[5/5/2003 9:11:53 AM | serial dreamer]
the monday blues.

so tired. and today i managed to catch the express bus so i ended up taking a more expensive, but shorter nap.

been busy the past few days, didn't even have the time to pen in my written journal.
saturday i went for YATO training. i admit it's pretty scary when i realise that by doing this i may just be entering a different phase of reality, no longer sheltered by my comfortable life. when you choose to help others, you have to go all the way, and that's the challenge that was presented to us at Queenstown Baptist Church by the YFCers. I must agree with jiating when she says that the ones she really respects are the full-timers....so much love, sweat, tears and frustration goes into their work.
well. this is an opportunity i must not miss. though it's gonna take a lot of determination and prayer.

haha lionel wants to do the powerpuff pastry course...

saturday night i also went to watch X2 !!!!

go watch it go watch it go watch it.
seriously speaking i wouldn't mind watching it again. my bro and cousin shawn (aka omee) caught a few things i didn't
like remy lebeau's name on the list of mutants in stryker's lair (aaaaa canna wait for gambit. siiigh)
and hank mccoy's cameo appearance on television (beast)..
and i think they made colossus into a US marine instead of a russian hunk haha... but i don't know the difference anyway.

oh well. played risk 2210 A.D. but it's not as fun as with you guys *wink you know who you are*


[5/2/2003 11:19:12 AM | serial dreamer]
haha a funny thing just happened...
apparently my boss went to buy some 'ethnic' furniture to 'furnish' the sparse office
eg: tibetan cupboards and carved wooden chairs
but everything's modern wood and glass so the fusion thing takes time getting used to.

meanwhile... my colleagues have planned someplace to go for lunch
i can only have lunch at one so i told them so
and they said 'we'll wait for you'
aaaaa isn't that sweet? it makes the lonely feelings go away for a while.


[5/2/2003 9:23:49 AM | serial dreamer]

cuddle and a kiss on the forehead - you like to be
close to your special someone and feel warm,
comfortable, and needed


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sigh. don't get many of these actually. ",)


[5/2/2003 8:30:54 AM | serial dreamer]
drinking my daily milo fix. it's either milo/coffee...need caffeine.
and did you know that you need 1000mg of calcium a day? = 3 glasses of milk.
i don't even drink that.... osteoporosis accck.

well lucas messaged me at 5 am to say he'll start reading my blog so
i'll start typing more. the american president's talking about the tide turning on
the war on terrorism. sigh. whatever.

the wedding yesterday went ok... haha without a hitch except for chew wee and may fern
in their nervousness stumbling over their marriage vows... well WAY TO GO YOU TWO!!
you did it! i had the best view in the entire sanctuary (though it's difficult not to fidget too much)
so i could see that chew wee was supporting may fern the entire time...

after the wedding i went out with the shorn ones
i just love the fact that we can incessantly talk and take pictures every time we meet
without thinking that we talk or take too much. i shall never get drunk on friendship, and
i thank God for cameras. they allow us to keep history in a slip of paper.

the only bad thing about meeting up is that when we all disperse
i get this immense feeling of loneliness
no more calling on the whim or going out for movies as frequently as we did
ok ok ok i'll stop my whining. but seriously i treasure every moment.

and now i'll leave you all with a song. i'd sing it if you ask.
everyone yesterday thought yengwai and i would present an item or something
not just back up *grins*

well. here goes. download it (advocating piracy but heck.) if you wish.

In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along

I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense

And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose

But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break

And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break

And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows

-Billy Joel's And So It Goes



[4/29/2003 7:15:59 AM | serial dreamer]
it's times like these when your composure is sorely tested.

there i was, waiting at the side of the road this morning for cars to stop turning into this carpark
early to work today for an online meeting that got ironically postponed while i was on the bus
when this middle-aged guy PLOWED right into me from behind
don't know what kept me from smashing right into this car that was turning in

i was too shocked.. just said "WHAT?" i think i was trying to say what are you trying to do,
can't you see me? haha maybe one silver lining is that i'm literally two-dimensional
he said sorry sorry then walked off, arms swinging, seemingly happy like this happens everyday, no sweat.

GgGGgggggRRRrrrrrRRRRRrrrR.
i'm ok i'm ok i'm ok.

just need to get my breath back and my temper down.


[4/28/2003 9:47:13 AM | serial dreamer]
whell.

i'm blasted tired... past two nights got back home at twelve ayam... not good.

trying to clear out my desk for the recycling people... it's a MESS!
i think i can be branded an official "tree-killer", there's prolly 3 reams of wasted paper on my desk.

oh yeah. and i SURVIVED my tkd grading. whew. 3 more years to go.


[4/27/2003 6:05:01 PM | michelle lee]
hello hannah u have to add me into your admin first :)

[4/25/2003 10:15:30 PM | serial dreamer]
ok, the thing is, i'm scared i'm writing too much lest the old posts drop off my page without any archives =)
SOMEBODY HELP ME WITH THEM PLEEEEASEEE....stupid archives. don't know how to work them.

that aside. haha my office just discovered today that we can hook up a laptop to the HUGE plasma screen tv in front of us
and play dvds that the whole office can watch. hahahaha so it happened i was returning my dvds to esplanade today
and for like ten minutes my colleagues were watching 'The Muppet Show' haha...
then we're all thinking of screening movies during lunch time and ordering pizza in... .how COOL is that? heh.

apart from that i've just come back from prayer meeting today. the attendance wasn't good... come ON people ;)

good news: wong and yanny got into their desired courses!!!!
Mass comm for the great wong and FSV for yin. WHoooo HOooOo waaay to go girls!

well. life's great yeah? aside from me aching hands and legs from tkd on weds... and tkd tomorrow AGAIN!


[4/24/2003 9:16:28 PM | serial dreamer]

Ryan Stiles


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haha.... i like this guy. reminds me of giraffes.

[4/24/2003 8:44:36 PM | serial dreamer]
sigh. the chiefydude made us do jumping jacks ...
try inflicting 50 straight jumping jacks on your un-warmedup muscles and see where that gets you
good thing there was this SARS seminar going on in the auditorium in front of us
and this guy came to complain we were shouting too much
but seriously, we all shout out our frustration to document our pain. "TWENTY CHIEF!!!

s'great Gail's back on track again... ",)

aaaaanyway. the SMU interview today was unique.
let's just say i wrote a crappy essay (haha about one of the movies i recently watched... the hours? uncensored version?)
and i had a very looooooong group discussion with two good-natured profs on SARS (what else, really.)

no one to one interview ... but i suppose a group thing is more dynamic, more interactive.
so girls, listen up. (because the guys won't go uni for a while we all know why)
be prepared for weird stuff like this. cos' it was completely not about my aspirations my abilities
but rather my personality and dynamicism (is there such a word) in group discussions. *grins*

hahaa... by the way i saw Jeremy (amanda's bro) in a very funnnnny photograph in an SMU photo presentation...



[4/23/2003 4:09:13 PM | serial dreamer]
oooh... haha i know i'm blogging too much, it's always an addiction the first time round'.
but the big boss just gave me a big box of CHOCS from Sins !!!!

i'm really starting to like this Secretaries' Week idea.
maybe it's an indication i make more yays than boo-boos.


[4/23/2003 11:04:51 AM | serial dreamer]

Neutral:
Harmony and balance is key. You don't look at the
world in a negative or positive way and you'll
never judge or assume a situation- you just
look at the facts. People like you are peaceful
and accepting.


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now. this i like.

[4/23/2003 9:36:29 AM | serial dreamer]
as i sit here in my office cubicle eating swiped cookys from home
the warm delectable fumes rising from my machine-made coffee
i feel content.

haha. food is good. coffee and cookie. never fails to make my day...
note to self: stock up on famous amos cookies at home before they find out

mmmf. oh yeah. SMU called up (well a lady did not the uni) to say i've gotten through
to the interview stage. which is TOMORROW eeeeks.
pray i don't flub or tell lies... since my true calling (how corny) is NUS FASS..
well. que sera seraaa.... whatever will beee will beeee

aaaanyway. the sqeeeeky printer next to me has been taken away for servicing..
feels like an empty void... the hollow honeycomb shell =)

oh maaan. i fell asleep in the bus yet again today.
which indicates that taekwondo today is gonna be a killer. haha no longer secret i suppose
now that i choose to publish it here. nothing on the 'net's privatico.
wonder if the chief will decide to go all sadistic on us
and make us enter this repetitive cycle of runpushupssitupsjumpingjacksrunrunrun.


[4/22/2003 9:17:11 AM | serial dreamer]
well. decided to add some real meat to this...
everyone's currently in some tele-conference so i'm taking advantage of the situation,
before i have to submit this lengthy expense report for this Shanghai trip of my boss's.
Gotta brush up on mother tongue haha...

anyhow. today's topic for reflection. why's that people in Raffles Place never seem to be smiling?
haha brought up from my friends who so wonderfully come down for just a short hour with me to lunch.
don't think it's the dreary april weather, do you? because they were like that in march and before.
perhaps it's something to do with the singaporean lifestyle. we only care about ourselves and are so pre-occupied
with our inner thoughts that we forget to smile to brighten up the lives of those around us.

one of my expat colleagues told me no one's ever struck up a conversation with him in the MRT or any other public transport.
i guess i wouldn't either, i mean start a conversation with a total stranger on the bus, not my colleague :)

is it too much to ask Singaporeans to change? hmmmm.


[4/21/2003 2:02:38 PM | serial dreamer]
tried to change template. any use?


[9/28/2002 10:22:34 PM | serial dreamer]
well. now you girls can go roam free with this one. really old huh? and i didn't put anything on it either. sigh. html dumb



[9/18/2002 9:10:10 PM | serial dreamer]
urgkh. trying. test....


[9/17/2002 8:06:54 PM | serial dreamer]
been surfing around... realized i'm utterly ignorant..
hahaa... apparently the WHOLE WORLD's blogging...
even my photos are circulating out there
so decided to experiment. even though i know nuts about this webby thang.

wish me luck


  posted by karendoes @ 11:06 PM