Tuesday, July 31, 2007 10:16 p.m.
OH THE HORRORS!! In my half asleep state this morning, I stupidly opened my contact lens case with the contact lens in there and started washing the case with running water. What possessed me to do that, I don't know. It's worse than dropping your contact lens while trying to put them on and now, one side of my contact lens is missing. I tried shining a torch down the sink to look for it but the other side has truly vanished. I don't even know whether the side I have now is for the right eye or the left eye. It's tragic and I'm terribly upset because I hate wearing glasses and it doesn't help that my optician says I can't wear dispsoable lens even for a week because my astigmatism is really very high. Horrors of horrors! I'm feeling really irritated right now and I can't stop scolding myself for being so stupid and it's such a bad start to the day. AUGH.Tuesday, July 31, 2007 01:02 a.m.
I didn't go work at my Aunt's today because Dad had some 30 over foreign journalists at his factory in the afternoon for a factory tour and media presentation. I had to send my sister to school because the folks went up to work at 6am and the minute I got into the office, it was a mad rush to set up the projector, sort out the goody bags and do all the random things as instructured by my mother. Thankfully, I could go off after the event so I went home and continued planning the eastern europe trip. By the looks of it, we might be just heading to 3 cities in 2 countries instead of 3 cities in 3 different countries. You know, it isn't that difficult planning a trip because you can easily goggle the places up and write down a quick itinerary. Even factoring in the "what ifs" (like what if I can't get the train that departs at that time) isn't that difficult in my opinion. The most difficult part is factoring in everyone's wishes and considerations. It's not only diffcult, it's irritating.Monday, July 30, 2007 11:48 p.m.
Older girls cell on Saturday morning followed by lunch with my little sister and E. She originally intended to treat us but when she realized we were freely ordering the red plates, she freaked out and withdrew her offer and E ended up paying. Haha. He acted so pathetic and poor (like he just made a bad investment) and so my sister took pity and treated him to coffee. Haha. We went round shopping for my sister's prom dress (it's a nice black casual dress that looks formal so I think I can borrow it for dinners) and then it was dinner with the folks before I went over to E's place at night.
E's confirmation and membership on Sunday and he's now officially a member of barker road methodist church! Met the SCGS girls for lunch at Changing Appetites after church. I don't know what's with all this cute sounding restaurants that have cute comfortable seats like newyork newyork but serve up mediocre dishes. I hate it when I don't get good food. Food aside, I haven't seen the girls in ages and it was so very good meeting up with them, chatting and catching up! :) I'm glad that though we're all at different stages and walking different paths in life, we still can talk about our future plans, share about the happenings in our life and reminisce and laugh about the past.
Saturday, July 28, 2007 09:33 p.m.
At cell last night, we were discussing the ten commandments and more specifically, the ninth one on lying. Preparing for cell and reading the book was quite interesting because it brought up some really interesting points and it made me realize me that I lie a whole damn alot. Lying is a really a much more subtle sin as compared to murder or committing adultery and no one might actually know that you're lying but it's still a sin nonetheless. Anyway, the author mentioned that flattery, exaggeration and gossiping is another form of lying and that was quite interesting because we usually think of lying as just those conventional straightforward lies. He hammered home the point that telling the truth is very important but we must ensure that we don't tell the whole truth in such a naive manner that we end up hurting people, stumbling others or breaking relationships up. We must also be careful not to tell the truth in a brutal manner that blasts people off and is neither kind or appropriate. This chapter was really quite interesting and I shared with them my major double lie during the week and they kept on pressing me to confess and seek forgiveness and girls, you'll be glad to know I confessed and thankfully everything went alright :)Friday, July 27, 2007 06:04 p.m.
The girls at BSF :) It was my second last lesson on Thursday and I'm starting to feel a little upset that I'm not going to finish the book of Romans with them and we might possibly not be in the same group next year! This is an amazing group and I've got a few girls in there that I'm quite close to and we can openly share on many issues and talk freely.
Thursday's lesson wasn't particularly difficult but there was a question in there that struck me and made me wonder if I would be a christian if I wasn't born into a Christian family. That got a few of us talking about it after the lecture and we were discussing our views (all of us were born into christian families), sharing about how we came to know the Lord and how many of us weren't really 'practising Christians' till something happened in our lives. To be honest, I think if I wasn't born into a christian family, I wouldn't be a Christian today. I have my reasons (share them some other day) but really, that conversation made me really grateful. Very good sharing and talking and we had class fellowship after the lecture so we feasted on korean snacks, chicken pie and chips! :)
Sunday, July 22, 2007 11:45 p.m.
For being my pillar of strength, for showering me with all your love, care and concern, for being my cheerleader when life gets me down, for teaching me so many things about life, for making me laugh (and cry), for being my handyman, car mechanic and computer technician, for all the fights that only made us stronger, for your melodious singing in the car (haha), for spoiling me rotten and feeding me with all the good food, for giving your all and your best in this relationship and for everything else, thank you sweetheart. Cheers! Here's to the 2 wonderful years gone by and to many more years to come.
Friday, July 20, 2007 11:25 a.m.
I got my residences in Denmark!! I'll be living in Svanevej which is in the Norrebro district where apprently, there are many shopping possibilities, cafes and all! :) I get a single room, ensuite bathroom and kitchen and this residence even has a roof terrace and is located close to the Norrebro train station! It takes about 15minutes to cycle to school and it looks like a really warm and lovely residence (I hope!) and I'm really thankful I got this place because I don't want shared bathrooms! The only bad thing about this residence is that the rent is 7500sgd for 4 months and my mum is screaming because it's really expensive and I way underestimated my budget. I thought that the residences would be about 6000sgd for 4 months but looks like I'm wrong and so she's nagging non stop now because she says I could have easily gone to London, LA or Vancouver where I have free lodging but I just had to choose Copenhagen which is the 6th most expensive city to live in. It doesn't help that the danish kroner and euro is appreciating (it was DKK3.71 for 1sgd in January this year and now it's DKK3.51 for 1sgd) and so it gives her more nagging power because she wanted me to go to the US but I refused and went to apply for Copenhagen and now the exchange rate for the USD is so favourable. AH. I didn't manage to go for BSF yesterday night because we had a client meeting and it only ended at 7.45pm and BSF starts at 7.25pm sharp. Ah. I only have 2 more lessons with the group before I leave. Supper after that with Bee Hui and Colin at Newton and I was feeling really crap and lousy but they did a good job in cheering me up and listening to me. Haha.Thursday, July 19, 2007 03:53 p.m.
I don't know if I'm the only one that's feeling this but it all seems to be going downhill for quite a while now and everything's changed. It's no longer the same feeling and things seem different. It feels like something's missing. I don't know. I'm very tired.Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:45 a.m.
I'm terribly shacked out today so I'm kind of slacking on my job and just surfing through various online travel guides. I originally planned to spend 10 days in Italy during the mid semester break but the prices of the air tickets to Italy are either sky rocketing or they're sold out and I might have a final exam right after the mid semester break and classes during the week of break because this economics module I'm taking lasts only for half a semester. So I decided to check out the places nearer to Copenhagen and Sweden and Norway looks like a really lovely place! I want to go see the Northern Lights, walk through the old towns, go to the fishing villages (ice fishing!) and check out the fjords! I'm just afraid of the cold though it looks so much cleaner than Italy! But all my travel plans are tentative and everything's iffy till I actually get to Copenhagen, know my timetable and figure out how much money I can spend on traveling once I know how much the basics cost after I've settled down in the 6th most expensive city in the world. Had dinner last night with Karen and Chuan Seng! I haven't seen them since the term ended and I think we're all quite into food and all because our conversation topics always revolves around food and we recommend places to try out and all. Haha. I was barely in the office yesterday because we had to attend back to back meetings with the foreign banks and I think I'm starting to learn what important questions to ask during investment meetings to really check if it's worth your time and money. I had originally thought that working for my Aunt would leave me sitting in the office the whole day but I dare say it's almost as fast paced as the bank and I like it that we get to meet the decision makers and not the people who report to the decision makers.Wednesday, July 18, 2007 09:49 a.m.
Attended the Banana Republic official launch yesterday evening after work at Paragon. There was some mingling around, champagne and finger food before the fashion show itself. Apparently, the Benajmins themselves chosse the models and they don't just leave it to the agency. Their collection of clothes isn't that fantastic and there were only 3 pieces that I fancied but even with the 15% discount they gave to everyone that attended the launch, the dress would still be over 200bucks. My cousin wanted to get the dress I wanted for his girlfriend too (that's the nice part about going out with guys that work) but I think he realized that it'll really burn a hole in his pocket and he might as well try his luck at Far East because it might be possible to get a rather similar dress there for about 50bucks. Haha. After the launch, my aunt and I had dinner at Au Petit Salut at Dempsey Hill. I'm not really a fan of french food but it's a nice cozy french restaurant and the food was good! I had french onion soup for starters while my Aunt had the lobster bisque before we moved on to the mains where I had risotto with Japanese scallops and she had ravioli. The white wine accompanying the meal was really good and we had this really really comforting warm chocolate cake for desserts. It's nice talking to my Aunt when she isn't stressed out and she was sharing with me her days at the bank (she was one of the top honchos there) and it was definitely good insight. You know, I still don't know what I want to do or where I want to work. Everyone in accounting school seems to know what they want. They either want to work at one of the big 4s and slog it out for 3 years and earn their CPA or work at one of the banks and bring in the big bucks. I don't know what I want to do or what is more suitable for me. Great.Tuesday, July 17, 2007 03:09 p.m.
Crazy morning at work today. I barely settled down in the office and we had to go out with a client to UOB for a meeting with the investment managers. The meeting was supposed to vet through the slides, anticipate what questions the analysts will ask before the real meeting at 2pm but it dragged on and on and then it was a mad rush to get the slides printed out and all ready by 2pm. It's crazy but now I'm finally back in the office while my Aunt is at the other meeting. Running around Raffles Place in 3 inch high heels is no joke. Well, the meeting at UOB was really quite an eye opener. I now understand what my communications tutor meant when she said that people out there in the business world can just stop you in the middle of the presentation and question your assumptions or your points. It's no mercy man. And everything you say and write on your slides better be 100% accurate unless you want to be faced with a slew of lawsuits.Monday, July 16, 2007 11:29 p.m.
My first day at work at my Aunt's and it's been really exciting! I decided to work at my Aunt's because 3 weeks at E&Y is not long enough for me to do anything substantial and honestly, I don't want to be relegated to photocopying, buying coffee for the partners or doing mundane tasks. Besides, working at my Aunt's gives me an opportunity to build up my soft skills like communcation skills, people skills and creativity and it's a nice change from the bank where it's definitely more rigid and I mostly had to build up my hard/technical skills and be analytical and quick. In this way, I'll have managed to build up both my soft and hard skills this holiday. Anyway, after lunch today, my eldest cousin (he's full time here), SH and myself went down to the Banana Republic store at Paragon to prep FJ Benjamin's CEO on his interview with the media. I got to see through the whole process of conducting an interview, the going ons at the back and how it is so important to be proper and correct because everything's on tape and how it's another way to sell your brand. It was a real eye opener and it's really exciting and it definitely beats sitting in the office doing research or just plain staring at the computer screen. After it was all over, the three of us had tea at Bakerzin to kind of reward ourselves. Haha. By the time we got back, it was close to 5pm and my Aunt was so nice, she bought Island Cremery's cookies and creams to celebrate my first day. Bumped into Lazarus and Zhongwen after work at Raffles Place and so we sat down at Coffee Bean for about 45 minutes talking and catching up! Lazarus reminds me so much of my other cousin! They both speak and behave in the same manner and what's more, they're both of the same age and they kind of have the same build except that my cousin's slightly taller. It's quite freaky. Haha.Sunday, July 15, 2007 05:45 p.m.
Yesterday after church service, a group of us went down to Botak Jones for lunch! Apparently they serve up really good fish&chips but I'm not a fan of fish (unless it's raw salmon and tuna) so I didn't try it but I must say the portions are huge and it's very value for money. My cajun chicken was only mediocre but I was also having a really nasty headache so that kind of spoilt my mood. We went down to the Ben&Jerry's at Dempsey Hill after that for desserts and that outlet is probably the best Ben&Jerry's outlet in Singapore. Really warm feeling to it and I love it! It kind of reminded me of Knott's Berry Farm or some cowboy shop. In future, I'm going to get the girls to have our ice cream meet up sessions there! Other than that, Mark Wee is seriously young at heart and he's a big time joker and we were all laughing till my cheeks were sore. Our table had this really cool (very jewish looking) high chair (Steve modeling on it and pretending to be king) and it was good food and excellent company once again :)
Sunday, July 15, 2007 01:41 a.m.
The 21st birthday dinner at Da Paolo Il Giardino with the family and E! The excellent company with the people that matter most to me in life and good good food was the perfect combination! It was really good talking to the folks, jacking my sister and her hair and being with E (He was so sweet, he brought a bouquet of flowers to dinner). On top of that, the food was simply heavenly! We started off with soups, went on to starters (avocado salad, italian parma ham with rock melon, baked portobello and deep fried soft shell crabs) before having our mains (ribeye steak, seafood, lamb and home made spinach pasta) and then finishing it off with caramelized pancakes with ice cream and profiteroles! The evening was really splendid and it was exactly how I wanted to spend my 21st. We dropped by my Aunt's place after dinner to have wine, ice cream and cake. She is now not only my Aunt but also my boss. Haha. My Uncle and his family also came around for some family time together. Before the dinner, it was present opening time! Mum gave me a jewelry set, Dad gave me a watch and E must have realized that diamonds are a woman's best friend :) My little sister is the cutest. She gave me a necklace but her pendant is 2 small cute dog tags of different sizes that she engraved my name and birthday on it. Perfect for traveling around Europe so that if I get lost, people will know my name. What a pity she didn't engrave my mobile or my blood type. Haha. It's probably also a good way to introduce myself if I get too lazy to speak or there's some language barrier. Apparently my mum said she dug out all the money she had just to get me that necklace. She also gave me this really really sweet card which went something like how I'm her sister for life and I'll have to stick with her forever. Haha. Good day seriously :)
Saturday, July 14, 2007 05:14 p.m.
I can't believe I'm 21. I feel like I've aged and the burdens on the shoulders just got heavier. Didn't feel like waking up this morning, or celebrating the birthday later or doing anything special because turning 21 feels more like a chore and pain than a joy. I don't quite know why but I suspect it's because the next stage of my life seems to be filled with more responsibilities, more uncertainity, more decisions and more changes. I'm sure it'll be exciting and there'll be lots of different experiences and all, but still, it seems like scary times. Well, older girls cell this morning at Robyn's place and I thought we were doing a surprise for Clare (since it was her birthday a week back) but it turned out the girls did a double surprise! Robyn's mum whipped up really good food for all of us and it was nice having lunch with them all and talking to the people that I am close to in church and catching up with the guys I haven't talked to in a while (Dan and Yado!). Girls, thanks for the unconventional card (I'm going to hang it up somewhere in my room) and the gorgeous red bag. Debs, thanks for the card with the gold star that fell on the road. Haha. Dinner soon with the family and E. Terence Chia, thanks for calling all the way from Australia! I miss you and your nonsense! Call me when you get back to Singapore in December and let's catch up over beer! And of course, thank you everyone else for the presents and the birthday wishes!Saturday, July 14, 2007 07:54 a.m.
My desk organized a Harry Potter movie event for our clients yesterday night at GV Max. So we booked the whole GV Max (602 seats!), gave out Harry Potter waterbottles, free popcorn and drinks and conducted some closed door lucky draw where the winners will get this limited edition Harry Potter stamp collection. The show itself was quite a let down. I think I watched the first movie and that was still reasonable but this one is full of witch craft and it's so evil and scary! I think I only liked the part where all the mystery glass balls were falling on the kids and they were running away. E loves that Miseltoe magic trick that the girl played on Harry because he wishes he also had the ability to make miseltoes grow anywhere. Haha. My boss mentioned that he fell asleep halfway through the movie and I was gripping E's arms really tightly. Definitely not recommended for kids. I much prefer Transformers but having said that, it was nice meeting up with my colleagues again and jacking them about having to work while I get to stay at home and laze around. Haha. The movie ended close to midnight and then it was to Mt. Faber for a short while with E to defrost (the cinema was freezing!) before we drove around trying to find popiah because I was craving for them. Honestly, I don't know where sells popiah at 1am in the morning. I need to locate it quickly so that I can get my popiah at midnight when the popiah urge strikes. Haha.Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:47 p.m.
Dad and I had some father-daughter bonding session today! He brought me out in the afternoon to look for watches but nothing caught my eye. Dad got really desperate because he's really sentimental (hence mechanical watches instead of quartz watches since the battery dies after a few years) and traditional so he wants to get me something for my 21st even though I'm really happy with my camera and he asked me to choose a Mont Blanc pen while we were in the shop sending his fountain pen in for servicing. But no way on earth am I going to spend 900bucks on a fountain pen (or 500bucks for a ballpoint pen) when my 60cents zebra pen satisfies me! He assumes teenagers still use fountain pens and forgets that we spend more time banging away on the keyboards and exercising our thumbs! We gave up after a while and went to Rocky Masters for coffee and pizza before dropping by my Aunt's office. BSF later in the evening and finally the usual bunch of girls are back in class! The discussion questions today was really tough! There was quite a focus on the Jews, Israel and being chosen and the lectures for the last 2 weeks have touched on predestination so that got us talking a little after lecture but I'll gather my thoughts up first before writing them down here.Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:29 p.m.
Ok. Major dilemma. Should I intern at Ernst and Young for 3 weeks? Or should I work for my Aunt instead?Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:10 p.m.
Planning the Eastern Europe trip is really no mean feat! We're looking to cover 3 cities in 3 different countries in 7 days. The problem is, our flight out from Singapore is not confirmed so we can't go ahead and start buying our air tickets to Eastern Europe and all. Having to figure out where to go, where to stay, what to do is really not that straightforward. There are so many websites to browse through, so much junk you have to sift through (every hotel claims they're right smack in the city) and the 3 different countries have not adopted the euro so they're still using their domestic currencies which makes it quite challenging when trying to convert HUF to SGD. The worse is planning the rail travels. We're intending to fly to one country and then cross the other 2 countries by train and having to figure out what trains to take, the timetables, how many connections there are and all is really quite irritating. All the information (cost especially) is not readily available online and we can't do bookings online so everything's iffy till we get down to the main train station and purchase our tickets. I really hope the train rides don't screw up our travel plans. We're hoping to take the night trains so that we'll save the days for traveling and touring but what if we can't get seats or the train tickets are the most expensive at night? AH. Planning is an experience in itself. Really.Wednesday, July 11, 2007 05:39 p.m.
I need an extra battery for my camera!Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:52 a.m.
Dinner last night with JJ, JL, J, BL and KC at New York New York! I call them the NTU morning breakfast gang. Haha. The place is a little too young for me (but the seats were comfortable) and the food wasn't fantastic but the company made up for it! Met E after that to watch Transformers and it's a really cool show! I highly recommend it! I thought it was going to be some boring geeky robots show but it was really really exciting! I really enjoyed it though when the robots started fighting with one another, I couldn't tell who was good and bad and I'm a little paranoid now that our earth will one day get invaded by aliens and there'll be firestorms, chaos, destruction and huge portholes on our streets because of these aliens.Sunday, July 8, 2007 11:51 p.m.
Yesterday night, after a slow dinner with E (hence we missed the fireworks), we walked into this shop selling cute sesame street pullovers! I wanted the navy blue one with Elmo in front and I wanted to get him the navy blue one with Cookie Monster on it but he said he'll never wear it unless it's to bed and so we didn't get it. Haha. He's so unromantic! It was a really cute pullover! Walking around Suntec, we passed by the shop Build your own bear or something like that and this really sweet salesgirl brought us through the whole process of building your own bear (includes washing your bear) and it was the cutest thing ever! I really wanted to build my own bear but I didn't know which bear to choose! I know there's this build your own doll in America but this concept of building your own bear is just as good as building your own doll and it wasn't that expensive! It's just that I'm not really a big fan of teddy bears because after a while when they get dirty, my nose gets itchy. Spent this afternoon with him as well and then we had dinner at his place. His mum has this new grill so we were cooking food on top of it. Not too bad just that it's really small and I think it's meant for 2 instead of 6 people. Haha. I have no more work tomorrow so yay to lazy days and bumming around!Saturday, July 7, 2007 02:43 p.m.
E, getting all ready to brave the cold in Europe!
Saturday, July 7, 2007 02:21 p.m.
My last day at work yesterday! Went for lunch with M, K, SH and TY at some bak kuh teh store at the PSA building. I was supposed to buy the guys lunch but they must have took pity on me and paid for it instead. Haha. I don't know what we ate but the bill came up to about 70 bucks but seriously, it was good food! Had a good time talking to them, laughing at their boy talk and they're the group of guys that I'm the closest to on the floor so I'm going to miss jacking them and hanging out with them! Came back, had to help M sort out the movie seating arrangments for our desk's Harry Potter Movie Event on Friday the 13th. We had to go through a few rounds of revisions because no one wanted their clients to sit in front and all and we had to please everyone and make sure everyone had prime tickets and barely any front row seats etc etc and so we ended up spending the whole afternoon drawing up seating plans and allocating movie tickets. After that, the desk threw me some surprise farewell party! It was absolutely sweet and it came as a huge surprise!! At around 6:15pm, everyone started saying goodbye to me and so M and my supervisor was left on the desk. I was still helping him to sort out the movie tickets. Then my supervisor tricked me and asked me to go to the Pantry with him for a short discussion on my internship and all. When I went into the Pantry, the whole desk was waiting there!! Haha. I had to say a thank you speech and we feasted on heavenly cheesecake and ice lemon teas! Yummy! I'm really going to miss this desk so much! I felt so sad when I had to pack up everything and walk out with my jacket, my bag full of notes and articles! Ah, maybe if the opportunity arises, I'll go back there and work next year. We'll see how that goes and what God has in store for me! :) Cell afterwards (we were discussing the 6th commandment on murder and we had quite a good discussion on stem cells and all) and then E and myself went to celebrate my last day of the internship with oily food at Serangoon Gardens! Older girls' cell early this morning and we watched a video on "what's in your hand" Rather interesting and it was basically a video asking us to examine what we have in our hand and how we're using our affluence and influence. I was telling E that I wanted to teach or volunteer for the next 5 weeks before I leave for Copenhagen (because I've been truly blessed and fortunate and I should help others that are not as fortunate) and I think watching that video made me all the more determined to do it and not just while it away planning my europe travels and catching up with the girls over coffee and ice cream. Ah. We'll see which door opens up! Going to go out soon with E and see if we can catch the fireworks at Marina Bay tonight!Thursday, July 5, 2007 11:31 p.m.
The presentations yesterday went quite well! Thank God! The first presentation with Sentosa started out a little shaky but it went well after a while and I think their corporate finance team is quite keen on what we've got! Rushed back to the office, printed out my second powerpoint slides and presentation outlines and had 15 minutes to prepare before my presentation to my boss and the desk on my project! Super stressful and I was worried sick that there'll be non stop questions about the points I mentioned but surprisingly, everything went quite well and there was hardly any questions! :) The desk then went out together to St. James for dinner before heading to Mono for Karaoke and drinks. I think after a few drinks and songs, my colleagues got a little high so they were really into singing and it was really funny hearing K sing some love duet and C and N sing Shanghai Tang together. Haha. Karoke really isn't my thing but it sure was fun laughing myself silly and screaming at K and M to stop singing because I would have gotten nightmares if they continued. Haha. The CIB folks came down and so the rest of the desk left leaving my team and my boss behind. Not long after, the customers came, we celebrated the CFO's birthday and had more drinks but it started getting a little rowdy so thankfully, my boss rescued me and told me to walk off with him (he doesn't like to be seen in those places) and he was nice enough to drop me outside St. James where the boyfriend was waiting. Today went by really quickly because I had to wrap up what I was doing and I can't believe it's my last day at work tomorrow! I'm starting to feel a little blue that I'm going to leave this really fast paced environment and take it slow and easy. I'm so going to miss the cozy corner (M, D and me) and I'm going to miss the desk so much! BSF after work and it's nice being back even though I was so tired and the usual girls weren't around!Tuesday, July 3, 2007 11:04 p.m.
It's my last week of internship and I'm starting to feel a little blue that I'm going to leave after 8 eventful weeks! Despite the workload and the stress, I have to say I've really enjoyed my whole stint and I'm truly appreciative of the learning and exposure that I've been given. I feel a little sad that I'm going to leave my colleagues because over the weeks we've started to bond and just as I'm starting to feel cosy and comfortable with the job scope and the place, I have to leave. Ah. Anyway, it's my big day tomorrow! I have 2 presentations (One with Sentosa and the other to my desk on my project and internship experiences) and after those 2 presentations, my desk is heading out for a desk dinner together before we go down to St. James Power Station! Lunch today with my boss and it was a really combo packed lunch session. At one point it was like an informal interview then it got a little lighthearted when he shared with me his life as an MP and then it got back to business when I shared with him my thoughts on this internship and what I've learnt and he shared with me his views on the desk, where the industry is heading and all. Very insightful and really, he's a nice boss. Other than that, spent the weekend with E having dinner at Changi Village and also doing some winter clothing shopping. We went to the pizza place at Sixth avenue for lunch on Sunday with his cell guys and Pastor Malcom's sermon on Sunday was really good too! He mentioned how we often use Revelations 3:20 "Here I am! i stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me" to encourage our non-christian friends to let Jesus into their lives but how this verse also applies to us, christians, as we are equally capable of leaving Jesus at the door. From that Revelations passage, he drew out 3 instances when that can happen. The first instance is when we're lukewarm, the second instance is when we think we are doing very well spiritually and have everything and the last instance is when God rebukes and disciplines us and we think He loves us no more or rejects us. It came as a very good timely reminder for me. Well, got to get back to preparing for my presentations! Wish me well! It's been a while since I've presented and I'm starting to get a little nervous! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------