Makanplace the Musical by RP

Before I talk about Makanplace the musical, Happy Birthday Roy! :) Our amazing music director! Hohoho! We'll never survive without him.

Little Asher playing the keyboard! Heehee!! He looks sooooo tiny as compared to the adult hands!

After service, rushed over to RP to catch a good friend(or rather stranger), Hafidz who was performing in RP's Makanplace the musical! So how I met him? Let me explain. In 2008, I was wondering around London when I decided to take the London Eye after much contemplation! In the queue, there was a Malay lady in front of me. Then she started to talk across me(to the guy behind actually) to her husband! Lonely I was, I was soooo happy to hear a Singapore accent! Then I asked if they were Singaporeans blah blah. So we talked a lot on board the London Eye and they invited me to have tea with them! They were a really friendly couple :)

We told each other that we would have tea back in Singapore but after 4 and a half years, we didn't!! So watching him in this musical was a good chance to meet them up!! :) Hehe.

ARGHHHH! I miss performing in productions!!! Throw me on the stage and I promise to do well in the role! Yes, I am that desperate! Hafidz acted as the Teh Tarik man!! He had a solo song!! Nice!!!

Tah-dah!! Proof that I did meet him in London!! We were on board the London Eye in this photo :)

Wooohooo!! Finally meeting them up again! They are really friendly. So friendly that they just invited Elson to take a photo together! Btw, thanks Elson for accompanying me :) If not, I would have to watch the musical all by myself. #foreveralone

Looking forward to a teh session with them!! :)

Her Last Wish

After about 3 years of fighting cancer, she is now running the last lap. There were many ups and downs. The good times, where she could go back to her normal lifestyle after the operation and the bad times, when there was a recurrence and had to go through an operation, a few invasive procedures and suffer the pain.

I mean it's good. She's finishing the race soon. Very soon, all these will end and she does not need to suffer anymore. The moment this race ends, she will be able to see her husband once again and be with the Lord.

The current plan is for her to go to the hospice. But before that, she had requested to go back home one last time. Her relative told me that she hasn't gone back home since the latest op, which was 3 months ago. She wanted to have a last look, especially photos of her late husband in photo frames. Shortly after her husband died, she was down with cancer. Sad :(

I have seen her persevere. Her race was not easy at all. She is really a good patient. Not bothering us at all and cooperating so well with us.

I can imagine the moment she steps home, it's like saying goodbye to everything. She would probably pick up a significant item, stare at it and reminisce the past. And then after doing it over a few items, she will leave. At the door step, she will have one last look. At the point of time, her heart will be so settled and she will be ready to go anytime.

I really hope that this wish of hers will happen. We are all in the midst of making arrangements. That is what nursing is all about to me.

She is definitely a patient worth crying for.

The Sleepy Weekend

Recently I kinda screwed up my body clock. Or rather, I have been sleepy 24/7. Hahaha. It all started when I was working on Friday morning. Saturday was initially an off day for me. I was planning to guai guai go for LifeGroup meeting(I love lgms btw!! hehehee), then go home and prepare for church on Saturday! But my colleague asked me to change shift. So I had to work on Saturday morning and Sunday was off for me. I'm such a nice colleague! Willing to change shift :P That was when I was invited by Elson to chillax at Bungee Bar after LifeGroup meeting...

I already realised that I had to work morning shift the next day. But anyhow, I slept at 2.30am and woke up at 5am. Haha! Amazing right? I know! I was too tired that I took a nap from 12noon to 12.20pm during work. Phew!

After work, went to church and then attended ListenIn". It was a session for different churches to gather and share their music! It was so good! Now, I am so inspired to write songs!! Wrote one halfway today! Hope I can improve it bit by bit and one day it can be sung to worship God in church! After that, caught up with Elson in Macdonalds till 3am! Zzzzz! Ultimate tired! Slept at 5am!! 24 hours without sleep! Hohoho!

Woke up at 3pm on Sunday! Then headed out to my cousin's house with my family!! I was already so tired, but I had to drive my folks. Had a good chit chat session with them and we also had a mini birthday celebration for Dad! :D

He was so shy!!! Now I know where I get the shyness from when it comes to birthdays! Hehehe. Once again, featuring my pretty cousin!!! :)

I had to go to work on Monday but yay! I did not need to work in the ward. Ok, maybe just helped out a bit for awhile because most of the time I was in the auditorium preparing for the Patient Safety Day skit!! Hehe. I'm glad that overall, it turned out well!! Makes me miss acting!

A bubbly photo of me! Ok, I was not trying to act as myself... I was in character :P

My real normal reaction is like this :|.. As described by Jing.

I love this photo with my manager!!! Heee! Trust me, she is the nicest manager ever! So, so much to learn her. Humble and understanding.. She doesn't read my blog! So it means that she is really nice and I am not trying to *ahem*

So I ended at about 5pm... Went home for dinner and headed to Christine's house!! Now, I look forward to visiting her because of this!

Not the air-con! The light! Ahhhh! It gives me the "wen luan de gan jue". Ahh, lying on the sofa and staring at it is so therapeutic! Looking forward to the next visit!!!!!!

Pardon me if I had bore-ed you with the little details of my life. Anyway, this blog is to accumulate all the moments and then for me to read it back after 10 years!! I love reminiscing the past! :)

Singing update: My teacher last Thursday said that that lesson was good! YAY!! For now, we have been focusing on the little nitty gritty details of the song. Becoming really serious! So the stress really kicks in and I'm feeling it! Urgh! I just feel motivated to sing ONLY in the presence of my teacher! At home without her, I have to force myself so hard!!! Hehe, I started on a German song. In my mind I was like, "Oh, German song... Been to Germany before, tried speaking the language and hearing it... Should not be a problem, I would probably excel in it~" Then my teacher started singing it. My jaw dropped! Her diction was excellent! Owned me upside down! Ok, I gotta work on it! Hiak hiak!!

Hmmm...

Sometimes I wonder...

Do prophecies really happen? I meant the joking random ones...

:)

Last Friday was solely for my friend from Indonesia, Febrina!! She came over Singapore for a couple of days so why not? Why not we spend some time with her? :) She's totally not very foreign here though. But we still brought her around and had a good time. Well, not good enough. The next meet up must be better!!!!

She wants to go to a club next time so it shall happen! Hehehe. All I can say is that she's a good singer with a really sweet voice!! I need more chance to hear her!!

So as usual, I am busy with work, the SQ skit, the cancer survivor dinner performance and other random things. OH, and very important. Busy practicing my singing!! ARGH!!! I am freaking out now! Already submitted my exam entry, but some how I feel that I am not ready yet. OMG OMG OMG the exam is in Feb or Mar!! I hope by that time, I will be ready!

I really dream to get either a merit or a distinction! Please please please! See what I mean? I might love it so much but still, I need to push myself to always do my own learning and practicing! Really really not easy.

Btw, I chopped off my hair! Whee!

But no, I'm not attached. Hahaha. Cos I told some of my friends that if I were to cut my hair, it would signify that I'm attached. Lame shit. I didn't know why I had to say that.

Ok, off I go to sing sing sing!! God help me please! My voice sucks! :/

There's A Fine, Fine Line

There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend;
There's a fine, fine line between reality and pretend;
And you never know 'til you reach the top if it was worth the uphill climb.

There's a fine, fine line between love and a waste of time.

There's a fine, fine line between a fairy tale and a lie;
And there's a fine, fine line between "You're wonderful" and "Goodbye."
I guess if someone doesn't love you back it isn't such a crime,
But there's a fine, fine line between love and a waste of your time.

And I don't have the time to waste on you anymore.
I don't think that you even know what you're looking for.
For my own sanity, I've got to close the door
And walk away...

There's a fine, fine line between together and not
And there's a fine, fine line between what you wanted and what you got.
You gotta go after the things you want while you're still in your prime...

There's a fine, fine line between love and a waste of time.

Celebrating 22 years of Life

So I had an enjoyable birthday week celebrating with my loved ones :) Had lunch at Marche and watched Taken 2 with Sheryne! Thanks babe for being with me despite your projects and all!!

I wanna feature this cute girl but she had to cover her face :( Oh well. Of course, being in church and having the company with these awesome people is the best!

On Sunday, went for a bit of shopping! Bought Katy Perry's fragrance- Puss. I BOUGHT IT ON IMPULSE. Blame the salesman! :/ So I had to pose with it to make my money worth!! Still, I love it!

Then met Marcus and Theresa. As usual, we had our yearly tradition. Celebrating our birthdays together and having Japanese food! The diver!!

And the girls :P

Chilled at Starbucks but it was took quick!! Marcus had to book in! Argh!!

Then I proceeded to my next program!! Met the 38girls! YAY!!! I know that they are friends that will stick to me FOREVER!!! Love them loads!!!

Btw, the top was from my lifegroup. Me love it!! :)

Muack muack.

Muack muack muack!!

Sadly, our meeting was also a bit too short! :( I had to work the next morning and the rest had their own reasons too :/ But it's ok! We're gonna meet up real damn soon again!

Okay! End Oct/early Nov is gonna be really crazy!!! I WILL SURVIVE! :)

Just Another Year...

Happy Birthday to me. I am very thankful for the wishes and love given to me. Makes me feel accepted and attention is given to me. Well, it's so human to feel this way. As the years go by, I just feel that what I really desire on my birthday is quality time with loved ones! And I'm glad I'm gonna have a hell of a weekend! And of course today.

What a better way to celebrate my birthday with a singing lesson? Hehe. I really wish that my voice will be so darn good that my teacher will praise me non-stop. That's what I really want! After that, gonna hang out with Sheryne! Hehe.

I'm slowly figuring out that my dream is drifting further and further away from me. Such a painful process. It's so hard to accept that fact. I would really want to spend quality time with you(and for the next few years). That's all. Just being slightly more open here today. I doubt many people read my blog anyway. Maybe it's just how God shows His love towards me. It's only at the lowest and darkest point of our life when God will manifest His unconditional love. It's true. I was looking for a worship song to lead and I just teared when I began to sing this out:

"I live for You, all of my days belongs to You"

At such a state, every word was genuinely from my heart. Well, I hope that I will be able to share God's love with the congregation when we sing this song on Saturday. That brings me to my next wish- To draw closer to God and make Him more prominent in my everyday life.

I love being so reflective. I must blog like this more.

Once again, Happy 22nd Birthday to me. I know that I am going to have an even greater year ahead! :)