Week 1 of the semester break!. ^^ :)

Hell-o

Week 1 of the semester break is over :(

I kind decided to go back into reading novels.

So I dragged Mum & Dad to the library to get some books.

Had this flannel shirt for the longest time, and hadn't worn it yet.

So finally did, since it was a pretty chilly day.

Flannel Shirt from Bangkok

(Favorite) Basic Top from Cotton On

Tights from Cotton On

Camo print shoes from Vans

Thanks, Mum, for entertaining my OOTD shots :')

:D

Found (one of) my favorite TV Series in book form!!!

Check out Leverage if you haven't, I love love love that show and the characters in it :-)

The three books I picked. :)

One is by Jodi Picoult and the other by Cecelia Ahern.

I don't really read a lot of love stories, such as those written by Jodi Picoult.

But Cecelia Ahern, I really like.

Started reading them in secondary school and I just like her style of writing and stories.

I'm not really into those sickness/love stories so yeah.. :x

I started reading Robert Crais's book since the end of secondary school.

It's more of a crime/detective book, which I'm a sucker for.

I can pretty much live with just reading crime/detective books instead of love books. :>

After the library, we got ourselves $1 ice creams!

Mixed, Chocolate, Sweet Corn!

(Sweet Corn is my all time favorite ice cream flavor.)

Dropped by Cotton On and got some good purchases there :>

Lin & Mum: *paying at the counter*

Dad: *walks over to me* What did you buy?

Lin: A few shirts.

Dad: That is all yours?! :O

Lin: Yeah... :x

Dad: ....O.O I better stand outside, or else I might faint.

:'D :'D :'D

Oh, Dad.

Baked 3 ingredient Nutella Brownies and they were really good!

Nutella + Flour + Egg.

That's it!

They were more of a fudgy, chewy brownie though.

The Said Sister also bought me Takos yum yum.

$6 Nasi Padang @ Bugis.

Fish & Co yum yum yum

Went to watch Step up All In and it was AMAZING *v*

This was only like 7 seconds into the movie.

I mean, come on, that's already a bloomin' great start. :>

Selfie in the theater :'D

Had such a good laugh about this.

Nowwwww let's begin with all the food I spent on.

Lunched at Eighteen Chefs!.

We were pretty confused on how to go about ordering stuff..

Basically, you get to choose what you want in your bowl and mine was amazing :>

Probably because I had the Spicy Tomato Sauce hehehe.

Daren: *comes back with the receipt*

Lin: Oh wow, that's really long! *mutters* That's what she said.

Daren & E-tien: Hahahahaha :'D

We had Swensens for dinner.

Tried the Crab Baked Pasta for the first time.

Have to say it's pretty alright, they actually had some legit chunks of crab in it.

We also stayed sat here for quite some time, just laughing, talking and laughing. :')

Ended the day with a sit-down at CBTL.

Had a Hazelnut Frappe.

E-tien was telling me how she couldn't take caffeine at night as it affects her sleep and stuff.

I didn't think caffeine actually affected me at all, but I realised that I couldn't fall asleep and my mind was super awake when I went to bed.

So I had really little sleep and an early morning the next day :(

The process of an OOTD shot.

Thank you E-tien hahahahahaha :')

We went (window) shopping and felt a little bad because the guys were just following along hahaha :')

Concluded that shopping with E-tien is quite dangerous for my wallet.

Also walked along Orchard and just chilled :')

Lin. E-tien. Ashley. Daren. Kian Hui.
Oh yes, you girls did a good job with handling my fangirling over Moose.
After the movie, Ashley said "This is the last Step Up, right?"
And I said "Noooooo it can't be!?"
Ashley "But it's Step Up All In what?"
Lin (in much denial) "Maybe the next one will be Step Up All Out?!"
HAHAHA :'D
Seriously though, Step Up cannot end :'(

*Note*
I haven't actually been reading those books at all.
I'm such a traitor :(

 So yes, it's already the fourth week of semester break.
Oh how time flies even when you're doing nothing much..
Anyway, since I have a little more time in my hands, I'm going to try posting weekly, on what I've done in the week and so on.
As you can probably already tell, I'm lagging behind time. :')
See you on the next one then! ^^ :)

Du vet jeg elsker deg.
Goodbye

Into Lin's head ^^ #1

Hey ho, hello :)

I attended a short talk today (without really knowing what was it was going to be about)

Though part of what the speaker talked about was kind of high-level :')

I still walked out of the room with some insight on certain things..

Especially at this point of my life.

Not exactly sure if you'd want to continue reading this, though.

But here goes. 

(Don't say I didn't warn you.)

 

 Making (good) things happen, which on their on does not happen.

 Well, I guess, yeah.

Sometimes you have so many things in mind that you want to achieve or see happen,

But if you do not do anything about it,

It will probably not happen.

And it gets me into thinking that I have the power to actually good things happen.

It's whether or not I'm taking that step to actually do something.

 And for a person like myself, it's pretty darn difficult heh.

It's already hard enough for me to strike a good conversation with someone,

Even doing a good gesture takes up alot of courage and willpower in me :') 

So let alone do something big.

There are many things that I'd like to contribute to in the social sector,

But knowing myself;

How my mind and my heart works..

Man, it's going to be hard on me.

But ultimately, the type of person that I am..

Although I often think of worst-case-scenarios in everything..

All I really want to do good.

And I don't mean just doing good as in doing well..

But as in doing good things, for everyone.

 

 4 Barriers to Change

 1. Knowledge - 

"Changing what I know and what I'm used to"

Knowledge about something is usually passed down and dropped on to your lap,

And sometimes you're appointed to be the one who carries or passes it on.

You do so until it becomes normal, a routine, something you're comfortable with.

It's something solid, something predictable and something set.

So when change is brought up,

You feel like it's changing your whole routine, messing with what you were comfortable with, bringing about something unpredictable and perhaps even shaky.

Thus creating a barrier;

You're don't know what to expect from it and it makes you uncomfortable.

But after all,

The knowledge you have does not have to be changed.

It's just the routine,

Perhaps something that can allow you to hold/spread that knowledge you have in a much more effective way.

You never know.

2. Belief - 

"Changing and undermining the sole purpose of why I'm here and what I signed up for"

This one usually would hit a nerve.

Even for myself, I admit.

The reason why you (and by you, I mean me, obviously) signed up for a certain thing is all based on what you know....or feel about it at the moment.

But perhaps if you just allow yourself to think of the fact that you will be learning more things along the way.

More things that may change the way you act, work, think, play, live...

Then perhaps you'll realise that you have prepare yourself for change nonetheless,

That what you signed up for isn't just going to be about what you know as of that moment,

But it's going to be about what you have and what you will get along the way.

And I do agree that some changes may stray away from my belief.

And obviously, I would struggle with that.

I mean, come on, that's pretty much a your-heart vs someone-else's-heart situation.

And don't they always tell you to listen to your own?

So the thing here is,

Always ask yourself why you signed up for it in the first place.

Stick to it, because it might be the reason for why you're here now.

And even if everything changes along the way..

3. Confidence - 

"I don't mind you making a change, but people are not going to agree to it so I do not think it will work"

Mmm, usually the one thing people (and by people, I still mean me, obviously) will eventually succumb to.

I mean, hello, it's change we're talking about??

I hate it myself.

I'm not sure how I've managed to do this all this while;

Not doing something because people do not think that it will work.

 But as for the person that I am,

If you are confident that it will work, I will support you.

If you are going to go all the way, I will go with you.

Yes, at some point of time I may not think it would work either.

But I guess it brings us back to Number 2.

Sometimes you just have to put some faith and heart in it.

You can have the confidence in your head but if you don't do it wholeheartedly,

Then I don't really see the point.

And I guess the hardest thing for me is to go against the flow of people and their opinions.

Being the usual, asian girl that I am in this society, I just cant do it. *shrugs*

 I mean, I probably could, but I would need so many stronger-willed people around me for support.

One thing I'll admit, though, is that

I am afraid of making change because of how people will react/respond to it.

 

4. Power - 

"The change you bring will undermine my position and power"

Yeah...

To hold so much power is one of the scariest things for me.

I've always perceived myself as a "small" person.

Everyone around me is always "bigger" than me.

It's just been like that for me, growing up.

I am used to fulfilling the calls.

I am used to not making the calls.

I am OK with not being the one with all the power and control.

I am OK with compromising my wants/needs with yours.

I am OK with you disagreeing to things which I suggest or propose.

I am OK with you forgetting what I told you from three days ago.

I am OK with finding my own contentment in things that you do not agree with.

I am OK with it.

But do I want to make (good) change in people?

Do I want to be influential (in a good way)?

Yes, I'd love to.

Yes, if I can make things better for people, then yes of course I would do that.

And I don't believe that I need a specific power role to do any of it.

Anyone is capable of doing it.

Even if you bring about a change,

As long a it's not something that will strip me of my beliefs or my values or my living life,

I am OK with it.

 

I just think that..

The person that I am..

I lean more towards what it is I'm doing and if I'm happy doing it.

Am I contented with doing this?

Here's an example;

I'm not even done with my diploma, yet people are already asking if I'll be heading for something that would give me a better pay.

It's not really fair for me to answer this right now,

Since it's not like I'm paying for any bills, transportation, grocery etc yet.

But...would I really ever do that?

I chose this field, I wanted this since I was five years old, I've gained all knowledge to be taking this diploma and now I'm gaining knowledge about this particular field, and there are changes and things that I've learned along the way that surprised me and got me thinking "wow I didn't know I just agreed to 3 whole years of this", and, well, I'm terribly confident about how good of an educator I'm going to be in the future, and I know that there will always be people higher than me when I graduate and start working.

But I look at what I'm studying and what I spend my time with now,

Then think about what I wanted back when I was five

And I ask myself,

Why hasn't my mind changed from when I was five?

I have been through so much change in my life so far,

And there is no doubt about it that there is more to come.

Change is the only constant in life.

But why are we so scared of change?

Why are we so scared to make change?

Lastly, a quote from Steve Jobs which the speaker shared.

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."

Somehow, this speaks to me of closure.

All the decisions you make and all the change you go through, good or bad, will leave a "dot" in your life.

And at the end, when you look back, I hope that you'll be able to connect all the dots and find that it was all well worth it.

May not seem like it right now;

But this too shall pass,

And hopefully it will all eventually make sense.
 

Man, I did not intend to get so personal with this post.

But oh well.

Welcome to my brain. ;)

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
  - Leo Tolstoy

 

A new journey begins tomorrow. :)

Du vet jeg elsker deg.

Goodbye

2.1 DONE + OSN!. ^^ :)

Hey

Semester break has officially begun~! ^^

Now I'm literally at the halfway mark of my life in Polytechnic, oh how time flies.

Had two papers for this semester; spent most of my days studying with Wenfy & Dina who came down to AMK since it was the middle-point of our own districts.

Oh my, how broke we were just from studying out :')

Here are pictures of all the food we spent on :')

Pizza Hut.

CBTL.

Swensen's.

 Cafe Galilee.

 Mmm, bucket o' potatoes.

 10pm McDonalds because.

Brownies & Ice Cream because.

Amidst the studying, we walked past a shop and Dina spotted these cute wallet purse thingies.

It was quite a bargain so we bought it for FLC.

Requires quite abit of fine motor skills to use :'D

Guess which colour is mine :}

And soon enough, it was the 25th and we took pictures at the pond-and-big-silver-thingie-in-school using Natha's new selfie stick to commemorate the holidays :>

 The sun was shining in our eyes so 98% of the pictures were fails because our faces were just too unglam. :')

So we moved to the opposite side and tried again ~.~

Then Operation Suprise Natha (OSN) began fo'real.

The plan for the day was for all of us to go over to Natha's place for a chill-out session.

But in OSN, Wenfy had a "meeting" and could only join us later.

And Dina was to pretend that it slipped her mind and she made plans with her family.

(You should've seen Dina's acting skills. She actually said to Rifqa earlier to "wait for it, watch out for my acting skills" :'D Rifqa and I give her a 10/10 though hahaha was so funny.)

So Dina & Wenfy (The Cake Team) went to get a cake and head to Natha's place first...while Rifqa, Esther and myself (The Distraction Team) dragged Natha to go shopping hehehe.

Wasn't sure of how to stall time but thank God JE had 2 malls :')

BUT ANYWAY.

Still made some good buys.

 Necklaces from H&M:

Round pendant necklace $5.90

L pendant necklace $2.90

Head band from Accessorize:

Black & Gold headband $5.97 (70% off)

YESSSSS I love Accessorize's sale.

Their things are quite pricey but when they're on sale it's such a good steal. :')

Okay, back to OSN. :>

Started to head to Natha's place with our hungry stomachs..

And got KOI ^^

OK, I admit it;

Milk Green Tea is really nice.

THERE I SAID IT, DINA.

My Number 1 drink from KOI is Yakult Green Tea.

But after tasting Milk Green Tea a few times, realised that it's actually pretty tasty. ^^

It's really hard to explain how it tastes, it's just like a yummy creamy version of plain ol' Green Tea.

But it's not overly creamy/milky but it kinda has a clean aftertaste..?

Heh. Okay nevermind, if you like it, you like it, if you don't then you don't, aight? :'D

So all of us were on our "O.O" mode as we were going up to her house hahaha.

The Cake Team were actually hiding in one of the rooms and they took a while.

I was texting them asking "WHATS GOING ONNN" :'D

Turned out they were too excited that the cake toppled over hahahaha how cute :')

But yeah, The Cake Team came out of the room and we sang Happy Birthday and Natha's reactions was (Y) hahaha ^^ ~.~

 Operation Surprise Natha: SUCCESS~!

With the help of Natha's sister & mommy

(Thank you for being willing to entertain these kids hahaha and my sincere apologies to Natha's sister for spamming in the whatsapp group :D)

Hahaha all the "white lies :')

 "Okay everyone hold the balloon string!"

"Wah, this one like wedding photo."

:'D

Pretty polaroids!

FLC + Natha's sister! ^^ :)

So after all the hype we settled down for...

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD! :D

 Oh the chaos that happened here :')

So, so, so thankful to Natha's Mommy for the spread though ^^

 After food, we just chilled around...

Until Natha brought out her box(es) of accessories.

We turned into such girls/kids and went into dramatic-play mode :')

 Feelin' like Jay-Z with my chains on.

The whole time the room was filled with:

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

"NO, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK PRETTY"

"WEAR THIS. AND THIS. AND THAT."

"AHAHAHAHAHA"

"WEAR THIS AS A NECKLACE"

"WEAR THIS ONE!!!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

:'D

From here on it's just us with our derp faces,

so you might want to just skip to the end. ;)

Oh, how annoying :')

After all the pictures, we sat (or rather, lay) down and looked through all the pictures on the teevee screen and had a good, good laugh at ourselves. :'D

Chilled for a bit more, and we left for home, smelling exactly like food ;)

Happy Belated Birthday once again, Natha!

You're awesome possum blossom potassium (idk man) ^^ :)

And thanks to these girls for yet another Semester.

Couldn't have gone through any of it without you ladies.

We made it & I love yall~ ^^ :)

Du vet jeg elsker deg.

Goodbye