Dream is afterall, just a dream

I love Walking

Don't know since when, I start to love walking... 
I walked many many places. I choose to walk instead of taking a train or bus.

1) From Serangoon to Kovan, and vice-versa
2) From Serangoon to Hougang
3) From Hougang to Sengkang
4) From Punggol Field (My house) to Punggol Waterway to Punggol Point, and @Punggol (vice-versa)
5) From Dhoby Ghaut to Orchard Ion, and vice-versa
6) From Clark Quay to Suntec and Dhoby Ghaut
7) From City Hall to Dhoby Ghaut
8) From Tanjong Pagar to MBS

I want to continue walking as far as I can...

The end of 2011

Today is the end of 2011.... Review of 2011:

Fortune :

First time I bought $10 worth of Toto, after my colleague's influence.. the keyword "Beginner's luck" haha... I guess, I just don't have this luck. No winnings :)
And I never thought of buying again

Career :

I finally changed my job... all thanks to you all encouragement and confidence in me.. Though it was not that smooth sailing in the beginning of 2011. But I am glad that by the end of 2011, the change has been made and I am now satisfied with my new job scope and the upcoming projects and challenges ahead.

Relationship :

The most unexpected part of my life... Have never thought that I would go thru such times in 2011, well, expect the unexpected, probably.

It all started as a catch-up in mid 2011. But come end 2011, i'm in a state of confusion. 
I have said what I need to, it's all up to you... You have taken up part of my memories, I still hope we can continue to be friends, no matter what...

Want to 算了，算了... but is it that easy?? 

Oh well, probably another saying - distance makes the heart grow fonder. 

Now, we just got to let time do the job

I DID IT!

Congratulations Yi Lin on completing the Marathon Singapore in a finish time of: 1:33:01 

 

YEAH!!! I DID IT!!!

Was rather lazy when I thought of waking up early early and travel all the way to Esplanade on 4 Dec for the Standard Chartered Marathon 2011.

But I DID IT!

The 10km run with some brisk walk in between, was quite an achievement for me. Cause, I didnt train for it and I didnt expect that I could ran non-stop for the 1st 3-4km... 
The sweat was really shiok! and I feel somewhat 'lighter' after the whole run.

If it wasn't for the stitch, I could have finished even earlier...

From Colleagues to Friends

I disliked the boss, the working style at MOM... But one thing I never regret being in MOM is that, I have known many colleagues who have now become my true friends...

My stay in MOM was short - only 1.5 years, but we seem to have known each other for years!

We really can click well, probably we belong to the same 'pattern', same 'style'. But they have much better endurance  - they stayed longer than me in MOM. haha

A pity that I decided to move on, else, I bet we will definitely have a very fun time at work.

What is the most surprising thing in this 1.5 years, I know this guy colleague - TWJ. He is always the 'thorn' among the roses - always hanging ard with us girls. He is always been called as 'Sister WJ'. At first, we thought he was quite a weird guy, but who knws, we can all click so well.

Even though he was later on transferred to another department, we still keep in touch via office communicator, lunch or even gatherings after work. He provided good advice where we were lost in our career direction, during the re-org period.

Not only that, he also very concern abt my relationship problem.. hahah

Quite kaypoh for a guy to be that concern... but anyways, grateful for having met and known him.

Cheers to my friends in MOM!

 

Farewell to my PS card

Had a different farewell this time round. Took lots of photos this time.
Recall that the previous farewell at DOS, I did not take any photos with my colleagues at all.

Anyway, this time, I returned not only my laptop and also my PS card.
It has been with me since I joined DOS in 2007, and now I must say good bye to it.

Good also, time to change another card with a better photo. Haa.
 The info folks + 1 alien from space...

 

Because of you?

I didn't realise until my colleague pointed out to me that I seems to have stopped going out after work in Oct. Ha!

So observant, I didn't even notice such a change.

After some thoughts, yes, it's quite true. Felt abit disappointed after realising these :
Because of you -
I spent more time outside, instead of going straight home after work.
Because of you -
I spent more time walking on the streets of Spore, instead of cuddling in my sofa.
Because of you -
I spent more money having outside meals, instead of home-cooked food.
Because of you -
I spent more money on movies, instead of free-to-air channels.
Because of you -
I nua less at home, and time flies faster during these 5 months.

And now, I'm back to my own routine lifestyle, back to nua-ing times, because you have gone to UK?

I'm so disappointed with myself, for being so dependent on you.

But, I don't believe that my life would be mundane & boring without you...
After all, you are just one of the many friends in my life.

my life is in my hands

Proactive

A friend once told me: if you are not getting what you want, make the change, take the action and get it yourself, and stop waiting - Proactive.

Yes, you are right. If things are not changing, then change it; if things are not moving, then move it.

"MOVE ON! It's just a chapter in the Past. 

But don't close the Book, Just turn the Page."

Yes, I have done it.
I'm not moving anywhere in my career aspect - I have changed it by moving on. I have moved into Tanjong Pagar instead of waiting for XX to move out.

But apparently, I just cant apply this to love life.. haha... 
It all depends on what you want in life, and what you want to get it done fast in life...

Painting a colourful life

Reminiscing the colourful days and looking forward to more of it

Many exciting outings in the past few mths - significant ones... Lion King Musical, NDP,  Museum Night Festival, CSC walk, Chill @ Timbre, Chinese Garden Lantern Fest... and many many more...

Letting go and moving on; saying goodbye to friends, many have come & go, and now I can't wait for time to fly faster a little -  to the days full of new learning opportunities, and with hopes and dreams.

Transition

I rejoined Facebook in Dec 2008, under peer pressure.
Reasons: My friends can post, share photos as well as tag me.

I have no regrets for being a Facebooker (new term i invented) cause it is definitely a collection of all my precious memories.
Looking through all the past posts, comments made by me and friends on Facebook, it is definitely a good waste of time. Brought back the funny things that we laugh about 1-3 years ago, and now I'm laughing at those comments again. Haha..

The photos reminded me of how young and innocent we all look like almost 3 years ago, and slowly how we have all changed; becoming prettier and more mature (shall not use the word old ;p). 

Hard to find a photo with all 4 of us in there.

Inner Peace

Sometimes, when we are faced with a series of problems all at the same time, we start to fret.
We start to lose control of our feelings and thoughts, not knowing how we should react.
It affected our quality of life, sleep, work.

Sharing problems with buddies, is definitely a good way to see the problems in a different angle and eventually coming to terms on how the problem should be dealt correctly. I'm glad I did that :o)

Spending some time enjoying the breeze and looking out at the far horizon of the sea, my thoughts and feelings have calmed down.

I realised that inner peace is important for our mind, body and soul and I feel so much better now..
Continue to find inner peace and we will definitely be more energised in achieving our targets and also stay youthful and not let age find its way on our faces.

Quotes from Kungfu Panda 2:

"...anything is possible when you have inner peace."

Silence please

When there are too many people sitting down together, they create too much noise.

What comes out of the mouth are just Nonsense, creating unhappiness....

Frustrating... what's the use of these relatives...
not being helpful at all; they only add on to your troubless...

Totally Disgusted....

Highly unlikely = 100% happened

I wanted to blog on this, cos I got a shock this morning.

My friend msg me that she saw S (she) & Z (he) at HDB Hub waiting for their queue no. She approached them and jokingly asked if they were here to apply flats, thinking that it cant be true. However, S replied yes they were!!!

Shocking abt this was that, it is impossible to have guessed that they will be together. We dont knw when they had started. They were both our ex-colleague. S is a sweet, pleasant lady. Z is a guy who's always grumbling, gossiping. All of my colleagues, friends who knew they were together cant believe that this is the fact.  


No other reasons we have thought of that S will like Z, in fact, any girls will not like Z.

Z has pissed off so many of his fellow colleagues, including me. Thinking back, when I just joined, he was one of our lunch khakis. Our group even went out for dinner n board games after work. In the beginning was fine, but soon we realised the true him - always complaining, poking his nose into others personal matters, jealous of another colleague who perform better than him.
We started to turn cold towards him, and soon, he was out of our lunch group. As for me, my attitude towards him has changed - totally ignoring his presence in office. Yes, that was how mean I can be when I am utterly disgusted by someone.

Anyway, friends could not come to terms that they are together. The most highly unlikely things actually happened - statistically, a 0.001% chance of happening had in fact happened.

Is this true that love lies in the eyes of the beholder??

Not that easy - 没那么简单

I find the lyrics in this song very meaningful...  not only in relationship but also applies to Life.

2011 - Thinking of the past, present and future

Recalling the past, reflecting the present and thinking about the future....

Past:
I have abandoned this blog for a year. Reading through the entries I blogged from the start til 2010, many other happenings which were not entered in here all came flowing through my mind. Come to think of it, I had quite a exciting experience with you, even thou my circle of friends is not consider big; Am definitely grateful to have you. 
I have tried different areas (in terms of work). The opportunities given to me, even though I was a little reluctant in the beginning but I learnt something new at the end of the day. I treasured the challenges during the course of working, more than the end product.

Present:
Now life seems to be moving in a slower pace. Could be due to the change in job environment/scope - it is now more relax, less stressful. I got the time now to think of you. Going through my mobile contacts, I notice that I have not contacted a few friends for quite some time, some 6 mths, almost  a year and even more than a year. We used to chat, crap, shop, dine together, but it could that we were all too busy pursuing our personal goals, that we forget each other. After all, we were once friends, I took the initiative to meet up, and hope we will not take each other for granted and continue to meet up regularly.

Future: 
Technology is constantly evolving; it has become so fast that we are unable to catch up the change. Governance/policies also begin to change. I'm planning and hoping for a change, to a place with no bias, equal chance of opportunities......

  Opportunity will arise when you ride the wave of change

Ad hoc post#1

The power of a fren... understands that u are tired just simply chatting via msn for 5min...

A change in my life path

After almost 3 years, my path has finally changed. 

Even though the pathway is still within the same piece of land, but the environment has changed, the surrounding, the people and responsibilities have all changed. Adaptation skill has once again set in. Everything has returned back to the 'newbie' role. But not to worry, I have with me a bag of experiences so that I could better handle and survive in this changed environment.  

It takes me tons of courage to make this move. Frankly speaking, who doesn't enjoy being in a familiar environment, where you have friends of 3 years to share and discuss your troubles. I called them friends instead of colleagues, this is because the care and concern they have given is far way ahead from being just colleagues. And of course, there cant be no bad men at all. But they are just the minority. 

I am grateful for my bosses who spent hours persuading me to stay but of course, since I have already decided to make such a move, I would not easily give up. I also appreciate  all my friends, who provided support to me especially during the dilemma period. Whatever you have told me, really did help me move one big step forward and stop turning back to ponder. Am really glad that I made the move. No matter what the outcome, whether this is what I really want, I will definitely not regret the decision that  I have made.

It has been a learning journey for me. :)  

2010 Horoscope for Aries

General Forecast: Aries will have a good ability to communicate in words & writing very well. Aries are likely to have very quick reactions. Aries will be very witty and have varied interests.
Life :  

•  During this period Aries will have a positive attitude towards life and will be over confident.
•  Aries will continue to wield power and authority either in government or publiclife.
•  Short distance journeys are indicated which will bearfruits due to Aries hard work.
•  Aries will spend freely onsocial and charitable institutions.
•  Aries may suffer from ill health and there may be sickness in the family.

Career :  

• The general indications for Career are very good.
• You have the habit of scattering your energies.
• You have a good brain and ideas come to you in a flash.
• You will do well in any mathematical fields.

Love :  

• Love is intense and emotional for you the first half of this year, Aries.
• An affair may be very physical and sensuous, and you are focused on just your one love, exclusively.
• Guard against going overboard about this affair.
• Even if you feel intense and edgy, keep these thoughts to yourself.

Romance :  

• Do not try to make your partner over or control his behavior, or it will backfire on you, and you may well blow it.
• After first hallf, your will find it easier to relax and lighten up over your love life.
• Your social horizons should widen, and you will quit obsessing about your current love (or lack of it).

Business :  

• You are likely to have a number of occupational changes but are best suited for public life, government and politics.
• Your reputation is very important in your field and career.

Education :  

• The general indications for education are very good.
• You are very intelligent and love to read and study.
• You have a quick, keen mind with educational and literary interests.

1st post for the year 2010

My first post for 2010... Welcome 2010!

Gone are the days for 2009. It's time to start a new year with new resolutions, new goals.

reflections, reflections, reflections....

I saw many of my friends doing something new, enriching their lives, trying other things and achieving new goals.. but what am I doing???

I am still jogging on the spot, the very same spot from the beginning of 2009.

My resolutions for 2010:

1) Most importantly, it's time for a new working environment.

A chance for me to gain new insights and experiences, know more people.

2) Pick up some courage to go for lasik.

Many friends have went for it. I want to go back to the days without specs.. think that was in P4.

3) Learn driving.

Though I don't have a car and I can't afford to have one.

4) Take up some part-time course.

To enrich myself, and learn new skills.

Hope when I review my 2010 resolutions in 2011, I would have at least done 2 of them.

Last post for the year 2009

Today is the last day of 2009.

How time flies... 24 years of life have past, more than a quarter of my life has zoomed past..

As we grow older and more mature, we start to appreciate the time with friends, families.

Let's all start working towards our goal, achieve what we want in life and live life to the fullest...

Though is easy to say than to do it, but we should all try our best.

Welcome 2010 :)