Broke after these days...

It's time to take things easy,
It's time to let go,
I've to make myself happy,
I've to find my soul.

Thurday's contemparary dance lesson was held at the Stamford Arts Centre.
I didn't enjoy it very much because I couldn't catch up with the routine.
It was conducted by Ricky, who has been teach the pros from SDTs for many years.
So it's kinda a rare chance for him to teach novices. It was stated to be a beginners class, but it turned up to be a begginer/intermediate class. Most of the students have been taught by him, but I've not.
I joined the class with LD and Dino who have been going back to TP to continue with Wai Yee's class even after graduation.
I didn't sign up because I know I can't commit the time. It's a long way back from my workplace to TP.
Nonetheless, I'll still attend all 6 lessons since I've already signed up. :)

Friday was a happening day. Knocked off at 5pm because it was Family day. We found out only on that day itself, and carried on with our outing to JB. 5 ladies and 5 guys all squeezed into this Honda MPV. The guys were quiet and sleepy while the gals were noisy and excited. We really made a lot of noise that the guys have to plug in to their MP3s to seek peace. Guess we are likely to be outcasted from the outing...heehee..

Reached Plaza Angsana at about 630pm. The guys can't wait to shake us off..." You all don't have to follow us, we'll meet up later at Dunkin Donuts "..." You wanna go by yourself? You gals can go shopping on your own..." Okie loh....dun follow dun follow lah! With growling stomachs, we ladies set off to have some snacks at Mac but turned out to grab a meal each.

There was nothing much to shop actually..the fashion there is quite..not-so-new lah...Because it caters to Malays more than Chinese. Hardly spot any Chinese there. Playing devil's advocate, Jean, Ai and I managed to make HY and Flo buy some clothes...I didn't realise that it's actually an enjoyment to see other people spend money..keke.
However, all of us went crazy once we set foot on the supermarket... Bought plenty of snacks to fill up our pantry.
All these potential aunties, including me, went busy comparing prices and buying stuffs that were on offer.

We met up the guys and were surprised that they bought more stuff than us. Had late seafood dinner and departed JB. Poor suzy has to send all 9 of us plus himself back home. I wasn't the last and reached home at 2 am.

Spent Saturday morning at the beach enjoying the blue sky and the beach. Gu was supposed to meet me up to help me source for my pc gadgets. But he came down with a flu so got CH to help instead. We met Joe at Bugis to shop for cat's present, met SL, Cat and bf at Geylang for dim sam...Not very nice...the one opp...the dao huay shop. Had durians following dinner. They suggested to play mj...I was quite tired and wanted to go home since my house was quite near...eventually drag myself to join them after some persuasion...

Didn't realised that it was a plot...I was a novice and had been paying school fees to these mj freaks all this while...ended up being the big loser...$8...but it was all for the fun of it..and cos' it was our Cat's bd...so gave her face loh..right, cat? ;P

Sunday was tuition day...met HY in the afternoon. She wanted to try out, so I brought her to my beautician. Got a promotion due to the GSS, quite worth it...seems like HY was quite impressed after the whole thing...no more blackheads. Went to PS again to check out the staus of my phone under servicing. It was not ready still... so I went on to check out the phone I wanted to get ...I was lucky because the price had dropped $30 due to the GSS too. Because this was the last day of the promo, I decided to seize the privilege and got it...

Maybe it was out of rashness, I realised that it wasn't as good as I thought. The colours were quite dull even though it was a 1.3 MP camera phone. Think I better keep my Samsung phone which has a much better resolution. However, the new phone didn't turn out to be that user-unfriendly...it's quite easy to use with basic functions. It looks pleasing to my eye too. Got a complementary SPA voucher and some discount vouchers. Enjoyed a 1-yr free caller ID instead of 3 months too. It's still worth it afterall since I did not pay too much for it....At least this new toy can keep me occupied for the next few days. :)

I'm defeated

I've played a game and have lost...
Knowing that it's just a game, yet I took it too serously...
Knowing that I'll never win, I kept fighting...
It's not call fighting spirit but ignorance...
I lost badly...

Like a crippled cat, I can't walk, not even limp...
It was nothing but agony...
My legs are everything...
Now left with nothing...
Will some kind soul put me down?

I've no courage to face it,
yet no courage to die.
When will the sun emerge from the clouds ?
When will I see the clear blue sky?

I'm back!

Yes, I'm back after being MIA for a month. Fancy blogging at this hour-0115hrs...
Work had been hectic and stressful for me initially due to shortage of manpower. To add on to my burden, I received 2 sad news - YS dad passed away... Went to the funeral after a long Saturday's work... Met YS and he greeted me as if nothing has happened, looked as cheery as ever...even smiled more than i did... Talked to Wendy for a while and realised that he was putting on a strong front...I was affected but tried to take things normally.

A few days later, found another funeral below my flat....being a nosey parker, I'd usually pop my head in to catch a glimpse of the photo of the deceased. But I decided to change that rude habit of mine and took the lift up without looking at the casket. I began to feel uneasy the moment I caught the sight of red-coloured papers pasted along my neighbours' corridor. Those red papers signifies that someone on that storey had just passed away. I saw the cable connected from the wake at the void deck to my neighbour's flat, rushed home, expecting my dad to break the news to me...I ended up breaking the news to them. But we were still uncertain, hoping that it wasn't the auntie that always bring food for us. My dad confirmed the news the following day.

We were told by her husband that she passed away very peacefully in his arms. Seems like she knows her time...she gathered her children over the weekend for dinner and passed her jewellery to them telling them that she doesn't need them anymore. She has been unwell ever since CNY but as a staunch buddhist, she still visits the temple. Before she left the world, she requested for the husband to clean her up;wipe her body...that was the first time she got her husband to help ever since she fell ill. After washing up, Uncle carried her onto her bed and before he could put her down, she murmured some prayers and told him that she's leaving...

I wish I can die in the arms of my loved one too...

In the meantime, my dear friends had a hard time contacting me because my phone died too...was told that it was an internal problem and they are still repairing it till now! Rose lend me her nokia hp but I've got no charger at home. I only have the chance to charge it at work. HY offered to pass me her spare charger but I turned her down because I expected my phone to be ready within a week.

I had been out of town too for a week, which explains why my phone was off. Carol had been trying ways to get me...sms, voicemail and email...cause she tot I went missing..keke...so sorry. Had a good one-week getaway...couldn't decribe how much this vacation means to me, felt so relaxed over there. Hated coming back but I know my dear gals had been covering my work for me. Thought I'd feel rejuvenate, things seemed to have gone a little haywire due to my absence...not the lab can't do without me, but I had been handling some stuff and I wasn't there to deal with them. Well, things are ok now...

Sometimes I expect alot from myself, and would expect alot from others...A friend of mine was a little stressed out because she feels that she couldn't meet up to ppl's expectations. Although she claimed that it was a general statement, I would not dismiss the idea that I might be the main culprit. Please do remind me to be less assertive if you guys find me acting that way k?

I guess my stomach doesn't like to be back from my vacation. It's been upset ever since I got back to work on Monday. My stomach seldom aches if I need to go to the toilet..but the pain just comes suddenly these days.
To make things worse, I suffered from gastric pain last evening, before attending a wedding dinner. I sat through the dinner with my family, restlessly. took 2 antacid tablets from my aunt before dinner, but it doesn't seemed to help. Good thing was that the pain wasn't as excruciating and acute as my previous attacks ( my last attack was years back), it was gradual. I was determined to recover to join my colleagues in the Big Walk.Took another antacid tablet the moment I got home. The pain stopped at before 1 am....phew...but I didn't have a good sleep though.

This year's Big Walk resumed to 10km instead of 5km due to the collapse of Nicoll highway last year. The stingy organiser did not provide enough water at the water points and we were left with apples! But we had a good breakfast after the event. Don't be surprised to see another layer of tan on me!