Here's a few of my favourites..
The one on the left is the original work of artist Gabriele Munter. Mine's on the right. Our teacher photostated few great artists' paintings (made as light as possible) so we could paint on those A4 (not double A paper k? =P) papers with the technique as close to the original. Because the paper was just the normal A4, we had to paste it on a drawing block before we started painting. It was really tough trying to copy exactly like how they painted.. But I liked this a lot because it's pretty colourful. =)
The painting on the left is by the ever-famous Vincent Van Gogh. The one on the right is mine. This was the last painting he painted before he died. I remember this painting vividly when teacher explains this in class. He told us that this painting is a very sad painting. The building is a church, and the two roads - one leads to the graveyard and another leads to the church. But I guess we as Christians could interpret it the other way round (if you know what I mean). Vincent Van Gogh's life is a sad one. Do google and read up about his life if you are interested. Ironically, the classes in my art class are named according to great artists and mine's Van Gogh. Maybe that's why I'm so interested in him. I've always liked the way he paints and the meaning beneath his paintings.
It's like this, we're supposed to paint Monalisa, but in a different light and perspective. But we must stick to that action - her palms crossed at the front. Some drew Monalisa for a Rolex ad, how creative! Just adding a rolex at her wrist. Some painted her as a lawyer, some sportswoman and loads. It's so cool! But I chose to do kolaj, using the artist Joan Miro's technique - who always uses weird perspectives to look at things with his imagination.
Here's an example of Joan Miro's painting taken from here.
sorry for the bad lightings =P
(this is the view of the windows in my class which I'm supposed to paint after)
bits and pieces of ling's life at 9:28 pm
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Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to Pei Ling, Happy birthday to you!!
Happy birthday to you, To Jesus be true,
May God's richest blessings, Abide upon youuu!
I was greeted by this at around 11.30pm on 30th October, half an hour before i turned 18. i came back from a night movie with amanda and rowen cos amanda and myself had a free ticket each from GSC and it's only useable in the month of october. we were busy the whole month and could only bring ourselves to watch like, on monday which is like the last day, due to our hectic 10-hours-tuesday schedule on the 31st.
anyways, i knew something was cooking up already when i came home on monday afternoon and was greeted by yeeloon's surprise and utter shock when i told her i was going out for movie that night. she kept pestering me and begging me not to be out, to spend the night with her. i was like 
like, duh! since when was she so attached to me? hahaha. but even if i had suspected something fishy was going on, all i could ever picture was just a normal surprise with my hsemates and possibly coursemates with a cake.
litle did i know that when i opened d door of my room that night i came back, i was greeted by the birthday song above, the room was lit by the candles on the birthday cake. the first face i saw in the room was alvin kor! i was totally taken aback and no words could describe how i felt at that time. slowly, i see the others - the pregnant man (thiyagu), calvin, wenlin, jason, wengkeet, and yeeping (yeeloon and teckchoon was pretending nothing happened and watching the tv outside). i was so shocked i just dropped on the floor and went, "oh my gooooodness you guysssss..."
i mean, like i've said earlier, the surprise i suspected would comprise of mainly my housemates but i did not expect the people above to come all the way from kajang, considering that all of them are working people. they're just so so so sweet, beyond words. i was deeply touched! ah, rowen and amanda were among the culprits! they were also working alongside the twins and wengkeet to make sure i get home before 12 =P they hid it so well that when i was whining about how bad i was gonna get bashed at home later (in the car on our way home), two of them were just chatting along with me, with no hints whatsoever that they knew what they knew (loss of words, haha).
and the most surprising thing was that the surprise of the people coming from kajang was not planned by the twins. i still dont know who planned it, they did not want to tell. whoever it is, im just so thankful and touched, if you do read this.
around 12.30am the kajangites just left for home, of course not without dirtying my face with the chocolate cake =P oh, and calvin very nicely splashed a few pails of water on amanda and yours truly. but at least it was better than the water + flour last year at agape house.
then my housemates urged me to open my birthday gifts. something worth mentioning was that i once told them jokingly to buy for me loads of HUP SENG biscuits on my birthday bcos i was happily enjoying my housemate Leng Sin's HUP SENG biscuits. and they gave me a big present, excitedly asked me to open it. i opened it and no prizes for guessing what's inside. HUP SENG biscuit. haha. in the end, they actually bought me another present, and the earlier one was just a teaser =P the real present was so cute, a piggy musical thingy which changes light or something. haha. yeeloon was so jealous bcos she's always liked that piggy.
oh and the twins bought me bedsheet and a christian t-shirt! haha. dont stare at the screen weirdly bcos ive always told them i wanted a new bedsheet bcos mine's really ugly but never knew they'd really get it. haha.. and cheryl jie' and soo aun kor's birthday gift.. beyond words. =) and jie, the bday card hor, so obvious aun kor was narrating and u writing. haha.
slept at about 4am.. and i have class at 8am to 8pm straight the next day =s was really worried i'd not have enough strength to last the day but thank God i did.. had fun spending the day with my friends and also bday girl amanda =) i dont know if all of you know that amanda shares the same birthday as i do and we're both at the same age as well. it was worth remembering that we hugged and wished each other happy birthday at 12am this time (we didnt get to last year) and around 6pm when we parted ways, she hugged me and sweetly said, "aww im missing u already!". man, if only you knew how i was touched by those words! guna kor texted me in the morning asking if i had gotten his mms and when i said i didnt, he replied with a super duper depressing-looking emoticon, which i burst out laughing looking at. hehe! at nite my housemates (11 of us) brought me to a nearby hongkong-styled restaurant and i had my fav cheese-baked rice with ice cream coke! haha. the restaurant was so cute, it's japanese-styled seating where we all just sit on the floor with cushions. i had thought the meal was on me because it wasnt cheap. but when i went home they were like, it's paid for already. man, i really don't feel like i deserved anything they did for me. im going to miss all of them when i graduate in 7 more months!
i still had people apologising for wishing me late on 1st nov and 2nd nov..even this morning as well, haha. it was really cute. mayu's the cutest, when he wished me at 1am on 1st nov, he went like, "hi pei ling, happy birthday, im sorry i know im verty screwed up but i left my phone at my friends' place etc etc sorry sorry sorry sorry". with an sms like that how can u get angry? =) naresh too, bcos he had a first final exam paper that went badly on my bday =(
on thursday i had lunch with guna kor at masjid jamek burger king bcos geetz had to go to puduraya to get bus ticket to ipoh. been wanting to arrange lunch together with guna kor eversince i discovered he takes lrt to work and that the lrt station is very near to his workplace. im very near to lrt stations (yeap, 2 stations) too, hence. geetz only has nice words to say about guna kor! he was so sweet, not only did he buy me a gift for my birthday, he also treated both of us lunch! i felt so bad that he had to treat 2 persons! truly number one on my list of being hospitable and warm =) thanks so much kor!
on thurs evening, laikuan came over for dinner with the twins and myself. we went and have cheesebaked rice! pics below! =)
to end this, a big thank you to all who's wished me on my birthday thru text messages, phone calls, the birthday cards and gifts.. even if it was just a text message, im deeply touched u'd remember my birthday, let alone buy anything for me! i dont know what else i could do, but to thank each of u individually here.
*****
to mum, hoong, bit and kong:
for the bday mms and sms. the mms really touched me bcos it contained a pic u guys snapped on the spot of all of u and kong's voice wishing me happy bday in the background and after that bursting out giggling.
loon and ping, for everything. everything.
the pack - teckchoon, min jiang, leng sin, siong, chin chung, jazz, tuck seng, chin hong and sam.
the surprise team - wengkeet, wenlin, alvin kor, jason, thiyagu, calvin, loon and ping.
the calls - wendy, sarah and wongkinmeng.
the gifts (each very personal to me and touched me very much) - loon, ping, kean, christine, ray, calvin, joanne jie, timothy kor, bit, cheehao, daniel, hoong, kong, laikuan, jupiter kor, cheryl jie, aun kor, wengkeet, belinda, minjiang, lengsin, teckchoon, ah siong, chinhong, geetz, waiyee, farah, guna kor and chin ai jie, sarah and hannah.
the text messages (chronologically) - ah tze kor, suetnie, michele, melvyn, bit, mum, seeyee, christine, cheeseong, ganesh, chandran, minjiang, michellelim, wongkinmeng, daniel, geetz, terri, jiayin n jiamun, wengkeet, siong, lengsin, jasonsan, adrianlow, cheehao, vivien n james, waiyee, jayasivam, sumei jie, paiking, hannah, xianshi, ngeezheng, sooann, matthew, puiling, chinnee, guna kor, laikuan, wendy, aun kor, keatlim kor, szeping, ivanlee, michellechan, wenlin, thiyagu, suguna, markdarwin, stephanielim, vincentchai, tonghow kor, phoon, huihsien, kirsten, joanne jie, ellice jie n jupiter kor, timothy kor, ray, auntiekim, cheryl jie, bina, mayu, chenyoung, choiyee, ms yee, ms chon, choo, naresh, jaya kor, waiyi.
*****
some of the pics taken this whole week in college:
Tuesday, 31st Oct at DK ABB, 6pm.
from left: yours truly and waiyee at a lecture hall.
don't ask why i didnt smile.. i was never photogenic =(
waiyee, geetz and amanda pointing at waiyee's new crocs.
a candid shot of waiyee and geetz
waiyee and amanda. proudly, with their cf camp t-shirt - all green. yikes!
at Cannes Tea House, 9pm.
my bday dinner with housemates! check out the seats! ^^
my housemates busy deciding what to eat for dinner.
ping busy sms-ing.
housemates leng sin and ah siong. a bit blur, sigh.
housemates chin chung and tuck seng.
my favourite cheese-baked rice! but this Cannes' is not as nice as Restaurant Happy Valley 128's. (that one can be seen below)
some sausage-wrapped-with-bread-filled-with cheese thingy. it's yummy!
housemate min jiang (ever-playful boy) and loon posing outside d restaurant after dinner.
housemate chin hong (super caring mummy-like figure) and ping after dinner.
i know i look reaaaaally weird here. so do. not. comment. anything. especially. irene. look. oy. ling. haha.
wednesday, 1st nov
amanda and myself wearing the tops that geetz got for our bday and insisted us to wear the next day. taken at block v outside of our class in the afternoon.
in the afternoon during our four-hours-break, geetz and i went to the career talk held in the function room in college just because amanda was the emcee. we bumped into solomon (graduating from advanced diploma next yr) who was there and he said, "eh diploma students no rush to go to career talks all!". i instantly replied, "solo, have u ever heard of people who go for a career talk just because their friend is emcee-ing?"
solomon gave me the DUH look and left. haha.
it was raining heavily after our last class at 9pm. we (waiyee, amanda, geetz, mich, ju and myself) were waiting for rowen and teeliang to come and fetch us home n for dinner in front of block v. as u can see, amanda was very hyper and singing while jumping all around, waiyee happily talking on d phone with you-know-who and such. *ignore the blurness of d pics, she was moving =P* and below are the pics of rowen (after our 20 mins wait) with amanda's spider, named anwaribrahim and rowen wid waiyee.
somehow i look retarded. the cheesebaked rice here is the best! better and cheaper than kimgary's! ;) thanks laikuan, for bringing us there!
had an eventful week all in all!
bits and pieces of ling's life at 10:18 pm
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*****
why does God need to command them to remember His faithfulness and this great miracle? logically speaking, who can ever forget such a great thing being done to them? sadly, the answer is - yes, we do forget. im baffled at why the Lord would still love one such as us who continually forget Him now and then, pouring His love for us unconditionally, being ever so gracious to us. picking us up again each time we fall. being faithful when we're unfaithful. im still awed that the Lord would want us to remember Him every Sunday with the bread and cup because He knows we will forget Him. naturally, how would u forget someone who gave His life for you and died for your sin? but He knows our hearts and our deepest beings, when Paul said, "for whenever u eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes."
the more i look at my awful self, the more grace i see in Him.
bits and pieces of ling's life at 9:55 am
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going out with kean and christine on fri, cant wait!
im hungry.
bits and pieces of ling's life at 12:44 am
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started the semester feeling sorta blue, unlike my usual hyper self but the week's been good so far =) was really glad to meet my housemates and classmates again, some looking very different with new hairstyles.
i've five subjects this semester, as seen in the timetable i've posted last sunday, which are photojournalism, production & publication, translation II, public relations and intro to advertising.
translation II's first lecture was cool as usual, i mean, if u've ms tan as ur lecturer, how can it not be cool? ;) she's still as pretty and as brilliant as ever. kicked off with her lecture on the first day of college with an assignment due next monday.
there's nothing much to say about production & publication and public relations save for the fact that in p&p we're going to produce our own magazine from cover to cover.. we're also not allowed to look for sponsors. everything must come outta our own pockets. though it's going to be real expensive an assignment to do, i know we're going to have a fun time producing it! =)
photojournalism lecturer was with The Star for four years, and has worked with malaysiakini before. now that's something worth noticing. haha. i think it's really cool, especially when he relates to us about his experience in malaysiakini and the infamous raid of malaysia kini by the police force two years ago.. and him quitting malaysiakini. oh, and we'd have to crop out money to buy a digital slr camera.. a low-end one at least, which costs minimum RM2500k. *sigh*
something worth mentioning would be that i passed by last semester's exams. passed. i.e. i didnt fail any subjects. which came as a total shock and surprise. it's truly a miracle and it's all God's grace.. i was very sure i'd fail malaysian national goals & programmes and tamadun islam & asia cos it was so hard but i didnt.. all by His grace. haha, now that i see it, maybe i got all 5Cs, also considered passed ma, hahaha. full results with the grades and cgpa coming out on the 10th of november. *shivers*
i was also happy to spend quality time with my housemates this week, we went really crazy playing funny games during our freetime at night.
it was a slow and relaxing week, but the night class i had on last wednesday was freaky. the whole of block V was in total darkness when we stepped outta the classroom. we've since vowed to bring torchlights on the days we have night classes. we cant see each other at all, need to use our phones. and that was just at 7.45pm, what about days we'd have classes till 9pm? i don't wanna imagine.. =s
my whole month from tomorrow onwards would be extremely packed with things to do.. here's few.
tomorrow, 23rd oct [geetz's place in subang usj 8 for deepavali lunch]
24th oct - 25th oct [YA retreat at sungai congkak]
26th oct [class from 10am-12pm and after that movie with christine and shukean]
28th oct/29th oct [weekends would be in church, boys&teens treasure hunt, plus monthly fellowship dinner on 29th]
30th oct [translation assignment deadline + presentation]
31st oct [classes 8am-8pm and going to klcc at the 2-4pm break for ice cream with amanda? sounds fun!]
2nd nov [i think raya at farah's place after class and if possible, watching frankenstein in love at KLPac]
3rd nov [family bday dinner when im back at kajang at night]
5th nov [going back to setapak in d afternoon after church and meeting waiyee in pj to watch Walk His Trail by the footstool players at Life Chapel, pj]
*i think that's all for now*
bits and pieces of ling's life at 1:11 pm
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so much to do, so little time.
*****
was at this baby's birthday dinner. cute cute baby and adorable lil' girl of four.
im still so attracted and drawn to children & teens.. the way they'd develop their thoughts and construct their thoughts to their own words.. the way they'd respond to the most general or the most specific of things.. very interesting. hence i never got bored of going for boys&teens..
*****
the melancholy seemed to be striking me a lot this holidays.
i need to know how to smile like peiling, again.
*****
college is starting again tomorrow, am excited to learn new things and meet new lecturers, most of all i miss my classmates.. can't wait. oh, my housemates too! so i wont be blogging as often, but i'd definitely blog, haha. just for the record, this is the 32nd post i blogged in my one-month holidays. sigh, what a blogger =P
*****
nehemiah 9:19
yet Thou in Thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
joshua 1:5
no one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. as I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
"as I was with Moses, so I will be with you". this touched me deeply. i can rest assured that as He was with Moses, He will be with me.
thank You Lord, thank You, thank You..
*****
as He was..
bits and pieces of ling's life at 9:31 pm
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how do you spell madness?
in the form of a college-diploma-in-journalism-student's timetable for her fifth semester.
behold, my timetable.
Monday
4-6pm Translation II lecture
Tuesday
8-10am Translation II tutorial
10-12pm Production & Publication tutorial
12-2pm Advertising lecture
4-6pm Public Relations lecture
6-8pm Photojournalism tutorial
Wednesday
12-2pm Advertising tutorial
6-8pm Photojournalism practical
8-9pm Photojournalism tutorial
Thursday
10-12pm Production & Publication lecture
Friday
2-4pm Public Relations tutorial
*lets go a huge sigh*
i know that my mondays, thursdays and fridays are going to be real relaxing but tuesdays are so going to be stressful.. i can already imagine waiyee breaking down, and coming late for class in the morning.. haha. but it's tutorial so i guess she'd improve this semester.
i remember chatting with ju ee a few times in the past few semesters, rambling about how much we wished we have a night class.. then when we finish our classes it'll be so cool to see the sky all dark, and she would be able to take the lrt home in the dark enjoying the night view. i guess we never expected to have it with a full-package.. full-day's class.
sorta proves that we never really know what we want, eh?
ling, keep quiet and be thankful you don't have saturday classes alright? =)
alright.
bits and pieces of ling's life at 6:31 pm
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i actually dont know why im writing this blogpost seeing that whatever i was up to during my last 4 weeks of hols i've been blogging about it.. haha.
but for my own satisfaction, let's blog about it. i was most glad to spend quality time with people i dont always get to be with. the highlight of my holiday and most fun of it would be the simple time spent with jordan and joanne at their house watching narnia. okay, okay, i see them every saturdays and sundays but i realised i see a different side of these two cute and adorable children at their house. im really glad to be closer drawn to them, to gain their trust, care and love. to see them for who they really are. the beauty of the family of God.
then there was going for s'kali the movie with waiyee and going to ikea, the curve and ikano.. priceless time spent together, and not to mention me nagging her for being an impulsive buyer like, every other second.. haha.
also, spending time with farah, ju and waiyee for farah's 22nd bday at midvalley. short time together, nevertheless simple and happy because we haven't been spending much time together the month before exam with the revision and everything. =)
oh, how can i forget going to university of nottingham! oh man, i wish i could study there!! =( it's so so beautiful.. sigh. i should study harder.. so i could be a lecturer there.. =P of course, the quality time spent with suguna jie, irene, jaya kor, hendrik, irene's friend shanti and kor's friends kai choong and mee sing.
ah, and lunch at guna kor and chin ai jie's place last saturday was so warm and refreshing.. guna kor cooked lunch for tse shuen, erin (shuen's roommate) and myself.. we had a good time together and after that kor sent me to boys & teens, but not before dropping by the grocery shop and buying ice creams for chin ai jie, himself and me.. so sweet =)
going out to alamanda with laikuan, wen li and ellen yesterday also of course.. thankful to have spent time with them cos i dont always get to =) and after that when i arrive home yesterday around 5.30pm, i called amanda to ask her whether our timetable's out, and asked where she was.. she was like, "in kajang". i was shocked and replied, "HAR?". haha. after that JE drove them to my place at asa jaya, and 4 of us - mich, amanda, JE and myself went over to jasmin's D' SELERA for mamak dinner (only mine actually). and they came to my house after that! i dont know why im excited they did, haha.. maybe bcos i never thought it was possible for my college friends to come all d way to kajang to my place seeing they dont drive.. so.. thank you JE! =)
of course, one cannot fully explain the joy and happiness of the time spent with mum here and there.. even just a simple time of running errands with her during this hols, going market-ing with her, jogging with her, just watching tv with her and the priceless lame jokes we came up with.. =)
am thankful that i was able to make many many bookmarks and bday cards this hols, which is an achievement contributed by my mp3 player.. it is my motivation to continue doing bcos i could sing and sing and sing and sing while i do my craftwork.. haha.
and also, books read. =)
bottomline, His love and faithfulness. thank You Lord.
that being said, my timetable is not out yet. yeap, two days more to starting the semester and timetable not out yet. yeap, my college. =/
bits and pieces of ling's life at 10:33 am
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Letter to a Christian
Hey Christian,
Howdy? How's life? I'll bet you're enjoying life blatantly every bit as much as I am. Yeah yeah, I know about you and your "Jesus". To me, he's nothing more than a spiritual garb you hide behind to justify your love for material success. The only difference between you and me is, I'm honest about my stinkiness, you're not.
You tell me that you're climbing this corporate ladder because you want to shine for your Jesus or something like that - I often hear you talk about being "salt and light". Kid yourself not, for if that was your intention, I wouldn't see you craving after material wealth as much as I do. But your car is as extravagant as mine, and the size of your house is as wasteful as mine.
You claim that you earn a lot in order that you may give a lot for your religious charity - but it's quite obvious that you amass most of it for yourself. You couldn't possibly have thought I was blind, could you? And let me tell you, if you knew how much more I gave to charity than you did, you'd flip. I give to feel good about myself. What about you?
You speculate your money in the stock market, but you criticise me for buying the lottery. I suppose it means I'm gambling and you're not. You crave that higher position in that new company and obviously see upward mobility as a cherished value in life, but you criticise me for job-hopping in search of better benefits and remuneration. Cummon, have the guts to acknowledge that you love success every bit as much as I do. Have the guts to acknowledge that your Christian religion exalts simplicity in life and that you can't meet the standards. Don't pretend, through your double-life, that you're simple and that you have no self-ambition… if your god existed, he'd know. And you don't even need a god to know this; even I, a mortal human being, can see right through your pretences.
But of course, when all these things come your way, you get to say "God blessed me with all this! Hallelujah!" When I get these things, I simply say it like it is - I worked hard for the love of money! Who do you think is more honest between us two?
Yeah, I can very easily hear you yelling at me now, "Hey! Don't judge!" I don't have to, my friend. If you had an ounce of conscience inside you, your conscience would judge you before anyone else does. The truth is, we are our own gods; it's just that you have another name for that spiritual alter ego of the carnal you - Jesus. And what was it you called me the other day? An idolater, was it? Hah!
In case you're wondering if I'm talking about you, yes, I am. I'll always be a thorn in your flesh (hey, this term comes from your holy book, doesn't it?) I'll always be a constant reminder to you that you're the reason I'm not a Christian. I don't love you, and I don't think you love me either. Even when you tried to convert me, it was more because you wanted to secure a heaven for yourself just like you're doing here on earth. I look at your life, and you affirm my conviction - over and over again - that there is no god.
Yours provocatively,
The Unbeliever
How many just went "ouch" with me?
My dear brothers and sisters in-Christ, may we learn to live not in hypocrisy but live our lives in honour and love for our precious Lord.
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