Everyone needs compassion
And love that never fails
Let mercy fall on me
When everyone needs forgiveness
Kindness of the Saviour
The Hope of the nation
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything that i believe in
Now i surrender
Shine a light in and
let the whole world see
Singing, for the glory of the risen king
Jesus, Shine a light and
let the whole world see
Singing for the glory of the risen king
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Sunday, May 17, 2009
-8:21 AM
and i thought cooking rice was easy. plain and simple rice, no fancy stuff. using a pot instead of the rice cooker takes skill, the amount of water and the amount of heat. the first time i tried cooking rice in the states to make fried rice, it was too crunchy like half-boiled rice because i took it out too early. the second time i attempted to cook the seemingly eggsy fried rice, it turned out crunchy again. this time round, i took it out too late and overcooked. i seriously thought i got some talent in cooking lo.
lesson one: do not take the egg fried rice for granted.
a few nights ago, i was in the city buying a cup of papaya juice in the Papaya King (not durian meh?) i just had to try the papaya. its crying out loud to me. it was $2.25 but after student discount, it cost $1.80. i only had $1.70 that time and the cashier was kind enough to waive that off. mental me thought that was a bargain (ok that sounds a bit auntie but u feel happy if u have to pay less than initial right). when i got back to the bus, the driver told me that i could get it for FREE if i told them that i worked for hampton jitney.
and i was wearing my hampton jitney uniform.
lesson two: when you think you got the better end of a deal, it may not be.
Friday, May 15, 2009
-3:18 AM
i was thinking that if i remb the password for this blog, i will continue to write. it turned out that my memory is not as bad as i thought. but thats because i only use a few regular passwords for all other accounts. this password is the first online password i ever had, the time when pacificnet dominated the internet in s'pore back when i was in lower sec. i still remembered that it had a dolphin logo.
well, i've digressed. now im back again, blogging. i had a love-and-hate relationship with this form of medium. i love it when i have funny/interesting things to blog about, i hate it when i lost the inspiration to write i.e. nothing seems to be happening in my life.
but i really need this, because i think i have signs of early dementia/alzhemier's disease. i dont remb things that i've said or done before. zilch impression. my friends had to remind me and it felt like i wasnt accountable to myself. as if the things i had done or said wasnt important to me thats why i didnt remember them. and i want to remember because those things i did were a part of me. i dont want to lose my memories to the unrelentless motion of time.
it is worse than death when you dont remember anyone or anything.
anyway, i've unofficially graduated from NTU Nanyang Business School. on the work and travel program at the state of New York, working as a coach attendent at hampton jitney. they take people to and fro from long island (which is where i stay, bridgehampton to be exact) to new york city. i think this is the best job i've ever done. the pay is good (US9/hr) and the hours are long. but most of the time im just sitting down and doing nothing! after serving beverages and snacks, i have to collect fares and trash. pretty easy eh. the job satisfaction comes from passengers who thank me for a good trip and attempted to converse with me. the best part of this job is to get to meet different people everyday, you never know what to expect.
will finish up the working stint on 30th june and then its time to tour the eastern coast of US. haven really decided the itineriy yet as we are busy with work and everyone has different off days. contemplated to fly over to the west (can meet up with peiling and wenyee who are working at yellowstone) but the domestic tickets are expensive. hope to meet up with them though, who knows i might get a big tip soon =)
today is mum's 50th birthday but yet me and my sis are not there to celebrate with her. i feel a little unfilial on my part as she had to spend her birthday alone, at work somemore. when i skyped with her just now, i think she was very happy to hear us say an advance happy birthday to her.
maybe that is what mattered the most. she dont need luxurious clothes/bags or lavish meals. all she needs is our simple wishes, that we remembered. i can relate to what she feels: the contentment when loved ones remembered something special about them. sometimes, its just that simple.
happy birthday, mum! i wish for you abundance of good health that you will never suffer injustice at work that you will be happy, always =)
Saturday, July 19, 2008
-10:27 PM
attachment ended yesterday. its amazing how 10 weeks just flew past. well even though i've been complaining about monday blues and how boring work is, its still with a bit of a heavy heart that im leaving SAESL. of cos its the people that i'll miss having lunch with. the past few weeks they seemed to be more jovial and open to me, maybe its because im leaving.
lynn treated 9 of us (im the only one leaving) to a din tai feng lunch on friday. we had about 50 xiao long baos in different flavors. the quite unique one is the yam xiao long bao. it is good if you like "orh ni".
i still remembered the last day of my secondary life. i think im the only one who hugged my form teacher. its a bit wierd to see that in a all boys' class but i did not think too much about that. it's just a simple hug. cant remember if i teared.
but i remembered clearly that i teared quite badly during jc graduation ceremony as the teachers put up a performance for us. they were singing some sad grad songs la and i kept thinking about the fact that we wont stay the same after that day and got me emo again. jane, joyce and joann, do you remember? haha
i didnt tear this time around but i felt emo when i was taking pics with my colleagues. we wont be seeing each other soon. they are friends made possible by circumstances. when the circumstances have come to pass, our friendships will be diluted by time and cease to exist in the end. this is an inevitable fact.
Monday, June 23, 2008
-11:06 PM
See the pyramids along the Nile
Watch the sun rise
From the tropic isle
Just remember darling
All the while
You belong to me
See the market place
In old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember
When a dream appears
You belong to me
And I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
Fly the ocean
In a silver plane
See the jungle
When it's wet with rain
Just remember till
You're home again
You belong to me
Oh I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
Fly the ocean
In a silver plane
See the jungle
When it's wet with rain
Just remember till
You're home again
You belong to me
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
-10:53 PM
oh yeah!
its MIDWEEK of Week 6.
tata. off i go to bed =)
Monday, June 09, 2008
-10:33 PM
proudly announcing my training regime for june/july 2008!
Monday & Wednesday - Swimming (At least 10 laps) Sat - Running at Bedok Reservoir Whenever im free - pushups X 40 + weights X 1oo reps Whenever friends jio - tennis, badminton, cycling, blading, vball, mahjong
did 8 laps freestyle and 7 laps breaststroke i think. arms and legs were numb with pain. when i got up from the pool, i swear i was swaying to my left and right like im on drugs.
am thinking of joining canoeing for regular training. HELLOOOOOOO...any adventurous takers out there? if you got lobangs for canoeing training, please leave a msg.
*act like a lot of people read my blog. so you think you are peggy chang?*
lets see how long this regime will last.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
-12:28 PM
results was released a few days ago. my best thus far =)
1 A and 3 B+. the first time i hit above 4. been doubting myself if i will ever reach 4 since i have friends who hit 4.5 like nobody's business. well there's no end to it if i keep comparing with others so i decided to compete just against myself.
the challenge for next sem: maintain or exceed this sem's results!
i have to say the AMK crab stall was good! nice juicy pincers with to-die-for soup at a deadly price. but it amounted to ~$22/person for a group of 9? but poor YS had diarrhoea the next day. she thought it was the crabs but thinking back, maybe her fingers was not clean haha. and it was a great time meeting with the hall clique, with regina being the "joke" of the day. there's always someone who will 撑the场面 in every big clique.
thats why i prefer small cliques where everyone will 撑the场面together and it doesnt really matter if there's only 2 of us.
sigh, today is already sunday. tomorrow is a long week of work again. it is making me lose my motivation to blog. what's there to blog about during weekdays?
wake up at 715am. wait for 750am bus. walk 10 mins to work. do nothing much til lunch at 1230pm. wait for work to end at 6pm. reach home 645pm. watch a bit of tv and online til 11plus pm. sets alarm clock at 715am. dread to sleep and open eyes next day to realise the cycle repeats til friday.
