2 weeks of holidays flew past just like this. I know I was very thankful everyday for the love I received from family and friends and the quality spent with every one.

As Eug said the only thing I do is "MSN, Facebook, upload photos and blog" :D I shall write up something of my awesome 2 week back home.

First, it was meant to be a surprise for my family. It was intended to be for my mum-in-law too but things took a slight turn so she was kept in the loop of my return :P

and so you would've read in my previous post that the surprise was a huge success! I can genuinely feel my parents really happy that I'm home.

I met up with my close group of friends (which i realised there are alot! thank God for all these great pals :))) and spent alot of time with both of my family. It really made me appreciate all the things they have done (taking their time off to bring me around to eat and giving me real gourmet treats!) and I'm really very very blessed! :D

The highlights of my trip:

1. I love my family!!!


Part of my surprise worked beautifully was because I skyped with mum and dad every week and I managed to find out what they had planned to do during the 2 weeks I'm back!

So knowing that Mum took leave for her birthday, I planned my time to go shopping with her (which I know she misses), booked a nice birthday dinner at Shangri-La (thanks to bestie!) and a weekend stayover at Marina Bay Sands (thanks to Chewie!).

I went to Sunday service with mum-in-law and kevin & ser (can I say Ps Prince is awesome??!) and knowing that I missed durians so much, they bought me Mao Shan Wang to satiate my taste buds! I literally gulped down the flesh and almost wanted to swallow the seeds! HAHA

Had yum-cha twice with MIL too and I know she enjoys my company and dotes on me alot. I am veryv blessed to have such a generous and loving MIL :)))

I love my family!!

2. I love my SN Sistas!


What can I say? They're the bunch of girlfriends that I knew the longest and despite some of us being away overseas at different points in our lives, we always make an effort to catch up with one another. These are really the friends for life :)))))

3. I love my pals!


During my 2 weeks stay, I, :
- Met up with XP for PS Cafe truffle fries before she flew off to China for work
- Met up with hOi and B and had dinner with Andrea (Mellben crabs!)
- Juice and baby talk with Huimin at Starbucks
- Attended Yvonne's wedding and caught up with the Pw gang
- 4-hour chat/drink session with Eug's bestman, Shawn
- All day food hunting with Sin and dinner with NTU gang
- Had lunch with Geok at her work place
- Breakfast with cousin Tiffy

WOOHOO! i'm so happy I get to meet everyone! But there's still a couple I didn't get to meet due to their work schedule. but I'm more than thankful already :)))))

4. 20th Friendship anniversary with Bestie!

it's the 20th year since we knew each other (back in prep sch when were 6 yrs old!) so we decided to set a date to commemorate this special event in our lives and 20.10.2010 is the most apt! (lots of couples get married this day too :P)

so we had a sleepover at bestie's place, and transformed to 16 years old students the next day and went out to Orchard like some students playing truant! HAH! oops :P nobody caught us but we did get occasional stares from 'fellow students' but who cares! :P

We had brunch at Wild Honey (most ex brunch ever! but nice :P) and went to take silly photos at Kinokuniya (acting studious) and met our sec school chinese teacher! What are the odds to find someone from St. Nicks that day? Heh :P

and I suggested to take neoprints too! We can't even remember where to find those machines and had to call up for help! Turns out the ones at Heeren were closed and we managed to find it at Cineleisure for $12! Geez! But we had great fun!! it was so stressful trying to decorate our neoprints within the set time but it was really hilarious! :P


I still salivate when i see the pictures of these food!!

From top left: Truffle Fries from PS Cafe @ Palais Renaissance, Coffee @Papa Palheta, (3 pics from top row) Tonkotsu ramen & side dishes from Ippudo @ Mandarin Gallery, Mixed berries pancakes @ Food For Thought Queen St, Mao Shan Wang ice cream @ Udders Bt Timah, Cheese steak sliders @ Over Easy One Fullerton

From bottom left: Tunisian breakfast @ Wild Honey, Sweet desserts @ Honeymoon Dessert 313 Somerset, Mao Shan Wang durian @ random stall at Clementi and Baked eggs @ Hatched Evans Lodge

of course, there are the normal hawker food I missed so much such as chwee kway, chee cheong fun, prata, mee chiang kueh, goreng pisang, tau huey, vegeterian beehoon and many more!!!

6. my furry friends!
Can i just say she's the most adorable baby ever!!! (ok my future kids will be the CUTEST :P hahaha!)

I'm so proud of Hoi for delivering B in 1hour and really inspired me to be a great mum next time. She breastfeeds her up to 6 times a day, bathe her, cuddles her, changes her diapers and did this with very little help.

and i'm sure she's very proud of herself too, for carrying B in her womb for 10months and finally holding a little baby in her arms. I can really feel all the bliss and happiness as a new mum. Jiayou hoi!!! muacks!


I'm really thankful for this trip home which God made it possible in every way: promo SQ airtix, all the love from family and friends, spending below budget even thought I bought 15 pieces of clothing (!!) and being able to sleep for almost 4 hours because there were empty seats beside me. Praise God! :)))))))

now it's less than 2 months to end of 2010 and Christmas, my favourite holiday :))))

Good luck everyone and let's make the remaining 2010 a fantastic one!

Cheers! ;)

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it was a weekend filled with so much love: love for the wedding couple (Paul and Paula), love for a newborn (Charlee) and love for a fellow brother (Dougie's birthday)!! I thank God for showing me just how much love we have and will continue to have for everyone around us and His loving kindness. :)))))

Shall let the pictures do the talking:

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it has been a very long week.

work has been long and physically demanding but i relish with the satisfaction that I made it through the week with His strength.

thinking back, i regret not studying as diligently and doing my project earlier. Instead i left it to the week prior to do which was also the week I'm the busiest in recent months.

But i made it through :)))))

Sometimes i can't help but be amazed at how much mental strength I can garner from deep within. I may be exhausted, physically and mentally, but there's always the tiny bit of remnant left in me that bounces me back. Just like how Super Mario gets an extra life each time it gets eaten up by poisonous flowers. hehe :P

i'm most thankful to hubby's support this week: he cooked all my meals and gave me big squishy hugs to welcome me home. it really gave me the much needed encouragement to wake up early each morning and go to work. love you hubs! :*)

and of course there are good things to be happy about: the long chats hubby and I had while driving down the coast, good chat with workmate on our trips to client's place, knowing a dear gf is expecting (!!), seeing happy family shots of hoi (you can feel so much love in the family!), chatting with dear gfs on msn and catching up with my 'daughter' in the city over a cup of bubble tea.

Another week ahead but I know I have Him who gives me strength :)))))

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today is 1st July and a brand new start of the year for me! (our financial year is 30 June).

It marks the start of a brand new page for me to work hard and continue to thank God for His abundance and placing faith in every situation believing that He will always guide me there and having the comfort to know that He is always there for me :))))))

I am thankful for today (yes it all happened today just when i've told myself today shall be a brand new day for me, i think He heard it too :) because i changed a new counsellor at work (spared of all the awkwardness of switching and office politics) and i found out that i can resume my living away from home allowance and pay less tax!! YAY!

I am so thankful that despite the patchy half year that has gone past, i still have the Lord to rejoice and be thankful. AMEN!

~The courage comes from the faith and perseverance knowing that at the end of it all, He is there to catch you whenever you fall~

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some people say it's the end of the week, but some say it's the start of the week, I say is the day we rest and worship Him :)

I love singing and swaying to the worship songs because sometimes I really feel the Holy Spirit near me: the goose pimples, the tears of joy and the deep thoughts when I'm immersed in the music.

Music is the expression of our love for Jesus and I thank Him for that :)

Been a not-too-busy week and yes, challenging mentally because I have to deal with some delicate HR issues but thank God it came out ok (i'd like to always think of the worst :/)

i think because work takes up 70% of everyone's lives, it's the area where we have most issues/concerns of. But i like to constantly remind myself that I'm just working out God's plans for me, it doesn't matter what the results are because I already know God will only reserve the best for me :)

Had my regular Sundays calls with my parents and I miss them :( My mum always say i'm the only one she can really chat to so naturally although we have been sms-ing almost everyday, we can still speak for at least an hour.

my mum sounds tired from work; the constant struggle of work-life balance and money. i guess everyone is like this, it's pretty hard to work for passion when money is needed for everything (food, house, clothes and transport).

But i want her to know that beneath it all, what matters most is that you're HAPPY. How many years have we spent slogging hard but we have not been happy? I guess i have to learn that too myself because I've been reminded constantly that money is needed for everything.

and that brings me to tithe. Christians tithe 10% of their income for the House of the Lord, whilst not many people are able to do that because they think that that's too much and they need it for other expenses, we fail to put our FAITH first before ourselves.

Pastors have always preached that we're stocking up for home in heaven, if you sow sparingly, you'll reap sparingly. Do you regret when you're only staying a little hut in heaven because you've not been able to part with earthly treasures? Sometimes I do. I reflect how i have to justify if i have enough for lunch the next day BEFORE i think of tithe.

this month, i shall put my FAITH first and tithe the 10% of my monthly income and just trust in Him to provide. For if we do not make the attempt to do so, we'll never know if things will turn out just like what He has promised.

and that's not all, putting Him first in all things else and letting Him take care of everything is something so simple, yet difficult for many of us. Sometimes it's so easy to believe in your partner, your friends or even a complete stranger but we forget to believe in Him first.

what a thoughtful day..... :)

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Am so glad i finally did away with Audit exam!! :D

The paper was manageable although i did some silly mistakes (like not reading the required answer format and wrote half a page only to realise :S) but in all i managed to finished 15min ahead of time and checked through the answers.

Sometimes I wonder how I managed to work and study at the same time but then again, I will always pull through whenever I began to lament about the studies or doubt if I can go on.

I guess it's Him, who has always been there right from the very start.

From bringing me here, encouraging me and guiding me to walk the path He has planned for me.

Knowing that God has already walked the path you're going to walk on, gives you comfort that you're never alone.

:))))))))))

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our "dumbo" Lala ROM-ed today with her scholarly husband Yee Hong!!! :P:P:P:P

It was a simple ceremony but filled with alot of laughter coz both are so blur! haha! but we were all so happy for her and everyone took so many photos of them, i think it's possible to put into a wedding album for the actual day on 11th Dec :)))))))


hOi and I had fun helping Lala choose her gowns for her photoshoot in Feb (she's one efficient bride!) and this is her all worn out from trying so many different ones but she looks pretty in all of them in Yee Hong's eyes. This is love :)))))))))))))


It's another week before we fly back to Brissy and really settle into married life. I guess I'll miss the girls terribly (but yay to Lala & hOi coming to Melb! - better than nothing at least we're in the same time zone save for daylight savings! :P) and the convenience of meeting up with friends over a prata or coffee late at night :/

Owells, I'm truly grateful for the past 1month of holiday spent with loved ones and we're truly well-rested in His grace :) Bring on more challenges so that we can both grow together in the Holy Spirit that will strengthen us :))))))

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I AM FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've waited this day for so long and I'm just stoked at the thought that this is the start of my long holidays!!! :D

I was literally counting down as I was doing my exam "alright 3 questions done, one more to go to freedom!" and that really kept me going!

Thank God I was able to finish the paper and had time to check through the calculations (and rectified an error!) + I knew exactly where to find all the notes to answer all the questions. Praise God for answering my prayers! :D:D:D

Now it's time to pack my luggage to get ready for homecoming! *beams beams beams*

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YES after the long wait I FINALLY PASSED my driving!!! :D:D:D:D:D

It was a long journey since I started driving manual back in SG and having failed 4 times, i stopped for 2 years and started again when I came over to Brissy and got our own car.

God has been amazing. He answered my prayers and really blessed me with friendly driving tester, good road conditions! Amen!

I love the feeling to be behind the wheel and I'm excited because I can drive my friends around (without bothering Eug) and next Christmas when my bunch of besties join me on an Aussie road trip, I can chip in to drive too.

and thanks to 小黑 who made the drive smooth! :P

YAY! I'm truly thankful :):):):)

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when i read this entry in ser's blog, i was touched and the moment of realisation hit me: God is there to catch us when we fall. Letting go is not an act of cowardism or escaping from reality, it's the courage to embrace uncertainty and letting Him take care of the rest.

Read on...

You don’t hold onto your faith, your faith holds on to you. You do not hold onto God. God holds onto you. I think the point of our struggles is not that we are strong enough to fight and survive alone. It’s not a test of our faith to see if we have the willpower to choose God when everything in this world screams at us to choose despair, bitterness, anger, loneliness, and disbelief. Struggles are not a cruel experiment to see if you can keep holding on. Struggles illuminate the fact that we cannot hold on. We let go. And it is there, in our weakness, brokenness, exhaustion, and pain that God is ever present. Not because you made it but because God values you, loves you, and cares so deeply for you, for me, for us that He has never abandoned humanity. He is with us. I will fight. I will not quit. I will wake up each morning and breathe and get out of bed and choose life. Time and time again and endure because I know at the end of the day, when I can no longer fight, can no longer keep it together, can no longer hang on, I know Someone is there to catch them. So I let go. And the mysterious presence of God finds me, surrounds me, holds me up, and brings peace into their despair. –kate

There’s so much power in letting go, as oxymoronic as it sounds. Letting go is the ultimate expression of trust, humility, and courage. The world may see it as helplessness, but what I see in letting go is the courage and willingness to embrace uncertainty, and it’s not easy. Letting go is not leaving bits to God and saving some for self – it is surrender; it is not giving up, or losing hope – it is a positive expectation of God’s goodness to shine in our lives without doing what we want to do, but to let God lead and guide and prompt us to do what He thinks is good, to obey God even if we may not understand.

This is simply amazing. God is good.

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feeling really loved for the following reasons:

- my MIL who's been so sweet and endearing. she fusses on our wedding preps and always want to lavish us the best she can provide. :)

- my very cute mummy and daddy whom I skyped home to every Sunday. we never fail to chat more than an hour and the things we talked about can be so ordinary that I still find it so interesting to hear about. :):)

- my very dear gfs, hoi, andrea and lala whom helped heaps with the wedding planning. their wonderful creative ideas to make our day the most special one for us. :):):)

- my dearest darling. i love him for him. :):):):)

- God. for showing me all the love the above people have lavished upon me whom i cannot stop to sing praise and give thanks. :D:D:D:D:D

1 Corinthians 13:6-7: Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

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I'm really thankful for this week that is ending soon :) I prayed a simple prayer to God on Monday morning for a smooth sailing week and He has been faithful AMEN :D

I feel happy and at peace every day this week and I'm just feeling really thankful for everything and everyone.

1. Completed a task on Mon which only took me 2 hours when I thought I'd need 1 day.
2. Finished my focus session in record time and met a fellow Singaporean!
3. Chatted with hOi for 30min and makes me real happy :):):)
4. Received andrea's long love letter (finally!). i love hand-written letters from girlfriends <3
5. Home-cooked meals. Love the preparation time with Eug because it feels really loved to be cooking with the man you love most :)
   
6. It's weekend in a few hours!
7. Knowing that my girlfriends are happy with things happening in their lives make me happy too.
8. Knowing that God always provides (amen!) and He is always there loving each and everyone of you.

Yes, life is a bliss :):):):)

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