Monday, August 04, 2008

What a happening weekend!

Totally exhausted after a week of activities.. From work to ministry to FOP and company dinners, I think last week was pretty good.

Managed to finish one major piece of work, well not really finished, I still need to go through it again today to do spellchecks and the proof reading, but mostly done up. So actually a lot of my work has been cleared and this week should be a slower pace of work, which will do nicely since I'm quite tired. I dunno whats wrong with my sleeping habits cos I always wake up automatically about 7 am everyday, even during the weekends. Almost as if an internal body clock is forcing me to wake up for work even if I don't have to go office!

but anyway friday night's company dinner with the interns, wincen n the new guy wasn't too bad, the food was good, but i think joan felt a little left out n honestly i thought it was pretty weird n awkward, i felt that the pple didn't really wanna talk to each other or something, which is quite different from when puikwan n i talk to them individually. i guess some pple are shy in front of a group of pple or something. but anyway had a big quarrel with joan that day cos i was feeling unwell and she was unwell too (which i found out only the next day cos she didn't even tell me) and she was demanding that i spend more time with her even though i was dead tired after work n the company dinner, so i wanted to send her back in a cab but she refused. anyway to cut a long story short, we had an arguement that led to some uncalled for comments, which really made both of us upset, but eventually we talked it out n everything seemed back to normal on saturday morning at least. yup, so for those who're wondering why the sudden changes to my facebook status, now you know. yes, i can get pretty emotional n do irrational things when i'm worked up, i'm human to n i'm prone to do stupid things, even as a Christian.

speaking of which, sat FOP was quite good, managed to meet sebastian at plaza sing bus stop after our movie (the dragon emporer, which was quite a silly movie with lousy special effects, bad acting, bad storyline, and even worse lines from the ang mohs trying to speak chinese, i actually LOLed in the cinema) n we took a cab to SIS from plaza sing. Its ridiculous, the journey was like, 10 min or less, and the cab fare was $12. I mean, i could go from my house to town last time n it was even cheaper. i travel from yck to expo n its $12! the ERP n extra cab charges are getting too pricey man. but anyway i digress, the FOP event this year had less pple, no queue at all when we reached SIS, n somehow meet sansan alicia ziqian n company, apparently we all reached at the same time (roughly 7 pm, although hanning did tell me they were meeting at 6 pm but she herself was late! haha!). honestly i saw little point in fop cos honestly how many pple from other churches were there? when pst derrick came out, everybody cheered, n every comment the other pastors said, there were some cheers here n there. who else can be so overly enthu n excited? anyway joan thought the parachute was too punk, but i thought they were so-so only, not exactly creating a diff kind of sound like delirious? did, merely copying from other christian n secular bands. the vocalist wasn't fantastic either n he looked like a maori (they're from new zealand btw), can't reall reach high notes. i think even CCC's youth band with daniel n joseph pringle was better, honestly. the hillsongs team was much better, but their bass guitar was way too loud, the speakers were bursting. bad sound makes for a bad experience, but thankfully most of the songs the bass player tried to tone down the playing. mark conner's preaching was quite interesting n funny too. after FOP we went to my house for supper, bak chor mee, n watched Punisher, which was quite draggy, n i sent Joan home around 2.30 am or so. by the time i reached home n bathed, it was like 3 plus already, but its ok cos sun we could sleep late.

n i woke up at 11.54 am on sunday! wow! slept like close to 9 hours lah! shoik man, after always struggling to wake up early for service on sunday ( i don't think i ever took public transport for JW service, maybe once or twice?) it felt good having a relaxing time, chilling with SF pple at woodlands KFC, then chilling out somemore at the NDP tentage area, joan n i really have a lot of fun with the SF pple, n its not just practicing n playing n performing, we usually talk about lots of other things, joke around n pair pple up, exchange tips on drumming n various other things, army stories, movies, etc.. just like family. well i have to admit, the intro sequence was quite badly done, especially the rock beat while moving, n rohan ended one bar late, which was quite bad n boon scolded us all after that. for myself, i've never played jam block with my hands so high up before n it kept slipping from my fingers. but even if i did raise my hands up all the way, i doubt many were actually watching me hit the jam block, n many simply forgot the rock beat or the 16 dance transition, which is quite frustrating for boon, i can understand.

but thankfully flightphesy (with 6 snares n 1 rapanik carried by yuhong) sounded pretty tight, n the new gimmick with prophesy went smoothly n nobody forgot anyting, except rohans part during the march, which was very funny, it happens like 50% of the time when we play flightphesy, either neo or whoever forgets to play that part! the crowd wasn't very engaging either, probably more concerned about eating their dinner (i think there were probably around 50 tables or so? quite a large number of woodlands pple) than watching the performances, but it doesn't matter cos we're still doing our best. the FHW was not too good, over all playing sounded tight, but volume went soft at certain parts, n we sped up n slowed down again at the usual parts, but at least it was together! the double UDM had no light, but other than that i think everything went smoothly, joan was dragged by boon to play in the nearer to the players of which she was quite stunned by boon pull her shirt to move her to the center of the players, i think the expression on her face must have been super funny! hahaha.. oh n she banned me from talking to LT for the day cos she says i'm always flirting with her! hahaha! oh man, she's like wat, 6 years younger than me leh! n she has too many guys chasing her liao, she doesn't need another one, hahaha.. noticed the usual players didn't play, lingling, chaokiat, rallen, julia, but still i think it was pretty alright, just that would've been better if we had 2-3 more support players. n another pseudo instead of rapanik! yuhong so big size carry the small rapanik, look like cartoon man! but an achievement is that joan finally managed to learn the whole FHW, albeit at a slower speed, but at least with some practice, she can replace me liao n i don't have to bring extra clothes or get wet or foot rot after playing UDM! hahaha.. just realised we've been playing for SF gigs 3 weekends in a row! no wonder i'm getting foot rot..

but today joan's getting her exams results n i'm very worried for her. i couldn't sleep properly (n probably neither could she) thinking about the possibilities n consequences. woke up this morning feeling as if i didn't sleep at all thru the night, which of cos is impossible. but my eyes feel pretty heavy, n i'm not in a condition to do any work, my arms n legs are aching whcih is kind of weird, why would my legs ache when my arms do the drumming? hahaha..

what an exhausting weekend! tonight meeting yishan n company, terence going army soon, n tml meeting bernard to buy insurance, then meeting janice for supper.. honestly i feel like cancelling on janice cos i think i'll be too tired to travel so much n stay out so late on a weeknight. i'll sms her n see if she can meet another time instead lor.. really so tired i dozed off twice just typing this! i know i know, slacking at office again.. but really no mood to work. wish i can take a few days off, just to really relax n go to the beach n enjoy a good time drinking ice cold drinks n watchin the sun set with joan.. will probably do that sometime next month. planning to join the function room for NDP countdown this saturday, haha..

i miss my JC friends, n N280 friends, n my other girl friends too. i mean yeah im attached so i can't meet them anymore, n we're all so busy with work n our own lives, its so hard to find time to meet up with friends these days.. n this year, NDP is on a saturday, not a weekday, sucks big time man.

but just a quick prayer for joan again:

God i pray that you really be with Joan n give her encouragement n strength even as she goes to collect her results, Holy Spirit fill her with joy of the Lord, and peace which surpasses all understanding, that You are with her to support n comfort her, that all things will work for the good of those who love You, that You will be there in such a tangible way, holding her up no matter what the results may be, that You will bless her with good academic results, she will get Bs and Cs and not fail any subject, that she will not have to repeat any module. It may be asking for a miracle, but God is a God of miracles, and surely You can come through for Your favourite daughter this time round, bless her n anoint her, that even in the midst of this, she can shine for You in the school, that her class mates will look up to her n many will be led by her to Christ. Please look after my baby, my sweet cute Joan, I commit her into Your loving hands. I trust You heavenly Father, with our lives, our future, and our relationship in Christ.

In Jesus name,
Amen!

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