Happy Chinese New Year!

Just a few days ago I just celebrated my 25th birthday, and then was facing my project's deadline, Saturday was helping out my parents, and today's Chinese New Year Eve and it'll be gone in a few more minutes!

Before I let anymore time slip by (and totally lose the opportunity or enthusiasm to blog about it), here's wishing everyone, again, a happy 牛 year! :D

Since it's the year of the ox, may everyone be charging forward towards their goals, and may success and prosperity fill your days! Here's handing you a gold nugget (virtually)~

HUAT AH! :D

Good Friday Aftermath

And so it all wraps up yesterday. :D

It was three months worth of weekly rehearsals, with the songs stuck in my head no matter where I was, be it traveling on the road, relaxing at home, or working in the office. After investing so much time into memorising the lyrics and learning the tenor parts of the songs, they left such a deep impression that they bring back sweet reminiscence with every playback. :)

Even the choreography for the songs affected our future decisions for choices in dance moves and steps. :D (For example, today's Miracle Service~ :P)

The warmth of ministering to God's people, the joy that raises from within, the souls that were won, the cheers of the crowd, the enlightening message, the touching mime performance, together with the God anointed atmosphere, I nearly dint want the service to end.

To sum everything up, it was an unforgettable Good Friday. :)

A little side info, I dint realise that we were featured on Channel News Asia! :D Watch the news video here!

Good Friday 2008: Watch The Lamb

Today finally marked my maiden performance on stage! Haha.. It didn't turn out as scary as I thought though! Thank God for that! I wasn't even nervous to begin with. haha.. Maybe I was too yaya papaya already~ :P

Help spread the love again! :D

This coming Friday, 21 March, will be another important milestone for me in serving in my ministry. For the past 3 months we've been practicing weekly for the songs, parts, and choreography. I'm very certain it's going to be a blast! *whoohoo!*

I'm happy to invite all of you to come and join me in giving praise and glory to God! Give me a call or sms if you are coming! I'll be more than happy to provide directions. :))

I'm Performing!

The key highlight of this week, and of course the reason for this post, is that I'm finally going to perform in the Miracle Service this Saturday! This day had finally arrived! :D

Help spread the love! :)

However, because this Saturday coincides with the annual Manila Miracle Revival, my performance may or may not happen, depending on the smoothness and clarity of the transmission from Manila via satellite.

With no obligations, do come to my church, Lighthouse Evangelism, at either the Woodlands or Tampines branch, and experience the mighty healing power of God! :D

(Of course, try to come to the Woodlands branch la... Can maybe see me wor! :P)

My 29th Of February, 2008

This past week had been awfully hectic. Deadlines were lined up one after another, and I had to OT every day just to meet up with the expectations from clients. Two of the days even saw me working past midnight, with one till 3am. :S

I feel so terribly drained. "Drained" is just one word though. Put exhausted, fatigued, weary, tired and worn out together, and they probably paint a better picture (although they actually have the same meaning! :P).

It's the first crazy period in my new job and it certainly won't be the last. Nonetheless, the results and feedback that I got really encourages me to push forward, and I'm in fact, very happy with what I've learnt throughout this experience. :)

With today being a Friday, and since I committed to serve God in the choir, I rushed to church after work for my weekly practice for the upcoming Good Friday performance. It was as if God took away the fatigue that was plaguing my body and burdening my spirit. :D The practice was extremely rejuvenating, nearly a blast if I may say, and I felt so blessed to be singing and grooving along with all the Praislighters. Seeing how God work really amazes me every single time. :)

The icing to top off the day however, was the fellowship that I had with Harry and Clara post practice. Dinner at Admiralty's McDonald's was the main plan, but it soon evolved to a 2 hours talk-cock session. :P

It had been eons since I last chatted with friends at any McDonald's joint, so this time it brings back some good ol' reminiscences as well. The topics we touched on were so widely diversified, that all of us had our own fair share of extreme, uncontrollable laughter. :D (You know, those type when you lean back and forth while laughing? :P) We had so much fun talking, to the point that we nearly forgot that it was nearly midnight!

Since I'm going to start serving in the Saturday's Miracle Service in March, I believe such conversations can only happen more often. ;)

Well, my 29th February 2008 was being marked from tiredness, to rejuvenation, and ended with laughter. How's yours? :D

A Birthday Cake, Song, And Wish

A birthday cake, a birthday song, a birthday wish. These elements were missing from my birthday this year. Strangely though, I did not feel anything in particular was missing.

I'm not too sure how the general folks out there feel about such things? Do you feel that they are necessary/important? Well for me, I had the general thought that they were not of much importance, which probably gave way to a better understanding of why I did not feel much without them.

Well, not until my friends in my church's choir, Praislight, celebrated my birthday for me today. :D

As usual, I was leaving home after practice when Clara called, and asked me to head to the food court beside our church to discuss something. I thought it might have something to do with our Good Friday performance, so I U-turned my way back to meet them.

Who knows that not long after I sat down, Sister Girlie, the worship leader of our church, brought a cake for me!! *ecstatic*

The setting was in the food court (not the best of places), and all of them were rushing to finish their dinner (not the best time either) because they have to prepare and serve God in the Miracle Service in an hour or so. After positioning and lighting the candles up, they sang me a birthday song and I was sooooo utterly touched. T_T (You know.. food court leh! So many people watching! And they still sang like nobody's business! :D)

My cake!!

Momentarily, the candles' light engulfed my vision and stole everything from my sight. It was like the most beautiful thing I've seen. :P Meanwhile their angelic voices resonated and having their way with my eardrums, and it was as if I was transported to another realm altogether. It certainly wasn't the best place, and it wasn't the best time either, but what I felt was certainly the best. I have no idea how else I can describe it any other way. :P

I finally had a chance to say my birthday wish as well. ;)

Deeply touched by their kind gestures, I can find no words to describe what those meant to me. I want to thank God so nmuch for this beautiful arragement, where they had managed to change my former perspectives about these simple blessings and actions. *touched*

To know you guys have been my privilege and a blessing from God. Thank you all, and I'm so fortunate to be serving our Lord and Saviour with all of you. :)

Happy Birthday To Me!!!

I don't really know how to start! :D Firstly, the thought that I'm 24 makes me feel old, because contrastingly enough, I feel young. I don't exactly know what to feel. Is that a sign of getting old? :S

Anyway after work I met up with my godmom, kamee, and uncle dan, and they brought me to this "secret alley" in Potong Pasir with VERY GOOD FOOD! *slurp*

We sat at table "57"... the person really don't know how to paint la... :D

This was only one of the 3 dishes that we ordered. The fish soup was super nice and authentic! An ultimate delicacy! I'm still drooling so late into the night by just thinking about it. haha.. Unfortunately, because I was too hungry by the time the other 2 dishes came, I couldn't be bothered to take photos. :P But just for records, they were kangkong (wa... the sambal chilli!!!) and tofu and prawns in chilli-crab-style sauce! Are you drooling?? :P~~~

We had such a filled dinner that I had difficulty walking around (not to mention my sprained leg. haha..)!! Thereafter, we went to kamee's place and, though not convenient to disclose where I got these, I managed to play with computer chips (flash memory to be exact)! haha...

Look at how small they are! Oh gosh!

Curious, I tried to fit as many as I can on the tip segment of my middle finger, and wanna guess how much I managed to balance? :D

A whooping 14!! haha...

Today had been a great great day, and I really want to thank all the people who sent me your well wishes, which had touched different corners of my heart and made me feel so blest. :)

This is going to be a great year. I know it. ;)

T\Day

It has been a week since I started work at my new company, TBWA, and so far things are looking pretty good! :D Nice and cosy environment, friendly and cool colleagues, lots of cheap eating places, I can go on. :D

Last Friday was a very memorable day, not only was it T\Day, which is a day when accomplishments were reviewed, people were thanked, new directions of how the organisation is moving forward were disclosed, it was also our Christmas party (pretty early!). To top things off, it's also the first time I got drunk.

Let's emphasise it. Very drunk. wahahaha.. More on that later.

The theme of the party was "Military", and when the clock ticked around 5:20pm that day, a guy dressed in a grey German uniform (which I kinda gathered it's the Nazi soldier uniform) barged into our room and shouted at us, ordering everyone to stop working and get changed. :P Was darn funny and it momentarily reminded me of myself being in an army. *shucks*

I wished I had photos to show you! :D From the interactive team people dressed up as Jap soldiers, there's terrorists (I'm one!), people from the SWAT, medics, peace-loving sign-waving people, monks (Myanmar?), Empress Dowager with machine guns, a lady in Moscow(?) uniform, and finally the guy whom everyone loved, an ex-army personnel with his legs blown off, wheeling around in his wheelchair (try to imagine, he knelt on the wheelchair most of the time). :D It was not just army green that I initially imagined it to be, but rather a cocktail of very interesting and vibrant characters!

When we arrived at the scene of party, we were each given a drink (frankly till now, I have no idea what that was), which actually tasted pretty good! It was alcohol no doubt, with lime and leaves in it. Was I thirsty at that moment? Because even before eating any food, I already drank 3 army-style cups of those!

After the buffet dinner, I mingled with my colleague Danny, who introduced me some types of drinks to try (since I was a total noob at this). :P With the sweet music playing by a performer by the name of Jill, I cruise slowly on the wooden dance floor, sipping on my vodka lime. It had a very similar taste to what I had before food actually. hmm...

Since the booze was free, I helped myself to a glass of red wine. I was pretty much soaked in the atmosphere at this time. After this glass, Lynette, my project manager, gave each member of the interactive team another glass of red wine, and wanted us to down it all. I dint felt game enough to finish it all at one go, but still took and drank at a pace I was comfortable with.

Actually at this time I could feel things were shifting about already, but I wasn't quite sure what's my limit for alcohol, so what the hack, I took another white wine and gave it go. White wine certainly ain't my thing. I felt it had a weirder taste compared to its red counterpart. Chatted with Danny a little bit more and thought to myself that I could do just one more, so I asked him for a recommendation. Along came vodka cranberry. haha...

Cheers after cheers, I realised that I haven't touch glass with another friend. Thinking back, finding her was totally wrong. haha.. Here's why. Firstly, we didn't touch glass at all, and secondly, she administered a tequila shot to me, which I gamely accepted. :S Just to try try, you know.. haha..

By now you know I'm not in the right state of mind. :P My drinking sessions are far and few, once in a many months actually, and each session will consist of at most a ~350ml bottle of ~15% alcohol. Suddenly that night I drink so much. Tsk tsk tsk.. It was around 9pm that time and I felt really, really wrong. The lightness of my head escalated to swirls and I had to sit down. Jasmine from the HR even caught me stoning on the chair, but I couldn't care less, because I couldn't. :S

I saw people in front of me dancing happily, but all I could manage was to sit and fix my eyes on the same position. My brain seemingly got so heavy it was hard to balance. It must have gotten pretty obvious that I was drunk by then, for I had people coming to ask if I'm alright. A noob at drinking never knows if he/she is alright, so guess what I did? I still showed them a thumb's up! :P

9pm to 10pm, nothing changed, I was still in the same position. I needed a quieter spot, so I tried using my malfunctioned navigational system to get to the place where we kept our belongings, and stoned there. My head crashed on the table, and I was in too bad a shape for anything. Time passed and the alcohol took over, wrecking havoc from within. Something started to well up, and the need became pressing.

I HAD to go to the gents.

My head was heavy, my steps were wobbly, the floor was shifting, walls were warping in on me, and the deafening music went on. I grabbed hold of whatever I could lay my hands on and suppressed all that was inside me. It was imminent.

Upon arrival at the toilet, I struggled to the cubicle and let it all out. Yesh... I vomited. :S When was the last time I couldn't remember, but oh man I'm gonna remember this. I felt so wrecked I locked myself in, and squatted at a corner of the cubicle, trying to gather whatever that's left of me together. :(

11pm to 12am, I stayed in that miserable cubicle. Squatted, stood, leaned, supported, sat, and changed positions through countless times trying to pick up the pieces of my consciousness. @_@

When I finally managed to step out at a little past 12, two guys who were standing outside apparently thanked me! :D What followed was vomit noises. :P I got back out, and saw the rest of the guys from the interactive team. The girls were looking pretty much clear minded except for dear Lynette :P, and the guys in general just seemed tired and tipsy. I thought KC looked wrecked too. :P

Thanks to Yian Phing, a cab was called in and I finally got home.

So after this memorable day, here's a few important lessons I want to share with you all:

• If you drink, DON'T drive! (courtesy of Danny, who does what he preaches! :))
  
• Never underestimate the power of alcohol.
• Never overestimate your power of overcoming them.
• If you are a noob like me, stop at 3 glasses.
• If you feel something is wrong, something IS wrong!
• Even if booze is free, don't keep drinking!
• Have nice friends around you, in case you get too drunk to do anything.
• If you see people drunk, ask them if they're ok. They probably need help.

Finally the most important lesson:

• Don't HOG the toilet, people are waiting to vomit! :D

IPPT 2007

Nearly died from IPPT and totally suffering from body aches now. :S Here's the details:

1st Station: Shuttle Run - 9.6s
Pretty clueless and non-strategic of me to go and take this as the first station. Nothing was actually going through my head la. :( I should have at least taken the Broad Jump first before taking this station. But oh well, it landed me the only 5 points of the entire test. haha..

2nd Station: Sit Up - 38
I still can't believe what used to be an easy easy 5 points became a struggle today. Was aiming for 40 but try as I might till the last second, only landed myself with a 38. Sigh.. I really need to shed that layer of fats around my tummy. :(

3rd Station: Broad Jump - 213cm
My weakest link dated all the way back from primary school. :( Totally can't grasp the technique that they mentioned even back in army, and it seems I'll be forever plagued by it. With the tiredness accumulated from the shuttle run earlier on, I only managed to jump 213cm, and got myself a "glorious" 1 point. :S

4th Station: Chin Up - 10
I can't believe it, and neither should you. It had been so long since I last did any chin ups due to my wrist injury. I wanted to inform the Physical Training Instructor (PTI) of my condition but I thought I just give it a shot. :D Who knows! haha.. Thing is, after I came down, my wrist gave me a short numb which only went away after a few minutes. :S Still happily lala-ing though. *glee*

Special thanks goes to Geri! Seems like the physiotherapy occupational therapy that she gave me back then did help my condition! *w00t!*

3rd Station Revisited: Broad Jump - 225cm
Seeing that my Shuttle Run, Sit Up, and Chin Up stations all had fairly good results, I requested a retry for my Broad Jump. I'm still filled with both satisfaction and regrets now, here's why.

I had to jump 4 times because the machine kept throwing me "Line Fault" and ask me to "Clear Platform". :S By my last attempt my knees were already shaking and beads of sweat kept falling off my forehead. I believed I hurt my back during one of the jumps, cos now I can't even sit or walk with a straight posture. Making my back straight sends a pain signal throughout my entire body. :S Think I need physiotherapy for my back now. *lol*

At last, I cleared with a final 225cm. 3 super-hard-earned-and-possibly-making-me-regret points. *phew*

6th Station: 2.4km Run - 11:43 min
Just 3 stupid seconds away and I would have gotten a 3 points. Ended with a not-so-desirable 2 points. *sigh* At least I survived after not running for about 3 weeks, which I consider to be ok le la. haha.. Consoling myself. :P

Yay!! So I passed! :D

Though I feel I can improve on many areas, I'm not going to stay in that spirit. I'm actually very happy that I survived and made it on first attempt, and the next time will be next year! Finally MINDEF will stop bugging me with their SMSes/emails/letters spam. :P

Time to rest for now...

(OUCH! My back...)

First Time To VivoCity!

Yay... I'm no longer a mountain tortoise as at 21 Oct 2007. I had always assumed that I might be the last 23 year old in Singapore to visit this "new" shopping centre. sigh.. Even Arul has been there a few times according to him! And he's from India! I'm from Singapore! haha...

Ok you can stop laughing now. :P Haven't laugh enough meh. Anyway, that day I went shopping with Geri, and when we went into Toy'R'Us, I found it!!!!!!!!!!





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PROFESSOR'S CUBE!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: I'm so lazy to write the details, since it's slightly outdated too. Check out Geri's post. haha..

Parish Retreat

May 1st. Labour Day. Holiday. Parish Retreat!

What's a Parish Retreat? Well here's some reference from one of my favourite sites nowadays, http://dictionary.reference.com.
Parish - an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
Retreat - a retirement or a period of retirement for religious exercises and meditation.

I was invited by Raphaela to attend this Parish Retreat held annually by her Catholic Church, Church Of Saint Anthony Of Padua. Most of you will know that I'm a Christian, so may be thinking, "Christian? Going to a Catholic event?". Well, though I knew it's an event organised by a Catholic Church, I knew too that it's the same God and the same Saviour we're worshiping, hence it dint bothered me too much. hehe..

It'll be a very long story if I elaborate on every single detail, and I know not all readers are gonna have the patience to run along with me, so I'm gonna cut the whole story shorter(could have been much longer than this ok!). I'm not going to miss out the important details that made this Parish Retreat one of the best holidays that I've experienced so far this year though. *winkZ*

That morning was cool with slight drizzles. The time was 6am(I must add that it was a bit too early for me, considering that I slept at 1:30am!). Everything seems to be perfect for sleep. hehe.. Pulled myself together, got ready, and went to meet up with Raphaela for the first time in months. We took a bus and headed off to her church in woodlands. The people there were warm to each other, though I'm not quite used to that culture(yet!). From there, we took another bus to a "secluded" church, which was probably the mother church of the one we went from.

Praise and worship got started very early that day, much earlier than my usual 11:15am service on Sunday. It was a good warm up though. Priest Terence took over right after and began a a session of what I would call as "silence practice". We were to keep quiet, close our eyes, and not to think about anything. The objective was to be able to dominate our brain rather than the other way around.

It was so hard! Other than stopping my brain from running in circles with thoughts, I had to combat the sleepiness that still lingered on. Had to try very hard to calm my heart and mind down, and yet stay awake. It was no mean feat.

After the second try, it was peace that got onto me. I never did practice the art of controlling my brain, which was the whole purpose of the silence practice. In that 20 minutes or so of silence, I was able to completely void my brain of thoughts, which was coupled with a strange feeling(slight numbness at the back of my head). No thoughts, nothing. Being at peace with God was a magical feeling.

After that, Priest Terence continued to talked about God's Word, about how people in church naturally formed tribes and kept to their own groups. In his effort, he made us mix around and sit with people whom we don't know. For me it wasn't such a difficult task, since I've always attended church alone. :D Listening to Priest Terence had also been pretty easy too, the lively way he spoke, the energised tone, and not to mention the wacky jokes he made, allowed me to overcome my lack of sleep. :P

The next high point of the day was actually really simple. We were given some time to read the letter of John. To be exact it's the book "1 John". Raphaela and I headed out to the garden and spent some quiet time there, reading God's Word. It's another first for me, when I felt nothing else excepted the anointed atmosphere of God all around me.

I feasted on the Word, it was peaceful. The greens in the garden, it was peaceful. The gentle wind, it was peaceful. Having God around, without the distractions of the everyday life, it was peaceful. Recalling the scene of quiet time now brings back an unusual sense of peacefulness into my heart which can't be explained. *float*

It was a day without technology, without computer, without work, without internet, without games, without phone calls, without sms, without distraction, without ambition, without competition, without pride and without self.

All I had was the bible in my hand, and God in my heart.

That was sufficient, and it proved to be much better than the endless things that I was chasing in my everyday life. The retreat ended with my heart rejuvenated, invigorated, and ready for God.

Many thanks to you, Raphaela, for the invite to the Parish Retreat, for I really enjoyed myself that day. Though I'm not used to the Catholic Church culture for the most parts, the important thing was that I felt God. :)

Close Friends CNY Gathering

Each year, this seems to be the most happening gathering that me and my closest bunch of friends will be looking forward to.

I want to do a casting of characters to introduce each of my fellow friends, but I stupidly forgot to bring my camera today! Shit. haha... relying on them for the photos before I can do an introduction casting of characters with picture then. :P

Anyway, here's to you gals. :)

Xiao Fen, I forgive you for being so late (as usual!), and letting me wait so long! haha... No choice but to forgive you lah, since you've been my best friend since dunno when, don't want forgive must also forgive, for you always stand by me ma. :D

Shu Ling, many thanks for the great hospitality at your house! Been yearning to have a quick and simple dinner with you always since we work so near, but work timing so hard to fix. But still, really happy to see you finally. :) Oh ya, your boyfriend got shuai oh! Good catch. haha..

Sher, though I know that you won't be reading my blog, haha.. let's hope Xiao Fen pass the message then. Happy to see you too, and hoping that you and Da Wei tie the knot soon! Don't keep me waiting hor. :D

Liyan, wa... I dunno what to say. :D Very happy to see you till a bit lost for words, cos I know, it's really a once-in-a-year event then I'll get the chance to see you. Looking forward to the next time when we can get to see each other again. :)

Kim! haha.. funny that I'll include her name here right yan. Cos she can't even read yet. :P Well credits to you yan, cos you had a lovely daughter that loves to draw my face with pencils, kissing me, and doing the funny 地板动作. I'm already missing her smiles and her laughter, but I guess yan you'll have a tough time to teach her cos she seems to have inherited your temper. :D (Just kidding, don't beat me hor~). Oh ya, how can I forget. haha..

Happy 2nd birthday Kim!!!!! :)

23rd Birthday!

It has been such a long time since I have had any spare time to blog! Work has been very hectic, and saying hectic almost seems like a serious understatement. Overnights after overnights really took its toll. Since today is my birthday, I decided to put all things aside, slowly enjoy my day, and at least see-saw it back a bit on the sanity edge.

As it is a Sunday today, I kind of celebrated my 23^rd birthday and 1^st year re-birth day at church as well. Well just a year ago, I have gotten baptized (thus explaining my re-birth day =D). Though no one explicitly celebrated for me at church, I know that my Lord is happy for me and I could feel him celebrating it for me. =)

When I got home, my mom popped the question, “High tea?” I was like thinking, “Oh yeah sure!” Got myself washed up and together with my parents and brother, we started heading our way there. It was a terrible traffic jam along the way (not to mention the parking lot ordeal), we finally reached Fortuna Hotel (near Bugis).

I was so hungry by the time we got there, I gobbled as much food as I possibly could within that one and a half hours. Here’s the list of things that I ate if I did not remember wrongly:

• 2 Bowls of Laksa
• 2 Bowls of Pork Porridge
• 2 Mini Soon Kway
• 2 Mini Ou Kway
• 2 Crystal Dumplings
• 1 Bowl of Fruits Cocktail
• 1 Mini Chocolate Brownie
• 1 Spring roll
• 1 Glutinous Rice
• 1 Pork Bun
• 1 Slice of Crispy Crust Pie
• 5 Scoops of Chocolate Ice Cream

By the end of the wolfing session, I was so full I could hardly move! It has been really long since I last allowed myself to indulge in food, and it’s quite disturbing actually, that I can feel my tummy again. Of course, I’m not the only one. My mom, dad and bro were satiated too. Gluttony seems to run in our blood all of a sudden. =D

It was near evening by then, and was time to head to Esplanade Theatre. My God-mom, Kamee, has been kind to give my bro and I a treat to watch a performance by The Philharmonic Winds, which was conducted by John Boyd, with special appearance by trumpet player, Dai ZhongHui. She has always told me that watching live orchestra performance is very different from hearing it from a compact disc or computer speakers. I believe that’s the reason why she wants to bring us to this performance.

Though it was not the first time I attended a musical, I must say that today’s event felt very different. It was the first time I entered into Esplanade’s main theatre concert hall, and it looked grand in full splendor. I got seated in one of the best seats that I could possibly wish for, thanks to Kamee and Uncle Dan for booking it way beforehand.

John Boyd is a fantastic conductor. I can see from the way he moves his stick that it was flowing with passion. Dai Zhonghui is a genius with his trumpet. His solo performance of Alexander Arutunian still resonates in my head. The orchestra couldn’t have performed any better. Putting all that together, in the best seats we could have, I believed we all enjoyed it. It was a great performance, and it was rare too, that even my bro enjoyed it (he always enjoyed rock and rap songs).

We headed to Häagen-Dazs right after the musical, and ordered something that I’ve always seen people eat yet never had the chance to taste.

CHOCOLATE FONDUE (Another sin!).

The presentation itself was tantalizing my inner senses. A warm pot of rich, dark Belgian chocolate sets itself in the middle, surrounded by four different flavours of ice-cream balls, chocolate chip cookies, love letters, bread cubes, green apples, bananas and strawberries. Using the fork, I picked up a macadamia ice-cream ball and dipped in the dark chocolate pot, and brought it to my mouth…

WOW! An atomic explosion of taste and richness flowed from my mouth to the rest of my body when the ice-cream entered my mouth. What happened later was as natural as water flows from the river into the ocean. Different assortments and combinations of food dipped in chocolate and almond chips went down that chute of mine and I just could not control!

Though I am at home now, writing this blog, the day's happenings are still generating endorphins in my brain. I really want to thank my family members, Ma, Pa, Kamee, and Bro, and also Uncle Dan, for making me feel special and pampered today.

Extended thanks go to Shu Ling, Yen Lin and Sharon for their birthday wishes via SMSes, and my colleagues Arul and Bijesh for their birthday wishes via gTalk drops.