Christmas Eve & Christmas Celebration

Though it was a working day on X'mas Eve.. it's only for 2 hours!! Left the office in a rush though, grabbing all personal docs & stuffing them in the drawer.. & catching up with the Mgmt who drove us to the venue:

Sakura Pte Ltd- International Buffet at Dhoby Ghaut- 2nd latest outlet.

The Brand which i do its accounts.. 11 headaches..

Photos taken with my Colleagues from Accounts Dept:

Afterwhich, we move on to Plaza Sing to shop & chill at TCC..

Supposedly had agreed to turn up for JY's performance at Heeren(coz i Promise her!) but apparently with no response from my SADF peeps & colleagues had own errands to run.. i got to give it a miss with much regret..

With much time to fill from after shopping with Kelly & Cassandra to meeting up with my Batch 6 peeps.. decide to msg those who can come up early to accompany me..

and guess who responded?

It was as if my last entry had a voice that had turned my wish into a reality:

It was time really for us to do a good catching up before Yr 2009 ends:

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Yepz, it's none other than my Buddy, Lionel!

This pic was taken in our X'mas party in class & coincidence would occur yet again, he was my secret angel..

Imagine my shock when he pass me the present?(awkwardness was still in e air as we took e pic) i was like.. "Hmm.. of all classmates.. he became my angel"

The rule of the X'mas exchange: Ian the coordinator, would be allocating names to each of us on a random basis..of our recipent & their wishes of X'mas gift... (Unless Ian reads my blog which is pretty impossible).. it would have been Coincidence #3 for our Reconciliation of Lost Buddies..

As can seen in the picture, received a pair of beautiful silver ear-rings from Chomel.

got to say, it's my best christmas present thus far...

Coincidence #4 : he just happen to be out after work, had planned to meet his frens for dinner elsewhere but due to distance, he had a change of plan.. & we met up for dinner..

It was a good old hours chat as we had dinner at :

guess what? as far as my memory could bring back to 3 years ago.. this was the very foodcourt (was @ Wisma) we had dinner before we meet again 3 years later.

Chatted about each others life.. and we can't stop laugh about Coincidences #1 & #2:

Coincidence #1 for our Reconciliation of Lost Buddies:

Same Ministry- Talking Hands Ministry..

Being in same church is not a Coincidence. as CHC is a large church.. Ministry wise,Had we met in usher ministry, it would be pretty common as it's among the largest ministry in church..

but THM? it was a small ministry, not one really popular ministry...

Coincidence #2 for our Reconciliation of Lost Buddies:

Same Batch - Batch #6..

Now, who could ever predict we can end up in the same batch when i been in church for yearsss & he being around a yr plus..

i waited a year before i finally received the call from the coordinator..

He came in 1 lesson before mine..

Mystery : a question i popped up - why 3 yrs?

None of us could come up with a logical answer for that..

Spiritual number he says.. Christ was risen 3 days later..

Hmm...

End of dinner before we met up with Mark.. whom can't stand waiting for us to finish our prolonged dinner..

Conclusion : we both had changed & mature much since the last 3 yrs... all misunderstanding & awkwardness by now, had been 100%  cleared..

Truely, i thank God for this Buddy-ship which i thought i had lost forever.. i am blessed. =)

Differ-ability:  for every lost frenship, i will always attempt to salvage it back... but for every lost relationship, i prayed hard & hard that i will never see my Exs ever again.. not on the street.. 

if coincidences as above occurs,  i will consider it a Trial rather than a blessing.. & i will quit that activity with immediate effect.. no hestitation at all.

Simply to put it, every broken r/s is an stepping stone towards courage & personal goals.. i burned the bridge as i cross.. a never turning back.

 

On to something happier..

We rush to meet up with Mark at St. Andrew's Cathedral:

 

We wanted to catch a feel of Catholic Christmas Service.. Mainhall was fully packed, we had to move on to the Overflow room..

Aftermaths: we left halfway, after the carols were sung ( i gave an extreme bored look) before the main service starts..

We wanted Life and so on Ian's suggestion.. we move on to:

Timbre @ Arthouse:

My favourite Hang out place!

The band performing on that day was great:

Band name: Co-ed Liza.

Fact finder:

Members:

Coy - Cajon/Drums- Coy is a veteran of Manila's alternative music since in the early 90's. He played drums for the 4-piece punk rock band Public Menace which performed in underground gigs in and around of Manila. A Restaurant Manager by day, he briefly disappeared from the music scene and resurfaced as the "cajon"player for Co-Ed Liza. His influence include The Clash, Geenday, Offspring and Manila-based, Eraserheads, and Rivermaya. Edwin - Guitars/Vocals- A self-taught guitarist, Edwin is a veteran of overseas gigs particulary Japan. He is a licensed Mechanical Engineer in the Philippines, but he decided to pursue his passion for music. The guy with a well-controlled, full-toned voice, Edwin can sing and play the guitar particularly well. His musical influences range from David Gates, Christopher Cross, Eric Clapton, James Taylor, Stephen Bishop just to name a few. Liza - Vocals- Liza or "Meemye" as she is known in the Manila acoustic music circuit, is an accomplished singer who shows her versatility in performing classic, ballad, alternative and R & B songs. Born to sing, Liza is a veteran of numerous singing competitions in Manila since she was young. From Patti Austin to Taylor Swift, Karen Carpenter,Colbie Caillat, Lisa LOeb, Sheryl Crow,Rihanna and Beyonce Knowles. Her influence in music shows in the song she loves to sing every night.

Genre:

acoustic

Hometown: Philippines

 

Check this link of their Performance:

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=co-ed+liza&init=quick#/video/video.php?v=1249343721504

It's better to watch the live version

Love their takes one: Lady Gaga's Poker Face and  Black Eyed Peas- I gotta Feeling

Drank my favourite Yagger Bomb and we chatted, photowhore, played game till 1am plus.. wanted to hang out later but we had our church service the very next morning.

25th: Christmas Day

Attended service bringing Jing Yi, Kelly, Cassandra together with Xin yi's and her bf (of whom is a chc member too)..

it was a great drama production by the fabulous Drama team.

Met up with SADF peeps in the evening to had dinner @ Mahanttan's Fish Market:

Supposedly to go clubbing at St James Powerhouse after the dinner.. but i blew quite a huge amount the nite before & couldn't afford to blew another round on clubbing again.. if not i got to survive on bread & butter for the whole month.

Simply because be meeting up Rapper & Rainbow for Dinner at Bollicine , Meet up with the Sotongs.. both group which i had not met up with ages..

and saving up for my upcoming studies in ACCA.

26th:- My Virgin Attempt

went for SADF's Youth Beat meeting.. our very 1st meeting for the year.. conducted by James. this group consists of 11 members of whom i am glad there is Mark & Ian. Kok Leong and a few others.

James went on to brief us on the objectives of Youth Beat & i became the Interpretator for him and all the way.. the very 1st attempt..saboed out by Kok Leong who insists & told james beforehand b4 i agreed..

Had our discussions on the Activities to plan out for the deaf youths and Agenda for the next meeting..

This's gonna be exciting as the group of us are going to put our heads together to branch out ideas, source for sponsors and befriend the Hearing Impaired Youths..

1st Idea branched out: An Ice Breaker for Introduction & Bonding in Feb.

Gonna go into further details for our next month's meeting.

Gonna rope in more people with interest to help out.

=)

Signing off.

Saw this blog from Nanz Inc makes me so interested to sign up for Cake Baking Courses:

'http://mengchoo.livejournal.com/

Tags: Creative

对你冷谈是有原因。。 对于过 去我以没有任何挂念。退后是 不想给任何人负单 和不快..

因为我不想对任何人有种依赖。。只有 God 能 carry it all.


"the way we are right now, being friends like we just met, is the best way out.. i hope u do understand it someday.. "

No Worries to those who are reading this..

I just needed an area to say it out as by keeping it in within doesn't make me stronger..

我会学着把生活打理好。

in my heart, you're always forever my buddy...

很多时候现实会逼我们向前走，有一些人， 一些事，都必须要放弃。

If you been watching the news, the focus these few days are on:

The conference that is going on in Copenhagen ends today...

http://en.cop15.dk/

Celebraties around the world are posting videos on it:

It's funny to think that while the Governors are busy cracking out their brains to fight for an Amicable solution that all countries can agree on.. the rest of us get more busy than them, that is, we go on with our normal life, busy with work & studies.. just grab a fellow by the street of bugis and ask him what he thinks about Climate Change, he probably give you the blank look.

It does frustrate me that when it starts with the commoners like us to stand alongside on climate changes, a little bit does help..

Sitting there and being ignorant only leads to your faster extinction..

Does it kill one to just google to see how we can do our part for this world?

We only knows how to complain why isn't the government meeting our needs, why increase the tax??

and Blah Blah Blah...

It's all about ME ME ME!

Freak.. i hope to meet more people who branch their views sideway and doing a part.. everyone has the same 24 hrs.

We should do our part:

Love this video, it potraits the msg loud & clear:

"Everyone seems to be Waiting to see what would happens"

Let's stop asking what can we do but simply start.

Click here for the list:

If you are viewing this blog, do your part, spread the msg around.

A week more to Christmas & i'm so lookin forward to it..

A series of Activities await:

Tues: Mini Party with Batch 6 after Sign Lang class..

Introducing this group of great friends i recently knew from church sign lang class:

From Left (back) : Tony- Boss of a Denture Company, Ian- Multi-talented, creative guy, currently pursuing a degree & helping out at an Event Company , Jie Lin - working as an Investment Analysor, a super smart gal, who graduted with a Bachelor from NUS and a Master from SMU & was a SOT student, Lionel - a half Jap who is smart & high EQ,currently working in Logistic & ...(ironically, i know e least of e current him right nw, as we yet got time to catch up),   Stephanie - the ever smart gal, who runs her own PR Consultancy firm, a creative & knowledgable person who is ever so friendly & helpful. Marie- friendly & most senior of us but doesn't look like her age, a helpful cook in a kids Centre, Mark- pursuing Theatre Studies in NUS, our Monitor of the class, one that group us together, who is always availing time out of his busy schedule, planning for the performance & helping out everyone with missed out lessons.. a smart & talented guy too.

Teacher Wee Wee - she's forever so funny in class, teaching us not only the sign lang but helping to train each & every of us to be an Interpretator, focusing on the expressions & summarsing sentences. Amelia - the pretty & intellectual babe who's pursuing Polictical science in NUS our future NMP, who's soon going to US for an exchange program.

Missing in Picture : Jill & Alice.

a total of 11 of us...

To those who know me well.. yr eyes ain't playing a trick.. it's my buddy, Lionel alright...

What exactly happened? check out my previous entries..

Introducing the gals:

Excluding Ian that is.. This one better:

Perfect.

They sparkle up my life...

Just last sun, we went to perform at Roland Restaurant, an event organised by the Talking Hands Ministry for the Hearing Impaired.

Will upload the video performance we had once i receive it.

On watching it, i was surprise to learn that we got the attention of everyone in the room in comparison to ahem .. kids ran near the stage.. and others recording us.. how cool is that.

It was a meaningful dinner as we sat separately, interacting with the Hearing Impaired, helping to serve the food and  dessert.

Never felt so happy before, guess the joy of helping other outwins personal, self-indulge happiness.. that is scoring well for exams, job satisfaction, praises from boss & buying a new dress.

It's a joy to Serve.

Am i glad that the delay of 1 year was all worthwhile.. not only do i bump into a old friend but also knowing a bunch of fun filled friends from all walk of life.

So this tues, all of us are having a mini party with lotsa foods and exchanging christmas gift.

Thank God for them, i always wanted a group of friends who share the same faith.. =) Praying together & Serving God.

Thurs: Celebrating Christmas as a Company - Suki Sushi Group. The whole lot of us, from HQ are having our Christmas dinner at Dhoby Ghaut Sakura and exchanging gifts!

Thurs nite: Meeting my Sadf peeps to support Jing Yi's & Sebast Project June performance!

Fri : Attending Christmas Service& meeting the SADF peeps again for dinner & clubbing at St James Power Station.

Sat: Going to SADF for YouthBeat meeting..

A Packed week indeedz. =)

Looking forward to it with Enthusiasm!

As i log onto to my Profile on Facebook, what greeted me was a video created by my colleague..

Go to my Profile to view it.. Titled as "Bali Trip"

As the music played in the background of the video.. can't help but to smile..

More that the destination, the companies of my colleagues is the reason of it all.. =)

Always feel that in a job, the most critical part of staying long in a job is not Job Scope, neither the Salary nor the staff Benefits but....... a good & understanding superior and great Colleagues.

They are the one that u faces 5 days a week, 8 to 9 hours a day...

Colleagues are those explicitly united in a common purpose and respecting each other's abilities to work toward that purpose. A colleague is an associate in a profession or in a civil or ecclesiastical office.

On my 1st job in a recognised  established firm, though i dined with my colleagues.. most of my 8 hours is facing my documents & computer, not much words were exchanged.. it became quite a bore till another new colleague came along months after.. & not long we resigned together.

2nd Job: Lotus.. it was fun being a part time waitress but not full time in the office, as the whole office is only
occupied by my boss, freelance accountant & myself.

So on days when Boss & accountant were not around, i'll be all alone in the office.. what kept me company was the radio.. Pathetic right? & i'll be waiting for the outlets colleagues to collect goods in order to chat.

They were a fun lotz but upon a major change, everyone got pessimistic & non-stop complains about so & so.. it got my Morale low to the ground..

Nonethless, it was in Lotus as a part-timer, that friendships were made from working together as waiteress.. from there the Sotong Group was formed, from there i knew my Buddy, the 3 happy gals and etc & etc..

3rd job: no mention of the past.. in Short i would summarise it as the Boss from Hell.. Lolz.. but out of every bad situation, there's a good out of it.. & that is be able to build up greater frenship with Meiqi as we often lunch out together.

So on moving to my 4th Job, i prayed hard for a job in a SME where Politics are kept to a minimum or at best none at all & great colleagues nonetheless so that work will not be a bore..

Initially, i had my reservations upon learning that it is a chinese speaking environment & that majority are Malaysians.. i prayed hard that i'll be not outcasted & not left out of topics..

As days goes by.. realised i was wrong, they're a fun bunch of pple to hang around with.. we can be working half-way & there be laughter among our cubicles..

With them, i can release out my inner kid nature..

Always wanted to hang out with people similar to my Nature:

When it's time to be Serious, we will be.. Bur when it's time to Play,  we're crazy about it!!

Praying that things will stay this way as the Company expands.. & looking forward to our next holiday trip together!


Thank God for you guys:

(P/s: For yr info: these are 75% of staffs from Accounts Dept )

 A Clarification:  pls do not self-assume that i like u 

Thoughts:

 my expressiveness of words are best type out and not spoken out.


Inadequate? Nahz,  i would rather term that i am not a Eloquent person but there are my other strong points that u really got to know me well real well enough to find it out.



Call it Mysterious maybe.. LoLz..


Nahz.. maybe i used to feel that way but not anymore..


Quiet? Nahz..


I just don't like to talk..



In apparent, being talkative & loud can really spoilts one image..  applicable on myself that is..


Listening is apparently harder than talking.. and i'm glad i am gifted in the area of being a good listener..


How would this world turn out to be if everyone can't wait for their chance to talk..


Who would be there to lift up the lowly & lend a shoulder to those in tears?


How do one Understand without listening to another patiently??


Take a step back in the midst of your hectic life & look around for those who are hurt & in need..with your extended hands, u have made a difference in the life of others and that's where u find Happiness..


Since young, i went on the journey of searching for Happiness..


Someone once told me:


~ Happiness is when u are attached & found the one you love..


I can never accept any verbal truth till i have my own experiences..


and so i fall in love.. & out of love..


I didn't find Happiness..


They say:


- 'Happiness lies when u're smart & successful"


Though i'm still in the midst of this achievement, a taste of smartness was found in clearing 90% of my ACCA fundamental papers without retaking any. Thank God for that.


I was happy for an hour or so... the tinkling feelings then begin to diminish.


A taste of success was found when i was in charge of the Finance, HR & admin of my previous workplace.. it didn't last long & high expectations soon lead to greater disappointment.



Through observation, it was said that:


"Happiness lies in having lots of fun by engaging in external activies(i.e. clubbing)."



In clubbing, only when the alcohol kicks in and when the music goes spinning, the "Highness-state of altered consciousness) makes me laugh & go crazy, letting loose of the stress.. but in apparent such emotions send to the brain is not Happiness"



"Simplicity is Bliss" oftens ends with a . but mine ends off with "but Complicated is me"



Enjoys observing as i treb on every step along the way searching for my Happiness.. seen friends and colleagues smiling upon discussion of their recent holiday trip..


Surely..


"Happiness is when u go for a holiday"


Despite the circumstance, my stubborness got the worst of me and i followed my heart to join my colleagues for a Holiday trip"



Rather then anything else.. holidays are really good to recuperate after a constant stressful environment.. it lets u run into a temporary world of Escapsim


Trip ends = Happiness ends?



I look at the world map, i searched through the web, keyed into GPS... but none could direct me to Happiness.

This words appears to be an Intangible Assets in everybody's life, it can't be touched, it can't be bought but yet we can't survive without it, it seems almost equivalent to Oxygen.

Have you seen a face in the crowd who seems to walk around aimlessly, eyes seems to lose all hope & their lips are either straight or frowning.. where has their smile gone to?

In my pursuit, as i seek to view my life from a different perspective, did i realised that Happiness was always there in my life, i had been too blinded by my own limited mindset.

It was only then & then.. when friends came over & mention about how my life is an inspiration to them & when the smile of another warms my heart.. my heart gave a wide grin, it was all satisfied.

"Happiness is when the life of another is change for the better because u made a Difference in their Life"


As i pursuit in this journey of  Less of me, More of Others route.. i know that i know i am walking in the right Direction..


Someone's elses smile willl be my reflection in the Mirror , when they smile, i will too.