1st post in May

I did not realise that I had not posted any entries in March and April. Seok Ting's birthday was in March and I ordered Swensen's delivery for her and the girls. For mum's 80th birthday celebrations in April, we went to Summer Palace for dinner as a family as Covid restrictions have been relaxed. Kor and Binny gave that sumptuous dinner treat. Jie gave the birthday lunch treat at the Chinese restaurant at Raffles Hotel, and we had a floral themed afternoon tea at Four Seasons Hotel with just mum, jie and I. Mother's Day in May was just spent with mum and I, with a blueberries shortcake baked by my neighbour May. Just last Sunday, I swung by Lu's place to pass her some of her birthday gifts to brighten her special day. :D That was fun. Looking forward to a special lunch later today held in honour of Bishop Yong Cheng Fah.

eOH 2022

 I just was to thank God for blessing eOH 2022 for the many participants who turned up - over 100 zoomed in! Just a few days prior to the event, only 35 have registered. It is amazing how God more than tripled the attendance. Praise God for His goodness and grace!

Twos Day Post

I sent a post to the Gal Galo Gals Chat at 2:22am, 22-2-22 earlier this morning and received some texts from GS which started a rather argumentative exchange between us. It ended with GS exiting our group chat, yet again. What drama on an auspicious date. Reflecting back, perhaps I was too quick to take offence with her texts which resulted in my rather negative responses to her. But I just couldn't help myself. What started (to me) as a fun, random text at an auspicious timing, did not warrant a "please seek a therapist" type of response from her I felt. Anyways, maybe I overreacted but maybe I am done with my friendship with her too. 

5th Post of the Year

Good Thursday Morning, Lord. Thank You for waking me up to another brand new morning with the chirping of the birds, the rising of the sun, the opening of my eyes, the stretching of my limbs and the wakening of my senses. I love You, Lord.

Father, even though within me I sense I have this strange desire of missing JW and wanting him. I am not sure if those desires are from you, my own or a temptation from the evil One to distract me from You. Please help me discern. Draw me closer to You and make things clearer to me each day.  Amen.

4th Post of the Year

This evening I have prepared 5 angpaos - for three nephews (Joshua, Christian & Declan) and two goddaughters (Elsa & Illa). Looking forward to handing out these angpaos to these lovelies during the CNY period. Oh, and one more for Wai Wai Tun, our Myanmar house help in Bishan. 

Also, I wrote out two CNY greeting cards to be mailed out tmw, to Joan in New Jersey and Siao Yen in Miri, Sarawak. Hopefully the cards will arrive within the 15 days of CNY! haha. We shall see. 

3rd Post of the Year

Cannot believe that today is already 12 Jan. 12 days just passed too quickly in 2022. MG Retreat happened in the first week. EH, mum and I had New Year's dinner at Ah Hoi's Kitchen on 2 Jan. Yaling gave Guat and I a treat at a newly opened in Tiong Bahru on 9 Jan. I had a solo lunch at Picotin last week. And this afternoon, I gave Lee Tzu a lunch treat at Sevens Cafe. We had sweet fellowship and good conversations. Earlier tonight, I had a Zoom interview with Esther D. It was a blessed time too. 

Birthday celebrations

EL treated me at Coastal Settlement, a cafe off Loyang, nearby Changi Village. We had a pleasant time catching up with each other over a bowl of laksa (my order) and all day breakfast (her order). On my actual day, mummy cooked a bowl of egg meesua with sliced pork in broth for me. May-jie baked her first ever blueberry shortcake upon my request and gave me a $5 discount for me at $27. Binny sent a surprise teddy bear flowers delivery that really delighted me! I received lotsa greetings from FB, IG and WhatsApp messages too. The day before, Lu had dropped off a surprise package of gifts and food which included a set of C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia and some really cute stationery picked by YC, boxes of blueberries, strawberries and two yummy blueberries muffins too! On 19 Dec, I met up with Sue at P.S. Cafe and had date pudding and tea to have a simple celebration. The big lunch with mum and sis was at the St Regis' Chinese Restaurant called Yan Ting where we had yummy Wagyu steak and venison meat. Unfortunately, too much good food made me a little sick that afternoon. Although we were still able to attend a lovely candlelight candle at VCH that evening where I bumped into Caroline Seah from MGS which was a surprise and delight. On 21 Dec, mum, sis, WWT and I went to GBTB for the Christmas Wonderland experience and it was a pretty fun night. 

Uncle MW was also able to visit my home in Yishun during the December holiday period. That was a rather fun outing for him. We also met up with him and NN on Christmas Day itself, after mummy and I had a sumptuous lunch at Angus Steakhouse that afternoon. December has been and will also be a most delightful month for me! hehe 

1st Post of 2022

It is past midnight and this is my first post of 2022, on 2 Jan 22. I had two gatherings at my home in December instead of three. I was kinda disappointed that the New Year's Eve gathering and sleepover with Guat and YL did not pan out in the end but perhaps it was for the best as I had a good time catching up with Brenda, Pam and Edmund at Brenz' place. Thankful to God that my inaugural Boxing Day Lunch with my DG mates went excellently well with Wing Poh, Rebecca, Belinda and Cat in attendance. Also, my catch-up with Meirong, Peijin and Sin Lee was also a success with Meirong giving us a Nagomi Art workshop at my home after a yummy lunch treat by PJ at Yishun Park Food Center. Sin Lee also treated us some yummy egg tarts from Joy Luck Teahouse. Finally, the sushi I had ordered for NYE's dinner was enjoyed by mummy, sis, WWT and me instead. I also sent some sushi over to ST & the girls for NYE's lunch. Apparently, Elsa has been jamming ST's phone and requesting fro sushi!! haha 

I don't really know what 2022 holds. But I know Who holds 2022. I pray I will continue to trust God more each day and walk well with Him. Amen.  

1st Post in December

I realised for the entire month of November, I missed out on my blog entry this year. Ah, what a pity. I had thought I would at least have made an entry a month. Alas, November went by without one! But still, I was glad my faithful tradition of meeting up with EL was kept up, although it was a belated celebration of her birthday on 30 Nov instead of the 23rd. As I had spent the 23rd celebrating Illary's 10th birthday at Pizzaface with a heart-shaped Lana Chocolate Cake and a pizza/pasta meal together with ST & Elsa too. 

Also, I was busy sending out hedgehog coasters, and cute shiba inn and kitty cat coasters to different ones, near and far. It was a pleasant surprise to receive a packed of assorted flavoured Kit Kats from Dom & LP (all the way from Kanazawa), a brown long sleeve chiffon blouse from Daphne&Robin, and a specially curated calendar of my fave pics from Siao Yen (from Miri) all in the month of Nov. I think I received two pairs of earrings (from Lee Tzu & Josie). Lee Tzu gave me a Christmas ornament too (a glass Santa) and CCH+Margaret gave a box of chocolates which I shared with the A Team and eventually gave the rest to EK (and his kids). I gave a double portion of coasters to JW & family but not sure if any reached them although the registered mail ones should reach them. The reason was the first post had probably gone missing and I was a bit sad. In any case, I don't think those coasters meant much to them. He seemed to have been ignoring me since 25 Nov (US Thanksgiving), over two weeks. I feel a bit sore but that is that. Should not be overly emotional over a relationship that most likely will not amount to anything much beyond former co-workers, despite me having an inordinate amount of affection for the person. 

Finding a right match in life is no easy feat and not everyone in the world find their "happily ever after". I am quite okay with living my life without finding "a life partner", if that is God's will for me. I am open, if God has someone in mind, but God, only You know if such a person exists. Not my will, but Yours. 

I am thankful for mum, siblings, sister-in-law, cousins, aunts, uncles, close friends, god daughters, co-workers, good neighbours, new brothers and sisters in Christ I have come to know in my DG and people in the Residents Network Committee, as well as OCF Alumni Network friends and TCF friends from across Southeast Asia. I am thankful for the EAST Community too and the EAST Alumni Network although my bonds with them have not been that particularly close this past year. I have not been very intentional in cultivating deep bonds with people in the EAST Community due to remote working. 

Reconnecting with old JC friends has been a bonus. I thank God for them - Meirong, Peiling, Margaret, Janice, Wai Sen, Peijing & Sin Lee. Covid has also made me draw closer to a few in the OCF gang - like Dom & LP, Daphne & Robin, Jeff & Grace, David & Jess. It was also good to have caught up with Lucy & JF in person.  

Looking forward to Boxing Day Lunch with Wing Poh & Rebecca, Dickson & Bel, & Cat. Hope to get to know them better as brothers and sisters in Christ. 

2nd Post in Oct

I need to wean myself from my communication with JW. Lord, please help me, I pray. I should really refrain from initiating any more texts with him even if he replies. I bet he is thinking the same about not wanting to reply me or he just has no bandwidth to handle communication with me as I am pretty low down on his priority in terms of the friendships/relationships he has at hand. I need to have greater respect and love for me. :)

1st Post in Oct

Today, JW has started work at a new work place, a tech company I think. His last Zoom meeting with our Advancement Team was on Monday, 27 Sep. That was also his last official day with EAST. On Thursday, 30 Sep, we had Zoom meeting with JW and I guess the feeling that he has really left us finally sank in. Sigh.

Has it only been a year ago that this young, handsome, jaunty guy stepped in EAST and a year later just as quickly stepped out? What a lot of difference a year has made!