Wake Up and Smell the Cake

I like today's khutbah. Marriage is not just about love, it is about commitment and trust from both parties. Today's sermon will discuss about marriage. Marriage is an important institution in Islam. It is the basis and the foundation of a community. If the marriage institution is weak, then the community will become weak. If it is strong, then the community will be strong and continue to grow from strength to strength. Let us move a few steps back and ask ourselves a few questions. Why did we marry in the first place? Was it love and attraction, or was it due to other needs, whether to fulfill our desires and physical needs? Many of us may say that we got married because of love. But is love alone enough to maintain a happily married life? The answer is definitely no! Look around us and ask those who have had successful marriages the secret to their success. We will hear from them that the main factor to sustain a marriage is high level of commitment and trust from both husban

Nothing makes me happier than seeing you happy.

I asked my fellow AAMer what it's like to be married. She says, when you're happy, you're double-happy, but when you're sad or angry, it doubles too. I think I know what she means.

Today was definitely a fun day! :) Went for mock camp! Super tiring lah, I really can't run you know. The last time I went jogging was... Err... Can't remember. Haha! And hor, not like my jogging is power lah. I is super slow. As long as it's not walking, I'll call it jogging. HAHA. Gone are the days of getting NAPFA test timings... Anyway! I am glad I went for this, even though I don't really know the people there. Haven't been meeting new people a lot. I'm quite an anti-social. Need to mix more. It's fun to relive the uni days of camps and games. Camps like this brings back memories of the fun fun times. A deviation from the usual working life. It's enriching, refreshing. Makes me feel young. Wahahaha! Not that I'm old, but being with undergrads brings back to uni days! Oh how I love those years :) Best schooling years of my life! And... It's been ages since I went for a school camp! Ooh! Someone said I look young too! Whee~ AHHAHA. Oh well

It's happening quite fast, ain't it. Or maybe, I'm just refusing to move along with the speed. Whichever way, I have to catch up. A couple of days ago, I was thinking about how it's like to become a mother. Honestly, I am scared. How will I know I'll be a good mother? How will I know I've raised my kids to the best I can?

Oh how it swings. Was at the trough, now up at the crest. Such a short wavelength! Whee~ :)

OMG. I measured my weight and such this morning. My sister brought home a hi tech weighing machine hahahaha. I am glad to say that my weight is back to JC days!! Woohoo!! But sadly, the tummy isn't quite the same. Haha! My fat percentage!! Wah. Cannot make it. Jialat. Internal fat is healthy, but the external fat is terrible! But then again, I measured my percentage body fat when I was in JC, it was about the same too... or maybe 2 percentage points less. Haha! Bottomline: I have too much BABAT. And too little muscles. So Shez, you're not fattiefattie me. I am fattiefattie me. Oh yeah. And the bloody machine says my body is a 32 year old body. Like what the hell!!! Sigh. I am too fat AND too old. Tomorrow, fattiefattie ageing me wants to go and lepak at a library. I haven't been reading for the longest time. I need to upgrade my brain to a 32 year old brain to match my 32 year old body. HAHA.

Yup! My first ride on a bike on 7 May 2009! Whee~~ It was impromptu! I needed to tompang someone to the place we were going to play captain's ball. So I tompang-ed my fren! Not a big bike la, sth like scooter? Haha I dunoe. But I know it was fun!! Even though the distance was short, it was pretty cool! Hahaha.. Especially the selit part! Goodness! Scary can! Hahaha. I don't mind having another ride!! :))) A Brad Pitt invited me to his wedding on the 24th! Woohoo! Fun fun! :))) All you budak-budak Nanyang Tech MS who's reading this (I dunoe who else reads this blog anymore) do tell me if they've been invited! :) I'm bored. I think I shall go to the library tomorrow. Eh wait, tomorrow's a public holiday! Ah darn. I know! Maybe I shall go to some temple and watch Vesak Day celebrations hahaha. Hmmm does it work that way?

My parents tell me, if both of you are happy together, happy with each other, and can always depend on each other for support, then can liao. Things should be easier to manage. Interferences from other people should not shake us. They are like unnecessary junk you can just brush aside. I would very much like to brush aside these unnecessary junk.

I feel on top of the world! Everything happiness. Happiness and goodness. Endless happiness and goodness. And... *giggles* It's this skirt I tell you.

Today I shall tell you more stories of my kids. One girl asked me why I'm not a teacher. I asked why, and she said "kakak ada tokoh jadi cikgu". HAHAHAHA. I told her if I wanted to be a teacher, I would've taken a degree in Maths. Me? Teacher? Haha... Maybe lah har... Mid life crisis maybe. Right now I'm happy just teaching once a week haha. This one is relates to the same girl. I asked her what's her understanding of coefficient. Her answer? "Yang menemaninya." (translate: the one that accompanies) HAHAHAHA!!! Yeah I get what she says, but it sounds so funny! Menemaninya. Hahaha. Good answer :) The boys told me what they did yesterday night in school, such a riot. Literally. Haha. I shall not say what they did. I feel tired. Mentally I guess. And I don't know why, I just want to be pampered. Not that I'm not, but ya, I feel like I want to be pampered NOW. Haha. It's 9pm. I should sleep soon. Ha.

My Saturday mornings are a deviation from the usual work weekdays. Something I look forward to :) I had more than usual boys for chem cos my 2 co-mentors were not around. But it was a joy to take them in, these boys are cute. Smart kids. Sometimes they ask for extra notes, which I will gladly provide them. When you see that they want to learn, makes your effort worthwhile. Haha sometimes they show off their extra notes to their peers even. Funny lah these kids. One of them keeps calling me "cher". Haha. He's a little peculiar, in his own world, but very smart. Another asked me whether I know the chemical formula of urine and sweat. I said I didn't know, and with all enthusiasm, he said, "Formula dia sama! Betullll!! Nanti kak gi google." Hahahaha. I thought that's not possible, but I said okay, I'll go check. Then another asked, kalau sama formula, then kenapa kita nyer air sembahyang batal bila kencing tapi tak batal kalau berpeluh? HAHA.

Yeah Good Friday was last week, but today's my good Friday! Hehe :))) Morning's presentation was very well received Alhamdulillah :) I like to thank my boss (who's reading this) for his time and effort and for obediently taking the laser pointer HAHAHAHA. Sorry hehehe :p And today I've decided to try something during lunch! ;) Haven't done it before, and because of the new building, it is very convenient to try out! Hehe. We'll see how it goes :) Toodles!

Goodness. I just watched the Funeral advert again on TV, and I teared. AGAIN . It just hits your heart so deeply every single time! In the end, it's these small things that you remember, the little imperfections, that make them perfect, for you . So to my beautiful children, I hope one day you too will find yourselves life partners who are as beautifully imperfect as your father was to me. And you are the perfect beautifully imperfect one for me :)

The girls talked about language of love the other day. I was like, what's that? It's actually five types of ways you or someone expresses love: words of affirmation, quality time, receiving of gifts, acts of service, and physical touch. People usually have one or two which is more prominent and preferred. When the girls asked me what's mine, I was like, ehhh I think all of the above lah! HAHA! :p But anyway, I took a quiz and turns out! I love quality time the most (11 out of 12) and receiving gifts least (1 out of 12)! Haha! My husband-to-be is a very lucky man! No need to buy gifts! HAHAHAHAHAHHA!! :D

Blk 4 Toa Payoh masala thosai is THE comfort food of the moment! Move away, chocolate! Haha Now I'm stuffed! :)

I would like to say a BIIIGGGG thank you to my boss for all that he did to make the good news of yesterday and today happen. I think I shall renew the star sticker of "Best Head in the World". For the new office lah maybe haha. I skipped dinner and now I'm reaally hungry. Bad bad habit. Remember what Confucius disciple said, no dinner yesterday make you hungry man/woman at 7am, 9am, 11am in the morning. Looks like my tummy will be having an earthquake every now and then tomorrow morning. Important date to note: 27 April 2009!! :))) Hopefully there's no complications! Yesterday I went to Sembawang Shopping Centre. I don't like the parking there. Firstly, they're wasting space. More lots could have been built! Secondly, they'll let in cars as long as there's an empty lot. Which is the norm, except for the fact that even handicapped lots are included! Like hello!! You let me in, I dun have a sticker, where you expect me to park you tell me!!! So, I

Fruits have mutated. Here's one: Whoa!! Damn big leh! This is by far the biggest grape I've ever seen! Twice the size of a 50 cent coin! Note: No foto enlargements have been made. Betul punya gambar!

Wah sehhhh Tired. Fang's married! My first chinese wedding! Better still, I was one of the jie mei! Fun hor! :) Yesterday was Fang's wedding dinner, this morning was the tea ceremony. Tired lorrr. I'll write a longer post on her wedding, when I'm less tired. Haha. Left earlier cos I've another wedding later! *faints* Hopefully I won't be left alone or something. Confirm not familiar with the people there. Maybe I should sleep for a while. Ta-ta~

Smitten all over again :) I like!!