Up the Wall We GO...
Today i brought some of the P6s for rock climbing at the SYFC office. It was tiring, you must be thinking that i have challange the wall...NO...just belaying them can be as tiring...how weak is JIAHUI!
But i must say i really admire one of the teachers who came along. She didn't plan to climb, after some persuasion, she went to the wall and UP she GO. it was with some cheering, encouragment and sweet talking, she reach the top. i take my hat off her...who is she...my beloved coordinator...if you know who am i talking about...is CARRIE. she became my heroine.
we had a fun time...
BLINK!
recently i read a book called BLINK!. it is about thinking without knowing that you are thinking. somehow the cover of the book really capture my attention. i took about 2 months to complete the book. the book talked about how our first impressions can be really true (not 100%) about something or somebody. and it also talk about thin-slicing. How we actually thin-slice what we hear and sea as we interact with people. and it also address of our biasness. many time we are affected by our prejudices withot even knowing it. how we often associate certain races more superior than others, or some races will be linked to bad things that happen.
i really find reading the book interesting. there is one particular example mention - the PEPSI challenge...for those who remember what this is all about. how we were surprise by the fact that people actually like the taste of PEPSI(P) instead of COKE(C) after ONE sip of each drink. Yet until now there still are more people drinking COKE. Why we prefer P yet still ended up drinking C? Because in the sip test, the sweetness of P appeals to our first impression but after drinking the whole can of P, we will be too overwhelmed by that taste...yet the tast of C keeps us wanting more especially after a good game of sport. i find this really fasinating. there are many more examples ound in the book.
anyone interested can borrow from me.
God please help me...to love
i am really really very frustrated...feel like screaming at the top of my voice and feel like strangling someone. i don't understand why people can just keep changing their mind every now and then. i have this client that are really pushing me to the wall. the print job suppose to be confirm by last Wed and delivered by last friday. because they keep changing their mind, we are redoing the artwork again and again.
Yet today's reading of the 40 DOC is on Christian's Expression of love. it is indeed an uphill task.i wonder how can i show love to these people. maybe at that instance, my bp had shoot up really high...
because God knows that it is difficult to love, He came to show us how to love. we love because He first loved. i really need God to teach me to love...
birthday and mj...
today is baby beth's one year old birthday. i reach her house at about 1530. she has not arrived yet, there we saw Nan (baby beth's mum), she looks good, if you do not know, you will think is her birthday instead.
At 1600, here's comes the princess:
the pix is quite blur...must be the haze...hahaha
Then this is the princess and mum...
Where's dad?...i forgotten to take? next time ok.
after the party, some of us headed to ms's place for mj. this is also the first time c brought j along but actually is j who brought c to the party in the first place... confused???? but anyway both c and j are together, we thought playing mj aho really break the ice between us and c's new friend, j.
mj was good, c & j works well together to win most of the games. we really got to see another side of j and know more about him.
is getting late...i need to prepare my lesson for tomorrow.
中秋节
it is a day of reunion besides chinese new year. it is a tradition to gather togather to eat mooncake, drink tea and share and laugh together as a family. maybe in singapore we don't feel the need to come together on special occasion, for for people in china, they leave home to work in the city, so in this festive season, they will make a trip home to spend time with loved ones...this is a missing highlight in singapore...somehow not many people cares or bothers.
for my personal preparation for 中秋节, i actually make up my mind to get these mooncakes from Takashimaya, the only place where it was sold. didn't really fancy going downtown, maybe feel too crowded, i certainly feel quite lost in the midst of many people. nonetheless, i bought what i wanted...
here they are...
for those who are not eating any mooncakes in order to keep fit, sharing these with you. May you have a good time during this festive season and take time to pray for your loved ones especially who have not know our heavenly Father.
BLESSED 中秋节!
my best friend's wedding...
23rd Sep 2006 is a day to remember. on that day is my best friend's wedding. the preperation for the wedding starts way before that. i have volunteered myself to be her wedding coordinator. is quite a stressful one. because hearing from the couple, the guest list is a long one.
the stress begins at the wedding prep meeting at the couple's new house 2 weeks before the wedding. the helpers came from 3 places: peiyun's poly friends, church mates and SYFC colleagues. now the question is how to get them to work together for the special day. but at the discussion among the sisters, there are some disagreements. some wanted to brainstorm ideas, some say don't want to carry it too far...so how...of course no conclusion.
as the wedding date draws nearer, the stress also increased. i really looked into many things on that day, make sure the sound is working, the flowers are arranged, the car is decorated, the sisters and brothers were on time, all the things that need to be brought to the bride and groom's place are in place.
the stress reached its ultimate at the church ceremony. there were alot of guests. at 2pm, the guests were still coming. but the church is almost full. but thank God that everything went on fine. even the groom's worst fear didn't came through, not even the 'sabotage' at the bride's house.
meeting my 'old' friend...
i met my 'old' friend at the most unexpected place, at an unexpected timing, with an unexpected state of mind. all i remembered about this friend is that his name is Alan. i can't remember which secondary school he went to and i have not bumped into him for the last 16 years...what a long time.
here's the photo...
how we 'xiang ren'? after talking about the product he was showing me for a few minutes, we exchange namecard...the name began to connect with the face. so here comes the golden question...make a guess.
we actually remembered each other after 16 long years....
alot more catching up to do...but not at the product show i guess. some other times perhaps...at a better place, a better time and at a better state of mind.
