Farewell, KC!

It nearly brought tears to my eyes when I thought of leaving Kimberly Clark this thursday.

Well I knew that I was emotional but this time round, it wasn't just solely the emotions at play.

Though this isn't the company that I've learnt the most, it is the only company with the BEST COLLEAGUES I've had by far, colleagues whom I've spent time laughing, talking heartily with, eating merrily with and enriching life experiences I've enjoyed hearing with.

To my celebrate my farewell, my colleagues brought me to Ocean Fish Head Curry! Oh boy! Your taste-buds will just spring up and yell for more! And oh, Not forgetting the sumptuous spread of dishes! :)

Yunyu, Jenny, Teresa, Me! (From left to right)

Me, Karen, Jaime, Josephine (Left to right)

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Come Dance With Me

Thank you dear, for dancing with me when I was down, till I finally smiled :)

I hope you will dance with me till the decades ahead :)

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When Public Transport Fails

I am a creature of routine and yesterday, my already so blue Monday morning was ruined by 2 things:

1) The stalling of a silly maintenance train between Pasir Ris to Tanah Merah. The stall lasted 7 hours (from 5 plus in the morning to 12 plus noon) and affected about 60,000 commuters.

2) The price of my cab fare to work as a result of the MRT delay

This is absurb and simply ridiculous! Even the cab fare from my house to Jurong East is at a maximum of $19! Gosh! My heart sank when I reluctantly pullled out $30 to pay the Taxi Driver after he had sent me from my house to my workplace at Tanjong Pagar.

Anyway, I knew about the MRT closure only when mum called. She sounded so frantic when she told me that MRT is closed, the shutters are down, people are crowded everywhere, things are chaotic as people are queuing to wait for the Bridging Buses blah blah.. My mind raced and the only transport I could think of to get to work is CAB. Mum repeatedly told me that I should take a bus from the interchange, but c'mon! I don't even know what bus goes to town!

In the midst of all the confusion and panic, I headed to the other side of the house (where the main road is) and started flagging for a cab. To my astonishment, there were already so many people standing along the road and looking out for cabs. I followed suit but all the cabs were already 'hired' and I waited and waitied for somewhat 20 mins before deciding to walk back to the small road that leads to my house. Along the way back, there were also a hand few of people standing by the road, looking out for cabs, including this old man standing on the road with clutches. I felt sorry for him because he looked helpless. I walked further down and prayed hard for a cab. Thank God a cab turned into the small road in time and I quickly flag for it. The cab did stop for me and I hopped on quickly. However, as the taxi drove past, I saw the old man on the road with clutches, still flagging a cab, I felt seriously guilty.

If I didn't walk down further, the cab would be his. Who knows how long he had to wait before a cab showed up :(

Anyhow, this whole episode of screw up just made me ponder of how much we rely on public transport. The government has already placed more ERP gantries in hope that it would relieve traffic congestion on the expressways and people would use the public transport instead. But how are drivers going to 'convert' to taking public transport if there are far too many hiccups and disruptions recently?

Sigh. I know my blood is boiling as I'm typing this, but I understand the cause of all these problems is because our population is increasing and Singapore is just so small.

So much for being a small red dot.

If yall want to see how bad things are even for public transport, trying working at City Hall, Raffles Place or Tanjong Pagar. People used to queue to get on the escalators because the stairs are just too many. Now, people are actually queuing to climb the stairs because the crowd is just too packed! Such a sight :(

Enough of blood boiling thoughts. The only happy thing that fills my mind is the booking out of my brother this Friday :)

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Love Thoughts

As my birthday and Valentine's day draws closer, I seem to feel oblivious or numb to such events anymore. Probably as age catches up, the simple euphoria that one seeks in these occasions gets lesser and lesser, to the point they even might ask themselves "So what if it's my birthday?"

Blame it on the rising cost of living in Singapore, buying birthday presents or some other presents for the matter just seem a bit too costly for our pockets to bear. Hmm that might explain the migraines that some might get when these dates draw close. They just don't know what to get! Moreover, with the sudden mark up of prices on February 14th, no wonder we all end up getting bankrupt overnight.

By the way, my birthday falls close to Valentine's Day. That saves alot of money for him, or wait. I think I'm easy to maintain :)

Speaking of Valentine's Day, I have developed an unusual loathe over the past few years. It's not that I am jealous of other ladies getting HUGE bouquets of flowers or having a romantic candle-light dinner, it's just that I can't stand how commercialized this day has become.

Somehow Valentine's Day has lost its meaning and purpose. People are just celebrating it for the occasion's sake, or getting gifts out of their partner's expectations or because society deems that it is a day where chocolates, roses and pricey gifts are exchanged. What crap! What happened to the enjoyment of your partner's company, gazing into one's eyes and saying "I love you, still" from the bottom of your heart?

"Oh it's too plain."

"..Oh it's too boring."

"Everyone's hanging out and getting gifts.."

Oh what nonsense. In this very day itself, I relish in being in places where it's quiet, where probably my partner and I are just alone by the beach, enjoying the sea breeze, having a little picnic, reminiscing the good old days. Thinking of it makes me smile, it reminds me of East Coast Park, where we spent most of our days having fun, cycling, laughing, making a fool of ourselves, watching the sea.

I want to go back and relive those days :)

So there you go, I don't expect gifts on Valentine's Day. Of course I don't mind an unexpected surprise (I love surprises!), but I have found a deeper revolution and meaning in Valentine's Day. It is no longer about gifts, or an excuse to eat an expensive dinner but rather, it's all about being with your loved one. I strongly believe that if you find bliss in your everyday relationship with him/her, everyday would be Valentine's Day.

For those that are single out there, don't pout. I'm sure your valentine would cross your path in God's perfect time.

Now would be the time I would have already churn out my birthday wish-list. Sad to say I really can't think of anything I really want. Ok I do have things I really want but they are just WAY TOO EXPENSIVE :(

Here were the things I wanted:

1) N82

2) Denim Jacket

3) A day planned by him that I would totally never expect

Oh well, birthdays shouldn't be materialistic I guess. Thus I throw my hands in the air. I seriously have no idea what I want for my birthday present. NO IDEA. Birthdays are no longer a BIG thing I look forward to. It's just another day in a year, and soon, lines and more lines would appear. Tsk. Oh what a shame.

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The One About The Bike

As most of you would have known and seen by now, dear got his bike. He's happy of course, but to the rest, it's a worry. I know what you might say, it's dangerous, it's unsafe, the accident rates blah blah.. that we jolly well know. But rest assured, he's a safe driver and I can vouch to that. On top of that, there is a reasonable and valid reason for this bike, it is more convenient for him to drive from work to school and vice versa.

So I hope yall can uphold us in prayers, for our safety, for journey mercies. After all, no matter how safe we can be, motorcyclists are always on the vulnerable and losing end.

Oh you know what the amazing thing is, my parents didn't blow up at all. In fact, dad was more concerned with the reason why dear got his bike. But I'm glad dad called dear up (because it was raining heavily in the east and he thought I was riding with him) and talked about safety and stuff. Dad sounded nice, he didn't say no to me riding with him, he just emphasized alot of safety and dear assured dad repeatedly about how he doesn't weave or squeeze through traffic, or speed. I'm glad they talked, because communication is always the beginning of something brewing.

Above all, I also want to thank God that everytime we ride or he rides, it doesn't rain. Even with dark clouds or grey skies potraying an impending rain, we still manage to get through to our destinations without going through rain. I hope it stays that way though, it would be good :)

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A New Beginning

Happy New Year to all! Man, it just seems like 2007 whizzed past me amongst my daily routine and busyness. So here comes 2008, and I'm still lost to what's going to happen in my future.

God, I need Your spirit's guidance, I need Your leading. Please bring me back to You. Please come close to me once more. I want a personal experience with You again. Come Lord, Jesus Come..

This year's New Year Celebration was indeed different and interesting. We had a thanksgiving dinner instead of the usual countdown service in church. Well if you ask me, I would still prefer the more homely ambience and the countdown traditions we used to have every year ha! The thanksgiving dinner service was good, however the food took ages to come and the portions were small. Youths being big appetite hungry ghosts, we headed for supper. Most of us split up to our own cliques and had our own agendas. Dear, Me, Weston, Christine, Dorena, Alex and Ziyang headed off to Macdonalds at Liang Court for some supper. When it was finished, it was already 11.55? We resolved to not count down in Macdonalds, so we headed off the streets in hope that we can have a quick glimpse of the claimed 8 minutes fireworks at Marina Bay. Pffft! Needless to say, we couldn't head there in time and ended up counting down on the streets :( It was a new experience and a breath-taking one too. It certainly wasn't because of the awfully packed people partying on the streets, people randomly spraying things at other people, or the booming noises from all the different pubs. It was because I couldn't believe that 2008 is here and 2007 has just gone by.

As I stood by the riverside at Clarke Quay with the ground and I becoming one, (as I embraced the breath-taking moment) dear came and give me a hug to wish me Happy New Year. Sweet moment in time, I would say :)

Having nothing else to do, we went to Weston's Place (cos the guys wanted to play Play Station 3) where Ruth and Daniel joined us. Ruth and I couldn't stand the fatigue so we slowly dozed off until 3 plus, where we headed home.

I had a tough time going home though, because 2 NR7 buses (that could take me directly home) literally drove past me because it was just too packed and the bus drivers didn't bother to stop. Gah! So I just boarded whatever bus that was in my area, so I hopped onto N7, which took me to Bedok Interchange. However, there wasn't any other transport to my house except Taxi. Reluctantly, I flagged a taxi and the bill came up to $9.80. Shucks. Bloodsuckers!

All in all, the New Year is good still :)

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