God Chaser. Heart Joiner. Light Giver.

1. What can the same gender friendship offer that an opposite gender friendship cannot offer?

Luk Ching: With a same gender relationship, we are able to relate better to one another because of common interests and activities and can have heart to heart talks whereas with opposite gender friendships, relating to each other will be more difficult.

Eunice: Girls understand each other better, can relate emotionally more than guys do. Sometimes, guys take things too lightly, which may make you feel overlooked. But girls will listen! Plus you can do girlthings together, which guys cannot provide!

Elissa: Both genders have different needs, esp. psychologically and emotionally. Girls are more empathetic, meaning they can sense and read emotions much better than guys. When you say “I’m fine”, a guy friend and a girl friend will react differently, the girl will usually probe further. Also, a girl friend would more likely be able to understand how you are feeling, esp. during days of major PMS. Also, you don’t really have to worry about people talking (as in the rumour mill) about you and your girl friends if you hold hands, hug or hang out alot, because that’s what girls do. Girls are natural conversationalists, so if you want someone who can hold an actual conversation with you, girl friends are the better option. :)

Bernice Liau: Being from the same gender, we all face common problems and situations in life, and therefore it would be easier to relate to friends of the same gender and having been through similar experiences, it would be easier to open up regarding more close-to-the-heart/sensitive issues. You won’t feel awkward doing stuffs together because we’re all of the same gender. Girls also tend to be more sentimental and emotional and sensitive, and having the same way of dealing with issues makes it more comfortable and easier to share stuff with one another ^^ 

Wan Ting: Same gender friendship allows the listener to understand the other party better. As we often have the same common interests, there are more common topics to talk about and relate to as compared to different-gender friendships. When one feels upset, we are able to console the other party differently. (eg. hugs) And of course, we are able to enter the same washroom! (; 

2. What can an opposite gender friendship offer that a same gender friendship cannot offer?

Luk Ching: Allow us to view things from a different perspective. As girls tend to be overly sensitive, it is good to have an opposite gender friendship as guys are (I won’t say heartless) more in control of their emotions and tend to be more practical and realistic. So for example, when in a tough situation, it is good to seek advice from both sides.

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- LUK (Eu: yes you’re doing it right :) )

Eunice: Guys are generally more take it easy than girls are, so talking to them makes it easier, since they don’t really take things to heart as easily. They do help to make me take things easier as well.

Elissa: Guys are more easy-going and most don’t bear grudges for long (for minor conflicts). They are really fun to hang out with, if you really just want to relax and not think about work. The things they do are crazy enough to make you forget about work! Because they are not too sensitive emotionally (about most things), you can joke around with them freely. Actually, being a “brudder” is quite fun and definitely different from hanging with the sisterhood, because you learn different things from these two groups. Guys will learn how to treat girls the right way and girls will learn how to handle different guys LOL. When girls hang out with guys, both parties are exposed to the opposite genders and this exposure can help both sides to grow in maturity and thinking, because of differing mindsets. PLUS, good guy friends will protect you from other guys! :)

Bernice Liau: By hanging out with guy friends, you kind of know a little more about/know better how it would be like to be in a relationship, in terms of the way a guy could treat you or how it’s like to communicate with a guy or how you should treat a guy (even though yes, all guys are different haha) and talking to them could be more relaxing because topics we talk about tend to be more casual. Sometimes guy friends can give in to you also hahaha and when they’re serious they’re serious so sometimes talking to guy friends could be better if you just want someone to listen and not say too much. 

Wan Ting: As for an opposite gender friendship, it allows us to view matters from a different perspective. It helps us to know more about how the opposite gender behaves and relate to things, and how they handle it. As compared to girls, guys tend to not bear grudges and thus, able to joke more with them and not being afraid that they will be offended. Sometimes, we are more comfortable in sharing our problems with the opposite gender. Generally, guys are more protective as well. There are also characteristics that we get to learn from each other too! Lastly, as we are gonna live with another gender after we get married, we have to understand and know how the other party behaves, at least, a lil bit? (;

Hello Sophia!<3

just wanna say thank you girls for your support during camp, and thank you for this awesome year you all have given me! hehhehe, as the new year arrives, let’s face it with the ON feeling instead of the SIAN feeling.

for me, i wanna do well for o levels and glorify God! woohooo i can do it through Christ who strengthens me.

so all the best for everyone!:D Let’s brave through 2012 together as one sophia!

yayyyyyy, muaks muaks sophia! thank you everyone for the pot luck!

wo ai ni men hen duo,

cherie(c-harry!)

HELLO SOPHIAAAA!!! 

LOL camp is coming woohoo! Can’t wait to see you all woohoo! And how come when I wanted to post I realised at the “title” under “add a text post” had other things coming out? Heh heh if you don’t get what I’m saying, sign in and try posting a post yourself! ^^ 

OK SEE Y’ALL WOOHOO! 

With love, a fellow God chaser, heart joiner and light giver 

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OK. For the both of us, we are starting our school this week!

So. New semester. New class. New friends. New faces. New start.

So i think this is rather applicable to us as we get to make new friends and do all these acts to win them to Christ! 

1. Giving

Everyone loveeeeeeee to receive gifts - be it big or small. Even a little card can bring a smile onto your friend’s face. So this week, let us make the effort to give a little gift, or a little treat to a friend! We are blessed to be a blessing to others! ^^ For “It is more blessed to give than to receive” -Acts 20:35

2. Encouraging

Throughout the week, there may be setbacks that people will face. For example, exam results are not up to their expectations, quarrel with friends, etc. Although we cannot help our friends to solve their problems, but we can play a part by encouraging them! Let them know that there is someone there for them, and i believe they can sense that we care! 

3. Helping

“I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.” -Edward Everett

You never know the simple act of help can touch who’s life. Whenever a person needs help, let us just meet that need and do our best in whatever we can do! 

4. Loving

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters” - 1John3:16

We cannot love without giving and the best thing that we can give a person is our time! So let us go, and love beyond ourselves! (: 

Be blessed!

- Elissa & Wan Ting