Well, I must say Xanga has served me well in the past 6 and a half years. This is not the end but I'm not as young as I use to be therefore I can't handle internet stress which Xanga is contributing. My forgetfulness does not allow me to remember that many passwords. Now, my dear readers, you know why the lack of blogging here. Yes, I sadly forgot my password.

Nevertheless, it came back to me one day and I'm posting this up as the last post to thank all my faithful readers of this blog. If you still want to be updated with my life and how many wrinkles I'm getting,  you can visit:

http://black-white-n-grey.tumblr.com/

100 posts are up already! And now, I'm ready to see the world again but in a different light now. :)

Do drop me a message here or there any time, anywhere.

 

Love,
mystiCeline

10 blog posts couldn't say what has been happening around here.

To sum it up for 2009:

Four Weddings: Kevin and Agnes, Chee Kah and Joanne, Niger and Lilian, Gim Han and Datin
and A Funeral: Markus
Four travel destinations: Mount K, Redang, Bali, India
Two babies: Miss Elise Tan and Mr. Andrew Ung
Three jobs
Two graduations (friends): Chen Sinn Yi and Chin Wan Yoe
One camp (committee): iBridge
One church production: The Executioner's Song (DUMC)
Countless number of movies and "yum cha sessions"
One special person :)

2009 I must say was a pretty eventful year. I look back at my first blog post of 2009 and actually found out that I managed to complete almost everything on my resolution's list and MORE.

One achievement I thought would never come to pass (yes, oh ye of little faith) was being able to complete the Rubik's Cube. 10th Dec 2009 is a day to remember the perfect cube sitting in my hand at 2am. All done by me. *beams*

And now that a fortnight has passed in 2010, it's time to set new goals and targets. But along the way, it's hard to forget who's in control of it all. There's a greater being just gently pulling strings on our lives but when we choose to obey, that's a different story. This is year will be slightly different. I have a good feeling about it. :) I'm kinda excited for things to come. I daresay it'd mirror 2009 but I'm sure each day has a story of it's own.

More to come to stay tuned!

:)

There was no fanfare, no cake, no partying, no elaborate dinner with everyone paying their utmost attention on me just because I made it to another year in existence.

And yet, it felt like the best birthday ever. Maybe it's only because I can remember it so well and it's replaying like a broken record in my head. A weekend getaway in Port Dickson with the most unlikely people yet refreshingly awesome. The rain, beach, sleeping in a room filled with people, having breakfast made by other people and sharing it with more than 10 people (including a really cute baby), laughing, chatting, getting much needed rest, receiving sms' and calls, knowing God was probably doing all that with us and just being made the perfect day. Laugh when you feel like laughing, sing when your heart sings and rest like you're in the arms of an angel.

So, here I am almost wrapping up my very eventful year. It always felt like the end of another year for me as I progress on with the ages. Maturing, growing, blessings. Overwhelming yet trying to contain it all. The weekend gave time for self-recollection, to "re-member" thoughts and events, people and time, to smile at the good things and learn from the not-so-good. Friends are so important, family even more.

"I believe in the sand beneath my toes,
The beach gives a feeling,
An earthy feeling,
I believe in the faith that grows"
         - Semi-charmed Life by Third Eye Blind

The sand and sea felt good. Camera in hand with clouds floating above couldn't be a more perfect setting for God to reveal his presence. In my head was the infinite number of grains of sand that only He knew how much. What more about the life of me and what's to come. Some calculation was going on in my head but maths didn't prove anything.

Be still and know that He is God. always. now and forever.

Despite the bizarre dream I had last night, the soul's at rest and at peace right now. Excited for the year that's almost done and for the year that's to come.

Above all, thankful for the moments and people that happen with each new morning.

Happy 23rd Birthday.