the occasional rambles..

haven't have the luxury to be up in the wee hours of the night.. have fallen prey to my bed for the past week cuz of the very drowsy cough mixture.. else.. pure tiredness...

the disastrous hen nite
haven't been to a nightspot since.. eh.. the devil's bar few years ago that tien dragged me - all in the name to celebrate my birthday.. cuz last fri, attended my long-time (since pri 6.. woo hoo..) friend's hen's nite.. didn't wanted to attend cuz of my flu and blocked nose... till the bride promised that it's just a dinner & fellowship...
frankly.. i found it SILLY to purposefully "sabo" your friend just before her commencement of her married life... Well.. is it memorable for you if you are dead drunk and made to do stuff that you won't imagine doing in your right frame of thoughts - all in the name of fun & memorable? Frankly, if you treat the person as your good friend (i reckon these are good & close friends if they are part of the entourage..), you won't force your friend to do things that's she does not want to.. call me a wet blanket but i found the events of last Friday @ the pump room silly... (it's a great place actually, the food is not bad.. booze wise.. i personally DETEST beer/stout.. but the wheat ale is portable.. wine over beer... haha.. and ya.. the occasional once a blue moon cocktail is fine but then again.. i reckon alcohol doesn't have much of an effect on me.. haha.. ) Why? the result of their well*intention: bride to be was found missing from ladies that resulted in panic search for 10+minutes before we found her asleep at a table in the middle of clark quay.. Hello.. guessed only linda ( who is the most sane one .. incidentally, she is my classmate in kindergarten! haha small world! we met after wooo.. two decades!) and myself were not for the "getting the bride drunk stunt" cuz i guess of our common faith and common sense... (another Ridiculous thing was that one of the gal asked 3 of her friends - 2 guys and a gal along .. Hello guys on hen nite? and the shorter cargo trainee pilot even attempted to snap a shot of the bride when she was resting from the booze overdose.. hello...?)

in summary:
memorable = things you will not usually dream of doing? (despite of the consequences?)
well intention = your well intention may not be the best... must you conform to the your standard that " at all my friend's hen night, i'll make sure they be drunk and it's fun to see the behavior portrayed at the drunk state..." Hello? you aided in exposing your good friend's flaws @ their most vulnerable state? friend or foe? - gal.. don't saw i didn't warn you abt the principle of sowing and reaping...

hmmm i'm a human.. obvoiusly i don't believe in pre-bridal showers to be "hen nite"...oh well... hopefully, after the semi-disastrous hen nite.. these gals won't do more weird "memorable" stunts this sat..

Saturday
did something i never thot of doing ... glad that the recipient took it well and smsed me this afternoon to "thank me for the discipling on saturday".. :)

spring-cleaning? not really.. i guessed the coughing (due to the phelgm) aids in the speedy springcleaning? (still no screaming, struggling, pinning..) perhaps i'm just a princess.. *wink*

Sunday - the basketball comp @ the ulu Singapore Basketball Centre *hidden next to the Gelyang Swimming Complex"

Well.. it was certainly alrite.. well.. conclusion.. the peeps (bth guys n gals from Kep fels were very "garang, rough", perhaps nature of their work ba.. shipyard compared to clerical..hmmm) and there was this young lass (straight out of NY) whose words & behaviour were so "straight from the mouth" that it aided in developing the fruit of longsuffering.. I know she hated to be volunteered to be part of the team, but she did not have to put on the "tai-chi" stunt every time and the words that she speak were least edifying... and while others were rooting for their own teams when not playing..she was actually reading the Harry Potter book.. and insisted on leaving many time after her team (which was mine too) did not make it to the quarter finals when our other gal team got in.. team spirit?zitch.. hmm she's too straight.. hard to survive in the society.. reminded me of the utopian person whom got 15 minute of my time on sat.. haha but the utopian was slightly better..

Comfort... Comfortable?

Was kinda surprised how apt things flow... sat am was receiving "seeking directions" from my "aunt-agony" (yes.. i was kinda pissed with aunt agony sat nite cuz.. of a admin thing that was I reckon on over-sight which resulted in the no-show for me for that dinner.. but well.. released that this morning during sun service) the sat sermon well.. hit bull's eye lo... enuff
well.. amazing how God works ya.. And yes... was given a rather challenging task... That which requires non-human intervention... Well.. I like what Pastor said when he wrapped up today's service... Very true..
At the end of the Lord's prayer, we have the doxology.. What's there to worry when the sovereignty / eminence of God can't be challenged?

Well.. did something I'd not done for a long time - singing for Chinese Church choir.. well.. cuz... off focus... well.. matter of fact : it's always comfortable for me to sing for choir... just like what i did last sept.. (the end to the comfortable protected shelter "iron-ricebowl") perhaps to experience a deja vu for the other comfort realm for me?

hmmm but really enjoyed the fellowship time with the chinese choir.. (the dry ban mian @ the best kopitiam was yUmmy - and i'm one who detested ban mian soup cuz of the distinctive taste of flour...) well.. well..

Comfort or Something Different?

I guessed I'm taking things in the comfort realm for prolong periods already... time is ticking pass fast... 5 more months to go before 2007 ends

the text message...

frankly, i was surprised that he kept the sms ... and actually read out the sms when he was lamenting on that his gf not doing adequate enuff with meeting his love language.. Cuz came to this verse while reading the Bible on Thur.. felt that this is rather applicable to his situation.. so ya.. felt led to include this as an encouragement while sms-ing on sat morning...

nah.. the sms was just a friendly encouraging sms.... but felt weird being used as a source of comparision when mentioning this was what he would like to receive from time to time ... (eh? )

well.. source of comfort... discernment was right on track... Other aspects... well.. hmmm... ?

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and i can't believe that i actually went to search for that someone's blog... ANd ya to no avail.. felt silly... wonder why i did that?? silly silly...

maybe... but... can't...

the bag of...

hmmm guess the content? A vivid description will be as follows... a bag within a bag.. contents resembled "spicy sharks fin soup.." or "dan hua suan la tang"..

Oh.. in case you don't know what it was.. say it was "manufactured" by yours truly.. after an upheaval in her digestive system, which decided to reject her lunch of yummy duckrice & papaya... on her way home.. *kinda embarassing to do that in the public.. thank you Holy Spirit for prompting to bring plastic bags before i left office.. thank you for the kind lady who offered me tissue..

Due to the decision of SMRT to do away with rubbish bin within the mrt stations, I've to carry this burden from harbourfront to yes.. pasir ris.. kinda gross.. fortunately, i have a spare plastic bag.. else.. yikes.. welll .. met xinlian on my way home yesterday.. she could testify to that bag.. ahha.. I know this is kinda gross.. but still .. thank God i didn't make a mess... :) and feeling better after a good nite of sleep..

Haiz.. still gotta play basketball tmw.. the dear grp controller met me at the pantry and reminded me abt it.. oh well.. one thurs then.. :)

Oh... time to leave for bs... and i deliberate should i take the quiz or not.. spent my lunch time skimming thru the 8 chapters.. (skipped lesson 9 cuz of choir prac.. haiz. later gotta borrow kin onn's book.. for chp 9 answers..)

time to zipp off le.. :)

From the leadership files -- ENTHUSIASM

Quote - ' Enthusiasm and persistence can make an average person
superior. Indifference and lethargy can make a superior person average' -
William Warde

Do what you love and love what you do.

Two great keys to success are love and fun.

Have fun doing what you do.

Enjoy life and see good days.

Loving your work works.

If you stop loving it and stop having fun doing it, it'll drag.

You could change it so you love it again.

You could change your attitude so you have fun again.

You could take a break and get fresh ideas for it.

Whatever it takes, get fired up about what you do!

Passionate people change the world.

the saturday...

woke up with a fever.. yikes.. can't make it to work.. called the clinic to request for a 1/2 day mc.. clinical assistant told me no guarantee that the doc will grant me (cuz he's only in on monday).. she suggested i come down now (harlow.. if i can make it to work, do i need the mc?) or visit a clinic nearby (harlow.. i just saw the doc yesterday.. should have agreed to the mc yesterday.. silly me) politely replied her that i will go down again on monday - afternoon.. that doc only in after 11am...

went back to "nau"... ...

after decades of not touching my guitar.. i took it out, trying to strum.. Yikes.. the E string broke... Succeed to change the strings until the G string.. the Plastic Pin broke... yikes.. now my dear guitar is 5 stringed.. Low E not strung cuz missing pin... gotta get a replacement...

hmmm had my qt before heading to meville park.. can't believe it's that's fast to go into His Presence... hmm... thankfully my eyes ain't puffy when it's time to go.. :)

am one of the privileged guests to witness the rom ceremony of cuiqi n yaoguang.. hmm... so happy for them... :) felt a bitsy lost there cuz mostly cuiqi's cg pple... ushers leaders.. haha.. keke.. but saw ming n ellytusk.. so ended up in the usher leaders' crowd.. haha...

headed for vivo (cuz princess left her wallet @ office.. with her iPod too.. though safely locked up... but needed mulah and identification still...) with vory and ming after leaving simei... office was empty (haha what to expect.. but hey.. amazed that the lights are auto-sensored though...)

thankfully, i didn't spend a dime despite of the many attractive items on sale... :) gotta find gift tomorrow.. very tempted to get transformer toy (ahah..)

Oh cough Oh cough.. get away... Question.. how to sing when i've this non-stoppable cough... somehow i will be able to do it..

Oh yes.. the gal sitting next to me @ work is indeed a harvester! I knew it cuz I saw her preparing the cg sermon! but then she's not the spelling bee pronoucer.. same name though..

and she's from the same batch as me in NTU acc... Woah! great coincidence ah..

keke.. my discernment is rather accurate.. :)

six months...

yup.. 6 months.... lt's now or never... (that's the way cgl put it.. cuz that's his gut feel on this..)

well..it was a refreshing cg meeting.. like what max said.. i really have the voice to sing during cg (ya.. amazing.. afterwhich .. eh.. which is why i went doc during lunchtime just now..) refreshing cuz God is so real..

Felt previlleged... to be under steven's leadership for past one year.. well.. it was a year of rising and falling.. and recovering... Matured during this period.. (not in terms of appearance.. haha I'm still as youthful looking...)Hmmm previlleged cuz was one of the few that steven prophesied over.. Not just that.. that very fact that despite of it all.. God still believes in me... and also the leaders in my life .. but most importantly... do i?

so six months.. it's now or never... :) ain't gonna be easy.. but i dOn't believe that I will not make it this time round.. cuz it's not my will..

exciting time ahead.. (no wonder he sent a roach to my room .. to scare the lights of out me i reckon...but it was brutally finished off - with help of bygon ordorless..) And this morning.. my door was SHUT from within.. and even the key can't unlock it.. WEird rite? (make me late for work as a result but gonna call locksmith later when i reach home to unlock it...)

WEll..HE who is in me is greater than he who is in the world..

Greenbean with barley n sweet potato!

Dessert for wellness wednesday!
Great feast today cuz went crystal jade dining in for departmental lunch. Yummy! :)

the 964th on blogger

wee... this will be the 964th post on blogger... 548 on the 1st blog (that has a lifespan of 2 years.. ) 416 (including this) on this current one.. nothing special.. just some figures crunching...

was volunteered to join the inter-sbu games for basketball by my grp controller.. (eh.. i can't even dribble! and height wise.. hmm.. haha) well.. the first practice supposed to be today.. BUT I was only informed today.. Frankly i don't wish to join (cuz the other pract will fall on 19th a thurs.. and the actual event is on SUn - on rev mike connell weekend.. hmmm .. welll.. see how la..dun wanna be AS too.. ) hmm still didn't have the chance to ask my neighbour if she's the same gal who was the pronoucer for spelling bee.. I half suspected was her.. cuz of her hair... and the glimpse of her I saw on the screen last weekend... hmmm same name too.. can't be too much of a coincidence.. and ya.. she was too "volunteered" for the basketball thingy.. but she gave the reason that she would be extremely busy on thur/fri.. (hmmm.. very cgl-ly rite?)

not that it's important, just to satisfy my curosity.. keke... the truth shall set me free... haha...

hmm had a little chat with ziv over the msn recently on the iPhone.. (the newest gadget that caused a hoo -ha over its initial launch.. ) hmm that seemed like a great multi-purpose gadget.. . just that it's rather bulky still... anyway not due for launch here till next year.. speaking of iPhone.. my iPod jacket has disintegrated (thanks to the green tea gUy.. see previous post) haiz.. G-mask it soon ba..

WORKload is on the rise.. I was assigned to a no. of tasks that I was clueless abt.. Thank God the energy staff was sorta resolved (at least at this stage... with the last min meeting last fri..) And..
haha.. my second meeting with the sbu this fri.. (if the meeting end early... can have an early knock off on fri.. and back to work on sat..:( ya.. sat again.. and wedding bells a ringing for my friends... )and back to the work area on SUN.. cuz the other wedding is on sentosa island... Wa.. bleeding.. more blessed to give rite? sOwing and reaping..

hmm how true. those who sowed in tears (literally on sunday) shall reap in joy... ( i think my reaping is more in non-monetary terms..)

hmm i need to sleep.. gotta be alert cUz it's gonna be mind-bogging at work..

Something that caught me while listening to Pastor Phil Pringle's Podcast... (the most recent one.. )

"The ability to do what God has called you to do is not in yourself. It's in the power of the Holy Spirit. It's in the power of anointing on you. To do what God has want us to do is impossible. God will not ask you to things that you can do, He will ask you to do things you cannot do. He ask Moses to deliver three million people with a stick.. He asked Elijah to supply oil for a woman to get wealth out of one little flask...He asked Jesus to walk across water.. These things are impossible! But with the power of the supernatural, with the Holy Spirit covering over your life, the anointing circums into your bones, you are going to find yourself doing far more way beyond anything you believe is possible... whether you are a business man, a mother, a student.... whatever you do doing in life ...you are going to find
yourself empowered by the Spirit of God to do the impossible!"

i hate green tea -the sweetened bottled type

when the contents are being sprinkled liberally onto & INTO your clothed material bag.. Just a touch on now drenched bag will it remedied the situation? Hey, how maddening it is to find your mobile phone with the droplets of green tea, your iPod wet and the iPOd leather jacket soaking wet.. your wallet (note material is cloth, hence NOT water-proofed).. wet.. the lining of your NEW bag (a gift from friend) wet.. and you just muttered your word of apology when you casually said "i've accidentally spilled green tea on your bag" (u didn't specify that its like 25% of the content... else how would so many items be WET... and soaking wet.. ) And thanks to your "agility".. my hands felt wet and sticky from trying to dry up my soaking wet gadgets.. thanks but no thanks.. p.s. the tea IS sweetened.. it will attract some menace pests namely ants... and worse still.. "xiaoqiang"s.. well. as the cantonese term to describe this person.. will b budda feet and legs...."

thanks for being his BIAT of distraction... for the first 10 min.. ONLy.. why can't you embrace rom 12:2... Sigh...

the humanity speak...

I'm still WIP...