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is currently an undergraduate student, and coping with her overwhelming commitments. I like long walks in solitude, cosy chats, usually sleep like a log, and beg your patience in tolerating my versatile humour

Today, there will be one less thing left to do on my Brilliant To Do List. Actually that's a lie, I don't have such a list because I am a lazy bum. But there will be one less thing nonetheless because,
I WENT TO SENTOSA OKAY (:

I know it's like pleasehownear Singapore but the last time I went there was like an eon ago so I was vehveh excitedzzzz. Met up with fish and co at Vivo in the morning, before we took an EXCITING train ride after getting our EXCITING admission tickets. Slathered on the suntan because I have learnt my lesson about the unmerits of burning. And we had a very sandy lunch on the EXCITING strip of beach before we played EXCITING frisbee. The water was just nice, neither too hot or cold, excellent mm mm. Apart from the fact that the ARMY OF ANTS invaded me vulnerable lemon tea and that I got horribly thirsty, the exposure to Vitamin D and plenty of salty seawater was a welcome respite from my vampire habits of never seeing the sun. Plus life became even more EXCITING (you are probably thinking at this point, give the word a damn break) because the frisbee flew into uncharted waters and none of us are good swimmers. And I had to engage my "interpersonal skills" as Fishy puts it ask for help.

Then we camwhored for awhile (watch FB for updates) before we freshened up. Then we took the tram! Haha I think I was the only one who was uber eager about everything, because the others were like sleepy/tired/lazy or a similar permutation. Plus I got an even tan this time :D After such a wonderful trip, I had to rush for tuition >.< wah lao eh. Even the girl noticed that I "went out" before I came.

Currently I am in a sore mood because of my annoying nose which is displaying flu-like symptoms RIGHT before camp. And I'm still packing! ): So many things to bring, gah I hope I don't overpack or something because my bag is always heavier after camps. And omgomg, I don't have the necessary attire! ): Where's my thermometer? @(#*Y@.

Oh, and the tan? I just realised that my shoulders are a bit burnt. As in red. As in ouch. Okayokay but I am still looking forward to the 5 days! Shan and I in the same houseeee <3

I'm waiting for 12 noon and not midnight instead, because of the time zones haha. @__@ So hopefully I can catch him later because I have a date with my t-11 classmates for lunchies (:



Happy 19th Birthday SASH(:

To the guy who never fails to annoy me with your endless questions, the smart (yes you are, stop denying it) one who fits two out of the three criteria for Tall, Dark and Handsome (up to you to figure out which 2 though haha). It's been 3 years and counting and I hope you get your watch which I don't intend to get for you so stop dreaming!



Okay.

I'm re-reading Derk's reply and it has helped to sooth my nerves just a wee bit. I wish I could really rid myself of all these incessant worries and abandon it but I guess God has unfinished business for me. Hmm. I had really hope I could have the change I wanted but I suppose work is still left hanging and the feeling to return grows stronger. I know I'm not supposed to consider all the emotional stuff and overwhelming responsibilties; it's God's work after all but yet I realise I am only human.

Work on Monday was sort of bitter sweet for me, I wanted to say a proper farewell to all my wonderful colleagues who have been so nice to me for the 1 month I was there - but CommunicAsia stole them away ): Office was pretty quiet except for boss and the two lady bosses and of course susan. I left a sticky note on Miss Han's comp screen in the end with a hastily scribbled "Kamsahamnida".

I'm reading Six Suspects -despite the sianness of the small print and long pages (my brother was like WAA U READING BIBLE IS IT) it's actually quite a gripping novel with alternating discourses. I like how it's sectioned into the general plot, background info and motives for the 6 suspects involved. Is it me, or does Vicky Rai bear a certain resemblance to the Bollywood actor who was involved in crimes of a similar nature? Tsktsk, talk about subtle ah.

July's gg to be a month of driving and meet ups - sort of a well-deserved take-it-easier month before Uni starts. Hopefully I'm motivated enough to sign up for more events.

I'm not usually a big fan of Sunday night gatherings, but last night was definitely worth it (:

Baking for Noobs session #1
I was supposed to meet Fishy to bake the cookie first, so after submitting the form for camp (basket, waiting list!) pretty much her whole family picked me up from TP and I was chaffeured, to her place. Can't really say it was entirely effort on our part, seeing as how we had so much help from her family heh. I burnt myself ): nasty habit of leaning over the counter, without checking the hot kettle. Okay, the first batch of cookies were pretty okay, albeit sticking together because too much egg blegh - so we ended up with snowman shaped flat cookies. They sort of looked like tanned snowmen (summer edition) and inspired me until Fishy decapitated them. Haha. Second batch was super burnt, we left it too long in the oven and we had to throw it away. But third batch was better despite spooning smaller amounts of dough (it still flattened out anyway). Then we packed it inside the ziploc bag and wrote the card.

Before Dinner
I didn't know the Orchard underpass walkway was open! Didn't even realise we had walked from wisma until taka, was sauntering aimlessly looking at the large hordes of people a la sale mode when we bumped into Ade and Lynn. Then we sort of had the usual poor decision making skills moment before ending up in Breeks to eat - largely tempted by the 1-for-1 desserts, of course. Clarisse and Clara came later, so we ate first because we were famished like Ethopia haha.

Sunday was a good day for catching up with my old classmates ( actually we are still quite young but okayyy) - haven't seen some of them in person for quite long. Walking along town and soaking in the strangely quiet atmosphere was nice too - we had similar opinion about the gaudiness of Ion, poor place it's not even open yet we are such harsh critics.

I'm feeling accomplished because I have managed to finish alot of things that I wrote in the To-Do list - now I gotta find my missing charger and study for the test. Last day of work today! (: Oh, and God bless the adorable kids at mass yesterday who had their First Holy Communion- I remember when I had to dress in white and sat patiently myself.

I thought yesterday's movie screening during Fuel session was rather insightful - yes Friday turned out to be a rather beautiful end to the week with God's presence in my life (: We watched Fireproof, which is a Christian movie (made entirely by the Christian community of Sherwood Church!) about saving a marriage. Although the acting was quite...okay, I suppose they are not A-list actors so the crying scenes acheived a humorous response, but they did manage to drive home some points which I thought was relevant.

1) The concept of "fireproof": just because something is fireproof, doesn't mean there will be no fire -it simply means that we need to be able to withstand the fire when it does arrive. This made alot of sense metaphorically, because we always assume life to be full of "what-ifs" but we never really expect the "now what"s. I think Life can be rather unpredictable because as much as we want to have control over our destiny and govern our actions and decisions, change is often something we are unprepared for.

2) How do you love someone who constantly spits on your face? The answer to this so profoundly simple it's amazing. Didn't God acheive his after all? When Jesus was left to die a sinner's death on the cross, his people showed neither love nor compassion for him - they accused him of crimes he didn't commit. Yet, he didn't bear a grudge against us, in fact what Jesus did was to ask his Father to forgive us despite our failings. Being nice to another being who doesn't seem to deserve our respect or kindness - this isn't a sign of weakness as originally perceived by me. On the contrary, being meek is strength in itself because we don't want to hurt others, we don't mind hurting ourselves instead. The Lion is the Lamb (:

Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
-2 Corinthians 13:9

So yes, I thought the movie was rather reflective for me. Post session times good times, I love the community feel of being able to converse and laugh silly at midnight along a road watching all the surcharge taxis hovering hopefully. Shower was most embarrasing, the jetspray is alot more stronger than me (blame hydraulic action) I nearly wet the entire floor because it spun out of control.

SashandJason, you are supposed to help me with my essay okay! I got the points now I just need to let it flowww. Deadlines are always so much manageable with friends. Can't wait for tomorrow - baking for noobs! (:

Renovation is totally inconvenient. I have been showering in awkward cubicles and eating bland/store-bought dinner for this week, and my post-work hours usually revolve around mass cleaning of the dusty surroundings, or reading Twilight on my sleeping bag. But life, as we know it, has sort of begun to fall into this familiar rhytmn, of getting out of house before 8am, and dropping by chuch to pray in the beautiful and serene Adoration Room (:

Other than that.

I miss my classmates of 2t11 alot; I haven't seen any of them in ages apart from the perpetually postponed meetups with Kathy and the bumping into Seren once before work. I hope July would prove a better month of organising my schedule and meeting up with my Priorities before they leave.

2009 so far has been a pretty unstable year of crossroads and decision making - have encountered alot of changes this year and exploring new horizons (I think). I hope people are more acceptive, and if possible, understanding of why I make the decisions I make and my personal views. Being just on the verge of uni seems both exciting and scary at the same time, I want to push myself further this time way out of my comfort zone - and I'm not sure how I'm going to do that in an environment devoid of my favourite people around. Thank God for technology though, for enabling me to keep in touch with all you people.

On a totally unrelated note, I am pretty annoyed at myself because I intended to save up $ this week, only to blow it on dental, plasters, registrations of camps whatnots, and transport. I'm going to transport myself to the world of Forks and Edward Cullen as a form of escapism.

As usual, I am blogging now because I have experienced the ultimate sian-ness of callinng people and either hearing half comprehensible non-English responses, or curt monosyllables. I am very annoyed, we are obviously targetting wrong industries but there's not much I can do because after all a temp staff does not have much bearing on the office.

Okay, I was and am in pain. Was; had the most annoying gum infection that cost me a LOT of hard earned $ and now I seriously have to consider extraction. Am; because I decided to take a horrible risk striding long steps in my heels to work and now I have earned my blisters as proof. The pain was so excruciating that I removed them completely in the office, I am a bit embarrased because my boss (one of them) keeps chuckling whenever he sees me moving around barefoot and the amused smiles of my colleagues.

I'm tired.

Bye.

Gabby says hi - she forced me to type this because I contributed to a post under her blog :P

When I attended Fuel last Friday, someone mentioned how his encounters were God were often people-related and that made alot sense to me. You see, an old friend asked me how has God helped you in the past 2 years (or something along that lines) and I simply said,

"Well, when I came to CJ, of course." (:

So yes, it's been a pretty people-related week for me: Michelle makes an awesome colleague and proves entertainment for the lunches 5 days in a row, Boss is nice and friendly treats you like an equal, and of course not forgetting the highlight of the week which was LAST NIGHT (:

The Prelude to the Plan
I must say kudos to Carmen and Meiling for planning this right down to the minute details, dejavu of council experiences - locationlocationlocation, getting the people, howtosurpriseFrippiat, cake, and most importantly timing.
OH YES MARIE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO CELEBRATE YOUR BDAY TOO BUT YOU DIDN'T COME IN THE END ):
So this was how it went:
1) Met Carmen at 645, Dhoby, to pass her the card. Asked her where the tian Timbre was. Finalised last minute details.
2) Rushed over to Orchard, 710, to meet Frippiat where I was doing my "last minute book hunting"
3) We met at two different locations because sms breakdown. Haha. So walked from Wheelock to MRT 7 eleven. Walked around Wisma. Sale sale sale! ^_^
4) We decide, on a romantic moonlit walk from Orchard to Dhoby. Caught up alot. But bad idea because we were super tired by Somerset.
5) Trained to Dhoby. We were now horribly late, and Fripp had the impression that Carmen ended dance class late haha.
6) Freaking 300 steps up Mount Sophia! No wonder MGS girls are so slim. The time is now 8.
7) Meet Carmen outside Timbre, we walk in, Fri is oblivious
8) 18 people meet her to say "SURPRISE! HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRIPPIAT!"
Grin.

The place was great, nice laidback ambience, can't say much about the service of the staff - asked for water thrice but only got the bill in return (they are prompt in that) and live music was superb too! Fripps and I shared - Italian pizza and our Margaritas! (: Then she suffered a public humiliation when the cake arrived and she had to go on stage. And we randomly asked Bob to carry it for her, and I think the lady singer mistook it and of COURSE we just had to sabo, saying

"They were childhood sweethearts!" Hahaha.

So hung around and chattered, usual exchanges of So Which Uni You Going Ah? Then camwhored (initiated by Maj who else) before we left the place. Trained back home with C and ML.

It turned out pretty well I must say - no inkling that she was even for it. Sigh, I will miss the dearie in September. So Marie and Frippiat, hope your birthdays are spectaculary nice and naughty -19!

Renovation starts tomorrow. I am not looking forward to it. Grit my teeth for 10 days.

Analyzing the Morning Crowd: a guide to understanding people, by Jocelyn.

8am
These are the kiasu nanas. Either that or they start work at 8am. Their hair is immaculately done, shirts well pressed and tucked in neatly. Nothing will fluster them because they are very, ahead of schedule. Attributes include queuing up patiently for Today paper, and buying toast and coffee.

830am
If you have never known what it's like to witness and be in a morning rush. try boarding the train at this time. People shove and push for space - yes Singapore is that land competitive we don't even have standing room in our MRTs. Adrenaline junkies at heart, there is a great deal of commotion in taking giant strides in heels (wince) and rushing to be at your desk before your boss. The 830 crowd is well trained for any sort of marathons, speed and stamina are key.

9am
By this time, the previous crowd would already have sublimated (if there's such a word) leaving us with tada - the serial offenders. These people are late and boy, are they proud of it. Totally indifferent to the ticking clocks, they stroll and saunter across walkways completely aware they are unearly and so what.

Okay, so I was late today for the first time in 3 weeks because, I was cooking my lunch in the morning. I'm very proud of my pasta cooked in tomato and chicken broth! (: It seems heavenly although I wish I had more time to puree my blend, so that the tomatoes had a better consistency. Sigh, I had to use Asian tomatoes. I'm going to add in parsley and basil next time.
Work has been exceptionally slack it's making me cringe in boredom - I wish I could get started on the other event which sounds way cooler and would obviously garner a better response.

Renovation is starting next week and it is going to greatly inconvenience me because I have to get up earlier just to shower before the water supply is cut. Basket. Grandma's house is even further away from work. Oh well.

Is anybody going for any camps!

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Beans
Carmen
Cereal Tossers
Deborah Faith
Hao Wen
Jacq
Joel
Marie
Ngee Derk
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