A summary of what happens during the week:

14th: a blur Sotong day.. met up with my Poly frens to celebrate Xinyi's Birthday, had received a msg days earlier to meet @ Vivo Marche.. but self-assume me, did not read much of it's contents and so went to Suntec city, not knowing tt the Marche were no longer there for quite a while..

And to make the whole story short, went there to Vivo and have a time of eating & shopping..

Christmas Present from Belinda:



She gave the 5 five of us each perfume & i got my favourite which i had intended to buy & tt's the Flight of Fancy.. the purple cover.. i am so totally crazy over it!!





15th:

Met up with my long time-no-see good friends, Royston & Wenkai and their partners, we were ex-cg members and our friendship grew from there..
As everyone were busy with their individual lives and esp the both of them busy with their study & work & relationships, meeting them up often is rare and so decide to catch up with them this month and so we have our dinner at Thai Express @ Raffles City.. it was a good time of catching up.. Royston is due to graduate next yr frm NTU, wenkai & his fiance, ivory whom i meet for the first time shares abt the propose.. and we subseqently move on to New Asia Bar and i simply fell in love with place..




Check out their website:

http://www.equinoxcomplex.com/

The night view of singapore was beautiful and sadly we could not get a seat near the windows and had no camera to take the photos, but will visit that place againz soonz coz i simply love it..

19th:

Had a christmas celebration with the cg and boy it was a fun time:

Started by having some games, watching a show, carol time, eating, celebrating Jane's & Christopher B'day and photo takings..














Immediately, rush off to meet my colleagues at No. 5 for drinking sessions and move on to Balcony waiting for rajah to send me all the pics taken but meanwhile some pics taken with Li Hua:




Highlight!!: i'm not Drunk, just tt my eyes look so tired after having a whole day @ work, the cg christmas celebration and then drinking sessions..




20th:

Candlelight service.. Went with my cousin,Edwin & Zhirong for Sat svc and it was a great msg n when it was candle light time, the view where we were sitting had a good view:




Elaboration: since a few years ago, we started this christmas candle light svc, towards at the end of the msg,from the start of the stage, everyone will pass on the light, neighbours will light up one another's candle and Silent Night will be playing in the background..the view is beautiful as the lights were off and candles by candles start to lit up the darkness..




21th(today):

Suppose to go to the Zoo with my colleagues today but it was cancelled the last min and thus staying at home to surft the net, do my stuffs and blog!!


A rather happening week and i simply love it, haven had such a good time for a year and i am glad i manage to have lots of funz & rest during this Dec before a stressful semester begins next Jan, when it's back to mugging.. shall not mention much abt it, and am looking forward to this upcoming christmas week!!




Label: Right now, i am much happier as a single..doing things the way i want it to, & freedom is in my hands..

Why do i feel that this song simply represent how i used to felt.. the experience i been thru just earlier this year...

你说我爱你太多就快要把你淹没
你害怕幸福短暂一秒就崩落
分开是一种解脱让你好好的想过
我想要的那片天空你是不是能够给我

你说我给你太多却不能给我什麽
分不清激情承诺永恒或迷惑
爱情是一道伤口我们各自苦痛
沉默是我最后温柔是因为我太爱你

Oh well, it's not an emo post, it wld have been if i get upset by the song, but the good news is i have no emotions/feelings even when i blog all these out.. just decide to post it becoz heard this song on the station, you-tube it and realised the lyrics seems all too familiar..

Only confronted with reality, that i realised i am not running away from the past but simply becoz i have totally let go and had move on in life..

Phew.. finally finding the right skin to my new Blog.. It's gonna be a christian blog called :

" A Journey To Remember"

I am so picky.. had searched for days before getting the right blog skin that best potraits this title.

Got to apologise that this will be a private blog and access is limited by invitation thru e-mail only..

Gonna start blogging by first entry tomorrow...

Today's entry: Shoes



Just bought myself a new pair of shoes yesterday @ Central... and once again the picky me, took two different days.. went there on Wed lunch time to shop @ level 1, and yestrday level 2, before finding the right kind of shoes..

and i kinda give the salesperson a hard time.. *guilty*

As Central is rather empty in the weekdays, i was the only customer in the shop & it was ard 8.30pm.. and so this shop is the last in Central tt sells shoes, in the previous three shops, couldn't find my likings..

And so i decided i must get a shoes by that day, as my current heels is falling apart..

Thus, guess what.. in a usual store, there are usually 100 plus of selections to choose from..2 sales ladies attending to me this mafan lady.. and so they took out different pairs for me to try and so they suggested different pairs that suits me..which makes me super guilt-ier..(own formed word) n i knew i can't leave the shp empty handed..

And i guess i spend more than 30 mins trying on different pairs.. from heels to flats and none fits my taste.. *guiltss*

1 of the sales person seems rather irritated and seriously i can understand.. if i were in her situation.. i would have grab a heels & ... oh well.. *Impatient me*

While the other was really attentive *respect* and served me with patience offering to take my size for every shoes i tried..

And to end the story short.. i bought one white platform shoes.. to the sales ladies relief.. and i seriously feeling gulity all throughout had to keep apologising to them as well..

Conclusion: White shoes is the best i could find but it wasn't what i exactly wanted.. guess i got to go elsewhere and find my perfect heels..

Any suggestions??


Shall go my first Christmas shopping tomorrow.. it's like the 13th, and i got 12th more days before the arrival of Christmas..

Finally Exams Over!!



Feel so tempted to scream out : "Freedom!" when i stepped out of the hall..



but oh well.. shall save it when i finish my final papers for ACCA in 2010... by then, it will be true freedom man!!



It just feel good to reach home today,flopped myself on the chair and watch tv.. sounds simple, but it's such a simple stuff that i have not done.. for.. months...

Ever since i started ACCA, it's really new behaviours adopted..

1. Became more Kiasu..
Can u believe it, i am constantly on the alert of the date of enrolment opening for the new semester by the schools even before i finish my current exams..

Cause in this course, the selection of lecturers are very impt..learnt my lesson when i flunk 1 of the module coz the whole 4 months, i totally was cluless of what he was saying.. only got entertained by his voice & reaction.. he got this cartoonish voice tt can make the whole class laugh..

Such a contrast..last time in poly, i am a typical slacker & simply bo-chup, i can attend lecture & tutorial for a month and yet do not know the lecturer's name..in lecture, laptop flunk open, not to type lecture notes but to log online on Msn any.d if not will be sleeping away.. All students got to agree that lecturers are the best insomnia curer..

But right now, it seems to be payback time, in every lecture in this course, i put in my best effort to stay awake and concentrate and adding on to the kiasu-ness, i even bought a recorder.. study after night lessons and revising the lecture a few days later..

2. Failed a module

Not trying to be Yaya but it seems that from ITE till poly, had never repeat a module before, only flunk 1 term test which became my wake up call..

But in ACCA, i already failed 2... sighz.. and had to re-take..

and before on taking this course, a particular represntative frm FTC came to my poly and introduce the course to us.. i will never forget his statement...

"In ACCA, the passing rate is around 20% plus, which means out of 100 students who enrolled, only 20+ passed..

How encouraging..isn't he?

Neverthless, i aim to be one of the 20 plus in this case..

three months before result is out and before my new semester starts in 3 weeks time, it's time to plan & do the following:

1. Spring Cleaning!!

It consists of my Home and office..

2. Blog & faceBook!!

3. Practice back to my sign language!!

4. Christmas Shopping!!

5. Meet up & catch up with frens!!

6. Beauty time.. which means dolling up & looking good..

7. Clear my piling up workload

8. Builds an ongoing habit of reading news everyday

9. Start planning the goals for 2009..

10. ....

Phew, it's has really been a long long year for me in 2008, considering the circumstance that occured during the first half of this year..

Had wanted to rest & enjoyed life when i finish my June exams but it end up as ..........

Oh well, don wish to mention the past.. what's over is over..

Got to be forward looking & step into 2009 with joy, with expectations that it will be a greater year!!

Had a Wine Tasting session at work today, all management staffs were there for the selection of the House Pour Wines..

My very first experience and in total we tried 7 Bottle of Red & White Wines eachz..the Wines was wrapped with aluminium foil so we were not able to see the Type and Brand of it..

We were given a form divided into sub-headings of: Colour,Smell,Taste and Comments...my answers was really rather random and was impressed by some of my colleagues who seems like pro when it comes to Wines..

After it was all done, each aluminium foil was unwrapped to reveal the type of Wines.. ranging from Australia,Chile,France & nontheless Italy Wines..

In Conclusion, it stirred up the greater interest in Wines and i will be planning to sign up for Wine Appreciation classes soonz, had just seek assistance from the Italian manager and shall blog abt it in time to comez..

My entries seems to getting more boring coz really no time to type too much & post pics..my entries r all going to be all abt my encounters.. no more Emo posts ever ever again..

Will keep it all to myself..

Congrats to S'pore on Winning a Silver Awardz for the Olympics after a wait of 48 Yrs!!





Congrats to myself for passing my Taxation papers- a satisfied grade of 69..

Not supposed to be blogging right now,but i just can't help it..

To this Gal whom i am truly concerned:

I know this situation that u r going thru is tremendous heartache and i truly understand the heartache..

Wanted to msg u but i feel it's not appropriate so all i cld do is pray & hope the best for you:

Just wanna encourage you:

Cry if u must, it's never a sign of weakness,it's simply a step in making a move forward..
Every tears i once wipe away, it's a note to myself that after the tears,i be alright in time to come..

Friends are a must in this moment of time, crying on their shoulders assured u tt u are never alone & i'm glad that they're always here for u..

We heard lots of times & have used it commonly but it's true..
Time Heals..

No one might exactly truly understand yr pain, but we knw u to be strong & believe in yr decisions..

Being Strong is not telling everyone u r alright so they could worry less, Being Strong is knowing within yrself,life & passion for your dreams still goes on.

Never ever choose to Numb yrself, it's only a Temp solution which might result in long term consequences..cause i been there,done that..

We know within u, u know what u want & plan to do and always remember:

That which not Break u, Mould u

a phrase that i live by..

Life is full of challenges for us to overcome..and a fall in life, might be a stepping stone to what is better aheadz..

i know it's never easy and at times Strong just seems to be a word...

In Times to come, no Specific time... i know i would bump into u on the streets or the next meet up, i will see a true happy smile, a back to yrself, u againz.. cause yr smile always brighten everyone around u..and though i never mention to u b4, i always want to inherit your kindness, your sincere care & concern, going all the way out for the friends around u..

After the rain,the sun will rise along with the rainbow that comes with it...


If given a choice, i wish with all my heart, i don't have to go thru the pain in order to go through in life.
Somehow within my life, it's often plague with trials.. more often than not i was only given two choices:

1. i just got to go thru this even it seems like hell on earth, grinning my teeth, i move on with a hope believing for a brighter future aheadz and experiences are the best teachers in life, it taught us the knowledge & wisdom that no prestigious University can ever teach.

2. Give up.. admit i'm lousy..life sucks.. i'm so pathetic..oh,won't someone pity me.. oh, why me? why me? sit down & cry & cry & cry & give up on life losing every opportunities for a brighter day aheadz..

The second option was what i choose previously and i am glad i decide not to stick to it and i know out there, many would have constantly choose the former when they have to go thru much tougher situations.

If we have an X-ray vision ( not the kind seh uncles wish to have), we wld notice that almost everyone on the street has a scar, a former inner wound that they once had...

Life is always Fair though it might be Imperfect.. Destiny lies in our own hand, it's what we make best out of it..

Insomnia... this word attacks me like a virus.. today is a repeat of last week..











Here i am trying to work but my brain is basically tooo tired to think.. so am basically taking a break before continuing back to work...







Often when i tell others i suffer from Insomina the standard question would be:







"What's you thinking about??" or "What's troubling you"







Seriously out of 10 person, only 1 will give me something different.. and that would be:







"Ya.. me too..i didn't sleep last night too"

and thus with this theme in mind..

(Ya.. ..Right..)

(This is one definite way of self-inflict Insomnia)

I went to search Wikipedia for the definition of this word which literally robbed me of my Beauty Sleep which is sooo important for every human on this earth esp Women!!

This is what i found: (own comments in Red)

Insomnia is a symptom of a sleeping disorder characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep

or staying asleep despite the opportunity. It is typically followed by functional impairment while

awake.

Insomniacs(so this is the name i shall call myself for today) have been known to complain about

being unable to close their eyes or "rest their mind" for more than a few minutes at a time.(Totally..every time i close my eyes,the very next second,all sorts of thoughts flood my mind)

Both organic and non-organic insomnia constitute a sleep disorder.[1][2]

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in year 2007, approximately 64 million Americans suffer from insomnia each year.(that's a lot,isn't it??)

How abt Singaporeans??

[3] Insomnia occurs 1.4 times more commonly in women than in men.(Arghzz.. no wonder..oh no.. someone once told me,chances of wrinkle will occur for women who sleep little)

Patterns of insomnia

The pattern of insomnia often is related to the etiology.[7]

1.Onset insomnia - difficulty falling asleep at the beginning of the night, often associated with anxiety disorders. (I belong to this category..Anxiety Disorder??!!)

2.Middle-of-the-Night Insomnia - Insomnia characterized by difficulty returning to sleep after awakening in the middle of the night or waking too early in the morning. Also referred to as nocturnal awakenings.

3.Terminal (or late) insomnia - early morning waking. Characteristic of clinical depression.

The more i read on...the more serious it seems... hmm.. alright, shall not freak out my friends anymore.. Seriously, what causes my Insomnia is really due to my drinking of Tea in the evening or near sleeping time..


Last week Fri mid-night, i had a Teh-Alia(is this how u spell it) and just last night after dinner @ 10pm, i had mint green tea..


Hmm..

Gonna get back to work.. not that my brain is functioning but there's still stuffs to clear & oh well..gonna work part time @ Amalfi later..

So looking forward to tomorrow's gathering celebrating Vivien's belated birthday @ Brewkz..with Mei Qi working there,it's 50% savings and follow by going to St. James Power Station..called.. err..starts with D... shrugs.. there goes my stoned brain again..

Shall post more of it next week.. hopefully...

A little update of my life..

This past few weeks, work is occupying most of my time..upon reaching work, from the moment i sat down.. it's basically busy busy busy until end of the day...

but to me, it's a whole new level of greater responsibilities & challenges and somehow i prefer to be kept busy @ work at all times then to slack around.. there's this thing within me that if i am doing non-work related work stuff for more then 15mins, with the exception of half-day work Sat, i will feel soo guilty..no reason for tt...in short.. i am just a workaholic.. once told Sabrina, that if one were to take away my ability to work even with sufficient money to survive.. i will feel that as if it's end of the world.. crazy me...

and i am rather disappointed in myself in not being discliplined enough to wake up @ 6am to 7am everyday to do stuffs that i plan to achieve before starting work..

With the time left, it's all about working part time,studying at home & practising my sign languages.. and imptly, in order not to lose my "Life".. it's all abt spending time with cg & meeting up with frens occasionally..

Really hope there's an enrollment of sign Language Ministry by end of this year..