Been a wonderful weekend. =)

A surprise from AG on Saturday. Din expect him to have waited for me to end my tcm lessons. =)))))
well, i did hope he'll come but i'm very happily surprised that he really came. =D

However, din meet him today. Need to rush my work. And i wanna spend time with my family.

Gosh. I really dislike statistics. And i'm kinda feeling lousy about myself. I did well for my mathematics, but turned out a disappointment that i've no idea of how to apply the theory into practice. =(
And i'm not happy when there's a high chance of me admiting defeat to a scholar who had proposed this statistical methodology. Hmm..the scholar din declare a challenge, but it's an intrinsic challenge and pressure i impose upon myself.

But well, i've full support from AG. Really appreciate his effort to write the word "jiayou" in chinese. =)

This coming week's gonna one big busy one. the scholar is leaving at the end of this week and i've a deadline to meet. and i gonna do my tcm's biology presentation project.

can't wait for friday. meeting ZJ they all~~!!!! hahaha..gonna have many things to share..and i'm going to dig out some juicy news from ZJ~! hee...have prepared a list of questions for ZJ..hahahhaa...

can't wait for weekend too... (^^)

anyway KP has uploaded the video clip of the vietnam trip on facebook~! Was watching it in the afternoon..brought back many memories..of all the fun moments the whole 18 of us had in Vietnam. hahaa..really miss them~ =)
go watch it in my facebook...great photos taken mainly by thjin..and hahahhhahaa...great clip...whahhahahaa.. =p

work tmr...sian ah...but was kinda disappointed that i din have the opportunity to go sydney for a business trip. but it's ok =) i believe there'll be chances for me..!!

la la la...it's been a sweet sweet week... =)

hope the honeymoon period will keep on going...for a centurial time..... =)

29th August 2008

The Excalibur has been pulled out by its rightful heir.

=)

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29th August 2008

The building where i have been working organised a fuirt fair, as well as a mooncake fair today.

It's like a shopping spree for me. Seriously.

=p

It's been for so long since I've felt that urge to buy so many things.

The last time when I really bought till i dropped was in Hanoi, Vietnam. ahhaha..

can still remember how thjin and i bought all our stuff till we dropped, and till we got to stop ourselves from purchasing more.

hahaa..

anyway, bought two durian mooncakes from goodwood hotel for my family. the mooncakes are good. =)

and a mango mooncake from goodwood hotel and a simple red apple for AG. =)

haa..even washed the apple before i passed to him. =p

oh, as well as a box of strawberries. Nice looking strawberries. Kinda attracts me to make strawberry cheesecakes again. heee....

my colleagues remarked that i look like a housewife - buying things (mooncakes and fruits).

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29th August 2008

Went to St. Andrew's cathedral. was a little disappointed that it is undergoing some renovation, so i ended up sitting in the new prayer's section.

The new section is kinda cosy, but there was a group of teenagers singing. think they were preparing for some sort of mass.

anyway made a prayer to Him. Was praying hard with all my heart and soul.

=) my prayer's been answered and really hope that God has given me the best gift. =)

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28th August 2008.

it's the day of my company's award ceremony. Put on my most presentable office wear. one which i've hardly worn to office. haha..

anyway was assigned to be the liaison officer for the chairman of my company.

was glad to have received this appointment. haha..but initially i could just feel my face blushing while having a short chat with him. =p

oki, these are photos taken in the marina barrage.

Oh ya..! hahhaa..was given by one of my colleagues. Very sweet of her. Worked with her and other colleagues on design of my department's poster for the retreat thingy which happened a few days ago. been great working with them..!

haa..anyway have placed this little simple note at my office desk. haha..

Oki, back to the event...haha..night fell and i got to stand on my high-heeled shoes for quite a long time......... x_O

A great place to hang out.. =) beautiful scenery too. =))

Love the way how this was decorated. At the end of the whole ceremony, there were some blue colourings found on the edges of the petals. Nice =)

Still in office now. haha..

but not intending to skip my tcm lesson.

Going to work through my night today.

And think i'm going to become a cookie monster. cookies for breakfast (cos been waking up late), cookies for tea, and cookies for dinner (which is like yup, right now).

Going to help out in an award ceremony this thursday. Been allocated to an appointment.

Saw these words "very very nice office wear".

Gosh.
Headache sia.

love this version of "Moon River"..nice nice..

just listen to the music..dun bother about the whole video clip..it's very ktv-ish.

Probably my sacrifice for skipping one tcm lesson pays off.

my boss sent my draft over to my director for review.

it's like a teacher giving a grade to a student's test.

i've gotten a "well done" for it. =)

okay, still need to keep on going. this is not enough.

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at home right now. and everyone is walking in and out of my room. arg.

i need some private time to myself.

i need peace and solitary.

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came across this article: "Dating Commitment Phobia"
http://www.musewoman.com/index.php?option=com_classifieds&act=resource&task=details&type=8&resourceid=757

can't agree with what the columnist writes.

sometimes, people develop that phobia is not because "they are unable to lead their regular lifestyles".

It's because they have lost faith in what they had strongly believed before.

The greatest fear of a person is to fear himself/herself.

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Had deleted some paragraphs in my previous post.

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For some reasons, emotion got the worst of me and i know it's nothing to do with stress. Teared quite a couple of times. probably it's been accumulating within me for the past few days, and i just control or simply ignore it.

but at least i feel better now.

oki, gonna go. target to finish my work by tonight.

Loved the concert. It was great. =)
AG got free tickets for another concert of theirs. i was pretty surprised by his bravery to go to the stage to answer a question and grab the tickets.

so think we consider ourselves to be lucky to have bought the front rows' seats..hhaha...

it's my first time to see tay kewei - locally well-known to have sorta worked with Ah Mei and David Tao.
hmmm..din find her very impressive..can't deny that she has a good vocal, but hmm..personally i find her not good and strong enough to emerge into the entertainment industry ..

furthermore, i find her to have sung the wrong genre for tonight's show..she sang jazz...which i feel that she seems to me that she's trying to find herself difficult to convey the feel of the songs. i jus feel she's still not very confident of herself.
and she doesn't seem to me that she has been in love before. The way she sang the jazz songs....hmm..i can't feel it la...that's all ...probably she's very very nervous..
find her quite ah lian...and there's just something missing in her. i can feel it.

ok, enough of all my harsh comments about her. you all probably can go find out urselves.

sebastian tan's good.. =) he sang a very musical-style of "Better Man". hhaa..kinda amused me but he sang well and i enjoyed it.

love the way the band played "fly me to the moon" ...love it love it love it... =)))))

and this is the first time i've been to such a noisy and "rowdy" (as of mentioned by the host during the concert) concert..many teenagers attended this concert and they were making super lots of noise...especially the girls..aiyo..scary..

but i kinda miss my sec sch's life.

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was kinda surprised to have received sms from D on friday..glad that things seem to be going well for his life..hope that he and his team can have the chance to go denmark. jiayou loh, D~

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it's pouring heavily out there.

and i'm starting to feel paranoid.

i dun know ...... think i'm just scared. scared of something nasty will happen.

just have no idea - it's pouring. Heavily.

Has anyone felt upset or something?

hope he/she will not feel so upset after this rain.

i wanna blame my emotions on the female hormones.

Going to a concert with AG later.

First time attending a concert. Hope it's good and hope it doesn't put me to sleep. but then again, have read the synopsis. pretty interesting. =)

anyway watched gymnastic rythmic last night. Realised that russian music is pretty nice =) i like it.

so, overslept and got myself in a fatigue mode. cancelled my tuition lesson last-minute.

oki, gonna go study now. i've not studied much. it's freaking me out.

hhaa..guess what? guess what?!

I've gotten the book~! "The Portable Arthur Miller"~!!!

and i owe this to my friend~if it wasn't him, i would have been spending days constantly worrying whether this book will be taken.

This is th only book on the shelf which has the play "After the Fall".

I'm loving this book~~~~~la la la la la la...

okay, think i should really mention my this friend, otherwise i feel it's rude to have not introduced to all of you.

alright, meet my this friend - AG. And he's the friend whom i've been mentioning for the past few posts. hahaa..

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oh ya...forgot to narrate an encounter i had with a guy stranger.

Was going down in a lift of a building and there, on a certain floor level, i was blur to have thought that i've reached the ground floor. and there on that level, entered a guy and i was stunned with his presence for no reason. Why am i saying i was stunned? i was so taken aback that i kinda stepped back further to the back of the lift that the back of my high-heeled shoes hit the wall of the lift. haha..and ya, he saw that, and kinda tried to reassure me by saying "relax, relax, relax...". then he striked a friendly conversation with me in the lift. was kinda surprised to have a stranger to take the initiative to break the ice. anyway, before we went our own way, he said this,"Cya, hope you have a great weekend."

The word "cya".

hahaha..in my mind, i was like, "i dun belong to that building at all."

and so, i din even mention "cya" to him.

It's weird to say "cya" when i'm aware i'll not be "cya"-ing him by any chance.

hahahhaa...funny encounter and that guy's kinda cute. then again, na...i dun have that kind of requisite to prolong the episode of such encounter. hhaa..probably if i were to be looking prettier and had greater body shape, i would ask him for number.

So probably i've to be glad of how i look now.

ok, it's just crappy talk.

last post just before leaving starbucks now..

haha...

feeling kinda funny..everyone in this cafe is accompanied by their friends or loved ones. Except me.

i'm the only one who is sitting in starbucks right now, still sipping my iced cafe mocca while waiting for a friend.

sitting here alone, accompanied with Louis Armstrong's "Moon River" and my office laptop.

Maybe alone.

But i enjoy the feeling of being left alone.

Personal space and a little quality time with me and myself.

Probably i used to be very preoccupied with someone. So preoccupied that I've completely forgotten about myself.

It's good to be selfish at times.

Guess what, people? =)
I've finally found Arther Miller's play "After the Play"...!!!! hahaha..found the script in a mega bookstore allocated in Wheelock Place.

the script is found in this book "The Portable Arther Miller". And it costs about 33 bucks.

It's expensive. but i'm not going to be bothered by the dollars and cents. I've been searching for this place high and low for donkey years. I'm buying it. =)

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Many times when we keep searching for something, we can never find it.

But when we stop searching, it just comes to us when we least expect it.

So what is it trying to tell us?

Stop searching.

Everything has its own time.

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In wheelock place's starbucks now. spending quality time with myself, blogging, reading, listening to jazz (as well as the background human noise), earsdropping a conversation which is going on now between 2 men (guess one of them has come back from US.. oops..i've earsdropped.)..

anyway an article which i've just come across:
"Running dry: Everyone knows industry needs oil. Now people are worrying about water, too"
http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?source=hptextfeature&story_id=11966993

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forwarded emails from a friend:
Pretty a nice paragraph =) so shall share this with all of you...

Here's to love.... =)

What is Not Love

Unfortunately, we have been trained NOT to love. How so? We have superiors or supervisors who in their word or action:·
Abuse us·
Bully us·
Are contemptuous of us·
Use us despitefully·
Envy us·
Hurt us·
Malign us·
Persecute us·
Spiteful to us·
Shout at us·
Threaten us·
Wound us
They justify their behaviour by saying that they have a task to complete on time in this competitive and globalize world. They choose not to be kind and patient.

We harbour resentment and our natural reaction when we are in a position of strength is to do the same and more:·
To retaliate in kind·
To hit back with “a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye.”·
To seek revenge·
To look for an opportunity to give our subordinate the same treatment that we have received.

We are imprisoned by our hurt. We are easily provoked. We flare into anger quickly. We envy. Unless we reflect and question our reaction, we have been trained NOT to love! And St Paul has defined for us what love is NOT, in that, “love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; ” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 NKJV)

The passages below are summarized from the book, “Our Lady says: Love People” by Rev. Albert Joseph Mary Shamon.

1)
Love does not envy---zelOl means to strive after, to have zeal for one’s own status,·
Love envies no one.·
Love knows no envy.·
Love is not jealous of people.·
Envy or jealousy is a vice nobody likes; it is so unlovable that when a person has it, he tries to conceal it.·
Envy is sorrow about people’s good fortune. Instead of rejoicing at someone’s good fortune, envy weeps.·
Envy destroys our peace of mind and it makes us positively miserable.·
To detect envy or jealousy, just ask ourselves these questions:
Are we chronic critics?
Are we always sarcastic?
Do we gossip?
Do we talk disparagingly about someone’s accomplishment?
Do we belittle what means a lot to another?
Do we assassinate people’s character?
Do we give the silent treatment to our spouse whenever we are unhappy with our spouse’s ways?

2)
Love does not parade itself---perperEUetai means to boast or vaunt oneself, to be a braggart.·
Love is not pompous.·
Love is never boastful.·
Love does not brag.·
Love is no braggart.·
A braggart does not feel superior to others but he boasts that he is.·
Boasting can be hurtful and unkind since it diminishes others.

3)
Love is not puffed up---phusiOUtai means to puff up, make proud.·
Love is not inflated.·
Love is not conceited.·
Love is not inflated with its own importance.·
Love is not puffed up with pride.·
Pride resides in the heart.·
Pride is inflated egoism.·
Pride is extreme self love.·
Pride smacks of idolatry, for it idolizes self.·
A proud person brooks no criticism, true or untrue.·
Hell has no fury like a proud person scorned.

4)
Love does not behave rudely---aschemonE means to behave unseemly.·
Love is not rude.·
Love does not behave gracelessly.·
Love does not behave unpresentably.·
Love is not arrogant or rude.·
A rude person does not treat a person as a human being but as a means to his own ends.·
A courteous person realizes the dignity of the human being and he simply treats each person as a person, as a child of God. ·
Rudeness comes from insecurity or weakness, from selfishness or self-centeredness, from lack of training at home or in school.·
Being nice, kind, courteous, polite, good natured, considerate or thoughtful, especially to the weak and helpless, is a cultivated virtue.

5)
Love does not seek its own---zetEl means to seek for, seek after.·
Love does not seek its own interests.·
Love is never selfish.·
Love does not insist on its rights.·
Love does not seek its own advantages.·
Love does not insist on its own way.·
A self-seeker may want to serve God, but in his own way, not God’s way.·
A self-seeker pursues the adulation, praise and approbation of others.·
Signs that tell us whether or not we are self-seeking:
Do we give free rein to our desires and wants?
Do we let them run wild like an unbridled colt?
Do we discipline them, tame them and put a check on them?
Is God in our thoughts?
Do we try to avoid what is displeasing to God?
Do we accept without complaint all that God sends us?

6)
Love is not provoked----paroxUnetai means to provide, irritate, excite.·
Love is not quick-tempered.·
Love is not quick to take offence.·
Love never flies in a temper.·
Love is not easily irritated.·
Love is not resentful.·
A quick tempered person is one who is easily provoked to anger, one who has a short fuse.·
Hasty temper, impatient rebukes, sullen looks, harsh words, they never do any good!·
It took St Francis de Sales years to learn that the best answer to temper is silence.·
When Julius Caesar was provoked, he would repeat the entire Roman alphabet before he would speak as he has found that “the greatest remedy for anger is delay.”·
A quick tempered person can be
Testy ---flaring up at the least annoyance.
Touchy ---reacting vehemently when certain subjects are broached.
Irrational---just flying into a rage or fury without reason.

7)
Love thinks no evil---loglzetai means to reckon, calculate, compute.·
Love does not brood over injuries.·
Love keeps no score of wrongs.·
Love does not store up the memory of any wrong it has received.·
Love does not calculate evil.· L
ove does not record in memory every hurt to repay it later.·
It is foolish to carry hurts like gunnysack on our backs all through life.

8)
Love does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth---adikla means a wrong, an offence, injustice and alethEla means truth.·
Love does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.·
Love does not gloat over other men’s sins.·
Love finds no pleasure in evil-doing.·
Love does not rejoice in injustice.·
There are human vultures who gloat over other’s shortcoming, who rejoice over the failures of others, who glorify the vices of lust and immorality.

To be good at anything we have to spend time and effort studying and practicing it. To be loving we need to know what love is and what love is NOT. We should not confuse love with the Hollywood-type-of movie love. What then is love? True love at its very basic is:

1. Patient
Do I accommodate his/her views, his idiosyncrasies and his ways of doing things?
Can I overlook his shortcomings or faults?
Will I be able to bear the blame and accusation?
Can I accept him as he is?

2. Kind
Do I have a kind heart towards him/her?
Do I strive to make him happy?
Do I uplift his spirit when he is anxious or depressed?
Am I tender hearted towards him?

3. Forgiving
Mother Teresa says, “We must make our homes centers of compassion and forgive endlessly.” (“A Gift for God”, 18)
Do I try to forgive endlessly at home?
Do I harbor grudges over a long period of time?
Do I hold on to resentment?
Do I keep a record of wrongs he has done to be used against him?
Do I try to forgive and forget?

4. Self-giving
Do I make self-sacrifice for him/her?
Am I generous towards him?
Can I give in to the relatively unimportant comments and arguments?
Do I give up my preferences, goals, comfort, time and energy for him?

5. Encouraging
Am I always encouraging or am I critical towards him/her?
Do I affirm him?
Am I his cheer leader?
Do I see his potential or do I see him as he is?
Do I constantly find ways to praise him?

Have we spent the time to cultivate and nurture these qualities or are we so engrossed with making a living that we don’t bother about such things? How then can we be good at loving?

Ultimately relationship, not what we achieved or acquired, is what matters most in life. So why do we allow our relationships to get the short end of the stick? When our schedules become overloaded, we start skimming---cutting back on giving the time, energy, and attention that loving relationships require. What’s most important to us is replaced by what is most urgent.

When life on earth is ending, we don’t surround ourselves with objects. What we want around us is people---people we love and have relationships with.

In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Learning this truth sooner rather than later is wisdom. Why then wait until we are on our deathbed to figure out that nothing matters more than a loving relationship?

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And now - down with love... =)

The Ten Commandments of Marriage

Commandment 1
Marriages are made in heaven.
But then again, so is thunder and lightning.

Commandment 2
If you want your wife to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say, talk in your sleep.

Commandment 3
Marriage is grand -- and divorce is at least 100 grand!

Commandment 4
Married life is very frustrating.
In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens.
In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens.
In the third year, they both speak and the neighbors listen.

Commandment 5
When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing:
Either the car is new or the wife is.

Commandment 6
Marriage is when a man and woman become as one;
The trouble starts when they try to decide which one.

Commandment 7
Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you say.
After marriage, he will fall asleep before you finish.

Commandment 8
Every man wants a wife who is beautiful, understanding, economical, and a good cook.
But the law allows only one wife.

Commandment 9
Marriage and love are purely a matter of chemistry.
That is why one treats the other like toxic waste.

Commandment 10
A man is incomplete until he is married.
After that, he is finished.

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So what is the correlation between love and marriage?

When love comes, marriage comes.
But when marriage comes, love goes.

Finally had one of my work assignment done 90%. Had them sent over to my boss to review.

and such achievement is done with the sacrifice of missing my tcm lesson. sigh.

but then again, did enjoy dinner with a friend over in Fish and Co. Had coriander catch and din expect the dressing on the dory fish to be green. hahaa
And for no reason, i found myself in a position of being kinda inflexible with the utensils. I rarely have put myself in such situation.

Followed by my work session in centrepoint's starbucks. simply love doing my own stuff in starbucks. love the music played there, especially when it's around 10..they just started playing jazz.... =)

think i'll wanna hang around in starsbuck later in the evening again. =) slack...will bring along louis armstrong's album... =))))

really appreciate my this friend a lot to drive me home just now.

was given a big bag of hershey. all bought from new york =)
kinda shrieked with surprise.
din expect myself to have that kind of response. blame it on the chocolates. haha..

suddenly heard this song "moon river"...been always loving this song...... =)

was not very happy with the fact that i can't deliver what i've targetted - thank goodness, i've added the words "if possible". To partially save myself from any "breach" of trust. =p

was pretty surprised and glad to catch up over the phone with LA just now. basically blabbered all my complaints to him over the phone.

okay, gonna go sleep now. i'm totally tired. anyway kinda glad to have received a call from a patient listening ear.

Been a tiring day as usual. My shoulders're starting to ache. This is not good. I'm becoming to develop office syndrome. ARG.

Have not finished one assignment. and now next. this time in a rush.

flexibility is the number one rule. one minute it's urgent, another minute it's no longer. I kinda like this kind of work environment.

but then again, still learning how to cope with it very well.

seems like i'm flying a kite. Needing to know when to pull back n release the string tied to it.
Probably still very much afraid to having been hurt badly.
Had half a bar of snickers on my way from work just now. chased all my old memories away - i'm glad. =)

watching 1st season of "sex and the city". it's very boring. can't believe it.

okay, work now. bya~

Deleted the last paragraph of yesterday's post. Feel i've sounded too happy and excited...make me feel very umcomfortable and paranoid...

think it's due to past experiences, being too happy over things which happen to me always seems to turn out bad and brings great disappointment.

=p i know it's a weird theory from me. but oh well, only i myself know it.

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Was in quite poor luck today. A pimple on the corner of my lips and i looked soo uncomfortable~ =(
Worse was that i met a colleague from another department to ask him for some assistance. Turned out that I've met him during the retreat thingy and haha..he saw the fun side of me, so as a result think he had a strong impression of me (he recognised me immediately while i'm still pondering where i've seen him).

anyway .....ahh...i'm so embarrased la~ i was in a relatively presentable office wear, my hair treats me well today...BUT that big pimple...~!!

Ahhhh....!!!!! (o_x)

Later then i found out from my colleagues that he's actually a scholar. *gasp* he doesn't look like one la and he's talking to me humbly - i can't feel any arrogance from him.

hhaaa..anyway....no chance la...i know myself....

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I'm very tired....i'm feeling so burnt out now...........think i can just cry at any point of time.............. (T_T)

HELLO HELLO HELLO~

Another great musical which I wanna shower my love and care to all of my lovely readers =)

"Avenue Q - The Musical"~! =D It's finally here in Singapore, from 30 Oct to 9 Nov~!

Was initially introduced by my this friend who had watched this musical in new york. Feedbacked to me that it's a great show and he loves it very much.

yup, anyway this is the synposis. Bet many of you will love to catch this musical.


“The Internet Is For Porn”, “I’m Not Wearing Underwear Today”, “It Sucks to Be Me”…. These are just some of the hilarious songs that make Avenue Q unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.

Currently one of the hottest shows in the West End and on Broadway, Avenue Q is a fabulously furry and fun-filled romp featuring an ensemble of actors and some very adult-minded puppets. It’s ‘Sesame Street’ with a very grown up twist!

You’ll meet Princeton, a fresh-faced college grad, Brian the out-of-work comedian, Internet porn addict Trekkie Monster, Nick the good-hearted slacker, Rod, his investment banker roommate who seems to be hiding a secret, kindergarten teaching assistant Kate Monster, and of course, Lucy the Slut. They get away with things that only puppets can without being arrested.

Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to make it in New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account.

Presented by Singapore Repertory Theatre, the company that brought you Ian McKellen in King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Pillowman.

So take a trip to Avenue Q!

Just some photos taken during the weekdays..

Went to Sentosa's spa resort for some retreat thingy..a nice place...and one of my colleagues told me that her friend had her wedding ceremony held here..

So sweet~~~~~




Anyway was glad to have the oppportunity to see such beautiful evening sky..the colours of the sky seem to be stacking over one another, blending well..it's a lovely sight..

Had a nightmare last night. Dreamt of 2 guys (hahahaha) - one who used to be of a very significant person in my life and the other...hmmmmm...shall not say much here first. Sigh.

Think it's all the stress from work...it's only sunday and i'm feeling that it's time to start my work again.

Ya, and as a result, i sms-ed YS last night that I can't make it for today's convocation photo shoot in esplanade. (T____T)

Damm my work. =(

Kinda worry for a friend. Hope he'll be fine...

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Attended the student union's meeting yesterday. reached there late purposely. It's one meeting session which i've never liked to attend.

I'm SO GLAD that i'm no longer holding the position of assistant welfare officer, or any committee position. I DETEST working with that welfare officer. I dun like the way she communicates across the board - sounding so authoritative. I dun like her attitude - she just pisses me off la. Furthermore, i was so so disgustingly shocked when some in the committee (think those are closer to her) complimented that she did a good job.

My face was like "PUKE! YA RIGHT~!". To me, she din do a good job and she had not lead me well.

Seriously i should have voiced out my displeasure of the overall managment over the board yesterday. I should not bothered about myself having a high chance to be enlisted in the black list. I just kept mum throughout the whole meeting and just observed and learnt about the whole management system.

And ya, ended up myself being pissed off almost throughout the whole lesson yesterday.

That welfare officer - B&*&@#(^#@&%&^#*^R$*T*#%@&638@&#^&*^&$##@)_(*$#&^*^%^$&^

I'm really pissed with her. And I DON'T RESPECT HER AT ALL.

HUMPF. =(

I am very angry with her.

Went to have a "cold" dinner and watch "The Love Guru" last night with a few of my friends.

It's a fabulous show. Worth the ticket and sit there to have some decent hilarious laughs.

Mike Myers is an excellent actor. Justin Timberlake surprises me happily. And Jessica Alba is awesomely fabulously sweet hot.

The jokes are excellent. Been a long time since I laughed so hard during the movie. The last great movie laugh I had in cinema was "Finding Nemo" (Ya, it's that long).

I give this movie 9 out of 10. =D

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shall stop writing for now. so many things which i wanna say here..

my feeling's a kite.

Received a forwarded email from a friend, find the words very meaningful and true.

So juz wanna share with all of you, for a little self-reflection. =)

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn ' t cost a cent.

Remember, to say, ' I love you ' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak!

And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

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Monday is a busy day, as usual. Even without my senior manager around. And as a result, have learnt to do a task. Pretty troublesome and it took me very long to complete, but i still like it. At least I've learnt.

Wore my pair of nerdy glasses to work, and realised that i am looking very nerdy and nerdy. It just feels very different as compared to me wearing them to school.

Tcm lesson tomorrow~! yeah~

but it's biology lecture...sigh...boring....it's taught in chinese so it's kinda boring to me~ *yawn*

and kinda miss WM too... =(
and kinda miss my seat too....the seat which I've been taking for a year has been taken up by an auntie classmate who used to sit at the other side of the classroom. =( as a result i end up sitting at the further end of the row. =(
i'm not very pleased with her, but oh well this is a small matter, no point being angry and making a big fuss about it.

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Think it's the pre-Monday Blues syndrome.

I'm feeling so terrible~

(T___T)

Think i've played too much for the past 2 days~ laughed too much too. =p

oh ya, and that - laughing too much. That's making me feel paranoid..scared that something nasty will happen in exchange.

arg..

Steamboat dinner at my colleague's place.

Din drink much..haha..but i did have a lovely share of shiraz (which tastes different from the one which i've drank during my tcm bbq), and ice wine.

Love the ice wine. Love its sweetness with the subtle tinge of smoothness.

Love things which are direct yet hide an innocent element of subtleness. =)

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Monday tomorrow. SIANZ.

Work again, and very soon, i am going to be burnt out again....and the weekends follow after that.

Now, i can't wait for my tcm lessons and weekends. Just hope that rain doesn't come when i'm on my way for tcm lessons (was drenched in the rain twice on thursday).

08 08 08 =)

Hee hee..everyone, please say "hi" to my 2 new boyfriends...hahaha..wonder when can start using them..Hoooo..excited excited~~~ =D

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Been a great friday. =D

Been joking with my colleague, Jas, about one guy whom we met during a meeting. basically both of us have the common agreement that the guy is kinda good-looking and he looks in his late 20s (nearing 30). hhaa..had another meeting with him and his other partner today. He did not follow us throughout the whole meeting, which both of us were kinda "disappointed" (whhaha). Anyway both of us kept laughing over the jokes we made. Joked of how we were going to fight over him etc etc..What made me more embarrassed was when Jas asked his partner a question. Made me blush for an instant. (-____-) anyway..it's mad friday today.

Met up with some of my NTU clinque just now in city hall. Been great catching up with them in ting dai feng restaurant.

QL met up with us after the dinner and brought us to one pub in boat quay..

All of us ordered a bottle of martel (taste almost the same as chivas). and we started drinking and playing all sorts of game - dices, fists, cards....i love playing the fist game..hahaha..DLY who sat beside me often gotten the drinking punishment from me.. =p initially had the intention of making him go drunk, but later after seeing him getting kinda "high"..hmmm..if i din remember wrongly, all of us started to stop him from drinking. haha..

Can't remember what the name of this pub is, but i like it when we can request for songs to sing. haha..

Been a fun gathering, it's been a very long time since i ever had so much fun. Think it's all the stress from work which motivates me to have fun during play.

Too bad KH wasn't there. Believe his presence will inject more fun into such gathering. hahah..but must make sure i win him more in the fist game. haha.. =p

Hope can have another gathering again..haha..to finish up the rest of the bottle. =p hahhahaa..

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Tomorrow's another dinner. haha..another drinking session...but this time, it's wine..!!! yeah~wonder what kind of wines my colleague had bought..excited excited.. =p

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My bro's back from the jungle training..~~! And his hair has grown longer~! hahaha...

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Anyway HAPPY NATIONAL DAY, my loyal readers~! =D

My friend's back from his US trip, so met up with him yesterday (Sunday) for a movie.

"The X Files : I Want to Believe"

One word to describe it - Atrocious.

I would rate this 2 out of 10.

The whole show's super draggy....poor plot and climax development....Vast limitation in developing any acting potential for the artistes.

Basically both of us were totally bored by the whole show. This is my second time to have yawned in a cinema. The first time was when I was watching "Red Cliff".

It'll be a big-time disappointment for the X-Files fanatics.

The movie does live up to its name.
I really WANT to believe it's a good film but i can't~!

Anyway, received souvenirs from my this friend..! =D


A print which he bought it in New York. Love the print...!! Mainly cos it shows some of my favourite musicals. hahaha...

And CHOCOLATES which he bought it from GERMANY~!!! My eyes sparkled again when I saw this..!!

A sinful snack it may be, but just by receiving it already delights me. Cos receiving and looking at it ain't sinful. Nevertheless, I will ignore the innocent sin and indulge my appetite for these chocolates.

hhahahaa..

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Work started today. And I need to manage the disaster scene again.

A tsunami of emails.

Guess that's part of my job scopes, as well as my school mate who is working in the same department as me.

Meetings and meetings and meetings...for a moment, i was totally mixed up with the meeting dates.

Recently, even harboured such thought - I need a PA (personal assistant).

hahahaha.. =p

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Can't wait for National Day, man...hahha..steamboat in my colleague's house...can play wii in her house, but i'm more interested in watching tv programmes on that day. =p

Love this song..

Love the lyrics and the way he sings this song..




Dedicating this song to D...
the lyrics round up what i've been wanting to tell him...

no worries, guys, i've moved on.
Just that it's something which i know i've no possibility to say those words to him...

Finally have the time to change the music background. Love this song - Corrinne May's "Free". Love the lyrics, love the way she sings "I can be free..."

It just makes me smile =)

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One and a half month being a working adult (ARGH, craps).

Time passes real fast and August just slowly creeps its way in my life.

Just kinda reminds me of D, whom I have to admit right now that I do miss him and wonder how he has been doing.

Just hope everything goes on well in his life.

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Watching "Sex and the city" (think I'm watching its 7th season) just now.

Hmm..marriage.. =)

Hmmmm..dont't know whether it'll occur to me. But hope this'll occur for ZJ and her bf, Chris. hahhaa...
I would love to be one of the main photographers in her wedding ceremony. Definitely not holding a silly camera, but a DSLR camera =)

Can't wait to get myself a DSLR camera. I want to capture every subtle expression of bliss and sweetness in every such event. =)

Photos~~En Fin~!

YES~! No tuition later in the morning, my student has cancelled it~! =p

And yup, finally i do have the time to upload some decent photos (okay, not that i've indecent photos..WHAHAHA~)

Anyway these are the few gifts which one of my cousins gave to me. I used to address my this cousin "(his name) ge-ge" (elder brother)..hmm..well, he's just married and well, i will still call him by how I address him since young.

It's quite weird for him to give me such gifts. hahaha..especially when my parents told him that I'm working as an engineer now, heard that he's kinda shocked/surprised. haha..guess he still remembers me as a little girl. hahaa..

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SASHIMI~! Given by my tcm classmate who is in this fish export business.

Cut all these myself. haha.. =p

This is the only sashimi which i adore eating it. =)

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My convocation~! Enjoyed the evening..it's been great..taking photos with many of my school mates, my clinque.. =)

And lots of hats-throwing sessions~!

Here's one...

Here's two...
Here's three.....
Fourth.......
Fifth.........
And finally the last hat-throwing..~~!!! =D

My very good friend, HM. Been great working with her during our FYP period. hahaa..!
And here's DLY~! another great friend of mine..hahaha..ya..and he's stolen the lime light of the convocation ceremony.. =p

Cheers to graduation from a course which had never crossed my mind since secondary school~! 4 years of academical torture, AU REVOIR~!

YEah~~~ and yup, people, what's next?!

i'm opening the door to my life goal. I'm in the process of transforming my dream into a reality. Wish me all the best, folks~!

Watched 2 films within a week.

"Red Cliff" which i watched it last sunday with a friend.
A well-researched plot, i would have to compliment.
But it's very draggy, which I almost dozed off at several scenes.
The dialogues between Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan are corny and lame. But guess that's what the director intends to instill some humour within this show. Well, good efforts - i laughed at the unintended "corniness".

Only realised until the end of the show, that there will be a sequel to it.
was basically ^&%$^$#%@^&*(*
Not intending to watch its sequel. =(

One thing for sure, the filmography is pretty good, many magnificent scenes.

But I really dislike the dragginess of the plot.

As for this show, I would give 6.5 out of 10.

But like what ZJ they all told me, probably I have read the novel before, so already have a certain high level of expectation for this show.

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Met up with ZJ, Jac and Sindy for a movie just now. =)

Short time to catch up, but i would say it's a quality catch-up time. =p

"The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor".

A pretty good adventure movie. The plot is clear and straight to the point. Humour is brought in pretty nicely to the show, except for the sand picture scene (super corny).

Worth the money to go catch it in the cinema. I would give 8 out of 10.

And realised that ZJ has the same movie taste as me - like plots of little romance and dragginess. hhahaa.. =p

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Had a half day time off just now. Managed to visit a book store in wheelock place. love that book store - large variety of books yet the categories are well-organised.

Think currently there'll only be 2 areas which can entice me spend money without much hesitation.

Books and CDs.

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A little wonder ponder....

How many of us love waiting?

Why are we constantly waiting?

What makes us wait?

Is it the faith that keeps us believing that waiting offers rewards, not punishments?

or

Is it that we are just too used to waiting?

Very often, I find myself waiting. Waiting for events to happen or people to be more proactive, out of miracles.

Is waiting a tell-tale sign of low self-confidence? Not confident that being proactive will give us positive feedback?

Or as mentioned earlier on, it's just that waiting has become a personality?