Work and wedding preps

I went back to a somewhat lonely office today with only DJ, Jon and Medha around. Tried my hand at CCD collation and actually found it to be more difficult than our previous Friday reports. Guess that's because I'm so used to trade/economic-related issues already. Am also not much of an arty/techy person, so naturally the issues don't appeal to me.

Managed to book my air tic back to HK in December as well - the prices are as high as 1000 bucks for SQ, and over 800 bucks for JetStar! Had to take two more days of leave in order to fly back on a date that offers a more reasonable price. Felt quite bad as that meant I will be away from the office for more than 3 weeks. Ah, oh well...

(Met Mr Jang's parents for coffee after dinner. Quite relieved that there isn't much tension despite the ceremony issue over the past few days. Keeping my fingers crossed that it remains this way).

Oh, chick organised a good doggie day at K9 cafe yesterday. Here are the photos:

5th attempt at sharing

Missed two consecutive rounds of church service due to work earlier this month. Was a little distracted today cos' halfway through Mr. Jang called from Thailand to speak about the customary ceremony thing, and I ended up being grouchy and sulky again. It's no wonder that I found it hard to concentrate even though the sermon was really apt, esp at this point of wedding preparations.

Secret to Contentment

God's providence - God will provide all our needs (but not greeds!)
God's power - "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength" Phil 4:13.
God's promise - When God's work is done in God's way for God's glory, it will not lack God's supply.

I totally agree that contentment is not inborn, but a process to be learnt.

Yumz

Am having a slight sorethroat from yesterday's dinner with WK, Bert and Sis. Satay steamboat buffet at Katong's Tian Fu and ice cream at Ice Cream Chefs at Siglap. I had chocolate + hersheys + brownie. It was all worth it.

(I forgot to take pics of the satay steamboat cos was too busy eating)

Wedding blues

I was just commenting to Mr Jang yesterday that I am indeed getting a little nervous about the whole wedding thing. Now that the mega event is over, all that is left between now and the actual ceremony is my exams (which will be over soon). I am starting to feel how real this whole thing is.

Really didn't help that the first call I received from him this morning has to do with my worst fears about the ceremony and marriage in general - clashing traditions and unhappy in-laws.

I suppose I did overreact a little. To me, this has long-term implications - never mind the fact that he thought i) I'm frustrated because I don't like/can't deal with change, and ii) I'm being jumpy about things that haven't actually happened.

I must really explain that i) I can deal with change, but not change that arose from some inexplicable reasoning because I have to know if I were to expect more changes and plan within them, and ii) the mini sensing unit in me does foresee that the issue probably will not end here, just like how I've foreseen that this mini crisis will happen despite us having discussed and agreed on this before.

And my conclusion to this is that I now totally agree with the saying that marriage is not just about the two of us anymore. And perhaps, this adds on to the frustrations because I've always lived my life in a very independent way. Now, I've really got to learn to put down that self-centredness and be a good wife, daughter-in-law, and in future, a mother. No time to think if I'm ready to take on the roles. There is only one way out - just do it, and hope for the best.

Wragh.

(Special thanks to xin who answered my frantic call this morning and calmed my nerves, to Mom who assured me that she is flexible with the arrangements and she will help handle my Dad's expectations if necessary, and to Mr Jang who probably experienced the worst morning from being the messenger, and being stuck between demanding parents and a crying fiancee).

吳克群

Here's another nice one from the same singer with that impish grin:



(Shoot... I better stop surfing the net and concentrate on studying...)

My current fave song

Mr. Jang sometimes said that I treat him like Almonn. I think this is more apt, esp during the APEC period.

Hello, I'm back.

And finally the MEGA event is over and all of us are back to our normal lives. Had woken up a couple of times in the middle of the night thinking that there were still some follow-ups to do (yes, post-event trauma) but overall, am glad that the event had gone by without any major hiccups. The best part was that I really got to see world leaders, like, this close. And oh yes, including dear Mr. Obama, who looked much shorter in person than I thought. Too bad I din have the courage to take a photo of him with my handphone. I was too concerned that I might be towed away by the bodyguards.

Another "highlight" was being invited to the men's toilet by my boss' boss, standing alone with him looking at some showcase aimed at impressing our international guests, and trying not to feel awkward about the whole situation. He did seem really excited about the technology. But like, it's the men's toilet!

And now that the event is over... it's time to bury myself in books and notes and what-nots. Just finished the first paper today, and have two more to go. Am a little worried about the last paper - I didn't attend classes for that module at all the whole semester, and I heard that there is a compulsory question on SPSS. I mean, since when did a comms grad dip become a statistic one?! Wragh!

And..... then it's time to find back my long-lost friends, whom I haven't seen for ages, and whom I'm looking forward to catch up with sometime soon. I've been so out of sight/touch/sound/smell that I probably need to re-introduce myself again. I feel like I've gone overseas for a year and come back... really.