing people's problems off because I have to do work, I'd rather FAIL uni and live as a bum on the street and mooch off my genius brother (yes, this doesn't really sound all bad, but Von has a lot of pride -- she doesn't take money from people.) than fail PEOPLE and disappoint them. Priorities, people, priorities. That and Von hates her work and would dearly like to see it BURN. *cough* Sorry... what? (School work, not work with kiddies work)
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YOU. LIE.! Don't try to tell me you don't read my blog. BULL... something that mommies shouldn't say.
I have strict orders from Dot to update, so here I am. I won't call this week the week from hell, because there've been a LOT of good moments. Yay for the good moments. I don't know what's draining me so much, but I seem to always be tired. Tired is bad. If I wasn't keeping away from the bad stuff, I'd take Nathan's advice and go for the mini-Skittles. No Skittles! Bad Von!
Good things about this week:
- Getting to know Gen better
- Tehillah blog #2
- Tehillah Games Night
- Getting to know Hannah from french oral
- Finally meeting Julia and having coffee/studying together and both liking lattes
- Talking to Lulu about... things
- Phone calls with Lynn
- Tuesdays
- Getting to talk to people during games night
- The creche
- Organising b'day party... 20th of July now!
- Late night phone calls... call... whatever
- Lunching
- Talking to Mutsumi for the first time in ever...
It's been a crazy, crazy weekend. Saturday's my catchup on sleep day, so woke up at 11. Did housework, had a shower and ate and then went to church for Music Ministry meeting. Worship practice, choir, then games night, which was awesome! I didn't play any games, or cook, but I loved the chance to go around and talk to people. Even though I was pretty much dead for half the night. I'm sorry. Next time, I'll take some sort of awake drug (NOT caffeine pills) so that I can be ME so people won't worry. (Please don't, Timmy, there are better people to worry about. People who actually need worrying.) Sunday was good -- the sermon was awesome, because I've kinda been talking about only doing things that I know won't hurt me, or won't hurt me as much with a lot of people recently. I get the same response, and today just cemented it. I know what I have to do. ^______________^ Lunching was also good. I had sushi. I wanted a wrap with lots of salad, but sushi's fine. Von drove! :o I know! And James was good and didn't comment TOO much on my crappy driving. Of course, Von knows that he's thinking "Oh. My. Goodness. Gonna. Die.", but that's ok. :P Long enough post for you, Dot? Oh yeah, parents are in Sydney again with Daniel. Home alone! And Dot's sleeping... It's so... QUIET. |
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| Friday, March 23, 2007 |
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Another post about Rach. If she read this, she'd feel loved. ^_^
I was talking to her on MSN for the first time in ever (because we were the face-to-face type friends) and my goodness, I just realised how much about America I learnt while she was here. I'm so proud that she didn't sacrifice her identity to fit in like a lot of people (probably including me) would have, and that she was a proud American, no matter how much bagging out and scorn she got. *sniffles* One day, ONE DAY, I'll try marshmallow fluff. I'm broadening my horizons! There's some phrase for it in Chinese, but I can't remember. Le blegh.
On a completely different topic: I miss talks. I miss PROPER talks and actually having time to sit down and have a proper conversation. This applies to pretty much everyone. It makes Von sad -- she's not getting her people connection, or maths, or German, AND she just swore off chocolate and junk today. Again.Labels: friends, rach |
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| Wednesday, March 21, 2007 |
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| Oh, and would like to apologise to you all for whatever effects my Cranky Cow-ness might have. It seriously is better if you don't talk to me -- don't want to smite you accidentally or anything. Labels: wrath |
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The List:
And of course, the List includes those who want to talk. I don't make you go away. Just the ones who just want to ask what I ate for lunch. In which case Von gets impatient and wants to tell you to please take your questions somewhere else. There are at least 2 people who will always, always be on The List: the first isn't on there because if it's important you can jolly well bugger over to my room and stop being a lazy bum, the second because you head up the list, but I'm protecting the first's sensibilities. Must start work now, or else I'll never end up calling Lynn today. Labels: the list |
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Wheee... Finally got off my butt and emailed Rach (Cam.) last night. Got a reply almost straight away! ^________________________^ I realise now how much I miss her. It's one of those things. Since you leave ALL of your friends behind, it's really more like you miss them THEN than really missing them, but there are special exceptions -- Claire and Lulu, Von is dying without you. I know why I hate uni -- I realise how much I took my friends for granted last year. I was really busy, but they were always there: in class, at the normal lunching spot, in the library... Now, I use credit keeping in touch and am recently too stressed, busy and tired to go for lunch (not to mention money-less).
People Von talks to on a regular basis:
- Claire
- Lulu (not so much... we need to get together. I miss talks... and choir. :P)
- Sylvia (because she's doing Intermediate (refuses to acknowledge it as 3rd year because it's just scary, which I agree with) German and has class while I have french oral, so I get to see her while I'm waiting for James to come and be my personal chauffeur (I'm kidding, I'm kidding... I don't use you to send me home at all)... then he laughs at me attempting to speak German. Le sigh.)
- Jess (Thoms... because we do french together and we do writing and literature together, coincidentally my two favourite classes of the four)
- Alyce (Stratigos... because we have linguistics together and are buddies sometimes)
- Jasmine (because we work together)
- Pri (ditto)
Oh gosh. I really need to get in touch with people. This sucks. Out of everyone, though, I'm only REALLY missing Deutsch and Helani-chan, Min-chan and Tessa-chan. *sigh* I've been back to see the teachers already and Heidi Sensei made me explain to her and Frau Schiessl why I wasn't doing their subjects and Madame's sitting in her chair with a little smile going, "I think she made a very wise decision." Things to do tonight (or in the very near future): - Start and complete majority of french writing task 2
- Read "La Panne" for tomorrow's literature class
- Learn the characters for chapter 8
- Review notes for the past 2 weeks of linguistics lectures (I take the most indecipherable notes ever)
- Write sponsor letters to Lesly and Mark (I completed Patuma's birthday card the other day. Yay me! Ok, so it didn't take much work, but I did it!)
- Keep/get in touch with people
- Continue to get to know yf people better, and be a better support for the people that I already know.
- Make more progress on party plans
- Call Lynn
- Inject chocolate into bloodstream
... HELP! I need to do maths, something think-ish... Good gracious. I'm going insane. On the plus side, CONGRATS to Nay and Ben on 8 mois aujourd'hui! Labels: CGGS06, claire, lulu, lynn, nay, rach, uni |
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| Monday, March 19, 2007 |
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I have finally figured out why I keep feeling sick -- I've been eating more than I normally do and not as much hot food (like the salad for dinner on Sat and Sun). And to top that off I don't do any exercise on weekends. Oh, and my stomach suffers when I worry.
Great, Von, well done.Labels: sick, whinge |
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*covers Timmy's ears (eyes?)*
You make me smile like this: ^______________________________________________________________^
Seriously, what did I ever do without you? Why do you have such a big effect on me? Why do I have to question everything good that happens to me? I will just take things as they come (as per Lynn and Lulu's instructions) and enjoy the time I have.
I'm in one of those top of the world moods -- I was pretty tired and disillusioned earlier, but you have the ability to change my mood drastically, even within one conversation. Blegh. I guess that's a good thing, right?
MUCH LOVE to everyone, whether you feel important or not, whether you feel loved or not, you're important to me. You are. Von doesn't lose friends easily. She loses touch with them, but she does not ditch them purposely. When I have the time/energy, gingerbread men are coming for Mark. Leftovers for everyone else! :P
[/gush] Sorry to everyone for gushy Von. I promise you won't see her very much.Labels: chilli, lulu, lynn, tim |
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| Saturday, March 17, 2007 |
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Cares Chorus
I cast all my cares upon You
I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet
And anytime that I don't know what to do
I will cast all my cares upon You
Timmy, thank you for leading this today. I really needed it. Claire, we should adopt this as our anthem, what do you think?Labels: claire, tim, worry |
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Apologies to all for the crappy posts lately. Life's getting incredibly crazy at the moment and Von's too tired to actually post properly. Maybe after a little nap, I'll feel up to actually doing something. Which reminds me, must print off Bible study for tonight and prepare!
Must. Go. To. See. Claire.Labels: yf |
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| Monday, March 12, 2007 |
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I realise that I've been slack with birthday wishes... :(
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, NATHAN!
If it helps, you did get a birthday hug unlike Meera and Mei...Labels: birthday |
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| Sunday, March 11, 2007 |
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Lynn scoffs at Von and "self-preservation". Thank you for being my little snarky voice, Lynn, because it seems like my brain's not working logically at the moment. ^_____________________^
Thanks to Timmy and James and Mark for making me speak German (and Japanese and Chinese and French)... I forget how much I miss it. *sniffles* I can send a big hug without being gushy, can't I? Lunch was good. Pesto when I came home was even better. :P But I went to lunch for the company, not the food. (Von actually eats a lot, keep that in mind next time. :P)
And currently Lulu's scoffing too. Thaaaaaaaank yooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu... I know I'm paranoid and irrational. So sue me.Labels: james, languages, lulu, lynn, mark, NNPB, tim |
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| Saturday, March 10, 2007 |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEERA and MEI!
Hope you have a great one. ^___________________________________^Labels: birthday |
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“My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath – a source of little
visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff – he’s always, always in
my mind – not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself –
but, as my own being – so, don’t talk of our separation again” -- Wuthering Heights, p83, chapter 9
Urgh... I don't want to think about losing you, but I know I have to. I have to prepare myself for it, so when it does come I won't be a wreck... that much of a wreck. Why this feeling of having my insides wrung out in a dryer and hung out for the world to see? Why do I cry myself to sleep, knowing that that moment is not yet come?
I really need to change to LJ so I can use [lj-cut] [/lj-cut] and warn you all not to read this. Or even better, friends-locked. *sigh*Labels: lj, paranoia |
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| Sunday, March 04, 2007 |
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Why does God make us so different from one another? It just makes communication so much more work than it really should be. *Von doesn't understand*
Note to boys: there is a HUGE difference between what a girl SAYS and what she really means.
*sigh*
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Note to all peoples: there is a HUGE difference between what someone says and what they really mean. |
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| Friday, March 02, 2007 |
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You looked into my life and never stopped
And you're thinking all my thoughts
Are so simple, but so beautiful
And you recite my words right back to me
Before I even speak
You let me know, I am understood
... is there a way to change the timestamp so it looks like I posted this yesterday? No? Ok. I think I need code names. Must. Find. Imagination.
Whole song can't be posted, because it's a song for another situation, but this little bit makes sense. Must learn a language to post in that no one understands. Deutsch, vielleicht?Labels: le prémier |
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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
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:: brown hair :: brown eyes :: asian skin :: asian eyes :: asian glasses :: short :: short :: short :: shy :: paranoid :: noisy :: bouncy when i want to be :: gullible :: procrastinator :: perfectionist :: maker-of-dodgy-cookies :: writer-of-dodgy-songs :: dodgy-singer-of-good-songs :: eater-of-almost-everything :: reader-of-almost-everything :: writer-of-almost-nothing :: daughter :: big sister :: little sister :: mum :: friend :: doll ::
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:: 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.
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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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