I felt that I've so much that I wanted to blog about. Yet when I got down to typing, I'm not sure what to write or where to begin. Then I remembered what day it is today:

Ash Wednesday

The period of Lent has begin

"True repentance has a double aspect; it looks upon things past with a weeping eye, and the future with a watchful eye." - Robert Smith

Let these 40 days be a time of repentance and renewal....

Quarter...

...of a century. That's what I'll be in about 6 months time. And 5 more years, I'll hit 30. It's quite scary, come to think of it.

Ten years ago, I had imagined that by the time I'm 25, I will have graduated from Uni, started working, gotten married, and perhaps even have kids too.

Haha. Ok, actually I lied. I had never thought about that ten years ago. Maybe I'm only thinking about this now. After all, I'm not getting any younger either. Things might be fine and dandy now, with my family and friends for company. But my family won't always be here and my friends will settle down one day too.

I remembered a 'talk' with one of my girlfriends last year. On how we will attend the SDU activities if we are still single by the time we're 25.

Perhaps it's time to consider that again. Then, even if I'm not married at 40, at least I know I've given it a shot.

Salsa anyone?

Night out with friends

Met up with the girls for dinner and movie last Saturday.

Amidst all the flowers, couples and signboards and banners proclaiming that it's V-day in the shopping malls (as if they're afraid anyone would forget), we had quite a good time too.

We started off with dinner at Indulge, a restaurant at The Cathay. The food was pretty good. Some kind of fusion between East and West I think. And Ting had said she wanted to eat there since last year, so we finally decided to give it a try.

After that, it was a movie at PS, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons". At almost 3 hours long, I had thought initially that it would be boring. I was glad to be proven wrong. XQ had commented that, after watching the movie, growing old doesn't seemed as scary as growing younger, or something along that line. But I supposed, be it growing older or younger, time is always moving and will wait for no man. Regardless of how critics had panned this show, I find it worth the $10. Not because I'm a big fan of Brad Pitt (though I must admit he does look good in the movie, especially when he got younger), but more so because of its storyline and the development of the characters. I won't reveal too much here. Go watch it if you have the time and if this genre of movie is your cup of tea.

Anyway, we took the night bus back after that, because train service had stopped and there was a long queue for taxis. Then on the bus, XQ and I decided that we should spend V-day together next year as well, even if we are attached then. Because love comes in many forms, and love among friends is one to be treasured too.

Posted on 16 Feb 2009, Mon, 4pm

My regular blog readers will know that I seldom, or perhaps had never, blogged about food before. That is, other than the food that I cannot eat, such as cheese. Anyway the picture above is of a dish named 'Ayam buah keluak'. These are the ingredients.

It is one of the many Peranakan dishes that I like. Some of you might not be aware that I am actually half-Peranakan as well, from my mother's side.

Some more pictures that I got from the web since I did not take any of my own pictures...

Bak wan kepiting (meatballs)

Babi ponteh

Kueh Pie Tee

In a sense, food is more than just the taste. And, no matter how nice the peranakan dish might be in a restaurant, I guess I'll always missed my grandma's cooking.

The reason that I don't blog about food is simply because, I can't cook. Now, this is not a fact that I am proud of either. Even though I believe in equality between men and women and that a woman's place need not be in the kitchen, a part of me wishes that I can cook too. Maybe if my cooking skills are half as good as my grandma's, I'll be satisfied. Maybe if I had learnt from her then, I won't have this sense of regret now. Then I wished that my mother can cook as well, so that at least I could learn from her. But then again, how could I blame her when I've been living with my grandma for over twenty years and yet had not picked up her culinary skills?

Yes, I wish I can cook. But who can I cook for?

Posted on Mon, 9 Feb 2009, 10.30pm

Wondering...

I wonder if this is a sign. All of these incidents that have been occuring so far.


I wish someone could make the decision for me. Or just tell me what to do now.


Is this all worth it?

Have I made the wrong decision right from the start?




Posted on 17 January 2009, Monday, 10.55pm

Why do such people exist?

There are times when I wonder why it is that there are people who seem to strive on making things difficult for others, just for their own selfish desires. I'm really getting tired of all these. Mental games are not for me.

Felt like cursing that person but that would even be a waste of my breath.

Just let God do the judging....

I'm so full,

I felt like puking.
Serve me right for stuffing my face with so much food. =P

It's such a cold day today, and I actually shivered, a little, after coming out of the shower. And I'm contemplating warming up with my hair dryer. Yes, I've finally bought a hair dryer too.

Anyway, this morning, I wanted to log into my Lotus Notes at work, as per my usual routine every morning, when I realised that I had actually forgotten my password!! So I had to get IT to reset my password, which seemed to be quite a tedious process as I only got my new password at 2 plus. Not to mention that I almost lost my temper at the IT engineer who passed me the new password because I couldn't log in at first.

The wonderful part was that after I could finally log in successfully and changed my password, I suddenly recalled my previous password. *Faint*

But come to think of it, perhaps it was a blessing in disguise too, because not checking my email did free me up to do more things in the morning. Not that reading emails is a waste of time.

During dinner just now, Mel (our 'Er Jie') shared with us a vision she had. It was on dancing the Waltz with Jesus. And what a beautiful imagery it was too. It reminded me of the time I had learnt ballroom dancing about 5 years ago. Maybe I'll take it up again. Anyone keen to learn together with me?

I'm still feeling full, and Pet Society couldn't seem to load.

Just borrowed a book from my cousin, and felt like reading it even though I'm feeling rather sleepy now.

Oh ya, speaking of my cuz: Congrats on your O'levels results!!

Posted on 12 Jan 2009, Monday, 11.50pm

Sunflowers

I can't remember if I've blogged about this before. If I have, please pardon me because I've really forgotten.

Anyway, a few months back, Angie and I walked passed a florist shop and we saw a floral arrangement. It was in subdued colours, so we guessed, correctly, that it was for a funeral.

Then I told Angie that I wanted sunflowers for my funeral.


Posted on 10 Jan, Saturday, 12.30am

Changes...

Most of my friends will know that I do not drink coffee. Or rather, I did not drink coffee in the past. I'll usually order tea instead. But nowadays, I've starting drinking coffee, and it doesn't help that there are so many coffee places near my office. The thing is, I never used to like the taste of coffee before.

Do our taste buds change as well?

But hey, I guess everything can change, just like our body, and feelings too.

Anyway, I've just finished watched 'Minutemen' on Disney Channel. It's a movie on time travel. Not very original but there wasn't anything else to watch on TV at that time.

Why is time travel so appealing? So that we can go back in time and correct the wrongs that we had done? If so, then why is it that we don't learn from our mistakes and end up repeating them instead?

I still can't believe it's already 2009...it has been one year...

Posted on 4 Jan 2009, Sunday, 9.30pm

Unclutter

"What have you been busy with in 2008?"

This was one of the questions that Pastor posed to us during the watchnight service yesterday.

When he asked that question, my mind was suddenly a blank. But was it because I can't remember, or I wasn't even sure of what I've been busy with in 2008?

2008 has been a year of disappointments, hurts and regrets. But what is the use of looking back when we should be looking forward?

I've never been one to make New Year resolutions mainly because I know I won't keep them anyway. Haha.

Pastor advised us yesterday to unclutter our lives this new year. I wished I could just start a new life and erase all the bad memories. But I know that is not possible. We only have one life, so make the best of it.

This year, I pray...

• For a closer walk with God, something which I've neglected during the past one year
• For the peace and joy of the Lord even when times are difficult
• For forgiveness and the heart to forgive
• For the mending of broken relationships
• For the salvation of family and friends, and last but not least
• To love just as Jesus loves us

Have a blessed New Year my dear friends...

Posted on 1 Jan 2009, Thursday, 8.20pm