finally it's completed! frankly, i think we still haven't fully digest the fact that iris has gotten married and has moved out.. the day that we've been planning and getting stressed on was over and it felt so surreal.. well.. partly also she still has tonnes of things at our home.. ha.. this week will be the week we will all try to adjust..
lost yet another room mate.. no one to yak to after work.. feels abit wierd .. anyway.. gotta try and adjust.. and on the up side. i can start to plan to decorate my room.. and expand my cupboard territory..
All the best for both my sister's marriage..
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Faith and Grading
God told sarah that she ll be pregnant & she laughed..she didn t believe God 4 e impossible . Frankly if I were her, I would think e same way. In fact I might tell God r u kidding me? ..this story was spoken to me twice last week. & it dawned on me dat I AM like sarah. I did lack faith in God in a lot of things & God is telling me to trust him in them.
In an analogy given in e book Run with Horses, a person was dining with a close friend & attention was mainly one another except e waiter whom ey would converse with to place their orders. In an ideal scenario, God shld be e one whom we are engaging most often with. However most often than not, e close friend is actually ourselves & God is simply e waiter with whom we talk to now & then to give orders thank him abit or even remember his name. Who actually is in e driving seat of our car?
I need to trust God more in what he can do & stop treating Him as e waiter of my life. Start talking to him more than simply about him.
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on a side note... helping my sister's wedding this week.. trying to squeeze time in to train more esp since Mr rivas drop a bombshell say ask me try for july grading period... Will try my best to make it these two weeks or so..
In an analogy given in e book Run with Horses, a person was dining with a close friend & attention was mainly one another except e waiter whom ey would converse with to place their orders. In an ideal scenario, God shld be e one whom we are engaging most often with. However most often than not, e close friend is actually ourselves & God is simply e waiter with whom we talk to now & then to give orders thank him abit or even remember his name. Who actually is in e driving seat of our car?
I need to trust God more in what he can do & stop treating Him as e waiter of my life. Start talking to him more than simply about him.
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on a side note... helping my sister's wedding this week.. trying to squeeze time in to train more esp since Mr rivas drop a bombshell say ask me try for july grading period... Will try my best to make it these two weeks or so..
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Health Check
i realised... i don't have much pictures in my blog.. maybe i really should take more pictures hor.. but then.. alot of pics i have are those that my frens tag me on FB de.. which if ppl who are reading this have my FB, then no point right? but anyway what the heck right, my blog mah haha.. but these 2 shots are reawlly nice.. they are my fave.. taken at jade's wedding..
went for health screening. spent 3 and half hours there siah.. waste time.. sitting there from 7 to 1030 siah.. woke up at 5.. felt the day has gone by beforei even reach office...
Before anyone continue, make sure you've finished whatever food that you happen to be eating... :p :p :p LOL
Now, what's worse than doing a secretion examination? Doing a secretion examination on someone who just had diahorrea.. :p
Anyway. one of the things to check was a pelvic ultrasound.. which requires your damn bladder to be full.. So i happily drank like 10 cups of water at one shot.. waiting for it to reach the bladder.. then.... diaster strike.. stomachache.. so i have let evryeone out and back to square one.. sian!!
then gotta drink another 10 cups of water.. but still not full enough.. so i gotta sit outside the room... and .. waiiiitttttt.. wait for the magic feeling to come way down there..1 freaking hour siah.. bigest waste of time.. although heading to work is not the best exciting altnerative.... but still .. oh well..
finally resuming my personal training this sat.. gosh. it's been 1 month since i saw Arik.. damn! see if i can go back training next week.. yeah! resuming my exercise! with or without the pain!
went for health screening. spent 3 and half hours there siah.. waste time.. sitting there from 7 to 1030 siah.. woke up at 5.. felt the day has gone by beforei even reach office...
Before anyone continue, make sure you've finished whatever food that you happen to be eating... :p :p :p LOL
Now, what's worse than doing a secretion examination? Doing a secretion examination on someone who just had diahorrea.. :p
Anyway. one of the things to check was a pelvic ultrasound.. which requires your damn bladder to be full.. So i happily drank like 10 cups of water at one shot.. waiting for it to reach the bladder.. then.... diaster strike.. stomachache.. so i have let evryeone out and back to square one.. sian!!
then gotta drink another 10 cups of water.. but still not full enough.. so i gotta sit outside the room... and .. waiiiitttttt.. wait for the magic feeling to come way down there..1 freaking hour siah.. bigest waste of time.. although heading to work is not the best exciting altnerative.... but still .. oh well..
finally resuming my personal training this sat.. gosh. it's been 1 month since i saw Arik.. damn! see if i can go back training next week.. yeah! resuming my exercise! with or without the pain!
Monday, May 17, 2010
weekend...
Did something i've not done in years.... swimming.. come to think of it, i've done lasik for ayear and i've not swam since then.. damn.. time flies! and i've not gone since i taken up tkd...wanted to get used to deep pool..but still scared of water.. the way i was holding to the wall had the lifeguards staring at me most of the time.. oh well. guess that's better right, knowing someone is looking out for me hehe
yvonne's wedding over! can't believe yvonne is now mrs tan.. she still so youngish and chirpy and childlike hehee.. she really pretty pretty that day.. and figure v good actually! hehhe.. benjamin was sweating furiously the whole day siah.. and kudos to him..! he played and sang .. not an easy feat!!! *applause* *applause* .. and i love the live jazz band at the dinner.. even though en en tot it was cd even after 2 hours into the dinner *faint* hahahha
was tiring.. but still fun.. =)
yvonne's wedding over! can't believe yvonne is now mrs tan.. she still so youngish and chirpy and childlike hehee.. she really pretty pretty that day.. and figure v good actually! hehhe.. benjamin was sweating furiously the whole day siah.. and kudos to him..! he played and sang .. not an easy feat!!! *applause* *applause* .. and i love the live jazz band at the dinner.. even though en en tot it was cd even after 2 hours into the dinner *faint* hahahha
was tiring.. but still fun.. =)
Sunday, May 9, 2010
It's over!
Yeah!! finally grading is over!!! UP next! Black belt grading! damn there's going to be intensive training, it'll be nerve wrecking but yet tantalising and so full of excitement and anticipation!
Let my legs heal in time pls!
Let my legs heal in time pls!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Things i don’t understand....
Things i don’t understand....
Why do ppl spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on an expensive bag when it doesn’t even have the basic function of a zip to give security to your belongings inside? It’s like building a nice fanciful bungalow in the heart of orchard road and not building a door for it....
Saw a man who’s derailed and off in his mind, shouting to no one in particular vulgarities and a chunk of incomprehensible sentences in Hokkien.. No doubt he had attracted a lot of curious stares... but as i look at him, I’m wondering what did he go through in life that he had become emotionally unstable and unable to let go all his burdens.. As I look at him.. I felt really sad for him...
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Punch the bags till my hand bleed.. but enjoy the adrenaline..
Tom grading!! Focus!! focus on grading this weekend! no time on anything else now, work is already distracting enough to say the least.. It'll be a good weekend.. mother's day weekend (even though not doing much), sauna, some workout, then celebrate friend birthday and meet some friends from overseas..
Why do ppl spend hundreds and thousands of dollars on an expensive bag when it doesn’t even have the basic function of a zip to give security to your belongings inside? It’s like building a nice fanciful bungalow in the heart of orchard road and not building a door for it....
Saw a man who’s derailed and off in his mind, shouting to no one in particular vulgarities and a chunk of incomprehensible sentences in Hokkien.. No doubt he had attracted a lot of curious stares... but as i look at him, I’m wondering what did he go through in life that he had become emotionally unstable and unable to let go all his burdens.. As I look at him.. I felt really sad for him...
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Punch the bags till my hand bleed.. but enjoy the adrenaline..
Tom grading!! Focus!! focus on grading this weekend! no time on anything else now, work is already distracting enough to say the least.. It'll be a good weekend.. mother's day weekend (even though not doing much), sauna, some workout, then celebrate friend birthday and meet some friends from overseas..
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
no exercise!
I'm getting very frustrated & repressed. so pent up abt e fact I can t work out much, I can only settle for boring crunch & ball-works.
I so wanna practise my 360, jumping & spinning kicks! I wanna be able to kick e target & bag so hard I bleed. I miss getting pushed to e ultimate limit by mr rivas in class! I wanna practise my sparring & do watever I wan! miss that adrenaline & feelgd thing.
I so miss working out 3 , 4 hrs non stop , miss pushing myself & sweating it all out..miss having my PT sessions, miss spending hours @ e gym. miss attending all the classes...
sigh. for now I can t sit,stand or walk too long w/0 feeling painful . :( :( :(
I so wanna practise my 360, jumping & spinning kicks! I wanna be able to kick e target & bag so hard I bleed. I miss getting pushed to e ultimate limit by mr rivas in class! I wanna practise my sparring & do watever I wan! miss that adrenaline & feelgd thing.
I so miss working out 3 , 4 hrs non stop , miss pushing myself & sweating it all out..miss having my PT sessions, miss spending hours @ e gym. miss attending all the classes...
sigh. for now I can t sit,stand or walk too long w/0 feeling painful . :( :( :(
Monday, May 3, 2010
Lessons on Faith and from "Enchanted"
"it's not enough to just believe that God exists!" " You got to believe also in God's attributes that come along with it!" these are the words that were booming off pastor richard today at the sermon.. Which is right also, we believe He exists, but sometimes we don't believe enough of his power and ability, that's why we get upset for so long, we panic and we worry.. though that's human tendency to do just those, but to do it for extended period of time speaks of lack of faith on our part.
Ps Richard's simple explanation of heaven: "You don't believe in GOd thats why you dont believe in Heaven. I believe in God, and God must live somewhere right??" He said them in raised tones and raised eye brow, as though saying "Duh! It's so simple, didnt you get that b4?"
I believe God placed me here for a reason,and i know He loves me enough to hear my prayers and want the best for me.. just pray that if he wants me to be where i am, give me the strength and patience to tolerate and take whatever the situation is now..
And i shall now complain anymore about the issue i've been complaining about to the ppl around me, cos i know God has heard me, and is in control..
was watching Enchanted starring Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden on Channel 5 @ Pong's place. Though it's a brainless entertaining show about how this princess drop from fairy tale to modern world with his "Prince Charming" after her and realised that her price charming is not the True love but the modern world guy..
But admist this brainless show i have a takehome. 1) Sometimes r/s and love are better kept easy and less complicated. 2) The fairy tale characters have a damn good character we can learn from.. they don't really know negative emotions like angry and they move on with life with optimisim and cheer..
Guess that's a really good philosophy of life to pick up from..
Ps Richard's simple explanation of heaven: "You don't believe in GOd thats why you dont believe in Heaven. I believe in God, and God must live somewhere right??" He said them in raised tones and raised eye brow, as though saying "Duh! It's so simple, didnt you get that b4?"
I believe God placed me here for a reason,and i know He loves me enough to hear my prayers and want the best for me.. just pray that if he wants me to be where i am, give me the strength and patience to tolerate and take whatever the situation is now..
And i shall now complain anymore about the issue i've been complaining about to the ppl around me, cos i know God has heard me, and is in control..
was watching Enchanted starring Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden on Channel 5 @ Pong's place. Though it's a brainless entertaining show about how this princess drop from fairy tale to modern world with his "Prince Charming" after her and realised that her price charming is not the True love but the modern world guy..
But admist this brainless show i have a takehome. 1) Sometimes r/s and love are better kept easy and less complicated. 2) The fairy tale characters have a damn good character we can learn from.. they don't really know negative emotions like angry and they move on with life with optimisim and cheer..
Guess that's a really good philosophy of life to pick up from..