RE: IGNITES NEXT MEET-UP

Due to unforseen circumstances, Ignites' next meet-up has been postponed to the following week.. Details as follows:

Day/Date: Tuesday, 7th Oct 2008

Venue: To be confirmed.. (pls provide some suggestions)

Time: 7pm..

Pls confirm attendance asap, so that we can do necessary changes etc..

Swimming

Juz went swimming with xuan and xiang.. Well.. it's juz swimming for both me and xuan.. Xiang chose to go to the gym cos she itchy backside lah, go beach volley last sat.. and now she's all sunburnt and peeling.. Sio she cant get into the pool.. Guess the chlorine within the pool will knock her unconscious due to the immersed pain..

After our "vigourous" (for xiang only,i think) exercise, we went to coffee shop for some dinner cum supper.. ordered some super unhealthy food such as chee chong fun and dim sum.. chatted til abt 1115 til we made a move to hit home..

And as i'm typing this entry, poor xiang is still stcuk at potong pasir, hoping to catch the last bus home to yishun.. She took train to Sengkang, hoping to catch bus 965 home.. But she missed the last bus.. So she took NEL again, hoping to go down to Potong Pasir to catch 853.. But i check SMRT guide for her, last bus for 853 leaves at 2330 fr Geylang terminal.. So i dunno if she can still make it..

Scared for her safety.. Now that i'm all bathed and ready to hit the bed, she's still outside, waiting to make her way home.. So sorry dear.. Shld hav left earlier... Let's hope she gets onto the bus real soon...

IGNITES' MEETUP

Hey Ignites... Time for some meetup le.. Details as follows..

Day/Date: Tues 30th Sept 2008

Time: Abt 7pm.. (since some of u folks hav wk b4 tt.. giv some "comfortable" time for u all to come down)

Venue: Yet to confirmed.. Some ideas pls.. (it;s hari raya, so no geylang serai pls.. sure crowded one.. muahaha)

Just a simple dinner for all of us to catch up on life, wk etc etc.. and since wed is a PH, we can nua a little longer into the night.. So everyone.. pls try to make it ya..

Some miscellaneous pics

I'll be using Nee's method of blogging.. Realised i hav too many pics in my phone.. Haven been writing or ilustrating abt them.. So i thot, might as well juz put all in the blog.. So i can refer them back, and everyone can see also.. :)

20/09/2008 (Jac's Place)
Introducing... 小秋.. It's the name of the little bird whose father was eaten by a cat. Jac took it back to rear for a few days cos the vet who's supposed to look after it was away for a hol. (by the way, it;s his cat who ate the papa bird up)


19/09/2008 (Chinatown hawker center)
Went there to run some errands. So 顺便 go there and eat.

Check out the long queue in front of the famous 酿豆腐 stall. This stall always appear on the TV. Forgot to try them out. :(


My long awaited popiah.. So happy that i finally get to eat popiah, since not many stalls r selling.

01/09/2008 (Kovan Melody)


Snatch a pic of lucas when Isaac was supposed to be the lead. Look at his cheeky face.

Isaac and his forever "I-迁就- you-ah" smile.

30/08/2008 (Coffee Club Clarke Quay)

Time for some LKP session after class gathering dinner. I forgot wat i order le. Opps

18/08/2008 (Kovan Melody)

Lucas and his 杰作. He always disturb "Baby", making him carrying the phone, remote control and a piece of.. Yup, ur eyes r not playing tricks on u!! ERASER!!

Isaac and his oversized shirt (bought by Jie) and his handful of cards. He imagine himself to be 赌神.

09/08/2008 (Kovan Melody)

It's NDP day. Cos it was raining like crazy, the acrobatic acts by the Black Knights were not clear. But we caught a rainbow across the sky. Beautiful!!

07/08/2008 (Breakfast)

My McGriddles breakfast. "U-noe-de-ah" I just love the slogan for their advert.

04/08/2008 (Kovan Melody)

奶奶 was away in Genting.. so Lucas was given the chance to eat around the house. There he is, enjoying his favourite fruit, the Durian. He's enjoying lor.

And when i asked him to smile, he gave me this expression -_-

Finger-Licking Goooooooood~~~


02/08/2008 (Kovan Melody)

It was the 3rd NE show. So we managed to snag some acts by the Black Knights.

The Split.

Their love for S'pore!!!


02/08/2008 (Traffic Junction at Orchard)

This guy was doing his part for charity. Instead of the usual grimy kids asking for donations half-heartedly, as part of chalking enuf CIP hrs, this guy was "performing" acts using his football. He left his donation can on the floor. I was impressed, so i dropped in my donations as a form of support to him, for his effort and of cos, his impressive acts!!

01/08/2008 (NATAS Fair at S'pore Expo)

Check out the sports car put up by Etihad Airways. Swee-Dang-Dang~~

Look at its power, charging at us.

Its side view.


06/07/2008-08/07/2008 (Genting Trip)

On our way back, we juz let off a loud yawnzzzzz....

Tired, but we still wanna "act-cute"

My biggest regret-->Never drink "Kopi bean"

Woke up early, managed to catch the fog go past.

Can see, Cannot See.

When the sign is all lighted up!!

Gobble down some Buskin Robbins on our last nite there.

Grb Jac to cam-whore some pics with me.

She cant resists the sweetness of her ice cream. I cant resist not taking pics with her.

Not bad sia, i didn noe so much had happened to me during these 3 mths of my slacking life.

As i get ready before the the commencement of my working life, i wondered, "How many of such slacking 3 mths will i get in future?" It was a privilege, no need to worry abt money, life and time. Juz nua-ing is such a privilege.

Stay Strong

Stay strong.
Receive your courage from ur inner self.
Much as u wanna give up and leave this place once and for all.
Much as the people ard u r trampling on you, leaving you breathless,
Remember, someone else is out there looking out for you.


If u ever feel like a drifting log in the middle of the big ocean..
Never give up.
Remember, you will have the chance of finding a buoy, however slight the chance may be.


The world is never a good place.
People are fighting the same piece of pie for themselves.
If you find that you r not given a space to fight for the pie, but juz left with the crumbs,
Remember, taking too much of the pie may lead to indigestion. The crumbs may in fact relate more of the goodness of the pie to you.


Press on.
Do things which you think you r rite in.
Do not ever argue for things which you think they are wrong in.
Much as we hate to work for others, do things out of our scope,
Remember, these jobs are passed ard as others hate to do work out of their scopes too.

It's Official!!!

Alrity, it's official. I've stopped my tuition work at Kembagan. Feeling kinda sad when i told the kids that i'll be leaving. I mean, after all, 2 of them will be sitting for their PSLE in 1 wk's time. Doesn sound really morally rite for me to leave them now. But my new job is coming. I was just hoping to take some rest in between, before i can step into my new job, feeling all charged up and ready.

So when i told the kids.. Well.. Standard expressions.. All the "ahhhhs... How come.." starts coming out. I dunno wat it really meant, i mean, i wasn those super-duper nice teacher who came in and truly inspired the students. I do hav my ocassional mood swings and the kids may hav to tolerate with me.. Opps, sorry then..

But the kids taught me courage. The courage to live in a totally new country, one which is far from how ur hometown look and behave. And as young as can be, they will need to study and look after themselves. So, much as i sometimes hated them, that i feel like strangling them, when they are alone, they can be such angels.

Wat can i say? This definitely forms a part of my life.

Some words about foreign workers

Digging holes in road


Still digging. poor working conditions, using only small lights as their light source.

As i retire to bed at 1+ in the morning, the sounds downstairs continued. I thot, dun they hav to go home to sleep etc.. Y r they OT-ing until so late in the nite??

I opened my window, looked down and saw that the foreign workers were still busy at work. Digging a big hole in the middle of the road, they were pouring in sand etc into the hole. I thot they will be gone, like perhaps 2+ or so, after they hav completed watever they need to do for that nite.

It was 3am.. I didn hear anythg fr downstairs.. So i thot, that's nice, they can go home le.. Can go home and sleep and rest, so that when tmr comes, they will have the energy to work. That was on thurs nite, friday morning. (dun ask me how come i haven slp at 3am. That's be cos i was suffering fr insomnia ok -_-)

When i woke up the next morning, the workers were gone le. And the traffic was back as usual, all the honking and stuff.. Noisy sia.. I asked fu papa if the workers were gone at abt 3am, he siad they wroked til abt dawn time.

For once, i felt sad for the workers. In order not to obstruct traffic the next morning, (cos that stretch of road is real busy in the peak hrs), they had to work thru the night. But seriously lah, contractors or watever "Road Ministry", some roads need not be dug and dug. THEY ARE PERFECTLY FINE. WE CAN TRAVEL ON THEM. Sometimes i dun c sense in digging already-dug roads. It's not as if penguins will appear if u keep digging further down. ~Chey~

Perhaps we shld spare some time thinking of how we can better treat these workers as humans, people who share same quality of life and status as us.

Complains...

Muahaha.. I muz admit, I dun really like to complain.. I mean, I dun complain at every single thing.. Juz those super big issues.. But i finally "pluck up my courage" to send a complaint letter to Fairprice today... No choice, they sold me inferior quality goods.. So yupz, as a consumer with civic mindedness (**puke puke**), I decided to send them this email and some pics to deliver wat i wanna say, and hopefully, save some future consumers from experiencing the same problems..

This is how my email goes.. I didn wanna type so many thgs.. But u noe lah, the mood juz went on and on.. So i juz rattled on and on...

To Whom It May Concern,

I juz completed my groceries shopping at your outlet in Hougang Lifestyle, Hougang Mall on 16/09/2008 at 10.58am.

I bought a box of peaches, those which you hav packaged in a punnet. Looking from the outside, the peaches look fresh and juicy. However, when I returned home, I cut open the fruit and realised that it was all black and rotten.

I was shocked and disgusted by the outlook of the fruit. It made me lose all my appetite. However, what was more shocking was that Fairprice allowed such quality of fruits to be sold in the supermarket.

As a consumer, I did not really have the choice to choose the fruits as they were packed in a punnet. I could only make the decision just by looking at it from outside. To see such ill-quality fruits was such a disappointment. Disappointment being, not that I had purchased the fruits, but that the fruits were sold in Fairprice. After all, Fairprice's commitment is about bringing value to the consumers. With such incident, I do not know how I can ever relate such commitment to the quality of your products the next time I shop at your outlets.

I believe more checks should be done to the quality of your products sold, especially perishables. Such items are bought to be consumed, thus, the quality and state of products should be adhered to.

I had other incidents too, such as purchasing of your vegetables. They look green and fresh on the outside. However, when you open up, the leaves inside were yellow. Such vegetables could not be consumed, and I end up throwing them instead of consuming.

Attached in this email are 2 pictures which I had taken to show you the state of the peaches bought. I hope this matter will be considered with thought and not taken lightly. I do hope to hear from you soon with regards to any information which you may need.

Regards,

Jessica Foo

and i really attached 2 pics to show them the state of the fruit.

I'm not being whiny or cheapo abt buying rotten fruits.. I juz wanna bring my pts across..

As to the strong words which I had included, well... They were taught to be in my marketing modules.. "The consumer is always right."

Remember your 8Ps??

All the Makan pics..

Alrity, as the title says, it shows all the makan pics which i had taken..

Went shopping with Jie on saturday.. As usual, muz jia-peng one.. so we went to Shokudo for lunch.. Yupz yup, I noe i juz went there on monday to eat and celebrate pei's bdae.. But then, they juz had so much food there.. So i guess it's another few more trips there to test out all the food..

Enuf of all the saying.. Let the pics do the talking..

Some rostitee for u?


Rostitee for Jie

Chuka hotate for me..

And when i came back, i tucked into some Goodwood Park Hotel mooncake.. Coutesy of my Xiao Gu.. This is the mango-falvoured mooncake.. It's heavenly.. With real mango bits in it.. I only had a quarter of it.. the rest? Went into Fu Mama's stomach.. Standard..

It's one of those days

It's one of those days, where u feel especially alone in the night..

It's one of those nights where u thot they moon and the stars hav shy away from u..

It's one of those days which i haven heard from u..

I guess i gotta get used to it..

Perhaps when time has come, I will not hear from u anymore..

I should understand that u hav ur life, and i hav mine..

No way are u going to stop for me,

And no way am i going to hinder yours..

We looked upon the same stars and moon..

But are we in similar thoughts?

Will we look at the same stars but thought otherwise?

Perhaps the distance between us is pushing us apart, slowly but surely..

It's one of those days, which ur imagination runs faster than u can catch up with it..

I guess, it's one of those nights, i am hoping to think lesser of u,

And thought more of myself.

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

Pei's Bdae at Shokudo

Met up to celebrate Pei's bdae on Mon.. Pigged out at Raffles City's Shokudo..

Nice food, Gd ambience.. Good place for some pigging out cum bitching session..

Got for the bdae ger some Capitaland vouchers (so she can change her wardrobe to welcome some wking clothes and shoes), a bdae balloon (we were hoping to "embarass" her cos she has to walk ard City Hall with the balloon, and on her way home, but sc came to pick her.. so ya, wasted) and a small palm sized cake (lin emphasised on the PALM SIZED cake)

And if u managed to notice a trend between Ignites, dun be alarmed or shocked.. We r in the "Fudging/Fudge" phase.. That is, instead of using the all-to-commonly used F**K, we hav tone it down to Fudge.. So u can use "wat the Fudge", "Fudging __" etc.. in this way, u will not be condemned when u die in hell next time.. Cos if God penalises u, u can say, "I didn curse.. If i did, those at McDonald's would be cursing the whole day at their customers by asking 'hot FUDGE for u?' "

anyway, some pics to end off this whole Fudging post..


wat a trademarked smile

pei and me..

pei with all her bdae gifts-balloon, cake and waffle

lin, pei and me- i think we were a little high

still so Fudging high

He's reserved.. :)

It's a period of "Moving On"

It's really a period of trying to move on..

Move on from pple who left u..

Fret not, cos they are gone to seek better futures..

Worry not, cos they will be back to relive the past..

Look forward to the times when they return..

Cos this serparation is the start of the next reunion.

Move on from the lazy bug..

Fret not, for opportunities will come..

Give it some time.. It may hav lost its way while on its way to source for you..

Worry not, cos it has the address of you.. Juz be sure to welcome it at the weirdest time ever..

Do not be sad to remove ur name from the "couch potato" list..

Cos soon, before u noe it, U will return to the couch in your twilight years.

Updates on pei's bdae dinner!!

Alrity Ignites.. Some updates on pei's bdae dinner, juz in case some of u all may get the details wrong, mixed up etc...........

Day/Date: Next Mon, 8th Sept

Time: Targeted, to meet at 630pm/7pm (which ever u all comfortable ah..)

Place: Raffles City's Shokuda (i hope i didn the name wrongly)

P/S: so yupz.. this is the gathering after we last saw each other on Convo day.. So everyone, no excuses watsoever ya.. Hee..

I'll c u then.. Muacks...

silence vs voices

I was on my way to clarke quay when i managed to get a seat on the ever-crowded NEL..

sitting beside me was a girl.. She was seated, with her back facing me.. and i thot "how can anyone sit in such an awkard manner? if u dun feel it, i'm feeling it.. cos my left shoulder has no interest in ur back" but when i saw the reflection, i realised that she was "talking" to her fren, and they were using sign language.. no wonder she has to sit facing her fren with her back towards me.. My apologies..

And sitting rite opposite us, an Indian couple.. The ger had her hands wrapped ard the husband(i presume)'s arms.. and her husband were fidgeting with his handphone.. I dunno lah.. but i presume with a handphone in his hands, this electronic gadget will definitely be more interesting than his wife's words..

At this instance, it occurs to me that suddenly, the power of silence is so strong.. I mean, the gers had no ability to speak and hear their voices, but they r concentrating on wat each other;s saying, maintaining the eye contact that they need.. Such conversation is so much more stronger than that of the couple, totally no eye contact for each other..

Is it that we hav taken some thgs which we r born with for granted, or, is it that some thgs r really meant not to be taken seriously?