E&E Team Bonding 23-12-14

Sorry for forgetting to post this b4 my date with hubby...

This is my 2nd team bonding with E&E team. E&E means Employment & Employability Department. It consist of 3 big departments:

1) Employability Development, which is the department where i belong. This was divided into 3 small departments: sector capability development (me); training operations, PWD training. 2) Employment Services, which consist of employer consultancy and career consultancy (jasline); S2W and incentives Management & process tracking. 3) Employment & Employability which consist of strategic partnerships.

We are mostly dealing with employers, sector professionals and PWDs (our clients).

We all work hard, n play hard as well. Last week was e 2nd team bonding session. we had lunch at PS, Chef Wan. Followed by team game, treasure hunt. It was indeed tiring. Though my team had a good start, but blasted in e end that we came in last. Haha. Nvm, it was just a game.

We were all separated into different teams planned by the committee. My team is the dream team, bcoz i had Iron man in my team, and 2 macho guys... n not forgetting our E&E big head, Group Director. We all had fun and though not winning, but it was a good experience playing together.

The next 1 shld be in mid yr liao bah. This is a meaningful agency n place to work in, n i hope to contribute more to the agency, n most imptly our target of audience cum clients, the PWDs. 

Friday date 26-12-14

As hubby needs to work late on our wedding anniversary, so we decided to take leave on 26th Dec friday, to catch a movie n eat buffet.

I bought vouchers online to Rendezvous Hotel for buffet lunch. Called to book apptment, but sadly to say it was fully booked. Bo bian, we can only find another day in Jan to go.

Bought movie tickets to watch The Hobbit at Jem, so we ate lunch there. 鲜得来 buffet really not worth e $$..

The movie was great! We love it loh. B4 we left Jem to go fetch Javier frm cc, saw Esprit having sale. We went in n using less than 15min, we bought a wristlet for myself, 1 tee; 1 polo tee n 1 bag for hubby.

It was really a short n yet gd time tat we can go for movie together n have lunch. It's just not easy to go on twosome time like tat. How long was that that we did not go for movie together liao?

Hope we can have more of such time together.

Annual Xmas Party 20-12-14

My sis organised the annual xmas party again this year, and as usual, we had good food, and not forgetting gift exchange!!

This year, my boys are participating well! Haha... they were in charge of drawing the lot for every1 to get their present. Naughty naughty!


My boys had received quite a number of presents, n i thank them alot! my uncles and aunts oso had a good time at my parents house.

I ate quite little as i am afraid my stomach flu might act up, but was glad to see hubby eating alot.

My sis spent alot of energy on the xmas party, n thank her for the initiative. Xmas is coming, n Jav's CC will be holding a xmas party too tmr... had gotten a gift for the gift exchange. hope he has fun tmr loh.

It's coming to an end for 2014, n we shall welcome 2015 soon!

GPTW team retreat 19-12-14

Bosses acknowledged our hard work for the year, n esp for the D&D, thus we r given some budget n half day off to go for a retreat!

I was still recovering from stomach flu, so lunch at Marche i didnt eat alot.


A wet weather yest, but it did not stop us from going out. We went to the museum! Quite worth going leh! Very nice!!!!

This team is great, n we hope to get more members in next year!

We work hard, n we ensure we play hard too. 

Next year, more work to do as we r moving over to new office, n GPTW will be helping out in carrying out activities.

It will be a better year ahead next year. let's all work together!

Bandung Trip 13-16 Dec 2014

This was my 1st overseas trip with my current colleagues in SG Enable... We planned many places n ultimately decided on going to Bandung, Indonesia.

Shiyi did all e booking on our behalf, and same thing, after discussing for a few days on the hotels, we finally set goal on Grand Prama Preanger. Nice hotel! We travel by Airasia, n booked our driver for the trip. Shiyi helped us a


rrange for travel insurance too, n thanks to her, i can do my claim for the stomach flu.

We had a good time there. To my surprise, Bandung is much cleaner than M'sia, opppss. sorry to offend any1 but that's my own opinion btw.

We went to many places.. Volcano, crater and saw e sulphuric lake, strawberry farm, mountains, caves, shopping at e various famous streets, eating local food n roadside stalls, n of course massage!!!! we even bought some nice cakes there n their famous kueh lapis!

We spend some time on e road, coz to every attraction, it is quite a distance. i dun think bringing little children is suitable lah.

It was a pleasant trip though b4 we came back, Shiyi was already down with flu, n i caught stomach flu e next day.

We r planning for the next trip but will be nearer lah, Msia i think. But more to b planned if we r going in a big group.

My experience there was considered nice, coz it is something different though the difference is not exactly that big, but is a good exposure somehow. Travel partners r impt to me, n they r all v nice. the 4 of us r in diff departments.. Like me in Training, Shiyi in Planning, Mei Peen in HR, Swee Hoon is Finance... n my room mate is Swee Hoon... Hahaa... I enjoyed myself though felt sick for e next 2 days when we came back, but no regrets!

SG Enable's Annual D&D 05-12-14

This was my 1st D&D with SG Enable, held on Friday at Grand Corpthorne Waterfront Hotel.

I was in the committee in Gret Place To Work (GPTW), so D&D lied on our duty. I was part of the programme flow committee. but didnt really got our duties so clear cut. we helped out one another to get e event done.

I was also a member to perform, singing medley with other colleagues of mine.

It was a fun event, theme was retro. We called it retrolicious. It was a pity that i did not win any prize. but no issue lah. As long as every1 had fun. Haha.

After e event, we drank some champagne, white wine n whisky. i dun like e white wine btw.. so drank some sip of e champagne n the whisky. how long was it when i last drunk liquor. So long ago liao...

Dun worry, such liquor wont b able to make me down. HHaha, though i still need to drive. But no kick lah.

We will be entitled a half day off and a $50 each to go for GPTW retreat. I am so looking forward to the retreat. But we have yet to finalise which date n activity that we will be going. My team is v fun loving n all r very helpful.

It was my pleasure to be part of this agency. N i hope every1 can work here happily!

Last month of 2014

Hooray, cooling Monday huh? Today marks the 1st day of the new month, which is also the last month of 2014, December!

This coming Fri is the company D&D.... i have yet to buy the top to match with my skirt.. hopefully today can find loh... good luck to me!

Approaching 6mth of work... The period of time that i miss most is my 11 months of freedom. Haha.. really dun bluff u guys at all.

Quite a number of stuff happening this month. 1st is e D&D, followed by my holiday trip.. n of course e last thing for the month would b wedding anniversary. Hubby said he needs to work so no celebration this year.

Many things happened when i started to go back to workforce. i have to adapt to many changes, adjustment of lifestyles. I see many changes. Good or bad, up to own perspective.

December is always full of joy, bcoz of Xmas! Everywhere is full of the happiness of the festive. I have no plans for Xmas eve n Xmas. Eve still need to work though is a half day. But night activities shld b no prog at all. Dun wish to squeeze with ppl and spend that extra $$ for the meal just like wat i had been doing for e past few years. V broke now, so better not. Haha.

Nonetheless, i always look forward to the end of the year. It makes me look forward to a better new year ahead n new hope in life. Every year, i pray that my whole family n good friends will b blessed with gd health n happiness. This yr no exception. i hope every1 in my life can have a even better life ahead. Let's all count down to e end of e year, n hope every1 has had a wonderful year of 2014!

Jaden is 6! 21-11-14

Time really flies. Jaden turned 6 yesterday.

Both hubby n I took leave bcoz we wanted to bring him out to play. Decided not to bring Javier along, bcoz we just want to make Jaden the 1 n only!


After some discussion, we decided to go to the Transformer Exhibition. We had a great time there, though it's considered rather steep price just to go for the exhibition. Next time will bring them to the science centre together with Javier.

We bought a small cake just for the celebration. Both our boys dun eat cake n they dun like eating cake.

It was a simple celebration as Jaden still need to go for his lessons as usual. But hubby n I had quality time together, ever since i started work, i am really busy. yesterday we had some we-time n had a nice talk n lunch together when Jaden was having his lesson.


It was God's gift for us as Jaden is really a tamed boy. He is cheerful and happy, he is kind n harmless. We love him as he is.

All i wish for is, he can be happy everyday, and ppl around him will love him sincerely, just like how we love him. Happy blessed birthday my precious prince. U r our love and u will always be.

My Updates on my job

If you go online n check out the agency that i am working at now, you shld koe that it is a non-profitable organisation, social service sector. Our agency is dedicated to help people with disabilities.

We were also on e news recently. Target to make an inclusive place for the PWDs, esp in redhill area as our office is there.

I have been happy working there though i have a change of job scopes on my 2nd month of work. i will have more diff job scopes from next yr onwards.

I am handling more on employers side, as previously i do more on ops and admin support for the PWDs area. Of course now doing employers, i still need to do ops and admin, but i do other stuff too. In a way, it broaden my knowledge and experience in different areas.

I have wonderful colleagues all around in diff departments, n of course i do get along with most of them quite well. 

It's been a good experience to get away from education line and go into social service, an area which i totally not sure of. But i'm thankful for my pal to intro me into this agency. I've been happy here.

Next yr, it will be more challenging as an exec level staff. I do not know if i can handle n do well but i have to just do watever i can. hopefully i can do well lah. 

It's busier than when i was in MOE, n tats for sure. But i think it's ok bcoz it's something new and i am still adjusting. This is when i need the support frm family most. I need time during wkdays for work. But luckily, now when i no longer working in e weekends, my boys love it more. 

Soon it will be Jaden's 6th birthday. Had taken leave, so will bring him out to play!!!! Yeah! He will sure b v happy n excited! Haha. More busy days ahead as e next 2 Sats i would need to work, i will try to update on that soon!

2nd Energizer 31-10-14

I am just so lazy to go online to blog recently, bcoz i am far too tired from work n activities. Haha.

Yesterday was e 2nd Energizer! And as usual, i am heading the activity though i dunno e route. This time round, the bonding activity is trekking at MacRitchie Reservoir. We have a total of 9 members this time.



Whole morning meeting, til Brown Bag time, n then rush out minutes of meeting b4 i started off with the activity with my colleagues.

We have a mixture of colleagues joining us this time too. Must have at least from 3 diff division and minimum pax is 5.

The weather wasnt good in the beginning, n we were glad that e weather finally gave in after a few hrs. We first had no choice but to visit a cafe 1st to avoid the rain. After some time finally thought can start trekking but started raining again, no choice but to reverse n head to shelter again. After tat we decided to start trekking with umbrellas n raincoat. After quite a distance of trekking, not even halfway done, the time was already near to 6pm. Haha.

Finally when we finished e trail, we can go for dinner. It was great hanging out with this grp of colleagues. fun loving n encouraging. Work can b tiring n discouraging at times, but with their support and encouragement, it was different!

We have to start planning for the next 1. but most prob either i cannot join in or come in much later, as in e noon til 2pm, we have a workshop conducting outside. Let me work it out with them n see if they r ok to proceed while waiting for me. but i believe by the time i am ready to meet them for the next Energizer, it would be 4+ liao. Hope they dun mind hahaha!! Oh well, i think they wont mind lah, as i am quite popular n well loved in the group. HHaaahahaha..


We all enjoyed ourselves n tats e truth. We worked hard n make sure we play hard during weekdays! So that weekends save e energy for my 2 boys. Hope every1 is happy at their workplace!

Granny birthday celebration 05-10-14

Every yr, the Chin family would help my granny celebrate her bday! N this year, the same, we went to Tradehub 21.

I'm so sorry to update this post 6 days later. Been quite busy at work, n no time to update. Since I am planning my syllabus for next week, so might s well update at e same time.

As usual, it's just a simple dinner gathering for us. not every1 was present. bcoz my SIL yinghui is still doing confinement, so she had to be at home, with our precious princess.

We had good food of course. N Jaden wasn't in top form actually that he threw tantrums. He was too tired that day dunno y. However, we managed to force him to go off only until e cake cutting session was over. N of course, it spoilt my mood totally.

But, I cannot blame him after all. They r kids. when they r tired, they will dysfunction. And indeed, after reaching home, changed clothes n fed him milk, less than 30min, he actually slept le. it was b4 10pm!

my granny is getting old every year, n of course she is still v energetic. I wish her the best of health, n hope she can always be happy n jovial.

1st Energiser activity : Picnic at ECP 26-09-14

The company's 1st Energiser activity was carried out successfully last Friday! The initiative was started by my co-core department, Great Place to Work (GPTW).

Of course we started this approach, with the support from bosses, n last fri was e 1st run! As part of the team, i started off 1 of the activity, ECP activity.

There was oso KTV, cafe hopping n soccer! Many colleagues from diff departments took part in the various initiatives last friday. Every1 enjoyed themselves!

For my side here, we had around 16-17 people. We cycled, played ball, frisbee, card games, n lastly dinner. We stayed til near to 9pm.

It was a good initiative. Work hard play hard. I am in charge of 1 of the part of this Energiser n tat is sports n activities.

The next Energiser will be on 31st October. There r plans n activities liao, but yet to be confirmed. But sure will have an activity up for my side here. Every last fri of each mth, we will be knocked off from work at 3.30pm, we called is Blue Sky Friday. With this Energiser coming in, last fri can go off at 1.30pm to go for the activities. But has to b legal n highly interactive, subject to approval. 

Most of us are excited to start the next one. N will go into concrete planning next month. It's great to find many fun-loving colleagues here. I enjoyed myself that day, n hope the next one can be more fun!

The arrival of my niece 17/9/14

After waiting for 9months near to 40wks, my little niece finally arrived on Wednesday!

Chin Le Xuan, our 1st Chin little member, weighing 3.225kg. What a little cutie pie! Tats my niece! I've finally promoted to gugu after 32 years!

Both mum n baby were discharged from TMC on fri morn. N now she is in the midst doing confinement.

My whole family is equally excited! n of course me lah. I was so happy n excited when received the watsapp that my SIL was going to TMC for labour. n after a few hrs, Le Xuan arrived in the evening at 7pm.

Do a proper confinement, Yinghui. You had a hard time, thank you for your nobleness to go into labour n bring us our 1st baby in Chin family. 

May my little niece be good girl! See u soon again little Xuan!

Javier is 3

Time flies, n i always pray tat my sons dun grow up so fast, n of course my wish is not fulfilled. Javier turned 3 on Monday.

I took leave that day... Jav has never been to e zoo, n i hoped to give him my time wholely as it is his big day.

Javier was obviously happy to be out, n mummy was tired!

It just so happen that hubby's hospitalisation leave ended on 7th, n his 1st day of reporting back to work was on Monday. 

My wish for Javier is simple: happy, healthy.

My wish for him will get bigger as he grows older.. n the ultimate wish is him helping to take care of his elder bro when we grow old, or even when we pass on.

Javier is a v active boy, n sometimes v close to Jaden. I hope they can be closer when they grow older. I cannot afford to give them any luxurious life or things. I can only give them my love. Javier, your name means bright. I hope your whole life is bright ahead, so that u can lead a good life when u grow older. 

Be happy always my dear boy. we will all love u as who u are. Please always maintain the big laughter u have. 

Losing body fats

I'm very particular abt my weight, but yet i dun control my diet.. esp in e noon when having lunch, it is a must for me to have rice. If not i will be listless.

I used the BMI machine 2 weeks ago at Amore. N was rather demoralised to see my weight not going down. But today when i did it again, i realised i lost 10.5kg of body fats. It indicated that i need to increase 14.8kg of muscles, but today it went down alot!!! which means i gained muscles!

My sis told me i shldnt b bothered by my weight, but to refer to BMI, body fats. i am so happy with myself tat i managed to shed off so much of body fats! i thought working in the office will gain weight n fats v easily coz some of the colleagues actually are like tat. 1 of them even told me in these 2 months, she has gained quite alot.

my sis said that losing body fats equivalent to 'losing weight'... i am so glad that i actually did control myself well though i do eat tea break snacks too.

I must be hardworking enuf to exercise too! this fri will be having a captain ball game again with my colleagues. n i must really sweat it out to burn fats n gain muscles. Jia you! fighting to get a better health me!

The end of Lunar 7th month

Today is the 1st day of chinese lunar August, which means yesterday was e last day of the Ghost month.

I believe in spirits, ghost, deities.... n every yr ever since Javier was born, i would buy e offering package n burn it on the 1st day of lunar 7th mth n the last day. This year i oso did e same.

Javier is v pantang. Jaden ok, n we dun wana take e risk not to believe at times. He is already difficult to handle, so dun wana make our lives more miserable. Just bcoz he is hard to handle, we handle him ourselves at night, n if i am home, i will take charge fully.

Ever since he was born, i took care of him most of e time. I dun have maid, everything we do ourselves. no nap for me, no rest time for me, unless he is asleep. Unlike Jaden, he is easier to handle, though he dun nap now. Haha.

After this, wat we will be looking forward to is the Mid Autumn Festival! I seldom eat mooncake now liao, coz find it too sweet somehow.

If your kid is pantang, u better not risk anything. Esp the lunar 7th month. Believe it or not, is up to you.

Colleagues? Friends?

I understand that some ppl can really only b colleagues, n no more than that. But to me, i treat every1 as friends, and unless this person really irks, or else i am ok with any1.

But if there is some1 who back stabs, reports, n then get close to me, then better watch out. Go away n stay away from me. I hate such ppl. I trust u tats y talk to u, but if u have intentions to 'spy' then pls leave me alone. All i want is make frds n not enemy.

I am rather frdly, n likes chatting with friends. But i koe there r ppl out there are always trying to dig infor from ppl so that can do e reporting as a spy. Tat is not right u koe? It's not tat i koe of ppl who r like that, but i just feel that ppl treat u with sincerity then pls show e same way. I dunno who r e spies or betrayers in the company n i hope they dun come near me either. I just hope that they koe me as a person who is true n frank.

I find ppl like them v pathetic. They r always on their toes n wary of ppl around them. They r just like porcupines. But i am not cactus ok. Neither am i a rose with spikes. I only want to make friends n make my working lifestyle n environment a happy one tats all.

I want to make more frds, n not more colleagues. It's sad if the latter is more. N i hope not. At least i really make some good frds here, all thanks to my pal Jasline. She introduced me quite a number of great colleagues who can b friends too! I might b naive, mayb bcoz i am spoilt by my ex colleagues in PHPPS. i find most of e ppl nice n true, not those back stabbing category. Mayb tats y i tot in this new environment i might behave e same way too. But there's more to observe n confirm. I will b a bit more careful, after all this place is not my usual familiar place PHPPS. But no worries, i am still me. i dun wear a mask, no matter where i am. dun worry.

Hubby's 34th Birthday 03-08-14

This year's birthday is rather special for hubby.. all bcoz of his injury. n of course hospitalisation leave til early Sept....

We had 2 simple celebrations for him. 1 is in

e noon at Swensens JP, after i had finished my makeup tuition lesson which was postponed from Wed to Sunday morn. My best pal, the Tay family came along to eat n chat. There was a free firehouse for birthday boy, n he could choose the 3 flavours of ice cream of his own choice.

In e evening, MIL cooked dinner so we didnt go out eat. I bought a cake from Prima Deli, and so we had a simple celebration for him to hear bday song n cut cake loh. Haha.

No need to elaborate to celebrate a birthday anyway. Haha. All i wish is, he can be healthy always. Bcoz to me, he has his parents, he has a wife, he has 2 kids. Tats e more he shld b aware of his condition. Since he has limited capability to earn more $$, then he shld make me less worry of his other stuff.

Of course, i do hope to see him succeed. Mayb he hasn't found his bo le... Good luck to him. 

Company Sky Blue cum company celebration 01-08-14

Last fri was e company celebration again!

We had games in e morning, which resulted me to get hurt at my lower back, tat when i sit or stand up, will b pain. sneeze or squat oso cannot, let alone walking fast... sibei sianz...

After e morning games, we proceed to Days Hotel at Balestier for e company lunch. After which was our E&E department bonding activity to the KTV. We sang for 5hrs, then only left me with 3 colleagues out for dinner.


It was a great bonding day for all of us. As usual, i sat with my good friends in e company who come from different departments. The food varieties not alot actually. But still, i enjoyed myself. The colleagues here, as i had mentioned before, were very kind n nice.

I have a 'CCA' announced officially last Fri, that will be wat we called co core department. Haha. It's a committee planning for activities, events, D&D etc. Will b busy too! will have a meeting with the committee 2wks later. N i do look forward to contribute my ideas!

Mr Bong was injured 23-07-14

Oh well, he was injured again, this time round was the hand...

It all started with him playing badminton as usual every Wednesday. I was on course, thus cancelled my tuition slot. While on e way back from express bus 502, i received his call ard 8pm, which i think was abit abnormal, as he wont call me at that time, as he knew i will be having tuition, n i didnt even tell him my tuition was cancelled..

He told me he was injured, i was like, OK then? then he said he think he broke his arm.. colleagues called for ambulance etc. It was impossible for me to rush back home or to e hosp in e shortest time, bcoz when he called me, my bus was only at suntec area. It took me quite some time to reach back to Jurong, then i went to take my car w/o changing after work, to NUH A&E to find him.

He needed to be hospitalised, n even go through surgery, bcoz his bones were fractured. 

He will be on leave til early Sept, n lagi best, his body is full of scars now. 

Every year, he would 'surprise' me with different wounds... Haiz.. dunno when such 'heart attack' can stop.

meeting up with a pupil from Nanjing 18-07-14

Recently i am v packed at work, bcoz of this week 21st to 30th we have 2 trainings.. 

My pupil from Nanjing arrived in spore last thurs, n she is going back tmr morning le. Why n how did i get to know this pupil?

In 2006, i went to Nanjing for an immersion prog, together with my LH Peihan, n a grp of pupils. Wenjun was 1 of the pupil there to immerse with us.

Though we only spent 10 days there, but she still kept in touch with both Peihan n me. Through emails, n we keep in touch for these 8 years.

She is a v intelligent girl who did well in her studies, n rich family backgrd. Soon, she will pursue her degree in Canada, n she wana continue studying! Time really flies, it proved that time dun stay for anione.

8 years, n she is 19 years old. wah, seem as if i v old leh. Haha. We had a great chat last fri after my work, though i was super late! I wonder when will b the next meetup with her. Mayb gonna wait til her term break, or if there is any chance tat i would ever step into Nanjing again. But technology is so advanced. We can also email each other, like we always did for these 8 years.

Wenjun, hope you have a safe flight home tmr, n may u have a wonderful campus life in Canada. All e best to you, n i will always miss you!

E&E department offsite retreat 11-07-14

this was the 1st offsite retreat for me in this company.. n it was held at IAL for the 1st part n 2nd part at Alive museum Suntec..

In e morning, it was more of serious meeting n discussion sesson.. n b4 e end of the meeting, we celebrated 3 colleagues' birthday which was in July.

After which we proceeded to Suntec by all car pooling those who drove. I didnt drive that day by e way. We all had fun n our department is quite big with 33 pax.

It all ended at 6+, n i was really exhausted. It was meeting n also get to koe our department members. This department has 3 sub divisions. this department i am in is Training, n Jas is in the employers enablers.... 

The ppl here r quite fun loving n helpful. We r going to have a party again 2 weeks later as a whole company. N i think it will b going to b fun!

a lazy Sunday 06-07-14

Sorry for not updating my blog for ard 2weeks+, had been v tired n busy.

Finally can blog abit abt my life, as i jad just finished planning my lesson for the coming Wed evening class.

At workplace, started to get busy since my 2nd week of work, preparing 3 quotes to raise PRF, collating results from diff workshops' evaluation and need to tabulate into excel spreadsheet about e results, doing up attendance lists for the upcoming workshops n courses etc.

Indeed there r many things that i need to catch up as this is a totally new field to me. Long hrs of facing the laptop is another challenge for me of course. Haha.

I feel happy that colleagues there r really nice. I got to know diff frds from other departments, n i enjoy having lunch with them too.

I had been busy, esp 2 of e weekdays. N from yesterday onwards, my Sats will b packed too. I felt really exhausted after work practically. Spent too much energy on the laptop, straining my eyes badly somehow i think.

Today is the only day i can see both my boys for the whole day. Lucky Jaden sleeps well... Or else the both of us wouldn't b able to sleep til 0945 today! So happy! Haha... Jav n hubby got up at 0900... Ever since i started work, I couldnt bear to bring Jaden home, all bcoz everyday need to get up super early by 0600. This mth i would b v busy coz will b outstation for many days, from 21st to 30th.. Lagi must get up earlier, coz will not b driving.. need to take mrt. 21st to 23rd is go paya lebar again. n after tat is 111 somerset.

Next tues noon will go recee with superiors of the function room that e workshops will b conducted in. Fri will be department offsite retreat, whole day event outside. I will need time to adjust to the work culture here, n i think i will enjoy my time in this company. Stress sure have, but is to see how we handle. Not really totally desk bound job for me, but i can b able to see more things n learn more stuff when out stationed. It's not an easy job, n of course, colleagues n environment play an impt role. Let's see how long i will work in this company. I hope can be an enriching n happy time.

2014 Jurong Lake Run 21st June

The day tat i had been looking forward to is finally here, the Jurong Lake Run 2014.

I was abit worried that i had to stop n walk, bcoz these 2 wks of work, i had no time to workout.


Planned was complete e run in 60min.. but i managed to complete in 57min! Hooray. It can b better if i did manage to go workout these 2wks.

There were plenty of ppl running. It was a great experience, really. I did not walk at all, surprisingly. I jog slow n no walking. Only stopped bcoz of drinking water.

6km... I never run b4 such long distance, n without walking. I am happy with myself. Haha. I really thank my sis for encouraging me to take part, n she is my source of motivation to go exercise. It's great to have my sis together with me. But of course she ran faster than me n completed e race earlier than me.

My legs r aching now... N i like e run, esp when it is evening jog! Haha, i no need to get tanned. But i sweat like nobody's business. Did not see any familiar faces, hope next time when i sign up other run can see friends around.

Start work loh! 9th June 2014

After 11mths of less stress lifestyle, i finally start off kicking in my new full time job on Monday 9/6/14.


Oh ya, of course is bcoz my $$ all used up le.. 30k+ just gone like that. During my 11 months of life, hubby did not increas

e any monetary stress. Watever i had been paying since til now i still pay on my own, tats y 30K+ in 11mths is not exaggerating.

I was really abit not bearing to go work, but reality is reality.

But somehow 1st wk of work was still ok, i think i will like this job somehow. Well, who say i cannot switch industry? Here i am, switching totally away from teaching, though i still continue with my evening/night classes on Tues n Wed. n wkend class on Sat noon til evening.

No job is holy n no job is low class. It all depends on your mentality. I never thought of being a teacher is any job holy. It's also a job, but a job with meaning n passion. The working place that i am working now is also v meaningful. Go to the web site n find out if u r interested.

There r many things for me to learn n catch up with as this is totally new to me. I dunno how much i will catch up but i will try my best. no job is easy, so we just need to learn n try i think.

I am happy that i am back to workforce somehow, as i can see $$ coming in, though when a new month starts, many things need to pay as usual. I still need to work bcoz i think in our age, we shld work. we r still young, must b in contact with the world. Family n kids r impt, but work too. During working hrs, concentrate on work. When knock off, divert energy n attention to family. My tue n wed will b far too tiring, as i will b working 12hr 'shift'... dead beat a few days ago after work n then tuition. N night time i need to fork out time to plan for my evening classes. Just like now, after blogging, i need to start planning for my Wed class.

It's not easy but i will try to hang on, unless my health is giving me warning. Well, i oso dun wish to chiong so much, but no choice. Ppl who koe my situation will understand. But still, do feel happy for me as i had found a new job. Haha. Thank you!

Jeff & Yingshan's wedding 08-06-14

Yesterday after attending little Germaine's 1st bday bash, i need to rush home to prepare for e 2nd event of the night.

Yingshan, is a teacher, whom i got to know from FLS. A very funny n cute friend whom i got to know, n i like her very much in fact.

Yest was her wedding, n she looked gorgeous. I felt happy for her as she found her Mr Right. Bosses Cuifang n Pornsak were there too, n we were on e same table. Pornsak was oso her wedding host. They got to know each other v v long ago by e way.

Hope she can b v happy. She is the same age as i do. N hope can hear bb news from her asap! Happy marriage Yingshan.

New commitment

1st June, a brand new start of e month, marked our new commitment...

We actually applied for a new BTO last Nov.... N March we were selected to go down to select a flat. N 1st June was our apptment to do e 1st downpayment of 10%.

It's still at Jurong. Haha.. Boon Lay View. opp JJC.

I really hope our new residents/neighbours can b better ppl, or more civilised. Our block now has many crazy residents who simply love to slam their door, make super loud noises, screamings, shoutings, slamming of things to e floor, n watever noise they can make, we can hear. Wats worse was, they simply love to 'perform' such stunts in e midnite! other times of e day oso have such noise. it's simply noise pollution!

I really had enuf of these uncivilised acts, n i dying to move out. Though ard mid 2017 then can get e keys to our new flat, but i will wait. As long as can get out. Though i cannot guarantee new place will have such crazy ppl or not, but i sincerely pray there will not be.

After e payment on Sunday morning, our next wait would be for the flat to b ready. Slowly wait, slowly plan. I hope can do a simple n cheap house, haha. coz v broke. I just want a more quiet place for ourselves when we go to sleep at night, n not jump up all bcoz of the sudden loud noise in e mid of our sleep. Tats v irritating.

Exercising alone

This morning, decided to go for a short jog of 1km... sweat it out... in e evening went to Amore for gym, n then went for e last lesson at 8.30pm kickboxing.

I normally go Mon morn 8.30am kickbox. my sis n i like e instructor alot. This evening's instructor is not e same. But i quite enjoy it too! But felt abit lonely though, Haha..

Went to gym n burnt calories 1st, n another 2.8km.  Downloaded some songs into my S4, n listened while i exercised in e gym.

People believed that, exercise, sweat it out, can help u forget some troubles n stress. In some ways it does help, but i dunno y today it just dun happen on me. After sweating it all out, i still feel rather down.

Well, mayb it's really just my prob by reading too much into it. Think too much?

I did some serious thinking actually. I dunno how long it's going to take me this time. Disappointment can lead to devastation, n til e end will bcome hopeless. I hope this stage dun come.

I had been sick for e past few wks, so lagged behind alot. The run is coming soon, i need to quickly build some stamina. Due to my poor health n asthma prob, it's not easy, but at least i tried...

Suddenly craving for badminton game, a good game. But nowadays ppl are all so busy with work. Well, hope my bro there can organise 1 again soon, his friends are good players. Play with experts or good players will make e whole game a fantastic 1. I dun like to play with idiots n slow players aniway. Hahaa...

I had not been able to lose weight, n slim down... Haiz... But thanks to my sis, she helped me build up e love for exercise n sweating again. I will try to go on my own whenever i can, but of course with her around, it would b better! I think i will sleep real well tonite after exercising.. Gotta put on my facial mask later b4 i sleep.. Tmr still gotta work. Do try some exercising if u have stopped for a long time... perspire in this way is really good!

Coko's 100th day 13-05-14

Yesterday 13/5/14, was Coko's 100th day of departure. 

I did not forget you my dear friend. In fact, it seem that u had left us very very long ago, but actually u only left us for 100 days.

I missed u alot. How r u now at heaven? r u enjoying painless n stress free life there? I did tell e angels to look after you. Hope u had made some friends there.

mummy said during night time there was a big butterfly which flew into e house. Is that u who came back to visit them?

Til now, it still pains me to acknowledge the fact tat u had left us. But on e other side, when i think that you left will b a freedom for you from pain n suffering, it's actually a let go for you. I koe u dun bear to leave us too, it's bcoz u have no choice but to do that. I still remembered mummy n korkor said that u were screaming in pain b4 u left. N when they really let go to say will let u b free, u immediately went quiet. I koe it's a painful decision by us n yourself, who oso cannot bear to leave either 1... But we all koe, n yourself koe that it's time.


I really thank everything n any1 for you to be here with us for so many years. U r always in our mind, do u miss us? 

I hope you will reincarnate into a good family who loves you. U r so kind n gentle, so cute n naive, so happy n handsome. Be a mankind next life ok? Reality has separated u from us, n us from u. We will all continue to live life fully, n of course u  must be happy ok? If there's anything u need help from, pls make sure u go get help. We r no longer around to protect you. U must learn to protect yourself ok? All of us misses you Coko. U r not a dog to us, u r family, our son, our brother. People dun understand y i/we can get so upset over your departure. Oh well, they will never understand n i dun bother to explain. This kind of feeling n relationship they will never be able to understand even if i explain. It's bcoz we never treat u as an animal, but other ppl do. They dun feel the pain n sadness that we go through. They'll never understand how close we used to be. They'll never koe how impt n your position in our family/heart.

Though many ppl dun understand, but Coko, dun worry. there r so many ppl who love u too. Physically we are not ard, but i'm sure we do miss one another. Coko, hope u find happiness in your other side of the world. U had never left us, n u will always be in our minds. I miss you, n everytime when i miss you, i cannot help but to cry. I just couldn't let it go, let it down. I dunno how long i would need to take to let you go, but i will try. Even if 1 day i had let it go, n i wont cry animore when i mentioned you, but it doesnt mean i dun think of u, it's just tat i had moved on n u will still be in my mind. But now, i still had not moved on to the fact tat u had left me. So til now, whenever i think of u, whenever i miss u, i will still cry. I hope ppl dun mention abt u in front of me, bcoz i had not let go. So, please, do not uncover my sadness n misses for you. Pls dun mention abt you in front of me, i cannot let go.

To me, your departure is a regret to me. It's a point of no going back. Til now, i still feel guilty towards you. It took me many years to let go of my grandpa, so pls give me time. I will really move on, but give me time. I will never forget u Coko... really... 

Outing to Gardens by e Bay 12-05-14

After Jingfang's wedding on Sunday, hubby was on leave on the following Monday, which i had arranged him n Javier to collect their passports quite a number of weeks ago.

FIL oso took leave on Monday as he wanted to bring the Gugus to Gardens by e Bay.

After we collected the passports, we actually went there to catch up with them. We went to e flower dome n cloud dome. Well, i still think is a bit too exp to visit this place. But well, it's good to pay a visit as it has been opened for quite some time liao.

The weather was simply great, no rain but big sun. I'm sure all of them enjoyed the trip as they had never visited this place b4. 

We did not go for the cruise ride. After visiting e 2 domes, we did not join them further as i need to go to e airport to fetch my sis who came back from Dublin. It was indeed a very tiring week for me. My sickness had never been fully recovered.

I think, after this visit, i would not wana go there again bcoz personally feel that it's far too exp to come. Haha. But is a good experience to come n take a look lah. Indeed very nice.

Yongcun & Jingfang's wedding 11-05-14

After a few years, the Bong family has a red event yesterday! Hubby's cousin aka 堂妹, got married yesterday at Hotel Rendezvous.


I had been sick for more than a week, n suddenly on Sat night, my eyes feel bad, haiz i know i cannot wear contact lens on e wedding day, so sad.

On Sat, we went to e airport to fetch xiuxiu, 3 gu, 4 gu, xiao gu. n then evening went to da bo's house for dinner. I had a bad headache so was resting til it's time to set off to their house. Luckily e boys are still ok except Javier did fuss n cried lah. But at least we stayed til time to go back.



Sun morn i got up at 6.45am, to bathe n get e boys' stuff ready as we need to leave home by 9am. The couple came back later than scheduled. But still, lucky my sons did not act up til it's time to leave n go home to prepare for e evening.

I drove xiuxiu to get her makeup n hairdo done, and i oso joined in e fun to get my hairdo too. Happy with e hairdo! but makeup i do a plain 1 myself since i cannot wear lens. Managed to tag e transport that Jingfang has booked for the gugus.... phew.. i parked my car at e carpark n we hop on e bus.

Reached e hotel on time n still ample time for e ROM. JP v humorous loh. Haha. After e ROM, we stayed outside for more than 1hr. Phew, i must say my boys r really much better now. No fuss no shouting to go home. Jaden did request to go back, but i told him later, n he did not cry n fuss. Good boy. We managed to stay til e whole event happily for the grp pic too. Got on e transport n all go back together. Both boys did not cry. The whole weekend was busy n tired. i felt more tired bcoz i dun feel well. Lucky i need not drive to e hotel. 

We all had a great time at e wedding. I did not expect my boys to b good. in e past no way we can stay n eat properly, just like my bro's wedding last Nov. really bad. but bcoz of Jav wetting his pants n not enuf sleep bcoz of it's wedding lunch, n Jaden fussing. This is evening event n Jav has had his nap so is like so far ok, better than i expected. Haha.

Hope this couple have a wonderful marriage n may love b blessed with them!