Happenings Galore

15th September was HW's last day with us. We went to Vi-la-ge for dinner. Was a nice gathering and food was pretty nice. HW has indeed been a wonderful mentor and friend to me, really learnt a lot from her, will miss her around! All the best HW and keep in touch!





17th September was Gavin's 5th bdae. He requested for his favourite Oreo Cheesecake and i got it from Coffeebean for him. See the 2 boys are just so adorable!

I was a bit upset that day as my handphone was giving me problems, 3-year old Gareth actually told me "its ok, next time i buy you a new phone" - i tell you, my heart melted at that instant!



22nd Sept - I decided i needed a break. Took leave and went shopping as well as had high tea with Jeslyn at Equinox. Nice view...First time there for high tea, food was pretty good except it must have been the most rushed hi tea we have ever eaten. It only lasted for 2 hours in total and we were about half hour late. Which means we had to gobble up lots of food in the rest of 1.5 hours, simply not enough time!

23rd Sept - Dear and I went up, up and away with The DHL Balloon! Of course its nothing compared to a real hot air balloom ride overseas since this only goes vertically up and down again, but its the best we have here in Singapore for now. I'm pretty scared of heights and this goes 150m high (above 40 storeys) but was glad the ride was not that scary. We went at a good time, 645pm - windy and cool yet not dark, could get a good view and nice, clear pictures still. I felt very attached to that whole place becos i was pretty involved in it (work wise). Pictures will surely serve as a memory for me.

Guess who?



Us standing proudly with 'my' panels:



Had a hard time capturing me in the same picture with the entire balloon cos of its size:





The sky became dark and i got a surprise from shIan. He got me the Cool Water Game as a gift to me for our anniversary. Thanks dear! I really appreciate your efforts to get me this gift and for giving me the surprise :)




Well well, i'm not a person who is crazy over Singapore Idol. There were weeks i came home early and watch the programme and as time went by, just got hooked onto it. Managed to get tickets to the indoor stadium. Told myself its great, like a free concert. For the performance show on Sunday, i went with shIan, Sheena and James as well as my Dad. Mum wanted to go but had to work. She was so disappointed. My dad was so participative, waving and clapping with the clapsticks as well as the flags given by Mediacorp. He must have put some youngsters to shame with his vigour and energy that night. We all had a great time. Hady sang well, atmosphere was great. Only natural i became a better fan when i watched Sg idol 'live'.



The results show happened on Monday. No one i knew seemed to be free or interested to go with me to indoor stadium. I was about to give up the tickets when i managed to get Carol to go with me. YEAH!!! In the end, Dennis and friends came along we well, the atmosphere was better than the night before. I had fun, unwind after work and yeah.....i looked back and thought this is something i wouldn't do when i'm much older, so am glad i went when i'm young, so i look back with no regrets having done all these teeny poppy stuff hahahah :)

I must say, i am glad Hady won .... he sang really well :

A New Revelation

Today i went to church just like any other sundays, except i was slightly late. When i walked into Expo Hall 8, praise and worship had started. I walked down the centre aisle and wow, did i feel the awesome presence of God....the crowd filled with passion for God, singing and dancing away, the feeling i had, the atmosphere i experienced, its simply wonderful. It once again affirms my decision - this is the best church (to me) in Singapore! The singing calms me, gives me peace and joy despite my stressfulness and tiredness accumulated from the week.

Today was lesson 10 of a series of 14 lessons of the marriage seminar that Pastor was preaching. I felt so touched by the message and felt that i learnt a lot thus far.

Today's message lead me to be reminded of what's written about love in the bible:

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Isn't this definition of Love very true? Its really all encompassing. It just reminds me that whenever we have problems in relationships with people (may be friends, family, colleagues or partner), we should always go back to this definition - when we say we love, cherish and care for the people in our lives - are we living up to our love for them?

Next, today we learnt about the wedding vow:

"I take you to be my wedded husband/wife,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better or worse, for richer or poorer,
in sickness and in health,
to love and to cherish and to obey,
as long as we both live,
according to God's holy ordinance;
and thereto I give you my love."

I feel so emotional and touched just reading this vow. It makes me realised that the day you are ready to say this to someone, you know you really love the person and are definitely ready for marriage.

The greatest revelation for me, was when Pastor shared that when you make a committment in marriage, it means that there is no way for divorce to happen.

He made an example, saying that even if unfaithfulness is involved, you still have to standby the marriage, even if the person doesn't love you anymore, you still standby and be committed and pray for a miracle.

In the past, i used to think this is ridiculous and impossible. I used to think that if i hear of any unfaithful partners, i would think the other party has a right to divorce and should divorce. But Pastor shared of God's unconditional love for us, that even when we backslide, God never turns us away when we come back to HIM.

I thought of a couple I once knew, where the guy was unfaithful and the gal didn't divorce though everyone around her tells her to do so. She just prayed and prayed, forgave her husband, change herself in ways the husband was picky about her and years later, she won her husband's heart all over again and they now have a happy marriage. Looking back, I admire her for her committment and courage. Indeed, with God, All things are possible! Amen!

(of course, i pray i will never have to face with unfaithfulness in my relationships - cos its easier said than done to handle such situations!)

The Devil Wears Prada

I've been so stressed at work these days. Always feeling lack of sleep and even think of work in the midst of sleep. The pace at work is so fast that i often have to rush through lunch and sometimes to the extent of not having time to get water to drink or even visit the washroom! I'm glad the job is interesting enough to get me going :)

Last night, i took a break from work, went to watch "The Devil Wears Prada" with shIan. Its's really nice to go out for late night movie together. Just like the days when we first started dating. Hardly have time or energy to do simple things like this in a while. Really like the ambience at The Cathay. The movie was wonderful! I really liked all the clothes and shoes and bags that the actresses were wearing! So nice! The show was entertaining and though i was so sleepy, i was kept awake and totally enjoyed the show!

Oh ... tomorrow Sheena, James & I are joining the new cg for service for the first time. This is the second group we are trying out. The cg on thur was good, the members were friendly....just that the venue was kind of inaccessible for us and by the time we hit home, we were dead tired! Hopefully this is a cg that we can stay for some time....afterall, this is the 6th cg i have this year - all the changes against my wishes :( just wanna adapt fast and hopefully no more changes in a while ....