surprise... :p

I had my first pre-birthday celebration just now at a coffee shop at Jurong East. It's my first time celebrating a birthday at a coffee shop.. haha.. I like it because it's different :p







I was a bit surprised because i thought this was just a normal gathering. Although we were at a coffee shop, but i was happy.. and grateful that they celebrated it for me.. :) .. And we went to watch "The Wedding Game" just now.. wl and me watched it before, but the rest wanted to watch it, so we had to.. I don't know why would my friends keep laughing when my scene appears and when my name appears on the credits :s

feeling hungry now :s

It's not possible for me to be on time for work because of the timing of the bus arrival at the bus stop. It's either that i have to be late.. or i have to be early... ... :p haha.. I guess I have to wake up earlier then.. :s

This is one of the dishes that my brother cooked when my relatives came over to visit on Tuesday. It's the best looking one :o



I think i should try to pick up this cooking skill of his...



3 other friends and me caught this bear from those soft toy machines.. during my 1st 3 months at PJC. We spent a lot of time together during the 3 months. We even got into SAJC together, after the 3 months. But we spent lesser and lesser time together. But it's ok.. because there were fun memories..

is it that heavy?

On the first day of the chinese new year, which is yesterday, my family went out and had lunch at Xing Wang and caught "Love Matters" at GV Yishun. And later at night, i caught "Bride Wars". I like the movie because it had this theme, about someone, either a friend/lover/wife/husband, always standing behind and/or beside you, and supporting you...


I missed this smile... :p




I don't want to say it but i thought this rat looked a bit.... ugly :/


does uninvolved means less affected? ...

If you're thinking that life is too easy, it doesn't mean it is. It's just that the ppl around you are taking up more of the burden. You might be less affected because you chose to pick up less of the burden. The bigger the burden, the heavier the weightage.. And it also differs from different individuals. As in.. 1kg might seem like 1 kg to you... 5 kg might seem like 6 kg to you... but 1 kg might seem like 2 kg to others... 5 kg might seem like 8 kg to others. There are 2 factors involved here. One is the size of the actual burden. While the other factor is the individual's perception of the burden..

Does perceiving the burden to be smaller than the actual size means taking the burden lightly?

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Think i should be more sensitive to everything around me and help in whatever way i can...

super-content me

Pictures from this early morning :o

This is my mom threatening me to stop taking pictures of her last night.. haha.. :p


This is my mom and my sister after they came back this morning.


"I think it's not easy to find someone who treasures you for who you are..."
- quoted from andy.

Putting ourselves on the other side of this statement... Do we have anyone whom we treasure, for who they are..?

people-to-people bridge

Just like that.. a week is going to be over. The reason why I've been so lazy to blog, is that.. I've been getting more and more tired due to my lack of sleep for the past few weeks. So i didn't want to spend the little amount of energy i have on blogging. A few updates for this week would be..

• I left my handphone in the office after i left work on Thursday night. I went back to get it but the office was locked. I haven't been away from my handphone before and i felt cut off from the outside world :/ I tried telling myself that i would have more time to think of more important issues, but my mind kept thinking about why was i so careless :/ But i was fine after a while.. .. :p
  
• I went back to school today and got to meet my super nice and super honest tutor who is in charge of my attachment.
• I ran around the school today with my friend... This is not much of an update.. but i miss going to school... for now, when there's no exams :p

Recently, I have been thinking about people who leave their country, to study or work in Singapore. For those who have a lot of friends to help them settle down, they are very lucky that they can get support from their friends. But for those who don't have a lot of friends, because they might have just arrived, it would be very tough for them. Staying in a new environment, staying here without their families... I think it would be better if their fellow classmates or colleagues could help them a bit, to help them adjust into this new environment. Just a bit of care and concern would make them feel a lot better. And since Chinese New Year is just around the corner, we could just give them some CNY goodies or mandarin oranges. We don't have to put in a lot of effort to make them feel more comfortable.

Today, my colleague was tasked to take some photos for the before and after posters. I tagged along to try to help to take some nice photos with my own camera.








Another resolution: Embrace all forms of education.. Remember that it doesn't just come from books or notes..

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You can't really get too affected by what old people and children say.. when they're speaking nonsense :/ There's no point getting affected when they don't really know what you think they mean.

My tuition kid crapped with me as if i was his friend. I was a bit stunned.. but i was the one who said that there should not be any barriers between us.. so i think i shouldn't complain.. ... :/


I think.. there really is some being out there, looking out for me..

diffewent again

I read this article today.. And i agree with what it said about more and more people... putting trying to be happy as their top priority. I think most of them often lose their focus because they try too hard trying.. I'm guilty of this :o Because, sometimes i'll set goals which i think, will help me achieve happiness.. Or on a higher level, I'll try to be contented with what i have.. But there are times when i try too hard trying, when my "basic-person" isn't really within that range.. I think.. what i want to say, is that, if we try too hard doing anything, we might as well spend the energy on some other area or tasks... ... I'm for the effective use of energy :o

Note: You know you're trying too hard when you believe you cannot maintain it.


Another resolution: Jump at the chance to do something different everyday.

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A sms received in the office, is like a gasp of fresh air after staying underwater for... 22 seconds.

do you have an appointment? .. :p

I heard that eyebags are actually fatty deposits from my hairdresser and she taught me how to massage them away from beneath our eyes. Then, yesterday, i had this thought.. What if i don't want to move them onto other parts of my face.. Can i move the fatty deposits from all parts of my face to just one part? .. Maybe that part could be my... ... cheeks? :/ ... nose? ...


:/ ... Lips.. :/ I think eyebags would be the best place to store them ba..

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(I didn't know how to do the effects so i asked dan to help me.. :p )

Different experiences and a basic inclination to a certain personality, maketh a person..

"Meeting you is like meeting the president with a one month notice period." haha! My friend said this in an sms.. I think this is damn funny.. :p

what utensil are you?

You Are a Fork

You are truthful, direct, and straight forward. People find your honesty to be a bit piercing at times. You are driven and wildly ambitious. You know what you want, and you take the most direct path to getting it.

What Utensil Are You?

one slip not many

One slip isn't the end of the world. After reading this article on "My Paper", it further reminds me that making a mistake does not mean you will keep making that mistake. Veering off your road for a while, does not mean you cannot come back onto the same path on the road again... There are times when there will be lapses in our judgement, times when we lose focus on the kind of person we strive to be. We have to accept that there will be ups and downs, and remind ourselves that we can still strive to be who we want to be.

haha.. I saw this funny commercial on TV Mobile after work today. This father failed to light up his daughter's birthday candles and everybody was getting impatient. Then the grandfather used the gas stove to light up one of the candles, and used that to light up the rest. Then everyone was happy. This commercial was by the gas stoves company or union.. :p

kuku

I saw 2 cool things yesterday :o

The first one was that i was waiting to cross this traffic junction, when this lady, with an old aunty, tried to cross the road while the "man" was still red. What amused me was that, when a car wanted to turn into the lane that they were going to walk past, she held out her hand, as if she wanted to stop the car using that. I found it quite funny.. for a while.. but come to think of it.. I think she's just trying to show the driver that they were there, so that it would not knock into them.

Another cool thing happened when i was at this bus stop. This SBS bus pulled up at the stop and i could see that it's one of the new buses as the interior was bigger and brighter. This old lady was going to get off the bus at the front. Then the bus captain fiddled with some control in front of him and the front of the bus just sagged and stopped before it's bottom reached the ground.. Cool right?? At that moment, i think i said "wow.. cool.." softly.. :p and i think this uncle who was standing near me, heard what i said.. :s Anyway, i think this was done so that the lady could get off the bus much more effortlessly. Then after the lady got off, the bus captain fiddled with the control again and the bus were raised back up to the same height.. ..Elder-friendly bus.. :p

dan told me that i have the same birthday as elmo :p then i asked him this stupid question of who's older.. :p He said elmo.. But i think he added that i'm more "act-cute"... :/

I had this funny thought yesterday. I thought that when u refer to a male having s v-shaped body, it doesn't mean fro mthe sides of the shoulders to the waist. I thought it's from your armpits to your waist.. .. eh... sudden'y, this sounds acceptable and alright to me.. ok.. I think i'm confused now.. :s

"Seven Pounds" is like a dream.. A dream that i have minimal recollection of.. A dream that i don't bother trying to remember.. I think it's not my type of movie.. :s

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My resolution from now onwards, is to embrace my feelings.. not to avoid or hide them :o

star star

I passed my 2 star kayaking course today :o


"说者无心，听者有意" - ivan
Cases like this always happen due to misunderstandings..


I'm super tired now.. :/

Talking through, chiding and begging is not going to change how my 80+ years old ah ma thinks.. :s She just sees what she wants to see, hear what she wants to hear, believe what she wants to believe..

If the objective is to solve a problem, heck everything that's not assisting in looking for the solution.

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals" - quoted by phakdii off tv mobile..

fried rice

与人以实，虽疏必密；
与人以虚，虽戚必疏。
It means that if there's sincerity, strangers can be close friends. If the sincerity is only a facade, close friends can become strangers.

When you are in a rush, it seems that there's always some thing or somebody blocking your way.. I was so anxious to get onto the train before it closed that i could not see there were other unblocked doors, and i tried to squeeze in and was literally clamped by the doors. I felt 狼狈 because i was in my jeans, wearing my crocs and was carrying a plastic bag filled with tupperware :/

Horoscope for Aquarius from "My Paper":
"不要以为跟着别人的脚步就能成功，成功之路有许多变数，跟着前人也会“迷路”。"

I realized something from these 5 days of work.. I need to chat with people in the office, otherwise I'll die of boredom.. Boredom also has this ability to negate your mind.. :s

I learnt something new at work today. Our construction workers, around or before the 70s, used to be from Korea. But all of them slowly left as their electronics industry picked up. Then, enter the people from Thailand and Malaysia. Then China and India. As Malaysians were too expensive to hire, they were slowly phased out... Can you imagine it? Koreans? I was actually quite shocked.

stay afloat

Mr Float wants and tries to help whoever or whatever he can. But if anyone tries to drag him and if there's no way in which he can help, he'll just let go.. Because, he does not want to be dragged down and get himself drowned instead..

self-fulfilling prophecy

People who often make excuses about poor performance may even sabotage themselves to protect this self image of theirs.. I came across this article in today's "Mind Your Body". I agree witthis article because i've seen some examples of it. I'm not sure whether am i guilty of it. I hope i can nip it in the bud if it occurs.. The article also said that some people would rather live like this than to know that they did their very best and failed.. I guess.. different people have different thinking.. :/

see you soon..

This engineer at my workplace gave me some advice. "Knowing things on the surface is not enough.. You got to go deep.." This could also help in making conversations longer.


The sign below means that you cannot cross the road "illegally" within 70m of the traffic junction/zebra crossing. The sign is usually placed around the 70m mark.


If being tired makes you more emo than usual, you should give yourself a break from all the things that you've been busy with.. Give yourself a rest to recharge yourself, so that you won't feel down so easily..
Feeling cold will affect you in the same way.. so.. keep yourself warm :o

wait wait

After yesterday, i realized... 2 donuts is the limit for me. The law of diminishing marginal returns began to set in after the second one.. :/



yy and me felt very paiseh when bb gave feedback about their... not-very-good service to the manager.. maybe it's because we're both aquarians ba... .. no link.. :s



I got posted to this site at Buangkok. But this Sungei Serangoon bridge is going to be completed soon, so i won't have anything to do.. :s But i'll be passed on to another project after the opening of the bridge.






Should i be a civil engineer? or a teacher? Be an air steward for a while before pursuing a part time degree, or before becoming a teacher? ...

moulting

For every new year, most people would come up new resolutions. It seems that, the start of a new year signifies a new start for us. The first thought that i have, when i hear about new year resolutions, is that i think we should not wait for the new year to come, before we start improving ourselves or start making changes. But.. I realize that the period of one year, sort of, serves as a benchmark for us... for us to think, to act, to see the results, and to evaluate... Maybe we could try to make new resolutions every three months?

Wish that i would be able to handle whatever that comes to me during my attachment.. which starts tommorow :s
To everyone who's going for attachment this semester.. Good luck!

happy new year :o

I took this picture as i was out with mj, shopping for office apparel a few days ago.





There's chocolate filling inside this Children's doughnut at Donut Factory.. Nice :o ... :p


Dan's unglam photo :p



I haven't been so tired since don't know when :s I played mj with ss, yy, aml and hm last night till this morn.... :S

I think i've been exposing myself to an overdose of sunlight recently.. My skin is, like, blacky brown now.. or is it browny black? :/

I like hanging around with people who make me feel good.. I think we all do.. I think we should.. But.. we should remember not to be complacent with ourselves..