Saturday, November 25, 2006

more updates!!

::last ivcf large group meetings i.e. big tuesdays::

time really flies. it seemed only like yesterday that i just arrived in ubc. cant believe that last tuesday was our last ivcf large group meeting, before we break to prepare for our exams. when i was back home in sg, i never realized/knew how important vcf or rather, having a solid group of christian friends was. maybe it was coz back home, i always had my family and friends to go back to - no matter what:) i still can do that here, but it just isnt the same when they are like miles and oceans away from me physically. that probably explains why, ivcf took on a completely new role in my life when i came to vancouver. ivcf is really like a 2nd family, a home away from home, where i have found many good friends. i doubt i would be able to get through the whole sem so smoothly, without their support and love:) thank God for that:)

in full force- the ubc ivcf worship team:)

our very humble stage - dav on the drums, me on the guitar, matt on the keyboards, deborah and charis (the lead singers and our worship leaders) and adrian (percussionist and backup vocals). incidentally, we are all in the same biblestudy group! it's no surprise that in the middle of our biblestudy, you can suddenly hear someone singing/humming a a hymn out of nowhere and we would then all join in? haha. as steve (our biblestudy leader/staff worker) puts it, this can only happen when the whole worship team is in the same biblestudy group. haha. it's so sad that deborah wouldnt be ard in ubc next sem though:( she will be going to another college to study nursing. hopefully we would still be able to meet up occassionally next spring!

::ice-skating at kitsilano::

yesterday, i went with the ivcf pp to kitsilano rink to ice-skate! i havent ice-skated in ages - and it clearly showed. haha. but i had lots of fun:) heh.

karen and i - in our skates! it was so.. difficult to put on those skates!! and it was so cold that my fingers felt frozen as i tried to adjust and tighten the laces. people were commenting that karen n i looked like twins coz of our matching attire - white jackets and jeans!! haha. and not to mention the fact that we both fell down one after another, while skating together! haha. i think we fell down with such a loud thud that people came rushing to us to ask if we were alright!? (yes it was a terrible fall - we fell on our butts - and im still aching all over now. boohoo). it was major-ly embarrassing but the funniest part was that both of us couldnt stop laughing at ourselves after that! haha. at least we went through it together babe:) heh. for me, it was like history repeating itself. coz the last time i fell, it was also coz i was trying to help someone get up after her fall! but i guess falling is all part of the experience - i wasnt so scared of falling after that:) i wish i had more confidence to skate faster though! it was karen's 1st time skating and i think she's a fast learner:)

just as i was getting the hang of it, we all had to stop iceskating at 10pm coz a ice-hockey team wanted to use the rink for their practice! bah. karen and i then went on a photo-whoring frenzy. haha.

with ellen, larissa (who's such a great cook) and karen!

meet dave - a former PROFESSIONAL ice-hockey player. too bad he quit a couple of years ago:( check out his own nike skates! expensive stuff! he really looked v pro when he ice-skated! im so envious!!

with my biblestudy group members - sarah, charis, adrian, dave and bora! i was really happy tt bora came to join us for supper:) she didnt join us for iceskating though! she has a phobia of iceskating coz the first (and probably, the last) time she ice-skated, she broke her knee. poor thing:( i never knew how dangerous ice-skating can be! thank God that there werent any mishaps that night!

in front of the iceskating rink - karen, bora, myself, matt, gil and mitchell (who's from sg too - but he has been in canada since he was like 10? i don't think he will be going back to sg coz he doesnt wanna go n s. heh)

the rink - which i think is smaller than the one in jurong east! these ice-hockey players were the ones who drove us away!!

at cancun's (i think) - a cafe that opens 24/7! it has a fantastic cosy ambience! enjoyed the warm drink and company!

cookies cookies delicious cookies!! haha. the guys kept teasing me about my obsession with cookies and they were trying to tempt me to get one! but i managed to resist the temptions!!yayy:) i must endure till tomorrow - when i will be going true confections for their sinfully delicious cakes!! woohoo. anw i only had a cup of hot apple cider, which tasted really good - especially when it was so darn cold outside! it was my 1st time drinking it. it tastes like hot concentrated apple juice.. nice:)