Loopie - Joop

 She's eight on 25th sept..

Wow, we've somehow headed into the last four months of year.  Better buck up now, not much time left of 2013! I have 2 more trips coming up before renewals start and I need to try and pass Exam 6 in just under 2 months. Give me strength, O Lord I pray. 2013 travels:- Okinawa (January) Bermuda (twice! March and May) Taiwan (May) Hong Kong (twice! January and July) Seoul (coming up in 2 weeks) Hanoi (October) Got to start planning for 2014 trips too, so far Sydney looks fairly high priority perhaps in early 2014, and Alaska looks promising in the summer months.  Japan and middle earth have been axed for the next 3 years due to natural disasters. Hopefully we can squeeze in Maldives too if budget allows...

One should not envy.  There's nothing in the world that is greater than God's love.  That is all I shall want. Envy  (Latin:  invidia ) is a  resentment  which "occurs when someone lacks another's quality, achievement or possession and wishes that the other lacked it." To God be the glory, great things He hath done, So loved He the world that He gave us His Son, Who yielded His life in atonement for sin, And opened the life-gate that all may go in. Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice; Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, Let the people rejoice; Oh, come to the Father, through Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory; great things He hath done

Do you think this looks useful?  My necklaces keep getting knotted up these days... hopefully this will solve the problem.

  作詞：木子 作曲：李偲菘 我的心是幽幽的湖水 溫柔的夜色是你的倒影 你把自已浸在夜裡 微濕的長髮牽動我的相思 我的心是輕輕的漣漪 開展的波紋是我的情緒 若能讓你笑著不怕 你眼睛將是我夢裡最美的星 多希望用我小小的一生 靜靜為你點亮一盞燈 讓我看清你 讓我看清你 怕過了明天 已不是作夢的年齡 多希望用我全部的生命 低低為你輕唱著愛情 讓你感覺我 讓你感覺我 思念的湖水裡 浮動你的動影

We went to watch "That Girl in Pinafore" last Sunday .  It was entertaining reminiscing our childhood/teenage memories growing up in Singapore in the 90's.  Yeah, do you remember the good old days where MRT trains were not crowded, children's playgrounds were huge sand boxes and life was a whole lot less hectic and simpler?   The director of this show is a few years older so there was a lot of xinyao in the show.  I must admit I recognized all the tunes in the show and was humming and singing along with the subtitles, even though I grew up in the late 90's.  Didn't like the story or the cast, but they sure do look and speak local and the songs were nice enough to blind me to all their flaws.   If you grew up in the 90's and listened to cpop/933 while studying for exams, you will relate very well to this show.  If you're part of the "ang-moh pai" that snubbed all things local, you might recognize some of your snubbed friends in it.   ...