Birkenstock:D

Eyeing them for a really long time...
Still rmb trying them on when i went for xmas gifts shopping with Hui and Ling.
7 months and i finally got it today!
7 months is long enough not to be impulse purchase?
So wells, i'm happy with my peach colour madrid:)

Made in Germany. Since July 2009:

New kid on the block!

Bright neon lights in the city!
you guessed it, i'm talking about ION orchard.
Went to have a glimpse of how it's like and wants to comment abt it after reading the papers.
Its a must go for all shoppers. (Don't i know everyone knows that too. LOL)
Lvl one to four is like Paragon but b1 to b4 (wonder how they can dig so deep?) is just like takashimaya.
And there's so much more Japanese cuisine!

But main point i want to make is:
i can satisfy my craving without gg all the way to clarke quay for my favourite bakery;
named Provenance Bakery and cafe:D
Its equivalent to Petite Provenance at Central with more variety and choices.

Going to become bread face or confectionery face soon><
Even the recep of the bank i frequent knows it without me bringing food into the bank, what can i say?

If i ever forget...

As everyone knows, i'm the blur min.

there are many instances when i don't reply sms and recieve calls on time.
these are the scenarios when smt like this happens:

1. i didn't bring my phone out
2. i didn't charge my phone
3. my phone is low batt
4. i misplaced my phone (esp when i reach home, i usually ans calls when my phone is in my pocket)

Anyways, the above explanation or excuses are my reasons when i make calls with public phones or with the phone in my clinic.
Well, its happening ever so often that i'm not feeling detached from the outside world when my phone is pronounced "dead".
i know no one is gg to forgive me for this so i'm using a bright pink hello kitty lanyard from a close friend to make sure my phone is more conspicuous for me to rmb. Let's hope it works! :S

Guide Dogs Association of the Blind (GDAB)

Was present at the event " Clubbing for cause" at Butter Factory to be a reporter.
Really thankful to the friends who accompanied me. I'm proud of you, donors!
All except 2 had their virgin clubbing experience.

I must comment that clubbing is kinda of boring- seriously don't know whats going on.

Was glad i had a task?, at least i did mingle with some crowd who were present at the event.

FYI:
The first and only guidedog in Singapore is named Kendra Kua (go search it on facebook!), and its owner Mr Kua (same chinese surname as me but from the Teochew dialect) is blind from the day he was born.

Interesting facts he shared when i bombarded him with questions was that the worse thing to born without sight is that he can't imagine how big things are, i.e. he can feel how an aeroplane looks like but he have to visualise it himself. When people tell him that zebras are 20 feet tall figuratively, he has to ?climb the steps to know how high 2 storeys are.
Another one: The guide dog is very duty conscious when the hurdle is put on his back, when he removes the hurdle he is just as lively as any dog.
Guidedogs are trained by sighted individuals when they are born, they are about 2 years old when they are finally qualified as a trained guidedog and will be left to the visually handicapped owner for a few weeks of training at the US before they keep each other company for life till the dog retires.
Guidedogs can be allowed to take public transport and even SIA cos they are not pet dogs but dogs with a mission.

Treasure your sight and support the cause. Donations goes to training guidedogs in the US for Singaporeans:)

My optometrist friends standing behind, front (left) is the organiser and right is Mr Kua with Kendra.

Happenings.

Double bliss and double happiness!

Today's my bro's bday!
Bought for him Acuvue dailies and gave him a cinnamoroll bday card from taiwan:)
His poly clique gave him an adidas t-shirt; black with the infamous crown logo in a myraid of colours + a big corrugated cardboard pinned with stars that held their individual handwritten wish for him.
Meaningful enough?

Last sat was my cousin's wedding!
When it comes to my maternal side, i'm the youngest in my generation...
Therefore, i have several cousins who are married with some blessed with children as old as 13 yrs old this year.
This time it was the 27 years old's turn to be a bride:)
The groom used to be her secondary school friend and they kept in contact with a whole bunch of friends and only got together much later.
FATE?!
Anyways, she shared a part of my childhood and i see my teen years diminish when she was on stage wearing her gorgeous gown- how time files "viciously"...

OMG!

Beware, The REAL thing is about to start.

i started off with a quiet disposition,
in the course i started to be rebellious,
now i'm getting my deserts!!!!!!!

i should have listened to my colleagues and not provoke him, but wells i can't help it. =P

He's starting to punish me for all my undoings....><

Dr AE: " Do u go home and cry when i scold u?"
Me, startled: " No, i rather spend my time sleeping...cry for what?"
DR AE: " cry la, i thought you will be upset. You really don't cry?"
Me:>~<"

If i really stop gg for the BOA gatherings, pls don't take to heart personally-
i mus be staying back to serve my term.

Patients.

i guess the most meaningful part of work is not just about doing what u do but also about the people who u meet in the course.:)

We've seen:

people of differerent nationalities (French, Bangladeshi, Vietnamese, Japanese, English, German...);
people of who speak a thousand tongues;
people in the face of truth, knowing their eye conditions;
people who went through their darkest moments together;
people who have survived the ordeal;
people who have recovered from the trauma....

i've seen them, spoke to them and hopefully touched them.

But...i there's nothing i HATE more than PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK UP,
they are absolutely incorrigible. Wished i could throw money in their face. LOL

So Dr AE says:
" Cos life is unfair, u have to make it fairer for yourself"

Anyways, its enriching to have been through the whole process with them and i'm thankful to offer my helping hands. To learn to be empathetic and caring towards their plight is something i have yet to master.

Befriended.

She was always lonesome till she found her.
One fine day, she left abroad and she thought she will be solitary again, cause deep in her heart she knows she will never be able to find anyone like her.

She found them but she still searched in vain for HER.
One day, HER appeared and she chose her over them.
They did not leave her, instead they went to confide in her how much she meant to them.

She was ineffably upset and realised how careless she was to forgo them;
sense of belonging was what she had longed for.

Now she has more friends than she yearned and she is taking a step back to enjoy being loved and ultimately find out who truly cares:)