:: picture time ::

Early Bird: Cat wants some free drinks


Madam Wong should be around this area...


Old Skool - i love old haunted-looking buildings!


Obar at night


Butter Factory - Dance floor's closed on Ladies' night?!


UV 'chops' as mentioned in my earlier post :P

:: Chicken weekend ::

Last sat shared word at cell grp on 1 Timothy 3. Not an easy topic, but the guide book was really helpful.

I'm a deacon - are you? =)

After cell we went for dinner at Bukit Timah, some chicken rice stall near Al-azaah (dunno how to spell, lol). Went to Woodlands to meet Judy after that. She wanted to bring her Thai director colleague along to Night Safari, but he turned up and told her he can't go cuz he's sick. So we went ahead lor. There wasn't a straight bus from Woodlands as expected, it only operates on Sundays and Public Hols. :( So Judy and I had to change bus to get there. Good thing I ate already :P By the time we got there it was 8.30pm.

Cheryl and Sweeyi and another guy, Junwei were there already. We are all ex-staff of Bongo Burgers at the Night Safari. Got staff discount. :) Ordered chicken wings, Judy's fav. And chicken nuggets >.< and pasta.. A pity i can't finish it. Chatted till quite late, then we headed to Ulu-ulu, another restaurant there, to look for their ex-colleagues who got transferred there. Oh one of them is cute, but taken. aww.. haha.. He treated us to drinks. wahhh i drink until wanna puke. =x oops. I only had Iced Milo! :P

Then about 11pm we decided to leave, passed by one shop and decided to take a look. It's Night Safari ma, so the lighting is very dim, ultra-violet light. Judy and I were very amused when we saw our DoubleO and Obar 'chops' still on our arms... Hoho we never wash off properly... I'll post pictures when I get home lata. :P

Took bus back with Cheryl... by the time we reached AMK we have already missed our last bus to Sengkang, so we had to take cab. Parents were not at home - they went on a fishing trip without me. :(


Woke up early Sun morning for MCG prayer meeting. then we sat together during service. After service my cell grp went to Jeffrey's house for housewarming. Very nice place!!!! Penthouse at the Quintet wor~ (i heard Queen Tech actually, lol) bought honey-roasted chicken steak and had lotsa chicken. Jeffrey's mother cooked different styles of chicken and fried chicken wings (i abstained from that) for dinner. =x What a chicken weekend. Spent the whole afternoon playing Puerto Rico (boardgame). Not very healthy when I didn't sleep much the whole weekend.

:: Doubts and regrets ::

Here is the email article which triggered my own reflection below:

We must always take things to the Lord in prayer. Especially regarding important decisions when we do not know what to do.

A lot of the time our own intelligence just will not suffice. True wisdom comes from union with God. God makes us wise and complete.

God knows what we need and He WANTS us to ask Him!! He will bring forth the answer. Then we will need to receive it.

The Lord will not mock, taunt, ridicule or reproach us when we go to Him for wisdom. He gives liberally. It will be clear and sincere. It will be easy to understand. It will make perfect sense!

The Lord will not disapprove of us for asking. He will not laugh at me for asking. He will not humiliate me for asking either. Remember, He wants me to ask!

He will give me the answer. However, I need to ask in faith, nothing doubting.

Once I have heard from God, I must CONTINUE on believing that I have and not waver concerning what to do. I must have confidence in making decisions.

The waves of doubt will keep knocking you over if you let them, or if you continue to let them. We will often become agitated or confused when we become doubt minded. Not approaching God when you know you need to can cause depression, or you might sense a lack of direction. Once you have seen the problem and now you realize you have to make a decision, and even when you know the right one, doubt will cause you to think, "Did God really say?"

This is one of the devil's favourite lines. This is the one he used on Eve in the garden. It actually caused her to make the WRONG decision! Doubt can exhaust you, because it flings you around. The devil gets to throw you around in the ring, as you wrestle with him (See Ephesians 6).

The devil will beat us up. So, as you can see, doubt will give the devil a foothold. It gives him permission to beat us up if we follow its path (or rather, if we stay at it's doorstep, or it's intersection). We don't really get anywhere when we doubt do we? Doubt will thump us with repeated blows. It can be agonizing to hang around with doubt, or let doubt hang around with you!!

The double minded man in unstable. He is unable to settle down in his mind. He is unable to conduct his life in faith!! An unstable person cannot stand. A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand!! (Find scripture).

Someone who is unstable will often go the wrong way (or no way at all - he can't make up his mind remember!) Or, he will often make a decision but keep on doubting it. Therefore, he will not gain any confidence in what he does, or for that matter, who he is. He will not learn how to make bold decisions for God, or in life, and will not learn to take risks when he needs to.


An unstable man is unable to continue on in his journey with God in an ACTIVE AND UPRIGHT POSITION! That is why doubt always accompanies unbelief!! They have so much in common! The double-minded man cannot therefore, conceive and set down in any worthwhile purpose in faith. Instability will hinder your progress with God. It will hinder the progress of your faith walk.

Doubt robs you of your faith, and confidence! So, stop letting Satan use doubt to push you around. Step out in faith, even if you make a mistake, trust that the Lord will re-direct you if you do! Believe that you HAVE heard from God, you will never learn to hear his voice in your decisions if you do not step out once in a while.

"And having done all that the crisis demands, STAND FIRMLY IN YOUR PLACE... " See Ephesians 6, Amplified Bible Version.

LEARN TO BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN DECISIONS. IF YOU ASK THE LORD FOR WISDOM, HE HAS GIVEN YOU THE ANSWER

Mark 11:24: 24 Therefore I say unto you, what things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. (KJV)


James 1:8 (GW) A person who has doubts is thinking about two different things at the same time and can't make up his mind about anything.

James 1:8 (KJV) A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

James 1:8 (MsgB) adrift at sea, keeping all your options open.

“Faith is constancy in believing God”

Unstable implies an incapacity for remaining in a fixed position or steady course, and applies esp., to a lack of emotional balance*. (This was a dictionary meaning, cant remember which one, think it was Encyclopedia Britt anica)

* The devil will use the emotions (or lack of them) to try and convince you that you have or are going to make a wrong decision, thus keeping you in a double-minded condition.

Continue to believe, no matter what doubt says, Amen

Lord, Help us to believe and not to doubt, Lord help our unbelief. Lord we believe and receive your wisdom, you have given it to us in our spirits, by the Holy Spirit. We ask and believe that you have already given us the answers we need to make wise choices in life.

Thank you Jesus for hearing our prayers, in accordance with your will, you desire to give us wisdom, so we receive it,

In Your precious name, amen.

The devil has been using both against me, especially recently. I forgot to pray before my driving lesson and found that I've been depending on my own strength. I end up feeling frustrated and anxious, wondering whether I will get my licence by the time of the test in July.

I've been looking back a lot on the past recently too.. Regret this choice, regret that action etc.. Suddenly felt very stupid (i've always thought of myself as a wise decision maker). like the major decisions like, choosing to go EM2, River Valley, poly, not getting a degree, getting hooked up with the wrong guy, refusing to learn swimming and cycling when I was younger.. etc. Yet at the back of my mind something tells me I shouldn't look back in regret - but to take it as a lesson for my life ahead. Have you ever experienced, while thinking about the past, another voice tells you not to, at the same time? Like really simultaneous.

I'm feeling a lot of things now, but I can't seem to put them down in words, neither can I comprehend it.. I just feel.. heavy.

I have thought through before quite many times why I refused to get a degree, but there are even more times I wonder why and I regret. When I hear my sec sch friends go for overseas exchange with their Uni, when they go for long holidays during their school break, and I find myself doing OT, wondering when can I ever take a 1-week leave... you know how that feels?

Relating it to yesterday's sermon on What to do with Dissatisfaction, haha indeed I am dissatisfied with the way things are now. I have been tempted to join the paper chase and the rat race, but somewhere inside me I know that's not my purpose in life, I certainly don't want to look back at my life when I reach 50, wondering what the heck have I been doing. Gee, I don't want to win a Long Service Award in a company!

And so I have made up my mind to do something about it, it's now just a matter of when.

:: Clubbing ::

sinful entry.. haha =x Warning: Don't read if you don't want to know this side of me. (don't you know i've got split personalities?)

last night i went to Mohamed Sultan Rd to look for Judy for dinner and clubbing.. she's just working opposite doubleO. I subscribe to doubleO, Obar, Tiveli, Butter Factory edms but never visited them before, neither did i know where they are exactly. lol. Oh and i walked to Mhd Sultan Rd from work, passed by Chin Swee Rd and I LOVE CHINATOWN!! so many cool old buildings! Must bring camera and explore that area again.

Judy ended work later than expected so i walked around first. Love the old buildings there too! We had dinner at Maru Korean BBQ. Expensive, but just try la. dunno y this month i nv control my spending leh. Food's good... portion is just nice. but next time i really shouldn't eat such expensive meals before drinking man. this is a general advice to all. went to explore doubleO, Obar and Butter Factory.. sat on the swings outside Butter Factory and chatted till about 10pm before we went back to Obar to look for Judy's friends.

I realise we share a same regret regarding our YEP trip to Thailand 3+ years ago. Yeah i drank and got high that time too. I also regret getting involved with some guy from the team (do i see eyebrows raised?). It was partly because I was 3 weeks away from the family of God, I slacked in my quiet time and only prayed together with the Christians in the team when there was some hauntings reported. Someone took photo of herself at night outside our rooms and ya. Guess what she saw.

okay back to last night. well, i was expecting to get myself high and crazy (why else would i go clubbing), so i didn't control my drinking. Oops. had probably 5 vodkas, 1 whiskey, 1 tequila.. urgh.. the thought of alcohol right now turns my stomach. i think i always enjoy toilet trips when i get high.. cuz i get to chat up other girls.. hahaha.. Abt guys.. disappointing la.

Took cab home.. reached before 2am. Threw up my $25 dinner (I will never do that again.) Thank God I am still able to wake up on time today, I had some time to sober up. Still felt sick, but by lunch time I felt hungry - that means my digestive system is working again.

Last year I went clubbing only once.. and I think that's my quota for the year. (don't try to hold me to it - clubbing is not = drinking =P) that's it. no more clubbing till 2009. LOL. If you never heard of my clubbing history..... I used to club often before the legal age, probably once a month? Once I turned 18 i stopped clubbing, partly because my clubbing kakis and I were busy with sch, partly because I errr.. decided to be good. (Judy sings "ha leh lu ya") hehe.. my personal convictions in this area isn't that strong la. i'd go when i'm invited (eg. my bro's dj competitions). it's errr.. an improvement already ba. i wonder whether i will ever declare abstinence in this area.

:: my first driving lesson ::

my first driving lesson was supposed to be on Monday, but it was postponed to Tue due to some last min arrangement. I took half day leave on Mon already and I decided not to change it. So, I decided to go swimming. My dad didn't have work that day, so we had lunch together, had the famous crayfish hor fun - i dun find it that awesome anymore.

Then he gave me a lift to Comfort Driving Centre at Ubi (i dun like that place, so inaccessible!) to apply for PDL. I think that day i took my BTT the PDL application counter wasn't open, so I had to make an extra trip anyway. I just had to apply before my first practical lesson. I queued for 3 ****** hours. if i had known it would take so long to reach my queue number i would have gone Safra Yishun to swim first and then come back for my turn! k la i wasn't that impatient at the time, although i did wish i could do that.

So happy when I received my PDL. =) went to Safra Yishun for my swim, it was less than an hour, cuz my dad received last minute notice to go work. took bus home with my arm muscles aching.. think i exerted too much force when swimming and pulled them. i was sitting in the jaccuzi pool at first, then i decided not to disappoint myself by spending my half day leave just like that. So i went to "swim" (i dun really know the correct techniques to swim, neither do i know how to keep afloat except by staying in the 1.2m pool). heehee.. i will definitely die in the open sea.

On tue i went for my first driving lesson after work.. wasn't that excited / anxious that day, quite calm about it. but actually now i realise i was so gan chiong i didn't even ask for my instructor's name! lol. i didn't know what to expect on my first lesson la.. nv do research... then as the instructor pointed out parts of the car and asked me like, what's the odometer, technometer for, etc, I said "dunno". haiyo. he drove me to a secluded area of Sengkang (near Ruth & Clifton's place) and for a moment i wondered if i could trust him. lol.

halfway thru the lesson i took over the driver's seat and oh my, i drove!! haha i still can't believe he actually let a road hazard drive on the road. i did countless rounds around a field. i think everyone reading this must be thinking u want to knock my head, of course i'm driving in a driving lesson. but i think i wasn't thinking that day. after a few rounds i stalled the engine, i got confused with the pedals and freaked out everytime i see a vehicle behind me. boy was i glad when it was time to end the lesson. After the lesson i was simply in a daze. Driving requires concentration and coordination. I wondered whether I heard and answered all the questions my instructor asked me while i was driving. lol

:: TAP2008 ::

Thanksgiving. Appreciation. Planning.

I thank God for the gift of singing harmony.. Although last year during TAP if i didn't remember wrongly i received an "award" for most improved harmony ..or something like that.. the gift was actually exercised after Worship Conference. People did come up to me and encouraged me about my improvement, after services since that event. All glory to God, and I use the gift to worship Him.

I really appreciate Shirley a lot for all her efforts put in for this ministry.. Rostering, projection (even got workshop conducted by her!), Psalmist Resource Corner (she was often there during our meetings to input ideas and feedback, and also often email us regarding Integrity Music news), and of course her main role as a keyboardist (the list goes on). Our relationship wasn't that good at the beginning when I first stepped into Psalmist, but I'm glad I matured. =) Thanks for opening up your house to let Andrielle and myself to practise singing.. Actually I wasn't the active learner - it was Andrielle, I really should have added that when we were appreciating everyone.

I think God has really given me a confirmation regarding my personal New Year Resolutions - because it is quite in line with the ministry's Planning for 2008. Quite - in the sense that this is the year of strengthening, especially in terms of skills for me. Sure, I don't see myself leading worship - at least not in Singapore - but I agree that we should be leaders for every batch, and that I am the only '86 in Psalmist (i'm quite sure).

And we ended off with a BBQ dinner!! Whee~ my parents are there too, at Signature Park condo.. So surprised to see them. They were here for their cell grp's CNY gathering. but i didn't go off with them cuz my dad could only send 1 person home and, between my mom and I, it will never be me.

:: i wanna watch this ::

Death Note Marathon
The battle of wits continues exclusively at GV Plaza & GV Grand!

Catch the popular DEATH NOTE, DEATH NOTE 2: THE LAST NAME and DEATH NOTE SPIN OFF - L CHANGE THE WORLD in the DEATH NOTE MARATHON!

Date: Friday, 22 February & Saturday, 23 February
Time: 8.30 pm
Ticket Price: $29 per pair (includes free flow of popcorn & drinks)


anyone didn't catch Death Note 1 & 2 also?
Let me know if you can watch with me!

:: Standard Chartered Marathon 2008 ::

ARGHHH I didn't know Hong Kong also got Standard Chartered Marathon!!! And it's on the coming Sunday!!!

Note to self: Must take part in Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2009!!!!!!

:: my Valentine's Day ::

Haha had a wonderful night... =)

Planned to go town to take photos of Vday decorations, if there is. Couldn't find any and ended up taking photos of cool old buildings. Guess this year Chinese New Year overrules!! but before I even reached Somerset, my girlfriend called!! Haa.. cool.. Judy was on the cab when she saw me walking outside PS, looking for Vday shots, so she called me and asked me whether I wanna crash her date or not.. lol

Oh I bought a Creative MuVo T100 during my lunch break.. hehe.. my first Creative product. It's kinda cheap, $69 for 2GB, well within my budget. It's cheap because there is no led screen indicator to tell you which song you're listening to - kinda like iPod Shuffle. There was hot pink, black and white, and i got the white one. Goes well with my iBook ma. lol. I even asked the salesperson whether it's compatible with Mac, because Michael's Creative mp3 player CRASHED my iBook before!!! I studied the specs for a while and went back to ask the salesperson abt the battery, how to charge, etc. Interesting, it charges itself when connected to the PC. hmm.. this charging process sounds familiar. I bought it because i needed a higher capacity thumbdrive, and I'm open to getting one that has dual (or more) functions.

Back to the "date". =) Wanted to get flowers for Judy before I took bus to meet her, but it was erm costly because of the special occasion and I didn't have enough cash. =( Met her and her date at CHIJMES Hog's Breath Cafe and ordered a set "Love of my life", hmm but we ordered a 3-persons set, so it shld be called "Love of Our Lives" lol. It's damn expensive!! $64 per person!!! For Vday?! Each item took very long to arrive at our table. =( haha..

After that Eric had to leave - he had to book in tonight. So Judy and I walked to Millenia Walk Paulaner's Brauhaus for drinks. Yay there was a live band tonight - just for us, lol. One of the vocalists was quite lame as she made an announcement.. "Be careful not to cross the line tonight, if not, nine months down you'll be celebrating Children's Day at a Maternity Ward.." Hur hur hur. I think a lot of lives are conceived tonight. Hahaha.

Took train back.. yay.. I can never remember the last train timing for NEL.

Hmm.. Judy was shocked by an sms on her way back... hope she's feeling better today...

:: touching stories ::

Two touching stories I read on someone else's blog:

Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the well-known German composer, was far from being handsome. Along with a rather short stature, he had a grotesque hunchback.

One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who has a lovely daughter named Frumtje. Moses fell hopelessly in love with her. But Frumtje was repulsed by his misshapen appearance. When it came time for him to leave, Moses gathered his courage and climbed the stairs to her room to take one last opportunity to speak with her. She was a vision of heavenly beauty, but caused him deep sadness by her refusal to look at him. After several attempts at conversation, Moses shyly asked, "Do you believe marriages are made in heaven?"

"Yes," She answered, still looking at the floor. "And do you?"

"Yes I do," he replied. "You see, in heaven at the birth of each boy, the Lord announces which girl he will marry. When I was born, my future bride was pointed out to me.

Then the Lord added, 'But your wife will be humpbacked. ... [more]



And another touching story...

"Can you please stop coming to my school again; each time you come, I hate it; I become ashamed of myself to have you as my dad". "But why, son" asked the Dad. "Among all my friend I am the only one with a Dad that is not a graduate". He went on to say "You are the only one who never comes in a car to take me home after school", "You" he continued "...are the only Dad that no one amongst my friends ever pray to have". "You are not rich; you are not a graduate; you are divorced; you are without humour". All the while, the father in disgrace, couldnt utter a word to his dearest little boy but wondered in his heart if the boy ever knew how much He loves him.

One faithful day, the young boy had a dream and saw himself walking in a thick forest with his Dad and they were having a good talk. In the dream again, this time, the talk seem to be ... [more]

:: Friendship Day ::

i lost a friend a few years ago.. i wonder if it was something i did.

was reading her friend's (i heard they were in a clique) blog, then i thought of her, and tried to search for her blog to read... feel like we're total strangers now.

and to think that we were close buddies back in sec sch... sharing dirty jokes (oops!) and suicidal woes and stuff.. and few years back, i asked her abt her relationship with her then-gf, i suppose i was too crude about it, well since we were so open before... she was uncomfortable to talk abt it with me.

i'm trying to recall whether it was because i broke her trust by telling our class abt it (did i do that?) and another even long ago incident...

if what i did caused (or partly caused) her to become what she is today, ...i am such a bitch.

Wonder if we can become friends again? Happy Friendship Day tmr...

there's another thing about her friend's blog and Vday which i'm wondering to blog or not.. because I would have to be very open about it. Hmm...

:: sick ::

Started the new year sick.. dunno is it because of the excessive workload these days?

2 Feb Sat
Asked ting to come stay over my place, and go to church service together =) Chatted with her till 3am, about relationships, about our beliefs..etc.. i know i shldn't stay up till so late, but we were catching up, as well as talking about heartfelt issues, it's worth it.

3 Feb Sun
managed to wake up on time though i slept so little, sometimes the less i sleep the easier i find it to wake up on time. bought dim sum breakfast with ting, and lin feng whom we bumped into at Potong Pasir mrt station.

this is the first time ting went for a church service and i know how hard my cell group welcomes visitors. but i'm glad Rev John Loong's msg is so apt, as in, some churches are ironically an unwelcoming place for newcomers, but hope that they realise that it is a place where we give and take, and lots of forgiveness take place.. and also, that it is imperfect.

ting, not that i want to change ur beliefs overnight, just wanted to show u my church life and friends.. glad that u came. =)

went to Old Airport Rd with cell grp for lunch.

4 Feb Mon
hard to fall asleep and wake up early. need to take some time to switch back to normal mode.

5 Feb Tue
skipped prayer meeting.. still got a lot of work to do.. very tired already.

6 Feb Wed CNY eve
My boss declared half day thru sms. whee~ but can't leave yet.. still need to finish some work. =( made my indian colleague stay back with me to do work till 3pm haha i'm so bad. i didn't tell her it was half-day, because if i do she would sure zau first lor. Slacker.

on the train home i felt very terrible in my stomach as well as my throat.. got headache and fever. i thought i was going to faint.. then at around Serangoon station i blacked out. managed to stay standing and i don't think i was going to fall, but i couldn't hear or see anything. thank God that a lot of people were alighting at that area, i scrambled to find a seat as soon as i regained sight. woah what a scary feeling.

got home and slept. woke up for steamboat reunion dinner. and mahjong after that. didn't have appetite to eat but just made myself eat. my throat hurt a lot.

7 Feb Thu
woke up quite late hahaha.. shiok la. actually i dunno what sickness i have.. fever, headache, bloody phlegm, stomach bloatedness.. ? didn't take panadol cuz i dun believe it helps, thought the headache would go away, but didn't leh.

took bus with my mom to my (dad's side) uncle's place for visitation. everyone was there already.. hehe. still didn't have appetite but, still ate. then the adults started talking about family politics so i went upstairs to watch Animal Planet. Dragons were found by archaelogists??

hitched a ride on my aunt's husband's taxi to my jiugong(grandma's brother)'s place at sengkang. met some new people.. then my dad came after work. after that took bus home. slept somemore. really need to rest a lot man. the headache just wouldn't go away.

steamboat dinner again, an attempt to finish yesterday's leftovers.

:: tough week ::

Phew.. what a tough week.

28 Jan Mon
Started working on a digital imaging job.. It's on print today.. Should be out by evening or tomorrow? Check out the large 19-metre banner on the CTE outside ComfortDelGro. I did the truck. =D I'm okay doing it but I didn't realise it was going to be a large-format banner when I accepted the project.. thought it would just be on the web. So, I had to ask around my ex-classmates about how to give a quote for this project since I have never done digital imaging in this company. kinda under-charged. Well, my boss always under-charges his clients anyway.

29 Jan Tue
Supposed to meet up with Raffles today.. but I totally forgot about it! I didn't write down in my planner and didn't even keep in touch with them since our last meeting. Terrible.. And I was still rushing the digital imaging ad so I couldn't go. (We arranged it at 10am the last time, and they called at 10am whether I remember about the meeting and can make it at 11am.) I feel so bad..

Was complaining that i STILL haven't received my pay and bonus, but after work i went to check my bank account and felt glad that they're in already. Finally! =D

30 Jan Wed
Continued rushing the DI project, took half day leave actually, but with last minute changes I only left office at 2.30pm without having lunch. Went to the bank to check my passbook as i was unable to update through the machine. Got a new passbook - new design. Cool!

Went home and realised my dad has reached home too. Went for late lunch with him and then went back to rest. Once he knew that i was going to take my Driving Basic Theory Test he told me what to look out for, and as we went out for lunch he showed me road signs and what they mean (sorta like a refresher). hehe..

I was listening to Norah Jones (oh i haven't touched that CD for a long time) and trying to calm myself down to take a nap. Then i saw an sms from my colleague about a bad news at work. :( the cd i burned for the courier to send to the advertising agency for the DI project was lost. prayed about it, i put in my namecard - not exactly my usual practice - so it must have been for a reason. I was unable to do anything about it anyway, so it was just a perpetual worry in my head as i tried to take a nap. i feel so stressed these few days i take longer to fall asleep. :(

Dad drove me to Ubi.. waited for me as i took my BTT. I PASSED!!!! haha can't stop smiling to myself as i walked out the test room. Well, BTT is not a very big deal, but it's a small step toward reaching a bigger goal. My cell grp people those who drive keep telling me, BTT cannot fail one leh, don't fail ok. haha..

Went to church with my dad for some seminar on Feng Shui. Interesting to learn more about the origins and realise nowadays some people are just following traditions without understanding. Why can't you put money plant in your bedroom? Common sense & Science tells us that plants absorb oxygen at night to respire. it would be bad for your health. And a lot of things like that.

31 Jan Thu
Praise God! The cd that was lost, was found by the courier! I'm relieved.

OT... until 10pm ahh.. Ok la i feel quite joyful today so I'm not complaining. It's gonna end SOON!!!!

:: CNY is coming! ::

15 Jan Tue
Supposed to have PRC meeting after work, but it was postponed, or rather, cancelled. my dad then called to ask me to go to Beach Rd for dinner. had claypot rice. i never liked claypot rice. so tough to chew and smells burnt. i dun like burnt offerings. i dun like toast either.

16 Jan Wed
Had a meeting with Raffles clients.. learnt a lot through the meeting, regarding eDM (e-direct mailers), you know, the kinda thing you receive in your email when you enter your email add in the If you wish to receive latest offers and updates box.

felt more drawn towards.. advertising design rather than web. hmm.. in the wrong company? think so. started to surf the net for eDM designs for inspiration, ended up surfing for local design firms. hmm.. after i get my bonus, and then see how. i think my butt has been stuck in my seat for too long. felt as if there weren't any other design companies around (until i started to surf the web in that direction) also starting to feel frustrated abt my job (my colleagues, some current projects, my boss, employee benefits etc)

anyway. after the meeting it was lunch time. went to Raffles City Shopping basement, hoping to find some good food. bumped into kwek, who was reluctantly going for lunch with some friends. (oops!) i ended up buying Chippy's British Takeaway deep fried chicken cutlet in Cheesy curry.. yummm.. also bought Strawberry & Cream frappe from Gloria Jean's. i needed coffee actually, but couldn't resist the name of Strawberry & Cream.

after work i went to Chinatown Point to shop. bought 3 bottoms. China brand, but looks ok leh. the last time i bought made-in-china bottoms the buttons (ornaments) all started to drop out one by one. trying to refrain myself from wearing them before CNY!!

17 Jan Thur
went to watch I Am Legend after work. $6 at Cathay!! haha very scary wor.. i was hiding behind my jacket most of the time.

18 Jan Fri
Bought a Panasonic tripod stand for my camera for $36 and went around Chinatown taking photos.


Chinatown Point


Yay! Singapore is going somewhere in advertising!! This is projection media. COOL~


What other festive season can you find a long queue for BBQ PORK!


Can you tell that he's really still? (Hint: Everyone else is moving!)


Hmm Mickey Mouse & Friends for Chinese New Year. Brought to you by Hong Kong Disneyland maybe. (taken with use of tripod stand)


How can a CNY photoshoot go without taking the busy streets of Chinatown? Not so many people yet. At least there's still walking space now.





19 Jan Sat
woke up earlier than last week for my eTrial. but still late. haha.. took bus, and it took me an hour to get to CDC. really. i booked 2 hours session but could only take one. next time i will not book early morning sessions. i am so not a morning person, especially now at night i try to catch an episode of Heroes. hee.. i'm at episode 19 of Season 1 now.

Had brunch with my mom at Hougang and then went home to rest for a while before going for cell grp.

We had dinner at Adam Rd food centre and then went to Ben's house to watch Little Miss Sunshine.

20 Jan Sun
Combined service. had breakfast with parents at coffeeshop. cell grp went to AV for lunch. AV... makes u think of AVocado.

went to play with Servio hehe.. he was showing us his toys lor.. so cute. i like watching kids respond to questions, find it marvellous. watched The Rabbit-proof Fence. interesting..

had dinner with my parents at Kovan Kobayashi. then went to The Next Phaze to watch some people perform. one of the guys look like one of my poly friends. cute. ;)

24 Jan Thur
this whole week very uneventful. haha.. Other than visiting Chinatown with my parents and buying toiletries on Tue.. nothing much.

after work i went to Kadaloor (bet u dunno where it is!) to do waxing. hhaahaha.. honestly i can't stand my leg hair since i was young lor.. finally PLUCKED up the courage to go for waxing. :P the ..beautician has a lot of certificates hung on the wall, helping me feel that i can trust her to do a good job. boy, it was definitely painful and took more than an hour! after that my skin had red patches, but by now it's ok already. i dun feel hairless or naked (i felt that when i shaved the first time). cuz there's still fine hairs and i'm FINE with them there.

i also tried a self-heating face mask by Garnier that was on offer in Watson's. very fun, really feels warm, until i entered my parent's aircon room to use their bathroom. lol. i think it works, as a deep cleanser. seems to have removed my blackheads.

Gosh i am becoming so vain.

25 Jan Fri
everyday i get pissed by my colleagues over silly mistakes. haiz. So blur and careless! got the cheek to ask my client to let him know if he missed any important detail, after i told him to CHECK through. and another thing, my client told him to download some pics, and he didn't even bother to ask what they are for!!! he didn't even tell me about them, that my client had told him to download (i was supposed to use them). argh!! i really need to cool down..

:: Happy New Year 2008! ::

haha overdue post.

19 Dec Wed
Haha forgot to mention.. met up with clients for lunch at Peach Garden Restaurant Novena~! Their treat, for my one-and-a-half years of hard work for their company monthly edms! =) food is good.


that's like Wasabi prawn in a(n edible) basket.

and then HK the next day.

27 Dec Thur
Not much work to do.. Clients on leave. Lalala~
Went to Bernice's wedding dinner after work.

everybody started strolling in and the aunties were chatting loudly while she and the groom were saying their vows and all that la, so rude!


Nice place though.

30 Dec Sun
After service went to Serangoon market for lunch with cell grp, and then went to Compass Point to buy present for the gift exchange later. And bought 3 CDs!!! wahaha...


Falalala~ Post-Christmas shopping at Metro =)

Took a short nap and asked my dad to send me to Jeremy's place for our cell group Christmas gathering. Dinner was not bad! Except that it's too spicy. Played some games and then we had our gift exchange.

After that we went up to Jem's place to have dessert and to chat. went home about 12+am.. Jem was driving and Xiao Quan helped to keep him awake. haha..

31 Dec Mon
Late, very late for work! OMG. woke up about 10am. wahlaoz. Thank God my boss was not in. I changed bag and didn't bring my office keys. wah sianz.

Wasn't able to stay back cuz i was on duty for Watchnight service. My sister's friends came from Phuket and brought some stuff for me. But i was unable to meet them despite trying to arrange last minute. Went home, had dinner with my dad and then went to church.

5,4,3,2,1...Happy New Year 2008!!

went to Bedok for supper with cell grp, and then went to Jem's hse to hang out.

1 Jan Tue
Holiday!!! whee~~~ Haha went home in the morning! Slept for about 3 hours before waking up for brunch with my parents. Went home to sleep some more. Supposed to go play mahjong with Judy, but i pang-seh-ed her.. Tired sia. Had dinner with mom at Suki Sushi at Punggol Plaza!!! and then took bus to Compass Point to meet Judy and Carl for more food at Swensen's. =) hahaha.. played some arcade games at Timezone and then went to see motorbike with them somewhere in Sengkang. Cool... i wanna learn to ride motorbike and buy a scooter!!

2 Jan Wed
Cut hair near my workplace after work. Decided to quickly cut before prices rise during Chinese New Year period. Felt inspired to cut like weiting and serene's style. And very sian of my current hairstyle. Also went to buy hair dye to colour my own hair after that. Not very obvious leh. =x

3 Jan Thur
I actually bought bedsheets from Metro and finally I unwrapped it to use! =) my dad fell sick so he had to sleep in my sis' room, so i moved back to my room (i went there for a few days cuz i washed my bedsheets and didn't have time to put the new one on.)


4 Jan Fri
Asked weiting to come over to my workplace, cuz there's been 2 kittens who kept meowing very loudly near my office, very poor things. i also dunno how to care for them.

We went for dinner first at 2nd floor of my office building, Hong Lim Complex. I actually seldom eat there during lunch, cuz it's always packed. No point going down for lunch early because there are always people.

We played with the kittens for 3 whole hours. =) they kept mewing very loudly, but we managed to calm them down a few minutes in between and they fell asleep, between our thighs!!! so cute!!!



Sorry it looks obscene but ...it's warm enough for them to find comfort. awwww....


7 Jan Mon
Went to watch movie with Diana and Elisa. National Treasure 2. Nice!! Very cool and funny. After that Diana and I took bus to airport to meet the cell group to welcome Jieling back. I decided to go home on the last bus, because the next day i gotta work, and after work i gotta go for prayer meeting. The bus doesn't stop at my bus stop, so i had to walk 3 bus stops home. Tired~ yawns.

Weiting went to my workplace to take the kittens to SPCA.. won't be seeing them around anymore, but at least they would be better off there (or anywhere else).

8 Jan Tue
Prayer meeting after work. Not bad, a lot of youths turned up.

9 Jan Wed
woo~ happening week man. out the whole week, today went to Novena after work. very busy at work actually. my colleagues are supposed to finish a website by today, while i was supposed to help edit the graphics. Only left office about 7.10pm. Supposed to meet Bat at 7pm at Novena, to get stuff from him from my sis. She bought bags and bikini for me from Bangkok =) After that went to Revenue House to meet ting. Went to the Hong Kong Cafe nearby for dinner. wooo~ 2 of us shared some dim sum and noodles. nice =) then we went up to her office to chill out. such a nice place!!!!! feel very inspired to do up my room leh hehe. also feel very inspired to move out so i can redecorate my "own house". woohoo~

i very scared to go home late cuz cab fares is ex man. also scared to wake up (too) late for work. managed to catch the train home. =)

10 Jan Thur
after work went to Boat Quay to meet Wilson, who's back from Australia for a holiday. Actually we're not very close friends la, so was a little not sure what we're gonna chat about. But he's really nice to talk to la. From religion to politics to future plans..

Had really expensive dinner at ...err.. one of the restaurants there. Then we went over to Jazz @ Southbridge for some drinks. Missed the Happy Hour. oww... oh yah forgot to explain how i got to know him. I think it's through Wanling, his smoking kaki during poly year 1 sem 1 (he quit DMD after 1 sem). Yeah, i almost forgot that he smokes.

He had to fetch his friend at the airport, so we left at 10.30pm. He offered to send me home by cab on the way. =)

11 Jan Fri
not very motivated to work cuz... i haven't received my bonus for 2007 still! Do I not deserve it or what!!!

went to meet Yun, Belly, Bec, and Kwek at Vivocity. Had dinner at Hog's Breath Cafe and then dessert (ice cream fondue) at Haagen Dazs. Wah u can imagine my expenditure for the week. Belly was going to fly off to France for exchange. hmm~ uni students nowadays.. shiok sia. Kwek sent all of us home =) of cuz everytime they'd be going, "ah niao why u live in a place where no birds lay egg?!?!" lol. hope to be able to drive soon so i won't have to trouble people to send me home!

12 Jan Sat
Woke up almost late for my driving E-trial. it's a... something like mock test for my Basic Theory Test end Jan. took cab to Comfort driving Centre in Ubi =( that's $7.20 wasted.

Out of 6 test papers i failed 3 and passed 3. 84% 84% 82% 94% 94% 90%. Passing mark is 90%. wahlaoz. Suddenly not very confident of passing my BTT already.

Wanted to take bus 87 back, but i then realised i left my ez-link card in another bag (that's the trouble of changing bags) so i paid by coins. i think i really wasn't thinking - it was only 10am. i alighted at Hougang, and walked all the way home from there. Took me about an hour. And blisters on both feet. =( felt really stupid. Enjoyed the walk home at first, but after a while my feet hurt and i felt damn sian cuz i was walking home not by choice anymore.

When i went home i almost wanted to notify Tricia that i can't help out as runner for the 3-on-3 Bball later. But decided to go in case they're shorthanded. Maybe most people didn't notice but i was limping. =(

Of cuz the SAJC BASKETBALL team won the finals la~ our church people not so zai lor hahahhaa.. =P

Went to Crawford lane for dinner. I had only enough money for the meal. Badly overspent this week!

went home to sleep while the rest still went to Jeffrey's place for boardgames. But i didn't sleep immediately after i reached home la. Ironed my clothes.

13 Jan Sun
Had breakfast with my parents near church. Left the house earlier than them but reached much later, cuz i missed the LRT and MRT; i was still limping. Because of my blisters i had been walking in a weird way to avoid causing more pain, and so I hurt other parts of my legs. =(

Lunch at Mac's with half my cell grp. The other half were having chicken rice. -.-" we tried to hurry the cell grp to move off for lunch, but it doesn't work, it causes us to split up.

went back to church for cell group meeting, to talk about our future.. and then i blanked out and started to tear when it was my turn to share. shit. felt really tensed up and so embarrassed and couldn't stop myself. argh.

managed to calm down.. and then we went to Ben & Jerry's at The Cathay to watch Jem and Matthias perform.

After that went home. It was pouring VERY HEAVILY. my mom refused to go out for dinner and i refuse to buy back for her. hahah.. my dad offered to buy back for us. i accidentally complained about the food when i realise i shldn't be complaining. =x watched Aliens vs Predator. Anyone interested in Part 2 in theatres now?

Packed my room and got rid of some magazines. Some as in, very little, compared to the stacks of magazines i bought. =P

14 Jan Mon
PMS day 2. Woke up and my dad asked me to go for breakfast. He drove me to work, but he decided to go by Defu Lane that area. Passed by Comfort Driving Centre -.-" and then we had breakfast at some lousy place. Heh. Asked my dad to help me pick up something from the Post Office delivered to me on Sat but no one was at home.

Really very pissed at work. Haiz. Prayed that God will help me find joy. Really felt like i was going to die of high blood pressure or something.

Ended work at 8.30pm, sinced I promised some clients that i will show them something by today. Oh well. by then i was looking forward to going home, to open the parcel from Asian Geographic. =)


And then.. on the train home i saw a cute guy. Saw him before... felt myself blushing and was trying to control myself from smiling to myself lol. =D Maybe that's the joy i was praying for. Haha.

:: Hong Kong Christmas 2007 ::

Back from Hong Kong!!

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

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

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

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

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


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


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


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

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


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

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


Looks like Shanghai!

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


I can't help it...


Merry Christmas 2008 indeed!


Ahh!! Giants attacking the forbidden city!

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

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



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



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



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

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

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



Soccer Fan, at Lan Kwai Fong

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

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


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

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

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


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

:: on crushes ::

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

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

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

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

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

:: Resolutions 2008 ::

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

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

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

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

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


Christmas trees. how many can u spot?


one at Heeren.


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


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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ok back to updates.

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

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

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

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

Tired.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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