i went to orchard on a motorbike!!! man..ultimate cool experience. okay i was really scared i'd fall off at first..not to mention that my chaffeur(hahaha) told me b4 i got on that he fell down twice. it was greeaat feeling the wind blowing against me. i think i looked like a monstrous bug with that helmet on my head though.
and the clumsiest waitress of the day award goes to....
yours truly.
i spilled an iced mocha vanilla on myself! it was really bad..the stain was brown on my white shirt..spread all the way to the WHOLE of the right side of my shirt! aughh. i was sooo paiseh. then, when i got a new shirt, i spilled hot chocolate. once again, a brown stain, but luckily it was smaller. =X before that second spill, the manager jokingly said to me that if i spilled again i would have to wash all e uniforms! then i did. and one of the cooks saw and laughed at me, saying i would have to wash all the uniforms..with the rest staring at me. maann..so paiseh. kept laughing at my own stupidity to myself on the train..whoops =P
anyway i shall never ever spill again! yeaa..i shall be the bestest waitress. wait n see.
illuminated. 1:59 AM
Thursday, January 20, 2005
whee! working at the coffee club's not bad. just worked the dinner shift earlier..ended at 11pm. my job was to take e food from e kitchen and serve them to the customers. i nearlyy dropped a plate of food! it was quite heavy & i was carrying it w one hand(the other hand held another plate) but thank God it didn't drop. so yep pretty interesting..learnt a lot of super sophiz names, like: strawberry romanoff, ciabatta, seafood vol-au-vent. like, huh??? ahaha! still a little blur abt. the tables & stuff..but i'm learning =)
weell..what has God taught me recently? mm..sometimes we believers tend to unintentionally make QT a routine..then it gets boring and we do it out of duty. we should always keep in mind that it's fellowship with God that makes QT what it is. and reading Romans 5-6 really struck me on how Jesus' grace is so..boundless. what amazing love. sometimes just feel like cryin' eh.
i read through my whole shoeboxful of letters today..picked out some letters from the stack. really funny to remember those good ole times when we were young & immature! hahaha. hmm..quite nostalgic too. reminiscing about the old times..the hanging out w nana & talking bout our crushes, lyn & her brownies(which rawk), darius & his unrivalled ability to irritate me endlessly, peixuan & her mum's absolutely wunnerful food, cinand her sisterliness(or motherliness haha) & the countless other frenz i know. luv them all!
illuminated. 1:06 AM
Friday, January 14, 2005
bathos
that's a fancy term for anti-climax. learnt it all thanks to literature class =D on my second day of work, i pulled in zero people for Cali Fitness. from a 9 to a 0. like..whaat? maybe it has to do with wednesday's orchard crowd. was just really upset that i couldn't get anyone when i know i could! and those that wanted to go were underage or decided to back out at the last min. totally sucked. haiz.
so they say it's based on luck. that perchance a good catch will waltz by where you're standing and actually listen to you, smile at you, and want to go in for a look. somehow to me this is quite contradictory in some ways..hmm.
i really wanna migrate man after i churn out enough money to. settle down somewhere outside the confines of stuffy singapore. we promoters are PEOPLE too- we don't deserve being treated like we're invisible, or irritating, or like we're interrupting your wonderful conversation. unless, of course, you have just cause to. there were these 2 stoopid ah-beng act-cool idiotic surveyors..one kept walking around and around in circles i really felt like telling him to just STAND STILL. gosh, and the look on their faces..like the goons on that "Dumb and Dumber" movie. okay i know it's bad to be so cutting but they were really getting on my nerves that day.
gotta pray and have faith and keep da smile on in this job. and i know i will be blessed hahaha :)
illuminated. 1:32 AM
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
a day of victory today...
i actually exercised!! i went swimming..with 2 galfrenz. was great to just relax in the water and play around. hope i'm a bit darker hehe.
did my first stint as a promoter at Cali. yay i got 9 people to go 4 the tour! praise God man. was feeling quite apprehensive at first..i mean, how am i supposed to be irritating?? HAHA. from this i learnt that singaporeans' attitude toward such promoters really suck. to put it better, some chinese are super rude. this sounds like i'm shooting myself in the foot (coz i am chinese) yet the malay peeps and ang-mohs were kinda more well-mannered. but well, all the people whom i managed to pull in to go for a FREE tour at cali were really nice :) jokin with me & stuff.
on a more thoughtful & solemn note, this word 'friend' has started to lose some of its shine, its lustre in my hall of treasures as i progress on in life. this doesn't mean that you peeps whom i regard as the above-mentioned are not that anymore. sick of the double standards. sick of the hollow cheeriness. the only best friend one can really have, as i have realised, is God. as His promise goes, "Never will i leave you nor forsake you." thank You Jesus!
illuminated. 11:52 PM
I'VE GOT TWOJOBS!
one's at The Coffee Club, the open-air one at orchard. i went for a stoopid injection just to get that job..terrible man. i was trembling all over! it's not about the pain, it's about the needle piercing my skin..somehow i have a huge aversion to that. wonder why man..was trying to recall what kinda psychological trauma could have triggered this long-lasting fear of needles. anyway, the manager there hasn't called me up to discuss my schedule. he better do that soon. i faced my fear just so i could be the bestest waitress there man!
the other job is to be a promoter for Cali Fitness. for once i'm gonna be irritating! hehe ;) excited about it. i mean i finally am gonna get my butt outta home and earn money..woohoo~
well 2 new experiences 4 me. can't wait! drop by sometime anyone who's reading this =) AND THERE AIN'T NO FREE COFFEE!
illuminated. 1:14 AM
Thursday, January 06, 2005
i need aJOB.
went for ben's farewell of sorts today. just reached home at abt. 1 25 am? hmph. today is a day of "firsts" too man. ate at n.y.d.c where the pasta was not bad..really cheesy =) and tried a little bit of a mudpie. heaven....once i earn enuff $$ i'm gonna treat myself to some dessert there someday! after that we headed to a jazz pub- 'round midnight. blasted with cigarette smoke, dim lighting, and the lovely jazz music when i stepped in. tried to tone down my breathing while i was there haha! many many men in the pub, save the singer(who possesses a greeaat voice) and the pianist(who possesses wonderful talent for playin jazz music) and some waitresses(who possess nothing much) ahaha. those men kept wolf-whistling and shouting out their approval to the singer. hahaha so dumb. the rest drank draft(?) some lighter kinda beer. dun really get it haha. interesting & pretty funny experience i must say. the spoilers were juz the smoke and how I stank of smoke too =X
ah well pretty good day overall. happy NS-ing to (soon to be)BotakBen!
illuminated. 2:27 AM
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
it's january. rainy wet gloomy january. boo. as i was reading 'Faith Enough To Finish' by Jill Briscoe yesternight, these 2 things stood out for me and struck me:
spirit of acceptance. think i really need this and a spirit of forgiveness to come to terms with some stuff. yeap.
i need to do something MORE. this issue has been one i've been musing over 4 quite a while. i realise how i have not prayed enuff, not evangelised enuff, not done enuff 4 God at all. so as i was reading the book this thought suddenly popped into my mind: to call jing up and do Bible sharing coz i think she should not miss out from what we learn in church. what a great revelation fr God! was really excited hahaha. so we had it just now at bout 9pm plus..had a great time talking bout the parables and learning as well. this is a start at least, for the both of us =)
these are the 2 main issues God revealed to me through the book and His word. truly God will impress something upon your heart if only you seek Him and His advice wholeheartedly. and i'll leave you with the...
*CaMp RaP*
Let me tell you bout a guy who died to set me free And He's my man, our Lord J.C. Who came down from the sky to die for you and me And then he told me this in Psalms 23 As i walk through the valley of the shadow of death Why fear? coz He is there! So all you Speedlighters go: Hallelujah Praise the Lord! Coz in my life there is no other Who loves me more than Christ Redeemer Speedlight camp 2004 shout it out with a great big roar!
*i like it a lot. heheh. ciao!
illuminated. 1:58 AM
femme
izzabelle/izzy/bel.
a melody that reaches to Heaven.
found to be lost in words.
solitude in late nights & alone time.
penchant for ice cream & chocolate.
adores(almost to bits) the cutest dog ever.
izzabelle/izzy/bel.