4 Birthdays and a Wedding..and a bad ending

Hey ya'll, been really busy lately with lots of last minute things to do. Rushing on assignments at work, church choir, rushing back home etc etc. Don't even have time to blog. So, manage to squeeze in some time, on this beautiful rainy Sunday evening..while waiting for time to pass and my mom to reach here, and also while waiting for transport to go for meeting at Manda's place.. That is IF my mom reach here soon.. Anyway, as the title says it all, Yea...celebrated 4 Birthdays and attended a Wedding..

1st Birthday...Andrea Chin Lee Ann...

Well, celebrated kinda late la(her birthday was on 27/10)..Coz we were in Summerset, she also was away in Cameron. But we (as in Mark, Shaun, Sher and me) did sang to her while in Summerset. So i owe my petsis a gift..din actually buy 1, so thought of bringing her out for a dinner on the 6/11..of coz invited Mark as well. So the 3 of us went to Milwaukee, thinking it was some young group band playing there la..MANA TAU, same old chinese band that played while we were there on Merdeka's eve celebrating Mark's bday. Thankfully only 1 man and 1 lady, which i may say..did sing quite well. That man actually sounded like Michael Buble...really..no Kidding..quite entertaining. We went there around 8 plus, ordered food, chit chatted, laughed, sang, naughty Ann decided to play wif my slippers..damn naughty now..then at around 11, we decided to order beer to drink..ok..i rephrase that..ANDREA decided to order beer/liquor to drink..and i was like..huh??u serious? So yea, we drank Heineken..til bout 12 plus, then went back..

Me, Mark and Ann...

2nd Birthday...Shawnie Soo

Well, Shawnie is my boss in PFM. So we celebrated her bday on the 28/10 (her actually date was 29/10) at Neway Karaoke in Times Square. All of LIFE team went for the karaoke session, and it was fun seeing my colleagues sing, dance...kinda brought the 'inner-child-like' character in them la...And some hidden talents were displayed..haha..Norah's 5 seconds of fame, Lawrence's belly dancing skills...It was fun la..Plus a great outing for my colleagues as they're able to let go their hair and just have fun. Nothing about work..just pure fun...

Shawnie Soo...

3rd Birthday...Germaine Ong

Germaine, or we usually call her, GERMS (as in kuman..hehe..) celebrated her birthday on Nov6th. But, she's in Penang..so cant actually celebrate with her right...Well, Germs, Chen, Quah and me are like outlook buddies, where we outlook each other during our working hours..kinda like chatting while working, but we're sending emails to each other la..So while we were emailing each other, Quah, Chen n me plan to deliver a flower to germs in her office..coz suddenly the gals in my company were getting flowers like everyday..like ppl kept sending flowers to them an all...so yea..got some ideas la..so we sent that flowers to her..boy was she happy. Anyway, Germs, hope you like the flower, though we're not there to celebrate your bday with you, but u know we love u..hehe...

Germs and me during our Malacca trip

The flowers that were delivered to her...

4th Birthday...Melissa Ong...

Melissa, or we usually call her lis, celebrated her bday same day as germs...6/11. But couldn't join her for lunch coz working. But did share presents though..they bought her a dress, which i dunno wat type of dress it was, but she likes it..so yea...anyway, that also 1 story...harvinth went shoe hunting for lis, while phoebs and manda were at home. Harvinth dunno wat shoes to choose or sth like tat and was on the phone with phoebs/manda and manda was on the phone with me...so since he dunno wat shoes to choose, he took pics and send via mms to them, and they view in on the pc and gv comments..haha..the power of technology huh...damn funny...

Lis and me during a wedding in church

That's the 4 bdays that pass, went back las fri, for one of my fren's wedding, which was on the 7/11. So Kavitha and me went back with Daya, damn i tell u the 2 gals can really talk..they talk throughout the entire journey...i managed to sleep half way through the journey, woke up, and they're still talking...so when we went back, we met up for minum minum session at a local kopitiam, ala old town like tat. Then the next day, was the wedding reception. Which was kinda like a reunion for my school frens..coz get to meet up wif a number of my school frens, as in form 3 frens..and had a great time hanging out with kav, daya, mawar and najib. Great laughing session.

Me with the bridal couple, Aini and Faizal,Mawar and Daya.

Jayanthi, Kavitha, Daya, Mawar and Najib

Najib, Daya, Mawar and Kav..during yamcha session.

Anyway, thats all about the 4birthdays and a wedding..

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Anyway, just wanted to blast everything out here la. Been really down this few days, even though many may not see it, but yea. When you think that you're doing something that you actually love and njoy doing it, just when you think everything is going the right way, and when you decided to share it with your family, all of a sudden, they do not support whatever is goin on with your life. Practically everything that i'm doin right now, be it a chior leader, working with PFM, working in Malaysia..is not good enough..

Just when you're about to be confirmed in the company as a permanent employee, where everyone appreciates your effort and hardwork in the company, and I actually love PFM, which I'm very excited and has ben anticipating this moment for a long time... Just when i decided to share it with my family, straight away they say...'SO WHAT?' Cant they show some support that I'm diong something that i like, doing something that i'm good at, that i'm able to support myself? Even becoming a choir leader also, they object...saying 'why do you want to be involve in chruch so much? want to be a church activist?'I cant believe they actually say that..

What the hell they expect me to do? they want me to go to Singapore to work..for wat??I do not like to work there...plus with my brother there, more reason for me not to go there..Being compared to an idiot like him, what for? Not that his life is to be proud of right? Seriously, i rather look up to someone else rather than him la k. Sorry but its the fact. Knowing what he did and all, i don't see the whole point of looking up to him. I know you all might think that he's my bro and all, but then there's a limit of asking me to be like him la ok..Actually, I just hate being compared to him. No point..

At this point of time, sometimes I think that I dont have family at all..I know ppl will always say family comes 1st and all, but if they themselves do not support own immediate family 1st like me, y should i?I get more support from friends and colleagues la ok...And this has been goin for a long time and I jus had enough of it la. whatever it is, I just wan to live happily and when it comes to a point where i don hv any1 to turn to besides my family, trust me..i rather die alone.. I don;t mind celebrating xmas alone, i dont mind celebrating my bday alone..at this point of time, i just don mind being away from my family until i actually have time to relax and forget about it la k...

Actually there's a lot of things to say bout my family..but i shall stop here la..waste of time...Anyway, thanks for being with me blog...

A weekend with...the LIMS...

Hey ya'll. Its been a while..i know..since the last I updated my blog.Well, mainly coz I don't have time, I'm too tired, I'm not in the mood and also..no inspiriration. Wel, tonight is different. I was bored..so yea.shall jus blog about the wonderful weekend i had with the LIM family, namely uncle andrew, aunty veronica, mark, shaun, daniel and celine.

The Lims, from right, Mark, Daniel, Celine, (unknown santa),

Shaun, Aunty Veronica and Uncle Andrew

This was taken at one of the stops while journeying towards Summerset

So, was invited to spend the weekend at Summerset, Rompin. Its actually a great place for some relaxation and unwind and to just get away from the hustle and bustle of city life. However, many have not heard of Summerset before, especially my whole company, who kept on asking where is it..Well, its situated along the coast of Pahang, between Kuantan,Segamat and Muadzam Shah. Its like 'A home away from home, where you can relax and unwind' (that's what the website says). Ok la..not that homey, but still good. Just that the bed cabinet decided to..erm..how shall i put it..break when some crazy fellow went and jump on the bed and accidentally knock his foot on the bed cabinet causing it to come out from its place...Anyway, Mark, Shaun, Sher and me got into 1 room, which we consider quite lucky because it was facing the beach...wah...the scenery..But room a bit cacat. TV no remote, heater not working, air-cond a bit cuckoo-fied..other than that, its ok..

Scenery from outside our room

Anyway, while on the way there..a bit of drama happened la. You'll definately pass by loads of carcasses of dead animal due to the fact that there are lots of animal roaming about by the road side and also sometimes...ON THE ROAD. So you'll be able to see a dead cow(maybe a calf), loads of monitor lizards, dogs, a civet cat, some monkeys, goats..mind you..all dead yea.. So while in the car, we were like 'dei...dead goat...Eew..!!'..and mark was like 'yer..the intestine was out'...and 'Oh my i jus drove pass the monitor lizard's tail'... SO yea. While I was driving, some herd of goats were at the side of the road la...Then the silly kid(baby goat for those who dunno) jus decided to storm away from the herd and decided to cross the road la..i was screaming...i repeat...SCREAMING..guess the goat must have heard my scream and decided to stop, just in time before it met the tyres. After all the screaming i got freak out la ok..my hands were cold...sigh..then Mark and I were talking...if i were to kill the kid just now..i'll jus go for confession and say..'Father, i killed a kid'..then we laugh bout it..haha..

So once we reach there, what else...PLAY LA...volleyball, then water polo. Basically, according to the Lims, its play whole day, then eat, then continue playing then eat, then more playing, then eat, then drink, then play again....basically lots of playing and eating la..Plus, no doubt we're like the undefeatable water polo team ever...muahaha..tat was fun la...on the last day, we challenge this malay family for a water polo match, pretending we dunno how to play la..mana tau, we were everywhere, jumping to catch the ball, jumping to score, swimming everywhere trying to confuse the opponent..we were there to trash them ok..haha..well, we did have practice on Saturday and Sunday..haha..Same goes for volleyball. While everyone was resting in the room on Sunday afternoon, around 4 plus, I was up, walking towards the balcony, which is overlooking the sea and also the volleyball court. And there I saw, few ppl were playing volleyball. Apa lagi?? Wake the rest of the clan up la for a volleyball challenge. So semangat right? But mana tau, went there, they were goin to shower coz they were havin BBQ that night..*actuallytheyscaredofus*. So played a bit of volleyball, then back to water polo.

Water Polo team..hehe..

Anyway, durin the 1st night, we all hangout at 1 of the rooms, together with Mark's extended family and have drinking session. Hey, when you hang out with the Lims, there is always drinking session. haha... Plus, their extended family is damn cool. All so funny.haha...

Well, 2nd day as usual, play play play, then at night we went to this restaurant called VIVI, after that took some pics, and they found out a habit of mine, which yea..kinda annoyed them..hehe...shall spare the details. Anyway, after dinner, we went back to the hotel, then gather at the same room as previous night, then we played 'the 7th game'. The denda was who ever looses wil get powder drawn on their face. So ended up...just look at the pics la..worth cannot describe.

Us at VIVI restaurant..yea..i know i look like a fried lobster..

Us after playing 'the 7th game'

After playing the game, of coz we cannot forget my petsis, ANDREA CHIN's birthday right..so Mark called her up, we sang Happy birthday in parts..haha..normal la...then went back to our room, all cant sleep, decided to tell ghost stories. So practically, all 4 of us ended up sleeping on 1 bed. Haha...Next day, its like a rule for the Lims la...before goin back, must play 1 last time. So that was the time where we challenge the Malay family on a water polo match and trash them la.haha..

Well, all in all, it was a great trip. Get to spend time with frens, close frens actually...Able to relax and unwind...Once again, would like to take this opportunity to thank the Lims for inviting me to this trip. Thank you, Kam sia Kam sia...

The rest of the Lims after 'the 7th game'. Quite dark so thats why cannot see their powdered-drawn face. From left: Sher, Shaun, celine, uncle Ah keong, Aunty Puey Ling, Mark, Aunty Lee Lan, Brenda, Uncle Ah Guan and the artist, little Belinda..

Sher and Me

Last but not least, Musn't forget the person who took the time to pick us up and drop us at Mark's place...Flora Oh...hehe...

Words of wisdom

Hi ya'll...just a couple of words of wisdom that I would like to share..very meaningful and has significant meaning to me. Got it from person and places.

~ God will never leave you empty. He will replace everything that you've lost.
If he ask you to put something down, it's because He wants you to pick something greater~

~Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad~

Have a great day...

Tagged...by kar kay..haha

Three names you go by :

• Freddie
• Fred
• Ah Gu Freddie (by manda and flora)

Three screen names you have had :

• Fred
• Silentlock
• *no more*

Three physical things you don't like about yourself :

• Teeth
• Hair
• Height

Three part of your heritage :

• Hokkien
• Terengganu-ist
• A little bit of Baba & Nyonya

Three things that scare you :

• Ghost
• Accidents
• Death

Three of your everyday essentials :

• Handphone
• PC
• Laughter...haha...

Three things are you wearing now :

• Black shirt
• Stripe pants
• Of coz underwear la..

Three of my favourite bands or musical arts :

• Abba
• Secondhand Serenade
• HFC CHOIR..haha

Three of your favourite songs (right now) :

• Super Trouper
• Fall for you
• Christmas songs...

Three things you want in a relationship :

• Care
• Laughter
• Love

Three physical things about the opposite sex that appeals to you :

• Smile
• Eyes
• Body...(every part..hehe)

Three of your hobbies :

• Listening to music
• Hanging out in Starbucks
• Volleyball

Three things you wanna do really badly right now :

• Be CONFIRMED
• Go to the toilet..haha..
• Get answers...

Three careers you're considering/considered before :

• Singer
• Veterinary
• Actor

Three places you want to go on vacation :

• Disneyland
• Paris
• New York

Three things you want to do before you die :

• To tell each and everyone I know what's my last wish to them
• To ensure everybody is in good hands when I'm gone
• To inject more happiness and a little bit of 'Freddie' in everyone

Whoever wants to do this, please do...hehe...ciaoz ppl..gotta go back to work.

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Short Talk :

Sometimes the world may not seem to be so wonderful after all...
But all we can do is just fold the pages and move on with life...

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Short talk :

Sometimes, its better to just shut up and listen...
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28/09/2008

Hey ya'll, while listening to the downloaded album of Mamma Mia movie soundtracks, i shall blog about the events that happened during my birthday. Its a continuation of the previous post, 'Mamma Mia and the wedding singers'.

So, after the wedding, send the wedding singers back, reached home around 2am, slept, and woke up at 7am for mass. Mass was usual, then had to be driver for my mom..had to go all the way to subang(i dreaded that place) to go pick my aunty, then to PJ to pick another aunty of mine..Then when we came back, my house was full of people, around 15 people, us resident included. My bro-in-law's family came to see the newest edition to the family, Elysa Kum Wen Jing, my sis's 2nd daughter. Name not as glamourous as the 1st daughter, Louisa Victoria Kum Wen Shuen, if you notice, her initials are LV, so branded...but Elysa, well, I'll call her Elle...also branded what..haha...Anyway, here's a few pics of Elysa and Louisa. (I cant believe this, while writing this, my sis got an Ipod Nano for her birthday!!sheesh..Ko...i want one...you still owe me a present..haha...I'm serious)

This is Elysa

Elysa and Louisa

Anyway, didn't have the time to blog that day, plus the house was so so so so noisy, i decided to lock myself in the room and sleep, to get ready for our regular volleyball game at Mark's place, my birthday demand was everyone come play volleyball that day. Haha..Volleyball was fun la..more like funny..we decided to brainwash the workers, by doing the Haka dance, by doing the 'Dancing Queen' dance scene, and by disturbing them...haha...It was fun. After the game, headed to bathe. While bathing, heard someone playing the piano, which is Celine, which sounded so weird, coz she NEVER play piano while we were there. So nvm, came out from the room, acknowledge her, then proceeded downstairs. Then, at the dining table, there they were, with a cake..started to sing Happy Birthday and all, and the usual routine, taking out the candle using the mouth...hence the cake is not edible due to the fact that half of the cake has my face print on it. More pics can be viewed in Mark's blog, i hope he updates it..haha...

Then we went for choir prac, which was a preparation for 1st Holy Communion mass this comin Sunday. It got kinda a bit emotional as there was 2 leader trying to lead the choir. As they say, too many cook spoils the soup/broth, I wanted to lead, he wanted to lead...a bit confusing and clash of ideas. However, whatever it is, just wanna get over with prac coz was too hungry. After prac, we went to Sg long for yamcha session. Met up with Alex, Elena and Ann, till about 12 plus. Then headed home.

That's how i celebrated my birthday. Nothing much. Very simple, yet it was very meaningful coz i get to celebrate it with the people i loved and cared, doing the things that i loved and also spending time with them. Thanks guys for the time spent, the presents, the card, the fun moments, the surprises...everything. Really appreciate it. Here are the pics of my gifts and card. The present that i get. Seed wallet from Manda, Flora, Sher, Allison, Keith, Mark, Reu and Ash. Book entitled Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, given by Alex, El, San and Ann, and the handmade card by Ann.

Handmade card by Ann..

The msg together with the wallet. Thanks guys so much...

p/s : Ko..am still waiting for my Ipod Nano..hahahaha