To my dear friends who are fasting this month, this post is not meant to spite you all, (sorry, forgive me k?). Just that felt like i should blog this out so people can see how silly my brother can get (well, having a big sis like me, its not hard to know why too). Sometimes i do not know what goes on in his head.

me: (knocks the door, holding my plate of unfinished chicken rice)
Raj: (opens the door)
me: (walks in) "Help me finish this"
Raj: (taking the plate) "What's that?"
me: "Chicken rice, i can't finish, help me eat"
Raj: (passes the plate back) "Don't want, don't like this kind of chicken"
me: "i know, i don't like it too. Aiya, just eat laa! I don't want to waste food"
Raj: (leaving the room) "Then you eat la, i don't want."
me: "i'm full! RAAAJJJ, don't waste fooooodd!"
Raj: (shouting back) YOU'RE the one wasting food!"

FIVE minutes later.

me: (bathroom, showering)
Raj: (outside, talking to mum on the phone, pauses and asks) "Akka, you ate lunch ready?"
me: "That's a silly question isn't it?"
Raj: "Oh ya" (and goes back talking to mum)

Front Desk

So, have started back at Jill's.
Back at the front desk where i used to sit 3 years ago. Ever ready to smile when the lift's bell gives a slight ring, welcoming the people who step out from the lift and into our cosy, dim-yellow lit, beautiful office.
Sitting in front of the black marble wall with the huge gold words spelling Jill Lowe International beautifully. Answering calls in the familiar sing-song like manner with soft hushed tones, "Good Morning, Jill Lowe International. Can I help you?".

Man, has it been 3 years already? I've been working in that place since i was 16 after O'levels, full time during my three and half months break, and part time ever since till now.

And yet nothing much have changed at the front desk. Still the same daily business of picking up calls, answering clients' questions, typing out and compiling modules for Jill, making sure the facial appointments will run smoothly. All these are the same, only for the people who are now sitting with me at the front, except for dear Vivian, my favorite colleague.

I miss Ayu. We joined Jill's at around the same time and she was so hilarious, never failing to make me laugh (she actually sang and danced for me a whole Bollywood song!), we were close at work, also because we came in faithfully at 8.30-9am and left for home together at 7.30pm sometimes up to 10! I know, it's crazy, the new girls are now much smarter.
But she left work a few months after i started school.
Well, thank God my new colleagues are really nice too, enjoy working with them and ive gotten used to being called a "meimei" too now.

40th anniversary: church' musical practice..


dorothy, the pretty flamingo, and amanda (the pretty flamingo's bf whose also perfecting her poses to be singapore's next top model) =p













mr and mrs. joel ikonen (chris and ele)























nana, me (pardon the extremely tired face)
and the bored auntie ruth behind.


some of the band members and the cast.






dee and aly

oooohhh read this from nana's blog, and decided to grab parts from the article she posted which i agree with and speaks to me.


"Brothers, it falls to us to be the initial risk takers in matters of the heart (i cannot agree with this more!). Headship means being the one to go ahead and ask. It is ours as men to suffer the embarrassment of rejection if need be (ahhh, the author couldn't have said it more beautifully!). It is our role to initiate. Get right to it merrily. We are the hunters. They are the quarry. It is for men to strike out into the forest and look. It is for women to crack the twigs and stir the leaves so we know where to find them.
From the book for guys/men, "Doing things right in the matters of the heart" by John Ensor


"Pray for a humble man who listens for God's voice - and then pray that God speaks your name to him"
From point number 4: Pray before, during and after you crack twigs.
Cool =)

Enough is enough. No matter how many attacks, questions i recieve, it's not gonna stop me from loving my Lord. It's not gonna stop me from worshipping and believing in Jesus.
I don't know, if God is trying to show me, tell me something thru' out the recent weeks, thru'out all these things.. it's a painful process, and it's hurting me.

You Are a Purple Crayon

Your world is colored in dreamy, divine, and classy colors. You hold yourself to a sky high standard, and you are always graceful. People envy, idolize, and copy you without realizing it. You are an icon for those who know you. And while it is hard to be a perfectionist, rest assured it's paying off! Your color wheel opposite is yellow. While yellow people may be wise, they lack the manners and class needed to impress you.

What Color Crayon Are You?

wow, my best friend knows me well indeed. So nana, i turned out to be a purple. But their wrong about one thing, you do impress me. Maybe im a different shade of purple.

3 movies in 6 days..its crazy, im now officially broke..(but ive been broke many other times recently..so after the movie marathon, im not broke but bankrupt. desperately need to work: which im gonna start tomorrow, at JLI.)


movie #1: 1408.

a disturbed movie, it was an hour and a half of torture. i felt the room was torturing me as much as the guy was being tortured - physically, mentally,emotionally, just minus the physical part for me because i was watching from the comfort of the cinema's seats. The movie's cool la, but i left the cinema with a huge question mark on my head. The show had no closure and i need closure.

So if an American/Hollywood movie can freak me out this much now, its a no-no to Asian especially thai horror shows from now on.


movie #2: No Reservations.

a splendid movie. rather, my cup of tea . apart from the sweet, innocent romance the lead chef and the sous chef had, the bonding between the aunt, the niece and the aunt's bf, we get to see food, glorious, tantalising, beautifully and creatively served food.

Definitely makes working in the kitchen attractive.


movie #3: Evan Almighty.

i like this movie too, lighthearted and yet with certain parts which is inspirational/a reminder.

One thing that caught me was this when God was speaking to Evan's wife: saying that He gives opportunities. "If you prayed for patience, does God give you patience just like that? He gives opportunities. If you prayed for a closer family, will God zap you with warm fuzzy feelings? He gives you opportunities"

cool. The comedy was funny too.







Finally after such a long time a meeting up with Majina! my little sis from sec school. Been so long since we last met, but back then she was one of my closest and dearest friend. Until now, she's still close to my heart. It's those kind of friendships,that no matter how long you haven't met, or the many years that has pass, you still love that friend just the same, ever so much.

the different ways to cut and style a bob.

photographer: Cheryl (who surprisingly didn't wanna take a photo =p)

we went to brandon's grandma's wake yesterday (i don't know if it is appropriate to write about it here.. but will write what the interesting conversations we had with the adults was about.)

the topic for saturday's LG was on BGR, issues/struggles/questions we have regarding this issue: bfs, prospective husbands yada yada. The questions we mostly raised to J.K was "how do we know if he is THE ONE?" (we asked alot, but mostly every question we asked despite all the different words and sentence phrasing we used, were more or less the same kinda question. And we had loads of fun! How i miss being in a girl's LG, receiving, talking girl stuff with my leader and my fellow girlfriends...different compared to looking after boys.)

Being 19 this year, and entering into adulthood really soon i have been thinking of all these: who will be my husband.. oh will i even have a husband? how do i know if him and I are right for each other.

So with all this over the weekend and with the questions already in my heart, i asked aunt jasmin (the pastor's wife!) how did she know that uncle ban was the man for her.
Just so happen i was sitting beside her, so decided to grab the chance and hear her input. What more to learn from godly people whose marriages are still going strong for 20odd years, and who've been there and done that.
That one question i asked her, sparked a whole lot of funny conversations, advices for us young ones from the adults, even them telling us what happened during their dates! Ahhh. Such fun.

And our beloved pastor's advice is: "You don't have to worry bout him/her being the best person for you, You be the best person yourself for him/her"