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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When things in your life seem almost too much to handle,
when 24 Hours in a day is not enough,
remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.

When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students, if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
"I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life."

The golf balls are the important things - God, family, children, health, friends, and favorite passions – Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else - literally the small stuff.

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued,
"there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life."

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you.

So...

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Spend time with your family.
Play With your children.
Take time to get medical checkups.
Take your partner out to dinner.

"Take care of the golf balls first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled.

"I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend."

Thanks to all the 'golf balls' in my life!! :D

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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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first half of the year is almost gone!!!

Let's recap what was done: Went to Sydney for CNY in Jan, my 1st birthday celebration in Brisbane (Mar), anniversary (April), went home for vacation and hOi's wedding in May and started my CA now!!

June is also a month of blessings: blessing of my dearest friends who've been my source of support and fun in Brissy!

First up, before i head back to SG, we managed to get together to sing KTV!!


It was my first 'maiden' KTV session here and it was not bad!! Price was pretty reasonable too and the songs were very recent ;)

then it was Mei's birthday on 13th June and our cell surprised her and celebrated again with more friends on the actual day with true-blue Malaysian nasi lemak!!


Had a nice catch-up dinner with the newly-engaged Jadey and Zoe and Myra at my new-favourite Korean BBQ restaurant! The food was sooo good!!

I heart their KIMCHI!!! :D:D

and i'm FINALLY going to start my CA now with the Tax module. I'm gonna aim to study for 2 hours every night after dinner so that i pace my progress well. I'm determined to pass with flying colours! Wish me luck! :)

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i know - we moved again!! *lol*

this time i'm sure it'll be better than the previous coz we have facilities now + friendly neighbours and efficient resident manager!!

plus our apartment is now 2bedroom and 2 bathroom as we're sharing w our dear fren/housemate, Joanne, so it's more like a home now :)

So thankful that we are able to move into this new place - hopefully everything will turn out well for the next 1 year (so far it's been great!).

:):):):):):):)

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We planned to visit Sydney during the long weekend for Australia Day, which coincided with the 1st day of CNY!

Tickets were booked way back in Nov as Virgin Blue was having promo sales and finally the day arrived when i get to meet up with my pals again!

It was an awesome moment seeing them again, staying in their 35th floor penthouse that overlooked the Sydney CBD and even the Darling Harbour and we really can't quite believe that the group of us were actually in one room! :P

As we didn't join them for Port Stephens, YX kindly lent us their car to for the weekend :) So off we drive to Blue Mountains the next day!

Next up was Hunter Valley and we visited Iron Gate winery first - had a mini wine tasting and bought a 2008 Semillon Chardonnay (reall smooth) and a 2006 Sweet Mandela (dessert wine type) to bring home! Yumms~~ The gang bought more for the night's reunion dinner :)


And then another and more commercialised one, Tempus Two with vast landscaped and vineyard!! Loved it too :)



Then we returned back home to prepare our sumptuous CNY steamboat and lo hei!!

Thanks to Yuxuan who bought all the ingredients beforehand! :)


As Singapore was 3 hours behind Sydney (daylight savings) so we practically only started dinner at 9+pm! The food was wonderful and most importantly, the company at the dinner table! It's really amazing having 9 of us all from Singapore and mostly P*C peeps (excld Eug) to gather around in Sydney for Chinese New Year. Thank God!

We took turns to call home and give our wishes to our parents, it's really funny and surreal that we're gathered together but not in Singapore. Hahaha

And we celebrate Kow's belated birthday too~


Next day, poor Joycey had to go back to work so the rest of us slept in till almost noon before heading out to Fisherman's Wharf aka Sydney Fish Market for fresh sashimi!!

We ordered fresh salmon sashimi, fried fish & chips and salted pepper calamari (that cost us $30!!!), Seafood platter w lobster, king prawns and oysters + our own wine from Hunter Valley. Finger-licking good!!!!


Last stop, we headed off to South Head and we had such fun time taking photos (esp Huixin! :P). It was great vantage point coz on one side u can see the Harbour Bridge and on the other side is the endless Pacific Ocean.

It was a really fun 4d3n weekend trip in Sydney and I'm really glad that I can meet up with my dear friends and have such an awesome time spent together.

More wonderful trips soon!! :)

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Haven seen many of them in person except updates via Facebook. (wonders of technology) So it was a pleasant surprise to see many of them, and I guess I will only be seeing some of them when I come back for holidays next year.

It was a good turnout of 14 people, with a handful overseas, and the rest MIA :P But I conclude, all of them are still the bunch of people I hanged out and have classes with 7 years ago... (omg, so long already!!)

Dinner-ed at Waraku Pasta, hOi got mistaken for the Waraku on 3rd and we ended up at the Pasta branch instead. Won't say it's nice, but it's not that nice either :P

It was real early when we finished (the service there were like fast food outlet or sth) so we decided to go KTV at Chinatown. (2nd one in 2 wks, and one more for my farewell :P)

It was nice singing with the folks, but honestly, I would much prefer to sing with my girlfriends or the PwC gang coz it's more FUN! :P Half the peeps left before 11am to catch the train and I suddenly realised that when I was out with the office people, we always sang till they shut off our screens and we shared cabs home. So spoilt! :P

And I shared hOi's jacket's sleeve with her coz it was so cold there! We had a good laugh coz I always shared her sleeve back in JC coz I'd always forget to bring mine and the lecture halls get cold sometimes. (Actually, I like to share with her coz it makes me feel warm and comforted :P)

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Goodbye....

It wasn't easy to hand in THE letter. I could feel myself breathing heavily when I was walking to the Partner's room. But he wasn't in. *sigh of relief*

And then it was all the admin matters blah blah blah....

And then some of them saw Retain (actually there was only 1 MZD).

And then, I spent some time penning my thought on farewell emails to my fellow managers, colleagues and finally to our Run.

And then, all of a sudden, I feel empty.

It's not easy leaving somewhere which you've felt so comfortable, surrounded by all your close pals. I can still remember those days when I finally return back to office, the oh-so-familiar smell on the 14th floor, the people that greeted me behind the door, the extension numbers which became our Run's Hotline to report strength for lunches and Friday dinners. :(

There are so many memories on the 14th floor, that we even came out a video during last D&D "Who Moved my Muffin on the 14th floor", depicting lives of an average auditor.

And then those drinking sessions, hanging out sessions. I dun feel sorry for the hole in my pocket (sometimes heartache la :P) because I've got priceless company of my dearest pals who laughed, joked, sing KTV with.

And then the bunch of girlies which I've grown closer too. I always thought that it will be difficult to have really close friends, that can share your happiness, worries and secrets with, at work. But I did. I was used to be around guys (coz my Uni buddies are males. don't ask me why) and then suddenly, I found back those wonderful girly times and hang out gossip sessions that I sorely missed. (and I will miss them the MOST :(:(:(

I cannot bear to think of the day I leave my home because I think I will cry like nobody's business.

Someone asked if our friendship will change when I'm away. Although I fear at the thought of it, I can be sure that God has sent the angels to guide me through my life, and when it's time, my angels will give me the wings of encouragement, to be strong even when I'm without them.

So my dear angel friends, no matter where I am, and how far we're separated, you WILL definitely be missed, loved, thought of and talked about. :)

I love all of you. Thanks for the memories we've shared. :)

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The owner of this sunny blog has finally gone for a much-awaited sun tan session with her favourite girls! *beams happily* :D:D:D:D

It was a great outing with my great pals and the sky was bright and blue! Was still abit worried coz when I left the house, it was overcast and slightly cloudy. But all was GOOD when we reached the sandy beaches!!

It was XP's maiden ride on the Sentosa Beach Tram! hahaha :P We begin snapping away on the train w our sunny shades!

And our dear Nunny, who din bring her shades, was forced to wear not 1, not 2, but 4 on herself!!!! hahahah :D


I went crazy when I saw how sunny it was! Yeps, I'm LOVIN' it!!! :D:D

More photo taking session, even when we're WALKING to Cafe del Mar:

It really makes me feel like I'm back to JC days, when I'm out with my bunch of pals during school holidays :P


Cafe del Mar was rather empty when we reached, so we head for their beach couches and lazed the afternoon away... *bliss* :D

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