umm.. new blogger feature.
CNY..... haha. sat went to Vivocity with my family. to watch Protègè!! Wee!! my cute guys. had lunch at Food republic (we prefer there to Kopitiam now). And walked around. i was quite bored la. wanted to take the Sentosa Express but my mom says no because my sis says no. urgh.
went home for reunion dinner. it was ... bad. the steamboat/bbq thing was new, so we didn't really know how to use it. other than beef, nothing else seems cooked. after that wanted to go out with singles' club one, but my mom dun allow (?!?!?!) so weird. stayed at home to watch Curse of the Golden Flower. not nice sia. but i watch movie must watch to the end one.
next day.. sunday. almost couldn't wake up for service. service was fun :D there's this funny song with funny action n its unforgettable stuck-in-the-head rap that goes "nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing..." after service went downstairs, there was a resource corner selling bibles and books for kids. i've been wanting to find time to go Crest to buy presents for my cousins last week, so i'm glad i could buy something there! it was hard to find something suitable, but i bought a rainbow Good News Bible for my sec 2 cousin. not too kiddy but not too serious. great!
then we went to find my grandmother. she very cute sia. we bai nian to her with oranges, she return us the same oranges when she has her own oranges! haha.. n she opened the red packets she brought to check the amount inside before giving us. hahahaha...
at first we were going for lunch with her, then she said she's meeting a friend. But in the end she still joined us for lunch at Clementi, n even followed us to my mom's sis' place at bukit batok! keke. my aunt wasn't at home!!!! oh no! so we went to west mall to chill. wanted to catch another movie, but my sis decided to forgo the movie to accompany my mom home. ahhh... that's kinda y i seldom watch movies. always kena pang seh.
went home n played mahjong with my dad - only. haha. won a few games. =D then we had a real reunion steamboat dinner. with COOKED food. this was better =)
next day monday holiday songbo. went to my mom's boss' place to bai nian. my fav movie, My Girl (thai movie) was screened on Channel U! dubbed with chinese though. didn't get to watch the whole movie before we had to move on to visit my other aunt. all these while my dad was not around cuz he gotta work. so cham.
at my aunt's place i watched my dad play mahjong with the kings and queen of mahjong. i was quite intimidated. haha. in the end my dad ONLY lost $2+. he was losing alot at first, but manage to catch up at the end. couldn't recognise my cousins' children, like who is whose. hehe.
tue also holiday. went to sengkang to visit my dad's side of the relatives. passed the presents to them. didn't get to see 3 other cousins so i couldn't see their expression of receiving the presents. had lunch with them n went home, with them. actually just an uncle, my aunt n her daughter. i had to go shirley's house so i kinda rushed them. they wanted to follow me out since they just wanted to visit for a while. oops. i was v late. =x took train to outram park then took a cab from there. before i realised it, the cab driver took me a round when he could have just gone straight. =x
had very good food at shirley's place. love the chawanmushi n the kueh pie tee~! da-pao-ed for my family, but they turned soft along the way =x didn't stay for long cuz i had another drop-by to make. went to bukit batok (again! haa) to wish bec happy birthday. it's our tradition to meet up for the birthdays of each person in the grp, usually at west mall coffee bean. it's bec's 21st, so we gave her diamond! pendant. had a great chat with them before they went to bec's hse for dinner, n me to the airport. before i took the train i had some "trouble" in the toilet. (that's why i was so late)
reached airport (i could have been there 4th time tt week if i had gone to send matthias n jia off). had dinner at crystal jade. food is so-so. but the crab meat + crab roe was great!!!
took bus to the budget terminal to send my sis off. there was some fun stuff at the terminal. we took a family photo at the photo-taking booth. quite well taken, except that they could have adjusted the lighting on the image a bit. also went up to caishenye to get angpow (which contains gold chocolate coins). had took the dragonbeard candy from the booth. fun :D
there was a promotion on Harry Potter book leh... U.P. $25.00, but they're selling for $9.90 in the Times bookshop inside the dutyfree lor. urgh... wanted to buy 1 to sell, but my sis didn't buy it. :( she was enthu abt the idea at first. turn out she didn't buy because it was "too heavy" ... :(
wed
back to work. couldn't wake up :P so i was 15 minute late. >.<
went to my dad's cell grp CNY party (at bukit batok - again) on behalf of my mom cuz she got company dinner. i was arrowed to be the projectionist the moment i reached! surprised to see jac there. her grandma had come for the party. it was an outreach party. food was good. =) i think Rev John Loong's cantonese really v clear. i could understand his message man! i couldn't really understand the skit though.
thur
reached office earlier than my colleagues! i thought it was some holiday or something. oh dear.
met natalie n junhao for lunch. finally can bring them to somewhere i couldn't have gone with my colleagues. cuz one of them cannot eat pork *sobs* ya i abandoned my colleagues tt day. asked terry akouo along too, since we're all from DMD n junhao was from games. wah i really miss the minced pork mee pok with abalone!! :D
after work went to aljunied to find ting, who was filming there. that place got ALOT OF CATS! =D they wrapped up at abt 7+pm, then we took cab to jeananne's place to drop the camera n other equipment. then ting n i went to BUKIT BATOK. it was jenna's 21st. i wasn't invited till i smsed her a greeting. keke. sounds like quite a few exclassmates from sec sch will be there so i was glad. it was a good reunion la. getting surprised n shocked at how much their looks have changed. didn't know the theme was retro till kor told me y he chose to dress tt way!! by the time we reached, dinner was almost leftovers. but it was good. =) i really didn't recognise many pple except my own classmates. the girls from other classes n our juniors really look different.. prettier sia! n slim lor. ... >.<
jenna's NUS friends v funny. there was this guy who asked her to go over, n showed her the presents from the whole grp, one by one, with long stories. n at the end of the stories, she was so touched she wanted to hug him for being so sweet. BUT WHO KNOWS! he turned her n got the other friends to carry her, by each limb... n sang a birthday song...n threw her into the pool!!! whoa that was ultimate. well-thought plan. haha..
fast forward n skip the details.. i managed to run for the NEL at outram. it was the last train of the day!! i'd almost miss it by 20 seconds. :D
today.. ok la, lunch time was a bit sad cuz yesterday too happy liao. u know, such a big difference. a lot of work. but ok la. i'd rather have many small work to do rather than few big ones.
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
:: work part 2 ::
it's really tough to instruct my colleagues about work. i'm the youngest among them, yet i'm the most senior. During the first few weeks of their arrival, i was really struggling, because i'm not used to their working style. for example i thought it would be useful to write down stuffs, but Juliana reminded me tt it's just a preference of working style la. so i cheered up abit.
been having poor appetite due to stress n unhappiness at work, but these few days my appetite picked up. =)
on wed Valentine's day i wanted to hang out with singles' club...but everyone in army, n wendy is having a sweet time with michael. *winks* so i had dinner with my parents at Little India n went shopping for reunion dinner food. but tt day i took the opportunity to sms my dear friends from pri sch, sec sch, JI, n poly. really miss the feeling of sms-ing non-stop! =D
anyway, CNY is coming! i think this yr will be different. more relax.
my sis is back for CNY... last night she came into my room n dropped 2 thai cds. =D i vaguely saw her n thanked God in my sleep tt she's back safely. still dun get to chat with her yet. she busy la.
i dun have new clothes for CNY. wore them in advance already =P see la, if tmr i go out i might find something.
dunno wad to say. everytime at work i got lots to say, but when i reach home i forget everything. sia la.
been having poor appetite due to stress n unhappiness at work, but these few days my appetite picked up. =)
on wed Valentine's day i wanted to hang out with singles' club...but everyone in army, n wendy is having a sweet time with michael. *winks* so i had dinner with my parents at Little India n went shopping for reunion dinner food. but tt day i took the opportunity to sms my dear friends from pri sch, sec sch, JI, n poly. really miss the feeling of sms-ing non-stop! =D
anyway, CNY is coming! i think this yr will be different. more relax.
my sis is back for CNY... last night she came into my room n dropped 2 thai cds. =D i vaguely saw her n thanked God in my sleep tt she's back safely. still dun get to chat with her yet. she busy la.
i dun have new clothes for CNY. wore them in advance already =P see la, if tmr i go out i might find something.
dunno wad to say. everytime at work i got lots to say, but when i reach home i forget everything. sia la.
Friday, February 09, 2007
:: work and all that ::
gosh lots to blog.
had a new colleague for a week before Juliana left and a newer colleague came. There were a guy and an indian lady who came for interview, i only caught a glimpse of the guy as i was leaving my office, but i noticed he stared at me. just wouldn't feel comfortable if the 2nd colleague is also a guy, that would make me the only girl (again). not like i'm not comfortable around guys, but i probably scared myself with the thoughts of having after-lunch heart to heart talks like with juliana, with 2 guys. i would cry man. so in a way i persuaded my boss to hire the lady. my impression of indians in the IT is quite good lor. imagined her to be someone intellectual =p
erm. i honestly would say tt i'm suffering at work now. i realise i have nothing to chat with my new colleagues about. we totally have nothing in common. in a way it is training me to grow in uncomfortable situations, but my prayer life declined badly after my christian colleague left. we usually pray for each other before we start our meals, n after lunch go for walks and heart-to-heart talks until our lunch time is up. i really miss that. *sobs* i shouldn't talk bad abt my colleagues la. let's just say i haven't got to know them better yet.
was suffering partly because of ecards also. if u read my msn nick, i had been complaining for many days abt ecards. i prefer looking at html codes to working with animations. there have been a few difficult clients who have requests beyond my ability. but thank God, with His power i have overcome them already. =D
now my workload is filled with new/to-be-revamped websites. at this point, the change of colleagues is really not a good time. i need a lot of programming help, but terry has his own workload n pramila... today i just spent abt an hour explaining to her what i want. the parable of the talents was stuck in my head, so i was thinking of not assigning difficult work to her, but i have nowhere else to turn to. *sobs again* haiz i can't believe a guy can whine so much *sobsssss*
but i gotta thank Terry for introducing his friends to me.. do networking. haha.. his friend Pam always bring us around the area for lunch. usually more at tanjung pagar area so i realise how small singapore is n how near tj pagar is to my workplace! =) she would bring her colleagues along for lunch too, so sometimes lunch is fun.
her workplace is near the bridge filmed in One Last Dance. had been wanting to watch it since before it came out. caught it with Rj n Christina.. really like the show, partly because of Francis Ng. ;) after the movie (last fri) we went to Brewerkz, also with faith, jx n his gf. jx ordered a tower of Indian Pale Ale. didn't like its taste so i didn't drink much. (dun worry, El Shaddai guys! =p) we also ordered a lot of food. dun really like it. :S actually our purpose of going there is to rekke. i initially wanted to book the place for my bday celebration, but after tasting the food n drinks, i dun think so. tt night someone drank until v seh lor. haha got home after 3am. my dad was just about to go to work. =x i still had to stay up n finish the Guitar course form (it's my fault for not going home straight to work on it, and still went out to have fun).
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oh yah about MCG.. i shared with jac briefly how the meeting last sat impacted me. i had been having the wrong idea about missions, n i'm glad to learn so much since i joined MCG. i always thought, i've been going tj balai so often, n i wanted to be in the know of what's going on there. i had always gone as a tripper, not as a missionary, n i wanted to be more involved. the "seniors" in MCG taught me to look at things long term, like, do i wish to see the balai church independent? in what ways can we help them do tt? they can't possibly rely on us to keep going in and bring presents and food for them everytime. how would they grow in this way? they shld be able to function on their own, while we r there to train them. n move on to other places to reach more pple. n our most recent plan, to start a youth cell grp in balai. i hadn't considered whether phei phei is committed to hold the cell grp if we couldn't go in. (thankfully persis assured me that she talked to her already) because ruth suggested that we can't go on doing things for them while they r unwilling to grow. n we can't go in to visit everytime we hear someone falls sick. some things r just beyond our limits.
there's so much so much more to learn about missions. i'm really thankful for the chance to learn all these thru MCG.
sometimes though, i get lost about my long term plans. i had dropped by an OCBC bank near my place one Sat n sat in to listen to a financial plan. my mom was quite interested as well. but it's long term savings. tt time i bought an insurance policy i already had to consider a lot n go thru a time of grieving (haha if u remember) i probably could keep both the insurance n this new financial savings plan if... IF... i worked for 6 yrs. it's hard to predict the future.. really don't know when i'll stop working n go to a Bible college or wad...
anyway, recently been studying Nehemiah. at chapter 3 i decided to search the internet for commentaries. found a study guide for the chapter. really very interesting! shld read it. not sure if u can click this link: http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/comm_read.pl?book=Neh&chapter=3&verse=1&Comm=Comm%2Fdavid_guzik%2Fsg%2FNeh_3.html%230@@@@@1@@@@@2@@@@@5@@@@@15%26*David+Guzik%26&Select.x=21&Select.y=14
briefly describe what i learnt la:
1. Eliashib the high priest was mentioned first of all, to show that he led in example in the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
2. He and other priests consecrated the Sheep Gate that they built (so named because shepherds bring their flock to the gate to sell, in those days and up to a few yrs ago) - to God. reminds us that in everything we do, do it for the Lord. (Colossians 3:17)
3. The Tekoites joined in the repair works, but their nobles did not. then in vs 27 they repaired another section, probably to make up for what their nobles would not do. they did not submit to God, so they probably didn't get to enjoy His blessings. Nehemiah didn't mention their names in the account, Pastor David Guzik suggested that it's because God had mercy on them.
4. vs 8 mentions the actual profession of the people who rebuilt the walls. They were all not professional builders! some were goldsmiths, perfume-makers etc. the most important ability in doing God's work is availability.
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hmm on sun i just casually commented that owning an ipod is "carnal". so many pple now own one. if u do, u're following the crowd. i used to despise pple who follow the crowd - tt's y i turned out quite anti-social. erm now... it's hard to be stubborn. yep insisting things to go my way is called stubborn. (i'm going crazy trying to keep balance of things.) ah yah back to ipod. i was tempted to own one at times, but i feel very strongly tt it's a tool to draw even christians away from God. when there's earphones in ur ears, how do u hear when God speaks?
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i was supposed to meet a client on wed. so i dressed up rather formally. then she called to postpone the meeting to fri. oh well. n today, friday, i dressed up formally again. i emailed her the design for her company's website n mentioned tt i'll see her later. then she called n apologised for forgetting to inform me tt the meeting is postponed to after CNY!! i dun like wearing formal u know.
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wed went to IMM with hao. had dinner at Pepper Lunch (it just smells too good to walk away). n after that SHOPPING AT ESPRIT OUTLET!!!! haha i wouldn't know abt it if i hadn't heard from Jac. didn't see the clothes i saw in HK, but it's ok. bought a top n a bottom, at prices u'll see at far east, but it's Esprit! ya i know i used to despise branded goods too, but since owning a Levi's i believe that the price fits the quality. =) i can't say that for every brand though.
our 24:365 reminds me to guard against the temptation of the pleasures of the world. indeed i do have spending power now, but i must always remember that what i have is borrowed from God. must exercise good stewardship over what i have. to my friends who think i must be crazy, money is the root of all evil. with some money, people desire to have more. n more n more. therefore, our God teaches us that money is only temporal. u cannot bring it with u after life. therefore, y view it more important than life itself? some pple can live with plenty, some can live with none. just be contented with ur lot. it's easier to find joy.
this week i went to DCB on tue n thurs for 24:365. i dropped my phone there on tue. only when i was about to slp i started looking for it n realise i had dropped it. so i prayed that it could be found. it wasn't that important to me because i didn't like the phone, and also the sim card inside was a prepaid card. so not v much loss. but would be good to retrieve it cuz i have a lot of contacts n photos n messages in it. on wed, my mom called to say phoebe called her tt she found my phone in church!! praise God! that's y my nick says "i lost my phone, but God found it!"
was quite surprised tt Auntie Pearly was the only non-youth present on thurs.
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Take That is back! with the song Patience... wow.. hear it on Class 95 cuz we have a non-chinese colleague now. (she actually suggested listening to tamil songs... i can only diam-diam) erm anyway. the song is nice!! watched it on You-tube before i believed that it was sung by the original Take That.
had a new colleague for a week before Juliana left and a newer colleague came. There were a guy and an indian lady who came for interview, i only caught a glimpse of the guy as i was leaving my office, but i noticed he stared at me. just wouldn't feel comfortable if the 2nd colleague is also a guy, that would make me the only girl (again). not like i'm not comfortable around guys, but i probably scared myself with the thoughts of having after-lunch heart to heart talks like with juliana, with 2 guys. i would cry man. so in a way i persuaded my boss to hire the lady. my impression of indians in the IT is quite good lor. imagined her to be someone intellectual =p
erm. i honestly would say tt i'm suffering at work now. i realise i have nothing to chat with my new colleagues about. we totally have nothing in common. in a way it is training me to grow in uncomfortable situations, but my prayer life declined badly after my christian colleague left. we usually pray for each other before we start our meals, n after lunch go for walks and heart-to-heart talks until our lunch time is up. i really miss that. *sobs* i shouldn't talk bad abt my colleagues la. let's just say i haven't got to know them better yet.
was suffering partly because of ecards also. if u read my msn nick, i had been complaining for many days abt ecards. i prefer looking at html codes to working with animations. there have been a few difficult clients who have requests beyond my ability. but thank God, with His power i have overcome them already. =D
now my workload is filled with new/to-be-revamped websites. at this point, the change of colleagues is really not a good time. i need a lot of programming help, but terry has his own workload n pramila... today i just spent abt an hour explaining to her what i want. the parable of the talents was stuck in my head, so i was thinking of not assigning difficult work to her, but i have nowhere else to turn to. *sobs again* haiz i can't believe a guy can whine so much *sobsssss*
but i gotta thank Terry for introducing his friends to me.. do networking. haha.. his friend Pam always bring us around the area for lunch. usually more at tanjung pagar area so i realise how small singapore is n how near tj pagar is to my workplace! =) she would bring her colleagues along for lunch too, so sometimes lunch is fun.
her workplace is near the bridge filmed in One Last Dance. had been wanting to watch it since before it came out. caught it with Rj n Christina.. really like the show, partly because of Francis Ng. ;) after the movie (last fri) we went to Brewerkz, also with faith, jx n his gf. jx ordered a tower of Indian Pale Ale. didn't like its taste so i didn't drink much. (dun worry, El Shaddai guys! =p) we also ordered a lot of food. dun really like it. :S actually our purpose of going there is to rekke. i initially wanted to book the place for my bday celebration, but after tasting the food n drinks, i dun think so. tt night someone drank until v seh lor. haha got home after 3am. my dad was just about to go to work. =x i still had to stay up n finish the Guitar course form (it's my fault for not going home straight to work on it, and still went out to have fun).
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oh yah about MCG.. i shared with jac briefly how the meeting last sat impacted me. i had been having the wrong idea about missions, n i'm glad to learn so much since i joined MCG. i always thought, i've been going tj balai so often, n i wanted to be in the know of what's going on there. i had always gone as a tripper, not as a missionary, n i wanted to be more involved. the "seniors" in MCG taught me to look at things long term, like, do i wish to see the balai church independent? in what ways can we help them do tt? they can't possibly rely on us to keep going in and bring presents and food for them everytime. how would they grow in this way? they shld be able to function on their own, while we r there to train them. n move on to other places to reach more pple. n our most recent plan, to start a youth cell grp in balai. i hadn't considered whether phei phei is committed to hold the cell grp if we couldn't go in. (thankfully persis assured me that she talked to her already) because ruth suggested that we can't go on doing things for them while they r unwilling to grow. n we can't go in to visit everytime we hear someone falls sick. some things r just beyond our limits.
there's so much so much more to learn about missions. i'm really thankful for the chance to learn all these thru MCG.
sometimes though, i get lost about my long term plans. i had dropped by an OCBC bank near my place one Sat n sat in to listen to a financial plan. my mom was quite interested as well. but it's long term savings. tt time i bought an insurance policy i already had to consider a lot n go thru a time of grieving (haha if u remember) i probably could keep both the insurance n this new financial savings plan if... IF... i worked for 6 yrs. it's hard to predict the future.. really don't know when i'll stop working n go to a Bible college or wad...
anyway, recently been studying Nehemiah. at chapter 3 i decided to search the internet for commentaries. found a study guide for the chapter. really very interesting! shld read it. not sure if u can click this link: http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/comm_read.pl?book=Neh&chapter=3&verse=1&Comm=Comm%2Fdavid_guzik%2Fsg%2FNeh_3.html%230@@@@@1@@@@@2@@@@@5@@@@@15%26*David+Guzik%26&Select.x=21&Select.y=14
briefly describe what i learnt la:
1. Eliashib the high priest was mentioned first of all, to show that he led in example in the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
2. He and other priests consecrated the Sheep Gate that they built (so named because shepherds bring their flock to the gate to sell, in those days and up to a few yrs ago) - to God. reminds us that in everything we do, do it for the Lord. (Colossians 3:17)
3. The Tekoites joined in the repair works, but their nobles did not. then in vs 27 they repaired another section, probably to make up for what their nobles would not do. they did not submit to God, so they probably didn't get to enjoy His blessings. Nehemiah didn't mention their names in the account, Pastor David Guzik suggested that it's because God had mercy on them.
4. vs 8 mentions the actual profession of the people who rebuilt the walls. They were all not professional builders! some were goldsmiths, perfume-makers etc. the most important ability in doing God's work is availability.
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hmm on sun i just casually commented that owning an ipod is "carnal". so many pple now own one. if u do, u're following the crowd. i used to despise pple who follow the crowd - tt's y i turned out quite anti-social. erm now... it's hard to be stubborn. yep insisting things to go my way is called stubborn. (i'm going crazy trying to keep balance of things.) ah yah back to ipod. i was tempted to own one at times, but i feel very strongly tt it's a tool to draw even christians away from God. when there's earphones in ur ears, how do u hear when God speaks?
==========
i was supposed to meet a client on wed. so i dressed up rather formally. then she called to postpone the meeting to fri. oh well. n today, friday, i dressed up formally again. i emailed her the design for her company's website n mentioned tt i'll see her later. then she called n apologised for forgetting to inform me tt the meeting is postponed to after CNY!! i dun like wearing formal u know.
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wed went to IMM with hao. had dinner at Pepper Lunch (it just smells too good to walk away). n after that SHOPPING AT ESPRIT OUTLET!!!! haha i wouldn't know abt it if i hadn't heard from Jac. didn't see the clothes i saw in HK, but it's ok. bought a top n a bottom, at prices u'll see at far east, but it's Esprit! ya i know i used to despise branded goods too, but since owning a Levi's i believe that the price fits the quality. =) i can't say that for every brand though.
our 24:365 reminds me to guard against the temptation of the pleasures of the world. indeed i do have spending power now, but i must always remember that what i have is borrowed from God. must exercise good stewardship over what i have. to my friends who think i must be crazy, money is the root of all evil. with some money, people desire to have more. n more n more. therefore, our God teaches us that money is only temporal. u cannot bring it with u after life. therefore, y view it more important than life itself? some pple can live with plenty, some can live with none. just be contented with ur lot. it's easier to find joy.
this week i went to DCB on tue n thurs for 24:365. i dropped my phone there on tue. only when i was about to slp i started looking for it n realise i had dropped it. so i prayed that it could be found. it wasn't that important to me because i didn't like the phone, and also the sim card inside was a prepaid card. so not v much loss. but would be good to retrieve it cuz i have a lot of contacts n photos n messages in it. on wed, my mom called to say phoebe called her tt she found my phone in church!! praise God! that's y my nick says "i lost my phone, but God found it!"
was quite surprised tt Auntie Pearly was the only non-youth present on thurs.
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Take That is back! with the song Patience... wow.. hear it on Class 95 cuz we have a non-chinese colleague now. (she actually suggested listening to tamil songs... i can only diam-diam) erm anyway. the song is nice!! watched it on You-tube before i believed that it was sung by the original Take That.
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