Another cutesy buy of the week:
Got myself the doggie keybag... Been looking EVERYWHERE for it... always only have the cat one... Someone spotted it at Taka and told me... After work... CHIONG to buy...

SO MUCH SHOPPIN JUST THIS WEEK!!

As in my title... it's the hormones... i swear... *tsk... tsk...*

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Once i heard the news of the threadless sales....

*Zoom.....* quickly went to the site... Shortlisted 12 tees~~
Made my final decision on that day itself...
Wanted to limit myself to 3 tees...
but my heart is just screaming "I WAN THIS ONE AND THIS AND THIS!!"...
Managed to cut down to 4 tees.... haha.. cannt cut anymore...
So i ordered them that very nite... hahaha..

Gan Chiong me.... scared the tees would b out of stock....

These are the 4 shortlisted ones... hehe..
All darn cute....!!

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Just gotten my result... like 2 mins ago... hehe...

Let's just say i DIDN'T do very badly for it... as i had expected.... hehe..
Yes.. this is the paper i said i wanted to cry immediately after the paper....

*PHEW*

Praise God... He reallie came thru' for me... ^^

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Time check... 11.15pm... another couple more hours.. the weekend would be over and i'll b back in my office... feeling miserable.. due to monday-blues... which occurs like every single weekday for me.. haha..

Do anyone actually die from gettin too much blues?

Life's a plain-sailing journey for me at this moment... I NEED SOMETHING GOOD TO HAPPEN LIKE NOW.... right now... *God.. can you hear me? Yes God.. you know wad i need..*

Was upset with myself about some stuff.. hopes were kinda high.. den it all came tumbling down.. and a sucky, icky feeling was all tat was left with me.. Pissed at myself for being this way.. but i guess that's wad living is about, isn't it.. Some silly problems at work didnt help either..

But going for net defintely did.. Sometimes i just forget how good it is to worship God.. The peace and serenity it brings.. Having great company during net just adds it all up.. ^^

Did something reallie beautiful to my ride on the saturday..

Ate a HUGE jappy lunch meal on the sunday..

Why can't life be the way i wan it to be???

p.s i love you Lord... i reallie do...

p.p.s it's my-mom-dun-like-but-like-white-nails for me this week~

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This passage brought tears to my eyes...

*A simple man tells how his booking an air ticket for his father, his first flight, brought emotions and made him realize that how much we all take for granted when it comes to our parents.*

My parents left for our native place on Thursday and we went to the airport to see them off. In fact, my father had never traveled by air before, so I just took this opportunity to make him experience the same. In spite of being asked to book tickets by train, I got them tickets on lufthansa.

The moment I handed over the tickets to him, he was surprised to see thatI had booked them by air. The excitement was very apparent on his face,waiting for the time of travel. Just like a school boy, he was preparing himself on that day and we all went to the airport, right from using the trolley for his luggage, the baggage check-in and asking for window seat and waiting restlessly for the security check-in to happen.

He was thoroughly enjoying himself and I, too, was overcome with joy watching him experience all these things. As they were about to go in for the security check-in, he walked up to me with tears in his eyes and thanked me.

He became very emotional and it was not as if I had done something great but the fact that this meant a great deal to him.When he said thanks, I told him there was no need to thank me.

But later, thinking about the entire incident, I looked back at my life. As a child how many dreams our parents have made come true. Without understanding the financial situation, we ask for football, dresses, toys, outings, etc. Irrespective of their affordability, they have satisfied toall our needs. Did we ever think about the sacrifices they had to make to accommodate many of our wishes? Did we ever say thanks for all that they have done for us?

Same way, today when it comes to our children, we always think that we should put them in a good school. Regardless of the amount of donation, we will ensure that we will have to give the child the best, theme parks, toys, etc. But we tend to forget that our parents have sacrificed a lot for our sake to see us happy, so it is our responsibility to ensure that their dreams are realized and what they failed to see when they were young, it is our responsibility to ensure that they experience all those and their life is complete. Many times, when my parents had asked me some questions, I have actually answered back without patience. When my daughter asks me something, I have been very polite in answering. Now I realize how they would have felt at those moments.

**Let us realize that old age is a second childhood and just as we take care of our children,the same attention and same care need to be given to our parents and elders. Rather than my dad saying thank you to me, I would want to say sorry for making him wait so long for this small dream. I do realize how much he has sacrificed for my sake and I will do my best to give the best possible attention to all their wishes. Just because they are old does not mean that they will have to give up everything and keep sacrificing for their grandchildren also. They have wishes, too.

Take care of your parents. =)

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WELCOME BACK SUMI!!!!!!

She arrived back fr UK on the 8th August.. we hang out on 8th August.. haha.. Great to have her back as last~~ haha.. *finally i'm not alone with sab* wahaha.. =x we vroom vroom-ed to watch sabby play soccer.... haha.. how weird is that man... we went to "The Cage"... a cool indoor place.. recommended to those who likes playing soccer.. It's near the Kallang area.. It's pretty packed with lotsa people who play soccer.. haha..

After her soccering-solo with her family and frenz... we went to Jln Kayu for late nite supper!! was already 11+pm and i was seriously starving by then cos i didnt had dinner.. with very limited directions to jln kayu... we managed to find our way to the makan place.. and just nice.. a parking lot was available.. *Thank God for that* i just hate it when there's no lots available... Parked my baby and off to MAKAN~~~ i tried the supposedly-famous-jln-kayu-prata... the cheese prata... but it was just ok ok loh.. normal leh.. nothing fantastic.. *I still prefer the woodlands cheese prata..* Had a long... nonsense time chattin.. hee.. with my prata and teh-ping with susu.. HAHAHHA... and my 2 best buds... and i was luffing my heart out.. as usual... hehe.. i love spendin time with them period... so... we immediately set another day for movies~~ and we watched.. .. .. ..

SECRET... by Jay Chou....

Just imagine... one chinese.. one malay.. one indian... watching a chinese show... How multi-racial can we get??? LOL... we are only missing the "others".. hehe.. Yes... we watched a Jay Chou movie... wasnt expecting much fr his show... but i heard good reviews abt it.. so.. why not huh... The show was ROMANTIC lah... i fell in love with piano-playing jay.... *gushes abt his wonderful piano talent* A lovely little twist towards the end... with a nice ending.... It's like the movie ended perfectly.. with a seal of kiss... hehe.. I love musically-inclinded guys.. *think WANG LI HOM*..... Awww~~~~

It sort of fired up my own pathetic piano-playing urge.. hehe... how i wish i can play as well as he does~ hehe.. so... i finally did play on my dusty-ancient piano... hehe.. it's just fun playing the piano lah... i could never play fantastically... but no regrets learnin it ever.. ^^

On National Day... i watched Rush Hour 3... with my mom and bro.. courtesy of my dad... hehe.. It's an ok ok show... not fantastic.. It's kinda boring cliche kungfu stuff... a little humour injected here and there but it just doesnt hit the spot for me... Dun recommend this to any... but my other frenz enjoyed it...hmm.. mixed reviews... to watch or not to watch.. your call~~ We headed for a little shoppin in orchard after the movies... den went back home to watch the NDP... it's kinda disappointing... So i watched for 30 mins... and played my PSP there after...

Anyway.... i super buay tahan at the dirtiness of my xiao zi.... so i went to wash my car when i'm in my bro's hse... SengKang... yes... wash my car ALL THE WAY AT SENGKANG... LOL.. i never tried using the water dispenser at the MSCP before... so finally i tried..

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Stupid dispenser.... the water was gushing out like mad lah!! the water was just splashing all over my clothes... there was enuff water to fill 2 pails and i only have one.... so basically i was runnin around my car like a mad woman.. LOL.. i was trying to rinse my car with the water... den run back to the tap for more water... trying to get my money's worth of water..

TAT STUPID TAP... cannt b off... so i was wasting lotsa water as well... *WASTE MY MONEY* Grrr....

waste 60 cents of water... haha.. but still i managed to wash my car.. CLEAN CLEAN~ ^^ with lotsa sweat.... and my entire face red... haha.. i look like i just took a bath... Managed to rest well at my bro's home... and played with sleepy Juston... who kept sleepin though we kept disturbing him.. :P

DEN... DEN!!!! as i was driving home from sengkang.. it had to rain.. RAIN!! RAIN!!! ARGH~~~ Effort down the drain...

At least i waxed my bao-bei bonnet... haha.. a little protection from the rain...

That's my interesting week... hee~ ^^

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Interesting story....

I stared at the word I had written at the top of my blank sheet of notebook paper: "Happiness." I was working on a creative writing assignment my teacher had give the class. We each had to write about a different emotion. That was it, just a slip of paper as we were leaving class. No format at all. But it wasn't the lack of structure that was bothering me.

It was the word "happiness." Anything else I could have handled. Jealousy, I knew that one all too well. I could write pages about jealousy. I could write about my older sister and how she got everything first. Or my best friend Julie, who always got the guys...and the lead in the play...and straight A's.

Or pain, I could write novels about pain. Not the kind of pain you get when you break your arm, but the kind that makes your broken heart go into your throat, so that it takes all of your energy and concentration the breathe. The kind of pain that makes you want to scream and sob at the same time. the kind of pain that makes you want to hurt everyone around you because you're suffering and they're not, because they can breathe without feeling guilty and hold a normal conversation without breaking down into fits of tears or rage.

But I was supposed to write about happiness. How could I, of all people, write about happiness?

There was a knock at my bedroom door.
"Hey, um, Sarah" asked a small voice from the hall. "Can I come in?"
"Rachie," I said to my five year old sister, "I'm kinda busy right now. Can you come back later?"
"Um, this is kinda important."I sighed. "All right, come in."

Rachele came in and sat down on my bed. She looked so sweet and cute, swinging her black, patent leather Mary Janes back and forth and looking around my room. Her baby-doll face was framed by her curly, red hair.

"Well,um, I caught this butterfly..." she began uncertainly.
"And it's really pretty...but I let it go."
"So, what's the problem?"
"Well, it was my favorite-ist butterfly I ever had,"
Rachele wrinkled her forhead and frowned, as if concentrating really hard.

"But...I had to let it go 'cause Mommy siad it would die. And I was so sad thinking about not having it anymore. but I knew Mommy was right, 'cause if I were the butterfly I wouldn't wanna live in a glass jar. And so I let it go. Does that make me a mean person?"

I smiled.
"Of course not Rachie. You were just happy that the butterfly was free and that it wasn't imprisoned in your jar. You felt relieved."
"You mean I'm not mean?" Her face lit up.
"Of course not!" I gave her a hug. "Now you gotta go. I have work to do."

"What do you have to do?" she asked, frowning.
I glanced at my blank paper. "I have to write about happiness."
"Oh, that's easy," she said and started to leave.
Yeah, real easy, I thought.

"Hey Rachie," I said before she left.
"What do you think happiness is?"She frowned and tapped her foot on the ground for a few seconds before answering. And then she gave me her answer."Butterflies," she said simply. And then she left.

"Butterflies," I said out loud to myself. I thought about our conversation. She was happy to catch the butterfly and happy to see it go. Maybe she was right. Butterflies bring nothing but happiness. Maybe butterflies aren't exactly the key to happiness, but maybe there is something to be said about the simple things in life, things that bring joy, like snow or wildflowers or a sunny day or the smell of a pumpkin pie. Not clothes or guys or keeping score or getting the lead in the play or even good grades. None of those things in themselves will really make you happy. But the little things, like catching and releasing butterflies, just might.

And with that, I started to write.

Written by Sarah Provencal
Published in Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul lV

Didnt blog for a while.. cos got nothing much to talk about...

Life's as per norm... a new semester has started.. so gone are my MAJOR-slacking days... haha.. nt tat i'm complaining or wad... but i'm glad tat the new term's starting.. so i can WORK and time wont b crawling that slowly..

PSP's fun... my bro has been hogging on it... I REFUSED to download any soccer games into it.. though both my bros has been asking me too.. haha... *I'm evil and i know it* Well, it is MY psp.. haha.. so...*bleah* Shld soccer be in my PSP.. i know that i wont even get a chance to touch it.. They shall b happy with wadever i put in...

Last weekend was kinda weird.. ... ... ... ... ... ...

And finally.. SUMI'S COMING BACK!!! hee... after 2 yrs in UK.... here she comes.. hee.. super psyched abt our planned home-coming SUPPER for you lah ger! Late night out... here we come~

♥ Name's Michy
♥ Living in la-la land
♥ Forever Lost…n Blur…
♥ Loves the whole world
♥ Loves DRIVING
♥ Loves lomography
♥ Crazy over cameras...