Tired..

Today though not much things at work, but its really mentally exhausting.. especially now, as I blog, my eyes are heavy and I'm starting to have a slight headache.

A lot of minor stuff happened whilst I was at work.. so ya.. had to entertain those stuff lah but very troublesome.. haix..

And becos one of my staff is not here, I felt like a mad man.. 1 man to look after everything.. totally stressed! arghh...

came home and then eat my dinner.. and watch Project Superstar on TV, then now blog this blogpost loh.. so ya..

Ok lah.. gtg and sleep liaox! =)

Nitez ppl,
<<< abriel >>>

A day of mixed feelings..

Before I got on with today's post, I got to say that the photos I took yesterday nite of the food doesn't turn out nice.. not enuf lighting and stuff... photos turn out blur.. so ya.. so dun wanna embarass myself with such poor quality photos.. so ya.. =)

Now to get on with the post..

Yes.. you all got it.. Mixed feelings.. I'm

TIRED
SAD
ANGRY

Let me start with "tired"..
Well, went back to work today after such a long break or shld I say hard partying! Hahax.. I'm feeling the effects already at work today but it was fun lah.. so I guess if I wanna have fun, I've got to pay the price loh..

Then followed by "sad"..
Well yes.. today I received a very sad SMS from my bro, Andrew.. he said he is going to be enlisted on 13 Mar 07.. and you koe how fast is tat? Its like only 3 mths away! I was expecting for him to enlist in June but then, its like so fast.. haix..

I can safely say tat this is the one year which I really felt so close to him (not tat kind of "close" lah.. what were you thinking?).. its like he is my confidente.. everything I wanted to rant or juz joke ard, I find him and he would try his best to entertain me.. my goodness.. where to find such a good brother and friend who stands by you so fervently? haix..

And now he have to enlist soon, and I'm gonna lack of this good bonding with each other for at least 2 yrs.. so ya..

Then when I lead worship, I'm lacking a good drummer.. And he got to enlist into NS juz 10 days BEFORE my birthday.. how coincidental is that huh? My best bro is in NS whilst I celebrate my 23rd birthday.. haix.. I'm really sad lah.. I think I'm getting to grow more attached to the brotherhood.. so ya.. haix..
No more bonding in church and youth camps for at least 2 years! How "great" is that rite? haix..

Enough of such stuffs.. or else, I would cry lah.. ok.. I'm being very emo now..

Last but not the least, its "Angry"..
How do you feel if you boss like "scold you in a nice tone" in front of your worker? Would you feel good?

Yes! Tats what happened to me today at work.. juz dun understand why my boss doesn't bother to give me face at all.. he may think its like nothing wrong, becos he's like telling me.. but then, the stuff he told me is machiam like scolding me but in a nice tone..
I dun koe whether am I being ultra-sensitive or what.. but I tell you.. I juz dun koe when I wld juz burst out and juz tender? Becos ah, I juz can't take it anymore.. the "water inside me" is boiling.. it wld take a few days to "drain the water in my heart".. juz when I'm all rite, a few days later, something wld happen and I would start this cycle all over again!

Well.. I juz dun want to say anymore.. saying more or shld I say blogging more, wld simply put in more emotions (be it angry, sad or normal) for me.. and I dun want to feel any of those feelings blogged in this post again!.. so ya..

ok.. gtg liaox and sleep.. super tired.. waking up early tml.. and tml at work, I die.. haix.. one of my senior operator is on leave tml, so I have to take over his role.. so ya.. haix..

Good nite peepz.. I will cya ppl when I cya! =)

Mixed feelings all bottled up,
<<< abriel >>>

Blessed Christmas everyone!! =)

Well.. had a tremendous fun weekend! With church friends and all celebrating Christmas on both days! It's been a while since I had such a fun weekend!

This is gonna be a post of more pictures than words, since a picture speaks a thousand words! so ya..

Anyway, this is gonna be a post of some back-dated photos! so ya.. look at the date and you wld koe which photo is which date.. so ya..

21/12/2006 (Thursday)

The photo you see on the left was the birthday gal, Wendy.. she came back for a vocation-cum-work thingy.. so ya.. she wld be here to mid-January, and since the previous day (20/12-Wed) was her birthday, we decided to like celebrate a belated birthday for her, since its like we are having dinner liaox, so might as why! hahax..

Anyway, we all had a fun time together eating and catching up with one another.. as usual, our table was the noisiest.. hahax.. all the lame jokes coming from huimin & wendy.. hahax..

So ya.. this is a refreshing look for Wendy hor.. hahax.. =P

23/12/2006 (Saturday)

This is the weekend that I have been waiting for this whole mth! The Christmas weekend! Not only there are long weekends, but there is a lot of bonding time with my bros at church, as well as my other church buddies.. so ya..

** Photo on right:
The guys in Generation Joshua doing a "where are you looking pose"?.. Style huh! =P

The bonding part between brothers and buddies in church is especially valuable to me, since I have not done so for like 2 yrs liaox (becos in NS mahx..).. but come to think of it, 2 yrs of NS juz pass by like tat..

Anyway, the bonding between us brothers (Ash, Nat, Andrew & myself) has strengthened over the years I suppose.. especially this year.. dun koe why but ya.. we brothers rulez huh! =)

** Photo on left:
Bosom brothers (Andrew & myself) @ my pastor's house for a Christmas dinner! =).. Look how happy we are!! =) Food and juz pure bonding certainly makes us both happy!

I tell you, once the service is over, ppl like me starts delivering the gifts which we have bought (machiam like santa claus!).. and I was like giving the present to each one lah.. and you shld have see my bro, Andrew.. when I gave him his present, his eyes juz lit up with delight! I actually gave him a Starbucks voucher (becos he is Starbucks siao! hahax..)

** Photo on right: Hilarious moments with the guys! Ashley looks twisted! =P

The food was yummy-li-cious at the Christmas dinner.. though all organic stuff, but its nice! Especially the doritos man! They juz rock lah!! You shld have been there to eat it.. if you are not, then you are missing out on something so nice that words juz can't express how good the food is!

And I tell you.. there were cameras everywhere.. esp. Natasha juz like randomly take so many photos.. good and bad, all she want! hahax! Never practice QC (quality control).. =P.. and not only her, I was juz like snapping away lah!

** Photo on left:
A kawaii-neh moment (Ash, myself & andrew)..
Well, this was a continuation of last yr's shots! We did some really japanese-influence pose (ie, "kawaii-neh", where the gals juz act cute!).. so ya.. I koe you all muz be thinking such poses would definately make the lens of the camera crack.. hahax.. but it didn't! so too bad!! =P

Of course with so many snapping shots, we youths really did some outrageous pose, afterall, its the Christmas season, and there shld be some fun! =)

Of course with such a festive mood, jokes between us youths started to juz come out of no where.. Nat as usual was his lame self, and he said some lame comments/jokes.. Tjow was like his cheeky self (and this always happen during festive seasons like this!.. not only Christmas.. he is also like tat on New Year's Day! hahax..).. Next week is the New Year's Day celebrations.. Am I gonna die? I dun koe.. I juz hope I dun become one of his victim! Tjow, I'm bewaring of you!! hahax.. =P

** Photo on right:
Generation Joshua's ORD-ed personnels (for Year 2006) (me & alvin) hanging out at Starbucks with us being so proud of our ICs!
And of course, Alvin has an additional thingy (which is his driving license).. Wait till I get my hands on those, and then I can be the same rank as Alvin liaox.. hahax.. Alvin, juz you wait!! =P

Well, the nite ended with some of us proceeding over to HSBC's Starbucks to juz chill the night away!! so ya.. And of course, photos were taken lah! =)

Then went over to Starbucks at Valley Point to meet our parents, and then I followed my parents back..

Then its like so weird.. I juz can't sleep after I bathe and stuff.. so by the time I really slept was about 0300! *gulpz*.. never in my whole life I slept so late before!!

24/12/2006 (Sunday)

Today is Christmas eve! Went to Matthew & Ashley Mok's hse for a countdown Christmas party.. and this idea is so refreshing! Never in my whole life did I do a countdown to Christmas party thingy.. man.. this shld be organised every year lah for Generation Joshua.. hahax.. Thanks Moks for organising! hahax..

** Photo on left:
Sebastian (a new face in Generation Joshua!), Andrew and myself playing piggy back at Moks' hse.. which actually I'm the one who piggy-back them.. hahax.. poor thing rite.. =)

The youths at the party were juz became wild.. I've seen the fun side of them which I didnt see in church.. hahax.. the festive mood is here and everyone is letting their hair down, so perhaps tats why loh!

If I counted correctly, there is close to like 30 ppl who came to party.. of course, not all are youths.. a minority of them were parents and stuff.. so ya..
But the funny thing is tat, though there is like so many ppl who came for the party, but it doesnt feel squeezy at all.. in fact, it felt very cosy.. so ya.. tat is probably the reason why everyone is all in the mood.. hahax..

Speaking of mood, here is the video tat I took of Alvin's and Sebastian's forfeit (becos they lost @ the second round of "bluff".. hahax.. I lost the first round.. go to Alvin's blog to see my video bahx.. aiyo.. so embarassing..!).. So ya.. Alvin, who says you dun have a video? here it is.. uploaded in Youtube somemore! This is revenge of what you posted on your blog.. wahahaha..
(btw, both of them are dancing to the tune, "I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus!".. and guess who is the mummy? Alvin himself!!.. hahax..)



After the game of "bluff", we played a game of "pigs" and it was fun! hahax.. managed to do something tat made the whole group of ppl playing, actually laugh until they stomach-ache (esp. Ryan!) and tears juz flow out of their eyes at the same time!! hahax..

Then we played a round of "Singapore Taboo".. and the greatest joke for the nite shld go to Rachel Goh, becos she associate the word, "Benjamin Sheares" with "White House".. I was like "huh? what the hell!.. hahax.."

** Photo on right:
The carrot cake made by Mok's grandma.. which I tell you.. its really delicious lah!

Of course, unnecessary and necessary photos were snapped, since there were like 5-6 digicams around.. everyone was like snapping away.. machiam make the whole hse looks like its full of reporters.. hahax..

But anyway, I practice my food-taking photo skills again.. took some photos of food, and I muz say its impressive, and I have not lost touch yet! hahax.. dun the above photo makes your mouth salivate and want to eat the food? If it does, then I'm successful liaox! =)

** Photo on left:
Another bosom brothers (Andrew & myself) shot! =)

You wld have realise something by now if you have not done so.. I was wearing spectacles in the picture.. well.. to cut the long story short, the new contact lens I bought really cannot make it.. so I took it off when I was outside, and juz put on my specs.. so ya.. the new contact lens I bought juz really give me pure irritation.. so ya..

Just realise tat my bro, Andrew, looks younger by the day and I look older by the day.. haix..
I got ppl like Sebastian telling me I look 30 yrs old despite my age actually only 22 yrs old. haix.. Thanx hor.. make me feel so old.. =(

** Photo on right:
Generation Joshua at the Christmas Countdown Party @ the Moks! hahax..

Well, the photo you see on your right is taken by Alvin.. a professional photographer huh! =).. hahax..

We were all cosying up with each other on this shot lah! and I muz say this is so so family like, with much warmth in it!! =) All of us juz looks like a close knit family lah!

** Photo on left:
Group photo taken @ 0315!! No kidding!

But of course, not all stayed and sleep over.. what you see in the photo on the left is actually after our number game (to finish up all the balance food!).. and I tell you.. this game is not fun to play at all..

But thank God I was not so "lucky" to finish up most of the food.. Jonathan Gouw was the one who was the "lucky" one.. hahax.. he dun koe tio how many times already.. hahax..

And guess wat! Its only at about 0205 we started playing, and we finish only at 0300! hahax.. long rite? Now you then koe how much food we have to eat! hahax.. I now see chicken nuggets, I scared liaox, becos I ate 6-7 of those in 1 shot.. totally torturing..

After eating, we were super full, but then we still pose for a picture.. hahax.. totally hilarious I tell ya..

The stayover yesterday nite (Sun - 24/12) is definately one of the best things tat happened in 2006! And I certainly dun regret doing so.. =) Though sleepy, but the bonding between each other was so great tat it kept me awake, until after I ate.. and I juz lie on Ash's bed in his room, and juz sleep for the nite.. I cannot "tong" liaox.. too tired.. (becos I slept at 0300 yesterday nite (Sat - 23/12) and woke up at 1030, when music practice is at 1200.. hahax.. how's tat huh!)

Stayed over yesterday nite loh (Sun - 24/12), and then left the Moks' house at 1300, becos need to come home and change and rest a while, becos its like I got another dinner to attend tonite (which is my mum's birthday dinner at Modesto's Restaurant @ Orchard Parade Hotel)..

Ok lah.. gtg liaox..

Photos wld be uploaded soon.. will inform you all via my blog when the photos are uploaded! not enuf time these few days.. so ya..

Cya ppl soon.. will of course take photos tonite at the dinner, but then it wld take a while for me to blog the event tonite.. so ya.. so hope ya dun mind huh!

Ok.. gtg liaox.. I'm running late! =)

Ciaox peepz & have a blessed Christmas once again!! =),
<<< abriel >>>

A stressful day @ work!

Ppl, this is gonna be a short post becos its late liaox and I need to work tml.. so ya..

Anyway, its really stressful for me today, which really made me feeling down and emo the whole nite after I've learnt abt the news..

Well, I can't describe to you the situation due to confidentiality issues, but wat I can say tat I'm somewhat directly involved in the problem, and me hving a clean record at work, may not appear so anymore.. In short, my position or working in the company maybe at stake.. yes.. its tat serious..

Was supposed to go home early, but then becos of this matter, I did to do some preparatory paperwork. Of course, my senior (who is a production executive in my dept and he has 18 yrs of experience) guided me along as to what to prepare and stuff..
And becos of this matter, my boss and my senior got a scolding from the big boss.. haix.. poor thing.. And I asked them if the big boss question me abt it, how shld I answer? They said I dun need to like tell them anything, becos they would be doing the talking; partly becos I'm new and I dun koe such stuff.. but then again, I may not have the right to like stay in this company anymore becos I'm currently on probation and my placing in the company is very vulnerable..

We shall see how things goes.. if need be, I would tender my resignation rather than be fired (which is the LAST resort, which of course I dun wish to use!).. we shall see how ya.. appreciate ur prayers.. been really stressed over this matter.. juz thinking of it makes me feel emo.. haix..

But on a lighter note, I confirmed with my boss this morning at work, tat I do NOT need to work on 1/1/07.. so ya.. so you koe wat this means? I can go to the year end countdown! Yippie! =)

Then again, this doesnt really help.. the problem is much bigger than me going to the countdown party.. haix.. I wonder when will this matter be solved?

On a sad note, here's me signing off..

Take care peepz,
<<< abriel >>>

Weird thoughts due to STRESS!

This wld be a very short post, becos simply I'm tired liaox.. eyes closing anytime! so ya..

Anyway, yesterday and today was simply hectic at work.. decide to spare you the details, but I wld tell you briefly lahx..

Yesterday morning my boss came back from his MC, and I almost quarreled with him over an issue which we dun see eye to eye with.. both of us were insistant in making our individual pts.. but for me, I dun think so.. it seems like my boss doesnt think for my workers and juz dun understand what I meant.. so I was of course not enuf sleep too, so naturally my temper was short-fused..
But in the end, I won.. wahahha.. =P.. I was actually ranting to my bro, Andrew.. so ya.. after ranting, I felt better.. I juz need a listening ear.. so ya.. thanx bro for being one! =)
Believe it or not, I had random tots of juz tendering my resignation prematurely, becos I dun see how long shld I perservere, becos I dun koe how long this wld last, and with my short-fused temper, I dun koe how long can I control.. hahax..

Then today, my boss was not the problem, but instead, its one of my workers.. I ask him to do one thing, he kept like complaining sarcastically, and he made so much noise.. he is also tat very boostful guy.. and really, I cant stand the way he speak lah, becos its very sarcastic one.. so ya.. and he also really koe how to "carry" you, but thank God, I dun take all this like practice biasness or sumthing.. I treat my workers all fair and square..

And one qn he really blew me off.. I of course answered him sarcastically, and I tot of juz shouting at him, becos here am I so busy with my work liaox, and he keeps asking me the qn... arghhh...

Other than tat, I dun think I want to update anything liaox! =)

Very sleepy.. got to work tml.. must sleep early.. tonite is another nite where I can sleep so soundly.. hahax.. tml attending a dinner, so wont do overtime at work loh.. so ya... at least give me a break mahx..

Ok lah.. gtg liaox..

Eyes wide shut,
<<< abriel >>>

A Joyful and memorable weekend!

This is a summary of my blogposts, since Sat (16/12)..
So read on..

Saturday (16/12/06)

I was the first to leave the office.. at 1130 hrs sharp, I left office! Ha.. quickly got out of office and then proceed to Carrefour @ Suntec City to buy the ingredients for the food tat I'm bringing for the picnic on Sunday (17/12).. so ya..
I felt so embarrased lah, but what to do.. hahax..

I tell you when I was at Carrefour, it felt so weird buying groceries.. machiam like a house husband.. wahaha..

Anyway, I came home, had a super late lunch, and then went on to do my food liaox! I took abt 30 minutes to prepare.. so ya.. it turn out to be quite a failure, but my mum helped to salvage it a bit, and it was perfect.. wahaha..

Then went to church, and for the first time, I reached home so early after church, becos its like my bros all go play arcade (which I dun play!) and then my parents going out with their friends.. so ya.. so its me all alone, and I went home myself.. wanted to go home early too lah, becos its like I have to wake up super early the nxt day (Sunday - 17/12) for youth camp.. so ya..

So of course came home, and then franctically packing for my youth camp.. though I didnt stay, but then there is still some things to pack.. so ya..

Went to sleep after that loh..

Sunday (17/12/06)

Woke up at 0700 with so much expectation and tots; as to what shld I expect in the Youth Camp? Would it be as good as last yr or so so only? How wld my worship go?
Lots of stuff was running thru my head in the morning..

Carlise gave me a lift to SAV (Saint Andrew's Village - which was my old primary and secondary sch!).. so ya.. thanx Carlise! =)

When I reached there, it started to drizzle.. and I was praying for God to hold the weather becos we are going to Botanical Gardens for the first day, and believe it or not, I was waiting anxiously for it, becos its a good photo opprotunity mahx.. hahax..

But then, God had other plans and it rained the moment we reached Botanical Gardens.

** Photo on left: My brothers (Nat & Andrew) in the bus, on the way to Singapore Botanical Gardens

Anyway, my pastor was there, and he availed his condo's function room as an alternative, and all agreed.. so we proceeded to my pastor's condo..

At there, we had the sharing by my pastor, and then followed by lunch (which was fabulously good!) and 1.5 hrs of charades.. hahax.. 1.5 hrs! tats cool rite.. hahax..

I was initially very disappointed that ppl dun koe how to eat the food (which is the french onion dip!) tat I made (I bought a $45 cooler box juz becos of this ok!) becos its like I dun see anyone eating, but close to the end of the lunch, I got 3 ppl telling me tat its very nice and 2 of them want my recipe.. so ya.. and guess wat! The dip was finished within minutes.. hahax..

Then went back to SAV for some settling down.. went to the guy's dorm to rest for a while, and I tell you, it was shiok, but then, it was freezing cold, becos of the aircon!.. so ya..

** Photo on right: This place of SAV brought back really good fond memories when I was in the building from 1991-1995 (Primary 1 - Primary 5).

So I decided to like go out and walk walk a while, and at the same time, take photos with the building to put in my blog or sumthing.. But u koe sumthing? As I toured round the building, I suddenly felt emo! The fond memories of me being in the building from 1991-1995 juz came rushing back into my mind..
Best friends, recess activities, and many other memories juz came flowing back.. But the fondest memories would be the place where you see at the above right of this blogpost, becos its like this is the place where my Primary 1 classroom is, and I used to play around this area with my best friends.. so ya..
So now you koe why I felt emo? I didnt stay for long though, becos if I do, I would juz tear or sumthing.. so ya..

Then went back to the guy's dorm and relax again, and I suddenly felt so sian.. my bro, Andrew, realised this and asked me what happened.. I told him tat I juz felt emo (becos of the fond memories I had in this building), but guess he didnt hear though.. so ya..

Then at night, went to have dinner, and then I saw one of my Secondary school drink stall aunty, who was running a stall in the place where we had our dinner..
I talked with her for a while and juz catch up on past history (hahax..)

After dinner, led worship, and I tell you.. the worship was awesome.. I've beginning to see how the Holy Spirit can work in me to lead the congregation into fervent worship! Man.. you shld have see how many ppl was really in the Presence of God, especially when at the song, "Heart of Worship" (which is a very prayerful song) and an impromptu song which I juz played during Altar Call ("You Are Beautiful Beyond Description)..
Man.. this is the FIRST time after 2 years which I really felt the Lord's presence on me when I lead worship..
I'm also happy to see my youths really worshippping (which they seldom do! So ya.. guess its all God's working in me!).. so ya.. was really encouraged to like see so many ppl worshipping.. so ya..
But ultimately, its giving God glory and NOT myself! =) Thanks God!

So by the time I left the place, its like about 2200.. had a turkish delight (courtesy of Xinyi who juz came back from Turkey!) before I left.. it was nice! Thanks Xinyi! =)

Reach home, bathe and then sleep liaox.. too tired!

Monday (18/12/06)

Was super stressed at work! Didnt eat dinner till like 10pm.. And my work is simply stressed to the max! And man.. I was not concentrating at work today the whole day man! I was like thinking of my Youth Camp.. haix..
I miss my Youths at the camp.. haix.. =(

I really hate this loh.. I juz can't concentrate lah.. haix..

Today my boss was on MC, so some major decisions really require me to make (and hopefully its correct), but when I made the decisions, my workers not happy.. so ya.. I can't please everyone.

Ok lah.. gtg and sleep liaox.. very tired..

An emo weekend,
<<< abriel >>>

What a day!

Well.. today was quite a day at work.. was supposed to finish early at work today, but then of all time, when the production is almost done, the machine had to break down, and it broke down for 1 solid hr!
So in other words, my going home time is delayed by an hour.. haix..

Was at work and tot of something which I decided to do on Sunday for my youths at the picnic @ Botanic Gardens! So ya.. ha.. a surprise for all of you out there! Its a speciality of mine! You've got to try it! All my cell members love it.. so ya.. =)
Gonna buy the ingredients after work tml.. so ya.. its gonna be quite rush but then for my youths, its worth it =).. Its the least I can do!!

Then came home from work and saw my cell group members whilst taking the lift! So ya.. I told them abt me gonna do the thingy on Sunday, and Carlise eyes lit up with delight! =).. so ya.. And oh.. thanx Carlise for helping me to remember where I put my ingredient list (which is on my blog btw! hahax.. and I can't remember! See how forgetful am I?).. haix..

Had a great fellowship at cell, and of course, 4 glasses of liquor (2 glasses of Bailey's Irish Cream - very nice! Thanx Carlise for the recommendation!) & 2 glasses of red wine.. so ya.. so much so tat I was almost drunk! hahax.. head is a bit pain though.. I'm feeling the effects lah! hahax.. but I still love alcohol! =)

Then went to my blog to extract the ingredients, and print it out.. and now blog loh.. gonna sleep soon.. tml still have to work.. so ya.. so 11.30am I'm gonna leave office.. dun need to like rush to church so early, becos I dun need to go for music practice mahx.. hahax.. =)

Ok lah.. gtg liaox.. Cya ppl when I cya!

High on alcohol,
<<< abriel >>>

The price to pay..

Well.. apparently there is a price to everything..

You all think tat being a supervisor in my company is very shiok and easy? You are wrong.. Apparently, my schedule is FULLY PACKED next week.. in fact, I would only leave office at an average time of 2130-2200..

Man, I juz hope tat I dun fall sick nxt wk loh.. so ya.. its like repeating last week all over again.. So you koe wat this means? Less blogging and most of all, I'll be missing my youth camp which is taking place on Sun-Wed (17/12-20/12).. haix.. When Monday & Tuesday comes, I'm sure I can't concentrate on my work, becos I wld be thinking of all the fun tat my youths are having in their annual youth camp.. I've attended it last yr but its a pity that I can't attend it this yr.. haix.. its really such a pity.. In fact, I felt very sad..
This feeling is worst than me not attending church camp.. I dun koe why.. maybe I've grown attached to my youths liaox.. haix.. better not say anymore, or else I wld juz grow emo and all.. so ya..

Then another thing is tat being an supervisor means losing my freedom on weekdays! I miss those times where I can like go out for movies at nite and stuff, but now, I can't do so lah.. I have to wait till I finish my production and make sure the calculations are correct, before I can go home.. so you see by the time I come home, I'll be half-dead.. where got time for enjoyment?

Its also not very nice to like always tell my boss there is something on, so need to leave early.. If I do this, I wld simply be not responsible about my job.. so ya.. but wats comforting to koe is tat my long time friend, Wendy, is coming back from Beijing for a short vocation, so ya.. gonna have dinner with her and the rest of the HCC clique on Thurs (21/12).. this is one event I won't miss! I told my boss abt it and he approved it.. so ya..

I have been thinking a lot lately, or shld I say random tots.. You all may not believe this, but I'm actually thinking of when will my love life with tat someone special will start? My grandma and uncles has been pestering me everytime they see me, as to whether I have girlfriend or not, this and all.. its getting irritating after a while, but oh well..
I koe tat God will choose tat someone special for me, but then again, its the desire to find someone to love.. but oh well.. this is juz some wishful thinking or simply random tots.. juz tot of blogging my feelings lah..

Ok.. enuf of all tat mushy stuff..

Today's work went on juz fine, except for some minor hiccups here and there..

I had also drawn up a checklist (for interviewing one of my 'on probation' staff) to see whether he is ready to be confirm employed into my company.. So my boss gave me the task of evaluating him.. so I had to draw up a checklist, becos he didnt tell me what to ask him and stuff.. I had to use my own initiative.. so ya.. so I drew up a checklist and spend abt 2 hours on it! so ya.. was of course satisfied with my checklist! Gonna ask him next week liaox.. So ya.. I machiam like auditor like tat.. hahax.. =P

So ya.. other than the above, I dun think there is anything else major happen at work.. ok.. I'm gonna sleep liaox..

I still can't get over the loneliness I'll face nxt wk when my Youths are in the Youth camp.. haix..
Though I wld join them only on Sun (17/12), but I guess tat doesnt really help.. *sobs*

Ok lah.. gtg liaox.. need to sleep.. tml is gonna be a Christmas celebration at my cell.. so by the time it end, its time for me to sleep.. will see whether I will blog lah hor.. =)

Good night ppl! =)

Feeling emo,
<<< abriel >>>

The Executive Lifestyle!!

Well ppl.. I'm pleased to announce tat I conducted my FIRST ever job interview for an operator TODAY!! The feeling was fabulous, becos I was being interviewed last time and now, I'm interviewing ppl.. feels juz like a boss.. hahax..

I only koe of this during lunch.. one of the HR personnel juz told me when I was about to have my lunch.. so ya.. so my boss was around, so I asked him what kind of questions he wanted me to ask and want the new guy to koe.. he told me abt the necessary stuff, like pay matters and all.. So he wrote in summary for me, and I followed tat loh.. so ya.. at least there was a guideline mah, or else how..

Then he has to attend a mtg, which is why he called me to conduct the interview.. so ya.. and so I did lah.. And I felt so good man.. ha..

In the evening, let my boss vet and he said ok to hire for job.. so ya.. at least the one I interview is up for hire.. so ya..

Today was supposed to be back home early, but due to unforeseen circumstances, it delayed till like 1900 then I left office.. actually if nothing crops up, I shld be able to leave office at like 1700-1800.. so ya.. but anyway, what to do? I have to finish the work given to me mahx..

Dun think there are no stress in my job.. there is ok.. becos I sometimes muz scold or tell them off, or simply be a "bad person" in order to get things done or make sure everything is in place.. so ya.. the older ones dun need this constant reminder.. its juz the younger ones.. haix..
Of course, there is this danger of me being termed as the "bad guy", but I have no choice but to do it.. so ya.. gonna be back-stab like nobody's business.. hahax.. =P..

Had also a fairly long chat with my boss abt the performance of my workers, as well as also the various updates regarding my production.. so ya.. it's been weird lah.. I actually now remember stuff which was said like 15 mins ago.. normally, I can't remember tat well.. so ya.. wonder why... hmmm..

Other than that, I dun think there is anymore to update.. today is quite smooth-sailing at work loh.. so tml is another day where I will come back early again.. so guess I have to sleep now.. eyes getting heavy! I shall cya ppl when I cya! =) See you soon...

Sleepy and tired,
<<< abriel >>>

What a day!

Well.. as you can see, I've changed my blogskin, and it took me a merely 1 hr to finish up.. so ya.. quite proficient in it liaox.. =P

And it took me 6 HOURS to wrap my Christmas presents! What to do? An art-nut trying to be artistic here, but cant.. so ya.. but at least its wrapped and I muz say I'm really satisfied with my wrapping =).. haha.. no shame rite..

So ya.. tats how I spend my weekend lah.. and oh.. forgot to tell u all tat last Sat, I took bus 133 and believe it or not, I took the SAME bus 3 times (once to go to work, once back from work, and once to church!).. different bus drivers but same bus! How coincident is tat huh! hahax..

Yesterday at work feels really weird.. becos it was like so quiet in the office, and my boss is on leave.. it doesnt help tat I'm sleepy as well.. so the whole feeling of coming to office wasnt rite.. Boss not here, mind naturally switch off.. but as the day went by, I was ok..

Then it came where one of my younger workers had to leave the factory, as it was his last day of service, becos he tendered his resignation 3 days back.. so ya.. so naturally, it was quite sad.. I had a short talk with him juz before he left, and I can sense tat he was quite sad about it, but becos of some personal reasons, he had to leave the company.. I of course express my thanks to him by SMS (in Chinese ok!) for slogging so hard for the company, and that I wanted him to koe tat though I was his supervisor, I actually never threw my weight ard and stuff.. I actually treated him as one of my friends.. so ya.. *tears*.. it was quite an emotional SMS I muz say.. seeing a friend go juz like tat is quite sad, especially becos I had lots of good interaction time with him in the factory.. so ya.. I promised him tat if ever my dept needs ppl and he is looking for a job, I wld put in a good word for him to my boss.. so ya..

But yesterday really came home very late.. Production finished at close to 2200..so by the time I countercheck the calculations and stuff and leave office, its already abt 2230.. took a cab home, but it was one of the scariest taxi rides tat I have sat in so far.. the driver drove so fast tat I almost felt tat my heart is coming out of my mouth.. so ya..

Came home and bathe yesterday nite, and I was fast asleep.. too tired...

This morning at work was back to normal again.. And today's production finish early, so I'm actually able to leave office at 1830.. I realised I dun like work late nites.. haix.. but no choice lah..

Anyway, for the 1st time of this mth, I actually ate home-cooked food! I tell you, it was tasty! Nothing beats home-cooked food! hahax..

Then watched a bit of TV and now blog loh! How do you find this new blogskin and the music? Give me commends on my shoutbox! Thanx! =).. So I shall cya ppl tml.. I shld be blogging tml lah.. the keyword is "should".. ha..

Christmas is juz 13 days away,
<<< abriel >>>

A day for rest & relax!

Finally! Today won't be going out.. wld be staying at home to recuperate from my sickness.. its really bad as of yesterday.. runny nose and all.. really torturing..

Oh.. I went to cut my hair yesterday at my hair salon.. well.. my hairstylist did a fairly good job, though I was expecting more.. but never mind.. becos I did not colour my hair mahx.. so ya.. naturally not very nice..
But anyway, I enquired abt the price of colouring my hair.. he of course charged me at a discounted price since I'm a regular customer of his.. so ya.. he charged me $50 for 1 tone colour/highlight strips and $85 for two tone (colour and highlight).. so ya.. I shall consider these few mths and see which is more suitable for me loh.. most probably I would go for the two tone colouring.. so ya.. see how lah.. =)

Yesterday worship service was a bit "dead".. the congregation is like not singing at all.. dun koe why lah.. though I felt disappointed, but then, I guess its God we worshipping and not man!

**Photo on left: My grandma (my dad's side) celebrating her 76th birthday @ Food Haven Restaurant, Singapore Polytechnic's Staff Centre. She is actually using her clap to blow off her candles on the cake! Ha..
On the left is my mum looking with much curiousity, and on the right is my youngest cousin, Vanessa!
HAPPY 76TH BIRTHDAY MAMA!

Then yesterday, after church, my dad and I rushed down to Food Haven @ Singapore Poly for the birthday dinner.. Dinner was so so only lah.. place was extremely hard to find! But wats impt is the gathering of my other family members.. its always a great joy to see them!

After tat, we went to my uncle's hse which was super nearby to juz have some coffee and catching up with one another.. however, tat was quite late liaox, and guess wat! I actually fell asleep on the sofa! I was so tired lah! You may say what a spoiltspot, but whatever! I'm tired. Period.

And one thing juz pass my mind yesterday.. most of my cousins (who are above 18) is actually driving! So ya.. This gives me much motivation to like learn my driving nxt mth! So ya..

Then came home, bathe and thump! I was on my bed fast asleep..

Slept till this morning until abt 8am.. feeling much better, but still harbouring a cough.. so ya.. so I told the appropriate ppl tat I wont be going for the worship practice later, becos I'm sick and its true.. moreover, I really need my much needed rest, as I wld be working late nxt week.. so ya..

Was supposed to like attend 2 birthday bashes today, but then again, I'm sick.. how to go? haix..

So you wld think wat I wld be doing at home? Rest and relax lah.. I already have plans wat to do at home.. here is my list:

(a) Change blogskin.
(b) Blog
(c) Wrap my Christmas presents
(d) Do some editing of Church worship stuff..
(e) Watch "The Star Awards 2006" from 1800-2300!

Tats about it.. looks very little, but this takes the whole day I tell ya.. its very seldom tat I stay at home on weekends, esp. on Sundays (since I am "lifeless" on weekdays!).. so ya.. stay at home also good lah! =)..

Ok gtg and achieve whatever I wanna do today.. tml is really gonna be a LOOONNNGGG day.. projected time to leave office: 2230-2300! *gulpz* So ya.. gonna take cab back from work tml.. confirmed! Or else, I reach home dun koe what time liaox..

Ok lah.. time to end this post! =) Cya ppl soon and Christmas is gonna be so soon! I juz love Christmas! =)

The Christmas spirit is everywhere,
<<< abriel >>>

A rest at last!

Today is probably one of those days in this mth tat I left office so early!! I left office at 1930.. so ya.. My workers finish their production early mahx..

Did a bit of calculation and checking and stuff, and by 1930, I was done, so left office loh!! =)

And quite a few times liaox.. my boss left earlier than me.. and oh.. I'm starting to fall sick.. yesterday was sore throat and today, its runny nose.. man.. I'm feeling terrible! Guess really I not enuf sleep! I have been feeling sleepy this whole day! *sniff*

Tml wld be my grandma's birthday celebration at a restaurant in Singapore Poly.. I dun koe where it is lah.. but nevertheless, gonna go church first, before rushing down to the dinner by cab loh.. so ya..

And tml, before I go to church, I'm gonna go to my hairstylist to cut and wash my hair.. so ya.. I ask him to help me style too.. so my hair wld remain in good shape even during the dinner mahx.. ha.. =P.. how vain am I huh! =)

Ok lah.. gtg and sleep liaox loh.. nothing really nice to blog abt.. I need my ample rest.. juz hope my sickness wld be gone by tml.. I'm really feeling terrible.. haix.. till then peepz!

Sick and tired,
<<< abriel >>>

Busy like a bumble bee..

Well ppl.. u koe wat? I'm starting to feel sick.. today juz had a slight sore-throat.. my throat hurts now lah.. its weird.. it only started this morning.. haix..

I tot its the food tat I ate, but apparently my parents ate the same food and nothing happen.. So I guess I'm starting to fall sick, becos of all the late nites.. its quite usual for me to leave office at 2130.. sometimes 2200 and juz yesterday, I left office at 2300.. so ya.. and the next morning, I had to wake up at 0545 to go work.. so its very little sleep and work, work and more work!
So naturally, I wld fall sick no matter how strong my body immunity is! So ya.. but I shall persevere on, becos if really I manage to take an MC, then my dept will die, becos my boss and my colleague are really busy with their stuff, which is far more impt than production.. so ya..

And this wk (actually till the end of this mth, Dec, I wld have lots of exports!).. so exports means more work, so naturally, have to work overtime till late at nite, becos I have to wait till the production report is out and I have to count it and make sure its correct before I go home.. so ya.. this is my responsibility and I have to fulfill it loh!

Then I juz love being on the production floor rather than in office.. becos my workers, I get along with them very well.. I got so encouraged by one of my workers today.. he said tat he didnt dare to like talk anything under the sun in a very casual way to my boss, becos my boss has tat stern look, whilst I have a very friendly look, so tat means I look approachable lah.. so ya.. so I guess he feels very comfortable to talk to me.. so ya..
When I first heard it, I felt tat very heart-warming, and believe you me, if I was very emotional at tat time, I would juz shed a tear or two lah, becos I seldom receive some encouragement (esp from my workers whom I worked for only a mth plus.. so ya..)

Sometimes when I am very free and got nothing to do, my mind would wonder.. I was juz thinking tat if at the end of my 6 mth probation, and if I didnt pass the minimum standard to be confirmed, I would juz quit and find another job.. I was quite strong with tat tot until today my worker told me he treated me like a friend and he felt very comfortable to talk anything under the sun with me.. so ya.. So now I have to think twice lahx..

Ok lah.. gtg and do my church worship stuff liaox.. its getting late.. Till I cya ppl again! =)

Tired and sick,
<<< abriel >>>

Retail therapy SHIOK!!

Well.. I've got to apologise for all my faithful readers of my blog out there.. Sorry for not blogging so frequently.. The reason? I'm BUSY with work lah! I'm working till I can't breathe! Its tat bad!
Everyday leave office at abt 2100-2200.. And worst still, this will carry on for a consecutive 3 weeks! So ya.. so guess you won't see me online lah!
Moreover, I've got never-ending church stuffs to settle.. this time its not the youth camp anymore.. its actually some worship thingy which I must settle on a weekly basis.. so ya..

Anyway, the past few days have been tiring, and I only like get myself relaxed over the weekends.. so tats why my weekends need to be spent very carefully!! so ya..

One thing tat made me happy this week (or shld I specifically said yesterday!) was actually seeing my sgt in camp (he ORD 2 mths earlier than me), whilst I was attending my Youth Camp mtg @ One Fullerton's Starbucks (super nice ambience.. you shld go and try it!), and then I was like staring in space becos I was "stoned".. then suddenly, a guy stared at me from outside the glass door and low and behold, I saw my sgt, Damien!
Oh man.. he is one of the best sgts tat I had in my camp.. He doesnt put those sgt airs but instead, he is like a friend to me.. in fact, one of my best friends in camp.. At times, I confine my problems with him, and he never fails to lent a listening ear.. so ya.. one of my best sgts... so ya..
But a pity though.. I didnt get to talk to him, becos its like I didnt want to like step out of the mtg so abruptly, and its quite rude lah.. so I msg him to apologise, and then agreed to meet him out someday to juz catch up with one another =)
So ya.. tat made my nite loh.. or shld I say my whole weekend! =)

But the best is yet to come.. I did some really good retail therapy for myself, as well as Christmas gifts! I'm proud to say tat I'm done officially with my purchasing of the Christmas gifts, but lacking on the wrapping part.. so ya.. but at least better than nothing rite? =)

And man oh man.. the photo u see on the left is what I bought.. a ADIDAS T-shirt ($59) and a 2 mth supply of daily disposables FreshKon contact lenses ($100.. got discount of course, or it wld be definately more than this!!)..
My most satisfied purchase was of course the adidas t-shirt, becos I wanted to get one very long liaox, but its either not nice, or too expensive and no money to buy.. so ya.. =)

Ok lah.. gtg and do my stuff liaox.. working tml and it wld be a busy week.. confirm not until 2100, I wld not be able to leave office.. haix.. cya ppl soon.. hope to blog more often! =)

A tiring week ahead,
<<< abriel >>>