Managed to spend a great weekend with N after my hiatus in HK.
Got great stuff from Shinzi Katoh at this children's edu store in Takashimaya (near Art Friend), piggy clipsies for my sis and a wooden mouse namecard holder for myself. (I'll find sometime to upload the pics. hehehe)

I also managed to pack my wardrobe and cupboard on Friday, and I threw out loads of old clothes that I didn't wear anymore and since I was in one of those moods where sentimentality wasn't the rule of thumb, I managed to get quite a bit more space for my new stuff. Wheeeee~

I just lack a solution on how to organise my bags. They usually lie on top of one another, and will only be retrieved if I actually remembered I had such a bag. Hohohoho. So I first thought of S-hooks, but they only allow the entire face of the bag to be shown and not the side profile (like clothes) if you get what I mean. Going to try using 2 S-hooks later.

Anyway my sandfly bite ( or so I suspect) aren't getting any better and now they're big red splotches and can get super itchy. The most horrible thing I read was that they last really long, and I can't scratch them 'cos they'll leave SCARS. Argh. Anyway I'll be popping by the polyclinic later, hopefully there isn't a long queue.

The point of today's entry is that well, I've been healed of my allergy to prawns and other nasty seafood like soft shell crab! N says it's God's reward for me because I prayed so fervently for something the night before. :D Heehee. Pastor Derek mentioned on the pulpit that he felt that God wanted to heal those with allergies, especially those with soft-tissue reactions where swelling would occur from the allergic reaction, and that these were the hardest to cure! (Well I didnt know that!) I looked at N in amazement and he knew I'd be afraid to go upfront myself, so he graciously said "I'll go with you if you need me to".

So I went towards the front of the stage, where prayer was being administered to, and this lady named Matilda prayed for me. For close to 10 mins ( I think) she prayed over and ordered the allergy to be removed. Don't quite know how to explain this, but I managed to 'release' 4 spiritual errrrr. coughs? it's something like vomiting, but I didn't puke anything out. However, it seems that the whole purpose of the prayer wasn't really about the allergy, but rather something that happened about 8 years back, and it seems as if I haven't released it / recovered from it.

Anyhoooooo, I was super relieved and felt at peace and full of joy! after the whole service / prayer / worship session! It felt so good to be not only touched by God, but to be able to affirm and receive His Love for me. Heehee.

After the service, I got some Thai Food for myself and didn't realise there was a solitary prawn in the tom-yum soup waiting for me. I asked N "Should I eat this?" and he said "Claim it in God's name". Hohoho and I did! :D My neck felt quite itchy and hot after that, but N said my neck wasn't red ( that's typically the first stage of my allergic reaction) and that it was probably me thinking too much about a prawn. Bah! I slapped it out of myself and it disappeared later~ Yay! And halfway during lunch I realised that I could finally have prawn mee!!!!!!! After 11 years!! I'm so excited and really thank the Lord for his grace and mercy. Heehee!

It's been a trying week for N and I, he with his work, and me with my D. Hohummmmm. But it was great to finally see N smiling and laughing again. Ok I'll be off now... and Post's strawberry cereal is dope! :D

i'm back from hong kong and i miss the place already.
i also miss making faces at my sasie and laughing at her reactions.
i miss walking and getting lost (not really when u're hot and tired) and shopping and eating yummy frenchy toasties and dong lai cha-s and scolding the stewpeed mappy for showing us the wrong way.

weeweewee.

we need uniqlo and h&m here!!! and krispy kremesies. huuhuu taaaaa

Busy

Ooops seems like C has been doing all the updating on the blog these few days. And she does it even when she is busy with her thesis. Hmm as for me I have been settling down at work these few days and really I think it is quite nice to be back at work at least I have less things hovering over my head when I reach home.

Anyway, just want to thank God for everything that He has given me over the past few days. First, I am happy that COOZ kidz is really progressing fast and the children at sunday school are really getting in tuned with God. Furthermore, my walk with God have been closer than ever befoe and so is C's. Really thankful for that.

Second, I am happy with my results and He has honoured me for the effort I have put in into my work. And hopefully I would make my parents and C proud on my graduation day.

Third, I am glad that God has given me the chance to serve Him at my workplace. I shall strive to bless those around me and change the culture in my workplace.

Fourth, I am so happy that God has blessed me with another gold award for my fitness test even though I do not deserve it.

hahah, actually I have been feeling quite negative last night due to a variety of reasons, however, after counting my blessings, I know that God is with me and his goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, if I love Him and obey his commands.

Dearie, hopefully you would be encouraged by this post and dun let the winds of the world affect you. Be bold and strong and conquer all your obstacles as I go and conquer mine now.

of bugs and mugs

Urghhhhhhhhhhhhh. Found this monster under my computer table. Was just about to nicely tuck my legs when I noticed something green and huge that was not quite right with the white floor. Good thing it wasn't moving much and I was able to put a plastic container over it. The vitagen bottle is there to show how huge that thing was. It's bigger than the diameter of the vitagen bottle by the way. Brrrrrr. Anyway I slid a piece of paper underneath the whole container and released the bugger out of the window. :P

(Note : Method works well with beetles too. Just remember to shake the bottle vigorously first, or the beetle might just fly back into the room.)

Now I have 2 happy mugs to use :D The one on the right is from Starbucks, it was designed for CNY '08 and my ex-colleague brought it to the office and at first glance, I knew.. I HAD TO HAVE IT. *ravenous stare* haha

So after work, I trooped to the nearest Starbucks I could find, and lo and behold, it wasn't there! ( I think it's quite obvious that I don't frequent coffee cafes at all...) I made/ begged / asked (ok if you want me to be diplomatic about it) the assistant to help me find out which other outlets had it and finally found it at Eastpoint :D Was prepared to pay a gazillion dollars for it as SB's quite notorious for their overpriced mugs but was pleasantly surprised that it was only $13. Hehe...

The one on the left was ordered from the US and fell head over heels for its unique design. Cost me quite a bit more than the mousey cup tho :S

Alrightey, back to work. Till later!

UPDATE on the one day that I forget to draw my curtains at night (my room faces a park), a gigantic - ok I'm exaggerating - MOTH decides to pop by for a visit. Eeyahhh!!!!!! Y do insects love my room so much?!

Zambuk.

I just felt like saying it.
The End :D

tick tock goes the clock

Procrastination has got to be my middle name. I'm not as productive as I would like to be right now, and the deadline is looming like dark grey clouds in the background. Ho hum...

I'm the kind of person who can spend half the day napping, and the other half wasted at the internet / tv / plain lazing around, and yet feel great about it. That is, if I haven't got work to do. I can sit quietly at the computer for HOURS, just browsing online etc and not feel as if a minute has gone by, unless my eyes start blurring or irritated.

However when I pick up a book, each minute goes by slowly, and I find myself agonising at every sentence, and shudder at the incomprehensible ones. I feel as if I'm going through an academic withdrawal, WHICH IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!

Not only that, I lose interest after less than half an hour and I get tempted to watch the telly, walk to the kitchen and stare, walk back to my room, cuddle my pillow, stare at the blue sky, watch the trees in the park, anything and everything but reading / typing / having to do with my research paper.

ROARRRRR!!!

I think I'm getting paranoid of books and anything that has lengthy words in it, except for the newspapers I guess. Boo. Not too long ago, I was just thinking of how I managed to spend 4 hours in the college library, tucked in a cosy corner, reading a geography book and thoroughly enjoying it. Perhaps from the absence of a laptop. Hmm. Perhaps from the slight discomfort of the chair in the library. Hmm. Perhaps from the comfort of the airconditioning. I think I either need to slap myself awake and go straight into my nerd mode, or kick myself out of the house and to the. erm.. somewhere conducive that I know not of.

Blah. I am so disappointed with myself, yet don't feel the push to do anything constructive. WEHHHH. Am I the only one experiencing this?!?

I desperately need to get back my drive.

Suggestions? Anyone???

Btw, I added some new links to the side. :)

SIGNS??!!

I thoroughly enjoy reading mummys' blogs.
Especially when they're loaded with cute baby pictures.

Oh noes!!!!!!! 0_0""

Well it could just be a tendency to gush all things cute. Heh.

owwwwww

Sustained a minor injury to my big right toe, rolled over on it as I sat on the chair.
The pain was tremendous and realised that the skin closest to the base of the toe nail ( where the half moon is) was neatly pushed down and out by a few millimetres as a result of my silliness. I guess that's where the nerves are?

Sat on the sofa and was nursing my toe when N ( in his shiny white armour - or rather in a white pair of shorts *",*) took a bottle of spray of antiseptic cum plaster thingum and gently sprayed on the wound while I howled in pain.

It was stinging, but the wound soon became numb and thank God the pain subsided!
It still looks a little brown, but the skin has reattached itself and feels much better already.

Still floating in the warm fuzziness of N's gentle care. Wahahahahaha.
Nah. Here's a plastic bag. :)