Thursday 11 September 2008
♥ moving on without you
coincidentally, that was the title of an electric bassline song that terence made me listen to recently.
after the humdrum of my working existence, life in spore finally began. i must really say, this summer has far exceeded the last. it's friends, family and most importantly, God's grace that has lifted my spirits from what has happened this summer. it has definitely awakened me to a completely new perspective on life and beckoning me to a myriad of opportunities that entail from now on. it's a whole new series of self-discovery and paradigm shift that God wants me to experience which, i know eventually, will lead me to become a stronger person.
it has been a multitude of ongoing tennis sessions. at simei! so darn far from my place, but the 3 hours of workout is more than worth the travel. i have been working on my so-called squashlike tennis strokes, and i must admit it's so hard to break out of my squash muscle memory! it's like learning a whole new ball game altogether! i'm sure to carry on this tennis fever in the uk. hopefully, within a few more sessions, i will be able to get the 'brushing' motion that jianyuan has been trying to teach me. will definitely play with jas or daryll next week :)) it's tennis overkill!
i havn't been having dinner at home for pretty darn long. so many friends to meet up in such a short time! i realise that i will be flying off in 10 days after my dive trip, and i'm so not prepared! not packing wise, but meeting up with my squashies and random friends.. experiencing more of spore.. slacking around home, stuff like that.. you know? i somehow feel more homesick this time round. maybe it's just the emo me talking at 12 midnight. haha. met up with han over the last weekend for squash tennis pool.. and a long time reflecting on so much things in life! i'm so glad that she has grown up so much in such a short time while i was away! i can't say for sure that i have matured to that stage yet, but i've definitely been thinking about a lot of things and prioritising a lot of goals for myself this summer.
met up with daryll for dinner today, exchanged our overseas experience and spent some time catching up with each other. i'm going to study for my advanced diving theory now so ciao.
after the humdrum of my working existence, life in spore finally began. i must really say, this summer has far exceeded the last. it's friends, family and most importantly, God's grace that has lifted my spirits from what has happened this summer. it has definitely awakened me to a completely new perspective on life and beckoning me to a myriad of opportunities that entail from now on. it's a whole new series of self-discovery and paradigm shift that God wants me to experience which, i know eventually, will lead me to become a stronger person.
it has been a multitude of ongoing tennis sessions. at simei! so darn far from my place, but the 3 hours of workout is more than worth the travel. i have been working on my so-called squashlike tennis strokes, and i must admit it's so hard to break out of my squash muscle memory! it's like learning a whole new ball game altogether! i'm sure to carry on this tennis fever in the uk. hopefully, within a few more sessions, i will be able to get the 'brushing' motion that jianyuan has been trying to teach me. will definitely play with jas or daryll next week :)) it's tennis overkill!
i havn't been having dinner at home for pretty darn long. so many friends to meet up in such a short time! i realise that i will be flying off in 10 days after my dive trip, and i'm so not prepared! not packing wise, but meeting up with my squashies and random friends.. experiencing more of spore.. slacking around home, stuff like that.. you know? i somehow feel more homesick this time round. maybe it's just the emo me talking at 12 midnight. haha. met up with han over the last weekend for squash tennis pool.. and a long time reflecting on so much things in life! i'm so glad that she has grown up so much in such a short time while i was away! i can't say for sure that i have matured to that stage yet, but i've definitely been thinking about a lot of things and prioritising a lot of goals for myself this summer.
met up with daryll for dinner today, exchanged our overseas experience and spent some time catching up with each other. i'm going to study for my advanced diving theory now so ciao.
♥ let that be enough
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Wednesday 25 June 2008
"rock bottom became my solid foundation....."
-JKR
the commencement speech made by jk rowling at harvard is amazing. truly inspirational.
i feel like getting some work done now, but my mentor is not free to see me. have already figured out my project; i just need datcom nownownow.
when you've hit a roadblock
it's just life way of saying it's time to change course
♥ let that be enough
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popular time-wasters in the office:
1. Youtube
2. Facebook
3. Meebo (thanks to lockdown, there's no windows messenger)
4. Wimbledon news
5. Mail (one of the rare times when my inbox is actually cleared)
6. Counting down to the next break (bfast/lunch/tea) and jioing pple excitedly on meebo.
7. Wondering if my relief mentor is still at his desk, or has he left early - thereby rendering me a legitimate reason to zao as well.
out of the 3 days that i've been at work, i've left the office an hour earlier than expected twice. which in my opinion, is reasonable. because firstly, my actual mentor isn't around. why, because he is off somewhere watching the euro08. secondly, i have already read up the materials that i am supposed to and researched a pretty substantial amount by myself. thirdly, the program which im supposed to use for my project is NOT AVAILABLE. which leads me on to my fourth reason: because of security lockdown, i can't install any programs onto the laptop.
there are a lot of ah bengs along orchard road btw. and boy, do they annoy.
1. Youtube
2. Facebook
3. Meebo (thanks to lockdown, there's no windows messenger)
4. Wimbledon news
5. Mail (one of the rare times when my inbox is actually cleared)
6. Counting down to the next break (bfast/lunch/tea) and jioing pple excitedly on meebo.
7. Wondering if my relief mentor is still at his desk, or has he left early - thereby rendering me a legitimate reason to zao as well.
out of the 3 days that i've been at work, i've left the office an hour earlier than expected twice. which in my opinion, is reasonable. because firstly, my actual mentor isn't around. why, because he is off somewhere watching the euro08. secondly, i have already read up the materials that i am supposed to and researched a pretty substantial amount by myself. thirdly, the program which im supposed to use for my project is NOT AVAILABLE. which leads me on to my fourth reason: because of security lockdown, i can't install any programs onto the laptop.
there are a lot of ah bengs along orchard road btw. and boy, do they annoy.
♥ let that be enough
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Saturday 21 June 2008
♥ home shweet home
quite a lot has happened since i touched down in singapore. not much of exciting events, but a ladeedum of good times slacking around with good company and awesome food. i shall try to recount the activities in chronological order, as best as i can :)
mon- met up with xinling weiting lilian. sat in mos and talked over lunch for 3 hours. who needs shopping when you've got such good friends around? can't remember what we talked about, but i vaguely remembered it was a whole bunch of topics mish-meshed about one another. with the exception of more construction work, no drastic change has happened to town... wasn't too annoyed at the weather cos i spent the whole day shunning the sun. tunnelled about in the underground passageways of orchard road, it was shiok to say the least :)
tue- met tj for more so-called retail therapy. visited the magic shop in meridian. never been to that part of town in ages, plus my impression of it was pretty dodge. but it turned out to be a major owning place. awesome i must say! the magician tending the shop was funny and entertaining - he had the amazing ability to crack jokes while keeping an extremely straight and stern face on. he showed me this cheek-to-cheek trick which blew me away, didn't get his whole narration on time travel though. haha tj simply couldn't resist the urge to spend and ended up buying himself a ghost deck. coolios.
wed - mango sale. not fantastic but decent. got myself a pair of 3-quarts in cherry (not pink!) shade. i wasn't really in the mood to spend, so we adjourned towards ps. having lived in london for the past 9 months made me highly receptive towards walking - something which i used to hate. taking a bus from far east to ps now seems ridiculous to me. hurhur
thurs - prata house with chris. my first experience of inflation when the mushroom prata and teh tarik i had cost $3.90 what expensive prata indeed! rollerblading at ecp with tj :) weather forecast was extremely inaccurate. heavy showers were predicted but we went ahead with it anyhow, and much to our delight it was hot hot hot!! never felt so sticky and grimy in 9 months, but the blading more than made up for the feeling of gross itchiness. totally shackled, we had dinner at the ecp hawker centre. had the heavenly beef soup noodles, sambal stingray and coconut juice!! nothing beats having that after a hot sweaty work out session. we had a running bet of who's going to lao sai first haha then went home to nurse my bruised shins.
fri- incredible hulked with tj. great great greattt movie! highly recommended, but only if you have caught ironman as well! for those who havn't caught either, i shan't be a big fat wet blanket and spoil it for you. haha loved the way the movie actually depicted a more human side of the hulk, instead of showing him as a single-celled testosterone-filled green monster with purple pants.
sat- swam with bro at cousin's place. afternoon sun was blazing whilst we lapped in the pool. went home and napped. that's pretty much how my lazy saturday went.
mon- met up with xinling weiting lilian. sat in mos and talked over lunch for 3 hours. who needs shopping when you've got such good friends around? can't remember what we talked about, but i vaguely remembered it was a whole bunch of topics mish-meshed about one another. with the exception of more construction work, no drastic change has happened to town... wasn't too annoyed at the weather cos i spent the whole day shunning the sun. tunnelled about in the underground passageways of orchard road, it was shiok to say the least :)
tue- met tj for more so-called retail therapy. visited the magic shop in meridian. never been to that part of town in ages, plus my impression of it was pretty dodge. but it turned out to be a major owning place. awesome i must say! the magician tending the shop was funny and entertaining - he had the amazing ability to crack jokes while keeping an extremely straight and stern face on. he showed me this cheek-to-cheek trick which blew me away, didn't get his whole narration on time travel though. haha tj simply couldn't resist the urge to spend and ended up buying himself a ghost deck. coolios.
wed - mango sale. not fantastic but decent. got myself a pair of 3-quarts in cherry (not pink!) shade. i wasn't really in the mood to spend, so we adjourned towards ps. having lived in london for the past 9 months made me highly receptive towards walking - something which i used to hate. taking a bus from far east to ps now seems ridiculous to me. hurhur
thurs - prata house with chris. my first experience of inflation when the mushroom prata and teh tarik i had cost $3.90 what expensive prata indeed! rollerblading at ecp with tj :) weather forecast was extremely inaccurate. heavy showers were predicted but we went ahead with it anyhow, and much to our delight it was hot hot hot!! never felt so sticky and grimy in 9 months, but the blading more than made up for the feeling of gross itchiness. totally shackled, we had dinner at the ecp hawker centre. had the heavenly beef soup noodles, sambal stingray and coconut juice!! nothing beats having that after a hot sweaty work out session. we had a running bet of who's going to lao sai first haha then went home to nurse my bruised shins.
fri- incredible hulked with tj. great great greattt movie! highly recommended, but only if you have caught ironman as well! for those who havn't caught either, i shan't be a big fat wet blanket and spoil it for you. haha loved the way the movie actually depicted a more human side of the hulk, instead of showing him as a single-celled testosterone-filled green monster with purple pants.
sat- swam with bro at cousin's place. afternoon sun was blazing whilst we lapped in the pool. went home and napped. that's pretty much how my lazy saturday went.
♥ let that be enough
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Saturday 14 June 2008
byebye london,
and hello singapore :)
♥ let that be enough
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Friday 13 June 2008
i need new earphones! mine's so bad i can hear static in my ears.
♥ let that be enough
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"The mistakes that you make with your kids don't go away,
they just keep growing and growing and growing."
-dirty sexy money
they just keep growing and growing and growing."
-dirty sexy money
♥ let that be enough
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