last words
The end of this blog this entry marks . Glad to have jotted down my life, my thoughts, my feelings, my frustrations on this journal for the past 2 years. BUT... The end it shall not be. I won't delete this blog unless blogger.com looses it. A cafe chewy version 2 there will be . In fact, there is. All these while if you have been reading ... and still want to read on, find it is all you need to do.
Right under your nose it may just be.
[Cham! I speak like Master Yoda liao after watching the digital version SW-EP3 at GV Marina]
Thank you ... whoever you are ... who had been reading all these while. Forgive me if it has not been encouraging to you at times.
Decommissioned officially...
Final bugle call ...
Bye ...
muttered by chewy on 5/19/2005 10:10:00 AM
audio training
Just returned to office from audio training in Tuas area. Quite a routine thing - first was the briefing of our committee's involvement, followed by organisational structure, sound systems to be used, catered buffet lunch and hands-on. Nothing new actually, but what captivated me was this all-in-one digital mixer console which was really a beauty to behold, touch and feel - aimed to make the audio programming and calibration work much more simpler and easier, and provide a better control over the quality of digital sound output... hmm, whatever.
Uncle Jimmy was present. He's the veteran player and his role is supposedly the consultant, but I won't be surprised if he starts dancing around the Padang and shouting to the main control room through his walkie talkie.. hahaha. We chatted a bit over lunch ... and yes, he misses Serene very much... can really tell it from his eyes that he really misses her. He's going to fly over somewhere later in September to pay her a visit. I really don't know what words to use to describe the feelings at that point of time .. but as I ponder, I think it should be called "FATHERLY LOVE".
Gym session later. Got to remove some fats naturally instead of lipo-suctions.
[reply to an email]
Seriously, if you read all my past entries, my england sucks big time ... coupled with a "barrage of yangtze/golden jokes", not really a good blog for the kids or youths to peruse. :P ..
See? Silence means consent... :)
and yes, I think you should know her.
Cheer up a bit lah ... here's some corny (read - corny, NOT horny) jokes I received from an email today ...
The updated Serenity Prayer:
"Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill today because they got on my nerves. Lord, help me also to be careful of the toes that I step on today as they may be connected to the feet that I have to kiss today."
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Of course Adam lived in Paradise. He had no mother-in-law.
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How long have been married, Mr Cheng?" asked his colleague.
"Twenty-odd years, twenty-ODD years," repeated Mr Cheng with a deep sigh.
"Why do you say twenty-ODD years?"
"Just wait till you meet my wife."
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Martha: Lucy, I heard your husband is in hospital. What's the matter with him?
Lucy: It's his knee.
Martha: I never knew he had knee probems.
Lucy: He didn't, until I found another woman sitting on it.
muttered by chewy on 5/17/2005 05:50:00 PM
catching up
It was a good time catching up with my niece, whom I shall address her as SL. Quite a lot of updates from her and though they were not so pleasant at all, at least, she's now moving on with her own life and leave the past behind. When I first saw her, she was limping. Then she revealed that she was admitted to TTSH for scanning days ago. They did an angiogram on her, inserted a catheter through her groin region up to her brain and found out she was suffering from arterial venous malformation which, for her case, was genetic. For specific reasons, some family members and relatives have this or died from this disorder. But I know I'm not genetically affected by it. Now she's trying to seek treatment overseas and hopefully she can settle down in NY to live her life. You see lah? what kind of uncle is this? niece in hospital also not aware. :P
But to make up the past, I hope we could remain in constant contact, and in future, fly to NY to visit her during holidays, and even attend her wedding if she finds her other significant half.
Seriously, it's weird talking about my family. By my nature, I don't mix around and I tend to keep away from them. It's sad to see the current state after getting the updates, but by not mixing around, it may just turn out to be a blessing in disguise for me. I had always asked Pa why I was born into this interesting household, but He just kept quiet. I guessed He has His reasons and plans. He will tell me in due time and if He wants to. I love everyone of them, but I could not do anything to help. All I could hope and pray is that my nephews and nieces are well, eventually happily married and have kids.... hahaha, a typical wish of an uncle. Well, at least I'm now in contact with SL, who is also in contact with EC (her cousin, my nephew) and recently found BenG. For my elder siblings, it will really require Pa to work a miracle in their lives.
Now, you see why I tend to be very envious of others for having a good old family nucleus... the father-mother-and-two-to-three-kids type of setup coupled with their grandparents from maternal and paternal?
[confirmation]
WooT! Isaac is getting confirmed this Saturday!! Congrats lor! :)
[still pondering]
Still working on version 2.0, still pondering if I should give up this old blog... hmmm....
muttered by chewy on 5/16/2005 11:57:00 PM
shenandoah
Actually, the bye is supposed to refer to this blog. Thought it would be nice to retire this old blog, start a new one and keep it "totally private" until someone manages to sniff it out ... But then, for some technical reasons, version 2.0 is still not ready ... and for some sentimental reasons, I still could not bear to part with this version 1.x ... should I part ?
Attended TJC Choir's performance at ACS Barker Road last Friday evening because Grace is a choir member. Nick and Caleb(S) came along to show their support too. Overall, they put up a very good show. Especially three broadways medleys - West Side Story, Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera - got dance actions too ... very cute, very funny and very impressive. But what really touched me was their rendition of "Shenandoah" .. it was so so so beautiful and touching that I thought I was in dreamland.
Grace was funny. The way she smiled to her "boyfried" on stage during the broadway medley... my goodnes, it looked as if she got a banana stuck in her mouth so as to promote Darlie toothpaste. Oops.
But that Friday night, I was super-duper pissed too. I didn't know what buttons I pressed, but my HP got "reformatted" and all those HP numbers on the memory chip were gone. Wasted the rest of the Friday night to update most numbers, update my appointments and calender. GRRRRR.....
I nearly wanted to take cover underneath some chairs or blankets during the youth service's sermon. Rev Victor Rodriguez's sermon was like a machine gun - really "fast and fierce". Nick and gang kept shouting "AMEN!" every time Rev Victor says "Amen?" ... everyone else were looking at them ... and I was sitting with them. Duh... Altar call was incredible. Almost the whole congregation came forth for prayer. Rev Victor just kept touching the foreheads of these people, and almost one by one got slain in the H/S .... amd us leaders were busy catching and lying them down on the floor. Very busy but very encouraged. Really, you could just sense the presence of the H/S everywhere.
Sunday was boring and tiring. PA duty in the morning and steamboat dinner with my mom to celebrate Mother's Day and her birthday in CBD area. Thought no one would go to that area on Sunday evening, but I was wrong. Still, we managed to get a table without reservations.
My body has been aching since Sunday night. Neck's aching, shoulder's aching, legs' aching, butt's aching... did not even sleep properly last night. I really need a good massage.
Tonight, I'm meeting my niece for dinner and some catching-up. People would probably think that she's my new-found galfren.
[fop2005]
Whoa! Got the pamphlet yesterday at CCW. Hillsongs and Delirious will be leading songs for all the three nights during the FOP2005!!!
muttered by chewy on 5/16/2005 05:05:00 PM
bye
:)
muttered by chewy on 5/13/2005 11:50:00 PM
back home
Time really flies. Just bumped into Siew Ying while I was buying my morning dosage of caffeine from the canteen.
We worked together in one of the projects about two to three years ago when she was handling construction and I was handling IT infra. Quite a bubbly-chirpy-happy lady and quite meticulous in her work too. Then, she flew off to Stanford for 1.5 years of mugging in the books. And now, she's back home and got posted to the hills of Gombak to be a "hermit" for next two to three years. :P
Hey, she's a Defence Technology Awards scholar leh. Dun play play leh. Despite of her impressive dossier, she remains as a very kind, gentle, humble person. And she's still a youth leader in her church (also under the Diocese too)... another woman of God who chases after God's heart.
Welcome home, Siew Ying!
[consideration]
Hmm, time to consider closing shop and opening a new chapter... I think I should.
muttered by chewy on 5/13/2005 09:22:00 AM
happy birthday
It's 7 hours early to say this, but nevertheless, I shall say it now, in case I get too lethargic to type later tonight:
HAPPY 23 BRIRTHDAY ! GEZ!
Yup, you have grown and you are still growing. You will see a lot more things of this world which can be very disappointing, more changes in your life as time passes by ... but I know that when you continue to surrender your all to Him, He will guide you through your life with strength, wisdom, love and grace, bringing you to higher grounds. One year older, but one year better and wiser.
Hope you enjoyed the dinner, the coffee cake, and pulling-out-the-buried-candle-from-the-cake-with-only-your-teeth act ... :P
Hmmm, how did the gpp-gez thingy actually come about ah? Actually, I've not being a good gpp ... the One up there IS the ideal choice to that role, and you can minus the "g" in front. :)
[reflection]
It's not only gez, but others as well. Ray is now happily pak-tor-ing with JQ .... Matty is also happily roasting himself under the Brisbane sun besides burying under the books ... Zacky is still happily being tau-poked by his CG kids while learning and growing in Him, the CG kids are happily playing the role of the incredible catalysts to the white-hair "treatment" on my head...
That is good. God is moving amongst them too. :)
Me ? I can get ready to box myself up in the coffin.
[congrats]
Yes, congrats to you, Joseph. Today is THE day that you are no longer a bachelor before God's eyes as you tie the ceremonial knot with Tracy. May you and Tracy have a blessed marriage life and early-born-expensive-baby.
... and please cut down on the use of your "alternate" language, ok?
[moving on]
I'm going to give this a try. If it works, then I'll be back in Towers pretty soon.... or ....
muttered by chewy on 5/12/2005 05:06:00 PM
big boss
Ever since the reshufflement of my team's big boss, we always had arguments during our fortnightly team meetings. Today is no exception - "No, you listen to me", "You shut up", "who you think you are".(I'm numb with those phrases, might as well not have the meetings). Frankly, it get so heated up that everyone wished that he would not even live to see the daylight of tomorrow and goes straight into the hell of burning sulphur. Well, he's literally treating everyone, including those who are more senior in age, as dirtbags and dogs and there were sub-zero respect for everybody. Very petty, very kiasu, very vain. Now, the bulk of them are planning a revolt - to get rid of him permenantly by petitioning up to my company's big boss.
I believe that Pa is teaching me something here - something very obvious. First, bless and love and forgive the people even you disklike them or hate them for the rest of your life. Secondly, submit to the Authority assigned to you even you are a pariah in the boss' eyes. If you say that I'm crazy in thinking this way, I guess I am, but these are clear instructions from Pa himself. I don't deny that I dislike him a lot. I wished that he's not my big boss. I have known of his notoriety for a decade and I am already prepared to either bear with it or transfer out to another team... or even better, say bye-bye.
It's never easy. I'm still learning... and I don't know if I'll make it through successfully. I need a fuse that's has a length of infinity.
{motorola]
Got my motorola radio transmitter, complete with spare battery and charger from the Log OIC. Next week is audio training and working committee's briefing. One more month and we will start work.
Guess where I will be stationed ? Of all the places, below the staircase of City Hall entrance. Oh no, I'm going to be surrounded by many plain-clothed agents again.
Padang ... here I come.
[cockroach]
The crew member of McD @ HFC nearly screamed and jumped onto the table at the sight of the cockroach ... which was just loitering at the next table where I was sitting and typing this entry. Ok, fine ... so I used a tissue to catch the cockroach, placed it in the berrynice yoghurt cup (yes, that lao-sai yoghurt) and put the cover back. She took the cup, ran to the manager and showed it to him. Oh man ....
Anyone works in NEA ? Hahahaha.
muttered by chewy on 5/10/2005 10:24:00 PM
challenged!
"hey.. uncle alex and jiejie grace... this is the daily scipture tat i juz recieve i forward this to u.. so we can all learn together... the date is.. 9 MAY to 24 june.. maybe if we read it everyday we will have more knowledge in God.. and with this words , be a blessing to others..
I challenge U!!! Try to read it everyday.."
WOOO!!!!! This is the first time that 12-year-old Nick is challenging his CGL and ACGL to do this, man! PRAISE THE LORD !!!
Obviously, this shows that CGL never cho-gang one (hokkien translation for "work") ... until the sheep must poke-poke the CGL to work. See how sucky this CGL is? hahahaha..
Well, that's the type of sheep I'm looking for in the CG. Why is that so ? Because I can look forward to my retirement from shepherding this CG very very soon, and he can start taking over me!
WOOOOT ! :)
Hmm.. Did I mention that Nick is volunteering to lead CG next Saturday ? ... oh yeh! I can smell my retirement sooner than I thought ... :)
muttered by chewy on 5/09/2005 03:44:00 PM
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