hey guys...this is unofficially my last post on the love bar...because i just spent the last 2 days and about 4 hours trying to use my primative technologically challenged mind to attempt to get a blog on blogspot.com and I've SUCCEEDED! yahoo!

but fret not...the link i shall provide...and p.s this blog will be converted to somekinda bitching blog for myself and me pals so if you wanna know whats wrong with the world in our eyes...keep watching this space...

its been a great 320 days on Xanga but I've decided to move on... :)

new blog ---> www.v4valentine.blogspot.com

hope you all will stop by and keep taggin and reading...really appreciate it...thanks alot guys, you're the best!

yes, and I'm still playing stacy's mom...haha! unless someone wants to help change the song... ;)

till i see you on the other blog...

spread the lovin'

Rob Valentine

THE LOVE BAR IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED...(at least for now)

goodday folks...its ye jamaican love god with another daily update about my not-so-mundane life again...haha...enjoying my brand new 40 inch plasma TV!!! yahhoooo! grandpa...gotta love grumps...spent a fortune on massive plasma's for the whole family! sheesh! every1's (actually just 3 households) got one now...thanks gramps...you da bomb!

finally got a message from sister GINA last night...says he's still alive in kunming which is always a good thing :)...missing ya heaps man! slept until like 6 when mom woke me up...grrr...

training was @ sembawang today...cow grass covered hill in steriods...sheesh...tough track but very negotiable...played with the fooster and gabe...got a little 3 round tournament going on within the acad so kinda fun...played kinda okay i guess...hit 5/14 fairways and had 33 putts but knocked it on 14 greens in reg which is always a good thing...one or two bad holes cost me but very pleased overall...1 triple, 1 double, 2 bogeys and 4 birdies for a round of 75...mighty tidy a have to say...happily with a 5 shot lead over puff, alloy & eugene @ 80...hahaha...ownage!

after that had like a 20 min nap then had tuition with leon at 3...sat outside the island creamery for a bit and chatted about his little situation and he's doing just fine...permutations and combinations is a cinch...haha...had some macs after that...now ive got some stuff to do @ home and tanglin tomorrow...should be fun to see how many rounds we can squeeze in in 5 hours tomorrow morning...haha...got chinese tv station filming @ occ in the afternoon...should survive as long as i dont have to talk! :)

till next time...cheerio

spread the lovin'

Rob Valentine

yello there folks...school was kinda interesting to say the least this week...had a bunch of tests...flunked chinese but have come to learn to accept the fact that I'm never going to get anywhere with that...math was a disaster...scared shit about it but have faith that somehow I'll squeeze out a pass...chem was alright i guess...darn hard paper but with 3 hours of cramming the night before i should be fine...biology wasn't as tough as i thought...just a little bit of cramming and plenty of ingenious ways of getting answers around the class and it's a piece of cake...social studies was a cinch...will DEFINATELY ace that...

wasnt much to talk about school i guess...mundane lessons livened up by yours truly and his faithful group of entertainers...anything exciting...lemme see...nope nope...training this week was fun...almost had another hole in one @ millenium...hit the flagstick and finished about a foot away...grr...still shot -4 though so that's cool...watched netball finals on thursday...we beat CHIJ 21-10...ownage!

moleee's last day was friday and as weird as she was we're still gonna miss her i guess...miss tan's last day too...strange but true...the first person i met in school and such a wonderful lady...will miss her...

SWIMMERS ARE LEAVING! ahhhh! richie and benji are going to abandon me for 21 days for some high altittude training in...Kunming!...china! land of wasted opportunities and green tea! ahhhh! I'm gonna miss all of 'em swimming brethen...sigh...all by myself...

to benji...gonna miss you bro, what ever shall i do without a functional crap generator and partner in crime for 3 whole weeks!? (which actually only works out to about 8 days but thats beside the point)...I'm gonne miss you heaps man...hurry back, take care of yourself (and inga) and dont do anything i wouldnt! much love m8...dun forget to call! :)

had lesson with greg and GAZ! on saturday morning...had a chat with him about golf and my training...swings feeling a little better but will have to work a bit more on the range before i get comfortable with it...

had cat class after that which was kinda fun...had to do a skit about temptation and i got to be the devil and mind you it was a critically acclaimed performance...haha...i still argue that my golf is better...

had dinner at aquamarine...absolutely charming place...played @ warren with fooster and smiley today...played like shit but now george owes me a coke! hahaha...

gonna rest up now, got a full day ahead tomorrow...playing SEMBAWANG!...

p.s...leon's been in an unfortunate bit of trouble lately and things arent looking too good for him right now..he's really made such a big improvement this year and it's a shame to see all that go to waste...cant really say much more but pray for him alright folks...

God Bless & see you all really soon!

spread the lovin'

Rob Valentine

hey ya'll! it's timmy...but dun again...who else could it be? ;) ...so yeah...it was a good weekend for me...and yes I enjoyed every minute of it for the first time in a long while...

saturday was cool...did tuition in the morning then chiropractor then got me hair done...it's short and sexeh now! then met up with benji @ california pizza for lunch...can't believe how clueless he is when it comes to getting around town...obviously does not get out much ;) ...anyway, after that we strolled over to LIDO to watch THE PRODUCERS! hahaha...fantastic show...loved every minute of it! and there were only like 5 people in the cinema with us...haha...gave us loads of great ideas for our movies and stuff so yeah...

after that was kinda clueless what to do...wanted to play CS but the LAN shop was full so walked all the way to the heren to buy the white chicks dvd...then caught cab from taka to get home to set up party stuff...and in keeping with the pataki tradition...it is absolutely a must to make a complete fool of ourselves in public while having a good time...so to pass the time in the very long queue...my dear sister GINA and i plugged in our iPods and started dancing away with everyone staring...and it was a long queue...got in the cab and we started belting horrible renditions of "I Hate Myself For Loving You", "I won't say I'm in love", "Zero to hero", "Hey Miss Hilton" and of course "I want it that way"...cab driver and every other motorist probably thought we were insane but hey..it was fun.

party was awesome...thanks for the presents everyone! and thanks to all who came and made it special...to all those who never turned up I'll be collecting the maditory $50 cancellation fee on monday at noon so standby...had an absolute blast with the guys (benji, andy, dom, yapper, ashwin, puff, dom, soph, val, nicole, amanda, joshua)...had rockys pizza, kfc...loads of soft drinks...everyone got dunked in the pool...raced...played dodgeball and just had a blast...took loads of gay and silly pics in the toilet which i'll put on shutterfly when i have more time...but some are up on friendster already so yeah...

watched constantine until 1130 with them and benji stayed over...had a really long chat with him about life and God and it was really great...kinda cool how we've got so much in common...He's such an awesome guy and I thank God that we've got such a great brotherhood/sisterhood going on...slept at about 2.30am

Had training at 7 this morning and i kicked everyones ass by a mile in par 18 today...won by like a gazillion shots which is always nice...

had a great easter sunday mass and then watched FIREWALL with mom in goldclass at 430...great movie...a must watch, really can relate to the guy (harrison ford's character) ...cause honestly...anyone who screws with my family (that includes gagadolls and my extended brethren) is so gonna get it from me...

just finished up dinner and decided to write a long apology letter to miss chua...just felt it was the right thing to do and I feel a whole lot better now...

going back to school now and I've never felt better! excited about it and pumped to be alive! Thank You Jesus! bring on the major modules...if God's with me...who's gonna stand against me? :)

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Rob Valentine

so anyway...got back home thursday evening and something inside just prompted me to ring up mom to go maundy thursday church visiting...I didnt exactly know what it was but i just felt as if i needed to go...and I'm glad i did...

set off at about 8ish and wanted to go to Mary of the Angels first but apparently they still had mass on so mom and I went to the church of the blessed sacrament (where she got baptised) ...

*fyi maundy thursday for us catholics is kinda like the day when the presence of Jesus leaves the church because it's the start of his passion until he was crucified on good friday...so all the statues etc are covered up and the host is removed so basically its a very "spiritually empty" place*

so got down there and prayed for peace in my soul...which has been rather unsettled for a long while...prayed for clarity and confidence and to find God again...realised that my life was going downhill (sorta) because i was beginning to lose God...which was an extremely scary prospect but yeah...so said my little prayer and we went off to St.  Ignatius...

church was really nice...newly renovated...they even had a little layout of the last supper at the foyer which was really cool...so got in there and prayed for the same things again and to be at peace with God...felt a little relief and peace come over me...rather refreshing....so then decided to go off to St. Thresa's (where my fathers ashes are)

met up with the fogies there (my grandparents)...who were happier than usual...had some drinks with them in the canteen then walked over to the columbarium and prayed by my father's niche...i really do miss him and sometimes i wonder why God took him away so early...but mom's always reminded me that God always has a plan and that I'll see him again soon...as i was praying i just felt a great calm come over me with reassurances that life was all gonna straighten out and it would all be okay...i really miss him, i really do...

walked into church and just immediately felt God's presence...people were quietly praying and there was some soft singing from the choir in the background...such a calming environment...knelt down to pray and all of a sudden I felt it...I felt that I had re-connected with the God that I slipped away from...his presence surrounded me and all my pain and sorrows seemed to melt away...it felt so good and I just started to cry...actually i just completely lost it...i cant even remember the last time i cried but my experiecnce in that church lats night was just something so special and important to me. I'm gonna treasure that for a long time...i think mom felt it too cause her eyes were all teary too...we didn't talk about it but we kinda knew what the other had felt...

had one last stop to make on my spiritually uplifting road trip...my home parish (holy cross)...it was all really dark and quiet save for the lighted altar...just prayed and said a little thanksgiving prayer for the evning and everything that God has blessed me with...saw father richards and left around 11...

got back and was just so filled with the holy spirit and inspired by God i just sat on my bed and wrote about my evening...just loads of great stuff started coming out and it really felt great...went to sleep with a fantastic sense of peace and love...something only God could give...and I'm really happy I got it...

i really feel as if i've been touched by an angel and in some ways i find it ironic that on the day that God's presence is supposed to leave the church, i found him again :) there's no greater feeling than that i can assure you! life seems worth living once more!

I'll leave you with these lines from the michael card song "that's what real faith must be"

to hear with my heart, 

to see with my soul,

to be guided by a hand I cannot hold,  

to trust in a way I cannot see...  

that's what faith must be

I feel truly blessed to have found God again and my easter wish for all of you is that anytime you feel lost or downtrodden, whether christian or non christian...just know that there's always a God out there who loves you unconditionally and is looking for you...all you have to do is open your heart and let him in...

God Bless each and everyone of you...Have a blessed and Happy Easter

spread the lovin'

Rob Valentine