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Mommy of 2 boys and we are still figuring out identical or not. Just wanting to record trivial to not so trivial day to day adventures to be able to look back at them :D
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      • ODB: Getting In Shape
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      • Felt-Tip Tail
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      • Speak and Do
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      • Civet in SS 3
      • Fong Fei Kei
      • Holiday Here I Come!
      • Sugababes' New Single Addiction
      • Work Too Much?
      • Right Time for Changing Car?
      • One Down at Least
      • Still in Holiday Mood
      • Last Few Days of De Long Leave
      • Happy Birthday Pa!
      • Finicky
      • Turning Point
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      • Yay.. yay... leave is near..
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A day in a life of .....

Friday, December 30, 2005

ODB: Getting In Shape

The difficulties of life are to make us better—not bitter

God has a purpose in our heartache,
The Savior always knows what's best;
We learn so many precious lessons
In each sorrow, trial, and test. —Jarvis
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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Aunt, Cousin, Friend

You have always known and understood the real me. Things I dared not think about or things that I should be thinking about you always know. Am indeed blessed to have you as an aunt, cousin and friend.

Thank you Father in Heaven for Mei. I pray that she will continue to be a blessing to many more.
Posted by noreese at 11:21 PM 0 comments

Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Fit To Be Tied: Exposing the Marriage Myths I

Jesus said in John 14:27, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." No spouse or lover can say that. The honeymoon doesn't last for long; before you know it, real life comes crashing down with all its fury and challenge. Then who provides peace in the midst of the storm? Who takes away the fear? ....

... More and more families are being shattered by divorce, devastation of alchoholism, and ravaged by emotional and physical abuse. Young ppl growing up in such situations often carry wounds that no one sees, wounds that leave them hurt and needy, wounds that drive them to search for someone who can heal them, patch up their broken places, or at least make tgeir pain subside for a while.
Consciously, these wounded ppl look for spouces. Unconsciuosly, they look for healers. They believe a second myth: Marriage will heal my brokenness. In an age of unprecedented brokenness, this is a dangerous myth.
A young person who was neglected, devalued, or mistreated during his growing-up years often feels like he is drowning emotionally. Feelings swirl around inside of him so fast he fears he will get sucked under and never be able to come up. Just then a five-foot four-inch blond-haired life preserver floats by. The yound man does what any drwoning person would do: He grabs for dear life. Maybe she can help me. Maybe she can save me from drowning. The five-foot four-inch blond interprets this young man's tight embrace as tru love. True love! The storybook kind. The kind that will last a lifetime. The kind she has been searching for......
..... A man or woman who latches onto a life preserver, dates ferociously for a few months, then gets married, is opening the door for disaster. One day the life-preserving spouse is going to get out of bed and say, "Please, can you give me just a little slack? Can you give me a little space? You've been clutching me so tightly I'm losing my breath." And that pain filled, drowning spouse is going to interpret that request for space as another round of rejection, or neglect, or abuse - and the threat will be too much to bear. The marriage will go up for grabs....

... Why did that happen? Because they thought they could heal one another's brokenness. Maybe they were both wounded, maybe just one was. But whole, healthy marriages cannot be built on foundations of brokenness. Spouse cannot be expected to be life preservers.

... Dont misunderstand us. Marriage can be wonderful. It can be deeply satisfying and mutually fulfilling. But, if it become that, it is because both partners have paid a very high price over many years to make it that way. They will have died to selfishness a thousand times. They will have had countless difficult conversations. They will have endured sleepless nights and strained days. They will have prayed hundreds of prayers for wisdom and patience and courage and understanding. They will have said "I'm sorry" too many times to remember. They will have been stretched to the breaking point often enough to have learned that....

excerpt from "Fit To Be Tied" by Bill & Lynne Hybels
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Carrie Underwood Addict

Was rooting for Bo Bice of the latest American Idol for the win but Carrie Underwood won instead.
He album was just released and surprisingly a lot to my liking! She sings well in the album and live as well..
Am just hooked to the song "Jesus Take The Wheel". Was waiting for her performance of this song on the CMA Awards on Astro only to reliased that it would be sensored due to the "song content".. aiks.. :-8
Anyway watched it online already... good thing for internet :D
Posted by noreese at 10:34 PM 0 comments

Peek-A-Boo

The kittens at the back has grown so quickly. At least they are now less afraid of ppl enough to take a shot of them...

Peekaboo I see YOU!


This cutie pie kitty have got a unique white button-nose

This kitty's thinking: "Birdie.... I have got my eye on you!"
Posted by noreese at 8:29 PM 1 comments

My 1st Car Was....

A trustee Honda Civic


Decent interior but i think not so from the photo. But it surely was for kancil coz the rubber mat was nice for her to sharpen her claws with...

Well, at least the passenger's seat looks better... a note though those watermarks on the seat was from the previous owner not me ;-)

Posted by noreese at 7:51 PM 0 comments

Wafer Thin


Tiff's parents got this for us all the way from Checkoslovakia. Its the THINNEST and BIGGEST chocolate wafer I have ever seen and have! It was yummy i must say :D
Good thing norm didnt like it else I would not have tasted any ;-)
Posted by noreese at 7:40 PM 1 comments

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Goodbye My Car

Good bye car, Good bye car,
I will miss u i certainly will,
6 years you have served me well,
Apart from the quirks of course,
The quirks I will not forget,
For it helps me appreciate the better that i have,
And prepare me for the auto unexpected,
Good bye my car my final farewell,
Good bye car, Good bye car...
Posted by noreese at 10:10 PM 6 comments

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Broadband Woes

Broadband broadband can you tell me why are you getting slower?
Web pages used to load within seconds and at a turn of the head
Those were the days when the response time was great and downloads abundant
But now a mere web page takes a trip for a drink at the kitchen for a page to load
And a mere file to broadband ages to completely download
Specific i shall be a 23MB file takes 6 hours to download you tell me....
Posted by noreese at 12:51 AM 0 comments

Hidalgo Unveiled

It has been an uneventful weekend.... The only interesting thing so far is "Hidalgo". Just watched "Hidalgo" and i must say it was a excellent movie! I thought it was some western cowboy movie like Clint Eastwood's whenever i saw the posters when it was out in the cinema. Surprisingly it was not like that at all. A very touching and meaningful movie it was and what more a true story. The marketing team of the production house should have promoted is more. Go watch it if you are reading this.
Posted by noreese at 12:35 AM 0 comments

Friday, November 25, 2005

Beauty Bargains

What a perfect day to be on leave! It was the 1st of 2 days of Clarins "Sales" or should i say "Beauty Fair". Not sure how come am part of clarins mailing list but am glad i was mailed about it.
Was there at 10am sharp but it looked as though it had opened earlier coz some ppl were there already picking out the stuff. I had a look at the Clarins website the night before and i knew what i wanted to get.

It was exciting to see great stuff so cheap! Tested the powders and there were sooooooo smooth... pretty good quality stuff there.

I got all i wanted and paid for them all in 45 mins. That's the beauty of being there on a working day and early! Was at the sale in the previous year and it took me 45 mins to pay minus the picking out stuff.

I got pretty much the things i wanted except for:
  • sunscreen for the face
  • retractable eyebrow pencil - it was sold out even i was early
I know its sounds lame to be excited over these cosmetics that I got but I am! I would have not gotten these if it werent for the sale. I proudly present the bargains I got!

Shimmer Powder Compact
Quite liked an illuminating powder Stila had but it was pricy. And this is similar to that for only RM40! Am such a happy shopper today :D


Eye Color Trio
The powder is really smooth.... Got this in another nice turquoise shade for only RM30.


Summer Accents Pencils
Finally got to buy eyeliner that serves also as eyeshadow. Have been wanted to buy it since finding out Stila having them. And exactly the colors i have been wanting all in a set of RM40

Lip Sparkle Pallette
A great Christmas gift for my beloved cousin/aunt. Saving this for her this Christmas. Hope she will like it. RM45

I am such a happy shopper today. A real bargain of a purchase. I hope i am still included in their mailing list for the next year.
Posted by noreese at 5:55 PM 0 comments

Thursday, November 24, 2005

Felt-Tip Tail

The strangest habit of a cat i have ever heard and seen... "Jif" a friend's cat has got the most pointed tail. Its not coz of the tail bone but rather the fur at the tip of the tail never fails to be as pointed as a new felt-tip marker pen. "Jif" meticulously grooms the tip of his tail every day to ensure the felt-tip"ness". So as long as you dont undo the felt-tip'ness of it "Jif" will not dislike you..... nor like you actually..... come to think of it he always tries to bite me anyway...
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Pama Home

The house is now spic and span and cleaner than norm and I had kept it. Its great to come home with no bits of sand sticking to the sole of the feet. Was even contemplating of getting home sandals while mum and dad was on vacation to roam the house. As for the bits of sand the only 2 explanations for that which i realized what it could be over the past few weeks are:
  • The cat did it! She must have brought the sand into the home. Reason I say that: when she sleeps on me bed she leaves bits of sand all over! but what can i say i still let her sleep on me bed coz she just looks too cute to shoo away
  • Sigh... its the Ceiling... was on me bed and felt something landed on my feet. fortunately it was not the dreaded lizard, instead it was the bits of the paint on the ceiling..
For now its a pause to household duties coz mum and dad are back. Mum likes to keep the house clean the way she likes it and am all for it!

Kancil must now have the confort that she doesnt have to wait for either norm or I to let her in or out of the house only when we get back from work. At least when the dreaded garbage truck of hers comes by she can run in to hide. Probably the only thing she doesnt miss is the bath's! :-)
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Best is Enough?

When your very best is still not good enough.. when will you know that its time to move on?
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Speak and Do

You're writing a "gospel," a chapter each day,
By the deeds that you do, by the words that you say;
Men read what you write, whether faithless or true—
Say, what is the "gospel" according to you? —Gilbert


When words and actions agree, the message is loud and clear - ODB
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Monday, November 14, 2005

Japanese Name

Your Japanese Name Is...

Hitomi Shijo
What's your Japanese Name?
Posted by noreese at 6:49 PM 0 comments

Color Heart

Your Heart Is Green

Love completes you, but that doesn't mean you seek it out.
When love comes your way, you integrate it peacefully into the rest of you life.

Your flirting style: Laid back

Your lucky first date: Walking around aimlessly and talking

Your dream lover: Is both enthusiastic and calm

What you bring to relationships: Balance
What Color Heart Do You Have?
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Outrageous Name

Your Outrageous Name is:

Ivonna Ardon
Outrageous Name Generator
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Talent Tell

Your Hidden Talent

Your natural talent is interpersonal relations and dealing with people.
You communicate well and are able to bring disparate groups together.
Your calming presence helps everything go more smoothly.
People crave your praise and complements.
What's Your Hidden Talent?
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Pama Yunan I

Today is probaly Day 8 of mum and dad's Yunan trip. Dad's sms updates tells that they are really doing exciting stuff on their trip. Miss them already. And i think kancil misses them too.... no one to open the door for her when she wants to come in. And she has to wait for either my bro or myself to get home for her to either to get into the house if she is out, or to get out if she is in.

Some sms excerpts from dad:

"Just came back fr tracking to glacier up by horseback and down 8km by foot. fr Pama"

".. Cold 0 degree C. Whole day 4WD very winding roads beautiful..."

"Lijiang/ Now in Lijiang China. We are staying in the old town Lijiang. Beautiful. fr Pama"
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Monday, October 24, 2005

Pan Mee Craving

It was great to have caught up with CFY. It has been such a long time since we last met. She got off work and was craving for her favourite pan mee in KL! The shop owner should give her some sort of a privileged pan mee member :-)
We talked about what we had been upto and some funny stories of work we both had - the stories were funny but i'd better not say ;-)

Learnt some new things from her that day:
  • basement parking of SINMA - never knew it existed till that day
  • how to say orange juice in korean - [oren-ge joo-ser]
  • comics - a reminder of how fun it was to read comics
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Saturday, October 22, 2005

Civet in SS 3

The recent Tuesday(18 Oct) was a super interesting evening.... The animal in which we have been wondering its form appeared at the porch!
It was at the corner of the porch in the dark and i thought it was one of mum's animal ornaments coz it was so still. It was kancil that spotted the civet. Mum, dad and norm managed to see it. For a wild animal it was strangely friendly and wasn't at all ferocious. It should have at least been teenie bit ferocious coz kancil was just about to attack her - weird eh..
It was kinda thin and somewhat like coughing/vomitting. It even came to us without even us prompting the civet to come to us...

Dad later decided that it could be rabies from the strange friendliness and vomiting. We got into the house and it later roamed slowly out to the housing drains... Mum later washed place with Dettol ;)

See it for yourselves in the pic:

Posted by noreese at 2:37 AM 0 comments

Fong Fei Kei

Aiks... just this Thursday i "fong-fei-kei'ed"... felt bad for doing that lar...
Some weeks back the TME asked if i could play the TT Evaluator for the recent Thursday and i said ok - coz aiya.... i osso havent been to TM for sometime since my unexpected resignation from the TM committee.

Then when that day came nearer the thought of playing a "speaking" role so soon didnt feel so comfortable... then also the thought of seeing the senior committee members and the thought of me having dissapointed them from the resignation didnt make the meeting inviting for me to go (i know its just excuses from me...)

Coincidentally caught up with Ad over the phone and it has been ages since we last met and he finally get to move to his new place after sooo.. long. thought I'd better meet him soon before the Raya holidays otherwise wont be able to see him any time soon - my nearest available time was that Thursday and that meant skipping TM.

Was contemplating whether i should call or sms the TME to say i have got "work" and cant make it... phew! something was wrong with her phone... so can sms instead..
She replied and said that she was dissapointed in me...
I felt bad.... but yet glad... glad for not having to feel unconfortable and glad to be catching with my friend... Hope she forgets it..
Posted by noreese at 2:21 AM 0 comments

Holiday Here I Come!

Yay!! Its 2am now and just completed me last work mail for me to officially start the holidays!! Better had to do them now or else I will forget and by the time i get back from Pangkor I would have forgotten what office work i was supposed to do and end up spending more time trying to recall them... ehehe :)

Ahhhh.... i officially feel the weight of work lifted now and i can freely do anything but work! what a wonderful feeling! am so so happy now... "kow-tim" all the mails and documents for now :D

During this past week have been meaning to update me blog but work and tiredness has been keeping me from that... let me start now when i am hugely motivated....
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Monday, October 17, 2005

Sugababes' New Single Addiction

Am absolutely addicted to Sugababes new single from their new album. Check out the new single "Push The Button"

http://www.musicomh.com/downloads/sugababes_0905.htm
Posted by noreese at 11:56 PM 0 comments

Work Too Much?

Just got an sms from a friend the other day...

"... find a time to go lunch, dinner or shopping lar. long time no see. work is not everything dear. dun stress out"

need to get OUT more... give up being lazy and comfortable at home... and catch up with me friends more often...

Sometimes use work as a reason not to go TM... have got plans with P preventing time with friends... I tell myself not to be the kind of person who forget her friends when "pak-toing" - and I'd better remember and put that in practice!
Posted by noreese at 11:46 PM 0 comments

Right Time for Changing Car?

Sigh... me car just stopped nearby while driving... somedays back.. and it had to be towed...
Today, after reaching home and turning of the engine it started to make gurgling sounds... came out to see and the green coolant was gurgling on the road... just filled some water in the radiator.

Hope it can last me fine getting around tomorrow. Here are the list of the quirks of me car:
  • The steering still leaks grease but lesser now
  • The seat belt get a bit damp when i has rained
  • Was getting a roll of tissue in the boot and found it all damp from the heavy rain
  • When engine and key is turned off.. the car engine comes back on gurgling for a few seconds
  • Engine could not start a number of times - good thing most of the times were when the car was home
  • The engine lags more now at the start of the day. Now i understand the drivers of old cars - its not that they wanna drive slow - it just cannot go faster!

Sounds like a change is required sooner than expected. But the thought of another $$ commitment and just remembered the expensive yearly insurance if i were to get a new car gets me delaying the idea. Please last till early next year?

Posted by noreese at 11:25 PM 3 comments

One Down at Least

Being back to work is ok lar.... Was expecting maybe the long break would instil the boredom of having nothing to do and i would be re-motivated to go to work. But it was not like that surprisingly...
Well... at least after few months of delaying the closure of a project that had long hours of problems is FINALLY signed off today... just feels unbelievable that it is actually signed off... just like that... the so called "end" after so looooooong...
Well... at least 1 down before more comes up..
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Still in Holiday Mood

Its only Day 2 of work after 2 weeks of break! At least the 2 days flew by fast.
The break was good coz it helped greatly in being cool in uncool situations and being cool even with uncool ppl with their uncool antics.

Hope i can stick to the coolness approach even as time passes - but i think i will most likely be corrupted by the kiasuness and difficult ppl anyway. Then you'll probably see me fuming quicker... will just deal with that with some more holiday lar..

It just feels a bit more relaxed at work now that a key project is closing. I really hope the closing actually happens this Friday and nothing to hinder that again! Just want to take a break from the super-kiasu ppl that i sometimes cannot understand why are they like that wan. I can never understand why in the world some ppl cannot use at least common sense human consideration to treat others better so that they themselves can get what they want so much easily. sigh... some ppl.. but on the bright side only a minority is like that... its not a good analogy but its like if you ate a lousy nasi lemak somewhere it doesnt mean all nasi lemak is bad.

sometimes i dunno what am talking about... :-)
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Monday, October 10, 2005

Last Few Days of De Long Leave

Going back to work is just tomorrow already! If only it was LONGER... Hopefully work will help keep my mind off things...
Summary of week no 2 break:

  • Spent some more time with uncle R and grandma for dad's bday and yummy dinner at the usual makan spot at "a lek"
  • Went for quick shopping to relieve some stressfull times and got an army 3-quarter pants for what a think is a good deal
  • Got a few magazines to relieve the stressfull times - and from now onwards gonna check out "The Women's Weekly" magazine more. Surprisingly a pretty well rounded female magazine
  • Got some sanding done for km - greatly helped in getting km done quicker and me mind off things
  • Got some good bargains at South City Plaza - a very, very far away place. Some home deco stuff at the Thai fair there and ladies accessory goodies at 50% off the actual price! (some quality stuff there - but it is gng to close down in 2 days anyway)
  • Did some experimental macro photography
  • Status of situation is still tense - still at the fork of the road

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Sunday, October 09, 2005

Happy Birthday Pa!

A wonderful Happy 53th Birthday my beloved Pa! An additional momento for the occasion in addition to your favourite "tai chow" at "Ah Lek" :-)

Lots of Love - nc
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Friday, October 07, 2005

Finicky

finick·y (fn-k)adj. fin·ick·i·er, fin·ick·i·est
Insisting capriciously on getting just what one wants; difficult to please; fastidious: a finicky eater

Uncle R's advise for the day was "... when it comes to work plan as though you are planning for a finicky person. That way you are less likely to go wrong coz pretty much everything has been thought off and anticipated for"
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Thursday, October 06, 2005

Turning Point

Feeling a bit better today that the fact that there are persons who understand what i am going thru at the moment. It makes me feel less alone... so that's a good thing. Thanks ya you womans :) - am sure you know who you are ;)
A huge turning point now... where it will go from here?
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Cool Uncle / Big Brother

It was a good day to hangout with grandma and and uncle R. Did nothing fantastic but just showed them my place, lunch and take them to collect their passports. Its also really good to see uncle R again ever since seeing him last a few years ago. Uncle R is more like a big brother to me than an uncle even 12 years older - in other words a "cool" uncle. Its just so easy to talk and joke with him and playfully pat of his back for making naive me believe him in what i thought was bluffs...

believe me.... when he said "makan kecil" was a real Malay word for appetizer/starter i just didnt believe him... thought he was bluffing... and there was some truth to that if you are speaking indonesian lar :-)
And another word "poo poo party".... now how can i believe that? i thought he made it up :) Coz it sounded more like what you call a baby poo poo... But again there is such a party and "poo poo" in this context means appetizer/starter/makan kecil in hawaiian. It seems ppl getting together for poo poo parties is not uncommon in hawaii.... really.. that's what poo poo means there... so if you are ever in Hawaii make sure you bring the right poo poo to a "poo poo party" :-)
He was refreshing his Malay after not having spoken it for some time by reading the some Malays words aloud. He then came across the word as we passed by a gas station "Kedai Serbeneka" and asked what "serbaneka" meant. Told him it meant kiosk and it took him so long to believe me.... he thought the word sounded funny and he thought i was bluffing coz i was laughing that he didnt believe me it was a real word ... that was funny...

Another coolness about uncle R is also the fact that he tries impart/share his experiences that has brought him where he is now in a cool chatty way and not the "uncle-ly" way. Most "uncle-uncle" way is uncle talk and we listen. But the cool uncle way is a 2 way conversation!

Sigh... he's just gonna be here for 1 more week... gotta spend some time with him provided no one has booked him yet :) Or a reason to visit him unless the $$ rate goes down more soon...
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Monday, October 03, 2005

Child Education of Rights and Wrongs

I never really realized the importance of educating the very young of basic right and wrongs... I used to think.. hey kids are smart... the really really wrong things am sure they would know... how can they not know?? sure they know wan.. its common sense even to kids... but kids in particular the really young ones can be really innocent that just dont know when the wrong things are really wrong... ppl think nah... its the kids who are asking for it... but its not! kids are just innocent and its the shameless adults are causing them...

All this started me thinking all over again.. coz of a recent family gathering... met a family member and some things of the past came upon my thoughts again... Its hard to believe a family member would betray even a little kid... if i had known then the 101 rights and wrongs it would not have happened.... but its just shameless for a family member to do that... what more its just shameless that ppl dont understand you and probably think you are making it up...

well... that's the past... i dont usually think about it but sometimes... just get reminded of it...

i would be nice if locally... active early child education of the 101 rights and wrongs are taught early!! I would want to volunteer...
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Sunday, September 25, 2005

Blurps of Thoughts

ONE - Oh geeky specs where r u?
Sniff.. sniff.. lost me glasses in Spore... How could i ever lose something like that??? Careless me... sigh... gotta buy one soon... my long fringe + no specs is causing regular headaches..

TWO - Perfect job?
Nothing is perfect and certainly no job is perfect... Even if there is a perfect job one would either become 1) workaholic from loving the perfect job or 2) no challenges/difficulty thus nothing new to learn. Hardship is not a nice thing to go through but it is only through hardship do we mature and be better after passing that hardship - bottom line dont give up easily - eventually you will look back - laugh about it or either be amazed how you got through it.
Sigh... i shall have to remind myself that very thing... Hang on to the boat in the storm as any storm WILL eventually let up... and of course the footprints story..

THREE - Work Worries
We spend most of our lives working. And we are told not to bring our worries of work back home - get home and just before you enter hang them and the door, and pick them back when you are out to work the next day.. How do you do that lar???
Naturally i always forget but I shall need remember to trust Him in my worries and not to handle it all alone:

Encouragement 1
25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[b]?
Matt 6:25-34

Encouragement II
"The task ahead of you is never as great as the Power behind you"

FOUR - Counting Blessings
Hardships at work has been plaguing my mind particularly the "on call practically 24/7 bit". Its not a nice feeling to be on your toes all.... the time... and to have to be the technical solver as well! Mentally and physically tiring... I think am just getting to old for all these late nights data centre work.

And as I was thinking about the situation and how i can be in a better situation like another "***" .... then CG leader's mum and her family are going thru a even harder time unimaginable to me compared to my hardship. Her Mum had a mild stroke, got her to the hospital and she was alright and talking in a few hours. After a day observation at the hospital she had a heart attack and the doctors were doing all they could. Her mum got thru that and was conscious from the anasthesia for a while then stomach started to bleed internally and the doctors are targetting medcine to stop the bleeding. Father in Heaven, please take care of Alice's mum and their family thru this hard time. Please grant speedy recovery to Alice's mum and alleaviate any complications. And sustain the family in You and family unity thru this trying time. amen.

So when i think of it my hardship it is not really a hardship in comparison to that. Instead i need to count my blessings more like a decent job, wonderful colleagues than i could have asked for, wonderful friends and for healthy loved ones.

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Saturday, September 24, 2005

Lovely Sat

Ahh... lovely sat morning... the start of the morning with some Bold and Beautiful - the story gets more twisted everytime.. its also a wonderful start of a TWO week break! ahh... so so so looking forward to this.. :o)
What shall we do today?
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Yay.. yay... leave is near..

Yay.. yay... its going to be Thursday already... just looking forward coz from next week onwards for 2 weeks will be on leave! :-)
ahhh.... really really looking forward to the break...
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Monday, September 19, 2005

Footprints...

One of my favourite inspirational stories....

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand; one belonged to him, and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. he noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times in his life. This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it. "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that at the worst times in my life, there is only one set of footprints. How could you leave me when I needed you the most?" The Lord replied " My precious, precious child, I love you and would never leave you. During your times of suffering and when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."
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Sunday, September 18, 2005

Weekend Over Already..

Haiyo... weekends always feels really short. But a quick highlight of the week..

  • customer's mail strangely dismounted while in hip-hop class... and haiyo.. the dreaded call to go
  • Attended CG after sooo looong... coz of all the Friday night to the wee hours of Saturday work
  • STOMP day... wonderful show... but the book program was not worth it
Its gonna be the usual Monday blues tomorrow..
Anyway am just really, really, really.... looking forward to a 2 week leave in end the of Sept and 1st week of Oct and.... last week of Oct to Pangkor and the 1 week of November Raya filled holidays..

Just really need a break from all that late nights work... being on call all the time and never knowing what time in the wee hours of the morning will be called on sigh.....

anyways just wanna chill a bit before going to bed....
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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Nothing better to do Cake Editing


Was just testing Adobe filters on the cake... looks not bad though.... shall want to experiment more on the filters...
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One Day After Belated Bday


Just wanted to post me belated b-day
cake before i forget.. celebrated it a day later on the 28th Aug 2005 coz only got back late from Singapore TechEd that night. It was a yummmeeee.. cheese cake and dad chose the cake... and mum suggested getting the cake ;-)

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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Welcome To My First Blog Post

Hello There!

Just wanted to say hello to me own blog site eh... ;-)
And introduce my beloved kitty..... she's about 8-9 years now.. isn't she a cutey.....
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