I have finally decided to migrate my blog to blogspot. But I will still keep this one archived. After all, it is my first blog so it has sentimental values. My friends or I may wanna come back and look at these old posts for old time’s sake!!
So, from now on please go to the new Notes of a Song!!
I can blog at night because I am staying at my best friend’s place this week to baby-sit her darling bunnies while she stays with her mom to keep her company through this difficult time.
On Sunday, one of my home group members, Flora was water baptised. So the whole home group showed our support by being there.
After that, we went out for dinner to celebrate with her. It was during dinner that my best friend received the devastating news about her father. She was totally heart-broken when she heard the news. All of us went along with her to her home. Her family was equally sad. The whole home group was there to support her and her family in prayers, to help out with calling the church and all.
Since her parents attended Glad Tidings, Wai Ling managed to call the pastor from that church. The service was conducted on Monday night. They wanted to wait for some of her dad’s closest friends to arrive to see him for the last time therefore, they had another service on Tuesday night conducted by our own Pastor Ronnie from Revival Centre. All through the 3 days the entire home group was there. Some of them even took leave to be there for the cremation on Wednesday morning. I really wish I could be there for Joyce too but I could not be excused from work this week. 
I am so touched to see how our group really stick together in good or bad times to support and just be there for each other. It is so encouraging to see the sincere love and care they showed her through out this ordeal. We really ARE a real family… a spiritual family. I do hope her family feels better soon… the most comforting thought is that her dad is back in the presence of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ.
The AJHG family
My dearest best friend just lost her dad yesterday. My heartfelt condolences goes out to her…
At least we know he’s back with our Lord in heaven…
Our whole home group was there to try and comfort her. And we’ll be there these few days to help out with the service. There will be 2 services, one tonight (by Glad Tidings) and one tomorrow night (by Revival Centre). The burial will be on Wednesday morning. For those of you who know her, do come by.
Just bought a new DVD player after parents pestering for months! Mom has some karaoke DVDs that she didn’t get to use all these while coz we only had a mere VCD player at home. (yes, my house is that ketinggalan zaman. no Astro too) Here it is!! Nothing fancy but mom’s definitely happy!
Here’s some more test pics with my new digicam!
Cool Louis
Normal Louis
Warm Louis
a peek inside my fridge
the CNY tree still in the dining hall in April
I’m feeling much better today. Spending the evening with my bf yesterday was quite effective in cheering me up. Maybe spending time with your loved ones helps elevate your happy hormones. Some endorphin elevating gx helped too!
u lookin’ at me???!!!
I guess I’ll just plan for a different destination, a different time or go with a different person. As long as it’s with a fun friend, I’m sure I’ll enjoy it wherever I go.
Here’s some more cool pics from my new digicam:
ebony and ivory
me spying on Melodie spying on my mom
my bookshelf taken in pitch darkness
Nope, I am not talking about my new camera. Just taking a shot in the dark and asking anyone out there would like to go for a trip to Spain or Italy with me in early May????
Flo?
Dr Nat?
Eng?
Ronchuah?
HL?
Mei Kee?
Any takers????
It is pretty much for certain that my trip to Spain is off. There are just no trips offered in early April. After that, my bestfriend will be starting a new job soon, therefore not convenient to take annual leave. So the rest of the year is out of the question.
All of my other friends are too busy preparing for a wedding, preparing to be a mom or somewhere along those lines. None of them would dream of using their money to go on a vacation in a far foreign land with me. Even if they do go on a vacation, it would be with their partners. Their money is to start a family. So, I couldn’t possible get them to accompany me for long vacations.
I’ve never been anywhere in my life because I am not from a wealthy family. I was born, raised and educated right here. Why is it that all my plans for adventures never gets fulfilled?
Case 1: When I first graduated from uni I was too broke to go anywhere. So, I had planned to take the holiday-makers visa with my ex to the UK and take up odd jobs to pay for our adventures around Europe. He called me selfish and materialistic for not thinking of the implications on his career path. I honestly thought that an adventure together in a foreign land (especially if it is NOT smooth sailing) would be strengthen and spice up the relationship. Eventually we broke up when I gave up hope on the relationship and on our dreams, or rather as it turns out, my dream. I couldn’t go there all by myself so that dream went unfulfilled…
Case 2: Then finally I found a steady job that I loved doing. Then I can put away enough money every month and go to one country per year… every year a place I’ve never been. That way, I’d probably be able to cover all the continents before I settle down. 1st year went fine, 2nd year went fine, 3rd year my friend stood me up and went missing from our homegroup for a while. She then went on her own vacation with a guy whom she didn’t admit is her bf (yeah right!)
Case 3: This is suppose to be the 4th year: next stop Europe. I knew I could afford to spend more this year since Australia did not materialize last year. Now look what has happened? Un-fulfilled again.
All that self-discipline in managing my finances yet I still cannot achieve my goal. A brand new fancy digicam with no trip to bring it for. My bestfriend did ask me to find someone else to go with me later than April but I know very well it will not be half as fun going with anyone else. An adventure is best shared with the people you love. I am the sort who who never dream of travelling alone. I know I will not enjoy it. Some day my time, my money and my life will commited to my family. I want to be able to live out some adventure before I do that. But at the rate of the implementation of my plans, I think I will be carrying forward the budget year after year and just die a very rich old woman.
How I envy the couple that my bf’s ex-boss (Wonder Woman) was talking about: they travel the world in a yacht and only lands on shore to work to replenish their resources. Just the two of them, in an adventure of a lifetime. How romantic! I truly wish I am capable of living an irresponsible and insecure life like that. Wouldn’t it be exciting! Oh, well… I was brought up in a conventional Chinese family who will never allow that. I might as well be grounded in Malaysia for life :-(….
Saturday, my best friend and I were up early in the morning. What in the world made us wake up early on a nice lazy Saturday? MATTA fair!!! Before we left her place, she gave me a really cute tropical top. Will show you later. We reached PWTC around 10am and started our hunt for our Europe vacation. We had already made up our minds to take most of our friends’ advice to stick to one place and not go to too many places. It was either Spain or Italy. So, our search was pretty focused.
We found what we were looking for at the very first stop! They had ground packages to Italy or Spain in early April. Woo hoo?? So we thought. But it turns out, it was much too long that it overlapped with some important event at work for me. We only had 1st April to 15th April free on both our calendars. Also, the long duration of those packages made it too expensive. More than 8k. All we budgeted for was 10k, so if we are left with 1k++ cash in hand, you convert that to Euros and it’ll be worth peanuts. Malaysian peanuts! (Singaporean peanuts are equivalent to S$600k!! Hehehe ;-p)
So, we moved on to the other booths. No one offered any mono-country packages to Europe in early April. Both of us fleeted from booth to booth with no avail. By lunchtime, we both got so heart-broken and depressed. Looks like we can forget about the trip we’ve planned for so long. We both felt like we wanted to cry that we didn’t even remember to feel hungry although we hadn’t eaten anything.
We walked out of the MATTA fair empty handed. But we head for the Fotokem fair downstairs to look at digital cameras. We wanted to get good cameras to bring along on our trip. Well, trip or no trip, this is the present I got for myself to compensate for the disappointment at the MATTA fair.
My cool new toy!!! Instructor’s view, mirror image, heheh
After that, I went to The Curve to pick up my boss to go to Burger King Mutiara Damansara for the Hemophilia Society’s Kids Workshop. Since we were the sponsors for the event, I had to show my moral support as well! My best friend came along because she was meeting up with another friend there. So, we told my boss our disappointment at the MATTA fair. She told us that she has taken those ground tours to Spain before. About 7 to 8 days would do. They have it almost quite often therefore the dates should be quite flexible. She said she paid a about USD800++ for it. Hmm, that plus the flight IS within our budget. There’s hope after all. Will call up our company’s corporate travel agent on Mon to ask. Spent my whole Saturday afternoon with a bunch of screaming kids. Yikes! Scary, how unlike me. But I survived! The kids had a great time playing all the games and receiving prizes. I had a great time chatting with their parents and all though, Maybe God purposely put me in this job, in this position to help me get over my dislike for kids??
After that, I had dinner with my bf at Satay Hj Samuri. Meat-ful meals are a favourite for the both of us. Then he showed me all the new launch tops he got or bought from FF and guess what I got? The new BodyJam top! It’s really cool and it’s so sweeeet of him!
Couldn’t play with my new toy until Sunday because I had to charge up the battery first. Once the battery was full, it’s playtime!! Sooooo many different modes and feature to try out. I just looove new gadgets.
My baby Melodie!
My store room in the dark! Impressive!
Bridget Jones’ Diary super close up!
The view in front of my house with very shaky hands!!
The view in front of my house through the rain
The view in front of my house through the rain – closer
My ceiling fan at top speed in the dark!
My new top, present from bestfriend!
My new BodyJam launch top, present from my sweet bf!
bf’s serious look!
Heheheh! So, my weekend turned out quite well after all!
I was to bring Melodie for her annual vaccination today. So, with much difficulty, my sister and I dragged her into the car and tried really really hard to keep her still on the journey to the vet. But she just refused to sit still. She climbed onto my lap even while I was driving, she even accidentally changed my gears!! My sister was trying soooooo hard to keep her down the whole time but Melodie was strong. My sister ended up with a terrible headache and giddiness.
Alas! When we reached the nearest vet clinic somewhere in Seri Kembangan, it was closed!!! There was a small A4 note on the door saying that they are closed early to attend a seminar. There are more than 1 vet working there!! Do they all have to go to the same seminar??? Isn’t the point of going to a seminar just to update your knowledge and improve your practice? Can’t that information be shared among colleagues? Wouldn’t that be more efficient? How irresponsible!!!
There were the vets’ cell phone numbers on the door so I called one of them. She just casually said “oh, why don’t you come back tomorrow?” I have been planning the visit for 2 ½ weeks!! This was my only free time. I also asked her if there were any other vets in the area, she just said "there are none!". What if it was an emergency? How can any medical facility be closed at a time they are supposed to be open? How can they not keep a record of what other vets are around the area, or nearest to the area? Afraid of losing business to them? If they do not truly care about all the animals out there, why did they choose to be a vet? So… I guess whether it’s a clinic, a vet, a hospital…etc, they are all just a business. An entity interested in nothing other than profiteering.
I do know not all vets are like that. The one I used to go to in Taman Segar was an excellent vet. The doctors really cared for the animals. They are always there. They even send little reminders to all the owners when the next vaccination is due. It’s all these little things that matters. They’ve just been upgraded from a clinic to a hospital not too long ago. But I can’t go all the way back there because the long journey will kill both us and Melodie. She gets motion sickness and vomits too.
phew, no needles for me today!
Sigh! I am now back home, frustrated, agitated, Melodie still un-vaccinated. I will never go to that vet again. I think it would be worth the drive to go back to Melodie’s good old clinic in Taman Segar. Probably on Sundays, where my whole family is free to be the discipline enforcers on the journey to the vet.
I was on duty for singing back up yesterday. So, as usual, I was up bright and early, arrived at church bright and early as well. As usual, we started the service with praise and worship. As usual, we sang songs of praise, under Eric’s leadership this week. Then came the interlude part of the song where the musicians continued playing and everyone can sing or praise God in whatever way they feel like. As usual, I praised and worshipped Him in good old English. However… this one was really UNusual. I started muttering some gibberish so I stopped. I really didn’t know what that was. It didn’t really sound like what the pastors say when they pray in tongues. It just sounded like gibberish to me. So I tried to continue in English, but there it was again… gibberish. Hmmm… was I speaking in tongues? I really don’t know.
I heard that when you are baptized in the Spirit, you can speak in tongues as and when you want to… at will. But I tried to replicate it while I was driving home. I played some praise and worship songs in the car and tried to re-enact what happened during the service, but it doesn’t seem to come. Bf said that I need to practise. Will need to speak to Wai Ling soon. Must find out. I hadn’t been able to speak in tongues all these while no matter how hard I pray or others pray for me. I really do hope it IS tongues and not a glitch in my nervous system causing my speech to come out as gibberish. Heheheh
On another note, just about 2 weeks ago, my sister finally accepted Christ!! Woo hoo!! Another soul saved! Also, I no longer have to be the sole Christian at home, ada gang. Hallelujah!! Woo hoo!! 
The story of how she came about to accept is a little bit too personal to share here. So I shall just leave it. Anyway, she’s now church hunting… she likes Revival Centre but it’s just a bit too far from our home. I’m already too attached to Revival Centre to look for a church that’s geographically strategic to attend but she’s still new so it would be best to grow with a church that’s more geographically strategic. Hey, petrol up 30 sen!!! So, will just do the best thing, pray for her to make the right choice and grow there!
