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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

:: loneleeee - the reason ::

haha forgot to mention y i'm loneleeee... actually sunday my parents went to genting WITHOUT ME!!!!! n can't rem which day, i came home n found a pair of movie tickets on my table.. was my mom trying to remind me that they went to watch a movie WITHOUT ME??!! suddenly feel so extra at home.

but actually i'm ok alone at home la. suddenly v obsessed with washing toilet. went to buy toilet cleaners. Duck ah, Kiwi ah.. etc.

then last night i imagined my 21st bday celebration. at Brewerkz, n my BEST BDAY PRESENT... (drumroll) 2 kittens n a mother cat!! weeee~! actually i can't wait to move out so that i can keep cats. i was so touched that i cried very hard. n i also imagined i was so touched that i hugged my dream guy. *winks*

:: loneleeee ::

fri

went to kallang/boon keng area to meet a client. i love to work in warehouses. =P makes me feel like a man. (oops!) took bus 61 back to office.

after work walked to city hall. walked on thur too. (i didn't mention that?) was looking for a new Canon digital camera. got confused by 2 clashing persuasions by 4 shopkeepers. so fri i went to Peninsula Plaza, supposedly got a few electronics shops, but i didn't get what i wanted.

decided to go Funan cuz i thought there's a pretzel stall. met jeremy there. then kelvin arrived. so we went down to the food court for dinner. ordered a large plate of beehoon + fried chicken for $2.50. ;)

amos arrived then we walked to the pub behind The Substation. i've seen that place before, but didn't know that's Timbre's. jeff was there already. watched ACDC while we ordered Erdinger promotion set for the Oktoberfest. Then yap, diana n jac arrived. around 10.15pm the band came up n started to play. yawns.. bedtime. haha..

reached home around 12+am.. n my mom was still awake.

sat
had breakfast with my mom. spent time packing my room. shiok. tired by the time i went for cell grp.

weelee shared abt breakups. my cell grp has been having discussion on BGR, in case i haven't mentioned before. n 'breakups' is a topic considered a taboo to me. i don't like to talk abt it, or ask pple abt it. it's an awkward topic. but it was great hearing weelee share. she also gave this so-called personality test, to help us identify our relational style. I'm a Pleaser. after thinking abt it, i realise it's true. i'm the kind who would show love to pple "my way". guess it means that i show love in a way that is "sacrificial".. i mean i would have the mindset that "i dun mind doing all these for u, it doesn't matter though it hurts me" n "you might not realise it, but i'm suffering alone n it's okay" n i'm the type who won't confront pple when things go wrong - generally. i probably only confront pple i dunno haha.. like in my sec sch days i would be like a da jie to my friends. "if anyone bully u, tell me, i go confront that person."

we also talked abt "moving on". how long would be a good cool off period before getting into a relationship again? preferably one yr. i dun support my friends going into a relationship too soon after a previous one. (u noe who u r.) n how do u know that u have totally "healed" from a broken relationship n r ready for a next one? when u can see ur ex n be able to exchange a casual conversation. if u r not able to do this, that means there's unforgiveness. this is not some supernatural cheem word, this is not "ha-leh-lu-ya", my dear girl. unforgiveness is a sickness that makes fear stay inside u. for example ur ex is a very helpful guy, but because of his helpfulness he got to know this girl n he broke up with u to get with this girl. out of unforgiveness u tend to have a dislike for helpful guys for the fear that ur next bf will leave u the same way. hmm.. is this example clear enough?

hmm hao if u're reading this, i hope that u will move on. it does make me feel slightly uncomfortable (putting it in a nice way) whenever u talk abt our past n what u remember abt me. actually i tend to laugh it off or ignore it but this can't go on la. it's good that we can still hang out like normal friends but it's not healthy to keep trying to remember the past. u're now the only guy who treats me so well n i'm starting to feel not used to it. i don't mean that we r not going to talk anymore but that show me u can move on k? dun live in the past anymore..

that time i said that i could "get over a heart break".. think that was last month.. recently my emotions r coming back. it sucks. i was supposed to be liberated from my emotions, but now i feel suffocated by them. causes me to do stupid things. help!

Thursday, October 26, 2006

:: Ladies Retreat part II ::

PROCRASTINATE NO MORE!

finish blogging or it'll be clogging!

ok back to Ladies Retreat night 1. that night dunno y, wondering is it the hotel shower foam and the lotion i used, i had internal rashes the next morning. didn't really sleep well cuz i was scratching my palms n feeling itchy. woke up at 7am automatically as though i was waking up for work. went down for dim sum breakfast! woohoo! unforgettably great!

The session after that was very interesting, first time hearing from this speaker. Ang Mo who lived in China, spent her childhood making jiao zi (dumplings). so cool! her message was overtimed, but it's okay, i love to hear missionary stories.

We had this 'sit in silence' session. i have to admit that i nodded off during the silence. =x then auntie Adeline shared abt her Orang Asli mission trip. it was cool. there's this guy who used to be a bomoh, but after he saw how God works, he converted, and although he didn't learn how to pray for healing for other people, he tried and God really healed!

during free time i went out to Jonker Walk with my aunt and jieling's mom n another auntie. bought a small sling bag n pineapple tarts n blah blah blah (food).. haha. walked back to the hotel with some other aunties who also went to Jonker Walk. one of them bought mini stools (still heavy) and we helped to carry one each. wah by the time we got back i was super tired.

oh yah forgot to mention that yday (as in, the day before) while i went out with Auntie Maria i drank a roadside medical hall chrysanthemum tea (or something like that). after that i felt like throwing up. find that my stomach got upset with me quite often on this trip.

dinner was at the restaurant at the ground floor. it was marvelous, but too many things to try out. i couldn't eat so much.. aww.. but there was ice cream! hehe.. ate a lot of fruits this trip.

had another session.. this time i felt ready to ask for prayer. suddenly i thought of tanjung balai, n i began to xi li hua la. had 4 specific people to pray for. sigh. felt v heartbroken when i think of them.

after the session i felt like chionging to the room for a shower. had the urge to submerge my whole self in the tub (like water baptism). there was a problem doing that la. shan't say y. =P

still having this internal rashes. on my palms and seems to spread wherever i scratch. it's not external, so it's not dirty. Auntie Maria, the camp nurse, diagnosed it as dry skin, like Ae...zi...mer. She gave me antiseptic cream to apply, but like no use leh.

Next morning had continental breakfast. a bit lousy - their egg corner dun have cheese and ham one. i asked for scrambled eggs, the chef told me he doesn't have milk! managed to find some ham from the buffet section to add in.

we had a thanksgiving session before the last message and lunch after we check out of our rooms. then my camera batt died on me. so i started to use Fay's camera. during lunch the committee did a penguin dance for us. cute. then they played some games. called out the eldest lady n the youngest - which is, me. had to answer "what have i learnt these few days from interacting with the ladies".. tried to put it tactfully. haa.

haiya then something unfortunate happened la. on the bus Fay passed me her SD card so i could upload the retreat last day's photos into my comp. when we stopped over at Yongpeng i forgot that i didn't keep it well, i must have dropped it there. only realised it when the bus reached singapore! so careless of me.

the following week i got a SD card back for her n one extra for myself.

n thank God my rashes were gone after a few days! might be something happening in the spiritual realm, cuz the rashes n the stomach upset all that made me feel very self conscious, as in, i focus a lot on myself because of physical problems.

tue there was a thanksgiving session for the retreat. went with my mom.

wanted to take passport photo to renew my sentosa card, so i decided to go NYP to meet ting n take photo on wed (18 oct). then thru sms she told me that she's not having dinner with me, instantly i flared up. jumped to conclusion that she's going to pang seh me again. smsed her something that i had thought thru, but didn't realise that she thought it was something hurtful. her reply made me cry la. then i replied something in anger, but she thought i felt sorry abt it. (haha it's ok to say it since it's past) in any case, thank God that she did, because it cooled me down a lot. really felt that this "conversation" was in God's hands. we could have exchanged hurtful words n then probably end our 7-yr friendship there, but that would be so immature. anyway, in the end i went to AMK to meet her. bought a dress there at $12 (i wore on sunday) so glad! she bought a pair of pointy heels.

fri after work went to Holland V for Serene's bday celebration at Spizza. we have to "dress up" like Serene n give a reason how we dress like her. i wore my sis' dress that i think Serene would wear. =P ate alot sia. haha.. tried a variety of pizzas. shiok. then we played Charades after cutting cake. it has since become our cell grp game. took cab home with Aijia.

sat went to bishan to meet the SD card seller i found on ebay. then took bus to church for cell grp. had a hearty session when jeffrey led word. it was hilarious. ok la, but after all the message sure got through.

had worship prac.. a lot of waiting here n there. but prac ended early. we went to Lai Wah. =P

shared with esther that i've been feeling troubled by 4 friends, that from my conversations with them over the week i felt v burdened.

had a guest speaker for service n he shared a simple yet effective message on putting ur foot forward, dun hold back. certainly touches us youths (or is it because he's an ang moh speaker?? :Þ)

went for lunch with my cell grp at Marina Sq. took a photo at the instant photo machine. i zoomed in too much! didn't realise it would crop off so much. dunno whether the photo can be used since my head was cropped off quite a bit. my face super big la. :S

went to Cathay cineplex to meet sweeyi they all. pissed cuz we were asked to be on time, yet...!!! the longer i waited the more i fumed. haha i thought sweeyi really felt bad so she decided to treat me (actually is she wanted to return me money for the last movie we watched) =P then that hx ah.. hmm.. find that she advances v fast. now got new hairstyle wor. makes me wanna find a sugar daddy. =P

skip skip skip to tues. went to harbourfront to meet ting, wanted to go sentosa, but the queue for the bus was so overwhelming. eeeuuu. somemore cannot walk in. haiz. went inside Vivocity cuz ting still haven't gone to the roof top. i suggested we suntan up there, but weird la. there's this "shore"-like feature n we waded in it. forgot to bring my charged camera batt! argh!

in the end we decided to take bus to ECP (we didn't). we took bus 65 cuz we waited super long for bus 30 n dun wan to wait anymore. ended up in Tampines. had a long great conversation with her. lots of catching up to do. i always tell my friends that ting is someone even though we dun say anything, we will burst out in laughter abt the same matter. someone u r comfortable with even in the silence.

chilled out at Cottage Pies Cafe. really great place. beg me to bring u there!

dinner with MCG at Kenny Rogers'. it was exciting. really can feel that we are Finally doing something! =P

wed
went to Forum for lunch with clients. =) it was an all girls meeting cum lunch. genki sushi.. woo! the chawanmushi is really...... drool-invoking. real crab meat inside! had ice cream for dessert. this whole week haven't eat fruit yet.

had sectional training after work. have i been worshipping HK? i admit that i was quite obsessed with HK when i was younger. had wanted to go there since sec sch time. waited 7 yrs for this trip man. dug out my research on HK n i really have lots of magazine cuttings from everywhere man.

oh man! i type this entry for like 2 hours???!

go sleep la!

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

:: Ladies Retreat part I ::

hmm.. ok actually i think my motive for the trip was quite wrong. I LOVE MALACCA. i was just thrilled to know that this yr's Ladies' Retreat is at Malacca. tried to find a roommate, but couldn't find, until last minute Fay says her friend not joining. yay.. finally i can go! took leave, paid for it and settled! at first i thought without roommate cannot go. funny. then i felt that if they anyhow put me with any of the ladies i would feel weird. then i thought of Family Camp i think 2 yrs ago. i was arranged to room with Anna, Amos' sister. but i brought along my darling bolster, n i felt pai seh to take out my bolster in front of her, so i went to my parents' room to bunk instead. to think of it now, i feel v bad! think i caused her to feel left out.. at that time i still thought i had done a good thing by letting her have the whole room to herself.

ok back to the retreat, the start wasn't so well.. on the bus Fay was leading worship, but the ladies behind me were chatting abt their own stuff.. quite loudly. wanted to sleep on the bus, but had to do something for the chairlady.. so i didn't get to sleep. only managed to, when fay n i decided not to do the work anymore. when we reached the hotel, we played some icebreakers in a function room. then we checked into our rooms. it was not bad. i like the toiletries. =P we had 2 hrs of rest time, i felt that i need to explore the place instead of sleeping. so i went out with Auntie Maria. went to a nearby shop n i bought ALOT OF THINGS!! wahhaa.. melaka food products. =P spent nearly RM100. explored the shophouses around the area.. then went back to hotel for dinner.

had a session with our special guest speaker. she preached about having individuality, in the sense of uniqueness. Our theme is You are Uniquely Precious! don't let the devil deceive u to think that u r lousy or wad. God is bigger than the devil! we lean on God! later there was a prayer session, but i didn't go up to be prayed for. hmm better dun say y.

oops okok chihiro coming to my place soon. update abt the 2nd day another time!

Monday, October 16, 2006

:: wahhahaa ::

last mon: met up with ting, wanted to watch movie (i won tickets to GV Vivocity thru SBS Transit promotion) but didn't have any good movie. wanted to watch Miami Vice, but ting watched it already. went to take a walk at the rooftop garden while waiting for her to arrive. took photos of the scenery. =P the rooftop garden is indeed a very couple-ish place to go. i imagined seeing *someone* n *someone* there. =x

wah we walked over an hour, trying to find a place to eat dinner. we ended up in Seah Im!!! lolx.

tue: decided to take the evening after work to rest.

wed: went to meet hao after work to watch movie and sell him my 8310. was caught up in work so i was panicking about the movie. thank God it starts at 7.30pm, not 7. caught the movie The Banquet. overall i think it's a good movie, except for the gory scenes. it's a bit too artistic for me to understand.

thur: my parents came to my workplace to find me for lunch. my dad took an off day. gave them the GV Vivocity movie passes. it didn't occur to me initially to give the tickets to them. i wanted to use it for myself. selfish me.

after work went to meet uncle Colin to talk abt the insurance thing again. this time i got a bit clearer idea of wad plan i want. just still trying to decide if i can pay it off. i was very stoned after that. so i decided to take train home.

fri: took leave off for Ladies' Retreat! at Malacca, Renaissance Hotel. oh dear it's so late now i better update another time.

Sunday, October 08, 2006

:: (long) highlights ::

wahaha more than a week never blog...

just wanna highlight my week(s):
- had sushi dinner at hougang on wed 27 sept. ate so full that i had indigestion n woke up late the next day for work.
- fri had sectional training in church. Akouo was also there. "see you tomorrow!"
- went to Tanjung balai again on sat 30 sept - sun 1 oct, with Akouo.
- tue made an effort to wake up early and reach office early, but boss was late instead. wahaha. yes of cuz i go early is to improve his impression of me. he doesn't say anything as long as i stay the extra 10-15 min (or how long i was late for) and able to complete my work by deadlines.
- the indian shop near my workplace has been closed for super long.. dunno is it for ramadhan or wad. i crave for roti prata!!
- bought a new top on my way to church - i was planning to walk to clarke quay to take train cuz i got time, but i stopped at a shop in Pearl Centre to look at clothes, i only had time to walk till chinatown mrt station. i realise i will buy clothes before prayer meeting one lor. (once last month, dunno next month will or not)
- went for prayer meeting. felt v encouraged that the focus was on missions. Anita Benson had a vision while praying, of wine being poured into new wineskin. John Suan reminded us that we need to be challenged to take on something better, rather than stick to the good old ways.
- thur went to tampines to find my parents. had dinner at Ding Tai Fung.. yay!! but ate until v full, which is not a good thing. bought Marriott mooncakes from the promotion stall. So glad that i asked my mom to come!! she got M1 phone so we got 20% discount! bought the mooncakes that i desired for a few weeks.
- fri haha quite happening. went to cck to meet rj and faith. bought ramly burger from the pasar malam!! bought also quite a few other food.. =P went up to his place to eat and watch korean drama Full House, 2 episodes. i seriously dread watching korean dramas becuz they r so draggy. have to admit that i was criticising the show quite a lot. they still have a lot to learn from Japanese and Hongkong dramas in filming. wanted to carry lanterns and play with sparklers that rj "hunted" for. but the haze outside was so terrible we don't want to pollute the air anymore. boo to those who still did! faith mentioned that jayne says we shouldn't celebrate the festival, but my main focus is the food. i wanted to share the Marriott mooncakes i bought. we had a time of sharing n praise and worship n prayer, like cell grp. after that tried to solve rj's modem prob, but couldn't.
- 1am went to faith's house to stay over. had a shower then we chatted till 3am.
- next day woke up, not by my alarm clock, but by her dog. it was about the time i wanted to wake up la. made breakfast (coffeeshop kind of breakfast set - save money) then went to meet Jac at outram park mrt station. took the EW line ma. the seats very small sia. ya la i'm getting fatter. then the DOM beside me relax his arms, dunno purposely or not. i squeezed until v uncomfortable. ALL DOM GO TO HELL!
- met jac and showed her my sudoku problem. headache man, friday's Today paper's sudoku super hard! went to my place, she was v impressed with the LRT.
- showed her how to use Flash. she needs to use it for a school proj. then she left at around 12.30pm. i showered and cooked noodles before heading for cell grp. wanted to take a nap but no time la. channel 8 got a nice drama on sats, but couldn't stay to watch.
- ahaha this highlight is getting longer! had combined cell grp with Elohim. Feetwashers supposed to join us but most of them didn't come. Landy n Nat planned a couple of games. first one was rated 4½ stars, but some of us felt that it shld be 1 star. =P 2nd one was hilarious. the purpose is to laugh at each other. 3rd one was witty. we had to think of ways to use the materials given, to protect an egg while we drop it from the 3rd floor. very funny when all of us gathered to drop the eggs.
- elizabeth shared word on the human eye. interesting..
- went for worship prac. we all complained abt the haze. sat was the worst.
- after prac some of us went for dinner at Lai Wah restaurant. =P dinner was good. ate until quite full. (oh no!)
- still troubled over my sudoku prob, but decided i shouldn't spend too much time on it.
- next day sun supposed to wake up at 6.30am, but something must have happened. i woke up at 8am, startled, and looked at my alarm clock, it's off!! my phone's alarm seem to have gone off too, but i didn't hear anything at all. i only woke up cuz i heard my sms tone. Gail smsed me. i had to miss the 8am prayer. argh!!
- thank God that my dad was still around and about to leave for work. he drove me to church so i was only 10 min late. chi shyan had reminded us not to rush, but to have peace on our way to church, but cannot la.
- actually while singing i felt quite lousy. felt that i couldn't sing. i either sing loud and zau sia, or soft and safe. disgusting.
- had lunch with cell grp at Ikea. ahaha my fav place. had ice cream after that - wah still giving in to temptations!
- went to queensway to walk around with cell grp. some of the guys bought something. only the girls were emptyhanded.
- went home to take a nap. woke up when jeremy called. was v touched when he offered to give me to lift to sengkang. he finally got his licence back. went for alvin's grandfather's wake. the relatives served us food and we couldn't refuse, so we ate. jeremy joked abt his family. jeffrey shared abt his hell week, the SP/SIM guys talked abt the food in their canteen and the wakes of their friends.
- yay i'm done!