Electric Blanket

I've been feeling so cold for the past few nights that it's getting really hard to fall asleep, so today I finally decided to get myself an electric blanket for AUD$20 from Go-Lo. When I took the blanket out of the bag, my first reaction was, "OMG! It's so tiny!". It leaves a 6 inch border when I lay it out on my mattress! I quickly strapped it to my bed and switched it on and thankfully, it was MUCH WARMER than it looked. *Phew!* Looking forward to warm, toasty nights now... Hehe...

Another Broken Double Yolker...

I just cracked open another high cholesterol, high fat, low protein double yolker egg but I broke one yolk again! Shucks! But oh well, I took a photo anyway, so here goes nothing...

You can see that the yolks r stuck together.

Neck Warmers!!!!!

A few weeks ago, I bought the wrong yarn for my knitting and found myself stuck with 4 skeins of yarn (2 brown, 2 purple) with nothing to do with them. After attempting and ripping many projects, I finally settled on making neck warmers for David and myself. It's a combination of 2 patterns that I found online. They turned out great!

In the process of making these neck warmers, I also discovered a fantastic shop in Newtown, Sydney that sells buttons, more buttons and ONLY buttons! They have a fabulous collection of buttons from all over the world, with designs and prices to suit all pockets (no they din pay me to advertise). In the end, I settled for round wood buttons (from Germany) for David, and square plastic buttons (unknown origin) in 3 colours with a pearl finish for myself.

In case anyone's interested in the shop, here's their address:

All Buttons
419A King Street,
Newtown NSW 2042
Tel: (02) 9550 1782
Web: www.allbuttons.com.au (p.s. Check out the website! There's a really cool picture of the shopfront in there!)

Ok, enough talk, time for the pictures!

Wet blocking the neck warmer to make it nice, flat and straight.

David's neck warmer (buttons right over left)!

Mine (buttons left over right)!

Double Yolk!

Wow, I was cooking lunch just now, and i cracked open a hen's egg with TWO yolks inside! Unfortunately, one of the yolks broke, so I din take a picture of the egg. If it happens again, I'll definitely take a photo. Now I'm wondering if i'm getting double the cholesterol from the double yolk though... Lol.

Two Things That People Seek, Part 2

If you read my previous post about the two things that people seek, and read the comments, you should roughly know what I'm going to say here. I didn't really come up with the two things, but rather heard it from somewhere else. And I actually modified it in my previous post, waiting for the comments to come in. Unfortunately, only Siao Ying replied. But it was precisely the kind of reply I was hoping for.

What people lost and what people cannot get, are not really two things that everyone seek, but rather what a lot of unhappy people seek. Or rather, it is the seeking of these two things that makes a lot of people unhappy.

When you keep regretting the past, thinking of how life would be if you had done something another way, or if things turned out another way, you can't really appreciate the fortune you have now. When you keep seeking what you have lost, feeling that what you have lost is so precious, you can't really appreciate what you have now.

When you seek something that you cannot get, you just keep trying, keep failing, and get sad over it. I'm not saying that you can't have big ambitions and go after your dreams. It's more of blindly seeking something that is beyond your reach. Things like immortality, great wealth through striking lottery, or things that you cannot work towards even. Instead of seeking such things, perhaps aiming for something you can work towards, and actually working for it will make you a happier person.

Recently I also saw a few examples of another type of unhappiness-causing behaviour: Not knowing when to let go of a situation that will lead you to unhappiness. Some people think they know what they want, and they seek after it. Somehow, they got stuck in a situation where they feel unhappy, yet they insist on going after the dream, thinking that if they give it up, they'll be even more unhappy. Sometimes it's a job. Sometimes it's a relationship. Some of them even know that they'll end up nowhere, end up in a dead end, but they still hang on. Well... For jobs, I guess there's the risk of not being able to get a job if you quit, and when you're the sole breadwinner, it's quite a big problem.

I myself was guilty of the above. For the first two years of applying for scholarship, I insisted on going for a technology firm. DSTA, Singapore Technologies, IDA were the three firms I applied to. I got into the last round of interview for each of them, but didn't get any offers. I didn't understand why God did that to me. What I didn't know was that God had greater plans for me. In the third and final year that I could apply for scholarship before I enter Uni, I was rather desperate. I went to apply for a number of other firms which I didn't even consider, including some government bodies like LTA and PSA. But what happened was that the public sector firms and I didn't see eye-to-eye on a lot of issues, which was exactly what I felt I would encounter even before I left JC. What really surprised me was that I applied for two companies in the finance, SGX and DBS, and both offered me scholarships. I took up the DBS scholarship.

Looking back, if I had gotten a scholarship in a technological firm, I wouldn't be able to do something that is so interesting, working in a bank. As time goes by, I realise that I'm much more of a people-person. That's why I started applying to those finance companies etc. And maybe I'm more suited for jobs in such areas. What I thought was best for me at that time wasn't actually the best for me. God knew. He knew better what was best for me. I'm thankful to Him for giving me the wisdom and courage to give up on what I thought was best for myself, and going for something that is better.

This is actually steering off my original topic. Haha. But really. Sometimes letting go is the best choice to make. It might be a tough choice. Ask God for the wisdom to see what path to go, and the courage to let go when you should.

Lazy Saturday Afternoon...

Feeling quite lazy today, but finally decided to take a photo of the handphone pouches I knitted for David and myself. David's pouch looks kinda like a shrivelled prune cos it's elastic and his HTC touch is not sitting inside yet. It should look something like mine once it's stretched out.


Also decided to re-do my toe nails cos it's been a month since I last did my nails and the old polish is all dull and chipped! Couldn't decided which colour to use, so in the end I painted my nails one in each colour. Lol.


Well, time to get started on my work now...

Last Official School Day in NUS

I can't believe that I just had my last official school day in NUS today. Which means, I had my last lecture in NUS today. No more lectures in NUS, no more tutorials (actually I haven't had tutorials for the past year). Just a poster presentation, loose ends of the HYP to tie up, and 2 exams. That'll be the end of my school life! But somehow the feeling of graduation hasn't really sunk in...

Two things people seek...

There are two things that people seek. What are they? Scroll down to find out the answer...



















































What was lost and What we cannot get...

To all those who actually read this blog, do leave your comments whether you agree with me on this. :)

Talent for Canto Opera?!?! Haha. And Someone Made Me So Worried!

Yesterday my opera troupe boss treated us to dinner at Yan Palace Restaurant in celebration for the successful performance of 花田錯。 (I think I forgot to blog about the performance =P) It appears though, that some of the opera students chipped in for the treat instead of him paying. We also celebrated his birthday there. We had two tables in a private suite and had KTV. The food was quite good, I must say. The KTV session was a different story though. Haha.

Anyway, after we sang the birthday song and my boss cut the cake, he gave a short speech. He mentioned that the performance was a success, except for some of the singing. Some of the actors need to improve on their opera singing. Then he mentioned that even the "extras" (small roles) were good. He mentioned me specifically! Saying that at first people weren't very confident of me taking up the role, but all praised me after the acting. He even remembered that he spotted me in a performance in year 2000 and felt that I have talent, and he was right. He said there'll be more roles for me in the future. Only problem is my Cantonese. Need to improve. Haha. I can't believe that he actually said that I have talent for Cantonese Opera. Haha.

And what is it about someone making me so worried? Well... After our food, we were just hanging around and people were singing KTV. Suddenly I received a call. I looked at my phone, and it showed Ruyin calling me. I picked up the call, but couldn't hear her. Knowing that she (almost always) only call me when there's some problems, I quickly called back, but couldn't get through! And just imagine picking up a call from someone who almost always call you only when troubled, you couldn't hear the other person, and then couldn't get through to that person!

I immediately SMS-ed her, telling her that she can call me back. And then tried calling her again, and then SMS-ing her asking her to call me back cos the phone call got me worried. I kept calling for the next 15 minutes. Finally got through to her, she said she didn't call me! What happened was that she might have accidentally pressed her phone on the way home, and then the phone just switched off by itself. She reached home, saw her phone was off, turned it on. And that was when I got through. Apparently I had already given her 10 missed calls by then.

Really gave me a fright. Luckily I don't have a weak heart.

Back (temporarily) from being MIA...

After all the promises to myself about updating this blog regularly, I've slacked off again. Lol. Been really busy with writing one essay after another (another one due come Monday)! Hopefully when all these end somewhere in May, I can finally update my long overdue posts and upload photos of stuff I've done (like going to the Royal Easter Show during Easter break).

Speaking of photos, I'm also guilty of NOT capturing all the fun stuff that I've been doing over here (going to Paddy's Market & Glebe Market, steamboat at home, going for Korean food etc). Well, I guess that just means that when David comes to Sydney in May, we'll have to do those things ALL OVER AGAIN in order to remake the memories! Not that I mind of cos! =P

Shameless guys

Why are there such shameless guys in this world? When they have the advantage, when times are good for them, they take advantage of people. When people turn their backs to them, they act pitiful, repentant, trying to get people to take pity on them. And then the whole cycle repeats itself after people give them chances after chances. Their actions speak of one story, and yet their words speak of another. They make empty promises, and yet girls fall for them...

I actually know not just one, but two such shameless guys. One of them has already caused a woman and a family to suffer. But at least he's out of the woman's life now, or will be soon. The other one is still causing a girl to suffer. Will the girl end up suffering a long time like the woman? The girl doesn't even want to pull herself out. I still have not found the answer to this question I've always asked. Why do some (in fact, many) girls just like bad guys? We have a saying in Chinese that goes 男人不坏，女人不愛，which is loosely translated to if a guy is not bad, girls would not like him. How true...

Finished HYP!

I know it's been a long time since I last blogged. I have been just too busy with my Honours Year Project (HYP) and other stuff. Well... I have finally submitted my HYP on Wednesday (9th April). At one point, I was even afraid that I would not be able to finish my HYP. Now that it's over, it's one thing off my mind, I guess. Of course, there's still the poster presentation, but that's really nothing much compared to the main report.

I Know My Redeemer Lives...

A touching video that Jo shared with me this morning. Really wonderful...