tiring wkend

this weekend was very hectic... fri nite me & my cousin G went down to punggol.. yes punggol.. 1.5 hrs journey. promised my cousin S dat we will be helping out for her sis' wedding as jie mei (which is also my cousin) we reached their house close to midnight.. cant sleep at nite. had a torturing nite cuz i heard snoring.. Oops!! then woke up at 6.00am to get ready.. The groom came ard 7.30am & we had SIMPLE games. damn boring sia.. its juz testing the groom with 3 SIMPLE questions and we teased them to drink the bitter chinese tea & singing. dats it. they said they wanted someting simpler & thus did not get us involved in the planning details. If only I am the organizer, i think things would be different. hehe..

we drove to the church for the church wedding shortly. it was very sacred & its my first time to witness a church wedding.. the feeling is so great!

After dat, we went to the groom's place for lunch then to their new hse at AMK, which is just a street away.. i was already feeling very exhausted! then went back my cousin's hse again.. it was until 2 plus that everything was over.. they dropped me at Yishun mrt & i took the train hm. slpt for 1.5 hrs then rushed dwn to the restaurant "noble hse".. reached early cuz they have to brief us on the seating arrangements.. i was the usher for the nite.. later my cousin passed me 2 ang baos.. haaahaaa.. reli not easy sia.. haahaa but i enjoyed it.. lol.. but i can see wedding needs alot of preparation & $$$.. witnessing this experience give me wedding jitters.. haha hope my turn don't come too soon... lol

~ Phuket 21May - 23May ~

Juz back fr my summer holiday.. it was a pleasant trip, nothing bad has occur as mentioned by the weather report abt scatter storms nor news report abt the big scary waves! Thanks, our prayers were answered.

Okie, juz a caution, everything is not cheap here.. from transport, food to water sports! the most expensive dinner we had there was a seafood feast dat cost us 2960baht!! damn infuriating cuz we tot it might be cheaper than in SG.. well, they got us fooled but ok lar, i enjoyed the food .. hehe.. :D

roasted chickens!!

these cost us 160 baht!!

the low tide

having ice-cream on a hot day

sunset @ patong beach

Okie now my holiday is over, i have rejuvenated my energy & its time to work double hard. I cannot slag like before liao.. haaahaaa..

Ok, I know I'm lying...

For I am no beach gal..

but i really do love beaches..
i love the clear blue sea
i love when the wind blows
i love the sound of waves...
Oh well, i am goin phuket next week!!
++ excited ++

Friday was busi preparing the mini choco cupcakes for mothers' day. for the aunties in the church.. heee.. alot of improvement sia. better than the other 3 attempts i did. previously tasted as hard as a stone.. lol. Im really appreciative of everyone's feedback... ganbatte!!

mini choco cakes..

Saturday bf & I went down to Haji Lane (arab street) for some exploring & photo-shooting.. interesting, an eye-opening for me, my first time there i believed. there's a few interesting shops that caught our eyes, esp the interior. for dinner, we had the claypot bah kut teh. not sure if its famous but the taste is superb. there's also a few restaurants & cafes that are reli interesting with nice deco & with romantic feeling. i liked the place cuz its not crowded compared to orchard road. After dinner went to ridgewood close for ice-cream again..

claypot bah kut teh

assorted flavours

i loved the paintings & staircase

an antique store sellin all the 80's stuffs

Happiness' price tag...

What is my definition of happiness? I asked myself.. My definition of happiness is to do things to make my loved ones happy. Can Happiness be measured by the amount of money? I doubt so. Happiness is when I know that through the bad times, I opened my eyes and saw my Real friends. And how my bf motivates me. Happiness is to witness a beautiful smile. I'm touched by a sincere smile.

Lessons from the past
Everyday in the past, I was so busy with my own life that I have not really sit down and pen down my thoughts. How many times have I try to procrastinate my actions.. I used to dwell on my past but now, after reading so many books, I have changed my thinking! There are so many unwelcome realities that we never expect from life. They do happen, anytime, anywhere but we have to cling on to the belief that the ending means a new beginning. It means its time to think carefully what we want to do in our next course of our lives. Time is an investment that cannot be brought through money. With money, u spend it but it can still be earn. With time, once it's gone, u lose it. It never comes back. Invest in time to sow, nurture, reap your relationships, learning, passion and focus. I have never thought I would pick up a book, let alone finish it! Haha, Till now, i have finished up 2 great books. I have come this far to realise that feeling upset is pointless, I should learn to pick myself up at this vulnerable period. Cuz we will never know what's the next big thing that can happen. Well, I know what I should be doing during my free time the next time I get a job. Read more. Discover more. * hope this little paragraph is helpful for those who were confused like me in the past*

So this sort of holiday break has got me alot of thinking and accumulating my want-to-do list if you have been wondering. hee hee. There's so many things I wish to do.. I wish... How I wish for more time..

My Wishlist:

• sponsor a short holiday trip for my parents to BKK or Taiwan.. (I desperately need to fulfill this)
  
• sign up for my diploma course which Im planning to take up at the end of the yr
• start a small-scale biz online.. I need help here!!!

My first Mini-cupcakes..

Bad pp strike again!!

This entry i promised to be cruel in my words, pls bear wif me, or if not, pls ignore the below post...

TILL NOW, IM VERY GLAD I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE TO LEAVE THIS CRUEL PLACE

and u knw why? the stupid management strikes again.. for the third time! i dun knw hw many times they have strike before i joined but from my knowledge its 3 times!!! im not close to him but i sympathize him. he has 4 mouths to feed at home! my impression on him is he is a very righteous hero. well, they say all heroes died early. its true!

I hated the management for so biased & they really are not fit to be managing pp cuz they cant manage themselves at all! how can they mix feelings wif work!! at least, they should give him a few weeks grace! this place is so cruel, i have seen & heard enough. Y has the world become so complicated for power, status, selfish gains??

Time has made me see through many things & pp. those pp who stabbed u from behind are the most ruthless! but i tell myself i want to continue to be true to myself. be true to my faith. climbing the ladder through personal abilities & not stepping on pp to climb higher. i knw there is someone who used to step on pp to climb higher & i used to hate her to the max! but nw dat i have left, im not longer under her claws. After going through so much, i felt blessed my faith is still here. i can say im not the kind who want to fight over powers. it's my personal way of life. simple as it is. i love my kindness, gentleness, sympathetic characters... its a gift from God.

Finally got a new hp!!!

Finally the time to get rid of my old hp is here! haha.. waited for so long sia!

The last few days wat have i been up to? learning & baking muffins, watched 200 pounds beauty, a/c HL to job interviews & most importantly, beauty sleep. juz feel dat i cant do w/o enough sleep. where can i find the best eye gel? it seems dat the one im using is not working! my eye bags are deep, i reckon it'll be more deep when i will be takin PT studies. my wrinkles, my panda eyes will start to be more visible! i hate dat! :(

Have been seeing good feedback from pp's reviews so decided to watch "200 pounds beauty" ytd .. really touching & meaningful movie. hehe i tink the actor is charming... dun miss it hor anyone! after dat, went Haato for ice-cream.. the one at ridgewood close is reli a hidden place. haha cant believe an ice-cream shop inside!! after dat, had jap dinner at thomson Rd. as the nite was still early, we drove over to the kallang waterfront, it was actually my first time there.. damn nice & quiet.. tinkg one day can go there to chill-out..


Quote: have a smile dat works wonders all the time, u never knw it has brightens up someone's day.. :D

Road trip to KL

wah.. wat a breakfast spread to start wif!!

they came to pick me up at 7.30am and we had our breakfast at one of the famous dim sum restaurants in JB. .the dim sum real gd! so much u can get to eat for S$20!!! it's value for $.

the journey to KL was a bitter 3.5hrs so i felt asleep shortly..

tinking of the dim sum i ate earlier.. hehe

We were so bored so decided to take some shots in the car..

Da Ling, Xiao Ling & mi!

Our first stop was Sungei wang. there were alot of shoppin there but the clothes are none other than wat i expected there! still, i managed to buy a few items, at least. next stop was at Lot 10, not much shops in sight. well, not long, we had dinner at the famous stall - Chinatown Seng Kee. i bet u will love the food there like i do! it was truly, madly, deeply delicious. the claypot 'lao su fen' is indeed my first priority in coming to KL.
think of FOOD, think of KL :D~

a busy street along sungei wang

The next day we headed to KLCC.. the shops are more for tourists, mostly branded boutiques "high-class" i shd say. So its a "see but cannot buy" feeling..

me & my sweet gal

solo pic

group pic

the famous twin tower - KLCC

We had bat kut teh for dinner at JB before we kal it a day. the bat kut teh is so much different from SG.. and its nice. i joked dat i shd come often so i can gained a few more kgs.. hehe~

Freedom at Last!!

the 2 days since i left A2A, i have been having a lot of freedom! Too much!! haha.. feeling lethargic the past few mths @ work.. finally i got time to sleep, sleep & sleep.. and tink clearly, re-organise myself & my life.. and obviously my room needs a big clean-up! tdy, spent my afternoon cleaning up my bloody messy computer desk, sort out all my stuffs, sweep+mop the floor. phew!! im so impressed wif myself dat i did the first step tdy, something dat i have been longing to do :)

i decided to start the website thing nx week and get the remaining balance.. hehe. no more delays pls..

Moving on... a new chapter of my life. Stay positive wendi. cheers

Kiss goodbye

my colls at A2A.. some oredi left for hm.. haha

my farewell gifts, thanks everyone =) touched

finally countdown is here!!! i am reli hapie but at the same time i felt upset abt leaving some of my nice colleagues cum frens.. never have i known i could establish friendship wif them! never met such nice pp whom i get along so well in work. i enjoyed working with them & i believed from their messages in the card, they also enjoyed working wif me! hehe.. they treated me lunch for the past few days & even bought perfume for me.. pure poison from christian Dior!!! kum xia hor!!! i need one cuz my perfume is running low.. haha.. surprised dat my immediate manager bought me a mini pot of flowers & the other manager bought me chocolates from Sins.. hehe.. finally im glad that its over... i will start a brand new life, keeping all the sweet memories wif me.. this is the place where i left wif many happy memories.. :P i will never forget u!!!!

I bought mini pies from royalcakes for my colleagues, recommended by my dear. its nice!!! check out the website, btw im not a shareholder there.. hehe..

for yesterday is just a dream,
tml is just only a vision,
but today well lived makes
every yesterday a dream of happiness
and every tml a vision of hope

This morning went for K-lunch wif my colleagues at Marina Square. Its been ages since i stepped into a KTV. i felt like i have lost touch with new songs dat i have never heard of... anyway, as usual the few of us would snap some nice, candid shots.. haaahaaa.. well, i will juz post some of the best soon!!after the KTV, went dwn to orchard to mit Eileen.. juz a short while to catch up wif each other. she gt me some snacks from Japan, so sweet of her!! ever since she started on her new job, we reli had no time to catch up wif each other, seems like we are drifting away from each other.. dats pretty sad.. :( i guess tat's life.

ting's baby.. so kawaii de su!!

hee.. she camera shy

girls gang

snacks from Japan!!! thx eileen!

after dat, met my bf... we had no idea where to go. seems like we have ran out of ideas. prob, i juz felt something missing. i bought him a keychain few days ago dat he had mentioned it before for his car keys & i passed to him at nite. I was hapie to give him a small surprise.. we have always been busi wif work & the last ting on my mind is making an effort to please the other half. it makes me hapie to see him appreciating the little things dat i could remember but then again, i asked myself..when is the last time he had got me a surprise.. some of the things i asked for, he had never ever remember, or tried to remember.. was i over-reacting? whatever it is, its best dat i voiced out and i did. :) juz want him to knw it does matter...

Went to Adam Khoo's seminar on thurs nite wif coco & her frens. the session lasted for 4hrs till 11plus! everyone who turned up all wana make big bucks, including me! haha.. but i juz wana keep it simple. juz a passive income dat rolls into my bank a/c every mth.. haha~ but the course reli nt cheap! i tink i gt to re-consider abt it.. eventually it's still up to us to make the first step.. i need some financial planning!!!!

A walk in Robertson Quay

Strawberry Profitero

Gateaux Chocolat-Ind

have longed to try their cakes at Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie. and i aso heard parking is cheap at UE Sq too.. hehe, juz $1 per entry!! can u believe dat?? so suggested there.. spent our lazy afternoon over there.. the cakes are very irresistable.. so many selections to choose from.. a slice of cake is priced range betw $5 -$9 /pc. not dat ex for the ambience & the rich taste. but too bad, they did not serve iced water.. heeeheee.. after eating the cake, we were really thirsty.
we then headed to TCC at robertson Quay again to quench our thirst.

how nice to sit & relax here readin a bk!

After dat, went orchard.. bf bought me a book from kino " men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" by John Gray. this was a popular book from the past & i have always heard pp mentioning abt this book, its abt dealing with long term r/s. heee.. thanks dearie, it will help to occupy my time when im jobless =) so sweet of u.. have started to grow fondly of reading.. need to enrich & motivate myself.. by the way i think i need a bookmark badly!!!

bf got this passage from his fren, found it meaningful.. there are many better things in life than luxuries.. Juz wana share =)

Only by having the courage to give up something, will you have the opportunity to accept greater things.

Let me share with you how to achieve the lifestyle you rightfully deserved.

One of the major reasons why we fail to find happiness or to create unique lifestyle is because we have not yet mastered the art of being.

While we are home, our thoughts are still absorbed with solving the challenges we face at the office. And when we are at the office, we find ourselves worrying about problems at home.

We go through the day without really listening to what others are saying to us. We may be hearing the words, but we aren't absorbing the message.

As we go through the day, we find ourselves focusing on past experiences or future possibilities. We are so involved in yesterday and tomorrow that we never even notice that today is slipping by.

We go through the day rather than getting something from the day. We are everywhere at any given moment in time except living in that moment in time.

Lifestyle is learning to be wherever you are. It is developing a unique focus on the current moment, and drawing from it all the substance and wealth of experience and emotions that it has to offer.

Lifestyle is taking time to watch a sunset. Lifestyle is listening to silence. Lifestyle is capturing each moment so that it becomes a new part of what we are and of what we are in the process of becoming.

Lifestyle is not something we do; it is something we experience. And until we learn to be there, we will never master the art of living well.

Everyday, we work hard at work and seek every single opportunity to excel so as to attain recognition for our work and the pay we truly deserved. We need money to buy that condo, that luxurious saloon car, that European overseas holiday, dine and wine at high places, etc, etc. The list just goes on and on, without ending. To us, that is the lifestyle we are working towards to. We are so caught up in the rat race to realize that we are now trap in a merry-go-round.

Imagine you being a dog chasing after its own tail. No matter how hard or fast you run, the tail will always be in front of your nose. After we got that condo, we hunger for that freehold property. After we had that luxurious saloon car, we long for a European executive car fitted with full leather seats. It's a never-ending chase, yet we perceived that as a lifestyle we are after. We feel we need to attain certain material standards to achieve the lifestyle we deem as fit for ourselves.

That mindset actually distorts the truth about lifestyle. Lifestyle is an experience, a way of meaningful living. Lifestyle is being peaceful yet never boring; being busy yet never stressful. Maybe you should just take a step back and enjoy the serenity of a quiet stroll in the park. Forget about that new car or new apartment. Only by having the courage to give up something, will you have the opportunity to accept greater things.

Its Good Friday!!

Today is a special day.. a day where Jesus was crucified & died on the cross to save every one of us, all sinners... attended the morning mass wif bb & his family in the early hours then had lunch wif the church members at a family restaurant. it was very awkward for me as im not used to lunching wif a big grp of pp... hehe

In the bible, it says dat in order for God to forgive our sins, we must first forgive others. the grudges, i reli wished to take it away from my heart. this way, i feel i can concentrate on the goodness of life. guess some of us are just too self-centered & selfish.. some pp dun knw wat they are saying or wat they have done wrong.. we must always learn to forgive them.. juz like we hope pp will forgive us for wat we done wrong or say. this is not an easy task for everyone but we can try to learn. im sharing this to everyone even though u are not a christian or catholic, but its a first step to achieve. im learning to forgive others too...

Tdy was a fruitful day.. after lunch, went back to bb's place to bake cake..the baking process was tiring but it was a good experience.. im learnin the ropes of baking cakes so bb & his mum aso share some helpful tips. i dun dare to say i bake cakes well but i want it to be a stepping stone to slowly improve the recipe. im glad by the encouragement of bb... at least i knw i tried :) i hope in my other aspects of life, i will feel similar too. i will not get discouraged easily. i will not give up to be a failure.