A most eventful week...

This last two weeks have been most eventful... So many things have happened...

For one, yesterday was the wedding day of one of my closer friends. The first amongst my clique of secondary school friends to get married, we were all so busy helping her with her wedding preparations over the last year just for yesterday. Was very very happy to see her married and I think she's a lucky girl, cause her husband is one of the very rare species of guys... he's very nice and I know he will be able to take care of her...

But it was such a tiring affair! We had to wake up at 4.30am, to reach her place by 5am... And although we could finish up for the day by 2pm... we couldn't really rest very much as we had to reach her hotel by 5pm! Having said that, it has still been fun....disturbing the groom during the morning session.... And I'm so glad that this day has arrived and gone... Hehehe....

Her dinner was really beautiful. (Of course it will be, with me as the emcee!!!) Hahah... Anyway, her video highlights for the day was done really nicely and her photo montage was really pretty. Sigh... So sweet. But I think the most touching part was when she gave her thank you speech, and dedicated one part especially for our very close friend who flew back all the way from California, United States, just to attend the wedding. Her thank you speech was so touching that I actually teared.

Sigh...Raq touched down on thursday and is flying back tom early morning at 6am. Am so sad to see her leave again.... *sobz*

Deck the halls with boughs of holly.. falalalala...

Man! It's getting so near Christmas that it's driving me NUTS!!!!!!! NUTTY! Hheheheh

I love Christmas... na na ni boo boo... Heheh... See I'm NUTTTTIEEE!! Anyway, also partly cause I met Rach for lunch just now and we started talking about her Wedding. I mean yeah we've been talking about it... and everytime we meet.... and everytime we're online but man... From a year's wait, it's boiled down to 2 weeks now!!!!!!! SO Xciting...!!!!! Heheh....

Imagine me just like Tigger! Going *boing boing boing boing* Heheheh... CHRISTMAS plus WEDDING!!! Two of the things that I like alot!!!! Hiaks... okies... got nothing to say for now... too excited and happy... laterz!

It's a small world afterall...

Not like we did not know that... But we just keep getting reminded that it's a small world time and time and time again...HeeHee...

Attended Jeremy and Melony's wedding at Pan Pac last night. Met so many people there that it felt like I was at some old school gathering or something, with familiar people everywhere. I got to know Jem in NUS through Ben. And yesterday, at his wedding, I met:

1) Andre-- my colleague. So happens that his wife is Jem's aunty.
2) YiJian-- my Sec Sch senior who became a relatively good friend. And he's Jem's socceer Khaki.
3) Josef-- my NUS friend also, but a different clique from Jem. Did not know that they knew each other.
4) Daniel-- an acquaintance, who's girlfriend is Michelle (both my juniors from NUS CSS) and is Jem's cousin.
5) Zhicong-- Rob's NTU friend, who's Jem's soccer khaki and therefore knows YiJian too.

AND before all these, I found out that 6) Karen (my close friend) is also attending the wedding because Melony's Karen's brother-in-law's sister!! Which means that Karen's sister married Melony's brother!

Tell me about it being a small world... Mannnnnn.... Hahah... Anyway, had a great time at the dinner... With Ben being the usual joker that he is, I think we were laughing more than half the way through dinner... OH well....

But come today, work make me depressed. Sigh... so sad... I really feel like resigning.... :(

Thank God for BUMS!

God is great. He knows just what we need.

Had my first fall on Saturday, when I went blading with Trish again. We were actually trying to blade with one leg lifted up as we needed to learn how to control our balance better. It was going fine and dandy, as we practiced in our own pace UNTIL we were asked to hold our legs up alternatively for 3 seconds.

Haha... being the "garang" me, I tried to do that and WHAM! BANG! I fell... Sooo hard... That I was surprised the ground did not crack up...

My bum hurts... and still does even after two days... But I can imagine how bad it would be if I fell hard on my BONES... EUCKS! Can't imagine... But OH WELL... no pain, no gain... yeah right.... So thank GOD for BUMS...

Anyway, it's been a good weekend all in all. Had a family BBQ on Sunday at my uncle's condo and I made pasta salad... Which didn't turn out very well as my cousin forgot to tell me a couple of the ingredients... (I got the recipe from her), BUT it was still edible, just not AS tasty... But there's always a first time... Only when I make mistakes, I can learn... RIGHT?

Heh, shall make it again soon for a pot luck gathering... It will be GOOD... I'm SURE... :)

P.S. Booo Hooo... lost all the comments made on my past entries as I changed interface... i.e. Theme... OH well...

Chestnuts roasting on the fireplace...

Weather has been so dreary lately. And it's CooOoOoOoold in office... *BrrrRrrrRrr*

BUT.. it's just the type of weather that I like... when and if my nose doesn't run from it being so cold.

Anyway, time seems to been flying past real quick... with meet-ups with friends and stuff. Not to mention, time spent on shopping. I mean, all the christmassy stuff, the shiny, pretty, little things (watever.. clothes, wrapping papers, ribbons, decorative lights) all look so appealing! Hehehe...

Am just going all out to enjoy myself this season... Just hoping not too spend too much. Just blew 100 bucks on the microsoft "ergonomical comfort version" wireless keyboard and mouse.... thanks to Sitex 2004. But anyway, I think rob needs new keyboard... Just wondering if I should just give it to him, or present it as a Christmas present... Heh Heh Heh....

*I could have shopped all day... I wanna shop all day... and still can ask for more... I could have spread my wings, and bought a thousand things... and still can ask for more...* (Sing to tune of "I could have danced all night")

Are we all cleaners?

Things getting real demoralising over here... Can't help feeling like I'm some cleaner, responsible for cleaning up all the shit that rolls down the hill, in my way. I can't help feeling that unless you are right at the top notch of hierarchy, everyone's cleaning up every other person's crap, shit, whatever you wanna call it. In my job, it sure feels like I'm doing things that are so unimportant, and that others have a bigger and more significant role in the big picture.

Yeah, it's true that a single cell (though single, though seemingly insignificant) is the basis of all living organism but I just can't do this much longer. I have concluded that my job is a hazard to my overall personal well-being. It's a hazard to:

1. My personal development--I don't feel I'm developing very much in anyway... skills, knowledge, character... in this position that I am in. This company's not a very people developer, unlikes my previous company...

2. My potential in the company-- With my current job scope, I don't see any potential corporate ladder that I might possibly climb in time to come

3. My personal ego-- I don't get a sense of fulfillment and I feel unappreciated. Not only that, I feel that I have a higher market value out there, doing something which I might enjoy better and getting a higher pay at the same time.

4. My health-- Staring into the screen the whole day long for at least 6 hours a day, is worsening my eyesight. My eyes feel more tired, strained and my dry eye syndrome is worsening...

5. My financial health-- My pay's crap... am not saying that I'm underpaid but it's just crap even if what I'm doing is only worth that much... And what's more, for what I'm doing, I can dare say, they can hire an intern and pay her/him $500 a month and get the exact same thing done. So why waste the company's money and at the same time, am NOT maximising my own potential right?

6. My emotional/ psychological state-- All the reasons mentioned above have at times made me doubt my own abilities, and have brought me emotional lows...

So CONCLUSION: This job is simply not worth it. As it is, I have already signed up with Asiaone career to look out for 'greener pastures'... This company can have it's cheaper labour somehow (I don't care how) after I leave and hopefully something better comes along for me... *keeping my fingers crossed*

Cccccccchhrrrrriiissssssssssssssssss.....

Tmas is coming! Yay! My favourite season of the year...

Yeah yeah, I've heard how people say that I'm crazy cause it's 2 months away... but so WHAT? I love the whether, I love the mood that we're getting into, I love the bright lights and the decor in shopping malls, shops etc! And I don't even need SNOW to feel christmassy! Hehehe...

Ok... forgive me if I sound insane... just that I've been waiting... and is still waiting for my colleagues to attend our very own magazine launch party at Good Wood Park hotel... Well, it ain't exactly a new magazine, just our old CNETAsia Week went under some revamp and now owns a classier, sassier look... Hehe... and we've got a new editor who took over that too... So I suppose it's only right that we have a debutante ball for it. Which explains why I'm here too... to pass some time... and cause I feel terribly bad that I've neglected this blog...

Anyway, something's terribly wrong with my desktop at home. I cannot log on to the Internet. When I called up SingNet, they tried to help me detect the problem by checking if my line's alright. After verifying that, they said they can't detect my modem... and that's about it.... Now I don't know what to do. The only other thing I can do is that I've upgraded my 256Kbps connection to a 512 one, and it comes with a free wireless modem and free installation. So will leave it to the installation guy to do the troubleshooting! heh...

Oh well, my system's really screwed up... Sigh... I need a new COMP!!!!

Life's such a breeze...

Hrm.. it's been a long time since I last blogged AGAIN... Hhehe

Kian Ming was just saying that it's an inversely proportionate model for my blogging habit.. my activity on my blog Vs. activity in my life... The more I blog = no life... The lesser I blog = vibrant social life... Hhaha... In a way I suppose it's true...

I wouldn't say that I've been really busy though. It's just little things that take up time. Like watching movies with friends (1. 2047--Crappy show... I can't seem to appreciate movies like this... call me shallow... oh well... 2. Sky Captain...--Interesting lar... comic concept... Hehehe... 3. Vanity Fair -- Got me the most interested. I supposed it's the literary side of me that's being pulled to a movie such as this. In almost the same leagues as Far from the Madding Crowd, Little Women or Shakespeare in Love... Okies, nevermind.. so much for me being literary.. Hehee)

But anyway because of the movie, I gave up reading this book on the American soldiers in WWII called "Ghosts of Bataan" (cuz it's just simply too slow for my liking...) and have started reading "Vanity Fair" the Book, by William Makepeace Thackeray. I started by reading it online, cuz I found a site that hosted the entire story... but later found it too straining on the eyes. And also because while I was waiting in Citylink mall, I ventured into MPH to find that the book cost only SGD$4.90. I know it'll be cheaper else where but oh wat the hell... only the cost of a Mac Donald's value meal... Cheaper in fact.. Perhaps a Happy meal... But anyway, picked it up and bought it.

Apart from that, just the usual hanging out, meeting up with a couple of friends. Oh something interesting did happen though. For the first time in my life, I actually saw Gerald DRUNK... okies... it's not an uncommon sight to see drunks on weekend nights but so happens that I was WITH Gerald with some other friends when he's the only one drunk, and the rest of us sober. It was just interesting cause it's was the first time I'm seeing him drunk... And not to mention that because of him, we probably won't be going back to NYDC Holland Village for quite awhile. He actually puked into the common sink outside the toilet and into the toilet bowl for a couple of times.. and we had to see NYDC activating a few of the waitresses to clean it up when he came out.. and it did not happen only ONCE... Hehe.. Oh well...

Then went to this place in Chijmes on Saturday. This little pub-like place called OCHO... maybe it's considered a pub...oh who cares... haven't been there before though I'm pretty sure it's been around for a while. Plus factor: They had live music there... Hehe.. I'm as contented as a little baby sucking her thumb quietly while lying in the baby cot, whenever I'm at a place with live music. Unless it's really sucky.. then I wouldn't be there in the first place.. Heh...

Have been thinking recently that I should go touch up on my tattoo... it's getting a little blurry... not that anyone can see it... but might as well since I have not gone for any since the first time I did it... Like the edges sharp and clear... hehe... I think it's partly cause of the weather too. Weather like this, reminds me of Christmas... time for doing things that you simply don't do at other times of the year... Like what you ask? I don't really know... Like touching up of tattoos.. I think I got my tattoo sometime around this time of the year years ago too... Heheh...

Sigh... I need a more fulfilling job... Life's a breeze now that I have no mood to blog other than talking about non-economical things like establishing closer ties with friends by meeting up and chilling out... NOT that it's NOT important.. It's important... But a more fulfilling job might make me happier... and also more stressed... so that I got more grouches to talk about when I blog... Okies... Irony.... Nevermind... See what I MEAN!?

A surprise...

Had a wonderfully nice surprise yesterday... Daph actually asked if she could go to Church with me this weekend... That came out of the blue, took me by surprise and made me feel kind of happy! *beams*

Hehe... oh well, they always say He works through other people. Maybe the conversation I had with Daph about religion awoke something in her... I don't know but as for me, I think He, through Daph, is trying to get me to back to church... Haven't gone for a couple of months. Felt like I needed sometime to myself... but perhaps it's about time...

There such a thing as Sabbatical. That's when the religious go on long breaks (away from church) on a retreat. Usually they come back more knowlegeable, more refreshed and more enlighten... (At least that's what karen told me) Haha... Maybe that was what happened for me... But more enlightened? Hrrrmmmm.................

Oh well, decided to bring Daph for a 6pm mass on Saturday. Keeping fingers crossed that nothing crops up... and praying really hard that the mass will speak to her and comfort her... :)

Weddings, weddings, weddings...

Haha, I just don't understand what's with girls at 25 /26. It seems as if everyone's in a rush to get married. Of course I have friends who feel other wise but man... I've attended 6 weddings already this year, and there's 3 more to go. Not only that, I've been invited to 3 weddings next year ALREADY. Haha...

The funny thing is that amongst these weddings that I'm attending, some of the grooms are my friends, not the brides, BUT their brides are around my age... Hrrm....

Anyway, over the weekend, a VERY VERY good friend of mine told me that she too, has decided to get married NEXT DECEMBER. I kind of expected it because that was the intention when she got together with this guy. When she told me the news, I was so happy for her. Cuz she told me over the Internet via an instant messenger, I couldn't stop grinning in front of my monitor. I think my colleagues must have thought me bonkers.... Anyway, she told me that I'm the first she told amongst all our clique of friends because she wants to 'chope' me (i.e. book me) at an earlier date so that I can do up her church decor for her... Hah!

I LOVE IT! However, to be honest, don't really have much experience with CHURCH decor. So looks like I got to go do some research and collecting of decor concepts... heheh.. Woo Hoo... Nice!

Anyway, I've decided to start up a portfolio of 'wedding' projects that I embark on, for my family or friends. Hehehe... So will be trying to collect pictures of things that I've done for my own reference... Hehe... So fun!!

Hrmm... what shall I title this entry?

No idea.. nevermind... Just felt like writing an entry out of the blue because I was reading this blog of a call-girl in U.K... really interesting... and was suddenly inspired to add an entry...

NOT that my entry has anything to do with what call girls do... but it has everything to do with what I do... Heheh.. ME, MYSELF and I...

Met Dannie for lunch today... Hehhe... was pretty good.. Been a while since I caught up with him... now that he's so caught up with his beloved wife-to-be... eheheh... and then met Dennis for dinner... went for a SEAFOOD buffet dinner... ate till I could eat no more.... and I realised something in common with the two appointments. Apart from the fact that the two guys I had my meals with today have names starting with 'D', I was griping about my job to the both of them...

Just shows how preoccupied I am, subconciously or not, about my job... Just crappy... (There I go again... )

But oh well, haven't met Dennis for EONS! Treated him to dinner in the end... burnt a little hole in my pocket but hey, it's a long time old friend... but it's funny how although we may not meet very often (like once or twice a year), I feel very comfortable talking to him about stuff... Maybe cuz we've known each other for so long... He was even telling me about how this girl who's working in the same hotel as him tried to 'tempt' him into having 'coffee' in her house, after a clubbing session... with Barry White playing in the background, and she in her birthday suit... Oh well, things we talk about... Anyway, apparently what happened to him is rather common in the hotel industry... cuz that didn't happen only once? But can't help it... He's got too much style... Hahaha....

Also, talked to a couple of people online today... and I've come to realise how each and everyone of us really and truely have our own struggles in different aspects of our lives, in our own ways... But struggles nonetheless. And I remember telling one of them, that what pulled me through all the mountains, valleys and makes sure that I don't fall over cliffs, was the fact that I believe that HE has a plan for us all and things will happen in HIS time. I guess some people might say that it's an easy way out for me, but it's what that gives me strength... and as long as it works for me, who cares what others might have to say? :)

Shit rolls down the hill?

And don't tell me everything roll down the hill... Just not true...

My career has just taken a turning again...down the hill... Just 10 months ago, I thought that everything looked rather positive... Oh well, I don't know if it's just me, or my luck, or the company...

Due to manpower shortage, I've been 'reduced' to taking over the job scope of interns... which is yes, a crucial part of editorial, but really brainless and manual. I'm responsible for uploading the bulk of stories that goes onto the Web, which includes some minor editing... and because I've taken over all the uploading works, I've lesser opportunities to write articles and to attend events.

Feel so cheated... Not only have I not developed very much of my writing skills in this place, now I'm back to doing brainless stuff... Argh... That makes me wonder why did I get out of Pru in the first place. Sigh... It's such a lousy deal here now. I'm getting 1/2 of what I got in Pru (salary wise), 3x the number of hours I spent (per week) working when I was in Pru and 4x the amount of workload. Feels so much like being a high-class factory operator who's churning out stuff. God help me please... Sigh...

It got worse when I heard that they might be hiring another journalist next year to tide over the man power shortage. Where do I go from here?

Where do my dreams go? Which direction are they heading? I dun even know what they are now... :(

Zonked...

That's how I feel everyday after work. I'm doing so much uploading work that I feel so zonked at the end of everyday... And not to mention that I believe that I'm susceptible to wrist strains from holding the mouse and typing for such long hours everyday! sigh...

Attended Ju and Van's wedding last weekend. Was helping them out with reception. Can't believe that it's over now. It felt so fast. It's like they got themselves into a whirlwind marriage as well as a whirlwind wedding. Hahah... Feels exactly like this...



This picture was taken by my dear friend and colleague Calvin when he was in a cab in China. To me, it's a picture that depicts of how people are living in their own worlds, living their own lives, and may or may not be aware of how time is flying by so quickly.

Anyway, Cal's now uploading pictures into the gallery too! It's good for him as he's such a hardcore photographer and a rather good one at that too... his pics put mine to shame... Now that the gallery provides unlimited storage, he can now put up ALL his pics and share them with the world. Hehhee...

I remember there was once when he took a snapshot of me standing in a train cabin and being the camera-shy one, I got really irritated and told him to delete the pics... And he told me that pictures or scenes must be shared with others. He may have seen me standing in the train cabin, but others have not... so must share... That's an excellent example of a time when my eyes will be rolling like crazy! Haha... Anyway, I think his works should be shared... they are really not bad at all... :) Anyway, got to thank Kian Ming for that... For being so generous in sharing his gallery! Heheh... Once again....

It's been a loooooooooong time....

Wow... it's been a while since I've come in to do my griping... Heheh... sure feels like a long time.

Ask me what I've been doing, I honestly don't know. Little bits and pieces of life going pass so quickly, that somehow you don't seem to realise that your life is going by... Heheh...

Oh well, anyway, these couple of weeks, my life's been filled with little events like getting to know new people, slight changes in terms of job scope, and helping Ju out with little things with regards to her wedding... Heheh... am going to help her out as her receptionist for her church wedding as well as the dinner...

Talking 'bout weddings.... I just love them... That's why it's always been my dream to be a Wedding planner. Will be helping Rach with hers end of this year in December and oh well, I've been asked to be the emcee for the dinner too... *Shivers* So scarrrry.... She claims that I have the experience as I used to give speeches in school when I was the head prefect... But hey! That's a different ball game altogether... giving speeches' like basically regurgitating a script. And it's in front of your peers, so it's not that intimidating. Imagine having to 'host' an event, when probably 500 of the guests are strangers..... *teeths chatters*

Back to Weddings... I really love them. And I guess that's why I like the frills and ribbons whenever I wrap presents as well... Heh... It's all about frills and ribbons... when it comes to a wedding... Now I'm just enjoying myself, helping my cousins and friends out with all the little details to make a wedding as pleasant as possible. I hope some day I'll be able to set up my own place...

Family matters....

Rohinton Mistry

There you see him... the man behind the book that I was raving about... "A Fine Balance". And now I'm going to rave about him.

I just finished reading another of his book "Family Matters"... And I would say that it's pretty good too. Although it's no where as captivating as "A Fine Balance", it is still a good book. And come on! Just one look at the title... You know it's a fine work of art.

"Family Matters"... a very apt title for the book really. All because you can read the title in two dimensions.

1) Family matters... they do. As the old saying goes, blood is thicker than water. There's no place like home... and it's got to do with the family members in the home too.

2) Family matters... that's what the book is all about. It's an intriguing story about family ties, relationships, responsibilities. It's a story about the human issues involved in a family.

Brilliant isn't it? At least I think it is. If only I can think of headlines for my articles as well as this guy does his book titles...

Oh well, moving on... in light of the periods of depression I seem to encounter lately, I decided that I need a purpose in life. Therefore, I've decided to embark on a journey with "The Purpose Driven Life". I sure hope it's purpose filled...

Sunshine after the rain...

Lately, a blanket of depression seems to have covered over me. It's simply inexplicable... I couldn't bring myself to do any work during work, I feel so restless... like there's something wrong, somehow somewhere... Some part of me seems missing...

Some where inside me, I'm also grouching... on so many things. Many of which I don't seem to deserve... and yet, there's some discontent. "What's wrong?" seems to be a question which I am asking myself and yet refuse to do soul searching on. It's too confrontational.

And yet, despite all these difficulties that are self-found, within the walls of my soul, I know that there are simpler ways of looking at things. There's logic to be found and from the logic, solution. I guess it's just a matter of whether I want to or not.

Have been attending this feature writing class for the last two weeks. Today in class, someone asked, "What happens if we get writer's block?". Felix Cheong, our lecturer, said that there is no such thing as writer's block. It only happens when 1) you did not do your research before embarking on the journey of writing, 2) when you have not found the entry point to your story.

You know what? I think that it's applicable to life also. Life becomes difficult when you have yet to find the path towards life's goals. And the path is difficult to find when you have not yet gain enough exposure to place priorities in life.

I was walking back home from the mrt station earlier. The weather was so nice... I could even feel the coolness of the air through my relatively thick sweater. I was walking through this open-air badminton court when I saw this boy, perhaps about the age of 14 or 15? teaching his younger brother some footwork around a soccer ball. Just watching them kick the ball around, for that couple of minutes that I was walking beside them, conveyed a message to me. Life can be simple. On a friday night, instead of going out with his friends, spending unnecessary money, this boy is spending time alone with his kid brother. And he may not look like he's enjoying himself tremendously, but at least he did not look bored.

Life can be simple. It's a choice. It's a matter of contentment. It's a matter of knowing where your priorities lie and deal with it accordingly. It may not be as complicated as it appears to be although hiccups are normal and natural. Dealing with the glitches of life are part and parcel.

What more can I say? I've rambled on enough to not be aware if what I've said so far make logical sense. Somewhere, somehow, I feel the irony in my statements too. Haha... Isn't it ironic. Don't you think?

Inspirationless...

Dunno why... Must be because I took out my Wisdom tooth... I find that I hardly get the inspiration to blog now a days... Hahah... lack wisdom... Also cause I haven't exactly been thinking very hard... Sighz... what's happening to me?

Bless the numbness in my mouth...

For I just completed my wisdom teeth extraction about 2 hours ago... And I simply dread to feel the pain...

My mouth, tongue and lips are so numb now that I couldn't even tell that the soup I drank for lunch was burning hot until it went down my throat... Ouch... But I can feel the pain starting... ZzzZZzZzz.............

But..... oh well, despite the $370+ spent on my operation, I have a 5 days MC... WooWeee... Hehehe... However, the down side is I got to work from homeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......... It's even more ZzZZzZZzZzzzzZzZzZz........ Got an article to write to CNETAsia Gartner Summit. Think I'll work on it tomorrow... Just took two of anti-biotic pills and two pain killers... Quite scary leh... I can only take pain killers once a day... and I can't imagine if the pain gets really bad...

Hahaha... my left cheek is now so swollen that it looks like a bun... Looks kinda funny... Just wondering if I should take a pic of it for keepsake... Hehehe... Shall consider... But now I think I wanna go sleep... getting sleepy... Must be the anti-biotic... Bumped into my friend Ad just now. She's working as a pharmacist at the Alexandra Hospital and she told me that said that one of the side effects of one of the anti-biotics is drowsiness and I suspect it's that working on me now....

Okies... Till later... Tata... :)

I got the PHONE!!!

Yes! Damn my impulse... but I GOT THE SGH e600!!! And that set me back by $330... Oh well, talk about locking away my credit cards and atm cards... Apparently they found their way back into my wallet...

Anyway, am REALLY trying hard not to spend money now. Have decided that for the rest of the month, shall take packet Nasi Lemak sold near my place for only $1 to office for lunch! But there will be two company lunches this week, so the lunch for those 2 days are kinda settled... :P

Dunno why feel so lethargic today... so sleepy... so tired... well... think I shall sleep early tonight. Suddenly lost the inspiration to blog... Heheh... Till the next time...

How time flies...

I know my heading to this entry seems boring but seriously.. how time flies.... It's been a week since I last blogged...

Anyway, guess what?!?!?! I was in the same lift at Tay Ping Hui when I came home, for abt minute or two! For the first time....ALONE with him... AHhaha... Was so shy man... I stood at one corner and made eye contact with him like twice... Felt so tempted to start a conversation with him... Not that I'm a fan or anything... But it's like we're so closely related and yet so far... Ok Ok... let me elaborate before rumours start flying around...

Firstly, I know his cousin... His cousin is my personal friend... and he's on pretty good terms with her. Secondly, he lives in my block! You know... all that jazz about bring a friendly neighbour... You know... smile, say Hi, greet each other... And I've bumped into him so many times in the lift lobby... and thirdly, he's my good friend's colleague and they acted together before... (yes, most of you who have my friendster contact know who she is). So what more can I say? Hahaha... But anyway, while I was contemplating if I should start a conversation, he reached his floor... and so he got out... Well... Nevermind... AHhaha

Something else happened today too... I got myself another 1 GB e-mail account!! And no, it's not gmail.. I've already got that... This time, it's with YAHOO CHINA... Yeah... Yahoo's biased towards emerging markets... ONLY CHINA get 1GB accounts!! Hahaha... anyway, it's free, and you can apply for as many as you want. The only catch is that your yahoo e-mail addy will have @yahoo.com.cn. And although the interface is in Chinese, there are options to change the language into English... So Winston helped me set up everything because I couldn't read the Chinese letters for nuts... Heheh... Anyway, so yeah... I got TWO 1 GB accounts now... Ask me why I need so many? I have no idea. 'Kia Su Singaporean' I suppose... Haha....

Something else happened today too!!! Was window shopping in Far East Plaza with RT and we were walking along when I heard a couple of guys walking behind us. One of them were talking rather loudly and animately... I was kinda eaves dropping cause he was so animated. However, I found his voice very familiar, so I couldn't help myself but stop and pretended to take a look back... And guess what... It was my friend, this guy called Terry. When he saw me, he stopped short in his track and looked at me in surprise... I was bloody surprised too because the last time I heard from Terry was two years ago before he went back to K.L. to work. When he got over his surprise, he started talking so animately again... saying that he's been trying to search for me on friendster, trying to get my contact number to catch up etc because we live in the same vicinity. But he hasn't been able to contact anyone who has my contact.... Hahah... so funny... This world is just so small....

Alrightey... time for a shower... heheh... till the next time!

P.S. Another thing... I fell in love with Samsung E600C... I just got to have it... sigh... I WILL HAVE IT!

P.P.S. My laptop still not up yet... Sigh...

I'm resigned...

To my fate of having my laptop passing out on me.... looks like I'm gonna need to reformat my laptop... sigh... But of course before I do that, am going to try all ways and means to backup the data... sigh... all my MP3s, pictures... *ouch*

Anyway, since my lifebook's dead... just got to make do with this... Get on with life...

Suzhou travel log part two...

"10.08 pm

Just came back from an one-hour foot reflexology. As it was my first time, it was sure a tickling and painful experience. What's more, the guy who was doing it for me said that massaging my feet was like helping someone scratch an itch.


My foot massager

Easily done and it doesn't take that much out of him. Hrm... but it was PAINFUL! Anyway, was a good experience. He also found out that I got weak knees, through pain in certain parts of my feet (when he applies pressure against it). He says that I got to take care of my knee and it will be prone to rheumatism. Asked me to go buy the medicated plasters meant for old people... Sigh... Signs of old age...

But anyway, the foot massage was real timely cause we walked around quite a bit today. We were brought to this place known as "Tiger Hill". Nice scenery, nice history...


My favourite picture taken from "Tiger Hill"

Haha... but did not really pay attention to the history part. Only caught bits and pieces of it as my tour guide explained the stories behind the different buildings, structures or the places of events.

After that, we had a mini shopping spree... Things were really quite cheap! Bangkok no more! Shanghai (China), here I come! Bought quite a number of "Chinese fabric" pouches gifts. Had really good buys... Settled all my gifts for my aunts and colleagues all @ one shot. The best thing about shopping here is that, it's all bargainable! But fashion's out of the story though. Fashion over here is... errrrr.... hrrrm... 'off the tangent'... Oh well... You gain some, you lose some...

Anyway, am going to try to sleep now... Got to 'work' the whole day tomorrow...."

Talking about bargains, YEAH! Everything's bargainable! I bought this embroidery picture on the last day and how I bargained, I really must share. I went into this shop in the hotel and usually these shops sell their goods at really cut throat prices cause they know that their target markets are the tourists or hotel guests. Anyway, there was this lady sewing the pictures by hand, so I know that these stuff are authentic. I was looking at this framed embroidery picture and I thought I really liked it alot. But it was the last day of my stay and we were already going to take the coach to head to the airport.

But I asked the price of the picture anyway. The nice lady told me that the picture costs 380 yuan (abt. S$75)... So I gave her a look of 'dismay' and told her that as it was my last day, I do not have that much cash and that I was also in a hurry to get on the coach as we were leaving. So the sales lady went... "Oh, it's your last day? How much do you have left?" So I said, I got about 200 yuan left (abt. S$40)... Then she said "We have never sold a picture for such a low cost before but since it's your last day, you can buy it as souvenir." And she really sold me the picture at 200 YUAN! Hrm... what a way of bargaining right? I'm sure they still make a good margin of profit and this can possibly happen only if you meet a nice sales lady.... Oh well... I still stood to GAIN! Heheheh...

My laptop screwed up...

Feeling freaking frustrated now... Was supposed to come home and do my work and to my HORROR, DISMAY, DISAPPOINTMENT, FRUSTRATION, VEXATION, my laptop crashed!!! Am feeling bloody pissed now... My bloody laptop keeps asking for reinstallation of my Windows. And now I got to go find a Windows ME edition to try to re-install and pray with my deepest being that everything else is fine... Hopefully nothing like my harddisk is wiped out or anything... Or I'll be one freaking, miserable creature....

And thank goodness for my desktop which is like ancient. But at least I'm here now, and I'm able to continue with work... ALTHOUGH I have ABSOLUTELY no freaking mood for it. Yet I got an article to finish up by tonight... FREAKING PISSED man... FREAK FREAK FREAK FREAK!

Dunno what to do now... Feeling lost... Like part of my life's wiped out... Even though I got access to my desktop... My entire life's in my laptop... *one hell of a misery*

Suzhou travel log part one...

"Day 1: 6.08pm

Phew! Finally there's time for me to settle down, rest and enjoy some time to myself for a little while. The day's been pretty hectic, not to mention tiring...

Left Singapore at 1.15am this morning. The flight took about 5 hours and we arrived at Shanghai at 6.15am. The first glance of Shanghai from the plance surprised me. It was nothing like what I heard of China from my parents. But then again, their 3-month experience with China is 17 years old. True to its reputation as an emerging country, the whole place was filled with high-rised buildings, skyscrapers that look as modern as perhaps Singapoe or New York.


Buildings of Suzhou

The first impression of the airport was that it was huge! Not only that, it was pretty clean as well. Upon reaching the airport, we were kinda disappointed to find out that it was another 2 hours bus-ride to out hotel, Sheraton Towers in Suzhou. Guess we were all very tired as most of us couldn't really sleep during the flight. And we had only about 3 hours of sleep or lesser before they woke us up for breakfast at 4ish...

When we were enroute to our hotel, the first sights of Shanghai reminded me of Bangkok, or even Malaysia. There were plenty of low-rise buildings along the sides of the roads, mostly shophouses, restaurants or departmental stores.

When I found out that I had a whole room to myself, I was so impressed... (First press trip mah....) Anyway, when I saw the room, I was even more impressed. The room was luxurious!


My hotel room in Suzhou Sheraton

The hotel provided everything that you can think of! They had a really nice toilet too! I couldn't help myself but actually had shower 4 times today! Well, the weather's really hot here too... And dusty...

We had an absolutely unforgettable lunch after that. It was a meal that's fit for the emporer truly! We actually lost track of how many dishes we had... The food came in huge servings, one after another. I think it was easily 20 plus or more variey of dishes.


The meal that's fit for an Emperor

Imagine there were 5 different dessert, 2 different prawn dishes, 2 chicken dishes, 3 different fish dishes... And many more!!!! We were just amazed... and so overwhelmed that we kept asking them to remove the dishes even before we were anywhere near done with them.

Can't imagine I need to go for dinner soon... After 40 mins of rest... Sigh... will fill you in again later..."

That wasn't even the entire log for day one.. But well, I did not have time to log after day one though.. Haha... Guess I'll continue the log tomorrow! :)

Dreary day...

Watching the raindrops pelting against the window pane, grey clouds hovering above the masses of people under umbrellas, walking along the streets... Can't help having that "Oh so dreary" feeling...

Am so sleeeeepy now... sigh... Can just imagining myself snuggly tucked in bed, with Michael Buble's voice filling up my whole room... ARH! Why am I stuck in the office? Not to mention that I got to attend a Symantec event later at 3pm... and I'm so freaaaaaking sleepy... Well, that's life I guess...

And life also says that it's normal for one to grow old, and start having creaky and achy joints. I don't know if it's my psychological working but ever since I went for my first foot reflexology session, my right knee feels pain at times. You see, during the foot reflexology, I discovered that I have this problematic right knee... Not only was it rattling when it was being massaged, there was a creaky feeling when I walked. But then again, I have always known that I've got weak knees... Cuz they get cold real easily... Which is why I think I better start taking better care of my knees... and not wear them out before their time is up. And I better do something about that 'rheumatism-like' feeling that I get... the pain...

Anyway, was telling my friend about the pain in my knees and she actually gave me a remedy that is supposed to be good for guys in bed and for knee joints. Don't ask me how those two relate to each other but that's what she said. I'm supposed to mix and blend up:

1) 2-3 big tomatoes

2) 3 medium ladyfingers

3) 1 table spoon of green lemon juice

4) 1 table spoon of sugar

and 5) a quarter cup of water...

Hrrrm... Still comtemplating if I should actually try out this recipe... Well, shall sleep on it and see how I feel... Maybe I will when I feel more adventurous...

I'm Back!!!

Yeah! I'm back I'm back!! Just that I've been tooooo busy to actually find time to blog.

I kinda tried to maintain a 'travel' log on my 4 days (3 days effectively excluding travelling) trip but was hopeless. I was so tight on schedule most of the time... Will transfer what ever I have over here once I get the time.

It was a good experience tho... Will wanna go China again! At least Shanghai... step by step first arh... shan't venture too far back in civilization... Hahaha...

Things there were sooo cheap! Will blog more tonight when I get the time. I've simply been too busy since I got back... not to mention that workload's been getting heavier... sigh... Just wanted to leave something here to inject some life in this lifeless blog of mine... haha...

Laterz then!

Suzhou… Here I come!

Heheh… Can't imagine I'll be flying off to Suzhou later tonight… Seems so quickly that time passes by. Kinda having mixed feelings right now. On one hand I'm excited about it being my first 'long' overseas press trip, on the other hand, I'm kinda worried about what kinda announcements they are going to make, whether I'll be able to latch on to the right news angle… *anticipating*

Anyway, having a shitty flight timing later on. Will be checking in at 11ish, flight is supposed to be at 1plus am and is supposed to reach Shanghai at 6ish am. Well, they better let us sleep-in for a while…

Anyway, they have some photo contest going on during the trip, so we will be bringing our digital cameras. I'll be bringing mine! Which means that I will be able to take some photos! Hehehe… Cool huh… Anyway, got a feeling that I'll be back in Singapore even before I know it.

Winston was telling me that the things in Suzhou are supposed to be slightly cheaper than in Shanghai itself… So he told me to expect to do some shopping. SHOPPING AGAIN! I can't believe it… Feels like I'm going to be shopping phobic anytime soon now… HAhaha… I think it's more of the fact that my wallet's empty…

Just found out from Ariel, a journo from Today, that we will be staying in Suzhou Sheraton Towers! WOOoHooooO… it's a 5-star hotel in Suzhou… Hrmmm…. Doesn't sound too bad… does it? Well, shall constantly update if I have time there… Why wouldn't I since I'm supposed to file my story from over there anyway!?

The Green Mile....

Just finished watching one of my all-time favourite show... "The Green Mile". Never fails to bring tears to my eyes... There's so much meaning to the show... About human beings, about mankind...About Human behavioural patterns, about God, about belief... about faith... Well, I can go on... but I shan't...

Anyway, while watching Green Mile, I decided to take some time to upload all my pictures taken in Bangkok... Been long overdued and Rach's bugging me for it, people who knew that we went Bangkok also bugged me for it! Thought might as well do it since I decided to be a couch potato and spend some time slacking at home on a Saturday afternoon...

Haha... Looking through the photos as I was uploading them really brought back memories...(Yes I know it wasn't that long ago that I was in Bangkok). But sigh.. wish I could go somewhere farrrrrrr away for a while... and I don't mean 4 days... Take a look around some other parts of the world... and really observe for once, the other people, the other ways of lives... Singapore's not the be all and end all.

Am soooo sleepy now... Feel like going to sleep but I can't cause I'm going out rather soon. Came back at 4am this morning. Went Bala Clava's with Angie and met so many people there. There was Andrew, Milton and gang, Sherley, Matthew, Carlman, Weiming, Evelynn, the Streats journo (forgot his name... haha... but it's really coincidental cause we just introduced ourselves to each other the day before at an ABN Amro event--even though we have met each other numerous times at various events...) Angie said that she should consider starting a "Zenster" network for me... Larbbish... Hahah.. But really was coincidental cause I've not met a couple of these people since NUS days...

Well, stayed at Bala's till 11ish and had to adjourn to Devil's Bar. I actually already had more than enough drinks (because Bala's was 1-for-1 before 9pm and we were there since 8 plus) but cause Raq and gang were all there, and had to go down as it was kinda like a farewell thingy for her who's leaving on Monday... Left Devil's at about 2.30am and went for supper at Jalan Kayu... Reached home at about 3.45am and by the time I finished showering and all, it was almost 5am... And what's more, the music at Devil's yesterday was like SHIT... with the exception of only a few songs...

Dunno what's going to be on tonight... Think there will definitely be more programs since it's the last weekend for Raq... Well.. Shall see what happens...

Why "The Da Vinci Code" doesn't stand...

Chanced upon this while surfing aimlessly after finishing my article today... interesting...

With compliments of Lisashea.com:

"OK, the reason most people end up at these pages in the first place is that they're reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and want to find out more about the history. That of course is why I began making these pages in the first place, because I personally wanted to look at the painting and find out more about what was going on. However, as intriguing as the story is, there are many giant holes where he could have done a better job at making the story believable, if he wanted us to buy into it.

First as the links below show, there's a problem involving Opus Dei and the Priory of Sion. There are plenty of REAL mysterious groups out there he could have used, but he chose to use 2 that are incredibly bland. Maybe he did that on purpose so he wouldn't get sued or stalked :)

There IS no documentation linking Mary to ANYONE. The Merovingians claimed that they came from Mary's bloodline - but they also claimed they came from Atlantis and from sea creatures at other times. The earliest known Merovingian king was back in the 400s - nothing at all is known or documented about his parentage.

The Louvre pyramid does NOT have 666 panes! It has 118 rectangles and 675 diamonds for a total of 793 panes. That's just fakery.

There are not 80 non-canonical gospels! Sure, we just discovered a few more gospels in the last century which is rather amazing after 2000 years. But most researchers agree on a total gospel count of about 35.

The Olympics were held to honor Zeus, not Aphrodite or Venus :)

The Council of Nicaea in 325 is a well documented council that was trying to find common ground on the teachings of "Is Jesus Divine" or "Is Jesus Human". Both were being taught as true. The council decided 297 to 3 to sign a document that Jesus was indeed divine. And in fact, this wasn't the main purpose of the council - the main purpose was to determine if Father and Son were "equal" or if one was "higher" than the other. In any case, this wasn't a "revelation" or a "close call" as the book states. It was simply them settling on which of the two very popular beliefs to standardize on.

Brown says that Mary was abandoned by worshippers after her death - but on the contrary, women and Mary were much sought after during the days of chivalry. Chivalric love was of the highest order, and many priests of the time complained about the HUGE attention Mary was getting - far more than Jesus in many areas. Sure, women were not equal to men. But they were hardly ignored.

Sophie uses the "Madonna of the Rocks" as a canvas shield in the story. Note that some people say the painting is actually a wood base - but the wood base one is the copy that is in London. The version in the Louvre is canvas. In any case, Brown says it's 5' tall when really it's 6.5' tall and Sophie could hardly have moved it, never mind wielded it like a shield! In addition, Brown claims that "nuns" at the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception gave details on the work - but that organization is male-only :) See Madonna of the Rocks.

The Last Supper is a tempera painting on plaster - it's not a fresco. A fresco is a specific style of painting where water-based pigments are painted on wet plaster so they meld.

Brown claims that 5 million women were burned at the stake by the church. I'm female and very much in support of women's rights, but even so, only maybe 50,000 men AND women were slain during those times - and most weren't burned.

Brown says that YHWH in the Bible stands for "Jehovah" which comes from Jah for male and Havah for female. Actually Jehovah is a RECENT word from the 1534 by Martin Luther as the "speakable" version of YHWH :) It's hard to just keep saying the four letters. In any case, YHWH was the original "tetragrammaton" used in Hebrew because the Hebrews felt you could not actually write the name of God down. You could only refer to it obliquely. YHWH was said to have been chosen because it was similar to "HYH" which means "to become". This was combined with "HWH' meaning "he is". Jehovah as a word came much later FROM this initial Hebrew word."

Also, check out this article by Darrell Bock. Hmm... Yummy... hehehe...

And this...The Da Vinci Code: Secret hidden truth?...

Still, I got to give Dan Brown credit for his brilliance in his ability to craft a story...

Happiness is a journey....

My colleague just shared this phrase with me this morning...

"Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So work like you don't need money,
love like you've never been hurt,
and dance like no one's watching."

Kinda apt for how I'm feeling now... He said that a friend of his shared this with him the night before...

When he first told me that, my reply was that it sounds easy but it's easier said than done. But on second thoughts, is it really? I guess it's just a matter of what we want, who we want to be. But that in itself is complex...

Hahaha... Looks like I'm in search of simplicity... my kind of simplicity...

Melancholic...

Don't know why but can't help feeling melancholic tonight... Life's like a roller coaster. Out of the ride, you can feel the rush, the kick. And yet sometimes, it just slows down, and eventually becomes stationary before the cycle starts all over again. Not to mention that the roller coaster needs servicing at times too... But at least it's devoid of emotions, thoughts and feelings... make things simpler...

I probably feel this way because time has been passing too quickly. It's been a rather 'hectic' week, with work, with friends (and of course with spending $$... grrrr). Time for the pace to slow down perhaps...

Finished reading The Da Vinci Code. Kinda disappointed with the ending... TO ME, it felt like a quest for 'nothing'. Well, a colleague of mine pointed out that it was a quest for the 'truth'. I suppose... Can't help feeling anti-climatic to a certain extent. However, decided to give Dan Brown another chance to prove himself better and started reading his other book, "Angels and Demons". So far, his style seems pretty consistent with Da Vinci Code. But then again, I'm only 5 chapters into the new book... So I shall see how...

Things at work been pretty exciting... Our site's undergoing a major revamp... And so far, the 'new' product reviews pages have been 'lived'. It's nice! I like it so much better than our old one... Can't wait for the changes to be made to the news and tech site...

Kinda excited about the Suzhou trip next week also... But feel the pressure building up... Haven't been writing well lately... Articles get edited quite a bit.. Sigh... What's happening?

Bangkok...

Wow… realized it’s been quite a while since I last blogged… well, having been away in Bangkok, I’ve been busy (mainly hanging out with Raq cuz she’s going back to U.S. next Monday… Sigh… life’s going to be back to normal after that…)

Anyway, I can’t believe I’ve been spending so much money!! Argh!! *financial angst* I spent $1K on my Bangkok trip inclusive of airfare, $1200 on stuff and important events before I left, and $500 TODAY on my hair (of which the color turned out a little shocking and I really din mean to spend so much, just that the lady who did my hair kept asking me if I wanted to do this, I wanted to do that… and trust me, in the midst of coloring my hair, I swear I can’t think very well and I said yes to what ever she suggested most of the time!! So irritated with myself!!!!), my dental check-up (cuz I need to remove my wisdom teeth next month) and SHOPPING (on things which I’ve always wanted to buy but could not find in Bangkok…) Still, I declare that I do not deserve to touch a single cent of my pay next month!!! So much for saving and trying to be thrifty… *locks up all her credit and atm cards away in the drawer…*

However, I must admit that Bangkok was fun… 4 girls out in Thailand alone, shopping and eating their way around, as well as enjoying massages and all… hrrm… life couldn’t get any better during that 4 days in Bangkok…. However, there were the torturous moments… YES and I mean torture…

How? Why? Because why don’t you try shopping with girls who can walk from 10am in the morning to 12am the next morning with probably 3 hours of ‘sit-down’ time for meals and short breaks?? The last time I was in Jatuchak, the famous weekend market in Bangkok, I was only there for 3 hours plus… And that was bad enough because the place was stuffy, warm and not well ventilated at all… Don’t get the wrong idea… I love shopping…. But in those conditions, it makes me think twice. But guess what? This time round, my dear friends stayed on from 10am in the morning all the way till closing time at 6pm! And trust me, we covered barely half the entire area… Less than half in fact… I can vouch for that because we did not even reach the place where they sold the animals and pets… Uh-huh… I’ve never shopped until I feel like throwing in the white flag in defeat… But I sure felt like doing that…

Anyway, am sure it was just as well because based on the amount of food that we eat (which is A LOT and I mean A LOT), we’re burning a lot of calories off by walking around so much… (I don’t care if it’s not true… HUMPH! (*self-denial*) Wahhahaa….

Sleepy...

Met Elaine and Ju for lunch at Amoy St market earlier... Was supposed to meet at 12.30pm, but was chatting with Ju till 12.25pm and realised that HEY! It's time to go... hahah... girls will be girls! Anyway, Elaine was later than us...

Had Chicken rice for lunch and I think that's part of the reason why I'm so freaking SLEEPY now!!!! Rice for lunch always makes me sleepy after lunch... Sheessh... Even after my 8-course Tung Lok lunch at Noble House yesterday wasn't this bad... It was a biz lunch... and other than the PR part, lunch was good. It was yummy... and DELICIOUS! Hehehe... from Tofu that's as soft as silk, with a layer of crispy skin which is not at all dry cuz of the gravy, to the shark's fin soup where you actually can taste the individual pieces of scallop and fish maw and mushrooms and crab! Hehe... and apart from all the main courses, the meal ended with yummy Mango Sago for dessert... But well, that was yesterday's lunch... hehehe

Am partly so sleepy because I've not been sleeping earlier than 2am for the past few nights this whole week!! Stayed up to complete uploading the musical photos and the pictures from B.B.Q at Wayne's place FINALLY... Everyone was bugging me for it... And also stayed up to do miscellaneous stuff. It's like, the later I sleep, the more time I have to do the things that I like... Essentially, it's more time for myself... But it's very bad... I don't feel well rested... Ok, that's something else that I got to change...

Yesterday was an eventful night. Recieved a call from Aunty Ruby out of the blue. Said that the rest of them were gathering at her place for dinner... Asked me to go along... So, thinking that I would go cuz I've not seen the rest for ages, I went. Luckily I brought along a tin of Pineapple tarts from Bengawan Solo (With compliments from Rob)... Cuz it was her BIRTHDAY!! She din tell us about it at all!! I din even know until the others mentioned it. HEhhe... So pai seh!

But it was good. We did loads of catching up on what's happening... And things have been happening!!! Tonnes of things... But yesterday was really saddening for me... Mostly, we got updated on news that were not at all nice to hear... If you think that drama happens only on the TV programs by Mediacorp... You are wrong... But I guess, the more important thing is, at least these people are moving on in life... or at least they are trying to move on...

It kinda got me to thinking... Sometimes you just got to take life with a pinch of salt... I'm not saying that it's good to be skeptical but there are alot of things which goes much deeper than what it appears to be on the surface. Hahah... I know this is not new... but unless you experience them personally, you can never understand how someone else feels... Sigh, din expect my night to end with a heavy heart... But well, life goes on doesn't it?? *grins*

The Da Vinci Code...

Was busy shopping at Far East Plaza over the weekend. How it all started, can be credited to my dear friends. Rachel was out having dinner with Cynthia and Raquel on friday night before heading down to Devil's Bar. If you know girls, you will also know that it is a common practice for a dinner appointment to be followed by shopping as dessert, as long as shops are still open... Anyway, they chanced upon this shop which they claim to sell very, very pretty dresses... And all three of them bought dresses of the same type in different print designs and colors. And... my dear girl Rachel, decided that we should all wear those dresses for her wedding in DECEMBER (which is like freaking long time away...) And because of that, I had to drag my feet down to FEP to scout for the dress, and to BUY one for myself...

Anyway, while walking through those shops (after buying my dress), I got bored and decided that I should pay Sunny bookshop a visit to make my day sunnier... You see, yes, girls love shopping... But when your shopping costs goes above a certain amount, it just makes you depress... So much for what they claim to be retail theraphy huh... well, I guess it's just me.

In any case, I have been looking forward to read "The Da Vinci Code " after Kian Ming went on and on about how good it was. So, I bought that and this other favourite book of mine, "A Fine Balance ". Read it once, but really want to read it again...

I started on "The Da Vinci Code " yesterday, but being so busy, I only covered 3 chapters so far. However, it is already enthralling. I suppose it's because part of the story relates to the Catholic Church. In the story, it talks about Opus Dei, which is a Catholic group that supposedly evoke controversy among members of the Catholic church and those outside. It caught my attention immediately because I have friends who are members of the Opus Dei Group.

I think it would be interesting to find out more about it... I dunno but I figured that it shall be my personal 'mini' project to find out more about it... :) Anyway, here's an article that is with regards to "The Da Vinci Code " that I came across in my research online on Opus Dei... Check it out...

P.S:
Here are some other links that look really interesting...
Writings of Josemaría Escrivá
ODAN: Opus Dei Awareness Network

CommunicAsia...

Been busy with CommunicAsia lately... For those who following the technology scene closely, CommunicAsia is one of the bigger technological trade shows in the Asia Pacific region. We have been running all over the grounds of Singapore Expo from Hall 1 to Hall 6 to cover new products that were been showcased, or announcements made by the different participating vendors.

Most communications vendors will take this opportunity to hold their own company's events during this period. Which explains why Nokia had their new product preview and launch during the first two days of CommunicAsia over at Raffles City... It was a good opportunity to gain exposure to foreign media who were invited down to the region for CommunicAsia coverage...

Anyway, out of the 4 days events, I was only there for 1 day. It was because being the most junior journalist in the team, I stayed back in office to wait for press releases to come in, for events that we could not attend due to manpower shortage. But in anycase, my colleagues took yummy pictures of babes and gadgets that were being paraded around during the event.

Anyway, putting work aside, life's been good! Hahhaha... I suppose I've not finished catching up with my social life since my involvement in the musical ended. Met up with my friends from my seconday school days... Hahah.. was pretty fun! It has been a while since the whole jing gang of us turned up. Usually it was a group of 3-4 people... Time truely flies... I don't even have time to read! I should really start reading again... There's a list of about 4 book titles awaiting for me to check them out. ARGH! I need a more systematic LIFE!

Wild Wild night…

But the wild night did not belong to me. Was at Bar None earlier tonight… or morning... hhahaa… Went there with a couple of friends and my good friend who just came back from the U.S. some weeks ago. Said that she wanted to catch up with the night scene in Singapore… Yeah so we’ve been going to some places and tonight, Bar None happened to be our choice.

As usual Doug O was goooooooood… Love his singing… but the ‘spoil’ factor was that I went after work, so was dressed in corporate wear, and with my handbag, I wasn’t really in the mood to groove to the music. Don’t really like dancing with skirt… But anyway… was in my speckies too… Feel so nerdy… Bleah…

Anyway, while the 4 gals--my friends and I--stood around ‘gently’ swaying to the music while the rest around us are dancing wildly and madly, Doug O made an announcement about someone having a Hen’s night and invited her up on stage. Oh My Goodness… She was pretty and had a good figure… and belonged to the sweet-looking type… You wouldn’t relate her to being a bitch… and WILD… She wore a pink veil with those pink feather like scarf and danced around Doug, smiled shyly… and yet was not at all shy… Anyway, that was nothing…

After a while, Doug invited 3 guys--2 Caucasians, and 1 Chinese--to come on stage… and they were to treat her as if she’s their bride and tell her words of love… And surprise surprise… The Chinese guy was voted to be the most romantic cuz he said something about her looking perfect tonight or something… Anyway, the Hen… opps.. the bride-to-be and the Chinese guy each got a shot of tequila on the house….

After that, bride-to-be (now known as Hen), got off the stage and boy she could dance… As wild, as groovy as can be… My friends and I were standing right beside her table and before we knew it, she was licking salt off this other Caucasian guy’s body for tequila and no, it was not just a lick. It was a long lick which went up and down the guy’s torso.... But that was nothing… After that, the next glance that I took saw her French kissing this other girl… the glance became a look… hahaha… I think the kiss lasted for like at least a min to two… After that, another girl took over and French kissed her again. I think the men around her who saw what was going were going wild. Think they must be thinking what a waste it was that she was getting married… Two Chinese guys beside us were teasing each other to go get a queue number….

Hahaha… happening or what huh… but I can’t imagine myself doing that man… Hehehe… Anyway, was fun lar… I had a tat too much to drink and I actually felt faint… I think I’m losing my alcoholic tolerance… Shall stay off drinks from now… Hehehhe...

Just came home around 3am... am feeling so sleepy now... but can't sleep cuz got to dry my hair and hence this entry... But shall go dry my hair now cuz I can't keep my eyes open anymore...

Trips trips trips!

It's funny how things work around you sometimes. Just recently, I booked a trip to Bangkok together with some of my friends because I feel that I need a holiday… away from Singapore? Haven't had one this year… and don't mention my Penang trip…

Anyway, today, I just found out that I've been assigned to go on a press trip to Shanghai in July for 3 days… Good: I get to go Shanghai!!! Bad: Pressure pressure pressure… got to file story from some foreign country, and I don't even know how to set up Internet connections etc etc etc… or whatever procedures necessary because it's my first long-distance press trip… *presssuuuurreeeeeee…..bbbbbmmmmmmm*

Okay, nevermind… will worry about that when the date gets nearer… about a month more… for all you know, the trip may get cancelled or something… Hahah

Oh Oh! And my mum just suggested that we should go for a family trip in Hong Kong in August because she has to clear some annual leave… Which has a high chance of occurrence… Talk about good news coming in pairs… or MORE!

OoOoOHhH…. I finally uploaded some of the musical pictures last night!! But uploading half of the whole batch took me like 2 hours… stayed up till 2+ a.m. to upload… There more to come man… Anyway, so I was super zonked today… But it wasn't too bad… attended a product launch event at Orchard Cineleisure today…

It was the launch of InFocus' two new digital home entertainment projectors. Impressive… And what's more the lower end model costs S$3,199 and is capable of projecting up to 9 feet wide! Which, by the way, is bigger than any S$11,000-S$15,000 plasma tv. Okay, am not paid to advertise… so shan't say more… Hahaha…

*Sleeeeeeeeeeeeeepy……*

Getting fat...

You know how girls somehow get those 'feel fat' days? Well, yeah... I'm in one of those days right now...Wait a minute... I mean one of those period which lasts for months...

ARGH! I'm FAT! Ok Ok... before my friends start rolling their eyes and tell me that if I lose anymore weight I'll disappear into thin air... I'll tell them this. GO GET YOUR EYES CHECKED! I mean man! I feel fat!!!! And I simply AM NOT SLIM either. Any chances of me disappearing into thin air, is like me striking a $10 million ToTo! And the stupid thing is not only do I feel fat, I feel like I'm constantly putting on! Not losing any AT ALL! ARGH!

Alright... enough of my feel fat, gripy mood. Been a while again since I last blogged... Haha.. Been busy attending weddings, watching movies, meeting up with friends. It's like I'm trying to catch up with all the social activities that I've been missing out during the preparation period for the musical. Oh yeah… and recently, actually a couple of days back, I started playing THE SIMS. HAhaha... yeah... THE SIMS. Heard alot about it, but have never tried it before, so I decided to give it a shot. Kinda interesting if you are a 'Tycoon' game kinda person… which happens to be my kind of game. One of those that I don't mind playing… Tried Zoo and Rollercoaster with expansion packs! Wahahaha…

Anyway, have made arrangements for a Bangkok trip end of this month! Yippeeee… shopping!! For 4 whole days!!!!! But you know what that means, that means that I can't shop now… cuz I need to save… Bbb..bbb…BUT it's the GREAT SINGAPORE SALE!!!!!!! Sobz Sobz… Well, in any case, I feel too broke to spend much this month. But to be honest, I have already bought 2 skirts, 1 dress and 1 top thus far! *guilty* It's Rachel and Raquel's FAULT!!! Hehehe…. But can't wait for the trip! It's time to get out of Singapore and not think about work!

Shucks… Just got reminded that I have yet to upload my musical pictures! Argh… Oh! HAhaha… and I have not uploaded my pictures for the Penang trip as promised also. Well, they are all stuck in my digital camera. Haven't had the time to touch it… HAhaha… BZ BZ remember? I hereby promise to do it ASAP… *keeps fingers crossed* *sheepish grin*

Finally, time for blogging...

FINALLY! After the flurry of events and activities that came one after another after the musical last weekend, I finally got the chance to sit down and blog! Hehehe... Been wanting to do it since last Saturday but somehow I couldn't find the time to. Was simply too busy.

Anyway, shall relate the sequence of events in a chronological manner...

Last weekend's musical performance was a success. I suppose the definition of success can be very subjective but in my point of view, it was successful because 1) we did not get booed at, 2) audience laughed and cried at appropriate times - yes, we spotted some people amongst the audience tearing at certain moments of the musical, 3) I got smses from people I know who came to watch the musical saying that we were good and they did not regret watching the musical and one of them said that she was touched by the Holy Spirit... which means 4) We achieved what we set out to do... and 5) Al just told me that some group - can't remember which one - was suggesting that we do the musical again for Mission Sunday.

And that would mean that if we say yes, and there's green light to go ahead for the musical on Mission Sunday, that's going to be our THIRD run!!!!!!! And I'm going to
pretend that I did not hear that suggestion at all until Al comes up to me and tell me specifically what that's all about...

Man... HAhaha, it certainly has been fun doing the musical, but we have done it twice already... for the THIRD time?? Hrm.. need to pray about it... *ohmmmmmmm*

Okies, anyway, after the performance on Sunday, we had a wine and cheese session at Michelle's place...(You can click here to check out the photos.) It was kinda cool... We were getting drunk and red like drunken prawns... haha...

Although it was good fun, I had to leave earlier cause I was leaving on an early flight (8 am) to Penang the next day. It was to meet Michael Dell... Well, he's kinda boyish looking for someone who's 39 and a BILLIONAIRE... But too bad that I was too zonked out and was literally a zombie the whole day, to really enjoy myself.


Taken when travelling on Asia's longest bridge and the World's 3rd longest bridge... Penang Bridge which links Pulau Pinang to Butterworth

Took a tour around the manufacturing plant though. It was definitely interesting! To see how the Dell notebooks, PCs and Servers are assembled. It's kinda amazing to see how everything is so organised because they cater to personalized, direct shipping to their customers. And the plant in Penang actually ships to the U.S. as well as the whole of Asia. That also means that they deal with thousands and thousands and thousands of systems EVERYDAY over at the manufacturing plant. Anyway, the notebooks seem pretty easy to assemble... But anyhow, the complete process of assembling one takes about 5 hours. Which means you are paying S$2000 thereabouts for 5 hours of work plus parts.


Picture of the Dell executives with Michael Dell sitting 2nd from left of picture... partially blocked by the pot of plant

Anyway, took a flight back and only touched down Singapore at close to 11 pm. With 4 hours of sleep the night before, and all the waiting and walking around and travelling on the plane, I was SPACED out... couldn't bring myself to walk once I sat in the car on my journey home...


Penang airport--transit area

And the next day I had to work... at 9am! And people ask me why I'm so tired... You tell me...

And yesterday, I attended Vinny's, my good friend, wedding at this Indian temple at Serangoon Road. Was interesting as it was the first time I was attending an Indian wedding... It looked really complicated with the rituals for blessings and all but was kinda an eye opener... At least now I won't ask questions like what color clothes can we wear? Or what are they doing? Now what are they doing? What does that symbolise? Why are they doing that?


Vinny's temple wedding... purposely chosen to be posted so that there are no fully visible faces... In case she minds being seen on the Internet, in my Blog! :P

Hahaha... No no, I'm still no expert at Indian weddings... Still don't understand more than three quarters of what happens. Anyway, doesn't matter, it was fun showering Vinny's and Sree's (her husband) heads with yellow, uncooked rice... hehehe... It was a way to give them your blessings.

Anyway, went to watch "Shrek 2" after that... Was very funny! Hahaha... so many movies were spoofed in that movie! But I love the Puss in Boots most! Especially when he gets into that 'Puppy Eyes, please say yes' mode... SO CUTE!!!! Hahaha....

Man... Okay, enough blogging for today... It's a darn long entry but you can't blame me... It's the past 5 days of my life lumped together in these few paragraphs!

P.S. I'll insert some pics here once I get home! And no, I'm not skivving... Just taking a break after finishing my article! :)

Rabiang...

Okay, so Rabiang wasn't that bad... As you can see in the photo below. Actually I think it might even be a nice place to chill out, chit chat and drink after a hard day's work.


Rabiang

Anyway, as shown below, they even have a wine bar that looks quite good... Can imagine some of my friends jumping for joy... All the 'winecoholics'...


Wine Bar...

Anyway, the musical's going to be held tomorrow... I'm feeling bitter sweet... It's like spending so much time nurturing it, and now that it's matured, you feel reluctant to let it go... Weird huh... but it's my baby... so I guess it's normal... hahaha... OH MAN! I'm feeling MATERNAL! Over a musical... hrmm... Nevermind... :x

I'm feeling so tiredddd now... had sex by the beach earlier... Wahahahhaa.... OKAY! Don't let your imagination run wild... It's just the name of one of the drinks at Zee10... and after I had sex by the beach, I kamikazied! But between the two, I think I prefer sex by the beach... mmMmmMmmMm....

But I think I must have been quite tired... cuz it actually got me a little too drowsy after the 2 shots... But it sure was fun... Finally met up with my friend who came back from the U.S. about a week back! Was looking forward to having her back and was so exicited about it but actually did not have the time to meet up with her earlier because of the musical.

Speaking of the musical, I think I shall go to bed now... getting really sleepy... Think it's also partly cuz of the alcohol... heheh... Well, calling it a night... till the next entry, TATA!

Fanta fanta fantasia!!!

American Idol results are out!! And guess who's the winner? Duh... okies... forget about guessing cause you can easily get the answer from the Web anytime... and not to mention that my heading for this entry is a dead give away...

Anyway, yeah!! Fantasia Fantasia SUMMERTIME!!! Heheh... Okay... not making much sense, am I? Anyway, I think Latoya will always be held in the highest esteem in my heart, amongst all of them... But Fantasia's good too... in her own way... she has stage presence.

Anyway, the anti-climatic part is... I'm going to be missing the finals tonight! Yeah and I did not watch it yesterday too. All because of the 'musikcal'... Been staying back in church past midnight for the last couple of nights...

I can't believe that I've been following AI for sooo long and I'm going to miss the finals... sigh... it's ok...

Anyway, CNETAsia's having a magazine (named COOLGEAR) launch tonight at RABIANG... So sorry but I really don't know what kinda 'obiang'* place that is to launch something cool.

Forgive me for presuming but maybe it's even more happening than anywhere else that I know... Well, will go down with an open heart and mind and check out the place. Hehehe... Seriously, it might turn out to be beyond my expectations. Positively or negatively... yet to be seen...

I brought my digital camera along today... wanted to use it for the rehearsals tonight and take a few pics of my completed 'baby' i.e. the backdrop... But guess it will come in handy later during the magazine launch and my colleague's birthday celebration. My editor and I just went to buy a cake for him after lunch earlier... Chocolate Gateau! Yummy...

Alright, back to work... to craft out an article about some new multi-million dollar deal between Manpower Inc. and BT Asia Pacific...

References:
* "Obiang" - This word serves as a verb to describe and give an outlandish, outdated and not too flattering kind of feel...

Time to 'un-musical' my blog...

Was talking to Dannie boy yesterday... He commented that he did not expect my blog to be so "musical-ly inclined"... Haha... I can't help it!! It's like my life's revolving around it at this moment... in every waking moment of my being, I'm thinking if there's other things to be done, things that I've not yet covered, or my constant reminders to myself to remind others of what they are supposed to do... Haha... control freak. No wonder Elaine says that the word "Head-Prefect" is written ALL over my face... Now in retrospect, I pity the prefects that I worked with back in school... sorry people...

Anyway, some other recent happenings... Kian Ming offered to let me post my photos on his website and so that might possibly take up some of my personal time once the musical's over... BUT... Being the nice guy that he is, Kian Ming passed me his adobe photo shop proggie so that I can use it on the photos that I'm going to u/l... BUT... When I opened the photoshop program, I felt like an IDIOT... Hahaha... I was clicking away at everything, looking through the panels of tools and functions, and I closed the proggie... *Waves white flag*

I think maybe it's time for me to go buy the series of books for dum dums like me... "Adobe Photoshop for Dummies"...

Anyway, as part of the deal, I'm supposed to help Kian Ming promote his site... Whoever wants to post pictures on his website, can e-mail him directly via the site to let him know. Cost: S$100 per picture (negotiable I think... He may offer special deals). (Not too sure lar, but this was the rate that he quoted me when I spoke to him last night over Msn msger... HahhAHhaaHAHahHAhahAhHAhhahhAHh...I seriously think he's kidding but I'll check with him... If he's not, then I'll let you guys know too! Wahhahaa....:P)

Anyway, on a more serious note, I've been having this nagging pain in my right tummy area since last night... I keep having mental images of my appendix swelling up and exploding inside me... I think I'm sick... I'm in PAIN!!!

Sorry... I'm feeling so sleepy right now that I think half of what I'm saying is not coherent.. But I promised Dannie an un-musical entry... Hahhaha... Anyway, I'm so freaking tired... My eyelids feel so heavy... and I think I should head home to rest both my eyes and appendix... I think it needs rest that's why it's screaming out in pain...

OKAY! I declare I'm going bonkers! Enough for now... before I get friends offering to send me to Woodbridge... :)


P.S. Oh anyway, as an attempt to provide follow-ups on my previous entries, just to let you know the outsourcing article that I was working on a couple of weeks ago is UP!! Yay! Hehehe... It's going live today!

Test entry...

The silver lining amidst the dark clouds...

Hrrm... testing out this picture posting feature that is newly introduced to us bloggers! And it's DAMN cool! Wahahaha... now I can include pics here! That will make things more interesting I guess... and now I'll have more use for my Digi-cam!!!

Anyway, this picture was taken on the Bintan trip that I went on last year... DURING the MONSOON season... So you can guess how unpredictable the weather was. Trish and I practically had our swim wear on the WHOLE time... HAhah.. Cuz it was like, one minute the sun was bright and sunny, and we can happily bask in the warmth and brightness of the sun, on the beach... And within the next 10 mins, the sky gets cloudy (as you can see in the picture), cold and windy, and the rain drops start pelting down in minutes...

But it was a fun trip. And for those of you, to whom I related the events that happened during the trip... Yeah, this was the one with THE Caucasian guy... Hehehe.....

Anyway, this is a "Testing...Testing 1 2 3" entry... If I were to blog about anything significant, it's going to be about the musical AGAIN... so I think I shan't... Not till something significant happens... Hehe.. Till the next time then... :)

YAY!!!!

Yay!! I finally completed my outsourcing article!! Yoooo Hooooo.... Hehe... it's a load off my back.... but you know what, I got a darn strong feeling that another report is on it's way...

It's just like the month before. Just when I thought I finished the case study that I did on HollyWood Clicks, this outsourcing story came along. Well, it's okay... no sweat... because once you get the hang of it, and get used to working with deadlines (something which I am slowly getting used to), it's not too bad at all.

Now that I finished my work, I got to deal with the musical stuff!! ARgh... I have to think of some kinda design for the program booklet, do the page layout, and send it to the printers! Hrrm... you can ask me to sing... But design the program... Sheesssh....

But I don't wanna overload the rest of them with too much things to do, guess I'll got spend some minutes now trying to get a design up... Before hitting the sack! Hehe... YOOooOooOoHooOOooOOoo!!!!

But God...

Went for Emmaus* tonight. As usual Egwin conducted a fabuuuuulous session... (Usually consisting of a cheem sea of words that I struggle to stay afloat in...) And the topic tonight was "BUT GOD"... (not the exact theme... but that was what the sharing was all about... I can't remember the original theme... *sheepish*)

Hrrmm... funnily enough, it was inspiring... Not that his other sessions were not. But after having being in the Catholic faith for a year thereabouts, "BUT GOD" strikes out at me... *Wham* AGAIN... It seems like a follow up on my previous entry on the musical... Kinda coincidental or what? But anyway, it's definitely "Food For Thought" material.

In his sharing, Egwin talked about how important it is to have a strong belief and faith in God as He will see us through alot of things. Remember that we are His sheeps and He is our sheperd?? Anyway, given God's almighty nature, why not?

And Egwin showed incidences in the Bible where things for God's people went wrong, BUT GOD pulled the people in crisis through... (I'm going to try to repeat what I remember in LAYMAN's terms... so don't penalise me for not sounding biblical... :P )

1) In the Book of Esther, Haman, King Ahasuerus' right-hand man (an eunuch) plotted to convince Ahasuerus (out of jealousy) to kill all Jews in all the provinces after Ahasuerus showered great honour to a Jewish man, Mordecai, for all the good deeds that he has done. However, the Jews were Godly people. And they had God's favour, for when that happened, the Queen was this Jewish lady, named Esther. And there was no way Haman can kill Queen Esther. The Queen who was actually the niece of Mordecai, was enlightened to realise that she was probably placed in the position that she was in, to save the Jews from being exterminated. Esther in the end managed to convince Ashasuerus that he cannot kill her, one who was his very own wife. And therefore, cannot kill the other Jews. The amazing thing was, she was actually the second Queen, replacing this BEAUTIFUL woman known as Queen Vashti. Queen Vashti fell out of favour with Ashasuerus when she openly disobeyed Ashasuerus' order. At that time, a woman disobeying a man was UNHEARD of, and therefore Ashasuerus 'excommunicated' her from the palace. While looking for another Queen, Esther fell in favour with another of Ashasuerus' eunuch who was in-charge of "Queen spotting". And therefore, she had all the help that she needed to be chosen as the new Queen. In summary, Jews faced a crisis, BUT GOD helped them.

2) The story of Moses... Now now... after the "King of Eygpt" cartoon... Who doesn't know the story? But yeah, the gist of it is that Moses, who was born a Hebrew child, was 'sent' away via the Nile (in a small, tiny basket) to be free from the hands of the Egyptians. At that time, the Pharaoh had commanded that every new male offspring among the Israelites must be drowned. And amazingly, Moses was found by the Pharaoh's daughter who wanted to keep him for herself. Moses sister, Miriam, had been trailing the basket all this while to ensure her brother's safety. However, Pharaoh's daughter spotted her, and asked her if she knew of someone who's Hebrew who could be the baby's nurse. By the work of God's hand, Miriam brought Moses back to their mother, who was to be paid to nurse Moses. When Moses grew up and was brought back to lead his life as an Egyptian, he was deeply disturbed and hurt by the way the Hebrews were being treated. And subsequently, God spoke to him and gave him powers to deliver the Hebrews. The Hebrews were very Godly people. In summary, the Isrealites were persecuted, BUT GOD intervened and saved them.

There are so many other incidences, and I am too lazy to type everything out... But read the Bible if you want to know more (Hahah.. actually telling this to myself because I've not touched the Bible since I got Baptised... nope.. am not supposed to be proud of it. Just acknowledging a fact...)

But anyway, remember I mentioned that we were facing some problems with the backdrop for the musical? BUT GOD gave us His blessings and Ivy (who appropriately happened to be in between jobs now and so she has time for the musical matters) came up with the MOST wonderful plan this evening! Sure, she spent like hours thinking of ways to go about the problem, but now that we have the layout, the rest are peanuts! Heheh.. "BUT GOD" provided us with IVY!

Which reminds me of another favourite song of mine... Which speaks FOR me... Yeah as always... Haha

"I THANK YOU LORD"

I thank you Lord, for the trials that come my way,
In that way I can grow each day, as I let you lead.
And thank you Lord, for the patience those trials bring,
In that process of growing, I can learn to care.

But it goes against the way I am,
To put my human nature down,
And let the Spirit take control of all I do.
Cause when those trials come,
My human nature, shouts the things to do,
And God's soft prompting can be easily ignored.

But I thank you Lord, with each trial I feel inside,
That you're here to help lead and guide, me away from wrong.
Cause you promised Lord, that with every testing,
That your way of escaping's, easier to bear.

But it goes against the way I am,
To put my human nature down,
And let the Spirit take control of all I do.
Cause when those trials come,
My human nature, shouts the things to do,
And God's soft prompting can be easily ignored.

Yes I thank you Lord, for the victory that growing brings,
In surrender of everything, life is so worthwhile.
And I thank you Lord, that when everything's put in place,
Out in front I can see your face, and it's there you belong.

Thank you dear Lord.

Reference:

* Emmaus is the name of this young adults' group that I joined sometime last year. It's mainly for young, professional people who are hopeless in the Catholic faith. OPPSSS... wrong... for young working adults who are keen to develop a keener interest in the faith... or in keeping their faith ALIVE....*grins*