<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21850484</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:00:25.690-07:00</updated><title type='text'>:)</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://esthersmiles.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21850484/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://esthersmiles.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>esther</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13301641594280313181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21850484.post-116548274508763105</id><published>2006-12-07T01:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T23:05:37.656-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;reconnecting.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it's amazing what a little conversation can do.&lt;br /&gt;one the day before, one yesternite and one tis morning.&lt;br /&gt;it's so smile-inducing it makes me wonder why i don't try and do it more often.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on the dark-er side,&lt;br /&gt;stumbled upon tis news tis morning and ended up sniffing at my desk.&lt;br /&gt;goota learn to be less e to the mo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the depth of a father's love.&lt;br /&gt;click &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/06/missing.family/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21850484-116548274508763105?l=esthersmiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://esthersmiles.blogspot.com/feeds/116548274508763105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21850484&amp;postID=116548274508763105' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21850484/posts/default/116548274508763105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21850484/posts/default/116548274508763105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://esthersmiles.blogspot.com/2006/12/reconnecting.html' title=''/><author><name>esther</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13301641594280313181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21850484.post-116280680205778775</id><published>2006-11-06T01:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-06T01:53:22.076-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;the first person i met after completing the final round of exams&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/DSCN8014.2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/320/DSCN8014.2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;dear ronica tan :)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;the final papers were unexpectedly tough&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;but i gave it ALL that i had left of this semester&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;so, in God i trust :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;did the one thing i've been dying to do since july 27&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;catch ... *SILENCE*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/thelakehouseposter.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/thelakehouseposter.2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/320/thelakehouseposter.2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;and caught it i did. yoo shoold've seen me,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;i literally bounced into the cinema. hee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;twas absolutely gorgeous. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;can't remember the last time a movie melted my heart the way it did.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;two people, meant for each other but incredibly, impossibly living two years apart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;each at a time in their lives when they are struggling with past disappointments and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;trying to make a new start.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;sharing this unusual bond, they reveal more of themselves to one another with each &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;passing week - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;their secrets, their doubts and dreams, until they find themselves falling in love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;determined to bridge the distance between them at last and unravel the mystery &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;behind their extraordinary connection, they tempt fate by arranging to meet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;but, by trying to join their two separate worlds, they could risk losing each other forever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;i teenk it coold be on ever repeat mode in my dvd player.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;plush, i teenk i'm falling in love with keanu reeves all over again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;went for b&amp;j's wid dear ron after.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/DSCN8012.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/DSCN8012.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/320/DSCN8012.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;faboolous iscream topped with great music and even greater convos. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;can it get any better?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;then, we went for a lil escapade and wound up at the istana park.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;a lovely place with lots of greenery and somewhat some kind of serenity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;amazing how you can miss out on something so beautiful in the hustle bustle of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;orchard road isn't it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/DSCN8038.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/DSCN8038.1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/320/DSCN8038.1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;a superb end to the the day :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;i looked back at the past month today,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;realised i can only stand amazed and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;marvel at God's goodness. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;He is indeed, the only and every constant in the my ever changing life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;He's seen me through every project submission, every presentation, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;and every, everytime i felt like i wouldn't or couldn't go on further. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;but now, i stand as a testimony of His goodness, grace and mercy :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;looking forward to,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;charis' SURPRISE birthday dinner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;ashlee's tiny two birthday partee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;liverpool and west ham game &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;turkish grand prix &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;smile with me, will yoo? :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"&gt;ps: missing these two sweeties much muchos and a lot .. *scrunch nose*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/DSCN6040.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/320/DSCN6040.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/1600/IMG_0014a.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7665/328/320/IMG_0014a.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21850484-116280680205778775?l=esthersmiles.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://esthersmiles.blogspot.com/feeds/116280680205778775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21850484&amp;postID=116280680205778775' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21850484/posts/default/116280680205778775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21850484/posts/default/116280680205778775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://esthersmiles.blogspot.com/2006/11/first-person-i-met-after-completing.html' title=''/><author><name>esther</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13301641594280313181</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21850484.post-115506316619458273</id><published>2006-08-08T11:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T11:56:41.990-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;welcome to my first entree :)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tis is my attempt to keep my belles in melbourne and on tis sunny island updated of what's happening in my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;and i promise to &lt;i&gt;trrry &lt;/i&gt;to keep at it.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;been learning muchos and a lot bout tis crazy lil thing called.. &lt;i&gt;relationships.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;learning that we're in a continual process of learning to accept our differences &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and how a lot of it is about being to able understand so that we can forgive and forget. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;on a lighter note, i bumped into laura by chance at island creams the other nite. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what a small world. she's working at one of my fav ice cream places :)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the new tiger sorbet was simply fab. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;            &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;in a nutshell, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 monstrous flu bug last week.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 major presentations yesterdae. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 cheers for b's successful surprise bdae dinner&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4 daes to the final presentation for tis semester&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5 smiles for God's ever faithful grace and mercies &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;:)&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;" &gt;majesty majesty&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;your grace has found me &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;just as i am&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;empty handed &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but alive in your hands&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Verdana;" &gt; 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