Updates on me life

Its been a long time since I left my mark here.

Well, I’m one foot out of uni now. Exams are over, FYP presentation done-ed. Now, all I have to do is to attend convo, wear the gown with the mortar board and receive my certificate to say that I’ve completed my 4 years of university education and proudly say that I’m one of the mass-produced engineers from the education system.

Everyone around me keeps asking: So how? Found a job yet?

My answer: Nope! (and yes, I always feel happy when I say it!)

Interestingly, though I feel excited for what’s to come, I’m not quite keen to start work yet. I just feel like nua-ing for a little longer before I get thrown out into the society and work my butt off.

And so, my days at home has been filled with my loves: baking and reading!

Gosh, I baked really gorgeous-looking cookies on Friday. They were big (palm-sized), golden brown and they taste ooooh so good. Chewy in the centre yet crisp on the edges. But yes, I wanna try the recipe again and tweak it to be a little more crisp. Then I can use them for my business idea! Haha… I shall create a new food fad and make lots of moolah from it!!!

Baked a couple of mini loafs of apple cakes too. For mother’s day! Yeap, I have a couple of really nice mummies around in church, so, have to pay tribute to them.  

I’m actually a closet bookworm. I really love a good book and recently, I have been digging out the books that I have purchased in the past months but have not had the time to finish reading.

Hope to start doing some jewellery pieces too. I have collected so many lovely charms, beads and trinklets and its really a waste to store them in the boxes and not create pretty pieces with them. And along the way, maybe earn back some of the money I used to buy all the beads and trinklets!

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Oh well, as much as I say I wanna nua, the parents have been nagging me to start looking for a job. bleh. I got a call from a company which I left my name with during the school’s career fair. Will probably just go for the interview next Tues and let it be a learning experience. I doubt I will join the line despite the high pay prospects. Somehow, I don’t exactly agree with some of the working attitudes portrayed by the company’s staff.

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I wanna go on a holiday.

Seriously. I’ve been wanting to take a plane out of Singapore for like, the longest time since I dunno when?

Just gotta start looking out for good deals.

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Happy Mother’s Day to all Mummies.

We had a nice treat from my Aunt just now because her lucky stars shone on her again and to celebrate Mummy Day and guess what? Joanne Peh was sitting next to my table at the restaurant. At least she was polite and smiled at me when I smiled at her. My Aunt kept saying that she’s my classmate from NTU, but I kept pointing out that she’s my senior and she graduated already!

Talking about mothers. I just found out that my primary school classmate is already a mummy! And her son really looks like her! Cute! But yes, I really cannot imagine being a mummy now! And as much as I would like the generation gap between my kid and I to be small, I cant exactly see myself as a Mummy at such a young age. haha…

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Am feeling rather tired now.. will probably post some pics in the next post.

Till then…

Good night world!

 

 

The basics of letting go and letting God take it all.

Something that I’ve always found so intrinsic to the Christian faith.

And yet humanly impossible to do.

I’ll obviously need alot of help in doing so.

 

Kiddies say the darndest things! (part 1)

Kids. They can be so innocent. Yet, they say the funniest things. Here are some that I read recently… Hope they’ll make you laugh as much as it made me laugh. I’ll do part 2 another time when I have a bit more free time. For now, enjoy!

A kindergarten pupil told his teacher he had found a cat, but it was dead.
“How did you know that the cat was dead?” she asked him.
“Because I pissed in its ear and it didn’t move!” answered the child innocently.
“You did WHAT?!?!” the teacher exclaimed in surprise.
“You know,” explained the boy,
“I leaned over and went ‘Psssstt!’ and it didn’t move!”

One day, a first grade teacher was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class. She came to the part where Chicken Little warns the farmer.
She read, “… and Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said, ‘The sky is falling!’ “
The teacher then asked the class, “And what do you think that farmer said?”
One little girl raised her hand and said, “ I think he said: ‘Holy Sh*t! A talking chicken!’ “
The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.

It was that time, during the Sunday morning service, for the children’s sermon. All the children were invited to come forward. One little girl was wearing a particularly pretty dress and, as she sat down, the pastor leaned over and said, “That’s a very pretty dress. Is it your Easter dress?”
The little girl replied, directly into the pastor’s clip-on microphone, “Yes. And my Mom says it’s a b*tch to iron!”

One evening, during a violent thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her son into bed. She as about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug.
“I can’t dear,” she said. “I have to sleep in Daddy’s room.”
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: “ The big sissy.”

 

 

 

 

A small boy is sent to bed by his father.
Five minutes later….. ‘Daad….’
‘What?’
‘I’m thirsty. Can you bring a drink of water?’
‘No, You had your chance. Lights out.’
Five minutes later; ‘Da-aaaad…..’
‘WHAT?’
‘I’m THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??’
I told you NO! If you ask again, I’ll have to spank you!!’
Five minutes later……’Daaaa-aaaad…..’
‘WHAT!’
‘When you come in to spank me,can you bring a drink of water?’

A little boy was doing his math homework. He said to himself, ‘Two plus five, that son of a b*tch is seven. Three plus six, that son of a b*tch is nine….’
His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, ‘What are you doing?’
The little boy answered, ‘I’m doing my math homework, Mom.’
‘And is this how your teacher taught you to do it?’ the mother asked.
‘Yes,’ he answered.
Infuriated, the mother asked the teacher the next day, ‘What are you teaching my son in math?’
The teacher replied, ‘Right now, we are learning addition.’
The mother asked, ‘And are you teaching them to say two plus two, that son of a b*tch is four?’
After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, ‘What I taught them was, two plus two, THE SUM OF WHICH, is four.

A little girl asked her mother, ‘Can I go outside and play with the boys?’
Her mother replied, ‘No,you can’t play with the boys, they’re too rough.’
The little girl thought about it for a few moments and asked, ‘If I can find a smooth one, can I play with him?

 

Last bulk of examinations

Sorry I have not been blogging, I’m in the midst of my exams.

I cannot believe its my last exam of my university life!

One part of me feels sad that its all coming to an end. While the other end of me feels like woo hoo… its the end! No more mugging!

Well, I guess I’m one of the ‘lucky ones’ who will have her exams till  the very last day of the exams! Oh well, I might as well ‘enjoy’ it while it lasts!

Ok then, back to studying.

Jia you everyone!

 

If I Fell

If I fell in love with you
Would you promise to be true
And help me understand
cause Ive been in love before
And I found that love was more
Than just holding hands

If I give my heart to you
I must be sure
From the very start
That you would love me more than her

If I trust in you oh please
Dont run and hide
If I love you too oh please
Dont hurt my pride like her

cause I couldnt stand the pain
And I would be sad if our new love was in vain
So I hope you see that i
Would love to love you

If I fell in love with you

(Discovered this lovely song by the Beatles… but somehow I don’t have the original song but another version. But nonetheless, its still very nice. I’ve uploaded it in my sharing box on the right… Enjoy!)

 

Last day in NTU

Today was the last day of my undergraduate studying life.

4 years.

I’ll miss the familiar corridors like the one above. (btw, for those who don’t know, this is one of the corridors to our tutorial rooms.)

The familiar faces and the exchanges we’ll have.

No doubt everyone (even myself) complains about school every now and then (like the terrible canteen food, the stress of doing engineering, the competition from all the ‘ah tiongs’ and ‘ah nehs’, the unfathomable explanations/accents of the foreign lecturers/tutors, the inefficient administrations, the crazy crowds during lunch time, mad queues at the interchange to get to sch, etc etc), I am still glad for the many wonderful things I’ve done or experienced here and memories I have made here.

Fantastic friendships made. Really cool electives. Got to know some really nice profs (which ironically, are from MAE…haha…). Cheap Macs. Those nights when I stayed over in hall. Finding love :). Nice laksa at quad. My first clubbing experience. Going on summer exchange at UCLA. Having a really fun DIP. A fulfilling attachment experience. Mugging for the exams with the gang. HRM. FYP. Doing surveys for comm studies students and earning some quick bucks. Being the ‘Chronicles-girl’ (eh, cos I always seem to be the 1st in my grp to be reading Chronicles, and so, got the nick name). Curry puff from the Vegetarian stall in can B. The longggg staircases leading from north to south spine. Reading rooms. Korean food at Hall 13. Mugging at NIE library. Bai mu er drink. Breaks at CITS lab. Youtube star professor. Bintan Astro trip. Beef ball soup at Hall 2. Al fresco. The undulating roads around school. The cool grass patch atop ADM (I’ve been up there… and even laid on the grass.. haha!). The fun fountain area at ADM.  

Gosh. There are so many more happy memories. But my mind ain’t working. Can’t seem to put down more… Well, i’ve been studying for my exams which are starting next week… so am a bit tired now…

I’ll continue to add in more memories if I can.

Anyway, since I was in such a nostalgic mood, I decided to give to the school. And so, I gave. Yup, I gave to the class gift 2008. Never expected myself to give, but I guess its just a small token. (eh, I’m not an ambassor for this class gift thingy… but ya, just thought I’ll give a little to show my appreciation) 

For my NTU friends reading this, are there any other happy/bleh things that you’ll remember about NTU? Leave a comment! I’d love to hear from you!

 

Hi.. my name is Batman!

“Mr. Suparman, sir?”

“Please…call me Batman.”

I don’t know if its unlucky or lucky to be named after not one but two super heros.

But one thing’s for sure.

I’m sure NO one will ever forget his name.

 

A lil’ prayer

Every night before I lay my head,

I will say a lil’ prayer for you.

Every morn when I wake,

I will say a lil’ prayer for you.

Will you say a lil’ prayer for me too?

 

A beautiful place called Heaven

If I go tmr.

Maybe someday, will you come visit me in Heaven?

 

Gathering with the TK 4C’2000 classmates

Met up with the secondary school classmates yesterday evening.

It was nice meeting all of them(though I do see some of them in NTU, but we don’t stop to chat), and everyone was still pretty much the same.

The guys were still their crappy self, though some of them have opened up more.

Caught up with all of them, found out how they were doing, be it in work or at school.

Can’t believe it has 8 years since we all graduated from TK. And to think that we were one of the more notorious classes in Sec 4! We had to have talks with the principal, teachers were always after us, etc. But I must admit that it was really fun, since the camaraderie between everyone was wonderful.

Now, all of us has ‘grown’ up but its nice to still be able to chat with everyone like in the past.

Most of the guys are still in uni, in their 3rd year. Some of them have graduated and are working…

All the girls are already in the working force(except me! haha… ). 2 of them are already married! One of which is expecting her 2nd baby now!

And so, at 24, the question of marriage was brought up quite a number of times in our conversations.

When I mention that I’m in a r/s and have been going out with him for almost 3 years, naturally, the next question they ask is : So, when will you get married then?

And to all of them, I replied: I have no idea.

Well, probably cos I have no idea what my future holds for me. I must admit, there are days where I can picture myself with V, happily married, with kids… But then again, certain things are stopping me from thinking further. For those who know, you’ll probably understand my dilemma *continue praying for me okay?*. I believe its all in God’s plan, but I’m really taking things one day at a time, and am really praying constantly about it. For now, I really cherish every moment with him. He never fails to ka chiao me, but yet, always makes me laugh. I have learnt so much from him and he always pushes and encourages me through all my setbacks. He has also been really patient with me. Thanks loverboy for everything.

Anyway, back to our gathering…

After a not-so-filling dinner, we took a slow walk, while doing really dangerous jay-walking to Marina Square.

We had plans of bowling, but it was packed, so we proceeded to the pool centre opposite and I watched the guys play. But soon after, the bowling centre called with good news! And so, the 4 girls that attended, decided to ditch the boys and have our own fun.

Gosh, I really suck at bowling now! Its been such a longggg time since I’ve bowled and I really lost all my bowling sense!

Lost terribly in the 1st round, but hehe, I caught up and won the next round. But then again, the score was still pathetic. haha…

Anyone gamed for a round of bowling soon? I don’t mind having fun at the bowling alley again.

We finished up pretty late and walked back to Suntec where I ran for my bus! But I got back home in less than 1/2 hour, because of really smooth traffic.

Unfortunately, we didn’t take many pictures, will wait for AY to post the pictures on Facebook, then I’ll rip it and put it here.

Oh well, back to my FYP… in case I haven complained to you, I’m soooo dead. Submission of final report is supposed to be next week, but our stew-pid platform is still NOT done! And so, we still can’t do any testing on it! Our project deals mainly on the performance testing, so as long as we can’t do any testing, our fyp is as good as useless. Bleh.

I have a feeling I’m gonna have to stay in sch till really late next week. Last burst of energy for it I guess, must NOT give up…

For those working on their final report this weekend, JIA YOU!!!

Love,
Rachel…

 

Conversion with God

This is an excellent conversation between ‘God’ and an unknown ‘ - ‘Me’. I don’t know as to who has been the composer of such an interesting and captivating conversation ; but has he/she has definitely put in good amount of thought into crafting the same.

PS: Those who don’t believe in God, may also find it worth reading once. Enjoy and Think!
PPS: Got this off one of the postings on Facebook, and I found it interesting… give it a read!

God: Hello. Did you call me?
Me: Called you? No.. Who is this?

God: This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.
Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something.

God: What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.
Me: Don’t know. But I can’t find free time. Life has become hectic. It’s rush hour all the time.

God: Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.
Me: I understand. But I still can’t figure out. By the way, I was notexpecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.

God: Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.
Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?

God: Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.
Me: why are we then constantly unhappy?

God: Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit.
That’s why you are not happy.
Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?

God: Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.
Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty.

God: Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.
Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?

God: Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don’t suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.
Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?

God: Yes. In every term, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.
Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can’t we be free from problems?

God: Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.
Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don’t know where we are heading..

God: If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.
Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?

God: Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you road ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.
Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?

God: Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.
Me: What surprises you about people?

God: When they suffer they ask, ‘why me?’ When they prosper, they never ask ‘Why me’. Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.
Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I can’t get the answer.

God: Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not merely a process of discovery but a process of co-creation. You are my co-creator.
Me: How can I get the best out of life?

God: Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.
Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.

God: There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat.

God: Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don’t believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve.
Trust me. Life is wonderful if you know how to live. ‘Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that took our breath away!

 

Forever21.com Spree!

*I completed the spree… even had to have 2 batches cos of the surprising overwhelming response! Might organise another one next time. hehe…* 

 The USD is coming down! And I’ve been eyeing some stuff on Forever 21.com!

And so, since Vpost is also have a good deal now($15 off shipping if it is above $40), I thought i’ll just organise a spree!

I did some calculations and found out that it is much cheaper to get their clothes online than at the store in Singapore!

They have really nice tops and yes, check out their accessories.. some really nice there and they’re not too pricey!

And so, if you wanna get anything from F21, please let me know!

Will be consolidating orders by Sunday evening, 16th March. I dun wanna drag too long cos some stuff go out of stock pretty fast… and the Vpost promo is ending soon too!

Have fun shopping!

(PS: There are men’s stuff on the site too…from one of the labels under the same company, so, the guys can join in the fun too. haha…)

 

goodbye me…

its what makes me, me.

i cant do the same in front of someone else, heck, in fact, anyone else.

i won’t be me anymore then.  

 

Sihui’s birthday celebration…

Last Sunday, we celebrated Sihui’s bday… went for a nice lunch at Swensens and had a fantastic time singing at Partyworld! Wooo… I miss karaoking!!!

Been wanting to post the pictures, but she keeps ignoring me on MSN and never send me the pictures!

And so, here are a couple from my trusty handphone cam….

Why do I look so white in all the pictures???

Bleh…

I’m too fairrrr…

Which reminds me… the other day, I was in the church office standing under the fluoroscent light and someone commented that I looked like I was ‘glowing’…

Bahhh…

I need to spend more time under the sun!!!

 

Noodle Joke…

Char Siew Pow and Mee Kia got involved in an argument.  Char Siew Pow got very angry and shouted at Mee Kia, “I’m going to find my gang to hantam you!”

So Char Siew Pao went to round up Leng Yong Pow and Tau Sar Pow.

Just then, Maggi Mee walked around the corner.  Immediately, the Pows started to beat him up.

As Char Siew Pow was punching Maggi Mee, he shouted, “Don’t think just because you perm your hair, we can’t recognize you, okay!”

(hehehehe… funny right? )

 

Rachel’s feelings… (brought to you by Tuzki!)

… after going through many many literature reviews:

… after being asked to analyse certain info and apply it to her project:

… after asking for ‘motivation’ to buck up and finish up report:

… after looking at dateline of submission:

… while taking breaks in between work:

Now… all Rachel wanna do is:

Good nite all!

 

My life revolves around my FYP now… *bleh*

Its almost 7pm.

I’m still stuck in my FYP lab.

Oh boy…

When there is finally some kind of progress… we are faced with new challenges.

Bleh.

There seems to be so much to do but so little time.

And my report isn’t done yet. Eeeek!

h.e.l.p!

Well, I don’t know if its gd that we are progressing, albeit with baby steps… but yes, I really hope I can start running cos time is really of the essence now.

*pause to pick my phone*

That was Daddy… He called to ask if I’m heading home for dinner… Mummy cooked babi ponteh! *Tummy growls at the thought of fooooodddd*

Too bad for me then. I’ve got more impt things to do in sch…

Oh well, better get back to my work…

Jia you Rach!

Kambatei Rach!

You can do it Rach!

 

Someone please congratulate me…

For finally getting better! No more coughs and sore tonsils!

For being so hardworking and returning to NTU every SINGLE day of the school holidays just so that I can do something about my stagnant FYP.

For being so unmotivated when it comes to doing my FYP report.

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I’m tired.

Cheerios.

 

Cough cough cough…

Been having this terrible cough for about a week (or maybe more!). And it is extremely irritating because it is more pronounced in the night!

I end up waking myself up with my coughs. If my cough was a person, I’d probably give it a slap for constantly irritating me while I having my oh-so-wonderful dream of XXX and me.

But yes, seriously, it is getting on my nerves because I can’t have a good night’s rest and I end up having headaches in the day because of the lack of rest.

I complained to the guys and they called my cough : Vampire cough.

*cough*

Reason?

It only comes out at night!

-__-””’

I tried western medicine… taking the cough tablets that the doctor prescribed. Not much use…

And so, I turned to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medication)… 

JL passed me 2 packs of ’Heat Explusion’ granules from Eu Yan Sang cos I told him I’ve been having swollen tonsils and its very irritating cos every time I eat/drink, it hurts! Normally, I’ll down a couple cooling drinks such as Jiajia liang cha or some water chestnut drink but I couldn’t take them cos erm, it was the timeofthemonth and from experience, I know I can’t take cooling stuff then. 

During this time, my cough got worse.

I finished both packs of the granules and decided to pop down to Eu Yan Sang to get more.

To my surprise, I was taking the wrong meds!

The lady told me I was having a ‘cooling’ cough and I had to take the meds meant for cough instead. And then, she told me:

Since you have cough, avoid chicken, eggs, cooling stuff and cold drinks.

WAH.

I knew about keeping abstinence from chicken if one has cough but didn’t know that eggs are included!

And so, it feels like the bird flu season in Rachel’s life now. No chicken. No eggs.

And oh yes, no cooling stuff.

Now, here comes the dilemma.

My tonsils are still swollen. And I can’t seem to take anything without affecting the cough.

Bleh.

But then again, I have not exactly been a good girl. Hahahha…

I have avoided cold drinks, ice creams(boy do I miss them lah!), fried stuff, chicken, eggs(though sometimes its really inevitable cos there are bits of them in my porriage/noodles), oranges (and mandarins… which I love! Sad to say, I have been sick from CNY so I have not had the opportunity to eat my fav fruit at this time of the year)…

But, I still eat chilli (haha… can’t leave w/o it lah) and indulge in the occasional small piece of bak kua and CNY cookie(1-3 pieces only).

Okay lah…

I shall stop my rantings. I just feel kinda contradicting and decided to rant about it here… cos I’m unable to take cooling stuff due to my cough and at the same time, am unable to take heaty stuff due to my tonsils. Then what can I eatttt?

Haha…

Oh well, might end up visiting good ol’ Doctor Lim again and hear him chide me before giving me my meds. I have a feeling I need antibotics again for the infection in the throat(which I’m not willing to take cos I finished a course of it 3 weeks back!)

(PS: In case you’re wondering why I’m ranting so much, its because in TCM, when you have an ailment,  it’s due to having excess cold or heat, so you eat the foods that neutralize the excess. And currently, I don’t know whether I have excess heat or cold. Haha..)

 

Of kids and my pretty fun week.

(Yes, I know… my title sounds so boring…) 

The week seemed to fly by so fast.

Gosh.

Next week is the holidays.

As much as I wanna enjoy it, I’m kinda stuck with my horrid FYP that has almost no progress. I am so gonna die. HELP!

Oh well…

Thankfully, my week went pretty well.

Blew a huge amt on this really fantastic earphones. Thankfully V subsidised a big part of it for me (as my super-belated xmas gift!). But music never sounded better. Heh. Gosh, I’m becoming such an audiophile!

Had a pretty good presentation this week. Could have been better, but I’m seriously not so bothered by it lah.

Also had a dinner gathering with the study gang(JM, JL and V) and Irene. Went early to JM’s place and played with Oswald. He is so big now! And so cheeky! Gosh… he is really taking after his Daddy! The little one, Owein is much bigger now too… He is like a little ball now, cos of his baby fats, but he looks so adorable. Too bad I didn’t get any pictures of him.

Somehow, I still find the guy’s reactions to kids very interesting. Sometimes, I still can’t picture JM as a Daddy. He always disturbs me and seems so boh chup with everything, so watching him play with his sons, disciplining the older one, doing Daddy things(like pushing the stroller, talking to the older one (albeit in a child-like way so that Os would understand), just seems so different. Haha…

JL seems a little afraid of kids. Haha… Maybe cos when he tried to carry Os when he was younger, Os cried. And probably cos he doesn’t have much contact with little ones.

V… Hmm… He likes playing with the kids, but he seems to prefer playing with the older one and not the baby. haha… He refused to carry Owein and from past experiences, he always look so uncomfortable carrying babies. Haha… But yes, he readily played with Oswald, but then again, he seemed to be having fun playing with Oswald’s Thomas train set… haha…

Haha…

Well, then again, with fatherhood, I’m sure the other two guys would become like JM. haha…

Oh yes, before I forget, Os was being naughty yday and wore my heels!

Overall, it was a great nite… Had a nice dinner and had a time catching up with Irene and playing with the kids.

The hols are here!

Time to work hard and to play hard this hols!

 

Happy Belated Vday!

I’ve been blog-hopping and almost everyone is talking about V day! And so, since I’ve been so blessed, I must blog and thank the wonderful gentlemen who gave me flowers!

Got the very 1st bouquet on the way to school. From my V. hehe… It was such a surprise because he sent me an MMS in the morning to tell me that he is just giving a picture of roses and how ‘romantic’ he is to give me a picture of flowers. -__-””

And so, when he presented me with a bouquet of sunflowers(I lovvvveee sunflowers because they are so cheery! Perfect for my personality right?), I was so surprised! Thanks loverboy!

2nd bouquet was a nice single rose bouquet from JL. He was so sweet to give his good gal-pals a nice little bouquet to mark Vday. Thank you so much!

And finally, I got a nice single stalk from Alex(big one, not the small one, haha!). Was supposed to pass him cookies but he was so nice and gave me the rose.

Late afternoon, I brought V to this secret location and I was glad that it was rather secluded, away from the hustle and bustle of the city or any crowded shopping mall. View and ambience was fantastic. Food was super yummy, especially his Cod fish with Lobster Bisque. Ultimate shiokness! Haha… My ribeye wasn’t too bad either. Though it was planned kinda last min(actually, very last min!), I’m glad it turned out pretty well.

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Oh yes, I added 2 new songs to the ‘Stuff to share!’

First song is 不想懂得 by Angela Zhang. It is from the Taiwanese drama Romantic Princess OST. Love the tune of this song, so decided to share with everyone.

Second song is ‘Five loaves and two fishes’ by Corrinne May. It tells a story of the 5 loaves and 2 fishes and is pretty meaningful.

Enjoy!

 

Happy CNY/Vday/Friendship Day everyone!

I’m such a lazy bum that I decided to whack all the above mentioned greetings in one post.

Heh…

More on the above mentioned days later.

I’m just dropping by to say that I love it when he gets ‘jealous’ of other pple looking at ah-hem and claiming me as his. So cute lah.

Geez. I’m oozing with saccharine feelings. Must be from all the influence from the lurrvvve during this season.

Tsk tsk…

Bah! I think i’m really lazy. I have zero inspiration now. Shall jump into bed and replenish for tmr.

Good nite all!

 

Regrets.

Words can be so powerful sometimes.

Sometimes, I think I’m far too reckless.

I hate myself at times like these.

 

A tribute to the Nice guys

This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point.

This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores.

This is in honour of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honour of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honour of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.

This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favour cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.

This is for that time she left 40 urgent messages on your cell phone, and when you called her back, she spent three hours painstakingly dissecting two sentences her boyfriend said to her over dinner. And even though you thought her boyfriend was a chump and a jerk, you assured her that it was all ok and she shouldn’t worry about it.

This is for that time she interrupted the best killing spree you’d ever orchestrated in GTA3 to rant about a rumour that romantically linked her and the guy she thinks is the most repulsive person in the world. And even though you thought it was immature and you had nothing against the guy, you paused the game for two hours and helped her concoct a counter-rumour to spread around the floor.

This is also for that time she didn’t have a date, so after numerous vows that there was nothing “serious” between the two of you, she dragged you to a party where you knew nobody, the beer was awful, and she flirted shamelessly with you, justifying each fit of reckless teasing by announcing to everyone: “oh, but we’re just friends!” And even though you were invited purely as a symbolic warm body for her ego, you went anyways. Because you’re nice like that.

The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches.

Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as “oh, he’s too nice to date” or he would be a good boyfriend but he’s not for me” or “he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn’t possibly ask him out!” or the most frustrating of all: no, it would ruin our friendship.”

Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can’t figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I’m going to sleep with this complete ass now!).

But one thing I can do is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn’t last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single.

So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, and your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile.

For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.

Happy the man and happy he alone, who in all honesty can count today his own. He who has life and strength enough to say - yesterday is dead and gone, I’m gonna live today.

(PS: This is a tribute to all my really great and wonderful single guy pals out there… i know some of you are struggling and wonder why you still can’t get her(who ever you like…)… well, dun give up… One day, God will open a path for you and help you through it… for now, be happy and yes, thank you for all the times you have been a great pal!)

(PPS: Yes, I’ve posted this before… but since its such a good piece, I decided to bring it to ‘life’ again. :D)

 

the painful truth

As she stood at a corner, watching the rain, she found the way the rain drops falling on the ground strangely therapeutic.

Tonight, she thought to herself.

She would tell him tonight.

He smiled at her, telling her how happy he has been.

She smiled back.

She dread the minutes that pass, that slowly bring about the night.

Where she,

would tell him the painful truth.