Delight in simple things!

Yes! I just managed to book another lesson on the 13th of March! So, all in all, I spent about $369.60 without even moving from my computer. So XIN1 TONG4!!

The slots just get snapped up within the 5 mins that I was refreshing my window. People cancelled and immediately there was a taker for that slot! And people won't anyhow cancel because each student has a maximum of 18 cancellations after which they would have to pay for each cancellation. The time slots are going like hot cakes!! I think I better come in again tomorrow night to check if I can book any more after 7 Feb but before 13 March! It's going to be a long wait...

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~Pinkdelights~ Thanks to the person who cancelled! =)

SO PISSED!!

There are no driving lessons for me till 7 Feb!! And then the next one would be on the 24th of March! You see the great difference?! I am probably going to forget by the time 24th March comes. And I haven't drove since 7 Jan! So, 7 Feb would be exactly one month ever since I last drove.

And yes! I really want the driving lessons now that I have gotten my PDL! Hehe! Yup! I passed my Basic Theory Test yest and have applied for my Provisional Driving License! So, I would soon be out on the roads at Ubi! People, please do not go there while I have my lessons so that the roads won't be so packed kk? Thanks in advance! (I hate places where are crowded especially when I have paid for the lessons and all I do is just to wait to exit from the driving centre to the busy road.)

I feel a hole burning in my pocket...and there goes half of my one month's pay after booking 5 lessons...($310.80 with 2 peak period booking)

And I forgot to book my Advance Theory Test! Well, Shuzhen, I think I should take back my words. It's not totally because of Kenneth (Shuzhen's friend and my new made friend) that I forgot. Anyways, he forgot too! Haha! I could book mine online because I am with the school. =)

There are many dates in March that I could take my test. However, looking at the thick book that I have to study, I am not sure when I would be ready. Let me take the week to think of a nice date.

I just can't wait to drive!

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Another week has begun and there is work tomorrow! I am so looking forward to going to work! Seriously!! I am not kidding! =0)

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Alrights, I gotta get my sleep now! It has been a busy day! =)

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~Pinkdelights~

I am going to be the only temp staff in office tomorrow! Angeline aint coming and LC would be enjoying herself at her new job. It's going to be busy, busy. busy. BUT, it's going to be FUN, FUN, FUN!

Well, one must keep to the happy mood and mindset to start off the day. Only then would things go smoothly.

I am going to try to wake up when my handphone alarm wakes me up and so that I wouldn't rush and miss another 3 trains and reach office at 9.02am. That was what happened yesterday. It wasn't really a good way to start the day.

The Father in Heaven will guide me through. And may things go well tomorrow!!

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~Pinkdelights~ Tired.

Today has been rather good!

With some good news for my friends but a bit of bad news for me.
Much as I rejoice with LC that she has moved on with things that are better for her, I feel a tinge of loss and sadness. I have been rather reliant on her such that I have even gotten my present job because of her. And I got used to the working life because of her, without feeling lost in the office. It was a stepping stone for me as I start a new chapter in my life. Now, as she leaves me, I suddenly feel lost. 6 years of friendship and being in the same class for almost that long, with 1 month of being colleagues, and seeing, hearing her voice almost everyday...

Well, we could always meet and still chat on the phone right?

I have to adapt to being "alone" in the office, without the company of LC. And to finally really adapt to not being "attached" to someone I really know. It has been fun working with her for these past few weeks and I really thank her for being the one I can really trust in! Wish ya all the best girl!

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Finally, KXFZ was hit with the KBOX fever once more! This time, it was at Marina Square! It was a rather nice place with a flat screen TV! And the menu where we chose the songs was much easier to use! We sang the songs that we always did like Jay Chou's, JJ Lin's, Mayday, FIR, Fish Leong, and some others. We didn't care about being right or wrong and being out of tune. We just sang our hearts out! They are a bunch of great people to sing with! And thanks to Ziwei for trying real hard to blend! Hehe! Too bad we didn't get to sing our "Huo Yuan Jia". (The last time Zw and I shouted our hearts out during that song, we got too carried away and ended up getting sick the whole week with sore throat! So, this time, we stuck to soothing songs and only had FIR's GET HIGH and Mayday's LIAN AI ING as one of the "high" songs! 3 hours just wasn't enough to sing all the songs we wanted to!!

I can't wait for the next KBOX session, KXFZs!!

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We walked around Marina for a while before going to Citylink where LC and Mel looked at clothes. Ziwei and I weren't really interested so we visited MPH, HMV, Galare, Bodyshop and stood around chatting while waiting for the 2 ladies. We looked like the boyfriends who were waiting for their girlfriends who were in the shop trying on clothes.

LC spotted Jeryle while we exited from Cityhall Mrt station to Raffles Place. He was on his way to work! LC, you have good eyesight to have spotted him!

Mel left us as she had to go to work. LC, ZW and I walked to Funan IT mall where LC had something to settle. The queue there was long, so ZW and I left LC and headed to the Central Lending Library where I wanted to borrow books! Yes! I have been reading books! And Chinese books in fact! However, the Chinese book must have the works going horizontally and not vertically. I still am unable to read vertically. Get a bit dizzy after reading that. I have at least 40 mins a day to read while I travel to work and home.

Anyways, on the way to the library, it started to rain heavily! By the time we got to the library, the bottom of our pants were soaked! And we were freezing as we went into the library. "Suaku" as we may be, we didn't know the name of the library we were at as we used the computer to search for a book I was looking for.

We also didn't know our way around and went up the escalators thinking that the library was upstairs. Ziwei realised that it was at the basement! And so, we made our way down by the lift. I found the shelf where the Chinese books were but just didn't find the book that I was looking for. I thought maybe I was late and someone had already taken the book. Ziwei helped me to search. Actually, I don't think she had even been to a Chinese section to search for a book! >_<
Eventually, she led me into finding the book! She exclaimed "Hey Rach! I think this is the section your book would be at! It looks like all the romance one!" Yup yup! It was! It was a separate section for the romance books! And I found my book!!

Ziwei also picked up a Chinese book to read! And I also found another for her. Quite easy to read, but just if she has the patience to. At least the books she took were in Simplified Chinese. Mine are all in Traditional Chinese. It's a bit tedious to read but such books are nice!

When we left, it was still pouring. We walked to Bugis and I left thereafter. Thanks Ziwei for braving the rain with me to go to the library! And I literally "tuo1 ni3 xia4 shui3"! Hehe! Hope you have fun reading those books! =)

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Dinner at grandparents place was just great! And chatting with my cousins was funny! How time flies and we are all already grown up. I miss the times where we used to be in the room playing with the cooking utensils and pretending to have opened an eatery where my uncle and auntie would patronise us! We grew up and played lesser of that and moved on to playing cards. After which, we had lesser to talk about and just kept ourselves glued to the TV. However, we are back in the talking mode and chatting about recent issues and about the TV serial. And also teasing and playing with our youngest cousin who is about 2 years old! What would happen to us in the future?

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As there is a sudden turn of events, I couldn't help but stop and think. Where am I heading to? What's the destination? And the purpose? Am I going to stay at my present work for the next few months? Am I contented?

Well, the answer is not really clear at this point. And my perseverance level is rather high I think. I am probably making the release of A level results as another checkpoint. For now, I am just going to stay at my present job and take things one step at a time. At least it's a rather alright job since I didn't expect much and having to have myself accustomed to the routine, I am rather enjoying it! I'll just see how.

And yes, I am contented. To some, it may be a waste of time and that I may not have learnt much. But I am just using this time to earn some money and to pass the time. I am not going to slog my time away and take on multiple jobs. Just as it is already, I have rather little time for the ones I love. Especially God. And the next loved one, my grandmother. And my parents!

Seriously, I am rather contented with the $52 a day. Yes, to be honest, I wouldn't mind more money because I need to pay for my driving lessons and that I could give more into the works of the Lord. But this is quite a stable job. And I am someone who can take repetitive jobs. Just leave me on my own and I am happy. Easily contented, some may chide. However, I am happy and won't pursue for more riches.

I will put aside the thought of changing job (though it seems to be the trend in my office now). Until the release of my results. Well, I would have to do lots of thinking end of next month! So, it's going to be another month at my present job and I am going to start each day with a smile and look forward into a better and exciting day!

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It has been a rather long post but I am glad that I am able to make such a decision after feeling quite confused for a few days. And praise the Lord for letting me think through it while I said my prayers! It was like confiding in someone.

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~pinkdelights~ IT'S SUNDAY!! =)

This is my first post in a new blog and I am glad that it would start on a happy note!!

Yes! Today is a very happy and surprising day! An eventful one for me too!

Firstly, I finally got this blog going ever since I have been trying since the year 2007 started. The new blogger happens to not let me change my template.

This template happens to be the korean drama that I am watching now in my free time! It's called Tree of Heaven. Some websites call it Heaven's tree. Anyways, it's quite a good show. I am only at the 3rd disc (Ep 6). It has only about 12 ep I think. So far, it has been tear-jerking. It's the typical korean show where 2 people are in love but they can't because they are related though not by blood relation. It's complicating. Weiwei! You would like this show because you would need tissue. My next show would be "My Girl" even though I have already watched a few eps at the end. And I am going to re-watch "Which star are you from". Many shows to watch but so little time!!

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I took half-day off today and left work at 2pm. My excuse for leaving early was true but maybe not too convincing. Well, I left early to meet a friend as a farewell. Met kor at Marina Superbowl for 3 games of bowling! The last time I bowled was probably with zhen, jiawen and weelong. 2+years ago? I am still quite an amateur player and so the results weren't really fantastic (below 100). Had a few time strikes though! =) We actually settled for 2 games, but we soon got the hang of it and decided for another. Well, practice doesn't make perfect. My score for the 3rd game was much lower than the 2nd. Anyways, my little finger on my right hand is aching...

We finished the 3 games at about 4pm and decided to catch a movie. We settled for "One last dance". Both of us thought it was "The last dance" and kept asking the guy at the counter if we were about to watch the show that we thought it was, like who the actors were etc.

"One Last Dance" was quite a good show just that the ending made it a bit confusing! Someone, if you have the time, do explain to me how come they repeated the earlier scenes and how did that link to the ending? Kor and I kept looking out for the Singaporean actors and saw people like Hossan Leong, Zhou Chongqing etc. And the Singapore scenes too! Just that they tried to make the MRT station look like Hong Kong's MTR station. Not a bad production in terms of the filming and they had quite nice intermissions from one scene to another.

We went to walk walk around after the show ended about 6pm.

After which, we took the MRT where I alighted at Eunos to go for my e-trial theory test, while Kor headed home. We had a great time together today and chatted quite a bit! It was really an enjoyable afternoon spent with him.

Thanks kor for teaching me how to bowl! And for the many little things that you have done for me like encourage and offering advices. Cheer up even though you face many difficulties and enjoy yourself as you embark on a new chapter of your life's journey! And keep standing up for Singapore because my life and so are the other fellow Singaporeans life, are in your hands! May everything go smoothly for you and I look forward in receiving your mail from Australia!! =) Will miss you lots and when you are back, we must go bowling again!!

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I got to the driving centre really early about 730pm. And guess who I saw?!

It was YING CHUAN!!

It was so coincidental and amazing to meet someone whom you have not meet for so long at the driving centre! He was having his driving lesson and his instructor got him out to check something. I stood there waving and he saw! However, we weren't able to meet and chat because I had my etrial at 815pm and would end about 9pm while he would end at 830pm. It was just nice meeting a friend!

My e-trial went alright. Did 6 papers and passed 5 of them. That's considering I didn't study ever since the last e-trial on the 6th. I really regret putting my BTT on such a late date. I want to drive!

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Today's a good day! Everyone is happy! And I am happy!

I thank Zhen for starting the day off with me in a happy note and making work so enjoyable! And I thank her for bringing me to the market today to eat. And I thank Kor for being there for me and cheering me on! And I thank God for letting me meet so many nice people!

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Just glad that everything is going well and I am having fun! =)

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~pinkdelights~ Thank you! =)