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 :)

Good food, Good company

The foursome (hl, hf, sh n i) met for very value for money, and delicious foodie..

It's recommended by Channel 8 - 煮炒来咯！

At Toa Payoh Lor 7, Blk 21 - 一家南村海鲜

I wld highly recommend you all to try it... it's really worth the trip to go all the way to tpy :)

We had 4 dishes n 1 soup:

- Strawberry chicken which was recommended by Chnl 8 as creative dish for $8

- Sweet & Sour Fish for $9

- Cereal Prawn for $13

- Jia Xiang Dou Fu for $7

- Seawead soup for $4

It's only about $11 per person.. superrrr worth it.. cos we had bulging stomach aft the meal.. oops..

Even Huili who always nvr had enough of food, is also satisfied.. hahh

An advise for those who wish to go there - Do reach there early, ard 5pm cos it will be super crowded aft 6 :)

A pity, we forgot to bring camera and even worse is that we didnt think of taking photo of the food with our camera phone.. ;p

So you can imagine what happens when the food are served to us?

...

...

We "CHARGED" at our food...

豆花

I had my first try of 豆花 with 黑糖! It was simply fantastic. It was very different from having it with just normal sugar syrup with the pandan fragrance. The black sugar has a unique fragrance and it is not too sweet. It complements the 豆花 very well. The aftertaste lingering in my mouth makes me want to eat more... and so I had 3 full bowls of it. : )

Some info on black sugar:

- It is extracted from sugar cane. It contains iron, calcium and other minerals, therefore is healthier and and also more tasty than white processed sugar. Another type of sugar which is the brown sugar has a few of the benefits of black sugar but not as really as good.

I'm quite curious, why is it black... but nevertheless, I still simply love it with my 豆花 :)


Some updates:

Met huili for 豆花...

Thank You

Thank you all for lending me, not one but many, listening ears...

You all know who you are..

Greatly grateful for that... : )

R & R

We had our first Chalet on 1 Aug 2009. Coincidentally, RWM excursion to Red Cross Carnival was also held on the same day at Big Splash, near our Chalet.

Excursion

At 9am, we gathered at Hg Centre with the children, children from RWM and other programs. Hop on the bus, and off to ECP.

During the bus ride, somethings happen, which I shall not put it on my blog. My reaction to that was speechless and could only say that, kids nowadays are really uncontrollable in terms of speech and action.

We finally reach ECP and was invited to sit in front of the stage for some entertainment while waiting for their guests-of-honour....

Edmund Chen - Ambassador for Red Cross

The kids later had a lesson on CPR, followed by KFC lunch, writing birthday wishes for Red Cross 60th bday and finally balloon time:

CPR lesson A lesson on balloon sculpting Banner of wishes
damien - the kid whom I'm in charge of A quick photo while the kids are busy having fun with the balloons
Chalet

After the event, we had our very first Chalet at Goldkist. A nite of wii, cardgames and talk cok.. haha

1st grp photo
2nd grp photo

Just a Friend

Just a friend....

No more contact with each other after sec sch, we were not very close frens during sec sch, but we have ever sat near each other, chat with each other before....

I still have her autography in my autograph book which I have kept it for years. All the personal msges/wishes were all penned down by my dear friend, no matter we are good buddies or not.....

And now, she has passed away at the age of 24 only..
Life is so unpredictable...

We shld all live life to the fullest.. accomplished whatever we want to in our life!

Friend, you will always live in our heart...

Part-time office managemt

Here I am, blogging in office for my first time...
It's a saturday morning, a time to rest, a time to slack... but what am I doing in the office?!

Guess what, I'm overseeing the renovation work on-going now, 9am-2pm.... :\ - Part time office management (OM). Could I include it in my cv? haha

850am -
Reached Treasury building, draw the keys from the security counter
9am -
Managed to open both right and left wing doors.
905am -
My staff who is supposed to be on duty with me is still not here yet. I'm sitting alone in the office. Heard phone ringing, wonder who would call office on a saturday morning.
910am -
My staff finally reached, and guess what, he says need to buy breakfast now. (usual habit)
930am -
My turn to get breakfast. Bought Macdonald sausage mcmuffin w egg + hot tea.
945am -
Washed my hands and about to return to my cubicle to enjoy my breakfast, but I was stopped by one of the workers... he says their vehicle could not park outside and unload the cabinets, cos we did not submit their vehicle numbers for clearance. :-/What can i do?
955am -
I called the OM manager (he's supposed to seek clearance and ensure that i come in to shake legs). He says he did inform the security. But if security insists that they still cant unload, then he told me to chk out the vehicle nos, drivers' name, ic nos. and submit via the system to clear the vehicles. FYI, there are 3 vehicles.
1010am -
Went down to talk to the security guard, trying my best to resolve the problems. Security guard says, Mr OM did not send him the vehicle nos. How would I know. I'm stuck in between. Gave the security Mr OM's contact no., asked him to discuss with Mr OM instead of me being the middleman. Security was super polite to Mr OM - keep saying "sorry to bother you early in the morning". But whose fault for these problems.. Anyway, after some discussions, finally they allow the vehicles to park and unload.
1030am -
I'm finally back to my cubicle. Enjoy my breakfast. :)
1050am -
Brought DVD to kill time, but realise my earpc not long enough, cos my cpu on the floor.. Arghh.. so I cant watch.
1115am -
Submitted security clearance for one blanglah worker
1156am -
Counting down.. 2nd shift staff, Dawne is getting lunch for me.
1pm -
Saw KG-staff under Mr OM.. if he's coming back, why shld we stay?
155pm -
Starving... My lunch still nt here yet... 2nd shift officers are both late..
210pm -
Yum Yum.. braised duck rice with tao gua.. :p
3pm -
Time to go home lo~

Birds of Different Feathers

What kind of unique bird are you?

Results: I'm a Dove -

Dove is a feeler:-

- tend to speak indirectly and often solicit the opinions of others; not one that assert yourself over others
- share your perceptions and feeling with others but only after you have asked them what they think or feel; begin sentences with "I feel..."
- thrives on collaboration, cooperation, team projects, group activities, mutal support and peaceful togetherness
- rarely in a hurry and work at a steady, even pace; dont like pressure and need some time to adjust to changes
- prefer to work with others and often take on the role of peacemaker; dont like conflict or confrontation
- chief desire at work is to be part of a harmonious, productive team

Starry starry nights

1st night of stars - 17 Apr:

BK and I accompanied PR to Bugis Iluma to have a glimpse of a super star - Aaron Kwok...
Just to clarify, i'm nt his fan... since there is nothing on on a Fri nite, why not.. : )

He's here to promote his concert and also autograph for those who have bought tix to his concert priced from 100+ to 200+.

photos taken by PR

2nd night of stars - 18 Apr: Sharon, PR, BK and I went for 伟菘 偲菘 好友音乐派对 2009 at Spore Indoor Stadium.

the ticket

eh hmm, I was concentrating looking at the concert, didn't really took any photos.. :p

Before the concert start

Luo ZhiXiang giving a hug to WeiSong

Jolin Tsai

There are other stars such as stephanie sun, daniel chen and 周重庆 客串 Teacher Aiyoyo.. The concert ended at 11plus. Overall, it was an eye opener as this is the first stars concert i attended. :)

random post

This is a post on whatever I can remb. It will not go by chrono order, just a random listing of what had happened. =)

RWM has started in Feb and ended in Apr.
Had faithfully went for all 8 sessions except for one. Am in charge of this little boy - Damien, who is quiet and shy. I was glad that he begin to speak up when volunteers asked him questions during group reading. :) Looking fwd to the next semester.

photos taken during HPB outing on 4/4/09

Sometime on Saturday in Mar, Met peiru and beekuan for shopping at Expo - Robinson sales. Cant imagine that we actually shop for 5hrs non-stop. Only at Espirit section, we already spent 2hrs on it. hahah the wonder of woman!

Once every 2 weeks, had a game of badminton with Jiahui, HongChuan, sometimes, Xinhui and Yaohui. Feels so good to sweat. Esp after the game, I feel more refreshing and energized!

Watch 6$ movie - 12 Rounds yesterday with PR and BK at Bugis new shopping mall.
Dont knw what is the name of that. The movie theatre is new, the seats are comfy with lots of leg space. :) After the show, we went to Benten, which is in the mall, for late dinner. It's kind of like westernised Jap cuisine.. The food wasnt fantastic, doesnt look as yummy as what are shown in the menu. The utensils are quite dirty, esp the cup. We requested to change the cup twice!!!!

The waitress was quite blur. When we ask for bill, we realise one of the order is entered wrongly, so we told the more senior staff. The other staff came back with the supposedly correct bill, and we realised that they missed out one item, which means they bill us only for 2 orders instead of 3. Anyway we paid for the 2 orders and left. :)

A game of bowling

We had our first bowling session on 18 Jan 09 at Kovan Super Bowl. It's our first activity in the new year!
I missed badminton.. But no worries, badminton will resume in Feb =)

Supposedly to have 10 of us, 3 cant make it and last minute, Sebas fell sick, he said he was feeling weak.. sounds bad..

In the end only 6 of us turn up for the bowling - Xinhui, Huimin, Jiahui, HongChuan, Yaohui and me.

Yaohui and Hongchuan were off-form, couldnt score as well as the prev round we had at the volunteer bowling session..
I also didnt play as well as the previous round: the ball keep rolling into the gutter.. hahah

I manage to get 2 strikes, thanks to the insensitivity of the sensor - we get free ball =)

After 4 games of bowling, we had the famous, long queue chicken rice at Kovan hawker centre.
$2.50 worth of chicken rice cant fill up any corner of my empty stomach.

Sarah Jane came after attending her church wedding. She suggested a place for dessert after our unfilling dinner.
We (Hc, Yaohui, Huimin and I) hopped on her car and we are off to Novena for ice-cream at a shop name Udders.

I was so hungry during the ride to Novena.. rumbling away.. haha

Finally I had my waffle + a scoop of cookies n cream = $5.70
Yum Yum.. satisfied. Finally my stomach is filling full.

The ice-cream are really superb.
Quite worth the money and unique flavours, much better than swensen and ben n jerry.

Words

As at now, Spider makes me hate 2 words/phrase (whatever you call that):

1) Zi D*ng

2) Communicati*n

P.S: curious to know who's spider and why she's call spider.. I'll tell u personally.

2008 updates in yr 2009

A well-spent 27 and 28 Dec 2008. My happiest days =)

27 Dec 2008 

Met Huili, Huifen, Shuhui for a year end meet up.

Shopped for some snacks at Suntec before we set off to Marina Barrage for a picnic.

SSS - They should build a bus-stop for visitors while they are waiting for the shuttle bus to Marina Barrage. It was super sunny hot to stand along the roads, breath

ing in the smoky 'fresh' air, looking at the wonderful construction of the future IR. Luckily for us, we did not have to wait for long for the shuttle bus to arrive. Else, we would be burnt red! haha

Yeah! After about 10min ride, we reached Marina Barrage.

First photo I took -   

We are blessed with sunny good weather. The past few days was raining non-stop. 

A good escape from the city life - R&R

More photos -

Our Shadows

28 Dec 2008

Ok, this group is a quite a tough gathering to coordinate. 10 of us! Imagine that we managed to all gather together on 28 Dec 2008 for dinner! Thanks to all for the corporation to set this day free.

7 ladies and 3 gentlemen had dinner at Vivocity, Thai Accent 630pm.

Though 1 particular person was late for almost an hr, the rest of us still had our enjoyable meal. :p

After dinner group photo

Went to the open space up at Vivo for photo taking session-

HG SCS' New BoyBand :p

HG SCS' new GirlBand :)

After this, 6 of us went for dessert near chomp chomp area.

Thank you so much, Sarah jane for always fetching me home.. Appreciate that alot.

Last photo at Serangoon Garden's "Xmas Tree" (seems more like a ghost =])taken by Jiahui -

It's the month of GATHERINGS...

Wow.. Time flies...

We are coming to the end of 2008... Dec is a busy period to meet up with old frenz, new frenz, relatives...

Time for gatherings...

Looking fwd to the meetings with huili and all, jiahui and all before 2009 arrives..

Take care all and let's welcome the year 2009 soon...