Reunions

It's the lunar new year people! Festivities! Food! Pineapple tarts! Hong Baos! Visiting! Mahjong! New clothes! More pineapple tarts!
It is indeed a festive period which many people have anticipated, mainly because it's the longest holiday period in a year and the usual 2-3 days of rest is always warmly welcomed by everyone. The lower limbs will always be tired and sore at the end of each day because after hopping to a bazillion homes and walking all over the island and getting lost along the way without fail, always adds to the extra distance.

I mean apart from all the festivities and merry-making, there is always something to keep in mind during these times: Family. Indeed family is the core structure where we all grow up in and get influenced by. We learn from parents and relatives their habits and ways, and we usually imitate them. Just hanging around with family is something to enjoy regularly, even if it's with the extended family. Talking to everyone and learning a little bit more about them adds to the enjoyment of it all. This year in particular has been meaningful to me because I really realise how special every family member is to me no matter what happened in the past, forgiveness is something to be given and I realize that.

Other than the biological family, our spiritual family and close friends whom you call family are also not to be forgotten. Spending time in each other's presence is something that I enjoy and cherish. I really want to thank God for such people in my life and am grateful for all the wonderful memories that we had, and the many more to come in the future. =)

So among the firecrackers and sound of mahjong tiles being passed around, why not think and reflect about the people in your life and how precious each and everyone of them is to you this festive period? ;)

~moey out~

Gastronomical wonders

I always love to watch cooking shows when I am consuming a meal. Don't you all? I feel that it really whets the appetite before/during/after the meal, especially if the cook knows his/her stuff and occasionally injects humour in as well. Friends ask me why I love such shows, but I just can't put my finger on it to answer them directly, because it just feels so right to me to watch someone else cooking when I'm eating. Even though the food in the black box looks much more appetizing, it kind of 'adds' flavour to the food I'm currently eating.

Jamie Oliver and Nigella Lawson, just to name a few, have great cooking shows, and I just love to watch them cook up a storm. Thinking of it, both of them have English accents, so I probably enjoy watching English people cook? Hahahahaha. Sadly, even though I watch so many of such shows, I cannot cook for nuts, and even if I know most of the names of herbs and such, I still cannot cook a proper meal, but hey, watching and learning is step number one.

Of course, enjoying a good meal is also something which most people enjoy. I for one, am still sitting on the fence because to me, good food is good food, if it's affordable, it tastes that much better. Lavishing in pricey meals once in a while is difenitely good for the body, but if I were to eat at restaurants everyday, I'll probably be washing up the plates and dishes after my meal. =/

On a totally separate topic, it's coming to the end of my course already?! One more week to go and it'll be over. This batch really flew by SO fast, much faster compared to last batch, probably because doing it over again seems easier? One more week to go crazy in camp before moving on and going our separate ways. =( But that's what Facebook and MSN are for right? =)

~moey out~

The big two-one

Somehow, it just dawned on me that I am already twenty one years old, the age where most, if not all, things are made legal. Aside from that obvious fact, a lot of things will eventually change as time goes by. I am no longer a kid anymore, I was reminded of that by Loy earlier tonight, and I guess lame jokes and not-so-mature comments should be kept to a minimum. With that being said, I don't feel like myself if I restrain and abstain from lame talk, because it's part of me and it kind of defines me as well. No doubt I have to tweak my mindset just a bit to adjust to the adult psyche, and I would probably have a job, a car, a flat and family in no time! But until that day comes, I think I'll just stick to the comfortable me. =)

~moey out~

Derma-trouble

Imagine having a foreign organism crawling inside of you. Moving ever so slightly,trying to find a door with an 'Exit' on it, and in the process creating visible tracks of its past movements just under the cutaneous, aka skin to you and me. Well, it's essentially the larva of Ancylostoma braziliense crawling inside. Their usual hosts are animals like cats and dogs, where they enter the animal into the intestinal area and eat and reproduce. Luckily, they are only restricted to the skin for humans, because they cannot dissolve human muscle tissue, so I guess they settle for drawing doddle lines under my skin.

Well, 'Crawling' by Linkin'Park really sums it all up in the very first sentence:

"Crawling in my skin, these woulds they will not heal".

Ok, they will eventually heal, but only about 6 months will the marks start to fade off. Reactions upon looking at it for the first time, the usual ones are ''ewwwww, gross'', ''how you get it sia?", the best was from Darren:"dude, you might end up having a worm as a leg".
I guess it's really disgusting and extremely itchy, not to mention painful, fortunately, when you all see me, I will still have both legs intact. Modern medicine will have to prove itself over the next few days to me, and kill those parasites living inside of me. And if you are wondering, NO, they do not eat any skin tissue or any part of my body for that matter, they are just trying to find the exit under a huge blanket of skin.

I hope that the worms will die off soon, because I don't want them to develop into butterflies. =P

~moey out~

What I enjoy...

Different people have different interests which keep them motivated whenever they are going through something tough. Interests spur people on to achieve and complete the obstacles in front of them so that these people will be rewarded with something they like at the very end. Indeed such things have a huge impact on everybody, be it a small or big motivating factor.

For myself, no doubt I enjoy trips to the mall, movies with friends, gaming together, but something which only a small group of us love is to visit nurseries around the island. Though it might seem like something which weird people do, I feel that visiting such places makes me feel at ease and something which I can always fall back on when there's no place else to go. The wonderful company which accompanies the visits always brightens up my gloomy day and brings a smile everytime we head off to such god-forsaken places once in a while. The sights and sounds of nurseries is definitely not everyone's cup of tea, especially when mosquitoes are constantly poking your skin up down center. Despite all these irritations, at the end of the day, being able to appreciate plants is something I hold dear, and sharing this interest with like-minded friends makes it all the more enjoyable. Every trip brings about new things to learn and especially after booking out, it's a good way to de-stress myself from the regimental life for that moment of time. Now, don't go around saying I like outfields, because I don't. I prefer to admire plants in pots, not in the ground. =P Now this is just something which I love and is definitely rare, but it's still an interest nonetheless.

So what do you guys enjoy?

~moey out~

... Like flowers in the sky...

"...when the parachutes bloom, like flowers in the sky!..."

Indeed we have come to the end of another amazing year;2009. We can look back at all the wonderful times we all had, the things we did and the friends we made. In a few moments time, we will bid farewell to 2009 and welcome 2010! And no matter how much we miss the good times in 2009, I'm sure there will be a whole lot more fun next year(and you all can definitely bet on it)

Well, fireworks will be up high in the sky, where planes fly high...
And to me, fireworks in the sky=blooming flowers in the sky
I do hope that everyone will have a good time and welcome the new year with a renewed spirit and mindset.
See you all next year!

~moey out~

Merry Christmas!

Greetings and salutations my friends! A very blessed Christmas to everyone! Just a big shout-out to my God for being born this very day in Bethlehem, so a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY is in order! Just want to thank God for all of you all who are in my life!

Well, during this period of festivities, everyone should be happy about something in their life and I for one, am really happy that I gave myself a wonderful Christmas present. I gave myself a shiny Silver standard for my IPPT! From a lowly failure straight through to a silver is something big for me, and I was so excited when I saw my results. God has been really gracious and if I just relied solely on my own strength and stamina, I might not have made it. I was extremely nervous for the whole duration of the test and right at the end of the day, the results told the full tale. However, it was not only I who had such a good result, my dear friend Tan Zhi Yu also improved from a failure to a silver!! Woooohooo!! Praise the Lord!=)

~moey out~