Fun = Aching (?)

Had a good Saturday. Went bladding again. (Yesss.. I know.. I am addicted!) Supposed to meet Claire & Geir as well to blade, but they would only meet us later. Yan and I were early when we got to East Coast Park again to blade (LiFen couldn't make it.. so only Yan & I.. once more.. I say.. Thanks for fetching me, Yan!), we decided to rent our blades from another shop. The rates are much cheaper, $6 = 2 hours, last week's rental from another shop was $10 per hour.

BUT the minute, I put on my blades.. I felt it was as if it had no friction at all and I was petrified. Yes. The word was petrified (+paranoid that I will end up in the sea cos the sea was just in front of the blades rental shop..)

Blade as usual and when I went to the SAME hump that (per my last entry I nearly fell.. thanks to Yan..) Again.. thanks to Mr. Yan Tze Shin, who was busy passing remarks to scare me before I reached that hump .. "Pris... Mt. Everest Hump... Sure U can pass it? Sure u can go pass it? Mt. Everest leh.. Rem the last time.. like last Monday? Today the rest not here to catch you.. ra ra ra ra.." Went over the hump *Eeeeeeekkss!* Wham! Landed hard on my butt. *Pris wails* Yan laughed and asked if my butt grew orchids not!!! (In mandarin, there's this saying about 'Pi Gu Kai Hua' Butt bloomed flowers from swelling..)

Rested my 'orchid' butt (skin the back of my thighs but no where else injured.. Thank God!!) for awhile.. we sat by the chairs by the beach and chat while waiting for Claire and Geir. Red Bull promotion girls on blades came pass and offered us free chilled red bulls.. hmm.. not bad.. free drink. Hehehe.. After almost an hour of resting.. continued bladding since we reckoned C&G would most probably not turned up already. Blade all the way to Old Fort Road, and blade our way back to the rental shop. Nearing Mt. Everest Hump, I declared I am not gonna fall down 4 times in a single day and took off my blades and walked barefooted back to the rental shop since it was quite near. (My birkenstocks were in the locker!) Yan joined me (He could have bladed back actually.. haha) and we were yelping from the blazking ground when walking barefooted.

After that Yan drove me to Tiong Bahru where I am supposed to meet Ink & TY and Gab & Merv for the great cookout! Went grocery shopping & I headed down to TY & Ink's with Gab when he saw me at Tiong Bahru.

We spent 3 hours in the kitchen cooking up Tandoori Chicken (Gab cooked this himself!! So Cool right? Another guy I know who is keen on cooking.. other than Paul who has potential to be a great chef.. this guy cooks DUCK can!! I am drolling at the thought of Paul's food..) And TY cooked delicious long beans, carrots & dried shrimps (I loved it!) and Broccoli Fried Rice (Yummylicious!!!) and we experimented on cooking Oyster Kailan and I cooked Stir Fry Sweet Chilli Chicken on glass noodles. So much food!!!!! But the food were tasty... I must say the Stir Fry Sweet Chilli Chicken is my FIRST ATTEMPT (and it turned out.. quite nice? U think, guys? Hahahaha fishing for compliments.. thick skin..if not, pls tell me so I can improve)

Bathed after dinner cos I was disheveled after bladding.. but TY & Gab say I dun look as if I had bladed..(Anyway check out the pics on Ink's --> http://www.pagesofink.com/) And felt so refreshed after bathing.. and we top off our dinner with Dark Chocolate & Tartufo Gelato with Alfred's Chocolate Swiss Roll Cake..* Pris feels as though she is in 7th heaven.. (Well actually yes.. cos Ink's place is on 7th floor) so nice!!! Junming joined us in time for dessert.. and we all played board games while TY & Jm played Zuma.

What a wonderful Saturday!!!! Enjoyed myself to the max though I fell 3 times and skin myself and I am aching right now like an old grandmother.. but it was all worth it.. Btw.. Gab is already thinking of what to cook on the next great cookout.. Anyone keen to join us? U can be our experimental guinea pigs if you dare.. :)

Locus of Control

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Learned this during one of my modules, Leadership Management Style (LMS) this semester. It's basically about raising your own self awareness to be able to manage yourself as well as your suboardinates in an organisation. And one of the topics, well.. not topics but tools to use to increase your self-awareness is Locus of Control. (Okie, it's all coming back to me now .. esp after my exams..)

It's whether or not someone has stronger internal locus of control or external. The results above explained itself. But in our studies Locus of Control goes further to determine if in a situation where something goes wrong, if the individual tends to blame others more (external locus of control is high) or blame yourself for what went wrong (internal locus of control is high). Nothing to be judgemental of but just to increase your self-awareness and supposedly make you a better leader going forward.

Now I know why....

Hmmm.. was sharing with Khanh, my didi just now about God and the bible.. We were talking about the first alienation that caused a gap between Man and God which is why God had to send Jesus to bridge this gap.

Told didi about Adam and Eve, that the first alienation was in Genesis 3:8 where they hid from God after eating the forbidden fruit. Hid = Avoid = Gap formed.

Then we talked about Lucifer the fallen angel. And then it dawned on me.. *almost like God switching on my lightbulb* why does God dislike disobedience so much. Cos his first protocols (if I may call it) Adam and Eve and Lucifer who was supposedly to be close to Him betrayed his trust by disobeying Him. I don't know if I am right but it doesn't matter if I am right.. what does matter is that it makes me realise why obedience to God is crucial.

Imagine you are God and you got betrayed. How would you feel especially if its betrayal from those that are dear and close to you? Exactly how you feel.. was how God felt. Thank You, Lord for showing me why ... especially when I have a tendency to rebel.

Amazing Vesak!!

Amazing Vesak!!

Yessss!!!! I had an awesome, amazing, wonderful, fun, good, cool, great.. (ok.. U get the picture) holiday today!!!!

I truly enjoyed myself to the ultimate.

Woke up this morning (from sleeping at 2am.. lack of sleep here!!) as Yan called to say he will be at my place to pick me up in another 5mins time. *Pris Panicks.. have yet to decide what to wear, what to bring along to change, comb my hair... etc. Yes, I am a typical girl*

It was already nice of Yan to come fetch me though we were heading to East Coast Park and he is staying in the East side of Singapore. Am in Central Singapore. Sweet of him, right? ?He is Mr. Nice Guy and NOOO, I did not bully him to fetch me.. he volunteered.

Met Yan and we went to Eunos (For my didi, Khanh's sake.. its pronounced as "U-nos") to pick LiFen (*ahem*ahem* Yan is LiFen's potential.. wahaha..)

And before LiFen came, Yan & I went to had out breakfast at Eunos market since LiFen told Yan over the phone that she had a bun for breakfast already.

Afterwhich we went to the train station to pick LiFen up. I decided to sit at the back of Yan's car as I don't want LiFen to misunderstand that I am her *cough* rival.. Hahah.. U know how women are in such things. And Yan was chuckling away on how ridiculous I am for sitting at the back of the car while he drove to the station.

Reached East Coast Park and good grief!! The park was packed with lots and lots of people. Yikes! Feels as though I am in some hypermart grand sale and everyone's rushing. And oh yeah.. the weather was so humid and excruciatingly warm... less than 10 steps from the car and I felt myself melting.

Saw Claire and her beau Geir (He is getting taller??? Nah.. I think cos I am not wearing heels as compared to the usual times from office I saw Geir).

I was about to rent a bike to cycle when LiFen asked me if I would be roller blading.

*Gulps* Me? Erm.. I told LiFen that I do not know how to blade at all.

LiFen: Try La..

Pris: Erm.. I wearing shorts.. later I fall.. very malu (Embarrassing in malay?) and I dun wanna skin my legs..

LiFen: Can la... I also can't skate previously then learn already now can.. Try La..

Yan: Yah la.. Pris, try leh. U try..I try..

Pris: *Double gulps* Errrrr....

Yan & LiFen: Yah.. try la.. Pris.. C'mon.

LiFen: I am a slow skater.. I won't go far. Besides, Yan isn't fast anyway.

Pris: Riiight.

Claire & Geir: Are you bladding, Pris?

Pris: Ermm.. alright. Ok, I'll give it a shot.

LiFen: Yay!! You can hold onto Yan's hands and blade.

Pris eyes widen: Crazy!! Never!!!

So yes, instead of cycling. I went roller blading today. Rented a pair of skates and was wearing the necessary protective gears and the skates and surprisingly to myself, I was able to stand on my own. LiFen was sweet.

She held my hand, taught me how to blade for the next 15-20 mins and then she let go of me to let me blade on my own. Claire and Geir were the experts in roller blading, they zoomed passed with Noriza and Noriza's friend; June Ong on their bicycles.

Yan, LiFen and I were blading slowly. Yan & LiFen were nice as they orbited around me like a satelite to ensure I was fine. I did had a few (well more than a few) times I nearly fell and screamed for help..but Thank God I didn't fall.

LiFen taught me to manage my balance and to go over humps and because I had a wonderful and patient teacher, I was able to blade on my own throughout the rest of the rented time of almost 2 hours?

To the last part, when we were returning to the roller blades rental and there was this 1 hump, I was trying to get across but 'rolled back' and Yan tried to grab me but he himself had difficulty going over the hump and he let go of my hand..which is fine..

BUT he pushed me away as he himself was balancing and cos of his push, I nearly fell backwards... luckily for me.. Claire caught me from the back, I was about to fall though cos I lost my balance on my blades and LiFen tried to hold me but it made me lose my balance more and in the end, Geir and Claire had to catch hold of me as Geir lifted me up. Thanks, you guys!!!

*PHEW!!!* Thank God once more that I never fall and YAN TZE SHIN!!! U PUSHED ME LA.. IF I FALL BACKWARDS and LAND ON MY HEAD... U GOT ALOT OF PEOPLE TO ANSWER TOO!!! hahahaha.. *Trying to send him on guilty trip.. though he doesn't read my blog.. hahah.. will send it to him.. hahah*

At the rental, there was again another slope, the guy at the rental was nice, he pulled me up and I was busy chanting to him "Dun let go.. dun let go.. plsplspls... its a slope" And he was saying "Dun worry, I wont. I wont. " And he helped me took out my skates later.

When Yan saw that, what he say?

Yan: Wahh... Pris.. U got chance liao

Pris: Are you crazy???

Yan: He helped U up the slope, take off ur skates for you... how come he never take out for others?

Pris: So? He was being nice and I am not a cradle snatcher.. he is very young and doesn't mean I must marry him what. Lost your marbles ar?!

Yan sniggers.. Pris goes >.<

Too bad no pics.. if not it was really fun. We chilled out at Macdonald's at the open air area.. had our drinks, chat, and it started to rain. Dun know why, at that moment I felt as though all of us were in some cafe in Europe or out of Singapore and chilling out and having fun. Nice!

After that, Mr. Nice Yan sent me to Dhoby Ghaut MRT to meet my churchmates for Timothy class at KC's. LiFen and him went to plaza sing for lunch as well. *Hee hee... *

K.C's place was amazingly white in decor... his fluffy dog was also white and really resembled a Cotton ball .. his name is Cotton.

Cute, but I am not an animal lover.

After Timothy Class, we walked around here and there looking for a place for dinner. Finally settled at Funan and Gab pointed out that we walked for an hour already. (I was thinking in my head.. Yay!! More exercise!!! hahaha)

Anyway, I think I got hooked on bladding. Quite fun. Thinking of getting a pair of blades now after my Eurotrip and go bladding with these folks for it has been fun. Hmmm... blades? Yes.. I think I will!! Living in Singapore has another meaning now.. Another activity that I am keen. Hehe.

Came back home, bathed and felt sooooOo good.. refreshed, not sticky from today's exercise and humidity, and text didi to tell him my Amazing Vesak day today. Hehe.. Came online and he was also online. Cool. This is indeed a great day! Praise God!

16th - 22nd May 2005

Hello cupcakes!! One whole week of no blogging.. and I'm Baaacccckk. Hahha.. Well, actually I wanted to upload some pics here of my current new work station which is a.k.a fish tank to let some of you see why it's call a fish tank and as well as compare the difference between the previous work station. The pics are in Patrico's (a.k.a lil P) cam (Seeeee... Lil P, I do mention U on my blog ok.. so much so that my caregroup leader Ink also know ur name!).. and once he is able to find his USB .. he will send them to me. So cupcakes.. U gota be patient. hehe. (Goes the same for me as well.. dun know when Patrico will send me.. *HINT*HINT*)



There was nothing much going on from Monday to Thursday for me.. except Friday onwards. Friday 20th May 2005, had a firedrill - skipped it.. refused to go down for a silly firedrill (not from 26 floors ok, people!!!!) Was the only one holding the fort for my account on Friday (Feels like big shot, Grahame in Sydney, Lien on half day leave, Liz T. on leave, HB holidaying in HK.. so left MEEEEEEE). Anyway, today was also the Star Wars Episode 3 night.. free tix sponsored by the firm.



Speaking of Star Wars.. check out this hilarious blogspot webpage I found while surfing the net..

http://www.bloggerheads.com/star%5Fwars/default.asp

It is hilarious.. got so many versions of just ONE scene from star wars!!! Anyway.. as crazy as this sounds.. I went online to check out the databank of most of the star wars character. (Did I announce that I am NOT a Star Wars fan?) Well, I am like this.. I like to search on something to find out more about the characters.. (after the movie..hahah.. ironic..).

Interestingly, I found out amazing facts about Amidala.. and Yoda (He is only 0.66m tall for ur info.. shorter than ur 1 arms length..) So if you wanna know about star wars character.. check out this site.. pretty cool:

http://www.starwars.com/databank/character/amidala/index.html

After movie, the usual gang went to play pool.. I was sooo tired.. my eyes could barely be kept open .. plus contact lenses were dry. But cos we paid for "pool buffet - $19.80 from 11pm onwards to 3am..as compared to $10 per hour?" so we played till 2:30am. Went back home .. eyes nearly popped and crawled to bed after washing up.

Sunday.. TODAY... went to church.. normal.. went to see Eirene who was at work today with Ang Guppy and had a good catch up with her. Glad to see her happy. Went home and prayed.. read the bible and was singing praises to Him for about 2 hours.. SO REJUVENATING. I admit, I have not been reading up on His word religiously since I passed my bible to my bro.. which was like I think almost 1 month back. (I can hear my CL and shepherd gasping already.. hehehe.. kiddin)

Its a no wonder I felt spiritually empty.. easily irritated by people who think that they are more superior than others.. irritated by people who put up a front to act oh so mature just cos they're afraid to show the real them .. afraid that people will not want to know them or befriend them when they be themselves and just hang loose for even a while..seriously.. i think even if they can't loosen up for just a wee bit.. i really wonder why do they impose that others behave and react and think like they do..I know I am irritated.. cos everytime I encounter such people.. I feel like screaming into their heads "HelloOo... No man is an island.. We're sharing this earth.. and pls be more selfless.." lack of patience (well.. I always lack of this but its even worst) and found myself rebellious as well. After I read up.. I really felt so much better... and I was thirsty for His word.. so much so that I found myself preparing for the Holy Communion that I was supposed to be in charge of.. in the week or weeks to come. Gonna read regularly.. I feel elated. :) Okie.. its late.. another long entry but too bad.. U guys know I dun care... hahaha.. Tomorrow am... heading to East Coast to cycle.. WooOhoOo.. I am so gonna ache all over.. especially my *patpat* (butt) but I love it!!! Aching means.. er.. I burned some calories? hahahaha... self-denial.

Looking forward to this coming Sat's cookout 2 at Ink's & Ty's.... whooppee!

Funfilled Sunday

Wow.. I realised I am indeed blogging with a frenzy since I got my comp back and since exams were over. (Like what Ink said!)

It was a funfilled Sunday. First off all... I am so proud of myself *pats my own head.. haha* cos I woke up early in the morning for church and actually WALKED to the train station for the first time EVER for church. *Applause!!!!* And was early in church as well!! *Double Applause!!* Hehehe...I have NEVER walked to the train station for church before. It was always bus or cab.

2ndly, after service we hung around at Marks & Spencer's cafe for a CG evaluation and then later on went to attend a talk with Ink, TY and Gab. It was a good talk about faith and I agreed that faith is a process. It's like from zero faith to mustard seed faith and the growing to "moving mountains" kind of faith and then to something much more. But to have faith, we must believe, trust and desire. Only then would the process grow. faith has been something I guess we all struggled with. But like what Donald said.. our faith is not consistent and finite, but know that God's faith is. That is something I find very re-assuring. My God is the same today and forever. Hallelujah!

After talk we initially wanted to watch "Million" and as the screening time was much later.. we decided to chill out at Ink & TY's before the movie. At their place, TY had a brilliant idea. She suggested that the gals cooked while the guys do their stuff (played LAN games) and we'll just have dinner and that's it. Movie was cancelled cos somehow or rather the online bookng could not be confirmed. Hahah... how queer.

Anyway, TY and I had a blast of a time in the kitchen. We had 4 dishes for dinner!! 1. Tandoori chicken & onions (Dun know how it is.. but everyone finished all the food.. so i think its either they were very hungry or they were being nice to the tandoori chicken TY and I cooked. (She cooked the rest.. I basically chopped alot of vege up for her.. heheh) 2. Stir fry brocolli, carrots and zuchinni (?) sausages [which I liked very much] 3. Stir fry Cabbage & carrot 4. Boiled quail eggs (TY say wanna finish them.. ). After a nice wonderful homecooked meal, Ink brought out.. GELATOOOOOOOOOO... Nice ar.. Dark Chocolate and hazelnut!!!!! *Yummy..* spoilt rotten!!

Annnd... would you believe that after dinner, Mervyn taught me how to play DOTA? or was it Warcraft? or Both? Aiyah.. u guys know la.. its a guy thing. And I was busy screaming away while playing whenever I was "attacked" by the er... scourges? cant recall the exact name. Ang Guppy & Mervyn were busy chuckling away at me screaming. I was going "Eeeeekkkss.... !! RUuuUun!!! GooO Awaay!! Arrrhhhh!!! Yiikkes!!!" I screamed so much that Ink who was in the kitchen came out saying "what happen what happen?" So ... switched game.. switched to what? Switched to U.T .. er.. unreal tournament? Or was it Unrealistic Tournament? I could never get it right. But it was fun.. much better than Warcraft. I didn't screamed that much. FUN!!! *Addictive ar!!!* played a few rounds and we decided to call it a day ..

Wanted to take a cab home but decided against it.. so I took the train and walked home from the train station. It was quite pitch dark tonight when I walked home but I was jumping with joy inside. So Fun! What a funfilled Sunday!!

We gota do this more often Ink, Merv, Gab and TY!!!! Btw.. .I suggested to TY.. next dish we try if possible would be gyozaaa....

Keys to my heart??? I wonder...

The Keys to Your Heart

You are attracted to those who have a split personality - cold as ice on the outside but hot as fire in the heart.

In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved.

You'd like to your lover to think you are loyal and faithful... that you'll never change.

You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please.

Your ideal relationship is comforting. You crave a relationship where you always feel warmth and love.

Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment.

You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred.

In this moment, you think of love as commitment. Love only works when both people are totally devoted.

What Are The Keys To Your Heart?

From Paul's website.. I tried it out.. HmmMm...interesting. I think quite true that I usually find myself attracted to mysterious people.. or should I say schizos? (Hot inside .. cold outside?) Haha.. kiddin..

Friday the 13th...

Friday, 13th May 2005. *Ta ta ta dum!!!!!* Rabbit's foot? Lucky charm? 4 leaf clover? Don't walk under ladder cos of bad luck? Anything that will go wrong will go even more wrong (? what am I talking about?!) on Friday the freaky, weird 13th?

Well.. sorry to disapppoint all of you .. my sweet ardent fans. I did not have a freaky, weird or 'everything went wrong' Friday. In fact, I had a S*U*P*E*R*B Friday everrrrrrrrr!! *Ahem clears throat.. ready for a long blog? No? Too bad for u.. I am.. Wahahahah*

Started my Friday at work (well I was late.. ) at 920pm (*everyone GASPPP!!*) okie thats not the point here, I went to work as usual.. switched on my comp and while it was loading.. I was spreading my peanut butter and jelly (what flavour? Grape!) on my hi-fibre white Gardenia bread (and this is where u goooo.. "like we care!!! just trying to make u guys picture my sandwich..) and was chanting under my breathe "pls not too many emails.. pls.. not too many emails" (I am covering for my supervisor, Lien who was away in Hong Kong.. *envious*) .

I was chanting and hoping I wont get alot of emails cos I wanna leave early and on time today for CG as I was one of the discussion leader for today's CG lesson and I was excited to serve God. When I saw my emails I was like .. hmm.. quite a lot.. but to cut grandma's story short.. the Lord was magnificent.. cos I managed to clear my emails (including those emails that I was finding out the answers to reply the expatriates.) down to .....*drum rolls* only 4 emails in my inbox.. ANDDDDDDDD taking into account the following considerations:

1. I was late for work.. so I started late.

2. I had quite a few calls today and I had not much time to reply emails

3. Grahame called a last minute dept. meeting to announced that Dom was leaving this weekend cos client wants him urgently back in London. So he had to fly this weekend and it meant this would be the last friday, we will see him. Though he is not my in-charge and we do not work on the same client.. Dom has been nice enough to buy us spinelli's coffees or teas on him most times he went for his teabreak (He's brit. no offence to u, didi!!)

4. We had another dept. meeting to have cakes as a farewell for Dom.

5. I went to Wisma Atria for lunch with colleagues and came back to work at 2pm... I know.. my bad!

*All of the above just sums up one thing: time wastage and YET, the almighty helped me clear my emails and work..* How?? Well.. I had a few calls.. from HR and though it meant that I would not be able to read and reply to emails and activate services for assignees, I got confirmations from HRs and with the answers and confirmations, I could reply the expatriates.. in which results in my emails diminishing from my inbox folder to archive.

One thing I wanted to mention was that .... Dom was really nice. As mentioned that this was his last day here in Singapore, he went around asking all of us if we wanted coffee..when it came to me.. I said can I? He said Sure! And asked me what I wanted.. told him Skinny latte (my fave..take note u guys!!haha) and asked what size I would prefer for my skinny latte. I said small and he said small was for kids and said he will order medium for me. When he returned.. He got me a LARGE cup and was nice enough to ask me if it was alright for me..if I can handle it.. if it was too much.. *Feels like a princess at this moment..* hahahaha.... I know.. I am spoilt by alot of people.. but I am not that spoilt la.. (am i?) Anyway.. i think its really sweet of Dom to have done that for all of us and I noticed that the rest had.. er.. Medium size cups? *Pris felt blessed*

*fast forward*

The day soon ended and I headed to TY & Ink's for CG. Arrived on the dot (according to my watch) and Weeleong was the chairperson.. he was a hilarious chairperson.. not in a goof up manner.. in a well done yet mischeivious manner.. Merv was the worship leader this round and I enjoyed his praise and worship.. Reina was in charge of holy communion and she never fails to amaze me .. her holy communion was cool.. like a pro. After that, we acted out a skit of one of the bible chracters - Jonah..We were picking names from a bag to determine who played what character and guess who was King of Nineveh??? No bonus points if u said Pris Tham .... It was fun and after which I had my first discussion ever!!! Thank God that it was an in depth sharing.

Sis Ty said last night when we were running through the leader's notes to help discussion leaders that the first person you pick to answer or share the experience would set the depth of the discussion.. the members in my group were busy and did not had time to do their CG homework..but praise God.. (now that I am blogging and recalling back..it suddenly dawned on me) when I asked them to share on their experiences and everything.. they were quite shy so I started sharing first and the discussion and study on Jonah soon led to an in-depth sharing and learning as well. I am indeed thankful and encouraged by what was shared by the members in my group.. Yixi, Reina & Alfred.

Alfred was appointed to close the discussion in prayer and I was touched that he prayed for me and said that the discussion and sharing was in-depth.. actually right now as I blogged..

I still worry if the discussion was applicabel to them and if it was how God wanted it to be.. but I just give my best .. let my heavenly Father do the rest..(CL Ink, and CL wife TY, if you are reading this.. you may however wana do a more accurate feedback with the members of the discussion group).. hehhe.

Once more.. I wanna thank God for providing me with an opportunity to serve Him. Wanna thank my CL and Shepherd for giving me the chance as well as guiding me. I learned a lot and it is indeed a joy to serve God. Also, wanna thank my discussion members for being patient with me and also for trusting me enough.

After the caregroup session, we went over to Joel & Evelyn's which was nearby for Evelyn & Elaine's birthday celebration and had Haagen Daz coffee ice-cream.. Nice!

So here you go.. this is my Friday the 13th for you .. and I hope your Friday the 13th was superb too. :) Have a lovely weekend y'ol.

Hilarious...

Once more, I thought I had nothing much to blog today. Typical day.. and oh yeah.. thanks everyone for your care and concern. I am no longer peeved.. cheesed off.. angry over my broken spectacle lens. It is truly sweet of everyone (Credits go to: RY, Cheryl, Ink, Didi, Gab and Olivia) who asked me what happen to me cos my msn nick then was "Angry Pris".

Anyway, before I drift off to talk about something else. As I was saying that I thought I had nothing much to blog today.. (I can hear all of you go ... "YEeessSs..Pris. .you just mentioned that and we know... dun be such a nag cannn? Muaahahaha... like I care.. haha) I was searching for songs for the week where I am leading praise and worship during caregroup (still got sometime before the actual day but kiasu-ism = scared to lose, and as I had nothing to do and I am someone who likes to prepare before hand preferably..) when Mervyn said Yo to me online on msn.

We chat and talked about P&W (praise & worship) since he's gonna lead this week (U go bro!! Gambatte!!) and we were exchanging songs and chatting and Merv sent me this zip folder with alot of songs in it, to help me in my search for the songs I wanted.

I opened the zip file after receiving it and was scrolling down the list of 800 over chords and songs when my eyes O.O!!!!! chanced upon this song title:

"Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer"

HUuuuUh??? What kind of praise and worship song was that?????? Bizaare!!! Decided to open the file and as I glanced through the lyrics I started giggling non-stop in front of my comp over the next 10mins. Here's the lyrics.. check it out:

Grandma got run over by a reindeer

walking home from our house Christmas Eve

You can say there's no such thing as Santa

but as for me and grandpa we believe
She's been drinking too much egg nog

and we warned her not to go

but she forgot her medication

and she wandered out the door into the snow

When we found her Christmas morning at the scene of the attack

there were hoofprints on her foreheadand incriminating claw marks on her back

It's not Christmas without grandma

all the family's dressed in black and we just can't help but wonder

should we open up her gifts or send them back!

Now we're all so proud of grandpa, he's been taking this so well.

see him in there watching football, drinking beer and playing cards with cousin mel

Now the goose is on the table and the pudding made of fig

and the blue and silver candles that would just have matched the hair in grandma's wig

I've warned all my friends and neighbors, better watch out for yourselves

they should never give a licenseto a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves!

I say... how bizaare!! Imagine this song is chosen to sing during P&W!!! Lol!!!

Boiling...

I thought I would not have anything to blog about today. Ordinary day, left work early, work was easy and fine... Happy day!! Totally wrong when I arrived home.

Came home and did my usual routine stuff and when I took off my contact lenses to put on my spectacles.... and to my gasping horror.. the right lens of my spectacles were cracked!!!!

*Panting smoke....*

So boiling right now. I do not need to spend anymore unnecessary money before my Europe Trip! UUrrgghh.. and I'm hitting the roof cos I am totally clueless why it cracked. Not cos anyone sat on it, that's for sure. Frame's intact still just tat the lens cracked.

Boiling with venom right now.. *Pris screams...* Forget it.. I'll go vent my anger at ironing my clothes instead.. I bet the scheduled medical checkup with NKF at my office tomorrow would show that my blood pressure's high..

Internet's Up & Running!

Internet's up and running finally.. thanks to Dr. Ink Kwok who revived my notebook by "operating" on it to get rid of "Trojan HorseS" and all other malicious viruses... Dr. Ink even set up cool stuff on my notebook.. (a.k.a "My baby.. / Pudding79") that helps protect it even better.. My baby is reborn!!! WoOooHooOo!!! So cool right? Big Thank you here to Dr. Ink Kwok!! *APPLAUSE*

Anyway, I've been up since this morning for church service at 9am and then went for Timothy Class at 1ish in the afternoon and then rushed to membership class at 3pm and was there till like close to 8pm. That's almost 12 hours straight of contact lenses wearing for me!!!!!!!!! *I can hear my eyes gasping for air... time for me to save money for lasik big time man..*

Pretty tiring but great weekend... played an hour's badminton last saturday (now I am starting to ache like an old woman) Yeesss.. for folks who cannot believe what they just read that lazy Pris got out to play sports and *gulps* badminton somemore... U thought I must be kiddin right? Nahh... I wasn't.. go check out Tiger Ming's blog entry.. my picture is there and my messy hair is the perfect evidence.. *grins*.... Oh yah.. from his blog I too took the carebear quiz (since I like carebears since I was a little girl and the results say.. ) I am ...

	Friend Bear You are everyone's ideal friend because you are sincere and genuinely kind. Sometimes you worry about your friends' problems so much, you forget about your own responsibilities, which can get you into trouble. For you, it's the little things that really count. You also happen to be the main driver of the Cloud Car. No speeding!
Take the Which Care Bear Are You? Quiz!

Contented sigh... and with exams over... *pris smiles*.. this is life....again i say doing nothing (at the moment and though shortlived) is bliss.....

*Yawn....* Okie folks... Princess *oops* needs to turn in already.. Don't worry, I won't disappear without notification again.. and as my notebook's been cured, I have lotsa time now to blog blog and blog.. Wan An muffins!!!

Welcome Back Pris Tham!!!!!!

I am saying that to myself actually.. Wahahha.. I know.. sounds a little (alot actually!) eccentric.. but I'm just soOoo glad that my exams are O*V*E*R!!! WoOooHooOoo!!!!

Yes, people!!! I'mmmmmmm backkkkkkkk!!!!! Miss me??? (DUN U DARE SAY NO... ur head's on the chopping board.. hahahaha... ) So I am patting myself on my own back *Pat, Pat* that I've survived yet another semester of examinations. *Pris beams with pride* And I am like a bottle of bubbling champagne on getting my personal life back. Hahaha... it was truly tough concentrating for this semester's exams though I only had 2 papers as compared to the previous semester. BUT...I was soOo distracted by the horrendous bake-fried weather that it was truly excruciating to concentrate and stay focus!!

Anyway, all that's over and other than my internet that needs serious rescuing (am bloggin from office now cos our lotus notes server is not working.. ) as I am experiencing difficulty using the internet... I can't wait to chill out!!!!! Doing nothing is bliss.... and I am pretty sure my companions around me has heard enough proscratination from me about my exams... hehehe.. that their ears can have serenity once more. (Not for long as I still have another semester to go.. wahahaahaha.. ) I can't wait for May to be over as I am looking forward to... Euro Trip!!!

Assignment Services Rocks!

Last Friday... G's birthday celebration in advance at modestos.. this is the current department size..(more to come)




Assignment services rocks!!!!! even our "handsome and charming" intern Andrew says he will miss us when he finishes his internship on 29th April 2005. Andrew, I am not in the office cos of exam leave.. you know what to do ya? *winks* Hahahaa (Oh.. which is Andrew? The tall asian guy at the back row near the exit sign.. heheh..)

The Doors

Liz sent me this link to the game "The Doors" to try it out for fun. Then, I was rather busy at work and decided to forward it onto my own personal email account and try it at my own pace at home.

This afternoon after waking up and finishing my quiet time with Him, and after "Romancing the 3 Kingdoms", I decided to go online and check emails and stuff. After which I remembered the game I sent to myself from Liz and decided to have a go at it.


A scene from the game has been attached here for your view. Scenario of this game draws you to point your cursor on an object and click on the items in the room.

Find your way around by picking up objects, examining things on close up through "zoom-ins" and using objects and items you pick up to help you proceed onto the next room.

Hint: Scrutinise and click on everything you see. Search in places you never thought of. Always "Zoom-in".

You will need: 1. Patience 2. More Patience 3. Lots of patience 4. A good mouse that allows you to click furiously.

Check out the game The Doors for yourself.. I soon found myself hooked as curiosity and the sherlock holmes in me got the better of me.

By the way, some of the music sounds rather eerie to me.

Enjoy yourself..

If you need more hints, lemme know.. ending is something different then I thought.

Visit to the doc's

Am at my work station now and I am blogging. It's LUNCHTIME before you launch into a "hor hor hor.." finger wagging session. Having peanut butter & bread for lunch. Almost everyone's gone off for lunch. Cos I went to the doc to have "Hong Kong" (Read earlier blog to find out what Hong Kong refers to) examined.

Before I tell you about my visit to the doc's, lemme let you in on a little secret that my fellow colleagues and I have 'labelled' this doctor at the clinic we usually go to near our office as ... mm.. "scary & weird". She was always in room number 1.

Anyway, my insect bite was SOOOoOOOoOooOOooOoOooOOoooOO (okie you get the picture) itchy, I had to see the doc ASAP, I couldn't type without wanting to scratch it. Went over to doc's and waited for them to assign me the room number for the doc. As usual, locals here can't really pronounce my name properly. The clinic assistant at the front desk shouted (I was just sitting IN FRONT OF HER) "PRESS-SI-LAH THUMB.... Room number ONE" x.x!!! *sobs* Dieeeee! Oh "lucky" me!

Told the doc what happened to me and she went into another connecting room and came back with ... 1. A metal kidney-shaped pan 2. A small knife in it 3. Cotton balls 4. Some lotion. (Dang!! She's gonna cut me up... ) and she had a MASK on. As she approached me.. (my heart raced..huh? cut me here and here? no injection? no warning?) She said to me: "Lift up your elbow high and turn your head to face the wall.."*Wails...* I asked her "Doc you gonna cut it up *gulps* nnnow?"

Doc: "Oh .. no la.. the knife's in there cos I'm lazy to take it out as I bring the pan here to clean your infected area" *PHEWWWWWWWW* Huge relief... Anyway she cleansed it..stuck gauze pads on it and tape up "Hong Kong" any-oh-how. (Really.. I have medical tape criss-crossed here and there..) I feel like a present wrapped by an over zealous kid who's eager to wrap a gift but lacks experience or the know-hows. I asked her "Doc, why do I have to face the wall?" (Was thinking in my head.. so that you can wrap it up worst than erm now while I ain't looking?) She said "Cos.. by looking and facing your wound as I clean it.. you are breathing in every spec of germs and dust." Arh? Waaht? come again? Dust? (Scratch heads while glancing at ceilinng...HmmMmmM..) Riight. Interesting.

When she was done, I proceeded to the reception area to wait for the medicine prescribed to me. True to my expectations, the nurse yelled "PRESS-SI-LAH THUMB" and I trod towards her. Guess what? I was thinking it would be a cream and that would be it. Wrong again. The doc prescribed 1. Anti-biotics (Darn.. which means I have to carry it everywhere with me and finish the course) 2. Pills for rashes 3. Pills for itch 4. Cleansing lotion 5. Ointment. Troublesome!!!!!!!! Ma fan!!!!!!! *Pris pouts*

Went back to the office and was bombarded by everyone who saw how bandaged up my arm looked. What happen??? I had to repeat my answers almost 8 times to every colleague and friend I met. Daniel, our german sortof colleague came to me and the first thing he said to me while pointing to "wrapped hong kong" was ...

Daniel:Issit moving?

Pris: Huh? Are you crazyyy?

Daniel: It looks big..

Pris: Yeah I know.. thats why I went to see the doc.

Daniel: So was it moving?

Pris: Daniiieeeellllll!!! Whaddaya mean was it moving???? Stop scarying me..

Daniel: Oh.. I had something like dat previously and it took me agesss to recover cos the doctors didn't know what it was and it was MOVIIINGGG.. in the end.. they X-rayed it and there was a worm in it.

Pris: Waaaatt????!!! A worm???!!! How so?

Daniel: It could be anything... playing in sea water.. a sandfly.. they just bit my skin to get inside and lay eggs..

Pris begining to be paranoid: *GULPS* l..ll..llay eggs?????

Daniel looking very cheery while replying me: Yes. Lay eggs.

Pris: Riiiight. Thanks for the info, Daniel.

Daniel: Hey no problem.. most welcome.

*Daniel sniggers and strolls back to his desk*

Thanks to him.. I am even more determined to finish my antibiotics..

On My Mind...

Ok, after giving you guys the luxury of an ultra short blog entry last Saturday.. it's torture time for another long entry! (My ardent readers shrieks: "NooOooooOoo..........", Pris breaks into an evil laughter: "MuahAhHAHAH..Hahaha..") Too bad folks.. not everyday is a SUNDAY, mind you.

Today's blog entry would be... what's on my mind..so just to prepare you first. It wont be in a consistent flow of thoughts. .MY MIND SWITCHES YA? Get the idea already? Great.

I shall put some headlines here and there to help you with whats on my mind.. (Yes.. it maybe puny but it doesn't mean its not complex okieee)

1. D@mn that bug!!

Went to watch Sahara at Plaza Singapura, Golden Village Cinemas. It was a nice show.. sortof modern day Indiana Jones kindof flick. Throughout the show, my left elbow area felt a tad (note: JUST A TAD) itchy as though I have been bitten by a mozzie. Alright.. just a bite.. will go away.. who cares? (right?)

WRONG!!!! It wasn't a mozzie. COS watever bit me.. from SUNDAY .. STILL itches till NOW (Its 8mins to Wednesday!!) and the worst thing is.. its red, darn itchy (no longer a tad...if u wanna use a tad pls multiply by the power of 10) and .... *Pris begins to sob* and... its almost as gimongus and vast as the Republic of China, CAN!!! I am NOT Exaggerating.. okie maybe by a little.. (Readers go: "Huh?! Like real!") Alright.. Alright you heartless folks.. its not as big as China.. just as big (not forgetting itchyX10) as Hong Kong .. Can?

As I am blogging.. I am resisting from scratching it.. couldn't find my trusty "Zambuk" (Some gentle healing gel for insect bites) and if I still have hong Kong on my elbow tomorrow..I will go see a doc. It's swollen ya know! *Pris wants some attention here peeps!!* So pardon my French (I just realise I must be itchying to travel [note the ironic pun?] which brings out China, hong Kong & the French thingy), but d@mn that dreadful, greedy bug who sucked my blood and left me swollen and itchying!!

2. Bangkok

Patrico (a.k.a Lil P) came back to the office today from his trip to Bangkok. Another person I know that has been to Bangkok except MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Next on the Bangkok list to go would be Joel and Weeslee. Darn!!!!!!!!!!! Dang!!!!!! *Pris whines, wails.. stomps feet... pauses to scratch her insect bite and continues to whine* Man.. I wanna go to BANGKOK!!!

Patrico says he tailor-made a few pants and shirts and he bought alot of stuff. He bought a wooden figurine for all of us in the office. It's so cute! Mine's an angel woodrine (Wood+figurine). It can hold our photos too.. So sweet of him. He said he ate lots of nice Japanese food in Bangkok and all for a whooping.. *Gasp!* 8 bucks (SGD!). Amazing! I wanna go to Bangkok and shop till I DROP. Yes, I haev heard soO much stuff about Bangkok that I am DETERMINED to go there this year after Europe. (I dun careeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......need to find kakis to go... anyone keen? lemme know..)

3. Ms. Infineon Tham

Yes, you guessed it. Talked to Grahame today and we had a good discussion on what account I should be taking on next. So there you go. (Btw.. that nick is given to me by Grahame.. not me. He calls me that or Priscilla Infineon Tham.)

Whatever it is, I commit my career and work to my loving Father's hands and pray that everything will be ok with this new account and I will still have time for my studies as well as to serve Him still.

4. Goods & Services, Utilities Allowance Review

Mental note to myself.. okie, still got 8 more to review.. do another 3 or 4 more if possible and then finish the rest on Thursday before I go on leave.

5. Study Leave

Can't wait to go on my study leave next week. Though I will be confined at home and have to put a restraining order on myself not to step out of the house so that I can study for my exams which the first paper falls on Friday of the same week as my study leave. *Begining to feel the pressure..* Think I should start on Saturday ..get my stuff organised.. study a bit to start the ball rolling and then Sunday can rest and continue on Monday.

6. Europe Trip

Self explainatory. Period.

7. 1220am..

Past my bedtime.. wan an peeps..

PriPri's Book Of Records

PriPri's Book Of Records

1. Saturday 16th April 2005: Slept like a log .. a pig.. a hog.. whatever you wana call it. From Saturday evening 7ish around 745pm.. ALL THE WAY TILL SUNDAY, 17th April 2005 7:o8am. (12 hours non-stop..never did woke up to pee.. never did woke up to eat) Power right? *Applause pls!!* :)

2. Shortest Blog Entry I blogged. This wan. -The end-

Friday, 15th April 2005

Alas, it's Friday! (Though it's Saturday when I blogged this..and I am blogging while watching 'Romance of the 3 Kingdoms which I would say is interestingly boring yet ironically amazes me at the sametime!)

Went to work as usual and couldn't wait for the day to end to attend caregroup. Oh and after caregroup, Yan, Angie, Yilin & I were meeting up for a round of pool as well as some drinks (NON-alcoholic, mind you). Yan said he will come fetch me after my caregroup.. YAY!! Thanks Yan!!

Mid-noon and I was glad that my inbox shranked to it's normal size with regards to the amount of incoming mail and work to be done. (More incoming mails means more work basically.) Such a lovely Friday!!

Met up with Imelda for lunch and I was delighted to see her after so long. First thing she said to me was even before she started eating her Jap lunch was "Girl, you very busy hor! You know how long since I last saw you, other than that day I coincidentally met you at PartyWorld Karaoke on your birthday........You ar.. everytime so busy.. projects ...assignments...conference calls... work... going out.. meeting friends.. hanging out with ur friends..Am I not your friend? Huh? And then...."

*Pris trails off as I realised I had opened a floodgate. Imelda's floodgate*

When she said that to me..I had a 5 seconds flashback to my birthday in March and finally traced back to the memory of seeing her that eventful day. Glanced at my watch and it indicated 15th April 2005. Standard dateline for filing my income tax. Oh yeah.. dang! I lost my e-filing pin, misplaced it somewhere and made a mental note to myself to call IRAS later to re-send me another pin since they have graciously extended the dateline till end of April for people like me. (All this was on my head while Imelda's foodgate continued to flood)

*OooPs! Where was I? Diverse off course.. Realise how fast I am thinking of something else while Imelda bombards me non-stop about how I have neglected her* I admit. I am guilty of neglecting her.

'Okiee babe..I'll meet up with ya and hang out with ya more often alright?' I said to her. Imelda paused. *Goodness.. this gal actually pauses? Kiddin..* She relented and spared my life (and agony) and agreed to my proposal. Nevertheless, I am grateful to have a friend like her. We went through so much together.. (E.g. Pontang [skipped] school together *ahem* since primary 5 is one of the plentiful examples of the things we did when we were younger) I know some of you reading this blog would most likely go O.O!! Primary 5?! Pris?! You?! Unbelievable! Yeah I know.. Those were the days.

*Fast forward and soon it was caregroup.. * Felt an undescribable sense of joy when I saw my fellow churchmates. I wonder why. Guess cos God's presence was there. The lesson was meaningful but I kept glancing at the clock. Dang.. How come Yan didn't call me yet to say he is here? Anyway when the gals prayed together.. I dun know why I felt a warm presence around me. It felt ....nice? Or was I imagining things? But I did realised that when my mind was away for a few seconds.. I couldn't feel the warm presence anymore. I don't know how to describe it. But this was the second time I felt like this. The other time I kindof brushed it aside when I felt the warmth. The first time was more intense. It felt as though someone hugged me from behind. ..that kind of warm glow. Anyway, when caregroup came to an end I checked my mobile and realised that it was dead. Good grief!!! It's a no wonder I couldn't receive. Tried to revive my phone and managed to see a few texts from Angie and Yan. Poor Yan, he said he have been waiting for half an hour driving up and down the place trying to find me.. Awww.. My bad!! Truly sorry for making you wait!

When I made a speedy gonzales for the door while saying my goodbyes to my fellow churchmates.. received a last text from Yan that he couldn't find me and he droved off to meet the rest. *Pris wails...* And my phone went dead at that instant. Great. Now I have to make my own way to find them and without a mobile to contact them.

*Met Sherlene and her beau on the train while making my way to find the peeps and catch up with her alittle over (though she is also my colleague from the same dept. but different account) the short train ride from City Hall to Orchard...somehow.. the conversation led to Yan..* [Yan, if you are ever reading this blog which I doubt U ever will...realise how much everyone cares about you?]

Finally met the peeps who were truly understanding of how late I was. Thank God for these muffins! Lovely people. We had a good session of pool while laughing and poking fun at one another.. Then my stomach growled.. *growled..growled...* [Pris to her stomach: "Okie..Okie.. I will feed you.."] We played our last round and went for supper at Coffee Club and Yilin recommended the Garlic Prawn pasta & Sotong (Or was it fish?) balls to us and I added on another of their recommended dish 'Pacific Mussels in Chili Crab Sauce & Man Tou (Fried buns)' Yummy! Ate, chat, (The garlic prawn pasta was scrumptous!) and soon realised it was close to 4am. The folks agreed in unison that it was time to hit the sack and we departed on our ways. Wanted to catch a cab further down so Yan and I walked further down to hail a cab for me. He was walking back to his car, not cos we specifically wanted to walk together ok!! Yan asked me where do I stay and I said "-e--n" (<--security reasons la!) and he said he can give me a lift. wooOohooOo..great! Hahaha.. cheapskates.

On the way to find his car which took almost an eternity .. and somewhat of a little adventure (we found ourselves at some dark, gloomy, smelly, stinking, garbage trash site at the back of Lucky Plaza where Yan supposedly park his car and all the while I was wailing if he is gonna 'sell me' away and procrastinating in a joking manner that I should have taken a cab instead..while covering my nose to avoid breathing in the stench.. and Yan just LAUGHED. Great.) *Typical Yan, always making booboos & yet he is so farny & crappy at the same time..haha* Alas, we found his car and he drove me home. He told me something after which when I put two and two together.. I should have known. No wonder the poor fella couldn't find his car. Mind's away.

Went home, bathed and finally my body was horizontal again. This is my Friday. (Mental note to myself: To pray for a number of people including Yan.)

Oh yes.. Yilin, before I forget.. wanna say to you that you look really nice last night.. in case you read this sometime but NEVER LEFT ME ANY MESSAGES OR COMMENTS!*grins*

And oh yes!! Pumpkins... I wanna announce something!! *Ahem clears throat* I officially announce that.. *drum rolls* (<--"Wah lau!! Pris!! Get on with it!! I can hear those you know!! Though you ain't physically with me now..) I have booked my tickets to Europe! hehehe.. As I announced that I can literally see 1,157 buckaroos (including taxes) waving goodbye to me from my bank. Flying British Airways straight flight to Frankfurt 1st. Departure date: 22nd June 2005. Can't wait.

Gonna miss you......

Received an email from Boss today.. telling us that we may be shifting to new deskstations (same floor still.. just different place) cos we are expanding. Man, I just shifted to this seat like last year say ... July / August 2004? Or was it September 04? Can't recall but the point is.. I have grown accustomed to my new seat already! Uuurrgghh.. had a great seat previously .. was in the room where it was quiet & peaceful. Then shifted to the current seat (outside the room) and though it was noisy (there's this guy who's so loud.. he can win a loudspeaker 'throatsdown', not handsdown mind you.) And the worst is he speaks loudly in HOKKIEN...

Anyway, we soon became immune to Mr. Hokkien Siren and the great and fun thing about my current seat is sitting near boss.. (1st hand news..jokes.. ok you get the drift.) Now we're gonna 'relocate' again and its not confirmed for me if I will be shifting (I reckon most likely.. but the rest and majority of them are..)..

I'm gonna miss my work station.... here's a pic.. (I know.. its messy....)

There's the wombat and the london bear plushie on the top right hand corner of the pic. Wombat given to me by Brian when he went to Australia (Wombat is call Fatso), London Bear plushie from Khanh (No name yet for london bear). A Crown Relocations Lion plushie given by our vendor Crown (But they gave it to Kate & Kate gave it to me..)

On the same shelf to the left of the plushies is a fako red digital canon camera that Angie passed to me for fun and says thats my 'spy cam' and to the left ot it is a blue evil clown figurine that Big Patrick (Previous colleague also call Patrick..he is the caucasian guy standing with me on one of the pics on my office wall.. if you squint harder..) It's an evil clown cos its holding an ice cream with a hammer at the back of him..but its too tiny to be seen here. To the left of Mr. Evil Clown is Mr. & Mrs. Incredibles figurine.. got that from a drinking cup when I watched the incredibles. Further left of the incredibles are the 'peeping toms'. They look as though are peeping from the side of the wall, don't they? They are actually some Sesame Street toy collectibles that I collected during those days where you buy a McDonald's happy meal and it comes with a free toy.

And as you can see.. the rest are pics and postcards on the wall and some other plushies like the Burger King Reindeer.. she's cute.. and the 'Cheshire cat' on my CPU from Alice in Wonderland. Sigh.... SoooOo gonna miss my current desk.. (if I relocate..)

Anyway.. I pray that if I really do relocate.. there will be enough shelf space.. wall space for my plushies, postcards and pics..

Good news today is ... HB suddenly called my name in an exciting manner "PRIIIS-CIII-LLLA!!" O.O? Waahhtt? HB: "I got selected!!!!!" Pris: "Yayyyyy!!!!! Erm.. for what?" HB: "The Hokkaido Exchange Program!!" Pris: "Really? Coooool.....so when you flying?" .....*trails off to exchange of information and congrats from fellow colleagues nearby...*

As I resume back to my desk.. I suddenly recalled what my supervisor, Lien, told me yesterday. *SOBssssss* Lien, this is shocking news!! Still is to me.. though I know you are not here for long term and would head back to Melbourne one day. BUTTTTTT, I still can't swallow that it's that soon. Man, I think I am a creature of habit. But working with Lien has been fantastic.. I learned a lot from her and her sense of humour never fail to crack me up. Gonna miss you too... I really wonder how fast the transition of the current account to someone else would be. As much as I want it to be ASAP so that I can start something new and the feeling of something new always makes someone looks forward to it.. BUT on the other hand.. the faster we transition off..it would mean the faster Lien would return to Melbourne. Gosh! I know nothing will make her stay cos her work here is just really to gain more exposure. And I learned sooOo much from her since July last year!

Oh well.. it just means I have another friend in Melbourne that I can visit when I head down to Aussie someday to visit Jane, Nathanael and now Lien going forward. Not you know why I have to visit so many places cos alot of my friends are like all over the world (As detailed below)

Ex-colleague Annie & hubby Thomas - Bonn, Germany

Ex-colleague Anke - Stuttgart, Germany

Ex-colleague Caroline & hubby Joe - Calgary, Canada

Ex-colleague Petrina & hubby Bryan - Sydney, Australia

Ex-colleague Jane & hubby Nathanael - Melbourne, Australia

Ex-coursemate Apple & hubby Kafoon - Shanghai

Ex-colleague Patrick C. - San Diego, USA

Now I have to add Lien in the list together with Jane & Nathanael as they are all from Melbourne. Sigh...........And they are all my ex-colleagues or coursemates.. and the people on the list (other than Patrick C.) have been bugging me to visit them for the longest time ever!! *Aww... guys... realise that all of you are really at the ends of the globe? The hole in my pocket would be as big as the ozone layer if I visit everyone of you consecutively..*

Anyway, realised that I have yet to go to BANGKOK, GREECE (my honeymoon place), JAPAN, CAIRO, ISTANBUL, VIETNAM, OSLO, FINLAND, etc.... I better start building my network.. hahah..

I had a good week!

I had a great week this week!Especially this Friday! Around 10ish in the morning, my boss called for a sudden meeting. He announced an important matter. After listening to the news, I felt happy.

All I have to say is that my shepherd, TY and I prayed on Thursday for a change in my work cos I have been rather stressed with this account though it really gives me good experience and Voila!

Come Friday and I received news from boss that there would be some changes to my portfolio. Isn't the Lord faithful and great? Isn't prayers powerful? Thursday pray.. next day the Lord answered our prayers. Hallelujah! Anyway .. due to security reasons as mentioned earlier I can't say what was the change about. Though I am worried with regards to time management and if the new change will affect my studies.. cos next sem (if I pass my exams this sem) I will be back to having 3 modules instead of 2. And what if the change is erm.. more taxing on me? Hmmm... But nevertheless.. I am in good hands cos my Lord is good. I have to pray and ask Him for guidance and directions on making decisions I have to make with regards to the change.

Anyway... I am so happy.. and relief.. and happy (Oh did I say that already?hehe) ..This week I have been blessed. VERY! Oh yah.. I got Credit for my 2nd project. Not a distinction but I am very happy already cos lecturer said theres quite a number of failures for this assignment. And no more projects for this sem! Alright.. havea good weekend ya all!! (I gota wake up early tomorrow..)

Wednesday!!!

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My msn is working properly again.. thanks to Ang Guppy!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kudos!