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Saturday, March 29, 2008 @ 10:53 pm [recounting]
THE LEAP YEAR. it totally ROCKS! okay. i watched it abt a month later on 26th march. zw and i were supposed to catch Step Up2 that day but there wasn't a timing for that. not wanting to waste the voucher, we decided to watch leap years. actually, we were assigned to back seats but we ended up sitting center center. jus took some seats. it was good. the rare times i sit in a good position. and we weren't chased! tat's nice! good movie. story line was nice though initially it was confusing. and Li Lin is super pretty as ever!! no doubt, my eyes teared at one point of time SHOPPING AT VIVO with Alvin jus now was nice. went to page one. glad he was patient with me while i spent time choosing my gifts. finally bought jeremy his gift! i think it's over-priced but oh well, with the voucher, it makes it worth it! =) haha. nevertheless, it's nice to walk arnd with Alvin and telling him tales. oh yar. i rmb i was super stress up at that time. tired, i supposed. KIDS' EXAMS = MY EXAMS :s what an equation! but it's so true! as a tuition teacher, suddenly can feel it. i was jus thinking to myself that for this year, i wouldn't need to have the exam pressure when celebrating my bday but looks lyk i can't escape! i have abt 5 more weeks with the kids! so fast! then, it's their exams! i wonder if i can fully prepare them in time :S quite worried yet willing to face the challenge. but can expect a whole lot of stress coming in. nevermind, with God as my strength, I know I will pull through this!! =)) "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever" Psalm 73:26 FIRST DRIVING LESSON! yups! I had it on Thursday! It was grrrreat fun! initially, i was very scared. scared that i'll crash the car or dunno what to do. but i'm glad that my instructor was very nice. he guided me step-by-step. all i had to do was to follow and remember the steps =) hmm. reminds me of how it is with God and us..how His Holy Spirit will guide us daily and with each step of the way! :) okay. back to driving, i was very happy when i cld drive! i stalled about twice. drove round the circuit 4 times. and then, was advised to change to C-model. i also had the chance to drive both C and V-model on my first lesson! it's really much better for me to drive the C-model! =)) oh oh. and i'm so short that i'd to put my car seat so much forward in order to step on the clutch pedal! haha. felt so embarrassed lah! boo.. HIGH EXPENDITURE. i jus realised i spent alot in March!!! though i have other jobs and earning extra money, but the high spendings jus even it out lah. boo. so sad lor. haha. thought i cld have more savings but not the case. ha. oh well. this month i spent too much on food and clothes (hmm. did i buy??). oh well. i know i watched 2 movies this month! okay. oh well. i guess food's the main culprit! HEALTH. recently, my health ain't that good. when i noticed that i have sore throat consistently for a few mornings when i wake up, i know that something bad is going to happen..i could feel a big bout of illness going to befall on me :( it always happens whenever i stay up too late consecutively for a few weeks. bad. i know it's coming. and i've been delaying it. man. i hope i can recover soon! gotta watch wad i eat and drink! SWOLLEN ANKLE. a few days back, i woke up at a stupid time--the time when i'm supposed to leave the house for my kid's tuition! it was super stupid. so i started rushing here and there. and i ended up hitting my ankle on the wooden leg of my bed. OUCH! it totally hurts!! and wad's worse is that i dun see a blue-black but when i rub it, it hurts terribly. then, it lasted for a few days. boo. oh well. i hope it'll heal soon! SHOPPING WITH JEREMY AND LE JING. went out with them on fri. though LJ met Jeremy on wed, i met LJ on thu and i will meet Jeremy on sun, we still decide to go out tgt as a threesome on fri! haha. to buy deb's and nic's gifts plus to catch up. it was very fun and very nice! I totally enjoyed myself! talking and chatting..esp about christian issues =) well, when we were shopping for deb's gifts, it was lyk i'm the one shopping. haha. then, wanted to buy jeremy's present too. but by the time we finish shopping for nic's gifts, most of the shops started closing. sad. oh well. after that, jeremy asked if i wanted to join his frens and himself at Harry's. I so wanna go!! but suddenly jeremy bid me goodbye. so i jus took my leave. it was getting late too. so jus head home lor.. --------------------------------- Tuesday, March 25, 2008 @ 1:59 am [in short]
[continuing frm point 10] well, if i do get a senior for my bf, wld it be too big an age gap? he wld enter the workforce earlier and meet many other ladies..will there be someone more suitable for him over there then? similarly, will the relationship last? and we may be on different frequencies? me on studies and he on work/career? so then, is it better for me to get a bf when I'm in the workforce? i dunno but these are the qns that came to my mind today. jus tot of pen-ing them down and voicing out. oh well. dun be surprised if you see me attached in uni to someone who's still studying. ha. i din say i'll stay true to my last rhetorical qn here! haha. but in any case, TRUST IN THE LORD. let Him plan. let Him handle your love life, Sharon. let Him handle your relationship. let Him handle your marriage. let Him be Lord. Amen. --------------------------------- Saturday, March 22, 2008 @ 9:38 am [thoughts]
yesterday, went out with him. jus knew i gotta meet him. thankfully he lives nearby and so it's very much easier for the both us. dun need to leave so early either. okay. anyway, back to the point. yeah. i'm glad i got my SIA scholarship done up b4 i left. it was hectic and super stressful doing in under pressure but for the sake of (i don't know wad also), I jus pushed myself to complete it. and i'm glad i got to get wad i want and meet him though it was pretty late at 930pm plus. stayed around, had a drink and chatted. i'm glad he liked the gift and card. i'm glad i'd him around. someone that i can tok to. someone that knows wad's happening to me and so i dun nid to repeat my whole story. someone that's willing to hear all my anguish, frustration and upset-ness no matter how gloomy it sounds. really grateful. and especially so when he showers me a lot of love. more love than i could imagine. when he wraps me in his arms while i sobbed, it jus felt warm and re-assuring. but at the end of it all, i really felt i dun deserve it. after all i'd done, i really dun think i should get such a high placing in his life. he assured me again that night on the phone. i felt really comforted and really do feel so much better. i'm very glad to hear he is alright after I made the same old decision. very glad he shared with me his thoughts. it definitely is a comfort. i really hope he is good even after reading this post. i really don't wish to see him upset again. okay. well, woke up this morning still stoning in bed over wad happened last night. eyes felt swollen though it definitely isn't. and i wonder how he is doing. but like wad i said, i believe in him. i hope my worries will disappear with time. love like this never fail to remind me of jus how great God's love is for me. i'm really glad He loved me very much..more than the love i feel. and everytime i see how wrecked i am and how much i dun deserve of the guy's love, i can see myself telling God the same thing and i know, deep down inside, that the wreck i caused to Him is more than wad i did to the guy. thank you, Lord, for your love so great and immeasurable. okay. completing the SIA scholarship qns last night really is a burden off my shoulder. but instead of relieving a sigh of relief, i wanted so much to cry. to cry out all my frustrations and stress in me. i knew it had to be this outlet. there was nothing else i can do except to cry and feel better after doing so. n i'm glad i did though it was in front of someone else. well, i'm glad its over though sembcorp wants me to answer more qns. i don't know i have anymore energy left to take the challenge but i guess i'll try again. wad he said has been kept firmly in my mind all these while, "i encourage you to try". thanks alot! finally, been wanting to say this for a long time and forgot to write it down in my previous post. wanted to say that I'm really glad and fortunate to have met my frens in jtc: jia wen, zhi wen, yi chen and alvin. without them, i think my life for 8 months will really be boring. i dun have good relationships with my JC frens. so i dun usually keep in contact with many of them during the hols except yonghui and ruth and sometimes alison. other than that, i'm pretty much isolated. and i really dun like that. being me, i love my frens and want to keep in contact with them. but we've all gone our separate ways such that only once-in-a-while msg would seem comfortable. then, when i started working in JTC and meet them, it really is a joy. they really brighten up my life and become the circle of frens that i have now. sometimes i wish i din go into teaching so fast. cos teaching really isolates me again. can't make more frens and colleagues except the kids. i wish i work in another industry and make more frens. nevertheless, i'm blessed to have these frens that i still keep in contact with; who are a really nice and caring bunch of ppl. thanks alot guys! love you all! --------------------------------- Thursday, March 20, 2008 @ 2:16 am [reflections]
right. many things happened but i guess i'll reserve them for later. reflections and thoughts shall dominate this post! firstly, i felt really grateful that he has been staying up with me and helping me out in my scholarship application. i feel very very fortunate to have him around! it wasn't easy to rush through and complete the application form on tue night. it was hectic. but he sticked by me all the time. and it's cos he stood by me that i found the strength to press on till I'm drained and turned in. and he's just someone whose words, advice and suggestions i can trust and take in. man. i'm really blessed and really thankful that he was there. the scholarship applications are ours! *oh! to alvin: Thanks for your offer of help too! din forget it! =)* next, recently, a fren of mine asked me how i wld celebrate good friday. though 'celebrate' isn't the word we, Christians, commonly use, but it really started me thinking. well, good fri is when Jesus was crucified. so it's abt death and mourn and grief often lingers around in this scene. yet, for us Christians, it's something that we can also celebrate. for without the death on the cross, there will be no bridge, no path/way to lead us back to God. so, in one sense, it is a celebration that there comes a way to be reconciled to the Creator. well, as wad we always say, the package comes in 3 parts: the birth, the death and the resurection. hmm. it was very thought-provoking anyway. finally, well, i really dunno where to begin and whether i should say it. i feel both blessed and saddened whenever i think about it. for me personally, i feel that i caused him alot of pain. and the pain that i'm feeling is self-afflicted. i was reaping wad i sowed. the bad seed that i sowed. receiving all the consequences for the bad things that I've done. and in the process of doing the bad things, i hurt him. seeing all the turmoils he went through jus makes my heart breaks. all i wanna do now is to pray and wish he won't burn out. wish he wun get tired. wish his life would be as happy and peaceful as before all these came in.. once in a while, this thought will come--that one day i will lose him because he is angry with me. that one day, he'll see the degree of hurt i caused him and leave me. as much as i hate it happening; as much as i wish he'll forgive me, if it does happen, i gotta accept it..it's the punishment. so to this date, to have this hand of friendship in him is really a bonus..something that I treasure very much, something that I'm blessed with. i thank him for it. and thank God for it. i really don't know wad's going to happen next. but i do hope for the best of all hopes.. --------------------------------- Saturday, March 15, 2008 @ 7:38 pm [tired and exhausted but relieved too]
okay. I know my feelings sound weird but here's why! I jus came back from NUS open house and dinner with family. headed down to NUS with Alvin. had lunch at this jap eatery. and there was free drink! so I ordered 2 ice lemon tea for the 2 of us! =) yay! hi-5 ice lemon tea lovers! :P After that, headed to the exhibition/SRC area where the booths and information are... met alot of ppl on the way..esp my sec 4 classmates! I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM! sk, jacelyn, jamie, christine chew...and I started talking alot to SK. nice. abt his blog post and August Rush...it sure was nice to tok to them again. and, as expected, they asked if Alvin was my bf. and obviously, it's a no. thereafter, I met quite a no of ppl, lyk yi xian whom when i just turned my head for a while, he was behind me. ha. then, desmond, christopher xie, chee ping, clovis, hilmi..these are all my sec sch classmates. I saw xiao xuan, pamela, anisha who were my JC frens. not forgetting yong hui and caiying! I was happy to see them!! =)) okay. met my pri sch classmates too..lyk guan hui, jia hao and gregory. plus my colleague, jia wen!! and i noticed something, that those ppl who used to dao me in sch now suddenly seeks a nod of acknowledgement when we bump into each other there. contradictory. anyway, I was glad i went with alvin today. just the 2 of us. cos firstly, it's easy to get lost if i go in a big group. secondly, both us have similar things we wanna look out for--engine fac, business and scholarships. thirdly, it's easier to move arnd with jus 2 of us. wun feel paiseh voicing out where i wanna go. fourth, he's a great guy! giving me a great company! =)) so we went arnd the halls, CCA, the sports one, the campus tour on the bus as recommended by jia wen. though neither of us listened to the tour guide. we jus looked outside the window and started toking abt other stuffs. the last stop we went to was the food bazar cos i was hungry. he ate gelato ice cream!! let me try too! IT WAS SIMPLY DELICIOUS! I've never eaten gelato ice cream b4 and it does taste very nice! Thanks! While i popped nachos into my mouth. mm. well, went to the bus stop to figure out a way to meet my family for dinner..and so ended up waiting a long time for the bus. thanks for waiting with me Alvin! =) as for the courses and scholarships, well, now am considering chem engine (still bent on that), material scienc, mechanical engine, project and facilities mgt (PFM) as well as communications and new media (under the influence of Alvin :P). as for PFM, i'm glad i was able to tok to a year 4. under the new name for this course (which includes a new syllabus), the first batch of students is only at year 2! quite young. and though he went all over the place to give me info that i din want, i managed to get a rough idea on the modules tat are taught. and they are so text-based! not much calculations. more readings on things lyk construction law, negotiating contracts, HR skills etc. hmm. not really my type of thing. as for the engine side, i din ask anything on chem engine since the ppl stationed there are associate professors. i kinda figured out that they may not know the entry cut-off and may jus end up explainin to me more than wad i want to hear. well, i'm glad i managed to tok a AP for material science. he was from china and his ascent is still there. but i'm gald i managed to understand wad he's saying. got to know a bit better. was reading a NUS book they gave in the Brightsparks bag last night and realised that MSE is quite a study-subjects rather than skills. I'm not sure. I guess I'll better find out more. but one thing i know is that under the new name and cirriculum, the first batch of students are only year 3. young young. okay. moving on. i was dead tired at the end of everything. and almost got a headache. bleah. then, when i alighted from a bus, i had to walk a long distance to the eating place. bleah. so tired and exhausted lah. not forgetting, sticky. after that, i went to check my eyes. well, the optician told me that i have a degree of 25 on my right eye!!! OH MAN!! I BROKE MY PERFECT-EYE RECORD!! =(( so sad lah. haha. but no specs. still, i gotta check and watch out for my eyes! right. I hope it wun get worse... lastly, i wonder why he din reply my email..why huh? I was kinda looking fwd to seeing it this morning, lyk all the past mornings. sigh. okay. i guess the nxt time i'll hear frm you is when you return to singapore! in about 24 hours time! looking fwd to it! =) --------------------------------- Friday, March 14, 2008 @ 8:51 am [reflection]
woke up this morning to a BEAUTIFUL and CLEAR BLUE sky! It's so rare to see it. And it's awesome! The bright light shinning down on the trees on the hill in front of me, the birds flying around gracefully, the clear cloudless sky...wonderful! And I just breathed a word of THANKS to God. Really thank God for giving me such a nice weather early in the morning. Wonderful! I wish the weather on Monday morning to noon will be as such...no rain, clear... Yesterday, during BSF, the speaker, Kelvin, referred to the giving of gold to baby Jesus. And he inferred and mentioned this phrase: He who loves much gives much. How true this phrase is! Gold isn't cheap at that time. And for the Magi to give gold to the King of Jews must have really been something. And how true the phrase applies to our Trinity God! That He loves us SO much to sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross to provide a way...so our sins can be forgiven and so we can be reconciled to God. He loves us very much..so much till He gives us His Son up for sufferings, rejected by man, antagonism, death on the cross and then, raised Him up again 3 days later. What a loving God we have! And a challenge to us is how much do we love God that we also give of our money for tithing and time to spend with God in prayer and Quiet Time. And this phrase also reminds me of him. of how much he would give up his sleep just to keep me company late at night, how much he would spend both money and time to send me home, how much he would be there hearing me out rather than being anywhere else. And for that, I'm really grateful...really thankful. Thanks! --------------------------------- Monday, March 10, 2008 @ 10:47 pm [in sum]
alright. so my A's results are out. got ABB for maths, phys and chem respectively. D for H1 Geog (so badly done) and C for GP (shocking!) and pass in H3 Maths (thank God! =)). well, h1 geog was one of the 3 subjs tat had the highest percentage of distictions. and i tot tat i stand a chance of getting that A for geog. unfortunately...sigh. but well, thank God tat i passed h3 maths. at least the effort that i and the teachers put in din go to waste. and i think many ppl pass h3 maths too. hmm. well, my h2 results are the same as prelims! i was so shocked! din have any improvement! but one thing tat i'm thankful for is that it din deterioate. well, wanna thank God for seeing me through my 2 years in JC! it sure wasn't easy. and thank God for this results! =)) --------------------------------- Monday, March 03, 2008 @ 9:00 pm [back-tracking]
okay. many things happened after 23feb. so let me try to recall them down here and hopefully add in my own thinkings and feelings...i'd a busy week after that sat..all the nights are out except for tue. [24th Feb, Sunday] it was my church's 18th anniversary that day! my church's bday. i was serving by playing tgt with boy. nice. i'm glad all went well. kah hwee was leading :) oh. wait. there was a bit of cock-up. i went down to fetch jia wen and zhiwen and so i ended up being late and stall the service starting time. kah hwee then commented tat i had so much power. haha. but i did feel bad. nxt time, i'm never going to do tat! but i'm glad..very happy that they came! i'm glad they enjoyed themselves and din feel very awkward throughout the service. when i was playing the keyboard in front, can see their 2 heads popping out lah. so funny. then, there was the video presentation. thanks kah hwee! it's very nice and beautiful! and some pics were really long time ago. haha. then, there was the choir special item! awesome! jeremy and matthew sang solo really very well!! esp jeremy. hit all the pitches and notes correctly! and project his voice though the mic's not working =) pastor seah was preaching that day. and somehow, it's pretty short compared to his previous sermons. i wonder if it's cos i stay alert this time round or tat day's jus special such tat it's short. hmm. but anyway, i lyk his sermon. esp the analogy on real and artifical flowers. both zw and jw lyk it too. mm. and i'm glad zw enjoyed his experience at chr..read it on his blog :) after church, i had my first lesson with the myanmar kid! and i totally enjoyed it! i was super happy and elated la! taught him maths and a little eng.. but i overshot my time. spent too much time on maths. din noe he'll take quite a long time on eng cloze passages. so i ended up extending by abt 10-15mins. he was very attentive. thanks Leo! taught him maths by drawing pics for the problem sums..fun. chatted with zw on the phone on the way home. the bus journey was SUPER LONG! oh well. after that day of teaching, i jus realised how much pressure there is on me. it's lyk the child's whole education rests on my shoulders. man. i muz do well. i muz teach well so that the child will get the best education from me! pressurizing.... [25th Feb, Monday] thank God i passed my evaluation test! despite failing 9 booklets outta 10 booklets for the practice, really wanna thank God! i passed on the dot somemore. so i muz work doubly hard for my real final theory test date on 18march!!! [26th Feb, Tuesday] din go out at night. ie. din go out for dinner. so i'm really glad to take a break. finally. to spend dinner at home and spend some time with my family. and boy! doesn't it make a difference! seriously! having not been home for many nights, i didn't even noticed the brand of rice we used as changed for a few days already! when i commented it to my sis, she said it has been tat for a few days..man..look how often i'm not home for dinner! sigh. it was quite sad.. but the happiest thing is when my sis and my bro joined me for dinner. that's when they started sharing all sorts of funny things and tales. and also when we talk serious lyk reuben's CCA. well, as an elder sis, i'm glad i was able to voice out my opinion and give my advice when he is receptive to hear. sigh. sometimes, it's jus so hard to catch the right time. but i realised tat it's over dinner table tat it's the best setting and atmosphere. thank God for letting me see it! =)) and thanks for giving me that one night to spend with them.. so i hurriedly did wad i nid to do b4 going out to meet zw. he came over to fetch me (thanks for that) and started walking to railmall. okay. nid him to fetch me cos the walk to railmall is simply too dark in my opinion. and i have no buses that will bring me there. so i'm glad he fetched me and i got to tell him all my exciting tales too! headed off to the prata shop. suppose to eat prata wan but we ended being too full from dinner and jus had a drink and chatted. thanks for the treat! i din forget that! =) and the "cup" of milo i ordered doesn't seem lyk a cup...it literally seems lyk a bowl! a soup bowl! it was tat big. but at least it was very tasty and nice! thereafter, i reached home and decided to do a dedication to him.not wanting to call Yaz and have my voice aired throughout singapore, i emailed her. but it's to my regret la! it took super long to be aired. both zw and i waited lyk crazy and were super tired. we had to wait for 1hour 15mins b4 it was heard on the radio! grr. halfway through, i got tired of waiting and decided to call. but can't get through. boo. so it was read out only at 12.30am. sigh. such a long wait. but i'm glad you like it and caught it on your mp3! jus a pity neither of us took notice of the song being played for this dedication! haha. [27th Feb, Wednesday] so on this day, i met yi xian for dinner. prior to that, alvin was nice and took the train with me to vivo there. he also wanted to buy his new HP over there with his family. i was supposed to meet yx at 6.40pm. but at exactly that time, he called and told me he just left his office at aljunied!! i was not so happy abt it. well, at least i am able to kill them by buying cards tat i nid urgently... alvin accompanied me to Page One. i was so mesmerised by the volume of books available there! it's been a long time since i had stepped into a bookshop. i was almost carried away by the books available and had to remind myself to head to the gifts section to buy cards... the cards were lovely! at least there were quite a number of options for me to choose from under the theme "friendship" =)) so took my pick. and actually alvin guessed correctly tat i was buying for him and the colleagues but i refused to tell me so. ha. so i picked 4 cards, each one of a different design for the individuals. it was hard deciding. esp when i got a call not long later tat yx had arrived.. so i intro-ed alvin to yx and vice versa then parted with alvin. yx and i then headed to Terra Cafe since that's the only restaurant i know tat sells vegeterian food =) and i'm so happy that there are 6 choices for him! and the soup was vegeterian too! and it was super delicious! :) so we caught up a bit though i was wondering why he's pretty quiet.. when i questioned him on tat, he said he had always been so. hmm. i guess times has changed. we used to tok alot on the phone and quite comfortably. but now, hmm. perhaps the long breaks in communications jus made the situation lyk tat. oh well. at least i got to know his nature of the job better =) took nice photos at the rooftop too. oh yar. yes. we did walked a bit there. and it was much more crowded than usual. oh well. nevertheless, it was nice to be able to meet up with him, catch up and see the gentleman side of him when he asked me to sms him when i've reached home and walked me to the bus interchange :)
[28th Feb, Thursday] wad happen on this day...hmm..oh! BSF. yar. finally we started on the discussion qns. and it was really hectic. ie. we had to screen through the whole book of matthew to answer the qns. haha. but it was a good time of sharing. new ppl joined us too! Betty and Kim! and when i first saw Kim, she looked lyk a foreigner. later on, i realised tat she's waiting for a work permit from singapore. no wonder. but i still din get to find out where she's from. she looked a bit frightened and definitely quiet. i hope to be able to tok to her soon and make her feel comfortable! i started toking to sabrina too. find out which course she's in and more abt it. it's pretty cool..cardiology..but i do miss toking to aik wei. mm. ok. back-track a little..i ate at Lau Pat Sat with Le Jing for dinner! nice and cool! haven't been there for a long time....n LJ was pretty surprised to see the stalls selling satay and that they closed the roads to lay the tables..haha [29th Feb, Friday] finally. the long-awaited day. the focus isn't on that it was my last day of work at JTC..but that we all get to go out together! the temp staffs and i. they were really nice to agree to celebrate with me. and even nicer to treat me to both lunch and dinner. plus the BIG surprise they had for me!! =)) well, we decided to take an extra long lunch break and headed for IMM. ate at Streets. the food prices were not too bad..at least better than BayStreet21. and somehow we all ate Baked Rice. haha. we all jus have that craving. and they all ordered drinks. but me being me, i din order any. but we took a funny photo where i was pretending to drink from all the cups. and to think none of them are mine..haha. so before we had our meal, we asked one of the customers to help us snap a photo with some of the food. the guy was so nice and took not bad a photo :)
okay, the next best thing was the surprise (it was actually b4 the lunch..hmm). initially, i heard them talking about "he is here". i tot it was zw but when i went over to the desk, he wasn't there. so i jus shrugged my shoulders and brush the tot aside. and somehow, i jus hanged arnd the desk toking to the guys. until jia wen reminded me to make up and the other guys had to go upstairs to give the timesheet. so okay. when i came outta the washroom, only jw was there. i sat arnd and started cam-whoring with jw. then, the guys emerged from that lower partition where the cargo lift was from and held on to a big plastic bag. and in it, was the board that they gave me! lovely ain't it? a really nice surprise! and i hardly get surprises. haha. it was really sweet of the guys to give me their well-wishes..really unexpected. and of course, happy to see zw there =) on it, were their letters. and alvin drew a very BEAUTIFUL picture of a rose!! very lovely sketch! it totally rocks la! jia wen wrote an extra long letter..and the words still hard to read..haha. zw designed the letter really nice..vines and leaves. and yc, the most interesting of them all, wrote a letter to me in CHINESE!! haha. and yes. had to read slowly and patiently. haha. thanks alot guys! i really appreciate it alot ALOT!! =)) puts a smile on my face whenever i see it...
after that, we camwhore in the office. for about one hour!! super long! perhaps it's cos my high standards? oops! well, one thing i'm thankful for is that Meiyun agreed to help us take some photos. else we can't get a photo with the cleared Location 15A as the background and this really short door partition. yar. thanks lots gal! and jia wen had a hard time smiling. haha.
thereafter, the remaining 4 of us (cos yichen got something on that night) headed down to city hall. ate at Kenny Rogers! it had been on my mind since the day before. at first, i wanted to look at downstairs the food places. but thinking that I am more or less bent on Kenny Rogers and that the guys look a bit tired, i decided to jus go for it though the food ain't that cheap. And it's a pity that we gotta wait for a while before being seated. thankfully, i took that chance to decide tgt with the guys on wad to eat and wad side dishes to order. hmm. and i wonder why they din say much when i wanted only 2 main courses. anyway, tat's wad we ordered! 2 main courses to share among 4 ppl!! pretty amazing right? considering that 3 of them are guys! but both jia wen and zhi wen ate until they were very full while alvin's 55% full and i'm 80% full. haha. and the guys kept teasing me on my BIG appetite. i wonder why i ate so much tat night too! i know i can eat alot but not this much! haha. muz be cos i'm mentally prepared to eat K. Rogers and partly cos it's been a long time since i'd eaten there and partly cos the food's nice!! esp the ribs. the marinated sauce is superb! =)) I hope the guys like it there too! and thanks for the treat guys! it was really unexpected!
after dinner, we walked to esplanade. heard that alvin has never been to rooftop so we decided to pop by there! it sure was nice to go back up there again! and see the city skyline! =) took a number of nice pics.. then, we walked the esp bridge heading to merlion there. stopped by several times to snap lots of photos. but i felt pretty bad too. cos when we were taking photos, ppl can't cross. oops. sorry! but nice photos were taken. there was this guy tat i approached and when i asked for the favour, i realised he can't understand english very well! and he doesn't say a single word to me. at one time, he even stood beside the guys thinking that i want to take a photo of him and my frens! but thankfully i got my msg across and he took the best picture of all! =) look!
okay. this was under the road...after setting the camera on self-timer. it's pretty risky too cos ppl can jus snatch the camera and run off. was warning alvin of it. and we also took photos at the merlion there but dun wish to post them here...
finally, this photo was snapped when zw and i were walking back to esp to take bus home. had to do black-and-white cos my camera is pretty lousy when taking night photos. well, i like this photo very much (:
well, all in all, just wanna thank zhiwen, jia wen, alvin and yi chen for giving me this wonderful memory! will never forget you guys! keep in touch! [1 March, Saturday] taught the myanmar boy in the morning. heard the sound of bell that chimes only at 12noon every first day of the month. i was trying to explain to him but i dun think he grasp it fully. thereafter, the mum was very nice to give me lunch. food was great and delicious! thanks lots! and so i sat there and started toking to the family. it was nice having to chat with them. the younger brother can speak english very fluently too. a handsome chap, no doubt. after that, headed to yuan ru's house (alvin's neighbour). talked a while to the mum then started teaching the child on the spot. on classification. at first, i was hesistant to teach on the spot since i haven't read it myself yet. but i still ended up just reading from the notes and explaining a bit more than wad is written on the book. [2 March, Sunday] so there was church. wrapped up the lesson with watching a video on a lady talking about the value of the 10 commandments. she often links back the to commandment no 1 that God is real. amen. a pretty interesting insight... however, i kinda fell ill with flu. a pretty bad one. i tried to take med, the non-drowsy one, but it din work. but still, i rushed through my work, doing the priority 1 work so i can go out with zw to watch a movie. thankfully, i finished them but was telling zw to take care of me since i'm not that well. haha. a bit thick-skin i know. in the end, we headed down to The Cathay. bought a pair of tickets to watch Away From Her at PICTUREHOUSE!!! my first time watchin a movie there! and they gave the tix in a pouch! interesting! and the movie price is the same as any other weekend movie. the only special thing about picturehouse is that they show films that you wun catch on normal cinemas. and well, it was pretty full-house. hmm. so we sat 2 rows from the front. a bit neck pain and back pain but the movie was still nice. and definitely, i'm grateful for the care and concern zw showed thru his qns =) thanks! we ate at this hotdog cafe. not bad. quite nice in fact. the hotdog comes with different types of sauces. and they also sell other main course. we ordered this french fries that comes with bologonise sauce! and i ordered a hot-dog sandwich with mushroom swiss! pretty cool hor? another cool thing is that they say they can deliver the food right up to your cinema seat! but we din la. we ate there at the cafe since picturehouse din allow any food and that we had some time left. another cool thing is that they allow customers to use their com n serve the net! so i was pretty happy cos i haven't been on the com for the past few days... here's a picture for memory!
[3rd March, Monday] finally. today was nothing much. jus rushed outta the house unnecessarily and realised it's not time for tuition at my condo's carpark. okay. so went back in and waited for time to pass. headed to a photo shop to print photos and got cheated a bit of money. cld have gotten the same size of photos elsewhere at a much MUCH cheaper price. but i hope the ppl whom i'm givin to like it still. it was pouring..tat's abt all. nothing interesting i guess..oh! except that i was told i have to teach tml!! it came as a shock cos i was so looking fwd to go for the lunch tml at JTC!!! i was so sad and disappointed. and have to disappoint the guys too... :( my mum lor..told her boss tat i'll work the nxt day and totally forgot abt my lunch. sigh. oh well. see how tml then! --------------------------------- @ 1:37 pm The Servant King
From heaven You came helpless babe, Entered our world your glory veiled; Not to be served but to serve, And give Your life that we might live Chorus: This is our God, The Servant King, He calls us now to follow Him, To bring our lives as a daily offering Of worship to the Servant King There in the garden of tears, My heavy load He chose to bear; His heart with sorrow was torn, ‘Yet not My will but Yours,’ He said Come see His hands and His feet, The scars that speak of sacrifice; Hands that flung stars into space To cruel nails surrendered So let us learn how to serve, And in our lives enthrone Him; Each other’s needs to prefer, For it is Christ we’re serving
I like the 3rd verse the most. esp "hands that flung stars into space. to cruel nails surrendered". it jus brings me to tears when i sang it on sunday. just thinking that the Creator God who created all things beautiful had to suffer at the cross for our sins..to bring us reconcilation with God again... it touched me within. this shows jus how much He loves us..how much and how great is His love. immeasurable. it's painful..the nails..and for that, Jesus, thank you! --------------------------------- |
