Saturday, 20 Jan

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!! =)