Graduation photos!

Finally! My graduation pics... Here goes...

With Xin Hong...

With Taka...

With Shan Shan...

With James...

With Alvin...

With Bobby, the Dean!

With Zhou Ling...

With Pastor Ming...

With Kate and Helen...

With Ling Ling....

With Shiyi...

With Sameer...

With Jennifer...

With Mummy, Joshua and Daddy!

With Cherie and Steven, my CGL!

A long awaited holiday...

I'm leaving for Krabi today!

The beach, the sand, the sun, the sea...

Donuts

My normally impatient brother queued one and a half hour for these donuts. Amazing (I mean my brother's patience, not the donuts). You can drool at them. For those who have not tried these before, they taste pretty ok. Mister Donut from Taiwan (or Japan?) tastes better.

Photos taken on the last week of school

I've yet to put up my graduation photos yet 'cos my dearly beloved has yet to pass them to me. Dear dear, I know you don't read my blog often but if you happen to read it today, pass the photos to me quickly, ok? Please.... Muack!

Anyway, here are some of the photos that I took during the last week of SOT...

Jenna, my best pal since NUS.

Eric and Ailyn, a "garang" couple from Perak...

Carol, my van kaki...

Christina from choir...

Wei-Lu, from Taiwan and in the choir!

Hui-Jung, from Taiwan and in the choir too!

James, songsheets! Sound check! Jianing, want to take cab?!

David, in my opinion, a talented guitarist and dancer...

Sally, Miss Emerge!

James and David goofing around.

Alvin, caught on camera. Haha.

Alvin, in my opinion, the talented photographer.

Zhenjun, my ex-CG member!

Jimmy, one of the sisters in choir that I can count upon to sing everyday.

With Kee Liang, he wants to supervise my CG. Ha.

Karen, my team leader!

Yun-Chang and Shu-Ping, a couple from Taiwan, full of faith!

June, my partner in choir. Songsheets! Songsheets!

Willy and Joe, can count on them to sing everyday.

Claudia, another partner in choir. I'm reaching soon!

Kok Siang, the man to call in every situation.

Sendy, I call her the diva (positive, not negative!).

SOT - Class of 2007

I've graduated... For the past three days, I've really been going through an emotional roller-coaster...

Friday was the last day of school. The last day to take the van. The last day sitting at the back with Alvin, Carol, James, Wen Kai and David. The last day seeing David, James and Wen Kai lying on the van sleeping. I am so going to miss all of them. Every morning taking the van with them, laughing, talking, listening to lame jokes, listening to songs with the lyrics changed, sleeping and trying to catch up with Bible reading, studying for exams. I am so going to miss all of these. At the end of the class that day, I cried buckets of tears. The presence of God was there and I know that life will never be the same again...

Four and a half months ago, together with 460 students, I embarked on this life-changing journey. Come to think of it, I was almost not going to SOT initially. If God had not intervened, prompting Steven to speak right into my heart, I would not have made this decision. SOT was always something that I wanted to do since I was studying in NUS. During that time, I told myself that two years after my graduation, I would enrol myself in SOT, and I almost didn't do it until God intervened. Now, I have absolutely no regrets in taking this step of faith.

The past four and a half months wasn't easy. I juggled between work and SOT, family, ministry, lack of sleep, but my days have never been so fulfilling. I served in the choir every day, struggling to reach at 8am every morning, printing songsheets, going through the songs with the choir, verifying ministry hours and collecting ministry forms. Every day was a challenge to stay awake, waking up on time, handling in assignments, Bible reading, etc, etc. It wasn't easy but I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

But the most important thing was the friendships made in SOT. For four and a half months, all of us laboured together, went through the same exams, preaching tests, encouraged one another, bless one another, wake one another up in class and served together. Now it's all over and I am already missing everyone... But the real adventure is also beginning... And the ship is leaving the harbour...

SOT - Team 6

SOT Choir

The van riders

PS: I'll try to put up more photos soon.

4 days away from graduation

Today was the last day of having lessons from CHC's staff officially. Pastor Derek wrapped up the final part on Theology and although I had been looking forward to graduation, somehow, I felt a little bit of reluctance. Four and half months is not too long, but it isn't too short either. It feels surreal. I don't know how I would react when I return to work full time next week. I feel kind of lost? I don't know. I guess I need to readjust my life again. Somehow, the readjustment is happening now. Throughout the past few months, I hardly had to work beyond 7.30pm although I was still holding on to full-time work in a part-time position. Yet, on Monday, the inevitable happened. I finished work at 9.30pm and today, I left my office at 8.30pm. It seems like the mountain of work is coming back to haunt me now... Tsk...

One of those days

I reached home at 10.30pm from work today. This is the first time and it will be my last time too. This is one of those days that I really want to strangle KNN. I left office at 9.30pm. I was the last to leave. This will not happen again. Feeling highly agitated and irritated now. Copied four pages of notes by hand, retyped and send again. It was time consuming and my hands were tired. This was all because he said "NO" to 'Print Screen'...

1 week away from graduation

I am one week away from my SOT graduation. I've got my graduation gown and mortar board already and the gown is waiting to be ironed... Anyway, we had a graduation dinner at Marina South on Thursday. It was back to where we had started. On 16 Apr 07, we had our orientation dinner and on 23 Aug, it was our graduation dinner. In the past, the students had dinner at restaurants but this year the intake was too big and no restaurant was able to contain 460 students, the other alternative was a banquet dinner which would be too costly. So, to Marina South we went. I didn't eat much, in fact, I was busy cooking. Haha...

Food galore!

The feasting begins!

The dean is speaking...

With the choir gals...

With the Taiwanese gals....

Team 6!

Photos!!!

Phew! I've not been blogging for about two months! Well, I've been very very busy at school but it's coming to end soon... Anyway, took some pictures recently for my birthday. Here they are...

Dinner at Projectshop - Blood Cafe

Beef brisket pasta, the sauce was fantastic!

Turkey cranberry sandwich - This was awesome!

Me with the Makuti ring, my eyes looked sleepy here though...

With the tulips that Joshua bought

A tulip in full bloom! Isn't it lovely!

幸福的距离

This is the song that Liu Genghong used to propose to his girlfriend of 7 years during Emerge. Simple melody and lyrics but very touching....

幸福的距离

词曲:罗文裕

窗外开始下起毛毛雨

云遮住了星星

夜深了还没有睡意

翻来覆去的想你

时钟滴答滴答的声音

像在说我爱你

转过2点3点到6点

恨不得快点见到你

幸福的距离

就算万公里

在你眼里有我想要勇气

从南极飞到北极

南京到北京

你的笑胜过那些美景

我们勾勾手　

就一言为定

我会傻傻的好好的爱你

你的名加我的姓

永远在一起

拥抱多过千言万语

Amazing strength!

Hey folks!

I know I haven't been blogging for awhile. All I can say is that my days are really very fulfilling now and before I know it, next week is my sixth week in SOT. One and a half months gone just like that and I am left with three months. Anyway, I'm really surprised at my strength. After starting SOT, I have never had enough sleep. If I had slept like that in the past, I would go to the office as a grouchy person.

Anyway, just last night, I only slept half an hour! I was busy mugging for my first assignment. It actually wasn't that difficult but the volume was enormous. I had to do a book review. There were 52 chapters in the book and I had to write a hundred word summary for each chapter. Being a meticulous person, I really spent a lot of extra time in recasting some of the summaries and before I knew it, it was four plus in the morning. So I took a quick nap and then went off to school. Its already 11pm now and I am still awake. I know I am tired so I am going to sleep after this. One thing I learnt: This is really leaning upon the strength of the Lord. Amazing strength!

Politics at work

"If you don't play politics, politics will play you".

The above is a comment from one of my colleagues. Want to know what I think?

To me, "if you play politics, politics will eventually play you".

Office politics is a vicious cycle. In the first place, things didn't work like this over here until this year. After seeing a record of thirteen good officers leave my department last year, the department swiftly hired ten officers to fill in the gap. Some of these officers are older than me while the rest are about my age. The ugly thing is, politics in the office is starting to show its ugly head. And the champion of these are actually these new officers. Perhaps they are still in their bubble. Things just don't work like that over here. No matter how much politics you play, it doesn't guarantee you a promotion. Face the truth. This is civil service. You might win the favour of the boss but the bosses themselves are playing their own politics too and you don't know when they are telling the truth. It doesn't take a genius to work here. We just need quality officers but the new ones are not showing it. All they know is to play politics. They can continue to do it because I believe one day politics will play them out.

School of Theology 2007

On 16 Apr 07, I embarked on one of the most exciting journeys in my life. This journey will last me for the next four and a half months. Yes, after much consideration and struggling, I finally enrolled myself in SOT this year. Everything started with a call from Steven (my cell group leader) in Mar 07. By then, the application for SOT had closed but it was extended so that more students could sign up for it. Although I had purposed in heart that I would enrol myself in SOT two years after I graduate from NUS but I did not take any action. In any case, the phone call changed my life. Steven spoke right into my life and because I was at the MRT when I took the phone call, I had to control my tears from falling...

Nevertheless, 16 Apr was the big day. It was orientation day. I reached Jurong West at 8am. Yes, it was really early since I leave in the east and I had to squeeze on the train with the students. I can't remember when was the last time I did it. Anyway, everyone's spirits was high and after registration, we proceeded to the main auditorium. We had a briefing and this year's enrolment was 469 students! It was a record. For the past twelve intakes, we had about 200 students or more, this was the first time it went beyond 400!

After the briefing, we started on the Amazing Race and we went to the places that was part of the church's history. So the journey took me from Jurong West to Chinese Garden to River Walk to Vivo City to Paya Lebar before ending at Marina South for a steamboat dinner. We were supposed to go to Simei and Expo too but my team didn't have enough time.

My fellow team mates in SOT: Max, Michelle, Carol and Valerie

My choir friends who are now my classmates! Michele, Kate and Helen.

The entire Team 6 at Marina South!

Michelle, my buddy in SOT! She's only 17 years old!

Our lovely ice kacang creation.

Anyway, I am into my second week in SOT now. Yes, it has been tiring - juggling work and school but I still look forward to it. Every new day is worth looking forward too and I am enjoying it.

Dinner at Man Fu Yuan

I just had a birthday dinner for my father at Man Fu Yuan. Man Fu Yuan is a Chinese restaurant at the Inter-Continental Hotel. Well, it was a nice place and the food was great. But it was kinda strange, this was Chinese fine dining. It was weird. I mean Chinese dining means chopsticks and spoons right? But they also gave us a fork and a knife?! Am I suppose to use it or not? Or is it meant for the ang mohs? Funny eh? And then the plates and bowls that they used were not the typical Chinese kind, it was pure white porcelain with, erm, funny shapes... And instead of having one big dish in the middle of the table, it was five small dishes for each person. Well, it was hygienic but weird for a Chinese dinner. I prefer one big dish where everyone could share and you could have more of what you like and less of what you dun like. For this, you were given a fixed portion regardless of whether you like it or not... Weird... Anyway, the shark's fin was nice. It was real fin, not jelly.

Evangelistic meeting with Pst Benny Hinn

In the span of half an hour, I fell under the power of the Holy Spirit four times... Need I say more? Anyway, this is indescribable... The way the Holy Spirit works through this man is just so amazing...

小情歌

希望大家都有属于自己的小情歌！

演唱者：苏打绿

这是一首简单的小情歌

唱着人们心肠的曲折

我想我很快乐

当有你的温热

脚边的空气转了

这是一首简单的小情歌

唱着我们心头的白鸽

我想我很适合

当一个歌颂者

青春在风中飘着

你知道

就算大雨让这座城市颠倒

我会给你怀抱

受不了

看见你背影来到

写下我度秒如年难捱的离骚

就算整个世界被寂寞绑票

我也不会奔跑

逃不了

最后谁也都苍老

写下我时间和琴声交错的城堡

不要对我大声说话

你大声地和我说话时，你是否想过我那时的心情？

在你不知道我的心情时，请你不要乱下定论，对我发脾气。

不是每一件事都需要解释，但我希望能有多一点的体谅和体贴的问候，不是大声地怒吼。

我说我很累，不只是身体上的累，我身心也很疲累。。。

你能够明白吗？

Chocolatey Sunday...

My Sundays are packed... So packed...

Went out on Saturday night and watched "Because I Said So" starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore, a case of an overbearing and unwilling to let go mother with a daughter who is trying to break free. Anyway, it's a chick flick, some laughter but pretty average movie... And I reached home at 2am. Tired.

Anyway, by 11am on Sunday, I was out of my house. Went to get birthday gifts before I rushed off to Tiong Bahru for Bible study. By the time it ended, it was 3.30pm and we had to take a cab to Janice's house for Cayean's 1st birthday and Charles' 33rd birthday. Well, both father and son's birthday fell on the same day. How many fathers have birthdays on the same day as their child?! I bet lots of fathers are dying to be in his shoes!

Talking about their birthdays, it was an overdose of chocolate at Janice's (Cayean's mother, Charles' wife) house. She made chocolate fondue and it went with almond pies, mangoes, bananas, strawberries, pocky (chocolate upon strawberry), marshmallows, cookies, apricots, shortbread cookies and Julie's biscuits with rainbow and chocolate rice. In addition, we had a rich and yummy chocolate birthday cake! Need I say more? I am filled entirely to the brim with chocolate... Makes me want to make a fondue on my own... Hmm...

Its 10.30pm now, less than 12 hours later, I have to face the weird and odd newbie in the office... Wish me luck, I hope I dun lose my temper. Tsk.

Income tax & my new phone.

I just filed for tax. Upon looking at my income bracket and the tax rates, I realised I need to pay tax. How much? I do not know. Will wait for the notice. I can't believe this... Tsk...

Oh yeah, I bought a new phone.

It's a Nokia 2626. No camera. No features. Basic phone. The only consolation: it's pink.

On work

I have a new officer in my office. She's odd. Really odd. It's her second week at work and she's working 'til almost 8pm every day, and she's staying later than the quiet guy next to me. I really do not understand it. In fact, she hasn't really started on any real work, what she is doing now is just basic internet searches. You mean to tell me this takes up so much of your time?! Good grief. When real work starts, she can camp overnight.

Oh yeah, she actually went back to work last Sunday from 5pm to 10pm. Mad, isn't it? If she thinks that by working in such a way, she would gain a promotion, I am sorry. It doesn't work this way here. Besides working long hours, she's rude. While we were lamenting that staying till 7.30pm is late for us cos we live quite far away, she said, no, "Woodlands isn't that far", "7.30pm is not late" and "only working till 10pm is considered late"! What nonsense is that?! She also comes out with some questions that baffle me and Mr B, and for the first time yesterday, Mr B and I thought alike for 5 seconds! Imagine that. My nemesis and I on the same flow.

On another note, we realised that a few oddballs and well, evil people were hired by the same Deputy Director, aka, the not-so-smart one. Not sure about the officer in my office yet but the ones that are creating problems now are hired by him. Another case of comfirming his inability to hire quality officers. Full stop.

I need a new phone

I need a new phone. Once again, my phone has failed me. Unlike my previous Nokia phone which crashed and switched off itself automatically, my LG phone has problems with the keypad. The buttons '2', '0', '3' is increasingly getting difficult for me to enter. Moreover, I sms faster than the predictive text, so now I am sms-ing really slow and for once, I do not like to sms. That's because my thumb hurts by the time I finish writing a msg. Irritating. Going to buy a new phone over the weekend or next week when my salary is in.

破财消灾

Spent an enormous sum on my office keys today. Right from the first day I stepped into the office, the keys are a bane to me. This is the second time I spent so much money on my bunch of keys. Ah! I was happily on my way to the office when I realised that I had left my office keys and pass at home! No choice. I had to return home. No keys means that I can't work. So I took a cab back to my house. Cab fare was $10. Fine. My return trip to the office was a killer. Peak hour surcharge: $2. ERP charges: $7. Total cab fare: $25.20. Screams! $35.20 of cab in a day. Ahh!!! All because of a bunch of keys.

In love with Fahrenheit and Wu Zun

I knew that 花样少年少女 was hot but I didn't know the effect that it had on me...

At first, I wasn't really keen on watching this drama serial but as I read the synopses on I-weekly, the storyline began to attract me. So... I finally logged on to Youtube to catch the drama serial. Once I logged on, I was hooked. Totally hooked on the serial and the leading male actor - Wu Zun.

Gosh, he's so good looking! He's from Brunei and used to be a model and fitness instructor. No wonder the body looks so good! Now you know I am mad cos I seldom leave such comments on artistes in my blog, not even when I was nuts on Hyun Bin, Shin Goon and Yul Goon. I think I am going mad. I went to buy the OST and even Fahrenheit's debut album! I can't remember when was the last time I bought a boyband album! Screams! I am going nuts!

专属天使

Heard the theme song of 花样少年少女 which was sang by Tank and totally fell in love with it...

我不会怪你对我的伪装
天使在人间是该藏好翅膀
人们愚蠢鲁莽而你纤细善良
怎能让你为了我被碰伤
小小的手掌厚厚的温暖
你总能平复我不安的夜晚
不敢想的梦想透过你的眼光
我才看见它原来在前方
没有谁能把你抢离我身旁
你是我的专属天使
唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我心上
拥有一个专属天使
我哪里还需要别的愿望
小小的手掌大大的力量
我一定也会像你一样飞翔
你想去的地方就是我的方向
有我保护笑容尽管灿烂
没有谁能把你抢离我身旁
你是我的专属天使
唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我心上
拥有一个专属天使
我哪里还需要别的愿望
要不是你出现
我一定还在沉睡
绝望的以为生命只有黑夜
没有谁能把你抢离我身旁
你是我的专属天使
唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我心上
拥有一个专属天使
我哪里还需要别的愿望

人日快乐！

It's the seventh day of the lunar new year, so here's wishing everyone - Happy Birthday! 人日快乐!

Well, so far my Chinese New Year has been fun and tiring! On the first day, I went eight places! And on the second and third day, I went to two or three places, but that was enough. That's why I told my parents that going on New Year visitations was more tiring than working! Anyway, the plus point was that I received a lot of ang baos but the amount decreased! Haha... Cos my relatives siad that since I am working now, they would not be giving me as much. Hmmph... The ills of growing up, no wonder sometimes I like singing "不想长大" from SHE. Hehe...

Oh yeah, I also managed to steer quite clear of the "when are you getting married" question. So far, only four "interested" parties have asked me about it. Considering the number of people I meet and the many places that I went to, I figure that this is a good record. Kudos to me! Yea!

This is my year!

Hey folks!

Happy Chinese New Year! Yup, that's right, this is my year, the year of the pig! Just had my reunion dinner, steaming steamboat and wine! Yummy! Anyway, the new year celebration in the office yesterday was fun and my team won everything! Haha... It made people jealous... Well, too bad... It's my year. Haha... Enjoy the long weekend!

Red obsession

I bought something red today. It was something that I wanted for a long long time. In fact, I've been thinking about it since Christmas, but I finally satisfied that longing today. Haha... I bought a digital camera!!!! Yippee! I finally have one! It's a Casio Exilim, 7.2 mega pixels, slim and sleek, 2.5 inch LCD screen and it's red! Watch out for photos!

生日快乐

今天终于看了《生日快乐》。早在两三个星期前就想要去看了可是却没有时间，不过今天终于做到了。一直以来都很少看爱情文艺片。《生日快乐》却吸引了我，除了美美的刘若英和帅帅的古天乐，这故事的情节真得很感人。

小米（刘若英）和小南（古天乐）深爱着彼此不过两人的感情却没有结果。小时候的阴影使小米没有安全感，一直很害怕失去深爱的人所以选择和小南作比朋友更好的朋友。小南深爱着小米所以尊重了小米的决定。即使多年来两人分分和和，身边有不同的人出现，但永远都在彼此的最深处，无论有什么高兴或不高兴的是都会在第一时间通知对方。而小南每一年无论身在何处都会给小米送上生日祝福，这是唯一他们能关心彼此的方式。今年的祝福却迟了42 个小时。结果，小南原来在三年前患上直肠癌过世了。死的时候是听着小米的音乐录音带，三年来的祝福也是他在死前一再嘱咐姐姐替他寄的。姐姐希望能瞒多久就瞒多久，朋友知道后也决定隐瞒小米。或许这样对小米很残忍不过这是否也给她一个希望？三年前，小南不忍心对小米说他生病了所以谎称他结婚并移居上海。对小米而言这就是事实所以每年生日的时候都希望受到小南的祝福，因为这是唯一让她知道小南还在关心，想念她的方式……

New hair

I went for a hair cut today. Actually I was thinking of splitting the session into two days, one day for a cut and another day for colour but well, things were in my favour. Upon reaching the salon at 7pm (I was rushing!), it turned out that the evening crowd wasn't there yet, so Alan had more than enough time for me. That was good news, he had three customers that night and I was his first. It means that he could colour my hair personally (cos when the other customer came,the assistant did it. Haha.) In the end, we decided on having red hair for me again. This time round it would be redder with a hint of magenta. Nice isn't it? Heh... And that's what we did! Alan did a bob for me and after washing off the colour from my hair... For the first time, I really felt my hair was too red. It was so red that I wonder if my bosses could accept it. But it's just hair only right? Colouring doesn't make me dumb and it doesn't affect my work right? Ok, I admit I am trying to justify myself but what's done cannot be undone. Anyway, I love my new hair colour and hair cut!

Peaceful week with a hint of thrill

Mr B went on holiday this week. This means I am free from Mr B for a week which means peacefulness, nobody singing loudly in the office and no hint of extra flesh from clothes that are too revealing. Great. I love it. It just makes my week at work tick.

Anyway, the crucial issue was this. The bosses had their weekly meeting in then morning and the moment it finished, my boss told us to see him in the office. Important decisions that changed my work environment was made. All along, we've been sending our reports to Mr B for approval. As of today, I no longer have to do that. Apparently, the decision made at the meeting was that from now on, with immediate effect, my boss would approve our reports, no longer would it be Mr B. In fact, I was trying very hard to hide my excitement and prevent myself from laughing out loud when my boss announced the decision. That means, no longer will my reports be disapproved because of a spelling error, grammar error or because Mr B doesn't understand the meaning of a certain word. Great.

I really think that my bosses are shrewd. To think that they made this kind of decision when she is not around. Imagine how would she feel when she comes back next week and realise that her authority over us is stripped. This is exciting. I can't wait to see her reaction. Tsk...

Farewell for Brenda

Brenda tendered her resignation on the first week of Jan. If Brenda can leave this place, it means serious business. That shows how frustrated she is since Brenda is such a mild person. And Brenda is number one for this year!

Anyway, we had a farewell lunch for Brenda at Yan Ge today. Yan Ge is a Chinese restaurant with long history origins with good food. We had a personal room to ourselves and a table that was big enough to fit all 15 of us! The food and dim sum was really yummy, especially love the "Yuanyang Pork Ribs". The pork ribs were deep fried and one was smeared with salad dressing and the other one was coffee! Special isn't it? The lunch came out to $40 odd per person but it was well worth the money. Lots of good food with a good company makes the lunch extremely enjoyable!

But, the main thing is still Brenda. So glad that Brenda is stepping out of this place. Although she received a pay cut but at least she would be happier. I got to know Brenda better when we went to China last year. We stuck together throughout the trip and vented our frustrations to each other on you-know-who and she's a good shopping pal! Here you go Brenda! Jia you in your new place!

Babel

Went to catch a movie with Joshua yesterday night. Initially, we wanted to watch either Pan's Labyrinth or The Last Dance but GV at Marina didn't have The Last Dance and Pan's Labyrinth was showing at 12am! We didn't want to spend two hours waiting for a movie when the other shops were closed so we decided to catch the sneak preview of Babel. Sounds like a good choice right? Sneak preview, movie starring Brad Pitt, nominated for awards and it was like the talked about show for awhile... But it was a mistake. The show lasted for two and a half hours and the movie line was intertwining one event with 3 storylines! Brad Pitt's part, the Japanese part and the Moroccan part! Screams!

Anyway, Babel was really Babel. Bringing a story across three countries with different languages and everything started all because of a rifle! Not that the whole movie was bad but it was a wrong choice to watch it at night especially when you are tired. Sigh...

Choir Appreciation 2006/07

Its 12.30am now. I should be asleep but I just felt that I wanted to write this blog. The choir appreciation ended at 10pm just now and I'm still reeling from the goodness of it.

I reached the church (at Jurong West) at 4pm and a flurry of activities began. I was moving around giving out name tags, touching up on my make-up (cos Belle caught me without lipstick!) and fellowshipping with my choir members. At 6pm, we went up for dinner at the cafe. This was a first. It was the first time that we had dinner for the choir appreciation. The church didn't shortchange us on this. It was a fantastic buffet. The cream puffs, chocolate puffs and eclairs tasted fantastic! Yeah, I preferred the desserts to the main course. Haha...

Anyway, at 7.30pm, we went down to the main auditorium. There we were treated to the grand finals of the Talentime and we had a singing competition! We had to sing various songs according to our parts and yeah, some of us sounded really off without the warm-ups. Haha. Well, we were treated to the hilarious video of the "do nots" in choir and we had a fashion show to showcase the choir attire! Woo hoo! This was something definitely not to be missed!

The appreciation ended at 10pm. I left at 10.30pm and got a lift from Gary before we were stuck in a traffic jam for half an hour. So here I am now blogging... And it's time for bed... Yawnz...

Reply from a long lost one...

It was a boring day today. Except for going to Bugis during lunchtime and meeting Hui Juan after work to go home together, nothing really excited me, until...

I logged on to my email and saw a reply from Mr Chua! In case you're wondering who Mr Chua is, he was my Civics and Economics tutor in JC. My class was his first civic class and we saw him from a teacher-in-training to a full-fledged teacher. In the two years that I was in SR, he was the one that made the difference. I never really did well for my Economics but he always had the faith and believed in me. He was the one who gave me "The Alchemist" and it was the book that inspired me!

Anyway, Mr Chua left Singapore for the US about two years ago to pursue his Masters degree. For the past two years, I emailed him a few times and did not receive any reply from him. I seriously wondered if he had received my emails or was I sending to the wrong email address all the time! I decided to take a chance anyway. I sent him an e-card about two days ago on his birthday and today he gave me a reply. Well, he has graduated and now he's still in the US and working for HSBC! Cool man! Now, the most touching part of the email reply was this:

"It's great to hear from you again, one of my best students".

Ahhh!!! How sweet... Very short and simple but makes me happy! Yippee!

Happy New Year!

Woohoo! The first blog of 2007 and to everyone... Here's wishing you a Happy New Year!!!

Didn't went to count down on new year's eve but I had a quiet and peaceful entry into 2007. After last year's madness at the Esplanade and Gotham Penthouse, where we couldn't get cabs and had to jostle with the crowd, Hui Juan and I decided to have a quiet entry into 2007. So she came over to my house and we cooked spaghetti, made snacks, had white wine and sat in front of the TV to countdown. Boring? Well, it was more peaceful than boring. Quiet, simple and sane...

Joshua was more happening though. He was working the night shift and he and his other two colleagues bought food, party hats and drinks etc and really turned the office into a party. In fact, when he called me at midnight, he sounded like he was in a party!

Anyway, to all the folks out there... May 2007 be the best year yet ever for you! It will be my best year too! Yippee!

Last blog of 2006!

So here it is... The last blog of 2006...

2006 has been a fulfilling and trying year for me. It marked my first year into working life. Working in the organisation has been... I won't say that it was uneventful but I know that there are better opportunities and more challenging jobs out there for me. Am I frustrated? Yes, I am but not all is bad. Personally, I finally recognised the significance of my work but significance put aside, I know this is not the place where I can grow and maximise my potential. I also became more politically aware and start to see things beyond where they are.

I also saw the worse of myself this year. While handling Mr B, I literally saw my worst. And I know that I can really turn nastry when pushed to the end. But I also learned to be more tolerant, this thorn of my flesh is not gone yet but I will continue to manage Mr B. Wish me luck in 2007!

2006 has been marked with ups and downs but these peeps made a difference...

Joshua - Thank you for listening to my incessant complaining and bearing with my mood swings. I know that work hasn't been that eventful for you either, let's look forward to better career opportunities in 2007! I love you!

Hui Juan - Hey babe, I know that 2006 has been a tough year for you. But I believe 2007 will be the best year for you. No more tears and upsets but it will be fulfilling and prosperous!

Wendy - Your presence in the office has made a difference in my life. If you were not there, I don't know how I would have cope. Thanks for your support and faith in me! Let's continue to shine for the Lord!

Last but not least... GOD...

Dear God, thank you for giving me the grace to move through 2006, especially under the claws of Mr B. You are the one I can run to in times of crisis and Your presence has been comforting. 2007 will be my best year yet and I want to continue to love You!

Merry Christmas!!!

Hello everyone! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Its been a month since I last blogged... Well, I do try to blog once a week but once I entered December, I had no time at all. It was my own wishful thinking that I could rest in December. Not only did I not rest but for the past three weeks, I had been sleeping after 12 every night. This is really too much for me, considering the fact that I love to sleep...

Anyway, this has been a real fruitful Christmas for me! I spent a lot of money on gifts but I received a lot too! By the time I finished work on Friday, I brought home two bags of gifts from my colleagues! One thing about this place is that there is really a spirit of giving... So to all my colleagues out there: Thank you for your pressies!

Other than that, I spent the entire Christmas weekend in church... And it isn't boring. It was meaningful and although I kept singing, I was really happy to be doing so. We had five services this year and every service was fully packed. In addition, this year's Christmas drama was the best that I've seen so far! A father's love for his child... That's the meaning of Christmas - God sending His son, Jesus Christ to the world. Not for anything but His love for us.

This last part here is for Hui Juan: Hey babe, thanks for coming on Saturday. I am so glad that you made the trip in the end and enjoyed yourself. I am also happy that you like the X'mas gift I bought for you. Hope it will bless you. Thanks also for your eye massager, and I am so honoured to be the only one receiving a present from you! The eye massager will work well for me but hopefully the USB drive in the office is enabled otherwise... But I can still use it at home! Love you babe!