30032011
WEDNESDAY
00:50
STREET 81
GESUNDHEIT.
this post is to health.
this year i have had the misfortune to visit a few funerals, and one thing i have brought from all these is that the fragility of life has never meant more. in fact, i just left one this very night.
sometimes as humans we tend to take our health fr granted. we expect our bodies to recover the bouts of common cold, or the little scrapes and bruises we put it through. we sprain an ankle and then grumble for a while.
but do we actually stop to think about what we have that money cannot buy? there are people out there that may never be able to heal from a blister, or that a scrape causes them to amputate their leg. oh i can hear you go: sure, shit happens, but it'll never happen to me!
well, almost all cancer patients say that. and every person who's gotten a disease. our mind is programmed to a "superman" attitude, one which states it won't happen to me until it happens. by then, it's too late.
so this post is a timely and important reminder to cherish your health.
another reason for this post is that this week, health is being the main concern in Asian countries as the nuclear crisis in Japan, everyone is worried about radiation sickness and cancer. food bans and radiation screening is everywhere now.
i guess seeing the fragility of our own health too can make us a tad paraniod. or maybe just over-cautious.
third reason? i'm sic and i'm just plain tired by it. i mean, i rarely fall sick, like once a year, but this year i've been really fragile. like i keep getting the flu and lots of headaches. it drains your focus, and that sucks when you work, cause it trips me up when i make mistakes.
that said, i guess i should get whatever sleep i can still catch with this flu.
♥ I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON THE INSIDE OF ME.
peace and joy God has set me free.
peace and joy God has set me free.
27032011
SATURDAY
STREET 81
00:32
BUSY IS GOOD.
it feels good to be able to post almost everyday for the past week. it's refreshing to be able to let my thoughts and feelings out in a place that belongs entirely to me.
random thought: i we didn't know what it was like to be sad, how do we learn how to value happiness?
quite true that one. we always need contrasts in life to let us appreciate normality. i mean we have to have darkness to get light, have black to love white, and have noise to dwell in precious silence.
imagine if you never knew what was wrong. how then would you know what was right? then again, this is not an excuse to DO wrong, knowledge and actions are very different things in this world.
i have exactly 25.5 hrs left in that ferry terminal, and i tell you i will enjoy seeing time tick away in that place. i haven't told my colleagues yet (feeling quite smug about this actually), and i only plan to 5 minutes before i leave that place for good. unless they find out somehow before that 5 minutes and give me hell.
i guess i should really be nice to them before i leave, like give everyone there a little gift. hmm, maybe i could give them muffins or something. i don't know, and i guess it depends on whether i go broke before then.
all i can say is, i definitely will be enjoying them being in the dark. but i guess i will stay around till the evening to take the sky in Changi area before leaving that place. time for another hike, this time in the other direction. and i'll remember the water bottle and money.
oh another update: new pictures up on my Deviant account, click here to see all of them in there rainbow goodness. and maybe leave me a comment of two. thanks.
♥ I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON THE INSIDE OF ME.
peace and joy God has set me free.
peace and joy God has set me free.
24032011
THURSDAY
18:25
STREET 81
AFTERNOON WALKS.
i haven't gone for one in a long time.
it's not because I'm lazy. you could say it's the weather in Singapore, but that's not really the reason.
i think it's because I've "grown up", started work or just let life take over.
i remember one line from a conversation with the cellies as we were walking parkway last Sunday. don't know what we were talking about, maybe about my "crazy habits". what i really remember was my reply:
"I don't do any of those crazy things anymore. I've stopped waking up at four, or staying up late."thinking back about my reply, i guess it made me kind of sad, that i hardly ever got to see the sunrise anymore, and i miss badly alot of things i used to do.
cycling for instance. i never cycle anymore, since last December. i used to do it early last year, doing rounds at Bedok Reservoir, even to Pasir Ris to prawn and back. i took Yong on all those trips, and i really loved seeing my own design on that bike. people used to star as i rode around because of the shabby spray-paint job, but it screamed me and i really didn't care. it was personal advertising and a great workout on two wheels, and i really wonder why i never cycle anymore. maybe i should start again.
or another would be to go on a random walk to somewhere for the afternoon (as i started this post with). while planning for a trip to Arab street, i realized that the Malay Heritage Center is closed till June next year. i still haven't done that photo shoot of Changi Beach.
it's like the more mundane things of life got in the way of really living. i know things like paying the bills/loans/anything you owe, or school stuff is really important. i know I'm a student and thus my priorities are studying, being a good daughter and a good friend. but sometimes i feel that normal life gets in the way of bigger things, or my hobbies. i mean, don;t you feel suffocated sometimes, by all the studying or work. it's like it never ends.
well, i guess that i just have to plan and wait out till all these things are finally settled. I've got my priorities straight, it just time to finish them.
♥ I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON THE INSIDE OF ME.
peace and joy God has set me free.
peace and joy God has set me free.
23032011
WEDNESDAY
10:17
STREET 81
STARDUST.
okay, this is important post on reflections.
I want to thank everybody for the comments, page views and encouragement for the mySingapore.sg bloggers competition. sadly, i didn't win. but it made me realize that i kinda like it that way.
i'm not a professional blogger, i guess i can say i'm rambling most of the time, but i'd like to keep this blog just for fun. it's been fun feeling the thrill of the competition, and i'd say it was all worth it. to those who won, congrats! :D have fun with you iPad or in Shanghai! it was really awesome meeting all of you :)
i'm resigning from my ticketing job, last day of work 31 March 2011, i haven't told my colleagues. i have to say this job has led me to realize a few important things about life:
1. There certain things in life that you HAVE to do, not you WANT to do. it by doing these things you learn to grow up.
2. there people who will say or do things to you that you don't understand. leave them be, and don't do what they do.
3. don't be afraid to be direct to your boss. he needs to get what you're saying sometimes.
4. Have fun with what you're doing. if you don't feel happy, pray and try to look for the good side.
i guess that's about it. planning to go Kampong Glam, Arab Street and Masjid Sultan. worked out the route, just need to go scope out the area with someone who's familiar with the area.
near Bugis too, so maybe i can go take the nightlife, the crowds, anything to click the camera. :D
♥ I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON THE INSIDE OF ME.
peace and joy God has set me free.
peace and joy God has set me free.
13032011
SUNDAY
22:36
STREET 81
A-SOME.
mySingapore.sg blog entry
This trip was really one of those memory lane events.
Going to the Singapore Discovery Center kick started the kid in me. sure, i was there like, 8 years ago, but hey, who said teens can't have childlike fun too?
CAPTIVATING.
but this time, i paid more attention. then i started noticing things like hey, isn't that so Singaporean? i mean, i do that!" especially when the Merlion started to sing, i didn't just find it funny, i found that i could actually agree (and sympathize with) what he was rambling about.
LISTENING TO THE MERLION!
there were also some very interesting things i realized we Singaporeans took for granted.
like SINGLISH LAH. i mean, unless you had a stint in Singapore for some time, you wouldn't have smiled at the "LAH"! it's practically our national language! everything sounds more shiok with a smattering of Malay, Hokkien, and Chinese.
SINGLISH CRASH COURSE!
and there was Mr Brown's Kopitalk. i mean, all of us were awestruck at this guy's ability to present something so original, but still allows you to personally experience a essential place in Singapore, the kopitiam. man, if you haven't been to at least one of those, i don't know where you were. it's even in the "100 things to do before you die" book.
Then there's something everyone loves: a 4D ride! in our opinions, it was too short! (haha :D ) but it was a windy, exhilarating and exciting futuristic ride. too that with an engaging, mind-blowing 3D movie Tahiti - Monster Waves on the Center's big screen made my day. the water felt right up to your glasses, and boy did it made you itch to try surfing or diving like the pros.
MIND-BLOWN.
one of the most memorable parts was the shooting range! it was a highlight of our tour there too, and it felt real with the recoil and the competition. my aim really sucked with the pistol, but damn i love the SA shotgun now. by the way, you do know the SA is made in Singapore? too cool. few people in Singapore will ever get to handle a gun outside NS (unless you're in security and law enforcement), so every chance makes you feel professional.
SHARP SHOOTERS WELCOME.
FELT LIKE A PRO!
we ended the eventful trip with cheesy, steaming pizza, tasty BBQ chicken wings and lots of laughter. really appropriate for a bunch of hungry Singaporeans! all in all, i really admire the brains behind the Center, and even more the faces of the center, the guides and staff! they really made the experience personal and fulfilling, especially my guide Ariel. her easy smile and humor made the trip through the center really engaging. being in the service industry now, i know that it is not easy to deal spot-on with people and constantly hold their attention.
CHEESY GOODNESS ON SOFT CRUST~
BBQ taste buds therapy~
before i end this post, i really want to thank mySingapore.sg for the sponsored trip. you guys really made my day when you called, cause it was my birthday! check them out if you haven't heard of them by clicking the BLOG FRIEND BUTTON in the side bar. ^^
Labels: I live in singapura
♥ I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON THE INSIDE OF ME.
peace and joy God has set me free.
peace and joy God has set me free.
09032011
WEDNESDAY
00:51
STREET 81
WHITE.
I'll talk about a few things today.
If I Die Young (The Band Perry) - Sam Tsui Cover
If I die young, bury me in satinDeath is actually a closed topic to most people. but of course. this regards our own morality, that it's no wonder most of us shun it.
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother
She'll know I'm safe with you when she stands under my colors, oh and
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no
Ain't even grey, but she buries her baby
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
The sharp knife of a short life, well
I've had, just enough time
And I'll be wearing white, when I come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little, cold finger, I've
Never known the lovin' of a man
But it sure felt nice when he was holding my hand, there's a
Boy here in town who says he'll love me forever,
Who would have thought forever could be severed by
The sharp knife of a short life, well,
I've had, just enough time
A penny for my thoughts, oh no, I'll sell them for a dollar
They're worth so much more after I'm a goner
And maybe then you'll hear the words I been singin'
Funny when you're dead how people start listenin'
If I die young, bury me in satin
Lay me down on a, bed of roses
Sink me in the river, at dawn
Send me away with the words of a love song
Uh oh (uh, oh)
The ballad of a dove (uh, oh)
Go with peace and love
Gather up your tears, keep 'em in your pocket
Save them for a time when you're really gonna need them, oh
So put on your best boys and I'll wear my pearls
but as i read 1 Corinthians 11, there was a part about the Lord Supper. it's a familiar paragraph, we have often heard the anchoring pastor recite this before the Supper. But one verse struck me different this time.
1 Corinthians 11:26
Doesn't it struck you as provoking, that the very basis of our faith is the Death of the Messiah, no less. Since as Christians we proclaim His death, then i see no reason the fear death at all.
that said, this song doesn't sound as bleak as the first time. it's like some sort of last words, to actually comfort those left behind. but something about this very song struck me as different. i mean, there are a lot of songs out there talking about death, but in a way these lyrics have some sort of defiance towards the normality of death that attract me. it's the frankness and seriousness which the writer has placed into thinking and composing this song that caught me.
whatever it is, i resolve this to be the first song i learn on guitar. once i learn the guitar.
oh, talking about the guitar, at least i'm remembering a few of the chords (i know i sound really noob and pathetic) but i know nuts about strumming an entire song so i need help. anyone.
this time last year can be found in the post labels, check it out, it's a far cry from where i am now. if you had asked me last year where would i be in this same date, i would have told you school or something. but i guess it's safe to say i've changed, for the better at least.
Labels: birthday, my God is good to me.
♥ I'VE GOT HEAVEN ON THE INSIDE OF ME.
peace and joy God has set me free.
peace and joy God has set me free.
