chocolate nights

i am navi!

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:10:47 GMT

HAHAHAHAHAHA
in my dreams : )

Also,

Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:36:20 GMT

Twenty ten is for Obedience to God.

Twenty ten!

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:38:02 GMT

Tomorrow onwards will see me through important milestones of my life.
Graduation, adulthood, employment and official independence!
ohmegad. haha.

Here are slightly more photos of my holiday so far : )

sibbie love <3 oh and we love aerin too ;)

mummy and papa!

went out for lunch on sunday and i snapped a pic of richie looking all metro. That's mum's bag.

hui did my hair! : ) / snapped a pic with pei.

Went out with DZ

Lastly, went to sentosa with my fabbie sister : )
who bought me lunch and drinks. yays. love older sisters. haha

we went on the luge and my sister wore her helmet on the wrong way. LOL

crazed look ftw! hahaha

2010 is for valerie to..
SAVE MONEY.
TRUST GOD MORE.
LOVE GOD MORE.
CONTROL TEMPER!

ciao~

Christmas with the Chens

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:06:31 GMT

I love my relatively large family.
My crazy papa.
My lovely mummy.
My endearing eldest sister.
My feisty second sister.
My little brother.

Christmas isn't christmas without pa, mum and sibbies <3
Thanks for the presents!! : D

Dear Lord God, may it be in your plan that i may have 3-4 kids in the future too!

haha! The lj cut FINALLY WORKS. WOO HOO!!!
Anyway here are some house shots =)
forgive the unglamness.

mummy and richie

pei and pa

hui, dino and dino's little cuz

sweet. goodnight \m/

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:00:10 GMT

"You don't need assurance from me if you already know you are prettier than her."
-mommy

haha!

Back in sg and i'm sweating loads. Definitely feels like home.

<3

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:50:12 GMT

Violetta and Cornell.

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:01:47 GMT

I met the cutest romanian couple at church today.
Violetta and cornell. i am not sure about the spelling. They were probably in their late 40s.
She put her arm around me during welcome time, smiled and said i look young, like 18.
My new caucasian friend told daryl "you have a lovely girlfriend".
They have been to singapore two times and they're just so cute.
Only kind words come out of their mouths.
Upon the end of service, she put her arm around me again and said it was nice to meet me.
Then, the two walk out, cornell's arm across violetta's back. Full of love.

SALE, BUNNIES.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:56:04 GMT

I got bettinas for $149 today.
Feel likes my fats are bulging but the jeans will stretch.
i'm so frickin happy.
ladidah.

Festive much?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:18:02 GMT

"I once heard a Bible teacher say that all the truths of Christmas can be stated in just three words: "God with us." We tend to focus our attention at Christmastime on the human birth of Christ. But the greater focus should be on His deity - who He really is - "God with us."

K.T. Sim

Posted on Our Daily Journey

Meet me on the equinox.

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:29:21 GMT

I love patrick jane. He is so hot.
I highly recommend the mentalist.

Daryl and i have mentalist marathons and decadent pizzas.
I think i'm getting fatter. Like dude, i resonate man.
Time to hit the cross trainer. haha.

Been feeling severely broke. I should learn how to make stuff so i can give them away as christmas presents. But i'm really undomesticated and i don't have a thing for making stuff. I wish i could paint, sew, stitch and scrapbook. I mean i can.. but it'll turn out rather unappealing i think. haha. I need gen, lulu, patty and ida for this.

Saw someone's facebook status update: "no longer sees any need to justify himself... if ever i'm misunderstood, wronged, shunned at, judged, so be it... shall not attempt to justify =) "
That's great isn't it? I feel the same way.

But i'll try ending my sentiments with a smile and on a happier note, like him.

I don't know who reads my lj. haha.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:58:18 GMT

But i am happy!
Because today i got my mac book pro. i loves it.
Kuo hao was like 'welcome to the right side of the world."
And i think i love MAC only because i have daryl to help : D

but you know whaaaaattt.
i also bought a fantasy book : D
the new moon OST : D
a forever new top : D
plus, i watched 'cloudy with a chance of meatballs' : D

melbourne is boring.
But now i think i can survive the sad hot lonely days with my buys : ))
i miss mum and pa and pei and hui and richie.
i miss my friends.
i miss being home in sg!

soon soon : )

Eh i always feel like this.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:11:45 GMT

Yeah i always feel that i finish the exams after i finish the first paper. So retarded. haha.
But i have another three more to go : 0

I'm glad to have D back : )
When i first met him, he reminded me of a mole rat. lol.

I've been thinking. If i need to get miles away from you just so that i won't have to hate you or be irritated at you, i would really get away from you. Because disliking is such a tiring emotion. I rather not think about you at all!

Time to get friendly with international finance.
Turra.

smile, click and snap!

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:13:09 GMT

I totally took the night off because i've been running like on full on energy / concentration the last 4 over days. Time to begin again when i awake. But for now, i can be a bit frivolous, or else i'll just crumple from stress. haha.

Today at prayer ivie asked us how we were all feeling. I said i was happy. Because when i was feeling damn stressed, emo and lonely yesterday night, i got to chat with ocfers (morn and kw) and i felt like my happiness bar went up. In general, i'm just thankful for the ocf family.

I've been feeling very jaded this semester. Final year is the TOOT! Feels like i've got limited amount of energy, love, space, patience and smiles for people. Which is sad. But i'll make up for it! So bear with me. I don't have enough fairy powers for the moment, but i'll bounce back yo : q

I heart you all : )

i can't wait to get a MAC!

damn CHOU man. haha

Faith luo jinghui introduced us to this : )
it's SO NEAT

Then Morn and i got carried away..

we went nuts man

Since there were 4 shots, we attempted to each have a shot with just my face or morn's face..

but as you can see.. we kind of failed and had to try a few times because the cam snapped so fast!

till we succeeded (sort of) heh heh

\m/

Too bad i look all gruss and panda like @_@
Ah well. True sign of a mugger ; )

lol.

haha so yup, some sanity among my exchange rates, rents, qantas and residual income models
: )

Little Dove.

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:02:40 GMT

Say hello to otaku valerie today.
Clamp! My favourite female artists have reverted to creating mahou shojo : D
If you don't know what that is, it's just a loose genre for "magic/fantasy for young girls" haha.

Kobato stands for little dove. Clamp created her a few years back actually, but i consider this very new because the manga is only 30+ chapters young. Anyway, she got animated recently too : ) and i thought i'd capture a few of her screen shots because she has this really retarded face. lol.

Lookie lookie.

That's your typical blur, innocent, naive, clumsy, hardworking and cute main character.

I took this off episode 3 (and because all otakus have this disclaimer.. i do not own kobato. Clamp does.)

HAHA, that's her "touched" look.

ubbs cute.

Her "Oh man" face

Her real face, when not super deformed.

The "ganbatte" face

She woke up tatami marks on her face

Usual spasticated look

The beginning of a love story with Fujimoto : )

Sayaka, the kindergarten school teacher

Ioryogi, the pseudo stuff toy. But in fact is some fallen magical creature, confined to this embarrassing outer shell for the moment.

He also happens to be her teacher, so yup. He just gave her a zero. haha

makes me think about my Card Captor Sakura days : >
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I miss daryl : (
don't go all speed demon on me ok!
lol i made the background happy looking.

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I try after God's heart, which is reconciliation.

we mees yew.

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:33:46 GMT

so come back soon and in one piece!

<3 <3

Shan says

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:39:41 GMT

There's a point in life when you get tired of chasing everyone and trying to fix everything, but it's not giving up. It's realising that you don't need certain people and their crap.

I agree!

The heart of life

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:07:41 GMT

I hate to see you cry
Lying there in that position
There's things you need to hear
So turn off your tears and listen

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No, it won't all go away, it should
But I know the heart of life is good

You know it's nothing new
Bad news never had good timing
Then the circle of your friends
Will defend the silver lining

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No, it won't all go away, it should
But I know the heart of life is good

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
Fear is a friend who's misunderstood
But I know the heart of life is good

I know it's good

There is not enough time -

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:33:20 GMT

I miss you.

Bibu, my best friend since we were 12. She has seen me nekkid and knows me inside out :) We do every phase of life together. When we want to be 12, we doodle and watch Disney. When we want to be 17, we bake. When we want to be 21, we talk for hours.

MILK, the loveliest truffles i know. We went through so much together, we love each other no matter what. The kind of love that's blossomed has become one where we embrace each other's imperfections and love each other even more because of that. In our fragility, we hold each other up to become stronger.

Cat, my elfie cupcake twin! We walk through fantasies together, where we fight side by side as kimi and kyurii. Fight off irritating people and ex girlfriends :p And i heart her so much because she's just as self aware as i am. So we always try together. To be better or to be nicer or etc etc.

XJ, my very rational dearest friend. So tough on the outside but so damn soft to the ones she cares about. Always giving in to me but also reprimanding me if needed. Never failing to assure me / us / our friendship : )

Lish and shu, my softball pals. I feel that our lives are so diverse, but we're there to just tell each other we care about each other whenever we're all in singapore. And that makes me feel warm on the inside. But now that shu will get married soon.... lol.

Larissa my jappy princess + Geri the superwoman... i miss our very long meal/coffee conversations, boy updating, bitchin and sharing. Our girly adventures, manicures, shopping and whatever.

I miss those friendships, because in all my ugliness, one of them will still say "it's ok. Keep trying beautiful."

Don't stereotype.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:36:00 GMT

Today my tutor and i had an interesting conversation.

T: So where are you from?
V: Singapore..
T: You from Raffles?
V: Yeah! ... How do you know about raffles?
T: Who doesn't know about Raffles?!
*silence*
T: You must be really smart! How come you're here?
V thinks WHATTHEHELL and replies : Stuff happens.. and i'm a sports person.
T: OH you're one of those people who make the school all rounded!
V: ... Yeaaaaaaaahh
*silence*

=.=
Stupid stigma. And i suck at the subject he is teaching.
And i won't come to class early anymore!

Bunny is Daryl's and my love child. hahaha. Or so i like to believe.
But Daryl just has the -_- face when i put bunny with him.
Though i believe deep down he thinks bunny is so cute!

hehe.
I love bunny bao bao.
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Today's QT verse put me at ease : )
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid" John 14:27
<3

Melly is right!

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:47:41 GMT

Love is the highest order.

Phat Biatch.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:40:45 GMT

I was damn friggin downright annoyed because there was this girl who stood near the building door and didn't open it for me... when i was holding a box of 250 program booklets, a long umbrella and a very heavy bag. She just totally diao-ed me while i had to use the wall for support to take my card out to swipe the security gadget.

UGH.

Then i went back and i kept looking at tubby's pics on facebook.
Tubby is Therapy!

<3

I heart (part 2)

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:49:24 GMT

Mummy Chen!

I told mummy i got 8/20 for my test and she said "nevermind it's not that bad. It's a good fail"
HAHA.

International Finance! you have wrecked my streak of good mid semester results. I keel you!

Anyway the one week holidays are coming up.. oh wait. what holidays? EMO.

I heart.

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:46:03 GMT

Harbour town goodness with ming and kw.

Sunny breezy mid semester free day.. perfect for splurging : >

Bought pretty clothes, cam whored and came home pretty broke.

Very satisfied : )

: D
We siao siao : )

Come for E night on FRIDAY! Free entry : )
7pm at the Banquet Room ok ok?

Yay.

I love my mentor : )

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:31:23 GMT

<3 to cheryl! (and also <3 to carol, haha)

I was reminded again that we wipe the dirt off each other's faces, and not put on more dirt on each other's faces. (Thanks Sueann! I'll never forget what you shared at committee meeting.)

I found the inner valerie again today. I remembered her telling me that it IS within my nature to reconcile. It truly is.. but not without going through some rich emotions, some thrashing out, some proper rationalizing and understanding. Such that i can come to a wholesome, complete resolution. No regrets and all.

For a moment i thought i was being bitchy because i have all these opinions, doubts and perspectives and what-ifs. All my over-musing. And that i didn't have the grace and magnanimity to let go. But i do! i do! Because i have God and only because i want to come to a level of NO REGRETS. Of WHOLESOME and absolute resolution that whatever happened, is over.

I'm happy. I found myself again <3

I am an ISFJ.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:36:05 GMT

I have a "rich inner world" and i have plenty of things to say!
I share alot to my close friends but little in front of alot of people.

So assuming Nuit chocolat is my friend, my chatter button goes on.
There's so much to mention.
Like how i'm sad my gucci bag and bally shoes are in a worn state. But they're loyal and i love them so. I use them both almost everyday.
Today i bought ida's birthday presents and i'm resisting the urge to keep them for myself!
I survived for 8 hours straight only on coffee and a cheese toasted sandwich!
I really want to pass my driving.
I watched the New Moon extended trailer more times than a sane person should.
Daryl is awesome.

But i know people who don't like me read Nuit chocolat too.
Then Nuit Chocolat isn't my close friend anymore.
That's when i turn cryptic or all one-liner.
Protective measures.

To all friendly Nuit Chocolaters, hello!
To all unfriendly Nuit Chocolaters, God is good!

I miss my crazy sibbies.