:: Hong Kong Christmas 2007 ::

Back from Hong Kong!!

Hmm though this trip i have experienced much more HK life than my previous trip, i feel quite upset and frustrated most of the time. my mom complains and scolds a lot, my dad .. getting old, most of the time "in a world of his own" (quote from my mom). my 2 aunts (my mom's sisters) are both older than my dad, so.. my pace of exploration is not suitable for them. i must admit that when it comes to travelling, i'm very selfish, if u want to rest i'll go ahead by myself kinda thing. i slave drive myself and everyone.. haha..

Pre-trip - 20 Dec
Public Hol. Shiok! Breakfast with parents.. went back home to rest, then went out to meet my poly IM classmates. Thanks Weng Heng for organising! we had dinner at Vilagè at the Heeren, then chill out at cuppage. Ashley, send us the group photos! =)

Would have stayed longer if i didn't have a flight to catch the next morning.

Day 1 - 21 Dec
went to airport to meet my aunts to check in our luggages together. then we had breakfast at the canteen.

flight on Cathay Pacific. Kinda my first time taking it. Kinda - because I don't remember any trips before i was 10. Got smoked salmon, Toblerone chocolate and Haagen Dasz ice cream! woohoo~ Watched Flash Point on board.


realised i didn't bring my Octopus card just when we were about to leave the airport to board the coach to hotel.. sianz!! Day 1 is Free & Easy, so we met up with Peiyun, and she brought us to Fo Tan in the New Territories for Da Pai Dang dinner... cool..


Fo Tan is an industrial area.. a lot of HDBflat-looking kinda buildings.


Had roast pigeon, "nine-stomach" fish, fried beancurd, and veggies. Interesting.. Went to Sha Tin for a short while then my aunt wanted to go back to hotel to rest already. A bit disappointed because I would like to go for dessert though i was very full already. hehe.. but i was very tired too, we were all tired la. Had a headache after the flight. so we bade yunz goodbye and took MTR back to East TST and walked back to hotel and rested for the night.

Day 2 - 22 Dec
Woke up early for HK Half-day city tour. Had dim sum breakfast at Wan Chai and sightseeing at the Golden Bauhinia Square, Repulse Bay, Aberdeen Fishing Village, half-Peak view, etc. Quite cool la, get to see more stuff than travelling on our own, and understand more from the tour guide lor. But of course they always bring us to Traditional Medicine shops, jewellery shops etc to earn our commission.


Afternoon we went to Hung Hom station to take a train to Shenzhen. The tour guides always change one, here a guy just accompanied us to take the train, and then transferred us to another guide, a Shenzhen local. At first i didn't understand why we had to take a train at Hung Hom station when East TST is the terminal and the train would be emptier, until the guide brought us to take the train towards East TST. Oh, we were going to take a rebound train. Then again, the train destination alternates between Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau. We had to alight to board the correct one at East TST. haha.

At Shenzhen we walked to the hotel -.-" quite near la, but very tiring and troublesome for my eldest aunt, who is 70 years old. We were dragging our luggages also.. hmm. At the hotel the guide asked us whether we want to join the optional programme that includes dinner and transport to the shopping area. we joined since it was our first time in Shenzhen and we weren't familiar to get around on our own. For the shopping i split up with them and went on my own. bought 2 tops only cuz it was winter time. not satisfied with the salespeople also, they follow u all around the shop, watching u as u look at the clothes. argh. traffic was heavy because according to the guide it was Dong Zhi (a festival).


Looks like Shanghai!

Day 3 - 23 Dec
Breakfast in hotel. quite lousy haha. went for a city tour, visited a jade jewellery shop. my mom bought jade earrings! >.< also visited a silk ..factory? shop? ah well. we went to the one in Suzhou already, and bought expensive silk quilts. here the price didn't vary much, luckily. lunch and then visited Window of the World and Splendid China. walked a lot, my feet very tired.


I can't help it...


Merry Christmas 2008 indeed!


Ahh!! Giants attacking the forbidden city!

went back to the hotel and went for massage. the tour guide had recommended the tuina massage, at 70yuan. halfway i started crying.. and i couldn't stop because i was embarrassed.. kept thinking how people would laugh at me when they hear that i cried during massage. argh. damn painful la. i cried until i couldn't breathe.. the masseur brought me a glass of warm water to calm me down but i choked on it, felt like i was going to die there. quite idiotic leh, she was like trying to punish me for not choosing to use oils for the massage. need to pay extra one lor.

Day 4 - 24 Dec
Same breakfast >.< Checked out of hotel in Shenzhen and walked to the train station again. Boarded the train back to HK. YAY! Alighted at East TST and had coffee at Starbucks, cuz it was still early to check into the hotel (same one as our first day here). we got a floor higher than our previous room! rested a while before we went out to Mongkok. Walked there. didn't buy much, i was too tight on my spending. took train back to hotel cuz our feet were all still tired. Had a late dinner and then headed out to TST for Christmas countdown. Super disappointed cuz the fireworks were at Canton Rd at the west of TST and we were at the east!!!!



i'm impressed with the HK police la, they blocked off the whole highway for pple to walk.



Day 5 - 25 Dec
Christmas Day! went to explore To Kwa Wan with my dad while the women were still sleeping. i didn't know how to get there and wasted a lot of time searching for the right bus stop. had a quick breakfast at a small coffeeshop and then took bus back. actually i was there to explore the Cattle Depot Artist's Village, but it would only be open at 12pm. oww..



went to church myself. i had told my dad to buy breakfast back for the women cuz they wouldn't have eaten already, but he insisted that they would be smart enough to go out and eat first. argh. so by the time church service started they were hungry and wanted to go for breakfast. i was walking so fast that my mom scolded me when they caught up, because my eldest aunt had fallen down. the paths there are not well-levelled actually.

i think the Anglican church there .. ok i think i shouldn't comment. =x had Holy Communion.

walked back to hotel, but we stopped by Pacific Coffee on the way. ordered Christmas gifts for our friends back here. =) after that my aunts decided to stay in the room to rest, and i brought my parents to Central, to take Star Ferry and electric tram, and it was my first time exploring Sheung Wan as well as Lan Kwai Fong. This whole trip we didn't visit the Peak summit and Causeway Bay at all.. aww.. my mom kept complaining so we had to forgo some places.



Soccer Fan, at Lan Kwai Fong

took MTR to Mongkok cuz my mom had bought a pair of jeans from Baleno and realise she couldn't fit in it after she tried it in the hotel room. We went back to exchange. then we took bus back to hotel. went nearby for dinner and then went back to Pacific Coffee to collect our orders.

Day 6 - 26 Dec
Dim sum breakfast at London Plaza (went there with Andrielle and Roy before). Checked out of hotel. Did some last minute shopping before going back to the hotel to board the bus to airport. Bus dropped by Tsuen Wan to pick up passengers from another hotel. There got large shopping malls.. hmm~


Won't you feel insignificant to live in one of these units?

wanted to eat at Hang Heung Kitchen at the airport, but after walking unnecessarily we didn't have time to. Dad bought some takeaway food.. i went near to find out why it took so long and realised he had bought 4 packets of rice. argh. i was thirsty, not hungry lor! ya i'm very unappreciative hor. but the rice caused me to be unable to touch the onflight food at all eh. so wasted.

touched down, shopped at the DFS, bought Absolut Disco and some new beer. =D


Actually for this trip.. ya a bit disappointed lor, had to miss out a lot of places. And i absolutely hate being scolded without reason, it spoils my whole day. and i didn't buy much. 3 tops in total for myself and souvenirs for friends that's all. Tried to search for jersey for a friend but couldn't, didn't buy anything from H&M also. I still love Hong Kong. =) wonder if there's any travel companion out there willing to be tortured by me next time lol. keep dreaming of settling down there. haha!

:: on crushes ::

read a friend's blog about her crush on someone i know. i gave her some advice... goes like this:

"... actually, loving someone... by telling him that u love him may actually hurt him somehow. yes it may cause him to notice u more, but it may be make him feel unnatural around u and there'll be somehow a kind of pressure to behave around u in order to continue to give u a good impression. friendships.. developed under that kind of pressure is difficult to remain real. and if he starts to notice u more and becomes interested, it may seem to turn out like an impulse? ..."

who am i to give such advice?! haha.. no wonder i've been single for 3 years. (or more, if i don't count the last silly impulsive "relationship".) had countless crushes over the years, sometimes it's the same person again, triggered by circumstances that bring us working closely together... but i .. sometimes i feel i'm not meant to be loved. like i'm just going to go away from home and settle down elsewhere. or maybe i'm going to die young.

weiting believes if u like someone u shld tell him. i used to do that.. but now i believe in what i quoted above. somehow telling that someone is a selfish act? like to make urself noticed that kinda thing..

sometimes i convince myself i don't need a boyfriend (i just bought a t-shirt that says "Explain to me AGAIN why I need a boyfriend"), sometimes i doubt my stand. sometimes i desire the sweetness of being in love, sometimes i loathe the lovey-dovey-ness of couples. it's a cycle over and over again.

:: Resolutions 2008 ::

well some people don't need New Year resolutions to resolve to do something.

but for me 2008 is going to be a super challenging year. i'm going to challenge myself to do a lot of things i've never done before, and to push myself harder. i wanna live my life fuller!

1. Run in a marathon. never done before
2. Learn to ride a bicycle. in progress
3. Learn driving. enrolled
4. Visit Vietnam. GoFestAsia?
5. Finish reading more Christian books.
6. Plant seeds, and if possible, reap some harvest.

:: update - last one of the year?? ::

no good pics of the dress yet le, wait till i get someone else to take for me, during the wedding dinner!


Christmas trees. how many can u spot?


one at Heeren.


Brandon Soh's design!! wah he's zai man.


Guess where this no man's land is? Read on to find out...


ohh a dead dog body. why do i like to stare at morbid stuff?


11 Dec Tue
Back to work. Very surprised to have not that much work to do because my colleague has covered some of my work. somehow i was worried about some projects, because they are my baby after all. found some mistakes, though it's not a matter of life and death kind of mistakes, they were really silly mistakes! eg. a hotel Christmas hi-tea promotion matched to a BBQ picture. oh c'mon, his excuse? the picture was there in the first place. REPLACE it lah! it was a 2006 Dec promo pic lor. gosh imagine my blood boiling that day. but during lunch a thought came to me, though i really hope to make him leave (oh i'm so mean), i ought to thank him still for covering my work for the days i have taken leave.

went to watch movie with my parents after work. Enchanted at The Cathay. hmm cheaper than GV. oops switching loyalties? :P Had dinner at the chinese restaurant in the basement. okay la not bad. Good movie. the song is stuck in my head! haha.. haiz my dad always have no good comments for movie one. dunno next time still wanna ask him out for movie or not le. =(

12 Dec Wed
interesting that after camp i'm often earlier for work.

previously i was complaining about a client who rejected my design time and again. well today they have accepted it finally, with a few minor changes. glad something is working out. Praise God!

still some changes to Christmas ecards.. but completing really soon. YAY!

after work went to Bugis to buy t-shirt for yunz. then took bus to orchard to meet weiting. cuz i didn't check her reply about dinner on tues.. and she wanted to watch Enchanted! owww..

met her at Wheelock Place, Sakae Sushi. ahh they close so early at 10pm and last order was at 9.30pm. ohh c'mon it's Christmas period, people are shopping! her meeting ended late la. sashimi wasn't enough, so we bought Mac shaker fries and hung out at Shaw Mac cafe with Choc-mint frappe.

haha whenever i go out with friends i don't want to go back yet, though i ought to go back early to rest. somehow it always doesn't seem time to go home yet.

13 Dec Thu
Ran some errands.. went to Pple's Park complex to buy toiletries again. haa.. Ran out of sanitary pads. i remember there was once i wished that i had enough money to buy a lifetime stock of pads so i would save myself the embarrassment of buying them ever again. ok la now grow up a bit, nothing about pads to be ashamed about. in fact it's fun to go supermarket to find new improved products and packaging. =P

then went to Pearl Centre to check out the new reject clothes shop weiting told me about. hmm quite disappointing leh, probably the nice pieces were quickly snapped up.

took train back to punggol plaza to check out the dental clinics. wanted to make appointment but apparently the dentist is busy! next available slot is February / March. omg. i told the ..assistant i'll see how. haha. wah lao. still expect pple to go for regular checkups every half a year. really must make appointment half a year beforehand man.

14 Dec Fri
client was pissed with my colleagues. oh well, me too. i think i'm having PMS la. i was early for work so i could leave on time today! but last min i had to clean up their ****.

been listening to Gold90.5FM lately. even before the camp yeah. very relaxing ma. haha.. very funny, today someone actually requested the song What I've Done by Linkin Park!! the deejay was very nice about it la, he put it nicely that they don't play certain genres of songs because they don't want to steal listeners from their sister station, 98.7FM.

15 Dec Sat
breakfast with dad, then he brought me on a spin to Punggol End. finally got to visit the Punggol Marina country club. it's so near yet so far. i wanna go fishing...

went home and got ready for cell. went to Frujch and we had a sectional dinner after that. played the air hockey. so cool haa never knew it needed air to be played.

16 Dec Sun
Breakfast with mom near church before service. sermon on Acts 18.. hmm.. makes me think about my own missionary journey.

wanted to go ECP after church one.. but oh well.

went home to sleep a few hours and woke up to pizza hut delivery. haha.

feeling moody. feel that i'm a lousy human.

:: Gold 90.5 FM - Classic Hits All Day ::

Haha that's my group name for youth camp!! and yup i'm back from camp, taken 2 days of leave and feeling recharged. haha.. before the camp i have been staring at the comp monitor for long hours till my eyes feel like they're bulging out and my head aches.

btw. if you've checked out my previous entry, there's a pic. I forgot to intro it. this shop offers Western, Jap, Korean and Chinese cuisine. lol. very nice though! the menu listed Fried Rice, Minced Meat noodles but are not available =( they have Salmon Fried rice, but not Fried Rice. how funny. also the shop name - in Chinese it's Tang Xiao Chu, but the English name it's Hang?s Delight. (Have you spotted 2 mistakes?) They never demand the designer to reprint..

ok back to updates.

30 Nov Fri
Diana finished her exams! Went for dinner with her at Mos Burger (yummy) and shopping at Wisma (argh.. oops haa okay la they're quite fine clients) and finally used my Topshop card! ah yes Weiting was referring to the black and gold dress I bought. It's $56 after sale. will upload the pic later. =P I can never find anything in Topshop man. Too ex and the clothes don't look worth the price. Went to Esprit upstairs after that and saw a lot of nice clothes!! Looking forward to my HK trip. Will shop lots lots!

1 Dec Sat
Went to Orchard again in the morning, this time with my mom. There was a Children's Charity carnival going on and my mom has free carnival coupons from her boss. So nice hor!! Spent the coupons on mainly food, and some bags, stuffed toys, games, and special items like Prison Break folder and a Lost notebook. Left at around 1+pm. Took train to Bedok where I'm supposed to meet my cell grp to go ECP.

Spent the whole time there learning to ride a bike (again) while the rest took turns to teach me and cycle around. It really hurt my whole body... Suffered lotsa injuries (sobz) After returning the bikes we took Ben's car to get to the food centre. oh man i ate a lot. Haa..

Wanton mee, satay, carrot cake, chicken wing, coconut!! After that nothing much to do, so we went back. Took train with Matthias towards the east and decided to call my dad to fetch me. Turns out my parents are in Tampines! So I alighted to find them. Felt a little hungry (oops!) and ate some more. Walked around Tampines to find the right bus stop to take bus 34 home.

Tired.

2 Dec Sun
Still tired and aching ALL over. had breakfast with my mom (actually i was the only one having a drink) and then walked to church. YAY the MCG Newsletter is printed and distributed!!! very happy haa.. got new song for camp. a lot of pple weren't at service because of Children's camp as well as StanChart Marathon. after service had lunch with Psalmist and prac for youth camp sessions.

surprisingly i wasn't sleepy even after prac. so i went out with some M'kk guys and Gabriel, to Vivocity. it was Vincent's bday so it was sort of a celebration for him ba. had dinner at Terra Cafe (i only realise i've been to the one in Bugis after I saw the menu) didn't have enough money to order more. hmmm.. haven't got my money after transferring funds. walked around and then went back.

3 Dec Mon
Worked a bit late, so by the time i called my dad he was already home from Kovan. and I wanted to go Kovan!!!!

Went to enrol myself in Comfort Driving Centre. I came out feeling very scared, lost, inconfident of driving!!! haha.. i've always thought myself to become a very dangerous driver, very blur on the roads kinda thing because i can't coordinate my limbs. i thought i've conquered my inconfidence by thinking that, since there are so many drivers out there, how difficult can it get? but i have to keep praying that God will guide me all the way.

4 Dec Tue
Wanted to ask pple out for movie, until i realise that.. today got prayer meeting!! very few pple there. from youth only Evelyn, Ron and myself. wahaha.

5 Dec Wed
Haven't been talking about work because there's too much to complain about. haa.. i felt very racist suddenly, since my Chinese colleague wasn't around.

after work went to take bus to Cineleisure. alighted behind Taka instead cuz i thought it would be faster, but i had to detour cuz there wasn't a traffic light where i needed to cross so i had to walk back, to the front of Taka! it was pouring heavily so it slowed me down a lot. =x the SAJC mentors had a grad dinner at Meritus Mandarin so Theodore had to rush. oh, i was going to meet him and Wen Zheng to discuss youth camp stuff. finalised on our camp group name as well as identification. Wen Zheng had lost his wallet but managed to recover it, only after our meeting. haa. Praise God.

6 Dec Thur
One day before the camp! haa.. went to buy gold cloth for our group identification. as well as some toiletries - it's so convenient to work at Chinatown =) so excited about the camp. haa.

packed my bag and tried to sleep early, but i was kinda bothered about my finances. argh. received a call, at first i thought it was some stalker from my poly, then i realise it's one of my group members. i wonder how he got my number, since he shld be contacting the person who called him?

7 Dec Fri
Camp! My dad gave me a lift since he was going to work about the same time. wanted to have breakfast, but i woke up too late, so no time.

For Bless1000 my group is assigned to go to Bishan - haa we happen to have 2 Bishan residents. Deb is very familiar with the place, so we split up and went to give out the Christmas tracts at a prime position. after we were done, a lady who knows Deb bought canned drinks for us. then we went to find the guys. bought some snacks from the pasar malam there :P took bus back and it was soon time for lunch haa.. Nasi Lemak. no serviettes leh. haa.. didn't bring my own mug so didn't get drink =(

after a while we boarded the bus to Camp Christine. passed by the Jalan Bahtera MOE Adventure campsite where i had bad memories.. haa.. and had great and funny memories at Camp Christine, where i first had my period when i haven't been educated. man, i thought i had some disease or what la. freaked out. haa.. and i still remember who was the one who helped me with my first pad :P okok stop it.

played "ice-melting" games and also combined with another group to play some games during our free time. After that i realised i was on duty and supposed to have dinner first! haaa.. Jem drove us in Aloy's car to Salvation Army. it was there that i realise i didn't bring my jacket to camp at all. so i borrowed a jacket from Wen Zheng last min. haa.. Auntie Joyce Chow preached about Witness Jesus.. learnt that there are actually mistakes that are easily committed when u reach out to friends. actually we ought to preach Jesus and His love for our friends, rather than what He can do for them, or else they will only ask Jesus for help when they need it but when things are fine they stop going to church. Or.. when things seem to turn for the worse though they ask Jesus for help they lose faith. know what i mean?

after that took bus back with the group. so tired. had supper and vesper with the group, then leaders' debrief. dunno why this time i feel like i'm not doing enough as a leader, like there's more that could be done. i think i have been a camp group leader before, but it felt easier then, probably because i was kind of an intern? hmm.. went to shower and then QT and sleep. froze during the night cuz i didn't have my jacket. =( haa

8 Dec Sat
Woke up early for prayer. felt more refreshed =) had pancakes for breakfast. haa.. attended workshop on sharing the 4 SLs in Canto.. led by Jeffrey. i was shun bian learning Canto. haa..

after that Chris shared on Apologetics.. it means something like defending our faith. meanwhile i was a little distracted, because i had called my dad to bring a jacket for me. At first i asked him to bring to Salvation Army in the evening, since the campsite is super inaccessible, but he asked my mom whether she wanted to come along to Lim Chu Kang, i didn't feel bad la.. like shun bian go pa tor. haha..

had a power 10 min nap. then we played dirty games... i was really reluctant man. very stressed, considering i have to set an example for my group. for the past few years the games weren't that rough lor. sobz.. haha. i think my group saw my effort to play la, hope that encouraged them. =P i think we really had fun and didn't stress ourselves out to win. went to shower after that. realise i didn't exactly have a lot of time to rest before dinner. asked Jem for the stuff that my dad passed to him. he actually brought along my silk comforter, in a backpack!! it takes up a lot of space when folded, and i already brought a backpack on the first day, my dad shld have known! ahaha.

brought my jacket to Salvation Army. I feel so loved =) hahaha.. did projection with Guorong. a bit stressed cuz that night we did a lot of impromptu songs. including Party by Chris Tomlin they did for Live Concert, i don't even know that song! went back to campsite for supper and vesper and leaders' debrief. we all agreed that we did better today. =)

9 Dec Sun
doesn't feel like Sunday. haa.. today woke up a bit late for prayer. after that we had cell group time. a few of us were constipating and joking about having a "smooth" time. haha.. then i realise we haven't had fruit in our meals. hmmm... Wen Zheng shared what he learnt through the sessions, after Theodore led worship. i believe the Holy Spirit had left a stirring in the hearts of our members. =) had lunch and then phototaking session, and while waiting my group played some games. then we had indoor games and boy, it poured very heavily man. the tennis game was super stressful. haa.. after that we had free time. wanted to take a nap but i couldn't fall asleep, so i went to see what my group was doing. joined them in playing the table soccer game, but we improvised it by using straw etc. so cool haha.. we left saliva all over the table. wahaha.. the team that loses will stuff 4 marshmallows in the mouth throughout the Finale night. haha. my team was the one that lost!! after that we played individual and i lost, so i had to stuff an extra marshmallow. sobz.. haha..

went to shower and then played Saboteur with Nelson, Elisa, Seng Tiong and Naomi. my first time playing, but managed to grasp the idea. haha.. we only had time to play one round cuz we spent too much time watching another group playing Mafia, which takes super long. soon it was time to head to the hall for the Finale night. the tables were decorated with tealight candles.. so romantic! and we had spaghetti for dinner!! background music was good =) Wen Zheng was the emcee for the Finale Night and Aloy was the entertainer. hahaha.. he's really good man.

during the Leaders Appreciation session my group was really very sweet. theodore, wen zheng and myself went up with marshmallows stuffed in our mouths as forfeit for the games we played earlier. my group shouted "sun oi lei!!" to me cuz it was really funny when i tried to pronounce it during the Vesper the night before. =) feel so loved

our group won the consolation prize but we weren't disappointed or what la. i'm glad my group is really sporting. =) feel so touched and wanted to have a time of sharing, but we went to play Blind man's bluff. at first i was okay to play that game, till i saw how scary Paul could get playing that game. i freaked out and decided to sit one corner. ahha.. after a while other group members started to join us. and after a few injuries we decided to play Mafia. it was really a long game. played a few rounds and a few pple got sian already. some of us went to watch the Hokkien debate between Nigel and Jason. haha.. then i went to sleep. ..it was about 4am already haha..

10 Dec Mon
ohh last day of camp... had chee cheong fun for breakfast and the group was laughing at the way i eat it. haha.. i had to open up the rolls and eat it like hor fun. i'm sure there are people out there who eat like that too! after breakfast it was time to pack up and clean up the area. i feel so lazy~~ haha.. there were nice guys who helped us clean the girls' assigned spots. then at 10am we gathered at the main hall for final thanksgiving and dismissal.

took the bus back to church and some of us stayed to help the camp comm move the stuff to the office. then my cell grp went to Mac's for lunch. wasn't hungry so i ordered Happy Meal =) kept shitting. haha.. shitz. went home to shit and sleep, wake up for dinner, shit, watch tv (Heroes!), tried to shit. and haha okok stop it.

some BB boys were fast man, when i opened my MSN there were requests to add me already. haha..

Lunch

It's pouring heavily.. And i had a very full and wonderful lunch.. (Jap) salmon, korean spicy chicken, and UNAGI! With rice, lettuce, and miso soup - only $5.50!!! Oh anyway i'm very sleepy now. Blogging thru my hp. Haha!

:: long update =) ::

Okay! i stopped at 23rd Oct! haa.. can't remember what I did already la.

27 Oct Sat
rushed to Michael's bday party after worship prac.. took cab down to his place.. they were having bbq downstairs. not bad, managed to catch up with my juniors.

28 Oct Sun
Had lunch with the Psalmist Resource Corner core, to evaluate how things were run this year and how we can improve for next year. Then i went for MCG Bible study back in church. very sleepy by then. there was baptism after that but it was pouring heavily.. went home to sleep. =)

30 Oct Tue
made use of my Golden Village membership and watched movie at Vivocity with my mom. Brothers, by Andy Lau, Felix Wong, Eason Chen (sometimes I watch movie for the guys *winks*) Not bad.. had late dinner at Asian Kitchen after that.

1 Nov Thur
Had lunch with uncle Colin, who brought me some forms to sign. we had interesting Chinese Wuhan cuisine. a bit too much food for 2 of us. during lunch my colleague kept calling me cuz my client had something urgent to look for me. ARGH.

2 Nov Fri
Sis came back... i walked over to M Hotel to find my dad and got a lift from him to the airport to have dinner with the family. Ate chinese food at the Soup Restaurant, something for Sup to try. then Sup took the motorbike home with my dad while we ladies took cab. haha..

3 Nov Sat
actually sis came back for her friend's wedding, who invited our whole family also. but i had to prepare word for cell so i couldn't go. i also missed my cousin's baby's full-month celebration (oh so directly translated!).
Shared word on Missions, something which i had in mind to share for some time already.
worship prac for combined service. started at 7, so i had time for dinner with Jem and Tricia.

6 Nov Tue
Supposed to go for prayer meeting... but i had a lot of work to do... by the time i was done it was about 7.40pm already. so felt very sian. went home and asked my dad to bring me out for dinner. went to Changi Village for Nasi Lemak. =)

7 Nov Wed
went to Sentosa with my sis.. fun la, finally get to do things i haven't been able to.. like taking a cable car into Sentosa (the last time i took cable car was just from Mount Faber to Harbourfront), playing on the Luge, and chilling out at Cafe Del Mar. we had breakfast at Seah Im food centre. we were still discussing whether to take cable car or not. cable car was ex for tourist man! so silly. at first i wasn't sure if i shld ask my sis to admit that she's local cuz i thought tourist might have a better price. turns out locals get cheaper rates. >.< sorry la, my concept of tourism is to make tourists feel more privileged than locals, i guess i'm wrong about that. So Sup had to pay like double our price, but his first time trying such stuff la.
We went for the Luge immediately. i was so hum ji i only wanted one round. my sis paid for 3 rounds at a go! i'm a very careful driver. hahaha... went super slow. realise i got a fear of collision.
took bus to Siloso Beach and chilled out at Cafe Del Mar. Ordered bacardi breeze.. nice.. and calamari..
saw an open-top red-line bus and wanted to take it, but we had to wait - it comes once in 4 buses. so we took one whole round. i was amused to see the number of indians queueing at the bus stop at Palawan Beach. it was really PACKED man!

after sentosa we took the cable car out - we paid for two-way trips. we made a detour at Mount Faber, since it was at no extra cost. Nothing much la. anyone noticed the flash on Mount Faber's website? nice or not? i wonder who did it.. hmmm...
took bus 100 to Geylang. haa, not to let Sup see our red-light district la, but to go to our aunt's place for dinner. had lots of soup. yummy~ Joshua was so curious about Sup that he kept asking him questions. i realise he still kept asking me the same questions he asked before. =x
took bus 62 back together with them. and just before we alighted, Joshua shouted to Sup "sa wa dee krup!!" haha so pai seh..
we passed by the fitness corner for Senior Citizens and played with some of the ..stuff. Sup did a stunt on my sis. hahahaha i shan't say what it is. could only say that i'm very very amused.

8 Nov Thur
YAY public holiday! went to Shirley's place with my sis and Sup. i was surprised to see Melissa.. cuz actually the first thing i saw when we reached her place were the dogs. then Mel called me.. wooo, she's back from US! And Shirley cooked laksa for us!! it wasn't very spicy and i was able to eat it without bean sprouts hehe.. (i realise Shirley and I have quite similar preferences and dislikes to certain food) and we had cupcakes after that. and we played Wii! haha..
after that i had to go to work because I had taken leave the day before, and when i checked my work email at home i realise i have a lot of work to do =( i enjoy going to work without my colleagues around.. HAHA!
did a bit of the more urgent stuff in an hour and went to find my dad. if i'm not wrong we went to Kovan for dinner. i went to queue for the famous fishball noodle stall. so stupid, by the time i finish queueing my dad had finished his food too. i dun like to queue!

9 Nov Fri
Dinner with family at Vivocity Food Republic Pu Tien.. interesting Chinese cuisine la. walked around, took some photos, which i think my sis posted on her blog.

10 Nov Sat
Went to send my sis and Sup off at the Budget Terminal, with my mom... Had lunch at Hans. saw some old friends... i don't have much impression, but my sis remembers Aunty May from Sonshine Childcare Centre at Bukit Batok. She was going to Phuket too, with her family. cool. took the shuttle bus to T2. argh i didn't know it only goes to T2, my mom and i ended up taking 2 rounds. I changed bus to Tampines and took another bus to church for cell grp.

13 Nov Tue
Went to watch The Game Plan with my parents. at first i only asked my dad, since i watched a movie with my mom recently already. and this is a very father-daughter movie. oh well. haha. very funny and touching.. kept tearing.. haha =x but my dad says he doesn't catch the humour leh. haiz. some movies u just need to watch with a relaxed mind la. i really needed to relax from stress at work.

16 Nov Fri
been OT-ing quite a lot these days. feel very down. especially with certain clients whom i just described in my last entry. they chose us cuz we probably quoted the lowest price among other vendors. they expect high standard? pay more la! feel like spewing vulgarities here already. heh. they're really not giving me a chance leh, just complained to my boss straight away and requested a change of designer (in my company). well u know what? i'm the only designer. what pissed me off more is that my boss asked me to do a nicer design and let my programmer colleague liase with them. it may be for the good of the company, but i'm really occupied with other stuff that's coming in and I feel taken for granted. know what i mean?

went to SMU cuz Malcolm invited the cell grp to check out his cafe. Brandon is back, but i was kinda disappointed that only a handful of pple turned up. oh well. very tired after all the nonsense at work but i dun think i felt better there. in fact the concert in SMU was like a party in HELL. pple were drinking and feeling high and raising their hands as if in worship. i'll say no more.

17 Nov Sat
Had lunch with Gail to discuss MCG work.. to be out next Sun!
after cell some of us went to Vivocity to find present for Diana.

18 Nov Sun
went to Balai with Persis.

20 Nov Tue
Dinner with extended family cuz my aunt from Canada is going back soon. it was at Boon Keng. realise Boon Keng got quite a few such under-HDB kinda restaurants. very stoned and having a headache cuz of work... ate a lot haa..
after dinner took NEL home with my aunt and her family.

22 Nov Thur
Had dinner with a client and an ex-colleague. good friends la. haha.. poured out our work woes to each other. over Fish & Co at Wheelock. my goodness, i took a bus from near my workplace... last min change venue from Forum to Wheelock, i thought my bus was just outside already, so i alighted. then i realise i was only at Cineleisure!! so long never go town already la! haha.. saw the Christmas decos. hmm... okay only lor. doesn't make me feel like Christmas mood. HONG KONG!!!!!

was having headache, but i dun care one la.. to meet friends i would go despite having headache. my social life is dying leh... ask me out leh. hahaha.. i am so okay with anything that it's hard for me to ask pple out. i rather have other pple decide the agenda then tell me, and i'll be there.

23 Nov Fri
Diana's bday celebration at Frujch! i was OT-ing as usual. at first when i got there i thought i was the first from cell.. then when i entered i realise most of them were there already.
Amos, Kelvin and Terry & Grace presented songs for Diana, so touching... seems like despite all the teasings they really care about her. haha..
cried on the way home. i feel depressed.

24 Nov Sat
Mom's bday. had breakfast with her and then went to Crest to pick stuff for Psalmist Resource Corner with Vincent. very disappointed with the variety of stuff this time. cuz i saw many items at a Christian bookshop near my workplace i'd want to pick at Crest. after that i stressed over buying present for my mom. hahaha.
took train down to Potong Pasir then went home. watched tv, went for a jog and showered, then went back to church for PRC setup. cell was cancelled due to Francis & Jocelyn's wedding.
stayed for prayer and then went to Sengkang for dinner at Pizza Hut. wanted to eatr the Cheese Fondue, but the promo is over and forever gone!!! *sob* i love cheese....
ordered the Sambal Delight meal instead. so spicy my stomach turned.
shopped for some clothes after that. i really must restrain myself till Hong Kong!!!
then we went back home for cake. i bought ice cream cake for my mom!! haha.. i can't afford the whole 1kg cake so i bought 3 slices only. =x

25 Nov Sun
thank God for the message Chi Shyan preached, about dealing with problems. i really shld stop wallowing in self-pity and look out for opportunities for Witness. but it's very hard... i complained to everyone about my work stress but it doesn't help apparently. i want to be a farmer next time.

had youth camp leaders briefing. Eleora was giving a briefing on attitudes expected from a leader. i gotta be more sensitive to myself. i admit that i'm the kind who will "peace, peace" but after that hate myself for agreeing to things i may not be comfortable with. that's one area i really need to seek a change in myself.

after that went to look for M'kk with Elena and Esther. we went to Crest to return stuff and had lunch at KFC. Burger King is gone! =x

i prayed for some stuff a few years ago, and now something is happening, but i dun seem willing to accept that it's happening because i prayed for it.

and i've been arrowed to do a website for COR Youth. hmmm can i quit my job? i dun think i can handle... ahhhh....

:: complain ::

Ooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwww................. I wanna complain!!

Stupid clients! Keep rejecting my designs and giving me comments on how to change it, and complained to my boss that I've been trying to do WHAT THEY WANT. They need a designer's creative input.

I feel my head turn hot with anger.

Oh, go kick *** and find someone else to do a design for u, I've got 14 ecard designs to do!

:: weddings ::

i wrote my first cheque on sat!! haha.. shiok. siao de.

Just attended my cousin's wedding on Sat. The minister kept trying to joke. HAIZ. And my uncle didn't switch his hp to silent mode... urgh. Halfway through there was a child crying. Sometimes you gotta be a bit more careful who you invite to your wedding uh? hmmm... After the "english" ceremony the relatives went into a side room for "Chinese" ceremony. The couple served tea to all the elders, and after that, we the young ones have to serve the couple tea. haha.. cool. The buffet lunch was interesting, mediterranean cuisine i think? Went to cell grp after that.

Last entry I mentioned i walked to Tj Pagar to find my dad after work one day, and I want to add on something: I passed by several bridal shops and.... found my dream wedding gown!!! woo! Haha.. yesterday evening I went to look for it, hopefully can take a photo of it to post on my blog, but the person told me that I can't do that. And you know, when I walked past just looking longingly at the gowns (they were replaced, so fast!) the guy at the door asked me to go in to take a look. haha.. I dun think I look like I'm ready to get married right? Anyway the salespeople were very welcoming and kept asking me to try it on.

I asked for my dream gown - i only vaguely remember how it looks like. It didn't matter how the design was, what caught my eye was the dark red stripe across the tube. Hmm... sorry I can't describe well. I was disappointed when they told me wedding gowns phase out very fast, after a few weeks/months I won't be able to find that gown anymore. Awww.......

Don't know why but lately there's been quite a number of weddings and Persis was just sharing about her wedding during our Tj Balai trip. Makes me think about getting married, but no bridegroom, how?

My dream is to get married at the age of **, but looking at modern society where can you find a partner who's ready to?

Besides that.. yesterday was quite eventful ba. Met a client in the morning. Their demands are so challenging! Serious... I really don't know how to do a design for them sia.

Then during work, about an hour before knockoff i was busy, but I received a prank call. hahaha read on! (from the number i thought it was nic) This guy ordered 2 pc chicken meal, upsized and told me to deliver it to Jurong Point. (i suspected someone already) He asked what's my name, I said Ahmad, then he laughed. From his laughter my suspicions increased but i didn't dare confirm. haha.. Told him the order would be delivered at 6.30pm. But i ignored the call all the way till I went to check out the wedding gown then I received an sms from NORMAN KANG!!! ROAR!!! hhahhahhahha

And after checking out the gown I walked down Tj Pagar to Chewy Junior (i love the "donuts" there - well they aren't exactly donuts, dunno what they are.) and I met Terry (Akouo)! Hahaa.. At that kind of hour my eyesight is usually very poor, but not bad I can still recognise pple.

I wanna watch the movie Brothers... and The Detective if possible.

:: +++ ::

Happiness points increased : +++

Walked to Tj Pagar after work yday to find my dad. Saw the new shopping centre called icon. nothing much inside.. probably because i didn't stop to see enough. my dad walks fast.

Then we went to Tiong Bahru plaza for dinner.

He treated me to Venezia ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*grinz* +++++++++++++

:: nitty gritty ::

yeah so i've been complaining. but today i'm feeling better. something cheered me up lots lots. =)

ok la let me praise my funny Canadian cousin: he's VERY good at languages.. he's not learned in Mandarin, but he can understand a bit and can reply some of our questions too. though most of the time his head will automatically turn to his mom, aka his walking dictionary. haha. he's very interested to learn Japanese and Korean, and my other cousin, Katherine, was teaching him bits of Korean over lunch on Monday. he tried to practise after Katherine left, but no one else knows Korean to practise with him. haha..

some other nitty gritty stuff.... just posted this from my mobile phone:

Wish i'm a man.

Sometimes i wish i'm a man... no i dun mean i want to be homeless. This is a pic of somewhere near my workplace. Such a nice feeling to take an afternoon nap during lunch break.

hmm.. and i'm on a diet. cuz i want to look like this:

So i'm eating cereals for breakfast and lunch and forcing myself to eat raisins though i absolutely HATE it!

indulging in bubble tea too... just because it cheers me up =)
and i have an excuse to buy bubble tea cuz i forgot to bring my water bottle today =P

i know la.. to cheer up it's up to myself, how i see things. not exactly what i do that helps.

i'm not seriously dieting anyway. just detoxing =P

talk cock sia.

i realise i haven't been putting God first in my life. if i had, i wouldn't be struggling so hard on my own effort to make things happen. working on it. =)

:: feeling so down... ::

...and tired.

mon - 8/10
met Chihiro on the train. had dinner with her at the coffeeshop near her place. met her bf for the first time.

tue - 9/10
had a bad day. because of lousy food for lunch and dinner? haha.
i miss the smell of Vivocity though. haa. supposed to get my GV membership card, but i forgot to print out the notification email.

went to Vivocity Marche's for dinner, but it sucks and is expensive. tried to make up for the bad dinner by having ice cream at Ben & Jerry's, but the cost didn't help. $8 for 2 scoops of ice cream. haiz. guess my mom n i just dun appreciate food like that.

fri - 10/10
bad day too. mom took mc so she met me for lunch at People's Park before going home.
i wanted to hang out after work one.. but well. think everyone else is busy with something else. and i want to rest early too.

end up going to the airport with my dad at 10pm. had late dinner at BK. and met up with my aunt and cousins.. going to meet my youngest aunt who's coming back from Canada for a few weeks. waited long, but after a brief meeting we all headed home. it was 12am already.

sat
groomed myself for the wedding.. haha... quite excited. got a seat at the side with Jac. Paul is as always, making the ceremony a FUN event rather than solemn. haa.

after tt my cell grp headed to Marina Sq to chill. had Country Pie at Coffee club. nice. then we went to Ben's hse to play Settlers of Cartan till late. -.-"

sun
mom has left for China for holiday. shiok. managed to wake up early but felt very lazy.

quite a few pple didn't turn up for service. hmm...

had lunch with cell grp at Crawford lane. it's a funny road where the lanes are swopped. after tt took bus with malcolm back to Potong Pasir where i took train home.

took a short nap which wasn't enough!! but thank God i manage to wake up in time enough despite having snoozed my alarm clock.

left home fantasizing some guy picking me up from my hse downstairs for the wedding dinner, but it never happened. took train to Tj Pagar to meet Jac.

ohh i am so upset over the seating arrangement. Can't see the screen whenever there's a video, can't get to see other pple from Youth. wasn't early enough to mingle with them too. service was bad too. seems like the waitress serving our table was quite impolite and unhappy with our requests.

kelvin sent me and gail and jingwen home. thanks bro.

mon
took the afternoon off to spend time with my aunt and her family. had lunch with them at Suntec convention centre.. had teochew porridge buffet. i had expected it to be just lunch, then i ended up joining them to window shop in Suntec, Millenia Walk, Marina Sq, Esplanade. woah. so tired by then. wanted to go home to sleep but a bit bad to leave first since they're staying at another relative's place at Punggol too. my cousin Joshua kept talking to me.. sometimes he talks weird stuff. haha.. he asked about my ex-bf and why would any guy not want me? lol. he also says i'm cute and that he'll miss me when he goes back to Canada. and when am i going to visit him in Canada, can he stay with me, can i stay with him... haa.. -.-"

we went to my other aunt's place in Aljunied and i called my dad to come rescue me. haa.. i really wanted to go home. but i was stuck there till 8+pm. joshua talked to me about smoking while his dad was smoking. cuz he was curious about the smoking warnings on the cigarette pack, and asked me is it true pple get lung cancer and mouth diseases and die when they smoke? i said yes, but his dad said no, because he's still alive. i dunno wad to say already. haa.. most of the time i just diam lor. my dad came but couldn't bring me home cuz he only had 1 helmet. *sobz*

took cab home with my aunt and her family.

tue
still sleepy.. didn't get to rest enough. i still feel very moody today as i think about Sunday's dinner.

:: update, finally ::

yay finally I'M FREE!!!~~~

cleared my list of work to do already. hehe.

lemme update... 7-9th Sep was Psalmist Retreat.. Highlight of this retreat was... Wii!! haha.. and some of them took turns to be Chefs! me ah, just retreat lor.. thank God that whenever weekends come i switch off my work mode, so i actually don't think of work at all. Rested well, all thanks to everyone who worked hard to put this retreat together!

can't really remember what else was the highlight of Sep except that it was the busiest time of my LIFE. really. i mentioned tt i had 9 projects altogether right, now that it's over I can name them. haa.. some of these are still pending approval though.

1. Alantek website revamp - live on 1st Oct
2. Mount Faber (not live yet)
3. Siloso Beach Resort revamp - live on 5th Oct
4. Swimspeed website (not live yet)
5. Kandooma website (not live yet)
6. BPWA3 9th Anniversary booklet (print work) - printed and distributed on 7th Oct
7. Concorde hotels services page add-in

The rest are like add a bit of stuff here and there to the webpage..

i've been complaining about my workload to my cell grp hehe.. and ya during this stress period i have become pissed with my colleagues easily. (they still piss me every now and then. haha) but wanna praise God for bringing me through. I thought i was going to die in Balai, maybe in my sleep, can't breathe or something.

met up with Swee Yi on 26th sep wed.. wanted to meet her for dinner, but she ask me if i wanna join her colleagues for a netball game. i agreed la, since i wanted to see her. wah end up i didn't get to talk to her much la. we were in the same team, i was GK while she was GS, positions are poles apart. ... after the game i wanted to have dinner with her (it was promised!!!) and we went to the changing room. while i was showering she was talking on the phone and seemed to have made plans to leave right away. and when i came out she was gone already. i chased after her and asked her what she intends to do with me. she just DUMPED me with her colleagues while she ran after her friend's car to go home! can u imagine how ditched i feel? dunno y our relationship strained so much.

then the next day thur i went out with weiting, to celebrate her bday. we met at Vivocity and watched I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. such a long title! haha.. it's the right movie to watch with her la.. haha all the dirty jokes. =x i laughed all the way man. after movie we had dinner at The Mussel Guys. haha.. sounds like its speciality is mussels. so we ordered Mussels chowder and a basket of fried stuff. behind our table there sat a guy who looks so much like CWS!!! our sec 1 crush! haha... we kept laughing at him cuz he was talking on the phone all the way la. he was still talking even while paying the bill! zai. wanted to hang out longer cuz it's been such a long time since i met up with friends, but at the same time i was tired la. working makes the body grow old faster.

fri 2 of my favourite clients came to visit. haha.. lots of work sia. work OT till 9.30pm.

as for the weekend you can read it at my other blog, cuz it's about my trip to Tj Balai. =)

last monday was hell man. haha.. many projects due this day but i couldn't finish them. dragged till tues. OT, but there always comes a point my brain can't work anymore.

tue completed some of the projects, finally. the rest... thank God for granting me favour so that i could spread them out over the week.

went to collect passport during lunchtime, my dad drove me to ICA cuz he wasn't working. hee, praise God! supposed to collect it by last wed, but i didn't find the notification card till last week. (it looks just like a property pamphlet la) had lunch at Golden Mile Food Centre.

wed onwards a bit more relaxed and back to normal LIFE. haha.

thur met up with Judy and Weng Heng, cuz Judy flying off to Japan, at first thought it was the 1st week of Oct, but seems like it's postponed. good also la, can hang out with her more often before she's gone for 2 years. met them at Vivocity and had dinner at Thai Accent. Wah, good thing StanChart debit card members got 15% discount!!! total discount was about $13! shiok.. shopped with her at Sheer Romance (bikini shop) and we bought a pair of shorts each. she bought bikini also. then she and carl went to watch movie. it was a good time of catching up with her and WH la.

Judy asked me to go party tomorrow (fri). so on fri i went to work all dressed up to party. haha.. then Judy came down with a body allergy, probably due to the green curry we had for dinner. i think there's something wrong with my body nowadays.. a bit cannot take spicy food. so anyway the party's cancelled. awww... prior to the party date i had wanted to go Old Airport Rd for supper, prob with cell grp, so i asked around, but everyone's busy. after that my dad called, so i had dinner with him at Golden Mile Food Centre. the fried kuay tiao with alot of newspaper clippings on the stall is LOUSY. don't try it. after that we walked around the Army Market upstairs. i wonder how i can ever enjoy shopping with him in Hong Kong. he walks so fast and doesn't wait for me to look at stuff. =( then we went to Golden Mile Complex to shop for Thai stuff. dunno y i felt so happy seeing Thais there. haha..

sat back at cell grp. hmmm i felt weird to be back. i miss m'kk ... haha.. oh no.

kept asking my cell grp to try the Hong Kong Street Chan Kee stall at potong pasir but my pleas are always ignored. jeremy had to help me persuade the rest to agree. haiz. wanted to try the T3 cafe too, but some of them were tired and decided to go home. so i went home too. thing is, i'm not with my cell grp often due to worship pracs or MCG meetings.. so whenever they try new places i don't get to. and when i suggest those places they feel sian.

sun met Gail for breakfast at Soya shop.. discussed the balai thing again, and how to bring it up to MCG. combined service. Vicar jokes too often i find it hard to take him seriously. MCG bible study at Elisa's place. we had lunch at Chop. haa.. 7 of us squeezed in one small table. then 8 of us squeezed inside Elisa's big big car meant for 5. haha.. someone shld have taken a photo for us man. then discussion with Hannah and Gail at Ritz Apple Strudel place. sleepy.

took bus back with Gail. bought 2 dresses for wedding next week. =) had dinner with her at Mac's (i was so broke i could only buy food with my ezlink card hahaa). talked about guys and came to a conclusion: don't think so much, God will provide. =) my standard is very high. haa.. but i hope that SOMEONE dun anyhow lead me on if he has no interest in me.

then today nothing much la, time passed very fast cuz i did a lot of work (small small updates here and there la - my favourite type of work) something cropped up over the weekend because my colleague assumed something and made changes to a website. the client called to alert us and i scolded my colleague. wanted to add "i don't need to tell u everything right?" cuz the client told her to add something at first and told me to remove it later, when she checked the website she saw the thing was missing so she added back in and caused a big problem over my client's side. it's a problem due to lack of communication between us la. i'm angry because she used the reproach kind of tone towards me, "how come u never tell me?", ... haiz but really la, i don't have to inform her everything right?

think i need to pray against pride.

:: Ratatouille ::

yay caught the movie Ratatouille finally!~ at amk hub. first time there, dun even know where's the cinema keke. common sense tells me it's at the top level. =P i was late for work that day. super suay. the day before i was very angry with my colleagues ma. whole night angry. probably tt's y i couldn't wake up. but that means i had to stay back at work to make up for the time i was late. suay because this just so happens when my boss is in. the past few days he wasn't in i was early okay! and i was angry for the times i was early and my colleagues were late yet they leave at 6pm on the dot. i know it's not right for me to get pissed over this, esp when i'm not guiltless regarding this, but...

oh ya y i brought up the part abt me being late was, i stayed back in office till late lor. i knew i won't be able to make it for the 6.50pm show, and i sorta gave up the idea of watching movie yday, but last minute i felt gian again. watched part of the making of the movie, and i feel that the music and sound effects are the reason this movie must be watched in cinemas and not at home. and if i miss watching it before thurs.. the ticket is gonna cost more (hehez) and next monday there might not be anymore screening. it's running out!! managed to catch it at the very last minute. show was at 7.50pm, i only reached AMK like, 7.45pm! haha!

ya anyway movie is good. it's funny. i love the music. but somehow the story... every scene makes me expect something... ...something better than i get. hmm. dunno if u know what i mean.

i DON'T recommend watching movies at AMK hub. dunno if it's only theatre 3... the seats are damn narrow! there wasn't space for my arms. i had to share arm-rest space with the people beside me somemore.

by the way.. ATB is in Singapore! going to perform in MOS tmr night! but... cover charge for ladies is $25.. though i may be commanding an income, money shouldn't be spent this way. haiz. i think i will just listen to his cds at home ba.

:: dizzy ::

i feel so dizzy at work.. so much to do..!!!

going to faint soon...

my colleague still expects me to do another project that is due end of the month. c'mon, i've got deadlines for end of the WEEK! idiot, know. keep telling her i'll do it later but she keeps rushing me as if i'm lazy. who's the lazy one man. *angry*

i wanna watch Ratatouille.. but i think it's going to run out soon. maybe tmr at Tiong Bahru? argh.. how come Vivocity dun have anymore... =(

tonight i just wanna go home straight and sleep.

update abt Psalmist Retreat later. erm, maybe end of the week.

:: Counter Strike ::

haha forgot to mention 2nd sept sunday i went to play CS with my cell grp.

MY FIRST TIME!! haha

at first very reluctant to go one. we were having lunch at Golden Mile food centre and it's at Beach Rd... they actually wanted to go all the way to Bukit Timah to play CS! that's like cambodia from here. if they were going Parklane or what still okay la. grrr *complain.. complain.. complain*

okay la, had fun haha.. i die very fast. macam my mission is just to get rid of opposite team so that my team members - the more pro ones - can complete their mission of rescuing hostages etc. haha

after playing i had a very bad headache. lan games are harmful to the eyes.

Cable car ride

*Just uploaded*

In the car

:: sept week 1 ::

yeah i was saying i feel my boss is piling work on me. I have ...currently, 9 projects on hand. including 5 major website revamps and creations. can u beat that? i am so prepared to do OT this week.

4th tue - went to Mount Faber to meet a client. wooo shiok.. nice place to work in actually. just errr.. a bit hard to get there. i feel like switching to the tourism industry... the meeting was a bit long, but i met a fellow 21-yr-old poly grad working there. =) honestly i'm not very confident of my ability to do the work i promised. but i must do my best to prove myself. i wanna be a good designer!!! *sobz..* there goes my freedom...
client offered me a cable car ride to Harbourfront. ooohhh shiok! shld have brought my camera. later i try upload another pic thru my phone.
bought donuts from Vivocity - it was lunch time okay? went to Standard Chartered to query abt my debit card, found out it wasn't sent out... then took train back to office. bought bubble tea along the way. i feel deprived of: 1) bubble tea, 2) avocado juice at my new workplace lor. =(
after work i went to church for prayer meeting. so long nv go for prayer meeting, i was actually wondering to go or not. During prayer meeting, ...beating around the Bush has just got another meaning for Americans. haha.. prayed for many groups of pple and got updates of other congregations and extensions of COR.
then went for supper with some m'kk pple. i felt hungry halfway during prayer meeting actually, but couldn't find a good time to go out and eat my green tea muffin. more like green bean muffin la. yucks. can't drink tea at night, so i ordered hot milo instead.

5th wed - OT everyday this week, and next week. plan already. dun ask me out.
had fish slice bee hoon at my office downstairs. paid FREAKING $5 for it! i will never eat that again.

6th thur - meeting with 2 clients. stress level went up.
received reply from the police regarding the "scam" i got myself into last week. turns out it was a scam after all. check out www.cad.gov.sg for similar scams like that.
received my debit card finally! instruction given was to sign on the back of the card immediately, but.. erm.. sign where?
reminded myself to pack bag for Psalmist retreat.

7th fri - today a bit not here. slept early last night but felt very sleepy today. tried to spread out my workload, but i can't seem to think and design anything today. on weekend mode already.
Check out today's Electric New Paper. There were a few reports on the similar scam too.
Psalmist Retreat!

:: What does it mean to be a (web) designer? ::

What does it mean to be a (web) designer?

1. Be prepared to stay late at work.
2. Expect crap from (some) clients.
3. Criticise every advertisement you see on the streets.
4. HTML is in your blood.
5. Surf the internet for inspiration. Yeah, just like game designers play games for ideas.

uh so far can only think of 5. still trying to live up to be a web designer.

:: August 2007 ::

wahaha long absence...

just a brief update of my August 2007.

4/8 Sat - What Colours Me workshop. Learn how to apply makeup. it's almost the same concept as design la. what looks nice to me may not look nice to other. hmmm.
Rushed to Wendy's bday chalet. i forgot the theme was retro! haha but guess what? my pri sch "ballet" shoes work. Wendy wore them too! :P

6/8 Mon - went to watch Invisible Target, but i blogged it already.

8/8 Wed - blogged already, abt my national day eve stayover with Faith, Junren, RJ and Alvin.

9/8 Thu - National Day, went cycling. Tried to learn to cycle.

11/8 Sat - cell word. we kinda finished the series on Bible characters:Victorious Living.
Worship prac.

12/8 Sun - MCG meeting at mac's.

13/8 Mon - shift office. booo~ we're no longer in Kampong Bahru Rd. We shifted to Hong Lim Complex. arranged the desks in such a way tt i have my private space now. Praise the Lord!

14/8 Tue - think from all the shiftin' my colleague couldn't take the dust. so she took mc. and i went to eat the famous crayfish horfun. See the photo below? taken from my handphone camera and uploaded from it. haha.

15/8 Wed - went to meet a client with my boss. client lives in Picadilly Circus. a part of singapore i have never seen before. he's a dog breeder - golden retriever - and has a few new puppies. website is for the dogs. client is the adviser to the prime minister of Papua New Guinea!! saw a few of his photos taken of HIS island.
Keyboard spoil..... can't type C normally. gotta press very hard each time. :(

can't rem which day this week, i forgot to switch off the aircon after work. my dad fetched me all the way back after dinner just to switch it off. >.<
the next day i told my boss, he stuck the aircon control to the door. (our old office aircon controller was literally next to the door so i wouldn't forget.)

18/8 Sat - supposed to be in Tj Balai this weekend. but i have so much work over the week that i couldn't set aside time to plan for the trip. somemore my mom nagged abt the S.Koreans being kidnapped because they were doing missionary work. no peace to go.

20/8 Mon - after hearing from Aloysius abt the high interest rates of Standard Chartered bank e$avers account, i felt very gian to find out more. ended up opening 2 accounts on the spot in Vivocity. haha..

21/8 Tue - Our namecard printer, Ben came after lunch. He emailed me tt the namecards would only be ready tmr, so he's early. he's... cute. *blushes*

25/8 Sat - went to Judy's bday celebration after setting up for projection. so hard to find sia the place. got a lift from Janice's bf. she brought along her dog, so cute. So happy to meet up with YEP friends finally. but not everyone turned up. awww... miss u, OLC and jiewei! haha. still feel tt this bunch of friends are the best. though one of us.. *ahem* ...is not very likeable, everyone still include *ahem* in conversations.
dunno y i dun really feel that in cell grp.

29/8 Wed - Brokest day of the year. i'm left with $17 in my bank, can't withdraw a cent. because i had transferred money to one of my new bank accounts and i haven't got my pay.
received a call from a china woman, asking me to go down for a roadshow. can't really understand her as she babbles away.

30/8 Thu - meeting with another client, Siloso Beach Resort. first time inside the hotel :D nice place. i wanted to celebrate my bday there, but couldn't think of who to invite to stay with me. judy and weiting also couldn't confirm they're free. anyways.
fell into the trap of financial greed. as i look back now, it was because yday i couldn't even withdraw money that kind of brokeness, that kind of vulnerability that caused me to fall.
today another china woman called. told me to check her company website, details for authenticity. i actually gave this unknown caller my IC number and bank account number (the one with no money though.) because she told me i have won S$200,000. stupid me.
during lunch she called again, saying i have to pay tax first. this made me start to doubt.
so after lunch i emailed the police for advice. hope i didn't give away too much confidential info.
felt so distracted from work because of this.
those of u who read this pls learn from my mistake and don't let it happen to urself.
but thank God nothing has happened yet.
went home and repented.

oh i went to watch Bourne Ultimatum with Diana at PS after work. it's very cool, the way they all trick each other. haha. think it's good. at least i understand it. haha.. it's not as confusing as the first 2 in the series.

31/8 Fri - meeting with a new client. guy's a swimmer. hot bod. :P
i feel like my boss is piling work on me.

Lunch at hong lim

Long queue..

:: National Day stayover ::

my butt is aching.. sooo tired after a day out with my triplets and friends. haha.. my triplets are Faith and Junren, and my friends are Rj and Alvin.

wed was public holiday eve. a client asked me to stay back to upload some stuff on their website. i was sort of a middle person, because i had to pass the files to someone else to upload. and i had to wait till the person upload the files on the website before my client allowed me to leave =x haiz~ the guy seemed to have left his office earlier, so i could not reach him, so i had to inform the client tt there's no point in me staying to check the website since the guy had left. c'mon, it's public holiday eve! some companies would give their staff a half day off okay!

after work i went to Burlington Sq to meet my triplets. haa.. went to buy a pirated Sony Ericsson earpiece converter - to connect to a normal earphones plug. ****** SonyE to come up with UNIQUE products and peripherals. i had to buy a bigger memory card since i'm using the phone as a mp3 player as well. and then i can keep the thai phone at home till my sis comes to collect it back. but i didn't get the card though. didn't know it costs so much. grrr...

went up to junren's apartment and slack. chatted with him on msn and played msn games. haha yeah i know, we could just talk face to face ya. faith was playing an online game. started to get hungry around 9+pm, so we went for supper. Rochor beancurd was just a few minutes walk away. =P after we came back i went to take a shower. Alvin arrived. he brought dvds along, and i watched 300, the movie. couldn't quit laughing at the drag queen in the movie, Xerxes. haha.. didn't really catch the dialogue most of the time. had to ask Alvin what they were saying, since he's watched it 5 times! Jr's place has become a Lan shop. lol. he, alvin and faith were all playing online games.

then Rj arrived past midnight. he was quite tired, so he went to sleep. can't rem what we did, but faith and i went to sleep around 3am. haa.. chatted till we fell asleep. woke up around 9+am.. i gained an extra left eyelid these few days and felt v weird, like i had to force open my eyelids properly, but after blinking it droops down again. argh.. washed up and went out and realise the guys had not been sleeping well. they had to sleep on the sofa cuz they gave us the biggest bed. Jr is a super light sleeper.. both he and Rj woke up when they heard my camera's shutters. and i dunno why Rj was outside in the living room since he went to bed first.

went to buy BK breakfast with Jr. quite an expensive breakfast, since there must be some cheap good breakast around the area. guess we're all quite lazy. wanted to swim here, but procrastinated. haha.. before the stayover faith told me that both of us will go swimming while the guys play their games. and i was quite happy with the plan cuz i'm quite shy to go swimming with guy friends. haha. but she asked the guys to join in. anyway in the end we didn't go la.

we went to ECP to cycle. i rode on a double bike behind Rj. i must say he's good man. though my dad rides a motorbike, it's still more stable than a bicycle. to be able to ride a double bike with confidence is really zai man. i rem the last time i rode a double bike was with Hilwan, at pulau ubin. Weng Heng was also there. we went there for a photography session. really miss those times man. Wan was zai also, since the terrain at pulau ubin was much rougher and tougher.

the bike gave us really bad aching butt...and my whole groin area.. tt i wonder if tt's how it feels when u lose ur first time. *coughs* ... everytime Rj and i overtake the rest and gone too far in front we would stop and wait for them, and i would get off the bike and complain of a badly hurting butt. we had lunch at ECP hawker centre. ordered fried oysters, fried carrot cake, fried kuey tiao, fried hokkien mee and satay. =D thank God for healing me of my sickness that i could eat KFC (with my dad on tue) and all these stuff without having sore throat again. thank God for holding back the rain though it looked like it was going to rain anytime the whole day.

we got to a quieter part of ECP and alvin gave me a bicycle lesson. he was really very encouraging, and i could sense some progress in learning to cycle. i didn't master it yet, because i first have to overcome the lack of confidence. i never learnt much when i was young. i used to be quite proud tt my parents never forced me to take up extra lessons or whatever, when all my classmates were busy with piano lessons, ballet, swimming etc. but now i feel like i've lost out a lot in my childhood. sometimes i feel quite a failure, that so many pple can cycle like it's an easy feat while i can't. haiz.

after 3 hours it was time to return the bikes. then we went out to take bus back to Bugis. we had dinner at Koo Kee ramen & dumpling restaurant. hmm yummm.. had xiaolongbao and ramen. very satisfied. good food the whole time. hehe.. i was super stoned by that time and from dinner to back at the apartment i was just like a zombie. watched part of the National Day Parade on tv and waited for the fireworks. tried to catch it outside the window, but the view was blocked by other buildings. went home after that. Rj also left since he has school the next day. so only Faith and alvin stayed at Jr's place for another day. felt a bit cheated but i shan't say more.

took train from Little India station. thank God that i could have a seat though i was expecting a super crowded train after the NDP. my butt hurts esp when i am about to sit down and get up. =( slept late last night cuz i was busy transferring my contacts from my old phone to new phone. sooo tired.

these few days i'm shifting office from Kampong Bahru Rd to Hong Lim Complex. should have lotsa good food there, but it's further from Vivocity now. awww...

:: invisible target & girl talk ::

went to watch a movie "Invisible Target" yesterday, by myself hoho~

i didn't like to watch movie by myself.. i've missed A LOT of movies that i had badly wanted to watch because i'd rather have company. i was surprised tt weiting watches movies by herself and doesn't seem bothered about it. so i've finally decided and told myself to just heck it and watch it myself.

boy i am sooo happy to have caught this movie. it's a HK movie directed by Benny Chan, starring Jaycee (Jackie Chan's son), Shawn Yue and Nicholas Tse (earning milk powder money)!! haha.. i like to catch HK shows with cute guys. but i realise it's not easy finding someone who shares common interest. =D

IT'S A GREAT MOVIE!! enjoy it totally. got some funny dialogues, fighting scenes just when i expected them (i'm serious!), and jaycee looks more n more like his daddy! esp when he tries to fight. haha.. there is a good ending too. not very happy, but at least my fav guys r alive. =P

i know very little abt shawn yue, but i have always been fascinated by how much he looks like nicholas tse. haha.. and nic's baby is born! really hope he'll continue to be a good husband and daddy.

i dun think i'll buy the vcd when it comes out, because it's not like in another language where i have to watch it again to catch the joke/story. but i'll be anticipating its tv premier. =)

:: new phone ::

baa baa black *beep* have you any phone.. yes sir yes sir three black phones.



hmm haha..

:: Split Second ::

i'm so disappointed in last night's ending of Split Second - HK drama on Channel U at 10pm!!!

ALL the main characters died!!!

very interesting twist to the usual happy endings.. i would say it's very bold of the script writer to try this style. and i appreciate the HK-Thai ties for this drama.. i wonder if the director is HK or Thai. u gotta tell the actors from both countries to coordinate. i would say it's marvellous.

and i realise the Thai main actor is also the lead actor from Bangkok Robbery. Somehow halfway thru the drama it occurred to me that they are the same person, then i took out my VCD and compared the actor's name. haha.. he looks much younger and better in Split Second.

and haha i like the show mainly because of the guys in it. =P i got really sian when they all died! Esp Sam, the Thai actor, he died because he refused to go hospital after he was shot. he went to buy flowers for the girl he liked and died bleeding. Dong also, he could have gone to hospital after getting shot (by the same guy - argh!), but he insisted on going to find his girl. and then it ended. =( !!!

i'm a sucker for happy endings!!

:: troubled ::

i just went out for a walk during my lunch break, and came back feeling quite troubled. haha..

went to Spottiswoode... there were benches in front of a playground, but i didn't stop there, because there were grasscutters trimming the grass there. it was quite noisy as well as dangerous to be near them.

so i walked on... saw a few women smoking. they look like prostitutes who frequent the pubs & bars around my workplace.

and i walked on.. trying to find somewhere to rest. then i saw an old woman who kept staring at me. i stared back, wondering what she's thinking abt. something in my mind told me to go over and sit beside her and say hi. but i walked past thru another path, under a HDB block. sat down for a while near a basketball court. felt rather peaceful, enough to fall asleep. but i was concerned abt the ants around me. so i got up, deciding that i would go over to the old woman and say hi.

she had got up to find somewhere else to go, so i walked past her, half smiling to her. i went to near where she had sat and near the prostitutes. the old woman looked like she was looking for something under a block. i saw a cat on the path i came from (u can imagine me walking back and forth the same path) and went to play with it. it was kinda scared of me so i didn't get to play with it. i just kept looking at it until i realise the old woman was looking at me. she had found another spot to sit. so i nodded to her as a greeting. she seemed happy and tried to tell me something, so i walked nearer to her.

she started talking to me in Hokkien. honestly the whole conversation i probably understood only 10%! and she kept touching my arm to get my attention whenever i look away. =x halfway through i suddenly wondered whether this was a dream or not. i believe God is in control la huh. she was trying to tell me abt her zha bor kia, ta bor kia, ang, etc... i think her daughter lives on the 11th floor of the block and she has the keys to the 3-room flat but doesn't want to go in. and she told me abt taking taxi and taking bus. she doesn't know how to take the Choa Chu Kang LRT.. while talking she also grabbed my upper arm and asked me why it's so cold, is it because i bathe in cold water. she asked do i live in blk 106, i struggled to explain in Hokkien that i work in an office. she even started to dust my tshirt... felt a bit awkward. that's abt all i understand. then when she mentioned "gao deng" (church) and "bai xin" (pray to idol) i told her i "xin ya so" (believe in Jesus). dunno what she was trying to say, like telling me it's not good. =x

then she asked me whether i eat already, i said not yet, and she urged me to go and eat. so i went back to office, feeling like i was Alice in Wonderland. haha..

another disturbing thing was, i saw a trail of blood around my workplace. okay, if u dunno where i work, it's one of the shophouses facing the road. there got LOTS of pubs and it's not very safe to stay late at work. i followed the blood trail from one end of the row of shophouses to the other. quite scary.. as if someone was running for his life. it wasn't a lot of blood, but it made me wonder what happened last night. was there a fight?

hmmm... i kinda wish some nice guy out there would read my blog and decide that my workplace is too dangerous for me to go home alone... hee...

S.Korean Hostage Crisis: New deadline 3.30pm today

The Taliban killed 1 more hostage. Assholes. Imagine their frustration if we just don't care about the pple they've held hostage. They won't be able to get what they want. But this can never happen. If it does, humanity is in trouble.

Our weakness is that we cannot fight back because of the lives of the hostages, we may have to give in eventually (dunno what the government is planning). But in our weakness God's strength is found. God will make a way for the pple He loves and are persecuted.

Here in Singapore life still goes on for most of us. Who would get down on their knees and pray for the Koreans? Who would fast for them? I'm troubled but I haven't been praying much. Let's call each other up to pray for these brothers and sisters.

:: sick ::

last time i went bkk i took leave on a fri. came back sick and had to take MC the following wed. this time i took leave last fri, went to indonesia over the weekend and had to take MC the following wed. haha.

got a sore throat from eating the gorengan from balai. =( how i know it caused my sore throat? because i started feeling unwell in my throat since sunday night.

monday it got worse and tuesday i lost my voice.

my fault for not watching what i eat. haha.. monday went out with Juliana, my excolleague, sorta her belated birthday meetup. we went to Earle Swensen's at Vivocity. ordered Calamari and seafood pasta. calamari wasn't nice and yet very fried. :S tried to sing when i got home. haha. Evermore by Planetshakers.

tuesday went to Tiong Bahru plaza to meet my sec sch pals to celebrate Kwek's bday. we had dinner at Rajahinn. A steamboat buffet place. i didn't really have much appetite but i could still eat la. got home and felt like singing the Doxology. dunno y but thank God that the moment i got home my throat seemed to clear and i was able to sing. but at night i felt feverish, unable to sleep. felt terrible, like going to die. was quite worried that it might be dengue. kept waking up to go toilet.

today went to see doc. took MC. doc says it's just common flu. thank God, nothing serious. maybe it's stress from work. i feel much better after taking medicine.