it's working!

decided i should do myself a favour and really put some effort into getting my little blog up and running... haha... thanx yongling for being so sweet and encouraging me to do this! well. honestly, i tried to start a blog before, but i was too lazy to format and update it properly. so hopefully this time will be better! so exciting!!! =)

survived a super super long bus ride with jamie to ikea to shop for christmas stuff. it was great to have the time and space to talk and talk and talk... haven't been there for ages man... and there's all sorts of cool new stuff. like these really comfy sinky-bliss sofas and cute little angel motif napkins and candle holders. and lots of pretty candles and postcards too. hmmm.... but anyway, thank you jamie for my photoframe! it's really cool. it's like a strip of negative that you hang on the wall. just that each negative is a slot for a photo. cool huh? =)

then... we didn't have anything much to do, so we chatted for quite a while in the ikea cafeteria. really good to catch up on each other's lives after sooooo long. God is really doing things in each of our lives to prepare us for... well, life i guess... and to cause us to really turn to Him and depend on Him more and more. one thing we shared that really struck me as so true (but sad) was that as we get older, we 'filter' our friends. people whom we have grown up with or used to think we would be 'forever friends' with, aren't a major part of our lives anymore. and i find that i have really become more selective of who i really open my heart to and who i spend my free time with. (esp now that i'm working!) i guess we just don't feel the pressure to live up to people's expectations and to be liked by everyone as much as before. is it a good thing?

anyway, whatever the case, i really am so thankful for friends. FRIENDS. each and everyone of you that might be reading this blog, do know that you are so special to me! this morning, i was reminded during quiet time that God is a "God of small happenings". God brought you into my life (and vice versa), and scheduled and crafted all the little happenings in our lives and chinks in our character so that we would fall into the friendship that we now have! wow... =D

i love you, friend. *hugz*