7 Quick Takes Friday - Vol. 19

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I finally finished reading Pride and Prejudice. :) My favorite new phrase is "to compose herself". As someone who speaks English as a second language, I have never used those words before and I am quite amused by the usage of that word: 'compose', again and again in the novel.

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There were so many celebrations this week! Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux on 1st Oct, Feast of Guardian Angel and the anniversary of how St Josemaria saw Opus Dei on 2nd Oct, and Feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4th Oct! I have special memories about St. Therese of Lisieux. I borrowed her autobiography when I went to India for internship in 2011. Because of this book, I started using Imitation of Christ to pray (I abandoned the book for quite some time and only used it after I read her autobiography). I was also so amazed by the fact on how her family taught her and her sisters about the faith and how she was looking forward for her first Holy Communion. I mean, I knew that first Holy Communion was special, but the importance that her family put on that moment was striking for me (even though that's how things are supposed to be!). Somehow at that moment when I was reading the book, the thing that struck me the most was her family upbringing :)

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Yesterday me and my friends had Spanish dinner and karaoke =D Such a relaxing Friday night!!

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All my favorite blogs have been mentioning about Brideshead Revisited. So yeah, I just ordered it and looking forward to read it! Okay, this time, I'll read SLOWER and I'll check the dictionary if I don't understand the words. (I skip all the confusing words in Pride and Prejudice >.< Perhaps I should re-read it)

Oh actually, the most difficult thing in reading novel is to keep track of the names (the change of the usage of first name and surname) and to keep track of who speaks this particular line. (That's why, I need to read slower). Even though the description of the scene is interesting, I tend to skim through the description of the places. *lazy*

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This week me and my colleagues were busy of running experiment at a child care centre. Most interesting experience? When the little kids keep holding our hands or hugging us :) :)
Most not-so-pleasant experience? It's when the kids refused to focus on the 'games' (the experiment). Things like "I don't want to play anymore" or "I want A" (calling his friend's name).

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Argh I need to sleep soon.........

Anyway, today the girls' club went ice-skating! Hmm, I think I should give it a try. I just went ice-skating once and I didn't do it so well that time. Today I chose to sit and cheer at them because I didn't want to skate and fall in front of the girls =P They seemed to have lots of fun!

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I just found out that I can estimate how short or long the dress is by looking at the 'side neck to hem' length info on the online shop. It's not so accurate because sometimes it depends on the materials of the dress too. However, at least I can avoid buying a dress that is too short and ends up as a top >.< Another trick is to look at the info of the model height. Hahahaha. If it looks too short on the picture, but the model is much taller than me, it means the length is quite safe for me =P

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