To my Grandpa

My grandfather was one of good character and resilience.
I remember my mum telling me how she and my dad once quarreled really badly ( when i hadn't existed yet) and my mum actually moved out for a few days and my grandfather actually helped her to move out, although my dad was his son!
I remember how he would try to speak to all his grandchildren at gatherings, by speaking English, of which he knew little of.
I remember how he carried 10 big boxes of oranges from the coffee shop near his house up his block of flats, for his 10 sons and daughters and their families for Chinese New Year this year, although he was already 89 years and had to rely on clutches to walk. He must have taken hours to complete the task.

Im thankful my whole entire family was together with me during this whole week of mourning and preparation for his cremation.
Im thankful for friends who've shown so much concern - the many smses and visit from the girls:)

My grandfather told one of us he was going to America this year, now we know what he meant, im glad everything went as planned.

VL (Voluntary Leave)

Taking leave is bliss, seriously. For once, im able to wake up without the alarm clock, dont need to worry about being late for work, can reply sms-es PROMPTLY and not 4 hours later, can even organise things for tomorrow! Yes im moving from pangsei queen (grace says!) to planning queen!

I have been able to accomplish so much at home today im so happy!
But its strange since its already morning now but i only just finished music homework for tomorrow!

Anyway i cant wait for tomorrow, dinner with the girls after work, music lesson at 8pm, then meeting the army guys, finally!

By the way, its the 3rd week of Lent, i made a pact to abstain from nightlife and drinking, i have succeeded so far! Thank you for accompanying me in this!

There is nothing more I can say, that will ever, ever express how I feel about life, and the gratitude towards my parents and God for bringing me into this world.

More photos and updates later, busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy for now :/

post As!

Some photos from my new camera yay:)
Back to Vj the day after results Victorians' Day,

A13!!!:))



At sushi tei with the girls for lunch

char and eric were really funny because they came to find me while i was having my music lesson on sunday and they were acting as anxious parents waiting for me their kid, was so surprised to see them outside my class aft lesson! NICE SURPRISE!:)


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Ive been kept real busy at work, and today i was just amazed how we were all kept 'on our toes' from 8.30 to 5, which somewhat made me really proud of all of us - ourselves and my colleagues. From checking the status of a million things to calculating instalment plans, to developing good PR skills to deal with people from all walks of life, helping one another and all, i really couldnt find a better 'first' job:) thank you to everyone who keep me happy despite the prospect of hardwork everyday. who kept me sane during the stressful pre-A level results period and planning the much needed food-finding or mini shopping trips after work.
Special thanks to Grace, Jill, Sijia, Huizhen, and Yujia. You all are fantastic, and of course my lunch group is just so cool:) we binged on Udders today after lunch and it felt soo good:)
To my sit-beside-me partners Kenny and Christopher oh my gosh thanks for allowing me to rant/complain/laugh over random things and all, you keep me alive!!

There's no greater love

It's been a couple of days since we 2008 A level people received our results.
Im in between two camps, having friends who've gotten results exceeding expectations, and of course those who are disappointed.
I personally am so super thankful, almost feel like i dont deserve it, although some people would say i underestimate myself . There are still some questions unanswered on my part, of which i cant attribute to anything at all, just that as i was sharing with my class girls, how i prefer to think it this way...

He takes and gives, He pulls and yields, according to what exactly is sufficient for us.
He has calculated our footsteps; He has watched our hearts - our doubt; our overambition; our self-pity; our arrogance, and He knows. If there's anything you dont know about yourself, there are indeed answers, just now not known yet, but in time to come, it shall be revealed, all in good time.
For those who have scored so well and are as of yet non-believers, it only reaffirms myself how He is a gracious God, always waiting.

Congratulations to the hundreds who have done so well, and my heart goes out to those who haven't, but take heart there's always a rainbow at the end of the road.

list of things to do in the following week:

1. hangout with annabelle, ethel etc on wed after work
2. dinner with girls on thurs, then proceed to
   
3. sleepover at mc's!
4. go for yoga lessons and stop procrastinating:/
5. jap lessons urgh
6. give tuition ;D
7. sign up for RTRC course
8. my next driving lesson!!
   
9. practise a million improvisation pieces and choose 5 hits for next music lesson
   
10. buy speaker cables
11. apply for Singpass for my own sake and to familiarise myself to help TPs
12. clear my cupboard of clothes overspilling
13. applications etc!

sorry this was utterly un-blogworthy, ill transfer this to paper soon enough:)

AND YES ITS MIDNIGHT AND
HAPPY 19th VERA!!!!!
favourite roaring buddy and team amazing race;D
my daddy's favourite person to send home Lorong 29;D
ah phua's treasure !

Ive been on a rather pensive mood, writing and writing... and waking up to the prospect of today was pretty tough, even though i had a good weekend.

Work is not too bad because of my colleagues and nature of the job, except its far too stressful and busy! i dont even have the time to reply people's messages/ create any and to even read them :/ its really sad because i havent talked/ met up w some friends for some time, its not really good that the only time i can probably see and talk to them is on friday while we are waiting for results in the hall, hurr hurr.
Lunches with people to desperately catch up last only 1 hour, only enough to share the bare minimum.
i also had to cancel on pinrui and jastine these evenings because of financial woes (!!) haha and tight schedules:/

i need to learn the proper meaning of sacrifice this Lent season, and i need to learn the art of acceptance, as fast as possible, preferably by this weekend.

today was a fruitful day:)
i woke up at 6AM to go to church despite being k-oed last night:/
my sister didnt make it because she only came back when we were leaving, oh well, its the last week of hols for her, and im amazed at how she's seem pretty alright sitting for final year of final exams of uni starting thurs!
after church was marketing at tekka with mom,which i havent done for quite some time!
after that we had my all-time favourite Killiney Mee siam, after that doing more grocery shopping:)

after depositing things at home, i headed down to plaza sing for some shopping (i got everyone's gifts!) and my first music lesson after 966785646 days due to As last year. am absolutely horrified at my sense of hearing, i couldnt tell chords from chords initially until the last half hour into Aural practice:/
but hopefully it'd get better, since im taking individual lessons now!
i also have to pick SEVEN favourite contemporary pieces to improvise on next week, i've only decided on 2- Yellow by Coldplay and To Be With You by Archuleta. I need 5 more, its going to be a tough pick, because i have so many favourites!

we had guests over again tonight and after dinner, we had fruits and dinner during our movie session.
nothing can beat sinking into my sofa, watching tv and soaking in the surround sound effect, of course with loved ones:)

results are most prob out on friday, i really dont know what to think, it all seems to fast!