Inspiring Piece - The Art of Marriage

A very inspiring write up on The Art of Marriage by a Singapore lady, Kelly Paterson, who lives in USA with the man she loves,  in the beautiful mountains of Jackson, Hole, Wyoming. She is very blessed woman and reminded me of my roomie who is relocated to USA and becoming a stronger girl as the day goes.

A good marriage must be created ~

In the art of marriage, little things are big things.

Is never being too old to hold hands.

It is remembering to say “I Love You” at least once a day.

It is never going to sleep angry.

It is having a mutual sense of values and common objective.

It  standing together facing the world.

It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family.

It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways.

It is having the capacity to forgive and forget.

It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow.

It is finding room for things of the spirit.

It is the common search for the good and the beautiful.

It is not only marrying the right partner.

It is being the right partner.

~ Kelly Paterson

Can't agree more with her statements and totally loving it! :)

Highlights of Stareo's past 2 weeks

Don't wish to talk about the unhappy or emotional things, perhaps better for me to share some key highlights for the past 2 weeks:

1. Malacca Trip with Family

My dear Sis has managed to organise a short 2D1N weekend trip for mum, me and her 3 friends to Malacca. I was not looking forward for the trip coz I wanted to travel further and for a longer holiday. Nevertheless, it has been a while since I travelled with with Mum and Sis, so I went for the trip with a neutral heart.  The 3.5 hrs bus journey was unexpectedly smooth and quiet mainly bcoz there were not kids or inconsiderate adults, therefore allowing me to sleep thru "peacefully". Hehee..yes I know I am still the usual piggy me. :P

We have managed to visit the Mega Malls as usual, did some shopping but didnt get much things. In the evening, we went to the famous night market at Jonker Street. To our surprise, the place was fully packed and there were quite a variety of clothes, souvenirs and food there. We took our dinner at one small retro shop to eat Asam Laksa and popular durian chendol. Yum yum...

The hotel we stayed in was great, Renaissance Hotel, very spacious, clean and very comfortable beds. :) Haha..slept quite early even though it was only one night stay. Anyway, the ladies are not into night outings or chill out, plus mum was tired too. We reached Singapore at 7pm, quite tiring to work on Monday but it was all fun weekend! :D

2. Jacky Cheung Half Century Concert 2011

Watched Jacky Cheung's Half Century (his 50th year old) Concert 2011 on 26 Aug 2011, the experience was not fantastic mainly because he sang more canto songs and even converse in canto. To a canto-nerd like me, it was totally boring and lost..Haiz...how considerate for a Singapore market. Also partly coz I have heard very good review of his last concert and would expect him to sing many famous mandarin pop which I love to hear "live"...it didnt came true, quite a disappointment indeed! Despite all, I think he really live up to his name of "Gei Shen" with his undeniable great voice and stabililty even when he was dancing while he sings. Impressive!! The stage effect was good too, perhaps not the best that I have seen so far but certainly worth praising too. Ohh.. I thought the sound effect was abit too loud and create some discomfort to audiences' ears, perhaps to create the hype among us but certainly not to create NID - Noise Induced Deafness. Haha.. :P

3. Presidential Election 2011

Staying up to wait for result for the presidential election result - close fight between Dr-Tony-Tan and Dr-Tan-Cheng-Bock.  No comments for this election coz personally don't really have much favourtism to any of the candidates. At least for now, we are sure that our next President will be a Dr Tan! Haha...Not Mr Tan as the other 2 Tans should have went back to sleep already. Had a short talk with my roomie in USA just now and feeling tired already, time to be ms piggy again. Sweet dreams...

Decision made - I have done it!

Today, I have finally submitted my application form for my MBA at SIM-GE. Feeling super relieved coz one action item down..just pending their selection committee to confirm my enrolment. The application already cost me $86, quite good money for the uni hor? :P So many undergraduates there afterall...Even the "air" there at the campus was super youthful, feel even OLDER when I was there in the short duration, quite out of place indeed. Haha..hope to infuse some youth in me if I get to study there.

Well... the amazing part is they admission officer refused to accept my testimonials from ex-employers and cca records as they only need academic transripts and undergraduate cert. Ermm...frankly, that's my worst record of my life! Hahaha..I have better credentials in CCAs and of course employers' testimonials from past jobs. Well....really got to leave it to fate to decide if I will be selected for the programme to commence in Sept. Regardless, I have tried applying and even if reject also no choice already.

Good luck to Stareo! :)

Updates of Stareo's Life

My last update was January 2011, time really flies this year, it's Singapore's 46th birthday yesterday (as in before midnite) already. Finally decided to write something to account for my MIA for past half a year. Life hasn't been smooth for stareo and I am still trying to stay positive with my life. Many friends keep telling me there are ups and downs in life, somehow I have not really seen my "ups" in life since I was borned. Quite sad indeed... ;( Many things have happened and I am not going to share more sad stories here coz I really hope this is not a sad place for my readers. I should just continue to walk through the darkness to see the light at the end of the tunnel..:)

Here's some updates:

1) At work, I have transferred to another branch at my current workplace, currently doing strategy and management. There are many reasons for my transfer, mainly because of the lousy and incompetent boss and team. Personally, I know somehow I will be "infected" by the negative morale in the team and never get a chance to perform under such boss. Thurs, I have initiated my intention to transfer since March this year and was told to only effective in Aug this year due to many political reasons. Well, forget about the process, I have achieved my end result ultimately. *Smiles*

2) Decided to apply for my MBA course at S.I.M.GE under Uni of Birmingham after much research and checking with friends. There are many reasons why I have chosen this uni instead of the local big 3 uni, first simple reason is the course fee! Local unis are charging at $58k for a 2 year MBA course! *Cut throat* Frankly, I am not ready to pay such amount for my aspiration. Therefore, I have decided to embark on this course which cost lesser at $30k. Nevertheless, this is still a big strain to my current income, which is stressing me to the max!!! Seriously dun understand why a MBA course can cost so much when we only paid around $25k for our undergraduate course. Haiz...That's why must take now than in the future! Haha....inflation mah.

Nah...More for the fact that I am growing older each year and I should not keep delaying my aspiration to further study in biz coz of my engineering background. It is a natural progression for me to take a MBA instead of Msc where my interest lies. Past few weeks has been busy preparing for the application requirements, including getting referral letters and essay done up. Keep my finger crossed that I will survive through the course for the next 2 years bah. :) Need to be selected first of course! :P

3) My dearest Roomie, Joyce, has relocated to USA since 15 June, it has been near to 2 months and I am glad that she has settled down well over there. Really miss her alot...been going shopping and eating alone after she has left. Sometimes I really wonder if I really only have her in my life? Haha..Nah..more like other friends are all busying with their partners or spouses. In reality, most of my friends are either happily married or attached, some are blessed with kids already. It is getting depressing to check FB and realise that everyone is sharing happy moments with their loved ones when I am all alone.. Yes, this is call loneliness and I totally hate this! :( Even meet-ups with other girl-friends have become scary sometimes coz the topics will surround 3 main topics: marriage, bfs and children. You know what i mean?? *Sweat*

4) Yeah..I have finally changed my blog skin to something happier, hope this will add some pleasure to my readers too. :D

It's PH today and I have been constantly bombarded by mum's nagging about her job for the WHOLE day (including when I was trying to sleep in my room), what a way to spend my PH indeed! My poor sis has got it too despite the fact that she is not staying with us, sometimes I think my mum is really quite ONE KIND or have I not spend enough time with her? Maybe her swollen wrist is causing her to be so grouchy and unhappy about every single thing, I am glad enough that she didnt throw temper at me after all. *Phew..* I am still trying to be a better daughter...show me some mercy pls.

Hope to see more happy updates from stareo soon..stay tuned! :)