my way of life- the way of living

today's QT message

2009-12-20T22:15:00.000-08:00

Just last week, Pst li shien actually asked me about my commitment in the youth ministry work. I told her that i m more or less shaken myself, having the stress , lost and the duno wat to do situation, i m much afraid that i may not be the best candidate to be leading the girls for the year2010.

As we are approaching year 2010, 2009 seems to be a really exciting, interesting period of time. We actually had individual cell for almost a year. I felt that I had not done enough for my girls, thats why i don dare to commit in year 2010.

Just as i flipped open my QT material today, "From Faith to Faith, a daily guide to victory". Today's topic was "stick to your calling". I was a bit taken aback when i saw the topic, with much anticipation, i continue reading on...

The first sentence/question : "Are you doing what is God called you to do?"

Ponder... wonder..... am i doing what He called me to do?

God... I really hope i can continue to be a worthy servant of yours, but now, I am worried that i will not be able to deliver the task well. I do not wish to hinder the growth of my girls.

The last sentence
"After all, that calling is vital. Its holdy.. and it's yours. Dont ever let it slipped away from you"

Is God trying to tell me something thru today's QT?

Keep praying....

Mid sem test

2009-06-30T08:07:00.000-07:00

Have been so sianz with school stuff... had a short break from sch last month. no stress and managed to slack quite a bit.

Just finished my mid sem test. Thank God! the questions were pretty okay.

Went for late dinner with the other Ruth and Ramesh.Ruth was telling us about the challenges she faced in sales... and Ramesh thinks its probably time to do something else. For me... i really duno what else to expect or to do. I guess i have not seen much yet??

i need to do a presentation on the lab's performance and present to everyone tmr... kinda rush things out before i went on leave. But really have no mood to spend so much time on doing a presentation that people may not even remember... and... its really taking a toll on me. Just imagine the whole lots of stuff that i have to dig out (from jan'09 to june'09). I had spent like almost half a day to just to prepare this presentation.

the worst thing is... i got to do such a thing every month! so meaning... every month, i have a to waste half a day doing such presentation...... haiyo..... not VALUE ADDED leh!

anyway....its really a sigh of relief after this mid sem test.... haha...

Nites all! oh.... i feel like watching ICE AGE3! 3D wor... hehe

Church sports day and Crabs party

2009-05-23T00:13:00.000-07:00

ChURCh SporT's Day

Had a very fun day,playing Basketball, Captain's ball, Table tennis (with JaydeN), and a bit of soccer with jayden too.

Group photo - "sexy mummy"

Taking pictures with Aunty Li Yun's SLR Camera
(do i look professional?? hehe)

Went to shir's place for a bath after a sweaty day
went out for a simple dinner after my "crabs party".

this is like the nicest photo i have taken with my new haircut.

Suffered from terrible backache.. and lots of suan-ness after the vigorous activities. need to work out!

Met up with my UWA classmates for a "crab party" at Ang Mo Kio. Thanks to Ramesh for organising.

the 3 ladies 1

Group Photo- 3 girls and 2 guys 1

Group Photo- 3 girls and 2 guys 2

the 3 ladies 3

The delicious food...yea!

great dinner!

life at work...

2009-05-11T07:49:00.000-07:00

Have been busy past few weeks and months. Some hiccups happened at work these few days, so... it really make me wonder and question my existance at work. Haiz... have been working for so long.. and so much.. but... to come to realise that things arent just going too smooth lah.

keep options open..... keep my mind open too yea...

back to BKK

2009-03-30T01:39:00.001-07:00

I have not been updating my blog arh.The last blog was even on my first trip to Bangkok. My colleagues had already been updating.. stating about the fun we had there... haha.. but me... i m now blogging on the trip to BKK again.

I m back here for a 5 days workshop on Microbiology detection and hands-on workshop. I arrived on Sunday... and had re-visited the places during my previous trip. it really helps to come before hand to familiarise myself.. and to know the good places to shop at.

I was pretty upset to know that there is no free internet access in my hotel room, and i have to pay 700 baht for 1 day of internet usage! siao arh.. so expensive lah. now i cant even catch up with the recorded lectures, so meaning this gives me more reasons to spend my nights at the various shopping malls. haha.... no choice mah

Anyway chiamin and Eileen arh!! i have bought the tibits and the noodles le.. hehe.. i bought for myself too. i even bought bowl so that i could cook them during the weekdays. haha...

OKay... i m still waiting for my other classmates to complete their stuff. we are designing primers! how cool. now then i know the challenges of doing such a thing.. hehe got to go.. bye'

Singapore Airport

2009-02-19T14:33:00.000-08:00

I am with Dean, Chia Min and lynn.

We're going to.........

BANGKOK!

Shop
Eat
Sleep
Shop
Massage
Shop
Worry for the excess baggage

XOXOX

p.s. Be Jealous... MUHAHAHAHAHA

(Neo, Deanneo.blogpspot.com,2009)

Ruth

Noodle day at NQAC

2009-02-06T21:52:00.000-08:00

Noodle Day

Dean suggested to have a "Noodle" lucky draw for our lunch on 6th feb.

So the four of us, chia min, eileen, dean and i, brought a pack of noodle for lunch.
surprisingly ,..... 3 of us brougth the same kind of NOODLE! haha... so it shows that majoirity prefers this noodle...

the 4 lunch khakis

3 packs of Nong Sim Kimchi Noodle

the 4 noodles

it started off with 4 papers with different numbers corresponding to the noodle pack

and we started our lucky draw...

and the lucky winners....

the kimchi noodle gang
the lucky winner of the char mee (i really love this oh...)

hehe... it was almost like a 25% chance of winning only.. and i got it! haha

and a picture of our lunch with the leftover crab meat from steamboat..

^Bon Appetitie ^

leaving the lala land?

2009-02-02T06:09:00.000-08:00

Browsing thru many people's blog and FB and realised that i have missed out a whole lot of things...

I grew up in this lala land, and had met a great group of friends, whom i used to be really close with. I would even spend maybe around 5 days per week during my poly times. I joined in all activities and many other stuff.....

But maybe i have grown old... physically and mentally that I could not keep up with the people in Lala land anymore. I was even more confirmed after watching a video for the re-cap of the year 2008. Its like looking at your family photo, and realise that your face is not in there..

I wish i could visit a place call timber... many of my lala friends know this place really well.. but i don even have a single idea of where it is. this sounds really stupid to be complaining about this ya..... kinda dumb.

Now... i really do not know if i should step into the real world.. and get out of the lala land??? Times flies... each one is given 24hrs. i really enjoy the time now that i do not have classes.. but still.... i only have this luxury to 7th march... sianx

anyway.. to keep the smiles on... these are the kids that keeps me smiling.
haiya.... duno what duno how. i could not spend time with my lala friends like the past.. so.. i guess i would just search for an answer ......

christmas eve dinner

2008-12-24T23:41:00.001-08:00

Had a surprise invitation to the humble adobe of Tong's family.Shu ping lao shi and xian hao zhang lao were there too.

well, the host got us reall cool dishes and great desserts and fun...the kids were super entertaining as well.

the huge turkey

great dessert - fruitty cake and strawberry cheese cake
strawberry cheese cake
dessert time
(oh thats sparkling juice)
ben and jerry's

oh God is great ya! Jasper just received his promotion letter! Congratulations! well... waiting for his good news for the head of department.

nicole was very impatient, asking us to eat faster. well, the only reason was that she wants to unwrap the presents. its game time after the dinner.

some pictures of the 2 kids

elijah wearing nicole's pair of piggy slippers

elijah sitting at the chair.. looking at us

still staring

lovely pair of siblings
cute little elijah

and the 4 of us
(elijah looks kinda frustrated)
shu ping lao shi and baby elijah

mummy shir and baby elijah

we were eating and chatting till around 11plus. and the little kids were already so sleepy. even the impatient nicole has started to fall asleep, and baby elijah was suppose to sleep.
Just when were were talking ... drinking... the door of elijah's room opened.. and this little baby came walking out..

"hey... where is my mummy"

he was so cute! he just headed for his parents' room, however the door was locked, and he almost banged into the door. well, his parents were at the dinning place, drinking with us.

he so blur lah.. haha...

Anyway, thanks for the food, the dessert, the drinks and the fun. really had a great time with you all, and it was a great experience of a british kinda christmas dinner! haha..
I promise to invite u all for such a treat after i polish my skills..... hehe

gift exchange at work (22.12.2008)

2008-12-23T19:23:00.000-08:00

In line with the Christmas festive season, charmaine and I decided to decorate our board and the lab (a little). Each of us including our boss has a sock too. It was really fun and interesting. we had a "angel and mortal" thingy too. my mortal was wai ling... and my angel was shy ling(i only knew it on the day of gift exchange).

those at the jurong point's kopitiam

shy ling, chia min, eileen

ruth, han qian, charmaine

Anyway... we went out for lunch at jurong point's kopitiam. well.... i m going to showcase the presents ..

Charmaine's present from han qian

my present from shy ling

"best present" chia min's present from eileen all of our presents!

wishing all a merry merry christmas and a happy new year!

Cute Elijah

2008-11-16T06:38:00.001-08:00

Picture of the Cute Elijah...

anyway... i spent so much effort in entertaining him... but he seems so not interested lor..

Kissing Jah Jah

"kiss me one more time"

whenever i look at the kids in church... it just make me wonder how will my kids look like. Hehe..

they must look like me lah... sure cute one lah.. haha joking lah..

Fun at Vienna restaurant

2008-11-16T06:12:00.000-08:00

Brandon's Grandma's birthday

Today is Brandon's grandma's birthday celebration at the Vienna restaurant at United Square(Novena). I went to the place immediately after children service. can you imagine, having to run or walk quickly with those high heels. haha.. which evil person created such a thing to torture ladies?? haha..

okay... so it was my first time meeting his maternal family and grandma.(no pics for this...) anyway i was very shy lor.. haha
Oh... and i realised that all the waiter and waitress are from China. It was a buffet lunch which really cost quite a lot, like around $45 bah. There is a lot of variety of food..got seafood... sushi... salmon, oyster, crab, noodle.... really a lot of great food. but......... the service is really ULTIMATELY POOR.

Firstly, the family reserved 36 seats( really a lot of people hor), but they only gave like 34seats. so... poor planning. and the best part,... they don seem apologetic at all leh.

Secondly, their faces look like u have owe them a million dollar... not smiley at all one

Thirdly, they missed out my drink! how can rite?? Haha...

Okay... anyway i spotted a new thing or fun for the kids.
Floating kids ($9 for 10mins)

Brandon's younger cousin were so attracted to this that they beg their parents to pay such unreasonable price to give them the 10mins to be in these balls for 10mins. well, i would say it is really interesting... and it seems so fun! too bad i m not that young and not that small for this.. haha

This resemble the one in overseas... the Big ball that rolls down the slope and stuff.. since singapore doesnt have much slope.. so .. haha.

Loneliness

2008-10-05T07:07:00.000-07:00

loneliness (according to Jasper's definition)- the derivative word from lone,which means single.

loneliness (according to X.li xian's definition) - forgotten.. oops. i only remember about the desire of need thingy

loneliness (according to dictionary.com) -

4 dictionary results for: loneliness

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This lone·ly [lohn-lee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –adjective, -li·er, -li·est.

1.	affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.

2.	destitute of sympathetic or friendly companionship, intercourse, support, etc.: a lonely exile.

3.	lone; solitary; without company; companionless.

4.	remote from places of human habitation; desolate; unfrequented; bleak: a lonely road.

standing apart; isolated: a lonely tower.

so, many of us shared different views on this topic and also how our definitions were.

Jingping- though he is usually alone, but he is not lonely. he is not a lonely loner. As he is able to spend time with God and to have an intimate relationship with God, therefore it is worth the time and sacrifice.

Yile- many time people have the perception that attached couples have their own agendas, and will not be able to go out with people. given the fact that Jason is arond.

for me.. i did not really share about the loneliness i experience in church. rather to be at work, that i m so tied down with work, studies now, and even tuition and relationship. i do wish that i can be invited for outings and stuff... badminton games now seems like a very foreign word in my dictionary. everyone seems so busy and have programs on on sunday, thats why i sometime feel rather lost.

anyway.. now i have studies, work, relationships, g12 and even children minstry, so... wow.. lots of things.

God please give me strength and also fill me with your love.

Nites

Schooling Days

2008-10-01T03:05:00.000-07:00

Announcement to all: I am Currently a student Now!

anyway i have attended my school's orientation. And i really feel so stressed up and worried! I do not know if i could cope with work, studies, ministry and even tuition. Looks like there are a lot of things to do.

Anyhow, it was pretty exciting on the first day of class. seening vanessa, guo bin and agnes really made me feel that school is not that bad afterall. The first lesson was okay, but guess age has catch up, there are so many things that i cant remember. haha.

the second lesson was conducted by a caucasian lecturer. the lesson was on transposons, which really make me go cranky. this is pretty difficult to understand. nonetheless, the lecturer was more than willing to explain things to me. so guess i need a lot of revision for this.

Well, work have been pretty much the same, busy with clearing the backlogs. haiz.. tiring and stressful still... but things are getting better.

3 days MC

2008-09-17T06:17:00.000-07:00

Anyway, though i get back to work on monday, but i did not managed to do anything. My Big boss dint allow me to stay at work, because i was given MC. But physically okay, just that i was given MC for my extracted Wisdom tooth or teeth leh.

well, have been going around shopping.. haha... and i even saw Randall Tan with Melody Chen. (called Dean immediately when i saw them). But I don dare to take pic of them lah. hehe

My Baby Dear has been accompanying me these few days. slacking at home, shopping, eating and... even watching the Nanny Daddy show and PHUA CHU KANG(on MobTV).oh ya.. PHUA CHU KANG PTE LTD really have a very good cast. All the actors and actress and even the calefare are so good and natural. I really like the acting of Gurmit Singh.

I went to remove my stiches today.its was really fast, within 5 mins. The dental surgeon was surprised that i went back to work on monday, because my wound was very deep. i still feel some pain in my mouth and headache. and the cut is so so deep! arh!!!!

Counting down to the start of my school... haha. i am a bit excited, and i m looking around for really nice Pencil Case to get a good start. haha...

Another Wisdom Teeth extraction experience!!

2008-09-12T09:42:00.000-07:00

Last year when i visited the dentist, he had already warned me about my wisdom tooth. But well, since it did not give me much problem or pain... i just heck care about it.

But just recently, there is a sudden excruciating pain on my decayed wisdom tooth. The pain was really unbearable, that i even cried lah! even today, i actually couldnt stand the pain, the headache during work, but could not stop halfway. so i continued... but i even cried and pipette at the same time.. arh! stupid wisdom tooth!!

Anyway.. i tried my very best to contact Dr Chng to at least book an appointment. And thank God! i managed to get an appt at 5pm, which was previously cancelled.

so i went to the dental surgeon with dear.. i was so so so SCARED lah. anyway the dental surgeon and,...... he was willling to help me extract my teeth today!!! yea yea! but... i was not mentally prepared at all lah!

well... friends who have wisdom tooth or teeth, but do not wait anymore! mine became a "Permanent Resident" and it was so stubborn. it was about near to a 2 hours extraction lah! i kept praying that the tooth will come out super fast... but... it took longer than my previous extraction.

so... it cost me 2 hours, $400 and lots of pain after that!!! still in pain, and the worst thing is that the painkiller doesnt seem to be taking effect at all.. sob!

k... MC till wednesday, than got to remove my stiches on Wed. but anyway i think i got to go back to work on Monday.so... c how lah...

Erwin's Birthday celebration

2008-09-08T08:14:00.000-07:00

6th Sept 2008 - Happy Birthday Erwin

Had tuition with erwin and tai wee today. Then i brought him to Harbour Front with Bran to meet his mother there.

His mummy invited us to have a mini-celebration with him. hehe...
Haiya, anyway i forgotten to take a pic of the watch i gave him. erm...

so... i only managed to take a pic of erwin with his mummy!

we had dinner at compass point's sweensens! did not take any pic of the food.. haha

but arh... the portion is so small! really not worth the price. but we also too paiseh to order more lah... not cheap lah.

anyway... thanks for the dinner . think we had a great time.

Bangkok Trip!

2008-09-02T08:38:00.000-07:00

Haiz.. i was so excited about my bangkok trip with my colleagues until the News came...

As some of you may know, the is a serious protest going on in Bangkok. Previously it was at phuket and another part of Thailand, but they have moved to Bangkok le.. oh my... cant they protest another day... or another place? sob

so... we had already made booking for the air ticket and also the hotel accomdation.

at least we can get back some of the money from the hotel, but.. the airfare... i really doubt so.. or still hoping. but cant get thru the stupid line leh. sianz.

anyhow... there seems to be no chance of me to go to thai le.. got to start my part time uni life at the end of sept. and the situation now doesnt look too good at the moment.

SUPER SIANZ lah.. why they protest at this moment???? sob..

working vs reality

2008-08-16T01:59:00.000-07:00

I could still remember when i was thinking about working during my poly time. To me , my 3rd year is almost like a killer year, need to write report;do experiments;do presentation;do report and also handle my normal studies- a"memorable" time indeed.

I envied the adults a lot. They seem to be able to do lot of travel, dont have any Homework, report or anything! I really wish i could start studying immediately! BUT... I am so wrong

Ever since my upper senior changed to another dept, i start to face unbearable stress and responsibilities. Many things that my boss thing should be done, my colleague and i did not carry out the task well enough. haiz...

little did i expect that there could be so many things that are needed to do! and still the other colleague didnt really do well too. haiz... some time i m so tired having to wash my own things and also having to wash someone's else. given the fact that i need to rush off to give tuition..

anyway... there are so many things happening now! when will it stop??? sob....

God... help me!

sickness again!!

2008-08-02T03:27:00.000-07:00

I was down with flu and cough again for the last week. started by having running nose on monday.. then blocked nose on tuesday ... and wanted to take mc on wednesday, but went back to work. but totally couldnt make it on thursday, so rested at home on thursday.

I had been almost sick for once a month, and took MC monthly. i know this is no good at all, for my health and also dunno how the HR will look at me too. well, but i really duno whats wrong with my health too! sob.

anyway God is really funny. Everytime when I face problems at work, God always helped me. Though i really don't wish these kind of things to keep happening, I seem to experience God.

Really thank God for bringing me through the stormy seas and difficulties.

Mango with pamelo @ chinatown

2008-07-23T06:51:00.000-07:00

Went to chinatown with dear today to check out some stuff. then started to crave for the mango dessert.

highly recommended!

Oh, not recommending him lah,.. haha taken

the Mango with Pamelo ($3.50)
so this kind of dessert is just for occassion Craving.. to ex to be a normal dessert

enjoy... =p

Isabel's Bday Party

2008-07-22T08:14:00.000-07:00

Happy Advance Birthday to My dear Girl Isabel!

My dear and I went to Isabel's bday party at East Coast Park Pit D47! Dear and i started walking from Parkway Parade all the way to the Pit D47 le. haha..

oh... i decided to make a little thing for Isabel... thnks for Cheryl's idea. this was similar to what she had made for me. hehe...

a pin-board with personalised picture of 2 beauties(hehe) ,
a note from me-to-her and a keychange saying Isabel

I-INCREDIBLE
S-SUPERB
A-ATTITUDE
B-BLESSDLY
E-EXUBERANT
L-LEADER

Representatives from Agape =p

Bel, Me, Dear

thank God that this girl has really grown up. Such blessed girl with a great family and also a group of fun friends. Dont know if i m getting old, but dear and i could not really join in their "truth or dare" more like a "dare or darer" game. haha..

anway.. to Bel. A very blessed Birthday to you. May God continue to pour down His Grace and Mercy upon you and your family!

swiss pic

2008-07-19T03:29:00.000-07:00

vevey's lake

Mary-go-round at vevey

alone at vevey...

the evening at vevey

hello...

vevey

the alphs

nice buildings

old building.. nice leh

Nestle Graffiti at the bus stop outside NRC

Nestle Research Center,Lausanne

the view outside NRC

Nice Tree,outside NRC

John and me, at NRC

more pictures.... Disney Hongkong

2008-07-09T07:19:00.000-07:00

me, daisy, 4th aunt

the band which is performing at HongKong Disneyland

the "Police CAR"

Driving the super car
the 2 kids are from my tour group

it was a hot and sunny day

the Disney Train

Mickey and me
(HongKong Disney -Hollywood Hotel)

Driver Ruth

Me: "faster Snap! the band is moving away le lah!"

The Hongkong trip was a free and easy one. i spent my morning , afternoon and night just shoppoing! haha.. i spent every single cent lor. oh.. i really miss my dear.. hehe... i spent few hundred dollars for the phone bills lor!!! (so EXPENSIVE lah)

anyway.. i spent most of the days at Nu Ren Jie (MongKok station). There are a lot of "Pasar Malam" stores there. The prices are all marked up.. but when u start to leave the store, they will cut down the price immediately! haha...

I really enjoyed my time there.. though it was tough to be away from my dear.. haha

so the ABC soup at cell

2008-07-05T21:16:00.000-07:00

So, like i mentioned in my previous post. i cooked ABC soup for my cell, .... and... it turns our okay bah.

i guess i sort of messed up Johan's kitchen, thankfully his maid was around to help us out (oh still have x.li xian who cooked the spagetti). well, this was the first time that i do not have to put salt, as the ingredients has given the great taste. well... maybe i can try to share my secret mummy ABC soup reicpe oh...

Ingredient list
1.you need pork ribs,
well i got mine from NTUC'S frozen food area, oh ya, these are already chopped up, so you don have to waste time cutting them.. heheh
2. Corn
3. tomato
4. potato
5. onion
6. carrot

Method
1. boil the water, then put in the meat to allow it be boiled for awhile. this is to remove the meaty smell. when you see that the meat has turned colour, and presence of "oily" spots, you can turn off the fire. remove the meat, and pour away the water

2. then boil a new pot of water. then put in all the ingredients listed, except the tomatoes. let it boil / brew/ stew for an hour.

3. taste the soup, then depending on own preferences, add salt.

4. time to serve!!

well...i guess it was a great opportunity for me to cook for my cell, and i also enjoyed the time cooking with x.li xian. oh ya... her spagetti was awesome oh.. all sold out le. haha..

i think for my cell, the girls should come more often to cook leh. oh ya.. heard that Jason is opening up his house for cell.. oh jason... u better get ready for us oh. haha.

alright... i guess i have to learn to cook other things. cant be cooking the same old thing everytime right?? hehe... anway... credits to Brandon who helped me to chopped up alll the ingredients! ahaha...

cell this saturday

2008-07-04T09:55:00.000-07:00

Received a msg from Li Juan saying that this week's cell will be at Johan's place... more of a fun and play time..

k... tracking back time..

during lunch time today, i acutally offered Dean and Chia Min the instant soup (Which i "kop" from my sis), hehe... but dean rejected me, saying ,"we prefer ABC soup"

oh.. do you all know what is ABC Soup? i still remember that i once told brandon that i like ABC soup, and he actually went to get those Campbell soup... containing the alphabets one. haha... so.. a short introduction of ABC soup.

ABC soup comprises of meat, corn, carrot, potatoes, tomatoes,onion... its super nice lah! its my favourite leh!!

oh okay.. .so what has it got to do with cell rite? haha... i have planned to cook if for my cell... wow! hey... the longer i brew it.. the better the taste. like the saying does ," good things are worth the wait"

anyway... i am really quite excited abt the cooking. this is the first time that i cook something for my cell... so hopefully they will like it. and... hopefully it will be nice.

oh ya... Brother Johan is enlisting soon!! where boy becomes Man.. and where long hair guy becomes Botak!! haaha...

so.. will update on the soup judging of my cell tmr.. .hehe.. stay tunned!!!

Korea trip with aunt...

2008-06-25T07:52:00.000-07:00

this is really a late late post... finally have some time to put up some pics and write up some posts

my aunt --> when we just arrived at Korea Seoul Airport

the first church that i saw at Korea--> and also the first restaurant of the day

our Tour guide is a true Chinese Korean, his chinese is really good. well, dint expect that Korea is quite a boring place at night. A family mentality country, so the shops are closed by 6 or 7pm.

the first Individual picture of myself! haha...

well... just going to post some of the Korea pics... dont really know what is the name of each place...

the street at night..
the only night activity of the koreans will be KTV or those.... red light district stuff

me posing in front of the colourful leaves (some temple...)
if you can spot the mushroom like building at the back

its me still ... still at the some temple

pic 2

this is at some palace area... or maybe the training ground

still got some more pics... wait till i have time to put them up.. haha ..... wait wait wait...

Irritable bowel syndrome

2008-06-25T07:40:00.000-07:00

I have been diagnosed with Irritable bowel syndrome. i was like.... "wat!"

In my impression, such a sickness is for those who are weak in the stomach and things... come on,.. what a name for such a sickness.

so i went to wiki it... thats the following explanation
In gastroenterology, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional bowel disorder characterized by abdominal pain, discomfort or bloating relieved by defecation and alteration of bowel habits. Diarrhea or constipation may predominate, or they may alternate (classified as IBS-D, IBS-C or IBS-A, respectively). IBS may begin after an infection (post-infectious, IBS-PI) or a stressful life event. Other functional or pain disorders and certain psychological conditions are more common in those with IBS.

of IBS are abdominal pain or discomfort in association with frequent diarrhea, constipation, or a change in bowel habits.^[2] There may also be urgency for bowel movements, a feeling of incomplete evacuation (tenesmus), bloating or abdominal distention.^[3] People with IBS more commonly than others have gastroesophageal reflux, symptoms relating to the genitourinary system, psychological symptoms, fibromyalgia, headache and backache.^[3]

IBS can be classified as either diarrhea-predominant (IBS-D), constipation-predominant (IBS-C) or IBS with alternating stool pattern (IBS-A or pain-predominant^[4]). In some individuals, IBS may have an acute onset and develop after an infectious illness characterised by two or more of the following: fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or positive stool culture. This post-infective syndrome has consequently been termed "post-infectious IBS" (IBS-PI).

Points given by the doctor
1. stressful lifestyle ---> i just had such a thing 2 weeks ago.. due to the stressful at work
2. not having enough rest --> 5 to 6 hrs of slp... is that considered enough?
3. diet, eating spicy food --> hey, whats life without chilli! someone kill me bah!! sad...

this is also for those who might not know about it...

so.. i was totally shocked and speechless to be diagnosed with this. this doctor is so much better than that at Jurong point's. back then, i bascially tell the doctor what i had, and ... then he gave me medicine.

anyway... think my blog has been dead for so long... wanna to start blogging on my hongkong and korea trip. hehe...

stay tuned...

sentosa trip with Etienne

2007-11-24T08:32:00.000-08:00

It was a really last minute thing for this sentosa visit. well, at least i din have it planned it so early.

so well, we went to the Underwater World and the Dolphin Lagoon.

some of the pics

shy ling , Etienne and me at the entrance of the Underwater World

We were first greeted by the HUge Green Turtles and some sting rays. well, cant really get the pics of them.

well, so we proceeded in. looking around , touching the sting rays and some puffer fish. well, guess Etienne doesnt really like to touch these slimy wet stuff, so we (shy ling, han qian and me) were enjoying ourselves. haha...

hey patrick(spongebob's frien), wat are you doing there?

close up of the star fish
the garden eels... wormies arh

shy ling with the fish swimming behind

Han Qian posing in front of the fish tank

the huge fish was too BIG for my camera to catch it. haha

the sting rays... they have extremely loooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg tails

me: i wan to have chilli crabs plus some buns

gigantic CRAB. huge rite?? wonder if it is yummy

posing with the sea horses. (cant really see them arh),
anyway.. they are not the main focus. haha

well.. the whole journey was pretty short. cant really get nice pics of the fish in the underwater. so... sorry.. no pics of the fish. but last of all.. Han Qian, Etienne, Me, Shy Ling
( notice that shy ling and me are "taller" than the 2 guys)

so after the underwater world, we proceeded to the dolphin lagoons! The dolphins were really cute and smart. 1 pink dolphin (jumbo) and 3 half pink and grey juvenile dolphins (don remember their names) to make the 1/2 hr show.

cool... however the way back to harbour front was really insane! super crowded... pple were squeezing here and tat. insane..

bye.. chaos chaos

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 6.42am(Lausanne time)

2007-10-16T12:59:00.000-07:00

Sunday, October 14, 2007, 6.42am(Lausanne time)

Thank God, yesterday Etienne brought me out and walked around this city. We went down to view the lake at the park, in front of the court, Montbenon. The weather was chilling, but it was still fine. Etienne laughed at me when I started to tremble, well, he is used that weather though. Haha.

He was really nice to help me get the bus concession, and then he also brought me down to the phone shop to get me a swiss sim card. He paid for it! Thank God!

Well, Lausanne is definitely a very relax place, the shops are open only opened till 6pm on sat, while they are closed on Monday mornings and Sunday. Probably open till only 5pm on weekdays? Wow, that is so different from Singapore, how can any store survive in Singapore man? Well, so after Etienne left me to walk alone, I went shopping!cool man! Like what many said, the winter clothes here are so much cheaper and much more fashionable than those ugly stuff in Singapore. But there isn’t any point for me to get mine here. There are also other clothes too. so I tried a few shirts. Well, I still go for those on sale, probably less than 20swiss franc? I got myself a pair of ear rings, and a ring for 15swiss franc (s$18).

I was getting thirsty, then I decided to go to a restaurant for my lunch, though I was feeling pretty full.

Then I went ahead…….

<<>> Le dynasty!
Still not too used to having cheese, bread and those funny stuff for breakfast.
So I still decided to have some Chinese food bah…

Does it look royal enough? Haha

The waitresses and waiters there are all Chinese, and that really made me feel so much better to see your kind of people in a far away country. So I looked the menu. It was in English, French and Chinese. And as for the pricing, it is really “royal” enough. A plate of bee hon is comparable to a few plates of beef beehon, well, definitely not as nice as that. K, so I looked through, and the word “SINGAPORE VEMICIMELLI” just stands out. So I ordered that! And had a coke light, + 2 bottles of non-gas mineral water. For once, I really don’t understand why is there gas for mineral water??

So…. How did my first lunch in Lausanne looked like??

It definitely looked Singapor-ish enough, but the taste is still far fetched. Its wet, the chicken is hard. The taste is weird. Haiz, I miss mummy’s cooking!!
Nonetheless, the coke light tasted more or less the same….

Well, I only managed to have less than 10mouths, and my stomach started to protest. The lady boss saw and she offered to tao pao for me.We spoke for awhile, and get to know that they are from Malaysia. That made me feel at least near home. This lunch cost me 22.50swiss franc, and not to mention, it also covered my dinner. I really saved a lot for company arh.

So, I wasted about 30mins at the restaurant before I decided to explore more of Lausanne. I walked further and further, trying my best for visit all the stores before they close. I also took a few pictures of the nice buildings. Oh, did I mention about the people here? The girls are extremely gorgeous! They all looked like super model or something, and they all seem so filthy rich. They are either carrying Guess or LV bags. Not to mention, the guys here are so cute and charming too. One more plus point, they dress well! they really have a great sense of fashion

a picture taken from my room... rue caroline

their buildings are really captivating

the long plane trip....

2007-10-16T12:57:00.000-07:00

Now I m here waiting for my next plane to zurich. Sitting in the lounge of the business class looking at all the ang mohs gobbling down the white cheese which I seriously din enjoy it when I was on the plane.

Since yesterday evening, my anxiety and worries have grabbed hold of me that I actually had a stomach-upset. Even till the very moment when I m going to enter the departure hall, my stomach still… arh. And for that, I took 2 diahorrea pills. How abt that man.
Really missing home now, had a dropped of tears, but still, I can’t just cry like that arh.

The air stewardess and air steward were really nice, and to the fact that I was actually kinda kind. And true enough, I guess I was the youngest in that area. Oh ya, I actually managed to watch license to wed! I wanted to watch this some time ago, but it was showed on the plane over and over again lah. Haha. In that 7hours flight, they fed me twice. First was the omelette with sausages,with yougurt, orange juice and fruits. I was trying to digest my food while watching the show when the air stewardess cleared my plate. Goodness! I haven even taken a bite of the fruits and the yogurt. Sob sob. That goes my fruits! I slept a few times, the seat wasn’t as comfortable as I thought.

Well.. lots to mention for these 7hours, but I really miss every single soul back in Singapore… sob..

Ben & jerry's

2007-09-16T07:24:00.000-07:00

Oh yea, jus went out with the girls, the sec ones, li juan, maivs and my girls. pretty sad tt not all of them can make it for this gathering.

well, thnk God for Yin Shuang and Vivian for being able to be with us. hopefully they enjoyed themselves.

y do we go Ben? haha, this was actually supposed to be planned long long time ago, but a super procastinator like me,.... able to drag it for a few months before making it there. Got to Thank Jessie's cell for being so gracious to the younger youths, to have given up their Bens' vouchers to us.

wat a waste tt i never take a single pic! well, never expected myself to blog abt this trip, well, shall be more cam whore the next time to make my Lenghty blog more colourful and interesting bah.

so we ordered 2 merlionster + 1 super mix. so tt we have enuff to go around and also to get a gd test for all the flavours there. pretty family feeling, when 12 spoons dug into the 3 bowls of ice-cream. think we all enjoyed the ice-cream and the water fountain thingy at the raffles city.

felicia was pretty fascinated by it,,,, hehe... like a small girl.

jus an advert for pple who is looking for waxing service. i acutally saw tt poster at raffles city, which says "The Ministry of Waxing". whereby they show a hairy Monkey jumping down the jetty with 2 bikini babes. and the next poster tt i realised, was a poster, the same one, but the bikini babes were.... bikini-less, while the hairy monkey is still.... hairy. wat is up with this pple man? i totally don get the gist of the advert lah. but do find it funny. oh. come to tink of it, they got the monkey from the zoo to do the ad?? haha...

kk... shall keep my blog more updated. jus spoke to one of my sec frien, Mother goose, and she made me realised tt,... my blog have been so dead for so long. haha...

p/s : isbael , or the girls who are reading this, stop laughing arh. i noe my blog not as fancy as u girls, but no time to try out. if u are willing to help me, do let me noe. haha.. wish to get a spongebob skin. haha.... bikini bottoms!!

sponge
JX

my life

2007-08-11T09:37:00.000-07:00

other then the previous post, i have not updated about my life.

i jus joined a company.. which brings good food, good life. (any idea??) its Nestle, the Milo company. i joined in as a laboratory technician, meaning i do lots of lab related stuff. its... Quality Assurance. =p its quite a good place to be in, i have really nice supervisors and colleagues. have been in there for 2months odd coming to 3 le.

i also applied for part-time degree at PSB academy, under University of Western Australia (UWA). but, jus tt i have yet to receive module exemption confirmation. but do have a bit of struggle when in comes to deciding the uni life i want to have.

life have not changed much, just tt i learned and adapt to living alone le. have been pretty much emotional lately, but tts jus so much i can do.

nv have a good slp.. so tink i will slp till very late tmr bah. or else i wont get a chance to do so le.

got to go... nites

a sudden sadness dawns on me

2007-08-04T10:52:00.000-07:00

well, was acutally browsing through the friendster of my friends, looking through my friends' profiles. at this moment, i realised tat i have not seen these pple for so long. kinda miss them.. and miss the fun we had. but... i realised tt my sec sch life was a major part tt i have missed out so badly.

i wish time could go back.. i wish i could be given a second chance. i wish to be able to spend time with them.. to join them for activities, but i sort of missed them out totally.

friendship really means a lot to me. just tat sometime i really ask to be a better friend, someone who is able to be trusted and to give a lending ear whenever needed. the sad fact is tt,, i don even have the time for myself. i m like slogging off to earn and save for my uni fees.. which will cost around 37k. haiz.. never would i be able to get this amt of money bah.

seems like pple of my age are enjoying their life pretty much. or rather... uni life will be so enjoyable too rite?? i wish to be part of them, but i m left with no choice.

God definitely have a better plan instored for me. so.. i need not worry, but to anticipate and wait upon Him patiently.

God work in all circumstances! Amen.

a sudden -ve emotions and tots jus overwhelm me tt it makes me down.. but the tot of Greater blessings ahead empowers me again!

the challenges of a student care teacher

2007-05-21T23:01:00.000-07:00

i will be changing job from a student care teacher to a lab technician around june. however the details are not finalised yet. really pray hard that God will hear my prayers and my cries to Him.

I have tendered my resignation and made the necessary arrangements. so there is no turning way for me le.

and while i was doing my QT today, the article on the Daily Bread today just impacted me so much.

"Do not worry" Matt 6:25

He said we dont have to be fearful or worried, becoz our Heavenly Father knows our needs, and we are valued by Him. He is perfectly willing and able to meet our needs. so y shld i still worry abt this job. since God has open doors for me, den i shld have FAITH.

well, knowing that i m leaving, i hope to leave a good memory in the kids. i tried my very best not to scream at them, instead speak nicely to them.. but today...

a kid really said very hurting things. at the point of time, i really wanted to shout out. but i took back those nasty words. i could feel my blood rushing to my head, and bombarding every part in my veins. my heart was pumping so hard that it seems to be exploding. and my mouth was a second near to be a machine gun firing "bullets" out.

the pain in my heart was more than what i could handle, so i dashed into my supervisor's office and confided in her. also do not wish the kids to c my "weak" side. i cried..... tears came rolling down my cheeks uncontrollably. i had to speak, cry and control the volume. and... i nv ever felt so angry with kids before. Never.

and during the lunch time, after making sure tat my nose is not red after the cry, i acted as normal, just less hyper. 2 girls from my class asked me why m i quiting. and they even told me not to quit. at tt moment, i was really touched. its like there is a rainbow after the heavy downpour. and the little joshua even asked me, "tr jinxiu, why you so angry?"

even though only a handful of them are really "cute", there are some who are genuinely cute. i really hope to be a good influence in their life. i hope to have a positive impact in their life too.

i really will miss them so much. the thought of leaving just aches my heart so much. its like someone trying to stab my heart.i really wish to visit them again after this. hopefully by then, they will still remember me... sob =(

home alone part 2- dinner with my sis

2007-05-14T05:40:00.000-07:00

dinner was really a big problem when my mommy is not around. so i decided to treat my sis out for dinner. we strolled around bugis before settling down for steamboat at one of the store. then we stepped into the steamboat place...

$12.80 per adult. 1.20 bucks per can of drink

and the place is rather crowded as seen.. well, its flooded with the chinese

well, there were a few soup selections, and we chose the tom yam with chicken soup

well, i tink the tom yam soup is pretty nice. as in, i do like hot stuff.. hehe

both my sister and i looked ravenously at the buffet table, as we started to grab the food.

wreslting with the crab's leg

*** sign of victory***

distorded pic of my sister wolfing her food

we were enjoying our food so much that we din even realise the "friendly neighbourhood friend" roaming around the areas.

and to my shock, there was one lying near my feet!

totally disgusted by IT!

THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD FRIEND

can you believe it. it was lying there, but i din notice it until i picked up somthing from the floor..

and the brave lady boss came and picked up the cockroach within seconds! with BAREHANDS!

oh my goodness.... then i realized that there were actually a few cockroach lying around!

so... not just one, but a few.

my sis n i started to dig into the soup to check for "extra ingredients". thnk god. the food was cleansed and no sign of funny stuff in it.

well.... tink i will never ever visit this place le.. kinda tiring when u have to worry about the cleanliness of your food... +_+

can u help??

2007-05-12T08:19:00.000-07:00

Hey pple, i m currently looking for around 16 volunteers to help out with my student care outing to Jurong East swimming complex on the 20th june. you may clock CIP hours, and have a great time playing with the kids.

there will be around 100 over students, with ard 8 teachers there.

as the day is nearing, i really need to confirm the names ASAP.

it will definitely be a fulfilling job to do....

get back to me soon oh..

-jx

home alone part 1

2007-05-10T08:12:00.000-07:00

2 days ago, my parents happily left me and my sister for their holidays.

well, being responsible parents, they bought lots and i mean really lots of cup noodles!not only tt, my mum bought a few loaves of breads too. haha. and tonnes of hotdogs , fishball etc.
tt got to show how "well" my sis n i can cook.

anyway, i fell sick on that day when my parents are leaving. they bought me to the doc, and sort of took care of me for tt day. down with flu bug and cough. got to thnks the pri sch examinAtions period. gave extra tuition lesson to ensure tt tthey wld do well.

so, i got to learn to take care of myself when my parents are gone. no one for me to "teh", to bring or wash the cup for me. worst, i got to wash my own clothes, eat cup noodles! sob..

when i tot things were bad enuff, a friendly neighbourhood "herO"----- --------------------------------------------------------------------> MR SIAO XIANG, COCKROACH! came into the house lah. i got so freaked out tt i cried a little. how i wish tt "SPIDERMAN" was here to rescue me. now i m so afriad when i walk around the house.

just got to say tt i really miss my parents. looking forward to their arrival + the presents. ahaha

-i hate staying home alone..

that ZOO trip -szg

2007-05-07T06:37:00.000-07:00

Singapore Zoological Gardens - the search of lost childhood

after the last visit to zoo which was like eons ago (pri6 bah), i have really missed the ZOO so much. as you start to grow up, you will have the capability to pay for yourself, but you no longer have tt kind of time to go.

but nonetheless, i still managed to visit the zoo on saturday! HAHA

the animal show timings
1) the wonders of the wild animals - 1.30pm

2) the elephant show - 3.30pm

3) doggies show - 4.30pm

some of the photos which i took.. =p

that vain peacock that really know how to post arh

the hungry white tiger is on the hunt for food...

waiting for his lunch to be served ...

and here comes the lunch!!!

the 4tonnes elephant!! this will definitely be a great feast for the white tiger...

unless, you wish to have milk instead?

what about having some camel?

the 2 not so tall giraffes

as much as i was anticipating for this trip, i was greatly disappointed by wat i saw.

1st- the tigers, lions were not as ferocious as they shld be, according to madagascar

2nd- the giraffes are kinda short. tot they shld be... really really tall

3rd- my fav horse seems so... weak, neither hyper nor majestic! it was "stonning" at one corner. rather lonely

4th- when did they move the penguins away??? sob

5th- the polar bears are not swimming. when i was young, i really love the sight of polar bear swimming in the water. but now.. they jus laze around..

so most likely the next trip to the zoo will be another 7 to 8 years later bah. hopefully there will be more things to expect bah..

just trying things out...

2007-05-03T07:35:00.000-07:00

Have been wanting to start my own blog a long long time ago. but, just rather IT retard, cant get the blog started.

well,things have been going on pretty smoothly for me. a student care teacher who never fail to punish a student. definitely not becoz the teacher(me) is fierce, but the students are naughty. working at the student care has allow me to see some of the naive side of the kids. though this job is rather tiring, having to wake up at 6am!! but i am still satisfied with this job.

i still like the primary ones, they are more obedient. hehe.