bling again!

the pics are finally up!

~the club~

~the reception~
avoid the drug dealers!

~the cool gangsta dolls!~
jan and i were trying to show "811". i wonder why...

~the crime scene~
poor jeff

BREAKAWAY! i'm living for you! (updated)

yea! to all those who were wondering where i have been the past few days, i came back from a super duper exciting camp!

have not really gone for a camp in a zillion years, tot i'll be too rusty to run around like the kids.. but i guess i am still going strong yea! hahaha.. enjoyed this camp to the max, lah!

alright, wat have i brought back from this camp? lemme see...

friday was a mad rush to pack my stuffs, get pails from charlotte and charmaine, get sleeping bag from momoto's place, buy papaya and nuts from tbp, pick up weiwei, den head straight to kcpss. had a neva-ending meeting thereafter.

the planting of the clues for the treasure hunt was indeed challenging. looking back, considering that there were 20 pple in a group, we could have been more fierce in hiding the clues. hehe.

the skipping rope station was a challenge too! had to demo for some of the groups... at the expense of my poor dying knees.. boohoo.

and now for the thank you speeches...

big thank you to kimmy for opening up her place for us to stay! the thought of having 250 campers sharing the toilets to bathe is scary... and to aunty for cooking supper for us! while the rest of the campers had growling tummys in the camp, we were at home eating teow chew porridge! yay!

special thanks to weiwei for allowing me to sleep on the bed, and being the last one to wake up all the time! :p

also, thanks to:
peixin and xueli for taking care of everyone while we were away organising games.
ting for running with the vision of reaching out.
joann and cindy for volunteering to clean up the mess all the time
sk for being the obed-edom. u can do everything man! even pastor invited you up on stage!
edward, ken and kelvin for playing a big part in the camp.
angelin for rushing all the way from the airport to camp. u sure have strength.
adeline for being the bbq aunty as well as taking care of the girls. i'm sure they are eternally grateful to u for helping them queue up to bathe.
peihua for having such a desire to come for the camp. hope u learned a great deal from this camp.
the rest of paladin for having great attitudes! u guys are the best lah. =)

SPECIAL! pics hot from the oven!

thanks to our house IC, mr low! wat can i say, u are house ic, mascot maker, money provider, medic, campfire starter, all wrapped up into one! and of cos, thanks to pastor and the rest of the wyz leaders. you guys rock!

more camps next year? in the meantime, guys, lets work hard for XMAS!

bling bling!

hugz to darren and angela for taking the pains and effort to organise such a wonderful event! love it!

(will be back with pics!) eh- hem.. weiwei payaya.. upload upload..

the alethiometer says so...

*meow*

the armOr bearers

came across some photos which i have 'participated' in, but neva had a chance to lay my hands on.

decided to post it up. find me if u can. =)

p.s. we change ALOT in a short span of time dun we? hehe.

so many things, so little time.

[feeling] antsy.
things are unsettled. i am unprepared.

ai si ni shirley!

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for everything else, there's always SHIRLEY. hehehe. =)

love shirley for her camera, for her phototaking skills, and for that extra bit of effort in putting up all these funny captions!

standChart marathOn! (updated)

mel.. is that you? hehehe.
how come the adidas pple will take a photo of someone in nike??? so weird!**********
mel came in a whooping FOUR minutes faster than cindykOO! *applause!*

btw, i am going to participate next year. cos mel says he will carry me if i faint. =)

PROTEST!!!!

hell hath nO fury like a wOman whOse cab is charging her exOrbitant fares!
blessed is the wOman whO has perper, and pOkpOk. =)

beary cOnrad

Clockwise from top:

1. glad with her food. obviously the collage is such that you guys cant see how many bowls i have in front of me. hahaha.

2. machiam prom night, lah! the food came in batches, and we grew tired of waiting. the flowers and the decor came in real handy in our phototaking session. hehe.

3. ooh! here's the conrad bear! apparently, it created alot of hoohars that night. nonetheless, i got the bear! wahahha.

random thoughts...

have been deliberating the worthwhileness of being helpful. it sometimes does gets on my nerves to see how pple can take you for granted. but nonetheless, i shall juz be nice. after all, i answer to the One up there someday.

anyway, and so it was, we've moved back to EXPO! yay. nay, bittersweet really. it didnt make much difference to me in terms of waking time, whether it's expo or JW. juz that now, i have more freed up time on sunday to myself.

svc ended exceptionally early today. spent sometime lunching at airport. the olive tree pasta is still cheap and good, lah.

went recee for some nice pastries and bread after that. the 4 leaves mini world is still the best! 5 for $2.60. i need to stir myself up to be enthusiastic. how? sigh.
popped by Borders after that. time to myself was pretty therapeutic. flipped through the Bunny Suicide book. cant stop laughing (out loud) to myself. i tink i am a saddist. *muahaha*

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on a totally different note, we had our CHOCOLATE FONDUE on saturday. hehe. that $20 packet of chocolate is worth the money. good, considering i am one who aint very interested in chocolate. let's do it again another day. =)
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went to support DreamFactory at Bishan for a gig. PLAY ON's the name of the event. a smaller scale thingy compared to World Battle of the Bands. nonetheless, the standard of the musicians are there.
once again, we are the photo junkies!

happy wedding sherrifer and tzeyong!

juz came back from sherrifer and tzeyong's wedding dinner... turned out to be more fun than i've expected!

the wedding preparation (on our part) began in the afternoon. shirley came back with angbaos especially for weddings. managed to psycho her to give me one! hehe... it's 3 for $1 from simei btw, anyone needs can ask me to buy. hehe.

so grateful we can have more time to doll up! yayyay!

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will be back with LOADS of photos (that happened to be happily lodged in meiling and shirley's cammie)

fresh fish for sale today =)

"Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior." -Eph 4:31-

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A man was criticized for failing to provide for his family. Times were hard. He couldn't find a job so he decided to go into the fish business.

After his first catch, he set up shop underneath a sign he made: 'Fresh Fish for Sale Today!' The first passerby offered a criticism: 'Why would you use the word today? Everyone knows you don't want to sell them yesterday or tomorrow. That leaves only today to sell them.'

So he sawed off that last word and mounted the new version: 'Fresh Fish for Sale.' The next passerby asked, 'Why use the word Fresh? Do you mean to imply that at other times the fish are not fresh?' Again he changed his sign. Now it said, 'Fish for Sale.'

The next critic said, 'Why not leave off the words for Sale? Any numbskull would know that's why you have a fish market?' Finally, he wound up with only the word 'Fish.' Even then, he still had a critic. The next passerby said, 'Why do you need to put up a sign at all? Anyone who comes within half a mile of this place knows from the smell what you are selling!'

Folks who are determined to leave no stone unturned will find something to criticize about any endeavor we undertake.

nissan part 2

on another fateful night while waiting for the bus at the busstop... a white car stops at the traffic lights.

me: wow! wat a nice car! the fairlady!

ah lian: wat brand is that?

me: erm, nissan. y? u wan to cook for tonight's supper again?

ah lian: ............................................................................................

CONCLUSION:
i remember! hehehehehehe...

and the mOrnkey turns 1 year older!

yeaps! celebrated weiwei's sweet (erm) 16 yesterday.. bought her the bag of her life (without which she shall not settle for anything less, or so she says).

and of cos, creative me decides to draw a portrait of her! tadah! weiwei the fat monkey.

and NOW, for my heartfelt thanks to weiwei on her special day:

thanks for making yourself a BIG part of my life, neva failing to entertaining me with your excellent grammer and your only-you-will-laugh jokes.

thanks for being a trench buddy, although most of the time i am behind you while u dig. hehe. i promise to train up. =P

bday mornkey!

celebrated an advanced bday for weiwei today at j.west. kind aunty sponsored a free can of green tea for the bday girl as well (juz dat it later ended up in my stomach)! hehe~

happy bday weiwei~!

thank you peeps! =) (edited)

posted more pictures of my blessings!

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special thanks to the following pple for their well wished on my bday:

my mama and papa and sista
for the nice dinner at some super crowded restaurant which is always dishing out chilli crabs. too bad i juz trimmed my nice nails so i shan't jeopardise them by eating chilli crab.
miss lim weiwei
she constantly reminds me to go choose my bday present, insists that i spend my $80 and whines when she feels that the bday celebreation is not fun enuff.
ooh and not to forget that lame trick to get me outta house for coffee. hahah. thanks for that FERRAGAMO...! and the sleepless nights (as u can see from her huge eyebags) in order to make me the gorgeous card!
cindykoo, siti haron, and miss ching lan
the fun (and food) lovers neva fail to enjoy a nite of food and get together. =)
(see prev entry)

melmel
for that neva-seem-to-arrive meal. i believe that day when we can finally go out for our meal, will arrive, soon. hahaha.

MY CG! and weiwei's CG!
thanks for that extra effort to prepare my surprise. lurvee the slippers! shall wear it to cg and will use them to whack whoever is late for cg!
and the box, erm.. i mean card. and as promised, i will bring the ingredients to make xueli's steamboat soup next week..
timonthy.. eh tiffany wong
for all the pink stuffs! PINK is my only obsession! wahaha.

charlotte, trina, jessica, agnes and aaron ting, ms tiong, nick tan, ck, jerry, kate, shirley, weizhong, alvin, cyn, etc etc..
the facebook/friendster/sms/handshake way of saying happy bday, sweet. *smiles*
(erm, only ck got my age wrong though. grrr. the rest all knew i juz turned 21!)

the leaders
for the wonderful meal at sakae.. looks like mel and i have to choose something non-jappy. check out my bimbotic card and accompanying pink-bao! hehe...
and momoto and family!
for my hello kitty cake! hahaha...

inflated BCM... =(

weiwei has a huge appetite.

on a fateful night after the ldr's meeting in the car...

me: argh i'm starving!

ah lian: i tink i'll juz go home and cook my nissan...

(awkward silence for 5 secs...)

ah lian: i mean my nissin.

me: (realising the mistake ah lian made) OH. you want to eat latio or sunny? sports or no sports edition? hahahah...

ah lian: ...........................................................

CONCLUSION:
juz shut up and drive! else polish up your powderful english!!! hehehehehehe...

congrats mrs fOO!

tis the 2nd time, mimi and i were at the reception for a wedding. the other one was kevin and amanda's. and once again, excellent mimi made the ang bao box, and even the pen holders! while i.. erm contributed the pens. haha.

sitting at the reception was fun, except for that blazing sun beating down on us. at first it was blazing hot, den the dark clouds came, den it was super windy. but thank God the weather was juz fine the moment the matrimony started.

congrats to jan!

birthday bash!

my celebration starts today. *smiles*

all thanks to the global mei-nus.. luvya babes. =)

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remember how we used to come to office earlier than SC, sing the birthday song at a tempo of 180, and make sure we finish up the cake by 8.30am sharp? yea, those were the days. nowadays, we are getting better at this bday thingy.

so off to MOF we went! was thinking of old-school parkway at first.. but settled for something happening and central in the end.. after all, we're always trying new things aren't we? =p

the girls...
and the food...

and of cos... wat is MOF without the ice creams! yummylicious!

finally! a great thank you to the girls who take the extra effort to travel from all parts of the island juz to have dinner with me. *gan dong!*

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be love is the greatest happiness of existence.

[feeling] loved.
[hoping] i wont grow fat from all the food.
[looking forward to] ST, or SS, with mel! *hehe*

i need a holiday

if i happen to be MIA, you'll know where to look for me. =)

the everybody-also-can-wear specs

remember this pic? weiwei wore it. now ade and sk are wearing it too! hahha... woke up on sunday with my eyes super small and not ready for contacts (as usual). dressed up and looking stoopid in my ulu specs, i made my way to expo, passing by ting, sk, and a whole load of others, some of which i wished didnt catch me with specs!

anyway, after much assurance, i am beginning to think that that pair of specs looks good too. after all, no more expensive specs for me (after losing my $700 one! *cry*)

~teacher ad, aka miss wong~

~sk, who insisted he can open his eyes to my 900-degree specs~

twisted

you can tell by the looks on their faces, which are the ones who are really twisted, and which aren't. and obviously at that pt in time, i was very relaxed, which explained y i could still be taking photos. *hehe*
*hehe* another chance for me to escape the game, on the pretext of taking photos of cos!
last few standing! shall we play tis another time? =p

little wonder aka the building fund song!

Let it go,
Let it roll right off your shoulder
Don't you know
The hardest part is over
Let it in,
Let your clarity define you
In the end
We will only just remember how it feels

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yea, the building fund song.. somehow the start of both songs sound strikingly similar!

yea. i am taking time off to smell the flowers. had a busy week. sunday's finally the time for me to rest before i engage in another war on monday. i've seen my office emails. 69 unread. i am dreadful! arghs.

where do we go from here?

have u ever had a thought in your mind and you have no idea where you've heard or seen it from? i do, and it does leave me with many sleepless nights too!

yea, that thought appeared in the form of lyrics to me. one line of lyrics to be exact.

cant actually put a name to the song, but i know that song exists!

and so, weiwei and i set out to find that song! it doesnt really help alot, especially when we only have ONE line of lyrics and its 11.30pm at night.

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TADAH! the song that had kept us awake till 3AM!!!

Where do we go from here?
This isn't where we intended to be
We had it all, you believed in me
I believed in you

Certainties disappear
What do we do for our dream to survive?
How do we keep all our passions alive,
As we used to do...

play. pray. prey.

yeaps. saturday passed with me engaged in a series of playing, praying and preying. hehehe..

played a game of modified twister. and smart alec me was the one who thought of it and even thought of the difficult variations! thank God i had been diligent in eating my meds and drinking my glucosamines. if not my knees would have given way even before i start the day... :S

prayed during CG. prayed that my kids learn to open the door of their hearts. sometimes certain hidden secrets and struggles are not for me to unfold. *sigh*

and finally, didn't prey on anything (or anyone) hehehe... fell prey instead to things i consider ok to do when i have the lusury of time. eat, (window)shop, and blog.

created a new tagboard for myself. interface looks prettier, hope it works pretty well too. come leave me a msg when u have the time.

created a blog for weiwei. still considering whether to publicise it anot. hehehe.

BreakawayYouthCamp

GUYS! click on below and check it out here!!!!

A shout out to all the young people out there

for the 2nd week for December!

We're having an electrifying youth camp at
Kuo Chuan Presbyterian
from the 13th to the 15th of Dec!

If you are a student aged 13 or above,
you are eligible to join us for this camp!

What are you waiting for?!

Sign up TODAY together with your FRIENDS
for an awesome time of fun & excitement with us!

See you this December for a dynamic CAMP!

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i'm excited! ... are you? =)

EXCELlent excel

here i am in an excel course, multitasking... i officially declare, i am a multitasker.

i can:
1. learn about pivot tables.
2. teach the stoopid girl (u know who u are) beside me about pivot tables.
3. send gifts over facebook.
4. successfully persuade mel for my ST meal! yay! i love mel!
5. read about chacha.
6. sip my super sweet cappuccino.
7. blog!

haha!

byebye linh.. =`(

i am beginning to feel the effects of taking on 2 roles at a time.. the only time to take a breather is when i (brisk) walk from my seat to the toilet, or to the copier. today there aint much receipts, so i spend sometime clearing up miscellaneous stuffs, cleaning up my workstation, and yea, chatting on the phone with my lost long fren. he so funny, lah. neva fail to entertain my deluded-ness. hehheh.

met up with ade, cindy, linh and ph for dinner.. farewell dinner.. boohoo.. they took me to this BBQ chicken place in town.. used to be cafe cartel occupying that site.. kids nowadays sure know where to hang out.. rusty me dun even noe of such a place existence!

ordered tis powerful HOT wings combo meal.. and man, they are HOT. spicy HOT! but food overall was nice.. we all like novel things once in a way, dun we?

byebye linh.. we'll miss you!

public hol tmr! yayyay~! shall spend some time doing stuffs that i need to do, shop for nice dress, wait and pray that someone will bless me with the entire clinique collection! wahaha..

keke~

keke... i plagarised a pic! wat to do, i have a thing for cute pple. guys and girls alike.

and i guess the world is such a small place. i've seen him around (some of you might have seen him around too). he turns out to be my colleague's senior back in school. hahah.

wat a small world.

p.s. ping me if u happen to know him. shall further verify that this world is indeed a small world. =)