For Wat? Wat For? Faith? or Blind Faith?

So, today i went badminton-ing with jisam, probably for the last time, cause he's leaving for the States to study for 3 years..
*sob* Hey Jisam, we must have a meal together b4 u fly k!

Anyways, after that, we had a simple lunch together, den we went home.
i den spent 20mins to shower, pack, "dress up" and leave for parade.
Reached sch just in time.
so, everything in short, we rehearsed for the visit to the children's home and did some drills and other stuffs that izzin really important now.
there's a new teacher in charge assigned to us. hopw he's up to the job.
we really need a "all out to get the boys" teacher who izzin afraid to dish out A-Forms. Will be praying for him. Hope he will be saved too.
=)
after saying so much, i discovered that i have not said the main point of today's topic of discussion. ok, uncle andrew was sharing with the boys abt this monk who brought back a tooth which was believed to belong to a great monk, and managed to raised money to build a grand temple to house this tooth. the issue is that, this tooth is believed to be a fake, cause it dun look like a human tooth, more like a bull's.
Then, uncle andrew also mentioned abt Lord Jesus's tome.
It's empty. In simple terms, Jesus is still alive, He died and resurrected from the dead and now alive, living.
So, the question is, do u wanna worship 1 that is alive, sinless and almightly or 1 that is dead and whose body can be decomposed, destoryed and turn to dust.
the choice is yours my dear readers.

In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them," Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you, while He was still with you in Galilee: 'The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.' Luke 24:5-7

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Broke and limitations

Okay, so my fav band has finally released their 3rd album, Glowing.
Sadly, as much as i wanna get that album, i dun have the cash to purchase it online.
i refuse to download even though i have the means to do so.
They are a bunch of cool ppl, and i wanna support them.
Guess i'll have to wait till i get my pay.
But wait! i dun think i can get it even if i get my pay.
need to pay DH and Jx for the Presents for HL and Nel.
I think it's time i let them know i dun wanna share present next time.
As for me, i'm not gonna celebrate my birthdae, no money to celebrate.
And wat is there to celebrate anyway? Why can't celebration be just a walk down the beach, or watch tv together, or just sharing a cone of ice-cream?
Does it have to presents and treats, Movies and popcorns?
Birthdays...
Haiz. When will i get to celebrate my born again day?

I dun wan flowers, toys, gold and silver.
All i wan for Birthday is to be baptise in front of my friends and family.

Jesus replied, "let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented. Matthew 3:15

Sad, Touching, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Okay, went home straight after churching.
met Roy on the way to mrt, chatted all the way to yishun.
kind of guilty cause sort of being a gooseberry [his girlfriend was ard].
always, reached home, watch tv.
chance upon Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
very touching situation, almost cried.[being emo]
show ended half way without conclusion, gonna try to catch it next week.
God Bless the Family.

But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-control. Against such things there is no law. galatians 5:22-23

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Isomia...

Ookay, i have really bad sense in spelling.
It's 5.30am in the morning and i still can't sleep after laying in my bed for the pass 2-3 hrs.
wat could be worst?
Well, i'm having a continuous nose bleed for the pass 2 days...
only realised that now...
Mayb i should really see a doctor..
hai, need to spend money again..
due to the fact tat my nose is mucusing, so the blood is mixed in the mucus, and having a bad habit of the inward relife of the mucus instead of the more hygenic way of outward release of mucus, i wouldn't hav know tat my nose is bleeding till i blow it...
so i guess that i'm suffering from lack of blood...
too heaty, mayb..
or mayb i see too many pretty grannys. LOL
at this point of time i still can make fun of myself shows tat i'm still ok. mayb.
i used to think green flam and orange mucus was scary enough, until now.
red is the worst..
not many ppl had green flam, i think...
seriously, who ever hav though that ur windpipe can produce GREEN COLOUR STICKY FLUIDS!!!
and Orange Mucus... must be the normal yellow 1s mixed with blood...
if not, i think i need to see a specialist or a vet.
Mayb need to be refered to a NASA personnel...

i'm not overworked.. just underpaid.

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So Broke.

So i went to check my bank account today after topping up ez-link card.
left $1.56.
in wallet now, $20.
days till next pay day, 17.
estimated time of total finance depletion, 10 days.
estimate time and amount of finance back up, 2 days $25.
[that means ppl return me money]
estimated time of total financal collapse after financal backup, 3 days.

the above information is true.
based on the total amount of availiable cash i can touch, which includes every single dime in my piggy bank i hav $75, including the backup.
based on $1.2 per trip for an adult travel, at least $2.4 per day.
[Note the AT LEAST!!!]
i travel every for work and work and still work, adds to 17x2.4 = $40.8.
$75-$40.8 = $34.2
base on single simple meal without drink per day, 2.5 per day.
estimated minimum working days left till pay day, 10.
total expendeture for food necessity, 10x$2.5 = $25.
$34.2 - $25 = $9.2
[Note that its based on minimum working days and 1 meal per day.]
therefore, if i din get my financal backup, i'll only have $9.5 for the rest of the working days for my meals, which will last me at most 3 days.
[provided i dun travel more than 2 trips a day, which is highly impossible.]

base on supersaver and surviour mode:
meals can be replaced by eating grass or wind, due to the zero costing and doesn't require to pay GST, rent, tax and service charges.
alternatively, i can still spend $2.2 on a "5 pack" instant cooking noodles and eat raw at work. $2.20 can last for 5 working days if i can bear with the hunger.
that way $9.2 can last for 20 working days.
[do not try the above mentioned methods - i'm sick of instant noodles...]

did i mention tat the bills have arrived and i need to start paying the poly sch fees of $100+ per month?

Arh, i'll find a way.
God will show me the way to solve my problems.
=)

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Oral Exam cleared. LC is next.

So today is my oral exam for O-lvls.
The exam centre happens to be my ex-secondary sch.
well, lots hav changed since i last visited the place.
anyways, wanted to "shun bian" visit my beloved teachers but sadly they were having a meeting then.
Nvm, i'll say hey the next time i drop-by again.

Does history repeats or is it a line extending forward?
If it's a Circle, should we break free or resign ourselves to our fate?

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Turn Left, Turn Right.

So, as the title says, it's related to the movie.
I met this girl at work, in toyrus, and we din't really talk to each other, cause i'm just too freaking SHY!
Kk, so as i was saying, we had to do inventory today, and we in the same team.
Okay, so no big deal abt that, but I'm happy and i dunno y.
Though out the whole stock taking, we din't really talked.
Until we were going to leave, as we split up to shared cabby bak, i realised that we both lived in Yishun, and wat's more shocking is that we lived on the same street.
If that's not shocking enough, guess wat...
We live in the same BLOCK!

Both of us were in shock.
she couldn't believe that we have been neighbours for the past 17-20 years and we din't even met once.
Due to the structure of our flat, we can actually see each other's kitchen windows, but it's imposible to chat or communicate, cause we'll need to shout like loud obnoxious brats to accomplish that.

Kk, gotta sleep, got oral exam coming up.

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Why Study? What went wrong with our education system?

The news today says something abt Singapore's prospect and the "improving" economy.
I do agree that Singapore has very gd standard in "education" as in knowledge wise, but working in Toyrus let me see something else as well.
Even though singapore continues to advance in education, science, technology, economy and blah blah blah... it seems to me that most WELL EDUCATED HUMAN BEINGS in Singapore are not far off from barbarians. A simple common sense such as "putting back an item after looking at it" doesn't seems to exist in the Complex brain of these "WELL EDUCATED HUMAN BEINGS". For an example, Man A finds Item X interesting and picks it up at Shelf A. Holding on to it, he moves on to Shelf B, which is abt 10m away, and finds Item Y more interesting, thus leaving Item A at Shelf B. Den, upon reaching Shelf C, Man A once again found something that he "might" wanna buy, Item Z, and leaves Item Y on the FLOOR. As he approaches the cashier, he decides that he doesn't want anything in the end, leaving Item Z at the cashier and left for home.
ok, Being a floor crew, i need to do something call "re-shop", which means to go ard the shop and collect any "misplaced" toys and placing them back to the original shelf. Toyrus has different "sections" eg: Boys and Girls.
Everyday, we'll find toys from Section A "migrated illegally" to Section B, and very often, they "travel" there by ships or 'sampans' called "Adult". Btw, sampans are small malay fishing boats. I dun mind doing all the reshop and stuff, but still, i'm concerned of wat is becoming of our soceity and wat went wrong with our education system? Why is Singaporeans becoming so "barbaric"? izzit so hard to put the "unwanted" toys back to the shelves? or at least leave them at their original section or at the cashier.. It's not like we'r asking them to arrange the shelves to a prefect condition.

Food for thoughs: Is there something wrong with our education system? Or, are Singaporeans taking too much things for granted? Mayb we'r all being spoiled...
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No.1!!!

We had a BIG promotion at toyrus last fri and sat.
Buy 3 get 4th free. Any items.
A sales target was set for us from HQ, and a competetion was set among the other branches.
In short, we won even though we'r the smallest and the most unlikely store to win.
Congrats to all staff at united square toyrus.

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It has been a while

It have been quite sometime since i have blogged.
let's talk abt my recent experience at work..

Working in a toy store izzin easy, especially if ur a prefectionist.
Many will think that this job suits me, but the actual fact is, it's not.
i dun mind the long working hours, i dun mind standing for long hours and i like serving customers the best i can.
But this is not wat i wan. I wan to teach and that dream will soon become reality.

Working in Toyrus have its moments too.
there was once i was arranging the toys, a boy young little boy ard age of 5-6 was walking slowly, as if he's brousing through the massive varities of toys in the store. then i heard a man saying "where did u go?" in a very calm manner.
The boy turned ard and immedieatly ran into the man's arms, crying. His father asked him," where did u go?" in a comforting manner. the boy couldn't stop cry for some time. after a while, the father wanted to leave as the boy is going for a music lesson. the boy quietly held his father's hand and did a very surprizing action that made me giggled.
the boy very conviently wiped his nose on his daddy's shirt and all his dad said was," Oie, u very dirty leh.". the father wasn't angry, just a little annoyed. hahaha.
so wat have i insights hav i gained from this incident?
1st- boys 5 onwards won't show expression of lost and cry when they are really lost, they will just try to look for their parents themselves.
2nd- Being a parent, dun reproach a child when he's lost. He has alreadly gone through a round of terror and fear, so try to comfort him or her instead.
3rd- daddys are portable napkins. u can wipe anywhere.. =P

That's all for today.
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