Managing expectations
2 words.
That’s how I would sum up my experience here in Shanghai so far. My 5 senses become more alive than ever. Humility is important. The moment when we set our pride aside, we learn a lot more and see things which we were blind to before. Every day is a road of self-discovery. Perhaps, being on exchange is the highway of self-discovery. Shit happens and it makes you start thinking harder. Drowning myself with alcohol isn’t the best solution or fun way of partying. I am sick of it already while roomie has enough of it too. ha.
Being in the wine distribution and retailing business, i get to have a feel of the chinese consumer market. It is so large and vibrant that i am beginning to doubt if singapore's market is even real.
My charnghai wordpress is stale. I can never seem to get pass the great firewall to log into my account. On the contrary, blogspot seem to be working better over here. so much for trying to create a new account. -.- This account has existed since my secondary school days like an old loyal warrior, storing heaps of drafts which will never be posted out.
I am returning home to sunny Singapore for the lunar new year. 10 days to indulge myself in the comfort of being with my family and the friends who have been my mental support all these while. I had the most awesome 21st birthday celebration when germ,alex,jared and kel flew over to spend it with!
After the break, I'll be back in action again and maximising the remaining 5 months.
Tuesday, July 07, 20092 words.
That’s how I would sum up my experience here in Shanghai so far. My 5 senses become more alive than ever. Humility is important. The moment when we set our pride aside, we learn a lot more and see things which we were blind to before. Every day is a road of self-discovery. Perhaps, being on exchange is the highway of self-discovery. Shit happens and it makes you start thinking harder. Drowning myself with alcohol isn’t the best solution or fun way of partying. I am sick of it already while roomie has enough of it too. ha.
Being in the wine distribution and retailing business, i get to have a feel of the chinese consumer market. It is so large and vibrant that i am beginning to doubt if singapore's market is even real.
My charnghai wordpress is stale. I can never seem to get pass the great firewall to log into my account. On the contrary, blogspot seem to be working better over here. so much for trying to create a new account. -.- This account has existed since my secondary school days like an old loyal warrior, storing heaps of drafts which will never be posted out.
I am returning home to sunny Singapore for the lunar new year. 10 days to indulge myself in the comfort of being with my family and the friends who have been my mental support all these while. I had the most awesome 21st birthday celebration when germ,alex,jared and kel flew over to spend it with!
After the break, I'll be back in action again and maximising the remaining 5 months.
And there she goes again *
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Until we meet again
By this time next week, I will be in Shanghai!
Thank you all for the scrapebook, card, angbaos, parties and gatherings. I am feeling very loved and blessed.
Dx was pretty sweet too. He tried to plan a cousins' dinner for me while in camp. I will really miss my brother! esp i dont really get to see him much since his enlistiment early this year.
http://CHARnghai.wordpress.com/: where i would share my experiences over the next 1 year. Will be celebrating my 21st there!! and dont you think my blog address is awesome? charnghai has same pronunciation as shanghai..it means charlene in shanghai!
一年不是很长也不是很短的时间。但这一年会过得很快。我们到时再见吧！
Wednesday, May 27, 2009By this time next week, I will be in Shanghai!
Thank you all for the scrapebook, card, angbaos, parties and gatherings. I am feeling very loved and blessed.
Dx was pretty sweet too. He tried to plan a cousins' dinner for me while in camp. I will really miss my brother! esp i dont really get to see him much since his enlistiment early this year.
http://CHARnghai.wordpress.com/: where i would share my experiences over the next 1 year. Will be celebrating my 21st there!! and dont you think my blog address is awesome? charnghai has same pronunciation as shanghai..it means charlene in shanghai!
一年不是很长也不是很短的时间。但这一年会过得很快。我们到时再见吧！
And there she goes again *
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Holiday lag time
In fact, the first day is memorable. We had an unexpected lovely view of sentosa from the restaurant.
Yesterday, I received a pleasant surprise; an email from nus alumni congratulating me that i am successful with my award application! I caught up with two friends; one over lunch and another over dinner. I also paid my favourite visit to the 4th floor of Ngee Ann City where Art friend and the other stores are to quench on my creative thirst.
Friday, April 24, 2009Exams ended close to 3 weeks ago and i have been keeping busy. One of the constants in my life, yunhui, turned 21 on 7th may so we celebrated her bday with a sumptuous sushi buffet. The first weekend was catching up with my family from the mothers' day and dad's 50th bday celebrations. I had to settle my passport renewal + visa application as well; going to the embassy of china was quite an experience. There was also the planning of Arts Retreat with the meet-ups and long talks over the phone. Planning the programme went smooth aft God gave me inspiration from the internet! It was the 6th sunday of easter when i surfed upon this homily about the readings from that week. The amazing thing was that it was written in 2002, the previous cycle of the year of St Paul, and it was exactly related to our retreat theme of 'being and doing' The second weekend was selling vouchers at St iggy. We missed the first morning mass because a few of our marketing comm people including myself overselpt! oops. Nonetheless, the total sales from the other masses were good! Songsong had been a very supportive head to our whole marketing comm; always msg-ing us to ask about our welfare and doesnt push us too much :) Arts retreat-"I AM the vine, We ARE the branches"was from 21-22 May. I learnt to rest in the Lord which is the best form of rejuvenation. It feels good to be back in the adoration room. From the meeting with carol, kelly and sam, I also learnt more about leading P&W. Our practice session on the third weekend felt like a jamming session which was pretty awesome. There were still occasional meet-ups with various groups of friends. DAFC outing had a dissapointing turnout of 3 people while the sops remain as crazy as ever. I went back xinmin to visit my friends and teachers too; it is always a great feeling to be back. In the meantime, there is a 2months translation course i am attending to prepare myself for my trip and job. The course is quite demanding in a sense that it is twice a week and 2.5 hours each time. My teacher amuses me with his english. ha. Anddd lastly. i am helping wj with his and his lao shi's business. It's kinda excitng to witness the progress and more importantly to learn from his calmness and steadiness no matter how bad or stressful the situations may be.
The past weeks were just hectic and perhaps thats why i was reminded at the retreat to rest and stop the fast pace. I think i really should, especially for the last two weeks or so before i fly off on 13th july for a year.
To savour the remaining time spent and not run through one activity after another.
It has been three happy days this week.
It has been three happy days this week.
In fact, the first day is memorable. We had an unexpected lovely view of sentosa from the restaurant.
Yesterday, I received a pleasant surprise; an email from nus alumni congratulating me that i am successful with my award application! I caught up with two friends; one over lunch and another over dinner. I also paid my favourite visit to the 4th floor of Ngee Ann City where Art friend and the other stores are to quench on my creative thirst.
Today marks a new milestone in my driving. Dad finally allows me to drive out alone aft two years of his own probation period for me. Fyi, I passed on 9th May 2007. This afteroon, I picked jie jie up for lunch and we shared about our two different stages of lives. We havent spent such quality time ever since she had kids a few years ago.
It is finally starting to feel like holidays for me. . .
It is finally starting to feel like holidays for me. . .
And there she goes again *
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this is like the best rendition of " I want to dance with somebody" i have ever heard. Mixed company of yale is an awesome group. If there is such a group in nus, i would have joined!! i miss singing all those acapella songs with aj choir!
and check this out! its shimon and my favourite song!! pay attention to the lyrics. CLASSIC.
And there she goes again *
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Who can say where the road goes
Where the day flows, only time
And who can say if your love grows
As your heart chose, only time
A beautiful song to end off this fluffy school week!
It fully expresses my thoughts as i countdown,
says what i have been trying so hard to tell her and
makes me ponder of your wait, if there is.
Nothing is too long in God's time
Wait patiently and be at peace
Trust in Him
And there she goes again *
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Snippets of JoyRecently, i found a fast and 'cheat' way to make a photo collage
Step 1: Arrange your photos in whichever manner you like in mircosoft word.
I bet all of you reading this must be going "HUH!"
and guess what is the next step?
Step 2: make use of the snipping tool!! and crop it out!
*The snipping tool programme can found in windows vista
and as for the favourite photo of the month:
And there she goes again *
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Mad march!
School is into week 8! It is about time to gear up for the exams! In addition to one birthday celebration every week for this month...sch work, css stuffs, noc preparations,8-4 tuition job are more than enough for me to juggle! Thankfully, having three day week this sem allowed me to have time for myself, catching up with old friends and overall, maintaining my sanity better.
I started off this week with amazing morning today in school. It didnt seem so when i realised that i dropped my thumbrive(less than 4cm long) along the as6 walkway before my first lecture. Carmi and I searched through the walkway but to no avail. She suggested that i say a prayer to St Anthony. i was skeptical. Nonetheless, i made a short prayer to God, complaining to Him that i was upset about losing something which has semtimental value and contains all my documents! Concentrating in lecture was almost impossible until someone called me to say he has my thumbdrive with him! A stranger who could notice my puny thumbdrive along such a broad and busy walkway, picked it up and bothered to look through my files to find a way to contact me instead of keeping it for himself was really god-sent! Prayers,big or small,work!
And I'm all ready to march through the upcoming weeks as well! For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power,love and self-discipline.(2 Timothy 1:7)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009School is into week 8! It is about time to gear up for the exams! In addition to one birthday celebration every week for this month...sch work, css stuffs, noc preparations,8-4 tuition job are more than enough for me to juggle! Thankfully, having three day week this sem allowed me to have time for myself, catching up with old friends and overall, maintaining my sanity better.
I started off this week with amazing morning today in school. It didnt seem so when i realised that i dropped my thumbrive(less than 4cm long) along the as6 walkway before my first lecture. Carmi and I searched through the walkway but to no avail. She suggested that i say a prayer to St Anthony. i was skeptical. Nonetheless, i made a short prayer to God, complaining to Him that i was upset about losing something which has semtimental value and contains all my documents! Concentrating in lecture was almost impossible until someone called me to say he has my thumbdrive with him! A stranger who could notice my puny thumbdrive along such a broad and busy walkway, picked it up and bothered to look through my files to find a way to contact me instead of keeping it for himself was really god-sent! Prayers,big or small,work!
And I'm all ready to march through the upcoming weeks as well! For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power,love and self-discipline.(2 Timothy 1:7)
And there she goes again *
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JeLENE Zheng
i spent two hours of my afternoon skyping with jelene! and i just found out that my laptop actually has a built-in microphone! hahaha
we all know that technology is advanced. but i never really felt its powerful and useful impact until today! Despite not being able to see her via the webcam, i was contented hearing her clearly and talking to her once again since she left for exchange in stockholm. There was a point of time during our convo when there was some technical glitches to the sound device; i could only talk to her but cldnt hear her.. I felt like some dumbdumb speaking to my laptop screen and we had a good laugh over it !
well my friend, i know you are doing great there. I believe skype will be our main form of communication until we meet again and you will teach me to play tennis in school!
i spent two hours of my afternoon skyping with jelene! and i just found out that my laptop actually has a built-in microphone! hahaha
we all know that technology is advanced. but i never really felt its powerful and useful impact until today! Despite not being able to see her via the webcam, i was contented hearing her clearly and talking to her once again since she left for exchange in stockholm. There was a point of time during our convo when there was some technical glitches to the sound device; i could only talk to her but cldnt hear her.. I felt like some dumbdumb speaking to my laptop screen and we had a good laugh over it !
well my friend, i know you are doing great there. I believe skype will be our main form of communication until we meet again and you will teach me to play tennis in school!
And there she goes again *
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