Of Now and Yesterday

I must have been about 10 feet away outside my door when I realized that my comb was still held between my mouth. I want to believe that the people inside the cars that were passing by did not notice. Yeah... they were too busy to notice the life ahead of them. Haha! Well that got me smiling all the way to work. In fact, I almost felt like making fun of myself, thinking, "How could I have done that?" 

 

People, it's perfectly fine to tell yourself that it's okay to smile or make fun of yourself once in awhile. Just make sure that you're not anywhere near to the idea of losing your sanity. Yups.

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Yesterday, I got one of my bank card replaced. Its got all out of shape when it got exposed under the sun. Smart move of leaving my wallet on the dashboard on a hot sunny day. I chose to go for a different type of bank card this time - not because of the additional functional features but simply because of the look of it. More color, more nice to see. Plus it's covered in one of my favorite color. Hehehehehe... crazy. 

10 10 10...October 10, 2010. That's when my phone credit validity will expire. I'm deleting the message now. 

 

See that hairpin? That's what you do when the thread of your sleeves have gone off and you just didn't find the time to fix it. One of my students caught me taking a shot of this using my very humble 2megapix hp. Ehehehehe... I give you the 'peace sign' lah.  

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No one and nothing else must come my way on a certain day and time next week. Another call of my life was made once more yesterday. Please please oh pretty pretty please...

...little fingers...

The touch from the hands of a child gives a special kind of comfort to this quiet heart. You feel it even more so when the hands are joined in prayer. This speaks of me...as its little impressions are left still beating inside me.

Finally, for the times when I thought my prayer was never perfect enough whenever asked to pray during the morning worships, I felt that one small part of it was acknowledged by one of my superiors - my boss. 

And for that, for some reason, let me say...thank you. 

Outline of Today

Sometimes it gets me wondering whether the smiles or 'good mornings' that I get on my walk to work is really genuine or not. Sometimes I can tell whether they really are or not. Sometimes I get fooled. 

I think the 'peace sign' would be better like the one that I got from one of the more senior students. Haha! That just totally lit me up with a smile in return. I'll have no doubts on the sincerity of that. Hmm... I might be wrong on that. Dunno.

Anyway, I'm on a mission. I'm gonna reload my hp with some phone credit to make the call of my life (ya lah tu). I'll see how far my guts bring me. If they don't bring me far enough I'll opt for email. Thank goodness for email accounts. Muah!!!

Everything what I just said... don't believe me.

Pure nonsense...

Shoot. I can be more professional than this. It's not too hard to get the info I need. Yeah... after all they're all humans on the other end of the line. You act to get what you want. None of that, it will all remain pretty much dead still. 

  

Cross my fingers. 

No, make that double crossed. >_<

Monday's Blessings

Like every morning of the school day, my fellow colleagues and I will sit together for worship. Well, that is if everyone tries their best to make it to that room at a certain time.

I was singing a song in my heart this morning as I headed to school where part of the lyrics to the song goes, "The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end, They are new every morning, new every morning, Great is Thy faithfulness oh Lord..." 

And just like the lyrics that were sung in my heart, our hymn selection also had the word morning in it.

I'll share with you the hymn and the second stanza of it.

It Is Morning in My Heart

2 I can hear the song-birds singing their refrain,

   It is morning in my heart;

   And I know that life for me begins again,

   It is morning in my heart.

Refrain

   It is morning, it is morning in my heart,

   Jesus made the gloomy shadows all depart;

   Songs of gladness now I sing, for since Jesus is my King

   It is morning, it is morning in my heart. 

I silently slipped out the hymn to copy the song and I did just that awhile ago. Don't worry, it will be returned in perfect condition. I shall memorize the piece so I won't need the notes to play them.

A little wish of mine...

I wished I took my piano lessons more seriously in my younger days. Why did I hate learning the piano back then?

Gosh.

Keeping the Faith

Thursday's today. Friday's tomorrow. 

This only daughter and sister is coming home. She longs to be there.. even if it means only a matter of a weekend long. Never mind the things that she used to complain of and will perhaps still continue complaining about.. at this point it's the presence of them living there that matters. 

May the home that I head to one day is.. the eternal home. 

Recess...

...and I'm trying to get some ideas for a class later. This subject is just so not my area of expertise...still need more experience on the subject that I'm already quite comfortable teaching with...and now (or have been since early this year) to have this as one of my teaching load makes it such a burden. Yes, I can see that I'm complaining. Well, it's  more on the students that I'm concerned about (finally I acknowledge them again). 

Anyway...

Gotta reinstall Skype back to my laptop. Had it once but uninstalled it for some reason. I'll get to it later sometime before/by Friday.

Make Skype a part of your everyday life... that's how it goes on Skype's main page. 

I say, with all due respect, "I'll make Skype a part of my life when there's people that matter to me to keep in touch with". That's more like it. ;) 

'Come go eat and talk'

Gosh! I still feel so stuffed inside. Had an early lunch about one and a half hour ago. Shouldn't have snuck out at that time but I made myself a good reason to after having done the necessary arrangements - old friend came to pay a visit mah. So, three we were, who went out for a meal together and sat for some chit-chat over the table. Let me recall the orders: 

• Ham choi fish head soup (with milk) 
• Loh han guo drink... please tell me I got that order correct

Do take note that when you order the same thing as the other person sitting next to you,  it saves you from much elaborate thinking. Ha!

A little much later at a different venue... ice lemon tea, ice-blended yam, ice-blended chocolate (one for each to savor).

All with the same profession, but perhaps with different set of goals in mind and drive of motivation to keep moving. Talked about work (high school's a little bit of the past you see).. then.. ehem.. back to high school days (a bit - haha!).. news of an ex-classmate tying the knot pretty soon (had a hard time figuring out the name though so that part of the sharing moment didn't go far).. pondering life at present (only on the surface - didn't want to get all detailed about that).. bla there.. bla here.. and what do you know? Ended up with some health talk. No.. that's nothing to laugh about. 

Anyway...

It was good company. A little too much with the calorie intake though. Oh well. Good news on my part: I gained some weight! However, a friend who came over to my place just last night, didn't think so (said that I still looked the same).  Oh, c'mon lah. Ex-classmate today said, "You still so kurus." [I refuse to translate the last word.]

Baik lah, baik lah... [okay, okay]

Got bored with my story? Enough with it. I was going to end it sooner or later. 

My light breakfast this morning. It wasn't intended - I wanted to make it to my working table before 7am. Proudly, I did.. at the expense of my poor tummy.

Now, if you notice, sometimes there's these kind words of instruction on the wrappers  with an arrow symbol which goes, "Tear here." I paid no attention to them and opened my way to the biscuits inside my own way.

My abandoned heels that were left resting in peace somewhere in one of the compartments of my working table for more than 10 months. Hello you... I decided to  wear them on since I brought and left my other pair of heels back at my place. A little dusty with a cobweb to it. Doesn't matter. I'll throw you away one day.  Oh how dear sweet of me... 

Speaking of footwear, I came across this: 

Spring 2010

WHOA!! 

That's about it. I won't comment any further on it. 

I've been talking too much today. 

And I don't ask to be forgiven for that.

Enough said.

Sep..tem..ber

The morning of today started off with a windy weather which isn't quite the case anymore right now. Dark clusters of clouds are forming up above and no.. it doesn't look too nice. 

Oh well, I won't be able to see how the rest of the day will be like. After all, I'm going to find myself in a different place in the later part of the day. This wasn't in the plan at all - I was expecting to go only tomorrow. I'm not ready. 

Haiya.. why lah?

Feel like stepping hard on the accelerator.. if only there's the following:

• my own car
• my safety and others on the road is guaranteed
• no mad person chasing after me
• no traffic police to stop me

Now could it possibly be possible? Tell me..

Gotta cancel my plan of going with my good friend and tell my other good friend to direct him to her location. Dunno why I had to emphasize good friend twice.. I guess I just miss some of my friends. Can you live without one?

I want to sigh one thousand and one times. But nah.. it will only kill the little energy that I need to get moving.