I know how hard it can be... ...

This Saturday is slightly different from other Saturdays. There's no Cell Group today and so... i got up in the morning, got ready to go and open an account. Brought my sis along with me to the bank. There were many people who like myself wanted to open an account or make transactions. I must say that i was initially pretty impressed with the service however, they kinda screwed up linking my card. I could not make any transactions!!! i had to re-queue and ask again. My sis was complaining also... then she was telling me that Bank XYZ had much better service... etc. It was nice to go out with my sis. We did abit of shopping for mother's day gift. I know its pretty early but newspaper ads are already advertising for like mother's day. I figured since i'm free, why not do the shopping in advance and spare myself the last minute panick attack. Anyway, its a really small gift. I need to do some alteration to the gift. Gonna be alittle tricky but we'll see how it works out. The bulk of the cash shall be contributed together with my other siblings for lunch/dinner treat. (That was morning)

(afternoon) Gave family a lunch treat since mom wasn't cooking. Spoke to Gary for a few minutes and got down to cleaning my poorly maintained home. Everybody has been so busy with work and school, and i feel that everybody can help in little ways instead of making me do everything. Rubbish like paper throw in the bin, not left lying around, wash their own cups after drinking or at the very least, bring the used cup to the basin for washing. And it doesn't help when my mom bought those plants during CNY. She likes to buy ALOT of things... but doesn't like to maintain it. She doesn't bother to water the plants... the leaves and soil are being blown into the house. I wish the plants are thrown away... such a bother!!!

The house is so much cleaner but not neater... it will NEVER be neat because my mother refuses to throw nonsensical and useless stuff out. Broken radio she also wants to keep *faints*

Tired, i decided to come here and blog...

-Quick updates about work-
It's been 1 week and 2 days at work.
Well, shockingly, i had to go back on my first Saturday on this job!! They are moving 2 floors down and alot of files had to be carried down. Little me helped to carry boxes of files down. Thanks to the invention of trollys... after which hours were spent doing filing tons of papers.

God has been good cause there was this intern who has been working there for 3 months. I think he is quite bright as he understands and learns the rope pretty fast. Plus he has a keen eye for details so little mistakes, he is quick to spot. He has been very helpful cause he spotted so many of my mistakes. The people there so far have been kind and nice... Aunties and Uncles. I've met the big boss and 2nd big boss.. but i don't think i want to be too close to them.

The intern is gone means upcoming week i have to be extra careful cause there's no one there to spot my mistakes. So anything not sure i have to ask. Though i've got plenty to complain about, i'm still thankful somehow. God must have a plan for me there.

I'm still adjusting and trying to be more careful and understand the processes in my job. Alot of termalogy and jargons used. Too many short forms... i hope to get adjusted soon. I want to help relieve the auntie of her work so that she don't have to do so much OT and we can all go home early together.

Time management now gets more crucial. Must have time for God, boyfriend, family and friends. Oh and also... SLEEP! *smiles*

Gonna go for dinner... stomach hungry... shall blog next time!

Last Friday at current work

Today was quite an impromptu surprise. Met up with university classmates for lunch. So happy to see them... becoz i've always wanted to like meet them but they always bz... Still haven't met Carol but yup! When i first saw them... the first comment was.. OH MY!! LINDA YOU'VE LOST SO MUCH WEIGHT... which indeed is true. I have lost approximately 5kg over the months. Due to the fact that i kept falling sick month after month. Have to pray for good health. They even ask if i'm anorexia. diao~ Please lah... i'm a food lover... now why would i reject food? It's one thing that i look forward to... LUNCH BREAKS! Nice chatting with them.. i felt so much more myself.

My colleague treat me to Bundung drink with pearls! I didn't know that mr. bean sold such fantastic drinks... mind you the pearls are awesome! Not too soft, not too hard... the right texture. It's quality pearls.

Thankful for the good weather... God uphold the rain and let it poured at the right moment.
Go for lunch, drizzled.
Sit down, it poured.
Walking back, it drizzled.
Reach office, it poured... and i didn't have umbrella with me. I feel that we usually are thankful for the big things like promotion and all.. but not for the little things. Which makes us all grumpy and ungrateful nut.

Talk of the town: "Why are the members of parliment earning so much? Justified?"
*Linda frowns*

This is Reuters pantry.. paradise*

The city that never sleeps (workaholics)

And... Mmm the delicious Bundung Pearl Drink. Too much pearls... haha couldn't finish it.

I shall forget thee not

Just thought i would take sometime to write everything that has happened in the past month lest i forget and be ungrateful and totally disatisfied with things... lest i forget my creator who opened the doors so graciously for me...

Past few months have been a tiring laborious search for a place to start. So i thought the hard labour ends with that expensive paper... but i was wrong. Somehow... no matter how far i have progressed, it seems to be a start to a very long journey. Pressures of home and external factors were great. With pple who sneered and who think that you'll never make it anywhere.. and everyday, pple from home, work constantly asking you what you want to do. Anxiously waiting.. wondering if there was ever gonna be work for me. The big question of "What's Next?" Constantly appearing... and faith weakens. Discouraging words at home... that really hits home. Where had i gone wrong? What was i doing wrong? So many questions... with no answers.

Thankfully for one or two pple around(THank you Gary Dear and my dearest sister). Their small acts of encouragement uplifts my spirit. In church, i knew He was there... and somehow though i couldn't give anyone a good answer... He pulled me through each and every embarrassing moment.

I'm still struggling in this world of reality. What drives people to do what they do. What drives them to behave the way they do. It irks me sometimes to the brink of giving up on my own kind. Yet the Lord says to love our neighbours as ourselves. These are the very people He gave His son to die on the cross... the very people He loves. Since he sees such value in us, who am i to reject. I'm still unsure what lies ahead. I still do not know how to react or what to say in many situations.

May i remain thankful no matter how things are gonna be in my next job. That no matter how rough things are... that i will find strength in the very Lord who gave me life.