Last part on farewell

More farewell.. the memories start to fade away, so I better jot down the thought soon

KP & Jessie @Tampopo

KP joined around the same time as me, and we get to work on the same project since. Maybe because we are peer and that is why we have a lot more to share, be it info or personal stuffs. Not that I want to compare, I must say that I am more blessed and fortunate in the sense that I am being promoted earlier, got a bigger pay check and had better managers than him. Well, he made the choice to stayput and I hope eventually things worked out for him. Geesh, I am unable to attend his wedding next year. I suppose they are to tie the knot sometime next year? Kekeke. As for Jessie, this is her 2^nd farewell for me. Ha. They are very kind to have brought me to Tampopo since I crave for ramen and the eggs! Nice sia.

ZR& mummy @Akashi

My face is big and Cindy brought zhirou to see me. Ha. The food at Akashi is quite nice and Sing said it is actually better than Sushi Tei. Hmm I agree. But hor the food there is not cheap. Anyway I ordered a cold soba with tempura. Nice. Kekeke. I thought I was a bit sua ku. Cindy will quit soon too, end of Nov. it’s interesting how we met, it all started from a software purchase. Since I have to fill in the long tedious form, she helped me and Andrew with it. Ever since then, whenever I have PC problem, I will look for her and she always help me with a smile. Hehe. She is now a mummy, happy for her. And she is picking up baking!! Whoohoo.. how nice.

Fiesta Brasilla with LBOs

Have you heard of United Square? Geeshh... I went to UE square instead. Ha. Anyway, that is not too bad since I get to know this place before I leave for US. Ha. I thought the atmosphere wasn’t that great, It is noisy. Basically they play Brazilian music, serve grilled food and a salad bar. I like the mutton and beef and the garlic bread. Oh, I ate a lot of the watermelon. Man, I am going to miss the watermelon!!! It was the last CU dinner. I am going to miss CU29 group. Theme of the night was flower and I think QX is mad, he wore a flower on his shirt. As usual, we have interesting and honest conversation. The wongs are crazy and it seems that they are more alike right now. ha.

CYing @BB market

I am very thankful that we finally met up. There are unspoken things which I think we should not bring up at all. Anyway, we enjoyed the conversation and the companionship. It has been a wonderful journey with this good and special friend of mine. It left a footprint on me.. and ya, she is the friend who actually more prone to the idea of self discovery. I thought that is an interesting value. It is not that we want to be alone, but as we venture onwards, we get to discover self more; in the meantime, we know that God is with us and we are actually not alone! As Cying mentioned, we may have cross-pathed with one another somewhere, some time. Yup, just trust that God protects and prolong the friendship and we both also make effort to maintain that. Hehe.

The night b4 departure

It was a busy Saturday. I thank God for providing the opportunity to be open and honest to PS. It was a great communion in Christ. I pray that God sustain her and guide her along the way. I didn't want to get emotional as I leave the church but it just can’t help. The feeling of leaving those whom I love and who love me just so unbearable. Some comment that they don’t usually see me tearing. Of course la, how can I always show my weak side ler. Kekeke. I am not superwoman. I am weak then I am strong.

Raymond, and Lizzie brought baby serena to my place. It was actually a surprise and I thought it was pretty sweet. That is also the beauty of fellowship in Christ. Apparently serena has lots hair. Kekek. Then the 2^nd baby who visited me was Adriel. SW and Z purposely brought him to my house to let my mum see adriel. Haha. Funny hor. Hmm I am gonna to miss SW also. SW said the farewell cost them 300 buck due to the incident we had the previous week at imm. So she warned me better bring some gold coin for her next year. She is mad la.

Wongs, queen and Loys came over at night. Eunice is the 3^rd baby. Hehe. Ah well, I will seriously miss her too. it was very sweet for loys to come since mdm is preggy. The hubby is so sweet also. He worried that I might not come back in future, so he suggested that he should send me off at airport. Ha. Thankfully they didn’t and I am glad to see them at my place! I will take good care of myself, my dear friends. No more Friday hangout at legend and special gathering until we meet again in Singapore or in LA. Ha.

It is not common that we speak on the phone. But these people are sweet. They actually called me, msged me. It is just so heartwarming.

Another sweetie whom I need to mention is Constance, my beloved sweet little niece. She is 6. She cares about my leaving. She asked why I leave and where am I going etc.. she ‘helped’ me pack my stuffs. Although she struggle to wake up in the morning, she still does. She sent me off at the airport. She drew me a lot of drawing and I brought them with me. Hehe. Heard from dasao that she kept asking them to bring her to see me. Oh man, so sweet, my dear Kaiyue ah.

Osaka (8-10 Oct 10)

 

It’s about 3.5 hrs Hikari bulletin train ride from Tokyo to Osaka . The JR lady was nice, she gave us right seats so that we can get to see Mt Fuji. Guess what, we are supposed to spot the famous mt soon after the train depart, maybe 40-50min… but we didn’t see any!!! Argh… we have been watchful for like 1.5hrs and then we gave up and tucked into our bentos. Haha. I hate the sweet bean curd, I regret buying those. Trust me, I will try not to eat that again! Queen can sense that I don’t like since I dumped it away. Haha. Sad sad.

Maybe I was too upset, so when we hit shinsaibashi, we tried freshness burger, pork katsu, croquette, Four heaven kings ramen, blow fish, takoyaki balls.

As if someone starve me for very long… haha. We eat like nobody business. Kekeke. It was raining that night, and we left our umbrella at Toyoko. We both didn’t want to get a new umbrella, ha. Thank God, we didn’t fall sick. Haha.

The next day, we have decided to visit Kobe . Ya, thinking that we can go and taste the kobe beef regardless of the price. It rained… we continue to roam around this small and quiet town, I thought it was nice. 背山面水. I thought the 先天条件was great?! We took local JR train to Sannomiya (1 of the 3 JR stations located near city center), we stroll all the way to motomachi. We manage to taste this award winning kobe beef restaurant at this small lane near Sannomiya. That was a surprise! I like the macaroons at the food
hall there. I shamelessly sample that. Haha. NICE. Not as sweet. I like it. I tried the berry, followed by vanilla and chocolate.

We took train back to Osaka central. It was very busy and lots sky scrapers. I don’t like that. Ha. we didn’t have any dinner but went back to Shin Osaka for tsukeramen! The shop closed at 8.30pm and it left 2 soy sauce ramen choice. So we continue to hunt for food nearby. In the end we had udon… we thought we order soupy udon and we got dried one. Very sad. Ha. But the dried ones still quite tasty la just that it is not what we want! We had cream puff from Lawson for supper as happy food! Kekek.

Osaka castle. It is their festive season and there were a few dance groups. Kekek. Then we saw a couple wedding ceremony at the shrine. The bride wore a true white kimono which I think not very nice. It is more like for a funeral. Eeee…

Since we didn’t get to eat the tsekeramen, we went back again! There was a long Q…apparently their ramen is good :) the location is a bit off ler. Anyway we Q for it. Haha. It was kind of special. I can taste the fat pork belly and the fish taste. How to eat Tsukemen? Just dip the cold/hot ramen into the thick gravy and slurp it loudly! Kekek.  

    

This is blow fish. i scared of the poison. hahaha. thankfully we didn't die ;p actually this incident tested me on how much i fear of dying! Maybe at the moment, i just thought i should just treasure my life and not putting self into unncessary test, seize the day and live life to the fullest!

well, the blow fish was a bit disappointing. the thrill is more of... you may have die of being poisoneous by the fish. else..it just taste like any kind of the fish. btw, we feel cheated as they only gave us 1 mushroom instead of 4, as shown in the display. geeshh...

notes on the farewell...

LISHI

The morning DG was a good one. I enjoyed learning with DGers and I am happy that I have the honour and privilege to facilitate the discussions. I do not think that is my strength but I am thankful for the opportunity that God and His people have given to me.  I hope I can continue that. I know I am not that 1k talent person; God gives me more than I deserve.

Many weeks back, I worried that it would be a very emotional service. I am such a paranoid person, anxious about the hugs, the teary scene when I am on the stage; in short I am worried about being a crying baby in front of all. Therefore I took the advice to prepare my speech. It works! I am calmer than I thought and I can still joke about it! I love my congregation, I love this place where I get to grow and experience life!

Actually the moment LXin start to describe what that person has done to her, my eyes just filled with tears. Can’t help it. Really. I am not someone great but I am thankful that I can be the support of others and they feel blessed to have me around. At least, I left some foot print in their lives, and vice versa.

*just the day before i left for US, someone told me that i sounded not being sincere and sad while i said i will miss lishi congre. That remarks really amazed me. Did i really sound like that?* anyway.. not as if i can do anything to defend. so be it...

Finally the 5mth iceberg with Tying has somehow melted. I feel the urge of saying goodbye to her personally and ya, the hug was crucial. To me, it is a kind of reconciliation and honestly I feel her sadness via the hug. I do have that too.

Chias sisters are always lovely. I will miss teasing them and talking to them. Vianz did a very nice art work for me, so personal. And soooo nice. VNa is always so soft spoken and I will miss her sweet smile too.

YE @ Mayim

Quite an unusual friendship as it was not established too long ago. I am glad I can somehow be the support during her difficult moment. I still remember telling her that I can’t talk due to sore throat but I can listen still. Guess what happen. It was a long phone call. Ha. Interesting lady who actually had amazing ways while handling HR stuffs. Ha. Impressive.

SingE @ Sushi Tei Vivo

As my schedule is tight, we have decided to meet for lunch. Heee.. I am thankful for this great friend has walked me thru the whole process and be my support always. Sing said she is happy for me yet she feels sad as I will be miles away. We know that it is harder to meet up anytime soon and the sms response just can’t get that spontaneous. She sewed me a very cute pouch. Very sweet. We talked about kate spade and osh kosh shopping. Finally we departed at the skybridge there. I sense it again but there’s silence. I will miss you, my dearest friend!

As @ Sushi Tei Raffle City

AWong brought the whole family to meet us. Adele is petite while ChangC has ‘qiao chui’. That is the price of being parents. I am happy to see my ex-neighbor! The firm handshake and good wishes is so sincere. Come on, you can tell if it is filled with sincerity or not.

Athjie. I observed that he was a bit uneasy but slowly he become more comfy when I think I tried to be open and chatty. Also, unspoken awkwardness. Haiyo, since they want to meet me so much, I just meet them together with dajie. He is now a married man already. Ya, party was held at Bali for 16k SGD. I still think he is a bit selfish and money minded.

Anyway, we had a great dinner conversation and I am glad that.. we still feel that comfortable with each other, it seems it was just yesterday that we first met and joined the company. How time flies. And now we are on different paths!

It is amazing that I visited Sushi Tei twice a day! Ha. both are treats. Anyway I had different food and nice company!

SCF girls @ Dian Xiao Er

Too bad, bronzeit is opened at 12 else we would have gone there for beer! Ha. Anyway, it is so sweet of both them. PTeng is a more reserved and quiet lady. She is detailed and hardworking while JSim is more streetwise and know how to ‘select’. Ha. it wasn’t too tough being their lead, just that I need more patience and be assertive and firm whenever I need to. Hope they don’t find me too fierce. Ha.

JSim smsed me this morning, saying that she will really miss me when I am away. Appreciate the thought. I believe that would be some change, but probably people will just move on after awhile. It is always great to be missed by others. Hope I leave a good impression. Ha.

Lunch @ Red Hill

Wanna say byebye to bak chou mee auntie but she wasn’t around. As for feng you coffee lady, we chat a while. Ha. you know, those stall owners like me. It is beyond my control. So I request to go RedHill so that I can farewell with them.

Dadajie said she wanna farewell with me. We waited till 1240pm, thinking that they won’t come. Who knows, they came. I was actually quite happy. I miss the time lunching with ming2, dajie, Peow, PC, and Zlin. Ha. we started 2^nd round of coffee and I was overdosed. So bloated. Ha.

You know, I was a bit sad as how come dadajie never say wanna farewell for me, I thought she is cold and ignore me liao. Kekeke. Therefore when she suggested the lunch, I just get KP to change their farewell lunch with me to Thurs. Dadajie was my mentor when I first joined. Technically she is very good and a role model. In a way, I am trying to be like her. She brought me to SD ok..for the very first time; together with SShin, my favourite FW engr. Heheh. Both of them are great and smart people!

DajieDa OC me, asking when my farewell is and how come she is not invited. Oops. I freeze for a few second. Apparently dadajie told dajieda that she is going for my farewell lunch! Dajieda feel sad as she was excluded. Actually we had 1 farewell at Zi Yean last tues, I didn’t dare to say coz dajie didn’t get dadajie and dajieda. Who knows. Chey…

You must be very confused why are there so many dajie. Ha. I have dajie, dadajie and dajieda in my team. Dadajie is OHY, dajieda is TCT and dajie is CCL. Haha

不寻常的开始

我很惊讶这次的旅程会有如此让人难忘的经验!尽管身体还真的有点疲惫,但心情还是挺舒畅的.就这样.因着莫名其妙的理由,班机竟然延误了8小时,导致我搭不上内陆班机,后果是我得再等上5个半小时,抵达SD的时候应该已经是接近凌晨了.你知道吗,无本来是预计中午12时抵达,梳洗过后到处走走,然后会有一个暖炉大餐等着我;现在泡汤了! 呵呵

有点耐人寻味啦,心情有点复杂.哈.转眼我已经浪费了6个小时,到'大家乐'点了猪扒饭和奶茶,很写意的读我所爱的SUNDAY TIMES, 然后,慢慢的处理公司邮件,删除文件;和... 不自动的霸住HKIA的互联网服务,写博客,和聊天.还有3粒钟!待会儿我得要好好的睡!

我愿意以一个平静和勇敢的心去拥抱未来的挑战，所以我不可太Pek Chek. Haha. still smiling!


Back track a bit... back to past.. the time prior departure. Ha.

Hakka food @ Wen's place
Auntie很贴心,准备了一大堆的佳肴,尤其是我喜爱的客家酿豆付,我超爱苦瓜和茄子,好吃!还有,哥买了TB的烧鸭,我吃了两个褪.呵呵.
看那弟兄和睦同居,是何等的美,何等的善!当我们聚集在一块讨论一些'严肃'的课题时,我的感触是:我们都长大了!看到嫂嫂们,还有我们4个人,我们都不小了!那一幕很温馨,也很感恩!

这几天来吃了很多免费且包含着爱心和祝福的食物.很感恩上帝的恩带.我现在有点懒惰,不要写了,先休息一下.旁边的他味道很重,受不了!

A fresh chapter

Yes, it has become real and i am now at the departure hall. I didn't have a very emotional moment yet i feel sad as i am leaving my loving family and friends! It would not be the same as there is timne zone and location difference... yet i know that they will be behind me to support me and i have a big God whom i can cling onto!

Here i come... san Diego! With excitement and fear!! I am strong when I am weak, may His Glory be shown thru.

Celebrations

JC @ Gyu kaku

Thanks to my dear friend, I get to visit this atas place before I left for US. Ya, It’s BBQ wagyu beef. Nice. Sumptuous and generous celebrations treat!! I guess it is not so much about food but the friendship that counts. Honestly it is still a bit unimaginable that we will hang out together. Ha. Unbelievable, given that I am so serious and JC is..xxx.. for your imagination. Yet it is by God’s grace and plan that we can attend mentu and cell together and we have been in the same company for >4 years! Cheers to our friendship! Always, appreciate your uniqueness in your own way and style, and yes, I see the change in you especially when you seem to be closer to God in recent years. I thank God for that! Amen. We had beef briskets, tongue, garlic bacon, scallop, big prawn, pork belly, lamb and dunno which cut of the cow. Haha. The 2 scoop ice cream meant to be a surprise that we can both taste one yuzu and one matcha. Kekeke. Sweet.

WS @ Zi Yean

Peow said they chose this becoz of YEAN. Please lo, long long ago I already noticed that. Ha. Nah, we love Zi Yean as they serve nice dim sum esp the hong you chao shou. One observation we had, we went there whenever someone in WS left the team and you know what, it shrank from 2 tables to 1! Actually it is not; it is just because WS starts to have different clique and we are no longer that closely knitted. It is a pain in the ass! Well, I requested a smaller group instead of whole WS as I seriously think that no point to eat with those hi-bye team mates. For what? Kekekeke.

Steamboat @ Ah yee’s place

I realize I do not really know how to say goodbye esp to the elders. Visited kaofu(uncle)’s place and only he was around, aunt and cyee were out. As I 吞吞吐吐told him that I will go to states next Sunday, I start to 哽因 a bit. Just not brave to have eye contact with him. He then asked me when am I leaving and why so far? Hehe.. I was a bit emo. Kekeke. Then I visited ah yee & yee jiong. Same, as I told uncle that I am leaving soon, the same kind of emotion just.. ha. They are very nice. They prepared a sumptuous steamboat  to 饯行. I love the big fat fresh prawns and the fish slices. Soooo yummy. Soooo full. Think my cholesterol quota is hit and I shall stop taking in seafood till next year. I love steamboating @ ah yee’s place as they always prepare fresh and good ingredients.   

Tea with Tohs

I thank God that we are good friends since uni first year. Ha. Wah lament that she feel hopeless for Jamie. Well, what’s new? Maybe J is a bit ultimate and extreme. Ha. And she is always in her own world n she likes to divert her call to her home. Therefore we get to talk to her family members when we call her. Ha.

Adriel is 6mth old now. He is good, and never makes noise when I carry him. Kekeke. He looked like Wah la. As we were wondering why IMM has so many visitors, zack bang into the car in front. Haiz. So paiseh. Can’t be helped, he knocked at the back of the car… I am sorry about the incident. We should have walked there. Anyway, I had a nice chat with Wah. I am unsure when will be the next time.

Beloved Wise Mentors

Hans with Wise Couple

I look forward to gather with them and the final private catch up. To me, they are like my ‘adopted parents’ and I am glad that they actually treat me like one of their daughters :) wise man said that, not me. Ha.

Honest words are always much appreciated and welcomed especially from someone you respect and trust a lot. I may not need to hide that much in front of them and I can just reveal who I am and what my thought are. Maybe I know I can’t really act! Hehe… I thank God for them and for the kind of ‘kinship’ in Christ. It is something like you always have someone to watch over you, to rebuke and remind you timely though it seems to be painful esp the moment whereby the words are like swords piercing thru your heart! Kekeke. It left you bleeding for awhile and it gets healed and you’ve gotten a stronger heart after that. Hehehe…

He said he won’t agree to every decision I made which I interpret that he actually does not agree to my move. Yup, I sense that. We trios were frank enough to thrash out the emotions. He shared his experiences and ya, some reminders. One of the thing which really hit me is… I shall not belittle myself and see myself as xiao mei mei when I move over. Instead It should be the other way round. They bring me there for a reason as I am good. So I gotta show that I know something and that is why I am there! Americans has strong 优越感 while Australians has strong 自卑感; and they appear to be arrogant and defensive in order to protect themselves from intruders. I truly appreciate that perspective. You know why? Because no one has shared the same thought whenever I told them about PTP and IHPS people being senior in age and experiences.

Only the wise tell me. I shall anticipate some loneliness also esp in the first adjustment phase. Therefore work and social life are equally important. Yup, please pray for me if you are reading this blog entry hor.. hahah

I seriously think that I will miss them a lot!! L

Coke chat with CM

She is really powerful and I also think that I will miss her mentorship! I request to meet her before we meet again in US! Hehe.. she was kind enough to remind me of my bonus…kekek.. and she will swing by Barb’s cube to tell her about it. Recently mrBirdnest really piss me off and I told CM about birdnest. I am really a bit disappointed with him. Sigh…

Only those who care for me and my interest will care to brief me all those that may put me in advantage and disadvantages.

CM asked me to get Karen and JU as mentors too. Good suggestions

Praise to the Lord for the great mentors i have in life and work! Amen.

oiyishi

Food.. this trip is all about foood , rather than sightseeing

Osaka- Freshness beef burger, poisoneous blow fish, takoyaki, pork katsu, ramen @ xin zai qiao; dried udon, cream puff @shin osaka
Kobe - kobe beeef!!! cafe latte, cheese n beef croquette..

whoohoo... SASHIMI and KIRIN Beer for supper for consecutive 2 nights! today we are taking a break ... kekeke... we shall have cream puff instead!

we had tasted various kind of yummy pastries..i like the macaroon.. kekeke

Kyoto... We are coming!

OK, I have been faithfully taking all the food pictures... shall post it once i am back!

Movies in the air

I thought I want to blog about the movie I watched on 747. I must say the impression on shared screen has improved as the image quality (screen resolution and sharpness) was pretty good. Sorry, my 职业病. Ha. Anyway both movies had some impact on me, in term of values again!! I conclude that I am too innocent and naive about so many stuffs. Ha. Now you see the influence of media and how it can just integrate to your life, be it knowingly or unknowingly.

The backup plan

I always hear her name but I have never watched her movie once. She is Jen Lopez. Ha. She is quite pretty and she can be quite hilarious. So this story is about her(Zoe), being artificially inseminated and on the very same day, she met her man of life, Stan (starred by Alex O’Loughlin).  Her reason of being preggy is that she can’t find a suitable partner and she can always have and raise child on her own! Interestingly she joined this single mum support group. They are all single yet they want to be mummy and get inseminated too. funny. So this movie gives a new insight… which is also quite unhealthy. Tsk tsk. That is.. you need not get married and you can still be a mummy!

Alex O’Loughlin is handsome. Ha. I like him!!

The Joneses

That is also a culture shock to me. It features man, being materialistic and greedy in this consumerist society. This ‘perfect’ family moved into this rich neighbour which the average household income is >100k USD. And they are the ultimate trend setter of the luxury goods, range from designer labels, high tech toy, flashy fast cars,  cool gadgets etc. The neighbours are busily trying to keep up with the Joneses and imitate their lifestyle. Guess what, the Joneses family is hired by a company to boost up the sales of the luxury goods. WOW. I never know such things exist. I told lunch kakis, NP said it’s fiction but I remember seeing the movie features a few couples in the various states.

Part of the reason I watched this movie is because of David Duchovny. I hardly watch x-files. Ha. Good la, the movie exposed me to another form of consumerism which creep into our lives quietly

Karate Kids

I happened to watch it. Heard from the rest it wasn’t nice but then..since the image was clear, I watched lo. I like jaden Smith. I watched because of him and not JC. I don’t like JC. Hehe… Jaden looked  like the dad ler. The storyline is simple. Hee.. somehow it reminds me of Ip Man!!! Please, westerners always like to look down on Chinese but in this movie, the kungfu master actually taught his students to be ruthless and merciless towards their ‘enemy’ and be mean. Simply put, being unethical. Anyway, I tear… hehe.. when Jaden persevere on even when he almost can’t make it to the final round. Sweet.

Economy Plus

Btw, I am now the Premier status. so i get to board the plane earlier, cut the screening Q and if there is free upgrade available, i can sit on the econonomy plus seating which has a bigger leg room. kekeke. for FREE.

End of Fall * Start of Winter

MYL told us officially we are into the first day of Winter. Oh man. He likes everything except summer as it is too hot! He said RB is for retiree.. ha. coz they drive slow, quiet community. but hor..i like The Villas at Camino Bernardo & Bernardo Crest.. La serena also nice. very spacious. Cham, i am hooked to bigger and nicer @ atas area. the bar is slowly raising. ha. Must control a bit.

Thu the 23rd: Victor, Pier @Seaport Village
MYL suggested Greek food. OK, we went. Ha. not as bad as i thought. I shared a chicken swarhmi with Ju. kind of big sia. MY had #11. sorry, i don't know the name. Get to know him more. Good. Super zai guy. He said we gotta learn to play 'their' game. hoho. Chim hor. My usual fix @ Seaport Village with nice colorado bridge view! Had fried calamari, shrimp & fish; i didn't eat lots fries. ha. and i had old pier margarita 'on the rocks' to pamper self a bit.
prior to that, i almost...almost ran into the train/tramp. I didn't notice as my mind was fuming and thinking of other stuffs. Phew. His grace :) else i wont be blogging now!!
I finally had the pumpkin spice latte @ Starbuck as i thought the pumpkin season is in. well, overrrated la.

Wed the 22nd: Elephant Bar, Shien of Osaka
Wanted to go Shien for lunch but Howard suggested Elephant bar. OK, since i have never been there during my previous visit, we just drove off. Hoho, i had teriyaki salmon with fries. both Howard and the waiter think that i am a bit unhealthy and people don't normally eat wih fries. ha. who cares?!
The dinner @Shien was soooo nice and comforting! I love Shien! I had spicy rock shrimp handroll and half dragon roll. the combination of avocado, crabmeat, unagi is simmmplyyyyyyyy yumz! together with a cup of green tea, i was so satisfied and happy. Well, never tear though. ha.

Met Bill on our way back from lunch. What he said almost made me cry. BPD management has never said that to me. hoho. Maybe it's really a loss and how to ask them to congratulate you ler? hahah.

Carmel 加密山

Tue the 21st: Cheesecake Factory @Friars
Ju and myself crave for the cheesecake there. had shrimp scampi and red velvet cake. Yumz. keke. the portion is big and we shared the stuffs. It was really crowded man!! well, they are known for good food n superb cheesecakes. I am a visual person, so i choose it based on its look! ha. Shallow.

I couldn't sleep throughtout, and i don't like the TV. You know what, the moment i switch on the radio, wowo the song HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD. it is just sooooo comforting as you hear something you're so familiarize with and what's more it reminds you that how awesome our God is :) i think this channel is Christian channel ler. FM 100 something. Sweet

Actual i like Carmel Landing, nice green apartment. hehehe. just that 588sqrft is too small. but hor, if i wanna stay at RB or Carmel area, the rental is not cheap. maybe around 1.4k? but it's only 7-10min drive. Happenned to pass thru some doggy place at MM, i was freaked out. Your 6th sense will tell you that... you just don't feel good. Calvin called that Singaporean instinct. Haha. BUt hor thankfully as we went to Allure to drop our stuffs, the place is pleasant. a abit atas also. The rent is not cheap either, about 1.2k-1.6k. at the end of the day one will need to spend 1.7k for rental?!! this is crazy. hoho.

Otto was funny. He said he heard rumour about me. I said it is not rumour. I really love those ICS folks. They are kind to me! I am meeting Howard later for lunch :) shall go Shin. kekek

Faces

Mon the 20th: Italian mama, Kings
I think it's something called Mama dunno what. Ha. I visited this place few years back with HY and SS. hoho, JohnM said he must visit this place every week. I had pizza, canadian bacon with mushroom. the rest are having a big lasagna, pasta with meatball. only Don and I had simpler food such as sandwich and pizza. Hmm shall i go again and have their pasta?
After doing some shopping at Carlsbad, i wanted to go BJ but it was like..so FULL. and i've found KINGS! The guy told me the grilled wild salmon is nice. so i had it with french fries and sautee spinach. It feels so good to eat cooked vege. ha. 

It was a new milestone for me, meeting all the new faces! Hoho, you know what! i am actually considered quite short when i stand beside all of them! Only JenTseng is shorter than me. oh man. Not only the height, the age too. Ha. i am relatively younger!!! To think JohnM is turning 66 and he will retire on 29 Oct!! I am taking his cube, so he'd better clean up!

View 4S Ranch, real nice. Am i serious? hmm...

Foodie

Sun the 19th: Starbuck, Shin of Osaka
Ha. You must be wondering why i mentioned starbuck here! the fact that bcoz i dunno what to eat for lunch, I just got myself a raspberry drink with a rapsberry low sugar cake. Yumz. I got a coffee marble cake, not as fantastic though. The raspberry cake is yummy!! Perhaps i am too hungry? kekeke.
Although they have changed their name to Akai Hana for ages, i still like to call the place Shin. I had my must-eat salmon roe, spicy tuna & nabeyaki udon. The udon did not meet my expectation though. nvm, i shall visit again since i want to eat the Dragon roll and Rancho Bernardo roll.


Sat the 18th: Louis
If i remember correctly, that's the name of the pizza place at USS. kekek. Since we had four 5 buck meal voucher, we settle our lunch there @ Hollywood section.
I like the think crust, the Hawaian taste is not bad. then we had coke. hoho. sick, i had pizza with chilly sauce since all others had that too. we are mad.

Fri the 17th: DTF 鼎太丰; CC
That meal is all about meat and gossip. Kekek. 小笼包，红油抄手，腐竹豆腐冬粉汤，菜云吞拉面，炸排骨。太多肉了啊. All time favourite -> Mocha Vanilla Coffee. This time we had a raspberry pastry. Not bad. Quite smooth. Many thanks to queen :)

Thu the 16th: Brewkerz
Interesting meal as I am having that with Cheryl. Hehe. think many will fall from their chairs. To think i am actually dining with a SM. 3 hrs ler. Ha. i am amazed and honestly, i was quite worried what will the conversation be. Original plan was to go Bronzeit but since home is nearer than Brewerkz, we cabbed down. btw, cheryl dressed up for that ler. wowow, i feel so honoured.
Singapore Pale Ale, Grilled wings, she prefered Cow boy while I had Brewekz burger.
I am thankful as God has prepared such as nice mentor at work for me. She shared her perception and she wouldn't mind listen to my nonsense at times. Kekek. As what dajie said, i owe Cheryl alot as I believe that in a way, she helped me to pave the way. By only mentioning her name helps to open doors and resolve deadlock. she is professional and she is pretty much quite true to me. She shared about her personal life. hoho, insider news. She also told me about the upcoming job rotation plan in our organizations, eventhough I won't be affected. She shared her experinces in living in Poway and how she likes her mazda3 along CRV road. 
I am supposed to treat her as an appreciation. who knows I was treated in the end, to think I have already prepared to burn hole :p

Tues the 14th: Happy Chicken, Daily Scoop
We had our fix at happy chicken. kekeke. so full. and then we went to Daily Scoop on foot. I like the avocado ice cream. creamy and rich. I will miss that!

Feasting Regime

Maybe regime is not the right word, ah wel, who cares. kekek. I feel that i have started putting up weight due to the excessive feasting which was started on 10 sept. I shall note down the various feast to better manage my calories intake in the next 1.5 mths

shall blog about it when i am more free. T3 has so many people. Hope all is well and i can get through things with His blessings. Get a bit nervous as there may be lots of surprises. HE is the God, isn't He?

Yeah. Economy Plus. Kekek. Free upgrade from now on. Yes yes, more leg space. later i shall look out for the big fat lady at SFO. kekek.

Getting fat

It was an interesting extended weekend. Ha. Enjoyable especially with good food and good company cum interesting conversation. It started on Thursday… since we have floating half day.

Italia…
We went to Ristorante Bologna @ Marina Mandarin. Initially we just wanted to have ala carte pasta and tiramisu, who knows eventually we decided on the buffet lunch there, as the sweets looked too good. Kekeke.

Nice ambience, a bit atas. It’s like fine dining. So I feel a bit out of place. Ha. I like the clam dunno what. Ha. The dory fish is nice too. then the chocolate lava, black forest and chestnut cheese cake are yummy too. oh ya, the strawberrt puree/mousse is yummy! I had 2! Ha. The crabmeat ravioli and baked bacon & cheese pasta also quite nice. kekeke. One thing that surprised me is they don't serve normal coffee or tea, instead they serve either latte, cappuccino or espresso. Kekek. Then we roam around esplanade library to borrow some movies and buy a big bag from planet traveler!

Chinois
At night, I am honored to join the popiah feast at our neighborhood. Those aunties are very kind and nice. They were so happy to see us and keep asking us to eat and eat and eat. Hoho. I had a lot of Kong Bak and 1 pau. Hahah. Sick me. Imagine I put 2 thick fat 3 layer pork inside 1 bao, then I finished the 2 meat and I put another 2 in to finish up the same bao. Hahah. Then better still, I use one vege to wrap another piece of meat!! haha. horrible. We had 4 kinds of popiah: Cantonese, teochew, hokkien and Penang. To me, I prefer the Cantonese style! Yum! The auntie who is called Macaroni is also very friendly. We had a long chat.

The community is pretty friendly and I can see their passion in having the events which cheer more old folks. More importantly they get to showcase their cooking! It’s yummy too!

Western
The high tea @ Shang ri la is not bad too. the spread is not like very big but sufficient and tasty enough to satisfy the needs of our taste buds. Ha. And also, you get to choose either 1 or many kinds of premium tea. I had tea no.18, both chilled and hot one. I prefer the hot one as it better brings out the aroma of the tea leave.

The juicy gossip also shocked me ah. I was a bit shaken, it’s a clash of value system! Thus don't always judge a book by its cover, and probably at times, being in love can be blind.

What I like about Shang: durian cake, chocolate banana coconut cake, coconut ice-cream, cold duck/ham, kueh pati. Basically I think I am fine with the food, the company matters more.

Thank God for meeting Deir also, at least I get some good advice. As for Ming, she supposed to give me a lift from the main road and in the end I gotta walk in by myself. Ha. But it's ok. Good weather along Addison ave, I think.

Chinois
I like Asam fish. Nice. Keke.i had twice over the weekend. Then I also had lots prawn. Ha.

Duh, I hope I don’t gain too much weight over the long weekend. Ha.

Je suis malade

I don't understand why do I become so weak since last week? Come on, it was only 2 coffees plus laksa?! How could it turn out to be a throat infection, follow by feevr, flu and cough and worse still, voice-less! hohho. hardly took so many MCs... if not for the IHPS stuffs, I wont bring back my lappy to check company mail. ha. sick me. Indeed i am sick.


选择
To iron out the details on the package makes my head swirl! Kekek. I ask for it! Read a comic by 吴悠律, it says..

虽然凋谢势在必行，但花儿从来不选择枯萎。世事难料，所以选择应该不问对错；而勇于承担后果的每一个选择，其实都能成就一个成长。

I like the 插图and the little column which this guy had on every Sunday Zaobao. His thought can be random but quite down to earth. He will use such weird or rather 天马行空illustration to bring across his point. hoho, i am gonna to miss that.

I also like the bi-weekly column by princessLee on Sunday Times. she is quite vocal and skeptical. What attracts me is she dare to criticize even if it opposes her brother and father's policy. hoho. She is being pragmatic and i think to a certain extent, she empathize with ground level people; given that most prince and princess wont understand the bitterness of 小市民！

Where is Sumiko Tan? She must have enjoying her marriage life now in UK? oh man, i also like her article and when is she coming back? sob sob. I like Colin's bi-weekly column on his NYC + yakuza baby life. Interesting guy.

WAR
there is bound to have a warfare in WS soon since both Ming2 and daJie will fight for the expert position. Personally i support dajie and prefer her to be the lead. To me, she is more well -rounded though her years in BPD is not as long as ming2. 

Recently we also got into a conversation whereby "If you're a boss, would you pay an employee the amount of $$ you're getting today to do the work you're doing? ". Peow and Myself said we might not. Ha. it does not mean we are overpaid, just that we think we can be stretched further and contribute more. of course there are people thinking that they will. from this small survey, we can tell that who has higher self value! sometimes your value does not determine what you do but rather who you are. Like Uncle Dennis told me recentlyt, it is not what you deliver but how you do it. That's how the manager deal with FPR question. ha.

PC is another victim of all these expert promotion. His peers seem to advance and he somehow got stucked. He is a nice guy. today it is LeNing's bday, so he is off to celebrate the bday! kekek. sweet daddy.   

Moving

Things has been moving fast for the past 2 weeks though there are moments that are just so pissing and i lost my cool. Seriously, do i need to be that agitated when

I don't get update on the date?
I don't get informed on the last minute absence?
mum refused to rest when she is sick?
you're supposed to be the ic and yet you are unaware?

the answer is NO. Guess what, God has brought good out of the not so nice event which I thought it was. It is about human interactions. It is about communications. It is about having things happenned in His time. i had other blessings when things are not my way.

We have new addition to the family, welcome our little Yue Chen. Pretty little girl!! kekeke. I shall try and get you something during my preview trip. Thank God for His gift!!

I thought I was a bit mad last few days since i strike 2 random conversation with a stranger and a not so familiar colleague. They have the similarity. They have been to the place where i will go soon for good!!

This first stranger is an indian. Ha. I just cut his conversation with his friend on a bus. Yes, out of no way. I got too excited as I overheard that he was there and will be there for years. Those people beside me must have thought that i am an indecent girl, how come i give that person my namecard and talk so much!! Haha. oh man, queen scared me. True enough, that guy called my office number the very next day! well, i didn't bother to take down his number.

The second guy SK is a nice guy. Ha. he asked if i am a Christian as he overheard my phone conversation while q-ing for shuttle bus months ago. Was i that loud? ha. He even can tell that I attend Chinese Church and read chinese bible. Ha. so rare. i mean nowadays it's rare that you will find local reading ch bible, going for ch services. Cool. He told me about the church he went and said what he missed most is not the company but the pastor there. hoho. wowow. I was quite worried on which church should i go to and you see... God sms me via His angels.

It is still a lengthy process... you can say i am pessimistic and to certain extent, i am. maybe that's me! I am not like what my outlook says about me -> cheerful and optmistic girl. I am rather maybe a more self motivational girl. That's all.

Thank God for Barb. She has been encouraging and told me to hang tight! Thank God for Cheryl and i think in some ways, her presence makes me look extremely good and exert some pressure to Barb ;p I felt very good after talking to Cheryl that day on how to resolve the deadlock. She said: I know it's not you to take those crap, so just fight for it else quite HP. ha. I am glad to have her support and advice.

I wonder, how can all this take quite awhile? hmm a few months ler. Latest surprise. This morning i just knew there is some changes on the relocation. OK, be cool and heads up!

As for Japan trip, finally settle on the accom. hoho,i am gonna be a flying pillow for the next 2 mths... more mileage pls.. i wanna a free NA ticket! :p

Sweet

I don't understand why was I so agitated yesterday. Is there a real reason that I should be that fuming?! Silly me. Really silly. After a good sleep, I am really amazed by self on why do I get so worked out when I only heard a few statements from birdnest.

Seriously, I don't think I am great and I am really flattered by all the escalation. Not that I am good but it does show I am highly valued as what Sing said. Maybe those events which I anticipate to take place has yet to, that’s why I am so frustrated.

As I drag myself to dinner last night, Echen was very sweet. As I stepped into the house, I told her: Come, give gugu a hug. She guai guai came over! She normally tries to be funny by not listening to us. But yesterday she did! Feel so comforting while being hugged by her. Then I told her: Gugu is angry today. She then innocently asked: At work? I said: Ya. She then said: Someone scold you? I straight away burst into a fit of laughter. Haha.

What a sweet niece I have! Kekeke. Though there are still uncertainties, I was reminded by God that I got to be still and trust that His grace is sufficient for me when I am weak! I have to keep reminding self that His will to be done, but also hope that it is also of my favour ;p

National Day Weekend

Since I came in around 7.30am today, not sure why my back is aching?! Let me try to take a break here. Again?! Ha. Ya.

The recent trip was relaxing and more importantly it was with good companion! Queen told me not to stress too much as they have no must see and must eat. So we will just go and explore!

True enough, I really salute myself. I myself can’t even confirm the exit, how would they! Ha. Well, as QY said, even if we take the wrong road, no one will know except me. Haha. Very true. I actually wanted to sleep during the journey but I couldn’t. thanks to walkie talkie, we actually ‘talked’ to strangers at the custom, we overheard and responded to their conversation! Kekeke.

The short stay @ humble nest was good, I thought. At least we all had some exchanges with papaNg. Kekek. Let him talk about his good old days stories. Keke. There were queries around the family portrait. QY said mamaNg looked like a PM’s wife. Hehe. Thank God for His blessings, it is all about His grace and mercies!! Nothing that man can boast about. Mikey said the noodles is nice, we rolled our eyes since we are not expert in noodles. Kekek.

It’s stunning that the Tg Piai Resort concierge people actually allowed the unauthorized guest to continue to stay!! We were supposed to get that unit! Well, after some negotiation, we got 2 rooms. Ha. Gentle yet strong breeze. How nice! You can see second link from the resort! Mikey still brought binocular along. *salute* haha.

The seafood wasn’t great. Well, Wong said it’s highly recommended in the web. Well, it’s really SO-SO only. Ha. C’mon, as local, I have higher expectation! The Twister game was funny!!! The morale of the game is: You’d better exercise more often, stretch your muscle every now and then! Kekeke. It tests your reflex! Everyone had fun, lots of laughter! And lots of photos taken! Little Eunice just stayed around and behaved very well!

We had fried noodles and crab fried rice for the breakfast then we headed for the mangrove walk in search of the southern most of the main land asia. Ha. Even though Eunice was koon-ing, Wongs still bothered to bring her along. And here we go, we visited the national park. there were quite a few surrounding monkeys  and we were afraid of them, thinking that they might attack us. Kekek. Not coward ok, just want to be cautious! We jollily posing for photos under the big hot sun! that’s why we’ve got headaches lo.

Fruits for lunch! The folks were very keen to have a durian feast. I just sat aside and watched them eat. Ha. I am not too keen since headache plus really not in the mood of durian-ing. Hehe. Queen went to pluck pu-to-san (something similar to Rambutan), uncleYao went to cut out a dragon fruit, and auntieMeng served us with pineapples! Kekeke. I can tell they had a good time eating the fruits. Loi-s were too full to have lunch!! We headed home after the ahHui fishball noodles and bought some breads home!

In short, it is a simple yet lovely and heartwarming outing. I am unsure when the next group outing be but I definitely thank God for this! Seize the day!

Time flies and people grow. It is inevitable that we hang around with different people, that’s life. Isn’t it? Was using the term, ex-GF to Jess when I told her about our trip. It sounds weird and sad. OK, time to move on :) God has made things beautiful in His time and of our best interest!

If I could reach, higher

一直都觉得青奥没什么大不了，它提倡的oh yeah 和give way 倒是很刻骨铭心，街头巷尾都在谈论着它。若不让路，得被罚SGD130！真是的！一直呼吁大家要成为一个优雅社会，做个称职的东道主；难道你觉得大家的优雅水平不堪入眼，要一直不断地通过各大媒体疲劳轰炸？可笑。呵呵。

第一次到浮动舞台，感觉还不错。27000人，面向着MBS，一眼望去是滨海湾，CBD的skyline挺漂亮的，微风徐徐，现场打着璀璨的灯火，不错啊！

采用集装箱和蓄水池的舞台设计概念挺不错的，尤其是当表演者卖力的演出，配上绚丽的服饰，还OK！基本上我对YOG的文艺表演没什么期待，因为小红点是个小国，也无非常突出鲜明的文化色彩，与邻国相近。搞笑的是，由于是彩排，我们有幸见到‘假’总统、‘假’IOC主席。哈。不过张准将aka TCH出现了！

当国旗逐渐升起和在空中飘扬时，感觉怪怪的。那天，NDP时我有点不知所措。呵呵。

最后，当他们彩排欢迎各国的健儿们时，我听到了1996年的奥运主题曲 Reach，好怀念啊。有点像我现在的写照。呵呵。

Reach 

Sang by Gloria Estefan; Songwriters: Warren, Diane Eve; Estefan, Gloria M

Some dreams live on in time forever

Those dreams, you want with all your heart

And I'll do whatever it takes

Follow through with the promise I made

Put it all on the line

What I hoped for at last would be mine

If I could reach, higher

Just for one moment touch the sky

From that one moment in my life

I'm gonna be stronger

Know that I've tried my very best

I'd put my spirit to the test

If I could reach

Some days are meant to be remembered

Those days we rise above the stars

So I'll go the distance this time

Seeing more the higher I climb

That the more I believe

All the more that this dream will be mine

If I could reach, higher

Just for one moment touch the sky

From that me moment in my life

I'm gonna be stronger

Know that I've tried my very best

I'd put my spirit to the test

If I could reach

If I could reach, higher

Just for one moment touch the sky

From that one moment in my life I'm gonna be stronger

I'm gonna be so much stronger yes I am

I put my spirit to the test

If I could reach, higher

If I could, if I could

If I could reach

Reach, I'd reach, I'd reach

I'd reach, I'd reach so much higher

Be stronger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr2HEOQGZ8c&feature=related

Musical Chair

It's like musical chair. we take turns to switch places and sometimes it just caught everyone in surprises!!

The latest surprise is uncle Kuu will be coming over! hehe.. back in many years ago, i spotted uncle Kuu and kind of admire him. then i saw him at the pool pretty often.. then we work in the same platform and now we are at the same floor and he is joinng printer WS in Nov!!

I applaud the quick decision they made, really shocked us! imagine last Friday they still bother to get iphone girl to come again and who knows, the next moment they prefer an internal transfer and that person is uncle kuu!! hoho. the 闪电announcement also shocked everyone! Ha.

i think birdnest may not have think too thoroughly on this decision. I can guarantee that he is much more 难搞 than me! kekek. He is so vocal and he grumbles alot. at least that is true since most of us observe that. How is mr birdnest and ladygaga going to 打压 him ler? i really have no idea and i don't really bother too much.

After all, people movement are pretty common.

hoho, there is this guy who joined back BPD recently. while i was taking the water just now, i overheard his conversation with TQ. hmm he said he was on 3yr missionary work in vietnam. wowowo. Not many will mention the word' mission' if it is not Christianity centric. OK, i shall find one opportunity to talk to him.

3 yrs ler... quit the job and serve God. Can I do it or rather WILL i do it? hmmm...

忆卢美玉安娣

因着南大团契的缘故，我有机会认识您和南国安哥。记得当年的校友日，您滔滔不绝的与我们分享当年您们在南大校园的点滴，更告诉我们您如何说服父亲，极力争取进入大学就读的机会！您也说每一回您和南国安哥开着jaguar到南大时，一定会到南大湖走走，毕竟当年那是许多南大声谈情说爱的好地方，但您俩不解为何现今的学生竟然不视这湖为浪漫之地。

当年，基于我是团契职员，加上大四时和当助理干事时得参与常务会议，我有不少的机会与您接触。谢谢您每次都邀请我们到您的家中，让我们这群学生领袖享美食，在舒适的环境中开会，在超大的pent house 空中花园看风景，那可是事奉的incentive之一哦！还记得每次常务会议都很期待您的出现，因为您都会带一些很可口的点心替我们解闷。呵呵。依稀记得有一年，因着怡兴安哥决定退下不当主席，您在无人愿意站出来时却挺身而出；每每FES遇到财务危机，您都会说包在我身上，让我去打电话和写信呼吁人奉献。那种作风，的确不常见！

您在FES，南大校园、校友、和中国人事工的参与和付出是我们学习的榜样。您没有因着富裕的背景，而忘了其他人。您因着一个爱上帝的心去爱您所认识和甚至不相识的人，就如您的宝贝所说，大家都看到您一生的果效、见证和劳苦。

上周末接到你安息的时候，觉得很感伤。昨晚，当南国安哥亲自带我去瞻仰您的遗容时，问我多久没见你了，当时的我真的有点受宠若惊。想了想，大概一年多了吧。最后一次见你是应该是在2009年南大校友团契常年会议时，尽管您的身体欠佳，您还是与夫婿一起出席；当时真叫我为自己这批新南大生感到惭愧。当我们靠近您的棺木时，南国安哥还开欢笑的告诉我您到离世前还如此的胖，没有瘦下来，我真的不知该如何回应。只能静静的在那儿看您最后一眼，思念您。谢谢您与南国安哥一直以来的关爱和善工！

再见了，美玉安娣！

Relax

A few of us had silent retreat last Saturday @ Garden of remembrance. It was a good session. We are practically slow in everything. Exercise, Sing, Read, Eat, Walk! But it is a good way to slow down to observe the surrounding and pay attention to self! like when you start walking, which feet do you lift up. and like when you are to cross your arm, which arm is on top of one another?

Most of us walked around to visit those little 'houses'. saw some interesting notes, nice flowers, cute miniatures. kekeke.  

One take away. 不管你是美是丑，富有或贫穷，年幼或老迈，不分贵贱，聪明愚笨，到头来还是归回一个‘牌子’。所以，要珍惜当下，好好活出一个符合上帝旨意的人生，爱人爱己。

Also, I saw beautiful flowers. some leaves with red color on one side and green on another side. then this plant, the leaves on the top part are all red while the rest of the bottom plant is green. nice white flowers are seen also, it looks like clovers but it is not.

It's HIS

友人问我为何最近没有更新blog，对咯，快1.5月了！近来较为忙，加上现在的地理位置不适宜太张扬，所以就拖了再拖。哈哈。

经历的事还不少，感恩的事还是数不尽的，虽然生活还存在着许多的未知数，但是上帝的旨意永远是最美最佳的。要掌握这道理和实践出来是门很深的学问，得要用尽一生来体验、磨炼。

喜欢这样的exposure,它让你觉得受重视和尊重，让你有机会肯定自己存在的价值，事实真的如此吗？话说回来，NP说你的价值不在于你做了什么，而是你的阿头如何看你和定你的位；难道真的那么可悲吗？我相信我们本身的价值不完全在于手所作的，而是你这人的本质。Being and not doing. 最近常需要be assertive，尤其是要打仗的时候。我可真像花木兰，得和一班的男人对抗；所以要学习不管对象是谁，摆出事实来，用合适的立场的语调谈判，胜算不敢说，但至少不会死得很难看！呵呵。

觉得在勒住舌头这方面越来越怠慢，时常不经大脑的将脑袋里的想法说出来，不知道我到底让多少人跌倒了。我常告诉自己要就事论事，但有时候不是什么info都有益处的。哎，近来燕窝先生也真让我们越来越感到无奈和无助。他不需要扛起所有的责任，但他的不慎好像在无意中搞砸了许多的事。偶尔我也觉得有点气愤！

对了，本周刘小姐又来新出差了！虽然大家都倍感意外和惊讶!haha. 我要说的重点是她和男友现在的感情很好，似乎已经磨合了。我的确松了一口气，至少我不会再听到太多不伦的八卦，希望她能专一，最终能开花结果！

这7个月来我作了不少决定，暂时还不至于后悔，哈哈！人生也许没有很多第一次，但今年的决定似乎对我的生活有着不一样的影响；是好抑或是坏，要相信上帝的同在与安排。

上周因着年度的读经计划，被迫在1.5小时内读完使徒行传，快疯了！哈哈。以下是我的小小杰作，它可是wk1的design.还有4周啊！呵呵。尽管如此，还是很开心的推行这事工。
                                

最后，想分享这几周来一直陪伴我的箴言

To win or to lose, it is HIS!

挖洞补洞

Birdnest

I think it is pretty visible to those higher management and ground level that something is not right in WS. Hmm what could be the cause? Personally I think that it is a compounded effect, not just due to birdnest.

Having said so, maybe birdnest really contributes much to it ler. Although I tried hard to refrain from thinking that way but the fact just disprove what I thought! He likes to make decision on his own without gathering more reliable data and the sad thing is, he does not learn from the mistake.

Basically he digs a hole at 1 end and tries to fill another hole at the other end. It’s endless and it is resulting too much casualties. Does he really realiaze the damage? It takes so many years to build up all these and yet you are witnessing the destruction process, one by one; whether knowingly or unknowingly.

It is scary, disappointing. It does not only hurt the individuals but the organization. We might be back to where we were 7 years ago. How frightening!

Has mrDC observed the trend? Has he taken any move to help to mitigate? Has he been playing a pro-active role in guiding birdnest? Maybe only he knows.

msHot
She is capable, observant and confident in what she does. I definitely appreciate that. You’re bold to tell me what you think. Yes, I think that is helpful but don’t try to dictate my thought and stance.

I guess I also need to tame down my temper and tone while working real closely as a team. Sometimes, we got to be open and unless you are able to convince and justify, else please listen first and be receptive. Although there is nothing wrong in insisting our own views but prior to that, we need to do some ground work. And don’t always assume that we know everything and we are right. The very fact of that is… we are not always right. Ha.

Just the observations I had these few weeks. Ha. More chemistry and spark to come :)

Interview
Am I too out-dated? How come nowadays those uni grads’ resume is so unprofessional and insincere? Didn’t the school has teach them how to write a proper one? Alamak.

Classic. The first one only outlines the uni education background and hobby and maybe brief skill set outline. Very few ECA, no FYP stuffs. 1 sheet only. She is from NUS.

The second one has everything except FYP. The best part is he uses FACEBOOK layout!! Give me a break! Kekeke. He is from NTU.

I thought during my NTU days, we get to learn those during communication skill module? I remember there is some workshop on how to write a good resume? Of course the students today can be very busy with their assignments and online activities, please don’t tell me that you cant get any sample resume online!!! There should be some standard items which you need to include. Duh… use FB resume layout, my goodness. Haha.

变迁

With some movement recently, seriously I have a bit of 震撼。The team I joined 4.5 yrs ago is no longer the same, not anymore. I miss the good old days of WS. The cohesiveness, the dynamic has changed dramatically over years.

Moving forward I am unsure how the things change, but I definitely feel that it will become a roadblock. For good? I do not know.

Thankful because they adjust FY10 band to be on par with other MNC. And I am blessed to have benefited from that. It’s never that I should take for granted. It is purely grace, I would say.

I am bad. I purposely ‘kek’ ming2 by telling her that we are being pushed up to the band ;p then I knew that the band has changed from year to year. So she must be quite mad that we are drawing similar (maybe hers is higher) check.

It’s grace la.

Cheryl is right about me. She do not think I am fickle minded given that since the first time I talked to her, she knows that there is a urge within me. She encourages me to keep on trying… else I won’t be able to settle down.

*nod nod*

冒险王

上帝是存怜悯和恩惠的主。

我不觉得在众人当中我的语言能力顶呱呱，只是还可以。上帝让我这个不知天高地厚的家伙胆敢接下这任务，我真的有点疯狂。还真的要感谢上帝赐我那adventurous的个性。呵呵

哇，原来我还真不知道我会运用声量，听说效果不错。哈哈。搞笑啦！

我还蛮enjoy与傅牧师合作的；RT还建议我以后替所罗门翻译，他真的是疯了！

爱

爱真的那么神奇么？它还真的能够把一个人搞得不太理智。如果一段感情在短时间涉及了金钱利益，那他真的信得过吗？

爱情是盲目的，沉睡的你，赶快醒来！

她说我像小孩般遇到问题时马上惊动身边的大人，她说我很可爱。

我说因为我太担心，束手无策了！

还好，上帝似乎已经阻止了感谢神！

择偶是以条件抑或是感觉？我不知道。