Friday, December 28, 2007

year 2007 @ 4:53 PM

this is a post meant for the end of the year - 31st dec. but i suspect that i won't have the time to write this up then, so i thought it'd be best for me to get down to it.

i don't usually have a habit of looking back on the year and blogging about it. especially the past few years in which i chose not to look back on, for they held sad and even painful memories. but this year, i won't get past myself if i don't at least mention a few words on it. i am grateful beyond words for what God has given me this year.

i shall not note down all the events as most of them have been posted in previous entries. i shall randomly pick out major events which made a difference in my life. let me start of with the easy parts.

i finally decided on going into teaching. perhaps it's what most of you would have expected me to go into. i must say that for a period of time, i wasn't sure. but i believe it's what i can do best and what God wants me to do. the past semester in nie has been rough. the tonnes of assignments, projects, essays... working with people of such varying backgrounds and character. nonetheless, despite all the down sides, i must say that life in nie has taught me alot.. note it's life in nie not nie.

got into an accident just a few weeks back while in my uncle's car. my cousin and i were seated at the back and a truck hit us from behind. the rear window was totally shattered and the back of the car banged up pretty bad. by the grace of God all of us were unhurt. a little whiplash and shaken up, but unscathed. for those who didn't know, it's not that you weren't important. i just didn't want to worry you all any more than i already have all this while. furthermore, i was really alright. looking back on the accident, i sometimes shudder. i shudder at the thought that we could have been hurt bad, especially my cousin and i. i even think, what if i had ended up dead. maybe it's easy to say that i don't fear death for i believe there is life after death and that death comes to all. what i fear is who i leave behind. maybe i have, maybe i haven't, but i'd like each one of you to know that i'm grateful that you've become part of my life and that i really do love and care about you. i'm sorry if i sometimes or even often fail to show it in the right way. let me also let me take this chance to seek the forgiveness of those of you whom i have hurt in one way or another.

i guess most of you would be glad to know that this year i've finally more or less untangled myself from the mess i created a few years back. the only word i can use to describe the last few years - nightmare. seriously i doubt i'd still be here if not for all of you. can't thank you all enough for standing by me, for encouraging me, listening to me ramble on and on and most of all for just being there when i needed you. if i can't be strong for myself, i know i must be for you.

now comes the tough part. the major thing that happened this year - i started playing maple, alot of maple.

through maple, i've gotten to know a great bunch of people, those in Ohana and my buddy list... and of course how can i not mention OT. i can't remember when and who it was that started calling us OMT - owl, mel, totto. OMT also came to be known as ohana monster team/trio. well.. whatever the case. the term OMT stuck. i kinda like the sound of it. okay.. not kinda, i love the sound of it =P and well.. there were extended versions of it like OMTR, OMIT and OMITS.

before totti joined ohana we were just having outings on a monthly basis. mostly lunch followed by movie. it was kinda weird how even though totti had only joined for less than a month but agreed to come for one of our lunch cum movie outings. that outing we had lunch at the ps foodcourt, watched fantastic 4 and ended with a usual trip to bunk to have a look-see. after that a couple more movie outings followed like harry potter and rush hour 4. eventually after totti started work at the tampines site, OMT met for dinners at least once a week, and ktvs monthly? about there ba. dinners and ktvs were always great. they were times when we talked about virtually everything under the sun. ktvs were great for destressing and as it gave us a chance to shout/scream. most of all, it was the company that made all the difference.

like i said before, don't really know how our friendship grew to what it is now. perhaps, it'd be easy to say it's fated, but i believe everything happens for a reason. in a short 6 months there were movies, dinners, ktvs, genting, chalet and a Christmas party. who would have thought all these would be possible. guess we really clicked well.. almost like 3 pieces of jigsaw puzzle. i'm thankful for the day the both of you walked into my life. to me, friends are people who accept you the way you are and people whom you can be yourself with.
OT: i'm glad to call you friends.

好多珍贵的回忆
用再多的金钱也无法换取
一切的一切我都会好好的收藏
千言万语还是表达不了心里的感激
希望来自心底的一句“谢谢”
能够让你知道，你在我心里的重要
时间或许会改变许许多多的事
但希望永不变化的会是这份友谊


not sure if the letters on the plate can be seen. 3 little letters that hold a very special place in my heart. 3 letters which i will carry around with me always.

Friday, December 28, 2007

year 2007 @ 4:53 PM

this is a post meant for the end of the year - 31st dec. but i suspect that i won't have the time to write this up then, so i thought it'd be best for me to get down to it.

i don't usually have a habit of looking back on the year and blogging about it. especially the past few years in which i chose not to look back on, for they held sad and even painful memories. but this year, i won't get past myself if i don't at least mention a few words on it. i am grateful beyond words for what God has given me this year.

i shall not note down all the events as most of them have been posted in previous entries. i shall randomly pick out major events which made a difference in my life. let me start of with the easy parts.

i finally decided on going into teaching. perhaps it's what most of you would have expected me to go into. i must say that for a period of time, i wasn't sure. but i believe it's what i can do best and what God wants me to do. the past semester in nie has been rough. the tonnes of assignments, projects, essays... working with people of such varying backgrounds and character. nonetheless, despite all the down sides, i must say that life in nie has taught me alot.. note it's life in nie not nie.

got into an accident just a few weeks back while in my uncle's car. my cousin and i were seated at the back and a truck hit us from behind. the rear window was totally shattered and the back of the car banged up pretty bad. by the grace of God all of us were unhurt. a little whiplash and shaken up, but unscathed. for those who didn't know, it's not that you weren't important. i just didn't want to worry you all any more than i already have all this while. furthermore, i was really alright. looking back on the accident, i sometimes shudder. i shudder at the thought that we could have been hurt bad, especially my cousin and i. i even think, what if i had ended up dead. maybe it's easy to say that i don't fear death for i believe there is life after death and that death comes to all. what i fear is who i leave behind. maybe i have, maybe i haven't, but i'd like each one of you to know that i'm grateful that you've become part of my life and that i really do love and care about you. i'm sorry if i sometimes or even often fail to show it in the right way. let me also let me take this chance to seek the forgiveness of those of you whom i have hurt in one way or another.

i guess most of you would be glad to know that this year i've finally more or less untangled myself from the mess i created a few years back. the only word i can use to describe the last few years - nightmare. seriously i doubt i'd still be here if not for all of you. can't thank you all enough for standing by me, for encouraging me, listening to me ramble on and on and most of all for just being there when i needed you. if i can't be strong for myself, i know i must be for you.

now comes the tough part. the major thing that happened this year - i started playing maple, alot of maple.

through maple, i've gotten to know a great bunch of people, those in Ohana and my buddy list... and of course how can i not mention OT. i can't remember when and who it was that started calling us OMT - owl, mel, totto. OMT also came to be known as ohana monster team/trio. well.. whatever the case. the term OMT stuck. i kinda like the sound of it. okay.. not kinda, i love the sound of it =P and well.. there were extended versions of it like OMTR, OMIT and OMITS.

before totti joined ohana we were just having outings on a monthly basis. mostly lunch followed by movie. it was kinda weird how even though totti had only joined for less than a month but agreed to come for one of our lunch cum movie outings. that outing we had lunch at the ps foodcourt, watched fantastic 4 and ended with a usual trip to bunk to have a look-see. after that a couple more movie outings followed like harry potter and rush hour 4. eventually after totti started work at the tampines site, OMT met for dinners at least once a week, and ktvs monthly? about there ba. dinners and ktvs were always great. they were times when we talked about virtually everything under the sun. ktvs were great for destressing and as it gave us a chance to shout/scream. most of all, it was the company that made all the difference.

like i said before, don't really know how our friendship grew to what it is now. perhaps, it'd be easy to say it's fated, but i believe everything happens for a reason. in a short 6 months there were movies, dinners, ktvs, genting, chalet and a Christmas party. who would have thought all these would be possible. guess we really clicked well.. almost like 3 pieces of jigsaw puzzle. i'm thankful for the day the both of you walked into my life. to me, friends are people who accept you the way you are and people whom you can be yourself with.
OT: i'm glad to call you friends.

好多珍贵的回忆
用再多的金钱也无法换取
一切的一切我都会好好的收藏
千言万语还是表达不了心里的感激
希望来自心底的一句“谢谢”
能够让你知道，你在我心里的重要
时间或许会改变许许多多的事
但希望永不变化的会是这份友谊


not sure if the letters on the plate can be seen. 3 little letters that hold a very special place in my heart. 3 letters which i will carry around with me always.