I woke up this morning,
still feeling sick with flu.
I ate my breakfast and read the newspapers as usual.
I have said before, communications are now so advanced,
it is so easy to reach out to the masses.
Im now being haunted by SALE adverts in the papers!
And so I found out that there are SALEs now on at:
La Senza -!!!
Marks & Spencer
Tangs
Robinson
Polo Ralph Lauren
Tommy Hilfiger
G2000
in addition to the other few sales i mentioned in my earlier entry.
What are these dumbass retailers doing??!!
Launching sales all over when it is just one week to the start of
the Great Singapore Sale (starts 23 May - 20 July)????
Wat are they trying to do?
Get a headstart b4 their competitors?
Looking at all these ads just makes my heart flutter and my eyes twinkling in excitment.
Suddenly I found renewed energy and cure in my lethargic state caused by the flu virus.
Ok I will ONLY go for 2 Sales ok?
GUESS and La Senza.
Maybe I will check out the shoes at Marks & Spencer and Tangs too.
Wahahahaha!
This is definitely not a good time to have my income flow stagnated!
I wudnt mind if you confiscate my credit cards now
and lock me up at home.
You are doing a good deed.
Friday, May 16, 2008
SALE Seduction 2
Thursday, May 15, 2008
SALE Seduction
I have been tempted, lured and seduced shamelessly.
By the numerous SALEs that are being launched today.
Each one is taunting me, tempting me...
saying "Come to me! Come to me! Buy it! I know you want it!"
After much thought and careful consideration yesterday,
I decided not to go for the Isetan Mid-Year Private Sale today.
Den i have to receive 2 smses from UOB Cards this early noon saying that there is an
Up to 50% off sale at
Topshop, Warehouse, Miss Selfridge and Dorothy Perkins.
UOB Cards get additional 15% off sale items and
20% off regular items on 15 May (today), 7-9pm at Wisma.
So tempting right??????
I resisted all temptations after some consultation with Baby.
He said the sale items are prob not nice, dun have my size,
very crowded and i gotto queue up, squeeze and rush w ppl.
He wudnt want me to make a wasted trip.
So i was convinced.
And decided not to go,
altho my heart was aching.
Den i went online.
I checked my email and...
received an email from FJ Bejamin,
"Subject: GUESS Sale Starts Today!"
I shud STOP receiving mailers (isetan sale), smses (topshop,miss selfridge etc sale) and emails (guess sale)!!!
Communications are so advanced these days that there are just so many ways to reach consumers huh?!
*huff puff*
It is not making my mood any better coz i sick with a flu today.
Making me feel even more moody and sian.
Ok, I will go for just ONE sale.
I am gg for the GUESS sale tmr.
Cya there.
It has been a struggle...
Im getting so tired of people asking me the same question.
Even my parents n bro ridicule me sometimes.
Shud I be affected?
Shud I be worried?
Shud I care about how you judge me?
Read this on Our Daily Bread today.
When our family went out for an ice cream cone, my dad would ask my mother what flavor she’d like. Often she would reply, “Surprise me!” She told me she was rarely disappointed in his choice.
Do you like surprises? Would you ever dare say, “Surprise me!” to God? A lot of us are a little scared to do that. Yes, we have faith that God is good and that He loves us. Yet we’re afraid we won’t like what He chooses for us.
Throughout the Bible we read that God delights in doing the unexpected. Sometimes it’s folding back the waters for His people to cross a sea on dry ground (Ex. 14:21-22). Or forgiving and embracing those who repent of their sin (Ps. 130:1-4). Jesus’ time on earth was filled with amazing events that pointed people to His Father—He turned water into wine, calmed storms, healed the sick, and raised the dead.
What kind of God do we serve? One who is not confined by our finite imagination (Eph. 3:20). God’s thoughts and ways are not like ours (Isa. 55:8), and He wants to bless us with far more than a special flavor of ice cream. He delights in His children who trust Him and are willing to say, “Surprise me, Lord!”
— Cindy Hess Kasper
O Lord, give me the grace to be
Content with what You give to me.
No! More than that, let me rejoice
In all You send me — it’s Your choice! —Anon.
Those who let God provide will always be satisfied.
Altho the Lord says that:
"My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways.”—Isaiah 55:8
But yet im afraid of what the future may hold for me.
Day by day, im struggling to keep myself positive, and to keep my Trust in the Lord.
But skeptism, doubt and fear cant help but silently creep up upon me.
I am afraid to say "Surprise Me, Lord!",
Because as what Our Daily Bread says, altho we have faith that God is good and that he loves us,
more often than not, im afraid that i wun like what He chooses for me.
Yet I know that I have to accept and trust that it is the best for me.
Because God is a loving God who desires that we enjoy every single blessing that He has for us.
However, it is indeed a struggle.
Yesterday, I read in a book that:
"God says, 'I know what I am planning for you...I have good plans for you, not plans to hurt you.I will give you hope and a good future.'
You may feel you are facing an impossible situation, but the bible says,
'God...is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of - infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, or hopes."
What a coincidence that I read this yesterday and
today read a similar message on Our Daily Bread
that seemed to conitnue from what i read yesterday.
It seems like a message to me that i shud hold on and
continue to be strong in my faith and trust in the Lord,
despite the numerous times i wavered and let fear and worry overcome my heart.
There is only one way out -
To follow Him, and let Him make things fall into place.
But that's the challeange!
Easier said than done.
It is not easy when you dunno where He leads, where He is bringing you to.
I just hope that it wun be long till I find what I am looking for...
till God execute His great plans for me.
Help me to hold my trust firmly in you Lord.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Outing at Sentosa
It was a pretty fun outing at Senotsa with Baby's family.
His sis-in-law booked 2 rooms at Rasa Sentosa Resort from last Thurs to Sat, one of which for Baby's parents.
It was to celebrate:
1) Her husband's (Baby's eldest bro's) bday
2) Mother's Day
And she invited me along! =)
Of coz i din stay.
But i went to join them on Friday afternoon.
Baby cudnt join us till after his work.
He only managed to join us from 7pm at night.
Boohoo....dark alry, he cannot suntan, swim and play in the water with me =(
Luckily I got Livvy Dear! Here are some pics from our swim.
Din take much pics coz I din wanna spoil my cam with my wet fingers.
There was once a few colleagues of hers thot that i was her younger sister!
Coz they say we look quite alike.
Myabe it's our hair when we let it down.
Oh yeah, btw we took this pic when she was breastfeeding her baby. Hiakz.
My dear Livvy and me.
We went crazy playing with the 2 waterguns that her dad bought.
I was reliving my childhood!
Anyway I never had a watergun as a toy in my life =(
Baby's mum is realli havoc n happening!
She wore this very pretty swimsuit dress in hot pink colour.
What a hot mum!
If she knows i posted her pics, she is so gonna kill me.
She was alry trying to run away from me when i wanted to take her pics.
The other 2 pics show Liv shooting at her dad and her grandma with her watergun.
Esther and Baby Liz.
Wearing blue like her mum.
Livvy choked on water.
She accidentally swallowed a lot of water while playing in the pool.
So she is coughing and looking pitifully at her grandpa who is sitted on the deck chair.
Poor girl.
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Our yummy cocktails, courtesy of Baby's bro!
I had my fave pina colada =)
Baby is finally here! Yay!
We waited for him by the pool till my toes are all wrinkled in the water.
I like this blurry shot of us.
Looks romantic. haha!
Off we went for dinner after our shower.
Ate at Trapizza, an italian pizza restaurant by the beach belonging to rasa sentosa resort.
We had pizza buffet! Baby's so delighted coz he loves pizza.
In total we had 6 pizzas, 4 salads, and 4 pastas.
Plus ice-cream and red wine.
Super full!
But the pizzas tasted super good!
Loved it!
Baby and Me in the his parent's hotel room.
Chilled out till about 11pm before the 2 of us drove home.
Baby and I went to hunt for a pair of track shoes over the weekend.
My current grey adidas track shoes spoilt.
The soles are threatening to drop off.
Only realised it when i went jogging last Monday.
After much hunting, I decided that this pair of shoes (see pic below) looks the prettiest.
It is the new Adidas Microbounce range.
*boing boing*
The other track shoes are just NOT NICE.
Costs $134 at Queensway.
30% cheaper than original retail price, which is $192 at Adidas outlets.
Actually my budget is only $80 - $100.
But with that kind of money, seems to be able to get only shitty looking shoes.
Im so vain...cannot lar.
Altho no one will look at my shoes when i go jogging...
I need to wear pretty shoes to feel good right?
It will be kinda like a form of motivation?
Ok justified.
This is my new buy!
The pics dun do the shoes justice =(
By the way, for track shoes and sneakers, I only like Adidas.
Im a loyal fan!
Lead Me Lord
Following my previous post...
This video is for my own inspiration.
Listening to this song really comforts me so I wud also like to share it with everyone.
Am facing a dark moment in my life now and I hope God can lead me out and show me the way.
Am feeling dejected and i find it hard to be at ease.
I know I shudnt be because the devil can only come against you in one way - through a troubled heart.
So i constantly remind myself that God will never give us more than we can bear.
I will trust in my Lord and let him show me the way.
At the same time, I want to constantly give thanks to God,
for giving me all that i have today.
All these would never be possible without Him and His great love and blessings for me.
He has given me YOU - my dear frens, my dear bf, my dear family.
The trials and tribulations in your life,
the darkness we face,
the difficulties we encounter,
the dangerous and the unknown we tread,
We should thank God for them.
For it is because of these dark moments that
we are able to draw ourselves closer to God,
and put our complete trust in Him,
and THANK HIM because we know that he is the one who has delivered us.
Without the Lord, we can do nothing.
Lead me Lord...give me strength and help me to move on.
I pray that God pour His blessings on you...regardless of whether you are a believer =)
Lead me Lord, lead me by the hand
And make me face the rising sun
Comfort me through all the pain
That life may bring
There's no other hope
That I can lean upon
Lead me Lord
Lead me all my life
Walk by me, walk by me across
The lonely road that I may face
Take my arms and let your hand
Show me the way
Show the way to live inside your heart
All my days, all my life
Refrain:
You are my light
You're the lamb upon my feet
All the time my Lord
I need You there
You are my light I cannot live alone
Let me stay
By Your guiding love
All through my life
Lead me Lord
Lead me Lord
Even though at times
I'd rather go alone my way
Help me take the right direction
Take Your road
Lead me Lord
And never leave my side
All my days, all my life
You are my light
You're the lamb upon my feet
All the time my Lord
I need You there
You are my light I cannot live alone
Let me stay
By Your guiding love
All through my life
All through my days
Lead me, O Lord Lead me Lord
Letting Go
A fren of mine shared this video with me,
and now i would like to share it with you.
The lyrics are really meaningful and I hope it inspires you to take that step of faith.
Especially to those who are hesitant.
Open up your heart and let go...only then will you receive.
And I would like to share the lyrics, esp the words i have bolded.
I used to feel the emptiness inside me
I was not supposed to feel that way
I had everything I needed
But nothing ever made me
What I longed to be
The wealth, the name
The lights, the fame
Were everything to me
And then one night
Out of the blue
I heard His name (Jesus)
And so I took that step of faith
And walked into His domain
I believe that's what He wants
Every heart to do
When hard may seem the task
One step is all He asks of you
Letting go to know the truth
Is not so hard to do
It's the heart that's got the will
To open up for Him to fill
And trusting and believing Him
Is all we've got to do
It's just the heart that's got to move
For Him to show His love that's been there
Even when we never cared
Take hold of His hand
Let go and you'll understand
Why be afraid
For God knows what you're feeling
But even He can't do a thing
If He sees the heart's not willing
And so we ask what's going on
We want what's right and still do wrong
When hard may seem the task
One step is all He asks of you
I guess by now you'd realize
You can't be on your own
And all your cares
And all your burdens
Should be cast upon His throne
Letting go, just let go, letting go
Let go and you'll understand
Just let go and you'll understand
Friday, May 9, 2008
2 Birthday Boys
8 May - Baby's eldest brother's bday (35 yrs old)
9 May- Baby's cousin's bday (42 yrs old)
Double birthday celebration for the old boys on Wed.
Went to join them and Baby's family at Tung Lok for dinner after my visit back to the airport.
The food at Tung Lok is really yummy!
We went to the branch at Paramount.
Here's some pictures of the food.
Only managed to take some pics coz i was too busy eating as usual.
Oooh! And we had red wine! =)
From L-R: Birthday boy (Baby's eldest bro), his wife (mum of Liv & Liz) and us.
Check out the Birthday Cake!
Very funny and very special!
Very yummy too...it's blackforest cake.
Generous blackcurrent filling inside.
Baby's bro was very curious how the cake looks like.
So I hinted to him that it's something that Baby dreams of having everyday.
And he thot it was in the shape of a pair of boobs or some curvaceous babe or smthg.
So he said smthg like: "You mean you are not giving him enough dosage of boobs?"...
in front of Everyone and The Parents.
I was so paiseh lar!!!
But luckily everyone was the open-minded sort with such jokes...hehe.
*Phew!*
Something that Baby dreams of having hor?
He wants a body like that esp the ABS part. Haha!
Each birthday boy had his own side of the man-boob to blow out their candles.
So cute!!!
We all ate the man-boobs and the cake was being cut up and kept in plastic tuperwares.
It realli looks like a body has been chopped up!
Everyone gets to take home a tuperware of cake.
So guess which part i took home?
Hehe. I took home the red underwear part!!!
*look of lust*
Left the abs part...no need to say whose house it is sitting in now lar hor?
Haha!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Back for a visit
Went back to the airport yesterday.
Wanted to kaypoh and check out an event that i was planning before i left.
Left it to my colleague for execution.
Wanted to check out the outcome of my efforts.
Also had to return a laptop cable which i forgot to return.
Was happie to see my ex-colleagues again.
They said they were jealous of me coz
I had a glow on my fave and i was exuding radiance.
Of coz lar, im not having any stress now wat.
The work seem to be still as shitty as ever there.
Im glad in out of it =)
They still kept my staff pass for me!
Havent return it yet...hehe.
My cubicle is still intact.
It was exactly how i left it.
With a pile of files on the table.
Obviously no one bothered to take it from my desk and follow up. Haha!
They have not hired a new manager yet so i guess no one is free to look into my portfolio.
Who wants to take up my portfolio anyway, it covers quite a lot!
A few of us went to the sunflower garden for fun to take photos!
One of my fave places in the airport.
To be with my fave sunflowers.
Never fail to cheer up my day!
Some photos taken at the event site.
Saw my ex-boss.
She is still as clueless as ever about her unpopularity.
She is still the same with NO EQ at all.
Oh well...i feel sad for her.
My colleague said that she was acting like a "evil wicked witch with so much to complain" at the event yesterday.
Hahaha!
Making life hell for everyone as usual.
She showed off her Zero EQ to me again yesterday when she saw first saw me.
She din expect me and my other 2 ex-colleagues to return,
so when she saw me in the office, she was a bit shocked and went "Eh?!....Oh hi."
And walked to her desk.
HOW DUMB.
It was only much later at the event site that she warmed up.
But she had nothing much to say to me either.
Real awkward.
Why? Coz she is a dumbass boss with zilch EQ.
It wasnt lidat w me and my UOB ex-supervisor at all.
We are atill close and chummy!
We hugged each other when we first met up after i resigned.
So different lor...
Oh well...
Im just glad i dun have to face her after yesterday anymore =)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
As time goes by
I know I will be in for a huge...
DISAPPOINTMENT.
When everything seems to be going fine, it doesnt mean it will always be smooth forever.
You need to check on the wheels and resurface the roads once in awhile.
Biycles will rust over time...if you dun oil it occasionally.
Milk will turn sour over time...if you dun refrigerate it.
People say time heals everything.
But time may hurt too.
Especially when a long time has past...one tends to start taking things for granted.
When I dun seem to be angry, it may not mean that im happy either.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
My Happy Long Labour Day Weekend
What a nice long weekend! =)
Wed evening - Met my dear Swing Girls for dinner at Vivo!
It has been a pretty long time since i last met them.
I cudnt make it for the last 2 gatherings they had at the end of last year due to work.
This gathering is our first this year!
Too bad Jo cant make it last min due to work.
Started off pretty hilariously all thanks to JL.
Her bag strap broke.
And instead of gg to buy a new bag, she insisted on gg to Daiso to buy some strings.
Typical JL who always nvr fail to make all of us laugh.
We proceed to have my fave Haagen Daz ice-cream after dinner.
We had yummy Brownie Explosion and some peach waffle thing (forgot the name).
JL kept complaining that the ice-cream serving was very small.
Much smaller than expected.
Much smaller than wat it seemed to be on the pictures of the menu.
So she placed her hand over the serving to illustrate the actual size of the serving and how small it actually is, since photos cant tell the size.
N i tell ya, she has realli realli small hands.
She has the smallest hands among all of us.
Thurs (Labour Day holiday) - Spent with Baby
We were supposed to go jogging at East Coast to lose weight & tone up!
esp since we have been eating so much lately.
But in the end...
Baby's brother said wanna go out for early dinner n he was treating.
Nice dinner or jog.
Which one would you choose?
Well, we went with the OBVIOUS choice.
Coz it was simply too tempting!
So instead of gg to East Coast to jog,
we went to East Coast for sumptuous SEAFOOD DINNER at International Seafood restaurant!
We had yummy sambal kangkong, black pepper crab and chilli crab etc...with beer!
Gosh...so sinful!
Friday - Lunch with Dilka, followed by shopping w Mummy, cousin Joey & nephew Baby Damien!
Check out my cute nephew Baby Damien!
He has gotto be the cutest, most adorable Baby!!!
Even cuter than Baby's new baby niece Lizzie.
My nephew is one week older than Baby's niece.
And they are btoh born in Feb and are only about 2.5 months old.
Here's me and my dearest nephew
His mum (my cousin Joey) trying to burp him after drinking his milk.
Baby came to look for us after his work too just to take a look at Baby Damien!
It's his first time seeing him.
Notice how Baby Damien likes us to carry him in a particular way?
He's so curious that he likes to look ard.
He's so CUTE and CHUBBY!
I love to carry him!
But he is actually pretty heavy!
Good for me coz i can tone up my arms. Hahaha!
Here's some pictures of Baby's new Niece Liz Evalynn Lim.
Livvy's sister!
Taken when she was just borned. Forgot to post...hahaha.
After looking at all these cute baby photos,
dun you get an urge to wanna play with cute babies too?
Haha! Or perhaps have a baby yourself too?
I can see Soph already considering.
Ok moving on...
Sat - Spent with Baby...again.
We went Bugis to walk walk and EAT.
Haha. We were pretty bored.
Nothing much to do in Singapore...
So our fave pastime is eating!
I have been watching this korean show "My Girl" lately on DVD,
and it caused me to crave for Korean food so much!
We had teabreak at Bugis junction basement.
Ate this very nice giant chicken sausage from this korean stall selling Korean Street Food!
Coated with yummy chilli sauce!
Baby and his recent weekly craving for xiao long bao.
Guess what we had for dinner?
Yep! Korean Food at a korean restaurant along Liang Seah Street.
We ordered BBQ beef set and Kimchi Seafood Soup set.
The seafood soup had generous yummy ingredients like squid, clams, mussels, prawns and crab!
I know i shud be guilty for eating so much over the long weekend.
So I went jogging yesterday on my own!
Did some mini workout exercises at home too.
Wanted to go jog again today but!
Im having muscle ache all over!
*groans*
I better exercise more often =(
