March hols - almost over?

Spent almost the entire Dec school break in California, so i've been looking forward to just lazing around in sg. Finally march hols are here... told myself i must not must not must not waste it. So far it’s been a pretty good one.

back-track a lil to last saturday. took the kids to the airport, and it's really at play times like these that we see the many facets of them... Bossy ones who grabbed onto the clues and refused to work with the rest of the team, the small ones with their tiny feet who were exhausted by the walk, and after the whole thing, their favourite part was the ice-cream treat at the end. and one who cried coz kids from other teams got to have an ice-cream cone each, whereas her team got nuggets and fries. hehe. kids.

munch hp n i then went for angie's surprise party. first time at her new place. nice. suits them. nice view. loved the table-with-drinks-cooler-sink, and of coz the wine collection.

Sunday- church. still late. agh. =( Dunno what's wrong with me really. I personally can't accept that it's sheer physical exhaustion. can't be. k, if i'm still late this week, i'll fine myself a dollar per minute.
Went shopping in the afternoon, and grandma's bdae dinner in the evening.

Monday- had make-up lessons with 4e4 and 4e3. i usually enjoy lessons with them, but I had booked a 2hours slot with 4e4, and that is too much even for me. they're still a little behind e3 and e5 though.
Another game of badminton in the afternoon with munch. Lost, as usual. 15-3, 15-3, 15-4. But i think i improved. the scores don't show it, but i really think i did. Really! coz this time, munch didn't give as many chances as he did last week, i completed 3 rounds instead of 2, plus i didn't get a new blister. so, yeah. Congratz to me.

IHAD-ed in the evening, n caleb sent me home on his bike. =)

Tuesday- Sec 3 camp till afternoon, bought new running shoes FINALLY. the old Adidas pair REALLY fell apart. like really. into many pieces of rubber. So now i have brand new Asics running shoes! Yay! my fave! loved my last pair of Asics, it just feels better. But i have been settling for Nike, then Adidas coz i was being cheap-skate and bought whatever was on sale at Queensway. got a new bag as well...oh...wait,to be more accurate, i didn't really buy them. munch bought them for me. =) He’s been paying for almost everything. I know in the end it doesn’t make a difference who pays since we pool everything, but it’s just a nice feeling. =) but I’ve got to be careful I dun take everything for granted and become one of those who drag a boyfriend/husband on shopping sprees just to have them pay and hold shopping bags.

Had Kidz exco meeting at LY's at night. Think this tumultuous period has been a refining and pruning time for us and the team. i know what God was saying to me thru the Gideon thingy, i know i shouldn't have abdicated what should've been mine, i know we need to get the whole team united and do this together, in one spirit. so much to be done. but ok la... God is bigger than all these. ke yi de.

my b52

Then went to st james. Powerhouse was closed for some private function. Some underaged parties. So, being an over-aged folk, we went for some adult entertainment. No la… just that when we were at movida, we saw some tai-tais with young men. Y'know, young, well-groomed, nifty dancers....o.O' but they're good to watch. i mean their dancing. =P
Later, Munch asked if I weren’t a Christian and married, would I go get a toy-boy when I’m old and and lonely and rich? Hmmm… I suppose when you remove absolute values, there’s nothing wrong with anything. Then it would simply be a matter of using whatever resources you have to try to meet some felt needs. Hmmm… food for thot, will ponder over this next time. I mean the issues behind it, not whether or not I should get one for myself. I won’t, dearie. Dun worry. Coz I’m Christian and married. ;)

Wednesday - today. Nua-ed till now. gotta go to campsite again soon. staying over tonight. Reminds me of ODAC camps/ Ha.V.O.C days … the night hikes, mud baths, solo walk. Fun yeah, should have one for teachers as well. But the others will kill me if I ever suggested it!!

Grandma's 80!

Celebrated Nai-Nai's 80th birthday on Sunday. Thanks, God, for watching over nai-nai and blessing her.

Had a good time with my cuzzies n aun-cles.

Sometimes i miss those realty park days.

[Ha, our BSGG days, memories of Mui Ser Teck, "yun-dong-hui" at 3am... now L's in spain, E, M and J are in Oz... wonder when our next complete reunion will be]

Other times i hardly think about it, about them...

Funny how Family can be so significant in the heart,

but so insignificant in the schedule.

Yet, funny how we can meet less than 10 times a year,

still the bond is undeniable.

Sometimes i wonder if it's the blood,

sometimes i think it's the Blood.

Some things can only be cleansed and healed by the Blood.

Everybody needs the Blood.

Mum, really... i wish u have it too...

Outside looking in is a tough place to be.

Thorn and bitterness inside is a tough thing to have.

God let your grace and salvation extend to my part of the land please.

How did a birthday post turn so melancholic? hmmmm

Of Badminton and CCAs and eccentric characters and St Nicks frens

After watching the NZ badminton finals last week, i had this great urge to play badminton. Not that i'm an enthusiast, but our some of our boys were pretty fascinating to watch... they could move faster than light, and seemed to have elastic arms that could swing backwards to the other side... u gotta see it to know what i mean. Anyway, i was inspired... and today, i finally played!

ok... i didn't manage ANY of those "stunts". in fact, i didn't even manage to win. 15-8, 15-3, and no energy left for the third set. Plus, i even tore off a piece of my skin due to the friction.

Yeah. Xiao-jie skin la. cannot wring dry clothes, cannot play guitar, and now, cannot play badminton for an hour. Dunno what's with me these days... i used to think i was quite tough during my hockey/ ODAC/ diving days.

Speaking of CCAs, sometimes during choir i think back abt my choir days and i really wanna laugh. Dunno why Ms Monica toh tolerated JL & me for so long... our JB-toilet trips, our hysterical laughter during practices, and uncontrollable giggling and "vibrating" during performances and competitions. Ha, sometimes when i look at the Chorale, i know deep down that actually they already are more serious about Chorale than i was back then.

But then, how not to laugh?? Ms toh really was a character... how not to laugh when we have to watch her face all the time? Her hyper-expressiveness, strange scoldings, forcing us to vomit to clear our voices and hitting us if we admitted we didn't, waking all of us up on the plane and asking each one "you-mei-you-da-bian?" (got shit anot?) How not to laugh??? But then again, everyone else managed to act as if her actions were normal...

hee.. like one of the songs our boys are singing... "suddenly the voices sing...everyone was a bird...." something like that. i was like "What???? everyone was a bird???" but none of the boys reacted at all!!! ok. perhaps it's just me.

anyway, Ms Toh was a real memorable teacher. After so many years, it isn't the normal-nice-predictable teachers i remember, but cranky ol Ms Toh, and even all her strange habits and phrases.

And of coz, all St Nicks gals of my era will remember our eccentric xiao-zhang Mrs Hwang-Lee Poh See. She's legendary. Unpredictable, long-winded, charismatic, plays strange games with us, super affectionate, makes strange announcements over the PA system "tong xue men, mu ji shen dan le!"... i miss her!! she's one-of-a-kind. Ok, Mr Simen is a close competitor.

oh.. and meeting up with the gals on sunday was great. rebecca's back, n had a great time w JL, elaine, Sarah, HP n jean. hiak hiak... intoxicated Sarah accidentally. oops. muz remember to make a separate drink for her next time.

and talking abt drinks. the rashes happened again. ha... i keep testing and testing, and the results consistently show that i have developed an allergy, yet i keep denying it. Aiyah... dun care. this weekend test again. =P