Faith Like A Child

The end marks the start

2009-01-21T04:18:00.003+08:00

Very soon I will be graduating. Yes..I am getting my degree! Is a huge step, is a dream come true, is a future I am still trying to grab on. I am actually feeling really lost now. I have no idea where I want to go. However, I know for sure I am not going back to Singapore for the time being. I miss everyone back in Singapore but there are many reasons for me to stay on here and the main one is JOBS. No company is willing to pay me for relocation if I go back to Singapore. Especially during this time when economy is bad. I already have friends who got a job but the company close down and now they are jobless again. During such time when job are hard to come by, I can only do my best and pray for God's favor. I need open doors and direction! I need more creative juices~ I still got so much more to learn and try out. I totally feel like time is running out and I am freaking out a little. My room lease ends at end of May. I gota find a new place to live. I need to sell off my stuffs before I move. I got A LOT of stuffs. Every friend who come to my room was like :...Joy...you got a lot of stuffs in your room!" Yeah..I am a junk collector. Bleah~ Now I am working on my portfolio again so I can send them out to companies. Exciting...scary...ooo....

God help me~

The end of the Term

2008-11-24T01:56:00.003+08:00

I have finally "finish" my senior animated film. A 3 mins animated film that took about 9 months to complete. Starting from Conceptual design, to camera composition to animation to piecing all the shots together. It was very emotional for me as I see my whole film be place together. It was always at the end of the journey that one will feel all the hard work is all worth it. This is the love I have for animation and this is what I want to be doing 20 years down the road. To keep creating. It is not just about making things move but to make them believable and to tell a story, or I should say my story, my expereinces and my thoughts.

I managed to have a chance to show my head of department my film and portfolio as I was trying to exempt myself from a course. I didn't get to meet up with him during an arranged time but I left him my portfolio and film for him to go through to justify my exemption. I got a call from him to drop by and see him. He was a very busy man and I hardly get to see him at all actually. It was a good feeling to hear from him that he enjoyed my film and would like me to improve on one of the shots and then be send to art festivals. I was very excited and thrilled to be acknowledge of my talent. For my film to be screen in art festival is one of my goal and dream. I thank God for favor and opportunities. Thank God for training me to be patient, to know he is in control.

I am heading to Tokyo for an off-campus program on 29th Nov -13th Dec and then 23rd DEc to 2Jan I will be spending Christmas in NY with Aaron and his family. Come to think of it.. Quite a few of my dreams are coming true this year and more to come. 1) Visit Ghibli Museum 2) Christmas in NY 3) road trip to NY (still pending) 4) Have my film be send to art festival (still pending)

I will be graduating in March 2009. Where am I heading to is still a mystery. Next year I am going to be hunting for job...hopefully the economy is better by then . :)

Peace from God

2008-08-19T00:51:00.005+08:00

Last week I was at LA and had a good/tiring/frustrating time. 1stly it is stressful and exciting enough to be talking to companies like, Disney, Blue Sky, Laika etc. I was so tired from walking around everyday and had slept on the hotel floor for 2 nights. Sharing a room with 4 other people really is no fun. Aaron had not been too nice to me either due to the stress of getting a job and stuffs... Lastly, the necklace i been wearing for 5 years broke. I was pretty upset about it as that is like my promise with God - Once I put on that necklace, I am a child of his and i am never going to turn back...I know God's love for us need no objects to represent but this is kinda my way of telling him...blah blah blah... Anyway the whole trip was just pretty unhappy...I was edgy and depress... Finally when i am at LA airport ready to go home...I realize I lost my small purse that contain my business cards and others that I had collected during the Siggraph conference. On top of that there is like 100+ dollar in it. I am of course discouraged and upset. The funny thing is the moment I know there is nothing i can do...I felt a sense of peace. I know the purse can only be at 2 place and is either there or not and nothing i can do about it but just pray. It feels great to know God is so close ...always...no matter what. :)

MIA

2008-07-19T10:20:00.002+08:00

I have been so lazy to update the blog. Ahahaa..I think no one have been reading em anyway. I just want a place to rattle away I guess. Somehow feel that i am getting old. I can't stay up late anymore. All I been doing is eat, sleep, work and I got not much energy to do others. End of July is coming and soon i will be going to LA for a week. I have never been to Siggraph and this is my very 1st time. Sometimes i am really stress out about getting a job and pay back my parents the amount of $ i had spend. Thank God for MDA grant. Prices in US have been raising due to the Gas pricing. Airlines now charge $25 per baggage...soon you need to pay more for isle or window seat. Is my timing to come US wrong? Uncertainty always cause me to worry. It also gets me excited. For now, is all about learning as much as i can and put up a good show. I can only trust God as he leads.

Goodbye Kat and Don

2008-06-29T10:03:00.003+08:00

Today Kat and Don have finally squeeze all their belongings into their caravan and embark on their 5 days journey to LA. It have been 2 years since we know each other. I can still remember when i first got here, we often have meals together. They fed me well and we were always joking and they just love to tease me. I can't imagine being all alone during my first few months. Kat have really taken good care of me not just physically but also giving me advices on all things. I enjoyed the time doing grocery shopping. We check out good deals and somehow Kat know which days have special deals. Through them i am settled in this comfy room and a wonderful church. Don on the other hand have given me advice about drawings and is always fun to go sketching with him. A great humble artist who got an internship at Disney. I am very happy for them and knowing that God would be leading them in all things, I am sure they will be well-taken care. I didn't cry when they left but I know I will when i start missing their company.

Disaster close to home

2008-06-24T00:21:00.003+08:00

Uprooted trees, damaged church building, lost of electricity, empty shelves in the frozen sections. This is what i saw as we drove to Super Walmart on friday. A tornado had hit that area that i frequent on thursday afternoon. I used to take no regards to the warnings I received so many time
during my stay here. After seeing the scary sight, I will think twice heading out if I received a warning. Since I had been so sheltered from natural disaster, I never know what to do if I really encounter one. What to do? Where to hide? What to take? Geezz....I think I should find out more if I am preparing to live in US for while.

Break Time!

2008-05-31T11:33:00.002+08:00

YEAH! At last...the end of the quarter. I didn't sleep for the last 2 days, rushing the concept for my senior film. Ended my last day watching the animation graduation show. Seeing what i took part in on the big screen is really awesome. I spend weeks of hard work on aaron's project during the 1st half of the term and my last half was rushing my project. It was crazy but satisfying. :) Check out the stuffs i been doing here.

Yesterday i met Aaron's mum and brother. I am pretty nervous. Well...really nervous actually. I don't know what to say, what to talk about...etc etc.... I guess last night was just bad cause i was so exhausted. My eyes were burning and i am so ready to past out. Tomorrow is the graduation ceremony and i will be going with them with aaron around...brrr....oh well, i guess is a good thing to let me open up more. I will be spending a week with them at Orlando. Yeay~ Leaving on sunday morning to Universal Studio and Seaworld. I will be back next week! For now, i need to sleep soon and get ready for aaron's graduation ceremony. :D

2008-05-26T05:05:00.000+08:00

TIRED...tired....TIRED...Tired...

New Garget

2008-05-01T03:45:00.002+08:00

After thinking for a long time, I finally ordered a Macbook!! It arrived today and i been installing skye, msn etc..I always wanted to have a laptop to use while traveling or at work. My parents can also call me on skype cause i am almost living in school now. Have to borrow the $ from my parents 1st, since it cost so much. Blah...but after talking to many people, macbook apparently last longer than other brand and since i got a student rate i might as well get this eh... :P Been using for the past few hours and i am loving it..hehehe.... Next time when i got more $ i will get a Macbook Pro...Woohooo....

The evil virus have caught me again. Once again i am down with a cold and headaches. Not a good time to fall sick when i got so much things on hand. My nose is like a tap...drip...drip drip.... Body aching alittle...agrh.... Away from me evil virus!! I will be healed!

The madness

2008-04-18T05:49:00.002+08:00

Only 1 week left and is mid-term again. The days passed by so fast. Spring term i must say is the most eventful term. 2 weeks ago we just had our annual international festival. Me and Kiki spend almost 10 hours buying food, preparing and cooking the curry chicken that can feed 50 people. The event unfortunately have to end early due to a tornado warning. Each of us manage to earn $45 which is equal to only $4.50 per hr!!! Hahaa...we decided not to cook next year ( If i am still around). Last weekend i just got a really last minute email to head down to Atlanta for an internship interview with Blizzard(They did WOW..oowoooo. Me and Oscar ends up waking and waiting at our school building at 4am in the morning to head a free bus ride to Atlanta for the interview.We then ends up waiting for an hr for a bus that never appear. (Thee change of location was not updated and inform to everyone...sigh..This is my school for you). We have to go back home and get a ride from Kat and Don. Keeping the long story short...after waiting for like 5 hrs for my interview slot, it ends up Blizzard is not having internship for the east coast students till next year. In my head was this question : "SO WHY ASK ME TO COME FOR INTERVIEW TODAY!!!" Duhzzz.... I have no idea did my sch's career service messed up or whatever. Anyway i got a Blizzard Tshirt at the end of the interview. I guess that's one good thing and we head to the international area in atlanta and had some really good taiwanese snack food. Bean Curd drink with You Tiao.. Cha Chang Mien..Tang Bao etc...A pity my stomach was full after my bean curd drink and you tiao.

So far..I been just tired and my eyes been itching constantly. Other than my own classes, I am working on Aaron's senior project too. Today my friend just told me i been seen distracted...I think my professor know that too cause he asked aaron not to work me too hard. Thing is I am really excited to see his film been put together. I guess I have to focus more on myself. :)

Wiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2008-02-28T04:24:00.002+08:00

Me playing wii boxing!!

First Traffic Fine

2008-02-28T03:15:00.003+08:00

OH yea...i forgot about my the first traffic fine of my life. That was such a sad moment for me...

I was sick that morning and was making my way to the school clinic. End up after waiting for about 15mins, the reception finally call my name and told me walk-in only start at 1pm. Oh bummmer.... I left and drove back home. I was drowsy from my sinus and didn't realize i turn left on a red. It is a one way street so i naturally just turn as long there isn't any traffic. I had no idea why i do that because i knew i am so not suppose to!!! A policeman was behind me and i was pulled over ....n there....i got a ticket. I drove back home with tears...Went to the courthouse a week later and paid a heavy USD$180 fine.. Sigh...my 3 weeks pay... on top of that i was not paid for my 1st 2 weeks of work. SIGH...sad sad sad......... :(

Is been a while...

2008-02-28T02:43:00.004+08:00

Is been a while I blogged! Ever since i got into Facebook I just hardly write anymore assuming everyone saw my updates of my status and my photos. Ooppsss...

I don't know where to start...mmm..CNY have been fun..I had 2 celebration at 2 different place. Cory's was very traditional with all the customs of switching on all the lights in the house to drawing in orange skin through the door to bring luck to everyone. Each of us later on put in $5 each and had a game of Bingo. Most people won $10 each while I didn't win anything. Well, treat it as giving others the blessing. :D At Stacy's place is all about food. We had hot pot in the lovely new place that James and Stacy have moved in. I am so happy they had move into downtown just 5 mins! We had about 30-40 ppl who came and go...Awesome...

Nothing really special on Valentine day itself but Aaron cooked me 2 dinners for me couple of days before valentines and the day before it he brought me out shopping at the mall. Bought me a pair of cool DC shoes and other little stufs. :D So that has been sweet. We had a few fights before. I was so mad i just walk out of his house. Yeah..i actually got a pretty foul temper like a bull..i warn ya.. Things have been good since then perhaps cause we just been so busy and tired with sch that we tend to be more understanding. :)

Weather today is strong chill wind that makes you wana stay indoor and seems like i caught a cold cause of the lack of sleep and the drastic change in weather. Brrr...3 weeks left for sch and 2 weeks to get work done. Is insane madness and stress...Well at least no more sinus..ooowhoooo~~~ Hallelujah!

Happy Chinese New Year!!

2008-02-07T01:34:00.000+08:00

新年快乐！！！ Time flies really fast! Is CNY again. I still remember last year I went a taiwanese friend's place. Cory and his friend were really awesome. They invited so many people and cooked so much food. From tea eggs to dumplings to rice cakes etc. It was lots of fun and catch up with alot of friends. Tomorrow i will be heading there again. I will be cooking 麻油鸡! I hope it turn out good. :)

I called my parents this morning (their night) to wish them. They sounded surprise and happy to hear my voice i guess. I kinda miss them during such occasion. Missed disturbing my mum, bugging her what i want to eat etc... oh well....Anyway is the year of the RAT!

soooo..... HAPPY RATATOUILLE YEAR!!

The sick Joy

2008-01-26T09:24:00.000+08:00

Is coming to the end of 3rd week. I been sick since i got back. One after another. 1st a sore throat, next a cough, last night caught a cold because the temperature just drop so drastically. Brrr... It is really cold today! I am positive is below 0 degree today. Makes me want to invest in a winter jacket. Other than being sick, i am just stress out. I guess that might be the main source of me being sick. Enough of my complaining and i really should get on with work...other than sleeping and working. :(

回来了！

2008-01-07T08:17:00.000+08:00

6hrs to Tokyo, 12hrs to DC, 6hrs sleeping on the hard bench in DC and 2hrs to Savannah. I finally reach Savannah!! The 1130pm Savannah is colder than i expected and my face is numb from the cold. I m extremely tired too...Aaron can't believe the amount of stuffs i brought back...Hahaa...poor dude gota carry my heavy luggages up to the 2nd level to my room. =) After Aaron went back, I talk to Kat and Don till about 3am+ and didn't finish unpacking my stuffs. The next day morning I can't help but start cleaning the kitchen but anyway i finally finish unpacking!

Finally, Aaron surprise me with 3 Christmas presents. Extremely sweet of him... =D

Vietnam

2007-12-06T22:09:00.000+08:00

When i arrive in Vietnam, I was amazed. I seen photos of the crazy traffic of bikers but experiencing that live in front of me is a thrill. I was also in love with the buildings there for some odd reason...I think is the randomness and different designs that made this city appealing. Perhaps is because i am dying to get out of the "perfect" Singapore.

The trip was pleasant and educational. Learn quite a bit of the Vietnam war, which is just about 30+ yrs ago. My tour group got a range from a young boy about 12 yrs old to an elder about 86yrs old. A group of 2 Elderly couples are the funniest. They said the funny jokes and often love to push most food to me to eat as i am the youngest at the table when we were split to have our meals. I ate alot and but this time i slept little because everyday have to wake up at about 6+am to prepare to eat and head out.

Anyway below are the links to the photos!

http://scad.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11806&l=00004&id=507369159
http://scad.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11808&l=9f1b2&id=507369159
http://scad.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11809&l=a191c&id=507369159
http://scad.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11815&l=27fc0&id=507369159

D50 for sale

2007-12-01T10:43:00.000+08:00

Equipment Type: DSLR

Equipment Brand: NikonEquipment

Model: D50 Camera Kit

Price (S$): 800 ( for bidding)

Description:D50 Camera Kit - Body + 18-55mm lens1yr+ old but look like newShutter approx 5KI decided to sell it because realise a DSLR is not suitable for me. I end up hardly using it while i was in the US, so i decided to go for a easier to use consumer camera.

Address: zhang.joy@gmail.com

Condition of Item : Mint

Warranty Status: Unfilled Warrenty Card

Package/Accessories/Extras:1 orignal batt + 1 batt, charger, USB cable, 1 GB SD card, Original box, Manual (left in US but can mail to you when i go back in Jan)

The Randoms...

2007-11-29T11:19:00.000+08:00

What have i been doing lately? All sorts of stuffs. Most of the time hunting and eating the food i am craving for. Hahaa.. Blar...i am pretty much lost in time. I realise how little my brain can cope and i am defintely sure i need a PA to remind me of when to meet who and what's going on here and there. I m missing the youth camp because going to vietnam + a batam trip with my parents on the friday i am coming back. (Sorry boys and girls pls forgive me for not going but do have fun for me. We shall have a sentosa hang out instead. )

I decided to sell off my DSLR hoping to get some $ back and downgrade to a consumer camera instead. I had my eyes on RICOH R7. Try it out with my friend wende last night. It was pretty awesome. Sensertive and quick...mmm..sound and feel like Mr right to me. Hahaa.. I wanted to buy it b4 i head to vietnam this saturday. Thus with the 8hrs charging needed for electronics, i have to buy it by friday!Finger crossed that R7 is selling in the Sitex fair in expo today. Problem is my D50 is still hanging at a really low bid that i kinda refuse to let go...sigh...See how it goes....gimme good $..come come~ I m going insane!

Dim sum!!!!!!

2007-11-25T21:26:00.000+08:00

Went to Red Star Resturant this morning to celebrate my parent's birthday. We reach at about 1045am and the Q is already very long ar! So we waited for about 20 mins to get a table and start eating! Is worth the wait! I ate till my tummy nearly burst......Boom~!

All about food

2007-11-25T21:12:00.000+08:00

The title sums it all. My crazy eating spree for the past weeks since i am here. Click the image to read! ahahaha.....

Oreo!

2007-11-25T20:55:00.000+08:00

I have not seen oreo for a year plus. He is still the same old puppy i knew. It was to my surprise and a touching moment for me when he still remember us. His tail and butt start wagging like crazy when he realise it was us. When we patted him, he started to whine abit. Makes me want to tear. I could still remember the day I gave him up to this family. This time round he no longer tried to follow us home. He knows where is his home now. :)

Singapura oh singapura

2007-11-12T23:16:00.000+08:00

After 25 hrs of travelling...I finally arrived to the familiar Changi airport. While waiting for my last flight from Hongkong, the accent of Singapore are already around me. Groups of typical uncles and aunties sitting around, joking and laughing away...Singlish...the distinctive part of a Singaporean. I can't help smiling to myself as i sat there listening and watching them. On the way back to my house, i felt like i had never leave this place (although i had been away for a year.) Is a weird feeling i can't explain...everything felt like a dream. My craving for so many local food all of sudden disappear. Maybe my body is just tryign to get use to the humid weather and in need of sleep! It still feels good to be back...but at the same time i kinda miss Savannah. The weather is turning cold now...I like the feeling of wearing layers and cuddle with my friends...screaming in car as we jump in to get away from the cold. And then my brothers getting married...Oh...what mixed feelings! For now..i guess i should just sleep more....hur hur....

Stress

2007-10-29T21:36:00.000+08:00

STRESSSSSSSsssss......

but my help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

1 month time

2007-10-09T10:21:00.000+08:00

In a month time i would be on the plane home! I still can't believe it. I am sure when i have to come back to States after a month plus, i will feel the same too..

Classes are starting to pick up and i was so overwhelmed by the schedule my gastric start giving me problems again. Is so amazing how stress can affect our body. Last thursday i was so stress i start throwing up again. I am pretty settled down now...Keep telling myself I shouldn't do all things by my own effort and take things into my own hands.

God have been blessing me all these while but yet in time of need i still do not trust him..sometimes i wonder what's my problem....geez.... Oh well... 8 more classes for each of my courses!!! Time is going to pass very fast!

Money no Enough

2007-09-24T05:53:00.001+08:00

I have been spending rather crazily lately. My crazy hormones in action again perhaps. Agrh..I got to stop!! Although i forgive myself by thinking i have the right to spend on my birthday week! Ok, No more shopping till i get back to Singapore. Period.

1) A year subscription to Imaginism Books - $63.93

2) A 1997 Toyota Corolla - $3750

3) A poka dot dress - $10

4) 2 DVDs - The city of Lost Children & Delicatessen - $33.95

5) 4 pair of Earrings - $12

Happy Birthday to me!!

2007-09-19T02:57:00.000+08:00

Firstly, Thanks everyone for the presents and wishes...It was very heart warming. :D I celebrated my birthday on Saturday evening at Olive Garden. (Fell in love with the bread sticks when i first had it in Milwaukee..yummy~!) Great food and at the end of the dinner, all the waiters brought out the cake Kat, Don and Natalie had bought me. Cold Stone ice cream cake! On top of that were spongebob and Patrick! (They are now sitting on my computer desk) Such a wonderful evening! This morning at around 7+am, as I open my door, a bag of goodies were hang on the knob. In the GAP bag were muffins, apple juice, an orange, 旺旺 biscuit and a bottle of Laksa paste. It was so sweet of Kat and Don to wake up so early to place that on my door because i got class at 8am. (T.T so touched...) Other than all these, i got presents from Trixy-pair of lovely mushroom ear rings . Angela mail me few notebooks/sketchbooks and a pretty purse. You guys made my birthday a lovely one!! MUACKS!

2 More months

2007-09-10T02:24:00.000+08:00

In exactly 2 months time, I would be flying back to Singapore. Reaching on Nov 11. I just hope there won't be heavy snow in Chicago when i transit my flight. Hopefully i can reach home in time to attend my brother's wedding. Fall term is starting on Monday. I am very looking forward to it...because I know time will fly and i will be home soon. I can't wait to see my friends in church. I can't wait to meet up with my vege pals. I miss my parents... I miss the MRT...I miss Oreo...I miss ...i miss...i will be home soon...

Back from Myrtle beach

2007-09-05T06:44:00.000+08:00

I just got back from Myrtle beach after a 3 nights stay in a beautiful ocean view resort. A couple i knew from church have invited me, Kat and Don to join them on this trip. As it was labor day weekend, the beach was packed. The 1st 2 days was not very sunny so i only managed to get some tan on the last day. It was relaxing...I enjoyed just sitting at the balcony and enjoy the night breeze. Check out the photos here.

Summer term is over!

2007-08-24T05:27:00.000+08:00

Finally, finally! I have finish my summer term and what is the first thing i do? I dye my hair...AHhaha.. I just can't stand myself with black hair..oh oh...what to do, i am a vain pot! I can't believe it..I can finally sleeeeeeep late tomorrow and for the next 2 weeks! Hooooray! *jump around*

The journey is tough and long but the ending will be sweet! He shall hold our hands and lead us through the valley and up the mountain. Up there we will enjoy the sunrise! Oh how beautiful God created this earth... So smile as he walk with us! :D

Homegroup

2007-08-16T11:25:00.000+08:00

Thought I will post some pictures of the home group that Kat , don and I have kinda set up. Last week was a big group of around 15 people i think? HAhaaa...Well, they are mostly not Christians but we thought of it as inviting people to our house just to enjoy the company and do some bonding since most of us are away from our home sweet home. Since we Singaporean set it out, food is our main focus. Muahaha...We had fun..lots of chatting and catching up with some we have not seen for a while. We ended our night with a drug bust just outside our house. About 6 police cars with policemen arm with guns outside our house. So exciting! Like in movies man...

2 more weeks!

2007-08-13T06:02:00.001+08:00

School is coming to an end. Left one more week to work on my finals and the last week would be submitting our works and tests. Last sunday i was feeling bad. I could not pin point what is wrong, just i was having pretty much a throat infection. My parents called me on Skype and i can't help but cried. I just feel so miserable but I can't let them know i am crying. I simply said I had a blocked nose that's why i am sniffling. Monday morning at around 5am i woke up with a fever. Still, I drag myself to work and then to school. Imagine having fever and i am cycling to and fro in the super hot sun. The weather is like 37 degree and super humid. I think together with stress i just broke down. After taking medication and sleeping, my fever just go and back again. I had to call in to get replacement for work. Tuesday morning, my nose and ears were blocked. My eyes area were swelling and i could also feel my cheeks swelling. I was in the state that I feel I could no long breathe!!! I skipped all my classes and finally went to see the school health clinic. I had already paid my health insurance, might as well make use right. I found out if you do not have an insurance, just seeing the nurse practitioner would cost 45USD!!! After filling up i am not sure how many forms, i finally get to see the practitioner. What I had was a bad sinus infection. How my sinus get so bad?? There is no exact answers. Most people got it during spring due to the pollen. I am a odd one who got such bad sinus during summer. I end up had to wait for around an hr to go to the nearby pharmacy and pay $20 for my medication.

Oh well, I am well now! The medication drain the stuff that is blocking my senses and i can breathe. Arrr..I never know air smells so good.... hahaha...

Praise God , I got it!

2007-07-28T23:10:00.000+08:00

After 1 year of waiting, finally i got my result for my grant from MDA. I got it! And is the full grant! The money is goign to cover my next 3 years of tution fee. Hallelujah~ I didnt expect to get the whole of 100KSGD...I am so happy, excited and jumping around. My 1st reaction was wanting to cry though...It was a tough start at Savannah..only having enough $ to survive the 1st 2 year I had to work and study... always thinking twice when buying meat or eating out. Saving money on textbooks by spending few hours photocopying or scanning at the library...agrh~ the list can go on and on... I think I would still be careful in my spending though cause they are difficult to get! I gota be wise... hur hur...so happpy!!!

Gota love the rain...

2007-07-26T02:36:00.000+08:00

Is raining heavily out there now...I love the sound of the rain hitting the roof outside my window. It feel really nice. Especially when I am not out in the rain. Hahaha... I had a pretty good start of the week. Monday night i went over to my classmate's place and played Guitar Hero..ahaha..is the kinda arcade game you play...hitting the buttons to the right notes..It was fun...We had a good laugh watching comedian Dane Cook show. We ended our night late though, around 12+ am. Kinda crazy to stay out so late on a monday night..but it was great...is actually my 1st time hanging out with my classmates and they are all americans. ;) I had a long sleep yesterday...i slept at 8pm till this mronign 6am...woopeee....i feel great! I was kinda grumpy cause I nearly got hit by a car again...I got such a bad fright, I was on the verge of crying as i cycled.. sigh...I am really very tempted to get a car...It feel like is a matter of time i get hit man... Thank God for protection..

Random...

2007-07-19T10:32:00.000+08:00

Arr..realise i haven't update much. I just been so so tired! The weather here is really hot now, like it can go up to almost 39 degrees in the mid day. I am turning kinda tan now, not that i havent been tan, but now i am just more tan....(crap crap crap).
My knee have recover 90%. I can kneel on it now...wooopeee! My itchy hands keep wantign to pick on it, thus some bleeding again..opps~ My sinus is gone! My cure is to eat breakfast before i go open up the gym at 7am in the morning. Weird i know, but it works...so i better keep to my old habits instead of eating in the gym. :)
My studies...mmm...i am not doing well for my psyhcology course and guess what almost all my classmates are doing just as bad. Still, that give me no reason to not do well...but i am so so not wanting to study you know..I have a test tomorrow and here i am blogging, trying to escape from it! As for my other classes, I foresee my last 2 weeks of term to be hell week...I am doing way too slow in my stuffs man...sigh...Oh welll...

All in all, I can't wait for summer term to end. I think is the whole environment thingy, summer here is like to relax and head for the beach to chill. Everyone is kinda taking a break or working to earn $ for trips. I seriously need a break too...not to do much travelling but just to sleep late, go to the beach and watch some DVD...decorate my room...you know, stressless stuffs.. For now, i just have to wait for Nov to come and head back to Singapore! :D

Hungry??

2007-07-08T03:38:00.000+08:00

I stumble across this blog while i was looking for Bak Kut Teh recipe...which i later realise, is a ready packet, i need recipe for what...Duhz... Anyway, this blog just makes me miss Signapore's food man...For those who love food and is in Singapore, Check it out!!

http://yummydummy.blogspot.com/

Ouch...

2007-07-02T10:56:00.000+08:00

A Picture says a thousand word..This happen today and i am totaly pissed with myself. Very...N after goign into the library for almost 30mins, I realise i never lock my bike! Sigh..What's with me....

Sigh...again...

2007-06-29T11:40:00.000+08:00

Yesterday i have spend my 2 months pay on a new bicycle. Yeah...a good aluminum Trek Bike. I am happy with it, go twice as fast compare to my cheapo walmart bike which have slowly rust till the gears are irritating me way too much. Especially now i have to rush from work to school, i might as well spend my $ on a good bike that can last me for my next 2 years.

Guess what, today I was cycling along the road in a pretty fast speed..Suddenly the door of a white car that is parked along the road open!!! I swerve, and as my sense of balance is really bad... I lost control..felll and flew of my bike..

Picture this, when i pick myself up and turn back to pick up my bike...I see at least 4 cars behind. All stop on the road because of me.... a driver came out and ask if i am ok. A black guy came out from his shop to ask if i need to wash my wounds or clean myself. And then a police car at the opposite road stop and ask if I am ok. Honestly i am fine...my abrasion are not really bleeding, just some skin tear.. but now after pressing here and there on my legs, i realise i got more brusies than i thought. Anyway, I am so heartache!! My new bike is only 1 day old and i fell...I was so afraid it got dented or what...but Thank God it rides fine still....

Oh, as for that guy who open the car door..He didnt event apologise, he just ask if i am ok and then after i replied him, he disappeared. I really dont blame him, my sense of balance is really bad...Oh well..I continue to ride on to the security office and register my bike.

Low in the valley...

2007-06-25T10:17:00.000+08:00

I can't believe i am actually suffering from sinus..pretty bad this time ... Since coming to Savannah, is the 1st time i been sick for so long. My nose is stuffy nd i can feel my cheeks and ears area swelling. Taking medication have made me drowsy most of the time. I most prob will be seeing a doctor soon before i get any infection...sigh..provided i got the time to travel to the clinic.

Joy is losing her joy, she can hardly breathe and she been losing sleep....her parents will be officially retiring next week. She never expect this will come so soon and she wonder how she is goign to finish her studies...She knew she have to finish this race real good to get a good job to pay back her parents...is a long run and sometimes she wish for a time out...and this is the time she is feeling rather low...low in the valley...but every valley will come a hill...she just want to be on top of the hill again. And she will be...soon...

What can go wrong, went wrong

2007-06-20T02:26:00.000+08:00

Yesterday was my 1st day of term. This term i am working 7am -11am in my school gym. Yesterday morning i woke up earlier to work out in my gym before i open it. Guess what...530am, while standing outside my huse, I realise..I DONT HAVE KEYS TO OPEN GYM AR!!! Darn...No choice gota call co-worker and wake her up..so embrass about it, 530am man! End up she only have the keys to the unlock the lift, no keys to main entrance of the building. Oh well, still i grab the keys and hurried to the gym.... I jog 10mins on treadmill and decided to go up and call my friend whom i pass the key to. 630am..Thank God she finally answer the call! I cheong down to her house and get back my keys and rush back to take the shower in the gym. Damn..already 650am. I rush into the bathroom, while shampooing my head i realise.... FORGET TO TAKE TOWEL!!! I put back my sweaty Tshirt and ran out to the counter and grab towel. Is almost 7am and if one of the coach comes in earlier and see me butt naked...then gone case....hahah...so i swish swash quickly shower and go unlock the lift. phew... immediately got people come into the gym. I still sitting at counter combing my wet hair. As my class starts at 11 and is like 25 mins to cycle there i had to leave earlier...but the coach left again and no one to tend the counter...end up i left at around 1045 and i cycle like crazy to the other side of the town. Moreover, the sun is not helping much...Is so so so Hot ok... 32 degreee, but the dry weather makes it feel like 39 or smthing.

What a day!

My Website

2007-06-18T12:00:00.000+08:00

I have finally recreate my website to a easy to update version - Using blogspot!!! Heheheee.... Is kinda the "in" thing now. Most artists are doing so. Moreover free space man...and a interface to upload..easy~!

http://www.joyzhang.net

That Blue Ridge Mountain

2007-06-15T23:01:00.000+08:00

The drive to blue ridge mountain was a long 6 hrs drive. I have to salute the drivers to keep their eyes wide open while the rest are dozing off in the car. The traffic in Atlanta is rather busy, in my view i felt is quite terrible! I guess i have been away from city area for too long, it is actually not as bad as Singapore during peak hours.

It was a very eventful day upon our arrival. Due to inexperience in driving on gravel roads, the car i was sitting in wasstuck in the steep gravel road. Futhermore we reverse into a ditch. One of the wheel were already half way in. Thank God we were not far away from our cabin. We carried our bags and stuffs up the steep hill to the cabin. We then were looking for wooden planks and whatever junk we think it would help to get the car out of the ditch. We spend 2 hrs of pushing, turning the wheels and ramping the accelarator; we finally manage to get the car out and up the steep hill to the cabin. We were all clapping and cheering...hahaha...I bet the locals staying nearby can hear us.

Settling down was quite exciting too, we found small scorpian in out bath tub and big black ants here and there. Still the small decent wooden cabin have its charm. We then went out to nearby Walmart to buy food and necessary stuffs. Back in the cabin, I got stung by a wasp...No idea when it land on my arm area, i simply put down my arm n I got stung...Just like that. Voila~ It hurts like a bad injection...Kat look at me seriously and say if I feel any problem breathing, i need to be send to the hospital immediately. The stung area start to swell and i try to ice it down. Well, through this i know Wasp sting can kill a person. I am still alive so thank God for that.

Arr..i am too lazy to continue on my journey...All in all...Is been a lazy trip! I been sleeping and eating and go to see one waterfall..soak in hot tub, play with my friend's dog she is taking care of. On the way back drop by Atlanta's Korean supermarket. It is so weird to be surrounded by chinese! Is like i haven't see so many chinese in a place for such a looooong time! I had a nice spicy korean meal too...mm...yummy...

OK..That's it..i will post pics soon...hur hur....

The Summer Break Updates

2007-06-08T01:38:00.000+08:00

Is been 4 days since the break. I realise i haven't really update much about what's going on in my life. Laziness have overtaken me so i am going to list in point form..again..haahaha

1) I am going to Blue Ridge mountain Tomorrow for 1 week! Staying in a cabin, relaxing, sketch, do some water color...oo yeah.... AND someone is dropping by for a visit... *excited*

2) My grades is out..I got 2 As and 1 C. I am not please with my C for my Art history 2. Mainly because is the way the professor judges us. Unreasonable! Part of me wanted very much to write an email to demand to see my grades for each test and assignment because according to my calculation i should have gotten a B! It pull my GPA points down to 3.66. Then another part of me say just let it go...I chose that mainly cause i am lazy to argue..Muahaha...but that will cost me being not in the Dean's list this term. Darn...

3) I pass my driving test yesterday! Oh yea, i can officially drive in Georgia. Although i have drove illeagaly a few times...hahaha...My advice, if u have not got your license and am planning to come US to study, take the test here! Only cost 20USD...very easy to pass...It took me 4 times to pass in Singapore... I am 1 step closer to wanting a Jeep, but over here Jeep are one of the more expensive vehicle..seems like I got expensive taste.

4) I had a phone interview with MDA last thursday regarding my grant again. Not sure if I will finally be bless financially this year. The interview were filled with laughter from the other side...oh..God Bless me...

5) Both my music players have forsaken me. The normad i had for 3 years is producing no sound while the 1 yr old player my brother gave me is not switching on...all due to my clumsiness by dropping them on the floor. Oh well, I am eyeing Ipod 30GB with video now!

That's it...I shall update when i am back from my trip then.... :)

Cooking Time!

2007-06-03T09:39:00.000+08:00

Yeah, Spring term ended and what's better than cooking some good stuffs to eat eh? HAhaa...Well..Here are some photos of my products~ Don't drool too much alright when you scroll down.... =P

Night is day and Day is night

2007-05-28T04:34:00.000+08:00

4 more days and spring term is coming to a end. Pass few days have been only 3-5 hrs sleep a day. Literally sleepign in the day because i work through the night. Last night i jus spend a night in school working on my animation. Finally completed. I cant say i am totally please about it but is good enough for now. I show my professor the almost complete one, he said I am too critical on myself. Lol...I guess i can be too into it sometimes, but having to know the amount of $ i am putting into this, I am giving it all. Last night was pretty fun, Free pizza and drinks and was screening films in the room while we do our work. Can be distracting though. At around 7+am in the morning I am already dozing off in front of the PC while editing my another assignment. Not alot of people stayed over..from 6am onwards...is quiet ...nice... ...that explains why i am dozing off...

June 8th would be travelling 7hrs up to Blue ridge mountain. Going to stay in wooden cabin for a week. Nature...the sound of running streams..the birds chirping...Trekking... Sketching at the porch facing the mountain..and if i am lucky, to see bears roaming somewhere! I am so excited. Next Fri till Thur will be working alot to earn $ to cover this trip. I am sure is all worth it! ;)

2 of the 4

2007-05-25T02:01:00.000+08:00

Aint they the sweetest!! I hope they find a home soon....

The kittens in the backyard

2007-05-24T05:30:00.000+08:00

Yesterday evening when i enter my house backyard to park my bicycle. I was greeted by a tiny winy kitten crying out pitifully. It is gray with white patches on its feet (like wearing white socks!) It so so so tiny that i do not know what to do with it! N then i heard another one crying under the shed. Oh..I m such a sucker for animals! The little kitty then slowly cry his way back under the shed. Later in the evening i went kroger and get some cat food...

This morning i mix the cat food with water and place it near the shed i found them. I hear no cries from them and was pretty worried they have not survived the night. :( This afternoon when i return home, the kittens came out! Both of them! The other one is a white with grey patches. Awww...they are so so adorable. I then ask Kat out to see the kittens. She fell in love with them too...feel so sorry for the pooor kittens.

Just then a pretty lady who stay in the carriage huse behind us came home. I never seen her before...She came up to us and told us this might b the kittens from her cat... who die on Friday night..been hit by a car. :( She then went out to buy some kitten's milk while me and Kat went back n took a spray for fleas to clean the kittens up.

This is the 1st time i did this. It is horrifying to me...i almost cried. Because they were so young, we cant spray directly on them, we have to use cotton balls to wipe them. Kat say to clean from head to body. I guess i didnt clean the head enough, beacuse all the fleas are like crawling out of the poor kitten head!!! Is such a sad sight. They are so fleas infested. I try to clean as fast as i can as i can tell the kittens are having a hard time with all the fleas trying to stay on her. :( Finally they are much cleaner.

They maybe send to the humane society soon. I am so tempted to keep them..but i knew i cant afford the $ and time...oh well....

A reflection

2007-05-19T22:28:00.000+08:00

Yesterday we stood outside the resturant and talk till almost midnight. I stood there listening to her heartbroken story and I saw a reflection of me. She is so much like me - when comes to relationship, we are so lost in it. A betrayal will just cause the heart to collaspe. I can understand the pain she is going through, to forget someone you once love so much. I looked back at what happen and think about how wonderful God is. I lost a man but gain so many good friends that stood by me for years. Angela, Trixy and syndy who stood by me through my sorrows and depression. I still remember so clearly is through all these I found these 3 best friends. A friend at work, place their by God, had see me through and indirectly brought me to christ. Friends at church touches me and I feel the love of God through them...that keeps me going. Without all these, I can't imagine what i would become. I wouldnt dare to think about it. One thing for sure now, I know God will pull her through because he is who he is.

I never thought the homegroup Kat Don and I had in my small little room would bring forth these people that start sharing their problems and needs. 1 week ago my room was packed with 10 of us just eating and chatting. I am like many of them, away from home, needed company and a listening ear. AND a hug of course. =)

Praise God...

I yearn for Protection

2007-05-15T06:17:00.000+08:00

Friday I just fell over my bike..yes again. I got 1 big bruise at my right shin and 1 on my left knee area. This is not that bad as is my fault. Ii overwork at the gym and my legs just give way, anyway is just a fall..... =P

Today, I was so closed to getting hit by the red swinging door of a CRV that suddenly slam open. The big fat lady who is getting out of the car, just scream "wooorrr~!" as i dodge to my left and swish pass the door. I then head on to KFC to buy some food as i am cravign for some unhealthy meal. After buying the takeaway, I put back my headphone and realise my player's batt have gone flat, so well, i pack my earphone back to my bag and cycle home.

I am cycling on the right side of the road and coming to an junction. A black car speed from my left side and swerve to the right into the road cutting my path. He is goign so fast that tires screech when he turn. I was just maybe a feet away from that black car as he turn right in front of me. If i have not slow down when hearing the acceleration of that idiot car on my left, I wouldn't be sitting in my room typing this. I would have been knock down. Thank God, my player's batt went flat and i couldnt listen to music as i cycle, as i wouldnt have heard the car speed up by my side. A driver at the junction couldnt believe his eyes, shook his head and gave a disgusted look at the driver as he drove pass him. He then look at me and shake his head and i shake my head back at him too, heaving a sigh of relief and anger.

Another day of "adventure". Life is so exciting.

Blessed we are...

2007-05-12T12:05:00.000+08:00

2 days ago I was in my room with mama Kat calculating my "fortune" to survive here. Lol...Is simply confusing for me because i have never bother to manage my financial stuffs while in Singapore, thus i can proudly say i am a good example of this statment "artist are poor". Well, after all the plus, minus, divide and multiply it just arrived to the conclusion amount of 600USD a month (inlcuding rent, food, art stuffs). Even though i am working, I thought the amount could be reduced more, but like what Kat say...There is no point calculating anymore because the amount will just end up be used as leisure stuffs or simply my round trip tix back to Singapore. I can't agreed even more.

Below is a part taken from Kat's blog which touches me and just reminds me that God loves us so much and we should proclaim blessing that God have been showering upon us.

"I kinda understand how Pastor Mark felt when he gave his last thousand dollars to a youth to go church camp. A thousand dollars is a lot of money. But it would do nothing in the face of his 16 million-debt situation. That's how I feel now.

Might as well bless the people that God sends our way everyday, not withholding good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of our hand to do so; and not saying to our neighbour, go and come back, I will give it tomorrow when I have it with me [Proverbs 3:27-28].

Might as well savor each meal with gusto, enjoying the fellowship of our loved ones and friends. Fretting not over those who reject us, but treasuring those who love us even now, knowing that the love in our hearts to give is from the Lord. And that we love because He first loved us.

Hence, no one is above another being in loving someone simply because our love is from God. He who loves little has not himself receive much love from God and is unable to love as God would. It wasn't that God never loved him, but that he never received His love.

And no one should boast about how great his or her love is for another, for all love comes from God. We are merely reflecting His love in our lives. Emptying ourselves as vessels for the Lord.

Praise the Lord. "

Sand Art Festival

2007-05-07T10:10:00.000+08:00

Last friday, is sand art festival @ tybee beach. We reach there at around 9+ am and it was all foggy..., The fog finally clear up and sun is shinning at noon. There are really cool sculptures and castle and fun stuffs build by other SCAD students. Me, Kat and Don and Ah BO made a sea turtle laying eggs. I didnt do much but carrry water and pile them up for the men to do the sculpting instead. Oh oh...i made the eggs though. Hahaha...with the help of my cute housemate who drop by and say he is dying of skin cancer just to help us make eggs. [Hahaha...such a funny fella, pity he is moving out end of this month. :( ] We didnt win anything but we sure have lots of fun and i had a tan. You can check out the pics here... (http://thedesignlanguage.multiply.com/photos/album/102 ) You can also see how flabby i am now..I really shouldnt be in bikini...So sad....but i rather get a proper tan then having Tshirt marks cause i know how hard it is for me to get rid of the tan...Yes, Vanity...haha....

agrh Tar tar sauce...

Fire..I need fire!!

2007-04-30T12:39:00.000+08:00

Today sermon is about being the salt and light of the world. Bits and pieces of the sermon is stuck in my head, but those bits and pieces had make me check on the state of my heart. Pastor Kent message - To change the way you think, you have to start from your heart. I know my mind is controlling my feelings instead. I used to "talk" to Jesus in my mind alot, now my mind seems to be out of control. Sigh... What's up with me... I felt drain and lack of motivation... damn it. What a drag... *slap myself* I need to wake up!!!

At least 1 good news. Gona have home grp in downtown area (most of the time my room) New people frm my school start goign to church with us. Today Li wei, Joo sung, Lili and Strong came. They will also been joining us for home grp hopefully. Although 3 of them do not believe in Jesus, their family are all involved in the ministry. (kinda weird isnt it?) But I trust God will touch them, is just a matter of timing.

Agrh...God, where is my fire....

Sidewalk Festival

2007-04-29T09:37:00.000+08:00

Today Forsyth park turn into a art gallery. Hundreds of participates took part in the sidewalk festival. The pavement is colored with chalk....beautiful designs and cool bright colors. I kinda regret not taking part in it...If i knew is free, i would have! Oh well...I am kinda lazy anyway...Kat and Don are so spontaneous. They took part on the spot and done up one beauitful caricature sefl-potrait. REally must salute them man. Hahaha..Me, i end up walking home after walking 5 rounds looking at the artwork. Is getting too crowded. U can see more pics at this link!

http://joyzhang.multiply.com/photos/album/19

Cut the snack!

2007-04-25T09:24:00.000+08:00

You know what? I had enough of myself keep wanting to snack on sweet stuffs. Now I am just sick of myself! Even now i been trying to work out at least 2 times a week, I just feel i have bloat up so much... AGRH! I can't even do work properly. Every 5 mins my mind will start thinking i need ice cream, i need chocolate, cookies..... Man..That's it! I have stop buying Oreo cookies and ben n jerry that is on discount. Uh huh...Nope...Nil, None...Zero!

Let's see how long i can last.... mmm...

Trip to the Zoo

2007-04-22T19:00:00.000+08:00

Saturday was such a beautiful day. Is such a perfect day! I am so glad i drag myself out of my bed and make my way down to the dorm to go to the zoo trip. Jacksonville Zoo is almost like Singapore zoo, just that not as many animals as ours. Singapore zoo is the best!! Still, I am impressed. An 2 hrs drive from Savannah. I was surprise around 33 people turn up! I think eveyone is escaping from schoolwork. A little getaway before the mid-terms comes and workload gets crazy. I doubt mine can get any crazier. Math and Art history2 test this coming week and I havent study yet. How i wish is break time now! The lovely weather stay like this forever, but no...sad to say...Hahaha.... I am sorry i did not bring my camera along this trip due to my laziness... You still could check out my animals sketches here. I drew 17 pages!! I think is the 1st time sketch so much in a day.

http://joyzhang.multiply.com/journal/item/13?mark_read=joyzhang:journal:13

Is 7am in the morning! Geez I been waking up early for the pass 3 days. I gota work on my tests. :)

Easter Day Dinner

2007-04-12T21:00:00.000+08:00

Natalie had invited us over to her sister place at pooler. Around a 30mins drive from Downtown. I been there a couple of time for thanks giving and I forgot what's the other occassion. Is all about the food and decoration...haha...and fun of course. I had a chance to hold a real Gun and be one of the charlie's angel. :P

International Festival

2007-04-12T20:48:00.000+08:00

I been wanting to post this, but just got lazy...So now i have buck up my spirit and eagerness and post this up! It was a very very cold windy morning that day. Winds are blowing so hard we got so much difficulties trying to set up our booth. It is also really scary as we have porcelains(stuffs from our landlord). Kat's jewellery are so light it got blown away a couple of time. Don's drawing were stick to the board so it alright. I am selling Dolls that i handsewn outta old clothes that was given away by one fo the church member. I sold 3 outta 5! I didnt have a chance to walk around and look at other's booth but i had a chance to drink bubble tea that i miss so much. Heee... Oh, and my friend bought me indian food. Yummy.... :) Also caught up with a few friends i have not meet over the term. Here are the pictures!

Thanks..I will be safe :)

2007-04-12T04:33:00.000+08:00

Since so many of you have shown concern about my safety, i thought i blog abt it to ensure you guys i am safe. Hahaha....

About going out at night...is actually pretty safe as long I am cycling, the road is EMPTY and i cycle in the middle of the road where the street lamp shines on...Anyway, i hardly go out at night now since my work shift ends at 3pm. N i will make sure Kat and Don knows i am out etc. If is really too late, I will ask them to send me and pick me up...

Meeting strangers...I will always make sure i am in public places...never meet alone at the person's place and not take a stranger's ride. I never let them know where exactly i stay too. (Feel like a mum telling a kid what not to say to strangers! haha...)

What really irritates me are those men on streets that shout to me and ask how much I cost. I really feel like giving them a kick in their groin. I am like not dressing revealing! Tshirts and Jeans! Good grief... I think is because i am chinese, they thought they can disturb me. Well, most of the time i just hold my anger and cycle off. That also explains why nowadays i cycle with headphone on...

I can't be bought!

2007-04-10T04:35:00.000+08:00

On saturday night, I finally put my D50 camera into good use by taking an indian event organise by my professor. For a 3 hr night i will be earning $30USD. On that night, there were an indian singer there and he started chatting with me... He asked me to help take more photos of him so he could send back to india to show his family. He asked me to goto his store to pass him the CD of photos and he will pay me for it. I was thinking, it was great...hey i could earn more $! So well, this morning after my math test, i went to look for his store "7to11" provision store in downtown. Is pretty amazing, i just make a turn down the street and there is the shop~ Cool! He is of cos happy to see me and i pass him the CD. I was shocked when he just took out his wallet (a few hundred notes and 10, 20sUSD notes) and ask me to take whatever amount i would take if i am his gf. Geez...I keep telling him just give me what he think he should give...Dude are u crazy?!(I didnt say this last part out...but is ringing in my head). End up i told him i will just take 10USD, but he insist giving me 40USD.
Abit pushing here and there, and me keep asking him "are you sure???" i took the $. He even tell me to take whatever i want in the store... I end up taking a packet of chewing gum. To cut the long story short...I don't want to be rude and stayed and chat awhile...n the coversation comes to the point that he said he could give me 700USD a mth if i be his gf and i don't have to worried much. *_* He wasn't like a bad scary guy but just a rich lonely man. He got several stores and a motel and he is only 26! ( I tot he is like near 40s...opps..) I told him is not going to happen...no way...well, we exchanged email and i leave for work at the gym..

Is a really weird experience...Crazy men!! Kat say must be my butt that attract him.... Yeah...this magic perky butt of mine... -_-"

Start of Spring Term

2007-03-31T09:22:00.000+08:00

Is been a week since term starts. I am still trying to get my materials for class. Books are way too expensive and I simply can't bear to spend $200USD on Textbks. That's my 2 months food supply man! So I been busy borrowing books from friends and library...Scan and print out or even using my D50 to take photos of the pages and gona complie and print in school for free. Cheapo me...haha..

I kind of regret taking 2 theory classes and 1 studio. Math and Art History 2 is alright...Is been 10 yrs since i taken Math. I am finding difficulty keeping up...Geez... However, the other 2 classes i have my housemates, taiwan friend and my Gym co-worker taking same class as me...so that's pretty cool. :D

Animation 1 is exciting. Learning from an experience animator who had worked in Disney's films like Little Mermaid, Lion King, Emepror Groove etc. is really an experience i can't get in Singapore. Although i am knock back to basic drawing the weight of bouncing ball, it is really good practise. Listening to his work experiences is very inspiring and i am pretty hype up for 2D animation again! Yippy!

I got my Life Drawing's professor to write a letter of recommandation for my grant application. Lol...what he wrote is really flattering...Thank God for favour. I hope door for grant will open up this year. *Pray pray*

You Never Forsake

2007-03-26T09:31:00.000+08:00

Verse1:
When I am cold, your love warm me
When i cried, you dry my tears
When I am lost you guide my path
Your everlasting love embrace me

Chorus:
You never forsake
You never never forsake
because you are my Lord

You never forsake
You never never forsake
because your love is everlasting

Verse 2:
So many times I turn away
So many times I sin again
but you have never reject me

When I come to you brokenhearted
Your amazing love makes me whole

You never forsake...

I wrote a song...Hahaha...Don't know why, just in the mood to do so...Thinking back on how i pass the last few busy months, I know God have never forsaken me. So here pop a song of my thoughts...Lol..I don't even know if it makes a song! Maybe someone can add in the melody? Lol.... :D

My poor fingers...

2007-03-21T12:52:00.000+08:00

Spring break is here but there is no break for me. =) Is a chance to earn more $~ I am helping my landlord to clean the kitchen at a pretty good rate on a per hr basic. Guess what, i been cleaning for 11 hours from the pass 2 days and i still not done yet! The oven and stove is the more tedious one. The amount of grease that is accumulated over the years...can you even imagine that? I need to use a butter knife to scrape out the chao ta grease. I spend around 3 hrs trying my very best to clean the oven and it just come to the point that... THAT's IT AR!!! It can't be perfectly clean. I gotta move on...

Tomorrow would be the rubbish area, the kitchen floor and the carpet! ... and the fridge...agrh...n the dinning table....

1 funny thing, i think all the guys are very afraid to use the kitchen now. Hahaha...For the pass 2 days i think i only saw one of them use the microwave and that's it...Lol...

FYI, my kitchen is white carbinet, white table top, white oven, white stove....almost everything white, one grease stain not clean I see liao also buay song....lol... but pity my poor fingers, is so numb now and my skin is cracking bad..is hideous. I should treat myself to medicure after all the cleaning...

Gravity

2007-03-13T10:57:00.001+08:00

The big picture?

2007-03-06T10:19:00.000+08:00

I was sitting in the school shuttle on my way to my 2nd class. My mind can't stop thinking about how am i going to finish up my animation for the competition. On hand are another 4assignments and 2 tests within the next 2 weeks. Animation is a long process... 1 second = 12 drawings. My animation in total is near to 30s. I think i did around 200 drawings in total over the weekend. Drawing is just part 1... i still need to capture the drawings into computer and then digitally color them. Next composite them in another software with music and sound effects. I can really freak out when i think of the whole big process.

I just start thinking :" Oh God i am so gona stress out this 2 weeks.." Strangely, my mind start thinking about how sometimes I want to know the big picture that God have plan for me and i will think why don't God reveal the big picture to us. Show us in advance man and we don't have to worry so much... I then realise isn't it the same as me freaking out over my animation. The complete animation is the big picture. Knowing how much work have to put into it can freak one out but clearing one stage at a time actually makes one wanted to keep going.

Next time when you want to see the big picture God have for you, think again...Can we actaully handle it? Will we run away like Jonah? If Jonah knows God will forgive the Ninevites, would he still obey God and went to Nineveh?

Now, I just gota manage my time well and go all out for the next 2 weeks! Yeah...I am so excited to complete the animation. Btw, I got 89 for my art history that i thought i would done badly. Heee...Again...Not me, is by God's grace...I made alot of spelling mistakes and i felt i have wrote quite alot of nonsense for the 10pts qn. The professor is really lenient this time round. Phew!

Season of Joy...

2007-03-05T12:44:00.000+08:00

Wedding bells are ringing for a few friends, well...4 pairs to be exact. Recently, i also found out my friends are now dating each other. 2 friends are going to give birth in April. 2007 is a year of Joy i would say. (Not my year...i meant happiness.. :)) I can't explain the leap of happiness when i found out my friends are getting married or are dating. I feel so happy for them!!

Love
Someone there when in need
A shoulder to lean on
The endless conversation
Precious in each other's eye
The 1st touch, hug, kisses...
The company
The trust for each other
The gifts and flowers

All i once had but gone...now i am just happy that others are enjoying... till the right one comes along... =)

The random entry of everything...

2007-03-02T14:59:00.000+08:00

Wednesday morning, with only 2 hours of sleep i head on to take my 4th art history test. Even given 2 weeks of time to study, my mind went blank for alot of questions and spellings of names of the artworks. Frustrated, but nothing much i can do. I don't even feel like checking my answers. Anyway, i decided to let it go and have a better day ahead of me. :)

This morning, my deprived from sleep body have given in. I woke up with a sorethroat and aching body. Not feeling too well...and I had overslept for an hr leaving me 45 mins to shower and walk to school in the light shower of rain. Reachign home, i decided to give work a miss and call in sick. Thank God i did so because it was pouring heavily for the rest of the evening, can't imagine if i cycle to work, i would b caught in rain and might feel even worse. I end up goign to home group that i had stop going since i start work.

Susan cooked fried steak with brocoli and cheese AND mash potatoes for dinner...yummy yummy... Later on we went crazy with dipping Oreo cookies with milk. I kind of ate too much of that, now my throat is feeling bad again...(see lar...what greed can do...ahahha) After most of them went home, a few of us stayed back to do more worship...it was GREAT...I felt so deprive of just singing and praising God...

Coming Sunday is the 15th of the CNY eh... Is time to gather and eat again! Oh well, I hope my throat will be well by then. :)

2weeks to the end of term..is madness and tiredness and stressness and whateverness...time for healing sleepnesss...

Holy is the Lord =)

2007-02-27T13:31:00.000+08:00

Holy is the Lord - Chris Tomlin

My favourite song now...ahha....I believe alot of churches are using this song for worship..hee

Peace before the storm...

2007-02-25T14:27:00.000+08:00

I had rested for a couple of days before the storm arrives... The competition i had taken part have started. A 3 weeks animation competition with around 20 teams taking part. I am handling all on my own. Honestly, I got no idea how am I gona complete it. Now is 1.30am Sunday morning and i am researching about the style and look i am going for. Thank God, I have Don to help me along, giving me advice and some techniques. I am really excited about the whole thing before i get stress over it. It is also the last 3 weeks of my school term, lots of work...I been a lazy bum lately, I wish i can kick my own butt....O'Lord let me soar through the storm with style please..Amen..

Kat have came back from the woman retreat which i had give it a missed. We had a long dinner chatting and laughing as usual. I realise how bad my English is...especially the way i been talking. Is been about 6 months i am here and i still ain't speaking right. Kat had taught me when to pause and pronoucing "th" still a big problem to me. Math, I keep saying MAX....Duhz... I gota kick the singlish and talk properly...oh lazy tonuge and brain, speak properly man!! Working in the gym helped me abit too...lol...making me realise most of them can't really catch what i am saying... bummer....

Off to bed soon....zzzzzz....

她...

2007-02-20T23:05:00.000+08:00

她独自一人走在街上。冷冷的夜感觉好舒服。。她台头看满天空的星星，心情满平静的。虽然，有人常常要送她回，她就爱找戒口巨绝。她就是爱有自己的空间。其实，她也真事的。有时又感到寂寞，多么想要有人在身旁。真搞不懂她。难道她就这样过这辈子吗？

He never forsake...

2007-02-16T12:10:00.000+08:00

Is Valentine's Day! I have to wake up at 6.45am and walk 30 mins to school. On the way, I saw some cars filled with love shaped balloon in their car! My 1st thought is not " oh so lovely~!" BUT... " Siao ar...how they see and drive man..."

Well, the past week haven't been easy for me...again, i am feeling rather emotional. Worries about my test, lonliness, missing home, wondering how is Oreo and tiredness come attacking me on saturday night when i reach home. I cycle back at 10pm on the empty road asking why am i home alone on a saturday night. Back in room, I can only took out my journal and cry out in words to God. ALl the "why and where and how and what..." Is been a month i write anything.At the bottom of the empty page is the verse:
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and i will give you rest.

Today, I got back my History Test. I got 93! - This come as a total surprise because the last 2 20 marks question I just write what i know without really understand what the question is asking! Afternoon i went to eat Sushi by myself! Salmon roll and tuna and eel....fantastic! All for just 6.95USD... My korean friend send me home after work and gave me a box of chocolates! What's valentine day without chocolate eh? (PS: is pure friendship, don't let your mind wander yah? :) ) Yesterday Kat and Don drive me to Curcit City and i spend USD90+ on a graphic card, now my PC is working perfectly fine! Is been a long time i hang out with them, we had so much laughter..woohoo~ Oreo's new owner finally reply after me been worrying for about 2 weeks. She also send me photos of Oreo now. (he still have that silly adorable look) This time is tears of happiness. :D

Psalm 102:17
He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

Psalm100:2-5
Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

What's the most wonderful thing to come to know Jesus?
He understand the pain because he been through it all. I can trust him and entrust my burden to him anytime as long i am willing to let go... He never forsake me, he is forever faithful. This is how safe i feel when i cycle back late at night, when i walk on the quiet street or even when i just lay in bed...

Over...for now!

2007-02-13T04:34:00.000+08:00

Finally I get over the Art history test that i have been mugging for the past week and had even miss church to study real hard. Still, there are a few questions i roughly know i am not going to fare well. :( Oh well, I just hope i got a B for this so i can balance off my mid term grade to a B. I guess the good thing is I got an B for motion studies and an A for my Life drawing. Life drawing used to be a D while back in Singapore. Hahaha...

My motion studies prof is sick today and class is cancelled. I not knowing about this went to the other hall having around 4 hrs of free time till i start my work. I decided to walk back home on the so called "danger" street. It was a cool morning and then i saw Macdonald!!!! *_* I went in and bought myself a meal. I take away my food and was munching on my fries for my 20 mins walk back home. It was not as scary as i thought, just a car horn at me and the man was like making signal at me. I just keep walking... Then i saw my another cute housemate. He was cycling on the same road back home...He just halt to a slight stop n say Hi to me and cycle off.. I should have just hop on him and tian mi mi home...hahah..

Back home a surprise package lay above the fireplace... Is a love parcel from london......awww...Thank you my dear pea pea! Missing u lots~! N not forgetting the letter from Singapore...I miss u potato!

*love sick mushroom rushes off to work*

Worst pick up lines...

2007-02-12T10:47:00.000+08:00

" Hey i am a police officer... you understand me? I just want to make friends. Want to go out for dinner? "

"Can I ask you something? You got a boyfriend? Did anyone tell you, you r pretty? I am telling ya you are pretty..." Walks away.... 10mins later....

"hey, Let's say we go out for a date, you wana? "

O Lord spare me from these men.....

"

Have been Busy, will be busy...

2007-02-09T22:22:00.000+08:00

It have been busy busy busy time for me ever since i started working. For those who still don't know, I am now working at the school gym. Mon-thurs 4pm-8pm. (As if you all can come find me...ahhaa) Great place where cute guys, beautiful girls hang out. I am just workng at the front desk, not some personal trainer...hahaa...but i do work out after my shift. I sure need to burn off those ben and jerrys and soft baked cookies conquering my oh so weak body.

I am now just seeking some time to just blog here before i start my day of life drawing. Yup..looking at nude men and women for the rest today. Just some updates in point form ( i am too tired to form proper sentence )

1) I got only 78 for my previous Art history :(
2) There is another test on Monday :(
3) I got 20 gesture, 2 feet, 1 potrait, 1 torso+head and 2 graphite drawings to be done today :)
4) I sign up and pay USD75 for a 3 week animation competition that will start on 23rd Feb :)
5) Registering to student volunteer at Siggraph 2007 conference in San deigo. Hope i can be selected to go there. :)
6) I think Spring is here! Is not so cold anymore! :)
7) I hope to get my car license around march! :)
8) I been listening to Pastor Prince Sermon to make up for missing Home group :)
9) Skipping church this sunday to study for my history Test. :(
10) I foreseee at the end of Feb i will be so busy i need not sleep but I am so so excited over it!! :)

Praise the Lord I got more :) ...hahaha......

Humane Society

2007-02-03T13:53:00.000+08:00

This day i have been so looking forward to...

I was volunteering at the humane Society today... An animal shelter. All we had to do is walk and play with the dogs and socialise with the cats. They are all really sweet and lovable bunch, which makes me rather sad. Why do people give them up?

I walk a 6yr old big lab mix sheperd dog. He is so so obedient. He respond to my call and stop when i stop walking, he don't drag me to where he wants to go. Such a sweet dog. Rossco, i think is a spaniel mix beagal. MAn ....he is strong! When he runs he is really pulling me man. HE is so lovable too...I squat down and was patting him. Guess what? he push me and i was knock down to the grassy ground (Thank god didn't land on any poo poo). He start licking me on my face and roll on his back to let me rub his tummy. Later on i was playing with a litter of lab mix puppies!! Awww...I so wanted to adopt all of them(especially the black ones!)

Lastly, I went to the cats playden. Dale, A white with gray patches cat jump onto me and lift his head to look at me with so much affection! I stroke underneath his neck...He so so enjoys it. I let him sit on me for almost 20mins and he just wanted to be stroke and pat all the time. I never met such affectionate cat before.

It was alot of fun for me. We were all waiting for the school bus to come pick us up near the playden for the dogs. Rossco and a 2 other dogs were standing there looking at us...I feel so sad for them. All of them deserve better.

I wonder how is Oreo...haven't got any updates for months. :(

The dream I wish to stay in...

2007-01-30T22:32:00.000+08:00

It was 830am when my alarm rang. I slap it and fell back to sleep again.......

My dream......

I was in a room, i can't really remember who is there at 1st, but i know all my church friends are there. there, is a table full of chocolate..oooo...my favourites~ I was eating and passing some to other. It was like party...we were all waiting for the worship to start. I remember seeing the worship leader is wearing a name tag. The name tag is not her name, but it says something like " We worship God..." something like that.

Then people start appearing... I know lester is there siting on the couch..his quiet ususal self...ahha... Kutu is there with his Gf and he is talking like Wenjie!! HAhaaha...it was very funny... Jon Poh and Stella appear, Don't ask me why they appear together. Lol... Jon start talking talking...lol.. Then we were all standing there, chatting...eating drinking...

The music starts, I turn to see the sreen, is my favourite Hillsong.

I woke up, knowing I have to wake up for school..I wish i could stay in there more...I was having fun! I think i miss friends and church back in singapore too much....or maybe is the chat with divinia that trigger the dream. Lol....

My brain still works!

2007-01-20T05:21:00.000+08:00

This morning i have finally went through my art history test. Is been such a long time since i memorise outta textbooks. The night before was reading and writing and reading and writing over and over again untill my brain was so active i could not sleep at all! I laid awake till God knows what time. Don't you just dread it when your mind refuse to rest when they need to??

I walked in the cold and drizzling rain for around 30 mins to school. Is so cold I feel no desire to cycle at all. It was pretty nice really...I walk with my notes in my hand, enjoying the cold wind.. Doing my last mintue short term memory miracle.

I am so so thankful...Thank God my brain still work pretty well! I was the like the last 5th person to get out of the class of 25 students. I wonder how some can finish the long answer so fast! But anyway, I do hope i will do well for my 1st paper. *finger crossed*

Oh Oh....1 more thing..what a miracle...My pc have not freeze for 2 days in a row! Seems to be working well now. Y? I have no idea at all...it just so happen... :)

Miracle are events that can't be predicted and it brings joy to the broken soul...

Random 16th Jan 2007

2007-01-18T04:58:00.000+08:00

Brrr...brrr...Is really cold this morning. Even i have spend 2 wks in a much colder place, i am still not used to the cold. I believe is around 5 degree or less this morning. Even around 2pm when i am cycling back from school, the wind is piercing cold when it brush pass my face.

Art history chap 2 totaly blew me away. So much information and my brain cell is so limited. This friday i will be having a test on Chap 1 and 2. O' God save moi! MY brain is yours.

I been dreaming quite alot lately. This morning i had a dream that i am late for Art history class. How horrible, I cant afford to miss a class! It was a nightmare, thank God is jus a dream...i woke up in shock again at ard 6am....I hate it when this happen.

There is a little mouse running around in the house. Last night i think i spot that fella in the bathroom..When i came out of my shower, i saw the dust flew up at the corner near the door..just like what you see in a cartoon when something dashes really fast. This mouse from now on will be called. "peeping mouse". (How dare it peep at me taking shower.... :P )

MDA grant will be accepting application around march. I really have to start my preparation and getting professors to write testimonals etc to apply for the grant. Though I dread the repeated process, I have no other choice i guesss...

BTW, going back Singapore might be earlier than Dec. I am still thinking about it...Might try to use the long winter break to do traveling/work in states...

But the greatest of these is love...

2007-01-16T03:44:00.000+08:00

My tongue says " God is good, He is great", but my soul felt empty. I raise my hands to praise him but i felt nothing. I strain my ears to hear him but only silence. My tears no longer flow and I felt numb. Nothing... What is nothing? What is the feeling of nothing? It can't be define. Yesterday I asked, God where are you? During service a sadness dwell in me, i miss freedom of the holy spirit to do his work in me, I miss the holy spirit breaking me down. What is wrong? The theif come and steal, kill and destroy...have he stolen and i had not realise?

Corinthians 13:...if i have a faith that can move mountians, but have not love, I am nothing." ....."It always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres."

If one have become afraid to love, what is she? If one finds it hard to trust is there still love? Can a little love still make her whole? Can she still move the mountains? Have the distant drains away the love...Or the lack of love have cause the distant?

verse13: And now these 3 remains: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

A american friend tells me, " How can one not love?! Life can't go on without love"

The world is driven by Love... God is love...and i just want to dwell in it now...

Wonderful christmas and now A New year have started

2007-01-10T05:48:00.000+08:00

I am back! Gosh is been a while i updated my blog. Geez.. Well, many have known i had spend my christmas at Milwaukee with Pastor Chad and Daph and Wenjie. It was a very wonderful stay and having a chance to spend christmas in a american way, what else can I ask for? :) I recieve lots of presents and candies! Is like never ending. 1 stocking is full of M&Ms, Starburst candy stick, peanuts, nachos....TOYS! Well, 1 sad thing is...NO SNOW... My chance to see snow for the 1st time in my life...but....oh well... I was very well fed during my stay there, hardly hungry at all..hahah..always feel stuff up! I must have put on a couple or more KGs....

Back to Savannah, it took me the weekend to kind of settle in to my room. I spend weekends laying in my bed watching TV, other than going to church and stocking up my food. Monday was raining heavily. I entered the class drenched, the class had already started and is FULL....Everyone turn and look at me. Brrr... I am a "fallen soup chicken" ( understand?? go figure out..ahaha). This time, not much cute guys in all my classs ler....Sianz... but is ok, quite a few cute guys in my house. Muahhaha...Yeah! Alrighty, Gota go...

International church day

2006-12-18T05:44:00.000+08:00

This morning, the usual 3 - mum(Kat), Dad(Don) and kid (Joy) was companied by another 3 others to church. Fitting just right into the new green caravan. Kanako (Japanese), Heyjin (Korean) and Salimi (Afghan) have join us for church! I was surprise by how "Onz" they are when Kat asked them if they want to go to church with us. They enjoyed the service and have understand the preaching. Praise the Lord. Though they are not christian, they seems pretty interested to join us next time to church because they can also improve their Enlgish by speaking to other Americans. Joo sung another Korean, have joined us for home group a couple time. A pity he have to work today and can't join us at church. We went to the food mall he is working after our service for lunch. Seeing him so busy cooking food, we decided not to bother him but just look at him flustering around.. Hahaa...It was a very funny sight and i will always say "Poor Joo Sung..." =P

Americans are often very excited to meet so many different of us...Hahaa... somehow I believe they can't really differentiate us, especially Singaporeans.. I am often mistaken as Taiwanese (Even taiwanese thought i am one of them...)..Kat was mistaken as Japanese or Korean while Don...I feel he look like Thai...hahaa.... It was a great Sunday. :D

Florida- Orlando Universal Studio

2006-12-12T12:21:00.000+08:00

The past weekend was absolutely great. On friday night me, Kat, Don and Nat was on our way to florida which is a 4-5hrs drive away from Savannah. It was a very cold night and thank God we spend the night in the car driving. We spend the time in car talking all kind of nonsense like what were we doing at the age of 4 or 8 or 15...blah blah...it was real funny to hear each others stories. Nat was real tired and slept at the back of the car. The rest of us start singing songs...n then soon i got really tired and slept while we were lost in florida trying to find our hotel. We finally find the hotel at around 3am i think.

The next day morning is a fun time at Universal Studio. Never did i thought I would be here so fast! I have never thought of goign to Disneyworld or some big famous themepark after my 4mths stay here. The rides are really good. I am quite scared. Very scared. I even ran away from one of the ride. A free fall one..raise you up and drop you down. Oh yeah...no way am i taking that! I took others like the roller coaster. After each ride, you can get to see your photo taken. It was so funny. All my photos show that my head is sideways and eyes shut tight hiding away. Never one that is straight up, eyes open and screaming. What i love most about themepark is so well designed, it brings u to another world. I think that explain why i feel i am smack right back into reality when i return to Savannah. :P

Photos:
http://thedesignlanguage.multiply.com/photos/album/81
http://joyzhang.multiply.com/photos/album/18

I believe...

2006-12-08T21:46:00.000+08:00

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Apple Crumble recipe

2006-12-06T23:36:00.000+08:00

Due to popular demand, below is the recipe for making the apple crumble...Heez....Some I roughly estimated the quantity...so erm...good luck trying...ahhaa... remember to trust your nose in this, as long it smell great...it is great!

Preheat oven - 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.)

Crust - Short crust pastry or get a ready made one!

For filling
2-3 Green Apples (peel and slice them into thin wedges)
1/2 cup Brown Sugar and White sugar (mix)
cinnamon powder ( around 1 teaspoon, but is really up to you)
nutmeg powder (Just abit)
flour (add as you mix them, just enough to coat the apples)

Mix the above and line them on the crust.

The top crumble
1/2 cup Brown Sugar and White sugar (mix)
3/4 cup flour
6 tablespoon butter
Bit of cinnamon powder again
pinch of salt

Mix the above with your fingers till it looks like crumbs.
Pour them on top of your lined apples and....

Pop it into the oven and for 34 - 40 mins or till the top crust is slightly brown...

There you go, easy to make apple crumble yummy pie!

Apple Crumble Pie

2006-11-26T05:31:00.000+08:00

This is the apple crumble pie that I have baked for Thanks giving! Hee...is really really nice~!! Gosh, Is really easy and i am sure anyone can make it just as good. ;) Actually we had 3 other pies that night. I haven't got the photo yet but will post soon once i got them. ..ooo yeah!

Updated artwork

2006-11-26T04:57:00.000+08:00

Heyo~

I have finally scanned and uploaded my stuffs here:
http://joyzhang.multiply.com/journal

View them if you got time eh....

Vote my design

2006-11-23T02:21:00.000+08:00

Hey people, I have beem designing Tshrits to post on Threadless, hopefully i can win some Cash..lol...Anyway, Their Tshirts are awesome, I recently purchase them..and since i am in states, is cheaper in terms of shipment. Lol....Oh welll...If you are willing to vote for me, sign up on threadless, just click on my design.

Or go to www.threadless.com

lots of things goign on~!

2006-11-22T14:09:00.000+08:00

I can't help but post the lovely food i baked the other day. Potato wedges and i put fish, olives, mushroom and shrimps together and bake them. Lovely...baked olives are really very very nice. I learn that from Rachel Ray cooking show.

Heee...Well, my school terms have ended and thanks giving is on Thurs. Sat there is a lighted boat parade...and then Dec will be having Fireworks and christmas lightening ceremony. I am really excited! Today i just got my guitar and i cant wait to start learning! I have others stuffs to do too though..like my brother's wedding clip. :) Many things happening...oo yeah~!

The swing

2006-11-16T22:54:00.000+08:00

My mood is swinging at a extreme stage I have not experience before. The day before I was feeling so all chirppy till my friend feels I am kinda extreme. The following day (yesterday) I was feeling so down! I woke up late. My class starts at 8am and I have happily off my alarm and sleep till 9am. Prof return all my storyboards(4piece 18"X20" boards) , I had such a hard time carrying back. Rush back home to come out with my outline for my 8pages Research paper. Well, kinda get that done. My PC is going nuts again. I got no freaking idea what is wrong. Graphic Card? Motherboard? I am upset about it. Very. This morning is screwing up again. (Sobs).... 4 times the screen freeze and my whole system hang. And my mini screwdriver is with Kat, I cant unscrew the graphic card to "fix" it. SIGH..........

I told myself it can't be from God. It can't be, it can't be....and i can only trust with my faith....suddenly I am afraid...why....Is just my hormones isn't it?

The cold is hitting Savannah again, Sunday will be around 0 degree - 17 degree...

10 more days

2006-11-12T02:52:00.000+08:00

School term is coming to an end in 10 days time. Time really flies...I am already here for around 3 months. How weird, I felt like i been here alot time and also just a while. Is a mix feelings that go to and fro. I feel rather fruitful as I truely learned. I am also grateful that God have grant me favour among my professors. My computer course professor was asking me if i want to switch my major to motion graphics instead. He said what i have done is even better than his students majoring in motion graphics.^o^ I am proud of myself in a way, but i know is not by my strength. Thank God for creativity ya know. Next term is gona be tougher as i had taken 2 drawings courses and Art history. Can't wait for term to end man!

Last night was at my church friend's place. We were talking about how americans took so long to reach to what they wanted to say in comparison to singaporean. Had such a good laugh.

Americans:
A1 : How are ya?
A2: I am good. How are ya?
A1: Pretty good. Had a great and busy week. You?
A2: Same old, same old. So, what you been up to?
A1: Nothing much. How about you?
A2: Nothing much too. You want to go for dinner together later?
A1: Yeah sure!

Singaporean:
S1: Oie, Tonight free or not?
S2: Yah I got nothing to do.
S1: Ok, Let's go eat dinner together.
S2: K! Onz you!

Hur hur.....

Ben and Noah

2006-11-04T08:19:00.000+08:00

I was doing my essay and was doing some research. I then came across a 9-11 tribute blog caled 2,996 project. In there the youngest of those that took part in writing tributes to the 9-11 victims were Ben and Noah. Reading what they have done to pay tributes Mr. Marino really makes me tear. Their parents have done a wonderful job bringing their kids up. I guess this is how I want to teach my kids when i have any. These children are just so adorable. I am pretty hooked to what they post.Is so innocent you will just smile.

Anyway below are some links to their post:

http://treefortenterprises.com/2006/09/07/the-mr-lester-vincent-marino-clubhouse.aspx
http://treefortenterprises.com/2006/09/10/its-official.aspx
http://treefortenterprises.com/2006/09/07/thank-you-to-the-marino-family.aspx
http://treefortenterprises.com/2006/09/11/breakfast-on-911.aspx
http://treefortenterprises.com/2006/10/31/may-the-force-be-with-you.aspx#comment-163346

Updated

2006-11-03T10:36:00.000+08:00

heee....i uploaded more photos again!

http://joyzhang.multiply.com/photos

Essays

2006-10-31T09:41:00.000+08:00

Hee...Just want to post 2 Essays that I have done. With Kat's help the essays are definetly much better. I still got a lot of reading to improve man...

A moment

Behind the Smile

Enjoy, and do give me your comments!

Too many times a day

2006-10-28T04:40:00.000+08:00

I don't like the sound of sirens. I realise it just send an uneasy feeling to me whenever i hears it. In Savannah, I can hear like at least 3 times a day. Not sure if is an ambulance, police or fire engines. All of them just ain't a good sign. At night when i sleep, i can hear sirens running pass my place. Often in English class, I will hear it too. My professor will get so pissed when the sound of siren run pass our buildings. Especially if it goes on for around 5 mins and then came round again. Got once she even says, "Maybe someone got an heart attack..." Thoughts will always run through my mind...Did someone really got an heart attack? Someone got shot again? Some fire is been set off...

Most probably is because here is a place of high crime rate.. I think it was just yesterday. 2 SCAD students got kipnapped at gun point and was force to go to an ATM to draw out $. 1 of them got set free, but the girlfriend still been held hostage. Thank God within hours the police found the suspect and rescue the girl. Dear Lord, what is the world coming to....Is so true we are living in the end times, people are getting desperate and losing their mind. If they know Jesus will all things change? Will they not kill, rob or harm people? I got headaches when i think of such big issues. Many times i am blinded by how big a problem is, and forgot our heavenly father is in control. Lord, open my eyes.... o_O

If my heart has grown cold,

There Your love will unfold;

As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand.

When I’m blind to my way,

There Your Spirit will pray;

As You open my eyes to the work of Your hand.

Oceans will part; nations come

At the whisper of Your call.

Hope will rise; glory shown.

In my life, Your will be done.

The world is so big and I am so small...but a prayer will move God's hand.

Missing

2006-10-26T21:30:00.000+08:00

Dwayne just show me the blog for this year Calvary christmas production. http://www.thegreatchristmasescapade.blogspot.com/

It makes me misses everyone and the times back in church so much. Especially the time of rehearsals, practising your own parts and then towards the end seeing all being piece together. The late nights and makan time. The laughters and frustrations... The smiles on everyone faces. The people in orchard...the feeling on the stage.

It then leads me to missing others... Angela told me how much she miss me last night. I definelty misses her company too..I misses Fab 4. I wonder that Trixy been doing...We always misses each other in MSN. Syndy is busy with her training with all other babes(so she called them). I wonder how's divinia and audrey mugging. O's is starting 2nd Nov. Not sure about A's but think should be around same time. HOw's nelson wedding? Stella still eating and eating? I misses alison and her stylo dressing, never failed to stun me. FAith and mark...and the little one coming out soon. Lester, jonathon and kiat...dono y i link them together..ahah..but they just came out as a group in my mind. The 3 musketeers? ahaha...Kaiping and the rest of the trekking gang...must be still conquering mountains after mountains. I miss trekking. My badminton kakis..all busy with work. My family...I saw my brother's wedidng photo. Makes me tear...I think is happiness, There were tough times between us, 3 yrs of hating him, but Christ set free. I am happy for him.

I realise I don't misses singapore the country, but the people living in there... Misses all of you...

Brrr...

2006-10-25T06:52:00.000+08:00

Yesterday and today is the coldest days i had while in Savannah. I believe it should be around 15degree. The wind is so cold! When I cycle my legs are numb from the piercing wind. Brrr...Don't really like it man. I hope tomorrow morning wont be that cold. The night before i was rushing my work till i didnt catch a wink. Last night i crept under the new comfortor i bought at walmart on sunday. On Sale! $30 USD for the full set. I was just trying if it was really comfy and warm.... I remembered it was around 9.30pm....i lay down my head on my pillow....n i ....zzzzzzzzzzz till this morning 9am. I am so tired! haha...n is proven the comforter damn shiok ar!!

K..here are some scary picture of me...BOO!

PS: updated some picture.... http://joyzhang.multiply.com/photos/album/9

Nightmare

2006-10-19T10:01:00.000+08:00

I woke up startled at 5+am. I had a nightmare, quite a scary one. I hates it when is about spirites, viampires and demons.I forgot what is it about actually, I only remember we were taking photos where there is a mirror behind us. Then when we look at the photo, there is 2 children standing at the mirror...YEEEK!!! 0K, That's when i woke up. Brrr...I wonder if I had too much last night. I only ate the Seafood Tom yam glass noodle i cooked. Yummy~~

Today i went to Gym after my 10.30am class. Ate the ham sandwich i prepared for lunch as i walk back to the library from gym. End up, I went to eat ice cream opposite the library because i am still hungry. Went to Kroger after class in library. Ahhh... $3.50 for 16 pieces of fried chicken. Such a good deal! I bought them, bring over to Kat & Don and gave them some. Hahaha...ends up i still got 11 pieces. -_-" Just now I ate 2 with salad. I think it can last me for a week.

Oh Oh...I got back my 1st english essay...Fwah..got a B+! Praise God lar...Not bad man...hee...I prayed for a B, Got gave me a B+. Next round i gona pray A...so I can get A+...hur hur... ^o^

Not a Good Start...but it will be better....

2006-10-17T05:00:00.000+08:00

I....

...was worrying about not finishing my storyboard panels the whole weekend I stayed up till 1am working on it and waking at 7am to go for class. In end up we just need to show thumbnail today. At least I am ahead and I can work on other stuffs.

...am bleeding..my poor suffering nose is so dry that it bleeds for the whole day today. Whenever i blow my nose there is fresh red blood or blood clots. Yucks...I am sorry if i spoil your appetite.

....Thought i am suppose to hand up my 1st draft of an essay this coming wednesday, but is today! Good thing i am not the only one. Teacher is pissed and she scream" What the hell~!" :(

...nearly hit a vehicle on my way home. I was riding on the right side of the road and she want to turn right at a non-traffic junction. She comes to a stop but was so darn near me that I not sure if she see me. I got to do a E-brake. Well, if i really knock into her car, is better than she knock into me i guess.

...want to cook my tofu this afternoon but it is frozen. The fridge is going crazy again...I hope my tofu is still edible. I bought them specially from chinatown shop! *sob*
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Is suppose to be HW day

2006-10-15T06:25:00.000+08:00

Savannah is turning cold. Finally! Now is around 18 degree in the morning and then in the noon is really nice with the sun baking ya and the cool wind against your skin.

This morning is extremely cold! My fingers are numb from coldness when i am cycling to the library to meet my korean friend(JS) to go to the gym. Yes! The gym...I realise i am snacking way too much lately, i need to do something about it. The guilt is overcoming me. Hahah... I jog and i do some weights and abs exercise and then i cycle. Yeah...a break of sweat that i haven't feel for a long time. Can you imagine back in singapore I used to try to jog 4km 3 times a week? Now is been like 2 mths that i have a work out again.

JS and I were walking back to the library to get our bicycles to go back home...On the way, I start talking about japanese food and . Hahaha...End up we went to a resturant called Saigon that serve thai and vietnam food. We ordered Green Curry and a dish with beef, mushroom, green beans, stir fried in curry paste. Rice, I had rice with curry.. A cold cold day with curry to warm our body. Is D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S!!!!! I spend $8. Pretty good deal to eat in a resturant.That place is on my list when i want to pamper myself. Heeezz...

After lunch JS came back with me to my house and Kat's place to see the rooms. He is wanting to move out of Sch Dom next term as is too costly. We had a good time laughing and chatting. Haha.. Well, then Heather and Will(Church friends) is coming down to Forsyth park with their dog, Maggie to have some fun. So we end up goign there and sit awhile on the grass under the sun. Maggie is beautiful, a golden retriver. Her fur shines like the sand on the beach under the sun when she ran and jump to catch the frisbe. :)

Now is almost 7pm and i have not done much school work. In fact, None...Darn, tonight i am so gona drink coffee and stay up to do work. Oh God Help me! Right, I need to go over Kat's place for dinner, they bought the grilled chicken frm KRoger. Yummy...

Wait...Again, What's my purpose to go gym? Agrh...

All about nuts

2006-10-10T09:52:00.000+08:00

Our English teacher is just simply the best. Today she let us off 40mins earlier. Well, actually we were complaining we are really tired and the weather is making us real sleepy! She let us off on a condition that we are to go observe something and write about it in out journal for next class. I cycle off to one of the square(is a small square park, we called it square) near School library. I wanted to observe and write about the statue in the middle of the square...but then i got brain dead, so i went to CVS to buy some bite...hee....well, end up i buying hair dye and a packet of honey nuts. I figure it will be nice to sit in the park and eat some nuts enjoy the cool weather!

I went back to the park and sit down eating my nuts and thinking what i should write. I then realise 1 squirrel was looking at me, and coming near me...but it is still like 1-2meters away. This one is really unique because you can see more brown on him then grey when you compare it to others. I cheekily, without thinking just throw him one nut. It dash towards it and run off to a distance and start munching on the nut. Adorable!!He finish it really fast and run towards me again...Stood there and stare at me..Occasionally will stand on his 2 feet and wiggle his nose. I threw him another nut. I did it a couple a time, till there are almost 5 of them around me that is eyeing my packet of nuts!!! Is kinda of scary because i heard squirrels have rabies?? Not sure how true is that. Anyway, I just throw the nut to tat particular squirrel. When others try to get near me, he was like pouncing on to them scaring them off! Man...is like watching kung-fu show. The way they reflex is so fast! The situation kind of getting abit out of control as they are jumping onto my bench. I stood up and they got scared and pounce off up the trees, into bushes...wherever they can take shelter.
I walk to the other side of the park and sat down. You know what, that brown fella followed me! He came up to me and stand on his 2 feet with his 2 tiny arms up like begging for food.. Oh, how can i resist! I start placing nuts by my side, like 30cm away. He kind of get comfortable with me and the nearest he comes to me is about 20cm away, my sudden movement also don't scare him much. Haha...and he is making funny soft noises like " gggrrrrrooooo... ggggrrrooo...." Is funny and yet scary, because he can just easy jump on to me and give me a bite of rabies and diseases! Soon, my packet of nuts run out....I play with him using the empty packet. Of course he thinks there is food.. Is such a funny sight when he is trying his very best to stay its distance n stretch out his head and body to bite and pull the packet. He stopped and start making the strange noise "grrrrrooooo....grrrrooo...". I thought he is pissed off, and i definitely don't want to agitate him! I stopped and threw the packet away. ..It was enough fun to write my journal. :)

Same old me...

2006-10-10T09:40:00.000+08:00

I fell off my bicycle today. It was a funny sight, it really is...ahaha...I can't believe I am so clumsy! My left side of the jeans got hook on to the water bottle rack. Normally, is the right side that got hook, that's why i always fold up the right side of my jeans. I was cycling after i stop at the traffic light, then my jeans got stuck so i stop, a distance away from the traffic light. I was sitting on my bicycle still and lift up my left leg to try to get my jeans off the hook. Hahah... I lost balance and fell sideways with my jeans still stuck to the rack. Is so embrassing, because there are so many cars stopped at the traffic light! Can you imagine seeing someone stop with her bicycle and then suddenly just fall sideways?! Muhahaha...sigh...i am still the same old clumsy and blur mushroom...But, hey...I am more caution and careful now...well, ever since my injuries...I do still have phobia, who wouldn't. ;)