I really wish he is the one. People often say, “Trust your instinct, trust your soul, your mind, your heart and when you meet him, you will know he is the right one.” I really do feel he is the one. But feeling is vague and it can be wrong too. Maybe afterall that is just my wishful thinking only.

Now, he is becoming someone else’s fiance soon. And I am surprised by myself not being disappointed nor getting upset about it. On the contrary I am happy for him because he is stepping into another phase of life with his loved one. That’s going to be exciting right?

No tears soaking my pillow. Only smiles filled the night. Thank you my platonic friend, for bringing so much joy and making each of my day count!

Just when you know how to give, you’ll know how to love.

I have been down with flu bug for almost 2 weeks. There was hardly any ability to smell. Hey, imagine it can be quite bad if you can’t smell food. You lost your appetitie for food. Or worse, people stay away from you because you have body odor and you can’t smell them. Imagine that can be quite bad isn’t?

Took a 2 hours nap in the afternoon and I found myself sneezing again. Nose blocked, my head is spinning with no taste buds sense on my tongue. Oh gosh…

Can anyone tell me why’s that? Can all MRT commuters cover their face with mask if they find themselves not feeling well? Can Singaporeans be more considerate, don’t spread germs around and let the history happen again?

I am sick of getting sick again. Period.

I did not blog in March at all!!! I am considering of shutting this down, seriously. Seriously! No, that’s not a April’s Fool joke. Seriously!

I only left with 19 minutes before the clock tick to 00:00 of 1 March 2008. I just want to say…. I am happy and grateful with all that I have and all that God has done for me, for my life and for my family!

Thank you Jesus! Hugz

There is also one more person I like to extend my gratitudes to, he is my colleague - Mel.  Thanks, for guiding and mentoring me. I’ll remember this day and always cherish the joy we share together!

I thought I could spend this very special day with my other colleague, DS. Unfortunately, he was sick and couldn’t make it today. But it was very nice of him to ask if my throat is ok. Thank you for being so caring too.

And, Becky…Thank you Becky for your kind and encouraging words.  You’re my light when I can’t see what’s ahead.

And…Liz, Jess, Jeff…Thank you for adding so much fun to the team.   We are truly a bunch of people with great mix of chemistry!

Thank you for making my day bright and special today!

And I’ve kept all the letters
that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
“I’m fine baby, how are you?”
Well I would send them but I know that
it’s just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane
Another sunny place
I’m lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I’ve got to go home

Let me go home
I’m just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I’m living someone else’s life
It’s like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
But this was not your dream
But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
And even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I’m surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I’ve had my run
Baby, I’m done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It will all be allright
I’ll be home tonight
I’m coming back home

I don’t want to go home……………… I don’t want to go back to Singapore……………

I want to drive my sexy little car….

I want to eat nasi lemak with rendang chicken  ….

I want to spend time with my papa & mama …and jeh jeh…..and mei mei….

I want to ……..sleep until 11am everyday…..

OH NO! I AM HEADING BACK TO SINGAPORE TOMORROW (12 FEB) @ 18:30hrs.

I will be reading my flooded mailbox. I will be having sleepless nights again…

I will be ………… earning Sing dollars!!!!!! Yay!!!!

Life has been extremely crazy since the beginning of the year. It has only been revolving in work and just work. I suppose this is only because I had projects due in January and on top of that I was pretty tied up conducting full year reviews with all clients under my care. Just a few days back, I was worrying of not able to fulfill my deliverables to this particular client since I had made the appointment to see them on Friday. The stress was double up as I remember our first time meeting with them wasn’t a pleasant one.

It was nerve-racking imagining how can I manage to put all data analysis on to the slides 12 hours before the actual meeting time, it was almost impossible. Usually I wouldn’t request help from my colleagues, but this time I had to ask my neighbour sitting next me to help me filling up the slides with the generated figures. I thought he would tease me relentlessly or possibly telling me that he is knocking off. Up to my surprise, he nodded and helped me to copy all excel data to the slides. For one moment I was really touched by his kind gesture because that was a big task and he had almost helped me with 50% completion of the work. In fact, I wouldn’t blame him either if he did not help me since he has no obligations to do that.

We knocked off around 8 p.m. with unfinished review deck. It would be better to complete it back home since it’s getting late. That night was unbearable. I don’t know about my other team members but I always get stress up when there is a client review on the following day. Moreover, this client is an unhappy one.

I woke up fairly early the next day and left the house at 7.30 a.m. On the way to work, I prayed God would anoint me and grant me wisdom as I meet up with client. I prayed for favour and definitely, His grace to carry me through.

You wouldn’t believe me if I tell you there are many other odd occasions that happened to me during my meeting with clients. One of the unforgettable one was I accidentally pressed the POWER button instead of an ESC key! My laptop just went dead in front of twenty over people. And the worst part was my laptop couldn’t restart due to faulty finger sensor print! So I prayed and asked God to be merciful to me, at least the client would have mercy on me this time.

Upon my arrival at client’s office, the person in charge told me I only had an hour to run through everything as the manager and director had to attend another meeting later at 11 a.m. So I thought how could this be possible when the meeting room was not even ready and our meeting was supposed to start at 10 a.m.? Subsequently I had issues showing the slides on the LCD projector, the screen say “Detect No Input”. Gosh …Thank God that the device was working fine later. And client’s meeting was postponed to 3 p.m. Hence, that gave me more allowance to cover all topics in 2 hours time.

The review meeting was not as bad as how I thought it would be. I couldn’t help expecting for the worst knowing the circumstances they had encountered with my predecessor. Just as I doubted my ability to perform, God had turned the hostile meeting to an affirmative one. I never thought client would praise me and accept me as their team player.

“You’re by far the best account manager” Man…I am flattered. I had almost let the tears roll off my cheeks in front of the clients. That was the most emotional moment I had thus far for being in the travel management company. It was not because of the praise alone that made me emotional. It was because the final acceptance and recognition of the hard work we had put together.

To my teammates out there, you’re the best. I wouldn’t be able to make it if without your support. Thank you.

My dear friend introduced me to her buddy as “Lonely Friend”. Yah right, otherwise I wouldn’t get to come out for a refreshing LIME ME UP Sorbet…..

Ahhh ……it’s an ugly candid shot, isn’t?

Trust me, I have never had so much laughters in my life before…

And I know I am just a simple-minded girl who is easily contented by what she has.

hahaha …. a cracky happy egg …

It has been five months since I relocated and started a new career in Singapore. Time flies and I have pretty much adjusted to the working lifestyle here. Everyone who is close with me would know very well that I am not an early bird. I used to wake up only 15 minutes before my work start, officially at 9.00 a.m. So you could anticipate I was always late for work. Now I can proudly tell everyone that I am early rise. It is so refreshing to wake up earlier, take a hot shower and spend devotional time with Him. I enjoy the early conversation with Him and enjoy the bonding I start building with Him. It was never the same like before.

I am truly grateful for all the people He has surrounded me with, whether people with nice, nasty, good or kind personality. But above all, I really like to thank a person who gave me the opportunity to work and start afresh in Singapore, a foreign and sometimes could be quite an intimidating place to be due to the demanding working environment. This person is my ex-boss. As today marks his last day with the organization, it was quite emotional to accept the fact that he will not be sitting in front of me anymore. I still remember when he broke the news to me back in three months ago, he apologised to me as he could not be here to take care of me anymore. I am very well aware of the corporate cultures, with people resigning is just part and parcel of life. The time when I can’t hold my tears was when the memories flash back of what he said to me, asking me to take care which I can truly feel the words were from the bottom of his heart. Likewise, I wish him all the best in everything he does. Like he said, our status has been upgraded from colleagues to friends which is another level higher.

The best is yet to come, for you, for me and for everyone.

Wedding reception is like a reunion dinner. Everyone get to meet again.

left standing: Kien, Yours truly

left sitting: Wei Hong & Andrew, my dear ex-housemate in Melbourne.

All of them are my aussie buddies, except Wei Hong- met this funny fella the first time. He has very nice set of teeth. haha.

We adjourned to Skybar for a drink later, located at level 33 of Traders hotel. Nice view looking out from the bar.

Till then. More photos soon.