:: curls ::

haha finally got time to update.. hmm.. start from friday? Boss went to Germany to watch the world cup live.. cool~ yeah on thur n fri he was not in, so juliana and i r able to relax a bit. we packed up and dusted the office.. =P i'm not saying we were idle because boss was not in okay, i even did OT on thurs to finish my work k. but fri got lotsa stuff so i gotta leave on time. thank God there were no last minute instructions.

wanted to: go to China Sq Central Acts Lifestyle bookshop to buy nice pass it on cards. then go to far east plaza Crest to pick up books and cds with esther, then go to Queenstown for SonicFest. but i couldn't make it for the last plan. had dinner with esther. thanks esther for the treat!! cuz i didn't have cash.. was about to ask to borrow money from her. we went to Pepper Lunch. i was v impressed with the system (cuz it's Jap) and the food. hehe.. i knew i couldn't eat a lot so i didn't order the double hamburger steak or combo. esther even bought a slice of cake for me.. Blackforest.. hehe.. this month i really gained alot of weight. eat too much cakes. jialat.

reached home close to 11pm.. still gotta work on the design for harvest event invites/posters. did till 3am then went to slp.

sat woke up real early to go harbourfront. my mom really v impatient that day, n i felt quite pissed. we were meeting the rest at 8.15am. n we left home earlier than 7am. she was really worried abt missing the ferry sia. there were 8 of us going to batam, Rachael Soh n her mom (a frequent traveller to batam), Cristal and her mom (the organiser of the trip), her god-grandma n uncle. i was really excited cuz i have no impression of batam at all. wonder how the place looks like.

when we reached we found our driver, A-dong, who will bring us around the whole day. our first stop was Kuta massage parlour. dunno which massage i did.. haha.. but shld be oil massage. Cristal was beside me.. haha we were all v shy abt taking off our clothes.. haha.. not used to it.. we had a bone-cracking good time. i managed to communicate a little in Bahasa Indonesia with my masseur. then we went downstairs, after 2 hours, to drink ginger tea. it was very spicy but i think good for health ba.

then we went to eat lunch. ordered a lot of food. haha.. after lunch we went to the hair salon. i already wanted to perm my hair for v long time. cheap cheap!! 225000 Rp nia~ had my hair washed by a guy. hehe.. felt not bad.. ;) saw a real sissy. another hairdresser. he had mascara n eyeshadow n blusher on la. my hairdresser really slow sia. or maybe he wanted to ensure quality so he took his time.. *shrugs* i was the last to finish doing hair la. Cristal and my mom did treatment and massage. Aunty Juliet coloured her hair. i wasn't really pleased with how my hair turned out la.

went shopping at BCS. it was big but nothing much. got a lot of shops selling trendy clothes, but my mom didn't give me money.. =( walked around with Cristal and Rachael. we were most thrilled at the supermarket (at least i was). haha.. i was excited looking at the packaging design of food. bought a lot of snacks back.. =P went for dinner at a food centre. it was good. but we didn't have a lot of time. gotta catch the last ferry back.

reached home at 12am. didn't realise that our 8.45pm (indo time) ferry is actually v late.

sunday went to church for reflective service. hehe shocked a lot of pple with my new hairstyle. it was indeed v risky.. cuz i wasn't sure if the hairdresser understood wad i wanted. Thanks Jac for the present! got baking tools as my birthday present. hehe.. we sang a lot of hymns at the service. i didn't know most of them. didn't really feel reflective. felt religious instead.

there was Psalmist Resource Corner today. i think sales is not bad la. but we had to pack v early cuz the table was to be returned with the music n sound equipment. had lunch with esther at the kopitiam opp the indian temple. ate dim sum.. =P

went to boon keng to look for SKP. a plastic bag shop. cool~ didn't know abt it. then went to Crest to return the stuff. it was settled v quickly. after that went home to slp. good thing i took that nap cuz tt night i stayed up till v late.. quite caught in between. on one hand i wanna do the design for the invites well, on the other hand i was v worried abt going late for work. after all it's only the start of my 2nd week..

but thank God i didn't wake up late. but felt like today v few pple going to work. hmm.. it was quite an eventful journey. ok la not really. just that one lady fainted on the train at farrer park station and caused a 3 minute delay. but thank God i am still early and able to stroll slowly to the office. brought a lot of snacks from Batam for my boss n colleague.

then... today nv go out after work la. went home straight. shld be slping soon.

:: disappointed ::

hmm.. briefly abt the Family Camp.. the guest speaker was v humorous, seemed to have thought very long abt his message to make sure it is injected with humour at every 5 min interval.

meals, according to elizabeth, is sucky. but to me it's alright. but i won't go for 2nd helping (most of the time).

went out to Jusco.. me n shiqi were rushing like mad cuz we only had 2 hours for the whole shopping centre, becuz we wanted to go pasar malam after that. had to make arrangements with the bus la. i kinda caused some worry cuz i didn't know there were 2 buses going to pasar malam, thought only 1. so i got into the wrong bus n had the other bus' IC looking for me. sigh. bought a lot of food that i couldn't finish.. sigh.

went out to A&W. i asked the concierge to arrange transport. i wanted to go somewhere else so i told them we don't need transport back. got a few pple pissed with me. feel quite sad.. they didn't console me when i apologised also.. sigh.

ate a lot of cakes the whole trip. played Blind man bluff on the last night. skipped 2 finale sessions n got smacked on the bottom by wee lee.. *ouch*

hmm.. then abt my week at work it was okay. had been having lunch with my colleague Juliana everyday. today had dim sum.. heh.

i was late today n i felt v bad abt it. my dad's bike almost toppled over n ran over my foot. thank God it didn't happen. i thought going by motorbike will be faster than LRT, MRT, n walking. ended up super late. disappointed with myself.

toward the end of the day i had a client who wanted to rush out a design n by 5.30pm i knew it was impossible, but i tried anyway. worked till 7+pm, the client's client went home already so it was useless. wanted to go Acts Lifestyle before it closes at 8pm but i realise i couldn't. i was still at outram at 7.45pm. disappointed again, i went home.

:: excited. nervous..? ::

ARGH!!! wad's happened to my tagboard?? it's inaccessible!! hmmph~

anyway.. thanks guys for the birthday wishes (and belated ones.) *grinz* i realise that the more i expect pple to rem my bday the more they dun. the more i mention to pple abt my bday, the more they ignore it. i've already tried to keep quiet abt it but difficult la, too excited abt it..

i've been in malaysia since thurs till today, so forgive me if i seemed to ignore ur sms-es. i'll try to find some time to update abt my trip.

tmr starting work....! tuesday getting my diploma cert!! gotta prepare for them. gotta buy shoes, bras, ehhehe.. i'll bring the Garfield cushion from Faith, jianxiong n gabriel, on wed to work. i gotta sleep at 10pm every night now and wake up at 6.30am. i need the regular slp so that i won't get diabetes and hypertension.

signing off!

:: mon - wed update ::

tired ah.. hehe sorry ah lin feng, this is gonna be A4 or longer again.. =P

ok monday woke up for breakfast with my mom then went to church for arts camp. joined session first then split up to our groups for training. managed to come up with ideas. had lunch at the "coffeeshop opp the hindu temple" long name sia. was tired but still gotta discuss. worked out some stuff then went to the room to settle down. wanted to take a nap but couldn't. shirley they all were playing game n i joined them. we got so engrossed with the games that we had to get vincent to da-pao for us.. hehe..

oh yah landy led worship for session earlier so i wanted to encourage him but i didn't.. =X hope he is encouraged la.. =P

that night i slept late... cuz it's a camp ma..... slp so early for wad? =P (that wasn't my mentality at youth camp these few yrs)

next morning woke up tired. haha.. did projection for esther.. the stress part was i can't recognise song titles by the intro of the songs.. so thank God i had gabriel's help in recognising 'Complete'.. =P (u dun understand wad i mean nvm) haha

was feeling v ...slack.. lethargic n a bit grumpy~

used my laptop to detect wireless connection n i got it!! downloaded a few updates.. =P but halfway thru the connection got v weak. sian. went around looking at the dance practices. around 5.30pm i went off to meet hao. felt a few yrs younger cuz i was wearing sajc t-shirt.. =P went to bras basah n i went to Basheer to choose graphic books for my present!! =D chose 2.. didn't go even near to his budget cuz i wanted to eat something better for dinner. so we went to Jack's Place.. the toilets v cool sia. the 'ladies' and 'gents' are called 'jack' n 'jill'! cool!

ordered a chicken mushroom spag (but i dun like) n venison & crayfish.. n singapore sling, finally got to try it!! =P then ting came.. we went upstairs to eat xiaolongbao becuz i want to try.. =P after tt we walked to CHIJMES for drinks n soccer. watched south korea vs togo. haha.. tried tequila sprite n tequila coke. all hao treat!! =D yeah after tt went to take train home. hao n ting sent me home.. THANKS GUYS!!! got a birthday kiss from both of them on the train haha.. slept around 2am after watching a bit of Switzerland vs France with my dad.

wed

AHA. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me, faith, ridz, n shawal! my june calendar is full of birthdays. haha..

woke up at 9+am with an alarm clock.. haha.. went out with my mom to eat brunch.. in the end went to sengkang jack's place (again!). after tt went to woodlands to meet faith, jianxiong n vincent. jianxiong drove us to esplanade park for an outdoor worship session. it was REALLY great. to start a new 20th yr, a third decade of my life worshipping God. thanks vincent for leading worship n praying for us!

then he left to meet his friend. so faith, jianxiong n i hung out around esplanade, taking crappy photos. haha.. until 5pm, then he drove us to CCK. met alvin n lin feng there. they bought tickets to watch R.V. n then we went to Suki Sushi for dinner. ate alot =P

went home n Chihiro came to my place to return my cds n use internet a while... TIRED liao!!

going to pack bag for family camp!! gd nite!

:: fri - sun update ::

wait, let me continue from friday abt wad's been happening so far:

went to hougang in the morning (11am - that's morning to me) =P with my mom for brunch. just walked around, nothing much.. went back home in the afternoon around 3+ i think.. relax a while, then asked my dad to drive me to expo.. there's this GoFest in Asia.. it's really cool. sort of like a missions conference thing, then in the evening there will be worship free admission every night. last yr also have, but i didn't go.. this time i went with Faith, Jianxiong and Akouo girls.. i had dinner with them at the food court la.. was really excited abt buying things from the booth.

then it was soon time to start. Joseph Chien was there. then we all worshipped together. most of the songs were unfamiliar to me n a bit hard to pick up. the time of testimony was good though, a cambodian sharing abt the salvation of his village. and message was very good. a simple passage abt Jesus meeting the Samaritan woman, has deep significance. all the 12 disciples went off to buy food, but Jesus stayed behind and had a purpose. in talking to the woman, she believed, and went to tell the whole town abt this Jesus. all the 12 disciples missed the show because they were too concerned abt their physical needs. in terms of missions, this is a good lesson to learn.

after that before we left i went to various booths to check out abt missions. bought 7 pieces of pass-it-on cards. hope to buy more another time. also bought a pair of earrings for 50¢.

went for supper at Changi Village with faith n jx... Nasi Lemak!! =P then we went to Fisherman Village.. i wasn't really allowed to stay out late... =P supposed to go home n pack my bag for the next day.. but we found somewhere to watch soccer over heineken. had a close brush with xiaoqiang.. it was v funny la.. they were laughing at my reaction to it. we chatted until abt 1+am i think.. after soccer la.. then i went home n packed my bag. got scolded by my mom cuz she was awake when i reached home. slept a while so v tired.

ya i was packing my bag for tanjung balai with my parents' cell grp. when we reached harbourfront we were quite late for breakfast. was quite easily pissed due to my lack of sleep.. but i was glad to see the Feetwashers like Jane, Pricy, Cleon, Dally... kinda was a leader for them when they in pri 2.. can still rem them..

(kinda tired and lazy to describe already)

ok brush through quickly: did visitations to 7 homes in tanjung balai, my team had a doctor, so we followed along as she did blood pressure tests and talk to the pple. most of the pple there r sick n poor to see doctors. had bak kut teh for lunch. at the last home we went to, i was running low on energy n i was not in the conversation at all. walked back to hotel to rest. woke up for dinner at the restaurant next door. the main dish was crab.. =P had ice cream n beer too.. after dinner walked to a cool cafe for tea.. that cafe is really so NOT tanjung balai la! very well lit, very modern furnishings, even i like it!

after dinner went to a minimart to buy sweets n instant noodles then went back to hotel to watch soccer. gotta thank God for good weather cuz it only rained when we were indoors!

sunday woke up around 8+am for breakfast downstairs. had 4 eggs.. =P went back to room to pack up n check out. waited for instructions... then went to church.

i didn't go visitation but stayed with the Feetwashers to conduct Sunday School. we gave out lotsa snacks and drinks to the kids. Daniel played a game of blind man's bluff with them. we went to eat orh mee for lunch n it was pouring heavily. was quite drenched.

i went to the back door n watched the rain n saw a cat searching for something in the grasses.. then i saw it carry something in its mouth. i thought it was a prize - a mouse.

but when i looked carefully i realised - it was a kitten!!! i ran to the front door of the church to find it. then i saw a poor little thing inside a snack packet.

n i asked bena to bring me an umbrella to look for its mommy n sibling. i was sure this was not the one i saw.

anyway i was quite occupied worrying abt the kitten, its safety, its hunger, etc.. but i joined in worship when the service started. n uncle john (john sim) preached. it was a short story actually, but phei phei had to translate it phrase by phrase. it became quite xin ku to listen. but it was still good la. then it was time to go back to singapore. wanted to go for camp when i came back, but after dinner it was already 9+pm. so i went home to pack my bag instead.

:: baking session ::

haha wed was happening for me too... reached home around 11+am.. emailed a company that i am accepting the job offer.. i shld have called up the bishan company but i still didn't :P oops..

and i am officially starting work on the 19th!! =)

did nothing the whole afternoon.. rested a while.. then sweeyi came around 5pm. she told me to meet judy at orchard but i was reluctant.. was thinking of eating crabs at my house downstairs.. n play mahjong.. =P but peilin couldn't come.. sigh.. oh yah she came with an electric oven.. my birthday present in advance :P

then she finally told me tt we r meeting 2 other pple besides judy, one vietnamese guy, one thai guy. n it was a matchmaking session for me. then i started to get ready to go out.. :P

on the train she told me tt i noe the 2 guys. so they weren't vietnamese or thai afterall. (sigh) n i guessed one of them is ian. when we reached dhoby ghaut she heard that the other guy wasn't coming.. hmm. so insincere lor.. haha =x

went to cineleisure pastamania to find judy - AND IAN. haha.. they got a coffee bean cheesecake for me n we shared. it was nice.. =) we ordered banana dessert pizza and combos. our pizza turned out to be ham & mushroom pizza... it was a mistake la.. but we accepted it n started eating already. so when the REAL banana pizza came we all looked quite guilty. :P

after dinner ian left. so judy sweeyi n i went upstairs to watch trailers. judy wanted to play shooting game at the arcade, but no one to play with.. around 9.30pm sweeyi wanted to go home.. so we left.

today i didn't go out much.. spent time with my mom at home. watched The Pianist.. man it's a very sad movie.. makes me Thank God i wasn't born in that era, in that country. the soldiers were as cruel as wad i know abt the japanese occupation. going into pple's homes and drag them out into the streets, line them up n shoot them all. there was a baby who kept crying and its mother had to smother it when the soldiers came to find pple to torture. i just thought that the title of the movie shld be The Jewish Pianist instead of just The Pianist cuz the part abt him being a pianist is only altogether abt 10 min? the part abt him running and hiding becuz he is a Jew is most part of the story.

had dinner with my mom too. then we shopped for baking ingredients and accessories. haha went home to bake choc chip cookies.. turned out to be chau tar.. i was very pissed when my dad threw away my 1st batch of cookies and started to put the 2nd batch to bake without telling me. i mean i was outside the kitchen when he did that. we always quarrelled whenever i try to cook or bake. he's a cook himself, yet he doesn't teach me anything. n when i try to cook something on my own, he always criticises my method. so i ask him to help me, he said if he help me i wun learn anything. wah this makes me blow up man.

anyway. 3rd batch was nice. but my cookies turned out to be pancakes. too soft.. sigh. then my dad started to mix ingredients to make his own batch of cookies.. not bad la but i wasn't interested to eat anymore. my mom laughed becuz my dad became interested in baking too.

i'm gonna make cheesecake for my own birthday. =)

oh yah forgot to mention ....my dad picked up a palmtop!! it was discarded among other things like bags, jeans etc... it was a old model, m100.. we replaced the batteries and IT'S WORKING FINE!! =D i've got a palmtop, finally!! so i did research on it n realised i'm actually v outdated abt PDA stuff.. haha.. i need to buy the direct serial cable for it.. anyone knows where i can get it?

:: PRAISE GOD ::

for a few things..

1stly ) not 1, not 2, but 3 job offers!! on the same day! (tuesday)
last week i read an email n i am supposed to go city hall for 2nd round of interview on 6th June, but the person, called Angellin (haha i think she likes me for having same name as her) put "(Mon)" after "6th June" so i panicked. i was supposed to go kbox on monday. was afraid it might clash.. i smsed her to confirm.. she replied it's tuesday.. so phew!

tuesday i read an email (sent on monday) that i have been offered a job at kampong bahru rd.. it's a 5-day week job, 8.30am-6pm (no more late nights for me!) and I will have a Christian colleague from Lighthouse Evangelical (i think) ..the job scope is much what i wanted..

and on tuesday after the 2nd round of interview i was on my way home at city hall.. then i received a phone call from the company in bishan. i dun really favour that job becuz it is very inaccessible, n the lady who interviewed me was quite intimidating.. asked me about my family members, y i didn't visit their website etc.. :S haha

2ndly ) i had quite a happening week so far (mon & tue) LOL.. ya monday went kboxing with Faith, Gabriel, n Jianxiong.. 1st time hear jx sing, not bad.. it's good that i didn't choose v much songs, so there wasn't a great sense of disappointment at the end when we have to leave with some songs unsung. jx drove, so we took bus to Cathay to his car.. then went to Raffles Marina.. i wish Singles' Club got car.. we would have gone to JB many times already.. :P ya Raffles Marina is a country club at Tuas.. when i heard that name i realise how expensive it would be to dine there.. i was whining n when i realise that i was whining i told myself to keep quiet la. so in the end the guys + thomas treated us to dinner.

walked around the quay and just chill out... it was fun.. wish i could bring the singles' club there.. haha.. felt hungry, so we went to boon lay market for supper.. played mind games.. LOL.. went home at 1.30am. reached home around 2+am..

that was monday.

tuesday i had the interview in the afternoon ma.. then after tt went home.. rested for a while, my uncle came to use my comp.. then i went out to meet the singles' club. not really anymore.. there were 2 couples already.. hmm~ had dinner at Wisma Food Republic.. then walked aimlessly n ended up at Far East Shopping centre playing pool.. that building super deserted man. i walked to the toilet alone n felt like i was an easy prey for kidnappers/robbery/etc man.. haha..

after tt went to burger king.. n we decided to play mahjong. now everyone thinks tt i'm a mahjong addict n that my eyes will twinkle when i hear the word 'mahjong' is it!! haha.. went to nic's house n waited for michael n wendy to arrive. played till 4am like tt then went to sleep. woke up at 9am to have breakfast n then go home. my mom didn't scold me wor.. haha..

i just replied to the job offer .. waiting for confirmation.

:: tj balai #14 ::

hmm this trip is really a blessing. had 3 newcomers from Praise to join the "seasoned" trippers like Persis, Joseph, Elisa n myself. Joel, Adeline n Hiong Yee.

Joel has been v blessed and has quite a few testimonies to share with us abt things that happened in his life recently, n things he felt during the trip. even my namecard added on to his testimony because of the bible verse on it. hehe.. i wanted Wiky to keep one but i got not enough. hmm.. next week i'll give him one. feel so bad tt he looked quite curious but didn't get to show him..

Ai Mei talked to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wah so happy! she's really a very special child.. dedicated to God.. from young she already know how she is not to eat food offered to idols. but the intriguing thing abt her is from young she is VERY antisocial. not shy. but antisocial. she frowns when pple try to talk to her, makes noise when pple try to carry her.. but... she's opening up liao ba.. so happy to be able to hear her speak to me! hehe.. suddenly i want to become her godmother.. she only speaks n understands teochew... but all i asked is, "ma ma leh?" then she pointed out to her mom. "pa pa leh?" she replied very softly n reluctantly, "singapore." =D

then during sunday school i teach art n craft again.. i like teaching art n craft. this time we separated the boys and girls n i taught the girls to make handmade earrings. i gave them a pair of eyepins and choose their combination of beads from my collection n when they were ready i would use the long nose pliers to make a hoop with the hook. Bena made a lot.. i wondered how to spell her name cuz she took the bead with the letter F, i asked her y she chose F, then she said her name is Fena ma, so F lor. i blur liao. she made a lot of earrings using the number beads.. i a bit regret letting her do so cuz Wiky's mom wanted a pair but dun have the hooks anymore..

n i discovered that Shanti's grandma is called Liqing. n Caiyun n Cailing are twins.... probably everyone else knows already.. but i dunno hokkien ma.. so when they talked abt it i probably dun understand. but nvm, learning "new" thing is still good.

Adeline keeps saying that i remind her of my sis.. haha.. mannerism, build.. but then she also notices the difference.. haha u wanna know? ask her urself la.. she's going to Phuket next week..

bought 3 tempes n 3 pisang gorengs.... ate them all by myself cuz it's too fried n unhealthy.... everyone else dun wan.. haha.. fat liao.. hmm.. i feel that Wiky n me.. not so close anymore.. sigh.

:: thoughts ::

went for 4 interviews for the past week.. God's blessing... i sent out resumes on monday afternoon n i received 3 replies on tue. so i went for interview on wed, thur n fri. i kept a journal on how each interview went.. so i'm not gonna reveal anything much here.. dun wanna get sued for certain comments.. haha

borrowed Angels and Demons, a book from Diana.. finished it within a week.. i dun usually read so fast. but it was the pace of the storyline that kept me reading. it's abt a timebomb that would go off in 24 hours n that thick thick book is all abt what happened in less than that 24 hours n a little after. i wasn't really convinced that time passed by that slowly as according to the book.

from that book i started to become curious about Catholic beliefs and history. ok i can't say too much also. i dun wanna get sued for any comment.

but no matter what pple say about Christianity, i still hold fast to my faith. i still believe that the creator of the universe is God, n science is just a way of getting closer to the mysteries of God.

today during cell grp i felt it was a good time of ministry. a lot of thoughts came to my mind, to remind me of things i've neglected. the verse "Let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and 'No' be 'No'" came to me before Amos shared about it in word. felt that i haven't been truthful to even myself. there were lots of times when i wanted to say no, but i decided to say yes instead. n vice versa. i need to be more firm.

n the verse 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.' makes me think of Catholics again.. a neutral comment >> i feel that they talk alot about angels. i walked into a Catholic bookstore yday n saw a lot of pictures/models of angels.. n i feel that the pure in heart is referring to angels. i may be wrong, but this is just what came to my mind when i read the verse la.

hmm.. basically that's it.... hope my sister will pamper me when she's back ;)