updates:
14 June - had a quiet birthday. had lunch with Ashley and her colleagues at Malaysian railway food court, partly because i don't want to have lunch with my colleague. not on my special day. heh. after work took a slow walk to clarke quay, because i only had to reach church at 8pm. had catered dinner with Graham Kendrick and his team. didn't recognise GK though. after that i went for ice cream with Esther and Elena at Mac's. not a bad day la.
15/6 - realise that God had blessed my birthday a lot, because it was cloudy and overcast today, but was a great sunny day yesterday. after work went to church for GK concert. dunno y i can't rem where the concert is held. i went to DCB but found the doors locked. then i realise i shld be at SAJC cultural centre instead. supposed to help Shirley out with projection, but some guy called David bao ka liao. hee. my dad was there to help out as usher, so i went back with him.
16/6 - went to World Vision with Jac. She and Amos had planned to help me start to sponsor a child from there. unfortunately the staff were all out for 30-hour Famine camp at Republic Poly, except for one part-time staff. i left my contact details with him and left for Vivocity. supposed to be my birthday celebration with cell grp la. treated those present for lunch at Carl's Jr. shared word for cell grp. was quite clueless abt what to share up till Wed / thur. then i felt tt i shld share something i had made notes on before. so i shared on Daniel. Chris sat in. anyway thank God for moving because my preparation for word was just so-so, but some of them saw it as a wake up call. went to SAJC CC for GK concert. was a little disappointed that they did some same songs as last night. i wanted to buy the trumpet player Raul's cd, but didn't because of the cd cover design. in the end i bought Andy & Gabriel Alonso cd, partly because of the cd cover. it was a pic of them looking lovingly at each other =P
17/6 - again i can't rem where the service was held, SAJC CC or DCB? had a debate with my mom, until she won. she called almost everyone in her cell grp to make sure she's correct. >.< it was supposed to be Father's Day but we didn't have any celebration or indication during service leh. had Worship07 prac, then had dinner with my parents at Hougang Mall. sooo drained. my dad kept nagging at me for not chipping in to pay for the dinner. c'mon, i thought i get a free dinner because it was my birthday?
18/6 - supposed to have a Psychoianz outing to Timbre's, but the lazy organiser didn't contact everyone early enough. Too many pple couldn't make it, so i postponed it to Wed.
19/6 - went to Vivocity to alter my S&K jeans. went to Giant Naturally Marketplace to look for cheap sushi as recommended by Jac. so happy! bought a set and was on my way to the MRT station when i met Natalie. she also wanted to buy sushi so we went back to Giant. then we decided to enjoy our sushi at the waterfront.
20/6 - had quite a great night out with a few Psychoianz. haha. only weiting, weili, shuying, peichun, siangyuan and jianping in the end. gee i thought my kor die-die would come, but he was stuck in the hospital, doing some checkups i think. we celebrated my birthday. hehe had a cake and a Topshop giftcard! gee i NEVER bought anything in Topshop before, and NEVER thought of buying anything from there. the price is ridiculously set la. hmm... wonder how i can use it. didn't really concentrate on the live band, but more on catching up with each other. we tried to come up with our class list according to our register numbers.... haha.. reminisce.. and we exchanged our contact numbers and msn because most of us have lost contact already. surprisingly i realise i still have most of their number.
21/6 - (check out my entry in my other blog) supposed to visit Cailing today, but she just had her operation, and is in ICU, so visitation was not allowed. went to buy a gift for her from Vivocity after collecting my altered jeans.
22/6 - supposed to meet up with "Single's club" today, but because i wanted to visit Cailing first and lotsa other complications we decided to postponed our meeting.
23/6 - finally get to join my cell grp for dinner. went to Bukit Timah food centre for western food.
24/6 - jeremy's back from his mission trip. he even brought some coconut pie for us. very nice indeed! made from coconut flesh, not the grated kind. dunno y i dun eat grated coconut, but only coconut flesh. Worship07 prac and then dinner with my parents. i shldn't have called them. shld just go home and slp instead. haha.
25/6 - went to meet up with my sec sch pals after work. another birthday celebration hehe. had jap food =D had craving for jap food since last time i had cheap sushi at Vivocity. =D they are so nice, bought me a website for a yr because it was in my wishlist! Kwek even printed a certificate of owning the website.. hehehe.. my website is at www.djgemz.com but it's not updated, so i'm using my last yr's content. shucks no time to redesign it. they even sent me all the way home though all of them live in the west! i'm really really grateful.
29/6 - went for Nic's bbq cum birthday party after work. met jinwen at kovan.. i was trying to find a POSB atm but the nearest one is so far away!! i wonder y Heartland mall nv install POSB/DBS atm sia. finally Single's club got to meet up together.. yay.. but i couldn't stay long. was going to Zouk for my kor's dj competition. must show my support la. my first time clubbing this yr. heh. weiting was surprised tt i wanted to come at first. anyway, the competition starts at 10pm but i was almost late for it, because 2 pple snatched cabs from me. =( anyway i went in with weiting and her friend Leo. saw jianping, yong teng, daniel, shuping, lizi and even siong chew who is amazingly skinny now. shuping left soon after kor's session cuz she felt quite drunk. she had been there since 7pm due to a company function at Velvet. was quite disappointed to realise that the smoking ban was not in effect yet. there was freeflow of Paulander beer (bottles). i had a bottle and after tt dunno y immediately felt like puking. i didn't anyway. we went to Phuture together n the guys protected us. so nice.. =) went back at 12am for the announcement of the result. argh kor got 4th. the one i didn't like most got 3rd!! how can!? he got quite expensive prizes though. some of us went to the coffeeshop nearby for roti prata and teh tarik. now i feel yong teng is ...nicer. haha. last time i didn't really like him actually. the 4 guys were from the same pri sch.. so cool that they r still so close now. took cab home but wasted $3 on a tunnel jam. sian.
30/6 - my mom kept asking how come i return home so late but i nv say anything. ha.
cell evangelistic event! was at first v disappointed tt weiting couldn't make it last minute. i smsed Jac to tell her the final number of friends coming and she encouraged me that at least there r 2. had pre-cell lunch and jeremy continued sharing abt his trip. we had prayer in #02-15 and then judy and carl arrived. played First Hands and Settlers of Catan for 2 rounds. didn't get to meet aloy's friend but some of my cell grp pple got to meet my friends. had worship prac so i couldn't join them for dinner. had hoped that they would join my cell grp for dinner though i wouldn't be there. really glad to see them still with them when some of us joined them afterwards. weiting came while i had worship prac. she joined me as i did projection. and then we all went to find my cell grp together at Swirl. though i dunno what's wrong with my emotions but it was certainly a day worth celebrating, my best friends get to meet my cell grp.
dallas had shared abt the parable of the tenants and how we can see ourselves as the tenants. felt really convicted and asked isabella to pray for me.
managed to catch the last train home. had to run for it.
1/7 - received a sms from weiting saying tt she was glad to meet my cell grp. =) isabella wrote me a card to encourage me. so sweet of her! was a littled screwed up in the projection for Holy Communion. =x rev john loong's msg convicted me too, but dunno y i didn't feel tt ready to respond. wanted to skip lunch and take a nap. was so tired after lack of regular sleep over the past few days. kelvin asked elizabeth to help me to do the files for Worship07. it was a good time of catching up la. i realise i wouldn't really fall asleep during the time actually. i'm tired but can't fall asleep, do u know how tt feels? i could only stone at times.
during prayer i told God that i felt broken. and the next moment kelvin led the song "a broken spirit...and a contrite heart... You will not despise..." i started to break down. there r some issues i need to deal with again.
most of the time during prac i was stoning la. felt like i could just breathe my last anytime. i had to miss sab's birthday party because i know i cannot dong until then. started to have a craving for pizza. but sadly i didn't get to satisfy it. my dad brought me to hougang, expecting me to order western food. i ordered fried bee hoon instead. he asked me why, but i didn't answer him.
2/7 - Happy Anniversary indeed. finally my boss remembered that i have been working for him for 1 year already. =D
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Monday, July 02, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
:: june is coming too fast ::
yesterday i was home "early" - earlier than usual. tt's abt 8pm. and i just realised that the calendars on my table are still at May. my goodness, June just went past so fast. June 6, 2007 certainly disappeared from my life cuz i slept the day away.
Missed this month's prayer meeting. it's so easy to miss one after u've missed once (last month). shucks. missed it coz i went to my sec sch friends' gathering instead. i totally forgot tt it's the first tue of the month. but really glad to see Psychoianz girls. we went to Mind Cafe.. my fave hangout with the singles' club last time. what happened to us man..
then on fri went to watch Ocean's Thirteen with cell grp before heading to Jem's place for cell retreat. saw a doc on wed for diarrhoea, he told me to avoid dairy products and fried and oily food, but we had KFC for dinner. haha. i still eat cheesecake and stuff like tt. =x brought lotsa stuff for my cell grp, stuff from bkk. so heavy... 'dumped' them in amos' car when he arrived.
movie was good, though the first part i was quite confused, trying to remember each member of the original Eleven. i was so bloated after KFC i had to throw up some food before i am able to sit and enjoy the movie comfortably. after movie we went to Al-Ameen for supper. i was still too full to eat anything. then we went to Jem's place. we were split into 3 cars. the owner of the house was in the last car so we had to wait for him to let us in, but while we were waiting at the lobby, he had reached n gone in already! haha.. anyway tt night diana n i slept at 4am cuz we were chatting.
next day i woke up rather early. we had icebreakers - getting to know each other, and a session by Amos. really interactive man. bet u didn't know my baptism name is Angeline. but they gave me a new one called Mary haha. jk. then for the session Amos asked us to share abt our dreams. mine is to buy an island and build a villa on it. come to think of it, i think it's very easy for pirates to drop by. Aloysius' dream is to build a school for the poor pple in india, get all those beggars to study for free and then work in his hotel for free. wow. i think all of the guys included at least one car in their dream. lol. amos then related this to giving up even our dreams, for God.
for lunch some of us headed out to Bukit Timah food centre. under Jeffrey's recommendation we had baked rice. Tim joined us. then we bought takeaway food for the rest of them who didn't come along. malcolm joined us there n drove us to KAP supermarket to buy stuff for the bbq. i guess we spent too much time outside cuz by the time we got back to the house there was left little time for the rest to eat before the next session. but of cuz we could be flexible with the time. i had to leave for worship prac before the next session started though. i fell asleep on the bus cuz i was sleepy after lunch.. n when i woke up i thought it was time to alight, so i did, and realised, shit, i'm at the wrong stop! didn't know which bus can get me to church, so i anyhow take bus 153. ended up at outside ComfortDelGro. finally a familiar bus stop. took bus 13 to Potong Pasir. ended up a little late. =x
after prac i shared cab with shirley and josh k to go back to bukit timah. shirley also had a bbq, but she can eat, because she's not SINGING! ahhh... i still ate anyway. malcolm prepared special bbq. not the normal type with crabsticks (but i LOVE crabsticks!! aww...) though i brought vodka for the bbq, no one opened it, so i brought it back. some other occasion ba. we finished bbq abt 11+pm and went back to the house. had a shower n QT. usually the last night of a 'camp' is fiesta time where everyone will stay up late to play, chat etc. but i had to sleep early... i didn't ask around for anyone to swap duty with my because i know from shirley tt june is a very tight period cuz lotsa pple are going on holidays. so.. well.
my phone aka alarm clock fell into the gap between the wall and the bed >.< so it kept ringing but i couldn't reach it. =x jac helped me though. we washed up and malcolm drove us to church. service was kinda special, chris shared a short message while Psalmists are still on the stage. and there was testimony time where everyone fought to share! wow!
after service i went for lunch at the indian tem coffeeshop with cell grp. i tink i felt like i was just drifting around. too tired to be mentally there while i'm physically there. because after tt i still had practice for Worship07, it's gonna be on 20.07.2007! woohoo~! friends, do keep this date free to join me! dallas conducted warmups with us outside... wah as usual i would forget lyrics last minute. and i got into Altos. funny. did my voice become deeper or what.
after tt i asked my dad to fetch me... with so much things to carry i dun wan to walk to the mrt station lor =P he brought me to Changi Village for dinner. not tt interested to eat leh. went back, watch some tv then rested. mom went to family camp, coming back on tue.
monday helped david out by being his date for his commissioning ball. it's at Goodwood Park hotel. i'm quite apprehensive abt formal events actually. he came to pick me up at my office on his dad's taxi. i think i could be the only one who received a bouquet of flowers there. at least i think mine was the biggest. so pai seh! good thing i didn't come in long dress. so obiang.. n there were lotsa girls in knee-length dresses anyway. the dinner was.. hmm not bad la. i prefer coffeeshop food still though. during the dinner the MC kept us entertained. saw lotsa cute guys. =) but didn't exchange any numbers hahaha.. was trying to keep a low profile. then we left, at about 11pm i think.
slept late but woke up at 4am, feeling super warm. switched on the aircon but i couldn't fall asleep again. so i went to watch tv. went back to my bed at 7am n 'napped' till 8am. still had to wear formal cuz got meeting with client. it was a formal meeting with the GM of a hotel and then lunch. Christine and Karen treated us to Hard Rock Cafe lunch. wee~ the fish & chips was not v nice but ok la. still happy. had a long, casual meeting this time.
after work i went home, finally. i've unofficially changed my working hours to 9.15am to 6.45pm.
i miss home.
Missed this month's prayer meeting. it's so easy to miss one after u've missed once (last month). shucks. missed it coz i went to my sec sch friends' gathering instead. i totally forgot tt it's the first tue of the month. but really glad to see Psychoianz girls. we went to Mind Cafe.. my fave hangout with the singles' club last time. what happened to us man..
then on fri went to watch Ocean's Thirteen with cell grp before heading to Jem's place for cell retreat. saw a doc on wed for diarrhoea, he told me to avoid dairy products and fried and oily food, but we had KFC for dinner. haha. i still eat cheesecake and stuff like tt. =x brought lotsa stuff for my cell grp, stuff from bkk. so heavy... 'dumped' them in amos' car when he arrived.
movie was good, though the first part i was quite confused, trying to remember each member of the original Eleven. i was so bloated after KFC i had to throw up some food before i am able to sit and enjoy the movie comfortably. after movie we went to Al-Ameen for supper. i was still too full to eat anything. then we went to Jem's place. we were split into 3 cars. the owner of the house was in the last car so we had to wait for him to let us in, but while we were waiting at the lobby, he had reached n gone in already! haha.. anyway tt night diana n i slept at 4am cuz we were chatting.
next day i woke up rather early. we had icebreakers - getting to know each other, and a session by Amos. really interactive man. bet u didn't know my baptism name is Angeline. but they gave me a new one called Mary haha. jk. then for the session Amos asked us to share abt our dreams. mine is to buy an island and build a villa on it. come to think of it, i think it's very easy for pirates to drop by. Aloysius' dream is to build a school for the poor pple in india, get all those beggars to study for free and then work in his hotel for free. wow. i think all of the guys included at least one car in their dream. lol. amos then related this to giving up even our dreams, for God.
for lunch some of us headed out to Bukit Timah food centre. under Jeffrey's recommendation we had baked rice. Tim joined us. then we bought takeaway food for the rest of them who didn't come along. malcolm joined us there n drove us to KAP supermarket to buy stuff for the bbq. i guess we spent too much time outside cuz by the time we got back to the house there was left little time for the rest to eat before the next session. but of cuz we could be flexible with the time. i had to leave for worship prac before the next session started though. i fell asleep on the bus cuz i was sleepy after lunch.. n when i woke up i thought it was time to alight, so i did, and realised, shit, i'm at the wrong stop! didn't know which bus can get me to church, so i anyhow take bus 153. ended up at outside ComfortDelGro. finally a familiar bus stop. took bus 13 to Potong Pasir. ended up a little late. =x
after prac i shared cab with shirley and josh k to go back to bukit timah. shirley also had a bbq, but she can eat, because she's not SINGING! ahhh... i still ate anyway. malcolm prepared special bbq. not the normal type with crabsticks (but i LOVE crabsticks!! aww...) though i brought vodka for the bbq, no one opened it, so i brought it back. some other occasion ba. we finished bbq abt 11+pm and went back to the house. had a shower n QT. usually the last night of a 'camp' is fiesta time where everyone will stay up late to play, chat etc. but i had to sleep early... i didn't ask around for anyone to swap duty with my because i know from shirley tt june is a very tight period cuz lotsa pple are going on holidays. so.. well.
my phone aka alarm clock fell into the gap between the wall and the bed >.< so it kept ringing but i couldn't reach it. =x jac helped me though. we washed up and malcolm drove us to church. service was kinda special, chris shared a short message while Psalmists are still on the stage. and there was testimony time where everyone fought to share! wow!
after service i went for lunch at the indian tem coffeeshop with cell grp. i tink i felt like i was just drifting around. too tired to be mentally there while i'm physically there. because after tt i still had practice for Worship07, it's gonna be on 20.07.2007! woohoo~! friends, do keep this date free to join me! dallas conducted warmups with us outside... wah as usual i would forget lyrics last minute. and i got into Altos. funny. did my voice become deeper or what.
after tt i asked my dad to fetch me... with so much things to carry i dun wan to walk to the mrt station lor =P he brought me to Changi Village for dinner. not tt interested to eat leh. went back, watch some tv then rested. mom went to family camp, coming back on tue.
monday helped david out by being his date for his commissioning ball. it's at Goodwood Park hotel. i'm quite apprehensive abt formal events actually. he came to pick me up at my office on his dad's taxi. i think i could be the only one who received a bouquet of flowers there. at least i think mine was the biggest. so pai seh! good thing i didn't come in long dress. so obiang.. n there were lotsa girls in knee-length dresses anyway. the dinner was.. hmm not bad la. i prefer coffeeshop food still though. during the dinner the MC kept us entertained. saw lotsa cute guys. =) but didn't exchange any numbers hahaha.. was trying to keep a low profile. then we left, at about 11pm i think.
slept late but woke up at 4am, feeling super warm. switched on the aircon but i couldn't fall asleep again. so i went to watch tv. went back to my bed at 7am n 'napped' till 8am. still had to wear formal cuz got meeting with client. it was a formal meeting with the GM of a hotel and then lunch. Christine and Karen treated us to Hard Rock Cafe lunch. wee~ the fish & chips was not v nice but ok la. still happy. had a long, casual meeting this time.
after work i went home, finally. i've unofficially changed my working hours to 9.15am to 6.45pm.
i miss home.
:: Birthday wishes ::
1. a website at www.djgemz.com - with one yr (at least!) and reasonable web space.
2. new colleagues - they're nice pple la, but not...that nice to work with. oops.
3. a holiday in Batam / Bintan / Redang / Langkawi etc!!
4. Design mags / books are still welcome
5. i've got a pair of canvas school shoes (pri sch - ballet pumps type).. anyone free and wants to design n paint it for me?
6. those of u who plans to get something for me but don't know what... please just go n sponsor a child at various organisations like World Vision, Salvation Army, Children International, Project L.I.F.E. etc. Not like it will benefit me, but it's nice to hear pple actively helping others.
7. another child from either World Vision Singapore or Salvation Army
2. new colleagues - they're nice pple la, but not...that nice to work with. oops.
3. a holiday in Batam / Bintan / Redang / Langkawi etc!!
4. Design mags / books are still welcome
5. i've got a pair of canvas school shoes (pri sch - ballet pumps type).. anyone free and wants to design n paint it for me?
6. those of u who plans to get something for me but don't know what... please just go n sponsor a child at various organisations like World Vision, Salvation Army, Children International, Project L.I.F.E. etc. Not like it will benefit me, but it's nice to hear pple actively helping others.
7. another child from either World Vision Singapore or Salvation Army
Monday, June 04, 2007
:: to blog or not to blog ::
sigh. sometimes when i have the time to blog i'd rather watch vcds or play Solitaire. n when i have something to blog, it's always inconvenient, so i have to hold my thoughts. been at this cycle for the whole month of May, if u'd noticed.
hmm, just a quick run thru.
this month i missed Tue prayer meeting on the 8th because i chose to go watch Spiderman 3 with some of my cell grp friends instead. very hard choice :P
on 10th thurs after work i went to PS to meet my sec sch friends, to celebrate Peiyun and Belly's birthdays. They treated us to dinner and Swensen's! so nice... =)
sat... gee on my planner i wrote MCG meeting, but i dun remember if there was a meeting tt day. oopss... led cell word, about Nehemiah, like a continuation of last week's word, but more like a detailed study on chapter 3, which i've been wanting to share about for so long :P after tt there was prac for Mother's day service. prac v long because some of the songs are new and the band dynamics is new too.
sun... after service i went to Vivocity with my parents, sorta to celebrate Mother's Day. we went to Kim Gary Hong Kong Restaurant. thought it's some big shot because the last time i passed by there i saw a very long queue. turns out just normal, similar food items like the Hong Kong cafe at Kovan as well as Chit Chat cafe in Chinatown. but more ex.
fri 18th went to Vivocity again, cuz on sun the salesperson in Giant told us tt the promotion for suitcases will come on Fri. so i went with my mom. we had dinner at Food Republic, my fav eating place in Vivocity. Last time went to Vivo to watch Spiderman i ordered a dao xiao mian, $5, very big portion, i felt v guilty for not being able to finish it, so this time i wanted to eat it again, sharing with my mom. even finishing this was still difficult because we also ordered dim sum. bought suitcases, one small one medium. needed to buy cuz my sis took my small one :( it's mine because i pasted a sticker on it, n i went to HK with it!
sat went to Tanjung Balai, this time by myself. at first didn't feel lonely or what, but felt tt i needed help, esp someone to lead worship. n then at night i realise i have no activity, no one to chat with, cuz Wiky went out with friends without bringing me along. but i watched tv with his family instead. oh yah, i cut my hair there for 20,000Rp! that's about $3.50. cool! i just needed to show the hairdresser a pic in a magazine for what i'm looking for. =) sun Persis, n some Praise pple came in to do Sunday school.
21st may mon i forgot abt the Gen12ii commissioning thing until Andrielle smsed me. so after work i headed to Faith Methodist church to attend it. saw a lot of NYP Campus Crusade friends. n a lot of my church pple, esp M'kkadesh. then i realise it's Amber's graduation ceremony, which is why they're there. quite impressed that the worship leader seems like a young girl, n then i feel like my church youths are old (i'm not! hehe). felt tt this time the commissioning service is not...the same. the emphasis is not very much on the mission trippers, but rather on the graduates. dunno la. after tt i went for supper with my church friends. a little hungry n tempted to eat a lot, like Gene's fried bee hoon and fried chicken wingsssss (sobbbb...) but i have to control because it's late! i'd get indigestion for bullying my stomach! oh it's also my sister's birthday tt day, but she's away in a resort... no one to chat with me on msn boohoo so bored at work.
23rd wed.. Amos' birthday celebration. dress code is a long sleeve shirt inside a short sleeve shirt. weather damn hot to wear like tt! haha.. only put on the outer wear when i reached. can't pronounce n can't rem the name of the restaurant. i only know it's in Sixth Ave Centre. been searching online for directions to get there. Bukit Timah is just not my place. dinner is not bad, tried new food, interesting.
sat went to far east plaza with Angie and jeffrey to pick up books n cds from Crest for PRC. this is the first time for both of them. there's a Planetshakers cd promotion! buy any old album and get a Reflector album free!! wow! i quickly called Kelvin to tell him abt it, cuz i lost his Reflector album, in thailand (sobb...) n i decided to get it in the promotion. win-win la, i get a cd cheaper n he gets Reflector. it was out of production n i couldn't find it in any store, until now. wow, thank God! had lunch with cell grp at chicken rice stall near church, with Angie joining us. cell word was led by kelvin, about David. there was a part about Bathsheba n i wanted to share abt what Carol shared, but i was too eager ba, i think i must have sounded feminist. haha.. n after cell grp i went to set up for PRC. stayed back for prayer n learned something from Dallas. he shared about the poor widow who put in 2 coins in the offering bag, n it was all she had. Jesus commended her for giving more than the rich pple. it's not abt the amt actually, it's abt the proportion lor. went back for dinner with my mom. yeah i guess i haven't been eating with her much. she was alone cuz my dad went to tj balai with his cell grp.
sun... argh i missed the prayer meeting with MCG! i only realised tt when i saw them walk in together, n i wondered is there something i didn't join in? haiyo. this service is reflective service. umm.. they didn't switch on the lights during sermon n it was certainly difficult to stay focused. then there was flag day for Thailand. Amber and Shuhui shared abt their experience in Thailand. after service i went to man the booth with Angie n Jeff. and i guess we started packing up quite late, because we ended late. Jeff drove me to Far East to return the stuff n Jac accompanied me. thank God there's her around, because i forgot to take out the money from my bag!! she helped me pay first. i am really blur. even the counting of money i wasn't sure if it's correct (now i'm sure it tallies). so after tt we went to AV to find our cell grp for lunch. hmm, the roast duck rice is nice! n avocado juice.. v long since i had it. v filling sia. decided to go home after tt, instead of going for the Global Day of Prayer. i know i would learn something more if i had gone, but, hmm.. went home to sleep and then had dinner with my mom, cuz my dad was still not back from balai. she kept bugging me to wake up. ahhh
31st thur. Bangkok. didn't dare to sleep but i was so tired i know i have to. was afraid of missing my flight. but i felt more secure when my dad says he's gonna send me to the airport :D checked in and had breakfast at Han's, the only eatery at the Budget Terminal. then went in at 5.10am, to walk around the Budget terminal. first time in there since it opened. lotsa shops still not open yet :( but the Duty Free Shop is. i saw something new - Absolut Pear!!! green colour, nice! i'm gonna buy it~~~ then went into the boarding gate. so laoya one, have to WALK to the plane. i didn't feel v well on the plane, but not as bad as my return flight from HK the last time. was quite happy to get a window seat anyway. but towards the end of the flight i felt tt i need to go to the toilet, but too paiseh to ask the 2 pple next to me to let me cross. so i decided to hold it till i reach the airport.
didn't get to meet Kiko at the airport, she didn't reply my sms also. :( so i was quite bored waiting for my sis to arrive. so bored tt i walked finish the airport. umm, almost la. so bored tt i decided to take a paper and write my sister's name, to flash it at arriving passengers like a tour guide. :P her flight was early, but the baggage took v long to come out. when she came out she told me tt she's got mild food poisoning. oh no.. but the whole trip she kept complaining abt how sick she felt tt at the end of the trip i felt sick too. really. actually i was quite upset during the trip. she kept complaining abt everything and verbally abusing me, but i decided not to talk back, or we would have ended it really nasty. n i realise tt it's better we don't live together. @#$%^&*. :( this trip was supposed to be our birthday celebration. the hotel is very high class wor. welcome fruits, toothbrush, weighing machine, a bottle of water delivered everyday, wow... i actually felt tt i dun deserve such high class treatment. the more u experience, the more u expect from the next experience.
anyway here's what we did, we went out for lunch at Bug & Bee. place looks interesting, but the food was too salty. got sick of it after half the plate. the drink was diluted. then we went back n rested in the hotel room till 6pm, then we went out to Suan Lum Night Bazaar. was a bit disappointed tt i didn't get to go to TCDC, some design centre cuz my sis was not feeling well n i wasn't sure yet how safe it is to go out on my own. tried to ask a Thai friend Annie out, but she made other plans already. awww.. so anyway at suan lum i was quite happy la, bought quite a bit of things. had dinner at the tree house. dinner was ok. i had spaghetti. wanted to order beer, but it was Vesak day, they don't sell beer. >.< my sis kept wanting to go back. so we stayed until 9pm only. turns out it was just the right time to go back. by the time showered, do QT etc.. it was 12am!
next morning woke up early.. planned to go The Neilson Hays Library to chill out. i wasn't sure of its location n i didn't copy its address. i thought most pple would know the place. sigh. took v long to find it. bought a few old books from the library, looks like some of them came from Singapore! haha.. the library is really nice. looks like our SAM. we took taxi back to hotel to drop the stuff then took BTS to Siam. haven't found anything to buy until we reached MBK. walked around on my own while my sis went to extend her eyelashes for 700 baht. bought a dress and heels for a friend's commissioning ball. watched Pirates of the Carribean 3. had to stand up for the King's song. didn't hear anyone singing leh. it was quite an experience :P then we had dim sum for dinner. wah, 14 baht per basket! tt's like 60¢! wowoww!! ordered scallops, abalone... wow... haha.. took BTS back to Sala Daeng. finally got chance to buy bras. :P
sat's plan is to have breakfast at Jim Thompson cafe. u know, Jim Thompson is really famous in Thailand for silk. but we didn't get to see any silk there. hmm. anyway there was a blackout in the hotel and even the lift stopped working. so we didn't go back to the room. we took MRT straight to Kamphaeng Phet station, where Chatuchak market is. didn't really get to the right section until afternoon. and by then my sis was complaining of the heat she wanted to go back to hotel. she kept rushing me like my mom would. i did buy some stuff, but not enough. haha. her friends came n so we followed them around. n i was also starting to get sian of shopping already. so we left. took BTS to Siam, where we walked to Central World. wow, the BTS is on the 3rd level, and on the 2nd level it's like an overhead bridge, but it connects station to station! tt means if i want to save a few bahts on the BTS i can choose to walk instead. safer than the traffic on 1st level. i'm impressed. singapore wouldn't have done tt. our mrts would rather make us take the train than give us an option.
had ice cream at iberry. then chilled out while we chat with her friends. they're v funny and have lotsa experience to share. their english is also v good. =) then we took a taxi to Yaowarat Rd (Chinatown) because i wanted to revisit it. i like it. =) but we took taxi again, to Phra Athit Rd for dinner instead. this place is also nice. n v near Sanam Luang. i was actually planning to avoid Sanam Luang, because it's near the government area...n on wed there was the political thing going on there. :S got to see an old fort, n Rama 8 bridge. very very scenic. there was some orange lightning going on at the other side of the Chao Phraya River. cool. we had dinner zi cha style at an eatery called 1000 Thanks. the place is air-conditioned, walls look raw and huge photos framed on the walls. very very nice~! food aroi mark. haven't had such a good meal since i reached BKK.
walked to Khao San Rd to take a look. my first time there. =) i'm glad to meet my sis' friends there, who would bring us to places. it was very ...angmoh-influenced. lotsa pubs. we went into one.. there actually a few of them that would broadcast movies (pirated) to customers. the one we went was showing The Marine. boring show. i ordered a bottle of Singha. i like ice cold beer. when the chill is gone i dun really like it anymore. after tt we took taxi back to hotel to rest n pack up. it's our last night there. i was sooo tired i couldn't finish reading 2 chapters of the Bible.
next morning i had to wake up extra early. wanted to go to the supermarket to shop. i realise i could have gone even earlier because it opens at 8am. i had set my alarm clock wrongly at Singapore time, so it went off at 7am. so i snoozed it all the way to 8am. went back to room to wait for shopping centre to open at 10.30am. i spent too long trying to find something for my boss, so when i went back to the room for final packing i was rushing. didn't get to go for church service as planned because there was no time. we checked out of the room, took a taxi n got to the airport. i checked in n found my friend Kiko. finally got to see her! i didn't really know what to do. i'm supposed to get into the gate already but my sis convinced me tt i still have time to eat. i also wanted to catch up with my long lost friend. so i went to eat. ended up after going thru the custom i was left with 10 minutes to get to the gate. and my gate was soooo far away! that's the bad thing about new and bigger airports. argh. i was 2nd last to board the plane. it was so warm n stuffy on the plane i thought i wouldn't need my jacket. so i stowed it in my bag in the luggage compartment. minutes after take off i started to feel cold, and sick. i had contracted stomach flu from my sister. she probably complained so much tt i got it. argh. this time i have an aisle seat, tt means i can go to toilet as often as i want to. i almosted fainted on the plane. had the feeling of blacking out, but i managed to stumble to the toilet before i did.
anyway after landing i managed to buy Absolut Pear and Hoegarden. hehe.. still continue to have diarrhoea up to today.i weighed myself in bkk it was x+6 kg, but at home i became x+1 kg! (numbers are sensitive here.) woah. i dun mind losing the weight as long as i dun bleed man.
hmm. today at work i learnt tt my boss has gone to Bangkok. -.-
i'm drooling and smiling when i watch Golf on the Golf-Mike cd + vcd i bought. =D
hmm, just a quick run thru.
this month i missed Tue prayer meeting on the 8th because i chose to go watch Spiderman 3 with some of my cell grp friends instead. very hard choice :P
on 10th thurs after work i went to PS to meet my sec sch friends, to celebrate Peiyun and Belly's birthdays. They treated us to dinner and Swensen's! so nice... =)
sat... gee on my planner i wrote MCG meeting, but i dun remember if there was a meeting tt day. oopss... led cell word, about Nehemiah, like a continuation of last week's word, but more like a detailed study on chapter 3, which i've been wanting to share about for so long :P after tt there was prac for Mother's day service. prac v long because some of the songs are new and the band dynamics is new too.
sun... after service i went to Vivocity with my parents, sorta to celebrate Mother's Day. we went to Kim Gary Hong Kong Restaurant. thought it's some big shot because the last time i passed by there i saw a very long queue. turns out just normal, similar food items like the Hong Kong cafe at Kovan as well as Chit Chat cafe in Chinatown. but more ex.
fri 18th went to Vivocity again, cuz on sun the salesperson in Giant told us tt the promotion for suitcases will come on Fri. so i went with my mom. we had dinner at Food Republic, my fav eating place in Vivocity. Last time went to Vivo to watch Spiderman i ordered a dao xiao mian, $5, very big portion, i felt v guilty for not being able to finish it, so this time i wanted to eat it again, sharing with my mom. even finishing this was still difficult because we also ordered dim sum. bought suitcases, one small one medium. needed to buy cuz my sis took my small one :( it's mine because i pasted a sticker on it, n i went to HK with it!
sat went to Tanjung Balai, this time by myself. at first didn't feel lonely or what, but felt tt i needed help, esp someone to lead worship. n then at night i realise i have no activity, no one to chat with, cuz Wiky went out with friends without bringing me along. but i watched tv with his family instead. oh yah, i cut my hair there for 20,000Rp! that's about $3.50. cool! i just needed to show the hairdresser a pic in a magazine for what i'm looking for. =) sun Persis, n some Praise pple came in to do Sunday school.
21st may mon i forgot abt the Gen12ii commissioning thing until Andrielle smsed me. so after work i headed to Faith Methodist church to attend it. saw a lot of NYP Campus Crusade friends. n a lot of my church pple, esp M'kkadesh. then i realise it's Amber's graduation ceremony, which is why they're there. quite impressed that the worship leader seems like a young girl, n then i feel like my church youths are old (i'm not! hehe). felt tt this time the commissioning service is not...the same. the emphasis is not very much on the mission trippers, but rather on the graduates. dunno la. after tt i went for supper with my church friends. a little hungry n tempted to eat a lot, like Gene's fried bee hoon and fried chicken wingsssss (sobbbb...) but i have to control because it's late! i'd get indigestion for bullying my stomach! oh it's also my sister's birthday tt day, but she's away in a resort... no one to chat with me on msn boohoo so bored at work.
23rd wed.. Amos' birthday celebration. dress code is a long sleeve shirt inside a short sleeve shirt. weather damn hot to wear like tt! haha.. only put on the outer wear when i reached. can't pronounce n can't rem the name of the restaurant. i only know it's in Sixth Ave Centre. been searching online for directions to get there. Bukit Timah is just not my place. dinner is not bad, tried new food, interesting.
sat went to far east plaza with Angie and jeffrey to pick up books n cds from Crest for PRC. this is the first time for both of them. there's a Planetshakers cd promotion! buy any old album and get a Reflector album free!! wow! i quickly called Kelvin to tell him abt it, cuz i lost his Reflector album, in thailand (sobb...) n i decided to get it in the promotion. win-win la, i get a cd cheaper n he gets Reflector. it was out of production n i couldn't find it in any store, until now. wow, thank God! had lunch with cell grp at chicken rice stall near church, with Angie joining us. cell word was led by kelvin, about David. there was a part about Bathsheba n i wanted to share abt what Carol shared, but i was too eager ba, i think i must have sounded feminist. haha.. n after cell grp i went to set up for PRC. stayed back for prayer n learned something from Dallas. he shared about the poor widow who put in 2 coins in the offering bag, n it was all she had. Jesus commended her for giving more than the rich pple. it's not abt the amt actually, it's abt the proportion lor. went back for dinner with my mom. yeah i guess i haven't been eating with her much. she was alone cuz my dad went to tj balai with his cell grp.
sun... argh i missed the prayer meeting with MCG! i only realised tt when i saw them walk in together, n i wondered is there something i didn't join in? haiyo. this service is reflective service. umm.. they didn't switch on the lights during sermon n it was certainly difficult to stay focused. then there was flag day for Thailand. Amber and Shuhui shared abt their experience in Thailand. after service i went to man the booth with Angie n Jeff. and i guess we started packing up quite late, because we ended late. Jeff drove me to Far East to return the stuff n Jac accompanied me. thank God there's her around, because i forgot to take out the money from my bag!! she helped me pay first. i am really blur. even the counting of money i wasn't sure if it's correct (now i'm sure it tallies). so after tt we went to AV to find our cell grp for lunch. hmm, the roast duck rice is nice! n avocado juice.. v long since i had it. v filling sia. decided to go home after tt, instead of going for the Global Day of Prayer. i know i would learn something more if i had gone, but, hmm.. went home to sleep and then had dinner with my mom, cuz my dad was still not back from balai. she kept bugging me to wake up. ahhh
31st thur. Bangkok. didn't dare to sleep but i was so tired i know i have to. was afraid of missing my flight. but i felt more secure when my dad says he's gonna send me to the airport :D checked in and had breakfast at Han's, the only eatery at the Budget Terminal. then went in at 5.10am, to walk around the Budget terminal. first time in there since it opened. lotsa shops still not open yet :( but the Duty Free Shop is. i saw something new - Absolut Pear!!! green colour, nice! i'm gonna buy it~~~ then went into the boarding gate. so laoya one, have to WALK to the plane. i didn't feel v well on the plane, but not as bad as my return flight from HK the last time. was quite happy to get a window seat anyway. but towards the end of the flight i felt tt i need to go to the toilet, but too paiseh to ask the 2 pple next to me to let me cross. so i decided to hold it till i reach the airport.
didn't get to meet Kiko at the airport, she didn't reply my sms also. :( so i was quite bored waiting for my sis to arrive. so bored tt i walked finish the airport. umm, almost la. so bored tt i decided to take a paper and write my sister's name, to flash it at arriving passengers like a tour guide. :P her flight was early, but the baggage took v long to come out. when she came out she told me tt she's got mild food poisoning. oh no.. but the whole trip she kept complaining abt how sick she felt tt at the end of the trip i felt sick too. really. actually i was quite upset during the trip. she kept complaining abt everything and verbally abusing me, but i decided not to talk back, or we would have ended it really nasty. n i realise tt it's better we don't live together. @#$%^&*. :( this trip was supposed to be our birthday celebration. the hotel is very high class wor. welcome fruits, toothbrush, weighing machine, a bottle of water delivered everyday, wow... i actually felt tt i dun deserve such high class treatment. the more u experience, the more u expect from the next experience.
anyway here's what we did, we went out for lunch at Bug & Bee. place looks interesting, but the food was too salty. got sick of it after half the plate. the drink was diluted. then we went back n rested in the hotel room till 6pm, then we went out to Suan Lum Night Bazaar. was a bit disappointed tt i didn't get to go to TCDC, some design centre cuz my sis was not feeling well n i wasn't sure yet how safe it is to go out on my own. tried to ask a Thai friend Annie out, but she made other plans already. awww.. so anyway at suan lum i was quite happy la, bought quite a bit of things. had dinner at the tree house. dinner was ok. i had spaghetti. wanted to order beer, but it was Vesak day, they don't sell beer. >.< my sis kept wanting to go back. so we stayed until 9pm only. turns out it was just the right time to go back. by the time showered, do QT etc.. it was 12am!
next morning woke up early.. planned to go The Neilson Hays Library to chill out. i wasn't sure of its location n i didn't copy its address. i thought most pple would know the place. sigh. took v long to find it. bought a few old books from the library, looks like some of them came from Singapore! haha.. the library is really nice. looks like our SAM. we took taxi back to hotel to drop the stuff then took BTS to Siam. haven't found anything to buy until we reached MBK. walked around on my own while my sis went to extend her eyelashes for 700 baht. bought a dress and heels for a friend's commissioning ball. watched Pirates of the Carribean 3. had to stand up for the King's song. didn't hear anyone singing leh. it was quite an experience :P then we had dim sum for dinner. wah, 14 baht per basket! tt's like 60¢! wowoww!! ordered scallops, abalone... wow... haha.. took BTS back to Sala Daeng. finally got chance to buy bras. :P
sat's plan is to have breakfast at Jim Thompson cafe. u know, Jim Thompson is really famous in Thailand for silk. but we didn't get to see any silk there. hmm. anyway there was a blackout in the hotel and even the lift stopped working. so we didn't go back to the room. we took MRT straight to Kamphaeng Phet station, where Chatuchak market is. didn't really get to the right section until afternoon. and by then my sis was complaining of the heat she wanted to go back to hotel. she kept rushing me like my mom would. i did buy some stuff, but not enough. haha. her friends came n so we followed them around. n i was also starting to get sian of shopping already. so we left. took BTS to Siam, where we walked to Central World. wow, the BTS is on the 3rd level, and on the 2nd level it's like an overhead bridge, but it connects station to station! tt means if i want to save a few bahts on the BTS i can choose to walk instead. safer than the traffic on 1st level. i'm impressed. singapore wouldn't have done tt. our mrts would rather make us take the train than give us an option.
had ice cream at iberry. then chilled out while we chat with her friends. they're v funny and have lotsa experience to share. their english is also v good. =) then we took a taxi to Yaowarat Rd (Chinatown) because i wanted to revisit it. i like it. =) but we took taxi again, to Phra Athit Rd for dinner instead. this place is also nice. n v near Sanam Luang. i was actually planning to avoid Sanam Luang, because it's near the government area...n on wed there was the political thing going on there. :S got to see an old fort, n Rama 8 bridge. very very scenic. there was some orange lightning going on at the other side of the Chao Phraya River. cool. we had dinner zi cha style at an eatery called 1000 Thanks. the place is air-conditioned, walls look raw and huge photos framed on the walls. very very nice~! food aroi mark. haven't had such a good meal since i reached BKK.
walked to Khao San Rd to take a look. my first time there. =) i'm glad to meet my sis' friends there, who would bring us to places. it was very ...angmoh-influenced. lotsa pubs. we went into one.. there actually a few of them that would broadcast movies (pirated) to customers. the one we went was showing The Marine. boring show. i ordered a bottle of Singha. i like ice cold beer. when the chill is gone i dun really like it anymore. after tt we took taxi back to hotel to rest n pack up. it's our last night there. i was sooo tired i couldn't finish reading 2 chapters of the Bible.
next morning i had to wake up extra early. wanted to go to the supermarket to shop. i realise i could have gone even earlier because it opens at 8am. i had set my alarm clock wrongly at Singapore time, so it went off at 7am. so i snoozed it all the way to 8am. went back to room to wait for shopping centre to open at 10.30am. i spent too long trying to find something for my boss, so when i went back to the room for final packing i was rushing. didn't get to go for church service as planned because there was no time. we checked out of the room, took a taxi n got to the airport. i checked in n found my friend Kiko. finally got to see her! i didn't really know what to do. i'm supposed to get into the gate already but my sis convinced me tt i still have time to eat. i also wanted to catch up with my long lost friend. so i went to eat. ended up after going thru the custom i was left with 10 minutes to get to the gate. and my gate was soooo far away! that's the bad thing about new and bigger airports. argh. i was 2nd last to board the plane. it was so warm n stuffy on the plane i thought i wouldn't need my jacket. so i stowed it in my bag in the luggage compartment. minutes after take off i started to feel cold, and sick. i had contracted stomach flu from my sister. she probably complained so much tt i got it. argh. this time i have an aisle seat, tt means i can go to toilet as often as i want to. i almosted fainted on the plane. had the feeling of blacking out, but i managed to stumble to the toilet before i did.
anyway after landing i managed to buy Absolut Pear and Hoegarden. hehe.. still continue to have diarrhoea up to today.i weighed myself in bkk it was x+6 kg, but at home i became x+1 kg! (numbers are sensitive here.) woah. i dun mind losing the weight as long as i dun bleed man.
hmm. today at work i learnt tt my boss has gone to Bangkok. -.-
i'm drooling and smiling when i watch Golf on the Golf-Mike cd + vcd i bought. =D
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
:: AWAY MESSAGE ::
WAHAHAHA.. i know i'm late in updating.... but going to BKK at 0630 hrs, i probably can't sleep tonight or i might miss the flight..
Pls pray for my safety especially since there's political Madness in Mueang Thai. i keep imagining myself getting into a bad, bad situation.
my mom is also out of Singapore. she jealous i get to go overseas so she also made plans.. to go Genting. hey, my indian colleague also going genting! haha.. maybe they can meet there.
i might be staying up. see ya later if i do. ciao~!
Pls pray for my safety especially since there's political Madness in Mueang Thai. i keep imagining myself getting into a bad, bad situation.
my mom is also out of Singapore. she jealous i get to go overseas so she also made plans.. to go Genting. hey, my indian colleague also going genting! haha.. maybe they can meet there.
i might be staying up. see ya later if i do. ciao~!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
LOOK FOR GOOD MAN TAKE CARE
Funny dumb classified ad.
I can't believe this. People usually joke abt marrying a rich old man who's going to die soon so he can leave his inheritance to you, but.. this person takes it literally and wishes it to happen! i can't believe it....
Headline: LOOK FOR GOOD MAN TAKE CARE
Posted: Friday, May 11, 2007
By: Porn
Email: Click here to contact the Advertiser
Location: Patong (Bangla)
Phone: Oh,- no hab
Mobile Phone: hab-not work
Message: Porn look for good man over 60 with big money and heart condition. I want marry you and take care you forever. Me 19 and very good take care (if you have big money). Never mind if you have problem little bit about the sex. Porn will buy give viagra you and we can big exciting. Nice man (with heart condition) can call handphone me and marry soonly.
I can't believe this. People usually joke abt marrying a rich old man who's going to die soon so he can leave his inheritance to you, but.. this person takes it literally and wishes it to happen! i can't believe it....
Sunday, May 06, 2007
:: pain in obedience ::
that's basically what i learnt during service today.
ok let me start from thurs. went to Kbox with my cell pple. it was fun la, but i didn't really enjoy myself. felt like we're not allowed to sing chinese songs, cuz joshua kept shouting "eject (the song)!" whenever it's a chi song. the rest of them were just laughing along la, like they dun mind it.
fri
i was so clumsy i spilled the packet of tea i bought for breakfast. ended up mobilising my colleagues to clean up with me, since my boss was not around. haha. cuz my indian colleague always complain abt the dust in office tt makes her sick, n she kept saying "one day we should clean up the office", so y not make it today. heh. swept n mopped the floor.
then i started eating my breakfast. since i had late breakfast i decided to skip lunch. got hungry around 4+pm, but wondered if i shld go n buy some food. it was going to be dinner time soon lor. then i called my dad n he drove me to hougang for dinner. bought a top there for $9 (i wore it on sunday) =P also bought the primary sch shoes tt was in trend a while ago. will design something on it when i have time haha.
watched the Sinking of Japan. crappy. there was so much volcanic activity tt there was dust n ashes falling from the sky n yet the pple, the Japanese of all pple, didn't wear masks or try to cover their noses n mouths! so much volcanic activity tt the air shld have been very very acidic! think the pple's skin shld burn man! not v realistic lor.
sat
had breakfast with my mom. went back n started making the Psalmist ministry leaders' appreciation notes. didn't manage to finish them but i had to go for lunch with my cell grp already. i left some materials at home - argh.
skipped lunch cuz i had a late breakfast again. then we had a time of sharing n prayer. felt tt all of us are struggling, n since reading the email abt persecution in Turkey, i prayed tt we will not pray for no struggles, but that thru struggles we will come out stronger.
played Boggle for games n then some Wet Head thing. had a discussion for cell evangelistic event. i hope to invite ting, judy, swee yi, amanda...to get to know my cell grp friends. they're part of my life as u guys are, so y not get to know the pple i've been blogging abt?
after tt went to find wenzheng n a few others to compile the leaders' appreciation notes. i thought i was the last one to finish it, but phew i wasn't! hee.. we were at SAJS canteen, but it was getting dark n we had no access to the lights so we moved to Mac's.
after we finished it i went to the coffeeshop opp indian temple with guorong n vincent. we started talking abt work, n then worship conference, n guorong shared what he had felt abt WC last yr. i guess it was a bad experience for both of us. there was supposedly no high expectations of the projection thingy, but actually there was. we agreed tt it had sapped a lot of our energy. n i declared tt i'm not going to do any video editing anymore.
sun
in a bad mood. was thinking abt the birthday celebration thing early in the morning n i really felt like cancelling the whole thing. just dun feel like celebrating anymore.
got to church late for the 9am teaching. went in halfway n Zane was sharing abt Mary as a woman, wife, mother. n yup the main lesson is, there's pain in obedience.
terry led worship. lotsa new songs to me. halfway thru one of the songs i started tearing, cuz i felt very upset. was thinking abt the morning greeting. u know when the chairperson announces, "let's greet one another..." anyway. i know it's human nature to be biased towards certain pple, but it's certainly human nature to feel upset to see pple being biased to other pple in front of u. at first my reaction to it was "?", but when i kept thinking abt it i felt more n more terrible.
offertory item was a very grand tamborine, streamers, flags dance. they're gonna do it for Global Day Of Prayer (GDOP). =)
after service i had a short discussion on tj balai trip with suzanne, elena n gail. really need a lot of wisdom.
also talked to faith abt bday celebration thingy. actually though i wanted to cancel it, the thing is, my focus shld be treating my cell grp to a party for being with me for so many yrs. not cancelling it just because i think i'm not worth celebrating for. argh. think i'm still going ahead with it n i'll go ahead with chocolate cake.
went for lunch with cell grp at the chicken rice stall again.. still in a bad mood but my cell grp doesn't deserve me throwing tantrums at them la.
went to boon keng to meet gail again, to join her discussion with her friend abt her Tibet mission trip. learn quite a lot abt planning. prayer is really really impt. i need to revive my prayer life. really guilty for not praying abt my cell grp evangelistic event. i was very sleepy during the discussion but good thing is i'm just sitting in.
then i went to gail's hse to chill out for a while before going to dhoby ghaut to find my dad for dinner.
this is only the start of the new week, i really shldn't feel so defeated! i think it's just PMS la. =(
ok let me start from thurs. went to Kbox with my cell pple. it was fun la, but i didn't really enjoy myself. felt like we're not allowed to sing chinese songs, cuz joshua kept shouting "eject (the song)!" whenever it's a chi song. the rest of them were just laughing along la, like they dun mind it.
fri
i was so clumsy i spilled the packet of tea i bought for breakfast. ended up mobilising my colleagues to clean up with me, since my boss was not around. haha. cuz my indian colleague always complain abt the dust in office tt makes her sick, n she kept saying "one day we should clean up the office", so y not make it today. heh. swept n mopped the floor.
then i started eating my breakfast. since i had late breakfast i decided to skip lunch. got hungry around 4+pm, but wondered if i shld go n buy some food. it was going to be dinner time soon lor. then i called my dad n he drove me to hougang for dinner. bought a top there for $9 (i wore it on sunday) =P also bought the primary sch shoes tt was in trend a while ago. will design something on it when i have time haha.
watched the Sinking of Japan. crappy. there was so much volcanic activity tt there was dust n ashes falling from the sky n yet the pple, the Japanese of all pple, didn't wear masks or try to cover their noses n mouths! so much volcanic activity tt the air shld have been very very acidic! think the pple's skin shld burn man! not v realistic lor.
sat
had breakfast with my mom. went back n started making the Psalmist ministry leaders' appreciation notes. didn't manage to finish them but i had to go for lunch with my cell grp already. i left some materials at home - argh.
skipped lunch cuz i had a late breakfast again. then we had a time of sharing n prayer. felt tt all of us are struggling, n since reading the email abt persecution in Turkey, i prayed tt we will not pray for no struggles, but that thru struggles we will come out stronger.
played Boggle for games n then some Wet Head thing. had a discussion for cell evangelistic event. i hope to invite ting, judy, swee yi, amanda...to get to know my cell grp friends. they're part of my life as u guys are, so y not get to know the pple i've been blogging abt?
after tt went to find wenzheng n a few others to compile the leaders' appreciation notes. i thought i was the last one to finish it, but phew i wasn't! hee.. we were at SAJS canteen, but it was getting dark n we had no access to the lights so we moved to Mac's.
after we finished it i went to the coffeeshop opp indian temple with guorong n vincent. we started talking abt work, n then worship conference, n guorong shared what he had felt abt WC last yr. i guess it was a bad experience for both of us. there was supposedly no high expectations of the projection thingy, but actually there was. we agreed tt it had sapped a lot of our energy. n i declared tt i'm not going to do any video editing anymore.
sun
in a bad mood. was thinking abt the birthday celebration thing early in the morning n i really felt like cancelling the whole thing. just dun feel like celebrating anymore.
got to church late for the 9am teaching. went in halfway n Zane was sharing abt Mary as a woman, wife, mother. n yup the main lesson is, there's pain in obedience.
terry led worship. lotsa new songs to me. halfway thru one of the songs i started tearing, cuz i felt very upset. was thinking abt the morning greeting. u know when the chairperson announces, "let's greet one another..." anyway. i know it's human nature to be biased towards certain pple, but it's certainly human nature to feel upset to see pple being biased to other pple in front of u. at first my reaction to it was "?", but when i kept thinking abt it i felt more n more terrible.
offertory item was a very grand tamborine, streamers, flags dance. they're gonna do it for Global Day Of Prayer (GDOP). =)
after service i had a short discussion on tj balai trip with suzanne, elena n gail. really need a lot of wisdom.
also talked to faith abt bday celebration thingy. actually though i wanted to cancel it, the thing is, my focus shld be treating my cell grp to a party for being with me for so many yrs. not cancelling it just because i think i'm not worth celebrating for. argh. think i'm still going ahead with it n i'll go ahead with chocolate cake.
went for lunch with cell grp at the chicken rice stall again.. still in a bad mood but my cell grp doesn't deserve me throwing tantrums at them la.
went to boon keng to meet gail again, to join her discussion with her friend abt her Tibet mission trip. learn quite a lot abt planning. prayer is really really impt. i need to revive my prayer life. really guilty for not praying abt my cell grp evangelistic event. i was very sleepy during the discussion but good thing is i'm just sitting in.
then i went to gail's hse to chill out for a while before going to dhoby ghaut to find my dad for dinner.
this is only the start of the new week, i really shldn't feel so defeated! i think it's just PMS la. =(
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
:: happening weekend ::
haha yeah let me continue from monday. after work i rushed to Novena cuz my dad was going to pick me up to go for Canon Benson's farewell dinner. i was quite sian cuz my mom was there - i mean my dad drives a motorbike. so it's either her or me. i saw Agape pple at burger king so i thought i have company, and i told my parents i would join them, they could go ahead. but dunno y they very antisocial leh. just ignored me. only vincent bothered to talk to me - for a while. =(
at the dinner i was still very sian, cuz i was sitting with my parents and their cell grp. felt very very very awkward - n bored. i wished i was at the bbq instead. my parents cell grp got a doctor, who would tell them tt they're getting old, not suppposed to eat too much of this or that... but pple r just naughty la. the more u dun allow them to eat something they just want to. quite amused by tt la. the food was good. but there was a dish with just deep fried oil. =x
almost near the end of the dinner i had to go, with ruth, clifton, noah, hannah n huiting, to MCG bbq at ECP. it was quiet, not like the fun n noisy bbq i'm used to. at first i was worried tt they couldn't finish the food, but when we reached, the portion left was ok. sarah warmed and cooked the food for us.. =) the food was actually ordered online n delivery requested. so impressive!
after eating sarah gave out some stuff and asked if we're interested in doing a study on missions. so exciting! this stuff is taken from www.dci.org.uk, it's called All the School of Missions Lessons. there are 6 topics on missions, which i suppose covers all theory aspects of it. it's like attending YWAM courses, but free! totally free for download and encourages pple to pass it on.
after tt persis, gail n i had a discussion on tj balai. then some of them went home. left 6 of us - elisa, hannah, persis, sarah, naomi n me. i went to the beach while hannah and sarah went to shower, persis n naomi went to wash up. elisa joined me. had a good time getting to know her better. =)
around 2am we decided to go to sleep. at first i couldn't fall asleep cuz of the hard ground, which shouldn't have been a problem. *shrugs* then around 6am elisa shook me up n shouted, "go! go! go inside the tent!" then i realise it had started raining!! haha.. so all 6 of us squeezed inside. it poured very heavily. and it got quite stuffy inside the tent. n i wanted to pee. =x then someone came up with the suggestion of moving to elisa's car and go to Mac's. there were 2 umbrellas, so we took turns to fetch things and pple to the car.
we had breakfast at mac. i really v long nv eat at Mac's already. they have this new Bagel with omelette. comes with onions and tomato! =( other than that it was just ok only. after tt i got a lift from elisa to suntec, where i took bus 133 to church. was about an hour early, so i thought of taking a nap. chris came and asked if i want to go to the office. although i was tired i couldn't fall asleep leh. then shirley came and showed me her 99 baht CK sunglasses. woohoo~
then we moved off to the main hall to pack the stuff, including the chord sheets. woah. i hadn't expected that. thought it would be like last time kind of QD. i got a bad back ache from packing the stuff. mainly removing the contents from the Glimpse of Heaven goodie bags and rearranging chordsheets. after tt we went to Kovan for lunch. went to the HK cha chan teng. i was complaining abt the price. instant noodles.... at $6.90, i can cook them myself! iced milk tea for $2.90?! in the end the money was more worth it when we got to move indoors to the aircon and cushioned seats. haha
after lunch we walked around Heartland Mall. i wasn't in a shopping mood. not when i haven't been home and haven't bathed for more than 24 hrs, having a back ache and still carrying a heavy bag. i was actually wishing the guys would help me with it. hee.
talking abt shopping, suddenly i remembered i missed out on sunday's lunch and shopping with my cell grp. so i'll slot this in here. we went to Marina Sq. had lunch at the food court and then shop around. my sis had asked for a charm bracelet so i thought of getting it for her since i'll be seeing her soon. got a good buy. =) then diana actually wanted to get birthday presents for her friends. so i shun bian look around also lor. i really can't stand clothes tt cost 3-digits man. esp those tt i feel i can even make them myself!!!! ... then we went to the bowling alley to find the guys. i didn't bowl. was too sleepy.
ok back to yesterday. after walking around heartland mall i decided to go home. cuz i just realise i was supposed to be at jueru's bday party at 5pm! n it was going to 3pm already. when i got home i charged my phone, set alarm clocks n took a nap. then when my phone was charged i switched it on n jueru called! oops! late! took a quick shower n went out. went to sengkang to shop for a present for her. took quite long at that. then when i reached her place it was 7.30pm already. she had cut her cake already. i was quite blur to see new faces. i only recognise amanda, n her family. her nephew, half ang-moh is so cute!! he calls jueru "yi-yi".
after eating a bit i went into her room with amanda to chill out n catch up with each other. there was another pretty girl with us. then i left with the pretty girl at around 9+pm. haiya, i always start to feel insecure around girls who dress up, or watch a beauty pageant, etc. i would feel like i need to buck up. but i know very well tt i'm called to NOT be like them. my money is not to be spent on clothes, cosmetics, bags, shoes... which many girls go after. ahhh... sometimes when i spend long enough time with girls like tt i tend to feel tempted to be like them.
very tiring long weekend.
today back at work my client called and complained to me abt my colleague again. from her perspective i can see tt my colleague is a very irresponsible person, especially with words. what he typed in an email to her actually got to her GM, and careless words could very easily get her into trouble! but after i told juliana abt this, she made me see things from another perspective. perhaps he was acting under instructions of my boss. i dun want to say anymore.
at the dinner i was still very sian, cuz i was sitting with my parents and their cell grp. felt very very very awkward - n bored. i wished i was at the bbq instead. my parents cell grp got a doctor, who would tell them tt they're getting old, not suppposed to eat too much of this or that... but pple r just naughty la. the more u dun allow them to eat something they just want to. quite amused by tt la. the food was good. but there was a dish with just deep fried oil. =x
almost near the end of the dinner i had to go, with ruth, clifton, noah, hannah n huiting, to MCG bbq at ECP. it was quiet, not like the fun n noisy bbq i'm used to. at first i was worried tt they couldn't finish the food, but when we reached, the portion left was ok. sarah warmed and cooked the food for us.. =) the food was actually ordered online n delivery requested. so impressive!
after eating sarah gave out some stuff and asked if we're interested in doing a study on missions. so exciting! this stuff is taken from www.dci.org.uk, it's called All the School of Missions Lessons. there are 6 topics on missions, which i suppose covers all theory aspects of it. it's like attending YWAM courses, but free! totally free for download and encourages pple to pass it on.
after tt persis, gail n i had a discussion on tj balai. then some of them went home. left 6 of us - elisa, hannah, persis, sarah, naomi n me. i went to the beach while hannah and sarah went to shower, persis n naomi went to wash up. elisa joined me. had a good time getting to know her better. =)
around 2am we decided to go to sleep. at first i couldn't fall asleep cuz of the hard ground, which shouldn't have been a problem. *shrugs* then around 6am elisa shook me up n shouted, "go! go! go inside the tent!" then i realise it had started raining!! haha.. so all 6 of us squeezed inside. it poured very heavily. and it got quite stuffy inside the tent. n i wanted to pee. =x then someone came up with the suggestion of moving to elisa's car and go to Mac's. there were 2 umbrellas, so we took turns to fetch things and pple to the car.
we had breakfast at mac. i really v long nv eat at Mac's already. they have this new Bagel with omelette. comes with onions and tomato! =( other than that it was just ok only. after tt i got a lift from elisa to suntec, where i took bus 133 to church. was about an hour early, so i thought of taking a nap. chris came and asked if i want to go to the office. although i was tired i couldn't fall asleep leh. then shirley came and showed me her 99 baht CK sunglasses. woohoo~
then we moved off to the main hall to pack the stuff, including the chord sheets. woah. i hadn't expected that. thought it would be like last time kind of QD. i got a bad back ache from packing the stuff. mainly removing the contents from the Glimpse of Heaven goodie bags and rearranging chordsheets. after tt we went to Kovan for lunch. went to the HK cha chan teng. i was complaining abt the price. instant noodles.... at $6.90, i can cook them myself! iced milk tea for $2.90?! in the end the money was more worth it when we got to move indoors to the aircon and cushioned seats. haha
after lunch we walked around Heartland Mall. i wasn't in a shopping mood. not when i haven't been home and haven't bathed for more than 24 hrs, having a back ache and still carrying a heavy bag. i was actually wishing the guys would help me with it. hee.
talking abt shopping, suddenly i remembered i missed out on sunday's lunch and shopping with my cell grp. so i'll slot this in here. we went to Marina Sq. had lunch at the food court and then shop around. my sis had asked for a charm bracelet so i thought of getting it for her since i'll be seeing her soon. got a good buy. =) then diana actually wanted to get birthday presents for her friends. so i shun bian look around also lor. i really can't stand clothes tt cost 3-digits man. esp those tt i feel i can even make them myself!!!! ... then we went to the bowling alley to find the guys. i didn't bowl. was too sleepy.
ok back to yesterday. after walking around heartland mall i decided to go home. cuz i just realise i was supposed to be at jueru's bday party at 5pm! n it was going to 3pm already. when i got home i charged my phone, set alarm clocks n took a nap. then when my phone was charged i switched it on n jueru called! oops! late! took a quick shower n went out. went to sengkang to shop for a present for her. took quite long at that. then when i reached her place it was 7.30pm already. she had cut her cake already. i was quite blur to see new faces. i only recognise amanda, n her family. her nephew, half ang-moh is so cute!! he calls jueru "yi-yi".
after eating a bit i went into her room with amanda to chill out n catch up with each other. there was another pretty girl with us. then i left with the pretty girl at around 9+pm. haiya, i always start to feel insecure around girls who dress up, or watch a beauty pageant, etc. i would feel like i need to buck up. but i know very well tt i'm called to NOT be like them. my money is not to be spent on clothes, cosmetics, bags, shoes... which many girls go after. ahhh... sometimes when i spend long enough time with girls like tt i tend to feel tempted to be like them.
very tiring long weekend.
today back at work my client called and complained to me abt my colleague again. from her perspective i can see tt my colleague is a very irresponsible person, especially with words. what he typed in an email to her actually got to her GM, and careless words could very easily get her into trouble! but after i told juliana abt this, she made me see things from another perspective. perhaps he was acting under instructions of my boss. i dun want to say anymore.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
:: week ::
last sat was Youth Bazaar.. i took alot of things out to sell, so much that linfeng calls it "half of chatuchak". hahaha.. really lots of rubbish at home. i can't believe tt my dad actually scolded me for wanting to bring all tt to church, cuz i was asking him to drive me there. just dun understand y he got so worked up over it. so i just kept quiet n let him scold lor. n then he wanted me to bring more stuff. unbelievable right?
i realise tt 3 hours was too short for me to display all my items for sale :( haha.. n camp comm was going around "selling" games. i was too concerned abt selling my own stuff (too much n i dun wanna bring all tt home) tt i didn't even buy a cookie from camp comm! so selfish!
after tt i had worship prac. i was v tired from carrying all my stuff.. so really appreciate linfeng for helping me carry them home. (my cell grp guys were "condemning" me for not even treating him a drink! haha) the sound girls bought bubble tea for us during worship prac.. so nice of them =)
22 apr
led a song for worship, then after service 2 pple came up to me n told me my singing improved.. wahh for a moment i was on cloud nine. the praises just hang around my head like a halo. then i quickly "slapped" myself to come back to earth.
after service we had lunch at zion rd riverside food centre.. haha i took aloysius' car and made a bit of a detour.. cuz i only remember the way there thru a certain route. =x after tt went home to slp.
then mon to fri nothing much la, everyday after work go home watch tv, eat Indomie lor.
thurs more special only. got client come, n they brought Coffee Bean muffins for us. weee~ they came around 10am, so i had the muffin for lunch. yay dun need to go for lunch with my colleague =x but i still went out for a walk during lunchtime. ended up feeding mosquitoes. i prayed, "God i only wanted to take a break during my lunchtime, please don't let me get dengue fever because of that." i was a bit worried cuz the bites were quite bad.
then after work i was intending to go home watch tv, i was even planning to buy bee hoon from the food court near my place. just then, on the mrt, i was scrolling thru my smses, cuz i sent Andrielle an sms in the morning, then i realise i haven't read her reply. n then i scrolled down some more n suddenly remembered tt i was supposed to be at bishan tt day! n just then i received a call, it was jac, asking me where i am.. then i quickly alighted at serangoon. somehow serangoon is near bishan la. n i'm sure i can reach bishan quite quickly, just not sure how. so i anyhow walk to a bus stop. hmm.. bus 58 goes to pasir ris...from bishan! so i have to get to the opposite. there were 2 bus stops opp. so i decided to go to the one further down, but when i reached there, there's no bus 58! so i walked back 1 bus stop. sigh.
some of my cell grp pple were at the S11 having dinner. i was late already, so i thought, when we walk back to bishan J8 then i go n withdraw money. but in the end we didn't take tt way. some of them drove, n they parked behind S11. haha. i ate wanton mee.. wow, i like the noodles. handmade. the qiu lian ban mian also famous there. after dinner we went to andrew's father's wake. andrew was in el shaddai, but tt was many yrs ago, before he went to australia. anyway my cell grp + shirley bong found a corner and we just had our own chitchat. talked abt school uniforms, Kings in the bible, err.. and a lot of random stuff. haha.. =x
28 apr sat
parents went to tj balai. yay, whole hse to myself. haha. shared word during cell. i was actually not nervous before cell started, but it's prob because i didn't even think abt it. so during word i was quite lost in thought at times. i realise tt the word doesn't have a main theme, but rather a few aspects of the story of King Hezekiah which individuals can find something in common, to relate to their lives.
half the cell had worship prac.. haha.. when worship prac ended, my dinner time also ended. =x but i still went with some of them to bishan S11 for dinner. at this time most of the stalls close already. i ordered the ban mian n shared it with tricia, jeremy n aloysius! wah really made the money worth. =D after dinner malcolm gave me a lift home. he was driving cuz his parents went to tj balai too.
sun
couldn't wake up earlier for breakfast. hmm.. i always compromise breakfast for longer sleep. haha. grabbed a bite from the bakery at the Mrt station though. i was actually counting the cost la. in quite a bit of a financial difficulty now. can't afford to spend $6 on breakfast. i also got to forgo some comforts.
just before service started, vincent said he was nervous. haha i also dunno y.
carol was sharing during the 9am teaching. it was personal as well as encouraging. but i think King Solomon's wisdom mainly comes from God, not his mother ba. but Bathsheba must really be a God-fearing woman that of all the wives of David, that God would choose to use her to carry on the line of kings.
n joseph chean preached abt forgiveness. it's true, tt when u forgive someone, u're not supposed to expect tt person to change, but rather a change of ur own attitude, that u can accept the person as he/she is. i wish ting was there for the sermon.. i hope ur relationship with ur mom can change for the better, for ur own sake, because it's painful emotionally to be at war with someone. even if u think u're ok with it, actually somewhere deep inside it's not. there's really a lot of pain involved n i hope tt u can break free of it. then i myself prayed tt i will forgive my mom. cuz i was thinking, y should i celebrate mother's day for her?! so after hearing the message, i realise tt even if she doesn't deserve my appreciation, i should still show her love because God first loves. i am forgiven, so i also ought to forgive. there should not be any outstanding debt, except the continuing "debt" of love. we're not called to love only those who are lovable. tt's what sets the difference between a Christian n a non-Christian. of cuz non-Christians also can love if they want to, but what i'm saying is, Christians ought to do better at that.
btw.. now is 12am. haha. my parents are back from balai. n after work i'm going for Canon Benson's farewell dinner. n after that i'm going for MCG bbq, staying overnight, n then going for Psalmist quarterly discipleship, n then.... Jueru's bday party. =)
i realise tt 3 hours was too short for me to display all my items for sale :( haha.. n camp comm was going around "selling" games. i was too concerned abt selling my own stuff (too much n i dun wanna bring all tt home) tt i didn't even buy a cookie from camp comm! so selfish!
after tt i had worship prac. i was v tired from carrying all my stuff.. so really appreciate linfeng for helping me carry them home. (my cell grp guys were "condemning" me for not even treating him a drink! haha) the sound girls bought bubble tea for us during worship prac.. so nice of them =)
22 apr
led a song for worship, then after service 2 pple came up to me n told me my singing improved.. wahh for a moment i was on cloud nine. the praises just hang around my head like a halo. then i quickly "slapped" myself to come back to earth.
after service we had lunch at zion rd riverside food centre.. haha i took aloysius' car and made a bit of a detour.. cuz i only remember the way there thru a certain route. =x after tt went home to slp.
then mon to fri nothing much la, everyday after work go home watch tv, eat Indomie lor.
thurs more special only. got client come, n they brought Coffee Bean muffins for us. weee~ they came around 10am, so i had the muffin for lunch. yay dun need to go for lunch with my colleague =x but i still went out for a walk during lunchtime. ended up feeding mosquitoes. i prayed, "God i only wanted to take a break during my lunchtime, please don't let me get dengue fever because of that." i was a bit worried cuz the bites were quite bad.
then after work i was intending to go home watch tv, i was even planning to buy bee hoon from the food court near my place. just then, on the mrt, i was scrolling thru my smses, cuz i sent Andrielle an sms in the morning, then i realise i haven't read her reply. n then i scrolled down some more n suddenly remembered tt i was supposed to be at bishan tt day! n just then i received a call, it was jac, asking me where i am.. then i quickly alighted at serangoon. somehow serangoon is near bishan la. n i'm sure i can reach bishan quite quickly, just not sure how. so i anyhow walk to a bus stop. hmm.. bus 58 goes to pasir ris...from bishan! so i have to get to the opposite. there were 2 bus stops opp. so i decided to go to the one further down, but when i reached there, there's no bus 58! so i walked back 1 bus stop. sigh.
some of my cell grp pple were at the S11 having dinner. i was late already, so i thought, when we walk back to bishan J8 then i go n withdraw money. but in the end we didn't take tt way. some of them drove, n they parked behind S11. haha. i ate wanton mee.. wow, i like the noodles. handmade. the qiu lian ban mian also famous there. after dinner we went to andrew's father's wake. andrew was in el shaddai, but tt was many yrs ago, before he went to australia. anyway my cell grp + shirley bong found a corner and we just had our own chitchat. talked abt school uniforms, Kings in the bible, err.. and a lot of random stuff. haha.. =x
28 apr sat
parents went to tj balai. yay, whole hse to myself. haha. shared word during cell. i was actually not nervous before cell started, but it's prob because i didn't even think abt it. so during word i was quite lost in thought at times. i realise tt the word doesn't have a main theme, but rather a few aspects of the story of King Hezekiah which individuals can find something in common, to relate to their lives.
half the cell had worship prac.. haha.. when worship prac ended, my dinner time also ended. =x but i still went with some of them to bishan S11 for dinner. at this time most of the stalls close already. i ordered the ban mian n shared it with tricia, jeremy n aloysius! wah really made the money worth. =D after dinner malcolm gave me a lift home. he was driving cuz his parents went to tj balai too.
sun
couldn't wake up earlier for breakfast. hmm.. i always compromise breakfast for longer sleep. haha. grabbed a bite from the bakery at the Mrt station though. i was actually counting the cost la. in quite a bit of a financial difficulty now. can't afford to spend $6 on breakfast. i also got to forgo some comforts.
just before service started, vincent said he was nervous. haha i also dunno y.
carol was sharing during the 9am teaching. it was personal as well as encouraging. but i think King Solomon's wisdom mainly comes from God, not his mother ba. but Bathsheba must really be a God-fearing woman that of all the wives of David, that God would choose to use her to carry on the line of kings.
n joseph chean preached abt forgiveness. it's true, tt when u forgive someone, u're not supposed to expect tt person to change, but rather a change of ur own attitude, that u can accept the person as he/she is. i wish ting was there for the sermon.. i hope ur relationship with ur mom can change for the better, for ur own sake, because it's painful emotionally to be at war with someone. even if u think u're ok with it, actually somewhere deep inside it's not. there's really a lot of pain involved n i hope tt u can break free of it. then i myself prayed tt i will forgive my mom. cuz i was thinking, y should i celebrate mother's day for her?! so after hearing the message, i realise tt even if she doesn't deserve my appreciation, i should still show her love because God first loves. i am forgiven, so i also ought to forgive. there should not be any outstanding debt, except the continuing "debt" of love. we're not called to love only those who are lovable. tt's what sets the difference between a Christian n a non-Christian. of cuz non-Christians also can love if they want to, but what i'm saying is, Christians ought to do better at that.
btw.. now is 12am. haha. my parents are back from balai. n after work i'm going for Canon Benson's farewell dinner. n after that i'm going for MCG bbq, staying overnight, n then going for Psalmist quarterly discipleship, n then.... Jueru's bday party. =)
Monday, April 23, 2007
:: what's the world coming to ::
last week i forgot to mention anything abt the shooting that shook the world.
just felt tt the media is giving the killer too much attention. they're digging into his past and realising tt they shld have noticed something wrong n done something abt it. i just thought tt it would make pple like him crave the attention he got, n do similar actions to get the same world-shaking effect.
probably i was potentially someone like that, tt's y i "know" what pple like him think. hmm.. did i ever mention before tt i used to have depression, because i wanted to seek attention?
i used to hurt myself with sharp objects - wanted to just pierce it thru my skin, but i was also too scared to do tt. i only tried to rub it against my skin till it turned red. tt was when i was in sec 3-4. i remember talking to my classmate abt it n realise tt she also did tt before. but i didn't get the attention i wanted la. n i woke up out of it. really have to thank God that i know Him. if i hadn't i would be so lost n very much dead by now.
n when this shooting case got blown up by the media, i expect there would be pple who would do the same thing, because they see an example to follow. indeed within the week there was another shooting case in the news (actually there r shooting cases everyday, but media is particularly concerned abt similar cases. pple see pple do la). my sis showed me the website for phuket online news. i was so shocked to read so many shooting cases! how can anyone live in a place like tt? they own guns so easily.
Say Mr A gets a gun for self-defence, in case he meets an armed robber, he can retaliate with his own gun. The robber sure will shoot him because he is armed. compared to if he doesn't retaliate by taking out his gun, the robber would just use his gun to scare him. and then Mr B, who lives next door to Mr A, and they go drinking together often. wouldn't Mr B want to own a gun too, in case Mr A uses his gun on him (which depends on how much trust there is between them). n one day both of them got drunk n got into a heated argument. Mr A has a gun, it's his tool of Power. and with the gun, Mr B will be scared n give in. if Mr B doesn't, just shoot him la! where's the moral ethics?
if i have a say in gun control, i would ban guns from citizens. only the army n police officers can own them. there will not be any firearms shop open to public. dun care if citizens feel unsafe n just want to own guns for "self-defence". rubbish. weaponless is the best self-defence. it doesn't provoke the person threatening u, as much as having a weapon.
just something to think about, if not for God's grace would u still be alive? what r u doing abt it? still living as if ur life doesn't lie in God's hands? shouldn't there be a deep sense of gratitude to God for every new day u're alive? don't u realise tt God can just decide to let u die when u crack ur neck too hard? or slip and fall and hit a sharp edge? or let something heavy drop on u? i know very well tt my life is preserved thus far for a purpose, which is yet fulfilled, but i know tt even still, God can change his mind. who am i to say tt i will surely live tomorrow?
just felt tt the media is giving the killer too much attention. they're digging into his past and realising tt they shld have noticed something wrong n done something abt it. i just thought tt it would make pple like him crave the attention he got, n do similar actions to get the same world-shaking effect.
probably i was potentially someone like that, tt's y i "know" what pple like him think. hmm.. did i ever mention before tt i used to have depression, because i wanted to seek attention?
i used to hurt myself with sharp objects - wanted to just pierce it thru my skin, but i was also too scared to do tt. i only tried to rub it against my skin till it turned red. tt was when i was in sec 3-4. i remember talking to my classmate abt it n realise tt she also did tt before. but i didn't get the attention i wanted la. n i woke up out of it. really have to thank God that i know Him. if i hadn't i would be so lost n very much dead by now.
n when this shooting case got blown up by the media, i expect there would be pple who would do the same thing, because they see an example to follow. indeed within the week there was another shooting case in the news (actually there r shooting cases everyday, but media is particularly concerned abt similar cases. pple see pple do la). my sis showed me the website for phuket online news. i was so shocked to read so many shooting cases! how can anyone live in a place like tt? they own guns so easily.
Say Mr A gets a gun for self-defence, in case he meets an armed robber, he can retaliate with his own gun. The robber sure will shoot him because he is armed. compared to if he doesn't retaliate by taking out his gun, the robber would just use his gun to scare him. and then Mr B, who lives next door to Mr A, and they go drinking together often. wouldn't Mr B want to own a gun too, in case Mr A uses his gun on him (which depends on how much trust there is between them). n one day both of them got drunk n got into a heated argument. Mr A has a gun, it's his tool of Power. and with the gun, Mr B will be scared n give in. if Mr B doesn't, just shoot him la! where's the moral ethics?
if i have a say in gun control, i would ban guns from citizens. only the army n police officers can own them. there will not be any firearms shop open to public. dun care if citizens feel unsafe n just want to own guns for "self-defence". rubbish. weaponless is the best self-defence. it doesn't provoke the person threatening u, as much as having a weapon.
just something to think about, if not for God's grace would u still be alive? what r u doing abt it? still living as if ur life doesn't lie in God's hands? shouldn't there be a deep sense of gratitude to God for every new day u're alive? don't u realise tt God can just decide to let u die when u crack ur neck too hard? or slip and fall and hit a sharp edge? or let something heavy drop on u? i know very well tt my life is preserved thus far for a purpose, which is yet fulfilled, but i know tt even still, God can change his mind. who am i to say tt i will surely live tomorrow?
Friday, April 20, 2007
:: week ::
tue
asked my dad if i could go bangkok. he said ok, like it's no big deal. wahahahaha
after work took a Big Walk again, this time cut across River Valley Rd to Orchard Rd, =D to find my dad. took about 1 hr plus. was a bit lost after i passed Great World City actually, but i decided to take a familiar route, then i found Paterson Hill. walk downwards more is Borders already. then my dad brought me to Hougang (Serangoon North Ave 7) to eat dinner.
wed
nothing much also. went back home straight. booked my air ticket to bangkok thru shirley! =D
thur
oh i was pissed when i reached office n checked my email. the client, who previously wanted me to do a last minute miracle for her, expects one again. i firmly but politely replied that i cannot do it. she replied rather understandingly, so thank God. i've learnt not to promise things tt i cannot carry out.
my sis booked her ticket to bangkok!
after work went back home straight.
fri
very busy today, no time to slack. got one client called n complained to me abt my colleague. then i realise tt indeed he has a bit of attitude problem when dealing with clients. i only know tt i can't stand the way he walks. n whines. n i was carrying a bag of stuff to be recycled, my other colleague was carrying a stack of newspapers for me, n he didn't even bother to OFFER any help!! tt's really disgusting!
after work went to Pearl Centre, cuz afternoon during lunch i went there and found a few new shops. oh there's bubble tea shop in pearl centre again! wee! n downstairs in the basement there's a so-called Ladies Market. when i went down i was frowning. such a great contrast to the one in HK! this one so dull n out of business. still new n no life. n stinks too. very badly ventilated.
took bus to orchard, to find my dad again. this time he brought me to toa payoh to eat. although toa payoh is also an old town centre, it doesn't give me the 'home' kinda feeling.
asked my dad if i could go bangkok. he said ok, like it's no big deal. wahahahaha
after work took a Big Walk again, this time cut across River Valley Rd to Orchard Rd, =D to find my dad. took about 1 hr plus. was a bit lost after i passed Great World City actually, but i decided to take a familiar route, then i found Paterson Hill. walk downwards more is Borders already. then my dad brought me to Hougang (Serangoon North Ave 7) to eat dinner.
wed
nothing much also. went back home straight. booked my air ticket to bangkok thru shirley! =D
thur
oh i was pissed when i reached office n checked my email. the client, who previously wanted me to do a last minute miracle for her, expects one again. i firmly but politely replied that i cannot do it. she replied rather understandingly, so thank God. i've learnt not to promise things tt i cannot carry out.
my sis booked her ticket to bangkok!
after work went back home straight.
fri
very busy today, no time to slack. got one client called n complained to me abt my colleague. then i realise tt indeed he has a bit of attitude problem when dealing with clients. i only know tt i can't stand the way he walks. n whines. n i was carrying a bag of stuff to be recycled, my other colleague was carrying a stack of newspapers for me, n he didn't even bother to OFFER any help!! tt's really disgusting!
after work went to Pearl Centre, cuz afternoon during lunch i went there and found a few new shops. oh there's bubble tea shop in pearl centre again! wee! n downstairs in the basement there's a so-called Ladies Market. when i went down i was frowning. such a great contrast to the one in HK! this one so dull n out of business. still new n no life. n stinks too. very badly ventilated.
took bus to orchard, to find my dad again. this time he brought me to toa payoh to eat. although toa payoh is also an old town centre, it doesn't give me the 'home' kinda feeling.
Monday, April 16, 2007
:: oops ::
today busy at work. lots to do.
was a little pek cek by a client. i was doing an enewsletter design for him, did it in html initially. then it was converted to pdf so that each page will be printed nicely with a header and a footer. just today he came back from a mission trip ma, then he wanted me to change it to html again! wah pek cek lor. i asked Val, our middleman, to confirm if i were to do it in html, because it would mean a lot of effort. i decided not to do it until val gets back to me. so i did other stuff. around 5pm, this client got back to me again, asking abt the progress, then i clarified with him that the pdf is a better option than html.. he went to check, because i think he just realised tt it was actually done correctly, but he was confused abt the html/pdf thing. and at the end it was happy ending. thank God! because i didn't waste effort converting it to html, which would waste my effort of doing it in pdf. err.. confused?
then after work pramila shared with me tt last week she received news tt her cousin got into an accident n passed away. then i realised y she had sorta raised her voice into the phone last week n seemed to cry. i thought i had given her too much pressure at work. that day was her birthday actually. so terrible of me.
hmm.. oh yah in the last update i forgot to mention tt i asked natalie out last monday. supposed to ask her out the monday before, when she just started work, to celebrate. she's my junior from the same specialisation n she's got a job! woohoo! asked her out to vivocity. haiya dunno y her dad still so strict with her la, 20 yrs old already still have to ask him for permission to go out for dinner with me, n must reach home before 9 somemore. we had dinner at 2Hot cafe, halal restaurant with spicy food. i ordered marinara, which i didn't like very much. The Nearby Cafe was better, more liao. cheaper also. then we shared a drink at Boost Juice Bars. the king william chocolate not very nice leh. expensive also.
then we walked inside Tangs.. there is a... corner (i forgot the word for it), displaying some interesting stuff like tt of G.O.D. in HK. like making old things look fashionable. we walked until 8+pm n she would be late to go home. she wanted to take cab, but i felt tt mrt is faster n cheaper. there was also a queue for the taxi. so seriously taking mrt is a better idea.
ok back to today, i felt quite joyful after spending the weekend in balai. felt very blessed. n felt tt my perspective has broadened again. as in, i become so narrow-minded tt i felt very unhappy easily. but now i'm reminded tt problems aren't too big for me to worry abt. n i miss my friends there... haha just have a longing to go back to find them again. miss Frenky too, after hearing tt Wiky went to batam to look for him n i saw his recent picture, he looks educated (wearing specs) n so much like his mother!
was a little pek cek by a client. i was doing an enewsletter design for him, did it in html initially. then it was converted to pdf so that each page will be printed nicely with a header and a footer. just today he came back from a mission trip ma, then he wanted me to change it to html again! wah pek cek lor. i asked Val, our middleman, to confirm if i were to do it in html, because it would mean a lot of effort. i decided not to do it until val gets back to me. so i did other stuff. around 5pm, this client got back to me again, asking abt the progress, then i clarified with him that the pdf is a better option than html.. he went to check, because i think he just realised tt it was actually done correctly, but he was confused abt the html/pdf thing. and at the end it was happy ending. thank God! because i didn't waste effort converting it to html, which would waste my effort of doing it in pdf. err.. confused?
then after work pramila shared with me tt last week she received news tt her cousin got into an accident n passed away. then i realised y she had sorta raised her voice into the phone last week n seemed to cry. i thought i had given her too much pressure at work. that day was her birthday actually. so terrible of me.
hmm.. oh yah in the last update i forgot to mention tt i asked natalie out last monday. supposed to ask her out the monday before, when she just started work, to celebrate. she's my junior from the same specialisation n she's got a job! woohoo! asked her out to vivocity. haiya dunno y her dad still so strict with her la, 20 yrs old already still have to ask him for permission to go out for dinner with me, n must reach home before 9 somemore. we had dinner at 2Hot cafe, halal restaurant with spicy food. i ordered marinara, which i didn't like very much. The Nearby Cafe was better, more liao. cheaper also. then we shared a drink at Boost Juice Bars. the king william chocolate not very nice leh. expensive also.
then we walked inside Tangs.. there is a... corner (i forgot the word for it), displaying some interesting stuff like tt of G.O.D. in HK. like making old things look fashionable. we walked until 8+pm n she would be late to go home. she wanted to take cab, but i felt tt mrt is faster n cheaper. there was also a queue for the taxi. so seriously taking mrt is a better idea.
ok back to today, i felt quite joyful after spending the weekend in balai. felt very blessed. n felt tt my perspective has broadened again. as in, i become so narrow-minded tt i felt very unhappy easily. but now i'm reminded tt problems aren't too big for me to worry abt. n i miss my friends there... haha just have a longing to go back to find them again. miss Frenky too, after hearing tt Wiky went to batam to look for him n i saw his recent picture, he looks educated (wearing specs) n so much like his mother!
Sunday, April 15, 2007
:: tj balai update 14-15 Apr ::
AHAHA so fast another update! Check out my other blog for the latest entry (with pics!), now converted to a Tj Balai blog! http://angel-sings.blogspot.com/
Friday, April 13, 2007
:: completed! ::
wahaha completed all 5 sets of Riddles of Riddles. really impressed by the guy's amt of general knowledge to set riddles like that, and even to link them up such that for example Riddle 49's answer is the 1st letter of Riddle 11-20's window title (if u dunno wad's a window title, look at somewhere at the top of this page. it says "What Makes Me.".)
wow. just realise it's been 2 weeks since i last blogged. lotsa things happened, lotsa frustrations n lotsa fun.
hmm lemme start from 31st Mar sat. shared word at cell grp. actually somehow i wasn't convinced by my own message. i mean, i have a few points to bring across, as sorta like a reminder. but i couldn't share how the points relate to me. and it was long because i dunno how to briefly go thru the points. my summary in school is fail one. >.< anyway jac gave me a few pointers to improve my sharing next time.
went to holland v for dinner. was broke cuz i spent too much on fast food for lunch. *gasp* i haven't been eating fast food for such a long time i was shocked by its inflation in cost. after dinner we went to some ice cream place at Crown Centre. think it's called Swirl. there are board games available for playing, so we played taboo. i stayed there till around 10 then went to harbourfront to meet gail n persis to discuss tj balai stuff. was quite overwhelmed when i saw the whole bunch of Praise pple following them. we went to this coffee place at Vivocity. if i'm not wrong it's called Gloria Jean. was tired cuz we went home late.
woke up late for the 9am teaching n turned out it was prayer instead of teaching. there was Flag Day for Japan. i was sharing with my cell grp what i thot abt Japan. i remember tt i was overwhelmed by the jap movie Another Heaven, which shows a lot of feeling of hopelessness in the pple deep within. they seem successful on the outside, but emotionally they're very empty. n andrielle mentioned before, pple stereotype missionaries going to Japan. they think tt Japan is so rich, y go there, y shld they support a missionary whose expenses is going to be very high. but i think mission fields like cambodia, indonesia, etc is a little saturated. yes there are areas tt are still unreached, but i think few pple think of 1st world country as a mission field.
anyway. after service there was guitar course. so i stayed back. n after the guitar course i decided to go Sentosa. so i was trying to find pple to go with me. some of them thot it was an April Fools' joke cuz it was 1st April and it was last minute. so in the end i went myself. just wanted to take time to retreat like the last time, but somehow this time i couldn't find a good spot. dunno y, at the same timing, it was much hotter tt day. felt tt i couldn't stay long, so i returned to main land. had a good walk from the LRT station to Siloso beach n back though. it's so much more convenient to come n go to Sentosa. anyway another reason i went is because of the new LRT/monorail. hadn't taken it since it started n i have the Sentosa membership card! tt means free rides!
went back to Vivocity n decided to chill out at Pacific Coffee. sadly i can't find any other drink i want to try. it's quite expensive actually, $5+ for a drink. so i had Vanilla Snowflake (as usual). browsed Asian Geographic, felt interested to subscribe to tt mag. tried to take photos (my photography skills dropped ALOT) n then went home.
mon
ting smsed me to watch movie, but after discussion we decided to go Sakae Sushi at Rivervale Mall for buffet, then chill at my place! hehe.. we ate until v full sia. walked from Rivervale Mall home. still didn't feel digestion taking place leh. finally get to pass her the Chivas tt has been collecting dust since Boxing Day. haha.. used Friendster to find sec sch friends, but i realise i dunno ALOT of pple! as in, i dun even remember seeing them before!
cuz i had to work the next day, i decided to slp. i mean usually stayovers are all-night thing u know. but guess i'm getting old la. next day ting had to wake me up lor.. haha.. we went out early so we could have breakfast near my office.
after work went to church for prayer meeting. asked my dad along, cuz i usually see his cell grp leaders, he could join them. but they weren't there this time. we had dinner at jackson kopitiam. dunno y but i felt v uninterested during prayer meeting sia. i dunno most of the songs sung n i found it hard to sing along. then for prayer i joined my dad, jeremy's dad n ivan. quite a weird combi..
wed
i wanted to meet my parents for dinner. my mom was at outram pk, so i called her to wait for me. i had to go toilet, shut down my comp then i could leave. when i reached the mrt station the train was here, so i called her to ask her to get on the train. i couldn't see her cuz of the crowd. but my stupid phone wouldn't work at tt time. so i missed the train. when i finally called thru to her, she said she's not waiting anymore. AAARRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! she's so impatient! n i could have taken tt train la! i was so pissed i decided not to eat with her anymore. i went home n cooked noodles instead. n i was so mad i almost cried on the train.
thur
bought bread n cheese n chicken breastmeat for dinner. had the craving for cheese la. n wanted to be a little more healthy. although for 19 yrs of my life i hated breastmeat (minus one year for i didn't have teeth), i decided to swallow it for the sake of a healthier diet. made 2 portions of the sandwich n before i took the 2nd one i felt sian of eating it already.
fri
YAY public hol, cuz it's Good Friday~ my poor sis was still working on PH tt she didn't realise it's TGIF. went to church in the morning. it was combined service at the main hall. today also felt a little sian during service like what i felt during prayer meeting. felt very strongly tt the songs had set the mood.
after service we went to Botak Jones at AMK. so-so only leh. i ordered the Cajun Chicken (breastmeat!!!!!) so maybe tt's y. went home to pack n clean my room. i've been seeing baby spiders in my room. ARGH. used dettol to wash my walls. wanted to go IKEA to buy a glass cabinet for my displays, but my dad went swimming, couldn't get him to go with me.
sat
went to IKEA with my dad in the morning, finally. didn't know tt Giant hypermart opened already. went there to shop first. i think i still prefer the hypermarts in thailand. the things are really cheap n most of them u can't get in singapore. quite silly for us to buy milk. cuz we were going to courts next, n we couldn't leave the milk in the motorbox in the sun ma. so we had to carry our groceries along. dunno y my dad bought a wall fan for my toilet. i dun even want it! next we went to IKEA. wanted to buy snacks for my cell grp, but in the end we walked the whole of IKEA n didn't buy anything. tt was y i was late for pre-cell meeting. felt tt ben shares word very naturally.
after cell the guys went to play soccer n the SMU students had work to discuss, so i played solitaire on Malcolm's pda. haha.. he was saying tt there seems to be a bug cuz he can't solve a single game of 3-card-deals. so i kept trying, to see if it's true. when they finished playing frisbee, i managed to prove him wrong! weeee... haah. then after some waiting here n there we went to amk for dinner.
sun
easter sunday! Jesus died n rose again! early morning service at the cultural centre. thought of taking bus in from Potong Pasir mrt, but my dad offered to give me a lift, though he had reached already. ah, today i rem Canon Benson's msg. It is the LORD! abt Peter n catching fish. long time since i last had Holy Communion.
after service i gathered with my parents n aunt n cousin n my grandma. cuz it's grandma's birthday. we went to Red Star for dim sum brunch =D food is good. but service is TERRIBLE!!!!! cannot make it la.
went to OG to walk around. saw my godparents there. then went to Majestic building Popular cuz there's a clearance sale. Majestic is terrible. most of its shops closed down already. dunno y sia. n sale, my foot. bought a magazine for $5, which costs HKD28 = about the same la!
after tt i wanted to have dessert, but we only found ahballing a few buildings away. then went home. after a nap my mom suggested going somewhere for sambal kangkong, n i thought of crab. i was having a conversation with my sis one day, she was saying tt she misses dad's pepper crabs, i replied, i don't even get to eat it la, cuz my dad refuses to cook at home. moreover cook a crab. n true enough, my dad objected to having crab for dinner. he said, u think u rich man son ah. n then the next thing is, he suggested, take taxi to amk for crab la. wah. super contradicting lor. say i waste money, so might as well spend more money la. -.- in the end we took cab to changi village for crabs. i was happy with the food but was still pulling a long face cuz of my mom. i had told myself not to talk to her since tt day i was pissed with her. dun worry abt tt la, i'd probably still talk to her anyway, if she ask me anything. just tt i will NEVER meet her or ask her out for dinner again.
tt night i had indigestion. i will not have crabs for a very long time (unless it is available at Canon Benson's farewell dinner =x).
mon-wed
this week i felt like i was fighting a battle at work. i forgot to pray for patience at work. had some work for my indian colleague ma, n as usual she takes very long to do it ma. (i'm sorry i just can't see her as 100 all the time) i literally jumped when i tried to explain something to her. some javascript thing i did before n i know it's possible, but she kept insisting tt it's not possible n had to be done in another way. end up she use another method n took a little too long to do it. my other colleague was not around on wed, so he wasn't there to help me explain to her what i was expecting. on thur i used my method to do another page, tt requires the same effect i was expecting from her, n i asked him to help me modify the codes. she wasn't happy i know, because it was sorta like "her work" but i passed it to him. n there was some problem with her method. she seemed to insist working on it though it was taking too long.
ok to simplify things, our working relationship is such tt, she takes too long, i pass her work to him so tt it will be faster n efficient because client wants it. but it's obviously unfair to her because i didn't do it nicely. i didn't explain properly tt i'm passing the work to him because i think she's slow, n i didn't say it in her face because tt'll hurt. but i think this cycle will go on n on.
i can sense her getting angry abt this because i can hear her typing loudly when she's pissed n i will hear her mumbling away, n then slamming the door when she goes toilet. just felt tt she must be cursing me for doing this to her.. gotta pray tt God will protect me against curses by her gods. haiz. battle sia.
i still blame myself for (asking my boss to) hiring her.
thur after work went to Holland V for joshua's bday celebration. my first time to Settlers cafe. i think it's quite rundown compared to Minds cafe leh. learnt a couple of new games. wah the ugly doll game is err..violent. i dun even dare to play heart attack or snap lor. i prefer the strategy kinda game. but my brain wasn't working la. fighting battle ma. saw alymer n siangyuan at the party also. before cutting cake, the whole grp was brought together to play Cranium. but we could only play it halfway cuz it was getting late. after i got on the train home then i realise i left my umbrella at settlers. the staff there had offered to take my umbrella out to dry when i went there, but after tt i forgot abt it.
dunno y but i felt very miserable on my way home. just felt like crying n coming back to God. felt like i've been distancing myself from God more n more. so after i got home n had a bath, i finally had the liberty to just cry out to God. felt so much better after tt =)
i realise tt my cell grp pple like to eat chocolate cakes. jialat, cuz i dun like chocolate. for my birthday, do i get a cake tt everyone loves or do i get a cake only i love? it's quite obvious la. then suddenly i dun feel like celebrating my birthday anymore. (so selfish! >.<) jk la.
fri
super busy at work today. no time to give work for her to do. asked audrey to accompany me for lunch cuz i'm sian of going for lunch with my other colleague alone. cuz my indian colleague is not used to local food, so she rather bring her own lunch. tt leaves the guy n me going for lunch ourselves. so sian!!!! we had taiwan porridge for lunch. hmm nice. brought her up my office to take a look. haha she v funny, likes to c her friends' offices. before she left she asked me if i'm free to go clubbing or not. i was at first thinking, i dun mind. but after tt decided i need the rest before tmr's trip to tj balai. besides, the last trip i woke up late lor. dun want to repeat my mistake.
btw it's been a long time since i posted anything abt "what i learnt today". so okay here goes.
i've subscribed to National Geographic n i really love the content of the mag. this month's abt fish. i've always thot tt fish are free food. esp when i was in thailand. i ate so much fish i thot it's cheap. but actually, no. i'm wrong. the ocean's population of seafood has been declining vastly. because we eat them indiscriminately. n because we seem to get seafood so easily, we think it's cheap. n we think it's easily reproduced. but the sad thing is, at this rate of killing marine life, our children or grandchildren may not even get to SEE a fish! hmm what shld we be doing in response to this? i think i will treat seafood as a luxury food, which in fact it shld have been. singaporeans have been so blessed tt we don't realise countries like Africa, though they catch the fish, the pple have to pay a high price to buy only the remains of a fish because the flesh have been exported out to places like europe.
ok this marks the end of a long entry. going away tmr. (i was so cockeye i didn't realise i was on duty this week for vocals until shirley's weekly reminder came in... managed to get Andrielle to swap with me - thanks!!)
good night.
wow. just realise it's been 2 weeks since i last blogged. lotsa things happened, lotsa frustrations n lotsa fun.
hmm lemme start from 31st Mar sat. shared word at cell grp. actually somehow i wasn't convinced by my own message. i mean, i have a few points to bring across, as sorta like a reminder. but i couldn't share how the points relate to me. and it was long because i dunno how to briefly go thru the points. my summary in school is fail one. >.< anyway jac gave me a few pointers to improve my sharing next time.
went to holland v for dinner. was broke cuz i spent too much on fast food for lunch. *gasp* i haven't been eating fast food for such a long time i was shocked by its inflation in cost. after dinner we went to some ice cream place at Crown Centre. think it's called Swirl. there are board games available for playing, so we played taboo. i stayed there till around 10 then went to harbourfront to meet gail n persis to discuss tj balai stuff. was quite overwhelmed when i saw the whole bunch of Praise pple following them. we went to this coffee place at Vivocity. if i'm not wrong it's called Gloria Jean. was tired cuz we went home late.
woke up late for the 9am teaching n turned out it was prayer instead of teaching. there was Flag Day for Japan. i was sharing with my cell grp what i thot abt Japan. i remember tt i was overwhelmed by the jap movie Another Heaven, which shows a lot of feeling of hopelessness in the pple deep within. they seem successful on the outside, but emotionally they're very empty. n andrielle mentioned before, pple stereotype missionaries going to Japan. they think tt Japan is so rich, y go there, y shld they support a missionary whose expenses is going to be very high. but i think mission fields like cambodia, indonesia, etc is a little saturated. yes there are areas tt are still unreached, but i think few pple think of 1st world country as a mission field.
anyway. after service there was guitar course. so i stayed back. n after the guitar course i decided to go Sentosa. so i was trying to find pple to go with me. some of them thot it was an April Fools' joke cuz it was 1st April and it was last minute. so in the end i went myself. just wanted to take time to retreat like the last time, but somehow this time i couldn't find a good spot. dunno y, at the same timing, it was much hotter tt day. felt tt i couldn't stay long, so i returned to main land. had a good walk from the LRT station to Siloso beach n back though. it's so much more convenient to come n go to Sentosa. anyway another reason i went is because of the new LRT/monorail. hadn't taken it since it started n i have the Sentosa membership card! tt means free rides!
went back to Vivocity n decided to chill out at Pacific Coffee. sadly i can't find any other drink i want to try. it's quite expensive actually, $5+ for a drink. so i had Vanilla Snowflake (as usual). browsed Asian Geographic, felt interested to subscribe to tt mag. tried to take photos (my photography skills dropped ALOT) n then went home.
mon
ting smsed me to watch movie, but after discussion we decided to go Sakae Sushi at Rivervale Mall for buffet, then chill at my place! hehe.. we ate until v full sia. walked from Rivervale Mall home. still didn't feel digestion taking place leh. finally get to pass her the Chivas tt has been collecting dust since Boxing Day. haha.. used Friendster to find sec sch friends, but i realise i dunno ALOT of pple! as in, i dun even remember seeing them before!
cuz i had to work the next day, i decided to slp. i mean usually stayovers are all-night thing u know. but guess i'm getting old la. next day ting had to wake me up lor.. haha.. we went out early so we could have breakfast near my office.
after work went to church for prayer meeting. asked my dad along, cuz i usually see his cell grp leaders, he could join them. but they weren't there this time. we had dinner at jackson kopitiam. dunno y but i felt v uninterested during prayer meeting sia. i dunno most of the songs sung n i found it hard to sing along. then for prayer i joined my dad, jeremy's dad n ivan. quite a weird combi..
wed
i wanted to meet my parents for dinner. my mom was at outram pk, so i called her to wait for me. i had to go toilet, shut down my comp then i could leave. when i reached the mrt station the train was here, so i called her to ask her to get on the train. i couldn't see her cuz of the crowd. but my stupid phone wouldn't work at tt time. so i missed the train. when i finally called thru to her, she said she's not waiting anymore. AAARRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!! she's so impatient! n i could have taken tt train la! i was so pissed i decided not to eat with her anymore. i went home n cooked noodles instead. n i was so mad i almost cried on the train.
thur
bought bread n cheese n chicken breastmeat for dinner. had the craving for cheese la. n wanted to be a little more healthy. although for 19 yrs of my life i hated breastmeat (minus one year for i didn't have teeth), i decided to swallow it for the sake of a healthier diet. made 2 portions of the sandwich n before i took the 2nd one i felt sian of eating it already.
fri
YAY public hol, cuz it's Good Friday~ my poor sis was still working on PH tt she didn't realise it's TGIF. went to church in the morning. it was combined service at the main hall. today also felt a little sian during service like what i felt during prayer meeting. felt very strongly tt the songs had set the mood.
after service we went to Botak Jones at AMK. so-so only leh. i ordered the Cajun Chicken (breastmeat!!!!!) so maybe tt's y. went home to pack n clean my room. i've been seeing baby spiders in my room. ARGH. used dettol to wash my walls. wanted to go IKEA to buy a glass cabinet for my displays, but my dad went swimming, couldn't get him to go with me.
sat
went to IKEA with my dad in the morning, finally. didn't know tt Giant hypermart opened already. went there to shop first. i think i still prefer the hypermarts in thailand. the things are really cheap n most of them u can't get in singapore. quite silly for us to buy milk. cuz we were going to courts next, n we couldn't leave the milk in the motorbox in the sun ma. so we had to carry our groceries along. dunno y my dad bought a wall fan for my toilet. i dun even want it! next we went to IKEA. wanted to buy snacks for my cell grp, but in the end we walked the whole of IKEA n didn't buy anything. tt was y i was late for pre-cell meeting. felt tt ben shares word very naturally.
after cell the guys went to play soccer n the SMU students had work to discuss, so i played solitaire on Malcolm's pda. haha.. he was saying tt there seems to be a bug cuz he can't solve a single game of 3-card-deals. so i kept trying, to see if it's true. when they finished playing frisbee, i managed to prove him wrong! weeee... haah. then after some waiting here n there we went to amk for dinner.
sun
easter sunday! Jesus died n rose again! early morning service at the cultural centre. thought of taking bus in from Potong Pasir mrt, but my dad offered to give me a lift, though he had reached already. ah, today i rem Canon Benson's msg. It is the LORD! abt Peter n catching fish. long time since i last had Holy Communion.
after service i gathered with my parents n aunt n cousin n my grandma. cuz it's grandma's birthday. we went to Red Star for dim sum brunch =D food is good. but service is TERRIBLE!!!!! cannot make it la.
went to OG to walk around. saw my godparents there. then went to Majestic building Popular cuz there's a clearance sale. Majestic is terrible. most of its shops closed down already. dunno y sia. n sale, my foot. bought a magazine for $5, which costs HKD28 = about the same la!
after tt i wanted to have dessert, but we only found ahballing a few buildings away. then went home. after a nap my mom suggested going somewhere for sambal kangkong, n i thought of crab. i was having a conversation with my sis one day, she was saying tt she misses dad's pepper crabs, i replied, i don't even get to eat it la, cuz my dad refuses to cook at home. moreover cook a crab. n true enough, my dad objected to having crab for dinner. he said, u think u rich man son ah. n then the next thing is, he suggested, take taxi to amk for crab la. wah. super contradicting lor. say i waste money, so might as well spend more money la. -.- in the end we took cab to changi village for crabs. i was happy with the food but was still pulling a long face cuz of my mom. i had told myself not to talk to her since tt day i was pissed with her. dun worry abt tt la, i'd probably still talk to her anyway, if she ask me anything. just tt i will NEVER meet her or ask her out for dinner again.
tt night i had indigestion. i will not have crabs for a very long time (unless it is available at Canon Benson's farewell dinner =x).
mon-wed
this week i felt like i was fighting a battle at work. i forgot to pray for patience at work. had some work for my indian colleague ma, n as usual she takes very long to do it ma. (i'm sorry i just can't see her as 100 all the time) i literally jumped when i tried to explain something to her. some javascript thing i did before n i know it's possible, but she kept insisting tt it's not possible n had to be done in another way. end up she use another method n took a little too long to do it. my other colleague was not around on wed, so he wasn't there to help me explain to her what i was expecting. on thur i used my method to do another page, tt requires the same effect i was expecting from her, n i asked him to help me modify the codes. she wasn't happy i know, because it was sorta like "her work" but i passed it to him. n there was some problem with her method. she seemed to insist working on it though it was taking too long.
ok to simplify things, our working relationship is such tt, she takes too long, i pass her work to him so tt it will be faster n efficient because client wants it. but it's obviously unfair to her because i didn't do it nicely. i didn't explain properly tt i'm passing the work to him because i think she's slow, n i didn't say it in her face because tt'll hurt. but i think this cycle will go on n on.
i can sense her getting angry abt this because i can hear her typing loudly when she's pissed n i will hear her mumbling away, n then slamming the door when she goes toilet. just felt tt she must be cursing me for doing this to her.. gotta pray tt God will protect me against curses by her gods. haiz. battle sia.
i still blame myself for (asking my boss to) hiring her.
thur after work went to Holland V for joshua's bday celebration. my first time to Settlers cafe. i think it's quite rundown compared to Minds cafe leh. learnt a couple of new games. wah the ugly doll game is err..violent. i dun even dare to play heart attack or snap lor. i prefer the strategy kinda game. but my brain wasn't working la. fighting battle ma. saw alymer n siangyuan at the party also. before cutting cake, the whole grp was brought together to play Cranium. but we could only play it halfway cuz it was getting late. after i got on the train home then i realise i left my umbrella at settlers. the staff there had offered to take my umbrella out to dry when i went there, but after tt i forgot abt it.
dunno y but i felt very miserable on my way home. just felt like crying n coming back to God. felt like i've been distancing myself from God more n more. so after i got home n had a bath, i finally had the liberty to just cry out to God. felt so much better after tt =)
i realise tt my cell grp pple like to eat chocolate cakes. jialat, cuz i dun like chocolate. for my birthday, do i get a cake tt everyone loves or do i get a cake only i love? it's quite obvious la. then suddenly i dun feel like celebrating my birthday anymore. (so selfish! >.<) jk la.
fri
super busy at work today. no time to give work for her to do. asked audrey to accompany me for lunch cuz i'm sian of going for lunch with my other colleague alone. cuz my indian colleague is not used to local food, so she rather bring her own lunch. tt leaves the guy n me going for lunch ourselves. so sian!!!! we had taiwan porridge for lunch. hmm nice. brought her up my office to take a look. haha she v funny, likes to c her friends' offices. before she left she asked me if i'm free to go clubbing or not. i was at first thinking, i dun mind. but after tt decided i need the rest before tmr's trip to tj balai. besides, the last trip i woke up late lor. dun want to repeat my mistake.
btw it's been a long time since i posted anything abt "what i learnt today". so okay here goes.
i've subscribed to National Geographic n i really love the content of the mag. this month's abt fish. i've always thot tt fish are free food. esp when i was in thailand. i ate so much fish i thot it's cheap. but actually, no. i'm wrong. the ocean's population of seafood has been declining vastly. because we eat them indiscriminately. n because we seem to get seafood so easily, we think it's cheap. n we think it's easily reproduced. but the sad thing is, at this rate of killing marine life, our children or grandchildren may not even get to SEE a fish! hmm what shld we be doing in response to this? i think i will treat seafood as a luxury food, which in fact it shld have been. singaporeans have been so blessed tt we don't realise countries like Africa, though they catch the fish, the pple have to pay a high price to buy only the remains of a fish because the flesh have been exported out to places like europe.
ok this marks the end of a long entry. going away tmr. (i was so cockeye i didn't realise i was on duty this week for vocals until shirley's weekly reminder came in... managed to get Andrielle to swap with me - thanks!!)
good night.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
:: super stressed right now ::
arghhhh...
1 meeting with client, 1 rush job, 1 cell word, 1 Guitar course facilitator appreciation gift (9 actually), 1 meeting abt tanjung balai... and then suddenly my colleague tells me the rush job wasn't sent properly to my client, which mean i might have wasted my efforts this whole day. and because of tt i went to check my work email n saw another client saying tt i forgot to remove some codes. and i haven't fixed my cell word. thought i had it ready at the beginning of the week, but i can't seem to organise my thoughts. =(
1 meeting with client, 1 rush job, 1 cell word, 1 Guitar course facilitator appreciation gift (9 actually), 1 meeting abt tanjung balai... and then suddenly my colleague tells me the rush job wasn't sent properly to my client, which mean i might have wasted my efforts this whole day. and because of tt i went to check my work email n saw another client saying tt i forgot to remove some codes. and i haven't fixed my cell word. thought i had it ready at the beginning of the week, but i can't seem to organise my thoughts. =(
Monday, March 26, 2007
:: shocking dreamzzz ::
thurs
went to raffles city to meet jeff, kelvin n ben. jeff told us to meet at gramophone in raffles city basement, but according to some archive in my brain, gramophone was in capitol building, not inside raffles city... unless it moved. so anyway.
we had dinner at the food court. there was pepper lunch express! wowee..
went to Mos burger to talk. discussed direction for cell word. i haven't prayed abt it.. but glad to hear from the guys tt we do have a common desire, to see our cell grp lead victorious lives! anyway, i found out tt jeff is very talkative. hahaha.
when i reached home i looked thru my books and realise i have ALOT of unread books, including Victory Over Darkness, Bible Promises (probably got it when i got confirmed... oh man!), Fun Facts about the Bible You Never Knew.. etc. i took all 3 of them to read. going to read Victory over Darkness on my way to work, Bible Promises before i leave home - which oops, i couldn't because i'm always rushing in the morning - haha.. n Fun Facts Abt the Bible during QT.
fri
watching Mr Bean with junhao, my son, after work. just before the movie, elena called. abt PRC! i totally forgot abt it, thinking tt it's either not this week or i'm not in charge. oopsss... tried to recall who are the pple i can contact to help out but i can only remember cheryl n vincent. so i smsed them. only the next morning then vincent told me he couldn't make it.
anyway the movie was not bad.. haha i was like thinking "i dun like Mr Bean.. he's so evil" thruout the movie lor. he snatches things from pple but makes it funny. he lost his passport n thruout i was wondering if he was going to get it back! (he didn't!) but the nice thing is the planning of the movie. he could walk straight to his destination, and the objects in the way would just let him step on. (dunno if u understand wad i mean hahaha)
anyway. after the show we decided to go find natalie n darius and their friends. at first when i heard darius' voice i thot it was OLC! i was so happy haha =x went to serangoon garden, chomp chomp to find them, then took cab to natalie's house. she showed me around her house. really impressive =) played a bit of dai dee n mahjong wahaha.. then took cab home. the cab driver was listening to a christian channel. cool.
one thing i learn abt darius is, he's really very humble, the kind of book u definitely shld not judge by its cover. he went to china for attachment (so cool!) n i thought he's not the kind who would go out to explore, but i'm wrong! he actually hired a tour guide just to talk to him though he has visited the place before. i'm really impressed la. haha. i was his OGL, but i didn't really get to know my OG well. =x
sat
woke up, went to Crest to pick up books with cheryl. we didn't pick a lot. but dunno y i strained my left arm, gave me a back ache on the left side the whole day and whole of sunday. thot i'd be late for the precell meeting, but i was in time for lunch. coincidentally met guorong at the mrt station who helped me to bring the stuff to church.
games was fun, thanks to grace who researched on the internet for it. =D kelvin led word, and i had to stay thruout to know wad he shared cuz i'm doing word next week. then i went to do the PRC setup. after tt went for dinner at Ivin's with my cell grp. yummy~ but service was bad.
then we went to jeremy's hse for rootbeer float. i dun like root beer, but i think it'd go well with ice cream, so well. had an orientation of his hse. haha, 2nd orientation this week. cool.
terry decided it was time for us to go, i didn't feel tt it was late, until i reached Bukit Batok mrt station. was so stoned man.
sun
i know i'm supposed to be early, to prepare the PRC table, but i woke up only at 8.15am! got my dad to fetch me to church, but it was 9+am already, weelee had started on her teaching. was still tired, but struggled to pay attention. i did learn something. =)
then there was BBGB enrolment, so service ended early. PRC sales was ok, better than i had expected, since we brought in little stuff. guorong n liesbet helped me at the booth.
packed up and went for lunch with cell grp. at meridien hotel food court. yummy korean food. reminds me of the korean food my sis introduced to me, where Spotlight used to be, maybe it moved there.
after tt i walked to bras basah to buy bass amp (finally!!) haha.. saw this funky orange small amp, going for $55. there's another Smarvo, black, square, leather-looking, looks more steady, for $77. i was more interested in Smarvo, for the better sound it made, but the saleguy tuned the funky one such tt it sounded as good, n he kept pushing for it, more than the Smarvo one. so ok lor, got the $55 one. i had only $50 notes but the guy refused to give me $5 discount :(
didn't realise it was so heavy, instead of walking to the nearest mrt station (dhoby ghaut) i decided to take bus to clarke quay. was also stoned ... dunno y so tired. when i went home i decided to take a nap. locked my door so my parents couldn't come in to disturb me. haha. (they still did, anyway.)
so anyway tt's the start of my shocking dreams, as mentioned in the title of this entry.
i dreamt tt i was with ting at some futuristic-looking place probably future-Sentosa, she bought a small bottle of alcohol n got a bit high, n then we started k**sing passionately!! just then, uncle john caught us in the act and called my name. uh-oh. he told me to follow him. we got on a train also futuristic, metallic looking, where pastor was also on, n he told him wad he saw me doing. then uncle john called my parents and told me to confess what i had done. i didn't, of cuz. but i was free to go. dunno how come but i left with judy instead, n took cab with her n jinwen. went to some place tt was jinwen's "home" (not real, actually) there was a small rundown building where we got off the cab. we went in n saw some art works. then somehow the dream ended there cuz my dad pounded on my door to wake me up for dinner.
had pizza for dinner cuz i wanted to stay home n watch i-Robot. it was quite a sad, scary show, tt weighs heavily in my heart, like the movie Artificial Intelligence. after tt there was The Twins Effect on Channel U. =D Edison Chen!!!!!!!! =D
tt night i had another gloomy dream. that ting brought me around some building, supposedly our sec sch, cuz i saw familiar pple, in sch uniform. it was assembly time, but it was in a very small hall/canteen, sky was still dark, like 5+am rather than the normal assembly time. then i explored the compound. there were rundown shacks around, on slopes around the building... actually the area looks more like my pri sch. nothing much abt this dream la.
i'm still thinking abt my earlier, shocking dream. am i turning into a....?
went to raffles city to meet jeff, kelvin n ben. jeff told us to meet at gramophone in raffles city basement, but according to some archive in my brain, gramophone was in capitol building, not inside raffles city... unless it moved. so anyway.
we had dinner at the food court. there was pepper lunch express! wowee..
went to Mos burger to talk. discussed direction for cell word. i haven't prayed abt it.. but glad to hear from the guys tt we do have a common desire, to see our cell grp lead victorious lives! anyway, i found out tt jeff is very talkative. hahaha.
when i reached home i looked thru my books and realise i have ALOT of unread books, including Victory Over Darkness, Bible Promises (probably got it when i got confirmed... oh man!), Fun Facts about the Bible You Never Knew.. etc. i took all 3 of them to read. going to read Victory over Darkness on my way to work, Bible Promises before i leave home - which oops, i couldn't because i'm always rushing in the morning - haha.. n Fun Facts Abt the Bible during QT.
fri
watching Mr Bean with junhao, my son, after work. just before the movie, elena called. abt PRC! i totally forgot abt it, thinking tt it's either not this week or i'm not in charge. oopsss... tried to recall who are the pple i can contact to help out but i can only remember cheryl n vincent. so i smsed them. only the next morning then vincent told me he couldn't make it.
anyway the movie was not bad.. haha i was like thinking "i dun like Mr Bean.. he's so evil" thruout the movie lor. he snatches things from pple but makes it funny. he lost his passport n thruout i was wondering if he was going to get it back! (he didn't!) but the nice thing is the planning of the movie. he could walk straight to his destination, and the objects in the way would just let him step on. (dunno if u understand wad i mean hahaha)
anyway. after the show we decided to go find natalie n darius and their friends. at first when i heard darius' voice i thot it was OLC! i was so happy haha =x went to serangoon garden, chomp chomp to find them, then took cab to natalie's house. she showed me around her house. really impressive =) played a bit of dai dee n mahjong wahaha.. then took cab home. the cab driver was listening to a christian channel. cool.
one thing i learn abt darius is, he's really very humble, the kind of book u definitely shld not judge by its cover. he went to china for attachment (so cool!) n i thought he's not the kind who would go out to explore, but i'm wrong! he actually hired a tour guide just to talk to him though he has visited the place before. i'm really impressed la. haha. i was his OGL, but i didn't really get to know my OG well. =x
sat
woke up, went to Crest to pick up books with cheryl. we didn't pick a lot. but dunno y i strained my left arm, gave me a back ache on the left side the whole day and whole of sunday. thot i'd be late for the precell meeting, but i was in time for lunch. coincidentally met guorong at the mrt station who helped me to bring the stuff to church.
games was fun, thanks to grace who researched on the internet for it. =D kelvin led word, and i had to stay thruout to know wad he shared cuz i'm doing word next week. then i went to do the PRC setup. after tt went for dinner at Ivin's with my cell grp. yummy~ but service was bad.
then we went to jeremy's hse for rootbeer float. i dun like root beer, but i think it'd go well with ice cream, so well. had an orientation of his hse. haha, 2nd orientation this week. cool.
terry decided it was time for us to go, i didn't feel tt it was late, until i reached Bukit Batok mrt station. was so stoned man.
sun
i know i'm supposed to be early, to prepare the PRC table, but i woke up only at 8.15am! got my dad to fetch me to church, but it was 9+am already, weelee had started on her teaching. was still tired, but struggled to pay attention. i did learn something. =)
then there was BBGB enrolment, so service ended early. PRC sales was ok, better than i had expected, since we brought in little stuff. guorong n liesbet helped me at the booth.
packed up and went for lunch with cell grp. at meridien hotel food court. yummy korean food. reminds me of the korean food my sis introduced to me, where Spotlight used to be, maybe it moved there.
after tt i walked to bras basah to buy bass amp (finally!!) haha.. saw this funky orange small amp, going for $55. there's another Smarvo, black, square, leather-looking, looks more steady, for $77. i was more interested in Smarvo, for the better sound it made, but the saleguy tuned the funky one such tt it sounded as good, n he kept pushing for it, more than the Smarvo one. so ok lor, got the $55 one. i had only $50 notes but the guy refused to give me $5 discount :(
didn't realise it was so heavy, instead of walking to the nearest mrt station (dhoby ghaut) i decided to take bus to clarke quay. was also stoned ... dunno y so tired. when i went home i decided to take a nap. locked my door so my parents couldn't come in to disturb me. haha. (they still did, anyway.)
so anyway tt's the start of my shocking dreams, as mentioned in the title of this entry.
i dreamt tt i was with ting at some futuristic-looking place probably future-Sentosa, she bought a small bottle of alcohol n got a bit high, n then we started k**sing passionately!! just then, uncle john caught us in the act and called my name. uh-oh. he told me to follow him. we got on a train also futuristic, metallic looking, where pastor was also on, n he told him wad he saw me doing. then uncle john called my parents and told me to confess what i had done. i didn't, of cuz. but i was free to go. dunno how come but i left with judy instead, n took cab with her n jinwen. went to some place tt was jinwen's "home" (not real, actually) there was a small rundown building where we got off the cab. we went in n saw some art works. then somehow the dream ended there cuz my dad pounded on my door to wake me up for dinner.
had pizza for dinner cuz i wanted to stay home n watch i-Robot. it was quite a sad, scary show, tt weighs heavily in my heart, like the movie Artificial Intelligence. after tt there was The Twins Effect on Channel U. =D Edison Chen!!!!!!!! =D
tt night i had another gloomy dream. that ting brought me around some building, supposedly our sec sch, cuz i saw familiar pple, in sch uniform. it was assembly time, but it was in a very small hall/canteen, sky was still dark, like 5+am rather than the normal assembly time. then i explored the compound. there were rundown shacks around, on slopes around the building... actually the area looks more like my pri sch. nothing much abt this dream la.
i'm still thinking abt my earlier, shocking dream. am i turning into a....?
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
:: chill out ::
*just looking for a place to chill out. found this cafe in Clarke Quay... am waiting for my Marinara and pot of jasmine green tea right now*
Nearby Cafe at Safra Town Club
some random thoughts:
i was ready to rrrrrrock my neighbours lor. (oh my marinara is here.) wanted to go buy a bass amp on tuesday so i could prac on my bass. but when i walked to bras basah, ranking sports was closed (about 7.30pm). can someone tell me wad time ranking sports closes? (a fire alarm is going off now - so many distractions) went to Basheer and spent time looking for a graphic book/magazine to buy but didn't find any.
been walking to chinatown/clarke quay quite often nowadays. better weather. n i've been working out at home. feel so encouraged when evelyn told me tt i look slimmer (heeheeheehee)...
am planning a trip to bkk with my sister in may. i also want to go for family camp in june leh. hopefully it doesn't affect my birthday celebration hehe.. anyone wants to be my roommate?
am playing this riddle thing my sister intro-ed me to: http://www.lautman.net/riddlesofriddles/blast.htm. it has 100 riddles and i'm only at 37 as of now :( haha.. it's addictive alright.
(after my meal and chillin' with my green tea...) let me do some food review here.
location: behind this Dynasty Travel building. has an indoor n outdoor seating available. right now i'm outdoor (i always like the outdoors) but it's facing the back of the building i mentioned earlier, so there's the sound of vents.
food: enjoying my marinara. came in a cold plate, but food itself is warm. LOTSA mussels... yum... (er just a bit too many.) also ordered a pot of jasmine green tea, turns out to be japanese green tea. comes with sugar (erm??!)
price: $7.50 for my marinara and $2.50 for my tea (refillable) not bad a price eh?
service: i would say it's good. the waiter noticed me as i found a seat n passed me a menu straight away.
will i come here again? : yes!
Nearby Cafe at Safra Town Club
some random thoughts:
i was ready to rrrrrrock my neighbours lor. (oh my marinara is here.) wanted to go buy a bass amp on tuesday so i could prac on my bass. but when i walked to bras basah, ranking sports was closed (about 7.30pm). can someone tell me wad time ranking sports closes? (a fire alarm is going off now - so many distractions) went to Basheer and spent time looking for a graphic book/magazine to buy but didn't find any.
been walking to chinatown/clarke quay quite often nowadays. better weather. n i've been working out at home. feel so encouraged when evelyn told me tt i look slimmer (heeheeheehee)...
am planning a trip to bkk with my sister in may. i also want to go for family camp in june leh. hopefully it doesn't affect my birthday celebration hehe.. anyone wants to be my roommate?
am playing this riddle thing my sister intro-ed me to: http://www.lautman.net/riddlesofriddles/blast.htm. it has 100 riddles and i'm only at 37 as of now :( haha.. it's addictive alright.
(after my meal and chillin' with my green tea...) let me do some food review here.
location: behind this Dynasty Travel building. has an indoor n outdoor seating available. right now i'm outdoor (i always like the outdoors) but it's facing the back of the building i mentioned earlier, so there's the sound of vents.
food: enjoying my marinara. came in a cold plate, but food itself is warm. LOTSA mussels... yum... (er just a bit too many.) also ordered a pot of jasmine green tea, turns out to be japanese green tea. comes with sugar (erm??!)
price: $7.50 for my marinara and $2.50 for my tea (refillable) not bad a price eh?
service: i would say it's good. the waiter noticed me as i found a seat n passed me a menu straight away.
will i come here again? : yes!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
:: learn something new everyday ::
during the retreat, i learnt tt Janet is same age as me!! i probably mix up the age of the pple in her cell grp.. haha..
during my cell meeting on the first night, jeremy reminded me of the commitment i made. honestly i have forgotten it n started dreaming abt possibilities, then i realise my calling again. haha ah well.
then back at work, chatting with my sis she tells me abt her buying car. OPM stands for Open Market Value. but it probably doesn't matter because OPM is for Singapore only.
she also told me tt she watched Curse of the Golden Flower. i told her i dun like the story because we all know tt Chinese esp in history are very conservative pple. how can they have such revealing clothes in the palace?! but she referred me to Wikipedia, stories of Wu Zetian n all tt.. haha not saying tt my sec sch history teacher didn't do a good job la, but i probably was just not interested in studying then. there was a table at the right of the wikipedia page, stating the dynasties in order. i felt like i never learnt anything abt it before. so i kinda learn it again. =x anyway, andrielle's interest in china during our Hongkong trip last yr spread to me.. i was looking thru her photos taken in china, i really wish i were there! haha i finally got the photos we took at Madame Tussaud's. posted some on friendster. really funny pics. inspired by Roy's "teaching Tiger Woods how to aim".
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on thurs, i went for MCG meeting at suntec after work. Baby Noah was also there! haha.. there was once i tried to carry him n i realise tt my fingernails were too long. i dunno how to carry babies actually *blushes* cuz i scared i will hurt them if i carry wrongly, so i nv try. i also dunno when to be firm n say no to a child, and when to allow them to explore. so last time i often get into trouble with my babysitter who also babysits her grandchildren. i always teach them the wrong things.. =x anyway we had dinner at Pastamania n meeting only started around 9pm.
fri. heh my mom got me into a bad mood man. i learnt that i SHOULD NEVER GO SHOPPING WITH HER ANYMORE. selfish sia. spent 3-digit figure on beauty products, n not willing to spend a $30+ pillow for me. i also wanted to buy *ahem*. but she rather i buy it during the next sale. argh. cuz thur was the day most things go on crazy sale, n fri not so crazy sale. so i missed the offer. she kept blaming me for not being able to make it on thur! !!!!!!
after she left with my dad i went shopping alone. to cheer myself up. i bought a pair of earphones n a dance CD from Heeren HMV n a top from this fashion. cheered up a bit only.
during my cell meeting on the first night, jeremy reminded me of the commitment i made. honestly i have forgotten it n started dreaming abt possibilities, then i realise my calling again. haha ah well.
then back at work, chatting with my sis she tells me abt her buying car. OPM stands for Open Market Value. but it probably doesn't matter because OPM is for Singapore only.
she also told me tt she watched Curse of the Golden Flower. i told her i dun like the story because we all know tt Chinese esp in history are very conservative pple. how can they have such revealing clothes in the palace?! but she referred me to Wikipedia, stories of Wu Zetian n all tt.. haha not saying tt my sec sch history teacher didn't do a good job la, but i probably was just not interested in studying then. there was a table at the right of the wikipedia page, stating the dynasties in order. i felt like i never learnt anything abt it before. so i kinda learn it again. =x anyway, andrielle's interest in china during our Hongkong trip last yr spread to me.. i was looking thru her photos taken in china, i really wish i were there! haha i finally got the photos we took at Madame Tussaud's. posted some on friendster. really funny pics. inspired by Roy's "teaching Tiger Woods how to aim".
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on thurs, i went for MCG meeting at suntec after work. Baby Noah was also there! haha.. there was once i tried to carry him n i realise tt my fingernails were too long. i dunno how to carry babies actually *blushes* cuz i scared i will hurt them if i carry wrongly, so i nv try. i also dunno when to be firm n say no to a child, and when to allow them to explore. so last time i often get into trouble with my babysitter who also babysits her grandchildren. i always teach them the wrong things.. =x anyway we had dinner at Pastamania n meeting only started around 9pm.
fri. heh my mom got me into a bad mood man. i learnt that i SHOULD NEVER GO SHOPPING WITH HER ANYMORE. selfish sia. spent 3-digit figure on beauty products, n not willing to spend a $30+ pillow for me. i also wanted to buy *ahem*. but she rather i buy it during the next sale. argh. cuz thur was the day most things go on crazy sale, n fri not so crazy sale. so i missed the offer. she kept blaming me for not being able to make it on thur! !!!!!!
after she left with my dad i went shopping alone. to cheer myself up. i bought a pair of earphones n a dance CD from Heeren HMV n a top from this fashion. cheered up a bit only.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
:: Leaders' Retreat ::
a bit of Fusion too. fri i took leave from work, to rest at home n pack my bag n wash toilets, inspired by my colleague who took the initiative to wash our office toilet. wanted to meet eileen for lunch, but i dun think i could make it. went to sch at 3pm.
walked a quick round the auditorium, looking out for pple i know. natalie was there to guide me around. then my seniors farah, yihan n sansan came down to see-see. met other seniors like rene also. n then ms pat. went to mac to have my late lunch n also to find junhao. he was studying for english. so cute. he was doing assessment books for Vocab. haha quite fun. then we walked around the sch n thought of the good old days. i used to visit the track n gym quite often, but never used the pool. then we went to blk M. so sad tt our juniors dun get to use Blk L. haha..
went back to Fusion n walked another round, this time eileen was back from her interview with some company n she accompanied me as i collected their namecards. i only know half the batch. then it was time for the screening. i was supposed to go off already, to celebrate jon yap's birthday at ben n jerry's. but i decided to stay for the screening. :P michael's grp did a good job with the animation Solace. gave me a very strong feeling. =)
went back to audi once again... cuz some of the pple from my batch have arrived. took photos with them. i was soooo happy to c OLC! he slimmed down ALOT! but he like quite scared of me. haha. then i decided to go find my cell grp. turns out the celebration was not on yet. anyway i saw nic, on the same train as me. the celebration was fun. we made yap sing a song. haha.. after tt the girls were tired already, so we decided to go back.
sat
my mom helped to wake me up. saw gail on my way to the DCB, meeting point for our Leaders' Retreat. first session was good, learnt a lot.. but towards the end i think most of the pple lost their attention. including me too. so we headed to JB! took alan's car with jac. yay there's servio! he wasn't very guai on the journey. haha.. he even farted in the car =(
we reached and placed our bags in the function room n then went down to the canteen for lunch. food wasn't appealing to me, so i didn't eat much. went back up for games. cool. during free & easy, i took the time to explore the place as it was my first time there. took photos.. then went back to the room. not long later it was time for dinner. sat with a bunch of crazy mission trippers hahahaha... it was fun. after tt played gold with servio n then went up for session. also learnt a lot. after tt we went back to the rooms. my cell grp pple met up for discussion. after tt jac n i went back. showered n slept. had to cover my mouth while i slept, so tt lizard/insects couldn't deposit anything there. =P i'm still not used to the idea of showering outdoors. felt quite scared. =x
next morning.. haha.. my alarm went off n i still didn't wake up. funny thing abt me is, alarm clocks just dun work for me, like i just dun seem to hear anything. but when someone call me to wake up, i hear it! so jac woke me up n we got ready for prayer meeting at 7.30am at the playground. then we went for breakfast. sat at the table tt has an interesting combination. all of us are in pairs, us with our roommates. after breakfast it was time for QT. before going out for the next session, i took a shower. it's getting fun to shower outdoors =P games was fun, planned by rebekah, melissa n garry. had photo taking session n then free & easy time again. i decided to go sleep. the rest played captain's ball, but i dunno y, feel v lethargic.
had dinner, this time at the canteen (there was also a chinese restaurant). after tt i went up for worship prac. doing projection tt night. before the retreat i was quite .....how to say. i dun want to take up any duty for the retreat, because it is a RETREAT, i shld be resting. but during the retreat, when shirley told me to help out since she was leaving, i didn't feel reluctant. probably because i had my share of rest already n it's time to serve. =) was actually quite stress when i realise i'm supposed to use the new version of the Worship Assistant program n it was only minutes away from the start of the session. quite blanked out during the teaching. but i know chris was preaching abt the Sabbath.
after tt i went to find faith n we went to find rj to play card games. a few others joined us n we had fun. i'm very scared to play Heart Attack actually. =P so i watched them play. n i took videos of them, putting toothpaste on each other's faces =P then we changed rules. before we left, i joined them for abt 4 rounds. haha.. slept at 1am tt night.
prayer meeting the same time next day again. last day at the retreat already. awww... had breakfast n then went back to pack up. checked out of the resort n had our last session. been playing with the babies during the sessions.. =x went back to singapore. stopped at Esso along the way. bought chewing *** n stuff =P tt bag wasn't checked at the customs. wow.
alan dropped me n jac at clementi to meet the rest of our cell grp. had lunch at a coffeeshop in the central. after tt i decided to walk around, though i was lugging my big bag around =x wanted to see how much clementi central has changed. grew up here, attended pri sch, hung out with the ah lians n ah bengs... hmmm... saw terry from jeremiah. he looked so skinny now i thought i saw the wrong person, like his brother or something. so i smsed him. it really was him! haha.. took train to pasir ris then took bus.
my dad was at home already. i shld have called him, he might give me a lift home lor. then he jio me to go out cut hair. mine took much longer cuz i asked for wash n cut. n my hair was dry n tangled, hard for the hairstylist man. she's v professional, gave me a good impression. her insurance agent was urging her for a signature, but she told her to wait because she was halfway thru cutting my hair. n though there was a very long queue for her service, she told them to come back 15 min/half n hr/ an hr later. she still styled my hair. =D
my dad didn't want to wait for me, so he went home first. when i reached home, he said i cut = never cut, because it's not obvious. i wasn't happy to hear tt la. he say i waste money. heh.
tue
back to work.. oh another boring day. i'm usually busy at the first half of the day. after lunch, i have nothing to do. haiz. i almost blew up at my colleague abt some work. after checking thru her work, i realise tt there wasn't any mistake. patience... pray for patience...
after work i went to outram park mrt to meet my sis' friend, chris, who was going to phuket. passed him contact lenses tt my sis asked me to buy. then it was pouring heavily man. my mom was pissed with waiting for me. heh. lately i've been wanting to take a walk, but my plan is always foiled by the weather. =(
wed
met melissa n terry for dinner. very interestingly, xiaowen saw us from her bus n we asked her to alight to join us. went to Wiener Kaffeehaus, a viennese coffee house. asked mel whether she wants to order wine or not, then she reminded me tt we r in a COFFEE place. oh yah. so i ordered something tt comes with whipped cream =P actually i think dinner was so-so. it shld have come with sauces, but we had to ask for it. suddenly i realise tt i'm surrounded by akouo pple cuz they started talking abt their cell grp stuff, like retreat. interesting la. =)
after tt we walked to chinatown. took train back. was actually reluctant to go home early, but if i were to join mel with her friends to go esplanade, it wld be too late, i would be too tired to do QT. dunno y but i felt weak n dizzy. caffeine must have some funny effect on me. =S
walked a quick round the auditorium, looking out for pple i know. natalie was there to guide me around. then my seniors farah, yihan n sansan came down to see-see. met other seniors like rene also. n then ms pat. went to mac to have my late lunch n also to find junhao. he was studying for english. so cute. he was doing assessment books for Vocab. haha quite fun. then we walked around the sch n thought of the good old days. i used to visit the track n gym quite often, but never used the pool. then we went to blk M. so sad tt our juniors dun get to use Blk L. haha..
went back to Fusion n walked another round, this time eileen was back from her interview with some company n she accompanied me as i collected their namecards. i only know half the batch. then it was time for the screening. i was supposed to go off already, to celebrate jon yap's birthday at ben n jerry's. but i decided to stay for the screening. :P michael's grp did a good job with the animation Solace. gave me a very strong feeling. =)
went back to audi once again... cuz some of the pple from my batch have arrived. took photos with them. i was soooo happy to c OLC! he slimmed down ALOT! but he like quite scared of me. haha. then i decided to go find my cell grp. turns out the celebration was not on yet. anyway i saw nic, on the same train as me. the celebration was fun. we made yap sing a song. haha.. after tt the girls were tired already, so we decided to go back.
sat
my mom helped to wake me up. saw gail on my way to the DCB, meeting point for our Leaders' Retreat. first session was good, learnt a lot.. but towards the end i think most of the pple lost their attention. including me too. so we headed to JB! took alan's car with jac. yay there's servio! he wasn't very guai on the journey. haha.. he even farted in the car =(
we reached and placed our bags in the function room n then went down to the canteen for lunch. food wasn't appealing to me, so i didn't eat much. went back up for games. cool. during free & easy, i took the time to explore the place as it was my first time there. took photos.. then went back to the room. not long later it was time for dinner. sat with a bunch of crazy mission trippers hahahaha... it was fun. after tt played gold with servio n then went up for session. also learnt a lot. after tt we went back to the rooms. my cell grp pple met up for discussion. after tt jac n i went back. showered n slept. had to cover my mouth while i slept, so tt lizard/insects couldn't deposit anything there. =P i'm still not used to the idea of showering outdoors. felt quite scared. =x
next morning.. haha.. my alarm went off n i still didn't wake up. funny thing abt me is, alarm clocks just dun work for me, like i just dun seem to hear anything. but when someone call me to wake up, i hear it! so jac woke me up n we got ready for prayer meeting at 7.30am at the playground. then we went for breakfast. sat at the table tt has an interesting combination. all of us are in pairs, us with our roommates. after breakfast it was time for QT. before going out for the next session, i took a shower. it's getting fun to shower outdoors =P games was fun, planned by rebekah, melissa n garry. had photo taking session n then free & easy time again. i decided to go sleep. the rest played captain's ball, but i dunno y, feel v lethargic.
had dinner, this time at the canteen (there was also a chinese restaurant). after tt i went up for worship prac. doing projection tt night. before the retreat i was quite .....how to say. i dun want to take up any duty for the retreat, because it is a RETREAT, i shld be resting. but during the retreat, when shirley told me to help out since she was leaving, i didn't feel reluctant. probably because i had my share of rest already n it's time to serve. =) was actually quite stress when i realise i'm supposed to use the new version of the Worship Assistant program n it was only minutes away from the start of the session. quite blanked out during the teaching. but i know chris was preaching abt the Sabbath.
after tt i went to find faith n we went to find rj to play card games. a few others joined us n we had fun. i'm very scared to play Heart Attack actually. =P so i watched them play. n i took videos of them, putting toothpaste on each other's faces =P then we changed rules. before we left, i joined them for abt 4 rounds. haha.. slept at 1am tt night.
prayer meeting the same time next day again. last day at the retreat already. awww... had breakfast n then went back to pack up. checked out of the resort n had our last session. been playing with the babies during the sessions.. =x went back to singapore. stopped at Esso along the way. bought chewing *** n stuff =P tt bag wasn't checked at the customs. wow.
alan dropped me n jac at clementi to meet the rest of our cell grp. had lunch at a coffeeshop in the central. after tt i decided to walk around, though i was lugging my big bag around =x wanted to see how much clementi central has changed. grew up here, attended pri sch, hung out with the ah lians n ah bengs... hmmm... saw terry from jeremiah. he looked so skinny now i thought i saw the wrong person, like his brother or something. so i smsed him. it really was him! haha.. took train to pasir ris then took bus.
my dad was at home already. i shld have called him, he might give me a lift home lor. then he jio me to go out cut hair. mine took much longer cuz i asked for wash n cut. n my hair was dry n tangled, hard for the hairstylist man. she's v professional, gave me a good impression. her insurance agent was urging her for a signature, but she told her to wait because she was halfway thru cutting my hair. n though there was a very long queue for her service, she told them to come back 15 min/half n hr/ an hr later. she still styled my hair. =D
my dad didn't want to wait for me, so he went home first. when i reached home, he said i cut = never cut, because it's not obvious. i wasn't happy to hear tt la. he say i waste money. heh.
tue
back to work.. oh another boring day. i'm usually busy at the first half of the day. after lunch, i have nothing to do. haiz. i almost blew up at my colleague abt some work. after checking thru her work, i realise tt there wasn't any mistake. patience... pray for patience...
after work i went to outram park mrt to meet my sis' friend, chris, who was going to phuket. passed him contact lenses tt my sis asked me to buy. then it was pouring heavily man. my mom was pissed with waiting for me. heh. lately i've been wanting to take a walk, but my plan is always foiled by the weather. =(
wed
met melissa n terry for dinner. very interestingly, xiaowen saw us from her bus n we asked her to alight to join us. went to Wiener Kaffeehaus, a viennese coffee house. asked mel whether she wants to order wine or not, then she reminded me tt we r in a COFFEE place. oh yah. so i ordered something tt comes with whipped cream =P actually i think dinner was so-so. it shld have come with sauces, but we had to ask for it. suddenly i realise tt i'm surrounded by akouo pple cuz they started talking abt their cell grp stuff, like retreat. interesting la. =)
after tt we walked to chinatown. took train back. was actually reluctant to go home early, but if i were to join mel with her friends to go esplanade, it wld be too late, i would be too tired to do QT. dunno y but i felt weak n dizzy. caffeine must have some funny effect on me. =S
Friday, March 09, 2007
:: parties II ::
3rd Mar 07
Kor's bday.
Cell grp meeting. Led worship for cell grp. led a hokkien song, a very beautiful song the church often sings in Tanjung Balai. talks about things in nature display their beauty because of what God has done. His blessings to us are so much, so we want to sing and praise Him forevermore.
i think i'm still quite nervous to lead worship.. towards the closing prayer i was losing my concentration already. >.<
worship prac.. then i realise i have a birthday party to attend later. oops.. was quite sloppily dressed lor. the LT was so cold i just wanted to go outside to thaw. rained heavily. sigh.
so i went to the birthday party. if not for the account the birthday boy is my kor, i wouldn't have gone! in town n i'm so sloppily dressed >.< haha.. was quite weird cuz i was expecting him to be there already n tt i could recognise someone there at least. i was still looking around, then yongteng saw me n jenna called me. haha.. it was a small crowd at TCC somerset, but small is good la. can feel the closeness lor. jenna n shuping gave him a present - a pair of boxers with condoms on it. haha.. erm. this party was actually planned by his gf, so sweet lor. she contacted us behind his back. haha. dunno y but i feel strange seeing his gf for the first time. probably because i was close to all his previous gfs n yet i hardly know this one.
ting still reluctant to go home.. haha but i have to la. or else next day cannot wake up. the NEL really very .... one leh, sunday mornings the frequency is 11 min. i was actually early, could have time to buy breakfast.. ended up 5 min late because of the bad timing. really must complain man. haha.
pastor preached 1 Chronicles 15-16 abt King David becoming like a priest, offering sacrifices to God because it was the only appropriate to enter the LORD's presence as a priest, not a king. then he mentioned tt guys shld be like priests to their families, leading them into God's presence. n tt girls shld choose guys who r like priests. so i thought it wld be funny to put my msn nick as "I'm looking for a priest" =)
after service i realise i have to stay back for Guitar course cuz i'm taking photos for it. cuz last week i was away at tj balai ma, so when i come back i feel like i've lost touch with real life =x if u dunno, i'm super forgetful one. but i also have a selective memory. i can remember birthday dates well. =P
i took photos until i ran out of memory. urgh! my tj balai photos haven't been uploaded to my comp so i cannot delete them.
after i reached home i went to slp. my parents v noisy sia, keep trying to wake me up for dinner. :P after dinner i just felt like drinking bubble tea. hmm... chewing pearls make me happy. =)
mon nothing much worth mentioning ba. went to little india for dinner.. feel so cheated. after dinner just go home.. argh.
tue went for prayer meeting. this time i asked terry from akouo along. since he work so near me n tt church is kinda on the way home. (no excuse not to go =P) wanted to go shopping before tt, n probably take a stroll to clarke quay (haven't been doing tt for a very long time) then take train to potong pasir.. but it rained so heavily right after i left the office there was no chance.
wed wanted to take THE stroll to clarke quay after work, but when i reached outram park mrt my mom called. she skipped cell grp!!!! had dinner with her. then went home. sian. asked my dad to accompany me go punggol plaza to pay bills, n misc stuff. spent so much in a day. wow.
thur went to the IT show at suntec city. was dreading the crowd as i imagined it on my way there. really sian. bought an Epson printer n tried to lug it around. finally had to ask my dad to come fetch me. had dinner at the Fountain Terrace. i was halfway done with my dinner when my dad ordered his. he wasn't hungry actually, he just wanted to "eat for fun" sian. cuz i had to help him finish the food! fattening me man. he still say i'm getting fatter. haiz.
had difficulty loading the printer on the motorbox man. but my dad said me + printer = lighter than my mom! haha.. tired by the time i got home.
fri took leave cuz i wanted to show support to my juniors at their Fusion show 2007. also because i hadn't had enough time to rest for a few weekends, so i wanted to take a good rest, do household chores, put my home in order n prepare for the retreat tmr.
Kor's bday.
Cell grp meeting. Led worship for cell grp. led a hokkien song, a very beautiful song the church often sings in Tanjung Balai. talks about things in nature display their beauty because of what God has done. His blessings to us are so much, so we want to sing and praise Him forevermore.
i think i'm still quite nervous to lead worship.. towards the closing prayer i was losing my concentration already. >.<
worship prac.. then i realise i have a birthday party to attend later. oops.. was quite sloppily dressed lor. the LT was so cold i just wanted to go outside to thaw. rained heavily. sigh.
so i went to the birthday party. if not for the account the birthday boy is my kor, i wouldn't have gone! in town n i'm so sloppily dressed >.< haha.. was quite weird cuz i was expecting him to be there already n tt i could recognise someone there at least. i was still looking around, then yongteng saw me n jenna called me. haha.. it was a small crowd at TCC somerset, but small is good la. can feel the closeness lor. jenna n shuping gave him a present - a pair of boxers with condoms on it. haha.. erm. this party was actually planned by his gf, so sweet lor. she contacted us behind his back. haha. dunno y but i feel strange seeing his gf for the first time. probably because i was close to all his previous gfs n yet i hardly know this one.
ting still reluctant to go home.. haha but i have to la. or else next day cannot wake up. the NEL really very .... one leh, sunday mornings the frequency is 11 min. i was actually early, could have time to buy breakfast.. ended up 5 min late because of the bad timing. really must complain man. haha.
pastor preached 1 Chronicles 15-16 abt King David becoming like a priest, offering sacrifices to God because it was the only appropriate to enter the LORD's presence as a priest, not a king. then he mentioned tt guys shld be like priests to their families, leading them into God's presence. n tt girls shld choose guys who r like priests. so i thought it wld be funny to put my msn nick as "I'm looking for a priest" =)
after service i realise i have to stay back for Guitar course cuz i'm taking photos for it. cuz last week i was away at tj balai ma, so when i come back i feel like i've lost touch with real life =x if u dunno, i'm super forgetful one. but i also have a selective memory. i can remember birthday dates well. =P
i took photos until i ran out of memory. urgh! my tj balai photos haven't been uploaded to my comp so i cannot delete them.
after i reached home i went to slp. my parents v noisy sia, keep trying to wake me up for dinner. :P after dinner i just felt like drinking bubble tea. hmm... chewing pearls make me happy. =)
mon nothing much worth mentioning ba. went to little india for dinner.. feel so cheated. after dinner just go home.. argh.
tue went for prayer meeting. this time i asked terry from akouo along. since he work so near me n tt church is kinda on the way home. (no excuse not to go =P) wanted to go shopping before tt, n probably take a stroll to clarke quay (haven't been doing tt for a very long time) then take train to potong pasir.. but it rained so heavily right after i left the office there was no chance.
wed wanted to take THE stroll to clarke quay after work, but when i reached outram park mrt my mom called. she skipped cell grp!!!! had dinner with her. then went home. sian. asked my dad to accompany me go punggol plaza to pay bills, n misc stuff. spent so much in a day. wow.
thur went to the IT show at suntec city. was dreading the crowd as i imagined it on my way there. really sian. bought an Epson printer n tried to lug it around. finally had to ask my dad to come fetch me. had dinner at the Fountain Terrace. i was halfway done with my dinner when my dad ordered his. he wasn't hungry actually, he just wanted to "eat for fun" sian. cuz i had to help him finish the food! fattening me man. he still say i'm getting fatter. haiz.
had difficulty loading the printer on the motorbox man. but my dad said me + printer = lighter than my mom! haha.. tired by the time i got home.
fri took leave cuz i wanted to show support to my juniors at their Fusion show 2007. also because i hadn't had enough time to rest for a few weekends, so i wanted to take a good rest, do household chores, put my home in order n prepare for the retreat tmr.
Thursday, March 01, 2007
:: stress week ::
sat
woke up at 8.30am, when i was supposed to be at Harbourfront at 8.30am. thanks to someone who called my house phone n woke me up. i keep forgetting to buy batteries for my actual alarm clocks. (i usually set 2 more alarms on my cellphones)
so, we missed the ferry. had to change tickets to board the next one. i pray that it will turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Phei phei says good for her so that she got more time to prepare the food for the party later. *phew* there's persis, jac, franza n aloysius was there to send franza off. we met up at Pacific Coffee... nice ambience. feel tt they really know how to choose a spot for their outlets man. the one in HK really v nice n relaxing too. i think i'll come more often. =)
we stayed at Asun-gugu's place until 3+pm. it was raining very heavily. then we went to church. the youths and the food started to come. met a few new faces. played a couple of games, glad that they enjoy it. then we asked them to take a poll for their interest in the next activity. seems like they like to play badminton! there was a little too much food, but they managed to clear it by ta-pao-ing the extras home. after that we went to Cippes cafe for some drinks. tired n thirsty. i ordered a salty yoghurt. :S tastes funny to me. like they added salt to yakult.
then we bought flowers for the church n went to Indo A. Yani for some grocery shopping. i bought shampoo (again) haha n of cuz Indomie goreng. =D then we went back to the house. Franza shared a lot of her india experiences with us.. it was v funny. hahaha..
next morning persis went back to singapore, while jac franza n me stayed on for Sunday sch. we had breakfast at a nearby coffeeshop n took a walk at the market. then we went to church to prepare. saw a few new faces again. ;D jac quickly thought of a game for the children to play. they seem to enjoy it =D we taught sunday sch, a lesson on forgiveness. to make sure they understand the lesson, we kept asking them questions. haha.. after that the children cooked noodles for us while i brought jac n franza around the church area, to walk and see.
after lunch we went to take the ferry back to singapore. so tired but didn't manage to get seats on the train even at Harbourfront =( tried to call my dad to pick me up. then we had steamboat for dinner. just to clear the leftover food from reunion dinner.
mon
haiz. so sian at work.
after work i went to meet my parents to have dinner at the Chit Chat cafe in chinatown. food's good. theme's good too. =D
tue
was feeling very very upset at work. had very very big problem with a very very big client. almost cried out. sigh. after work i went to sengkang with my dad. had grilled korean saba fish for dinner again. been eating it a bit too often lately. then a guy, an ang moh, from this deaf and mute association, came around to sell a keychain for $5. i wanted to pay him but i dun wan the keychain, but i didn't know how to communicate to him, in the end he signaled tt it's ok, but i feel so sad again i can't help but cry. after tt then i realise y i am so emotional.
went downstairs to metro, to take a look at bedsheets. been wanting to buy since before the new year. finally got a set nice n cheaper than those at the pasar malam. n better quality. so happy. finally cheered up. saw a foldable umbrella for $3.90! metro having mad sale man! then i also bought Za foundation for $10! by now i was smiling. =D my dad got a wallet. after that we went home. really having mood swing man.
wed
wah v stress n busy. wanted to blog on tue but no time. stayed in office till 9pm, cuz a client gave last minute changes to the web design sia. must be live by 1st Mar also. haiz.
thur
had problem with that big client again. yesterday was supposed to be the last day we work with them, but we weren't able to finish some things. drag until today evening. one of my programmers went out for meeting lor. the other programmer knows nothing. i really wonder if i shld report to my boss. becuz, if this goes on, the company suffers. our loss of the big client was partly becuz of the change of programmers lor. so sad.
left office at 7pm. didn't tell my client i was leaving cuz i scared she want to make more changes.
woke up at 8.30am, when i was supposed to be at Harbourfront at 8.30am. thanks to someone who called my house phone n woke me up. i keep forgetting to buy batteries for my actual alarm clocks. (i usually set 2 more alarms on my cellphones)
so, we missed the ferry. had to change tickets to board the next one. i pray that it will turn out to be a blessing in disguise. Phei phei says good for her so that she got more time to prepare the food for the party later. *phew* there's persis, jac, franza n aloysius was there to send franza off. we met up at Pacific Coffee... nice ambience. feel tt they really know how to choose a spot for their outlets man. the one in HK really v nice n relaxing too. i think i'll come more often. =)
we stayed at Asun-gugu's place until 3+pm. it was raining very heavily. then we went to church. the youths and the food started to come. met a few new faces. played a couple of games, glad that they enjoy it. then we asked them to take a poll for their interest in the next activity. seems like they like to play badminton! there was a little too much food, but they managed to clear it by ta-pao-ing the extras home. after that we went to Cippes cafe for some drinks. tired n thirsty. i ordered a salty yoghurt. :S tastes funny to me. like they added salt to yakult.
then we bought flowers for the church n went to Indo A. Yani for some grocery shopping. i bought shampoo (again) haha n of cuz Indomie goreng. =D then we went back to the house. Franza shared a lot of her india experiences with us.. it was v funny. hahaha..
next morning persis went back to singapore, while jac franza n me stayed on for Sunday sch. we had breakfast at a nearby coffeeshop n took a walk at the market. then we went to church to prepare. saw a few new faces again. ;D jac quickly thought of a game for the children to play. they seem to enjoy it =D we taught sunday sch, a lesson on forgiveness. to make sure they understand the lesson, we kept asking them questions. haha.. after that the children cooked noodles for us while i brought jac n franza around the church area, to walk and see.
after lunch we went to take the ferry back to singapore. so tired but didn't manage to get seats on the train even at Harbourfront =( tried to call my dad to pick me up. then we had steamboat for dinner. just to clear the leftover food from reunion dinner.
mon
haiz. so sian at work.
after work i went to meet my parents to have dinner at the Chit Chat cafe in chinatown. food's good. theme's good too. =D
tue
was feeling very very upset at work. had very very big problem with a very very big client. almost cried out. sigh. after work i went to sengkang with my dad. had grilled korean saba fish for dinner again. been eating it a bit too often lately. then a guy, an ang moh, from this deaf and mute association, came around to sell a keychain for $5. i wanted to pay him but i dun wan the keychain, but i didn't know how to communicate to him, in the end he signaled tt it's ok, but i feel so sad again i can't help but cry. after tt then i realise y i am so emotional.
went downstairs to metro, to take a look at bedsheets. been wanting to buy since before the new year. finally got a set nice n cheaper than those at the pasar malam. n better quality. so happy. finally cheered up. saw a foldable umbrella for $3.90! metro having mad sale man! then i also bought Za foundation for $10! by now i was smiling. =D my dad got a wallet. after that we went home. really having mood swing man.
wed
wah v stress n busy. wanted to blog on tue but no time. stayed in office till 9pm, cuz a client gave last minute changes to the web design sia. must be live by 1st Mar also. haiz.
thur
had problem with that big client again. yesterday was supposed to be the last day we work with them, but we weren't able to finish some things. drag until today evening. one of my programmers went out for meeting lor. the other programmer knows nothing. i really wonder if i shld report to my boss. becuz, if this goes on, the company suffers. our loss of the big client was partly becuz of the change of programmers lor. so sad.
left office at 7pm. didn't tell my client i was leaving cuz i scared she want to make more changes.
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