after Christmas weekend

have so much i would want to say...many thoughts going through my mind, about work about life about people.

it's so rainy this morning...i just feel so in a holiday mood still such that i'm almost having tuesday blues, but right from 9am this morning i've been settling work stuff already. becoming quite sian by all the miscom, problems and neverending disturbances and requests. and then the money isn't coming in as soon as i need it. it has dragged for one month, two months...and more. dunno why i can't see good out of this. God pls help me to trust you...to see things in Your perspective, and know that You are in control of all things, even things that don't seem to be directly related to You but still it is related to You.

after a long weekend, all the christmas activities, enjoying being at home with Ww, i just don't want this to end. there's still the new year weekend to look forward to.

a reindeer called Gusto landed on christmas day :)

new addition to our zoo.

Back frm Genting

All we did was...

Sleep, eat, walk, watch tv, sleep, eat, walk, watch tv, sleep.

yeah that's about it.

the weather was bad enough such that not much ppl could venture out. it's rain and fog and wind! enough to keep you in the whole place for 3 days. we're really boring ppl anyway...there's lots of entertainment there, (for the ol' folks it's the casino but it's really not our cup of tea), there's rock climbing (which no one really climbs), bowling, k-box, kids rides, mini-roller coaster rides, bumper car rides...and all we did was walk past them.

we arrived at 3am and could only book in to our rooms at 9am..and the beds were not made up yet so we persevered roaming around the indoor theme park despite our desperate attempts to get some good sleep after a whole night's travelling.

the morning we arrived..saw this quite cool mini model of genting..looks big but we're mainly cooped up in that colourful building

Baskin Robbins ice-cream cake!! looks so fun!


this is how bad the fog/mist is...can't even go for a stroll outside


so this is what ppl do...line up and take the indoor ride over and over again...this super long queue is for a super slow reindeer ride...slow enough to send you to sleep. and we were quite amazed ppl are seem so excited to take it.


on average we ate 5 meals a day, took 2 naps and watched 2 movies. our attempts to do our devotion (a book we used to read and study together) ended up in talking about our future over a cups of coffee and/or tea.



nevertheless, it was a good time to rest, to be together, to spend time with my in-laws and just really pile up on calories.

Christmas is coming! and i'm short of time...with the so many things to do still.

On our way to Genting

We're going genting tmr! Wah man..much needed break, hopefully. I've settled all my work stuff and notified ppl i won't be around so as to minimize the overseas calls coming in during the holiday.

And when we come back it's a mad rush before christmas...mad rush because of some work stuff to clear by the christmas weekend, because there's our family dinner where to prepare and cook and the My Christmas YZ party.

I've not been to Orchard Rd yet, didn't really shop for christmas presents either (other than for my company gift exchange present which i finally found today), work overwhelms me so much.

I don't think we'll get each other presents either...save money lah, after all spending time together is an invaluable gift to each other which makes me so wish i took a 1 month holiday to spend time with Ww esp when he's so much freer in the holidays.

squeezed time after work yesterday to meet up with a couple-friend who just moved in to their new place at woodlands. went to check out their house and after that went to ikea @ tampines, ate late dinner at 10pm (bought their last plate of fish & chips, and chicken wings) and shopped till it almost closed. they came over to our place aft that to see our house as well...and after that.....SUPPER at Blk511! (roti john and bak chor mee there is great) gosh...can't believe we ate so much. so much so we couldn't sleep after our bath. slept at 4am eventually.

talk about food...they are such comfort.

i managed to quickly cook something out of our pathetic kitchen inventory. threw out the dying vegs and mushrooms in the fridge (which was rotting after almost 2 weeks of neglect). gee...i should never buy fresh foods until i'm gonna cook.
so we had creamy mushroom soup spagetthi with fried fish and sausages. Ww still toasted bread with our super lihai sandwich maker (cos it makes sandwiches takes heavenly toasted & good), just in case it wasn't enough.


food is a great comfort. :)

b4 i go for a holiday

there are presents to buy
cards to make
a presentation to do for sunday
is there time?

my mil says i should go back to my full-time tuition, not so busy and can earn more..and happier (ww suggested) i'm contemplating.
but where i am (according to ww) puts me through fire, grinds me, teaches me to handle people (all kinds! you don't know how ugly singaporeans are). this mini proj i'm handling almost drive me nuts. if i'm not so patient and nice i dunno what would happen. once this is over i can breathe a sigh of relief. and go to my holiday in peace.

peace is what i didn't have this past week. and sunday's sermon is about peace. oh so coincidence.

it's like exams, suffer during the period and once it's over you feel like you could do whatever you want in the world. i'm looking for it to be over. hopefully today's my last day of exams.

10001 things to settle, 0 time

my sleepiness is catching up with me. there are times i wish i don't need to sleep so that i can finish all i need to finish. but today i can't, at 12.12am. i'm sleepy le.

3 new appointments means new drawings and stuff to prepare on top of settling frustrating issues that bug me and irritate me...everyday i just cross my fingers and pray hard nothing extra happens to bug me, or problems to complicate things. but oh no...everyday is a new problem. argh! and problem upon problem is quite problematic. of course money settles everything, but who pays me for going through all this waste of time and worry?

yawns, i want a holiday from my work. gimme a work without problems. i would rather be doing housework.

sorry, i'm just being unhappy today because many things happened today that got me so pekchek...and time is not on my side.

God, pls grant me strength, patience and things to go well...no more more problems please!

Finding a christmas tree

Let's have a christmas tree...and an image popped in my mind.

white spray painted large tree branch to hang messages and photos.

something like these branches?
i wouldn't want a normal christmas tree anyway...last time i had a christmas tree was when i was in secondary school...and we were so lazy to take it down it stood around the living room till january and almost chinese new year. now i think my mum threw away the tree when we moved.

Ww & i finished watching Princess hours yesterday at 2am! phews...finally. it's a lil dysfunctional but it's soap drama anyway.

lunch breaks are times to talk about future stuff and rant about work..what's happening with our projects. i guess sometimes we are each other's motivation in the midst of challenges and stresses. i tell her that she better not quit otherwise working won't be so fun without her around. my good ol' buddy. just because we click so well.
what were aspirations sometimes fade in the reality. maybe we just aren't experienced enough. pooling over large amounts of possiblities and standards, running into weird people with weird requests or exciting requests we aren't sure we can do it or not. this is the real school where you make mistakes and learn...something will be wrong if you're perfect. and it's ok to make mistakes....just make sure you learn from them. that's when you'll grow. and don't run away when things gets tough. don't always change course. it'll be over eventually and it can be solved eventually.
we're going shopping and dinner today! yays! it's these little things to look forward to.

Random

Of Standard Chartered Marathon...
We woke at a mad hour of 4am to catch the 5am shuttle bus, and Ww started his run at 6am for the 42km (tho he detoured halfway...42km isn't a run to try without proper prior training! otherwise it will injure you badly)

just at our lift lobby...still looking awake

and waited for my running buddy to come...coerced to join me at the last minute to run this 10km. this was how much people there were in the 10km women's category.

just before our run...still looking fresh and free of sweat.

through the run..quite shuang to run through the CDB and it's flat ground too!

anyway i didn't train at all for this run...the only run i had was like 1 mth ago..and it was some slow jog around the estate. so my dear yp was a great encouragement to me in running this together, u're quite fit ah. hee. we didn't stop till the 6km mark to relish in the joy of drinking the "elite drink" aka 100plus. and the first 4-5km was a breeze because we were chatting away.

this is my timing...if u can see it at all...


after that we took a ride in xq's pick-up to marine parade for brunch. quite fun sitting at the back of the pick-up and enjoying the view. it's super windy but we managed to find a better place to sit after that..and staring up at the rain trees while the pick-up wheezes through the ECP is kinda dizzying and fun.


anyway i completely knocked out in the afternoon when i was supposed to go out with my sis to urban trek. paishe..keep postponing our outings.
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Of housewarmings....
housewarming on saturday was a blast...hoho..really enjoyed everyone's company, even though there was so many people to talk to and explain stuff about. you know why this house came about, how it was done and what we went through. while we enjoy our 2-man-world, this big house isn't just for us...but eventually for my in-laws to move in with us and whell...future kids too...and how-ever God wishes to us this house for His purposes.
we were sitting at Klippan and still enjoying this place...it was designed to have many spaces for us to sit and talk....i almsot wanted to squeeze one in our bedroom as well...but no money liao lah.

we still love our study room, bookshelves and the never ending books...there's still more books not just at my mum's place but at Ww's parents place...in the storerm and in those cabinets. we just can't get enough of books.


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Of work....
I'm supposed to be doing some work...at 1.35am, but working at this hour is really unmotivating and see what i am doing...i'm doing the opposite of work. argh. i tell myself that i should try not to bring work home...but it's really hard. time flies in the office, and with all the calling, sorting out paper work, coordinating etc etc...end of the day comes so quickly. and i just want to go home.

there are more family commitments nowadays, it's that family gatherings become quite important because we no longer stay under one roof. and you see the importance of just spending time together, even buying groceries together (it's an expensive non-pasttime) and especially eating together. it's a joy actually to spend time with people you love...just that there's just so little time. i only managed to leave office at 730pm that day, when i was supposed to leave before 6pm...and so missed dinner (tho they dabao so yummlicious curry rice for me). i dunno where i read from which wrote that time is the best gift you can give to the people whom you love...and our mums & dads yearn to spend time with us. alas, we are such busy people...so i do get unhappy when the time i plan to set aside for someone gets overtaken by something i've got no choice.

almost finishing the princess hours dvd...we watched 4hrs straight today after dinner (half way through making some calls, hanging our bedsheets out to dry after it was tumbling around in the washer for 70mins, and of cos snacking). so much for spending my night away like that. now i'm behind with my work...hwops.

holidays is good! so wish i can spend more time with Ww, but with my work end year means it gets busier...but then we are escaping for a short holiday next next week, which is quite a relief (i hope) for me, tho i have to arrange things nicely for work while i'm away. then comes christmas which is like full of lunches and dinners...with company, with our parents, with YZ, with cell.

what does Christmas mean to you?

Random

Was off today to clean the house but i spent the morning calling and answering calls settling work stuff. so we only got things done in the afternoon. but it was really nice to spend the day at home. too much dvd watching is also eating up my time but it's really nice to watch dvds together too anyway...one an biography of Ray Charles, Cold Mountain & Alexander. total hour count...7-8 hours this week spent watching these. wah. i just come home and watch with Ww. no work.

it's nice just that the next day the madness & problems starts all over again. i just have only God to depend on to keep my sanity and peace. to know that He will not give me more than i can bear, and that i need to have the right attitude to the things that come my way. i wanna gripe and complain but all i need to do is just to let go...and know that really singaporeans can be really irritating, & that good workers are hard to find. (i gave my ex-painter quite a shelling for his terrible attitude..and decide not to give him any jobs in the future) grrr...

and while i'm busy as a bee, Ww is having his school holidays! i wanna holiday with him! it's kinda sian to go work so early and come back late at a time like this. oh but we went for dinner at cafe cartel with my in-laws, first time they ate there...great meal and company. they're always so cute and caring as well. and....we're are going for a short getaway this dec...super yays!! as long as we're out of singapore! woohoo. going to genting with my in-laws (esp my MIL who's an expert of that place). whatever, it's good to get away for a while. :)