Once upon a time *__

Wednesday, July 15, 2009.

Teaching this week has been lovely and demanding at the same time,
and there was one class which I taught entirely for the
whole of LAST week actually made me Hand-Made cards cos
they knew I would not be teaching dem this week as the teacher will b back.

Awwwww.
I was so surprised by this super sweet gesture of theirs,
esp at such a young age.
and they have been such wonderful pupils.
bought dem lil goodies on my last day with them,
and music lesson that day was Full of Gusto.
we sang our hearts out to the tune of NAtional Day Songs,
heh, cos national day is approaching.

spent my last week-end with my fav ladies at Waraku, Illuma.
It was dearest Lu-Wen's BDAY ( :

From the left,
Lee Xian, SiJia, Lu WEn and YiLei.

Eunice , together with our All Time FAV TIRAMISU and I .

Bday Girl with the GReen Tea Cake from Bread TAlk.
It tastes very very healthy ( :

Raspberry Cake On the House from WaraKu.

It looks so good on my laptop screen,
I often wished I could strech my hand into the screen,
and reach out to it and take a bite =P

All together now ( :

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Some back-dated pics taken in the month of June ( :

Combined Youth CAmp CoMM SuN Lunch Treat by Uncle Kian Lee.
heh, i think this pic looks very wdding dinner like.

Follwing are jump shots taken by elizabeth during Youth Retreat.

Gloria and I !!

Heh, I was 2 Feet Slower than the rest.

HAHAHA.
just look at the guys.
Spilt legs , Yoga and Shaolin POSES !!!

PANTING !!!

The Combined Youths PIC ( :

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and I'm looking forward to SAT.
Volunteer Work org by NUS Social Work Club.
I have always wanted to participate in their projects
cos it's very meaningful and a lil effort actually goes a loonnnngg way.
( :

Blogged @ 12:48 PM

Wednesday, July 08, 2009.

Seems like a week of 2 from my lassssst entry.
pardon that, I have been busy with work ever since june hols end.

due to the h1n1 flu virus, teachersssssssss on M.C is a norm.
not just 1 or 2 days, but it stretches to almost a week.
so I have been covering their duties and teaching classes so
it requires time spent to plan lessons, look at scheme of work etc.
and that can be demanding at times.

and one thing that tickle my bone was some of
Phebe's colleagues who thought I was her YOUNGER sister ( :
heh, they were like in " HUH " mode when I told them
that I was the older sister.
Prob cos I wore specs and pull hair back in a ponytail
or either that is I really LOOK 19 !! HAHA.

Classes I taught this week include students with anger management prob.
So they will either Roll their eyes and stick their tongue out continously
when I told dem where they have gone wrong or they will cry and scream
at the slightest bit. one even use scissors and start shearing paper.
I was taken aback.
but I often held their little hands whenever they do that,
not sure why I did that too (instinct ?! ) but somehow,
it calms them down and the next min they are okay again.

Thank God my form class this week are the sweetest lot !
brought me a lot of joy and some of them even rmb me when
I taught them 2 years ago, when they were still in Pri 1.
awwwww.

butttt I've caught the cough and flu from school =/
Thank God, it isnt h1n1 but I have gotta teach in my sexy voice.
best friend thinks I have been falling ill too many times this year
and I wonder why too :(

and before I forget, HAPPPPPPY BIRTHDAY Ms Ee EnHUi !!!!
i can't wait to show you the present on Friday ( :
and hopefully your FAV food spot is open!

Blogged @ 6:10 PM

Friday, June 26, 2009.

Shall blog Chronologically for this week.
here goes !

MON
Stay home day with sisters. Just so qiao that all of us
were at home and so Phebe and I as usual cooked lunch for
the other 2.
Experiment-ed on Teriyaki Grilled Wings and Seafood MEE SUA.
kudos for the first try. wings were Finger Linking -good,
mee sua was just a tad too salty though.

wanted to ___________ after that but someone suggested not to.
heh, so went jogging for 40 mins and I felt so so good ( :

Tues
Met up with ENHUI =P for shopping in town
accompanied by DIM SUM at fortunATE restaurant.
Great buys at far east.
I finally found the heels which I saw a colleague of mine wore
some 3 months ago. HAHA. and it was on SALE ( :
Enhui bought jeans at a steal too.

dim sum was very FILLING and at a good bargain.
At only $1,99 per plate, we ate like 10 plates.
chatted , listened etc
and we found out we were both facing the same situation.
glad that someone understoood how I felt exactly ( :
and yes, I still had dinner when I reached home
while I believed Enhui probably didn't.

Wed
COUSINS LIM meet up at Sheryl's home.
chester cooked CHAWANMUSHI for us and Auntie Siok HUA
whipped a delicious dinner which caused us to eat more than usual.
it was sucha nice time spent with cousins.
more of such family time okay?

Thurs
Gave tuition and bought a present for dear KAi XIn.
she's gotten Third in Class ( :
super PROUD of her !!

Today
Met up with Charlene dear for dessert and dinner in town.
She's gg for NOC exchange prog to Shanghai for a year on July 12th.
Toook pictures which will be uploaded soon and hearing her
mentioning abt her plans, dreams makes me feel ordinary.
dunno if ordinary is the right word to describe how I felt
but I felt that we were so different in what we want to pursue in life.

I'm probably simpler/lazier , heh,
so a simple life will do just fine for me.
But maybe I shld move out of Comfort Zone and consider exchange prog
in order to widen my horizon and to be more independent.

TML
1240pm at AMK ( :
and parents leaving for KL early in the morning
so no parental guidance for the entire weekend.

Blogged @ 9:47 PM

Friday, June 19, 2009.

Do you have a fav time of the day?

I do ( :
and that's when night falls.

I like sitting at my fav corner in my house
when night falls, hoping to catch a glimpse of a star or two.
I like walking home from the mrt when night falls, though it's dark,
but the feeling of walking on long roads that nv seem to end,
accompanied by the cool night breeze seem to
portray a sense of timeless-ness.

I nv knew to appreciate darkness until I studied a module on
Astronomy, how darkness is the pre-requistie for excellent star-gazing.
When darkness envelopes and shrouds the entire sky,
lo and behold,
everything hanging on the sky reveals themselves so clearly.
It's hard to believe that they are hanging
on the same morning sky too,
just that the sunlight is too powerful for them to be seen.

Not being able to see it does not mean it's not there.

Pastor Michael B said the same above mentioned sentence too
in one of the msgs during BIble Conference for this week.

Not being able to see God does not mean HE is not around,
just like not being able to see the stars in the morning
does not mean they are not there.
It takes that absolute step of faith to believe and thus,
blessed are they who have not seen and yet believe ( :

Blogged @ 2:37 PM

Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

往事只能回味 . . .

- it's the title of a 1960s oldies song,
one of my grandma's FAV ( :

Blogged @ 12:40 PM

Thursday, June 11, 2009.

Currently waiting for Youth retreat photos to be uploaded on facebook.
Youth retreat was held last sat as mentioned and thank God for
preserving everyone esp the players.

yah know, cos the sun with its swelthering heat mercilessly
beating down on their backs during the 2 hrs treasure hunt,
and they walked and run for what seemed like eternity,
I was so worried for them.
as a games station master, I had the privilege of sitting
down, stoning whilst waiting for them to look for me.
seeing them sweating and running under the blaring heat of the sun
and ended up with blisters , so ke lian.

but it was a very heart-warming sight though.
cos each group displayed tremendous team spirit,
waiting for everyone, not giving up despite blistered feet
and fatigue and enjoying themselves to finish the game,
super PROUD of dem ( :

oh and i have to mention that Aaron was very kind.
very sweet of him in fact cos I saw him offering slippers
to sook kwin who has blistered feet and thus could not walk
properly in her shoes that she was wearing.
sook was so touched by his kind gesture. me too.

spent time with some of the chi side gals too,
chatting etc. most importantly, hope the msgs preached
will be etched deeply in them, remembering that each day
is a miracle and there is so much we can give thanks for,
where we have a God, who is true and Living.

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these few days, I have close friends who have been feeling very down.
discouraged. disheartened. disillusioned.
So I prayed for God's wisdom to be able to encourage them ,
to be a good listening ear and to show support.

i know how impt it is to have someone listening,
someone just being there.
this song nv fails to touch me whenever I sing it,
and so I hope likewise, it will lift up their hearts too ( :

Does Jesus care when my heart is pained
too deeply for mirth and song
When for my deep grief I find no relief,
Tho my tears flow all the night long?

O yes, He cares. I know, He cares.
His heart is touched with my grief.
When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,
I know my Saviour cares. ( He cares )

Blogged @ 12:21 PM

Monday, June 08, 2009.

I had such a lovely time spent with the ladies.
it was ONE of the BEST outing ever ! ( :
It was a SURPRISE 21st BDAE PICNIC at the botanica gardens
just for our very dear SIJIA.
and our PICNIC seriously became like PIG-NIC.
HAHA.
judging by the amt of food we brought.

Si Jia knew nothing abt it cos we intentionally set the date
slightly earlier than her actual birthdate.
no suspicion was involved so the entire plan was successful
despite some hiccups.

HICCUP 1 - It was raining so heavily in the morning n noon,
but thank GOD the clouds cleared by ard 3pm.

so here we are at Singapore BOtanica Gardens.
without chern fern and Sijia.
haha, we made up all sorts of excuses to prevent SJ
from tagging along with us cos we were gg there earlier
to set up the surprise first.
Sj was to meet us later and
chern fern was in charge of accompanying SJ,
making sure she delayed her just in case we weren't ready yet.

The two swans at the swan lake in the gardens.
lee xian is like so super comical.
she tagged our names all around the swans,
cos she said in the caption
" THE SWORN (swan) sisters " . lol.

and yah know, we were so caught up with the scenic view
for a moment, we forgot that we are supposed to do up the place.
hurriedly looked for maps and tried to figure out directions to

the desired place - The Bandstand.

we walked in circles and my worst fear came true.
Chern Fern called and said that both she and Sijia
had reached Botanica GArdens.

PANIC !!!
So, we made chern fern bring Sijia along long strolls etc
just so to stall time.
and you knw what.
when faced with such intense stress,
we actually managed to find the desired place in 5 mins time.
lol.
stress is good sometimes.

So here's the BANDSTAND ( :

Getting ready into full gear to set up the place.

The food that all of us prepared looked simply TWO THUMBS UP !

ALl ready now as we await the arrival of bdae girl ( :

Then up came SIjia and fern from a direction that we
did not expect them to come from.
so not only was she surprised, we were equally surprised too.
heh.
JUSt check out her SURPRISED EXPRESSION.

HAHA.
and Jingyang totally lost all her cool when she saw The Food.

OUR PIG-NIC ( :

Yilei and JY prepared the handmade sushi !
SJ prepared bee hoon.
Fern made the chicken karage.
Lee Xian brought fruits.
Eunice bought the cake
and I made chicken wings and mango longan dessert.

ALTOGETHER NOW ( :

The place is just so pretty.
the leaves looked like it's the autumn season.

and then we started to play with the balloons.
heh, just like little girls.

and dear JY thot took this beautiful pic
while we were throwing our ballons into the air.
she literally went on her knees as we gathered in a circle
and threw the balloons stimultaneously.

Yilei and I had longed wanted to do this to this IMP.
HAHA.

we just love balloons ( :

YIlei and I ( :
just check out the roots of this GIANT TREE.

After which , we had a change of venue and
we decided to troop down to SYMPHONY LAKE.

The bdae girl in a "garland" of ballons ( :

the famous TITANTIC pose =P

another one of Jy's nice shot again ( :

the last pic of the day ( :
to our dear SJ with love <3

Blogged @ 6:25 PM