Sing Me A Lullaby

2007: A Year of Surprises, A Chapter of Evolution, A Time to Grow Up

this is the year of..
topsy turvy, upside down, crazy hazy happenings.
lessons learnt, lessons forgotten, lessons tossed away.
tears shed, heart bled, smiles fled.
discarding the unwanted, keeping the memories, treasuring the present.
in search of happiness, to find a belief, digging the depths for strength.
being strong, moving on, the wait is long.

the year started out confusing.. transformed to joy.. then to frustration.. changed to alleviation.. evolved to blissful.. heightened to surprise.. descended to complication.. deteriorated to dissapointing.. lowered to disbelief.. crescended to relief.. and is now balanced on: i'm ok, everything's ok, at least i hope it is.

i had lotsa things to say, but suddenly everything is just coming out too briefly.. don't feel like blabbering too much.. alrighty, some flashbacks of 2007 then. Happy stuff =]

Fave Photo: taken on the first day of CNY cos everyone looks so happy and buoyant! love love love my fam!

Fave Trip: Has got to be going to M'sia with the great frenz that i've made in climbing! oops.. Feng was off searching for routes when we took this photo. Made 4 overseas trips this year: Taiwan with SF and gang, M'sia with below peeps, Bintan with frenz, and KL with NUS team (or rather a much smaller version). won't have the luxury next year.. *boo hoo*

Fave Surprise: my bday celebration! it was jaw-dropping seeing so many ppl there whom for a split second, thought it was coincidental. really, thoroughly enjoyed it! having left the team and handed over the reigns of vice-cap to San, it was truly a wonderful experience in the climbing team that has left me with a whole lot of memories and friendship to last a lifetime =] a dismal performance in my last year was indeed depressing, but really glad and appreciative to those who encouraged and supported me throughout. ThAnkS guys!

Fave Get-together: has gotta be with my primary school frenz. saw each other for the first time after 9 years last year, and we met up again this yr, our tenth year since leaving pri sch and i've known some of them since i was 6 years of age! PY instead of K2 in those times =] and the number of ppl coming together to talk, joke and laugh was simply incredible!

Fave Turning Point: plunging into the working world after graduation was indeed a daunting experience, not knowing what to expect. but really fortunately, i am enjoying this new experience. having really helpful and patient colleagues, nice bosses, chilling out together with them and making frenz from other departments is like a bonus to me in comparison, as i've heard other frenz talk abt their horrifying work life.

other than the happy stuff i've mentioned above, there's also the down side.. won't elaborate much on them since only close frenz will know.. i seek to find health and happiness in 2008, wish for health and happiness to my loved ones. for the one thing tt has eluded me all this while, i hope to make the correct decisions.

really look forward to 2008 and may the coming year be a fantastic one for me, my family, my frenz and all of u!

Y Lulled to Sleep @ 12:05 AMY

MeRRy ChRisTmAS!

Seasons Greetings to my amazing family, lovely couzzies, crazy frenz/ colleagues, one and all! Wishing you good health and happiness in the new year ahead!

celebrating X'mas this year started early Dec since I had to help with the company's preparation for a Xmas lunch, early prezzies and great meet ups. on Xmas eve, i had no half day but it was still fun in the office =] special thanks goes out to Ren for being sooo sweet! thanks babe!

then i headed down to Von's house but i missed out on the cooking! sorry babes, it really wasn't intentional.. =[ but at least i helped out with the washing and that made me feel slightly better. haha.. was good fun watching DVDs and chatting and gift exchange too! not forgetting, there was food in the beginning, in the middle, in between, and closer to the end in the wee hours of the morning! ackkk..

had a great time this Xmas and hope you guys had a fantastic one too! hope those who received, liked their gifts! and thanks for all the lovely prezzies dears!

beeg kiss for you dears! hehe..
MErrY ChRisTmAs! May you have a better one next year!

Y Lulled to Sleep @ 10:17 PMY

Season of Greet, Meet, Eat!

@ PS
on Hari Raya Haji where the malls were flooded with a continuous flow of ppl. gosh.. the Bugis area had ppl squished and squashed, PS was slightly better perhaps cos of its bigger size. consumer spending has sharply increased this festive season, and it seems like ppl are venturing out more than usual! anw, YX will be leaving Sg soon, so it's perhaps one of the last times we'll see her, unless we're going airport to send her off.

We caught Good Luck Chuck, a pretty dumb sex comedy. in the beginning it was funny, but as it developed, it got too predictable and a little dull. but we had a good laugh in all its silly scenes =Doh and these ppl are super duper crazy foodies! i've tried to influence them to eat healthier but to no avail! their healthiest food intake? Subway! at least there's Subway! gosh.. ppl, pls tell me if i'm getting fatter! anyway, after the movie, we ate tau huay for supper @ Geylang. yummy! Pam suggested having dinner at some well-known place in Joo Chiat selling crab! whew! luckily I stay in the east, if she had suggested somewhere ulu in the west/ north end, i'd be pretty troublesome.. but for good food, who knows? *grinz*

@ Seafood Harvest / Settlers' Cafe
with the few who could make it. tze, no worries okie? quite disappointed with the food at Seafood Harvest, the ppl who brought you Jack's Place. the photos were quite different from what was served. baked potato instead of french fries and the vege they served was celery, not a common side for most. the catfish which the three of us ate, was not satifying at all! haiz.. was not a fan of Jack's place in the first place, so don't think i'd go back to this one.. oopsss..

We've been frenz for so many years yet we haven't visited Settlers together even once! usually it'd be relaxing at Tze's poolside, but since she was preoccupied with sth else and we were looking for sth exciting, we took a cab down and continued our 'smiles (and laughter) exchange' cutely coined by Tze. it was a hilarious time and i had a little sorethroat upon leaving! haha.. now Lian will know what we're talking abt when it comes to some crazy games =]

Shoutout to Ling: wish you here and glad you're coming home soon! but SF and I wanna go over.. arghh.. hope my Coy changes it's policy soon then it'll be easier to plan. hope you're having a great time over there and have a MerRy X'MaS!

@ Sushi Tei

after climbing the 2nd time at CA since the outdoor walls were opened, and again, it rained! ughh.. so unlucky.. but.. the food here was really good with some stuff i've never tried before. think the food here must be one of the least unhealthy foods i've been eating in the past month!

truly enjoyed the sashimi salad, which has brought me another step closer to liking sashimi. LY's craze! haha, but so far only dared to try raw salmon. had been quite some time since we chilled out and talked about lotsa things and it was really great! it's these times when we know we can keep on chatting and chatting that i really wish there was a suitable place to go to.. ackkk! tried to find somewhere to continue our conversations but unfortunately there were none.. boohoo.. next time.. at Timbre okie? *grinz*

Y Lulled to Sleep @ 11:46 AMY

@ Siam Kitchen, Suntec

alright, this place has serious service problems. firstly, we had booked the places we'd like to be seated, and since they had agreed, they shouldn't make things difficult for us by asking us to sit outside or split up our table. secondly, after two waiters collided, one of which was the manager, they just dispersed without apologizing. curry was spilt on a branded bag and cardigan, and the manager still had the cheek to let his waiter take the blame. thirdly, we were excited during gift exchange and manager shouldn't dare to tell us tt we should lower our volume when he had already made the visit a terrible one to begin with. fourthly, if they knew what good service was, the least they could do after the saga would be to give us a discount? not even mentioned. really really bad. won't patronize the place again.

thankfully, the food was satisfying..

and gift exchange was really fun to see what each other got! love the exact same expression below!

company was great too!

and Zo and I wore couple outfits complete with a black cardigan, purple top and black bottoms. totally unplanned! hehe.. had to take a couple shot (>-<)

Y Lulled to Sleep @ 2:32 AMY

Rare Meetup

with pretty babe Marilyn! it's like a once a year thing.. haha.. but at least there's still other means of contact and conversation still flows freely. it's really nice too, that at work we still email each other like a form of MSN when we're still able to cope with our workload and tt helps to make time past even faster.

it's pretty weird yet truly beautiful how and where frenz are made. for those that are here to stay, settle them down and keep them comfy. guys come and go, but frenz will keep us standing on our feet, ready to battle and steady us for the road ahead..

Y Lulled to Sleep @ 2:21 AMY

Out Prancing

In Malaysia
accompanied by the peeps who just lurrrve disturbing me, and going to the place i've looked forward to going to. sadly, CA's interior wall is not a good judge of your ability, and since tt is the only vertical wall i've been climbing and hardly boulder, my endurance was horrendous! haha.. did a few miserable attempts and called it a day. duh! preoccupied myself with sth else..

Bridget meets Woodystocky. Important 'tools' in climbing: feet to step up/ bridge, chalk bag to chalk fingers/ hands, rope to clip in/ belay.

Ed ready to whack, San can't be bothered, I am just oblivious.

A whole lot of MuNcHinG and GobBLinG and SaVoURinG and sLuRPinG !

and A whole lot of TeASing and DanCiNg and wALkinG and LauGHing! =D

thankies peeps for making it a great trip! hope to see ya guys soon =]

Y Lulled to Sleep @ 2:22 AMY

@ Haji Lane

Haven't been feeling like blogging these few days. perhaps just too many things on my mind and i dunno where to start. anyway, really enjoyed my block leave and i was out everyday with frenz and family. felt really relaxed and free. one of the most eventful days was when i met 3 diff groups in a day.

Quan and i went to check out Haji Lane cos we heard so much abt it but nv stepped in there before. the shops sold mostly vintage and overseas labels which were pretty costly but i managed to buy a $5 necklace which i've always wanted. Saw this Vespa in one of the shops there and scooted over to take a pic with it. really suited my outfit tt day. hehe.. back to the olden days..@ Attica, Clarke Quay
had a X'mas party there complete with 'christmas costumes' of which everyone had to dress in either red, green or pink. don't ask me why pink, perhaps cos ppl didn't have red and they thought pink was also acceptable? there were x'mas hats and reindeer hairbands, games, dancing and prizes! haha, was pretty fun and my group won a party pack which was an immensely popular prop that night =]CheeRs!

@ St James

was still game for more activity so off i went to meet sis and frenz. perhaps was feeling a little tired from being out since the day, so had a headache and couldn't really enjoy myself. but i loved the day's hustle and bustle ^-^