So busy today

at work. There's simply too much things to do. But somehow, I really enjoy doing them. I guess the people I work with makes all the difference. :)

Won't blog much today coz I'm too tired.

Still very affected

by the things that happened over the weekend, and can't help but wonder what my journey will be like.

On a lighter note, I had lunch with SK today. And surprisingly, we had a healthy lunch (to me only, coz SK felt that the la1 mian4 was not healthy). There was actually no meat at all! Except for the prawn dumplings. Wow! I'm so proud of myself can?

Anyway, I injured myself 3 times today in office. While printing the notes for the 36 new incumbents, I "sliced" my right thumb and left thumb! Paper cut la! Damn pain lor... especially the one on the right thumb. Until I had to plaster it la. The 3rd injury was inflicted while I was carrying the heavy notes back to the table. The paper created a long scratch near my left wrist, ugh. And I only realized it after a while, coz I thought I felt some pain. What an injury prone day!

Feeling quite down after yesterday evening coz

of the comments made by my mum. She chose to tell Hing Lun instead of talking to me directly. Coz I guess she knows that I'll get angry I think...

She was telling Hing Lun to encourage me to find a new job soon such that I can help her finance my study loan (which was what I was doing all along when I started working). I stopped giving her a monthly amount because I do not have a full time job since August. Is this a sign from God that I should be moving on? And not dwelling on the past?

Maybe what prompted her to tell Hing Lun this was that she "lost face" while I was speaking to my aunt. She was the one who started it anyway. I was speaking normally with my aunt (who is a Pri Sch teacher), when she suddenly decided to cut in and tell her that I have signed a contract with MOE and will be starting lessons in January. My aunt was surprised and of course, started asking me all the usual questions like what grade will I be teaching etc. When I mentioned Sec/JC, she was like Sec is very tough coz the students challenge the teachers. Yes I know, so I added, I am trying to get into a JC, not a Sec, and if possible, I want to reject MOE again. Coz I don't think I will like teaching in a school. I believe this is the point where my mum got taken aback and disgraced.

Well... I was speaking words from my heart. Anyway, I leave it all to God for now.

I went for lunch with SK today...

She said she was pms-ing and she is really quite irritable today. Hahaha. So I suggested an outrageous idea.... that we go to orchard just for lunch. AND... She agreed! Since she was the one who is pms-ing, I went along with her so that she might feel better. Ha.

Then I suddenly brought up a fact that she thought that I should blog about. That's I've only been to Orchard about 7 times this year, and... out of the 7 times, I believe that 5 times were with her. Wah lao... very the cannot make it la. SK is like the guru for walking about in Orchard, and I am the newbie. Duh.

Yo's dad is in hospital... For all frens reading this, please pray for Yo's dad ok. He came down with a heart attack and is warded in CGH, then transferred to SGH. He's right now in ICU and still under intense observation. An op has been done already. Take care Yo.

Sleepy... out.

Hurhurhur... I went to NTUC after work today...

while waiting for HL to come fetch me home for dinner... AND... I bought some chicken fillet and lean pork and GOLDEN MUSHROOMS... Haha... I'm going to marinate the chicken fillet later on so that it can soak in the goodness overnight!

Hmmm... SK was asking me to pei2 her for lunch tomorrow... So maybe I'll cook some for breakfast and bring some over to her as appetizer. Haha. But that's quite sad coz the chicken might be cold already by the time I get to office... hmmmm. Never mind! There is a microwave in Oasis (the lounge in my ex company). Hahahahahaha... Should I cook golden mushrooms with the chicken too? Sounds good... I have never tried golden mushrooms in the marinate before... Scarly not nice how... Ha, nevermind, muz try.

Lalalalala... excited over my plans for tomorrow... LALALALALA.

Cycling trip yesterday was fun!

Coz there was no sun... Haha... I went cycling with Jane at East Coast from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, then we went Bedok Blk 85 to have dinner.

God was really good to us yesterday. We sort of expected rain to fall, but NO! It did not rain at all. The weather was so breezy and cloudy, and so we managed to cycle much faster than our usual leisurely pace. And ended half an hour earlier! Haha... So we went to Macdonalds to play Phase 10. AND I WON! Muahahaha! Yes Jane, I won you finally... finally!

Ok... I gotta go eat lunch downstairs soon, no more food to cook at home. Ha. I miss my food already. Sobz.

The verdict is out!

This was how it looked like before cooking. I wrapped golden mushrooms using bacon. The top 2 are asparagus wrapped in bacon. That’s why you don’t see the mushrooms sticking out in the top 2.
Basically I steamed them for about 15 minutes, then I took them out and poured away all the oil. For your information, there was so much oil that the bacon gave out la! After that, I pan fried them for about 20 seconds for each. So they became golden brown and crispy. And see below for the final product! Muahahahahaha!
It tasted real good. I left some for HL and he said that it was really good. And my brother couldn't resist it and grabbed one to eat too. The golden mushrooms ones were especially tasty. Coz when you bite in, the golden mushrooms have a crunchy crunchy sound when you bite them. And they tasted so so good. I could hear the crunch when my brother simply tossed the whole thing into his mouth and started chewing. Mmmmm... I getting hungry again. Anyway after cooking this, I took out the chicken thighs that I marinated overnight to pan fry. Took me a while to do that coz the thighs are thick and need to cook longer. I was very careful of the heat of the pan though, coz I scared that the chicken becomes chao dar. In the end, it was successful and this is how it looks like after pan-frying.
Nice right????? Haha… Very nice lor! Even my brother and HL said so. Anyway I left some of everything for HL to try. And this are the ones I left for him. 1 asparagus and 1 mushroom and a chicken thigh. Haha.
Yay… I’m so proud of myself can… And let me also show you the end product after I finished my lunch. Muahahahaha!!! So I actually can cook if I want to put some effort! Anyway I cooked it again just now for lunch as there were some leftovers, and I sort of did better than yesterday in terms of the duration I took to cook and clean up. Anyway, I really hate the cleaning up part. I think the cleaning up was actually half of the total time! Irritated. Haha.
Yay, I think I wanna "cook" up some more new ideas to whip up for lunch again...
P.S.:I don't mind hosting dinners at my place for my dear friends, but... you all must help me clean up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lalalalalalalalalala...... Or of course, I can go your place to cook together. Hahahaha.

I am going to cook my own lunch tomorrow!!!

Just returned home from NTUC! Haha. Bought a marinate called Mustard, Honey and Herbs. Bought chicken thighs, bacon, golden mushrooms, and asparagus. I have just covered the chicken thighs in the marinate and will leave them to soak in the marinate overnight in the refrigerator. Muahahahaha!!!

The chicken thighs are the main course, and the bacon wrapped mushrooms and asparagus will be the side dishes. There's too much food for myself to finish though. Think I'll leave some for HL so he can eat some. LOL. Once I finish cooking tomorrow I'll take a photo of the glorious food and post it here, so everybody can see them. HAHAHAHA.

I feel like a pig...

Coz I sleep so much... but I still have not enough. I feel very tired.

When I got home from work on Saturday, I was so tired that I fell asleep from 2 pm to 6:30pm. Wow... Anyway, it's 3:49pm right now on Sunday. I slept from 10:45am to 1pm after I came back from church. Wow.

Yes, that's how much I slept. It's not like I have not enough sleep at night. I guess the work for the past week has drained a lot of strength from me. God please give me strength. But this really worries me... If I have to work regular hours again, I need to be able to get accustomed to the lifestyle again. Oh man.

Thank God that work next week is own time own target. And yes... I have planned to go cycling with Jane again. Yay!

Anyway, I have a brilliant idea for the coming week. I am still craving to eat golden mushrooms again... Haha... So I think I'll buy them from NTUC, and some bacon too. Then I'll make golden mushrooms wrapped with bacon. MUAHAHAHA! I will fry them. Sounds good SOUNDS GOOD!!! Yes I wanna go NTUC later to buy... maybe I'll try cooking them for supper tonight!!! YES! Lalalalalalalalalalalalala....

I'm feeling really bored... got sick of maple story... haha... saw a game called audition that my cousins were playing last night in Grandpa's house. Maybe I'll download it and check it out... Ha.

Wah very long never feel so tired

like today le... It's Friday le... worked so hard this week can... Haha... I very long never work so hard already. Cannot imagine how I am going to take it in future once I join MOE.

Toady also whacked my toe again. I whacked the toes beside it la!!! Thank God man... My nail getting better liao, if I really hit it again I will CRY!!!

So TIRED.

Goodnite.

Too busy these few days

to update my blog... Poor blog is growing mould le. Hahahaha.

My toe nail and toe flesh is getting better le. But I still bandage it before I go out everyday... So that people around me can see that it is injured and will avoid it... And also I can remind myself that the toe is still injured. Haha... And won't anyhow walk and run. Hope that a new nail will grow quick quick. LOL.

These few days so busy training a new batch of temp staff. And... they are SO young la! Most of them are like 16 years old... I feel like God is telling me something. That I'll most prob end up teaching this type of kids in a SECONDARY SCHOOL. HAIZ!

Actually, I think I'm trying to evade what God is trying to tell me. I was fine during my short break at home while not working. The moment I went back to my ex company to temp, all these stupid injuries came back. I whacked my toe TWICE la. If not, my toe wouldn't be so bad. I really pray that I will be able to accept what God has planned for me. Haiz. HAIZ.

Umm.. I did something disgusting

to my toe... I cut the dead nail out MYSELF last night. So now... There's some flesh showing. And it feels tender... so while I was bathing this morning, when water droplets fell onto the tender part... hmmm... just felt disgusted and weird. I still bandage it when I go out though... scared ppl cannot see the injured toe and accidentally step on it. Haiz... Scared of crowds. Very scared.

I really wanna post a pic of it here... but I can find a camera that is good enough to show a good close up of the toe. So whoever is reading this blog... thank your lucky stars that I do not have a good camera... duh.

Next week will be a tiring week for me... Ok here's the timetable of my week. Monday: 9am to 1pm Training for Fillipinos. 2pm to 6:30pm Training for new temp staff. Tuesday: 9am to 6:30pm Temp staff. Wednesday: 9am to 1pm Temp staff. Thursday: 9am to 1pm Temp staff. Friday: 9am to 6:30pm Temp staff. SATURDAY!!!: 9am to 6:30pm Temp staff.... Well... although it seems that I have some break on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, but I'll most probably still be in office doing my call evaluations. So no break at all! But it's good though. I need to get back into the working momentum again. Cannot be too nua. It's bad for me....

So means I need to sleep early tonight... something which I haven't been doing for a long time. Wonder if I can fall asleep. Hahaha.

The steamboat on Tuesday was a whole lot of fun! Waiting for the soup to boil was the most fun... LOL. We had Shitake mushrooms, LOTS of golden mushrooms, shabu shabu beef, and some other steamboat-y type of food like fishballs etc. At first the food looked insufficient... thank God that it ended up that we could not finish all of the food. Hahahaha... Hope that everbody enjoyed the company we had and the game that followed... we played Phase 10 and ate ice cream until 11pm. Woohoo!

Anyway, I injured my already injured toe again yesterday while I was photostating notes in my ex company. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH. I kicked some metal that was protruding out near the shredder! It wasn't there before... dunno why there is such a hazard there! OMG... and my toe bled a bit internally... So the nail looks as if it may come out anytime. I can even lift it a bit now. YUCKS!!!

Thank God I'm still able to walk. Just that I am always very scared when people walk very fast near me now. Afraid that my toe will get stepped on. And I'm even more afraid of crowds now... dunno when will I feel safe on the train again. I think I will not take a train during rush hours for the next few months, if possible. Or, I might just get some metal piece to wrap my toe... HAHAHA. So I can protect it from toe steppers.

How pathetic.

Disgusting left big toe and something to look forward to on Tuesday

Went to see a doc today coz of my toe. It was already half injured coz I wore too big a pair of sports shoes and played badminton in it. So every time I ran forward and braked, I will ram my toes into the front of the shoe. So it turned black for a long long time. Until I went for pedicure with my mum, then the staff there made me buy a bottle of liquid to apply on it. Then the black portion slowly disappeared and a transparent hole formed where the blood was supposed to be.

Then... on the Friday that just passed... I accidentally rammed my toe on the stairs while walking up from 21st floor to 22nd floor of my ex company. Was doing my usual call evaluations that day and went up to look for my coachees. AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! Damn pain la! I had to stop dead in my tracks the moment I banged it against the stairs! Now there's a new blood clot forming in the top middle of the toe.

Doctor said that there was nothing he could do about it. He said it was not worth it to draw the blood out as it was too little. And he did not want to cut the nail out for me coz it wasn't my whole nail that is injured. It's only half! So... he said the only way is to wait for the nail to grow out and push the ugly part out. Wah lao!!! Then he said it will take about 6-12 weeks for a whole new nail to grow out. SIAN! So now... to protect the toe from being flipped up by any thing, I am supposed to wear covered shoes (which I can't!!! How to wear covered shoes la!!!) or to put a plaster over it to prevent anything from flipping my toenail out in case it gets hooked on my nail. YUCK! The mere thought of "flipping toenails" gives me goosebumps. Dear friends, when I get goosebumps... ALL the long long hair on my arms will stand. Hehehehehe.

Anyway, now the toe hurts whenever I walk. Sob sob. WHY??? Why do I always get injured?!! Zzzzzzzzzzzz.

Yay... looking forward to steamboat to celebrate Yo's birthday on the coming Tuesday. Her birthday is today though. HAPPY BURFDAE Yo!!! 24 years old le wor!!! Yeah yeah yeah. Need to think what to buy for steamboat. So fun... I wanna buy lots and lots of golden mushroom!!! Think Yo likes Shitake mushrooms... so will try to find whether NTUC got or not... dunno whether to buy prawns. Scared nobody wanna dirty hands to peel prawns... Hahaha... But if no prawns then the soup not sweet... anybody has any suggestions please post on the shoutbox. Xie xie.

My aunt so nice, she said she don't mind preparing the steamboat soup for us on Tuesday... coz I got no inkling of how to do that. So I'll just buy food. And Shuyi and Jane promised to go buy the food with me on Tuesday. Coz poor Yo and Yimin gotta work on Tuesday. So the UNEMPLOYED ppl shall do all the fun stuff of buying food. Lalalalalalalala.

Yay!!! Thank God for friends!!! Happy birthday again Yo!!!

Hilarious SK

Oh oh oh... there's one more thing I forgot to add to my blog last nite. While I was waiting for HL to arrive at Toa Payoh, I accompanied SK to Mos Burger to buy her fren's dinner. Then while we were making our way to the counter, she started to sing... YES... SING!!! And it was quite embarrassing... she sang:" I should feel so lucky, lucky lucky lucky, I should feel so lucky in love..." It's like an old song, and it's a miracle that I even recognize the song that she is singing. Oh man!!! And then I decided to record it down in my cellphone coz it's simply too FUNNY already. So I told her to sing it again while we were still at the counter ordering the food. She apparently did!!! She couldn't be bothered about how the cashier would react. The cashier was taken aback though... HAHAHA. Anyway while we were recording her voice, she couldn't sing the whole thing again, coz it was too embarrassing for her. So she only sung this part:" I should feel so lucky, lucky lucky lucky..." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I am going to post the clip here!!! Yeah!!! Please click to hear SK sing... OMG... simply hilarious. And to think that we can hear her voice so clearly in the recording despite of the very noisy surroundings in Mos Burger... it's amazing... and so you can also imagine how loud she was singing... the cashier was stoned. LOL.



Ummm... I dunno how to add the clip in this post... Somebody help me... teach me how to post clips in here!!!! ARGH.

Kind of demoralised

by this batch of trainees that I am training right now in my ex company. They are less interactive than the last batch of trainees. So much so that they give me a sense of insecurity. I feel insecure because they do not affirm as much as the previous batch. The previous batch will laugh at my "corny" jokes and ask A LOT of questions. Even though they take up a lot of time because of that, but I really enjoyed teaching them. The current batch is SO SO SO serious. It's just so difficult to get them to lighten up and enjoy the training sessions while they can. I really want to tell them.... Please loosen up people! Once you are officially on the phone, there will be no more time to laugh and play like during training! And please... give more affirmation to the trainer by asking more questions. I will not know whether you understand or not if you don't ask questions!

But of course... I will not give up trying to help these batch of trainees loosen up during training. I will continue to crack corny jokes even if nobody laughs. And I will continue to share interesting experiences with customers with them. I WILL NOT GIVE UP!!! Well... I laugh if nobody laughs then... Hehehe.... Ugh.

Well, I feel better that I'm not the only one who feels this way about the new batch. The existing trainers also feel that this batch is too serious. Haiz... WHY WHY WHY. So boring.

Hahaha... Okie... I'm so tired now... going to sleep...

Crazy fotos during cycling outing

Yay... Jane bluetooth-ed the fotos over to me last nite... here are they...

Fotos

Here's a foto of my bruise. It's still yellow in the middle... think it's supposed to be red... but I don't dare to rub it as what everybody has been telling me to do... I'm trying to rub it now... By taking a big breath, then rubbing the bruise real hard! OUCH OUCH! Then letting my breath go again and resting for a while and wincing in pain... OUCH.

Here's a foto of Jane and me during our cycling trip. Hee. The crazy fotos are still wif Jane...

Very hot day,

but still... Jane and me went cycling... I'll post some of the silly pics we took up here once I've got them from Jane... super lame.

Yes, I'm toast again... burning hot arms and legs. Not as bad as the last round I guess.

We were cycling halfway, and then I felt that I had to go to the loo to do the "big" one. I think it's the tea I drank in the morning before I met Jane for cycling... duh. The moment I came out from the toilet... Jane said something which I thought was classic... Ha. "Renie... Are you ok? You have an emancipated look." EMANCIPATED LOOK wor... LOL. Of course la. It felt good wat. LOL.

Okie okie... I have bathed already and I'll be going to office now to do call evaluations and meeting up with my coachees... Lalalalalalalalala...

Sleepyz.