packing.. packing, packing.. still packing..

okay folks, my turn to leave now.. don't chase me away, i'll just leave on my own.. tough to pack some part of your life over to another part of the world but chills.. all will be well.. crap, still packing..

okay, BYE!!!

updates!!

been a long long week and finally it's over.. dinner appts, surprises, so many cakes & candles.. great lunches that left me too full to shift my weight around.. this was supposed to be a reflective post for entering adulthood.. but who cares..

it just felt like any other day.. except that when you sit yourself down and do some thinking, you will realise that at 21, a little more responsibilities are added upon your shoulder.. you have to start having a more detailed plan of what your future may be.. and perhaps, start saving up for whatever the future may hold, regardless if you work or not.. well, there's definitely more to just that.. let me think about it and then get back here yah?

cherie had her 21st birthday party on friday and i was late.. humpH!! stupid reasons.. much be-early for her but hope that you have enjoyed yourself gal!! thanks for the present, gonna pack it into my backpack and off to germany, it will go..



it was haofang's & manquan's wedding yesterday afternoon.. and half the church rushed from orchard road to make it for the wedding coz of lccs flag day!! here and there throughout the wedding coz was usher for it.. but i still caught the vows.. love the part whereby the couple says their vows.. =P

went back to clear work today.. yupz, i'm finally done with work.. great experience with great people.. yeah, joke of the year: i'm taking financial accounting in german.. roger was like, that's it man!! can still remember guatleng's comment: might as well change to accounting course.. erm!! oh wells, gonna miss all the girlfriends' outings, the visits to remittances, killiney kopitiam, bugging anthony to watch korean serials, the free vending machine.. all the neighbours like 'xing ge', irene, 'luke skywalker'.. the super cold fax room.. newfound neighbours.. and baoli too!! keep in touch yah?? =)

starting to say my goodbyes..

walking in my memory box..

it's been a really packed 3 days.. zooming from one place to another and everywhere.. woohoo!! someone give me a medal for surviving it through.. anyway, long post ahead, so read if you really want to else it's just for me to do book-keeping..

king david musical & kids' church party

oh my goodness, the kids at grace methodist were so cute!!! goodness gracious, in those sheep costume!!! and yes, that little israelite soldier.. and those really really sweet girls dancing.. reminded me of those days back in children tamborine class.. but i've returned everything to wangping & grace.. hmm.. oh wells.. anyway, the musical just totally reminded me of the david sanborn's one-man show of king david as well!! that was a few weeks ago at redeemer..

had kids' church party the next morning.. ie. sunday.. anyway, i was the big kid that never grew up man!! made a tat too much noise.. but this's the last kids' church till i get back next year.. gonna miss all the kids, all those kiddy songs and kiddy dances... the kiddy games and object lessons.. and definitely, today's life story!!! perhaps, it's the chance for me to take my personal rest of children's ministry and go get refreshed and recharged.. in many ways, i felt that i've hit the point of bottleneck.. i need a new influx of ideas and energy.. so till then..

german class gathering..

round of applause for yingchao, for giving up his house to house all of us.. there's greenlamb, ying, 'mummy', weiyao, rongjia, junfu aka john, minghui and a new exchange friend from sweden, emilia!! we learnt that junfu couldn't make his own popiah.. chocolate fondue was great except that it might have well been contaminated with all the satay and whatever else.. anyway, it was really sweet of all of them.. i blew candles yesterday twice.. once was the cake which eunice baked.. and another was with the german class ppl.. thanks loads.. and as typical classic japanese tourists, we were taking photos.. and i ate a tat too much..



my cell group - S.O.C

nope, we are not the school of computing neither are we the standard obstacle course.. we are known as the servants of christ!! anyway, eunice baked me a peach-lemon cake!! isn't that great.. really thankful for the many years of friendship with my cell friends.. we all grew up together.. that's how long we have all known each other.. gonna miss them all..


childhood friends.. we grew up together..


here's with my fellow 'age with grace' cell group leader.. man, jo, here we are on our way to adulthood!! *gasps*..

had dinner with them on monday evening at fisherman's wharf.. and guess who came? lixian & yueping!!! oh man, i haven't seen them for ages.. i'm hoping that yueping will webcast her wedding though.. *laughs*.. great food, great company.. drives all tiredness away.. thanks loads everyone!! =)

taku's in town [version 2.0]

so taku, sampai jumpa lagi.. goodness knows when we will all meet again.. either we fly over to japan some day or we all 'reunite' on nias island some day.. thanks for all the dinners and fun.. many things get lost in translation though.. so as all germans go, auf wiedersehen..

here's the dinner with nenek.. pak long had rc dinner..

LOA.. at last..

well, it's finally sinking in.. and yes, the feeling is finally setting in and suddenly i'm feeling all lost and confused.. seems a little too soon that i'll be gone from singapore as well... so much not done and much more to be planned but before i know it.. whoosh, off i go.. woohoo!!! too fast.. so fast!!!

somehow there's this reluctance to submit LOA, though it would have been a smart move to submit it as early as possible.. as it will spare all the trouble of having to explain to the lecturers and having all those question marks next to my name, making me an international lady of mystery ie. missing in action..

well, let's just say i do the most impulsive thing at the absolutely wrong moment but yeah, i just filed LOA.. so exciting man, blame my dynamic lifestyle.. perhaps i should have done it much earlier.. perhaps i should hold back a little later and do it like next week?? well, whatever it is, what's done, is done..

and so it is..

taku's in town [version 1.0]

it's like reliving all those days back in nias once again.. oh man, i was really happy to see everyone again.. well, almost everyone's here except hweelin and franky.. taku's in town!!! man, haven't seen him for 4 months.. yeah, uncle bernard and devin were jealous of my reaction.. but can't blame the fact that i just saw them a month back!!!

here's taku with shirleen & devin... anyways... yeah, got them to go down to tiong bahru hawker centre for dinner.. we had all sorts of food... goodness!! and for once, the guys were actually full.. *laughs*.. shirleen was late and she came with all my keropok from surabaya.. yummy!!! yeah, please remind me that the oil need not be heated for 15 minutes at maximum fire.. else there goes all my keropok!!! oh oh, taku got us stuff from japan as well... hmm, gonna miss everything.. all the 'lost in translation' and all the crazy jokes... man, devin just had to remind us of the 'flying money' incident.. well, a classic example of 'lost in translation'..

here's uncle bernard.. well, too bad i'm unable to capture that classic smile of his... which only appears after trying many many times to call through the telewaves to china.. and when debbie picks up the call.. woohoo!! how can any of us forget that smile... okay folks.. more updates tomorrow.. especially with more food on the table and more people fellowshipping..

dental visit and a lazy saturday...

i don't like it at all!!! oh man, i thought that i would have overcome it since it has been a while since i went to the dentist.. but nope!!! as i sat on 'the chair' waiting for the dentist to finish helping this granny fix her dentures, i could not help but start freaking out a little... and man, i was really getting scared of the dentist...

couldn't help but recall all those days back in primary and secondary school.. when we would all be dying to avoid visits to the dental clinic for all periods but yet, want so desperately to visit the dentist during pe periods, for the simple reason of skipping pe lessons!!! man, can still remember when the teacher came with those white appointment cards, everyone would go, better not be me man...

i can still remember my first visit to the dentist.. that pink dental chair with 2 nurses at the dental clinic.. there was one who was so unfriendly that all of us would pray real hard that we would not get her.. the other was much nicer and yours truly always got her!! i used to think that all those sounds resulting from the cleaning of the teeth were due to the bacteria and germs screaming coz of the effect of the cleaning chemicals used.. well, but that was when i was in primary 1!!!! but of course, they are due to the machinery and all...

anyways, conclusion made: i still have a big fear of the dentist.. and i don't like pain.. end of story.. =P

hmm.. all my evening plans did not come about but went home to slack after buying my luggage hardware at chinatown.. well, it's huge!! and guess who i met?? saw christopher at his aunt's flower shop!!! well, apparently meiyan was just some distance away at delifrance, meeting a client.. humph!!! i miss seeing meiyan!!! remember muz do dinner soon yah!!!?? back home, i watched so much tv.. from japanese serial to china serial and even to hongkong serial, which is none other than kindred spirit.. yes, i'm that bored.. and then i finally took my saturday afternoon nap session!! haven't done that for a long time..

oh oh, i really really think that the new refrigerator advertisement, but i can't remember which brand, is really really funny.. you have those vegetables jumping around.. starting with a carrot, then a capsucium, then a tomato and finally, a cabbage.. but due to insufficient space, the cabbage kept hitting his head against the roof of the compartment.. well, i really laughed for like donkeys before stopping.. sue me but i think it's funny!!

it's me against the wind..

i love the wind.. of course not that of having wind in the stomach coz that HURTS a lot... anyway, had such a wonderful and pretty strong sea breeze blowing from the direction of one fullerton.. i know that the wind is not always friendly.. more often than not, it's almost always too cold and sometimes, excess exposure results in chills, pain and whatever else.. silly as it sounds but i really want to go to a place, where i can stare at the sea every day.. walk along the coastline and allow the saltwater to make my toes all grandmother-like.. enjoy the sea breeze every moment.. and the solitude that comes along with it.. and so what i do best: stone..

suddenly, i have an urge to go to sentosa again.. but it's now the nationwide school holidays, with too many kids roaming around the streets.. human traffic hazards!!!

hmm... in 23 days time.. i won't get to do the above.. but it's the cold, the quiet moments and the solitude that draw me..

hmm.. great day!!

hmm... it's been a pretty good day.. today's baoli's birthday too!! welcoming her into the world of the 2-something.. but sheesh, i'm going on to one more year ahead..

anyway, set my alarm for 430am so that i could make that one impt phone call to say bye to my brother.. hmm, he figured that i was half-awake though.. boohoO!!! he should still be on the plane now.. canada is like on the other side of the world.. hmm, i'm gonna try and save up after exchange so that i can go tour canada and pay both him and lisa a visit.. missing my brother already..

time kinda inched at work.. and it didn't help that portia was staging a revolution against me.. enjoyed candice's email though... anyway, here goes:
you should put in 100% effort in your work!!!
10% on monday..
20% on tuesday..
40% on wednesday..
25% on thursday..
5% on friday..

baoli went to meet angeline and her clique for dinner, in celebration of her birthday!!! think that she got a really pleasant surprise, courtesy of angeline and company.. *laughs*.. happy birthday gal!! thanks for being such a great girlfriend at work.. man, gonna miss you when i leave.. all the lunch dates and talks, shopping and tea-breaks.. =)

hmm, i was late for the genies' gathering at suntec swensens.. this is because of some horrid jam between raffles place and suntec.. goodness gracious!!! a 5-min bus ride became a 45-min bus ride.. what rubbish man!!! humph!!! been to swensens too often but thank God for the 10% discount with uob cards.. not that i'm trying to promote uob debit/ credit cards.. great time of catching up and taking photos.. me trying to take maximum no. of photos of all my friends and gonna keep them in my notebook.. so as to remember everyone!!! the folks were really sweet.. celebrated huiling & my 21st.. blowing candles way too early and really feeling old about it.. hmm.. gonna miss everyone though.. thanks for all the memories and all the fun.. really appreciate it loads..