Perseverence

When I said I wanted to become a librarian 5 years back, no one took me seriously.

When I took the library course, many thought it was a waste of time and money.

When I completed the course and postponed looking for a job as a librarian, many thought I had given up and thought I wasnt serious.

But I had never given it up, I have never give it up when no one took me seriously.

I have never give up when others thought I am wasting time and money.

I have never given up when others delayed me from my goal.

My heart remains focus and truth to that only goal.

Perseverence.

I finally GOT it!! A Dream came true. =)

Memories

Thanks for loving me with all your heart, unconditionally and wholeheartedly for 5+ years....

I love you too.. and miss you very, very, very much.










came end 2003 and left 26th January 2009

I Feel Love

I feel Love all around,
I can feel it, shining down
It lights up the day, like the morning sun
Reaching out and touching everyone

I feel Love all day long
Like a promise, like the song
And it's feeling good, like I knew it would
Everywhere I go, I feel Love

I feel Love, yes I do
I can feel it, so can you
It's a rainbow washing rainy sky away
bringing back another sunny day

I feel Love everywhere
It like magic in the air
Yes, indeed loving you, loving everyone
Everywhere I go, I feel Love

Love, Love, Love's the answer, Love's the only way
Sunshine can come and go and I'll feel gray

I feel Love all day long
Like a promise, like the song
And it's feeling good, like I knew it would
Everywhere I go, shining down on me
All around me, I feel Love



Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z7lOXfkubI

不告而别

给我舍不得的你，

悄悄的你走了，正如你悄悄的来；
你挥一挥衣袖，不带走一片云彩。

离别总是伤感，所以你选择悄悄的离去。

我知道你不舍得离我而去，也一定知道我也很不舍得你。
所以我不怪你的不告而别，只是非常心疼没法在你身边。

你要记得你永远都不孤单，因为有我陪你。

永远怀念你，思念你。

不舍得你的我
2008年1月26日

Sunset Grill and Pub

Had long heard about this secluded place from A-De and had wanted to try her highly recommended super spicy buffalo wings. Well it's really unbelievable to be able to find such a secluded restaurant (FULL OF GUESTS) in this super extremely ulu part of Singapore.

Despite detailed directions from the internet, we still got lost for quite a while trying to get to this secluded place. Moi fell in love with this place immediately for the simplicity, for the laid back environment, the lovely sunset and awesome feeling of seeing the planes up close and personal.

kampong place got lots of mosquitoes. Thanks goodness got mosquitoes coil


I am bored... =p


Chilled your beer in tin of ice


Ginger Ale for the little boy

Oh...there is a beef and chicken version. The mini burgers are really yummy yummy. We like this dish so much. Though the waitress made a mistake and we needed to wait quite a while. The combo set was a little disappointed though, the baby ribs and the chicken thighs were rather dry.

Mini chicken burgers


Baby ribs and Chicken combo

Well, the chili for the buffalo wings was really SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Shiok!!! Moi's lips were on flames but I still LOVE them so much. The spiciness can actually be determined from a scale of 1-10. For starters, they recommended Level 3 spicy. The mini mushrooms were rather refreshing too.

Famous Spicy Buffalo Wings - Level 3


Fried Mushrooms

And will I come back again?? Definitely!!

oopss.. and a little advice to drivers. Drive carefully cause this place is so super ulu and badly lilted. We saw a car got one of its wheels inside the big drain at the side.

Sunset Grill and Pub
140B Piccadilly, Seletar Air Base, East Camp
(Near Singapore Flying Club / College)
(from Piccadilly, turn into Lambeth Walk, Hampstead Gardens, Western Ave, into East Camp, all the way to Singapore Flying Club)
Tel: 6482 0244

Opening hours
Daily 4pm to 10pm
Closed on Tuesdays

The Sunset

Didn't have Kanon with me as the sun was setting but too pretty a sight to miss.

Black Noodles

This is my MIL's "take hand good food" - black sauce hokkien mee. Really slurpy yummy. The noodles are simmered in a giant claypot with all the ingredients and special cooked sauce. A big pot for trio. * burp *

Back to School

Didnt know this place exists, if not that we wanted to catch the local movie,18 grams of love @ Sinema.

It brings such nostalgic feelings of school days. Really nice place....

And so how much does love weigh? 10 grams for the envelope and 8 grams for the letter. In this new age times, when email, sms, mobile phones gave instant communication, these 18 grams serve more sincerity and meaning as a tool of communication. Really admire Director Han Yew Kwang talents to put forth such a meaningful movie and rather sad that this movie did not make it to the BIG screen because of budget issue. It's a thinking movie, a movie that one can relate to, a movie that send you home thinking about the importance of communication between husband and wife. And the need to constantly remind each other and to think back the very first reason when you fell in love and wants to marry with your better half. A wonderful movie.

Well, there is timber @ old school and a quieter restaurant, Chalk located nearby. We decided to try CHALK..... (not CHAIR, Uncle) ^_-) The food was just DAT..nothing special but ambience was nice.

Outdoor




Indoor

Pizza was rather pleasing as it was served on thin bread. Moi quite like it especially the chicken sausages pizza (pic not included).

Parma ham Pizza

Spaghetti was too dry for Moi's liking.

Carbonara

Chalk
11 Mount Sophia #01-03
Tel: 6883 2120

Opening Hours
Daily 12pm - 3pm, 6.30pm - 10.30pm

Facing it

It's always easier to let it go and run away from responsibilities. I know you cant comprehend what I am going through but I choose to face it and take the responsibilities. It's ME, it's just ME. I dun seek your understanding cause it's my choice.

I hope you understand it's not my choice but his... AND I am just doing the bare minimum as someone who loves him, to give him the best comfort and to walk with him till the end....

It's my choice to walk with him and his choice to live....

UnCool

We argued for a good 2 hours and just couldnt control myself and lost my COOL and retreated into my little shell again. You apologised and we made up....

I might had hurt you. I am really sorry.... =(

如燕

因为遗憾，所以完美...
因为分开，所以思念...
因为回忆，所以永恒...

愿意合上眼才能美梦无边
别让悔熏乌了从前

也许碎片才能让回忆展颜
何妨瓷花拼凑明天

谁带我寻获幸福的模
却自己谜中困锁

谁为我留下缱绻的天涯
信物是抹晚霞

思念如燕它飞舞舌尖
若是真爱配尝几分苦甜

意念婆娑时间里推磨
追随到何处才结果

燕如针线在青空缝编
几幅女红将以泪缀点

誓言斑驳情雾只是经过
风雨中且让我盈步婀娜

Source : http://www.imeem.com/piinkiishly/music/WObJ1l0U/olivia_ong_ru_yan/

Christmas Recipes

The good thing about working from home is that you can watch TV. And so I fell in love with Bill's Food. Bill Granger churned out delicious recipes with very simple cooking methods. You can check more details of Bill's recipes on www.lifestylefood.com.au. Below recipe might differs a little from the one on the website as I have updated them according to the program.

Stuffed Roasted Turkey Breast

Ingredients
Turkey Breast Meat (Boneless with skin) - 1 - 1.5kg
Olive oil

Filling
Unsalted butter - 40g
Pancetta (italian pork belly cured with salt) - 100g (chopped and diced)
White Onion - 1 pc (chopped and diced)
Garlic - 1 clove (crushed)
White breadcrumbs - 120g
Sage - 1 tablespoon (chopped)
Dried cranberries - 100g
Dried Pistachios - 50g
Egg - 1
Sea salt
Ground black Pepper

Pistachio And Cranberry Stuffing
1. Heat the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat.
2. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, for 3–4 minutes until softened.
3. Add the pancetta and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes until cooked through.
4. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
5. Add the fried ingredients into a mixture containing the breadcrumbs, sage, dried cranberries and pistachios.
6. Stir and mix them all together and lastly season with salt and pepper and 1 egg to hold the ingredients together.
7. Leave to cool completely before using.

Turkey
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Put the turkey breast, skin-side-down, on a board.
2. Spoon the cooled stuffing down the middle of the breast and then roll up the turkey to enclose the stuffing.
3. Tie the turkey with kitchen string every 2 cm (about an inch) to secure and then place in a large roasting tin.
4. Sprinkle the entire surface of the turkey with olive oil, salt and pepper.
5. Roast for 1 and 1/2 hour, or until golden brown and the juices run clear when you poke a skewer into the thickest part of the breast.
6. Cover loosely with foil and leave to rest for 15 minutes before carving.

Source : http://www.lifestylefood.com.au/recipes/1568/rolled-turkey-breast-with-pistachio-and-cranberry-stuffing

Salad

Ingredients
Butter Lettuce - shredded
Lebanese Cucumber - 1/2 (thinly sliced)
Red Radish - 2 (thinly sliced)
Lemon - 1 (peeled and pith removed and sliced)
Olive Oil - 1 tablespoon
Sea Salt
Ground Black Pepper

1. Mix the shredded lettuce, sliced cucumber, red radish together.
2. Sprinkle with Olive oil, sea salt and pepper.
3. Pour and add in the sliced lemon pieces.

Honey Pumpkins

Ingredients
Pumpkins (Chopped into quarters, removed seeds and unpeeled)
Red Onions medium size (Chopped into quarters and peeled)
Olive Oil
Red Chili flakes
Honey
Red Wine Vinegar
Mint leaves

1. Toss the pumpkins and red onions with olive oil and red chili flakes
2. Roast inside an oven for 45 minutes at 375 degrees
3. Mix and boil the honey and red wine vinegar
4. Pour the honey and red wine vinegar sauce over the pumpkins and red onions
5. Add mint leaves for color

The salad seems simple enough. Will get my hands on it once possible. The other 2.... hmm... still i get my oven har... =P

2009's First day of work

First day of work at new work area but still the OLD place... yes I have yet to move but I will be moving soon and I cant wait to embrace the new ME in 2009.

Hurrary!! \m/

Ddung is coming to town ....

Yes, the cute Ddung is in Singapore ... :D You can now get them in Singapore.

www.ddung.com.sg

Talking to a Moroon

Had been very shoved by work that I had hardly seen daylight for the past 1 month... and finally when I thought I could have a breather, there are still loose ends to be tie. My feeling... SULK and I cant wait for everything to be OVER, O-V-E-R!! I am quitting.

And today shoved under pressure of working in 3 places and work planning I got really irritated by this cowardice and super-dum-dum MOROON who is a pain-in-neck.

Extract of Conversation with Mr Moroon

Moroon : My records is different from your records. Please show me evidence to agree.

Moi (to self) : If you disagree, just tick "disagree". Why so LORSO??

Moi : Should you disagree, please tick the "disagree" box.

Moroon : We can not tick "disagree" without any evidence.

Moi (Irritated by Moroon) : Since you do not have evidence to "agree", i believe you will have to disagree but if you need evidence to "disagree", I apologies that I cannot help you.

Moroon : Please advise us of the reason why you can not confirm for reason for "disagree".

IRATED!!

SUCH AN IDIOT!!

MOROON IGNORE!!! X-(

First Day At Work

I thought I would dread it a lot. Surprisingly I am quite happy to be back at work. At least I feel my life is starting to get back to "normal". But of course I am suffering from terrible akachan withdrawal symptoms because I miss her very very much. Umm..how much...I can stare at her photo and want to cry.. yeah that much. Really miss my little one. Miss her "goo-goo" and "ga-ga", miss her smile, just miss her ...

Not so busy at the moment or rather I choose not to be busy at the moment. Actually quite a couple of things in my tray now, but no mood to get into gear ... luckily I choose a Thurs to start my day ... because I got tommorrow to look forward to already. :p Hee hee... Can't wait to go back home and hug her.

说好的幸福呢

幸福，你好脆弱
捉你太紧会破掉
一不小心就留掉

怎么了 你累了
说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了
爱淡了 梦远了
开心与不开心一一细数着
你再不舍
那些爱过的感觉都太深刻
我都还记得
你不等了
说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了
放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢

Being True to Myself

Started posting out a few resumes over last weekend. Crossing my fingers and waiting impatiently for the determining phone call for my first step. This next job is not going to be any other job, it's not going to be just a job. It's going to be job that I can be true to myself. A job that I know will fulfill and complete me.

To follow one's heart seem such a simple thing yet it's so difficult. It requires one to have the discipline to listen and the courage to follow. We need to quiet other voices surrounding us, voices that disturb us to listen to our inner voices. When I was a kid, I wanted to take up art @ Lasalle but ended up listening to voices from family and teacher that being an artist will give me no future. When I entered university, I choose again to follow other voices and took mathematics and forsake Japanese language as my main module. I first felt really true to myself when I follow my heart and inner voice and went to Japan for a 2 months study stint. It was something I really wanted to do to prove to myself that I could be independent and not a protected kid. That journey changed my life completely. It was one of my major crossroads and I was glad that I took that path. But to be able to constantly follow my heart wasn't easy. I was more too often distracted by the different voices echoing around me. I joined my present workplace a good 10 yrs and 1 month ago. I learnt and experienced tremendously over these 10 over years. It was fulfilling, I liked my job but then it didn't complete ME. Deep underneath, it knew this wasn't what I really wanted. It felt more like a chore day-in-day-out. I just did the job for an income, for him. And so though I wasn't unhappy, I was empty.

So i wandered till I had a chat with ABC and DEF over coffee club @ taka and I finally heard my calling. My calling to become a Librarian. I know it was something that I wanted to do. I felt really energerised talking to them that afternoon. I started looking and surfing the net to discover what takes to become one. I searched for the different qualifications required and started to work myself towards it. It wasn't an easy task and I met with a lot of resistance voices as to why would anyone want to become a Librarian. I became a little doubtful and did a little bit more research and even took up a volunteer stint with the library to find out more for myself. I had earlier intended to take up a library qualification in Wales or Australia and needed to raise a good $30,000 - $50,000 for school fees and at least a semester's living expenses cum lodging. I had a hard time to force-save $1000 a month with my limited income and my expenses commitment. I took up 3 jobs at that time on top of my current job. I worked 4 times a day in the evening and once on a Saturday to give tuition; I helped to train speech with 2 kids on Sunday and I lobbied applicants for credit cards to get commission. I was very tired but it was a good tired everyday even if it means I did not have any thing and time except for work and more work. To motivate myself, I spent every possible free time at IDP and British Council to find out more about the courses and the place.

By twist of fate, I decided to pursue the course in Singapore instead and I love and enjoy my study so much despite before called insane by one of the lecturers during the first day of school when he discovered that I am planning to do the course full-time and working full-time. He told me I would never be able to make it. It might be puzzling to some of my readers how I could take a course full-time and work full-time. I went to school in day and rushed back to office to complete my work at the same time. It means a lot of sacrifice. I took 5 modules in my first semester and was struggling with work, assignments, tests, presentations, readings and exams. Many a night went un-slept. I was practically awake most of the time. Some days, I came to office at 4am and rushed for class starting at 8am, went through lessons till 2-3pm, rushed back to office to continue work. After work, I still needed to go back to school again to complete assignments, sometimes into the wee hours in the morning. I was only able to come home to brush my teeth, wash up and go back to work and school. The routine just went on and on but I survived and I am proud to say I made it.

I was glad I never refrain from listening to my inner self, remains true to myself in this path I have chosen. The feeling within me as I come to this moment is indescribable. Being true to ourselves involve hearing the one voice that call us.

Listen to your heart and follow it.

我一定会幸福

答应我你一定要幸福
我只能说我先在是幸福的。我不想给没把握的承诺。我不能预知未来。
不，你一定要幸福。。。。

就算没有结果 我也能够承受
你说给过我从容 沉默是因为包容
如果要走 请你记得我
如果难过 请你忘了我

5 Secrets to discover before you die

1. Be true to yourself.

2. Leave no regrets.

3. Become love.

4. Live the moment.

5. Give more than you take.

Life's two most important thing is finding happiness and meaning.

Title : The Five Secrets You must Discover before You Die
Author : John B Izzo
Year of Published : 2008
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers