"should" and "want to"

This blog entry is dedicated to the CA student whom i was talking to just now. Continue to work hard...... hang in there!!!! Play when you can, study when you got to :)

" Should" and "want to" is a totally different story altogether sometimes. Don't you think so??

The example i gave her: Joey "should" be exercising everyday, but Joey "wants to" do no exercise. Muahahahahah. An A++ example, coz that was what i did the whole week, not do any exercise, hahah.

Cute ^.^

Me: Wow!!! That is soooooo cute. Is that mint???

Colleague E: Yes, that's mint from my garden :)

Me: What is that for?? Are we having some Vietnamese food today??(sometimes we ta pao lunch and eat together).

Colleague E: Haha, nope. That is to keep the ants away. I was told that ants don't like mint.

Me:???????

AHhaha, let's give it a try. If it can stop the ants from invading our kitchen, then HALLELUJAH. If it doesn't, it will end up in my beef pho :p

Simple yet profound

To say that "prayer changes things" is not as close to the truth as saying, "Prayer changes me and then I change things." God has established things so that prayer, on the basis of redemption, changes the way a person looks at things. Prayer is not a matter of changing things externally, but one of working miracles in a person’s inner nature -- Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest.

So before wagging my fingers and asking god why he/she is still like that, why the situation hasn't turn around for the better, i have to remember that change has to start within ourselves.

What do you think??

Hairy matters

Byeee byeee ponytail :)

Welcome back fringe :)

Fringe, you kinda stick out like a sore thumb, but but but you are part of me now, stick with me ya.

Matters of the heart

Me: Do you use your brain to think or do you use your heart to think???
Colleague D: Why are you asking such a weird question?? Seems obvious right.

Me: Do you use your brain to think or do you use your heart to think???
Colleague S: Well, depends what kind of thinking you are talking about.

I went to the egytian exhibition last saturday. While we were having a time out break, we all noticed one weird thing about the egytians. After a person is dead, they preserve the internal organs (eg. lungs, liver, intestines) in jars so that they can be used in the Afterlife. But but butttttt...... they discard the brains!!! AHhahah, i thought that was funny, it's alright to be brainless in the afterlife i guess (Afterlife should be a breeze, no need to think, no need to worry abt anything).

That wasn't the whole story lar, if you continue to read on the information plaque, it was said that the heart was the only organ that was left on the dead body. Unlike the other organs, it is not dug out and preserved in a jar. They believed that the heart (and not the mind) was the seat of emotion and thought. It has to be left intact in the body until it passes on to the Hall of Judgement to be judged (on a weighing scale, ahahhaah).

The complexity of the brain has long been a topic of interest in humanity, but i do find that the heart is just as complicated.

All in all, i still believe that the heart is the centre of emotions. Otherwise, why does my heart ache when i am sad, but never a headache??

Hahahahah, i dunno what i am trying to drive home by writing this blog entry. I dunno how to continue the story. Perhaps i need not have a good reason to write gibberish once in a while. Hahahah, i am having a writer's block moment *knocks head on the table*

Applause!!!!

It wasn't star studded with A list actors and actress. It wasn't heavily publicised. It didn't use up megamillion bucks to create one movie. No fast and furious cars to show off (the fastest thing in that movie is probably the horse carriage). No seductive pretty girls and muscular guys strutting their stuff (unless if you consider wigs to be sexy). They don't even have grand explosions, nor is it action packed (someone fell asleep).

But but but but................. it made me wanna stand up and give an applause as the movie came to and end. I didn't literally stand up and applause ler, just cheered quietly in my heart. Wow!!!! One of the best movies i have seen this year. Simply inspirational!!! :)

Favourite character: William Wilbur Force of course!!!!!!!!
Favourite minor character: The cook (he is funny!!)
Favourite inspirational line: Too many to remember, i gotta watch the movie again.
Favoutite funny line: " Now you know sir, that i don't just simply dust your books"

If you love/need an inspirational story, go catch AMAZING GRACE. You will love it!!

Warning: This movie might not be suitable for you if you only like action packed movies. Heheheh.

Silence is .........

When the $3o dollars was whipped out (the money owner, you know who you are ler), a historical moment was made, a feat was won!!! A feat that was won on the behalf of 16 kids who are awaiting their fate to be change :)

Cutiegal, you are not just another pretty face, muahhaha :)

In this case, it can be said that your silence is indeed GOLDEN!! Well done well done!!!

P.S: I would not forget yesterday.

A bit of history anyone????? To mummy or not to mummy??

Yippeeee yay!!!!! When the dentist is away, the mouse comes out to play. I don't have to work next saturday!!! Muahhaha. Sooo..... i have decided to go somewhere that i have been eyeing for a while.

Check this website out and let me know if you are interested, we can make a trip down together. So far, this has caught Fishie's interest, anyone else that wanna join this entourage?? No pressure kay.
http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/Egypt.asp

http://www.artgallery.wa.gov.au/exhibitions/egypt_presales.asp

Since i laid eyes on the Louvre when watching The da Vinci Code, i dream of going there for real. I added it to my list of places that i wanna visit when i am still alive (alongside the Versaille and Vatican City), kekeke. Although i have yet to be rich enough to go to europe, but this exhibition should be sufficient for the time being.

The curse of the last piece.......

"Oiiiiii, still have one piece left, who wants it?? No response.

Sound familiar to you?? Ever been to a potbless or while eating out and discover that there would always be one last piece of a "something" left on the plate and nobody would touch it??

I always thought that is just a bad habit in the chinese culture. Probably can blame it on being "pai seh".

Then i discovered ...... this bad habit actually crosses cultural barrier, it is an epidemic!!! Muahahhaah.

I love the ppl at my workplace. Being all ladies, we sometimes bring in sweet stuff to share with everybody (naughty naughty!). However, it is mind boggling that we always end up with a piece of lone cookie, lone cake, lone chocolate sitting on the table for longer than it is needed to.

Let me just give you an example. Colleague F brought in a packet of Wagonwheels (chocolate coated cookies, see above pic), i think there are about 12 of them in one pack. Within 2 hours, 12 decreased to 5. And then next few days, the cookie dissappeared one by one till only one is left. Out of curiousity, I waited and counted the days that it takes for someone to come eat it up. After almost two weeks...... Peek a Boo..... the loner cookie is still there (see pic for evidence). HEeheh, in the end, i munched up that cookie and washed up the container.

I have a feeling in this case, it is not about being "pai seh" anymore, it is pure laziness. Ppl just don't want to finish the last piece coz they want to avoid washing up.

Pictures do tell a thousand words, well sometimes :p

Heheheh, i think my previous post must have left a few minds boggled.

Nope, it is not a shoe show. Nope, i am not trying to show off all my shoes (yes fishie, the bulky one is jon's, good observation).

It is the super short history of the CHIA family!!! Muahahhaha.

Pic 1: Mr Chia started as an irresistible knock- your- socks off butterfly attractor bachelor (i didn't make this up, it is from the horses's mouth).
Pic 2: Mr Chia meets Miss Chua (irresistible bachelorette) who then became Mrs Chia
Pic 3: Bigprawnhead came along
Pic 4: Bigbaobao came along (and brought torture to bigprawnhead!!!!!!!!)
Pic 5: Shinystarinthesky came in to complete the CHIA family (hence the circle to symbolize the completeness).

Mr and Mrs Chia was observing on the side while i was photographing. Didn't take them long to understand what i was doing. After i took the last photo, Mrs Chia said: "the end!!!!". Mr Chia quipped in : "Not the end yet lar, next time there would be more shoes and little shoes that would come into the circle. Hehhehe, i only laughed. Amen to that!!

Pictures tell a thousand words right?? This is the easiest blog entry to write ever :)

Get it???

Journey to the Southwest part 4

One of my favourite picture :) This pony is soooo fat and greedy. Kept trailing us, coz we had food in our hands. Hhaah, it even galloped and tripped while chasing Jon.

Spokesanimal for Revlon Max Eyelashes Mascara.

Bleahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Jon trying to lure the black guinea pig out of the box, instead a white one came out.

This lil' joey is very efficient, eating at one end and pooping at the other end (at the same time!!!). Food waits for nobody eh??

Another one of my favourite photos

Torturously fun!!!!

According to someone, reading food blogs are torturous. No kidding!!

I say exercising is torturous. It is torturously fun!!! No kidding!!

Went for my first fitness class for this year with Miss Gym. Hhahaah, thank god she was there, otherwise i would have given up half way. I told her that in the occasion that i pass out, please don't revive me :p

Run! Punch! Rollballing! Breathe in! Breathe Out! Kick! Slash! My gosh, our sense of co- ordination was challenged. I was huffing and puffing to catch up. Talk about pushing your limits, ahahhahaah, it really pushed mine. By the time we were halfway through the class, my heart was beating so fast, i felt like throwing up (that is how i feel like when i drink alcohol, so now you understand why i don't drink).

Maybe, just maybe, i should have an imaginary enemy to punch and kick. Heheh, that would be a good way to distract myself from the effect of lactic acid build up and vent my anger, don't you think?

The auntie in front of us is so fit and lean. Miss Gym and i thinks that she is probably 40 years old, but has a body of a youngster. I watched her bulldoze through all the steps with ease. Come the time to do the push ups, she did it like a pro. Hahahhahaah, i think Miss Gym probably died of laughter when she saw me laying face flat on the mat (how embarassing). I tried but can't even manage ONE proper push up.

After all that sweat and blood, it was time to pick up Miss Sunshine for breakie. I wanted to surprise her, so i didn't tell her where we were going. I think i was distracted with all the talking. You talk, you have to think, you think and you miss the turning, ahahahahah.

First mistake was i went on Freeway South instead of Freeway North (probably brain was on autopilot and thought i was heading home). After we got on to Freeway North, i miss the exit for Karrinyup Rd (Miss Sunshine was laughing, and i was at disbelief at myself).

And when we got there, the cafe has ran out of breakie things. Wanting to eat breakfast instead of lunch, we headed to another cafe. And the second cafe was so crammed with ppl, it takes ages to be seated and at least 45 minutes for the food to be served!!!! At last and at last before we die of hunger, we found a cafe. Still in time to grab breakie.

Food was so so, but the company was great, the weather has never been better. Made up for the average food.

All in all it was a great day!!!! Feel very blessed :)

Journey to the Southwest part 3

What could be more fun than having steamboat in the midst of winter. This was my birthday dinner as well.

Cheers everybody!!!

I love this picture of quail eggs sitting in the glistening water.

Pot stickers (i am not kidding, that is what they call it), my sister's brilliant idea. We were about to throw away this bag of defrosted dumplings that looks really grouse. Some frying and steaming changed the fate of these dumplings ..... it ended up in our stomachs. Muahahhaa!!!!

A very satisfied customer :)