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i so love this movie that i want to watch it again!!
i like sandra bullock and especially love her in romantic comedy. i’ve been waiting for the sceening of the movie that i’ve googled everything about the movie. i watched the trailers, making of the movie etc while waiting for it to hit the big screen.
i loved it so much that i highly recommended it to my collys. but still, i told them not to go with too much expectations in case they are disappointed. true enough, they enjoyed it too and said they understand why i said i will watch it again.
another colly commented that she saw the trailer and it doesn’t seem interesting. i told her that there is more to the movie than what’s shown in the trailer!
i love it because of sandra bullock. i love it for the fact that it’s shot in alaska. it’s one of the places i want to visit after having watched the sitcom “northern exposure” donkey years back. i love it for the chemistry between sandra bullock and ryan reynolds (note i did not say i like ryan reynolds). my colly didn’t think he is appealing just by watching the trailer and i totally agree. but he does have some charm as you watch him in the movie. betty white was hilarious!
i’m not waiting for the release of the dvd/vcd!! heh!
i started this monday really stoned from a long weekend of lack of sleep!
but it was a great weekend with so much love in the air 
i wanted to “play it low” this V day i.e. not buying or making any gifts or cards for friends – NOT bcos i want to tighten my belf but bcos i simply lack the time. as the day was drawing near, i can’t help but felt that love was in the air.
i made a last minute dash to the malls (hey, i work in orchard road, so that’s not an unusal itin in my daily life) with the focus of looking for a V day gift for B… and along the way, i was tempted to buy gifts for collys and friends too but i resisted. it was too rushed for me to make any wise decision during that short lunch break – especially when i am not done with getting B’s. in any case, i have already prepared 2 crafty gifts for emily and anthea. so… the rest will not get any gifts.
for the record, i bought B’s V days Part 1 pressie on friday; the 13th and his Part 2 pressie the following day.
cell group meeting on friday evening was very unlike the usual cos’ daniel updated the cg on his proposal to cherrie and what happened the night before. i was really amused by daniel’s account and what he did and made me think that it is a good idea to converse with B about it before it is “too late”….
daniel and gilbert have been educating me about diamond of late bcos of such occasion mentioned above. i parted ways with them on friday night with the thought that it is a good time now to buy a diamond ring for myself bcos of the economy downturn. so the guys told me!
i couldn’t meet with B after cell that night as i have yet to prepare for my whampoa cell the next day. he did sms me in the afternoon to ask if i have cell. he didn’t as it was brought forward to the day before. reached home at about 11.30pm after cell and was smsing B. he sent me a V day greeting at the strike of 12 and i was amused. after another sms from him, he called and said he was outside my door. i was definitely surprised! and how sweet of him to pass me my V day pressies!
all these years, i found myself to be someone that would not be too surprised by things (not sure if it’s that whole “cool persona” that i have) or events esp. during special occasions such as my birthday etc… but B has on a few occasion surprised me quite delightfully.
he never gave me flowers for he is 1 of those guys who deem it as a waste of money. but last year; on my birthday, he gave me a bouquet of flowers for the 1st time and i was pleasantly surprised and delighted. and really for V day this year, i had not expected him to give me flowers again or attempt to spring me a surprise such as turning up at my house at mid-night.
he came by to hand me a bouquet of flowers and a pendent with a diamond stud! ok, it is a very very small diamond but it means SO much to me! i was (and still is) pleasantly surprised and delighted! i feel so loved!
on sat, we gave out roses at our whampoa cell too i asked CY to help me check out the prices of the roses in the market. it was $2 a stalk and un-wrapped. i saw the super-market selling a dozen of roses for $15 the day before and regretted that i didn’t buy it; even though i did not have any idea who i was going to buy it for then. CY convinced me not to get them (those in the market) as they were too expensive. he called me a few minutes later and told me he managed to get 11 stalks of roses at $1 each :O [this shall be kept a secret off the blog; for reasons]. so, i told my whampoa cell that CY has bought them roses for V day. and i must say it was a wise decision (to have that idea of giving out roses) cos’ they were really happy and glowing in their faces
i came across these on friday when i was looking around for B’s pressie. i thought that was interesting. i decided to get it for whampoa cell, just for the occasion of V day
B and i went out on sat night after my bible study class and we had our late dinner at esplanade before we headed to marina sqaure to catch “new in town”. i like that movie. i think rene zellweger and harry connick jr. have pretty good chemistry. i’ve always liked rene zellweger and her movies. what i liked about this movie was also for the fact that a few of the characters in the movie scrapbooked LOL! there were a few scenes of them scrapbooking and a few scrapbook pieces were exhibited. they even used that idea in their credits at the end of the movie.
thanks to Elizabeth who was so sweet to send me the lyrics and mp3 for the song; after reading my blog and when i was just about to search under CHCs’ resource…
GOD OF MY FOREVER from City Harvest Church
Verse 1
God of my youth I remember
Your call on my life took me o’er
Your love has seen me through my days
I stand here by Your Grace
On this altar I’ve written my life
Tells of the story I have with You My Lord
I want the world to know
Chorus
God of my forever
And forever I’m wiht you
My life is saved with a price
Your sacrifice redeemed my soul
God of my forever
And forever I will sing
My greatest honor will always be
To serve my Lord and King
Verse 2
God of my all I’ve surrendered
My heart finds it rest in Your Word
Praises will not be enough to show
How my love for You has grown
Nothing matters when You’re here with me
In the end just to hear You say “Well Done”
Bowing before Your throne
Bridge
Forever and ever
Jesus You alone in glory reign
Forever and ever
With You I walk this narrow way
travelled past the marina bay area again.. it was just a “any how snap” shot i.e. with one hand on the wheels (and eyes in front) and the other holding the hp… not bad huh….
it’s finally over – my grad dip HR course’s exams!
results will be out in a month’s time and prayerfully i will clear all papers and i would be done with my course… time flies – 1 year has gone by. though I’m not quite the academic type, i enjoyed my course actually. though tedious to attend classes on 3 weekday nights every week, it’s the assignments and exams that made it shiong. you have to do 6 assignments every half year… it’s one after another, research, reading, writing, submission.. just when u are done with 1, you got to start preparing for the next one immediately. so, it’s like non-stop *catch breath*… it’s all behind me now… in celebration, my project mates and i went to Vivo-City for lunch yesterday…
and interestingly, while looking up for the restaurant directory in Vivo-City, i chanced upon the Build A Bear Workshop… i learnt from my classmate that it’s a place (a shop) where you can make your own teddy bear and dress it up. i came across such a shop in one of the taiwan variety show and said i wanted to visit it when i go to TW. i thought it was quite interesting cos’ u can decide how much cotton to stuff your teddy. on the taiwan variety show, the celebrity showed how u can even make the teddy muscular. so, i was pleasantly surprised that they have it in singapore too. i took a quick peep into the place but didn’t have enough time to hang around longer as i had to leave for CG. but i will go back again to see how it works! http://www.buildabear.com.sg/
though it was only 4 months ago, it felt like a long time since i’ve last been to CG. last night, there were 6 of us who gathered in fellowship and to our amusement… all of them were in shades of red except me (“one of these things doesn’t belong together”… sesame street song.. ) and to think that it was not arranged! J the pink panther family J
after CG, we went for supper… in celebration of the final exams for daniel and myself and a new found job for albert. praise God that albert was able to get a new job which pay better with shorter work hours and bet of all, he can go for church camp PTL! we wanted to celebrate poh fong’s salvation too but the latter had to leave earlier to travel all the way back to the west… .
we went to lavender food court and because wensing wanted to eat the 国记 wanton noodles, i decided to give it a try too… there’s always a long que when i go to lavender food court and when u see people eating it, it doesn’t look very fantastic… so, all these years, i have never tried it; wondering what’ the big deal about it… and wow… for those who have not tried it before, i tell u – it actually tastes much better than it looks!! it’s very very nice and i kept raving about it 
i tucked into my plate of noodles but also kept looking at the stall to check the que cos’ i was still hungry (didn’t eat dinner) and kept wondering if I should get another plate – cos’ so yummy! (and the $3 was a very small serving le , even albert who bought $4 said his was little) … in the end, i decided to keep it as my “crave list; for consumption in the next visit la J something to look forward to… such simplicity in life
i was quite surprised at the development at the marina bay front… they have built a platform into the waters and it looks as it is a stage and the slope is being converted to a sitting arena. i wonder what this is for.
i drive past the singapore flyer every time i go to work. http://www.singaporeflyer.com.sg/ it’s opening on 14 feb 08. you can book on-line now for 1 mar ’08 onwards.
this is another angle of the singapore flyer *between pan pacific and ritz carlton hotels*
i’m on a 2 weeks leave starting this week to prepare and sit for my final course exams.. i’m supposed to be happy to be out of the office for 2 weeks but don’t know why, on monday noon, i had a very unsettled and un-rest feeling whenever i think about my job 
the kind that makes you sigh and sigh….
and was feeling a little anxious about how slow the job search is progressing… then just after lunch, i received the following sms from aunty deborah … (want to blog it, as a journal to testify His goodness when it comes to past :> )
秋燕姐妹， 神赐福你。我奉耶稣的名祝福您在工作与功课， 神必照他的荣耀的丰富当中。原在基督耶稣里使你一切所需要都充足，阿们。
amen and thanks be to God!
i came across the below passage in my devotion today. it’s a long passage – for a reason, i would elaborate. but it came timely for me as i brood and mourn over what happened at work today and oftenly; on so many other days….
for a long period of time, i would go to work feeling dreadful of what’s to happen and how my boss would react. fear grips my heart every morning and every time i draft an email to be sent to my boss or to the whole company.
it’s been half a year now… and at the mark of my 6 months, i spoke to my boss – i thank her for giving me the opportunity but told her that it is unfortunately not working out. i told her that i will be looking out for a new alternative and asked that she grant me a month’s notice when i do find a suitable job. she took the opportunity to demean and condemn me but told me that she will not be cruel to ask me to leave in 24 hrs. she said i can take 3, 6, 9 months to look for something else and asked that i do not settle for any other job.
but it was a good thing i did; at least it cleared the air and relieve some tension between us. i spoke to her last tues and for a whole week, it has been quite bliss… until today – another firing statement and sentence from her… i was feeling very sianz and that spilled over to the attitude behind my work.
so, when i read the passage below, it’s a humbling reminder from God; especially so when there is mention of psalms 90:17 – a verse i hold on to every day and even have a post-it scribbed with the verse and stuck onto my PC (which i happened to have a snap-shot).
the passage below is long and if you take some quick time to glance through it, what will strike you is the attention to details that ezra accorded. ezra’s goal was on building the temple. the end of the people’s journey, as of ours, is the house of God, a place of beauty and worship.
the thoughts for reflection posed were “have the tasks i have just concluded or am about to conclude been done thoroughly? are they fit to offer in worship to the God of fine detail?” i would be frank and said that in most times, i can’t say that confidently – and especially not office work; where the uglies, evil and cruelties of the world are so real…
so, i need to pray and ask that every day, i may do everything to God’s glory!
EZRA 8:15-36 (NIV)
[15] I assembled them at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I checked among the people and the priests, I found no Levites there. [16] So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of learning, [17] and I sent them to Iddo, the leader in Casiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his kinsmen, the temple servants in Casiphia, so that they might bring attendants to us for the house of our God. [18] Because the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah’s sons and brothers, 18 men; [19] and Hashabiah, together with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, and his brothers and nephews, 20 men. [20] They also brought 220 of the temple servants-a body that David and the officials had established to assist the Levites. All were registered by name. [21] There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. [22] I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.” [23] So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. [24] Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, [25] and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisers, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God. [26] I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold, [27] 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics, and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold. [28] I said to them, “You as well as these articles are consecrated to the LORD. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers. [29] Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.” [30] Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem. [31] On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way. [32] So we arrived in Jerusalem, where we rested three days. [33] On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, and so were the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui. [34] Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the entire weight was recorded at that time. [35] Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs and, as a sin offering, twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD. [36] They also delivered the king’s orders to the royal satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who then gave assistance to the people and to the house of God.
my last “acquiried taste” was mushroom.. never ate much of it when i was very young but think i was just about 10 years old when i started loving it…and that’s over 20 years ago and i thought i won’t start developing new taste about anything else (for food, that is) but i am wrong.
my new acquiried taste are wasabi peas and capsicum… it’s funny, you know… i love japanese food but stay off the raw stuff and wasabi and even when i order subway, i would say “all vege except capsicum” – you know the extent of how i did not like them?
but it’s all different now – i crave for wasabi peas and my recent crave for capsicum was yesterday. i was thinking of the capsicum with paste at the yong tau fu stall in SPC but din feel like having all yong tau fu for lunch. so, i ordered the chicken fillet curry rice and asked poh fong to order one piece of the capsicum for me (she is very predictable for lunch on sundays ) … and guess what? i had yong tau fu for dinner again and ordered yet another piece of capsicum )
i wonder what and when would be the next acquired taste… sashimi :O yucky
I’ve been living with a shadow overhead
I’ve been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I’ve been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can’t seem to move on
I’ve been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need em again someday
I’ve been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can’t make it through without a way back into love
Oh oh oh
I’ve been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I’ve been searching but I just don’t see the signs
I know that it’s out there
There’s got to be something for my soul somewhere
I’ve been looking for someone to shed some light
Not somebody just to get me through the night
I could use some direction
And I’m open to your suggestions
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can’t make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart again
I guess I’m hoping you’ll be there for me in the end
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
There are moments when I don’t know if it’s real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can’t make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you
I’m hoping you’ll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that I’ll be there for you in the end
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
