• I do miss my life in Melbourne as it is almost like a land of OZ which i have so many happy memories with my friends, colleague and church mates.
  • Flying my little gal, Trio back is the most amazing thing that ever happened in my life. i am introducing her to my family and friends who love her whole heartedly.
  • I am contented enough to come back to Singapore and spend my time with my family and friends in Singapore with all the good foods available.

Daily Journal

Psalm 40:2 (KJV)
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.


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New Year Eve 2011

I manage to stare skyward to watch the long evening light paint soft strokes of shimmering gold across the sky on the New Year Eve 2011 in Singapore. Sound of counting down and laughter can be heard echoing off the thick brick wall of my room.

I have enjoyed my brief peaceful 30 minutes ticking away toward the brand New Year of 2012. I can feel the cool natural breeze. Year 2011 has been an enjoyable, hustle & bustle time of my life. It has been so wonderful to have new friends entering in my life in different time of the year. I have been able to spend as much time with my good old friends and mom & Trio. My perpetual guilt for my mom’s health is reducing now as she is recovering. Passion of Architecture is slowly igniting in my heart.

I am happy to find meaning in every breath I am taking now and making them meaningful. I am thankful to GOD for that marvelous year 2011 which I have. I look forward to the New Year of 2012. I pray that all my friends and family in my life would be jovial, healthy and be protected in whatever things they are doing. I wish I would be able to join the missionary soon in building house and teaching little kids your words in your time, Lord. I am Contented. Thank you, GOD

Time

Haben Sie schon einmal sitzen an Ihrem Bett in Ihrem Zimmer fragen, was haben Sie aus läuft seit den letzten Tagen / Monate oder sogar Jahre? Phasen des Lebens verblassen schneller als ich dachte. Man kann sogar den Ton des Tages entgleitet. Time is running out und zu versuchen, Zeit für einen weiteren Tag zu kaufen.


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Lazy trio

Lazy trio

Lazy trio

Birthday violin

Birthday violin

Birthday violin

Birthday violin

Birthday Violin

Birthday Violin

Lazy trio

Fat Trio

This is how a day feels.

It has been so long since I am being able to sit down and write my diary. Today is so peaceful. Enjoying the streak of lights from the corridor of the flat. This is one of the things i always miss when I was in Melbourne. I am going to do this more before I return to Melbourne.

A day passes by so gently like a warm breeze coming and going. It has been so long I have been in touch with my friends in Melbourne. I hope they are doing well.

Glad to see my friends around here living their life to the fullest. Despite the hectic life we have had, we manage to catch up once awhile.

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New short Life of the plant




The plant has a short life span of a months before it died sadly. I have always wanted something green in my house but has never been successful..

The Orange Thimble















This cafe is hidden in an old street, Eng Hoon Street, Blk 56. It is near where i stay around Tiong Bahru area. Maybe i am getting older, i prefer quieter area where i can enjoy my food a little. Reminds me a little on the cafe in Melbourne. I miss those little alley bar and cafe in Melbourne. i

Sushi








i have sushi here at sushi tei at vivo. The sushi do not live up to the way i have been anticipating them. I wonder why i did not enjoy it fully. I miss the sashimi in Melbourne where i can grab them near St Kilda Beach and enjoy the breeze eating them. The only different thing about sushi here is that is it cut out into small shapes which are authentic where else back in Melbourne, they always come in long roll which can really filled you up so fully.


Singapore has changed so much over the years, i realized i have lost touch with the good food in Singapore. Been discovering new cafe courtesty from Virgina. Cafe food at The Orange Thimble is not too bad. Forty hand breakie is really bad. The egg benedict is not that fantasic as stated.It is overrated.


Time

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (KJV)
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: [2] A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; [3] A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; [4] A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; [5] A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; [6] A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; [7] A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; [8] A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

I like this verse.

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flower birthday










Pinnacle View















Random days in Singapore as Tour Guide







Glad that Asher has dropped by Singapore before HK trip.

Just for today


My friend Asher send me a very motivating email today. 


I saw this on somebody's fridge today, and thought I'd like to share it:  Happiness is basically a choice which is not dependent upon situations or conditions. Each of us is responsible for our own happiness. Happiness can be enhanced by what occurs around us or what those people around us do, but we are more likely to be happy if we center our activities on others instead of on ourselves.  Dr. Archibald Hart suggest writing the following affirmations on cards, keeping them with you, and reading them periodically.  JUST FOR TODAY I will set my affection on things above, not on things on the earth.  JUST FOR TODAY I will not worry about what will happen tomorrow, but will trust that God will go before me into the unknown.  JUST FOR TODAY I will endure anything that hurts or depresses me because I believe God controls what happens to me.  JUST FOR TODAY I will not dwell on my misfortunes. I will replace my negative thoughts with happy and hopeful thoughts.  JUST FOR TODAY I will choose to do some things I do not like doing, and I will do them cheerfully and with a happy spirit.  JUST FOR TODAY I will make a conscious effort to love those who don't show love to me and be kind to those who do not appreciate me.  JUST FOR TODAY I will be patient with those who irritate me and longsuffering toward those who are selfish and inconsiderate.  JUST FOR TODAY I will forgive all those who hurt me ~ even forgiving myself.  JUST FOR TODAY, I will choose to BE HAPPY!


I saw this on somebody's fridge today, and thought I'd like to share it:

Happiness is basically a choice which is not dependent upon situations or conditions. Each of us is responsible for our own happiness. Happiness can be enhanced by what occurs around us or what those people around us do, but we are more likely to be happy if we center our activities on others instead of on ourselves.

Dr. Archibald Hart suggest writing the following affirmations on cards, keeping them with you, and reading them periodically.

JUST FOR TODAY I will set my affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

JUST FOR TODAY I will not worry about what will happen tomorrow, but will trust that God will go before me into the unknown.

JUST FOR TODAY I will endure anything that hurts or depresses me because I believe God controls what happens to me.

JUST FOR TODAY I will not dwell on my misfortunes. I will replace my negative thoughts with happy and hopeful thoughts.

JUST FOR TODAY I will choose to do some things I do not like doing, and I will do them cheerfully and with a happy spirit.

JUST FOR TODAY I will make a conscious effort to love those who don't show love to me and be kind to those who do not appreciate me.

JUST FOR TODAY I will be patient with those who irritate me and longsuffering toward those who are selfish and inconsiderate.

JUST FOR TODAY I will forgive all those who hurt me ~ even forgiving myself.

JUST FOR TODAY, I will choose to BE HAPPY!


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Please help to save the poor Dolphins











There was this documentary movie, The Cove which I have watched recently left a very vivid image in my mind till now. I would recommend you to watch it to understand what’s going around behind those happy underwater world show with dolphins around the world which is remarkably tragic and sad.

I can never really comprehend the fact that the Japan people from Taiji would believe in the information provided by their own scientists and government that dolphins and whales are considered as pest because they have been contributing to the depletion of the fishes in the sea. This is the most ridiculous remark I have ever heard in my whole entire life. Food chain has always been around in ages. There is always a balance in everything that exists on earth. Sadly part of the human inhabitants in Japan refused to hear the truth about human being the ones who have contributed to the depletion of the fishes due to the unimaginable rate of human being involved in the fishing industries around the clock every day.

The fishermen in Taiji, Japan believe herding and killing whales and dolphins is the primary solution to the depletion of fishing. They also believe this as part of the Japan culture in Taiji basically. They quoted this as normal and it is part of their life taking from instance, In Australia there are kangaroos and Aussie consumed kangaroo meats, in Taiji Japan, they lived around the sea and ocean where they are surrounded by whales , dolphins and other fishes, they consumed them in the same way.

It is really distressing to hear their words which they have spoken with so much confidence in them. The thing that disturbs me the most is bloody gruesome scene on how they claim that they have improved the tactic to kill the dolphins instantly to reduce their pain which is in fact not true after your watch the documentary. The dolphins actually swim and hopped with a high screeching sound in agony pain while the cove ocean water turned from clear blue to bright red in color gradually. The conversation that records about the fishermen’s killing was almost like a acclaimed credits and honour which they have earned in killing the dolphins or whales. The dolphins always have a smiling face all the time in the show but in fact if you actually watched them closely on their eyes, there are tears. Dolphins are very sensitive to sound, when they are in captured in the museum or shows, the audiences’ clapping and the excitement scream from the crowd stresses them in a very tremendous way. Dolphins are the smartest and most friendly animal on earth in the ocean.

In the documentary, it is not just mere concern about the dolphins but it is also a mere concern that the Japan government is aware that dolphins’ meats itself contain a huge quantity amount of mercury which has exceed the amount of the approved quantity amount in the food for health. The health of the residents in Japan is at risk of having too much mercury in them by consuming dolphins’ meats. Japan government is also aware that some of the dolphin food distributers have packaged the dolphin meat as whale meat which Japan people are not aware of. The history of the Minamata Disease is going to repeat itself again in Japan in the matter of time. In the 1950s, Industrious Factory that poured the toxic mercury waste into the river and ocean in discrete. They worked with the government to conceal the truth. The children and people who drank from the river suffered from Minamata Disease. There were a lot of deformed children and people around back then. This disease is a silent killer taking away one’s sight, brain function, hearing and muscle movement gradually in time till one’s body become malfunction.

Ric O Barry who is the founder of the dolphin-Flipper and the first Dolphin Show in America resigned to become the founder in the Save the Dolphin organization after he has seen the Flipper committing suicide on his arms. He has been arrested in America for so many times in freeing the dolphins back to the ocean and sea. He is also the reason why the Documentary, The Cove was being filmed to uncover the truth.
During the time in Japan, he offered to pay the same amount of money the fishermen earned in killing and catching the dolphins if they would stop this field. They refused and said this was part of their custom and responsibility to save the depletion of fish. No one in Tokyo is aware of this till now. The media in Japan is very well under controlled by the government.

This documentary made me reflect a lot lately. I am really going to be a vegetarian gradually. May God bless those Dolphins and people in Japan. The documentary did not stop this dolphin killing activity. It will happen every year between September and January. 23 000 dolphins including the baby dolphins are killed each year in Taiji Japan. People in Japan are consuming the meats with no awareness of the mercury content. The Tsunami lately did not stop the dolphins killing either.

September is going to come soon every year. The ocean is going to be fill with blood and echoes of the cries from the Dolphins again if we sit there and do nothing.

Signed the petition to save the dolphins in Japan now. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-the-dolphin-slaughter/

For more information on the dolphins and The Cove
http://www.savejapandolphins.org/blog/post/a-big-year-in-review
http://www.takepart.com/




































































Almost a year

Time passes by so fast. It is almost a year since i am back from Melbourne. There have been so many photos for me to upload them and so many things to be updated here. I just can't find the time. Things around us might keep changing but in life it is pretty much like the law of physic, there is always a constant to everything we do.

My mom who has actually supported me and invested in my education and my life since i was a kid.

My secondary good friends which i have known back them who are doing what they dream of doing, who have always been there for me even though at times they are preoccupied with so many things in life.

My poly good friends, colleagues, churchmates, uni good friends, didi and all my aussie good friends who become part of my life,

They are my constant in life even when things around me keep changing. I enjoy knowing little details of them every now and then. i hope you all would remember your constant too. Sometime i just wish time would freeze for a little while. i pray that this year i would be a better owner to my dog and everyone in my life would be happy and blessed.

 
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