Oh, making time for things nowadays is really such a big deal... Everybody's so busy with everything... Just had a tel conference with my gal friends.. haa! Persis' brilliant idea... Cos everybody juz cannot settle on one date to have our christmas dinner... As usual, when gals talk, we talk altogether... so the call lasted for quite long, plus there were 6 of us on the line.. haa.. In the end, our christmas dinner is set to be this sunday! Crazy rite, celebrate christmas on 3rd Dec... haa... But tat's really juz the next available time we all have in common!
Me? Busy with work (forever), studies planning, youth fellowship, young adult cell group, christmas musical (weekends sold to the church!)... And Kyo said tat gerald might "threaten" that i cannot perform if i dun go for the 14th nite rehearsal. Well, she didn't really use the word "threaten" but it sounded as intimidating to me anyway. story goes, my company ADD will be on the 14th night and i am the involved committee and i need to be there. So wat am i supposed to do? tell my hr manager i'm not going for the ADD, put her on a spot and apply to be irresponsible because of religion - or skip final musical rehearsal and offend gerald? i chose to be responsible to work la actually, i think its an impt testimony. the ADD is like the actual thing already, the final rehearsal is the prob the most impt of all rehearsals, but it's still a rehearsal not an actual thing.. Now tat kyo say gerald might have a prob, it sets me thinking that i do really want to perform after all. Not for the fame or fun (i dun think there's either anyway), but cos i've have given up so much of my time for the regular rehearsals, burning all my sundays and some weekdays, give up dating time, offend my family by rejecting family time to do this dancing rehearsal.. though i was really quite sian-ed and did reject the idea that i have to dance on top of just singing, but now at this point in time, i think i wanna continue to finish the 'show'. to him, it may be a professional show, but it me, its being part of a great tool tat God has in mind to reach to others - and i want to bless and be blessed too. So may God's mercy be shown.
So billy and i finally manged to spend some time together, like a dating couple... when in groups, i wld classify our time together as friend bonding time.. when like on one-on-one outings, tat's classified as dating time! hee... ya, which both are important but have to be balanced. for the past weeks, we only met for quick lunch if he's nearby my office, or supper, even on weekends we are either going out together with big groups or families... I treasure time spend with fellowship pple as well, so i dun mind the big groups, but i find that it's really hard to make time for just the 2 of us. Finally this week's work not too tight for either of us. So movies on tues and juz now (wed) had a nice dinner date... hee.. we watched Happy Feet! Very nice!
Not that I really stand by this, but it's just so funny!! I like that billy is dinosaur - unlike the typicals! HAA!
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FIRST YEAR Autumn Schedule: MEN 101: Combating Stupidity MEN 102: You, Too, Can Do Housework MEN 103: PMS-Learn To Keep Your Mouth Shut MEN 104: We Do Not Want Sleazy Under things for Christmas
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Arghh... $70 just to make new passport... which last only for 5 years, instead of 10... ARGHHH!!!!
Anyway, went just now during lunch time, and i so duper exceeded my lunch hours lor... haa... there was 157 pple in queeue, and while waiting i took light sleeping naps.. hee! Like i always do.. the ART of being able to sleep anytime anywhere is one good skill. I napped for like 45 mins, still not my turn... Den got this family of a mother, grandma, and 2 young daughters came and sit beside me. The mother non-stop talking and talking very loudly one lor... but at the same time, keep telling her little gal to "better shut up your mouth!", "I beat u ah, u better shut up your mouth!", "I call police ah, u better shut up your mouth!" Firstly, "Shut up your mouth" sounds very rude for a mom to use to her daughter, i feel. And i wonder whether the english is even correct... 2ndly, the thing about using police to scare the kids is juz a total bad idea - children should feel like police are your friends man, and be scared of the bad guys not police.. 3rdly, the mother herself is so noisy yet she expects her splitted-out-chromosome be quiet.. 4thly (ya, i got lots of comments on this mother).. that little gal is so cute and not noisy arh, she was just doing cute things like smiling to herself, talking to her mom(not overly loudly), etc and the mother keep spoiling her mood... :S
Anyway, finally got my new passport!! They needed right thrumb print, den i show the counter lady my right thrumb condition - which is badly scarred by ezcema, she say nvm can try... den she try 2 times, she say "ya, let's use left thrumb print instead". haa... den she show my both left and right prints on her computer - the right one is really bad man, cannot see one... If one day i get murdered huh... my left hand better be ard, later my body become unrecognizable.
New traveling chapter of my life shall begin with this new passport - My goal is to use up all the pages! muahahahaa!!! So far, my world touring has been thur: 1. Malaysia (since forever) 2. Australia (1995) 3. China (2000, 2005) 4. Thailand (2001) 5. Indonesia (2004) 6. Ireland (2004) 7. Hong Kong (2005)
Next stop: 1. Thailand (Jan 07) 2. Australia (again) (Feb 07)
spend some time going thru some of my hundreds of unread mails today... currently still got 471 more to go thru... anyway, found many funny emails and videos.. haa.. got check out my youtube videos posted below or not? Anyways, thanks to mostly nic, mich, and kat... I enjoyed quite some funny jokes today.. haa... ok, post 2 of them for dear readers:
1) MBA AND ENGINEER WENT CAMPING:
A MBA and an Engineer go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fall asleep. Some hours later, the Engineer wakes his MBA friend up and asked "Look up at the sky and tell me what you see.
The MBA replies, "I see millions of stars."
The Engineer asks "What does that tell you?"
The MBA ponders for a minute: Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.
Astrologically speaking, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo.
Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three.
Theologically speaking, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant.
Meteorologically speaking, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.
What does it tell you asked the MBA?
The Engineer friend kept silent for a moment, and then said.
My friend. Practically speaking, someone has stolen our tent".
2) CHINESE NAMES - ANNIE WAN (ANYONE)
Caller : Hello, can I speak to Annie Wan?
Operator : Yes, you can speak to me.
Caller: No, I want to speak to Annie Wan!
Operator: You are talking to someone! Who is this?
Caller: I'm Sam Wan. And I need to talk to Annie Wan! It's urgent.
Operator: I know you are someone and you want to talk to anyone! But what's this urgent matter about?
Caller: Well... just tell my sister Annie Wan that our brother Noel Wan was involved in an accident. Noel Wan got injured and now Noel Wan is being sent to the hospital. Right now, Avery Wan is on his way to the hospital.
Operator: Look if no one was injured and no one was sent to the hospital, then the accident isn't an urgent matter! You may find this hilarious but I don't have time for this!
Caller: You are so rude! Who are you?
Operator: I'm Saw Lee.
Caller: Yes! You should be sorry. Now give me your name!!
I'm living in wednesday (although thurs juz came), and thinking im still in tuesday.. hmm... but i really cant remember wat i wore to work on tues leh... i cant seem to remember tuesday...
and cos i forgot its wednesday.. man, i forgot to watch my favorite documentary Taboo sia.. aiyo, today they talk about how men in diff cultures prove themselves to be men... extreme ways of cos, but since i didnt watch, i dunno how...
Jus now spend abt one hr in the gym, working out of cos.. i have a colleague who goes to the gym but dun work out and instead juz talk on the phone and tell others tat he's in the gym.. haa..! juz now gym was good! i forgot to ask my gym khakis along, but my determination brought me there anyway.. :) and the excellent thing was the gym was empty!! i had a super worked out session sia.. i love empty gyms...!! den abt an hr later, this middle age man had to come in and destroy my serenity.. haa.. but anyway i was tired already...
Being abt to run and not feel pain in my back is beautiful grace to me! in the past, i used to feel extremely pain in my back juz halfway thru my 2.4km run in sch.. in sec 4, i even took a doc's mc to excuse myself from the run cos i didnt wanna suffer the pain... when i was in hospital the 3rd time for the same problem, i even told God that i will not take my health or muscles for granted and i will make it a point to work out and not be so lazy... but seems like my promise to Him is not very consistent... but i juz wanna share here that not everybody can juz say run and run, so do not take your muscles for granted... and to frens who need to abtain from exercise becos of injuries or health problems... pls do not test ur limits, compared to a lifetime, ur recuperating time is only so short!!
and to women body builders, i applaude u for loving ur muscles sooooo much. but pls do not take your female hormones for granted as well... :)
Alright everybody, seeing is more convincing man... rathering my previous post on women body builders, well this is the FEEL... Which makes my goosebumps stand... And this is just light weight catagory man...
Accordingly, women body builder are judged like men's regular - they haf set poses to perform, their own pose to show how nice their muscles flex.. On top of that, women body builders gotta do a dance to show how fit their are, and their dance is like turn one round with hands on the ground and head,body,legs totally at 90%!! And they are also judged on looking pretty - make up and lady-like-ness...
These women tend to take steroids but according to them, its none of our business (because taking steroids has always been a senstive issue to both men and women body builders).. Women body builders, as a result, often sound manly and features incline to look more like men because these steroid often has male hormones in it, or/and encourage more male hormones to grow...
Well, im not laughing at them, but it's really interesting new knowledge to me! It's not something i wld accept, but that does not mean i will condemn it. But as a women, i think it is better to think of why God made you a women, and what are you going to do about it.. :)
Yesterday went to Minds cafe with my colleagues... 1st time to board games cafe, quite fun leh, i like!! There was this game where we build tracks to reach our destinations (and i went to the wrong destination out of my own blur-ness), and we played settlers too... Which gave me my game idea for sat's zhanchi bible study.. haa... Hope it turns out fun too!! Cant wat...
Today got off work early... And opps, i forgot my dinner date with billy and i didnt wait for him, i juz went home... Den he called... :P SORRY BILLY...
So watched a lot of TV today... I like the channel U 7pm "Goong" show, who can lend me dvd? 9pm channel 8, there was a "happy family" (kinda show name) drama series... There's a bro in the family who has a wife and 2 kids... and in the show, his wife bought a new terrace house without telling him 1st... And i tot, wah saz, a man's greatest misfortune is getting them 2 talkative kids+1 vain wife+1 foolish mother.. the wife made the kids nag him "mummy say u rather spend money on another woman and don't want to buy us a house"... the wife make the mother think that her intention is to move the mother into the new terrace house as well... really very vain lor...
Den after tat watched Tabboo at 10pm - tat's like one of my most chased after programs this period... and it's actually a documentary, but really interesting... today is about gender blending... in india, there's a festival where men, even married men with kids, will dress up like women and have one night stand with another man... :s In las vegas, women like to be body builders... which is essentially women's head in a beefy body... grosssssss. And in Japan, women westlers whose westlering performances look more real than WWF, and these women will really be bleeding and bloody all over at the end of the fight... *faints*
Ya, so i named this post WOMEN... And i like being a lady yea... :)
Almost the whole week, except for monday, i was attending seminars/talks/learning sessions... HAI~~~ Tues-thurs company training on market research methodologies and some concepts, friday had company talk on proposal writing (which the whole time i translated it in my mind as resume/cover letter writing.. hee) and at night in church, seminar on the book of Revelations.
I must say i enjoy tonight's Revelations seminar the most!! Haa... so much more relevant and meaningful, easy to apply, easy to engage... Today's summary is that Revelations' focus is not on prohency, its abt teaching the truth and applying it (and being blessed as a result Rev1:1, 22:7). 666 was John's implication of an anti-christ at that time, who might be politically strong and he cannot write down his exact name... makes me thing of all the rubbish movies on 666 and the ultimate devil tat 666 is... which did influence me to think that the 666 referred to an ultimate evil - but thank God for revealing to me today that the 666 is prevalent everywhere in the world we live in - in the various forms of any anti-christ (such as worldly values).
Last week the Christmas musical singing team did some tracks in recording studio... Quite interesting experience, no stress for me even though i had a sore throat because i was part of the choir and i blended in fine... haa... PICTURES!!
Today i skipped company dinner to go home early to rest cos im still feeling sick... My idea of resting equals relaxing, meaning doing things i like... I was feeling tired and sleepy, but determined not to nap, if not i cannot fall asleep at night again..
So while watching tv, i folded my family's hill of washed clothes... Its been washed and collected at the sofa for weeks already and no one just wants to fold them... so i folded them... den my tv programs still not finished so i continued to clear the coffee table after folding the clothes... and once started, cannot stop.. so i kept clearing and cleaning till it became all so drastically clean!! Da jie came home slightly after i was done...
she: "who's coming?" me: "no one" she: "den why is our house so clean?!" me: "cos im sick of the mess man..."
den mother came home slightly after her...
mom to da jie: "When debbie goes to australia, no one is going to clean up our mess liao - but it's ok, when she comes back for holiday, she can fold all our clothes accumlated!" me: ....................
Watched this documentary, Taboo, on arts central juz now at 10pm... About spirits possession. showed the rituals involving spirits, shamans, exorcism... Den there was a part on the charismatic Pentecostal churches... Extreme lor... God is good but believers are only human. I was telling my mum, and to all who reads, that the bible teaches us to worship the Lord with our minds... When the Holy Spirit is in you, u will know what you are doing you are still in control - God will not let you lose control of yourself becos self-control is also the fruit of the Spirit. the documentary compared the possession of the holy spirit to the rituals in African rituals - both with music, lots of excitement, dancing and then possession. In both cases, the worshipper has to give up self control to let the spirit be in total control... But a spirit that takes always your self control of speech and/or behaviour is not a spirit from the Lord man... To give ourselves into total surrender of God is out of freewill and rational commitment, not because we are “out of control”…
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” – Mark 12:30
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” – Rom 12:2
the debbie
12 March Birthdays
Loves Presents!
Alto singer
Guitar Player
Late Sleeper Aussie Photos
1) Havaianas Sandals
2) Puma Jacket! Adidas's fine too
3) Small size travel hairdryer
4) Fang2 liang2 qi4
5) New Rental place in aug!
6) Heels boots
7) Mobile phone
Needed from SG
1) Guitar
2) Esprit Watch
3) Body shop crayon sharpener
4) HK Bronze bag long strap
5) Swimming costume
6) SG-AUS traveller adapter
7) Sleeping bag
8) Teal turtleneck sweater
12 March Birthdays 