Today has been a good day...
Wait let me re-phrase that.."One hour this evening was very good and that changed the rest of the night!" -- and effectively the rest of my day...=)
Because today ended well, I thought I'd blog it here for myself to remember. Last night didnt end well. With a phone conversation that ended badly. It left me angry and sad at the same time which was such a weird feeling. It's like you're sad but defiant at the same time! I think my mind was torn between crying as I had hurt a friend and also, battling negative thoughts of my friend since the conversation turned out that way. ie. the 'yuan1wang4' feeling!
I had every reason to be defiant or think negatively...but I thank God the right voice in my head won the battle. I chose to believe in the goodness of a friendship. And so hard to go against the pride to just 'get back' at the person.
Hahaha...but yes, back to the positive things. I Thank God for loving and taking care of me. I was able to manage my emotions and handle a big company event today and help my leader find some info she needed.
I also thank God for putting everything in place (including a good boss who let me off).. i knew i had to go settle the misunderstanding. Sending me the mrt train quickly and of course, opening the door to honest sharing.
Things worked out - In one hour! it was resolved. *whew*
So yes, I'm blogging this to remind myself. That i listened to the right voice and the reward was so good. It erased every blue feeling i had for the day. =) Also, it is worthwhile believing in the goodness of others. Esp those close to you. =) So i pray i'll continue to listen to the right voice. Hee...
Wednesday, 1 August 2007
Friday, 13 July 2007
Being Silly
Left: Monkey on treeRight: Pink Pig
Center: Overgrown Kid!
I stumbled upon some silly pictures I took at the annual bowling tournament we organise for the members. It was on 23 June. Whew, it's over! Another tiring event!
This year's one was a wee bit different. Just the week before, we decided to add in fun for the kids ( you can imagine my scramble). We had a balloon artist there to entertain the kids - both young and old. Honestly, there were more adults queueing for the balloons!! Hahaha...
Well, I was one of them! =)
Above: Young kids being entertained
Below: Overgrown kid acting the pig look
Monday, 25 June 2007
(Part Two) 21st October 2006 - Arthur's Pass to The West Coast!
This day was really one of those that when i look back, i know God was taking really good care of me. I think i was gan -chiong, but at the same time, I learned something about myself. I can have a focussed and calm attitude in times of long and unknowing circumstances.
So here are some pictures...gloomy and wet weather. ( the camera is sitting on the car roof!) The travel books show this place that has beautiful green mountains!
It was my first day driving in the mountains of Arthur's Pass. Honestly i was more peeved about the fact that the rain meant it would destroy the renowed views this place promised. It was also my first time being more exposed to the road signs and learning to react based on them. ( this was critical, because later in the trip, it gets important in making my trip alot smoother.)
So many first times! haha...scared? yeah, i guess i was...it didnt help that the rain was so bad that you can barely see too far ahead. Thank god the roads were designed with shoulders for you to pull over and let other cars over take.
In this weather i did not dare go too fast, and soon there was a Q of cars behind me. Rememebr i mentioned those road shoulders? Yup, they are there and appear suddenly (because of the poor visibility) problem is because you're on a highway and travelling at 60-80km/h, to come to a sudden stop on one of those road shoulders i tough! And thank god for wisdom my brain automatically went into commanding my foot to brake intermitently!!! I can't believe i remembered that, after all these years of not driving. beacause i knew, and E-brake could mean my car could spin out of control!
One of the times i pulled over, the shoulder was so short and the road pretty slippery, i was pretty close to hitting the buffer!! I stared at the buffer and breathed a sigh of relief that the brakes worked in time.
Now my window started to frost up. Man...this part gets complicated. When my friend's and I were driving in Aussie last time, we couldn't figure this out! haha...but i had to this time. I was alone and no way i was going to drive in this! So the engineer in me took over and ---- i started reading the car manual! It worked!! hahaha...I was so happy! I learned something impt! =)
Hmm...actaully another dangeroud thing did happen. I got a wee bit distracted. Can't recall why, maybe coz i was trying out changing to the 'S1' and 'S2' gears in my car ( reason being that i'm so slow going up hill, i wonder if it's coz i can't go on 'D' due to the steepness -- but for a fact. you don't need those unless you are driving in deep snow. Lesson 2 learned.
Anyway, becasue of the distraction, i found myself suddenly in the other lane of opposing traffic! Thankfully, no other car was there and also, the car behind me gave me a loud horn to warn me! But that was the last of the horrible experiences i had.
Still i refused to let the weather get to me, so i got out and took some pictures at the places they use in travel guides! =P
Oh another fact. When i pull over, I don't turn off my engine, esp when i'm in an ulu place/ alone, hahaha....for fear that my car could not restart and i would be stranded! I rather pay more for petrol and let the engine run than go through that!
So here are some pictures...gloomy and wet weather. ( the camera is sitting on the car roof!) The travel books show this place that has beautiful green mountains!Tales from My Sashimi Dog!
This is Red...my Dumb Doberman! Hahaha...she is brown when dirty and red (rose wood) when clean! I nickname her Red Rambutan! haha...coz when she gets all excited and mad her insane behavior reminds me of the frazzled 'hair' on a rambutan!!Why Sashimi dog?? Follow the next few steps:-
Take your hand and make it into a fist.
Now imagine that is the size of a goldfish -- a dead one....
Now picture two of those size and buried in the soil...and they are a wee bit bloated...
Now imagine yourself digging them out and eating them WHOLE! *YYYEEECCCKKKSSSS*
*kaaappooooiii*
hahaha...well, that's my Sashimi dog for you. And that's exactly what she did. You see, our two big goldfishes died some time ago. So my sis buried them. It wasn't a deep grave though. My sis then walked off to wash the spade, taking less than 3 mins.
She returned to find an empty grave..and an innocent looking dog giving her the 'Who? ME????' look...hahaha...so funny! Absolutely disgusting though! Raw dead gold fish...GROSS!
Just a few days after, another gold fish died...so my sis scooped it up with the net and put it at the edge of the pond. She rounded the corner to get the spade...when she returned -- It was GONE! EeeeeeeewwwWWWW!!!
I reasoned with my sis it could be a bird...but i had to agree with her, the timing was a bit short for a bird to come and go.
Since then I've come to believe that she probably is comfortable with raw seafood because of her past. She was found abandoned at Choa Chu Kang Beach by the coast guard. So she proabably survived by eating the stuff washed up on shore. Poor gal...=)
Well that is good news for me too coz that shows she has a strong stomach and won't be weak should she accidentally eat bad food. hahaha...
Once i took her late at night for a beach walk. It was by moonlight and we walked along the sand..then i saw her pick up something and refuse to drop it even though i scolded and beat her. It look like a dead squid...EEEEEeeeeeee....Don't know what it is but it had a slimy texture...and had stringy things handing..( like tentacles)...
Anyway, fed up, i walked on, hoping she'd drop it later...later when i had some better street lighting, i realised it was not in her mouth anymore!! I don't know if she dropped it or she swallowed it...=S Disgusting! -- but i still love her! =)
Ok...sorry if you are reading this and having a meal! hahaha...
I'm off to bed...heehee...super tired!
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Monday, 21 May 2007
Has it been over a month?!
Just finished reading Beanie's, annanananana's and Shen's blog while stuffing my face with today's lunch. Now chatting with ah yin on msn. Yes, i have few minutes more of my lunch hour left. So thought i'd drop a note.
Can't believe it's been over a month since i last blog, though it shouldn't be, since it felt like some time since i bothered to really read or post.
Guess I've been tied up. Work's been bad again...and things are ramping up in church. =) But I think I'm happy...just need the occassional motivational poke. I'll share more tonight on wah'ts been happening. Hoepfully i can blog tonight.
While walking back with my da-paoed lunch bag, i was singing a song to God. It started with the Hungry and Thirsty worship tune ( that has been in my head lately) ..then ended off with a brand new song..which i thought would be a sell-out coz the words are 'sweet'...hahaha...
But it was nice, and reminded me that he's so near...and i could feel him with me enjoying the song, even under the hot sun and the mundane 'every-other-day' same walking path between the makan place and the office. My heart was light, even though I was tired. =)
That's my heavenly father. =D
Can't believe it's been over a month since i last blog, though it shouldn't be, since it felt like some time since i bothered to really read or post.
Guess I've been tied up. Work's been bad again...and things are ramping up in church. =) But I think I'm happy...just need the occassional motivational poke. I'll share more tonight on wah'ts been happening. Hoepfully i can blog tonight.
While walking back with my da-paoed lunch bag, i was singing a song to God. It started with the Hungry and Thirsty worship tune ( that has been in my head lately) ..then ended off with a brand new song..which i thought would be a sell-out coz the words are 'sweet'...hahaha...
But it was nice, and reminded me that he's so near...and i could feel him with me enjoying the song, even under the hot sun and the mundane 'every-other-day' same walking path between the makan place and the office. My heart was light, even though I was tired. =)
That's my heavenly father. =D
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Half my day....argh....
Tiring out even so soon after my yesterday's break from work. I'm not here to complain. I thank God for my job and the fact we're busy means that my organisation is surviving and they have a reason to keep me employed! hahaha...
However, it's just mentally taxing and quite draining at times. Ok ok, i see many hands up that we're rowing the same boat. But...haiz...this is tiring man...
it's 3.30pm and i throw my hands up and come down to the cafe to have my lunch. (flexi hours). Can't take the endless things that go by. It can make you scream. Here's a synopsis of my day today. i will try to put it in sequential order and hope it doesn't confuse you.
1) fax film ink ran out. Need to change. -- realised the box in the drawer was an old one (means i was fooled the last round of taking stationery orders) Thus, had to call the supplier to arrange an urgent delivery.
2) because of fax problem - only got half a quotation for the corporate gifts. Thus need to call company for full quotation and prepare cheque.
3) Cheque needs 2 signatories and needs to be signed today. Thus, called person A at 10am to check when he could come by and person B if he would be in his office in the afternoon today. Person A not too sure what time he can come...and requested a 11am phone reminder to him. Person B ok in the office full day.
4) Check with boss if he can transport me to person B office during lunch to sign the cheque. OK.
5) E-mail from RSAF requesting information following the last job fair on the 12th ( which was not highlighted b4..and now abit late to ask right...) and the new information by the end of the week.
6) E-blast to members on the new job fair in May, and the new RSAF requirements, as usual with a please reply by _____ request, that i pray so so hard that people stick to.
7) Internet search and call up DHL to find out how much it would cost to ship stuff to the UK. Beacuse i'm working on the fact that i have no CLUE how heavy it is, exactly what address i'm sending to, it makes it quite a grope in the dark and lots of ballpark figures.
8) Call Person A at 11am to remind him to tell me what time he's coming. He said he will come. No time stated....haiz...
9) Prepare the cheque for the corporate gifts. Have to call back the supplier coz they never state the exact company to make the cheque payable to.
10) They inform me that they are pushing delivery time to be from 2 -3pm TODAY instead of tomorrow. -- great, means must rush the cheque signing.
11) Cleaning auntie wants to clean my room. -- evicted for 5-8 mins.
12) It's 11.40am-- calling person A again to remind. Had to ask he come before 2pm. So that i can pay for the corporate gifts when it is delivered between 2-3pm.
13) Check rates for courier on Singapore post. same as point 7.
14) It is 1230pm. Person A is coming. So i need to go downstairs and wait. Then immediately, my boss wants to leave to fetch me to the other company to get the 2nd signature. Drops me off near office when finished and i head back to office.
15) Boss calls and needs me to send out e-mail to the HR members for IA students. -- need to search and refer to several e-mails over different days to compile the info for the e-mail blast. Also, need to run through the list of HR people to make sure i include only the relevant parties.
16) Someone enquires about membership. Call back, sound nice, chat... and note follow up. --prepare follow up materials for post.
17) Find out details for FedEx, same as point 7.
18) Get a call from some jobst***t and they want us to join their fair. Abit hard, but am patient to explain my organisations unique situation. Not many believe we hardly hire. Sigh.
19) Receive the corporate gifts. Delivery man in chatty mood. Cham...ok ok...was nice again. He's just doing his job.
20) Start receiving queries regarding my point 15 action although i CLEARLY stated in the e-mail to contact someone else if they are interested or need further details!!! =( So once again, try to facilitate, be nice, redirect if i can't do any further.
21) Boss calls and needs the address and contacts of someone urgently for print. I need to go find the namecard and sms the details.
22) So here i am having lunch. Get a phone call and need to think up of a name for my article by tomorrow...=S
And.....i have so many other things pending on my list. Organising a farewell dinner( which NO ONE wants to decide who's going to pay..so how huh ..huh??!??!) , an entire Bowling tournament, go to the bank and change signatories, arrange a photo shoot (note: i need to get 12 guys together and they travel almost all the time), get documents and apply for funding for our next trade shows/ trips, minutes of the last MC, SSC and industry partnership meeting....
I'm dead man...ok...i need to go back to work. Lunch hour is over.
See ya!
However, it's just mentally taxing and quite draining at times. Ok ok, i see many hands up that we're rowing the same boat. But...haiz...this is tiring man...
it's 3.30pm and i throw my hands up and come down to the cafe to have my lunch. (flexi hours). Can't take the endless things that go by. It can make you scream. Here's a synopsis of my day today. i will try to put it in sequential order and hope it doesn't confuse you.
1) fax film ink ran out. Need to change. -- realised the box in the drawer was an old one (means i was fooled the last round of taking stationery orders) Thus, had to call the supplier to arrange an urgent delivery.
2) because of fax problem - only got half a quotation for the corporate gifts. Thus need to call company for full quotation and prepare cheque.
3) Cheque needs 2 signatories and needs to be signed today. Thus, called person A at 10am to check when he could come by and person B if he would be in his office in the afternoon today. Person A not too sure what time he can come...and requested a 11am phone reminder to him. Person B ok in the office full day.
4) Check with boss if he can transport me to person B office during lunch to sign the cheque. OK.
5) E-mail from RSAF requesting information following the last job fair on the 12th ( which was not highlighted b4..and now abit late to ask right...) and the new information by the end of the week.
6) E-blast to members on the new job fair in May, and the new RSAF requirements, as usual with a please reply by _____ request, that i pray so so hard that people stick to.
7) Internet search and call up DHL to find out how much it would cost to ship stuff to the UK. Beacuse i'm working on the fact that i have no CLUE how heavy it is, exactly what address i'm sending to, it makes it quite a grope in the dark and lots of ballpark figures.
8) Call Person A at 11am to remind him to tell me what time he's coming. He said he will come. No time stated....haiz...
9) Prepare the cheque for the corporate gifts. Have to call back the supplier coz they never state the exact company to make the cheque payable to.
10) They inform me that they are pushing delivery time to be from 2 -3pm TODAY instead of tomorrow. -- great, means must rush the cheque signing.
11) Cleaning auntie wants to clean my room. -- evicted for 5-8 mins.
12) It's 11.40am-- calling person A again to remind. Had to ask he come before 2pm. So that i can pay for the corporate gifts when it is delivered between 2-3pm.
13) Check rates for courier on Singapore post. same as point 7.
14) It is 1230pm. Person A is coming. So i need to go downstairs and wait. Then immediately, my boss wants to leave to fetch me to the other company to get the 2nd signature. Drops me off near office when finished and i head back to office.
15) Boss calls and needs me to send out e-mail to the HR members for IA students. -- need to search and refer to several e-mails over different days to compile the info for the e-mail blast. Also, need to run through the list of HR people to make sure i include only the relevant parties.
16) Someone enquires about membership. Call back, sound nice, chat... and note follow up. --prepare follow up materials for post.
17) Find out details for FedEx, same as point 7.
18) Get a call from some jobst***t and they want us to join their fair. Abit hard, but am patient to explain my organisations unique situation. Not many believe we hardly hire. Sigh.
19) Receive the corporate gifts. Delivery man in chatty mood. Cham...ok ok...was nice again. He's just doing his job.
20) Start receiving queries regarding my point 15 action although i CLEARLY stated in the e-mail to contact someone else if they are interested or need further details!!! =( So once again, try to facilitate, be nice, redirect if i can't do any further.
21) Boss calls and needs the address and contacts of someone urgently for print. I need to go find the namecard and sms the details.
22) So here i am having lunch. Get a phone call and need to think up of a name for my article by tomorrow...=S
And.....i have so many other things pending on my list. Organising a farewell dinner( which NO ONE wants to decide who's going to pay..so how huh ..huh??!??!) , an entire Bowling tournament, go to the bank and change signatories, arrange a photo shoot (note: i need to get 12 guys together and they travel almost all the time), get documents and apply for funding for our next trade shows/ trips, minutes of the last MC, SSC and industry partnership meeting....
I'm dead man...ok...i need to go back to work. Lunch hour is over.
See ya!
Monday, 16 April 2007
A break
Today, Monday, I took a break from work (or MC more like it, but a break).
The weekend was fantastic, with Benny Hinn for 3 nites since friday. Amazing healings and testimonies abounded. You could be in the stadium for 3 -5 hours but the sense of it all was wonderful. Felt that Pst benny was closer to city harvest this year. It's as though he had been our friend for years. =)
Got a car for this weekend. A mitsubishi Lancer, dark grey one which was pretty cool to drive. It was fun! Spent saturday morning going to the Sungei buloh wetland reserve. I was quite tired actually. becaue the night before i was out for supper with my cg till 2.30am and stayed up to research on how to drive to the reserve till 4am. I had to be up to pick Bowl from her place at 8.30am! Needless to say, thank god she called me at that time and I knew for sure we'd miss the free tour. Still, itwas a great trip. We were there from 10 to about 12 plus.
Saw mudskippers, a crocodile and loads of monitor lizards in our path. She was the shutter- bug for the nature stuff. For me, i mainly prefer to jsut enjoy the sights and sounds, and do the map bit. Thus, a good combination for a nice morning out.
We got a bit lost driving out. Hahaha...all i told her was to read the map in reverse. She declared she wasn't a map person after after that. But not so bad lah... I've seen worse...I think..=P
Then it was a shower and a lift down to the indoor stadium...OH!!! I forgot to say..I got a parking fine on friday night! Sigh...forgot to put coupon and realised it only in the stadium. =( $30 bucks!
Then went home to sleep before bringing my Junior for her bday dinner treat at this nice quiet place ( quite ulu actually) but nice and tranquil at night and the food was great! At the RIO Brazilian restaurant. Near queenstown remand prison! I know the irony. It's jsut next door!
the best place for carnivores.. you have 12 types of meat served off the grill for you to savour for dinner. I brought her there partly also because it was a 1-for -1 just for this month and worth the exploration. She enjoyed herself. =) cool!
Ok, it's almost 1am. I should go sleep. My break should not be in vain. =) I'll try to continue again if inspired the next round.
The weekend was fantastic, with Benny Hinn for 3 nites since friday. Amazing healings and testimonies abounded. You could be in the stadium for 3 -5 hours but the sense of it all was wonderful. Felt that Pst benny was closer to city harvest this year. It's as though he had been our friend for years. =)
Got a car for this weekend. A mitsubishi Lancer, dark grey one which was pretty cool to drive. It was fun! Spent saturday morning going to the Sungei buloh wetland reserve. I was quite tired actually. becaue the night before i was out for supper with my cg till 2.30am and stayed up to research on how to drive to the reserve till 4am. I had to be up to pick Bowl from her place at 8.30am! Needless to say, thank god she called me at that time and I knew for sure we'd miss the free tour. Still, itwas a great trip. We were there from 10 to about 12 plus.
Saw mudskippers, a crocodile and loads of monitor lizards in our path. She was the shutter- bug for the nature stuff. For me, i mainly prefer to jsut enjoy the sights and sounds, and do the map bit. Thus, a good combination for a nice morning out.
We got a bit lost driving out. Hahaha...all i told her was to read the map in reverse. She declared she wasn't a map person after after that. But not so bad lah... I've seen worse...I think..=P
Then it was a shower and a lift down to the indoor stadium...OH!!! I forgot to say..I got a parking fine on friday night! Sigh...forgot to put coupon and realised it only in the stadium. =( $30 bucks!
Then went home to sleep before bringing my Junior for her bday dinner treat at this nice quiet place ( quite ulu actually) but nice and tranquil at night and the food was great! At the RIO Brazilian restaurant. Near queenstown remand prison! I know the irony. It's jsut next door!
the best place for carnivores.. you have 12 types of meat served off the grill for you to savour for dinner. I brought her there partly also because it was a 1-for -1 just for this month and worth the exploration. She enjoyed herself. =) cool!
Ok, it's almost 1am. I should go sleep. My break should not be in vain. =) I'll try to continue again if inspired the next round.
A laugh today =)
Was reading 'Jesus, Lifecoach' (Laurie Beth Jones) today by the beach. Read this joke that seems to be very popular online too. (after i did some research. But it's a good one!)
Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson went camping in the desert. Having set up their tent, they turned in. As the night wore on, Sherlock woke up , leaned over, wakes his faithful friend and asks: "Watson, what do you see?"
Watson responded. " Well, I see the North Star, which has helped guide us to this spot. Beyond that i see the Big Dipper and the tail of Orion. I also can make out the edges of the Milky Way and know that there are universes expanding beyond that..."
Watson was about to continue his raptuous explanation, when suddenly Sherlock elbows him and hissed, "Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent!
Sherlock Holmes and his friend Watson went camping in the desert. Having set up their tent, they turned in. As the night wore on, Sherlock woke up , leaned over, wakes his faithful friend and asks: "Watson, what do you see?"
Watson responded. " Well, I see the North Star, which has helped guide us to this spot. Beyond that i see the Big Dipper and the tail of Orion. I also can make out the edges of the Milky Way and know that there are universes expanding beyond that..."
Watson was about to continue his raptuous explanation, when suddenly Sherlock elbows him and hissed, "Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent!
Monday, 2 April 2007
So Ccccuuuuuuuttteeee!!!!!!
Gromit steps into HMV logo role (Taken from BBC news at bbc.co.uk)The world famous HMV logo is to get a new dog - in the shape of the heroic and long suffering Gromit.
The new image is based on the original 1898 His Master's Voice oil painting which features Nipper the dog listening to an early gramophone recording.
HMV will be using the image for three months to support the promotion of children's DVDs at its stores.
Bosses assured customers Nipper was not in danger and would still represent HMV in other uses of its logo.
'Much loved'
Aardman's Nick Park said: "It's a great honour to be stepping in the same paw prints as an icon as big as Nipper. Gromit will look after 'the seat' for as long as Nipper allows."
HMV marketing director Graham Sim said: "I can't imagine that we would have entrusted our brand to anyone other than Aardman, who, in Wallace and Gromit, have created a much-loved British institution.
"We're delighted that Gromit has agreed to stand in for Nipper on this one occasion."
The original picture, together with its copyright, were sold to the Gramophone Company, now EMI, for £100 in 1898, with Nipper first appearing on an HMV record label in 1907.
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