New Laptop!

This is a bit of a belated post but I've got my laptop!! =)



It's a Macbook 2.0Ghz with RAM upgraded to 2GB. :) all in all it only cost about 2.7k or so including GST, which is quite cheap for a mac. I really like the mac interface esp after getting used to it for a while (thanks to Shyam who so generously lent me her ibook to try out... thanks Shyam!), and think the size (13.3" Widescreen) feels perfect, not too big and not too small. Also got an ipod at discount with the mac. =) Praise God for blessings! Been bringing my com arnd with me the past few days. I'm actually starting to feel kinda techie. *grinz*

2.5 weeks left!

Promises and Hope

God gave me a verse for Stanford! As in, for my life there. Not for the uni. In case anyone gets confused. ;)

Familiar passage, but never before so powerful. Jer 29:11 - "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evili, to give you a future and a hope."

My whole perspective changed when I got this. No more worry, no more anxiety, but instead anticipation that arises out of faith. Truly, truly, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Amazing stuff.

Also been corresponding a little with this pastor of a Christian Fellowship group at Stanford called Chi Alpha (http://xastanford.org). It's set up and supported by Assemblies of God. So far feeling pretty gd abt it. It's comforting to know that there'll be other Christians praying for me and readying themselves to meet me and other Christian freshies when sch starts. Thanks be to God. =)

Residence in Stanford

I have my residence! Checked it out online. It's called Adelfa, one of the residences in this place called West Lagunita, or West Lag for short. It's really near Lake Lagunita and apparently not too far from the main quad. It's in the southwest part of the campus... check out the map below.

Ok u can't see much but the small blue circle that's sorta in the southwestern part of the map is where my residence is. And that's lake lagunita below it. Just for a reference point, in the centre (slightly off centre to the left) is a small empty rectangle in the middle of a lot of stuff; that's the main quad, kinda like a central focal point of the campus.

And to your left... the Adelfa lounge (seems nice) and front entrance (also seems nice).

Apparently the rooms are quite small cos they were originally designed to be large single rooms, not the double rooms that they're now used as. Oh well. I'm sure it's a nice place. And even if it's not, I'll make it nice. Haha. With God, all things are possible. =)

Back from KL!

Ok actually we came back on wed afternoon but haven't had time to update blog.

Left on Sun afternoon. Rented a car from JB. Had some nice sunset scenery on the way up. :) Got into a crawling jam for 45 mins near seremban. Entered KL arnd 9:30 - 10 pm and decided to go explore, went to a suburb (Bangsar) to find their night market. We were really delighted to actually find it. haha.


Check out this building that we happened to chance upon as we were entering KL after Bangsar... Up till now we're not sure what it is but it's opposite Merdeka Square.


Spent a nice two days in KL exploring, went to 1-Utama to shop, berjaya times square too... everywhere's on sale now so it's actually a pretty gd time to go to KL. Went for massage at berjaya but the guy who massaged me must've pressed my back too hard cos it hurt a lot after that. Went for another massage the next day. haha. But the second guy was really gd.

The second day was nice and relaxing, went to sunway lagoon. Water park was great but the extreme park was quite a let down, they only have ATVs on a short paved track, speedboat ride (which was quite fun) and paintball shooting at targets. That's it. But the water was fun so we were happy.

At night we took the highway down to Putrajaya cos the lights there are supposed to be nice. And they were, especially the bridges. Check out this photo... the arc of lights in the middle are street lamps and the lines descending into the arc are suspension cables. Really nice.


Was a good trip, a bit tiring (think we overdid the shopping on the first day) but great fun nonetheless. =)