life's mean reds.

if words cease to exist, i cant think of better pictures than these to tell a story. yesyes.i was printscreening the movie like crazy whilst watching it >.< but these images are strangely moving. strangely thought provoking. strangely attractive.

what if. just afraid it will all end too soon.

my problem romans 7:14-20 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin . 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law, that it is good. 17 So now it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. im thankful.. romans 7:21-25 21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, 23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.

says my pastor on proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." "so guys, before you decide to go out with a girl, take a look at her grandmother first." of which my friend promptly said to me, "shawna,we have hope now!" :)

ive been resisting the urge to blog the past week with the geog mid sems coming up and all.so yes!today marks the end of that torturous past week when ive been trying to cram all that stuff about rossby waves, jet streams and el nino(stuff that ive happily left out all my life for the more interesting parts of geography like volcanoes and rocks--i can totally imagine monica rolling her eyes now >.< )hahaa.not that im confident i did well(trust me on this.) but just grateful that God has seen me through those crazy nights i try to stay up with my new best friend, choc mint biscuits(hopefully mum's not reading this post >.<), just thankful for the strength to keep awake in classes the subsequent day, just appreciative for His protection when i walk home at night, just glad for the time to complete going through my notes at least once, just humbled that He just cares so much for the little things that bug me all the time. i will blog more, only that it's not the end of

a classic example of why guys will never understand girls. shawna to kah mun: i have fat thighs. kahmun: me too:( (a group of guys comes along.) guys: huh? you have fat "ties" as in ties?(minsheng doing the tie gesture to his neck) shawna: huhhh? kahmun: no no, as in chicken thighs, thighs.. minsheng: oh, so u guys like to eat chicken thighs? shawna: huhhhhhhh? kahmun: ....forget it.

try standing on a revolving chair and stretch out one arm to grab a filled tray off the top shelf, whilst talking to someone on the phone. if you dont end up falling and knocking the back part of head against the table, you are thankfully less clumsy than shawna, who has very cleverly injured her head again, two days in a row. front on tues, back on wed. i think i should start talking to monkeys now, as kah mun suggested, due to excessive loss of brain cells.

Amazing grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I'm found Was blind, but now I see 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear And grace my fears relieved How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed chorus: My chains are gone I've been set free My God, my Savior has ransomed me And like a flood His mercy reigns Unending love, Amazing grace The Lord has promised good to me His word my hope secures He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures The earth shall soon dissolve like snow The sun forbear to shine But God, Who called me here below Will be forever mine Will be forever mine You are forever mine chorus --chris tomlin

dont let the picture fool you. im actually the second oldest amongst my housemates.

i crashed right into a lamppost today in front of my 70 coursemates. it was so glaringly loud that my friend actually thought that someone stepped on a manhole. it's almost as bad as the time i was sent flying through the nus law canteen. maybe worse cos im actually still feeling a little light headed.

homework i call them, though not with the frustrated and resigned tone i usually take on:) i spent a day over at my coursemate's place, wollstonecraft, basically trying to pick out 50 plants that look vaguely like those in the guidebooks we lugged around, whilst trying to get specimens of them and looking as surreptious as ever>.< (it's not very legal to go around picking the best looking plants and flowers in your neighbours' gardens yes.)so yeah, the best i could muster with my 2 megapixel camera phone, all taken in a single pretty neighbourhood called wollstonecraft:) enlighten me again as to why all singapore has to show are her orchids in the botanical gardens and bouganveillas along the streets?