Reminiscing the past

Recently I have been missing my friends... Hmmmm how should I put it? It's like I will start to recall who my classmates were, think abt how they are now... Yep... Bumped into my pri sch friend on the train home on one of the nites last week... Still remember our bu gang... Hahaha... Ppl like aiwen, huisian, leticia, benjamin, aaron, eugene, suling... Hahaha... Our family, teacher and all sorts of things... Hahaha... Thinking of them now really seems so funny... Heh... I know sian is flying ard, suling working in a law firm in town, aiwen is still in aust studying... But i lost touch with the rest of the ppl le... Haiz...

Then thought abt my sec sch mates... Sec 1 n 2, then sec 3 n 4... My Sec 2 class always hold a special place in my heart, cos this is where things all began... I got to know Ken there... And all my classmates were the 'witnesses'... Hahaha... Although we got together only in Sec 3, but these group of ppl were the ppl we hang out with almost everyday... They gave us fond memories... I remember there was a chalet... Then one of the gals hid in the cupboard cos she felt that she was outcast or neglected by the group... Hahaha... Then there was a bbq at Trina's place... Then the guys just ate all the food that the gals cooked... So bad... We wanted to eat for ourselves one lo... Heh... Ken was thinking of gathering the ppl up for a meet-up, with all your spouses and partners... I think it'll be real fun... Needa decide on a place 1st..

My sec 4 ppl... Now baolin still overseas, going to start on a 5 year course... Think no other ppl will plan an outing huh? Hahaaha... Gal, u come back in Jun n Jul muz or else I think we wont meet up as a class le... I heard from Ken Gary is now a teacher or going to be one... Hahaha... I cant imagine it... Kekeke... Yep...

Everyone is on a different career path now... I'm happy that I got to know them when I was in school... Hahaha... muz meet up, muz meet up la...

Nice places...

Recently, I have been wanting to go overseas... Escape from the hussle and hectic lifestyle... So Ken and I have been going out at nites, aft sch n work... In the past week... We checked out various places... Quite nice...

1) Robertson Quay
It's near UE square, clarke quay... It's a really beautiful place, we felt like we were overseas with all the design of the place, like a courtyard... Nice... But we went after dinner, so didnt eat anything there...

Will go back again next time, it overlooks the river also... Yep... So really beautiful... There's a les bouchon there... So can go... Then got this place called chamelon also... Cant remember the rest, but it's a nice place...

2) Dempsey Hill
The famous Dempsey Hill... So much talk abt that place, so finally managed to check it out. I think that place is very messy as in like the shops are everywhere and we dunno where is what... I think we just walked around for abt an hour and covered the whole place... Ok la... Interesting place la... Some common names are ben & jerry, Harry's at Dempsey Hill, Jumbo Seafood coming soon also... We went into the grocery store to look see... It's called the grocer... Interesting things they sell... Yep... We also didnt eat or drink anything cos we thought it might be pretty ex...

3) Conrad
We went to the lounge and had a drink there... Really nice place... The trio was playing jazz music... And there was complimentary kachang... Not ice kachang, but like nuts, chips that kind of thing... And refill!!! Hahaha... Not for the drinks though... Drinks were a little pricey, abt 20 per glass, but it was worth it la... We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves... It was like a short hol getaway... One nite.. Hahaha... Then after we left the place, we were like ok, it's back to reality.. Chiong ah... Heh... Yep... And it is in the center of town! We just crossed the road n took 502 home (from suntec convention bus stop)... Nice... Kekeke...

So yep... Managed to check out these 3 places as a form of escape from work n stuff... But it's time to get back to work... One more month to go... Qin, you can do it!!! Yeah!!!

I wanna go travel...

Been feeling so sian the past few weeks... With my body aches n occasional colds coming on and off... Life has not been the best as I hope... But still manageable... Stop siaming!!! My shrinking responsibility attitude got to go... It's not helping anyone and definitely not me...

Feel like going on a hols... A hol which you wont need to pack anything there... Then dun need to pack n unpack n pack n unpack n wash those clothes... And everything else also... Just wanna leave... Tired... Drained... Really feel like just going for a long break... Away from all the hussle...

Heh... It's not time yet... Not yet... At least one month more... I can one... 3 months have past n I am still doing fine... What is one more month?! Hahaha... Trying to psyche myself up... Well, at least it's working for now... Time to work le... Heh...

Photos

Somehow I cant load the photos here... Have loaded to Ken's picasa...

This is the link... Think can click n go see... Hahaha...
http://picasaweb.google.com/kennethteo100298/RiverValleyHighSchoolTimes

I miss my friends... Wonder all they are now... Haiz... Only have a few contacts only... Contact me ya when u see this... My email is seethq@singnet.com.sg
Kekeke... Thanks!

I think Ken will kill me...

Hahaha... Was scanning some photos... I cant help but wanna post up this photo... Heh... Quite small... But well, it's the best I can le...

Was just thinking of the so many posts ken wrote abt he being the best looking guy ard in the class... So these photos are posted up for u readers to find if u can find this charming, irresistible guy... And me... Hahaha... Enjoy...

Oh ya, dun laugh when u see me hor!!!

Cant load... I post the photos in the next post then...

Physically very very tired...

I have been sleeping late for the past few days... 2am, 3am... And working the whole days... Really drained... Been so long since I went out to do fieldwork... Hahaha...

Recently I've been suddenly getting in touch with 2E ppl... It's amazing how after 10years that everyone starts to miss one another... Asking for reunion, gathering and stuff... I thought of throwing a bday party in Sep... But super lazy and no time to go source out n then have to invite and get all the ppl to come... Then surely got some still overseas, some flying overseas n all... So still contemplating.. Haha...

Any volunteers to plan the gathering? Hehe... I think i was compiling the contacts of some ppl... Those still in NUS, still reachable. But those working le or studying overseas... I think u got to contact me easier... Hahaha...

I wonder who's married le... I thought of my pri sch friend recently... Wonder how he is now... What is he working as? I have lost contact with him... And many more... Heard Yuzhen got married... Hahaha... I think maybe some even have children le!!! Who knows...

But wherever my friends are... Thanks for your friendship! You made a difference in my life... Hehh...

Anyway, i think this is the latest photo taken with Ken... He made me a cheese cake... On our 10th anni... That was in Feb... A month ago...

ENLARGE!!!

This week is not going to be an easy week man... Tomorrow til the end of the week, I will be going out to client's place as an A11... Not enough staff, then I didnt book myself... Kill me pls... Then got thousand and one other jobs to wrap up... My assistants have all completed the fieldwork and left the job... So I have to wrap things up, tidy up the file, clear all outstanding matters with client and then submit file to manager... Then after that, have to clear MIC points, then PIC points, then EQAR points... ... And it's not one job, it's like abt 5 jobs on hand... Argh!!!

Then this friday is easter le... And my friends... ... Come come come... You got to come... Argh!!! God, help me to bring in the ppl as I focus on glorifying u through my work? Help me to be super efficient... And restore my health... Take away my cough that's so irritating... I shall be positive... I can do it... Look into the mirror n tell myself that I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me... I am more than an overcomer... I am above and not beneath... God is for me, who can be against me? I am empowered to succeed. I can do much better than this. I have more than what i think i have, cos I have God living in the inside of me... Ahhhhh!!!

Feel so much better now... Feel like i just wrote a Psalms... And I got to start on my card... My precious card... No volunteers so far... Hahaha... ENLARGED!!! Heh... I can one... I believe it! Yeah!!! It'll be over soon... Real soon... It's mid mar le... One and a half months more! So fast... I can do it! I know it... :) I can see the celebration coming... Yeah!!!

You think you're witty???

Upset... Well... This was how I felt this morning... Had a long talk with Ken just now... Haiz... Loyalty... I guess I'm really just not as influential...

He's real witty... Actually he dunno much, but cos of his wit... He managed to find out some things... But well, not much...

Haiz... I wonder what to do next... Who I can trust...

Ken said, cannot trust anyone except me... I think cannot trust anyone...

Why am I so naive? So gullible... So trusting... Friends, it takes time to gain back trust... And I dunno what happened... I dunno what was done... Who told him what... Who are involved... And even as Ken tells me the things he know... I wonder too... Are these truths... Are these the only things he knows? How much does he know?

What should I do now? Should the plan continue? Should I change my whole team, whole plan? Why am I so upset? I also dunno... Haiz... Just a random post...

My motivation for now... BONUS...

Heh... Jean thot of this... Beanie On Neverending Ultimate Success! (B.O.N.U.S)

Hahaha... Thot it was pretty funny n encouraging... Hee...

Family is an impt ingredient to success...

Today has been a sad day... Well, started off quite alright... Early in fact... Met Ken at 610 to go airport to fetch his dad... Then i took train to work, but it was already so crowded at tanah... Can faint man... So i alighted at Bedok to buy breakfast n take bus to office instead...

Reached office at 9am, then started working... Went out to client's place then after came back n waited... Not really just sit n wait but rushing other jobs on hand while waiting. Starting to plan for other jobs... Yep, so was handling many many jobs at the same time... Then lunch, lazy to go find if kakis were in office, so i just ate the leftover from breakkfast... Then continued working... And working and working... Running here n there, filing documents, documenting things, etc... And at 6+, my bro called... Asked if i were going home for dinner. As i was rushing out a document due last fri, i had to say no...

Then shortly after, my dad called n asked how come i not coming back... I told him i rushing work. THen he was asking why i didnt tell my boss that we're celebrating his bday? Haiz... Like I said le got diff like that... Anyway, my mgr went home le... Yep, so I finished up wat I was doing and put it on his table... Checked my emails n then left... Called home when I reach my office lobby... MY dad told me they finished eating le... Tears welled up... I felt so sad, like it's my dad's bday but I cant be home to eat dinner with him...

But my mom called me later n said she cooked seafood soup + rice for me, dun needa da bao home or cook when I reached home... So sweet... So touched... When I reached home, my dad was already sleeping... Haiz... I got to quit man... This job is really taking me away from my family... Hmmmm... Like I cant decide my life when the dateline is there... Haiz... But thank God for a family...

I was thinking if I were married. And I call home, probably there wont be anyone at home... He'll be overseas most of the time... THen I will prob have to da bao or cook when I reach home... It's really so sad... THe thot of it makes me shiver... And today is our 10 years, 1 month anniversary... Didnt managed to go out n celebrate... Next month ba... Next month we'll make up for lost time... Heh... YEah!!!

'A' level results is out!

Yep... It's out!!! My sista got back her results... Think better than mine... Hahaha... And she's out celebrating with her friends... Think she wanna do science... But dunno wat kind... life science??? Social science??? Hmmmm... My dad asking around... See NUS or NTU better... Think definitely not SMU or SIM... Yep... So leave ur comments ya? Let's start a NUS, NTU debate... Hahaha...

Perceptions

Times have changed... Last time when i used to go back to my pri sch to find my ex-teachers, I will always look at the students who were still in sch... Nowadays, ppl are getting more and more bold, more confident of themselves and some to the extent of being ya-ya...

It is really not easy to teach nowadays... Ppl take teachers for granted... Parents have spoilt their children by providing for their little ones so much... Those who still take education as a privilege are way too few... Many see it as a necessity. And teachers are supposed to make it easier to digest, good timing and venue...

Recently, I try to make it a point to give BS every week cos I cant commit to going for wed BS for now... At least til I finish the peak cos I dun want to keep missing lessons... Yep... So I try to give cos I wanna be part of the bible study programme...

So it has not been easy trying to arrange for a BS... The ppl dun come n ask me for it, I have to be the one asking u want BS this week. Week after week, I'm finding one of the BS receiver to arrange for the 4 of them... Where is the hunger?! And nowadays I have to give one lesson at least twice cos it seems so impossible to get 4guys together at any one time. In fact, this coming lesson is the 6th n there is not once that the 4 ppl have come together for lesson!!!

Last time when i was the one receiving the BS, the BS teacher set the time n place n we're supposed to just turn up. Ready for BS, read the notes thru n start thinking abt questions to ask relating to the BS lesson. Now, the students come late for lesson, unapologetic, like u're the one who wants to give me. U shld be thankful that I can come for the lesson despite my busy schedule...

I look at them n I look at myself... Are they very busy? Yes... But am I not? I feel like an unemployed person, just waiting to give BS to ppl who dun really want it but since i wanna give, then they just come... HELLO!!! I work late into the nite on weekdays so that my weekends are more freed up n can give BS la. So that u ppl can be trained in the word, be better equipped to disciple others, have an understanding of why things are done and done in a certain way...

Similarly for svc n cgm... In the end times, when persecutions start... I wonder if u'll still be ard... Your faith in God... Will it be strong enough to hold u planted firmly...

At the end of the day, it just boils down to ur relationship with God. Your level of hunger for Him. How much you desire Him and to know Him. How can u call yourself a Christian if you arent even putting Him 1st in your life? Not praying, not reading the bible, not evangelising, not interceding... What makes u different from a non-believer???? How do u see ur BS teacher, ur CGL, ur ZS, ur Pst... Do you love them? Do you cherish them? Do you thank them (with all sincerity)? Do you appreciate them? Do you pray for them? Do you even care abt them? Keep in touch with them during the week? Or are u just too busy for all these ppl? Are u too busy to even spend some time with ur Creator? Your perceptions will shape ur destiny... U better start thinking n do some correcting... Before it's too late... ... ...

Nice week so far...

This week is the 1st week of Mar... Things have been going quite well... Quite nice dates with Ken... Hahaha... We've been meeting everyday for the past few days... Went to lots of places... Cos his dad is overseas, so got the car, much easier to get ard... And with my heavy laptop bag, this is definitely a plus... Yep yep...

So on Mon, we met n went to vivo for a movie... Juno, then went to bt timah area... And ate dinner n the 5th ave ice-cream then went for an hr of massage before heading home for a good nite rest...

Then on Tue, cos he had meeting, we just went to queenstown there for char kway tiao... Then had some desset then flew down to YMCA, went to selegie road there to check out some guits. Not very fruitful cos most shop dun sell n he was running late, didnt try the guits...

Then today, we met n went to Holland V for dinner... Ate at the coffeeshop opp the nice bakery... The western was supposedly good, but i think it's not nice. We ordered 1 spring chicken n shared... quite dry leh... Then we ordered indian rojak... That's nice... The sauce is good... :) Yeah... Then we headed over to the shop called 2am dessert bar, it's at the corner of the nice bakery row, near the carpark, 2nd floor... We had a hard time finding the door to go up cos it was at the side and not litted...

Ken got to know of this place thru one of the modules he's taking, think is understanding career... Yep, so we happened to see it when we were walking over so thought just go n check it out. It was a nice place on a whole, nice music, nice ambience, nice deco n stuff but the desserts (called main) were a little pricey... We shared one dessert, cos we were very full from the dinner... Yep, cost us 15.40... It's not the normal kind of dessert but high end one... So yep...

The picts will tell everything... Anyway, the place deco is quite unique. There are high chairs in the middle. And the side are all sofas, but whole row of sofa that kind, then we will both sit on the sofa with a table between us. I think u see the pict better la... Hard to describe...







So if u look at the pict with Ken inside, the tables are just like a tabletop inserted like a bookmark to the sofa. U can sit on the sofa and ur legs all stretched out straight that kind, super long breadth one... Then got some cushions there also... Yep... So that dessert we had is called chocolate. The choco tart is super chocolatey n the pink thing is actually orange sorbet... Then the sauce is caramel + dunno wat... Maybe orange or lime... Then got some choco balls thing... Yep...

Then we were just lazing there, chatting, talking abt cg n our careers, our future then the waiter came n served us more food... Said it was complimentary from the chef! Heh... Dunno wat was that we ate, but it was quite nice, like scones... Yep... So after that we headed home n I started to do work n watched tv... Then now blog n aft this, I'll go sleep le... Another long day tml... I hope it'll be a manageable day... :)

How should a senior behave?!?!

Someone recently commented, you dont behave like a senior.

This set me thinking... Why do you say that? How should a senior behave?

I really dunno... Being a senior for the past 8 months... I constantly ask myself. What should I do. How should I project myself?

From my past experiences as an assistant, I prefer seniors who will appreciate ppl... I prefer seniors who are willing to go thru the work together with you, spending time on field to build up team work... I prefer seniors who are contactable and know what is going on. In the past 8 months, I have been telling myself that I should get to know my team mates, my assistants so that they will work hard together with me. They will support me when I need help... And this is what I have been doing...

But that comment really set me thinking... Am I supposed to be one cut above the assistants such that there is a certain fear I strike in them?

Personally I rather they come n ask me questions, how I prefer things to be documented, than they being scared of me and dun ask then do something that I dun like. Then I'll have to redo it myself... I really dunno.

There muz be a balance between behaving professional and having a great working relationship with assistants, client n also managers. This is PR... This is the art of relationship... In life, we're all learning this eveyday of our lives. In our families, in our schools, in our careers... This will nvr end... We all learn... Tell me how to improve... What I should do... I'm confused... Hurt...