Reflecting

A new phase of my life has started... I'm 25!!! Passed the half way mark of 20 le... Been in church for the past 8 years +, really felt that my life has been blessed ever since that day... It was not smooth sailing, but I was nvr alone. Everything I have now, is given by God... Amazing!!! I would nvr have come so far without Him!!!

Going to start work in a new envt soon, in 2 week's time. Looking forward to the new life and totally excited abt it... Ken was saying I should go shopping soon, change my wardrobe... Heh...

This adventure is going to get more fun... Exciting life! :)

25th Birthday (II)

Bday messages for Keepsake...

12:00:27am Dennis: Hey hui qin!! Happy birthday!! =)
12:12:55am Shaun: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to HUI QIN! Happy Birthday to you!
May this bday bring BLESSINGS of every kind!
- Bruce, Shaun & nigel
12:45:38am Wanyun: Happy birthday gal! Hee =)
01:46:28am Yuanxing: Hui Qin, happy birthday! Haha. Lol. Happy birthday ah.
03:17am Jean: http://doggiepawprints.blogspot.com/2008/09/for-beanie.html (A blog entry)
05:44:09am Weijun: Yoz, happy birthday! Enjoy your day n stay cheerful always..)
06:03:21am Cheng Li: Happy birthday! The present is from jonathan and me... Hope u enjoy
08:39:05am Kenneth - He called to wish me happy birthday...
08:51:49am Javiny: Happy birthday qin! :) thanks for many years of love n friendship. Have a blessed day!
09:24:20am Lay Kuan: Happy Birthday Hazy!!!!!! :)
09:58:45am Kgoon Liang: Happy bdae huiqin! Till your nxt bdae, may your year shead be filled with more joy than ever before. Joy in gd times, joy in bad time; joy when u're at work, joy when u're with friends. Joy in relationships and joy in new things. Above all, may your joy in God be more than ever before!
10:58:41am Juner: Huiqin! Happy birthday from 4 of us! May you have a really great n happy year ahead as you prepare to be a beautiful bride! Hee!
12:01:48pm Jan: happy birthday huiqin =)
12:16:38pm Laimeng: Hahaha! Happy birthday! Lol :)
09:00:00pm Mummy: 生日快乐 事事顺利
09:37:40pm Huiqi: Hihi! Happy birthday and many many happy returns! :) May God bless you forevermore. Hope it's a great birthday! Love ya love ya muacks! Lots of well wishes ^^
12:32:14am Weiyan: Hi qin! Happy belated birthday!! U must've tot I forgot rite? Haha.. Eh.. I've decided to b special n wish u hald an hr aft.. Haha. Anw may all ur wishes come to pass! Quick quick! Get married soon! I'll help u look after baby! Haha.. Hope u enjoyed urself on such a special day.. Tx for being such a lovin sister n friend to me.. U've really made a difference in my life.. Tho we no longer in same cg.. But I left a piece o my heart w u when i left cg.. Hee.. Must take care o it k? Luv ya! Muacks! Hugs! :)
01:20:20am Nicholas: Anyway, happy belated bday! Was it what you expected at cell. Haha.

Note that these do note include the ppl who wished me in person... :)

25th Birthday (I)

Celebrations started last sat... With my family... Went to eat at the boon lay rajah restaurant at the boon lay branch... Food was quite alright... One of the few times my family gather together for meal... So quite good la...

2nd one was on Sun nite with my ministry leaders and partners... We went to melting pot to eat... There was 1 for 1 promo... So quite worth it la... Also nice company and a cake to sum it all up...

3rd one was a bday dinner on Mon nite with Ken's mom at Marina Square... Went to eat at dian xiao er... Food was nice... :)

4th one was the one in the previous post, by my colleagues... Friends have been nice, sending lots of smses, calls, even entry on blog!!! Thank you thank you... Touched...

I think there's going to be some more celebrations tonight... But well, I think I'm not surprised by non-colleagues in office...

Saw 2 ppl carrying flowers from the reception today... Well, Ken says we shld save the money to get married... So no flowers... No delivery... Nvm... He's not really a romantic guy, a more practical guy I would say... So ok la, I can understand... I prefer his company though... :)

Will post up the SMS bday wishes in my next post... So that I can keep a record of them... A keepsake, cos my hp is going soon... Giving out weird sounds and bad transmission, etc...

Blown away

Just had a bday celebration in office... So paiseh... Hahaha...

Hmmm... Am still doing my secondment... Then a group of friends from a previous engagement came and sing birthday song for me... Brought a cake too... Then one of the Managers in this seconded dept heard them and sang very loudly... Faints... Then he said it was too soft, so resang the song again!!! Faints... In english then chinese...

then they realised another gal in their dept also having her bday today... So sang again for her...

So we just finished the cake... A choco cake from sweet secrets... LK went to IP to buy... It's an amazing feat cos she always say IP is super far... Then she went to Ya Kun to buy drinks for me... Which is on the other side... So she walked really really far... Hahaha... Thank you thank you... Really appreciate you all lots!!!

Today time flies, it's already almost 5pm!!! The work day is ending soon... Went to Uncle Sam for lunch... Finally got to try their claypot rice... ok la... Svc was quite fast, food was hot, so quite shiok la... Then just run here, run there, collect things and all... Think today has been a real short day, or rather a day which time flies past... More celebrations coming...

Ermz...

Just read Ken's new post... So fed up with him... Act cute huh? :p

Showed my colleague, she laughed... And said I like ur friend's humour... Then I told her it's my bf... And she ermz... Ok, but quite true la... Haiz... Wat is happening to the guys of this generation??? Why are their thinkings so warped...

One obsessive guy been pouring his heart out to me n one other gal... Then not even sure if the feelings for the gal he likes is mutual? I find that it's really a waste of time talking to him nowadays... Maybe cos he doesnt really listen to wat I say, more like i just want u to listen, but i'm not going to take ur advice... Haiz, stop wasting our time la... We got more urgent things on hand to do...

And stop hinting me abt wat I'll be getting on my bday... I've been ard for so long, I know wat is going on... Can you stop making it so so so obvious? It's getting on my nerves la... I mean I appreciate u for helping to coordinate and plan my bday celebrations, but I dun need you to come and tell me things like "make sure u go to work on ur bday", "make sure you come for CGM on that day", "Make sure u not going overseas on that day"... Haiz... Can I have a little surprise??? Like as if things done subtlely I dunno like that? It's childish la... Haiz... Grow up!!! Grow up guys!!!

Hope again...

Was just worshipping God... Think my feeling now is disappointed... But God just told me to hope again... Have hope, bring hope to the ppl ard me... I can do it... But I got to pick myself up 1st... Yep... I got to go pick myself up...

Haiz...

I dislike talking abt this... Always makes me flare up... Irritating... Thot this should be something done together? Why do I feel like I'm the only one settling this by myself??? Facing the parents, negotiating the terms... So pek chek... Haiz...

Blessed...

Just came back from toilet and found $2 note on my laptop... According to the colleague sitting next to me, it was on my seat and he just put it on my laptop instead. Am pretty sure it's not mine, but well, finders keepers... So just thank God that HE blessed me with a $2 note... Yep, great way to start the week huh? Heh...

Just had dinner with my nursery svc IC last nite... So blessed... They gave me a visa card!!! Apparently this card has a stored value inside and it can be used at any shop which accepts visa... So cool... So I can go shopping le... Need a new pairs of sports shoes to motivate me to work out more... Heh... Havent gone shopping though...

Oh ya, then Aunty gave me smthg from GUESS... I was wow! Think she gave me a belt from there last year also... Wow! And I opened it and it's a wallet!!! Didnt take a photo of it, but it sure has lots of card slots! Wow! and i didnt tell her i want a wallet... She's powerful!!! Hahaha... Yep yep, so these are the 3 presents I've gotten and there're more to come...

Think I going to get a Nokia E71... Yeah!!! Costs $338 on promo... Hee... :)

Grieved

I am sorry... I realised that I've been putting ppl down with my words. I really didnt mean to hurt you. I only realised that I shouldnt have said those things after those words exited my mouth... I feel that the Holy Spirit was grieved at that instance and I felt upset with myself too. So just want to apologise to all the ppl whom I've been putting down, discouraging, demeaning... Whether it's consciously or sub-consciously... I'm truly sorry...

I will remind myself not to do it again. So pls help me... Remind me if I forget...

I really really am sorry. Pls forgive me k? I dun mean to hurt anyone... Sorry sorry...

Disappointed

We went out for dinner last nite, late dinner, 8+ then managed to meet up and were really disappointed... We went to the Chong Qing Huo Guo at Kallang area one... The row of shophouses between Kallang MRT station and the PA, but opp the bus interchange? Yep, went to this one cos it's cheaper... Some were 16.80, so this one was 13.80? but we were really disappointed la. There's meat, fish, crab and all, but not nice lo... Then soup base, one spicy, the other think chicken soup? The spicy one was yucky, like chilli oil and dried chilli added to the chicken soup.

We had a disaatisfied dinner aft one long day of work... Then we went home... At 1am, i went to the toilet and had diarrhoea!!! Haiz... Then I went back to sleep... Was just talking to Ken this morning and realised that he also had diarrhoea, but only in the morning... Think my body couldnt take the yucky food... Yep, so I went to see doc n got MC to rest today... Yep... So dun go back there hor... Horrible food and horrible hygiene... Haiyo... Waste my money... N my poor body...

29 units sold today

It's moving so fast... 29 units sold in 1 day, the flats are being snapped up so fast now... I wonder if we get a chance to even choose... God, reserve a high flr room for us!!! Haiz... It's so difficult to get a flat, how to get married younger n have babies??? Xing says he might have children earlier than me... Just wondering how possible is that? Hahaha... He is a bro with great faith la...

Ken is so busy at work, earning money.... I feel like I'm unemployed beside him... Everyday he has to travel so far to work and come back so late. I wonder next time when we get married le, will it still be the same? He seems so stressed out and I dunno what I can do to help... And we're trained in different fields, I cant help him do his work and he cant help me with mine too... Not like last time back in school, where we can copy each other's notes... Hmmmm, rather he can copy my notes... Hahaha...

I'm just waiting in the office now for time to pass. Today has been quite a long day cos I'm still in office now... Hahaha... Hmmmmmm... Reached at 9, now 630 --> 8.5 hrs of work le. But Ken reached office at 7am and is still working now. So I got no complains la... He more zai than me... I look up to him... Dear, u're the strongest!!!

Hahaha... Physically quite tired... My throat hasnt been good, inflamed tonsils? Dunno if that's called that... u know there are like 3 things which u can see at the back of ur throat when u open ur mouth? one on top like a u and another 2 on its left n rite? my left n rite ones are swollen, perpetually swollen these few weeks... Think I've been talking too much... With counselling that stretches to 3am and new friends to meet up n go extra svc with and pm and all... It's taking a toil on my throat... I shld rest more, talk less... Dun call me... Hmmmm, can call me, but u do the talking... Hahaha... Yep yep... I want to go out, but yet dunno where to go also... haiz... headache ah... bored...

Wedding - it's so stressful

Hahaha... Even as we start to plan for it... suddenly realised the many many decisions which we have to make, and these are just made once in a lifetime kind. Hmmmmmmm, not the person that i'll be marrying la... But things like where to hold the dinner, restaurant or hotel. which day? how many ppl to invite...

the choices are endless... and my headache also endless... too many to choose from!!! zzzzz.... stressed man... plus needa meet the needs of parents... n ken... zzzzzzzzzz.... God, you got to come in n help, dun want relationships to turn sour cos of this joyous occasion...

Attitudes a good helper needs to have

I was sharing with Tim n Xing some attitudes a good helper must carry... So thought of putting here, you can use if you want... :)

As the church grows, we all need to rise up, to bcome helpers of the cell group to contain the growth. So we need to work closely with our leaders, know the vision of the church, the cell group. We all need to become a helper to our leaders.

So we need to carry 4 attitudes. (note that this list is not exhaustive, but personally I feel that they are the most impt)

1. We need to honour our leaders.
1 Tim 5:17
Our leaders, esp CGLs are worthy of double honour. We got to give them what is due to them. Protect their reputation, shield them from arrows and dun sabo them. We all got to have the fear of God in our lives and also reverent the man of God.

2. We need to understand our leaders.
The bible says how can 2 walk together unless they agree? So how can we work together with our leader unless we agree, unless we flow with them? We need to know the heart of our leader. The things which he is passionate about, urgent about, uptight about, the things which he likes, dislikes...

So how can we know the heart of our leader?
We got to be the ones pressing into their lives, taking the initiative, spending time with the leader, fellowshipping.
We got to pray always for our leader cos we communicate spirit to spirit. We got to observe and learn. The Holy Spirit will help us. (1 Jn 2:27)
We got to remain teachable, quick to change.

3. We need to support our leaders.
Encourage him, pray for and with him also also be with him, running the race together. The things which are delegated to us, do them well, with an excellent spirit...

4. We need to love our leaders.
Love covers all. 1 Thes 3:14
With love you will go all the way for ur leader, know wat to do and say at the right time.

The bible is a book of love... God's love for us...

Heb 13:17 Highlight this verse!!! Make it a point for our leaders to disciple us in joy, a breeze, something enjoyable for them...

No time to elaborate... But the main points are here le. Hope that you'll meditate and have some revelations on how to be a good helper to ur leader. Be one who is ever-ready to go...

Upset

Haiz.... Just ganna scolding from 2 different group / ppl one after another... Zzzzzzzz.... Feeling so upset, but haiz... Guess it's part n parcel of life... Was just chatting with my friend that I'll ren... I can tahan one... Then after that faints man... Ganna scolded by 2 ppl!!! Not one but 2!!! It felt like u think u can ren??? Haiz... Felt so irritated... But well, it's over... And I am still alive... Hahaha... So what cant kill u will make u stronger... I feel that I am stronger... I can withstand questionings now... I used to detest it lots n will avoid them at all costs... Guess that's not the way to deal with things... Avoidance is a coward way of handling things... I need to face things. Stop being a coward Qin...

Well... I will... I will work on this area...

Anyway, this afternoon there was a paging for me to go to the reception... I used to think that it's to collect documents, flowers, presents all those things, but I realised that it's not... Some clients will come and look for u and the receptionist will page you to come and take care of your own client... So ya lo, i was so naive... But I always like to be paged to go receive gifts... hope i can get another surprise before i leave... wahahah... **hint hint** hahaha...

I was telling my friend that i received flowers once... From dear... think 2 years back ba... think 8 years anniversary ba... So sweet... I wanna get called to receive presents... Hahaha... Go order present then ask them to deliver to me in office huh? Lame... Ok ok... Just imagine mah... hahaha... Entertain my own thoughts.... Kekekeke....

Refreshed...

I went to powerhouse just now... Was praying for God's love to fill me once again so that it'll be easy to love the ppl ard me and work on integrating them... And also prayed for word for this season of my life...

In Eph 6:5 Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; 6 not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, 7 with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, 8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. (NKJV)

In my everyday work, this will be the attitude which I am going to work with now... it's been quite a drag to go to work each day as i do not know wat to expect... but guess now, with this word, it might be easier to go to work each morning...

Met Jean just now, bought her a tub of Ben n Jerry's... Hee... SO timely, she finished hers last nite... Wahahha... And so much for helping her to lose weight huh? hee... Yep, her bday tml... so it was early birthday presie for her... Yep...

I also prayed for amount to give for the upcoming BF... Especially when I'm trying to save for my wedding... Wow! Amazing... I hope that God will confirm the amount again... I pray that I'll be blessed mightily as I obey in faith... I think I'm going to outdo myself again... Hmmmm... A great challenge, so need more confirmations... Hahaha... Dun wanna hear wrongly... Heh...

3.5 more weeks to go... God help me... Keep me busy... But to enjoyable work??? And also no OT if possible??? Heh... I can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me! Hee.... Counting down...

Emotional Roller Coaster

Been feeling as if I'm on an emotional roller coaster recently... Maybe cos of the upcoming changes that are going to happen in my life. Looking forward to it, but on the other hand, a little fearful cos it's a totally new area? And I have been giving myself mental pressure that I need to perform there... Haiz... I think no one understands that kind of butterfly feeling in me now... I shouldnt be feeling this way, I know I should have peace. Hmmm... Yes, there's peace but still that jittery feeling still exists.

Ken has been asking me questions like tell me how u feeling, wat u thinking... My mind just went blank... Haiz... I wanna talk, I wanna share, but there seems to be so much change that it feels a little overwhelming... Haiz... Why why why? Weird...

Anyway... I wanna get married soon... Feel overwhelmed by the idea also... Hahaha... Maybe we'll bring forward by 1 year!!! Hmmmm, it means next year... Faints... Dunno wat to do to get started... Overwhelmed... I wanna get off the roller coaster... Zzzz.... Dun like this... Haiz...

Why am I not sleeping?

Cos it's not my bedtime yet... Haiz... Although got to wake early tml but just not sleepy... Went to 3 diff malls today. 1st 2 for work, 3rd to find my friend who was doing work there. Then I went to walk that last mall cos she nt done. I walked n walked n walked n walked... think abt 4 hrs? or even more... went to their bookshop n bought some cards cos cheap... Heh... Then walked n walked... Ate dinner alone cos she nt done... Can faint... Hahaha...

The malls there are huge! It's like all the expo halls combined? then 2 storeys... the malls are so big they could have an ice-skating rink in the middle? n it's bigger than the jurong east one but it didnt fill up the 'atrium' of the mall? And after walking for 4 hrs +, i didnt finish the mall? Yep... the shops are so widely spaced that to cross over the aisle it takes abt 30 walks? yep... n the mall is not just one aisle kind? there are so many that i was confused... But that's the 3rd largest mall in the world la... hahaha... nice view also, u can walk out to the extension n see the see ard it. it is built on reclaimed land... yep... amazing...

oh ya, i travelled from the most north train station to the most south train station today also... hahha... via cab... costs abt 250peso, which is S$8? ha! their starting is abt $1 and each increment is less than 10cents. So cabs are quite cheap...

Oh ya, I ate krispy kreme yesterday! bought one, they gave a complimentary piping hot one... Shiok! But super fattening... hahaha... Apparently the ppl here eat a lot of sweet stuff... I like sweet things but i find them too sweet le... i think ken will die here... hahaha...

i went to Gerry's Grill for dinner alone jus now. things there are quite ok ba... Normally ppl order rice n liao to eat, i just ate the liao cos not that hungry. I took the blue marlin steak... i think it's a kind of fish? think the one who swam with nemo? hahaha... yep... i killed it... hahaha... but it was nice... shiok... hahaha... i think u can see the pict... delicious... just a little on the salty side, but it's meant to be eaten with rice, so ok la.... costs abt S$10.

I've been to a few restaurants here... 1st nite went to Gubba Gum... Interesting... Mostly shrimp, prawn kinda food. Tue nite went to Italiann... Food was ok, but pretty ex. Today went for lunch at tgif... prices are ok also. normal restaurant kind of price ba, like fish n co that range. i wonder wat to eat tml... think can try jolibee... i think it's a fast food chain here... hope can end super early with little discrepancies to resolve...

Zzzzzzzzzz.... I shld go sleep le... I'll post the photos up... Not that clear cos my hp is dirty... hahaa... nvm, i changing soon... soon... before the end of the yr... same as my job... hahaha... hopefully... yep... stay tuned for more updates on that... Wahahhaa.... Photos for now...

The fork is so big la... How to eat with it?! I used the small one of course. I demure ma... Hahaha....



Presenting the blue marlin steak!!!


A nite shot of that same place...

The name says it all...


The sky from SM Mall of Asia... Beautiful! Too bad I dun have wide angle cam...



The 'jeep-nies'? Small 'buses', super dangerous but cheapest trspt ard. think starts from 8pesos.



Artistic angle??? Hee...



The malls are linked. I can walk sheltered all the way to dunno where, havent tried walking to the end, scared i get lost. hahha...


The mall 20 walks from my hotel's side entrance...


So pretty...


Another angle


Sunset view from my room...



The other donuts which I tried... The one i got was a New York Cheesecake, the choco one is my colleague give me one...


The piping hot glazed donut... Yummy!!!


Kripspy Kreme...

I think the sequence is wrong, shld be bottom up but i lazy to change... Heh... Chatted with the staff today, learnt quite a lot abt Manila n Philippines... Well, their situation abt the same as ours... N the ppl there are nicer... In the sense that they are more helpful, friendly, patient n hospitable! Yes, their streets seem dangerous. Their air is bad... Dun do deep breathing in outdoors. But their ppl are nice... Hahaha... Maybe I get to meet all the nice ppl ba... I'm blessed! Yeah... Ok, bedtime le... Will update soon i hope...

Greetings from Manila...

Here I am in Manila... 1st time coming here... Well, this place is not that bad, as in not that dangerous la... But the air is really bad... But the ppl are polite and nice and patient. Their service is good la...

So why am I blogging at this hour of time... Well, today we finished our work early n have sent in the deliverables. Went to a cheap place to shop... Called 'green hills', not that near, had to cab there, but it was good la...

I bought lots of things... Heh... For my family... haha... A pair of sneakers for my bro, a little miss naughty top for my sis, handkies for my dad, a smartwrap for ken, a body lotion for Ken's mom n a top for denzel. Yep. Think will see if can get some food back. Spent too much le. :p But well, I think I wont be coming back here anytime soon or even coming back, so muz get now... Heh...

Think today is like the only day that we can enjoy... So muz enjoy the rest of today... Tml onwards is back to long hours of work le... I hope i can finish fast fast then can walk ard... Yeah! Be back soon... Fri nite... :)