a busy week

It's my second week into PA and i'm really grateful to the Lord for having blessed me with such nice colleagues :) One of the seniors even made oreo cheesecake for us!! Super yummy and he even printed out the recipe for each of us! Yes! It's a HE, his gf is one hellava lucky girl! Super thoughtful can....

It's been a super busy week so i haven't really been updating. Went for 2 birthday parties this week to celebrate yeanling's, shiqi's and sean's birthdays. It's nice to see every one again, it's really been an amazing week and i'm glad that i'm getting my life back. Days of being cooped up at home all day long is finally seeing light and i can feel the warm, almost unfamiliar breeze of life easing back. It never occurred to me until now that i really do miss everyone back home, i miss hanging out in church, i miss my lovely swiss gang and i miss the awesome presence of God in my life. The accident killed a part of me but time has slowly taken away the pain and it's time to return to life before the accident. I want desperately to leave everything behind and be happy again.

I thank God for helping me get my life back on track and I really want to thank mryna for inviting me back to cell group on wednesday cause it'd really helped me open my heart and pour out all the frustrations that's been cooped up inside. I feel that God sent her as an angel to help get my life back on track and i thank God for blessing me with such a great friend. Thank you Myrna! I love you so, so much! And i love God too. I can slowly feel His presence, his familiar touch of love and grace on my life. I guess for a long time i've been numbing myself to His presence, but i really want to grow with Him now more than ever. Cause now i know that He has been holding me back from that cliff, pulling me and keeping me from tipping...

Oh, and i've already attended 2 sessions of the make-up course i mentioned about previously. My dearie elaine accompanied me for the lessons and i think it's well worth the money cause i think i did actually learn quite abit from the lessons. For example, i learnt what's a toner, lolx, and there's like a million steps to cleansing!! Okay, maybe just abt 10?? I also learnt how to find the natural arch of the eyebrows so i can save my 16bucks on paying a professional to pluck my eyebrows (yay!) and i learnt the different techniques of eyeliner application for different kind of eyes, etc...can't wait to learn more :)

Time for picture post!

Oh, did i mention??! My dad blessed me with a nikon d60!!! Muhaha, i'm gona go crazy taking arty-farty photos and ACT like an arty farty pro photographer!! I wana go haji lane, chinatown, little india and every ulu corners of Singapore and start snapping away!

Meeting up with peeps from church to celebrate the return of yanping and me! yay! And these are two of my lovely and pretty girls, yan ping and myrna!!

The lovely girls from church and a very, very wet sean! My church is filled with pretty girls hor?!! haha, number of suitors can queue to jb already, wahaha.

Birthday girl and guy! Shiqi and Sean! As you get see, they were both drenched from top to toe cause they were pushed into the swimming pool at Sean's new condo! He has like 5 houses la!! Omg, rich kid can! And highlight of the party were the cakes man, super yummy, best birthday cakes ever tasted! Okay, i'm biased, cause i happen to love cheesecakes and tiramisu! And whaddaya know they were both my fave flavours and from Hilton summore...hmmm, craving more of the cheesecake...*licks lips*

Haha, wet sean and gabriel trapped outside cause nobody wanted them near in case they came hugging us! Gabriel's super funny, he reminds me of a livelier version of my bro, haha. When he tried the champagne that Sean brought over, he was like "Eeee, what's this...." lolx. But he's a great guy nonetheless and we all still love him :)

Myrna, as you can see, i stole all the photos from that day from your blog, :S haha, cause i didn't bring my camera, anw, i want the rest of the photos too! Especially the videos from mel's camera of our "shi lian pai" or at least my desperate attempt at catching up with u and sean. I really must kowtow to both of you, u guys really are the king and queens of "shi lian pai". I must practice every night le! Next time, i'll not only be able to keep up with you two, i'll be able to do "er shi lian pai" too!! WATCH OUT MAN!! HAHA.

And as Myrna already mentioned on her blog, yes, i was superbly slow. When they were at no. 6 i was still at no. 2!!! faints. *sheepish*

But all in all, it was fun, and i love hanging out with all of them! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIQI AND SEAN once again!!

---- I don't have photos from yeanling's birthday yet, i gotta remind myself to get them from jiesung :S

diploma in interior design

"Chasing Dreams - Part 2"

i found a school which has a flexible part-time course for interior design - Palin School of Arts & Design, I can learn at my own pace and i just have to accumulate 12 credit points to obtain the Plain's Diploma in Interior Design. Each module is about 2 credit points and i have to take two compulsory modules - 1) Residential Interior Design 2) Commercial Interior Design, each costing about 500+bucks....estimated total cost of diploma is about 3000+ bucks....geez...

i'm tempted to enrol for the june intake and study while i'm doing PA...hmm, i don't even know what i'm doing, at first it was just a thought but now, i don't know...it'd be such a weird thing huh? trying for a diploma in interior design while studying accounting? sounds a bit off i know...but what Bro Kel told me today about the auditor's job and lifestyle has really got me thinking, it seems to me that auditors really have no social life during their peak hours, Bro Kel said they are practically "dogs" slaving for the Big 4. Some of his colleagues work till 4am in the morning to go through stacks and stacks of documents, scanning A3 papers clipped together with font size 8 words(!!!!) and he said he had to do OT on the second day of work already!! What's the point of earning big bucks when there's nothing for you to spend on except lunch, taxi fares to and from work(which they can claim from the company eventually) and probably nice handphone and nice working clothes?? I don't want to live my life just for work, i don't want to wake up each morning dreading another long, tedious day of work and knowing i'll be doing the same thing over and over again every year....and even if i could take a long holiday during non-peak season, who am i to spend it with when my other friends are working??? Bro Kel said most of his friends moved on to other careers in a matter of months, he himself is in business consulting and at least, he's liking his job now.

But I guess different people have varying opinions about auditing and in a days time, i'll get to experience what audit work is like at my PA firm, then i'll know for sure if i like it or not. i don't want to be so pessimistic about it before even trying, so i must keep my hopes up and hope i learn plenty during this internship. Being judgemental and critical so soon will do me no good. I should be bold and open to what's in store for me.

"Lord, i pray that you'll guide me along this period of internship and help me learn new stuff from the seniors there. I pray that i'll make less mistakes and most importantly, i pray for strength, courage and for stronger faith so that i will persevere no matter what. That i will not give up and i will press on with the undying thirst for knowledge and strength knowing that i have You on my side. Amen."

Btw, i went for a Montage 2008, a photography seminar organised by NUS photographic society today and it was alright, i was looking forward to the fashion photography section but i think i was more inspired and captivated by the wedding photos cause they evoked more emotions and were less staged. The wedding shots were also very well taken, so much so that i couldn't believe that it wasn't the work of photoshop :S Fashion photography seemed more "plastic", i guess cause in the end, fashion photography is more about the clothes than the person. Speaking about fashion photography, lolx, i must say comment about the speaker, see the guy below:

Skye Tan - fashion photographer

Looks kinda cool right? PHOTOS ARE DECEIVING!! OMG, when i saw him in REAL person, he looked a tad nerdish even with his efforts at dressing abit more stylish (his pants were a bit too tight, it was tugging his thigh fats at all the wrong areas, lolx) and he spoke Singlish lah(i'm not a fashion photographer so i'm allowed to say all the LAs and LORs i want))!! *faints* I was expecting a bit of "seh" you know, maybe a bit of american accent(be it real or fake), i guess i was expecting him to act like Nigel Barker (the hot fashion photographer from ANTM) --> probably too high expectations but please lar, anybody called "Skye' shouldn't be talking like a coffee shop boy -_-" Okay, i'll give him some credit, at least he was quite entertaining...especially when he said that the male models he took were all a picture of cool and they were practically a mirror image of himself...haha.

...and i don't even think it was a joke.

chasing dreams

"Chasing Dreams"

i've been thinking of taking up a certificate course in interior design. i just checked out the different available choices for me and it's either a full-time degree course which would last 3 years or a part-time course lasting 20 weeks at NAFA, which of course would not be as comprehensive.

i want to seek out other career options other than accounting and i KNOW i've always wanted to go into design as i've always been convinced i'm more of an artsy person than a figures and numbers person. I want to try out something design-related and see if i'm suited for a designing career rather than being stuck in a mundane audit job. So lately, with all the amount of free time at hand, i've been considering signing up for the part-time interior design course to try out and see if i actually like it. And also if it doesn't work out and i really do end up doing accounting in the future, at least i have the assurance and comfort of knowing that in some point of my life i did try to follow my dreams and that it just wasn't right for me. I don't want to live my life knowing that i never tried to do something that i like and interests me, rather, i've just been following the practical and more "realistic" path. Of course, trying out comes at a price --> $1200....Or i could always wait till i start working and then enrol for a part-time certificate course, after which i can decide whether or not to change careers...

Oh well, anyway i'm gonna sign up for a personal make-up course at ACE CC, it's gona be a 2hr session every thursday night, anyone interested in joining me? It's 6o bucks for 4 sessions. lolx. A recognised make-up school would cost wayyy tooo expensive and there's really no such need cause i'm not aspiring to be some make-up artist, i just want to learn the basics and since i'll have spare time, why not?

Okay, gotta wake up to go for a photography seminar tomorrow and jap dinner at night *yay! sushi for 1 buck!* better go to bed now!

"The Black Balloon" --> I wanna watch this movie!! I love Gemma Ward!! I hope it will be released in Singapore!!

chinatown

Chinatown for supper!

My "once-in-a-while" adorable sis & my "very often" naggy mummy! lolx. Love them.

shopaholic

many things have happened and most of them haven't been the best of situations, but thanks to all the support and concern my friends have given as well as to God for guiding and shedding a light upon my path, i'll be okay :) And i got my hp fixed already so i'm contented! I have to thank God that it wasn't too expensive, abt 50 bucks ^_^ corz i'm really not in the mood to change hp right now.

"I believe things will be better and all that has happened as only made me stronger because i have faith."

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A few days ago I tried to calculate and keep track of my expenses, i decided to list down the things i've acquired in the past 2 mths using microsoft excel:

1. H&M Long two-coloured skirt
2. H&M black chiffon skirt
3. H&M thick brown waist belt
4. Bega purple short sleeve coat
5. Kiyo white office wear blouse
6. Kiyo white waist-tie office wear blouse
7. Peach-pink office wear top with frills
8. H&M plain white tank top
9. Charlotte Russe plum pink spaghetti strap top
10. Charlotte Russe plain white tank top (similar to item 8, why do I keep buying 2 of the same stuff??!)
11. Charlotte Russe pink Victorian styled top
12. Charlotte Russe Plaid shorts in pale pink
13. Garage plaid shorts in grey
14. AE grey tank top with embroidery
15. Gestauz black grunge jacket (pseudo black leather jacket corz Singapore is too hot to possibly ever wear leather)
16. Bum Equipment blue blouse
17. Bum Equipment black blouse with frills
18. Vega white tulip skirt
19. H&M white, lacy, flowy top
20. Korea imported colourful stone necklace
21. Victoria Secret white halterneck top
22. Victoria secret undies
23. F21 tribal prints dress
24. F21 blue sleeveless top
25. F21 canvas bag
26. Zipia flower high waisted skirt
27. Black a-lined office skirt
28. Black a-lined office skirt
29. Black patterned flowy office skirt
30. Off-white, chiffon dress (definitely need to alter cause it’s too long and i'm, unfortunately, vertically-challenged)
31. Bold patterned dress
32. Yellow patent flats
33. Blue & Black pointed flats
34. Vintage, black heels (very high; reminder to self: do not attempt to try this on until probably a year later??! Back will definitely break in heels like this and will surely regret it!)
35. Vintage cream purse
36. Vintage purplish-blue clutch
37. Cotton On blue shorts
38. Cotton On white sleeve top
39. Step-on black leggings
40. Black Long sleeve office wear
41. Chiffon, translucent sleeve flowy white top
42. Armani Exchange long, white wallet (gift)
43. Jason Mraz CD (gift)
44. Anna Sui-esque wallet (gift)
45. Red office blouse (gift)
46. White rabbit soft toy (gift)
47. Shiny bronze bangles (gift)
48. Miss Smurf Blue Vintage Wash Tee (gift)
49. Make-up pouch (gift)

By the end of it, i decided not to add in the costs. I came to the overwhelming conclusion that i'd be happier if i remained oblivious....