Big Breakfast?

Debs :

Hey, you've eaten? I bought Fan Choy and Chwee Kueh. Which do you want?

Prawnkid :

Anything. You eat first.

*Debs brought the Chwee Kueh to my room*

Debs :

Nah. Give you Chwee Kueh. So cute, inside got one only.

Prawnkid *mumbles* :

Eat until left one and give me still say cute. How cute can ONE Chwee Kueh be???

*pause from CS, opens packet to eat and finish the Chwee Kueh off*

Revelation sets in.

That's the first cute Chwee Kueh I ever eaten in my life.

Definition of a cute Chwee Kueh :

A Chwee Kueh measuring 9 centimetres in diameter.

Why Wait?

People can be taken for granted so easily.

Must remember that friendship does not exist because we are deserving, but by a concious decision of the other party to want that relationship.

Sometimes we only cherish what we have only when we are losing it.

Why wait till then?

Pride

What is so difficult about putting pride aside and admitting / apologising for mistakes?

The pride is the difficulty and also the accompanying humility needed.

I must learn to be sensitive. I must learn to be reasonable.

Respect is earned. Humility is practised.

Patience is a virtue. Godliness is a character.

Pilot vs Engineer

Finally went for some recreation after church (and beef kway teow at Purvis Street) today. Shijie has gone to JB, Amelda decided to launch an aeroplane by staying home to shit and Isaac has gone back to China...

So it's Matthew, Pat, Grace and me! There definitely is no wind at Marina South today. But somehow Matthew could get his kite up.

I'm sure Matthew had a great time kite flying. Mine was in the middle. Pat and Grace seemed to have fun kite running.

Patrick :

That is why Matthew is a pilot and we are engineers.

(Even fly kite also better!)

Giving Up

I feel sad for you, about you, with you.

Is your happiness really worth giving up just because of that one time?

In The Beginning

"At the heart of the universe is a smile, a pulse of joy passed down from the moment of creation. A new parent who holds a baby, my baby, close against flesh for the first time knows it. And that is the feeling God had when he looked over what he had made and pronounced it good. In the beginning, the very beginning, there was no disappointment. Only joy."

-- Philip Yancey

Which Part Of Life?

"People move on with their lives. We cannot insist to be part of theirs forever."

-- Prawnkid Productions

I hope my parts were those of nice memories.

Fly?

Happen to see Matthew at the canteen at lunch time today.

Matthew :

Hey, so how was the kite flying last Sunday?

Prawnkid :

Don't say already lah! What kite flying?! Fly aeroplane have lah!

Disappointment

"Disappointment occurs when the actual experience of something falls far short of what we anticipate."

-- Philip Yancey

How should I cope with the disappointments that I have?

London? Taiwan? Thailand? Anywhere?

Thinking of dropping by London for a few days in end September. Hop over from France work trip if possible. Still thinking about it. Quite a number of people to meet there and catch up. Hopefully there is enough time.

Momi, Vicky, Marijke, Damian, Richard?

Noticed there is a possible long weekend in October due to public holidays and weekend. One day of annual leave would return five days off. Thinking of going for a short trip.

Taiwan?

Quite like the place and thinking of going again. Could meet up with Rachel & hubby again. Jonny Jan the kungfu master too?

Thailand?

Just a cheap place to go. Cannot think of much to do there though. Definitely not Thai massage. I refuse to be a contortionist experiment again.

Anywhere?

Maybe I should just go somewhere I have never been before?

Main question : With who?

Seems more like who wants to with me?

Tired

Clement :

Are you ok? I have not seen you smiling like before for quite some time now.

Prawnkid :

I'm just tired.

Tired of what?

Invisible Boss?

Early morning meeting involving different people from different departments. Two attendees were there with me earlier, but my boss was nowhere in sight.

Attendee 1 :

You very cute hor. What's your name? Which department are you from?

Prawnkid :

Errrmm.....this is my department. I organised the meeting. We just need to wait for my boss. I think I am going to give him a call.

*excusing myself from the room to make phonecall*

(Boss is arriving and just parking the car.)

Attendee 1 :

So your boss is not here yet?

Prawnkid :

He's on his way...probably just coming in now. I just called him.

Attendee 1 :

*giggling*

You so funny. So I am right lah, he is not here yet lah.

Prawnkid :

Errmmm...

*mumbles* Isn't it bloody obvious? If he is in, you would see him right? He's not invisible what!

Just wondering who is the one who is weird now...

QQ & QY

Qi Qin & Qi Yu are just S U P E R B...

Hopefully can get the Lee Hom tickets *cross fingers till cramps*

Chyi Chin Concert

In 16 hours, I will be in Indoor Stadium watching Chyi Chin concert live!

Hehehe...

Atom, thanks for the tickets.

Weekday Karaoke

Went K-Box on Thursday night till 2am, only slept at 4am plus and still went to work today. Strange to be following doctor's advice to not sleep if I don't feel like sleeping.

Never knew that there were so many people with free time around. K-Box seems pretty filled up on a weekday. Some people were still there when we left.

Found a Wang Jie in Siao Lang. And definitely know the reason why AlphaGaymeo is always chanting in Club 7 Server. These guys are hilarious......

Expected New Craze :

Singing only half of all the karaoke songs and cancelling them to sing the next.

Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

There are only three days that I have :

Yesterday

Today

Tomorrow

Yesterday has passed and I cannot change it

Today is tomorrow's yesterday and I live it

Tomorrow will be a better day

With nice memories of today

I'll live my best everyday

For a better yesterday

-- Prawnkid Productions

Doctor's Advice

Was sneezing badly ever since I stepped into the office today. Started to sniff also. Figured I should be showing the first signs of sickness. Wanted to work through the day but it was getting too irritating. Decided to see the doctor. (My new office is just 1 minute walk to the clinic anyway.)

Doctors always give the correct advice for our health problems. They are supposed to!

*** In Doctor's Room ***

Prawnkid :

Good afternoon Doc!

Doctor :

Yes. How can I help you?

Prawnkid :

I am feeling cold and have been sneezing non-stop since this morning. My throat feels dry. I have not been able to sleep for the past three weeks too. Not at least till 2am, sometimes 5 am.

*After usual open mouth 'Ah' test and temperature check*

Doctor :

You are suffering from normal cold. And sore throat I believe. (Actually I don't!!!)

As for your sleeping problem....are you stressed?

Prawnkid :

You mean stress causes that? (Actually I know :op) I'm not exactly stressed or depressed.

Doctor :

Do you bring work home?

Prawnkid :

No. Or rather I try not to. I don't really work at home much now. Anyway, I am on medication for a blood allergy and it causes drowsiness, so it helps me to sleep. But this is not a good solution because I do not want to be pills dependent. But I cannot sleep too little everyday as I need to work next day too.

Doctor :

Do you feel tired when you wake up? Some people do not need so much sleep, so it is OK.

Prawnkid :

Sometimes I am a little tired, but I have enough energy to last me through the day. But this is not good in the long run right? Sleeping really late (5am) and getting to work early in the morning. I try to rest on my bed but I cannot sleep. I just feel awake.

Doctor :

There's no point tossing and turning on the bed for 10 - 15 minutes. You will realise that you might as well get up. This is what you should do. If you are not tired, then DON'T SLEEP. Do whatever you want to do. Go to sleep only if you are tired. Your body will adjust itself.

Prawnkid :

Oh..............

Yes...that should solve the problem. Great! Thanks.

*applauding the FANTASTIC suggestion in my head*

*Bee Gees playing YOU WIN AGAIN in the background*

Insomnia?

Thought I was going through some pangs of insomnia, so decided to take leave today and sleep it out. Then again, since when have I ever had "normal" hours. Anyway, slept at 5:10am and woke up at 10:00am.

Decided to go blading in the afternoon with Ah Gal. Did not do much because the ones she rented was crap and it gave her an abrasion! I had the privilege of using the ones Martin lent. Wonder what kind of turbo wheels he had them fitted with, but definitely smooth....too smooth....bum lander for the first time today!!! Argh...

Took a walk from MacDonalds to the Food Centre. Had a feast there! I will NEVER let Ah Gal do the ordering again. I think she is ordering food to prepare us for starvation in times of war. Decided to take a walk to Atom's coffeeshop after. Only lasted till Siglap and took a bus. Atom left!!! Aaaaaaahhhhhh.........we took a drink each and talked about stuff...........think it is good that I shared with Ah Gal....always been close to me......feel better now........

Gotta still look for Ayako somehow.........hmmmm.........

Ah Gal, let's do this again next weekend or something....

Belinda Goh aka Ayako Sakai

I am looking for you my friend but I cannot find you. HP number is terminated, no replies to emails, no responses to messages on Friendster.

I cannot seem to find your address from my whole room of junk. I am so useless. Can't even arrange my stuff properly.

God, I really hope to find a way of contacting her. Please do not take her away before I find her.

I am so down because of you my friend.

Love Is Blind

I watched The Break Up yesterday. Did not quite like it because it was boring. But it does show correctly how important communications is, especially for a relationship.

Very often we go into a relationship and people cannot understand why. So the most common reason would be "love is blind". That's just the easiest answer and also no other further questions need to be entertained about the relationship.

Why then "love is blind"?

Because that is precisely how it is when you are in love. You are blind to all the things that you do not want to see and notice the smallest details about what you like in a person. You think the person is funny, even if not. You think the person is cute, even if not. You think the person just knows everything you need to know, even if the person is not super knowledgeable. Love is blind to faults, shortcomings, tempers, blah blah blah. As Josh Groban puts it, "In My Eyes You Do No Wrong"...

There is nothing wrong with love being blind. I think it is good. But I do not think that is all. There are many other virtues associated with love. Love goes beyond being blind. It gives the additional strength and energy to want to do more. Do more for the sake of yourself, for the sake of the other and most important, for the sake of both. It is active, not passive. If both see it and understand it, then the walk together begins.

So what then is LOVE????!!!!!!

Love is YOU.

(For everything else, there's Mastercard.)