Monday, July 31, 2006 12:22 a.m.
Bible Quiz was on Saturday and almost our entire sec3 sunday school class turned up for it! I think we were the biggest class and I was pleasantly pleased to see all of them (including the new ones that joined us a couple of months back and the quieter ones) coming together for some fun and fellowship. We formed 2 teams. One was a completely sec3 team and the other team combined with the J2 class and guess what, the combined team won the first prize! Pretty impressive so us teachers treated the class to McDonalds this morning instead of having the usual sunday school lesson. What touched my heart too was when Xavier and gang took the initiative to buy a birthday cake for Daniel Ang to celebrate his birthday before bible quiz. They've really come a long way since last year and I'm glad to see many have grown in their faith, that their interest for sunday school wide events have increased and they're often happily participating and extremely thankful to God that they all can have fun and hang around each other. Amazing.Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:41 a.m.
Sometimes when I'm frustrated or disappointed or angry and I drive, I want to drive the car into the wall. It was a little like yesterday when I was turning out from Chancery Lane into Thomson Road and I just wanted to turn straight into the center dividers. Other times, I like to go up to the person and be all sarcastic, mean and confrontational. Sometimes I like covering my mouth with my small smelly pillow and then screaming it all out of my system. Most of the time, I rather take a step back, sit alone, be cold and unemotional about it, think through it and ask God the Whys and the Hows, maybe talk to the person, pray and hope for the best and then snap out of it. This time, I feel like it's impossible to string my thoughts and feelings into verbal sentences. All I want to do right now is drive on a very long straight road at 110Km/H with the radio playing some soothing singalong songs.Friday, July 28, 2006 11:56 p.m.
How is it supposed to be? Why does it seem like I cannot hold it together?Friday, July 28, 2006 12:31 p.m.
I have another 9 days before I start school again! How did my 13 week long holiday fly by so quickly? I feel like I haven't done so many things like exploring Pulua Ubin, spending a day at the zoo acting like tourists, cycling at East coast or even clearing up my room from last semester's mess! Augh. Having said that, I'm a little excited to return to school because I can't wait to start learning though I'm still afraid that I wouldn't be able to cope or understand what's being taught or properly manage my life.Thursday, July 27, 2006 01:26 p.m.
The boyfriend and I had fish&co again after church on Sunday and I think I didn't want to tell him something so he illustrated pictorially using his calamari ring and a raisin from his rice and said I was out of his circle of trust. Quite obviously, the calamari ring represented his circle of trust and I was the raisin. Haha.
The other day he was at my house marking his secondary 1 boys science testpapers and some of their answers were so funny and ridiculous that I ended up laughing like crazy! Check out exhibit A which shows a picture of a boy inserting his finger into his mouth and saying "yuk" and the question was which laboratory safety rule has the boy violated and this smart sec 1 boy gave the best alamak answer: He was being rude and licked his finger. Barker boys ah. Hahaha.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006 12:46 a.m.
By the way, it was the boyfriend who hacked into my account and blogged about the irony of life and women. I would never betray the female race.Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:55 p.m.
We had nothing to do in Singapore so we decided to fly up to Paris!
Anyway, i have something to share with all of you titled: "The irony of life"
Women:
1. The most important thing for a woman is financial security.
2. Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive clothes and stuff.
3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they will still say that they never have something to wear!
4. Although they never have something to wear, they always dress beautifully.
5. Although they always dress beautifully, you hardly care.
6. Although you hardly care, they still expect you to compliment them.
7. Although they expect you to compliment them, when you do, they don't believe you!
Enjoy!
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:16 a.m.
I just woke up and I dreamt I was confronting this girl because I was honestly quite fed up with her nonsense. In the dream, I was telling her why everyone ignores her and that it was absurd of her to go on her childish tantrums. I couldn't see her reaction though. It's a little funny because in real life, I would like to muster up some courage, talk to her and tell her the truth. I used to tell sarah when she was much younger that if she's irritating, no one in the family would like her and she can't expect the family to bring her out and all. Anyway, last night on the way home from E's place, we heard the DJ on radio talking about the top 7 white lies men tell to their wives or girlfriends. We didn't finish hearing all the 7 white lies but I decided to come up with my own top 2 white lies E tells me:1) No dear, you're not fat. (all for domestic peace)
2) Yes, that top/bag/shoe looks absolutely fine. (just so that we can quickly buy it and get out of the shop or I'll just wear it and not change and consider others and we can get out of the house)
Saturday, July 22, 2006 01:23 p.m.
Cheers darling! Here's to the year that has gone by and to many more years to come!
Thursday, July 20, 2006 11:34 a.m.
I got my science module which means that I have a 4 day week next semester! I've got Fridays off again! Woot woot! School starts at 830AM on 3 days of the week and my classes only end at 430PM every day! I have a grand total of 23 hours of classes each week and 2 accounting modules, 1 tax module, 1 IT module and 1 science module to tackle so I hope I'm still sane by Thursday 430PM and I am somehow able to manage all of them! I'm having a really unhealthy breakfast of instant noodles and diet coke right now because I don't know where my maid disappeared to so I have no iced milo and toast!Wednesday, July 19, 2006 01:07 p.m.
Because I am running out of ideas on what to do in this humid 620 sq km island, I googled "What to do in Singapore" and "Places to see in Singapore". No prizes for guessing but all that came out was Sentosa, the Zoo, Night Safari, Orchard Road (Seriously, Orchard Road is nothing compared to South Coast Plaza or Fashion Island or Union Square), Arab Street, Boat Quay, Little India. Hello! Isn't there anything else to do besides expensive Sentosa and the zoo and hanging out at Orchard Road? Does that size fit vs Can that fit or not? Isn't it a little embarrassing that we need to have a speak good english campaign to remind and encourage us to speak standard english and drop the singlish and we have to have those propaganda advertisments on how to greet and smile or those friendly reminders on tv that we're the land of 4million smiles in preparation for the IMF meeting in September to let the whole world know that we're such lovely hosts. Well, two thumbs up for being uniquely Singapore!
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 01:09 a.m.
I am going to work for my dad again tomorrow morning after resting today and I'm dreading it big time. This whole situation has really nothing to do with my dad (except that I work in his office) but it's my mum that's controlling everything and she's the one I'm dealing with and the one I'm arguing with. I really do want to stop work because it frustrates me terribly and it's a huge weight on my heart but yet if I stop work, my mum will nag and make me feel all guilty about it so I am not better off either way. I just want to chill out, wake up at 9AM each day, take each day as it comes, do whatever I want to do and not sit in the office doing nothing much. I know I am whining and I hardly talk about anything but work but argh. Argh. I went for an interview with the vice dean of accountancy today. It turned out pretty good and he's a rather approachable man. Found out too that he's from the same JC as I am so that gave us a few more things to talk about. Met Lydia afterwards and we talked about various things including work. I was telling her that I am learning a few personal character lessons at work and the struggles I face but she did mention that while it is good I recognize that I am put in the office to be moulded, God's probably making me stay put because I haven't fully mastered the lessons I'm supposed to learn. Maybe that's it, but it's so painful and I'm quite fed up. This whole work thing is messing up my relationships and it's really making me cranky. Anyhow, met the boyfriend in the late afternoon, washed his car together, went out for sushi with his sister then came back to watch Fun with Dick and Jane.Tuesday, July 18, 2006 01:35 a.m.
I am playing around with my ipod right now because I cannot sleep (blame it on the 3 hour solid nap in the afternoon) and oh man, this 30Gb ipod is a real beauty and it's way too cool! It not only can play videos and music or show a slideshow of my pictures, it has an alarm clock, contact list and calendar! And since I'm using a Mac as well, synchronizing my ipod with the computer to update my calendar and everything each time I plug the ipod in is easy peasy! Now, what I was thinking when I told my dad I didn't want the ipod and that he was silly to spend that ridiculous amount of money? I love my dad!Sunday, July 16, 2006 08:55 p.m.
I was having a serious conversation with the boyfriend and the room was quiet and then I noticed his eyes darting and some noise coming from the tv and then I realized he's playing winning eleven soccer with one hand while holding a serious conversation with me. Sometimes, I really want to strangle him. Haha. And because he can't bear to lie to me and he is such a bad faker, he has decided to end his secret admirer tags and pretend he doesn't know who in the world is secret admirer. Hahaha. Lousy.Sunday, July 16, 2006 07:05 p.m.
The boyfriend and myself were in the car this afternoon, returning to his place after having lunch with my sister at United Square and dropping her off and we were talking about diamond rings.Me: I'll definitely marry you if you give me a 10 carat!
E: Ah, 10 carats? 10 Potatoes can or not?
Haha, you know why I feel like strangling him sometimes? Anyway, last night, we went for a Hawaiian night party at his country club with his parents and when we got there, I was almost regretting because as the boyfriend said, the mean age at the party was 60 (75 originally but we both brought the mean age down) and his mum asked me if I wanted to go along when I was jetlagging so I couldn't reject her and thankfully in the end, I had quite a bit of fun eating with him and watching all the other couples having fun and dancing and waltzing around. Extremely mesmerizing and his mum won the best dressed award because she wore a grass skirt and tube top and wow, she really did dress up and I think she deserved it anyway. Haha. His parents are extremely good dancers too and they have so much stamina to keep on dancing. Pretty amazing. Haha.
Saturday, July 15, 2006 02:26 p.m.
I turned 20 yesterday and to be honest, I didn't really want to celebrate it. I had mixed feelings about turning 20 (not that I can stop myself from turning 20) but I was a little afraid too of what the new decade could bring or what entering this decade could mean. I kind of forgotten it was my birthday and really thought it was another ordinary day if not for the birthday smses, the birthday cake the girls bought for me at cell and E celebrating it. Anyway, the boyfriend being Mr Surprise and Mr Romantic at the same time did a rather romantic suprise! Haha. He picked me up in the evening and came up with some lame excuse that he thought he forgotten to bring his cell book and so we had to drive into some carpark near my house before we meet Juan Juan at Novena to check if he had the book or else he wouldn't be able to lead cell. Haha. So when we got into the carpark, he said he was too tired to go to his boot to check and asked me to do it. I was whining about it but I understood he was really tired from relief teaching and standing the whole day so I went to the boot to check for it. Haha. And when I opened his car boot, balloons sprang up and then I realized he didn't really want me to check for his cell book but he had a surprise in store and I saw some glittery "Happy Birthday" banner at the back, birthday cake, card, pink roses and balloons! Pretty amazing and that absolutely caught me by surprise! Haha. Most boyfriends would be able to come up with the birthday cake, card and flowers but he really took it many steps forward by looking into the details and even getting balloons and a banner and he even manage to orchestrate the entire surprise quite well so Wow Wow Wow! Thank you baby! We met Juan Juan to collect my birthday present (Thanks Juan!) and then both of us had dinner at Fish&co before going for cell and supper aftewards. Well, when I came home from cell, I realized that there was a 30Gb ipod sitting on my table. I know most kids would jump for joy and scream and all but somehow I felt a little miserable and upset. I can't really explain it or put it into words on why I felt that way but I didn't really need or want an ipod and I thought it was a pretty big waste of money. I was really thankful and appreciative for the ipod but I didn't even wish for it and I don't know why my dad got it for me. We even have another ipod at home! Honestly, all I wanted for this birthday was everything not material and physical. I wanted a happy life, good grades at school, a happy close knit family, a good walking relationship with God, a loving boyfriend and close friends whom I can trust and talk to and spend fun times with. I didn't want an ipod or a camera or a new mobile or clothes. Heck, I didn't even want money! I thought too that my dad could have spent the 600bucks on something more important and essential. But anyway, after talking to E and my dad, thinking about it and sleeping over it, I guess I'm even more thankful and appreciative of my father who went all the way down to town despite his busy schedule to get it for me and that he's willing to splurge on me. Well, at least now I have music to accompany me on the long train rides back from ulu land and I guess the only thing I can do now to reciprocate that loving gesture is probably to study even harder and be a good daughter. But oh, that was quite a pain last night.
Thursday, July 13, 2006 08:18 p.m.
I feel like an underutilized asset at work. I am an underutilized asset. Work is terribly frustrating and I love my father but I feel like I'm wasting my time because I don't do much and I'm not really given a lot of freedom to do things or move around. Because work is so frustrating, I've been really moody and snappy towards my dad and I'm trying to control myself and be patient and understand that he's really working hard and stressed up but it's so hard! I feel like I'm getting old too. Yesterday E and myself went down to Toa Payoh swimming pool to support James in his swimming competition and all the young enthusiastic school kids were cheering so loudly for their schools, it was so loud I just had to cover my ears. Too much noise, really. I'm dead tired and E just left for bible study after popping by for dinner and talking to my mum so I think I'm going to shower up and rot in front of the tv. I can't do anything intelligent right now.Wednesday, July 12, 2006 11:46 p.m.
To my secret admirer who tags on my comments page: (1) I think I know who you are already. Haha. Coincidentally, I was talking to my boyfriend on the mobile at around 1129PM and I said my secret admirer hasn't replied and he told me to wait a while and the next thing I know, you replied!(2) If you are who I think you are, you somehow better know when I start school! What's your palm and the calendar on your computer for?
(3) I posted Seattle photos in the June entries! You didn't read it then! Besides, I think if you're really my secret admirer, you should have pictures of me in your iphoto folders!
(4) I know I am having dinner with my boyfriend on Friday so I don't think I can meet up with you for dinner any time soon. Unless of course, you're the boyfriend. Haha.
PS: Do you think I'm intelligent? :)
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 08:57 a.m.
Working in my dad's office has personally been quite a challenge. My patience is constantly tested and I love my dad but I don't love what I'm doing. I feel like an underutilized asset and we have very different views on certain issues like managing the company, getting sales, discipling the workers, treating the staff, office environment and all that we often end up arguging in the car and that gets us both frustrated and angry before we start work. Even my mum agress that he's handling some issues wrongly but it's so hard explaining it to my dad and making him see it from our point of view. If I push it a little and get him to consider something, he'll say that I'm giving him too much pressure. Last night, we went over to my aunt's house to say goodbye and have dinner with my other aunt and cousin who were supposed to go back to the States this morning but they postponed their trip back again for the third time. Haha. My 10 year old cousin is really a better conversationalist now and I think he might come to work at my dad's place today just because my dad gave him 15 bucks (5bucks more than what my other aunt pays him to pick up letters from the letterbox outside her office. haha). Japanese food overload the past few days because the boyfriend and I had sushi yesterday afternoon for lunch after he came over to wake me up and the night before, my mum treated our family, her 2 sisters, my grandma and my cousin to japanese buffet at Suntec too. According the my 10 year old cousin who read some translated Japanese newspaper, the reason why Zidane headbutted the Italian player was because he called Zidane's sister a prostitute. I watched CNN last night and I saw Zidane appearing on some balcony in France with the French team in a black suit and I have to admit that he's old but he's hot! Haha.Monday, July 10, 2006 03:23 p.m.
The boyfriend gets Thursdays and Fridays off next semester and I get Fridays off too so woot woot! I'm really crossing my fingers that I'll get the science module on Wednesday afternoon or else I might not be able to graduate in time! At the boyfriend's house now and we're going out to Serangoon gardens to get goreng pisang! Last night before the match, we took a drive down to Changi Village area to have dessert, drove up to the old spooky changi general hospital (super scary) and also walked around at the coast which was near the runway so we could see the planes flying really low above us and see them land as well. A really different approach to experiencing Singapore's nightlife.Monday, July 10, 2006 02:22 p.m.
The boyfriend reads my blog! Gasp. Haha. Hello baby! Italy won the world cup! YAY! Really exciting and amazing play! Italy really deserved to win but what was in Zidane's mind when he shoved his head into the Italian player?Sunday, July 9, 2006 09:49 p.m.
I want Italy to win tonight! France has too many Arsenal players! Go Italy go! I'm hoping it gets to penalties then it'll be real real exciting! Juan, thanks for talking and listening to me this afternoon. Feels like a huge weight off my chest even though there are no solutions! :)Friday, July 7, 2006 11:27 p.m.
I managed to get all my core subjects today at my preferred time slots so that means I get a 4 day school week next semester! Thank you Lord! I don't have to go to school on Friday! I'm really really happy and I hope I get the prescribed elective as well and that'll make things really sweet! I was so happy that I called myself Miss Click Click after that because all you need to do to get your choice time slots and classes is to be super super kiasu and click at the correct time. Haha. Well E came over this morning and we lazed around and he was really thoughtful to send me up to school to register for my subjects. We had lunch somewhere near my school and while I was clicking and registering for subjects, he played Warcraft. Came home for a while and then we went down to Novena to meet Juan Juan and Leroy for some chit chat. Cell tonight was at my place so the girls came over for fellowship, dinner and bible study. I quite like cell. It's a really nice way to spend a friday evening and I'm really glad for everyone in the cell. Yesterday I put my dad's cashcard in my wallet because I had to take it out for servicing and today, he got fined $11 for not having a cashcard while driving through an ERP gantry. He says I have to pay him back because I wasted his money and was careless and forgetful. Great.Thursday, July 6, 2006 12:50 p.m.
The machine operator came into my dad's office about half an hour ago to tell him that he wants the afternoon off because he is sick. My dad told him to finish up his job first (which would take less than 20minutes) before he goes off. 5 Minutes later, my dad walks out and catches his machine operator trying to leave because he was carrying his bag and he was 10 footsteps away from the door. He is really a pain. My dad and I were supposed to be headed off for lunch about 10minutes ago but we are still stuck in the office because of the machine operator. I'm off work after lunch so I am going to meet E but first, I'll have to send my dad's car for servicing. Yesterday afternoon, I went up to JB with E's parents, his second sister and him and I cut my hair. Haha. His sister was doing her hair there too so she recommended it to me but I don't think the hairstylist was as good as my hairdresser back home and it was a rather poor job done so I'm never going to go back there again! We had a really good chinese dinner (Roast duck, fish maw and scallop soup, asparagus, coffee ribs etc) at some restaurant nearby before coming back to Singapore. I wasn't really looking forward to going up because I wanted a quiet afternoon but I guess it turned out pretty enjoyable afterall! Out for lunch now!Thursday, July 6, 2006 11:43 a.m.
At 925AM this morning, I noticed that the machine operator wasn't at his machine and he hasn't clocked in yet. So the mean me decided to wait by the door so that when he comes in, I can stare at my watch and make him realize that he's an hour late for work. Thankfully I didn't have to stand long and just as I positioned myself at the door, he strolled in. The sarcastic me almost surfaced and I wanted to say something like "Wow! I didn't realize it's 930AM already! Do you know it's 930AM?" But I zipped up and just eyed him while he walked to the machine. As he sauntered to his machine, I wondered if he had kids. Do they know that their father is always late for work? For the record, he hasn't turned up at 830AM sharp for work for the whole month of July. Do the kids know that their father nods off to sleepland when he is supposed to be checking on the quality of the print? Do they know that their father is terribly lazy and is always looking for opportunities to slack? Do they know that their father always tries to challenge my father's authority and gives a thousand and one lame excuses for being late? Do they know that their father takes an hour long lunch break when he's only supposed to have half an hour of lunch? What do they think of their father? When he comes home from work, do they ask him what he did in the workplace today? How are his kids like? Are they on time for school? Do they do their homework? What are their grades like? Do they slack around in school? Do they scold vulgarities? Are they hardworking? The one thing I realized (fortunately or unfortunately) is that kids, regardless of age, look up to their parents and take their parents as role models. Whatever Mummy can do, I also can do. Whatever Daddy is allowed to do, I am also allowed to do. I think one of the reasons why I am interested in graduate studies in the future is because my dad did his graduate studies too and I want to match up to him and be as good as him. I see my parents spending time reading the bible diligently every morning and how God has touched them and changed their lives and that inspires me to read the bible daily. There's a Myanmar worker here at my dad's factory. He's always early for work, I've never (neither has my dad) caught him slacking and he's obedient most of the time. He comes back early from lunch and starts working almost immediately. His son works in the factory too and has the same work traits as him. They are polite even though they do foul up sometimes and end up making some mistakes. I think inevitably as a parent, you'll pass on some good and bad traits or habits to your kids. Parents have a great responsibility. I wonder if the machine operator would care if his kids are late for school. Does he even teach them about turning up on time or being polite to your superior? Do they know that their father is going to be out of job next friday? I am curious and I would love to meet them but right now, I have to go spot check on him again and make sure he isn't reading the newspapers or playing hearts on the computer.Wednesday, July 5, 2006 09:58 a.m.
I'm at my dad's office now and I think I've completed my share of the work including arranging for his car to be serviced tomorrow and really some of his workers are pain in the butt and they just simply take advantage of my father and they are plain rude and lazy! I'm going off around lunch time to meet E and we're either going to have a lazy day and go cycling at East Coast in the evening or go up to Johor Bahru for the day with his parents. Last night we went to drop in at his country club and see his parents dance because his mum has been asking me to go and see them. His parents and their friends were doing ballroom dancing, cha cha, latin and it's not really my kind of sport or social activity but it was rather mesmerizing looking at them. We went bowling afterwards (I was a quarter of his score in the first game but I caught up on the second game!), walked around then drove up Mount Faber for a while. I can't believe Italy kicked Germany out last night! Amazing! Now I don't have any team to support at the World Cup because England and Germany are out and I don't like Portugal (because they kick my England out) and I don't like Italy and France (too many Arsenal players there and I don't like Arsenal) too. Blah.Monday, July 3, 2006 11:51 p.m.
I went to work at my dad's office today. It's not my kind of job or working environment and I don't exactly like what I'm doing but I love my dad and I think working for him helps me understand things a little bit more from his perspective and I think it makes us closer. After work, my cousin (who's back from the UK), my aunt and myself went to have sushi again for dinner before I went to pick my dad up from BSF at Bishan. I met Uncle Dave, Uncle Ronnie and Uncle Noel who were my BSF teachers once and it's quite amazing they still remember me but it was nice catching up and seeing them. Another thing! I changed the lightbulbs in the living room all by myself today! I know how to change lightbulbs!Sunday, July 2, 2006 01:58 a.m.
England lost 3-1 on penalties!! Terribly heartbreaking and tragic and really, what happened to Gerrard and Lampard?Sunday, July 2, 2006 12:26 a.m.
It's only seventy minutes into the England-Portugal match and Beckham's out with a foot injury, Rooney was just shown the red card a few minutes ago, Lampard isn't scoring, Terry was given the yellow card and so he won't be in the next match, Owen is in London and Portugal have a significant advantage over England right now. If England wins, it'll be a miracle and I'll never want to eat Portuguese egg tart ever again.Saturday, July 1, 2006 07:02 p.m.
So Germany is in the semi finals and Argentina is out! E and myself watched the match at his brother in law's place and I thought it was quite an exciting game even though I don't support Germany or Argentina. I know many people are very upset over Argentina's exit but the penalty shoot out was simply splendid! Haha. I know it's the worst way to decide a match but I love watching penalty shoot outs! I just hope England doesn't have to go through that tonight and they'll just whack Portugal's butt because I don't think my heart could take seeing England do a penalty shoot out. Haha. Yesterday at cell, we started a study on The End Times and we've got a bible study book to help us along. It was a small group of us and I thought it was a really nice bible study session though we got off tangent some times but everyone was curious, asking all sorts of questions, reading the bible intensively to find out what the Bible has to say and not what books or people have to say and really it was good! I learnt quite a bit preparing for the lesson and also hearing what the girls had to say! I'm convinced now that you'll learn alot if you read a bible passage slowly and carefully numerous times over. Just came back about half an hour ago from shopping at Marina Square and lunch at somewhere near Raffles Hotel with my parents, my aunt and my cousin who are back from the States. It was so crowded and noisy at Marina Square and that totally turned me off. How can you possibly enjoy shopping with clothes all messed up (some even on the floor), with long queues at the cashier and the changing rooms and people all around you? I really hate shopping in Singapore. And while waiting for my aunt to come out of the restroom, my mum and I realized that the cooks at Secret Recipe don't wear gloves and their utensils are not exactly clean! Yucks. We've got to go soon to my other aunt's place to meet up with the rest of my mum's family for dinner and also to catch the England match later at 11PM! I want England to win! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------