Lisa's Poem for the New Year 2007

Hi there! Today is new year's eve. Got up this morning n suddenly got this inspiration from God. Just want to encourage you with this poem I wrote.

Another year has come to an end, and this will be a memory;
Memories filled with sweetness, and even bitterness,
Wrought with victories and defeats,
Ahh... Another year for reflection;
Keep the good discard the bad?
Keep them all, I say!
And with these, grow through faith and hope,
To face another year ahead,
And what lies yonder?
Destinies and dreams foretold!
We travel on this narrow road, that only brave souls dare to go!
Each step we take on a paved journey, marked and made by Love Himself,
Bear our hearts and brace our Spirits,
Be encouraged and strengthened, sisters and brothers,
We will get there, yes we shall!
For our rainbows and Love Hinself await us there, at the end.
Happy 2007!

- Lisa

Christmas Pooper

Christmas lunch started from 1pm to 11-ish pm - longest lunch but enjoyable :D
SY had us over and made almost everything herself... and what we all had was fit for a restaurant. Here was the "menu":

• Pumpkin Ginger Soup
• Garden Salad with her special vinegarrete
• Grilled Capsicum and Asparagus
• Spinach Pasta
• Ham wrapped Chicken Breast Fillet stufffed with Stuffing served with Cranberry Sauce
• Mini Mince Pie
• Fruit cake 1 - loaded with rum
• Fruit cake 2 - no rum
• Sangria
• Fruits
• Cheese Cakes from Alexis

The company was great too and topic of conversation covered from conspiracy of whether the 1st man on the moon really landed on the moon, photo slide shows to the discusson of toilet ettiquetes which took up quite a bit of the conversation which was also quite a revelation to the guys ;D

Li's and Fab got SY a gift from aussieland - a funny gift. Its a "Christmas Reindeer Pooper" a.k.a Jelly Bean Dispenser. To get the jelly bean out press the reindeer down and out comes the jelly bean from the butt :D

Flying Fork and Bizzare Fish

Had dinner with a friend yesterday and I don't know what got into me for my fork to have flung out of my left hand, high in the air and to the ground. And I will still eating mid-way. How embarassing. The klutz in me has never left - well it made that meal a meal to remember ;D

Also saw this strangest fish sold at Giant - a flat fish with the 1st eye on one flat side and the 2nd on on its head/forehead! and none on the other flat side... really.... really bizzare. See for your self.

KLPac: Candlelight Christmas

T'was a rainy Friday last week and I got soakin'wet from waist down with me heeled shoes on also soakin's wet. Ready or not there I was, cold and without a shawl into the auditorium for the Candlelight Christmas Music Affair consisting of carols and symphonic music. It was a pleasant change of a Friday night activity.

What I remember most about whole thing was the cute little kids while singing Christmas Carols were taking HUGE huffs and puffs of deep breaths to sing their next line ;D

Year End Tap Party 2006

The yearly Year End Tap Party has come and gone so quickly. The Tap group a.k.a interest group has grown quite a bit this year and this is the biggest party thus far. A lot of thought was put into it for achieving a spa-ish theme for the party.

The decor team did an excellent job on the decor that it really looked like a spa in the suite :D



And here's a taste of the party food. If it werent for the camera battery running out the rest of the food pic would have been here too :D

It was a party full of laughs and getting to know new people... As I was thinking back its hard to believe that I have been doing tap for quite some time already.. it feels like it was just yesterday I was learning tap and the steps...

Reflections: Of A Roller Coaster Ride

Lately I have been reflecting on what has taken place the last months. It’s almost 5 months now since all that has happened. In a strange way I see that God has been in the hand of planting circumstances and ppl and keeping me really busy without myself having to plan to stay very occupied at all :D. So much so that I don’t even have time to mope around depressingly :D. Here’s how I have been unusually busy:

• Busy with Tap - The tap gang only does 1 yearly tap performance every year, but for the 1st time we were invited to perform it again for another school to help “spice-up” their concert. For the 1st time too we have got a REAL Professional Video ever taken of us. What an experience it was :D
• Tap Outing - Got invited to the lovely home of the dance school principal for an appreciation dinner for performing at her school concert. Played with the neighbors’ super cute and adorable doggie beagle. For a seemingly normal dinner what a funny and adventurous night it was.
• Busy with Tap II – Rigorous practices with minimum 6 hours continuous practices weekly could not help but to get my mind of things :D. All that practice landed the gang in the front page of the StarTwo all in the name of the art of tapping
• Lantern – For the 1st time the tap gang had this crazy thought to relive the days of playing lanterns. And so they did and I joined in with them in a residential park as the only adults with lanterns and the only one’s playing “pop-pops” :D
• Old Friends – Old friends whom their contacts I could no longer find and have not seen for 1 – 5 years calls me from out of the blue. It was time well spent catching up with old friends and what they have been doing with their lives
• New friends – Interesting and wonderful circumstances in meeting new friends and them blessing me in return through encouragement of their lives.
• Friends All the time – Wonderful friends who were there for me at anytime no questions asked. From just hanging out to a shoulder to cry on – really.. what more can I ask for in the friends that I have :D
• Dad – Dropped what he was doing to go on a trip with me in a time where I didn’t want to be around here even though it was kind of drastic - all for the love and support for his daughter. What more can I ask for in a Dad who is also my friend.

What a roller coaster ride it has been and in a weird way also a positively revealing and fruitful experience of it all. The passion and heart that I have for and been inhibiting is now no longer inhibited. And all I long for now is to pursue the very zeal and heart that I longed for without boundaries.
Life will always have its up and downs and I wouldn’t have chosen to have taken that rollercoaster ride. But that experience has changed and made me who I am now – not like soooo… strong but stronger than before… and also changed for the better. Am thankful and blessed for the for the circumstances, people and events that has timely took place. Now I look forward to the wonderful things be it both bitter and sweet that are ahead for me :D

Thankful for Seasons

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8


Rather than praying for a change in circumstances, pray for a change of heart - ODB

A Prayer: Safe

Father in Heaven,

Thank you for having kept my dear cousin safe from that unimaginable ordeal. Grant her comfort through this fearful ordeal. Grant her the needed sleep and rest she needs as well. I pray that you will grant her and her family peace and calmness to get through what has happened.

In Your Name, Amen

Eeeks..Car Park

There's always the first time in many things and a fews days ago was the first time I had the most bird shit on me car ever. That doesn't sound unusual but I tell you.. the amount of bird shit on my in just 2.5 hours... now that's a lot!

Quickly got into my car and as I got in more landed. Looking up I realise I was parked under a really very tall leaveless tree (there goes the leafy filters) - having parked 3 cars from the tree trunk didnt save me from that too.

I'll be sure not to park that spot again. Oh well.. that means its time to give the car a long needed wash anyway ;D

Only a doodle?

When someone can doodle and produce art like this while just scanning 40 pages of document - that's already talent.
Have liked it since I first saw it, reminds me of the pencil and white paper arts that I've seen on display and wished to have.

Thanks pl for letting me have your other half's art ;-)

Cold Turkey

New words learnt just before the long break - have been thinking about it since.

cold turkey
n. Slan.
Immediate, complete withdrawal from something on which one has become dependent, such as an addictive drug.

Jogoya Indulgence

Its time for another round of indulgence of food for the group and this time its over at Jogoya @ Starhill. From crispy, soup-ish, raw, skewered, grilled, teppanyaki'ed, baked to steamed selections for you to chose from and cooked for you.
More came.... king crabs after king crabs from the VIP coupons.... But an over indulgence more than stomach could take the next day ;D

1st Stop @ China: A View of Urumqi

Have not had the time to blog about the trip yet but here are some photos for a feel of what Urumqi is like. Its in the province Xinjiang North West of China - very different from what you might think China is. Check it out:

• http://www.flickr.com/photos/noreese/

DVD Pains

For the past 5 days I have been trying to backup the photos from the trip on numerous CD's and all with strange problems. Tried the following:

1. DVD Burning Simulation -> Successfull
2. Actual DVD Burning -> Successfull
3. DVD Verification -> Read errors on some sectors

What happens after trying to see what I can salvage from the DVD?

1. Photos a viewable but it lags. Tried copying the photo's to the harddisk and it gives parameters error an cannot be copied at all
2. Then some cant be viewed - then it can - "like magic - now you dont see it and now you do"
3. Tried on a DVD-RW - no problems reading and copying
4. Tried the same DVD burning settings as per the DVD-RW on a DVD but the verification problem still persists

What I think the cause is?

• Maybe its NERO? Article says upgrade firmware?? Aiyo so ma-fan.. - but other media files burning no problem wan - "puzzling"
• Maybe its the sleek looking notebook of mine but with buggy DVD writer and driver.
• Maybe the photo files itself?
• Harddisk? Did a scandisk and it is fine.

Haiyo... going to try some other DVD burners la... Dont want to be wasting the DVD's :(

19 Days and 18 Nights in China

T'was the longest leave I have ever taken and the 1st backpacking trip since I have started working.

The journey starts off at a quick transit stop in Beijing for a connecting flight to Urumqi. We took Urumqi as the start of the Silk Route with train travels and stops at Turpan, Dunhuang and Jiayuguan and all the way to Xian where the Silk Route ends. Then a flight off to Beijing for a relaxing last stop.

It has been an interesting journey and the best part of the trip was the opportunity to immerse oneself in learning and observing the day to day lives of the people there. More posts of the travel logs to come :D

Shannon Noll - Lift

I know you're hurting
Feels like your learning
'Bout life the hard way
And it ain't working
Seems like forever
That you've been falling
It's time to move on
Your life is calling, yeah

This was never meant to be the end
Close the book and start again

Chorus
Cos i know how hard it can get
But you've gotta lift
You've gotta lift
And sometimes that's how it is
But i know you're stronger
Stronger than this
You've gotta lift
You've gotta lift

When you can feel your
Whole body's aching
What's left of your heart
It wont stop breaking
You've got to let go
You took a hit
Time to pick up now
Move on from this

This was never meant to be the end
Close the book and start again

Chorus
You've got to lift yourself up above all the hurt
Don't give in
Wipe your eyes and remember you're better than this
Let them know that they took their best shot and they missed
Come on and lift

Chorus
Pick up now...
Pick up now...

Tale of Two Kittens

Longest break I have ever had ever since I have first started working. Was doing the laundry from the trip and noticed the backyard cat has just newly given birth to 2 kittens. Must be some days old as it could barely crawl a teenie distance. It was beginning to drizzle and I thought the mommy cat would take her 2 kitties to shelter soon.

About 1 hour later the rain was pouring and I have just gotten back from "ta-pao'ing" my late lunch. Had a peek at the backyard and what a pityful sight! The 2 kittens motionless in the puddle of rain water with the rain still pouring on them! The mommy cat however was no where to be seen!

Took the kittens up and towel dried them - the poor kitties were shivering and meowing away for their mum. The rain let up and the mummy cat didn't seem to do anything to feed or help her kitties. Pretty much what we expected as the same mommy cat ate her previous kitten - yes, really dad and brother saw it... I know its hard to believe.

So what's next for the 2 kittens? Helpless feeling when seeing the kittens like that. Am still contemplating to take them to P.A.W.S....

Misunderstood

Tired I am from being lost in my thoughts
Thoughts and wonderings of what it could have been
    And what it no longer is
Tired I am from feeling down and under
Tired I am from explaining myself
Tired I am from staying strong when I feel like a wilted plant
Tired I am from pretending that am all right
   But deep deep down am not
Tired I am from hiding what is truly weighing me down
Tired I am from when temporary distractions are gone
   And left alone to my lonely thoughts
Tired I am from being asked questions I have no answer to
Tired I am from being misunderstood as I look unaffected
   When deep inside I am very affected!

Moon Cake Day

It has years since playing with lanterns. Last Friday was the "official mooncake festival day" - i didn't know there was a official and unofficial one ;D. Being the kid in us we decided to "play lanterns".

So there we were - adults converging at a residential park walking with our lanterns with no particular purpose but to have fun. We lit as many candles and lanterns as we could but the wind blew them out! It was great to reminisce the days we used to play lanterns as a kid. The best thing about it in those days was it was an excuse to be able to play with fire and burn stuff - all of us agreed ;D

And everyone is already planning to get together for Chinese New Year to play fireworks - its nice to still have the kid in us.

Happy 54th Birthday Pa!

Lots of Love, from ME :D

I Know

I know life is about decisions and what you make of it. I know its about making the best of difficult situations and tough life phases. I wish I wouldn’t have to go through trials and tribulations but I know it makes us a better person only if we choose to stand strong through it.

I am always thankful for sane and supportive dad and brother. When you are already trying to get through one of the toughest turn in life that hits you hard – you hope another tribulation will come at least a little later so that you can cope with the tough one you already have to handle. One of the most precious things in life is family. I know I should not take it to heart and also should not to take it too hard as it is who she is and have always been. But you can’t help but to hope and long for.. no matter how long it has been that she would one day at least even an itty bit to step outside of who she always been. When the toughest bits of life hits you – you hope more than ever maybe this time she will come round just once.. for me. Instead it’s the same if not more worse than it has been before – I can’t understand what I could have done for her to treat me like this.

I know I cannot choose when the toughest times hit me. I know I still have to be strong even when things seem so hard and even when things important to you go against you. I can’t wait for this time to pass and for me to look back to say “What a “toughy” time it was and I’m glad that’s over…”

Cool Beta Blogger

Just upgraded mine to the beta blogger. I don't understand what Google has to do has blogger.com - I think Google now somehow owns blogger.com.
Whoever the owner is the beta blogger seems much better and so much faster too! Posting blogs is almost instant! A lot of positive's so far but "rosak" a bit of my settings a bit which I'll fix later lah...

On StarTwo

We were told to dress street style and with variety of colour as possible. I didnt know what street style was but I sure know what colourful is. So I decided to wear like what I always do and put on my brightest colored shirt I have. On that day we were also told we would just be blurry objects in the background.

We thought it was just going to be a small article - but what a surprise it was our faces so BIG in the front page of StarTwo. And my yellow "pasar malam" T-shirt with the big weird bunny creature standing out. Everyone was pleasantly surprised - and I absolutely agree with everyone that I shouldn't have worn that shirt :D

Ripple Effect

One incident have caused a ripple effect and things will never be the same again.
You would have thought it would just change one thing or things only related to that but it did more.

Its the end of a chapter that would have been and a start of a new one. Some time soon I may need to create another new chapter in my life again. Have been thinking about it a lot lately. I'll have to think it over after some time away from here.

The Pastor And His Son

Every Sunday afternoon, after the morning service at the church, the Pastor and his eleven year old son would go out into their town and hand out Gospel Tracts.

This particular Sunday afternoon, as it came time for the Pastor and his son to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside, as well as pouring down rain. The boy bundled up in his warmest and driest clothes and said, "OK, dad, I'm ready."

His Pastor dad asked, "Ready for what?"

"Dad, it's time we gather our tracts together and go out."

Dad responds, "Son, it's very cold outside and it's pouring down rain."

The boy gives his dad a surprised look, asking, "But Dad, aren't people still going to Hell, even though it's raining?"

Dad answers, "Son, I am not going out in this weather."

Despondently, the boy asks, ?Dad, can I go? Please?"

His father hesitated for a moment then said, "Son, you can go. Here are the tracts, be careful son."

"Thanks Dad!"

And with that, he was off and out into the rain. This eleven year old boy walked the streets of the town going door to door and handing everybody he met in the street a Gospel Tract.

After two hours of walking in the rain, he was soaking, bone-chilled wet and down to his VERY LAST TRACT. He stopped on a corner and looked for someone to hand a tract to, but the streets were totally deserted. Then he turned toward the first home he saw and started up the sidewalk to the front door and rang the door bell. He rang the bell, but nobody answered. He rang it again and again, but still no one answered. He waited but still no answer.

Finally, this eleven year old trooper turned to leave, but something stopped him. Again, he turned to the door and rang the bell and knocked loudly on the door with his fist. He waited, something holding him there on the front porch. He rang again and this time the door slowly opened.

Standing in the doorway was a very sad-looking elderly lady. She softly asked, "What can I do for you, son?"

With radiant eyes and a smile that lit up her world, this little boy said,
"Ma'am, I'm sorry if I disturbed you, but I just want to tell you that
*JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU* and I came to give you my very last Gospel Tract which will tell you all about JESUS and His great LOVE."

With that, he handed her his last tract and turned to leave. She called to him as he departed. "Thank you, son! And God Bless You!"

Well, the following Sunday morning in church Pastor Dad was in the pulpit.
As the service began, he asked, "Does anybody have testimony or want to say anything?"

Slowly, in the back row of the church, an elderly lady stood to her feet.

As she began to speak, a look of glorious radiance came from her face, "No one in this church knows me. I've never been here before. You see, before last Sunday I was not a Christian. My husband passed on some time ago, leaving me totally alone in this world. Last Sunday, being a particularly cold and rainy day, it was even more so in my heart that I came to the end of the line where I no longer had any hope or will to live.


So I took a rope and a chair and ascended the stairway into the attic of my home. I fastened the rope securely to a rafter in the roof, then stood on the chair and fastened the other end of the rope around my neck. Standing on that chair, so lonely and brokenhearted I was about to leap off, when suddenly the loud ringing of my doorbell downstairs startled me.
I thought, "I'll wait a minute, and whoever it is will go away."

I waited and waited, but the ringing doorbell seemed to get louder and more insistent, and then the person ringing also started knocking loudly. I thought to myself again, "Who on earth could this be? Nobody ever rings my bell or comes to see me." I loosened the rope from my neck and started for the front door, all the while the bell rang louder and louder.

When I opened the door and looked I could hardly believe my eyes, for there on my front porch was the most radiant and angelic little boy I had ever seen in my life. His SMILE, oh, I could never describe it to you! The words that came from his mouth caused my heart that had long been dead, TO LEAP TO LIFE as he exclaimed with a cherub-like voice, "Ma'am, I just came
to tell you that JESUS REALLY DOES LOVE YOU."

Then he gave me this Gospel Tract that I now hold in my hand.

As the little angel disappeared back out into the cold and rain, I closed my door and read slowly every word of this Gospel Tract. Then I went up to my attic to get my rope and chair.. I wouldn't be needing them any more.
You see---I am now a Happy Child of the KING. Since the address of your church was on the back of this Gospel Tract, I have come here to personally say THANK YOU to God's little angel who came just in the nick of time and by so doing, spared my soul from an eternity in hell."

Probably no church has had a more glorious moment, and probably this universe has never seen a Papa that was more filled with love & honor for his son... Except for One. This Father also allowed His Son to go out into a cold and dark world. He received His Son back with joy unspeakable, and as all of heaven shouted praises and honor to The King, the Father sat His beloved Son on a throne far above all principality and power and every name that is named.

Blessed are your eyes for reading this message.


ALWAYS REMEMBER :

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Chasing the Pizza Man

Valencia doesn’t sound like its located at Sg. Buloh. Its a really, really nice and exclusive residential area. The principal of a performing arts academy invited us courtesy of performing for her school’s recital – a very passionate and down to earth person.
The house has a really comfortable backyard deck which overlooks a park like walk way and forest-like trees. And the sound of nature in the night as we were seated there – just like in a jungle resort. Dinner was at the deck and it was cosy and cooling with yummy home cooked meal.
There are no fences between the houses but just a knee height wall separating the houses. At the deck we were greeted by the neighbour’s cute beagle dog with his 2 front paws perched on the wall looking at all of us. It’s a waste that I didn’t have a camera to capture that ;D

Valencia is a pretty big residential area and getting out of the place was a challenge – so much so that we zoooomeed for the distant sight of the pizza delivery guy hoping he was driving out of there. Poor Pizza Man…. We didn’t know that we were scaring him… we followed him super close for some distance and we were laughing hysterically when he did the roundabout test to verify if we were really tailing him and we certainly were :D We got to the guardhouse right behind the Pizza Man and he turned looking at us - scared. The guard stopped us and asked why we were following him and as we laughed and the guard understood that we were lost.

Never expected leaving Valencia would be a mini adventure itself… :D

Zouk

Was at Zouk for the first time on Sat. Not much into techno music but it was not bad actually. At 12pm and the night was still young and the dance floor was still not packed - so unsual. It was good anyway - good space to dance :D

The happening dance floor was actually "underground" which was another/separate section of the club – that needed another covercharge. Let me just say i wouldn’t want to go "underground" again for clubbing as if i go alot also ;D It was super duper looper packed with different type of crowd above average type of crowd. And they were still accepting clubbers to go in. No space at all for a breather – you’ll need to get out the club for a breather. Even the couch/stool/table was not within visibility until we squeezed thru “underground” and bumped into them. I felt like I was one of the many sardines in a can. You would expect the above average crowd to be just a bit more self-controlled but they were really rowdy and over zealous in showing their affections with their partners that they should just go get a room. Conclusion: There are better hangouts than “underground” for me.

Got back up to where the ISAT’ians was hanging out. Much better than underground. It was a long night and an experience.

Thoughtful Pa

The walks from taking LRT with the notebook on my back must be the cause of the returned my backache. Was planning to buy a proper backpack – but dad beat me to it. I was telling him about it and which also explains his backache. And he got me one. So thoughtful of dad ;-)

But aiya.. looks like school bag lar ;D and it’s his favourite colour red ;D – Nevertheless it’s the thought that counts! Have been using it for a while now and the back is better and I shall just stick with it lah :D

Corica

Food is one of the great anti-depressants :D All the way from down under Perth's famous strudels - courtesy of Andrew ;D May not look as colourful/striking as a nasi lemak/ice kacang but it tastes pretty good.

Jaci Velasquez: Lay It Down

Lay It Down

I’ve been looking ‘til my eyes are tired of looking
Listening ‘til my ears are numb from listening
Praying ‘til my knees are sore from kneeling
On the bedroom floor

I know that You know that my heart is aching
I’m running out of tears and my will is breaking
I don’t think that I can carry
The burden of it anymore

All of my hopes and my dreams and my best laid plans
Are slowly slipping through my folded hands

Chorus
So I’m gonna lay it down
I’m gonna learn to trust You now
What else can I do
Everything I am depends on You
And if the sun don’t come back up
I know Your love will be enough
I’m gonna let it be, I’m gonna let it go
I’m gonna lay it down

I’ve been walking through this world like I’m barely living
Buried in the doubt of this hole I’ve been digging
But You’re pulling me out and I’m finally breathing
In the open air

This room may be dark but I’m finally seeing
There’s a new ray of hope and now I’m believing
That the past is the past and the future’s beginning to look brighter now

‘Cause all of my hopes and my dreams and my best laid plans
Are safe and secure when I place them in Your hands

SC + Paddington

The auditorium over at SC is really nice. Spacious seats, well organized, spacious backstage, nice wooden stage floors – every tap sound is clear but floor a bit slippery… aiyo that means mistakes are easily heard ;D. Its way nicer than FAB’s or the Civic Hall. Had a quick practice at the auditorium for a repeat of what we have just performed some weeks back. It will be interesting to do it outside of FAB.

The tappers had lunch at “Paddington House of Pancakes” after that - the 1st time for me. Have been wanting to try the place. I have never seen such thick menu and sooo.. so many menu items to choose from. Almost every menu item have an element of pancake/crepe and there’s both savoury and dessert. The servings look good and don’t be deceived that it’s not enough for your tummy cause its really filling. Had a bite of what others were having and it tastes pretty good too. The next time though better to share.. all of us got kinda “jelak” / “au..”(Cantonese) trying to finish our own – and we have got no space for dessert.
Check out the links for a peek of “Paddington House of Pancakes”:

• http://www.suanie.net/2006/08/13/pancakes-galore-at-paddington-house-of-pancakes/
• http://www.paddingtonpancakes.com

Berry Delight

Can you guess what is it? It’s a strawberry courtesy of Beh ;D An upside down strawberry with the “tangkai” plucked out covered in cream… Yes, the strawberry looks really weird like a polka-dotted red blob.
Also best eaten with cream and a dash of maple syrup (syrup was dad’s idea). Good things are always the least healthy/nutritional ;D

Head-On

So many, many times.... I still struggle and wonder whether I have made the worst decision of my life or the best one ...Is it just cruel and selfish of me? ...I am not too sure if I can handle the consequences of the decision. Rationally it’s easier said than to have to deal with it.

The finality of it all hits me every time when I run out of daily and self-made distractions, and every time I am reminded of what it used to be or what it could have been.

I would have to face it head-on eventually but how and when... I am just tired of thinking and at the same time afraid of starting all over again. It will be a very long road to recovery and it still feels like I have yet to move forward.....

Instant Bak Kut Teh

The best tasting instant noodle for me now is the A1 Bak Kut Teh Mee. No trace of pork in the ingredients but its still considered non-halal - cause there isn't an official halal printed on it.

Its great for a quick meal with addition of garlic cloves, vegetable and pork if you have some - so this makes it officially non-hahal. I certainly can't eat it everyday - but its good when you don't want to get out to get lunch/dinner. So here it is:

2006 FAB Rhythm Tap

It has been a super packed Tap week with tap dress rehearsals and weekend performances. The last performance is today – phew! It has been a tiring month with approximately 8hrs of practices a week but it also gave everyone a chance to get to know the other level’s students :D

Everyone is relieved that it’s over – chatting and laughing about the boo boo’s on stage after that. Everyone seems to have lost some weight from the hours of practices too…. That explains mine as well ;D We shall have to see if that remains without the rigorous practices ;-)

Strong?

At first I thought I could be strong all the way to go through this. Its not an easy road - sometimes I remain strong and sometimes that strength just withers away. Sometimes its easier to just be by yourself - but the good thing is day to day activities must go on that keeps one busy. In the mean time holding on to the many versus sustains.

Treat

Its time for a treat for me bday. I know it sounds bit superficial but buying helps healing too :D
Here's something for me that I will be able to use for some time(3 years the product lady tells me) to add some colour to me appearance and still retain the natural look/STILL look like myself.

Bobbi Brown Chocolate Eye Palette

Shimmer Cream Shadow Stick

There’s Still Something to Laugh About

Times are still tough these days. Sometimes I still zone out from the situation. Nevertheless there are still things to laugh about.

The hours of tap practice is almost over as the performance is this weekend. Was at the Tap full dress rehearsal in the evening at Civic Hall and the Tap upper attire included a black tube to the waist. Midway the tap routine on stage a group of us paused and posed which was part of the dance – I then saw my dance mate on my right who was oblivious that her tube came down so much to reveal her WHOLE black bra!!! I was in shock at the same time wanted to laugh hysterically!! :D Phew… good thing it was both black not too obvious to be noticed.

I then looked at myself and it was OBVIOUS! Mine was midway down with the BLUE bra showing and I quickly turned to face the back to adjust it – I couldn’t help it, I really wanted to burst out laughing at the same time embarrassed. I wanted so much to tell my friend beside me to pull up her tube – but I knew if I opened my mouth no words would come out – just laughter and that would have made what was happening more obvious to the audience!

It was then like a chain reaction, my dance mates noticed what I was doing. They were in shock and laughing and looked at their own and it was showing too!! We adjusted what we had to and quickly continued our turn to the dance. What’s worse was at the same time that it was happening a photographer was right down at the part of the stage where we were standing taking photographs!! I REALLY hope that he didn’t capture any of those “revealing moments”. – So SHY man!

It was super hard as we continued dancing cause I found it soooo.. difficult to keep from bursting in laughter :D – it was just soooo.. funny and sooo.. embarrassing :-S. As I think of it now I still can’t help but to laugh!

I made sure the 2nd round of the dance rehearsal I had an additional black halter top on! No way am I going to wear just the tube tapping and jumping away! :D

Good Samaritan?

Was taking the LRT some days back. The seats are filled as usual. It was another stop and the crowd got in. Sometimes it’s hard to discern if you should offer someone your seat.

Here’s why – a young lady got up from her seat to offer a lady standing in front of her a seat. The lady standing replied “Its ok, am not pregnant am just fat” in a laughing manner and “aiyo”-look like this has happened many times to her already :D Both we embarrassed for a moment – nevertheless it was a kind gesture of that lady who was seated to offer in the first place.

The lesson to me is:

• Still offer your seat to any fellow passenger who needs it more than you even at the risk of a mistaken need/embarrassment
• Ladies, don’t wear pregnant like clothes when you are not pregnant
• If one needs to wear pregnant clothes despite not being pregnant – just take the seat offer anyway to allow a good deed to be done :D

Condone?

How could anyone think that those actions can be condoned? Not remembering what happened and what you did to yourself? That's totally unacceptable.

But some ppl still think so, just to move on and accept that things should be ok.... For something like this to have happened it should be a warning sign.. nope it is a sign of ERROR! that something is really not right...

How can ppl condone that? Nobody deserves to be the receiving end of that or even to be in that position to take it all in for the other - its not right. Don't ppl realize that ppl are the "ugliest" when they are that way... It's not only about revealing the ugly side of a person, but more about the loss of self control and the harm that comes from that. There is no gain in becoming that way but ppl still do so.

Ppl on the receving-end shouldn't need to settle for that - like [P] says - ppl on the receiving end deserves better.

Jeremiah 29:11

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." - Jeremiah 29:11

Contemplating

Thanks ladies for being there for me this week ;D Am very blessed to have wonderful and understanding friends and people around me - and that is more than i can ask for. ;D

It has helped clear my head from what it was - to help me weigh things out now.

Moshi moshi ladies!

Lowest

The lowest point ever this is for me. It feels like a part of you is gone. Its gets too painful when you think of what it was yesterday may no more be future. Just like that.

Maybe it was it a blessing in disguise. Maybe it’s better to hurt now than later. Its hard to see it that way now. Sometimes doubt sets in. Right now its about moving on one day at a time. But the heart is just so heavy and painful. Why did it have to happen…

I am blessed and thankful for dad who is super understanding, non-judgmental, supportive, a friend and also a dad to me at this lowest point of mine. I am thankful for mei – we are totally different but we share a special bond that we just understand each other. I am thankful for mei’s family for being so supportive and keeping me in their prayers. The one person I still hope would be supportive for at least this once now more than ever…. she is still the same sarcastic, insensitive, unsupportive and what more hurtful.

For now it’ll have to about moving on one day at a time.

The Right Thing

If only the right thing do was so clear. If only the consequences of the decision to be made was clear, whether it be good or bad. Like cheating in an exam is clearly not the right thing. Crossing the road when there is no clear traffic is not the right thing to do. The consequences of those actions are crystal clear.

The right thing to do gets harder as we get older. It gets complicated and the consequences unclear.. sometimes its like a gamble. You are not sure if you are doing the right thing and you are hoping for the best. If only it does not have to be that way....

If only the right thing do was so clear...

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. - Psalm 34:18

A day in a life...

dazed
adj 1: in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock;
2: stunned or confused and slow to react

stupor
A state of reduced or suspended sensibility.
A state of mental numbness, as that resulting from shock; a daze.

Revelation

We learn something new everyday. Sometimes "itty bit" new things. Sometimes "biggy" new things. Sometimes too much and more than we want to know.
What do we do with it? Remain with the same choices or change them?

Company Trip: Club Med

We have waited soooo.. long for the company trip. It was supposed to be last year and finally took place in July this year. And just like that it is over. Nevertheless it was still a good trip. Here's the highlight of the trip that I would like to remember…

• Told myself before the trip "Trapeze" = "no way am gonna try it", but I did it anyway. Glad I tried it. It was most certainly not easy particularly when you have fear of heights. But once I was up there no matter how wobbly my feet and hands and heart racing faster there was no turning back coz the G.O just kicked each of us off the platform!
• Good looking Japanese G.O. See for yourself ladies!

• Everyone's obsession with Jon's tummy. Jon had a lot of photos of himself and his “asset” all taken by our fellow colleagues. No wonder why he didn’t bring his camera ;D (Please refer to the link below to see what i mean)
• ISAT’s imagination and drawing skills through the game of Pictionary. The most challenging and funny was drawing and getting the team to guess “Pamela Anderson” all with a pencil – mind you no colour pencils.
• Roller blade’d for the first time. Never knew thought it took so much effort. Had to make stops for backache rests. Had multiple butt landings as well – it still hurts a bit now

Let me tell you ISAT'ians are crazy and a fun bunch of ppl though I.T. ;D Click the link below to see what i mean!

http://lcie.blogspot.com/2006/07/clubmed-funny-gross-shots.html

BeeZee Week

It has been a busy busy week.

• Project 1: Design and planning docs were all due on Friday - had to burn midnight oil to complete them
• Project 1: The previous phase documents was reviewed again and some more ammendments - had no choice but to put it aside for the week
• Project 1: PMO not pmo'ing clearly, causing confusion and time taken to sort all that out
• Project 1: More scope creep both mini and not so mini to take on and plan for and be responsible for- i hope no more is introduced
• Project 1: Long update meeting and outcome was the same as when it started
• Project 2: Have to strategize how to plan for the sub and not loose front
• Project 2: Become part-time infrastructure administrator - faster sign off!

But the weekend was a rewarding one - the Tap Party was a good one.

• Dad helped cook the green curry for the party Went out with dad to get the ingredients. I helped stir and clean the chicken ;D
• Yummy variety of food there. Highlight of the makan was the homemade desserts: Rich Chocolate Banana Cake - all from scratch baked by Nick with the T-shirt "I look good at the dance floor" all by himself (late teens some more), all of us still cannot believe it. Perfectly baked Mini Apple Pies - by Jayce. Juicy Onde-Onde - all natural. And not forgetting the exotic Poached Pears spiked with rum with ice cream - it was yummy even without the ice cream.
• Taboo was super fun and crazily funny. Some of the funny ways of getting us the guess the words.... The chinese play this with the sound "tick-tock-tick-tock" = it was = Ping Pong. A sport of battle and ppl go "chop-chop" = we guessed fencing, wrestling, boxing and it was = Karate. The movie Brokeback Mountain... what activity they do?.... oops = we guessed gay, homosexual and non-verbalized guess "sex" and it was = Cowboy! :D Everyone was just laughing madly over some of the ways it was described for us to guess!
• Experimented Charades with the Taboo cards. Video'ed Lisa charading Butter and Stuffing and it was super funny. We reviewed the video of Lisa charading of the word Stuffing and we could not help to break into laughter again!

Another cycle week of work but a nice weekend at Club-Med to look forward too and a free Tuesday off! :D

ECF I

Attended ECF last week and really enjoyed the session. The environment felt really comfortable and family like - have missed such an environment. I hope this is the place we have been looking for to grow and put our roots in His family.

Batuk'ing Away...

The bad cough is back... finally went to the doctor with my dad's persistence. The doctor said he would not prescribe drowsy medcine. Diligently ate me medcine and aiyo... I ended up really woozy and light headed while i was trying to complete some slides.

Started the design workshop session and I had to pause for coughs between every few words. Excused myself for water and that didnt help. Beh helped to cover a lot for me and Cham supplied me with sweets that allowed me to talk for some setences without pausing :D Super thanks Beh and Cham!

More than half of me colleagues are not well. Its like a chain of ppl getting sick when 1 falls ill, one by one the rest catches on - weird.... Lets get better soon everyone for the sake of the company trip! :D

Sleeping Room

Had a quick lunch today and managed to get into the client's place to work on pending work for the today. We have been allocated a UAT room as the project room. Well... apart from the project room it is also a "Sleeping Room". Every day during the lunch period the same staff would take a nap on the table of pre-cleared pc's on the table. Now i understand why the test pc's were strangely crammed up with the still long table space available ;-)

Warehouse Chaos

Was at a warehouse sale on Thursday and it was madness and chaotic. Have never seen sooooo many women nuts and desperate over skincare/cosmetics/perfume. Sooo many women and a few men - it was like few hundred were crowded at the closed door of the warehouse. The organizer even threatened to never opening the door until every queued in order get in - they finally opened the doors for not even a minute every 10 mins to let ppl in bit by bit. When there was an opportunity to get in ppl really, really pushed super tight just to get through that door. Good thing ppl around me smelled decent.

Finally got in and all the good stuff were already sold out in 1st hour of the opening. I see many women with huge bag of goods on the floor sorting out what they really wanted - (The take first and decide whether i want or not later strategy). I remember seeing the warehouse sale advert "ONLY 5 Items Per Person" but i guess that was never applied. Saw a few things i wanted but getting thru just to ask for it was a challenge. Saw the zig zag queue to pay which if was a straight line would have stretched the length of a field - aiya it wasnt worth the effort.

Why I still stood in the human sandwich of a line that was of a width of 15-20 ppl and the length of a few cars? Aiya since i came a long way for that might as well see what the hype is all about lar... hopefully some goodies but not desperate ;-)

Now I fully understand the rationale of why some named brands skincare/cosmetics/perfume have the warehouse sales "By Invitation Only"

Conscious Bride

"....we tend to think of the wedding and all that surrounds it as only a happy time. While there is much joy in creating a day that celebrates and consecrates the love between two people, there is also an underbelly that we tend to ignore. When asked, most people will say that their wedding process included as much chaos, grief, and confusion as joy and bliss. Yet they also felt that they had to keep those emotions hidden...."

".....The true work during the engagement is not so much about finding the perfect cake and flowers as it is separating from and grieving the ties to the current identity, exploring fears about marriage, and having honest conversations about expectations of what it means to be a "wife" and "husband" today...."

A real and honest site. It speaks to me heaps. Wonderful community of ppl all over the world in there - http://www.consciousweddings.com/index.php?d=about

Artistic Crazy Art

Came across these pics and I wonder where they'd get their inspiration for these type or art :D

Phillip Toledano - Baby Suit: The Possibilites of Thinking Out Loud

Phillip Toledano - Legskirt: You Look Beautiful!

Wavy Bean

Found this as I was surfing the net....

Look at the above image. As your eyes move around the image, it appears to move in waves. This is not an animated image; it’s just your eyes playing tricks on you.

Working Smart

Life Lessons One

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so.

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, did not get into complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral of the story: KISS (Keep It Simple,Stupid) i.e. always look for simple solutions. Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problem.

Life Lessons Two

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (Ink won't flow down to the writing surface).In order to solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did Russians do.......................................?? The Russians used a Pencil!!!


Let's learn to focus on solutions not on problems "If you look at what you do not have in life, you don't have anything" "If you look at what you have in life, you have everything"

PaMa SMS Diary

31 May - Now in Princess hotel Phnom Phen from PA
1 June - Just finish whole day by tai. Tour includes killing fields. Will walk around tomorrow how is everyone? PA
1 June - Just finished dinner steamboat dinner and fried rice. US trip approved. Will walk around tomorrow. PA
1 June - Yes Eric called me of the news by Tan3 June - Now in Siem Riep raining having a drink in cate. Tomorrow gng to Angkor Wat Anyone called mummy? Norman test KM web site
4 June - Went to Angkor Wat 5.20am came back 4pm. Walked until my shoes soles coming out. will throw away. noree any change to get my car fixed?
4 June - Thanks Have bought bus tickets to Thai border on 6th June
6 June - Just crossed over to Arayanpratet Thailand left Siem Riep 9am. Norman you should buy the Lumix camera for Korea ask noree which model to buy
8 June - Ok we were at Suan Luam Bazaar last night shopping had drinks and Sing concert now breakfast
9 June - Found Palmy - beautiful ride - do you want me to buy?

Great Grand Pa

Finally have got a scanner/printer and home. The stack of A4 paper that have been on the shelf for 5 years is now of use. Finally get to scan and have a digital copy of my favourite pic of my great grandpa. Who ever took this photo must have an eye for photography.

Being Blunt

James Blunt is now officially on my Noreese Favourite Artist List. They are.....

• Shakira - Her old spanish albums are the best
• Allisha's Attic
• Palmy
• Lisa Loeb
• Alanis Morissette
• Kelly Clarkson
• Carrie Underwood
• Now: James Blunt

They are the only one's that i would go get the ORI cd's.

If you are contemplating getting his CD get the CD in the pic "The Bedlam Sessions". Super worth it cd. You get an audio cd with him singing live - just excellent! and you get another DVD with his video DVD of his live performance that you hear on the audio CD, all of his MTV videos thus far, all the making of his MTV videos thus far and Interview with James Blunt. Watching him sing live is just mesmerizing - he is the real thing - original, down to earth, writes his own songs. :D

Precious Life

Just came to know of sad and suprising news today of a fellow colleague have been diagnosed with Stage 3 of cancer. And am still surprised by the news. Last week on a Thursday evening we met him at a farewell dinner for another colleague. Everyone else and so was he was being chatty, laughing, indulging and enjoying ourselves with drinks and food. Only to find out the following day of his diagnosis.

It is unimaginable to what he has to go through in just a few days. Pat and I will be keeping him in our prayers for strength, courage, super support from family and friends in this trying time.

Life's problems/difficulties just feels insignificant now in comparison to what our fellow colleague has to go through. I guess its a reminder to be grateful of the things we have and not focus on the things we dont have.

RT@M Blog

SY just created a blog site for RT@M (note: this is not the RTM malaysia TV channel its the "Rhythm Tappers at Malaysia")
Its over at http://rtam.blogdrive.com/ just in case i forget. Nothing interesting in the blog yet. Shall have to wait and see what gets updated - so good bye to mass forwarded discussion mails - hello blog!

Monday Blues

Last Thursday just as work hours was about to end 2 situations came up. So Monday was indeed a blue Monday for me. Just glad the both "situations" was sorted out all right.

A project kick-off was put off again. Kind of a breather for me. Good time to take some time off while I can.

A group get together tomorrow. It'll be good to get together as a group again before the "real" work starts soon.....

May: Favourite Song the Month

Just absolutely love this song "Gone". Good song that complements hip-hop, acoustic guitar, rap singing from the Black Eyed Peas and soft singing of Jack Johnson.

Resolved: Handphone Wierdness

Have been trying to figure out why for the past 1 month whenever LC calls me and me handphone only displays her number but not her name.
Just realised today it was coz i have duplicate contacts of hers with the same number - "Haiya... no wonder lar..." :D

9 Days 8 Nights in Perth

26 March - 3 April - Perth "Working Holiday"
The trip this time was a very enjoyable one this time. All cause of:

• Wonderful weather. It was sunny with clear blue sky and not a single drop of rain
• Great company - LC and Andrew
• Gracious Host Andrew for taking us the most interesting places in Perth
• Great quality of life there

Highlight of the trip was.....

Food, food, food.... all about the food:

Scenic Perth I never knew...

South Perth where the really nice houses are

Perth at night from King's Park

Cottlesloe Beach so lovely and blue

Entertaining Perth Animals....

(1) Kangaroo sucking its "thumb" (2) Never seen kangaroo on its back (3) A fat wombat hug

Cute toilets signs - I like the disabled wombat the best

Eeeksss... I forgot to mention work ;-D

Congratulations PL and Juni

It was Poh Ling and Juni's wedding yesterday. Really, reallly happy for the both of them :D Poh Ling looking super sweet that day and Juni looks really good. Could just see their happiness glowing in them. The highlight of the evening was:

• Juni with the "Samurai Sword" he looked like he was going to chop something but ended up slicing the cake ;-)
• The amazing stories of Poh Ling the animal lover

Congratulations the both of you!

Perth here "We" Come

Looking forward to go. Will be a more interesting trip to Perth this time cause will not be going on my own this time :-). The BDD framework has been updated including some updated scripts - hopefully that will be heaps of help for the REAL deployment this time. Will need to go through it again to refresh my mind on what BDD is all about again.

This week is gonna be a busy-busy week - getting stuff completed as mush as possible so that it'll be easier for the other to take over. Work in Perth will be hectic too lots to accomplish in a short time. Just concerned for the newbie to have to pick up after us leaving during the SMS project peak time - anyway there's more ppl to the team now so am phew the circumstances is better now.

Eeeks "Improv"!

"Improvisation"..... is what i dread most in Tap class. Where music is played and everyone takes turn to tap solo to the beat of the music with your own on-the-fly tap choreagraphy. Just before its my turn i plan in my head what i want to tap-out but when its my turn my feet does the opposite and out of beat! And when i do it on my own - no audience it sounds better...

Coming weekend is the KDU open day and gonna be helping out RT@M (not tv's rtm its Rhythm Tappers at Malaysia) to promote Tap. One of the activity is tap "improvisation" during the open day - its going to be tough to do it in front of more ppl :-& Anyway I'll just do it lar and give it a try. That should be an interesting day.

Perth Calling

Got a call from Dave last Friday. Finally got the DPI project! ;-) It was 9 months ago when we did the POC for them. Dave called to find out if I all right to be going to Perth for 1 month to start the technical implementation of Zero Touch.

Still feel really bad for telling him that i would like to stay on here to follow through the projects at hand - its lately that i have the opportunity to really carry through a whole project and working with a team. Leaving would mean not being able to carry it through and experiencing the up and downs. I would love to go to Perth but leaving for a long time and coming back would be like starting all over again and picking up where I left off.

I hope I didnt let him down that way :-(

Reflections 2005

The past year has been good with ups and downs. Looking back reflecting on things there’s were heaps of blessings:

• The surreal reality of physically owning a place
• Incentive Trip to Bali – Really liked Bali. Have always thought it was more of a clubbers paradise but there was more to Bali I never realized
• New opportunities at work
• Working trip to Perth – 1st time to Australia ever
• MS Partner Technical Excellence Award – this wouldn’t be possible without the help from fellow colleagues
• Exciting and positive career challenges ahead

Samsonite

Have been passing by reflections of myself carrying me notebook bag – in the lift, relection of the car window, mirroed walls…. Everytime I see the reflection I see myself looking like a box is hanging on my back than me carrying a bag ;D

Maybe its time to get a proper notebook bag. Have seen ppl getting Samsonite bags and they look good, sturdy and comfortable.

Was walking to the car park after a meeting and a parking attendant called on me “Pergi sekolah ke?” – thought was funny.

Shall just go and check it out to see its affordability and how worth it it is.

I.T. Know It All

Just because you are in the IT working line every lay person thinks you know everything about IT particularly PCs. From knowing....

• what's the best firefox card for the pc - as if I know which was the BEST
• the answer to Windows Operating System quirks - like the popular on with Win98 "why cannot shut down properly wan"
• and can you format my machine?

Some examples of formatting pc's request:

• In primary school, Std 3 i think... was in the school compound leaving to wait for the bus and a teacher familiar only coz she lived around the same housing area called on me. She asked "Your dad and brother can fix computers right?". All i said was "Errmmmm..." and she said "Ask him to come over to my hse. My hse is beside Mr. X house. Do you know Mr. X's house?". I said "No I dunno". "How about Family Y's hse?" I said "I dunno". It went on for a bit and she later rudely commented "How can you dont know wan?? How can you not know your neighbours... and blah... blah...." If she had wanted help she could have left the rude bits out for her benefit. Anyway we never bothered gng to her place - besides we barely knew her and she lived 20 houses away and she's a rude woman and how could she expect us to know her neighbours 20 hse's away?.
• A toastmaster member i knew from the "Hi's and Bye's" asked if i was in the IT line. Then asked me if i could format and install his super ancient computer which was running Win98 to have Win98 back coz he didnt want take it to a PC shop to pay someone to do it!! Can you imagine refomatting a machine with no NIC/USB - how lar to backup data.. duh..with diskettes? And with Win98 have to download the drivers each and that could mean opening up the CPU trying to read the small prints of the components for the brand and type to get the drivers. If it wasn't a tedious job/task why would ppl even sell services to do it in the first place.. Anyway i said "Nope, I think its better for you to get a new computer" and some excuses.

So if someone asked me to format their machine it would have to be with conditions:

• close friend/family member
• Newer PC's only - if got ancient one's better buy new one
• The PC is new with either NIC/USB/CD Burner to be able to backup their data
• Install only the basic apps
• And the rest of the software they need to know how to install themselves too (Not trying to be mean but they should know how to do at least some things)

In "Her World"?

Was helping KE 2 weeks back over at Dance Space. A reporter from "Her World" was going to feature KE at a new tap class of his. And he needed our help to fill the class bit more for the photo-taking.

It was quite interesting to have been a part of that......
Dance Space is a single studio dance school and there was a latin dance going on before the tap class could start. The class was about to start and the photographers were setting up their equipment. At first I thought i would just be taking photo of the class as a whole - but i guess coz some of the students didnt want to be photographed they only took our FEET! If i had known that i would have worn better socks or if lousy socks was the only one i had i would have gone with a pants that would have covered the wornout socks.... The camera man took about 1 hr of photos of the feet and lots of close up.. aiks...

That article is supposed to be out in April of "Her World" - I shall await to see if my feet and the worn-out socks is featured...

More Tap

Its hard to belive it has been 5 years since I have taken up tap. Just signed up for the Classics tap class and today was the 1st class. Great to have more of tap apart from just to Sunday classes.

Just cant explain it but i just absolutely enjoy tap. Ever since when i was 7 years old watching it on TV i knew i wanted to learn that. And finally all grown up came across a place that taught tap - and coincidentally for me the only place in KL/Klang Valley that teaches American Rhythm Tap ;-)

1st Chinese New Year Missed...

It has been a really long time since I have been truly and continuously unwell. It all started after the HK-Bangkok Trip. Late night flight and 1 day of rest to recuperate from the hectic trip. Dad came down with an early flu in Bangkok already and was on mc th next few days from the flu. That 1 day rest certainly didnt help my immunization system coz i became sick on the eve-eve of CNY and was in bed for 5 days! The cough was really bad till my tummy muscles could not take another cough anymore! Felt the same for 3 days after seeing the 1st doctor near my house - i shall not go there ever again coz the medcine perscribed never works. Went to Dad's friend's clinic and was all better the day itself. Missed all the CNY action this year - was in bed while my family and relatives was doing the annual house visiting.

The flu-thingy dad and I caught is a stubborn one too... my flu persisted for 2 weeks and suddenly a super high fever that had me going home to sleep with NO FAN ON and with my sweater and blanket over me for feeling super cold.
Its still lingering a-bit on me now.... I hope the 3rd round of antibiotics immobilizes the virus in me completely. Most part of my spending money for Jan and Feb has gone to the doctors.
Am just glad am out of bed and the cough is not the bad one :-)