ChINeSE NeW yEaR - dAY 2

I am heartbroken..

Today, I looked very bright. I wore my green Kappa polo tee over my baby-blue sweat shirt from Converse. Together with the pants I had hand-picked from Bugis (which garnered lots of praises!), I completed my "look" for today. I was pleased with what I wore today because it made me happy. *smilez

The first place we hit was my sis's babysitter's house. Next, was my grandmother's place. We did not stay for long because my dad had to work. So, he alighted us at Suntec to do some shopping at Carrefour, where we bought sushi and chocolate milk (which i suddenly had a craving for..). *growls

As usual, the four of us (Me, Ben, Edwin & Jeremin) started playing majong as soon as I reached there because we only have a while to play before the adults use it. Aniwae, I also did not play for long because soon we had to return to my grandmother's place.

Before dinner, I stared into the sky and had a lil private time with God. I asked him alot of questions. I wished he could answer me there and then. There are so many things I want to ask him. There are so many things I wanna know. Like why does my heart feel so pain.. *sighz

As time passes.. my heart will slowly wither and die..

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/31/2006 12:50:00 AM

ChINeSE NeW yEaR - dAY 1

I do not know why I feel this way. This year's Chinese New Year SUX! Somehow, I just cannot feel the festive joy of this "practice" this year. Maybe it's because of that something that is missing from my life ba.. *sighz

Yesterday, I decided to get one more top. I know it was very last minute which explains lots of shops in Bugis do not have the size I was looking for. In the end, I bought this Armani X-change top which I think is damn cool. But I already told Kenneth to buy the Kappa top, so i ended up having 2 tops. (which obviously had exceeded my budget!) *sighz On my way home (apparently rushing), Wei Xuan called me to go play golf! Much as i wanted to, I needed to help my mum with the remaining work before we can go for our Reunion dinner.

Reunion dinner this year had 2 more people, my Aunt Jac and cousin Joel. This is probably the only other thing I'm pleased about this New Year. We watched Initial D too! *laughs After that, we returned home. I tried on my new clothes and decided what I want to wear on which days. I realised that every Chinese New Year is a fashion show for me because everyone always will wait in anticipation to see what kind of clothes I wear this year. Stop giving me those eyes. IT"S TRUE! You can ask my sis if u do not believe me. *lol Aniwae this is the only thing that ca give me true satisfaction every year. When people start admiring what I wear and praise me for my fashion sense, I feel "shuang"! *laughs

Aniwae I paired my Armani top with the Fox long-sleeved shirt with my jeans. It creates a layered effect and makes me look like some kinda "Superstar" (as quoted from my relatives). But, everyone kept saying they very hot and why I wear so many clothes. Honestly, I did not feel very hot because both tops are made of cotton. In fact, I am more worried about tomorrow's outfit instead because the materials are thicker. *wonders

I had to return early from my Gor-po house because my mum wanted to go visit my neighbour's house. I was in fact pissed when we had to leave so early. In the end when we reached our block, she realised my neighbours have not returned home. *tiaow Aniwae this year does not seem to be a very smooth year for me.

I am still bothered.. My mind feels like it is going to explode! I just wish.. 1 year ago.. *sighz

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/29/2006 11:14:00 PM

Guess what just happened?

My sis's mattress just fell 9 storeys down!!!

I was cleaning the hall windows when I suddenly heard my mum scream. After which she quickly dashed out of the house.

While i was wondering what was she screaming about, I sudeenly heard a loud "BOOM"! Then I also quickly dashed out of the house after her to help her with the mattress. *sighz

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/27/2006 03:22:00 PM

fINAl SprINgclEAnING

I feel a lil cheated because I took one whole day off to help out at home. In the end, Woonie-boy decided to make it a half-day today and I didn't do anything at home this morning. I should have just taken the afternoon off. *sighz

I am feeling much better le. But, my throat felt a lil sore this morn. I don't understand because the anti-biotics should have done the trick. *wonders

Aniwae, my mum coming home soon le. So, I guess I will have a very busy afternoon. *ciaoz

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/27/2006 01:18:00 PM

sICk !

Argh! I feel so hot all over. *dizzy

I tot the fever had subsided yesterday but it came back today. *sighz

The doc (a very FAT one!) gave me 2 days mc and told me to rest well at home.

Looks like I'll be going to have a good rest these few days. *sick

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/23/2006 10:37:00 PM

abUNdANt gRacE

I have only seen Mama Wu through videos, never in real life. So when I knew that she was coming today, I was excited and scared. She reached our church at ard 850am. Aunty Guo Lan received her and we cheered as we made our way in. *rejoices

Service started at 9 with the usual singing and praising. After which, Mama Wu came up to the pulpit and had fellowship with us for 2+ hrs. Though it was long, but yet it was very insightful. She mentioned that (a). We should speak the truth in love (b). We must fill up the missing "dot" in ourselves (c). The laws of the church - Ezekiel chpt 4 (d). The glory of UNNS Omega's temple

After her fellowship, Aunty Yuying invited her to bless each and everyone of us. At that time, it realli felt like God was coming soon and that he had sent his servant, Mama Wu to aid us in filling up the "dot" in us so that we may be raptured into glory.

Like wat she said, it's realli blessed to be planted in NTC. In here, we can see God manifest his miraculous works and abundant grace. Indeed, I am thankful to Him. Amen.

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/23/2006 12:17:00 AM

oUr 1St YEaR

I was supposed to go biking this morning with Wei Xuan, Adrian and his friends. But, I woke around 5 and realised i was having a fever and that my throat was a lot. Hence, I messaged them reluctantly to tell them that I'll be unable to join them for BT (short for Bukit Timah trail). After which, I took my medicine and went back to sleep. *xianz

I felt better when i got up at 10+ and was deliberating whether to give tuition this morning. I decided against the idea after a while because my throat was still hurting badly and I did not want to pass my virus to them. I suddenly remembered that i wanted to check the price of Nokia 6230i. So, as i was waiting to get through to the Starhub customer service officer, I was busy looking through the papers for Starhub roadshows. It turned out that the price had dropped by a further $30 to $198! Lucky, I did not buy it yesterday if not i would have regretted badly. *relieved

However, to get the phone at that price I have to travel to the roadshow at Novena. My mum, sis and I hailed a cab at around 11+. We had to take a cab because we had to be back by 2 and also partly because the first 50 to sign up/upgrade will get a free $50 shopping voucher. The taxi driver that took us drive us halfway suddenly say he feels giddy because he never eat breakfast. So, he dropped us at some Aljunied road where the road was packed with cars but the cabs were all filled. *xianz.. We walked around trying to get a cab but to no avail. Then, I suggetsed taking "8" to Toa Payoh and take a train down to Novena. In the end, I managed to get the Nokia 6230i (but too bad white no longer in production le..). I realised that my Nokia 6230i and her Nokia 6020 like "couple phones". If you guys do not believe me, you all can go check it out.

After lunch, I received a call from Chee Kiong saying he want 12 bottles from me! I was very shocked but I was very thankful to God because I had wanted to clear these stocks a long time ago le. On the spot, we made an agreement and I managed to get rid the bulk of my stocks le. *smilez

I had to help my mum spring clean the whole afternoon and it did not help that I was still feeling very sick. After I had done the bulk of the work and had finished memorising my bible, i took a nap and hoped that I will feel better when i get up. I left for church service when i got up.

Today's Sat church service a lil different because Mama Wu is coming tomorrow! *rejoices.. As a result, we broke bread today and for the rest of the service we gave our testimonies about the 3 days fasting and praying. It seems like my testimony was the funniest because everyone kept laughing including the kids! *lol I felt that today's service was very glorious and i think it's because Mama Wu is coming tomorrow. Aniwae I am realli thankful to God for blessing me with this day especially when it has been a year for us le. *smilez

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/21/2006 11:27:00 PM

hIccUPs

Today, I was tormented by hiccups.. *hic

I woke up late for work today. I heard the alarm and so i snoozed it. The funny thing is i never heard what happened after that. When i finally woke up and saw the time.. I was like WTF?! i quickly got out of bed, washed up, changed and dashed out of my house.

Mass screw-up is what I can say about B-Section.. *hic

It so happened that while I was having breakfast in the mess today, Staff Chua suddenly came up to me and asked me if I can take over Ian's work. I knew Ian and Staff Chua was on duty rest and 2WO Woon was not around so i agreed. it's been a long time since i dabbled with the EMMIS system but I still remembered a lil things here and there.

Just like what I had expected. Despite Ian and I telling 2WO Woon dunno-how-many-freaking times that we need another EMMIS clerk lest Ian is not around, he just ignores whatever we says. Luckily I was around, if not how?! Unhappily, I went to kao pei 2LT Mervyn about the situation and what needs to be done. He listened and said "Good Suggestion!" and told me he will see to it (he better do..).

The whole day passed by peacefully. Except for the *hic *hic sounds i made all day (which yi xiang was very pissed about..) *lol Even during my tuition, I was not spared by my hiccups. In the end, the twins laughing a lot till I got a lil pissed. But seriously, it was very tough teaching when you have hiccups. *hic

Aniwae Aunty Grace called me just now and informed me that Mama Wu will be joining us for service this Sunday. We are indeed thankful to God that Mama Wu can be in our midst despite her hectic schedule. *Hallelujah! I just pray that this Sunday's service will be very glorious and that God will be with us abundantly. Amen.

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/20/2006 12:14:00 AM

fAStInG - dAY 3

I have just finished breaking fast..

YUMMY!!! *lol

Suddenly, there are so many things that i want to eat!!!

But I can't eat COLD, SOUR or SPICY stuffs.. *yawnz

Aniwae I will be going for service later and I will get to eat there again! *smilez

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/18/2006 05:59:00 PM

I am bored..

I can't seem to fall asleep after i woke up at 5.30am..

Yawnz..

Guess I am too excited about today's fast-breaking le.. *lol

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/18/2006 06:23:00 AM

fAStInG - dAY 2

When i woke up this morning, my head felt very heavy. So, I decided to stay in bed for a while more hoping it will get better. At the same time, I took this chance to pray thanking God for this day he has blessed me and how he had sustained me throughout yesterday. Once again, I asked for his grace, strength and wisdom to be upon each and every brothers and sisters of NTC. Amen.

The minute i got out of bed.. I felt like vomiting.. *bleagh..

Luckily, I managed to make it to the toilet and gradually felt better as i moved around. My legs were wobbly and I still had the "floating" feeling as I made my way to CGH for my medical appointment. *high..

After my medical appointment, I went home to take a quick nap before reporting back to work in the afternoon. As I was reading "A Living Testimony to the Truth", I felt that God was speaking to me! *rejoices.. 2 things greatly moved me; (a) Recovering all the "lost sheeps" for Jesus Christ (b) Abandoning my sinful nature and to walk in his WILL! Immediately,I bowed down to pray. I knew the Holy Spirit was working within me and confessed my sins and shortcomings earnestly whilst asking for his forgiveness and to grant his grace to be upon me. I also prayed that he will guide me in his light so I may quickly overcome all my shortcomings and be a living testimony for him in this time of the OMEGA.

Indeed, God has paved my way! People were impressed with the fact that I will be fasting for 3 days without food nor water. Few believe it is even possible. However, I told them that it is impossible for me to survive for 3 days without food and water but with God.. Everything is POSSIBLE! So, I took this chance to preach to them about why I was doing this. Somehow, I spoke all the correct words and they seemed to gain a deeper understanding about Christianity. I was very HAPPY because I knew that God had blessed me with his wisdom to do his works. I thank him and I praise him! *Hallelujah!

I met up with Aunty Grace to go church together. Xiao Jun, Chao Quan and their mum arrived in S'pore last nite and joined us for service tonight. They too, had already started fasting on the plane. *praise the Lord.. Tonight's service was very glorious but i expect tomorrow's service to be even more glorious! I bought the "Shan Yao Fen" (Mountain Medicine Powder) in preparation for breaking fast tomorrow. On my way home, I met Izzudin on the train! What a surprise! We caught up a little before he alighted at Tanah Merah.

Today, I finally understood why people said that the 2nd day is the "KILLER"! But, the good news is that, everyone says that things will be better tomorrow! (because your body would have gotten used to it). Whatever it is, I just ask of God to sustain all of us throughout tomorrow. The finishing line is in sight, so I WILL NOT GIVE UP! Amen.

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/18/2006 12:13:00 AM

fAStInG - dAY 1

My stomach is growling as I am blogging in front of my computer now.

I started my fast this morn at 12am sharp. I will not be eating nor drinking for the next 3 days. *sticks out tongue..

When i woke up this morn, I felt a lil hungry le (as always). I went to brush my teeth, washed my face, changed and prepared to leave for work. I had my quiet time with God before leaving asking him to grant me his strength to overcome this fast, that i may have the courage to withstand Satan's temptations and the wisdom to serve God according to his that i may bear a good testimony to his name. Amen.

Everybody seemed kinda shocked that I will be fasting for the next 3 days (esp over the fact that I will not be drinking at all for 3 days!). Woonie-boy as usual tried to "suan" me by telling me how nice plain water tasted and that he wants to treat me to "Chicken Chop" at the mess. *tiaow.. I smiled and rejected politely.

I accompanied Wei Xuan and Joel to the mess to have their breakfast. My stomach growled pretty BADLY the whole time there as i watched them eating. *growls.. I turned to God and prayed within my heart. Immediately, I felt much BETTER! I thanked God and felt encouraged because i knew God will be together with me throughout this fast.

Instead of having my lunch at the cookhouse as usual, I decided to take a nap so that i would not feel so tired (since I am not eating). Indeed, I felt more refreshed after the nap but quickly the effect of not taking my meals started to return. Throughout the whole afternoon, I had to bear with the churning and growling of my stomach as I went about my daily tasks. However, I was very determined to be an OVERCOMER!

On my way home from the interchange, I ws approached by some AIA people. Since i had the time to spare, I decided to listen to what they had to say. They talked to me about investing in unit trusts. After listening to them speak, I felt that the whole idea was viable BUT it carried a certain amount of risks. (those who study business-related subjects will more or less know why i say this). I was in fact quite interested in the whole idea, but knowing my impulsive self, I decided to return home to discuss with my mum about it before coming to a conclusion.

Thankfully, my stomach is feeling a lil better already. But I am very worried that my gastric might act up again. So, I guess I will just have to pray harder. Today, I realised something. When you are so so... HUNGRY, your sense of smell becomes ULTRA-SENSITIVE! I know i usually ahve a very sensitive nose but today I actually could smell a person eating an apple who was about 5m in front of me! I was shocked because apple unlike most citrus fruits has a very faint frangrance. Of cuz, my stomach started growling again and an apple never looked that appetising before! *lol.. By the way people who have fasted before tell me that the 2nd day is the "killer" so I am a lil worried. Whatever it is, I realli pray hard that God will carry me thru these 3 days. Amen.

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/17/2006 12:11:00 AM

gLoRIOus tEStImOnIEs

Today's service was quite diiferent from the usual. We only spent 19+min watching the video of the Final Adornment by Grandpa. What Grandpa said later realli made me feel like crying. He said that the word "xian" (as in "offer" in English) was without the dot is not the fault of the person writing the word but because he did not fufil his duty as an apostle. While saying these, tears rolled down his wrinkled face and this scene in particular greatly touched my heart. The burden of his ministration is so HUGE! Grandpa has done so much for us but yet he said he did not fulfil his duty. When i heard this, I realli felt that i greatly "kui qian" Grandpa. (imagine how the person who wrote the word wrongly felt..). However, all these were for a reason. It's because we need the present day apostle of the church to help us "dian shang zhi zui hou yi dian" (add the final dot) so that we may be fully adorned and be the bride fit for Christ Jesus. *smilez

After we had finish watching the video, Aunty Yu-ying decided to let those who had recently returned from various consecrated lands to testify for God. Each of their testimonies were very glorious and you could realli feel that God (smiling) was with us today. They also decided to learn the "stick dance "(dunno wats the actual name) which originated from the Maori tribe. Coincidentally, i was paired with Shu-Ling jie then we did very well that Aunty Grace praised us and invited us to demostrate to the others (because the others were in a mess..) Haha.. I'm realli thankful to God for blessing me with the chance to learn this dance. *grateful

I went over to Wei Xuan's place because we were supposed to meet some people for a soccer game at St. Wildfrid Sports Complex. I palyed quite well today and I could tell the people were impressed with me. I even scored a HAT-TRICK! Haha.. But the game ended with a sad note when one of the guys sprained his ankle while scoring a goal. I took a bath when i came back and went out again to have dinner with my mum. The salad fish rice i ordered SUCKED! I eat already feel like vomiting. *bleagh.. As a result, i was not very full. But, my mum steamed some buns when we got home and i ate them. I'm gonna fast after 12am tonite for 3 days so i wanted to ensure my last meal is filling. Haha.. Aniwae I am realli thankful to God for blessing me with today. I just pray that he'll grant me his strength and determination to survive this 3 days. Amen.

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/16/2006 12:18:00 AM

tHosE wERe tHE dAYs..

Woke up this morn wif a heavy head and decided to postpone my tuition to 10. Teaching them today seems more interesting though.. Prob it's bcoz they more attentive in class today ba then make me feel more like teaching them. *lol

Had to help out wif the spring cleaning at home after tuition (this is the only thing tt I HATE bout Chinese New Year). I realised something.. Though my room is the smallest, but it seems to have the most stuffs in it. My sis and I took a whole afternoon to clean up every corner in my room. We emptied the bookcase, drawers, cabinets and started cleaning them. It was then tt I realised another thing.. I realised my room is like a BANK! *lol As we emptied everything, I noticed there were money chuck somewhere.. After the whole spring cleaning, I suddenly found myself a few hundred bucks richer.. *smilez

As my mum was tidying the photo cabinet in the hall, I randomly pick an album to look at. It so happened the one I picked showed the photos of my parents when they were young. Wah! Their fashion sense is like so OBIANG! *lol Browsing thru the photos made me realised how much my parents have aged. How fast time has passed and snatched their youth away from them. It's not like i haven't seen these photos before, but there is an indescribable feeling tt was stirring within me. They seemed so much happier in the past but now.. *sighz They always say tt we should not interfere wif their probs but if only they can sort out their differences quickly then maybe things mite be better (for all of us?) I juz pray tt God will grant my family grace and peace so that we can be as before.. *sobz

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/15/2006 01:03:00 AM

WAR!

There's been signs of a war brewing in my camp..

Who else but ME can start this catastrophe in my unit.. *grinz

Hmmz..Let me recall..

It seemed to have started when my MO re-vocated me from a Auto-Tech Specialist to an Admin Support Specialist. Ever since news of my revocation started spreading, there were rumours aound about where will I go..

Firstly, I could end up in the Registry but I HATE my S1! She's such a BITCH! Trust me.. You won't want to be in the Registry when it's that time of the month bcoz i got a taste of it first hand. And it sucked BIG TIME! Furthermore, Registry always OT! So Registry is definately a NO NO for me..

Secondly, I may remain where I am now.. as the Admin Clerk for the Maintenance Platoon. this place is fine except for my PC (Woonie-boy aka Xiao Kia). He always tells our platoon to work harder and to put in our best for the platoon but IRONICALLY, he is the most SLACK among the 3 officers in my office. So I'm like WTF?! You don't practice what u preach! I think he only does about 10% of the work in my office.. But who ask him is a LTA (regular somemore lorz..) so we lan-lan-suck thumb do the work he arrow us lorz.. The worst thing about him is that he is VERY STUBBORN and often insists his way no matter how we advise him. Now I'm like if that is what you want then go do lorz.. I cannot be bothered to explain my stand le.. This place is still worth considering bcoz it has the lightest workload among the three..

Thirdly, is the place where most pple dread..The FSM Office! However, I'm on very good terms with my FSM so I've no qualms about going there. To me, this would seem the best place bcoz though the workload is quite heavy but the working environment is FANTASTIC! (relative to the above two..) At least i do see some welfare for the soldiers working under my FSM, and that is what i feel is the most important (no matter the workload..)

The horns and drums sounded..

At the end of it all, it appeared that my FSM had emerged VICTORIOUS! *cheers

But the war is not over bcoz the guys at Woonie's camp are not going down without a fight.. So it remains to be seen who will have the last laugh..

For now.. I'm enjoying all the attention that is on ME! (aka "Wonder Clerk") *lol

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/12/2006 08:00:00 PM

fIRSt entRY

You are reading the first official entry I have posted on this blog...

Hmmz..I grew kinda tired of my previous blog so i decided to try something new tonite.. And what you are seeing now is the END PRODUCT! (though not yet completed..LOL!)

All Thanks to my beloved cousin, Geraldine for helping me along in the creation of this blog because she actualli gave up her time (for her bf =p) to help me with this.. So I've decided to dedicate my very first entry to her.. *smilez

As usual, I will continue to BITCH, COMPLAIN & GRUMBLE here about mY liFe.. but of cuz i'll not forget to APPRECIATE & MARVEL at the finer things of life..

It's kinda late le.. And i gotta get up early tom.. So i guess i'll end it here tonite..

*ciaoz..

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 1/10/2006 12:06:00 AM

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