allow me to welcome Lil SteFanie into my family!!!
she was borned weighing 2.909kg, 1315hr on Thurs 16 Feb 2006.
hee.. that was a happy day for me indeed. so happy that i took off from work once i could do so. i asked my boss for his permission, of cos. heee..
but strangely how ppl can react to my happiness, esp the two taxi drivers who took me to and away from KK hosp. in the joy n delight of seeing my new niece, i took a cab from school, and the malay driver shared in my joy too. in fact, i could almost see him tearing as i showed him the pix in my hp of my newborn niece. i bet i made his day, n he would hv good news to bring home that day.
then when i took another cab to go church, i told the taxi driver the same thing, but he caught from my accent that i was not local. then he started pouring to me all the woes of the Spore govt. haizz... i really dun know what to say to him tho i feel that he may hv felt injust at the way things are. my happiness was slightly dampened, n i could not express to him that there is joy in just being able to live every day. n much greater joy at the arrival of someone new in this world.
sadly people hear what they want to hear, n react according to what they hear.
o well.. lil Stefanie is now safe n sound at home. she arrived home yest afternoon though i wasnt ard to welcome her, i'm sure glad to hv her under the same roof now. heard her cute cry last night too.. she poo-pooed so needed cleaning up. hee.. then this morning before i went out, i saw her sleeping. *big sigh.. i'm beginning to love her so much already.
anyway, the past week, i've been committed to go church, to align my year to God's heart. for the first time, it felt this way to me. for once, it's more than just a sanctification week. all thanks to a brother, as i overheard him talking to another new sister. n of cos, to God. cos i believe that if He did not want me to hear it, i could hv just as well missed it. n stimes it's not that He did not want me to hear, it's that i refuse to hear. so sorry, God.
tonite, i shall go to listen to an alpha course in my fren's fren's church. haha.. i guess he did not want to go alone, so asked me to go as well. an interesting topic too: Christianity: Irrelevant in today's world?" it goes sth along that line. well, there's free dinner too.. but of cos, i'm going for more than just that. i wonder if there's supper too.. *hmm... hahaa.. kiddinz!
oh, n i'm still waiting for a reply from my job prospect. got some interesting ones tis weekend. shall start applying again tis week. :)
Saturday, February 18, 2006
Monday, February 06, 2006
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!
n yayy.. i got my first few ang pows when i went with my church network to go house visiting yesterday. i was so glad, and the parents were very generous too, considering that most of us met them only for the first time!... *thank God* for their hospitality!! i had a tummy-ful of new year goodies too.
so i was quite bloated when Lexpo and me hopped over to J's place to prepare dinner. Grocery shopping with the guys were fun. they were just as clueless as i was about what to get, what to put into wantons. thanks to FK, who wasnt ard! :P
well, cooking tgether is always fun. so we had a good time, of yu-sheng n wantons. the wantons were not too successful, but it just means tt there are room for improvement. hee.. next time, i must check out the proper ingredients on the internet before attempting to cook. *grinz.. n we had overload of vegs, n we were very stuffed at the end of it all. *burp!
n i had to rush off after that for another yu-sheng with my family. yesh, yesterday was the official day to have the yu-sheng. tho i initially arranged to do it a day earlier with my family but my 2nd bro was on-call so we changed to yesterday. WL was invited to come over too. *big grinz. well, he survived! yayyy.. hahaa.. :D
back track some more: on Mon 30th Jan, i had a mini open house, esp for the sisters n Irene's girls. sister Joy n her momie came to my house. yayyy.. good to get her momie to know my momie. so next time they can go out n play, n me n sister Joy can go elsewhere to shop. *opps.. :P it was a good time tho i felt that my house lacked the festivity somehow. perhaps my family hasnt really celebrated CNY much over the years.
okieokie, i think i hv recorded down most of the major events of the past weeks. think from now onwards, i shall blog fortnightly. unless i hv sth impt to announce. nahh... it's not what most of u are thinking.. esp those waiting to get ang pows from me. :P
n yayy.. i got my first few ang pows when i went with my church network to go house visiting yesterday. i was so glad, and the parents were very generous too, considering that most of us met them only for the first time!... *thank God* for their hospitality!! i had a tummy-ful of new year goodies too.
so i was quite bloated when Lexpo and me hopped over to J's place to prepare dinner. Grocery shopping with the guys were fun. they were just as clueless as i was about what to get, what to put into wantons. thanks to FK, who wasnt ard! :P
well, cooking tgether is always fun. so we had a good time, of yu-sheng n wantons. the wantons were not too successful, but it just means tt there are room for improvement. hee.. next time, i must check out the proper ingredients on the internet before attempting to cook. *grinz.. n we had overload of vegs, n we were very stuffed at the end of it all. *burp!
n i had to rush off after that for another yu-sheng with my family. yesh, yesterday was the official day to have the yu-sheng. tho i initially arranged to do it a day earlier with my family but my 2nd bro was on-call so we changed to yesterday. WL was invited to come over too. *big grinz. well, he survived! yayyy.. hahaa.. :D
back track some more: on Mon 30th Jan, i had a mini open house, esp for the sisters n Irene's girls. sister Joy n her momie came to my house. yayyy.. good to get her momie to know my momie. so next time they can go out n play, n me n sister Joy can go elsewhere to shop. *opps.. :P it was a good time tho i felt that my house lacked the festivity somehow. perhaps my family hasnt really celebrated CNY much over the years.
okieokie, i think i hv recorded down most of the major events of the past weeks. think from now onwards, i shall blog fortnightly. unless i hv sth impt to announce. nahh... it's not what most of u are thinking.. esp those waiting to get ang pows from me. :P
Saturday, January 28, 2006
the way to start a Lunar New Year, is to end it with an interview.
*grinz. just had my first job interview for this year, at biochem. The lady prof shocked me when she called me on Thurs. Okie, the story goes like this:
Thursday morning 1030plus: "hey, i shd call her up and see if she's ard" *took out my handphone then decided to check my calendar* "hey, i'm sposed to call her on Fri, as I hv set it. okie, call her tmr lo"
Thursday afternoon 5plus: "hey, got 2 missed calls, from 6874--- oh, NUS number.. hm, mus b WL la..." went to lab office to make phone call. then a thought came to mind that i shd chk the voicemail first but i dismissed that thought as soon as it was formed, telling myself: 'nah, it's WL.. i'll jus call him'.
On the phone: "Hi, can i speak to WL?"... heard confusion on the other side. "Oh, this is NUS, yups? Which lab is this?".. a muffled sound of dunno-which lab.. "Erm, this is not Mechanical Engineering?".. a clearcut no.. "Oh, who are you?".. a very clear mention of name.. "Ah, DR DENG!"...
*haiz... n it was a bad start, bad impression, bad whatsoever.. haha.. but it was funny the way things turn out at times. so i had to talk to her in my lab office, which was relatively noisy, n i had to keep my voice down because i did not want anyone to find out. n i din chk the email she sent me on Wed to arrange for an interview tis morning. so another *haiz.. i need to beef myself up better next time so that such instances do not happen too often. :P
so, the interview.. she brought along a Dr Tan, and he was the one asking all the tough questions. i'd better be more prepared next time. all in all, i can say that it was a fruitful interview because i got to know her expectation, that she wants someone who's more than jus doing her RA duty, more like a student as well. she cant promise me a part-time Masters, n i assured her tt the degree can wait, so she need not b too worried on that issue. i see that she's a very dedicated prof, n i like her. i think i can work well under her. so pls God, let that person be me!
she'll reply me in 2 wks' time, n yes, she has other ppl to interview. but i appreciate the effort she took jus to come down to NUS to meet me this morning. o God, pls let that person be me!
n she even bothered at the end of the interview, as she was showing me the way out, to explain to me why Dr Tan was quite hard on my academic performance in NUS, was cos he was from the same college (VJC) as me last time. she gave me the impression tt the capping did not matter much to her. n i really hope tt's true. many ppl are in need of second chances. i'm not any less. so pls pls God, let me be the person.
n an even more hopeful tone: may all of u have a blessed Chinese New Year!!! :)
*grinz. just had my first job interview for this year, at biochem. The lady prof shocked me when she called me on Thurs. Okie, the story goes like this:
Thursday morning 1030plus: "hey, i shd call her up and see if she's ard" *took out my handphone then decided to check my calendar* "hey, i'm sposed to call her on Fri, as I hv set it. okie, call her tmr lo"
Thursday afternoon 5plus: "hey, got 2 missed calls, from 6874--- oh, NUS number.. hm, mus b WL la..." went to lab office to make phone call. then a thought came to mind that i shd chk the voicemail first but i dismissed that thought as soon as it was formed, telling myself: 'nah, it's WL.. i'll jus call him'.
On the phone: "Hi, can i speak to WL?"... heard confusion on the other side. "Oh, this is NUS, yups? Which lab is this?".. a muffled sound of dunno-which lab.. "Erm, this is not Mechanical Engineering?".. a clearcut no.. "Oh, who are you?".. a very clear mention of name.. "Ah, DR DENG!"...
*haiz... n it was a bad start, bad impression, bad whatsoever.. haha.. but it was funny the way things turn out at times. so i had to talk to her in my lab office, which was relatively noisy, n i had to keep my voice down because i did not want anyone to find out. n i din chk the email she sent me on Wed to arrange for an interview tis morning. so another *haiz.. i need to beef myself up better next time so that such instances do not happen too often. :P
so, the interview.. she brought along a Dr Tan, and he was the one asking all the tough questions. i'd better be more prepared next time. all in all, i can say that it was a fruitful interview because i got to know her expectation, that she wants someone who's more than jus doing her RA duty, more like a student as well. she cant promise me a part-time Masters, n i assured her tt the degree can wait, so she need not b too worried on that issue. i see that she's a very dedicated prof, n i like her. i think i can work well under her. so pls God, let that person be me!
she'll reply me in 2 wks' time, n yes, she has other ppl to interview. but i appreciate the effort she took jus to come down to NUS to meet me this morning. o God, pls let that person be me!
n she even bothered at the end of the interview, as she was showing me the way out, to explain to me why Dr Tan was quite hard on my academic performance in NUS, was cos he was from the same college (VJC) as me last time. she gave me the impression tt the capping did not matter much to her. n i really hope tt's true. many ppl are in need of second chances. i'm not any less. so pls pls God, let me be the person.
n an even more hopeful tone: may all of u have a blessed Chinese New Year!!! :)
Saturday, January 07, 2006
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
yayaya, i know it's the 7th day into the new year, but still, it's a new year, as long as 2006 is here to stay.. hehee..
had a most fun time celebrating the end of 2005 mostly with my sisters from cell, FK (a sister to me, in our special way), n my brothers WL n Seanie (brothers to me, in a special way too.. ;))!! hee.. i'm most glad tt Seanie made his way down all the way from KL to be with us!
we went to the Star Wars exibition. tho i'm not a ra-ra fan of Star Wars but i've watched every episode, esp the older ones with Princess Leia where Harrison Ford has never looked any better (He looks good in Indiana Jones too). so i enjoyed myself when i saw all the miniature models of the characters, n the space ships.. i mus admit tho, the guys mus hv been more thrilled over it, than us girls.. haha.. i cant wait to see all the photos we've taken there.. huhu.. (note to Seanie: send us the photos soon! :))
then at night, we had potluck-style dinner at my place. we took a while to cook the dishes, but it was well worth the wait! hehe.. n the guests got to watch Madagascar while waiting. hee.. after din, we sat ard, laze n daze a while, waiting for the food to digest.. the guests took turn to view my HK photos plus my sister's big family in Sri Aman. hee.. n onli when FK n Steff went off, then the action began. haha.. i decided that the food shd b well digested by then, so we could take out the dance pad to play. i bought a new wireless one from Sim Lim that same day so that two players could go at one time. however, wireless may not be such a great option bcos the wireless connection may be blamed for slow response to the PS2.. heee...
it was jolly fun to see the sisters dancing.. their first time, i tink. nyanyaa.. too bad din take any photo shots of them. i'm sure they had fun. n mb we can do this again another time... *grinz.. Seanie n WL danced v well. i still cant believe they can beat me in beginner mode. haha.. mus challenge them again next time.
then we had countdown, based on an unreliable clock. hahaa.. couldnt switch on TV on time to do countdown with the rest of Spore, n we din pop the grape juice in time either. yet it was still an unforgettable time together with my dear frens, with momie too. :) we blew each candle after making a wish. hehh.. seems like everyone grew a year older after new year. :P
haiz.. the days with Sean in Spore may b short, but it was great. good to hv him down here. i wish he'd come down more often. then again, thinking from the currency exchange rate, mb it's more profitable for me to go up to KL. hee.. shall see how. i still hvnt got over my bad impression of KL when i went down there with a tour group last time.
went JB with my postgrad on 2nd Jan. felt like it's my 1st time in JB tho. i went ard the place with them, went to Danga Bay, then to the Duty Free Area where we had our seafood dinner. that was the highlight of the day -- to eat seafood. cos my postgrad frens are not too keen on shopping or watching movies, which are the two main things tt i go down JB for. anyway, we all ended up happy with the seafood cos it was rather cheap for 4 persons, n we ate loads! hehe.. i'm certainly glad that my appetite has returned after my diarrhea session..
but now i'm down with cough.. err... gone with one, now down with another. i wonder when i will really b well again. i cant wait to function fully n enjoy life. i'm still quite restricted now in the food that i take. but that din stop me from eating my boss' wife's homebaked hazelnut cookies.. *yumz.. richly topped with chocolate n filled with caramel. a lil too sweet, but i'm not complaining. heee.. mb tt's why my cough lasted so long.. *hee.. guilty.. :P
i've really over-typed. my apologies to my readers. i'll keep my blog short n sweet next time, n make more frequent entries. hee.. i've been neglecting my blog, but i hvnt set any new year resolution yet. so we shall see.. hehh.. :)
a final update: there's a new addition to my lab. we finally hv a new PO. someone who can help share my burden in maintaining the lab. she still needs some time to get used to the ropes ard the lab, so i'm not tt harsh on her yet. on top of that she's sorta like my lunch partner now. i hope we dun create too much friction on each other due to the amount of time we spent tgther.. i guess in a while, when things hv settled down for her, it will be better. :)
yayaya, i know it's the 7th day into the new year, but still, it's a new year, as long as 2006 is here to stay.. hehee..
had a most fun time celebrating the end of 2005 mostly with my sisters from cell, FK (a sister to me, in our special way), n my brothers WL n Seanie (brothers to me, in a special way too.. ;))!! hee.. i'm most glad tt Seanie made his way down all the way from KL to be with us!
we went to the Star Wars exibition. tho i'm not a ra-ra fan of Star Wars but i've watched every episode, esp the older ones with Princess Leia where Harrison Ford has never looked any better (He looks good in Indiana Jones too). so i enjoyed myself when i saw all the miniature models of the characters, n the space ships.. i mus admit tho, the guys mus hv been more thrilled over it, than us girls.. haha.. i cant wait to see all the photos we've taken there.. huhu.. (note to Seanie: send us the photos soon! :))
then at night, we had potluck-style dinner at my place. we took a while to cook the dishes, but it was well worth the wait! hehe.. n the guests got to watch Madagascar while waiting. hee.. after din, we sat ard, laze n daze a while, waiting for the food to digest.. the guests took turn to view my HK photos plus my sister's big family in Sri Aman. hee.. n onli when FK n Steff went off, then the action began. haha.. i decided that the food shd b well digested by then, so we could take out the dance pad to play. i bought a new wireless one from Sim Lim that same day so that two players could go at one time. however, wireless may not be such a great option bcos the wireless connection may be blamed for slow response to the PS2.. heee...
it was jolly fun to see the sisters dancing.. their first time, i tink. nyanyaa.. too bad din take any photo shots of them. i'm sure they had fun. n mb we can do this again another time... *grinz.. Seanie n WL danced v well. i still cant believe they can beat me in beginner mode. haha.. mus challenge them again next time.
then we had countdown, based on an unreliable clock. hahaa.. couldnt switch on TV on time to do countdown with the rest of Spore, n we din pop the grape juice in time either. yet it was still an unforgettable time together with my dear frens, with momie too. :) we blew each candle after making a wish. hehh.. seems like everyone grew a year older after new year. :P
haiz.. the days with Sean in Spore may b short, but it was great. good to hv him down here. i wish he'd come down more often. then again, thinking from the currency exchange rate, mb it's more profitable for me to go up to KL. hee.. shall see how. i still hvnt got over my bad impression of KL when i went down there with a tour group last time.
went JB with my postgrad on 2nd Jan. felt like it's my 1st time in JB tho. i went ard the place with them, went to Danga Bay, then to the Duty Free Area where we had our seafood dinner. that was the highlight of the day -- to eat seafood. cos my postgrad frens are not too keen on shopping or watching movies, which are the two main things tt i go down JB for. anyway, we all ended up happy with the seafood cos it was rather cheap for 4 persons, n we ate loads! hehe.. i'm certainly glad that my appetite has returned after my diarrhea session..
but now i'm down with cough.. err... gone with one, now down with another. i wonder when i will really b well again. i cant wait to function fully n enjoy life. i'm still quite restricted now in the food that i take. but that din stop me from eating my boss' wife's homebaked hazelnut cookies.. *yumz.. richly topped with chocolate n filled with caramel. a lil too sweet, but i'm not complaining. heee.. mb tt's why my cough lasted so long.. *hee.. guilty.. :P
i've really over-typed. my apologies to my readers. i'll keep my blog short n sweet next time, n make more frequent entries. hee.. i've been neglecting my blog, but i hvnt set any new year resolution yet. so we shall see.. hehh.. :)
a final update: there's a new addition to my lab. we finally hv a new PO. someone who can help share my burden in maintaining the lab. she still needs some time to get used to the ropes ard the lab, so i'm not tt harsh on her yet. on top of that she's sorta like my lunch partner now. i hope we dun create too much friction on each other due to the amount of time we spent tgther.. i guess in a while, when things hv settled down for her, it will be better. :)
Saturday, December 31, 2005
thot i'd blog a lil today since i'm feeling much better. stimes 'better' is such an understatement because it cant express much of the actual degree, a mere relative term. but if one was to know of my previous state, then one must be able to appreciate my current state.
was able to eat 4 pieces of bread tis morn. yayy.. seems like my appetite has returned to normal. went thru 3 days of excruciating pain when, if one knows the joy i find in eating, i din feel like touching any food. worse was the thought or sight of food made me feel nauseated. sigh.. those were sad days indeed. but thanks to caring thoughts of ppl, words n msgs. they made a world of difference to me. :)
as to how i got sick, i onli got a clearer idea that it mus b the food from HK. (oyea.. for once i went for a trip without blogging beforehand. haha.. was in too much of a rush. went HK from 16th to 26th Dec. spent Christmas there with momie.) i din say that on the 1st day tt i was down with diarrhea cos if it was indeed food poisoning, it was a lil too delayed. then momie got sick too. so tt cant b a coincidence, right!.. esp when no one else in the family got sick. *thank God*
anyway, now momie is better. :)
will tell more bout HK in my next entry. now, onto preparation for new year eve's party to welcome Seanie, who jus touched down in Spore today!!! :D
was able to eat 4 pieces of bread tis morn. yayy.. seems like my appetite has returned to normal. went thru 3 days of excruciating pain when, if one knows the joy i find in eating, i din feel like touching any food. worse was the thought or sight of food made me feel nauseated. sigh.. those were sad days indeed. but thanks to caring thoughts of ppl, words n msgs. they made a world of difference to me. :)
as to how i got sick, i onli got a clearer idea that it mus b the food from HK. (oyea.. for once i went for a trip without blogging beforehand. haha.. was in too much of a rush. went HK from 16th to 26th Dec. spent Christmas there with momie.) i din say that on the 1st day tt i was down with diarrhea cos if it was indeed food poisoning, it was a lil too delayed. then momie got sick too. so tt cant b a coincidence, right!.. esp when no one else in the family got sick. *thank God*
anyway, now momie is better. :)
will tell more bout HK in my next entry. now, onto preparation for new year eve's party to welcome Seanie, who jus touched down in Spore today!!! :D
Thursday, December 08, 2005
yet another excuse: waiting for my laundry..
on Tues nite i tried to post, but somehow blogger couldnt locate my blog.. another sure *spook* signal.. eerie!
here's my prev entry:
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simply an excuse: i'm waiting for my hair to dry.. hee*
as i took the train home, a thought spooked me. actually i thought about it when i woke up this morning, but it was dismissed until just now. i did not know how i get to bed last night! i must have done it by myself, but i have no recollection of it. i must have been really tired because i remember i got up to put the pasta into the refrigerator (yes, i made pasta the night before; details later), switched off the light outside, opened my door, and that was all. after that, i found my alarm ringing, and i woke up to a brightly lit room, and i did not even have my blanket on. *spooky!* gosh, how tired i must have been!
well, yesterday i invited Dd over to my house to show her how i cooked pasta. it wasnt exactly fantastic (not J's standard, i'm afraid. :P) but it would make do. anyway, Dd and my family are not great fans of pasta; we just eat it. hehh.. i'm one more for bakery items. *yumz* but i guess i hv to think twice before i try cooking after work. it's jus SO tiring. haha.. Dd was tired, too, at the end of the day, but it was fun. :)
then today, i went for a short run with FK. (thanks dear, for coming over! :)) i had some expts to run so had to settle for NTU, which i dun mind since i hardly run there now that SM has gone off-campus. it was a good catching-up time, and i finally noted that FK is growing up. *grinz. what i mean is that she'd be graduating next year! *sniff sniff* there goes my little girl. well, people go through different phase in their lives, and at times, they don't even realise there's any change at all when they're in the next phase already. and something that doesn't change direction often is: friendship. *smile*
n to update my prev entry: evrything is quite okie n right at work now. i'm quite fine too. thank God. :) as for Jappie, o dear sister Joy, it went quite alright as well. got hope, got hope.. hehe.. next time we must name another sister as Hope. ;)
oh, to end, let me share a cute sideline about my fishie. i went to lab early sometimes n i notice that fishie really do sleep! hehe.. n when they sleep, they float about as if dead, and it's really cute the way they stir and awake. hehh.. i guess if anyone see the way i sleep n wake up intermittently on the bus, they may just have the same thoughts about me. :P
okie okie, getting wayyy into the night. got a long day tmr. nitie nite ppl!
p/s: correction: the next movie i want to watch is Pride and Prejudice!
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will press the 'publish post' button n hope everything turn out fine.
a short update: went roller blading with MH on Wed at school.. hehh.. tho the floor is not smooth enough, we had a fun time. getting into n out of the lift was a mini-adventure in itself, n we went down my lab's corridor to look for Dd. *grinz.. i bet the camera caught us, even the time when we bladed for a while in the main lobby downstairs. o well.. shall know the outcome if any security warning letter greets us.
then today, FK is swell enough to cook din for me n LexC. *muakz* thanks hun. Me n LexC went for a short run at the Clem canal, a brisk short run. n my tired lil legs could not carry me very far. i tink i'm not used to the strenous training of 3 times a week. mus get that stamina back, somehow.
hm.. my laundry is done, like bout an hour ago. n i'm still glued to the comp.. but one must go on msn now n then.. so cheerios ppl.. a great weekend ahead~!
on Tues nite i tried to post, but somehow blogger couldnt locate my blog.. another sure *spook* signal.. eerie!
here's my prev entry:
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simply an excuse: i'm waiting for my hair to dry.. hee*
as i took the train home, a thought spooked me. actually i thought about it when i woke up this morning, but it was dismissed until just now. i did not know how i get to bed last night! i must have done it by myself, but i have no recollection of it. i must have been really tired because i remember i got up to put the pasta into the refrigerator (yes, i made pasta the night before; details later), switched off the light outside, opened my door, and that was all. after that, i found my alarm ringing, and i woke up to a brightly lit room, and i did not even have my blanket on. *spooky!* gosh, how tired i must have been!
well, yesterday i invited Dd over to my house to show her how i cooked pasta. it wasnt exactly fantastic (not J's standard, i'm afraid. :P) but it would make do. anyway, Dd and my family are not great fans of pasta; we just eat it. hehh.. i'm one more for bakery items. *yumz* but i guess i hv to think twice before i try cooking after work. it's jus SO tiring. haha.. Dd was tired, too, at the end of the day, but it was fun. :)
then today, i went for a short run with FK. (thanks dear, for coming over! :)) i had some expts to run so had to settle for NTU, which i dun mind since i hardly run there now that SM has gone off-campus. it was a good catching-up time, and i finally noted that FK is growing up. *grinz. what i mean is that she'd be graduating next year! *sniff sniff* there goes my little girl. well, people go through different phase in their lives, and at times, they don't even realise there's any change at all when they're in the next phase already. and something that doesn't change direction often is: friendship. *smile*
n to update my prev entry: evrything is quite okie n right at work now. i'm quite fine too. thank God. :) as for Jappie, o dear sister Joy, it went quite alright as well. got hope, got hope.. hehe.. next time we must name another sister as Hope. ;)
oh, to end, let me share a cute sideline about my fishie. i went to lab early sometimes n i notice that fishie really do sleep! hehe.. n when they sleep, they float about as if dead, and it's really cute the way they stir and awake. hehh.. i guess if anyone see the way i sleep n wake up intermittently on the bus, they may just have the same thoughts about me. :P
okie okie, getting wayyy into the night. got a long day tmr. nitie nite ppl!
p/s: correction: the next movie i want to watch is Pride and Prejudice!
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will press the 'publish post' button n hope everything turn out fine.
a short update: went roller blading with MH on Wed at school.. hehh.. tho the floor is not smooth enough, we had a fun time. getting into n out of the lift was a mini-adventure in itself, n we went down my lab's corridor to look for Dd. *grinz.. i bet the camera caught us, even the time when we bladed for a while in the main lobby downstairs. o well.. shall know the outcome if any security warning letter greets us.
then today, FK is swell enough to cook din for me n LexC. *muakz* thanks hun. Me n LexC went for a short run at the Clem canal, a brisk short run. n my tired lil legs could not carry me very far. i tink i'm not used to the strenous training of 3 times a week. mus get that stamina back, somehow.
hm.. my laundry is done, like bout an hour ago. n i'm still glued to the comp.. but one must go on msn now n then.. so cheerios ppl.. a great weekend ahead~!
Friday, December 02, 2005
work
something unpleasant happened at work today. n i told myself nth times that i would not think bout it, i'd not bring it back home with me. still, i cant help it. my mind is unruly, rendering me unable to beg indifference. haiz.. i shd keep whatever happens at work to stay at the workplace. so, enough bout that..
last Wed, i went to watch Harry Potter with my jogging gang! *yippee*.. n i forgive two of them, cos they ditched me n went to watch HP first. (yes, you both did! hehe.. :P) thank God for LexC, it was his first time watching too. :D o well, watching it with them regardless whether it's their second time does not matter cos i enjoyed the show thoroughly! *double yippee* really much better than the 1st and 2nd one. too bad someone has to died. i guess this is what always happens in a drama series, and if u watch "zhen ching" (the 100 over eipsodes chinese drama), u'll know what i mean.. :)
next movie in my mind is Narnia.. nothing else. i allowed the chance to watch Chicken Little with my brother, sis-in-law n my mom slipped by. i told them i wanted to study, but nah, i din even touch my Jap that night; i jus wanted to rest. too much outing for this week oredi. last Tues, i went out my TH girls to celebrate the end of their first exams in NUS. hehh.. we wanted to ice skate, but NTU skating club booked the ring for that night. talk bout coincidence! so we ended up singing out lungs out at the new K-box there. n i sang Miki Imai's Goodbye Yesterday -- lousily, of cos. i forgot how some lines shd sound like. it has been a while since i last listen to her songs.
n now i m blasting Avril Lavinge away on my comp.. yesh, today is not a good day. i just want to forget. all the thoughts, pain, misery inflicted upon myself, by myself. it does not have to be this way, i know. o why o why...
---
a day is too long,
an hour too short
and that of minutes,
is just not enough.
i miss you.
---
Sunday... i dread u. i forbid u to come!
something unpleasant happened at work today. n i told myself nth times that i would not think bout it, i'd not bring it back home with me. still, i cant help it. my mind is unruly, rendering me unable to beg indifference. haiz.. i shd keep whatever happens at work to stay at the workplace. so, enough bout that..
last Wed, i went to watch Harry Potter with my jogging gang! *yippee*.. n i forgive two of them, cos they ditched me n went to watch HP first. (yes, you both did! hehe.. :P) thank God for LexC, it was his first time watching too. :D o well, watching it with them regardless whether it's their second time does not matter cos i enjoyed the show thoroughly! *double yippee* really much better than the 1st and 2nd one. too bad someone has to died. i guess this is what always happens in a drama series, and if u watch "zhen ching" (the 100 over eipsodes chinese drama), u'll know what i mean.. :)
next movie in my mind is Narnia.. nothing else. i allowed the chance to watch Chicken Little with my brother, sis-in-law n my mom slipped by. i told them i wanted to study, but nah, i din even touch my Jap that night; i jus wanted to rest. too much outing for this week oredi. last Tues, i went out my TH girls to celebrate the end of their first exams in NUS. hehh.. we wanted to ice skate, but NTU skating club booked the ring for that night. talk bout coincidence! so we ended up singing out lungs out at the new K-box there. n i sang Miki Imai's Goodbye Yesterday -- lousily, of cos. i forgot how some lines shd sound like. it has been a while since i last listen to her songs.
n now i m blasting Avril Lavinge away on my comp.. yesh, today is not a good day. i just want to forget. all the thoughts, pain, misery inflicted upon myself, by myself. it does not have to be this way, i know. o why o why...
---
a day is too long,
an hour too short
and that of minutes,
is just not enough.
i miss you.
---
Sunday... i dread u. i forbid u to come!
Friday, November 25, 2005
since my mom left the comp on for me to use, why not? carpe diem. hehh..
due to recency effect, i shall start off with what i had been doing today. actually it struck me only this morning that today is thanksgiving day!.. i wanted to be home for dinner on thanksgiving, but today being a Friday, it's also a pre-planned day out between me n Dd, to go to the Art Museum (yea, poor ppl must make full use of free admission. :P). so since 2nd bro never replied whether he would b back home for dinner, i just went out with my fren. anyway, it's not tradition in my family to celebrate thanksgiving day.
the art visit was okay. we browsed thru some of the older exhibits that i saw before, those of the local/regional artists, but this was also because we could not locate where the gallery hosting Gao Xingjian work was. finally we went to the right place, but it was so different. okie, perhaps my glasses had been tainted by the dinner conversation yesterday with S and P (btw, thanks P for organizing the dine-out tgether. :)). still most of his work somehow did not match with what he entitled it. Dd said probably he was famous for his writing, then only his painting became acceptable. and we had a couple of good laughs trying to think what some of them look like to us. by far, we are not very informed art critics, i admit, but even amateurs have their own mind to say about art.
but to give the man a fair fight on an equal ground, i will try some of his writings one of these days. n i do like some of his works, esp the effect of sandy beaches that he has in some paintings. they are like ripples of sand touched by the waves. n after reading what he wanted to represent in his art, one can applaud him for his noble notion, n try to comprehend the black, the white and the murkiness of them all.
on a less troubling note, this morning i bumped into someone who i thought i would never see again. he's the sales rep from Pearson that my ex-boss from the bookshop used to tease me about. well, he's a good-looking sort, so it was really a pleasant surprise to see him again. alas, he remembered me not, and i had to explain where i used to work once, and we did not get to talk long. haiz.. but that made my day.. *grinz...
as for yest, after S left, what would two girls do in city hall? instead of the usual 'shop till you drop', we opted for 'walk till you drop'.. grinz.. we went walking around though there is not much Christmas lighting to see there. i like the big golden Christmas tree in front of Raffles City. makes me feel like ppl shd gather under the tree on Christmas eve, sing carols, do countdown and light up the tree at the count of twelve. :) somehow i think i will miss not having Christmas in Spore...
speaking of which, the Christmas lighting at Orchard is not that spectacular.. the standard has downgraded yet again. what a sad thing! gone is the grandeur of yesteryears!.. sad sad..
due to recency effect, i shall start off with what i had been doing today. actually it struck me only this morning that today is thanksgiving day!.. i wanted to be home for dinner on thanksgiving, but today being a Friday, it's also a pre-planned day out between me n Dd, to go to the Art Museum (yea, poor ppl must make full use of free admission. :P). so since 2nd bro never replied whether he would b back home for dinner, i just went out with my fren. anyway, it's not tradition in my family to celebrate thanksgiving day.
the art visit was okay. we browsed thru some of the older exhibits that i saw before, those of the local/regional artists, but this was also because we could not locate where the gallery hosting Gao Xingjian work was. finally we went to the right place, but it was so different. okie, perhaps my glasses had been tainted by the dinner conversation yesterday with S and P (btw, thanks P for organizing the dine-out tgether. :)). still most of his work somehow did not match with what he entitled it. Dd said probably he was famous for his writing, then only his painting became acceptable. and we had a couple of good laughs trying to think what some of them look like to us. by far, we are not very informed art critics, i admit, but even amateurs have their own mind to say about art.
but to give the man a fair fight on an equal ground, i will try some of his writings one of these days. n i do like some of his works, esp the effect of sandy beaches that he has in some paintings. they are like ripples of sand touched by the waves. n after reading what he wanted to represent in his art, one can applaud him for his noble notion, n try to comprehend the black, the white and the murkiness of them all.
on a less troubling note, this morning i bumped into someone who i thought i would never see again. he's the sales rep from Pearson that my ex-boss from the bookshop used to tease me about. well, he's a good-looking sort, so it was really a pleasant surprise to see him again. alas, he remembered me not, and i had to explain where i used to work once, and we did not get to talk long. haiz.. but that made my day.. *grinz...
as for yest, after S left, what would two girls do in city hall? instead of the usual 'shop till you drop', we opted for 'walk till you drop'.. grinz.. we went walking around though there is not much Christmas lighting to see there. i like the big golden Christmas tree in front of Raffles City. makes me feel like ppl shd gather under the tree on Christmas eve, sing carols, do countdown and light up the tree at the count of twelve. :) somehow i think i will miss not having Christmas in Spore...
speaking of which, the Christmas lighting at Orchard is not that spectacular.. the standard has downgraded yet again. what a sad thing! gone is the grandeur of yesteryears!.. sad sad..
Sunday, November 20, 2005
money woes
(no, it doesnt sound uplifting,
in fact, i may need facelifting..)
haiz.. tried booking hotels for the past week for my Christmas stay in HK. first few nights would b okie cos sharing an apartment with my sis-in-law's colleague, onli had to look for hotel stay for both Christmas eve n Christmas nite. so tried hotel A, fully booked.. tried hotel B, fully booked.. [goodness!].. tried hotel C, fully booked too... n tt's not all.. online booking requires to put the money in my account on hold, n they dun do immediate transfer once my booking has been cancelled. *pulls hair* so now, got quite a sum of money that i can see but cant touch.. *ouch*...
called the bank just now.. yea, i'm so desperate as to call the bank on a Sunday.. n the lady was nice enough to tell me to fax over the void slips tmr n they will offset the money back into my account on the very same day. *phew* n normally, if there's no action taken, they will wait for 8 working days before putting the money back into my account.. *gag*.. can u imagine that?!
got a not very good news oso that my bonus may not come in until next year. was hoping to get that by tis month then i can spend a lil more lavishly in my HK trip. o well, perhaps i m meant to be more jimat cermat then.. n heck, if i can do it for less than S$500 in Tokyo over a stay of 9 days. i believe HK wld b okie.. jus that there wld b 2 mouths to feed.. :S i need to save more money to travel safe n in style next time.. hahaa... which wld b very long away cos, after HK, there's a negative balance in my off days.. haa... :P
mm.. something more enlightening, but still very related to work.. last night, i was telling LexC, PR n YC that i can wash glassware until they are very clean.. then they all laughed.. onli today i found out how untrue that self-proclaimed statement was... a few bottles still had stains in them after autoclaving.. sigh.. one must revise her skills at times n eat the humble pie.. ;P
(no, it doesnt sound uplifting,
in fact, i may need facelifting..)
haiz.. tried booking hotels for the past week for my Christmas stay in HK. first few nights would b okie cos sharing an apartment with my sis-in-law's colleague, onli had to look for hotel stay for both Christmas eve n Christmas nite. so tried hotel A, fully booked.. tried hotel B, fully booked.. [goodness!].. tried hotel C, fully booked too... n tt's not all.. online booking requires to put the money in my account on hold, n they dun do immediate transfer once my booking has been cancelled. *pulls hair* so now, got quite a sum of money that i can see but cant touch.. *ouch*...
called the bank just now.. yea, i'm so desperate as to call the bank on a Sunday.. n the lady was nice enough to tell me to fax over the void slips tmr n they will offset the money back into my account on the very same day. *phew* n normally, if there's no action taken, they will wait for 8 working days before putting the money back into my account.. *gag*.. can u imagine that?!
got a not very good news oso that my bonus may not come in until next year. was hoping to get that by tis month then i can spend a lil more lavishly in my HK trip. o well, perhaps i m meant to be more jimat cermat then.. n heck, if i can do it for less than S$500 in Tokyo over a stay of 9 days. i believe HK wld b okie.. jus that there wld b 2 mouths to feed.. :S i need to save more money to travel safe n in style next time.. hahaa... which wld b very long away cos, after HK, there's a negative balance in my off days.. haa... :P
mm.. something more enlightening, but still very related to work.. last night, i was telling LexC, PR n YC that i can wash glassware until they are very clean.. then they all laughed.. onli today i found out how untrue that self-proclaimed statement was... a few bottles still had stains in them after autoclaving.. sigh.. one must revise her skills at times n eat the humble pie.. ;P
all work and no play makes sze yung a dull girl.. :(
been busy with work lately. down with cough too. but not horrible enough to claim MC. *thank God* grinz... yea, i rmbr the time when i wished i was so sick that i cant come to work. now i jus feel the social discomfort that i may spread to others. but looks like no one in my lab is getting sick. *thank God again*
oyea, mus welcome my new blog visitors from my workplace - my two postgrad frens. hehh.. well, so much for bitching bout work. now hv to say onli good things bout work. :P no lah... they know as much as i do what research life is like. haiz..
o well.. so much for updates.. this is all i hv to say for now: back to work!
life is sad, aint it? :P
will bring more uplifting news next time. :)
been busy with work lately. down with cough too. but not horrible enough to claim MC. *thank God* grinz... yea, i rmbr the time when i wished i was so sick that i cant come to work. now i jus feel the social discomfort that i may spread to others. but looks like no one in my lab is getting sick. *thank God again*
oyea, mus welcome my new blog visitors from my workplace - my two postgrad frens. hehh.. well, so much for bitching bout work. now hv to say onli good things bout work. :P no lah... they know as much as i do what research life is like. haiz..
o well.. so much for updates.. this is all i hv to say for now: back to work!
life is sad, aint it? :P
will bring more uplifting news next time. :)
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
i'm back!!! back from where, u ask? hee.. well, simply back blogging, tt's all.. :P
anyway, been really busy while momie was away. stayed 2 nights over at labbie.. stimes i think i'm mad, esp on the 2nd time, i told myself tt there wasnt any need for me to stay over. i cld hv jus off the machine n run it again tmr morning.. but well, i'm jus being stubborn, tt's all... come think of it, i kinda miss working alone at nights.. i feel that i can do more work when no one is ard.. haha.. a lab person likes a loner's world.. well, jus that my safety manager may hv a word to say bout this, if he ever so realise that i'm alone in the lab..
well, the 2 weeks when momie was away, i managed to catch up with a load of friends. it's good to bitch bout work, with those who are in the same field as me, n to bitch bout old times, back in school days with my batchmaties.. good to see my fren's boyfren (yaya.. i admit i'm a lil keh-poh.. :P).. good to go thru the DISC cycle to find out that once again i'm landed in the S-type.. *grinz.. some things jus never changed..
oh, oso good to be back in NUS for one rainy Sunday.. to go over to Arts forum, jus to discover that evrything still look pretty much the same, despite the alterations.. forum jus hv a new flooring, but still keep to the same stifling vacuum of nothingness.. central lib did not add much beauty with its completed outdoor tiles from the last time i saw its complete new change-over.. engine fac will never change.. brought me back to old times when i went up engine bridge, near LT4 where i used to cram in my study hours near exams; and to the far end where the university hall used to be, where the pavilion raised 7 floors from above the ground, where i witnessed a surprise bday party to my then cell leader, where FK n i speculated bout female engineers with long hair.. ah, those were the days.. so that summed up one nostalgic rainy Sunday..
then last weekend was a good time of learning n reflecting.. it is said that nothing can be learnt without reflection.. i went for this service-learning course organized by TOUCH, n as i said, it was a good time of learning, practical learning, that is. i never knew that games could be utilized for learning. tt's sth new, n sth i can put down to use in my GB work. i'll highly encourage u peeps to go for a service-learning course.. i also gather as much meaning to the usual warning that i give to my girls: don't just go through the motion; and a new meaning to live life intentionally. :)
tt's my report for this week. spent the whole of yesterday at home, resting n zzZ-ing.. hee.. altogether a lazy day. i expect a lazy week ahead too. momie's back, so what can i say? i won't need to cook or do much house chores now.. hee.. not that i did a lot while she was away.. :P
anyway, been really busy while momie was away. stayed 2 nights over at labbie.. stimes i think i'm mad, esp on the 2nd time, i told myself tt there wasnt any need for me to stay over. i cld hv jus off the machine n run it again tmr morning.. but well, i'm jus being stubborn, tt's all... come think of it, i kinda miss working alone at nights.. i feel that i can do more work when no one is ard.. haha.. a lab person likes a loner's world.. well, jus that my safety manager may hv a word to say bout this, if he ever so realise that i'm alone in the lab..
well, the 2 weeks when momie was away, i managed to catch up with a load of friends. it's good to bitch bout work, with those who are in the same field as me, n to bitch bout old times, back in school days with my batchmaties.. good to see my fren's boyfren (yaya.. i admit i'm a lil keh-poh.. :P).. good to go thru the DISC cycle to find out that once again i'm landed in the S-type.. *grinz.. some things jus never changed..
oh, oso good to be back in NUS for one rainy Sunday.. to go over to Arts forum, jus to discover that evrything still look pretty much the same, despite the alterations.. forum jus hv a new flooring, but still keep to the same stifling vacuum of nothingness.. central lib did not add much beauty with its completed outdoor tiles from the last time i saw its complete new change-over.. engine fac will never change.. brought me back to old times when i went up engine bridge, near LT4 where i used to cram in my study hours near exams; and to the far end where the university hall used to be, where the pavilion raised 7 floors from above the ground, where i witnessed a surprise bday party to my then cell leader, where FK n i speculated bout female engineers with long hair.. ah, those were the days.. so that summed up one nostalgic rainy Sunday..
then last weekend was a good time of learning n reflecting.. it is said that nothing can be learnt without reflection.. i went for this service-learning course organized by TOUCH, n as i said, it was a good time of learning, practical learning, that is. i never knew that games could be utilized for learning. tt's sth new, n sth i can put down to use in my GB work. i'll highly encourage u peeps to go for a service-learning course.. i also gather as much meaning to the usual warning that i give to my girls: don't just go through the motion; and a new meaning to live life intentionally. :)
tt's my report for this week. spent the whole of yesterday at home, resting n zzZ-ing.. hee.. altogether a lazy day. i expect a lazy week ahead too. momie's back, so what can i say? i won't need to cook or do much house chores now.. hee.. not that i did a lot while she was away.. :P
Friday, October 21, 2005
one of my shallow thoughts for tonite was to stay overnight at my lab. that's where i am now. hehh... well, since my postgrad said that my boss expects me to get some results by this weekend, i guess i shall just surprised him for once and actually produce some results for him to see. actually i had some excitement over a gel that i ran before the end of the day, but i cld not be bothered to show it to my boss. not when i was in a rush to go off n meet FK n J for a much needed run, which once again proved its wonders. it loosened my whole frame, n i m much better now.
anyway, i wanted to spend a portion of my time here tonite to write. cos at home, my bed wld lure me, n my mind wld b tempted onli to regret later n toss me into a mild insomnia (this has happened for a few nights now). yet at lab, my mind is automatically switched to my expts, n i'm like forever engaged in doing sth. hmm.. this mus not be so.. i mus make use of my time, be it to write, or to do solid research. heard from FK that one of the judges is a serious guy from Lit.. so i may need to pay heed to my grammar n facts!
apart from all this, my momie has gone over to East Msia. all the more reason why this is a good time to write. strike when the iron is hot. n the competition deadline is next weekend... orooo...
anyway, i wanted to spend a portion of my time here tonite to write. cos at home, my bed wld lure me, n my mind wld b tempted onli to regret later n toss me into a mild insomnia (this has happened for a few nights now). yet at lab, my mind is automatically switched to my expts, n i'm like forever engaged in doing sth. hmm.. this mus not be so.. i mus make use of my time, be it to write, or to do solid research. heard from FK that one of the judges is a serious guy from Lit.. so i may need to pay heed to my grammar n facts!
apart from all this, my momie has gone over to East Msia. all the more reason why this is a good time to write. strike when the iron is hot. n the competition deadline is next weekend... orooo...
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Today I'm decidedly in a sad dreamy mood. I even alighted from the bus before it reached the interchange so that I could take a good walk to inspect what it was that had thrown me into such a swing today. It's sad, I gather, but I could do nothing. It will pass, I'm sure. Patience. Time. Both are neither my strength at the moment.
Anyway, happier were the times that I could go to see the Vatican Journey of Faith before its last day on 9th Oct. They had a free entrance at 7pm on 8th Oct (Sat) so my friends and I headed down there to see it. First time for them, a second one for me. I wanted to slowly enjoy every single piece. Alas, there was a long queue, which means a lot of people. How typical! And I fell into the same lot with these people. How pathetic indeed! So what right do I have to say of them, when all I am doing is pointing the finger and saying it right to my own face? *laugh* Well, a lady from the museum was nice enough to distract us from our true journey to tell us about other cultures and we learnt so much from her, things that we did not know before. For instance, the Muslims are not allowed to depict humans or animals in their art motifs, so their works are mostly floral in nature.
After our late night museum tour (for that special night, the Asian Civilisation Museum was open 24 hours), we walked down Boat Quay and had Coffee Beans. It was ages since I last stepped into a Coffee Beans outlet, more still the one in Boat Quay. It was one of the first Coffee Beans that I went to. It was a good time, hanging out with the brothers, inducing girls' talk into them: eg. What is the ideal age for marriage? What are the characteristics you are looking out for? And I am ever thankful for NR3, my night-rider bus that stops right below my block.
My second taste of expensive coffee last week was the day after, ie Sunday. I went down to Marine Parade to have a potluck with my friends from the Japan tour. Since I was early, I decided to check out the Starbucks that a friend mentioned to be outside the library. Now, I knew that there was a Starbucks inside the library, but not the one outside. According to my friend, it was a great hang-out place, esp to spend a quiet afternoon reading. And it really is. However, my impression of Starbucks drinks has not improved. My first ever Starbucks was a Cafe Latte, which I did not add any sugar so it was all too bitter for my liking, and that day I tried their Tazo Chai Latte because someone recommended that. Not that I dislike the taste, rather there was too much ice. I felt that I paid more for the ice than the drink itself, so I was rather sore over that.
Anyway, speaking of potluck, had a similar version of that at Fongky's last Friday too. Alex and I went over, and I was supposed to cook grilled chicken with mashed potato on the side. Yet somehow it felt like Alex did much more of the cooking than me. *laugh* He's such a capable guy. And my grilled chicken didn't look anywhere near to how Sally did hers. And some more, hers seemed so much effortless than mine. Sigh, I have much to learn in this area. Just thank God that the chicken did not come out too hard or dry. It was still juicy and, on the whole, edible. :)
Well, so much for being back from Japan, and missing Japan. Work has started for me, and it's uphill all the way. Oh, and I'm pondering whether it's wise for me to get a bicycle, then I can cycle to work every day. Then I won't have to wait for the overcrowded 199 every morning, or to rush out of the house early enough to catch a relatively empty bus. On top of that I can save quite a lot of money. Hm...
p/s: O yea, it may have been the Chinese movies' effect, or the song. I watched Jackie Chan's The Myth, and Sammi Cheng's Everlasting Regret. Both ended quite sadly, and I have the song from The Myth stuck in my head.
Anyway, happier were the times that I could go to see the Vatican Journey of Faith before its last day on 9th Oct. They had a free entrance at 7pm on 8th Oct (Sat) so my friends and I headed down there to see it. First time for them, a second one for me. I wanted to slowly enjoy every single piece. Alas, there was a long queue, which means a lot of people. How typical! And I fell into the same lot with these people. How pathetic indeed! So what right do I have to say of them, when all I am doing is pointing the finger and saying it right to my own face? *laugh* Well, a lady from the museum was nice enough to distract us from our true journey to tell us about other cultures and we learnt so much from her, things that we did not know before. For instance, the Muslims are not allowed to depict humans or animals in their art motifs, so their works are mostly floral in nature.
After our late night museum tour (for that special night, the Asian Civilisation Museum was open 24 hours), we walked down Boat Quay and had Coffee Beans. It was ages since I last stepped into a Coffee Beans outlet, more still the one in Boat Quay. It was one of the first Coffee Beans that I went to. It was a good time, hanging out with the brothers, inducing girls' talk into them: eg. What is the ideal age for marriage? What are the characteristics you are looking out for? And I am ever thankful for NR3, my night-rider bus that stops right below my block.
My second taste of expensive coffee last week was the day after, ie Sunday. I went down to Marine Parade to have a potluck with my friends from the Japan tour. Since I was early, I decided to check out the Starbucks that a friend mentioned to be outside the library. Now, I knew that there was a Starbucks inside the library, but not the one outside. According to my friend, it was a great hang-out place, esp to spend a quiet afternoon reading. And it really is. However, my impression of Starbucks drinks has not improved. My first ever Starbucks was a Cafe Latte, which I did not add any sugar so it was all too bitter for my liking, and that day I tried their Tazo Chai Latte because someone recommended that. Not that I dislike the taste, rather there was too much ice. I felt that I paid more for the ice than the drink itself, so I was rather sore over that.
Anyway, speaking of potluck, had a similar version of that at Fongky's last Friday too. Alex and I went over, and I was supposed to cook grilled chicken with mashed potato on the side. Yet somehow it felt like Alex did much more of the cooking than me. *laugh* He's such a capable guy. And my grilled chicken didn't look anywhere near to how Sally did hers. And some more, hers seemed so much effortless than mine. Sigh, I have much to learn in this area. Just thank God that the chicken did not come out too hard or dry. It was still juicy and, on the whole, edible. :)
Well, so much for being back from Japan, and missing Japan. Work has started for me, and it's uphill all the way. Oh, and I'm pondering whether it's wise for me to get a bicycle, then I can cycle to work every day. Then I won't have to wait for the overcrowded 199 every morning, or to rush out of the house early enough to catch a relatively empty bus. On top of that I can save quite a lot of money. Hm...
p/s: O yea, it may have been the Chinese movies' effect, or the song. I watched Jackie Chan's The Myth, and Sammi Cheng's Everlasting Regret. Both ended quite sadly, and I have the song from The Myth stuck in my head.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
i'm back!!! :D
i finally got a taste of Japan, n boy, i am thankful for it. actually i mb one of the weirdest kind of ppl ard. i dun really know why i want to go over there so much because i've not really seen the land yet. 5 years back, i know nuts about Japan. then i got hooked. it has grown steadily, from anime to language, then to the culture n history (forgotten most of that tho').. there's jus a strong affinity for Japan. i hadnt been to the place then n yet i felt sure that i can stay there for some time, n see what can be done there. then this opportunity came along. sure, why not.. hop on to see the land. n it's gorgeous. Japan is jus what i felt it is all along. mb i shd keep my definition to Tokyo onli, since i've onli been there. yet it feels as if the rest of Japan wld feel the same to me as well. i'm in love with the place even before setting eyes on it. (trust me, i'm not the kind to flip on the Discovery Travel channel.)
well, the whole trip went all right. i enjoyed evry bits of it. we did a project SMILE (Sharing Magic In Love Everywhere) with the local Japanese, n had a community outreach to the old folks there. we managed to bring many happy smiles on their faces, n that is so priceless. then the 3 nights of Magic Of Love were great. i picked up new tricks to demo to the audience, as we were selling some of the merchandise. ppl were jus so amazed by simple tricks, n i love their smiles. some were v encouraging even when i had a couple hiccups. hee.. esp this usher, he wld come up to us n say 'show me'. then we cld practise our tricks for him to see. oh, n a professional Jap magician from the project SMILE class would also help us, n he's really quick with his hand movements. i'm amazed.
n i mus say the team is great as well. i had so much fun, laughing at one another. learning so much about the place together. rushing on the train, esp on our ride back to Narita airport. we got on the wrong train, n thank God, one of us spotted it in time before the train went too far from the turning point. n by His grace, we managed to check in at 615pm (our flight was bound to take off at 645pm), n board the plane. :)
oh, n thank God too that i managed to get into Japan. hee.. the visa thinggy did give me a fright there. the immigration officers were very strict to the rule for a visa tho' it is only "highly encouraged". *sigh.. well, i got led into one of those rooms for questioning, n i felt like i was a terrorist suspect. haha.. it sounded like fun now, but the thought came to be there n then, what if they kicked me back to Spore. honestly, thank God, that din happen. o well, i'll be more travel-wise now.. ;)
will post up photos soon! *loving n missing Japan*
p/s: i watched Mr & Mrs Smith (quite a cool movie, really) and The Little Mermaid (yes, again n again, i love this movie) on the flight there. i jus love flights with movies. hee.. tho i fell asleep for most of Kingdom of Heaven on my flight back, i managed to catch Adam Sandler's The Longest Yard. ;D
i finally got a taste of Japan, n boy, i am thankful for it. actually i mb one of the weirdest kind of ppl ard. i dun really know why i want to go over there so much because i've not really seen the land yet. 5 years back, i know nuts about Japan. then i got hooked. it has grown steadily, from anime to language, then to the culture n history (forgotten most of that tho').. there's jus a strong affinity for Japan. i hadnt been to the place then n yet i felt sure that i can stay there for some time, n see what can be done there. then this opportunity came along. sure, why not.. hop on to see the land. n it's gorgeous. Japan is jus what i felt it is all along. mb i shd keep my definition to Tokyo onli, since i've onli been there. yet it feels as if the rest of Japan wld feel the same to me as well. i'm in love with the place even before setting eyes on it. (trust me, i'm not the kind to flip on the Discovery Travel channel.)
well, the whole trip went all right. i enjoyed evry bits of it. we did a project SMILE (Sharing Magic In Love Everywhere) with the local Japanese, n had a community outreach to the old folks there. we managed to bring many happy smiles on their faces, n that is so priceless. then the 3 nights of Magic Of Love were great. i picked up new tricks to demo to the audience, as we were selling some of the merchandise. ppl were jus so amazed by simple tricks, n i love their smiles. some were v encouraging even when i had a couple hiccups. hee.. esp this usher, he wld come up to us n say 'show me'. then we cld practise our tricks for him to see. oh, n a professional Jap magician from the project SMILE class would also help us, n he's really quick with his hand movements. i'm amazed.
n i mus say the team is great as well. i had so much fun, laughing at one another. learning so much about the place together. rushing on the train, esp on our ride back to Narita airport. we got on the wrong train, n thank God, one of us spotted it in time before the train went too far from the turning point. n by His grace, we managed to check in at 615pm (our flight was bound to take off at 645pm), n board the plane. :)
oh, n thank God too that i managed to get into Japan. hee.. the visa thinggy did give me a fright there. the immigration officers were very strict to the rule for a visa tho' it is only "highly encouraged". *sigh.. well, i got led into one of those rooms for questioning, n i felt like i was a terrorist suspect. haha.. it sounded like fun now, but the thought came to be there n then, what if they kicked me back to Spore. honestly, thank God, that din happen. o well, i'll be more travel-wise now.. ;)
will post up photos soon! *loving n missing Japan*
p/s: i watched Mr & Mrs Smith (quite a cool movie, really) and The Little Mermaid (yes, again n again, i love this movie) on the flight there. i jus love flights with movies. hee.. tho i fell asleep for most of Kingdom of Heaven on my flight back, i managed to catch Adam Sandler's The Longest Yard. ;D
Thursday, September 22, 2005
yes, i shall still blog.. n geez, it's amazing how a lot of things can b changed over a short span of less than 15hrs. look at the draft i typed out tis morn so tt i wun hv to spend so much time here:
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well, u know i usu hv the habit of blogging before i go somewhere.. hee.. yups, this is one of those instances.
I'M GOING JAPAN!!
hehh.. i've been keeping this quiet for a while over the blog cos i wanna surprise some ppl.. *evil me* ;p
yup yup yup.. i'll be gone for ard 9days.. my flight is scheduled to leave at 06 00 hour from Changi n arriving at Narita ard 13 00 hour. 7 hours of flight, so Tokyo shall be the furthest place i've charted to tis year. hee.. well, this is part of a church activity since my senior pastor will b going there to perform the Magic Of Love, i'm taking part as a prayer intercessor.. part of my duties include doing some magic tricks, which i picked up over 4 lessons.. i'm not sure what to expect when i get there.. *excited*
packing last nite oredi boosted up my excitement level, til i found it rather hard to sleep. tonite wld definitely b a sleepless one as well, because i'd b heading down the airport tonite to avoid catching a taxi early in the morning n suffer midnight charges. (the last time i took a taxi for the half marathon, it cost me $25++!! btw, yea, i ran on 11 Sept, n got a timing of 2h 34min 52s. still not within my time goal, still got room for improvement..) anyway, Steff offered to keep me company, tho i declined at 1st, but on 2nd thots, it might be a good idea cos i need someone to help me jaga my bags when i go washroom, n i guess it's quite an adventure to stay overnight at the airport so i wun wanna deny Steff that thrill. hehh.. as for myself, i've done tt before while i was in JC. heh.. ppl do weird stuff during that age.. :P
n to my dear KwongHsia, yes dear, i'm fine. yes, i'm putting ur name down here cos i think u still read my blog n i owe u an sms. haa.. will msg u when i get back, okie.. take care yea.. :)
n i had a most wonderful dinner with FK. *winkz* i dun care if u've gone down to try the ice cream while i'm away, the point is that we mus go down there tgther one day when i get back n when i save enough coins for it. heee... :P
to evryone else, pls wait for updates n photos next next week! til then take care ~!
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well, i'm still going Japan for sure, by faith. hee.. got a lil freaked out bout the visa thinggy, but shall chk it out tmr n see how. silly me, never chked that out.
n as i'm typing tis at ard 1135pm from home, it means that i'm not staying overnight at the airport. Irene thot it best for me to sleep more (she's paying my taxi fare later *hee* n sending me off on top of that. :)), but alas, i'm still not asleep yet. soon, soon.. i'm quite tired now. dun think i will hv enough sleep.. last time i prayed to God before to multiply my sleeping hours by 5-10 times. n it sorta worked cos i was fully awake n functional the next day. oh God, let it be so tonite..
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well, u know i usu hv the habit of blogging before i go somewhere.. hee.. yups, this is one of those instances.
I'M GOING JAPAN!!
hehh.. i've been keeping this quiet for a while over the blog cos i wanna surprise some ppl.. *evil me* ;p
yup yup yup.. i'll be gone for ard 9days.. my flight is scheduled to leave at 06 00 hour from Changi n arriving at Narita ard 13 00 hour. 7 hours of flight, so Tokyo shall be the furthest place i've charted to tis year. hee.. well, this is part of a church activity since my senior pastor will b going there to perform the Magic Of Love, i'm taking part as a prayer intercessor.. part of my duties include doing some magic tricks, which i picked up over 4 lessons.. i'm not sure what to expect when i get there.. *excited*
packing last nite oredi boosted up my excitement level, til i found it rather hard to sleep. tonite wld definitely b a sleepless one as well, because i'd b heading down the airport tonite to avoid catching a taxi early in the morning n suffer midnight charges. (the last time i took a taxi for the half marathon, it cost me $25++!! btw, yea, i ran on 11 Sept, n got a timing of 2h 34min 52s. still not within my time goal, still got room for improvement..) anyway, Steff offered to keep me company, tho i declined at 1st, but on 2nd thots, it might be a good idea cos i need someone to help me jaga my bags when i go washroom, n i guess it's quite an adventure to stay overnight at the airport so i wun wanna deny Steff that thrill. hehh.. as for myself, i've done tt before while i was in JC. heh.. ppl do weird stuff during that age.. :P
n to my dear KwongHsia, yes dear, i'm fine. yes, i'm putting ur name down here cos i think u still read my blog n i owe u an sms. haa.. will msg u when i get back, okie.. take care yea.. :)
n i had a most wonderful dinner with FK. *winkz* i dun care if u've gone down to try the ice cream while i'm away, the point is that we mus go down there tgther one day when i get back n when i save enough coins for it. heee... :P
to evryone else, pls wait for updates n photos next next week! til then take care ~!
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well, i'm still going Japan for sure, by faith. hee.. got a lil freaked out bout the visa thinggy, but shall chk it out tmr n see how. silly me, never chked that out.
n as i'm typing tis at ard 1135pm from home, it means that i'm not staying overnight at the airport. Irene thot it best for me to sleep more (she's paying my taxi fare later *hee* n sending me off on top of that. :)), but alas, i'm still not asleep yet. soon, soon.. i'm quite tired now. dun think i will hv enough sleep.. last time i prayed to God before to multiply my sleeping hours by 5-10 times. n it sorta worked cos i was fully awake n functional the next day. oh God, let it be so tonite..
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Saturday, September 03, 2005
before the clock strikes midnight,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMIE!!!
n i rmbr that when i jus started my blog, i made a special wish for my momie's bday too. *grinz..
yest's nite appreciation dinner turned out to be a sch function, so it wasnt onli for GB girls.. in fact, almost practically none of the girls were there. n once again, i wasnt dressed for the ocassion, but i guess it was all right. some other ppl were dressed quite casually as well. anyway, for once, i did not care for the food so much, din each much either cos surprisingly i was full even before i finished the food. perhaps i was thrown into a strange circumstance where i knew not many ppl there except a few teachers n my GB captain. sighz..
but it was a good nite because i got to hear the FMSS band and choir group performed. n they were awarded gold for the SYF, even with hons for choir. i love the piece from Pirates of the Caribeans that the band played, but the choir cld hv done better, what with their flying colours, i expected more. i guess this is more of a goodbye night for me, for FMSS. will explain on tis point later.
today was National Bible Quiz day. FMSS sent two teams, which i coached for a period of 3 wks on the book of Luke. i mus say tt i did not fare well as a coach cos i myself did not finish the book, n it was a sad blow tt the girls did not get into the top 5. i was half hoping tt they wld get at least 5th. o well.. one team got silver n the other one, which got onli 3 points lower, got bronze award (this gold, silver, bronze award is based on score, not that u get 1st, 2nd or 3rd). 3 pts made a difference. poor team. i felt sad for them. all in all, the girls were quite high spirited n independent. cld jus do without an adult volunteer to jaga them.
then after that, i met momie at city hall. she wanted to buy stuff from Giordano. *geez.. haha.. we went to the one in citilink, it did not hv her size. then we toured ard marina square, they did not hv a Giordano there. fine, so we had to make our way thru the large crowd (thx to Comex, n some World Food thinggy) to the outlet in Suntec.. no luck there as well. finally confirmed that they hv the stock in Raffles City. phew... thank God that they hv 3 outlets nearby in the city hall area, so now u ppl know where to go hunting for ur Giordano items on ur bdays, if u wanna play safe.. hee.. ;)
oooh.. that reminds me of a fwded sms i got. shall post it here before i end off. pls read one line at a time slowly. hehee.. i really like tis one.. :D
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Positive Thinking is like this..
A little bird in the sky..
U look up & it shits in ur eye.
U don't mind & U don't cry.
U just thank GOD that
elephants don't fly!
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teeheehee... n for that matter, pigs don't fly either.. mb one day. ;)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMIE!!!
n i rmbr that when i jus started my blog, i made a special wish for my momie's bday too. *grinz..
yest's nite appreciation dinner turned out to be a sch function, so it wasnt onli for GB girls.. in fact, almost practically none of the girls were there. n once again, i wasnt dressed for the ocassion, but i guess it was all right. some other ppl were dressed quite casually as well. anyway, for once, i did not care for the food so much, din each much either cos surprisingly i was full even before i finished the food. perhaps i was thrown into a strange circumstance where i knew not many ppl there except a few teachers n my GB captain. sighz..
but it was a good nite because i got to hear the FMSS band and choir group performed. n they were awarded gold for the SYF, even with hons for choir. i love the piece from Pirates of the Caribeans that the band played, but the choir cld hv done better, what with their flying colours, i expected more. i guess this is more of a goodbye night for me, for FMSS. will explain on tis point later.
today was National Bible Quiz day. FMSS sent two teams, which i coached for a period of 3 wks on the book of Luke. i mus say tt i did not fare well as a coach cos i myself did not finish the book, n it was a sad blow tt the girls did not get into the top 5. i was half hoping tt they wld get at least 5th. o well.. one team got silver n the other one, which got onli 3 points lower, got bronze award (this gold, silver, bronze award is based on score, not that u get 1st, 2nd or 3rd). 3 pts made a difference. poor team. i felt sad for them. all in all, the girls were quite high spirited n independent. cld jus do without an adult volunteer to jaga them.
then after that, i met momie at city hall. she wanted to buy stuff from Giordano. *geez.. haha.. we went to the one in citilink, it did not hv her size. then we toured ard marina square, they did not hv a Giordano there. fine, so we had to make our way thru the large crowd (thx to Comex, n some World Food thinggy) to the outlet in Suntec.. no luck there as well. finally confirmed that they hv the stock in Raffles City. phew... thank God that they hv 3 outlets nearby in the city hall area, so now u ppl know where to go hunting for ur Giordano items on ur bdays, if u wanna play safe.. hee.. ;)
oooh.. that reminds me of a fwded sms i got. shall post it here before i end off. pls read one line at a time slowly. hehee.. i really like tis one.. :D
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Positive Thinking is like this..
A little bird in the sky..
U look up & it shits in ur eye.
U don't mind & U don't cry.
U just thank GOD that
elephants don't fly!
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teeheehee... n for that matter, pigs don't fly either.. mb one day. ;)
Friday, September 02, 2005
last nite, my family celebrated my momie's bday in advanced cos big bro is making his way to Brazil tonite, on a working trip that is. still i find it so cool to be send to another place even if it's for work. think of all the expenses u can save on, plus u really feel the culture there. not like tourists who jus go there for sight seeing, what a lot of things missed out in that!
oh, n yest on my way back, i bumped into another old labmatie of mine. he did one module together with me, the beer module. *grinz.. i'm glad tt he still rmbr me. hee.. these days, i happen to bump into ppl a lot tt it frightens me. i guess i need to be prepared evrytime i step out of my house, prepared in the sense of being dressed more presentably. haa... well, i hv a knack of appearing in big T-shirt n berms, even at Orchard Rd once. cos i wasnt doing shopping ma, i went there jus to do an errant. n *bam* i bumped into my coursemates there. so paiseh tt i jus waved a hi to them n went off quickly in the opposite direction.. hahaa.. sighz..
tonite i'll be appreciated by my GB girls.. hee.. 'em throwing an appreciation dinner at FMSS for the volunteers. so yay~.. sth to look fwd to after work. :)
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Let the weight of Your Glory fall on us,
Let the triumph of Your Kingdom come,
Let the light of Your Glory fill the earth,
Let the weight of Your Glory come,
Let the weight of Your Glory come...
oh, n yest on my way back, i bumped into another old labmatie of mine. he did one module together with me, the beer module. *grinz.. i'm glad tt he still rmbr me. hee.. these days, i happen to bump into ppl a lot tt it frightens me. i guess i need to be prepared evrytime i step out of my house, prepared in the sense of being dressed more presentably. haa... well, i hv a knack of appearing in big T-shirt n berms, even at Orchard Rd once. cos i wasnt doing shopping ma, i went there jus to do an errant. n *bam* i bumped into my coursemates there. so paiseh tt i jus waved a hi to them n went off quickly in the opposite direction.. hahaa.. sighz..
tonite i'll be appreciated by my GB girls.. hee.. 'em throwing an appreciation dinner at FMSS for the volunteers. so yay~.. sth to look fwd to after work. :)
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Let the weight of Your Glory fall on us,
Let the triumph of Your Kingdom come,
Let the light of Your Glory fill the earth,
Let the weight of Your Glory come,
Let the weight of Your Glory come...
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