Been so busy lately; after the shift to bro's house, I fell sick on and off for 3 weeks. Then 2 months before I signed up with Maum Meditation Centre, I've been going to the centre on and off every 2-3 days...somehow I just enjoyed going there, getting nice cooked Korean meals, sitting down with other members to have our meals and chitchat...feels like a 2nd home to me.

Yesterday just returned from a children's camp at Princess Elizabeth Primary School, as one of the instructor. It was a 'crash course' in the camp as previously I had nil experience as an instructor. But it was fun although there were stressful moments when I was afraid I wouldn't know what to do or mess things up...but I still enjoyed myself tremendously. I missed the whole experience somewhat when it has ended; yesterday afternoon when I returned home, I caught up on my sleep; I felt feelings of sadness and feelings of missing the whole camp and experience and that woke me up...

Hmm...hope there'll be another one soon...

A Little Practise of Appreciation and Gratitude

I was feeling down yesterday, and confiding my low feelings to a friend of mine. Shortly after that I happened across a post made by another friend in facebook, of which he was sharing about appreciation of his domestic helper. The short note warmed my heart and helped lift my spirits somewhat, for, on a certain level, I can feel my friend's appreciation of the 'simple things in life'...that short little note reminded me at that moment that appreciation of the things we have in our life, here and now, no matter how little, really does change our perspectives about life and the people around us. When our perspectives change, our emotions change; we help to bring peace and contentment into our hearts. Even though such moments may be short, it is a very good start and reminder how such an outlook can be used or practised everyday to bring brighter perspectives and positive beliefs into our mindsets, to replace gloomy or negative ones.

I don't always remember to have appreciation or gratitude for my loved ones around me, nor the things I have right at that moment, but when I do, my whole being is always replaced by a feeling of peace and contentment...

A little good deed

Today during lunchtime, S & me originally planned to go to The Icon for lunch then head to Gelare for my fav float. On the way there through Amara Hotel, as we stepped in, we saw a small crowd of people a little distance away from a man lying comatose on the floor. He had passed out and the passersby didn't seem to dare to approach him nor know what to do, until finally, a man stepped out to try to wake the unconscious man.

An Ang Mo guy came forward with a chair with which to prop the unconscious man's legs on, and another lady appeared with a cup of water (and not knowing what to do with it) which a third man took and sprinkled some water on his face...(I noticed the Ang Mo guy slapping the comatose man's cheek seemingly quite hard!!)

I stepped closer upon the realisation that he didn't seem to respond when the first man tried to shake him and wake him up, and I immediately took out my phone to dial for an ambulance (one lady suggested calling the hotel management to call the ambulance which, I'm glad whose advice I didn't follow)...there were some difficulty in trying to wake the unconscious man which I felt seemed not a very good sign, and I left the ambulance order standing (initially I thought of cancelling it when the man awakened, but decided against it when he seemed in a daze and none too responsive)...

I'm glad I quickly called the ambulance when I did becos the ambulance took some 15 mins to arrive; they did some checks on him and then wheeled the now-conscious man away...luckily the man didn't seemed in too serious a condition for, judging by the time the ambulance take to arrive, could've cost a precious life...

Anywayz, I'm glad to have done a little good deed today...(" ,)

Regency's Staff Nite

On 12th March 08, Siti and I went to Regent Hotel-where she had been training the boys in their dance steps, and where I joined for the last 2 sessions, assisting her-to oversee the boys in their final training (this was the night of their dinner). We had alot of fun with the boys, who were (mostly) quite cheeky and fun (and the boys had been really very sweet). None of them had dance background, so to see them dance, had been really quite funny...however, they had been training really quite hard, especially D; they came in first and well they do deserved it!!

(This was my first encounter as a co-trainer and I really really enjoyed it; Siti and I missed the boys too.)

Siti didn't train the girls, who initially requested for it, as time was too tight. The girls requested Siti to do their makeup for them, but Siti instead redirected them to me. It's not like I had any formal training as a makeup artist, but I did them the favour anyway. I hope I didn't botch up the job :P

My Gloxinia

First of all, this is what a flower of the Gloxinia plant would look like. Of course, there're many variations to their colour; mine is a deep violet instead of the deep red as seen above.

I first got my Gloxinia on the 15th Mar 08: this was about 4 days after I got it. None of the 20 over buds have flowered yet.

The largest bud in my plant (4-5 days after I bought it).

My Gloxinia 1 week after I bought it.

食字路口

Joined S & J's church group today in their event: food hunt, like Jacky Wu's variety programme '食字路口'.

At the start of the game, when everyone is awaiting instructions.

Our instructions on screen.

At our 7th dish.

End of the game!! We were the last group to arrive!! But then again, we had an elderly person in our group; still, I got the price of '最优秀' and most importantly, all of us enjoyed ourselves!!

After the event, we went prawn fishing; grabbed a most willing 'model'...

The first prawn I caught!! But my happiness was short-lived; in two hours, I only managed to catch 3 prawns!!! Lousy, lousy, lousy...*sob*

今年的运程

Haha...this is supposedly my luck for this Rat year...seems like to adopt a wait-and-see attitude...and not to go chasing for fame/success...

My Darling Abby

Tada!! This is my latest pet Abby, after having had to return Mocha (our pet JR) to his previous owner some 4-5 months or so ago, I finally got a dwarf white face Roborovski hamster; after viewing like 2-3 times, I finally took the plunge. I actually asked for a female one, but I believe my Abby is a male-intially thought it's a she, but after reading up further, I'm quite convinced it's a he, hence the name Abby, haha-but anywayz, loved him/her very much. He's an active little fellow, bright-eyed and curious, and amazingly fast.

Oh dear, but I dunno how old my little darling now is...

In Bits & Pieces

Haha this is the magnetic calendar board that Vio bought for me when she came back from Hokkaido; decided to hang it up and use it...cute magnets; with 2 cards with all the nice stuffs she wrote; think she's about the only friend I have who'd bother to still do stuffs like these...

Cool new concept at FEP; Jap fastfood...haha...we placed our orders on the machine on the (limited) menu, then waited for our number to be called, brought our ticket to the counter to collect our food; needless to say, the food wasn't that great...even for a non-foodie like me...

Spotted this scary (but unique) looking bug outside an office building at Shenton Way...ought to be in a museum, I say...

Haha saw this in a mag...wonder where my IQ lies...prob in the normal range...keke...have never been the particularly intelligent type *grimace*

Dance Performance @ Union Square

Performed at Union Square on Sat, turnout didn't seem that many, nevertheless, we've got many good comments bout the dance; personally though, I think we lack something in the dance, the feel, the emotions...well anywayz...there's always room for improvement. Anyhow, feels great to be performing with the girls again after such a long long long time...must be like a year or more...hope we'll get to perform again soon...