Friday, November 30, 2007 @12:03 PM
came across this little exercise in one of the chapters of the book that im reading currently. find it very meaningful :)) its the grateful journal. make it a point to list down 5 things that happened each day that you are grateful for. what it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. if you learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. if you concentrate on what you dont have; you will never have enough. oh well. this is so true! start keeping a grateful journal too! we are often too unwilling to express our gratitude towards people and things. probably its due to the selfish pride that lies in many of us. expressing gratitude continually will help to break this kind of pride! :)
im grateful for...
the simple breakfast with dad at one of the old coffeeshops we used to visit when i was young
a good working partner today! hwee tian was really a great help at work
the polite and easy going patients i served today :)
the fine weather... the sun is pretty and its not raining!
the short working hours today such that i can get home in time to cook dinner with grandma :D
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 @9:09 PM
persistance is stubborness with a purpose
how true! call me stubborn then. im pretty proud of it :)) okayy now im keeping my fingers crossed, praying that i will get a space at newcollege (thats one of the hostels at unsw) haha. poor me. i still haven secure any accommodation until now.. and my parents have been screaming at me about it!!
hmm. life has been quite relaxing for the past week. i have reduced my working hours tremendously! for example, i am only working 15.5 hours for his week! hahahhahahha. i wonder how did i spend my spare time.. haha. well i am reading alot now... at least thats something worth giving up work for :D currently on a book talent is never enough by john c. maxwell. its quite a good book, with a familiar style of writing (i read another of his books last month - winning with people) ideas and issues are nicely arranged and simple enough for understanding! love it to bits :))
my sis is leaving for hk and hokkaido this sat. urrgh. im suppose to go hk with her but the SQ flight is so full that i have been on the waiting list for a month and still no news of any cancellations! sad. i am really craving for good hongkong food. nevermind. january then. bear with the cravings for another month. haha. india trip is nearing. lets hope it will turn out well! heard that its going to be very cold over there! urrgh. i guess i am going to bathe only once a week? haha. i cant imagine bathing in cold water at minus zero degrees :X
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Friday, November 23, 2007 @6:00 PM
has been quite caught up with alot of things for the week. had to arrange for medical checkup at SATA for visa application, book appointments for mom and myself for treatments, planning for upcoming visit to moral welfare home, searching for potential sponsors for the india project and settling all the miscellanous stuff... thats on top of my usual work at the clinic! urrgh. i havent been using emails like how i do now. i get like tonnes and tonnes of mails from everyone and i send millions and millions of mails to everyone. haha. but it really save alot of my smses. hehe :))
innotrek renewal camp is coming up! woohoo. hope to go for the first 2 days of the camp. would be lovely if i can meet my long lost fellow campers! im looking forward to it. jooli please be able to make it! i dont want to feel lonely :(
got prata supper tonight! woohoo. today is such a happy day! had my dose of peanut butter in the afternoon and a date fixed for monday too. yaye! haha. people date me ;) hahahhahahhahahhahhaaha i am not desperate huh. just awed by the friendliness of my friends :))
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Saturday, November 17, 2007 @10:03 AM
oh well. i am so happy. jingsheng dropped me an email after reading my previous post and shared this thoughts with me. i shall not talk about what he said in the mail but i am really really happy. haha :)) i like friends that i can fool around and have fun with, but i even love friends that feel comfortable sharing their ideas and thoughts with. its really comforting for me. i do feel very much involved in their life and i believe its a privilege to be able to shape one another's life through the exchange. according to the lens principle, friends are one of the factors that determines who we are (thats in addition to genetics, past experiences and attitude towards experiences). i am proud that i somehow shaped the lives of my loved ones and grateful for the great impact they left on me. okayy. i am really happy after reading the mail. thanks jingsheng! i didnt know you are still reading my blog. haha
currently reading a book when you say yes but you mean no . its a quite a good book but i find it a little too dry for me. the arrangement is wayy too structured in my opinion and i just dont feel very involved in the book while reading. nonetheless i will try to complete the book. it has got some pretty useful ideas. okayy. i should get back to work. i am still searching for sponsors for the india trip. anyone got any company contacts? hmm. im really getting desperate. whats more when my logistic team is not reply my email!?!? arghh. in the end i drafted the letter myself -_-" well. ade is nice :))
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Friday, November 16, 2007 @2:12 PM
facebook is getting boring! haha i guess its because i haven been using alot of the applications in there. the part i really love about facebook is the availability of my friends photo albums for viewing. its like so much cool-er than friendster can. other than providing me with some form of entertainment, im regularly updated of whats happening in their lives! i miss those friends far far away in canada, us and uk. oh mann.
have been really lazy for the past few days cos i haven been running! oh dear. i need more self discipline to get myself out of the house and run. hmm. the lazy bugs in me have been really active i guess. india trip is brought forward to 16dec instead of 20dec due to some problems with the air tickets. and this means i will be back in singapore for countdown! oh well. i thought counting down on the plane will be fun though :))
was watching a chinese talkshow just shoot!3 last night. the topic was about the pros and cons of singaporeans venturing overseas in view of better prospects. okayy. personally i found it quite interesting and thought-provoking! though i will be leaving singapore to study (not for work as discussed in the show) overseas for 6 years, its pretty possible that by the time i complete my studies i would have decided to stay there to work as well. i dont really have an idea if i will return to singapore for practice cos i think its too early to make a decision right now. but there is definitely a possiblity that i will stay put in australia after graduation. in the talkshow, some people commented about how if they had a choice back then, they wouldnt have chosen to leave singapore to work overseas while some felt that the exposure they had overseas was indeed enriching. the struggles of having to maintain a strong family bond while working alone overseas and factors one have to consider when deciding to venture out or not, were also briefly discussed. its quite interesting to hear from people of different walks of life and see how people of different generations and genders respond to a particular situation. i guess being the younger generation, i am still very determined and passionate about living my dreams and gaining new experiences overseas. of course i do love my family and friends, the stability and prosperity of my country, the memories and experiences i had at home, but it just seems that there is far more out there awaiting my exploration. perhaps one day i will miss home and decide that singapore is the place i want to settle down for life, but i believe i wont regret my choice for venturing out today. in the first place, no one said that you cant return once you leave singapore! right right?!?
i think it also very much got to do with which stage of life you are at. if im married with two kids of pre-school age, i would probably think twice, maybe thrice before i actually decide to leave singapore for work/school. but if im a young and pretty 19 year old (just like me, hahahaha) who has got no heavy burdens, i dont think i will ever think twice about not going! its all about doing the right thing at the right time. i think its the same when we say meeting the right person at the right time.
some time ago, i read this article about a speech made by one of the female MPs (i dont quite remember her name though). she mentioned that instead of putting off family planning in order to concentrate on their career first, couples can actually set up a family before they actually have the rest of their life to work on their career. well... i find this quite true! people actually feel that family planning can wait till their career is established yet they neglect the fact that women have a fertility period which waits for no man! in this case, females can actually wait their their kids are old enough before they turn their attention to establishing career. by then there should be no hurry cos they have got the rest of their lives to work on it! haha. okayy thats provided you intend to retire at 85 la. hahahhahhaaa. i do wish to work till the day i physically or mentally can work no more :))
hmm. this entry has a confusing theme! hhahaa i jumped from topic to topic. oh well. who cares. im just sharing my thoughts :D
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Saturday, November 10, 2007 @6:21 PM
yesterday was such an exciting day! for the first time in my life, I SCOOPED SHIT WITH MY HANDS!! woohoo. okayy... i was wearing gloves la.. but i am still very proud of myself! haha. thanks to one old ah pek who just chiong into my clinic, then lock himself in the treatment room and lao sai on the floor. WHAT THE?!?! then when he was done with his business, he stepped on his shit and walked all the way to the exit! oh my goooooodnesssss. everything just happened too quickly and i wasnt able to react in time! he wasnt a patient of the clinic.. he just dashed straight pass the counter and into the room. urrgh. then it was cleaning up time -_-" was pretty glad that dr lim helped me with the cleaning.. oh man. we put on the gloves and started wiping the whole place with toliet paper and newspaper.. it was damn smelly can. we used almost the whole can of air freshener lo.. haha it was super duper funny la. honestly speaking, i am quite impressed with the fact that dr lim volunteered to help clean the mess. hmm. though he is a pretty friendly boss and never put on airs in front of us, i was still quite shocked.. haha it took two of us thirty minutes to clean up the place. i mopped the floor like donno how many times and then disinfected my hands again and again. hahahaha. to think of it now, its actually quite exciting la :))
went down to idp to settle my visa and check out some stuff. then went for dimsum with family at mirama hotel. some dimsum buffet at the chinese restaurant. haha. chaorong was telling me about it few days back and happen my mom also heard about it from her colleagues. so we decided to give it a try. well.. the variety was quite limited and the food didnt taste very authentic. but the service was alright and considering its $14.80 ++ per pax on weekends (i think its only $11.80 ++ on weekdays), i think its reasonable la. lets not be too skeptical... :))
i baked cheesecake again. i tried to complete it by 5pm (i started at 2pm..) but i couldnt. so had to leave it to my mom to watch over it after i leave for work. lets hope mom dont burn them all. hahahaha. okayy i do have a little faith in my mom when it comes to baking... its 7.30pm and im still very full from the dimsum. hahahahaa :D
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Thursday, November 08, 2007 @6:24 PM
ohh yeah!! got a pleasant surprise from kohchaorong.. haha super duper nice of him to get me half a dozen of donuts and a book! i needed a book for company man.. bored to tears in clinic. haha. thats my good friend! whahahahahh. *proud laughhs* i need to control my diet! ate quite alot today... hmm.. and i wont get to exercise until saturday! ohh dear. sins.
okkayy i shall start my new book and get my fingers off the keyboard. mindless internet surfing kills brain cells. haha. i am serious.
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 @8:26 PM
oh dear. heard from my counsellor that the student apartments which i have applied are very very high in demand and they've got no more vacancies! WHAT THE HELL !??! i applied like in august and they say there's no more places :(( whats more that they didn't even email me to tell me its full... i had to ask my counsellor to check it out for me. uuurgggh. i am dead. i still cant find a companion thats going to sydney and i have yet to secure any accomodation. not to mention the visa application as well... oh my goodness. i got so many things to settle.. plus the india trip is drawing near and im in the logistics team which have to oversee and ensure the smooth running of the whole expedition. haha. i need better time management! i am losing the high level of self discipline that i used to have :(( disappointing. okkay. buck up adeline!
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Sunday, November 04, 2007 @9:45 PM
oh i finally satisfied my crave for dimsum today! hahahahaa a loooooooooooooong awaited yumcha session though i had ice lemon tea instead of chinese tea... chaorong is back from taiwan and i am nice enough to welcome him back with a yumcha session. crystal jade kitchen at hollandvillage was pretty good except the fact that all the waitresses are aunties! (okay thats what chaorong complained) ooohh and i have got presents from taiwan! hahahahaha yippie yaye! haven received presents for a long time. well well... mostly food la. he's just trying to make me fat so that he will appear slimmer. hehe. ulterior motive i bet. its nice getting to talk to him and share my thoughts about some stuff. got to see things from another perspective and he kindof reminded me of some important things. okkay will keep them in mind.
i saw buddy's tag! he is still alive! oh man... i thought he disappeared to donno where already la. haha i really need to meet up with him soon. so i wont feel so lonely :))
oh thank you all who bought a tshirt from me! :) i will try to get the stocks ready as soon as possible and will contact you all again.
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Saturday, November 03, 2007 @9:43 PM
ohhh well. i slept only 2 hours last night! reached home at around 3am and i was alittle drunk. things are spinning like mad! the bed, the light switches, the doorknob and everything... oh mann it felt quite terrible cos i cant walk straight at all. luckily mom and dad didnt catch me in this state. haha. went kbox-ing with my ex colleagues and everyone went totally mad! it was super R(A) in the room with people stripping off pants and others dancing on tables. haha. i bet the waiter that served our room was freaked out when one of them pulled him in to sing... haha. i was definitely one of the sane ones... but the tequila + vodka + beer + stout was enough to make me drowsy... nonetheless we had lots of fun! i miss working with them, complaining and whining of how tired i was after camps, joking and laughing over nonsensical stuff :)) its kindof interesting how we can get along so well when everyone appear to come from worlds apart! a divorcee with 2 kids struggling to provide everything for her beloveds, a 20 year old mother of 2 who totally regrets her actions&choices made in the past, a rebellious young 17 year old poly student who is out to defy her parents, a mom that just gave birth 8 weeks ago realises she lost her freedom to marriage, a lady boss who values her career above all, a 22 year old lady who is pitifully waiting for her bf to marry her and me!!! haha. amazing! i am always so fancinated with how people are capable of interacting with others and deriving enjoyment out of it! okaay. i guess its cos we make the effort to understand the story behind each and every one... well well. it was definitely a pleasure to meet them! :))
不知道从什么时候
我脸上灿烂的笑容开始说谎
笑声也不再诚恳
感觉好像带着面具，画上浓妆
想掩盖些什么似的
寂寞和我成了朋友
沉默爱上了我
很快孤独也会跟来吧
天啊
该怎么办才好
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
Thursday, November 01, 2007 @9:01 PM
ohhh well thats my lovely baked pumpkin rice. i love cheese so i really enjoyed that top layer of cheddar. mummy thought it was too much cheese though. haha. too bad i ran out of mozzeralla.. if not it would have been better :)) every thursday is my cooking day! haha. shall make it a point to prepare dinner for family every thursday. spent my afternoon in the gym and my kitchen! haha. oh dear.. i am beginning to enjoy the process of cooking and of course baking... haha. it must have something to do with all the foodblogs that i have been reading recently. got some new cheesecake recipes from one of those blogs.. guess i will give it a try next week. i am so excited! haha :))
oh was chatting with jeffrey few days ago and i just realise he is going to australia for studies too! oh man. this is way tooooo cool. i finally found a friend who is going to over next year. he's a paramedic now, going to over to do a 3 year course at some paramedic academy? haha. not very sure about that... he was admitted to the queensland academy and he said he will try to request to change it to the sydney one since i will be in sydney! WOOHHHOOOOO... if the request ever get approved, it will be the best thing that can ever happen to me for the month! haha... oh well. then he will have to give up the house he bought in queensland and get another one in sydney... haha. and he is going to let me have one of his rooms! hahahhahahah yes yes yes! then i can save on my rental... haha. we were discussing about this and said the rest of the rooms shall be rented out to fellow singaporean students that will be there.. haha... okay. i know its a little far-fetched now cos he haven even got a reply from the sydney academy... hahahahhahahhaha. fine. there's nothing wrong with dreaming right... im so very optimistic about this plann! hope it gets through :))
Busy playing guitar; vivo land!
ohhh well thats my lovely baked pumpkin rice. i love cheese so i really enjoyed that top layer of cheddar. mummy thought it was too much cheese though. haha. too bad i ran out of mozzeralla.. if not it would have been better :)) every thursday is my cooking day! haha. shall make it a point to prepare dinner for family every thursday. spent my afternoon in the gym and my kitchen! haha. oh dear.. i am beginning to enjoy the process of cooking and of course baking... haha. it must have something to do with all the foodblogs that i have been reading recently. got some new cheesecake recipes from one of those blogs.. guess i will give it a try next week. i am so excited! haha :)) 