dun quit.

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
So don't give up, though the pace seems slow –
For you may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than
it seems to a fain and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup.
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure, turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

via dolorosa

They shouted “crucify”
As He stumbled on the road
Weight of the world, all the pain
The cross became His Load
He was innocent, yet accused and blamed
Sent to save a fallen world, to bear all our shame

They shouted “crucify”
As he climbed the lonely hill
Bearing the shame and mocking crowd
While heaven, earth stood still
He was innocent, yet accused and blamed
Sent to save a fallen word, to bear all our shame

They put a crown of thorns Upon His bleeding head
Whipped Him as he struggled on
He uttered not a word

This is your savior
Pure Love of Heaven
Sent to Die on Calvary, to bear the sins of all
Rejected, cursed to die, Love silently Endured
His blood poured out an offering
At the foot of the Cross

For the brokenhearted
For the poor, the weak
For the blind and searching
He shed His Blood for you, for me

**********

tear inducing song. each time. =(

i wish upOn a star!

~pwetty!... i want!~

the billion dollar roundtable..

The Billion Dollar Roundtable was created in 2001 to recognize and celebrate corporations that achieved spending of at least $1 billion with minority and woman-owned suppliers. The BDR promotes and shares best practices in supply chain diversity excellence through the production of white papers. In discussions, the members review common issues, opportunities and strategies.

So thrilled I am part of the BDR! Oh well, in a way.

And of cos, I can't help but wonder, can some companies really spend that $1B to get into part of the membership?

I wan to be part of the Billion Dollar Roundtable... for Shopping! hehheh..

ode to a man

as i was penning down my thoughts, i juz tot abt wat to put for the title.. ode to a.. fren? acquaintance? employee? den i realise that he was neither of them. he was this guy who got crushed under the lorry along tamps road and loyang ave, juz the other day.

mel fong, in his usual boliao but sometimes resource-full morning routines, sent me tis clip from ST interactive.. the news of this "crushed into a metal ball" news. oh well, being morning, being still half asleep and half trying to run report, being bimbotic, all i could make of the news and any associations of it to me, was that it was a toyota (same as perper!) and that it took place in tamps (that's pretty near my home! a big news for this otherwise peaceful estate).

anyway, he turned out to by my dad's coworker. and my dad saw him juz half hour before the accident.. suddenly, a piece of totally unrelated news got me into a state of shock. now i really didnt know wat to make of it.

as weiwei has aptly put it, life is transient. *sigh*

cOmbo meal

and so it was. met up with cindykoo for our combo meal.

not too bad. turned out to be a triple combo.

i lurrve cOmbO meals. *heh*

fine fine fine!

SMRT fined $400,000 for causing severe train disruption...

wow! $400k for some SEVEN whooping hours of disruption.. but wait a min.. the fine is on SMRT.. SMRT gets their money from commuters, aka innocent pple like us topping up for our ez-link every week.. means the $400k comes from our pockets la!

grrrr.........

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~and the last pic...~
can anyone explain which in the picture is the "gladys"??? the apple or the worm??

grumpy..

it's that time of the month when i feel grumpy again.. and it definitely doesnt help when there are funny things (and people) around me trying to irritate the hell outta me too.

the rain juz falls like there's no tmr..
the last episode of that princess show i am watching didnt provide a satisfactory ending (at least not enough for me to say 'nice ending'..)
there're unhelpful, slow, selfish, i-want-it-my-way colleagues..
there're procrastinating pple..
even my thinkpad is not helping by refusing to logon to the wireless network juz when i needed it the most.. >:(

but at the very least, i thank God for putting funny toys around me to remind me that in the midst of the most grouchy moments, there are still stuffs to be thankful for. i dug out the pic i took of the grumpy i bought sometime ago. hehe. it's cute, lah! ironically, looking at its grumpy look juz makes me smile again. :)

~see? so cute!~

world famous, yet again.

after the world famous arches, we are once again famous again... i had to blog abt it... ha! -.-

read at your leisure...
CNA | NY Times | Bangkok Post | ABC News | Reuters India | BBC News | Philippines | International Herald Tribune | Xinhua China | Malaysia Sun | CBC Canada | Denmark

previously, when a singaporean visits the US of A and proudly say that we are from SINGAPORE, americans will give us the typical reply "is it part of china?"
now: "OOOOOOOOO, the infamous country that let a dangerous terrorist figure escape from toilet.""

omg! am i really safe????

teaching session...

after seeing this picture in a particular blog.. i cant help but feel exasperated at the level (or rather the lack of) IT expertise in picasa, collaging pics and the such!
and so... i've decided to do a short (and hopefully) powerful teaching session whilst eating my pasta! ha!

Picture #1: without using the shift pics key... the grey area is not needed, lah!Picture #2: USING the shift pic key

conclusion:
no matter how i tried to make the picture #1 look ugly so as to emphasize my point, i still cannot make it appear like the one on top! how? so i've decided... i will either try to overlook the lack of expertise, or i will juz attempt to erm, appreciate the grey areas in the picture collage. hahaha.

the cut of ultimate brilliance

i do. =)

wat gladys means?

What Gladys Means

You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life. You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone. Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs. You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality. You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in. You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising. You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care. You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong. You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know. You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

really?

fear not!

"The only thing to fear is fear itself." -Franklin D Roosevelt-








"Fear not, O land; Be glad and rejoice,
For the LORD has done marvelous things!"
-Joel 2:21-

a happy month!

yea.. there's always stuffs in your life to look forward to and be happy about. =)

happy valentine's! (ref to previous entry) oh btw, i have flowers too! so much for whining that everyone else on the streets had flowers.. hehehe..
happy birthday! and my beloved sister is 13 years old. got her a chantilly cake. or was it chinchilla. dunno. oh and i insisted on taking some psychotic photo of me eating the cake!
happy 1st month! yea... all the aunties pretty ladies gleefully gather around baby for the photo shoot! after all, he's the latest addition to EW. i'm sure there will definitely be happier (and busier) days ahead now that we have a kid around! hehheh..

Godliness and contentment is great gain. Indeed.

beijing!

help! i am suddenly looking forward to beijing! and more so if he's there!

are u BUILT TO LAST?

And God spoke all these words, saying:
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

(1) LOYALTY
“You shall have no other gods before Me.

(2) COMMITMENT
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

(3) RESPECT
“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

(4) ACCOUNTABILITY / CONNECTEDNESS
“ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

(5) FAMILY
“ Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

(6) LOVE
“You shall not murder.

(7) FAITHFULNESS
“You shall not commit adultery.

(8) HARD WORK / DILIGENCE
“You shall not steal.

(9) INTEGRITY
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

(10) GENEROSITY
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

the strength of a man (revisited)

The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders.
It's seen in the width of his arms that circle you.

The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice.
It is in the gentle words he whispers.

The strength of a man isn't how many buddies he has.
It's how good a buddy he is with his kids.

The strength of a man isn't in how respected he is at work.
It's in how respected he is at home.

The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits.
It's in how tender he touches.

The strength of a man isn't in the hair on his chest.
It's in his Heart...that lies within his chest.

The strength of a man isn't how many women he's loved.
It's in can he be true to one woman.

The strength of a man isn't in the weight he can lift.
It is in the burdens he can carry.

The strength of a man.

**********

I Love My Man.

my THREE valentine's

DATE #1
got myself an early valentine's dinner with my boy.. wat to do, thursday he got class. so i shall plan a hot date with weiwei instead. and tis hot date sure is hot, we're gonna hunt for baby stuffs.. haha.

~the food~

verdict: totally lurve the pizza! not much of the crust to fill up my eh-hem, small stomach.

DATE #2
breakfast: a pink heart-shaped cookie (i ate it even before i rem to snap a pic of it! zzz... so had to sheepishly snap one outside spinelli's instead..)
pressie: a pink pouch from tomato can, which i got in late jan. talk abt early birds. *heh*
flowers: a pink flower which can aptly transform into a key chain.

thanks shirley! she's turning my workstation into a pink station! even the february calender is in PINK! hahaha...
DATE #3
my hot date with weiwei... to be updated.. stay tuned!

lOve is in the air...

Valentine's Day, a holiday that most have no idea of what it's really celebrating. Or whom it celebrates.

Perhaps, the most well known should be of a priest named Valentinus, who was beheaded by Emperor Claudius the Cruel on 14 Feb AD269. Upon slim evidence, whole layers of legend are stacked: Valentinus performed secret weddings after Claudius banned marriage to prevent soldiers from deserting their armies; that he refused to deny Christ and so was thrown in prison, where he healed the jailer's blind daughter; that he fell in love with her and left a note in the cracks of his cell the night before his execution, "From your Valentine".

wateva it is.. expensive dinners, gifts and flowers aside, it is a sweet thing to be able to spend valentine's day with your loved one. =)

oh well, and who cares wat or whom Vday celebrates. my rock is on the way! yayYAY..

"Love sought is good, but given unsought is better." -William Shakespeare-