Renaldo's Apple Strudel & Some Self-Enlightening Stuff

This,

is what I had after my cell group today. Haha, all thanks to Alvin, our newcomer. He went to Upper East Coast Road just to buy us apple strudel. And he, I would say, have good taste. Nothing beats Renaldo's apple strudel as a late night snack. I was waiting for bible study to be over sooner than later just to polish off my piece of apple strudel. Eager anticipation.

Anyway, other than this common liking for apple strudel, my cg mates and I have another common interest, which is good food in general. We are really pretty big on good food.

When it comes to voting time for young adults retreat in church, we'll never fail to vote for events that has everything to do with food with themes like Makan Galore and Food Hunt. Lol.

Steamboat and cooking session once in 2 months.

Yea, we are seriously a foodie cg.

Some of the guys can even drive islandwide just to get food from the so-called famous food places. Not just buy, they even know how to cook. So every week, we'll have home-made mango pudding and italian pizzas for post dinner treats. These days, its kinda hard to find guys who love to cook eh.

Well, I learnt an important lesson today.

Matthew 14:28-31

Heard of the story where the apostle Peter walks on water? He walked out of the boat, walked on water, start to panick and find himself sinking and cries out to Jesus for help. That's the passage.

That passage seems to speak to me. Depicting this picture as to what it means to be a Christian caught midway between my faith and doubt. And, Peter represents all who dare to believe that Jesus is Saviour and dare to take their first steps into the unknown in confidence, believing that He is able to sustain them. We then forget to keep our gaze fixed on Him and instead, on the towering waves that are threatening to engulf us. In the depth of our worries, concerns and troubles, when all seems lost, we remember to call upon His name and find His grace is sufficient for all our needs.

It seems to question me, when you are out of your comfort zone, on unchartered land, do you grapple with every worry or DO YOU STEP OUT IN FAITH?

I believe I do want to step out in faith and believe I can make it out there in some foreign land for 3 months.

Do not let anyone tell you, you're not good enough for anything. Not even yourself. -Taken from the Pursuit of Happy-ness.

Heh, hm, perhaps I was actually paying attention to the bible study afterall.

Good night, friends!

I'm NOT Being Paranoid


If I were to tell you, I've already came up with a detailed check-list of what to bring for my internship.

Ok, for the past few days, I've been contemplating if I should book tickets on a budget airline to Shenzhen. The situation currently: Qiu Xin & Lay Yee (the other SMU girl who's going) have already booked tickets on Tiger Airways since they were the earlier batch of students accepted for the internship. So...

Do I really have to make a choice between having companions on my 3-hr flight there or...

Do I have to make do with the 15kg (!!!) baggage limit???!


sheesh. After coming up with a quick mental checklist of the things I have to bring, erm, we're gonna have quite a problem here. So, I sat down and came up with the exact check list and most prolly, I'm gonna 100% exceed the baggage limit requirement. No doubt. Hahaha.. I have problems even adhering to the normal full-fledged airlines' baggage limit.


Fine. I shan't bring so many stuff. Only bring the essentials, like what my dad always say.

But the thing is, my dad being of the male species, wouldn't understand the male's perspectives of "essentials'' and the female's perspectives of ''essentials'' are really quite different.

Worst case scenario, buy whatever I need there in Shenzhen or HK.

The Most Gross Ad Ever.


Have you guys seen the anti-smoking ad? The one with the girl with her rotting teeth and pus-oozing lips. Such a tragic ad, "quitting smoking is harder than smoking''. I wonder if smokers can sue the creators behind the ad.

seriously, I for one, do not like the ad cause it made me waste my whole subway roast beef sandwich! damnit. I was happily eating my yummy sandwich when that ad played. And it was my very first time watching it. It was by far the most gross and most fear-inducing ad ever. Totally totally ruined my appetite. Where's my viewer's rights man...

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Blessings Galore.

Sometimes, we do take our blessings for granted. Don't we?

We may whine and complain to God, why we never have this, that and everything. Why don't we have enough. (Eil, you're not alone in this, I'm guilty of this myself=\)

But He is ever faithful, every new day is a blessing in itself. Simple blessings in life, so simple and plain, but yet, a blessing still.

Even the lovely friends,family, cell group mates around me are blessings in my life too. Not excluding my boyfriend, Jax. He's a blessing too! Heh.

To quote from Eileen's blog,
I know, for many non christians, some will say, "wu ya bo(in hokkien)?" or "coincidence la" or "really so zhun meh?" or "i dont believe it man" etc etc etc. these were the exact same words that I used before. even so when i'm a christian myself. but when you are there and the love of God just struck u like lightning you will say, "really wu ya leh(in hokkien)" or "it's not a coincidence at all lo" or "it's really that zhun la" or "i really believe it man".
I will remember this blessing and I have indeed learnt a true lesson. Never ever say that God is unfair.

Haha, I grinned at what she wrote cause, its really funny the way she phrased it in Hokkien.

It's really 'Wu ya leh'. =)

Yeaps, He is a God who never practise favouritism.


I have more than enough already. It just takes a little while to knock this sense into me.

YIPPEE! I got the internship at Shenzhen Kaifa Tech!


Oh my goodness, straight after the previous posting, I got a call from Ricky the overall in charge for SMU overseas internships. I got accepted!


God has really really REALLY spoken by giving me this internship. Cause before I went into the interview room, I told Him in my short and brief prayer that, if He really thinks it'll be a good learning opportunity, He'll see me through the interview and will enable me to say the right things to impress the interviewer.

If He can see me through this, I should have more confidence in myself and have more confidence in my ability to a good job for this challenging internship! No matter how challenging the work might be, He'll see me through the 3 months =)

Out of Sorts


Very very much so.

Of late, I sense uncertainty. I do not know the best way to put it across. A part of me feel that I should write it down, talk it out of my system to someone, anyone. And I find blogging to be a very good avenue at this present moment.

Doesn't help that I am down with the flu bug and nursing a cold.

Well, Term 2 ain't as fun as I thought it would be. Albeit the fact that the weeks whizzed by at an almost alarming pace, I still find myself pondering on what I should have done or even done better during the past term. And as Week 13 draws to a close, I can't help but feel this slight apprehension towards what is to come in the summer holidays. Pending internship applications, not one even confirmed. This internship application is kinda driving me close to nuts.


Urgh! Reality bites, It really does. It's the fear of not knowing what is to come that makes me feel this way. I know, I should just chill and walk along the bright side of life but still, recent events have not allowed me to.

Allow me to pick myself up, and I'll be my usual self once again. =)

God Answers Prayers!


I'm so overwhelmed by what God can actually do to help me in situations when I think there's a very slight possibility of a breakthrough. This is regarding the application for the overseas internship at Shenzhen.

What can you do when your parents are against the idea of going to Shenzhen, China for an internship? I mean strongly against here, they have this perception of Shenzhen being the most un-safe place in the world and because of this, I've been having arguments over this issue with my mum who is the more 'paranoid' of my parents.

So, I just commited this whole internship issue to God, just telling Him that I'll just leave it in His hands, if I were meant to have a wonderful and enriching experience through this internship, He'll move obstacles out my way and provide me with help.

And within 2 days, I got the help I needed. And it came from YOUIE! HEHE, her uncle's younger bro is actually the VP of the company that I was applying for! and she helped me a great deal by telling me its an established firm plus she even gave me a contact whom has interned in the company before. The girl that I can call up was so helpful and told me so much more about working in Shenzhen and how the city is like. And the reply I got is what I wanted to hear. The industrial park in which the company and the expat apartments are located are safe and provides transport around the industrial park even late into the night. I got the assurance that Shenzhen is really not that dangerous place to work and live in.

Even Ricky, the person in charge was encouraging me to pursue this opportunity and reassured me that I can do it and do well during the interview. He even gave me a tip to mention during the interview, that I have a friend working in the same department as me. (that is Qiu Xin by the way, my fellow project mate).

And my dad is totally behind me now after hearing this news! He was like, "WOW such a small world!" I can hear from his voice that he's relieved and will support this decision if I do managed to get the internship. All there is now, is to persuade my mum and my aunt. Half the battle is won! And I thank GOD for providing me this massive help!


So so so amazed at what He can do!! I know, I'm not even half way there in the application process and yet to even go for the 1st interview. Nevertheless, I'm still very overjoyed.

Thank you so much, Youie!

The ultimate thanks-giving to GOD who proves to me yet again, that His Sovereign help and His goodness reigns over any difficult and daunting circumstance!

"He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters" -Psalm 23:2

Woo!.. Strange, I haven even got a confirmation for the internship but I'm so happy already=)

Am loving my leggings...

or black tights, whatever you like to call it. Super comfy and super versatile to pair it with any kinda long blouses or tube dresses. Damn nice =)

It was as usual a wonderful shopping spree with Eileen after our mugging session at PCC. We just needed that extra dose of retail therapy. Hm, actually, it all started with me, since I had to get myself a formal skirt to wear for my interview (more about this later). Anyway, instead of just buying a formal skirt which I didn't buy (technically speaking) because the Future State sales girl made a HUGE mistake by wrapping a pair of black capri pants instead of a black skirt into the shopping bag, we went on to buy other totally un-needed stuff.

Haha, at the end of the shopping trip, we both concluded that we would be on our respective boyfriends' hate list (according to Eil). Every single time we mentioned each others' names when our boyfriends asked who are we going shopping with, its always the standard naggy answer...
Right eileen?

Well, I went for my very first formal interview at MARSH Inc. For starters, it was a pretty normal interview. I was pretty impressed by the office at China Square Central near Raffles Place Mrt. I would be kidding myself if I said I don't really care if I get this internship. Cause I feel I can learn much from this internship experience at Marsh which is the world's leading risk management and insurance brokerage firm. The senior HR lady was very friendly and I think she's gonna give birth soon cause she's heavily pregnant. She looks pretty hip for a pregnant lady. Did I mention before? I have a phobia of pregnant women especially those who are heavily pregnant cause, I'm so afraid I'll accidentally bump into them and cause them to have a miscarriage or something. HAHA, oh no, now, I sound so klutzy which I am most of the time.

Back to the main issue, the interview. One major blunder I made during the interview was the fact that I came across very 'marketing' instead of HR, which is not good, since I'm applying for an HR position. She kept re-emphasizing back to me, HR is back office support. I know HR is back office and mundane, but the whole point of me wanting to apply is that I want to learn the fundamental aspect first before moving into HR strategical aspect which is higher level (that is, if I'm considering a career in HR). I didn't say the above of cause, I just thought to myself.

Overall, I think I did alright. Big heave of relief.

and I dread wearing formal work blouse and skirt, they made me look very prim and proper to the extent that I looked very stern and business-like. So restricted. I seriously do not look forward to post-grad days where I have to wear business attires to work every weekday.

Well, I guess, it's time for me to get a way bigger wardrobe, one section for work clothes, the other section for my 'soon to collapse' wardrobe.

Certainty in the midst of uncertainty


I got a call from Marsh International, an insurance brokerage and risk management firm based in New York, for a face to face interview tomorrow.

And, there's something that holds me back from doing my best for this interview. This hesitation stemmed from the fact that I'm keen on going for an overseas internship and I still want to keep my options open. If all things go well during the interview, I would have to accept the first offer given to me and have to give up applying for the 2nd internship.

At the end of it all, I really do not want to pass up any opportunities and risk missing my internship application.

Uncertainty seems to surround this internship issue.

When it all boils down to this tough decision, I feel that I should leave this dilemma in God's hands, praying for wisdom and knowledge to make the best decision.


Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans for you," declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Blessed assurance. No assurance can ever beat assurance that comes from above.

Re-collected Memories from the Chiang Mai trip.
(Its a so- out- of- the- blue random post)

Alright, I'm seriously trying to kill time here, hence the quick succession of posts after new posts on my blog.

I was fondly reminded of the wonderful events that happened during our Sec 4 trip to Chiang Mai by my dear, happily married friend, Chit.

Anyway, she corrected me that we were not that bad at being on time. 6 out of 7 times, Youie, Chit and I were on time for breakfast and surprisingly, we made it early on the last day cause no choice, its departure day, absolutely no chance to oversleep.


And I suddenly realised Youie has this strange but really endearing characteristic you prolly didn't know about her. (haha, washing diry linen in the public here.)


She used to or maybe she still likes to collect little plants and flowers. She actually brought back this tiny pine tree-lookalike from this plant farm back to our hotel room! and the next day, we went to the vegetable farm, she happily plucked some carrots and tomatos and put them on our bedside table. The next thing we know, we have an assortment of plant life on our bedside table. Haha, Chit and I are deeply amused by this 2 incidents until to this very day.

ok, perhaps you won't find this funny, but we always have a good time laughing over it. And Joseph Lim, our lit teacher who was the teacher-in-charge for that trip remarked that Youie will soon turn our hotel room into a garden! hah...

I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET JOSEPH LIM !!

no, not for the fact that, we (as in my sec school girlfriends and I) all had huge crashes on him since he was the cutest teacher in sec school then.

Because, he said in a joking manner, I made bimbotic comment. This simple comment of his has serious serious repercussions. Reputation is at stake here! Damnit! anyway, it's a long story why, and I'm not gonna wash my own dirty linen out in the public.

ha, do not understand why I love digging up the past so much.


Ok, my comic and boredom relief over.


Good night and sweet dreams.

Go Global!


These days, corporate mantra is to 'Go Global!'. Don't you think so?

Always harping on the global experience.

And somehow, I got drawn in as well. It's just the innate curiosity to experience more of life overseas, somewhere away from home. To get out of my already very safe comfort zone and try to rough it out alittle.


So, I've made up my mind on going for an overseas internship to China. Shenzhen to be more exact. I was deliberating on this for a long while, so long that I missed the first few internships to Beijing and Shanghai. Anyway, it's a marketing position, so lets hope it's gonna be more interesting tha boring ol' HR =)

Well, please pray for me since nothing's really confirmed right now. It's just the pure preliminary stage whereby I'm still consulting the person in charge for all the overseas internships in SMU.


Ok some major issues to consider when interning in China.

1) My poor command of Chinese

Worry allayed cause Qiu Xin, my good friend from Cross cultural class told me she applied for that same postion at the same company (she got accepted already) and the interviewer said the lack of good command of chinese is not a problem. The best thing is, the folks there at the company can speak fluent english. And and, there's no need to use chinese for report writing. PHEW. haha, I was very very relieved when I heard this piece of good news.

2) I have this pre-conceived idea (me and my pre-conceived ideas again.....) about Shenzhen being a seedy and dubious place..

hmm, have to do some research to allay this worry. My dad's gonna ask his Chinese clients about Shenzhen cause I think my dad said its still a very new city and not that developed yet.

3) Accomodation

Settled since the company will arrange for interns to stay at the Expats Apartments (cool!)

4) Airfare & allowance

To be paid by intern. Oh by the way, monthly remuneration is 2000 Rmb, which is like 500 SGD. Typical intern's measly pay.

5) Cheap shopping!!!

Shenzhen being so near to HK! Wooo..

okok, this is definitely one of the major issues! Urps, now, I sound so superficial.

Attachment period: 14May to 20Jul

I've discussed with my dad, and I think he's still considering. =\

Pray for me friends! I'm really really really keen on this internship!! Its gonna be an eye-opener!

Chit's Wedding


Is 22 years of age too young to settle down in a marriage?

For me, my answer would be yes. But to each his/her own, and I wish Chithira and JP, her hubby all the best! She's happy, we as her friends are happy for her as well =)

It was my first time attending a traditional Indian wedding and it was quite an eye-opener. There was a video clip showcasing the wedding that was held in India for 5 days. So many rituals to go through and traditions to conform to. Way way more complicating than the typical Chinese traditional wedding ceremony.

I was close to tears at some point when I took a glance at Chithira and her hubby, JP at the bride and bridegroom's table. She looked so different in her traditional wedding sari, with her hair done up and face beautifully made up. Suddenly, I felt a great sense of loss.

Where was the girl who during sec school days, was my best buddy, my best 'partner in crime'?

Where was the girl whom I made friends with the first day of Sec 2?

And, she's happily married now.

Now, I sound like some selfish person. Do I? I really do not know.

Looking back, the moments we spent together are beyond priceless. I mean, this is the girl I grew up with in sec school. Some part of me still misses the old days of girlish childishness. The days of our field trip to Chiang Mai. The sharing of hotel rooms with Youie, the 3 of us who were the very last to turn up for the buffet breakfast all the 7 mornings and for winning the award (if there is one) for the messiest room ever. Days gone like the wind.

Oh well, I still wish Chit a smooth-sailing marriage! Don't migrate to New Zealand with JP too soon now ok! Haha, don't mind if I tag along. =D

by the way, we snapped away before, during and after the wedding reception.

with lovely babes, Eil and Wan Zhi
Pretty Zhi who looks every bit the HK girl with her Hong Kong street wear inspired dress sense.

Kickboxing plus aerobics partner =)

Me with a Bollywood bombshell! LOL! Kavi looked amazingly hot in her ethnic sari (which according to her, is the trendier kinda Bollywood-ish sari, and not the traditional kind)

I pout while they smiled. Totally not in tune with the theme.

The bride and bride groom were swarmed by relatives after the reception so couldn't really get a good picture with them. =\

-wanted to upload more pictures, but Blogger hanged on me again-

URGH.

Off to sleep now.

300. PREPARE FOR GLORY!

One of the best movies I have ever watched. Eileen and I went to watch the show without much expectation. I told myself, it's just gonna be a fighting show with much gore, a massive blood bath. There was indeed much gore and every scene was filled with the shedding of blood. Blood spattering and splurting everywhere. It was really a gruesome yet thrilling show, leaving you at the edge of your seat throughout the entire movie.

So what on earth made me like the movie so much?

Purely for the very clear message that came across when that Spartan King Leonidas said,

"Prepare for Glory! Do not surrender, do not retreat!"

In times of adversity, persecution and even death, would you 'kow-tow' to a false authority? Or would you choose to hold fast and cling tightly to your faith, beliefs and principles and await the glory that lies ahead?


Prepare for the glory you cannot see but am certain of.

I just feel that I watched this movie at the most opportune time cause I just finished my bible study on the Book of Daniel. And the movie seriously does portray the end-times of the world scenario that is prophetically written in the Book of Daniel.

Even though the whole movie was set way back in the Medo-Persian and Grecian Days, it's really a very futuristic portrayal in a certain biblical sense.

Ok, I'm not gonna get all preachy here. If you are interested to know more, ask me =)

At the end of the movie, Eileen and I got a very clear pictorial message. Haha, it was well worth the time and money.



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Pretty Little Things.

Chocolate Pudding Cupcake with roasted hazelhuts and toffee cream

Coconut cupcake (they gave it a nicer name, Samos Cupcakes)

Himalayan Goji Berry Chocolate Cupcakes topped with Chocolate Ganache and Himalayan Pink Salt

Ok, thats quite a mouthful for a name of a little cupcake.

Fresh Pumpkin Cupcakes with White Chocolate Chunks & Cream Cheese Frosting

So pretty! so much so, that you'll hate yourself for eating it. Hah...

Banana Boston Choc Cream Pie Cupcakes

After looking at the pictures, don't they make you wanna sink your teeth into each and every one of those little cupcakes?! Haha! Hmm, I want to learn how to bake. So I can bake all these lovely cupcakes!

It's A Soupy Post!

Velvety Mushroom Stroganoff

Beef goulash

I'm a very 'soup' person. I love my soup, any kind of soup, as long as it's thick, creamy and chocked full of good stuff. Until I tried out the soups at The Soup Spoon, I only ever think that the best soups ever was cooked by my grandma. Hah, but I do seriously think the SP's Soups are giving hers a run for their money. Okok, when it comes to herbal and chinese soups, my ah-ma's soups are still the best lah, obviously any kind of soup can't beat soups that are broiled over slow fire for 8 (!) hours.
Well, back to Soup Spoon, their soups are simply worth trying out. If you are those who do not give a damn on calories count, their creamy soups are really a must-try. At least you won't feel you have been cheated of your money since the soups are damn 'gao' and super alot of good stuff. Their velvety mushroom stroganoff is worth every cent of your 6 bucks - every mouthful is filled with chunks of mushroom of every kind. Super super yummy! Trust me, you'll go back there again just to try out their other soups. Even my Human Capital Mgmt Prof loves their soup, bumped into her when she was eating there =\

I say, the idea of serving soup as a main course is a good one.

However, at the end of the day, I still love the oriental kind of soups cooked by my grandma. Those with red dates, lotus roots and all those herbal stuff. The most important ingredient: Her love and the effort that she puts in cooking the soups for the family. The taste is Simply Un-matched (at least to me)

Every mouth-ful is full of goodness, love and nutrients. Ah-ma's soup still rocks even with the stiff competition! =))

W.A.N.T.S



The whole issue of WANTS vs. NEEDS all over again. I thought I'm over that already. So wrong.

Shall just touch briefly on 2 wants (HAHA, erms, kinda sounds like I'm giving a mini-presentation)...........Whatever, to heavily simplify matters.

1) Digi-cam

Right now, I have a pretty good digi-cam but I yearn to get a spanking new one and I just missed the IT show. I hate to squeeze with people. And after reading today's news, I found out it as a wise choice not to go afterall cause there was a record-breaking 700,000+++ folks who turned up at the 4-day event. (!!!) Mayhem-kind of squeeze (A stampede, more like it)

2) My own car!

This, is the top number one item on my want list. Even bags, clothes, make up and shoes can wait. I really don't mind the old Merc now. Haha, vintage rocks.

Actually, this is a partial need. My dad needs to use the car most of the time so I hardly get to drive around much on my own. Hence, another car would be more like a need. A wee bit of justification here.

High chances now, since my sis is going for her driving lessons. So once she pass on her first attempt (which I think she will, my parents and I have full confidence in her), we'll confirm 100% get the car. Right now, its 70% confirmed rate.


The first thing I do when I get to drive around on my own, is to drive to Island Creamery at Serene Centre for ice-cream. Its been ages since I ate their icecream. Anyway, they opened a branch at Centrepoint so perhaps one of these days after class, I shall just head down there for icecream. =))))))

Vivo-ed


My 4th visit at VivoCity thus far and I tell you, not once did I manage to navigate myself smoothly around the maze of a shopping mall. We spent 20 mins trying to find Carls Jr and gave a sigh of relief when we finally found it. It's like finding an oasis in a desert. ha, ok abit too exaggerated. Seriously, some improvement need to be done to the directional signage. The first tell-tale sign that people are lost looking for the shop they want, is to look at the number of people standing around the directory! ! There were people crowding round the main directory AND the floor directory.

And again, my friends and I couldn't find the way to the basement level where the food places are. Ok, is it just me who can't find the way to the basement or is it the fact that Vivo is really that hard to navigate.


Anyway, enough of complaints of Vivo already. I'm glad I met up with my sec school girlfriends and we kinda made plans for a Ten Year Anniversary to commemorate our decade long friendship (!) Yeaps, its nearly been a decade since we said our first Hi's and became the closest of friends.

Two options either book a hotel room or rent a yacht for the whole day (this is more interesting)

We really came a long way...........

These bunch of girls were the folks whom

I grew up with,
Survived our awkward adolescent years together,
Stuck through nerdish glasses, braces and unkempt hair, (just me lah)
Do skirt checking for me during that horrid time of the month, (HAHA)
Console each other when we found out our crushes fancies other girls,
Cried with after our first break-ups,
Went crazy over Justin Timberlake during his N'Sync Days (ack!)
Do Ten Year Series with, (OH MAN, thankfully, those days are over!)
Lend me their homework to copy when I forgot to do

And how can I forget, they are the ones who never fail to wait patiently for me to finish my food everytime we ate together. LOL, I was the slowest to finish my food cause I was always the one who yakked non-stop while they eat.


These girls from sec school are the best friends ever. No competition.


Ok, its going to be Week 11. =\ 3 more weeks to exams.

A lil' reminiscence.


Came back from a dinner with Meiling, one of my best girlfriends from secondary school days whom I have not seen in 2 years. Nothing extravagant and nowhere near town area. It's just Mos Burger at AMK Hub. But we had a great time just catching up, filling each other in on each others lives. The feeling is just so surreal; we changed a great deal, but deep down, I feel nothing's changed at all. Its still that warm feeling of the good ol days of deep and true friendship.


While walking back home, I can't help but think back to those days when we had our lit classes together (yakking most of the time), running to the tuckshop (yah, very old school) to be the first in line at the economical rice stall, choosing a good seat (usually right across our crushes, haha...) and getting all gigglish over everything small and insignificant.

Oh how we changed. Our conversations, our dressing and our experiences. We became very different over a span of 8 years. I have not a slight inkling back then of how I, the tomboy would become someone so girlish, and how Meiling who was the girlish one, would become less girly-girl. It seems like we have switched roles.


It really scares me sometimes, to think how time and life circumstances can have such deep lasting impacts in each of our lives. Will we still find time to meet every once in a while when all of us are on our separate paths to our aspirations and dreams? Are we still on the same path or are we going different ways?

And, I'm thankful for this small get-together because, I realise even though we might be on different paths, going different ways and meeting different people along the way. At the end of the day, we are ultimately on the same path of friendship. In my opinion, friendship is like this highway, each of my friends are different roads all leading to that common highway. Haha, seriously, I do feel this way. No matter how busy or how different we turned out to be, we still make time out for each other to rekindle that warmth in our true friendships. We need to make that effort, take time out to ring each other up for a catch-up session.

To all my girlfriends and friends who are reading this, I love all of you! (eee, I know, its kinda mushy.. ) Ha, I do mean it. I'm so glad we are all part of each others' lives. =)

The Once- (or maybe twice) in- a- Term Affair.

It was a night of silly-ness chilling out Qihan and Julie (she look fab with that goth look)

Vanny's presence is dearly missed. =\

Well, its the end of week 10 already. 3 more weeks to the summer holidayssss!

This March, I'm Into...


Skinny jeans preferably dark vintage, grey or black. Anything but the usual boring blue denim.

Deciding between dropping by Gap and shopping online at J Brand to get their dark vintage wash skinny jeans.

My soon to start Cardio Sculpt classes. I know I'm going to love it cause it allows me to NOT feel guilty for stuffing myself crazy these days. My appetite is getting ferocious; just today, I think I shocked my Pricing mod girls when I polished off a big plate of wanton mee and fish slice soup within 15 minutes. Urps.

Planning my summer holidays (what's left of it after my internship) and the year end getaway (which is still far off).


It's such a contradiction really, me looking forward to the summer holidays. Why so? A huge part of me can't wait for summer to arrive cause it's gonna be a whopping 5 months of holidays. Yet this tiny naggy feeling at the back of my mind tells me, it's internship time.

Came across this internship position at Singapore Airlines. Job scope sounds boring though there's a really enticing factor; only 9 weeks of internship. Downside: I have to fulfil 10 weeks before I file for graduation. Major downside: Its at AIRLINE ROAD! Faaaaaaaar, to travel to and fro from work unless I get a car by then. Private transport ot not, the distance is still a big issue.

Hiaaaack!!! (and a sudden windfall)


Drained. Physically exhausted from my last kickboxing class. It was a total workout. What with the boxing, the kicking and the sweating like a pig (cause there was a blackout, which means no air-con!) So yeah, we were punching in the dark. We were an enthusiastic bunch today and there were plenty of "Hiaacks!" everytime we punched or high kicked. It felt good! Imagine punching stress in the face. Ha. It was real amusing initially, cannot help but laugh.

We're done with kickboxing. Hanyan and I are moving on bigger things. Cardio Sculpt next! Signed up for the class commencing on the 19 march. Can't wait. Lean and toned bodies, here we come! HAHA.

Oh, I felt a tinsy bit of the tremors in school today while studying in a GSR with Jules. I felt the ground move a little and reckon I must be imagining things and didn't really ask Jules if she felt anything. After reading up to the minute news online, I found out I wasn't imagining things, the ground was really moving. My dad's office was really affected. It was so frightening that everyone ran out of their offices and out of the building.

Anyway, I found 200 CAD dollars! Happy! My sis was using the bag I used while in Vancouver. Apparently, there were 200 bucks stuffed in this small little pocket of the bag. Well, most prolly, money left over from the shopping. After conversion, it'll be 269 SGD. All thanks to my darling sis who found it =)

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Of late, I've become a HUGE (really, an understatement) fan of Subway. I can eat up to 3 subs per week. And I've tried almost every sub on the menu except for VegeDelite (I don't really fancy a full blown veg sandwich, I still love my meat, thanks =) ) That is why I do not have flawless skin cause too much anti-oxidants in me. And I made this interesting observation when I Q-up behind guys at Subway. That is, Most guys do not want olives in their sandwich. Strange. My guy friends, most of them do not like the taste of olives. Jax too, absolutely no olives and onions (yea,they're catalysts to farting.LOL!, its true!, eating them will make you fart more.) Anyway, on the contrary, I love my sub sandwich to be olive-fied! lotsa and lotsa olives till its forms this black layer over the lettuce and the meats. yah, you get the idea right of how much I love those black little things (it looks horrid but I still like it) which in my opinion does not taste like veges at all. That is the primary reason why I love it so much.

Darn, sudden craving for Subway Club. =\

The Shipping Industry


A highly mis-understood industry. Prior to what I've found out about the maritime line, I've always had this sterotypical notion of the maritime industry being a sunset one and is mostly dominated by males. Actually in reality, maritime industry is not THAT boring and lack of prospects afterall. Based on what I've read and the emphasis that has been placed on the maritime industry, in my opinion, career prospects are aplenty.

Seriously, I'm considering signing up for this industry talk in school organised by Singapore Maritime Foundation. It is always good to keep our options open. Anyone from school and who is reading this wants to sign up with me? Haha.

By the way, my mum's in the shipping line. What an irony. To have a such a fallocious notion about the maritime industry when my mum is working there. Sheesh.

Haha, let's see if I'll follow my mum's footsteps or my dad's.


Shipping vs. Business


Well, I think I'm more steered towards business (prolly kena brainwashed by my dad). HAHA.

Major sidetrack; It suddenly dawned on me the reason my mum likes Jax so much could be the plain fact that he's studying Maritime Studies. You know, the idea of common association. Its akin to the association bias-ness, female profs practise towards female students in her class who are also previously from an all girls' school. (Yah, this is really true, cos my HCM prof favours students from non co-ed schools) Anyway, my point is, perhaps, the reason why my mum favours Jax is because he's in the maritime course. Sounds logical?

Nah, It's just plain dumb speculation.

The Break - Up.


NOT. Got you there right.

Something amusing happened over dinner with Marie and Kavi this evening. While digging into our large packs of MacDonalds fries, Kavi asked, "Did you break up with Jax?!"

-Immediate reaction-

NO!, Since when that sort of thing happened?

Honestly speaking, I was shocked and equally amused at that question. For your information, we're still happily attached. Just for clarification purposes, we had this argument which resulted in me walking off and going home on my own. It was not that serious to warrant a break-up.


I went home and told Jax about this over the phone. He burst out laughing when he heard what happened. Well, he found it amusing too. Haha... ah well, like I mentioned before, we just laugh at our silly-ness and stubborn (in a childish way) behaviors.

To put it simply, we're like 2 kids at the playground; the boy bullied the girl by not offering his sweet, the girl said ''I don't want to be your friend'' and walk away. The next moment, you see the 2 kids holding hands and playing happily again.

HAHA, I know its such a lame analogy but its just us lah. We do behave like little kids sometimes. =\

Peace.


Right now, I'm going through a season of blue skies, good health, blessed with a good education, lovely friends and family. Yes, I might not know much of tremendous stress and anxiety others are facing. But recently, I've been reflecting on my school work, what I've acheived thus far and the overwhelming reality of entering the working world. I can't help but feel afraid of what is to come, and feel uncertain of my future. My 2 applications for internships are still pending. The sickening realisation that I might have nothing significant to show for. I need the peace to be assured that all things will work out for me.

And I found my answer in this simple bible verse in an email I read,

Jesus says,
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you" (John 14:27).

What is this peace?
This peace isnt the so-called peace given by a numb and zone-ed out society, definitely not the temporary peace of the rich and famous who try to purchase peace of mind with material things.
No, this peace is here to stay, it is for all eternity. This is the very peace of Christ himself, a peace that surpasses all human understanding.

God really amazes me with what He has in store for me. He never fails to encourage me and allay my worries during times when I feel lost and helpless. And I'm thankful for that simple email that renewed my hope and confidence that this term will be another good one and my internship application will be safe in His hands. All things will work out for good!

When in dire times of turmoil, and when your discouraged heart tells you, you are not good enough, and when you feel like, I'm not gonna make it, remember Jesus says, "I know what you're going through. Come and drink of my peace." Rest assured, You can make it! =)


yay! I'm going to get my internship! No worries =)

Im no techie whizz!!!


Seriously I need a HTML expert to help me with this new blog! Until I find one to help me, this blog's gonna be minimalistic and no-frills.


Stay tuned. Bye