Friday, August 31, 2007
Dreams and Moving

-In His Steps-
-Consuming Fire by Hillsong United-

"Living on grace. - Consuming Fire, Rain Down on me."

Feeling: Blessed


Living In Dream Haven,

Zhen

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Dreams and Birthday Wishlists

-Manga Messiah-
-Consuming Fire by Hillsong United-

"You never know why you're alive until you know what you would die for. - 2 years and 8 months is worth it... ~ Consuming Fire, Rain Down on me."

Feeling: Gleeful

Oh, it's that time of the year again, when my birthday approaches and I, as usual, post up my birthday wishlist for the year. =P

I never do get half of what I post up, but it's just for the fun of it anyways. And for the benefit of people who don't know how to buy presents for others a.k.a. Ben. (Okay then Ben, I'm expecting to get at least one thing on my list. =P)

I'm supposed to have moved blogs by now, but I'm not used to blogspot yet and I don't have the time to manouevre through things, so blogdrive it is.

Zhen's 17th Birthday Wishlist

1. A small silver cross pendant necklace

2. Books! (and I've decided to be nice enough to include pictures this time round! =P)

I like this cover better, but I don't think MPH stocks these anymore.



This is nice as well, but not as nice as the above. =)








First book in the Cosmic Trilogy.
The other books are Perelandra and That Hideous Strength.
(read between the lines: If you're nice enough to get me all three, I'd love you forever.)




Recommended me by Tzu Anne. But haven't gotten my hands on it yet.




I like this cover but I don't think it has reached our shores yet.


This is the more common one in Malaysia.






Yes, Ju, I still want this even after reading it. =P.







Supposed to be a really, really good book.



One of those children's classics that I simply must own.




  • Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - not sure how much the paperback is.
This silver version is nicer. =P




I found this cover to be just as I like it - whimsical, fantastical...
But I don't think it's arrived at our shores either.



This is the cover I saw in the bookstores.
It resembles crime fiction like Jeffrey Archer and airport novels. Not to my liking.





Actually, I wouldn't mind any book from him. I just wanna read his style.
Stardust would do fine as well. =P







  • Anne Rice novels
  • Any other book that's worth having la. I'm trying to expand to good literature that are shortlisted for/win book awards.
  • Any good Christian literature =)
3. CDs
  • A Thousand Different Ways by Clay Aiken
How can I not include him? =P




  • Pride & Prejudice Soundtrack
Must have must have must have!




  • Nothing Is Sound by Switchfoot
I need a Switchfoot album to be played on my radio.




  • The Beautiful Letdown by Switchfoot



  • More Than Life by Hillsong United
Love the songs in this album. Well, technically, I only know four songs, but I love all four. =P




  • All Of The Above by Hillsong United
Actually I haven't really heard any of the songs from this album.
I just need another HIllsong United album.




  • Arriving by Chris Tomlin




  • Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack Deluxe Edition =P




  • Five Score And Seven Years Ago by Relient K



  • Sound of Music Original Soundtrack. =P

Hmm. I don't think this is it. I'm sure there're more worthy albums out there. But I can't think right now. And I think I've given you enough choices already. =P.

So yeah. Here's my list for this year. The books and CDs listed aren't really listed in order of preference. Though I'd really, really, like to have that Pride & Prejudice CD. *heavyhint* =P And Joshua Harris book. And C. S. Lewis book. And.. and....

And now it's back to studying.

Living In Dream Haven,

Zhen

"A man's life is much more than what he has"

Luke 12:15

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Thursday, August 02, 2007
Dreams and Answered Prayers

-Acts of the Apostles-
-Above All by Michael W. Smith-

"Socially inept. - Does anyone have/knows anyone who has last Sunday's Nanyang Siang Pau or China Press?"

Feeling: Contemplative

There are a few signs that indicate I have just finished watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy.
  1. There is (sometimes) dried saline all over my face.
  2. I am sitting in shock, staring at the advertisements and programmes after Grey's without really absorbing anything.
  3. I am particularly contemplative.




"God works in funny ways", they say. But if there's one thing as sure as the rising sun, it's His faithfulness in fulfiling His promises.

Right after that self-absorbed blog entry, He replied. I stumbled upon a website and knew that He was answering my prayer at the end of that entry.

And He's been replying, even till now. I still think myself socially inept though.

But more on that next time.

Right now, I just wanna type this.





You are cordially invited to witness the

BAPTISM

of

LIM WEI ZHEN

on the 5th of August, 2007 (Sunday)

in First Baptist Church, Pantai

at the 11.00 am service.


For more enquiries, please contact Lim Wei Zhen at ladyzhen@gmail.com


I desparately need to die to the sins of sloth and gluttony.

Living in Dream Haven,

Zhen

"In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive in Christ"

Romans smth smth


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Sunday, July 29, 2007
Dreams and Isolation

-The Acts of the Apostles-
-Sleeping To Dream by Jason Mraz-

"Socially inept. - A blank slate."

Feeling: At a loss

I am extremely tempted to

cut myself off from the world,

cuddle myself up into my own bunny hole, and

pursue my own interests for the rest of my life.


Because every little thing I try to do just doesn't seem to end up right.

Because it never does come naturally, and the effort I put in makes it seem so fake.

Because I am socially inept.


I need someone to come sweep me up and save me. Again.

God, are you there? It's me, Zhen.

Living In Dream Haven (all by herself and forcing herself into loving it),

Zhen

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Friday, July 20, 2007
Dreams and Harry Potter

-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix-
-She Will Be Loved by Buena Vista Social Club feat. Maroon 5-

"The plan has hit a stumbling block. - Because it's our last chance! ~ Apathy is not an option. ~ Attitude."

Feeling: Excited

Even though I am a tad dissappointed that our grand master plan didn't work out, I am still excited nevertheless.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, leave and never come back.

Okay okay was just kidding. Please don't leave. I appreciate readers. Really!

Anyway, if you still don't know what I'm talking about, well, it's none other than the release of the final Harry Potter book.

Okay I can feel the rolling of your eyes. But oh well, that's the way it is.

In 8 more hours, I, Lim Wei Zhen, will be holding a (hopefully limited edition) copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

I'm tingling with excitement. =P

I'm sorry I haven't updated in awhile. I wanted to, I really did, but as usual I made excuses for myself.

I am contemplating moving blogs. Still not too sure yet though.

But anyways, I shall attempt to update my blog with the entries I wanted to type. They're just too good material to pass up.

Living In Dream Haven,

Zhen

"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."

John 12:24

God was telling me all along. I just refused to listen.





Currently listening to:
Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba
By Various Artists



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Zhen

>Christian

>Self-professed ex-Bookaholic
(ex because she has decided she is unworthy of that title until she ups her reading count)

>Bibliophile

>Optimist

>Amateur (really, really, amateur) Pianist

>Dancer



"Life is a tapestry of events that culminate in an exquisite, sublime, plan"

- Serendipity

"Everything is possible for him who believes"

- Mark 9:23

"Nothing happens unless first a dream"

- Carl Sandburg

"A picture paints a thousand words, but a thousand words paint a world"




>>Dreams & Wishes

  • Bring someone to Christ
  • Study in Oxford or Cambridge
  • Get married to my soulmate
  • Climb Mount Kinabalu
  • See the Aurora Borealis
  • Travel the world - See Venice, Paris, romantic cities...
  • Sustain friendships
  • Own a grand piano (a baby grand would be sufficient)
  • Build a mini library of my own
  • Write a novel and get it published



    >>Books I Want To Read
    (in no particular order)

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
  • The Cosmic Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
  • The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
  • The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
  • American Gods by Neil Gaiman
  • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris
  • Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
  • Ragwitch by Garth Nix
  • Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
  • Voices by Ursula Le Guin
  • Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
  • Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
  • P.S. I Love You by Cecilia Ahern
  • Grim Tuesday by Garth Nix
  • Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
  • The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  • A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine Le'Engle
  • The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
  • The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
  • Catcher In The Rye by J. D. Salinger
  • The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
  • Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (anything from her would do fine)
  • Checkmate by Malorie Blackman
  • Man and Boy by Tony Parsons
  • Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
  • Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke
  • The Historian by Elizabeth Kustova
  • The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
  • The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
  • Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
  • Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
  • Tithe by Holly Black
  • Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
  • The Dalemark Quartet by Diana Wynne Jones
  • Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
  • Drowned Wednesday by Garth Nix
  • Sir Thursday by Garth Nix
  • New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
  • The Pinhoe Egg by Diana Wynne Jones



    >>Books I Dearly Need To Own

  • Anything else by Diana Wynne Jones that I don't have, particularly:
    >Howl's Moving Castle
    >Castle In The Air
    >The Pinhoe Egg
  • The last two books of the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
  • Lyra's Oxford by Phillip Pullman
  • Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
  • Eldest by Christopher Paolini
  • Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
  • Other lovely classics by Jane Austen
  • The rest of the Vampire Chronicles, fourth book onwards by Anne Rice
  • I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris



    >>If I Had An iPod, my music list will definitely have

  • Clay Aiken
  • Planet Shakers
  • Hillsong United
  • Chris Tomlin
  • Switchfoot
  • Lifehouse
  • Rascal Flatts
  • Westlife




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