all in a name

Just had two mid-terms yesterday. thank God for His wisdom, for giving me ideas and guiding me during the tests. No matter how well I did or how badly I did, I know it's all in His hands. also thank God for helping me to always look on the bright side. Broke my specs the night before when I was studying for the 2 tests. But thank God I didn't freak cos He put 2 solutions right in front of me:

1) The specs are still wearable, just that the long metal on the right side is now left with only half. It still holds up when I wear it such that it seems like my specs are normal when in fact the metal of the shorter side is poking into my flesh amidst my hair.
2) I still have my contacts just that my eyes get tired after wearing it for a while.

Going to get a new pair later. YAY. haha. haven't changed for 3 years already. Need a new prescription.

Had the weirdest dreams lately. But I can only remember the one I had just now. Mummy? ICA? IC? Changing names? Haha must be because recently I've been thinking of adding my baptism name to my IC. But it is a chore la. Have to go down to ICA to queue up and give them all the relevant documents, not to mention pay 60 bucks. I wonder if they have to change my passport as well. Argh. But if I really want my degree to reflect my baptism name, I have to do all these soon. Crap. Should I? Which means "Ariel" will be my permanent Christian name from now on.

But I've had a case of changing Christian names since young. Let's see arh. Jasmine (Aladdin's girlfriend), Ivy (err you wouldn't want to know why), Drina (because of this book I was reading), Nicole (I found out that it's a biblical name that means "victory in God"), Faith (I wanted to have faith in God). It only stopped after I went to jc when I finally became content with my Chinese name. "Drina" has become an anecdote for me though. Haha. When I was in sec 1, I fell in love with this name after reading this series of books about this young ballerina that I decided that it'd be my name. lol. But the amusing story is this:

One day I was walking home from Eunos MRT, passed by this field where some upper sec sch/ITE Ah Bengs were playing soccer. I walked rather quickly cos I'm scared of Ah Bengs (yes even now). Then one of them came up to me and stopped my way. Asked me for my name. I had to think quickly so I just gave him my fake name, "Drina". lol. But guess what? He thought I said "Gina". Then he talked to me somemore I can't remember what. The scary thing wasn't this. But the fact that his friends all slowly came up to us until I was surrounded by all of them. There must have been at least 10 of them standing in a circle around me. Then one of his friends said to the first guy in Chinese, "Eh don't frighten her leh, later she don't go to movie with you already." I was super freaked out at this point in time that my face musta been white. Then I decided to try something like, "Sorry I'm rushing home" in Chinese. Phew. It worked. I think I ran off. With a cloud of smoke in my wake. A 13 year old girl. Surrounded by at least 10 Ah Bengs. You can only imagine how freaked out I was. I am always reminded of the incident whenever I pass by the area (now changed into something else altogether, with a badminton court, sheltered walkways).

Haha but I know why God blessed me with "Ariel". He wants me to remember His love for me always & forever, like King Triton's love for his daughter, but God's love is far more immeasurable. =)

Haha ok. I've convinced myself.