MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Christmas is ok for me, it is kinda boring in fact, except for the part that I watched a xmas musical at church. I juz enjoy musicals so much if only i can understand & appreciate them, not those profound plays. I love the live singing, whether individual or choir, the direct contact the cast has with the audience, no ng at all.

I juz came back from jansen's bbq. Met up with eileen, and at a point of time i thought "We used to be so close but now i had to think of what to talk abt... " Talking is an art. Good form of conversation flows naturally. A friend told me, talking is a natural thing, it should not be a case when you had crack your brains to think of something to say. Donald is right, friends come and go. I still believe that friendship is eternal, is abt taking initiative to meet them. As for me & eileen, all i can say is the moments we spent together in school are kept in my heart.

A new year is approaching, and i'm going to be one year older, i have not accomplish much. When i looked back, i cant deny that i've grown up but to what extent? I have not really move on from anywhere... if there's a something to being with... I feel that I have not changed much in terms of character and thinking, which is probably good and bad. My friend said i dun look and behave like a 20-year-old...perhaps this is true. Pple always say they want to be themselves, but are also influenced by others. I'm what i'm now because of others, and my past that have moulded me into what i'm today. It is being yourself and what you truly are that makes a person happy. No doubt, i wan to be myself but i do care abt wat pple say abt me. I think deeply abt wat others comment and come to some conclusion to ignore it or change for the better.

I'm going malaysia as usual... until 29th, wed. HAve fun.

My cycling experience...

Today's trip to pulau ubin is more than words can describe. I always wanted to go pulau ubin. It was postponed again until today. Initially, i hesitated abt going coz my cycling skills suck. I looked forward to it but in fear too. I know i cant cycle on steep slopes & i panicked... To think i fell down on flat road, i wasnt concentrating coz there was a crowd of kids. Thanks Donald & Suz for helping me with the wound. The saying goes once bitten, twice shy. I was more careful and "taking instructions" from the rest when we were cycling towards the slopes. I'm still scared of falling down now but today's cycling is fun. Going downhill is really shiok, enjoying the breeze & crapping with them. Thanks Daryl, Lester, Donald, Ernest and Susan for slowing down :p My cycling improved tremendously after today :) There are so many 1st time. 1st time on ubin; 1st time cycling for hours & had thigh cramps, 1st time observing a peacock so closely...

The pulau ubin.

I felt this outing to Ubin is successful. There's so much to say. Go to donald's blog for more pics & details. I had the feeling of kampong life when i saw the houses and the run down toilets... We saw the peacock spreading and closing its beautiful feathers! Its movements are slow and proud. We saw 2 puppies feeding on its mother. We passed by this small cemetry : and stopped at a temple to rest. We drank ubin's kampong coconut which tasted saltish... Do go there if you want a extraordinary cycling experience but find pple who know the direction or can read maps well.

the swamp?

susan and me, looks cool!

clean & green service... picking up litter...

at the deserted quarry...

The past 2 days were very eventful for me. Yesterday was a GREAT day spent at the EAST! I went to the k box at tampines with delia. In the evening, we were cycling at pasir ris park. The chain came off the gears of the bicycle, thank you Delia for putting it back in place. I dunno how it is that i can cycle until the chains became loose :p We cycled towards loyang where the class chalet was then it rained! Good thing we seeked shelter in time. I nearly banged into this group of children when i returning the bicyle. We had dinner at downtown east Tea Valley, the bubble tea and crispy chicken are fabulous. Do try it if you go downtown east. Then I went de's house in tampines. Pple who lives at the east cycles, every block has bicycles parked at void deck. Anyway i juz rot at her house until I had to go home.

On friday which was actually the last day of work at ingram micro with de, but i didnt go. After the enrolment, i went shopping with Pingping until our bodies were aching. My feet and shoulders were aching. I was dead tired when i returned home.

The best part of working is when you are working with your friend and is an easy job. I still dislike telemarketing but I enjoyed my days at ingram. I'm gonna miss them. Me and de were talking & crapping in between the calls we made. I think temporary job with frenz is the most ideal coz you juz need to do ur part and ignore other colleagues, dun need to socialise. Given a chance, i dun mind going back for temp jobs, but they muz give me a more spacious sitting. Comfortableness and working environment is very important for being productive :)

I would only be paid next yr :( abt 2 more weeks to go...

Our desk, where is really cramped! And the person in charge of us
is sitting right behind but she didnt scold us for keep talking :)
The white plastic bag with sweets inside to keep us awake.

Me & delia at the lobby of the company.
We worked on level 3.

Christmas is around the corner. Is a festive season for everyone to celebrate, not juz restricted to the Christians. Have u ever thought of Jesus Christ and whether God really exists? I think all has questioned this before. I dun believe in coincidence and accidents or being "lucky", everything in life happens for a purpose, for a reason. My reason would be God arrangements and His blessings on me.

I went church yesterday and the message really had an impact on me, so i decide to share it here, regardless of whether you believe it or not. The message is God does things in favour of you. It means that when unexplainable good things happened, even minor incidents, is God's favor for you. It is God's supernaturnal power on you like the Ruth & Joseph story. It can be winning money, marrying the one you love & not out of obligation, to small things like getting seats immediately in a crowded place. It is not abt luck, it is God favours on us. All you have to do is to believe and pray to Him.

You may think that you dun need a religion coz your life is smooth sailing and pple only worry abt bread and butter. A religion probably cant feed you, cant give you wealth. You need God coz

1) humans beings are weak physically, vulnerable to illness

2) we are weak emotionally,

3) we have no supernatural power,

4) we cant predict life & death,

5) the good lives we are leading now may not always be this way,

6) our friends & family wont be around to help us all the time.

7) you yourself alone cant solve certain problems

8) His love for us is eternal

IS only in times of darkness or under difficult circumstances, when u're saved and seen the light, then you will realise is God's favor for you and his presence.

I'm not from a christian family. I came to believe in God when i was in sec 2. During that yr, i had those silly friendship problems and there were gossips abt me. From then, i went school's chapel everyday and knew a senior. She and God were my strength and support when i was feeling rather down at that time. I believe God sent her to help me. I went chapel everyday until i backslided in sec 4 until this yr. I'm tryin hard to stay close to Him now, is hard to be really commited. I'm proud of brother who is a faithful devotee, God speaks to him. Even now i'm still qte slacked. I confessed i dun go church every week :( I find comfort in praying coz i think too much.

Religion is a controversial issue...

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. -John 3:16-17

I watched polar express with an old pal and went swensens for ice cream. We are not really very close but is because of all the fond memories we had in sch that keeps our friendship going and brings us together whenever we are free. And she's studyin in melbourne.

The polar express is a movie for those who fantasize Santa Claus, is a family or kids movie. The theatre were full of families. Why did i watch it? I thought it was nice. I would have enjoy it more if i'm still a child who looks forward to Santa Claus to deliver presents to me personally on Christmas. When i was a child, i never had this dream too. But i do have dreams of a white christmas with my own house covered with snow!!!

I spent abt $80 today! At the rate i spend money, i can never save enough for my very own digital camera!!! I spent 3/4 of it on jigsaw puzzle & a frame for the jigsaw puzzle. I dun recall fixing a jigsaw puzzle on my own, besides those jig puzzle for kids, the big pieces one. I bought a 500 pcs winny the pool & frenz jigsaw puzzle! YEah* I dunno if i'm gg give to anybody my 1st master piece, or i shall place it in my room and feel proud of it. haha. I think i'm getting too bored so here i come, i'm going to conquer the 500 pcs jigsaw puzzle! It is 35X 49 cm, is no easy job ok.

Ok off i go now...

The story of the gigantic "lizard"...

On 1st day... During lunch time, there were a group of pple crossing the bridge above kallang river, when they were reaching the end of the bridge, they suddenly screamed and ran. Me & my friends who were walking some distance behind wondered what happen? We crossed the bridge safely.

The hawker centre at kallang has wide variety of food and almost all are delicious and cheap. To walk there from the offices, u muz cross a bridge. On the 2nd day, when me & my friend were crossing the bridge, from far i could see a head popping out of the gap between the drain covers of the bridge. Then after a while, it hid itself. I run across whenever i reach that end of the bridge, coz i dun wan to see the creature's head suddenly popping out to scare pple! And my friend looked into the hole where it is hiding, she said it looks like terrapin!!!!????? But i dun think is a terrapin coz it looks like a snake's head from afar! When we were returning to the office, we had to take the same route, another group of pple screamed at the same spot and walked on the road instead.

On the 3rd & 4th day, rainy weather...no sign of the head...

On 5th day, a sunny wednesday, when we are walkin back to the office, from far we saw something lying on the bridge, and my friend thought is a wooden stick!!!???? Looks rather fishy to have a wooden stick out of no where, coz there were no trees on the bridge. I slowed down my footsteps, and my friend, Dede is qte brave, she walked ahead of me to check out what is that, and guess what??? When she was nearing the so-called wooden stick, it moved!!!! It got up and started crawling, i could see its tongue sticking in and out like lizard's tongue!!! It is black in colour with 4 legs!!! It has long and smooth body which looks like that of a lizard! Except that it is a 100xs bigger in size!!! Dede was standing near to the reptile and it probably got scared and crawled back into one of the holes. I juz ran across the bridge. I'm more scared of it than it is scared of humans. De said is about 30 cm long! Wah! Is not commonly seen in spore so i dunno what kind of creature is that, but it shd be a reptile. Is living alive under the brigde towards kallang hbd flats.

Walked into the hair salon on mon and wanted to cut short hair but after they washed & blow, i changed my mind. Dun ask me why, i always cut hair, leave a little long then cut again. Is a repeating cycle, thats why my hair is always in a mess :) I juz trimmed my hair.

I'm lazy to blog nowadays coz i'm tired after work. And i'm also working part time in the night at some clinic. It's 2 or 3 days a week for 2 hours. I need to keep myself occupied, I cant stay home and rot coz my mind will wonder off... also 'coz i need money!

Anyway today i saw a BIG LIZARD!!!! Or you can call it a reptile!!! It's really huge. Is about 30-40 cm long!!! You pple muz be wondering where i saw it right... i nv thought that that sort of place would have this scary creature!!!

The story continues... the rest is up to ur imgination for now... my eyelids are getting heavier.

A warning to shoppers out there, there are on-going sales but DON'T buy something juz because it is cheap without careful thoughts, or you may regret. If is shoes and clothes, please try them on first! If you're buying shoes, please make sure they are really comfortable. I bought this pair of shoes for half price, yes it is very cheap for shoes but... When i wore them today then i realise that they are NOT as comfortable as i thought when i tried them on in the shop!

Met up with my bmp friends juz now for dinner & pool. If you want to eat some cheap jap food with average standard, u can try the one at Basement 1 of Cineleisure. The chawanmushi is ok. Yeah i finally learnt how to play pool. The moment, when i hit the balls and they got into the hole, exhilarates me!!! Hmm is actually quite fun, at least to me is more fun than bowling. I cant bowl and dislike bowling. My impression of playing pool changed. You juz gotta try out new things yourself then you'll know if is fun...

Need to sleep for now. I miss sleeping so much when i work...

Went steamboat buffet with them... boohoo not everybody is in the photo!!! Without fail, i cosumed a lot of food!!! I thought the gathering could have been better.


My girl friends!!! They are my sec 2 old mates. Cheers* all chio bus...

Margaret, sharon & me.

These juz came to my mind once again...

How many times in life you wished you could turn back time and restart everything over again?

How often you hoped all these that are happening was a dream and you just woke up from the dream and can make a right decision?

How can a life be exciting if there are no regrets? How can u learn to treasure things if you have never lost them? How do you experience the meaning of pain if you never fell down? Because there are regrets, then we learn lessons from them.

因为拥有，才害怕失去。
因为失去，才懂得珍惜。

The job is not as bad as i thought except that the seating is cramp. And I'm qte happy that i'm working with my jc buddy. Dede, if u're reading this, i juz realise that we have known each other for almost 3 years!!! Yeah! I was sick for these 2 days... but better now. Think i didnt have sufficient sleep and i need to work, thats y i fell sick. And my appetite is very big coz i get hungry easily when i'm working! I need to exercise! The hawker centre near the office at kallang has a lot cheap & good food that is making me fat. but who cares, i juz eat as much as i want for now. my daily route is desserts. i juz love desserts. I know of somebody who cant take spicy food and can only eat average amounts because he has gastric problems and it isnt a problem since young, so pple enjoy eating while u can, but exercise too.