When in the Garden of Eden.

I think that when God first created man from the dust of the ground, He already had every intention to create woman as well. But first, He decided that He would allow man, Adam, to live as the only one of his kind in the Garden of Eden for a little while.

And so Adam jogged barefoot on the ground, bathed in the waters, and ate from the fruit-bearing trees (all of which were made three days just before he was, by the way) by himself. Life was good, but it's not like he knew of any other except this anyway.

After some time had passed by, Adam began to feel the first signs of loneliness set in. When God saw this, He knew it was time and said, "It is no good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable helper for him!" *Cue the dramatic music, please.*

And as the story in the Scriptures goes, God put Adam into deep sleep and made woman, Eve, out of one of his ribs. Can you just imagine Adam's great, big surprise when he woke up and saw Eve when God brought her to him? "WOO! MAN!" Hence, woman.

I think God chose to bide His time this way so that Adam would understand the difference between a life without a woman, Eve, and a life with one, her. Because when Adam did, only then would he be able to really appreciate Eve when she enters his life.

Oh, what wonderful things they would do together. ;)

With Great, Big Polka Dots.

Yes, call the press! Because I changed my blog layout again. :)

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Oh, before I go on, I have to ask this: is it me or is KL's temperature dropping unusually low? At first I thought I was coming down with the colds (sneezing + running nose) until I found out from my friends that they, too, felt as if the city's weather was growing abnormally chillier. This is too weird. We live in the tropics! What next? Snow!?

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I think the last time you saw me- be it at the Gasing Dojo for a work out, One Bangsar for the Thanksgiving Dinner, MidValley/ Gardens for the afternoon, or Vineyard Resource to pick up my new schoolbooks (I am getting high on the newness of 'em. Yes, I am!)- was the last time you would have seen me for the year 2009.

I spent the whole of today at home packing my red luggage bags for 5 weeks away from home. It looks like I'll be spending my 17th birthday (I'll be still telling people I'm 16 until the day itself. Even then, I'll probably go through a phase of complete denial that will last until I turn 18!) and Christmas in another land. USA is that land.

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Vineyard Resource's Awards Night '09 is tomorrow! I'm not going. It's the same night I'm flying off to Philippines before I go off from there to the States. I'm really sorry I won't be able to be there when Delaney leads the whole sanctuary in worship or when Rachel performs on stage as the lead character, Queen Esther, in the musical.

Come to think of it, I'm also really sorry that I won't be able to hear Jeremy's or Jaryl's graduation speeches. These two, in my humble opinion, were the best public speakers in school. It was probably from them where I learned how to be loud and confident whenever it was my turn to take the stage and steal the...uh...spotlight.

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Oh, my gosh. A week of November and a month of December without my KL friends. I am going to miss you guys so much. :( Sigh. I hope my first/second cousins in the States are nice. I'm not close to them like I'm close to my Malaysian ones (Carmennn!). In fact, I'm meeting a lot of them for the first time during this visit. Wish me blessings!

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Okay, after I publish this post, I'm going to blow my nose. BYE!

Desserts Before Dinnertime.

I just uploaded a shiny, brand new album with the same title as this post in FB, so go check it out, click the like button, or comment on it if you can. :) I say "can" because only people in my friends list...can?

-Excerptsss!-

Delaney Ong aka Del. 16. Extrovert.

- She speaketh like this all the timeth even though I telleth her that she is often grammatically wrongeth when she doeth. I sweareth, it is so maddening.

- Before we left her house for the mall, she actually asked her mom whether she could walk Woolly James in MidValley. Woolly James is her pet toy poodle.

- She declares it a national disaster whenever she spots a pimple on her face. The pimple is usually imaginary, considering how Rach or I can never see it when she points it out in total panic.

Rachel Kong aka Rach. 17. Introvert.

- She is the most meticulous person on the planet Earth I know. In fact, I bet she is going to look through this album and point out all the spelling/grammar errors I left behind in it!

Yes, even the kind no one else notices.

(Rach, dees ish fer yew.)

- She's a walking jukebox. Inside her head is a library of music dating from the time before any of us reading this was born 'til now. She sings them well too, a capella or not.

- She has the strangest sleeping positions I have ever seen. I'm seriousss... We're talking about limbs suspended in the air here. Sort of. It's amazing, really.

Lerida Looi aka Lerry. 16 going on 17. Ambivert.

- I have no idea what to say about myself. I'm the clumsiest person my friends have ever met? Yeah, okay, that's a good start.

"She gets injured at least once a week" - Mishie.

- I can't make coffee to save my life. If anything, I make coffee that kills! Yes, that bad. Ask Julian. So don't ask me to make coffee for you in the morning, sweetheart.

- I have a secret talent of curling my upper lip and making it touch the tip of my nose. Well, except now it's not so much a secret anymore...

I'm sandwiched between Rach and Del. :D

-End of excerpts!-

I remember saying this to Delaney during one of the Ephesians 4:32 games we played one chapel session in school last year:

"So you know how we can be pretty screwed-up people sometimes, right? (Let's not even go there.) But I just want to say thank you for always having been there for me even at my lowest moments and never having judged me for what brought me down in the first place. If anything, you tried so much to make me feel like I was worth more than a million for all those times I came to you feeling worthless. Thanks, Delaney. I love you. You're the best."

This goes for you too, Rachel! You know that, right? You too. :)

The Joke Is On Us, Isn't It?

Isn't it funny how we all desire to know how to live a fulfilling and happy life, what is our lives' great, big purpose, or why aren't we existing in a universe of perfect order- and yet we often refuse to seek and take from the One who holds all our answers, deciding instead to blame Him for our lack of it?

Not really.

I Will Be Your Little Dolly.

我是女学生的娃娃。哈哈!

I have to say the Post Halloween Party (we call it that 'cause it was held after the actual date) last weekend was pretty awesome fun. ;)