Booboo strikes again...

Got my dates mixed up.. went for the wrong module for training.. instead of going for mangrove n data mgmt.. ended up in intro for field techniques for Pri sch... *laughs* *cries*

still looking for travel buddy to nepal... :(

Time well spent...

just came back from dessert w G after the church's anniversary service... we got pretty cheezed off w the servers in a parti coffee place in taka... that we were on the verge of blowing up at them....

we were talking abt the company of pple we have been hanging out with in our own lives... and realized that there are things we need to work on... :) in any case, i'm glad tt i'm beginning to spend time with impt pple rather than laughing my evenings away....

need to lose some pounds.. hv been eating a lot... btw, din get to jog in east coast.. as anticipated... it rained...

just realized i'm not only computer-jinxed.. i'm also blog-jinxed!! this is the THIRD time i'm entering this entry.. and i'm trying to stay patient... well.. to play safe i was advised to copy and paste... and while i was blocking out the words... before i cld click on ctrl-C, the entire entry DISAPPEARED!!! not once, but TWICE!!! *faints*... *patience.. patience*... blog-jinxed....

lately, hv been reflecting and searching abt my purpose n direction in life... find myself torn between... living for the moment and enjoying life... vs.. living my life in view of eternity.... well... the fact tt i'm starting to struggle may signify that i'm moving (in the rite direction i hope!!).. i can only pray for God's mercy...

Chilling....

Did not go out tonite... supposed to go out.. but it rained... tom hv to be up early for GB (meaning... nitelife is quite curtailed)... etc etc.. so decided to just stay home.. rot.. chill.. whichever..

Spent a little time talking abt the weirdest topic w Js *laughs* and my canoeing buddy.. dive fren... and another fren... its nice.. not doing much... have been a little more laidback these few days... cos school load slowed a little these few days.. next weeks will be more hectic again... :)

I hope to run in east coast tom. Its been a long time since i've run there... the last i ran there was months ago, before May!! either with EC or DR, i can't rem who. Tom, if i get to run (if it doesn't rain, that is), i'll be running alone. I haven't run in east coast alone for a long long long long time.. but i tink it would be nice.. :) some time alone... I hope it doesn't rain tom....

East Coast...

Who have been my running buddies in East Coast...
lets see.. I started w G, den there was J, Chee and Tong, there was EC, there was DR...

What have I done there before?
There was a camp for the Methodist Primary school kids i was helping out when in sec sch at the PA campsite where in the middle of the nite a storm brew and tore down some tents... caused blackout from the lightnings.. causing us to evacaute our tents...
There were the numerous bbq sessions held in during secondary school days...
Did my rubbish field studies for NIE geog module....
A place I've 'dated' a couple of guys.... hmm.. usually ending up watching planes
Attempted learning cycling (of which i failed, only to master the skill in cambodia)..
Of course there were the twice a year family outings as a pri sch kid.. i'd bring my little green pail... my sis wld bring her bigger red pail... :) I would pick shells.. bring them home to wash and keep.. mom will bring her fried beehoon...
the chatting w all my different running buddies.. all sorts of topics...
Oh.. not forgetting the couple of sunrise services, one of which we were caught in a heavy rain...

've seen many more beautiful beaches outside singapore. Krabi, AoNang, Raley, Tioman, Dayang, (just some i rem off hand)... but... when in singapore... east coast.. is a place i like to be... many memories.. it was flooded on my 21st bday cos of dunno wat increase in sea level/tide!! okiez.. tt's not part of my memory.. *laughs*... but east coast.. seeing families... seeing the not so nice horizon, sand, sea... just.. nice... and peaceful..... (other than when i'm cycling!!)

Corny...

This was supposed to be yesterday's post. But due to the #@#^&**, I am attempting to post it again... but.... much will be lost as i will not repeat watever i've typed yesterday. I'm just gonna enter the most... 'interesting' thing which happened.

Early in the morning, i brought a book down for silent reading during assembly. HOwever, straight after flag raising before i got a chance to read the book, two gals came with another gal who had swollen eyes and running nose. I got swollen eyes when i was younger once, and it was due to allergy, so i thot it cld probably be that. so i brought her to the office, called her parents, signed for her the sick bay form etc etc... den went upstairs.. went to the restroom and suddenly it occurred to me that i hv left the book on the teachers' bench. so i went down to check whether it was still there.. it wasn't... i asked the teachers who were ard then, they din take it up for me. One relief teacher (WPP's wife!!) was sweet enough to bring me down to show me where the lost n found box was.. but it wasnt there. i was feeling quite upset and more sian than any other thing cos the book wasn't mine - borrowed it from EW. So i told some of my colleagues tt i felt very sian cos i lost a book which wasn't mine.... so SLN asked me... 'What's the title of the book?"

I thot for a while and went... 'urm.. its very ironic... the title is LEFT BEHIND'.... all my colleagues laughed.. i mean.. how corny can it get? LEFT BEHIND got left behind?!?! So given the book talks abt tribulation n rapture, one teacher commented.... it will be back .. i mean.. alrite.. corny... okiez not very farnie on blog.. but when the conversations were on.. it was.. realyl hilarious lor.. in a corny manner. fortunate thing is i checked the lost n found box again a couple of hours later.. and it was left there... thankfully....

other than that. .in short.. wat else got erased? oh... promotional meetings (which i din noe was held on tt day!!)... i was appalled to discover the kind of thigns and decisions made behind closed doors.. other than tt.. met up w sandfly for the first time in town NOT WORKING!!! ah ha ha...

okiez.. watever.. i'm tired again.. man.. i really shld do something abt my 'sleeping requirements'. i'm losing out in waking hours because i need 8 hours of sleep.. irritating....

and of course.. before i post this entry.. i'm gonna do a copy and paste JIC!!!

Frustrated....

This entry was supposedly titled Corny.. supposed to be farnie.. but not anymore... because after typing a long entry, blogspot just somehow... did not upload my entry.. and... LOST IT!!!!

ARGH!!!! so now i'm frustrated.. from farnie to frustrated.. #$*#&*(

I suck......

I have been a bad friend.. or I haven't been a fren...???

I've been spending a lot of time with my friends, doing a lot of things together... movies, JB, marking, dinner, etc etc... Sometimes I spend time with my frens on the pretext that i'm accompanying them... listening to them and trying encourage them... BUT... it seems to me tt... wat i hv offered them is.. just material things tt i can afford... time.... words... company....

One of a social theory says tt... we give out as much in relationships based on wat we expect/perceive to receive. As i gave, i gained company as well, acceptance, listening ears from others... Is that all that i am? this selfish brat i am? i suck.... when did i realize tt?

Friday nite... I was out marking w sandfly. she told me she had actually paid for a 'fortune telling session'... which would take like 1.5 hours so i was supposed to wait for her (well.. it took THREE long hours in the end...) but the point was tt.. i told her i'll go to the shop w her and i'll do my marking while waiting for her. she was worried i'll be uncomfy there noeing my stand on these things.. but i told her doesn't matter. i'll do my work...

den when she went in for the session, i was on the outer area of the shop marking.. while marking.. a thot came to me... i shld b praying for her... wat did i do? i thot "God, pls take care of her huh?" and...... i went back to my marking...... there.... was my fren.... and here i was... den yest nite when i was on the fon w her.. we were sharing out troubles etc.. and she said actually when she was in the room, two things went thro her mind. one of which was: is sheryl praying for me outside?

i suck... sigh....

wat do i offer my frens? my new frens of late? company.. laughter... just as they offer me the same... but have i more to offer them? I hv the biggest and best thing to offer - God.. but... where have i done that? maybe its gotta do w my own struggle to find my place back in Daddy's arms... but.. yet ... and for my old frens.. so many of them.. hv i even been in contact with them? have i cared abt how they have been? NO!!! ... I SUCK!!

Dedicated to all the markers...

Deck the desks with piles of papers

Falalalala Lalalala

Tis the season to be marking

Falalalala Lalalala

To my dear pals marking out there

Falala Lalala Lalala

We are in this mess together

FALALALALA LAAAAAA LAAAAA LAAAAAA LAAAAAAA....

laaaaaaa......... si...........

I got up early than usual... thanks to the extra lassi i went for last nite... ah ha ha.. but better early.. than during invigilation!!! So i'm thankful to God for that... *hehz*

Yesterday went out w the dive grp to hv curry at racecourse road.... been wanting to try curries at racecourse... finally... our dear fren RG ordered a tad too much... and ended up... well.... i was trying to serve out all the fish in the curry so it wldn't go to waste. heh....

there was a 'second round' for ktv... i'm not a ktv person.. sometimes go for company.. but yest nite.. was not in ktv mood AT ALL... but in a sense dun wanna be 'shao xing' so just tagged along for a while... at least i hv my buddy LN to talk to me... so it wasn't too bad....

Feeling for now.... bleah.... also dunno y.... actually i tink i noe y... *laughs* but bleah den bleah lor... life goes on doesnt it?

Meanwhile.... wat shall i do today? its friday!!! mark.... :-S

Sleep deprived and narcosed and pleasantly dreamy....

too tired to blog.. to many things to blog.. in short, refer to Esther's blog. MUA HA HA HA.

Other little things in the dive:
1. I had FOUR buddies this trip.. good gracious..
2. CORAL SPAWNING!!! can u believe such luck? but also mean v low visibility of abt 4m n weird white stuff sticking on us.
3. I am a fairly decent 'hoverer' now. mua ha ha. next skill to work on: finning
4. I dropped my no. of weights (thanks to some inconsiderate person who took my weights from my weight belt. blessing in disguise. ah ha)
5. I touched a frenly turtle!!! Its crazy... lol
6. Finally got to see closeup the infamous moray eel the whole world has seen.
7. Got dumped into the sea even tho i cant tread water.. *grumble*

Great company. Great food. But it means... weird to be back in a 'different' world teaching in less than 8 hours after arriving back at newton. *laughs*

Hugs n kisses to lovely gals like Es, Sandfly, Kris, Ln, EV... not forgetting my fav boys like J, EW, LDV (quite a mouthful to pronounce), RG (who offered to mark my papers during dive).