gone

from tomorrow, 30th May to 8th June. Will be at Cambodia, Phnom Penh for a mission trip. :)

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a really good weekend

celebrated meihui's birthday today. long overdue celebration. botak jones followed by island creamery followed by kite flying!

we decided to take a photo of mcdonald and tag it as lanfang in fb. :D

our kite really did fly! it was surprisingly easy to get it to fly. and it was surprisingly VERY fun!

sat morning i prepared breakfast for dabestclique!!! haha. according to shehui, i didn't do much cooking. which is true. that mornig's menu:

bacon
scrambled egges
sausages
cereal
toast (not v successful cos of the faulty toaster)
pancakes (we ate serving for 16. either these pple are pancake monsters or there's sth wrong w their serving info)
orange juice

once again, i'm amazed by the clique's ability to down food. haha.

sorry i don't know what my niece is trying to do ling.

pancake family by ling!

this is why we shouldn't ask a 7 year old to take photos. haha. it turns out blur.

i think next time round i'll do some actual cooking. hmm. NEXT TIME.

now, counting down to mission trip. i'm really quite excited. i don't exactly know what to expect, like how i didn't know what to expect for the pattaya trip last yr. gen12 was such a meaningful time. as i was organising the photos in my com, i looked back at those taken during gen12, and it just hit me again how much i learnt in those short 7 days. i could go on and on about the experience... and i hope this mission trip will be as close an encounter to God as the last one was.

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singaporean

saw this vid on mrbrown.com

it makes me feel more singaporean than the national day songs do. i'm proud to say i can speak hokkien!

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much ado about nothing

Shakespeare under the stars with pear, kai and tingen in celebration of Kai's birthday! really enjoyed myself. the play was entertaining. we had a variety of food, which was surprisingly filling and we didn't need to go for supper. the weather was good, company was good, and adrian pang was good. haha. and after watching the play, i think the title is very apt - shakespeare: well chosen title!

(i think pear and tingen's smile look similar!)

The first time i went for a shakespearen play was in sec sch, when we studied twelfth night. that was entertaining too! romantic comedy, cross gartered stockings, being in love with love. if music be the food of love, play on. that's abt the only line i can remember.

much ado abt nothing is another romantic comedy, and a very entertaining one, though twelfth night has a richer storyline. but this is more lighthearted. its funny how something written in old english such a long time ago is able to speak to today's audience.

the bible is even more zai huh. few thousands years old and still so real.

age to age He stands

and time is in His hands

beginning and the end

beginning and the end

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i think

someday there will be a multi dimensional 'camera'. a device that captures not only the visuals, but the smell and taste too. (ok maybe taste is a lil too abstract. but perhaps smell?)

the inspiritation was from drinking passionfruit yogurt ice blended from each a cup. but really, imagine, i can use that multi dimensional device to capture a dish/food that i really really like. then everytime i open up that file, i can revisit the whole dish! if i captured a delicious green curry dish, and post it here, everytime i open the page, i'll be able to smell the curry and see the smoke spirally from the curry! ooh!

yest i finally got to eat ice cream! gelatissimo outside shaw, thanks to meihui's recommendation. i had chocolate truffle and raspberry. and in kailin's words, i looked deliriously happy :D of course la! I haven't eaten ice cream in ages due to that stubborn cough that wouldn't go away! but now it's gone, so that's great!

writing proposals for kinderart is a challenge. and when i meet such challenges, i procrastinate. must wait for 'mood' to come. which is not good. oh well. brainwork is tiring.

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the hour after lunch

is the most difficult to get through. the blood flows to my stomach, and the eyelids are being dragged by extra strong gravity.

which explains why i'm taking a self proclaimed 10min break to keep myself awake.

yest, for the first time in my life, i ate the same thing for all 3 meals a day. after swmming w en, we went to eat fried beehoon near her home. then when i got home, i realised my mother was frying bee hoon for lunch! and she fried too much, so we had that for dinner too -.-

n yest, i found out that my father ate owl's meat when he was a boy. together w his brothers, he shot down owls using that elastic shooting thing. (kampong days!) n the owl, not dead yet, bit him. and its claws were strong enough to tear his skin. but my father being my father, killed the owl. He very proudly proclaimed that it's very easy to kill an owl. just twist its head.

anyway, my boss just wrote a book, and i got one free copy from her :D gsr used to only stand for group study room. which is where all project meetings in smu take place. but now it stands for something else too. gorgeous sexy and rich. shall read it soon, after i finish Reading Lolita in Tehran.

Back to work! shall call kindies now, since the state of my brain now isn't fit for the proposals and that i'm supposed to be writing.

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a good monday

today i discovered that the accountant at kinderart, a mum of 4, goes clubbing together with her husband pretty frequently. not that i'm a supporter of clubbing, but i've to admit that that's a pretty happening couple! it came as such a surprise cos she's quite the typical kanchiong aunty type. haha.

n ranae told me ms sit appeared in sunday times in the investment section. i've a very zai boss who's a feminist who enjoys situations in which the female triumphs over the male.

today in the train i saw someone reading u zhou kan, and gu jun pyo and ji hoo from bof were on the cover. i excitedly smsed my sis in law to ask if she bought the mag (she buys both i and u zhou kan every week). then, i began thinking abt what it was abt the show that attracted me so much. i mean, the show is nice, yes, the guys are handsome, yes, but the show has stayed with me long after i finished watching it. n that's unusual for me.

n so, in the train on the way to drums lesson, i sortta figured out why i liked the show that much.

gu jun pyo 对jan di 的执著。i've no idea how to say it in english. in other words, his reluctance to give up on the relationship no matter what the cost touched me. his dedication to jan di, even when a rich+beautiful+stylish+smart+kind+interesting girl throws herself at him is moving.

in the show, both gu jun pyo and ji hoo protected jan di. either one or both of them were always there to hold her when she cried, to wipe off her tears. in fact some of my favourite scenes from the show were that of ji hoo wiping her tears and holding her. but yet, she was not all the damsel in distress. her presence in their lives helped them grow in many ways. n though she was protected by them, she was never reliant nor weak. instead, she, in her own way, was a source of strength to them too.

but i think what really makes the show stick in my mind is the realistic-ity of it. unlike other shows with clear protangonists/antagonists that are clearly good/bad, the characters in the show are more real (i'm talking abt the character, not the wealth). gu jun pyo, ji hoo and jan di each have their flaws. flaws that are very real, and very close to heart. and in this way, the characters seem more wholesome, more complete, more real.

n i'll always rem the scene in which jan di describes gu jun pyo to the 'monkey' that came to love gu jun pyo. even when she was talking about his flaws, she had a smile on her face. n i think that's what it shld be like, isn't it. to talk about a person's flaws fondly, just cos it is part of what makes up the person. it's endearing.

its weird that i get all these afterthoughts. the show wasn't all that deep, but somehow it just sticks with me.

but anyway, enough about that.

drums today was majorly happy. i don't know why but joshua was especially high today. making all sorts of funny comments/accents/actions. i nv fail to laugh during drums lessons, but i don't think i've ever laughed this hard. he's more than a drums teacher to me; he's more like a worship ministry mentor as well, and a very funny one at that. he's been v patient w me, especially since i'm not practising and am improving at snail's speed. even though he nags at me to go par tor very often (he says it almost every other week! grr), i still really really enjoy the 45mins' lesson, and i always leave his place smiling. often, i leave with a burden in my heart to do more for worship ministry too. thank God for such a funny 'mentor' in my life. i think his wife is a very blessed lady :)

the day ended well with dinner with waraku w one of the project groups. it was free dinner by the one and only person who got A+ for the mod in all 3 classes. the food was gd. but i shan't dwell on that.

i think i'm becoming more and more longwinded. how come i can type so much after writing so much just yesterday?! but anyway, there's mission trip meeting tmr night, and i don't qt know what to make of it. preparing for this trip reminds me of gen12 last year, and i really hope that the experience this time round will be as powerful than gen12 pattaya. a year's flew by so quickly. thinking abt all the things that I've learnt, i feel that i've been a letdown to God. i've learnt so much, yet there's still so much to be improved upon. or rather, my life, as a testimony, does not do justice to the one I call my Lord.

oh well, enough of words. time to slp so that i'll be awake at work tmr. i miss dabestclique.....

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第一次:

cycling from home to botanic garden!
the trip there was qt alright. i liked the 小路part at lornie. :) but the botanic garden itself was killer! so many slopes. the roads there are not level! but it was really fun. :D yay!

getting thigh cramps :
the plan was to cycle to church after picnic, but the cramps set in at the first upslope in botanic garden, so we ended up cabbing back to church instead. sigh! had no choice but to 半途而废.

cycling from church back home.
this stretch is quite relaxing. there're only abt 2 very gentle upslopes. and its deserted! i can sing to myself without getting weird stares! haha!

playing 终极密码 (is that the way to write it?) at botanic garden
fun! :D the picnic was qt entertaining really. but i wish i'd been more energetic instead of being so seh after the cycling.

cooking for my family!
evidence:
alright apart from the fishhead curry and 猪脚醋 (contributed by my da sao's mother), i cooked the rest! it looks like a lot cos we split the portion so that each side of the table has a plate of the dish. in fact, i only cooked four dishes and a soup:
白果瘦肉汤
麻婆豆腐
菠菜+鲍鱼 (the can leftover from new yr)
杂菜
药材鸡
and and and, they all tasted ok!! muahaha. i might have some hidden talent for cooking after all eh. hiak hiak hiak. (the kitchen is still intact yea)

that was the celebration for mother's day. Mummy cooks everyday, maybe except sundays, so the least i could do was to return the favour. good thing the food was ok! if not it won't really be returning the favour. haha. there were no complaints from my very picky 二哥，so i think that's really great alrd :D

听道时掉泪
听传道的分享，感触良多。深深为自己的父母献上感恩，也深深体会父母心。今天，我更深的体会父母如何的一直在用神的话教导我，如何的以圣经的原则指导我。尽管家里也有那难念的经，不为人知的挣扎。尽管他们也会有错的时候。但谁不会犯错呢？我知道有这样的父母，已是我的祝福。

接到一通意想不到的电话
赤裸裸的情感；毫不掩饰，或者掩饰不来的伤心。说着说着，对方哭了。在电话里听亲友哭诉，应该至少有5次以上吧。甚至有和朋友一起在电话流泪的时候。但是，这次来电者是我意想不到的人，也是从未正式交谈过的人。结束对话前，我通过电话为对方祷告，而对方也要求不要公开通话这事。我有些不知所措。我也不能做什么。只能将对方的哭诉带到神面前。但心里还是有个nagging feeling. 似乎觉得自己可能还可以做些什么。以后会不会再跟这人通电话，我也不知道。看着办吧。

短短两天，却有那么多的第一次。有些在预料之中，有些不是。有些会让我想起时不禁laugh out loud, 有些会让我想起时感到纳闷。写了那么一大堆，也该暂停了。明天还得早起- 又是骑脚车！Company outing for Kinderart, and we're cycling at East Coast. slow and leisurely. :)

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FULL

swensens. MEGA BURGER and topless 5 and rum and raisin malted milkshake and shrunk cups of ice water. much laughter with adora n lulu, with adora claiming that the traditional vanilla flavoured ice cream tastes like ham and lulu imitating andy's super low voice. :D

i think that was bad grammar. but it was shiok to type :D

i need to clean up my table. now its organised chaos. very soon it'll be just chaos.
looking forward to sat's picnic. gg to cycle there w kai! yay! my first time cycling so far on my bike!

n i don't have to work tmr. or rather i just told ranae that I've got sth on tmr. the work now is really sian. not challenging at all! sigh. but at least it means i've got a lot of slack time and i can choose not to work sometimes. :)

i'm gg to eat the purple dragonfruit in awhile. so i'll get purple shit tmr :D

watching the korean variety show We Got Married. it's really entertaining! especially this couple (the guy is the jihoo in boys over flowers heh). the other couples are all doing sweet and lovey dovey stuff, but this couple's more like friends. daring each other to do stupid things with forfeit. haha. in the teens' language now, LMAO.

now i've to think abt what to bring for the picnic on sat. hmm. shi en's bringing banana and meihui suggested i bring apple. then we'll have fruit party!

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monday blues

this is the first time i felt this since I started working with Kinderart. In HR we learnt about the lack of employee motivation when there's mismatch of corporate and company values. this is what is happening now i think. the boss wants me to help find grants for a new business model for kinderart, but i don't believe in the new business model that she's talking about. which explains this monday blues i think. having to do something i don't particularly believe in after the weekend is not enjoyable at all.

it's been a good long weekend. eventful. friday we had church sports day, and i felt very 欣慰 looking at yu xi with her dad. especially when the very zai yuxi papa made the whole aeroplane by himself, which yu xi then decorated, while the rest of us gave eye power. heh.

sun, i gave chi yuan an earful cos she fly me aeroplane! she cha bo after church, calling me to say she wanted to go cut hair. ergh. i shall not vent here. but it was good in a way cos that meant that the full 2 plus hours were spent helping yu xi.

i'm working from home today, n i really should be starting work. but i've got no motivation at all! usually i go to Kinderart very happily, cos I genuinely saw the point and value in the things i did. but not this time round. sigh. but still, things have got to be done.

on another note, i feel like cycling to pierce reservoir! it's such a nice place. but i think the slopes are too much for me. the downs will be shiok, but the upslope! i'll prolly stop halfway and push my bike up instead. hmm. shall see how.

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a gd sort of tired

It might be the sun from this morning's 'sports day', or any other random reason, but i'm feeling sleepy now, at 11 plus. i know i'll fall asleep immediately the moment my head hits the pillow.

two of my ah yi came over for dinner just now. my maternal relatives are always very loud. but its a good kind of noisy. the kind of noise that tells me yes they're family and they're 100% just themselves in front of each other. the kind of noise that makes me feel warm at the heart.

n my cousin is getting married! that's like the third cousin/niece of mine to get married within these two years, and i'm gg to be her jie mei too! this time round we're gg to tailor the dresses, which means i need to start scouting for the design of the dress to meet the deadline she gave. this is so much in advance of her wedding. i rem for miao's we were still frantically shopping for dress the day before!!

this blog is getting much too wordy. i think i really am very longwinded. haha. alright time to sleep!

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