Daily Ramblings – Page 10 – The Bright Sunshine

October 3, 2010

Happy Children’s Day!

To all the inner child in ourselves,

HAPPY CHILDREN’S DAY!!!

Was surfing around, and read that Children’s Day is a public holiday in Japan?!?!?! Why isn’t it so in Singapore? We’re all children in our parents’ eyes, isn’t it?

I had a very nice Children’s Day gift, from nephew Caleb, after I saw what his mum posted on her facebook wall.

He said exactly the same thing over the phone (though I pretty much missed the first part)! Cute isn’t he? hahaha!

On a side note, I dreamt that I sang the children’s day song.

While listening to it, I realise that I can actually still remember the lyrics! It had been a long 22 years since I last memorised the song!

It being the official Children’s Day song in Singapore, the composer is the same person who composed the National Anthem 🙂

Semoga Bahagia ( Children’s Day Song )

Sama-sama maju ke hadapan

Pandai cari pelajaran

Jaga diri dalam kesihatan

Serta sopan-santun dengan kawan-kawan

Dengan hati bersih serta suci

Sama-sama hormat dan berbudi

Jaga tingkah pemuda-pemudi

Adat dan budaya junjung tinggi

Capailah lekas cita-cita pemudi-pemuda

Supaya kita ada harga di mata dunia

Kalau kita lengah serta lupa

Hidup kita sia-sia

Jiwa besar sihat serta segar

Rajin dengan sabar tentu bahagia

Lemah lembut perangai pemudi

Cergas tangkas wataknya pemuda

Suka rela selalu berbakti

Sikap yang pembela dan berjasa

Capailah nama yang mulia pemudi-pemuda

Rajinlah supaya berjaya semoga bahagia

May You Achieve Happiness

Together we progress

Clever at seeking knowledge

Take care of your health

And be courteous to your friends

With a clean and pure heart

We respect and do good to each other

Watch your behaviour, oh youths

Respect and honour your customs and traditions

Quickly reach your goals/dreams, oh youths

So that we’ll have our worth, in this world

If we are lazy and forgetful

Our lives are worthless

A big heart and a fresh mind

Hardworking and patience definitely brings success/happiness

Soft-spoken is the lady

Energetic and tenacious is the man

Charitable, always contributing

Having a righteous spirit and doing good

Attain a respectable position, oh youths

Be hardworking so that you will succeed, may you achieve happiness

Meaningful lyrics, isn’t it? But how many people actually understand the lyrics?

September 17, 2010

Club Med Bintan

Live update from Club Med Bintan! Company retreat 🙂

Will be back in Singapore on Sat night, see you!

September 13, 2010

Distraction

Have got a face that keeps popping into my head. Too much of a distraction I say.

August 29, 2010

Super Junior concert

Super Junior is coming for concert on 29 Jan 2011! Are you joining me? 😀

August 29, 2010

Trip to Malacca and back.

Took up Fen’s suggestion and joined them on a road trip to Malacca from 6-8 Aug. Glad I didn’t back out at the last minute hehe ;P

7 of us, 2 cars, 3 hrs ride. Totally enjoyed myself, despite having aches on the small thigh from too much of walking.

Reached Malacca at 7pm, checked in and off we went for dinner.

Across the road from Mahkota Hotel (where we were staying) is Mahkota Parade.

Had Nandos for dinner, since most of us had never tried the Singapore version before. Food was pretty ok, but service was equally bad as Singapore’s (heard from those who tried the SG version). LoL.

It was a pretty rushed dinner, we had less than 45mins before we had to get incepted. Inception was nice! Felt like we were all in the 2nd/3rd level of the dream. All for just RM8. That’s cheap compared to what we’re paying in Singapore!

Back at the hotel, by the time all of us showered (we had a 3-bedroom apartment with 2 bathrooms), tired but not wanting to turn in. 4 of us ended up playing Big-2 & Saboteur (it’s a nice game!) till 4am.

Got woken up by their voices at 8. Was in a groggy state – how can they be so alert after only 4hrs of sleep?!?!?! I need 9!

Headed over to Datarang Pahlawan (on the other side of Mahkota Parade) for Breakfast. Nasi Lemak was so-so, you can find better ones in Singapore.

Walked around the shopping mall and I emerged with cutesey stuff for the kids. LoLs.

Saw this fountain and I couldn’t stop snapping!

Went back to the hotel ‘coz we had to change to another apartment (due to the lack of 3-room ones for the 2nd night, we had to change to 2 of 2-room ones). And this was what we saw from one of the apartments.

After a short rest, we headed out. Again. This time to the other side of Dataran Pahlawan – the red church (Christ Church Melaka).

I do not know much about the history about this historical building, except that this is a must-see attraction in Malacca.

Jonker Street (right across the church) is where most of the activities are.

[I’m gonna exclude photos here, since we went to the same places :)]

Took a short break at 三叔公, where the guys had the Durian Chendol. Spent the entire afternoon at Jonker Street, walked over to the Baba Nyonya Museum to find it closed for the day.

Headed off for Peranakan dinner near the Museum, and more walking around Jonker Street. The night market was so bustled with stalls! Very different from day time!

Back to hotel at 11pm. Our feet were all too tired and were aching from all the walk since morning.

The 3rd and last day started only at late-morning, since we had to check out by 12noon.

Drove off and parked near the Baba Nyonya Museum, where we proceeded with more walks (again). The trip into the museum proved interesting to me, since I’m quite a fan of the Nyonya culture – no thanks to the Channel 8 drama Little Nyonya. No phototaking was allowed, but here’s our guide for the day. She’s a Nyonya!

Our Nyonya Guide @ the Baba-Nyonya Museum

By the time we left the museum, it was almost 5. Headed off for a quick dinner and off we go – heading home at last!

I had a good trip! When are we going to Penang, to continue our Peranakan trail?

Khakis for the trip to Malacca! <3 you guys!

You can view the rest of the album on my Flickr 🙂

July 31, 2010

How stupidity actually made my day

Of course it didn’t! Unless it’s some interesting stupidity 😀

Work is catching up on me. Just like how age catches up on everybody.

So on Tues, I decided to pay a visit to my hairdresser. Took a few minutes to decide on what to wear – I never wear skirts/dress when I visit the hairdresser so my bottoms selection was quite limited that day.

Called to make an appointment at 3.

Was real busy at work, but thought I needed a break since I OT-ed on Monday. Out of office I went, at 6.30pm.

Usual route – take bus to the next bus stop at Far East Shopping Centre, cross the road & take 502.

Waited almost 10minutes at the bus stop, no bus. Knowing that bus 502 stops at the bus stop behind Orchard MRT, I took train to Orchard instead.

The bus stop at the MRT exit doesn’t have bus 502 – no indication on the LED next-bus-arrival display, no 502 number on the sign board. Thinking it might be the other bus stop (there’s 2 bus stops at the MRT exit), I walked over.

Nope, bus 502 doesn’t stop there either. Time check: 6.50. My appointment was scheduled for 7.30pm.

Checked gothere.sg. It told me 502 stops at the bus stop nearest to the exit. Checked the iPhone app tranSGuide. It told me the same thing. Thinking maybe gothere isn’t updated, I took bus 190 to the one opposite Far East (where I usually take 502). LED display doesn’t indicate 502. Neither does the sign board. I must have been in a very confused mood. Told myself maybe because it’s express service, so the LED / sign board don’t indicate.

4 buses of 190 came and went. No sight of 502. Time check: 7.10

It finally came to me that, I should check SBS guide.

La la la.

SBS website says. 502 has changed its route!! Time check: 7.15

Would be real stupid to cab down. There’s peak hour surcharge.

So I decided to head home instead. -_-!

I feel so stupid. Should have checked out the route before leaving office, but I was too busy!

Lesson learnt. ALWAYS check bus routes. No site is 100% reliable.

July 24, 2010

Fragility of life

You know I’m a Super Junior fan when the iPhone is filled with their songs / videos. And the frequent entries on them. Sorry but I do not mean to flood your (RSS) timeline with their news 😀

Have heard about the freak accident 4 of the members (and 2 of their managers), and read about how Kyuhyun felt about it in a recent telecast. But had never went to find out what exactly happened, until I clicked on the last video in this blogpost. And then lots of thoughts came to my mind.

Possibly due to the recent craze over them, the daily dosage(s) of watching their weekly performances and the on-loop playlist of all their albums the entire day, that there’s a sense of 亲切感 (closeness) with them. Feels like they’re your brothers and it hurts when any of them gets injured. Any of you elfs has the same feeling too?

One reason why I love them, is their 执著-ness about life, and the close-knitted bond among them. How Kyuhyun fought hard to stay alive, how all of them continued to perform to the best of their ability. This group seems to be accident prone, somehow. I haven’t done any research, but I remembered my sis telling me other members got into (other) accidents too. Like Heechul, who got into an accident while on his way to visit another member (whom I can’t remember who now)’s dad who was in hospital. The accidents may have impacted some of them, but the close-knitted group continued to stay together and give their best performances.

Now that I think of it, life is really fragile isn’t it? You really can’t predict what will happen, you can’t prevent accidents from happening (you can control yourself but you can’t control others). But what’s more important is treasuring the present, and to embrace whatever things/events that might happen to you.

Knowing how to walk out from past (bad) experiences, is what makes one a stronger person.

And that is the reason why I love them. 🙂

July 24, 2010

Syupeo Junieo 슈퍼주니어

Maybe.. I should do an arrangement of the members based on their birthdate. Always at a lost who’s older / younger. Only knew (at any instant) that the oldest is Teukie and the youngest is Kyuhyun.

Leetuk – 1 July 1983
Heechul – 10 July 1983
Yesung – 24 Aug 1984
Shindong – 28 Sep 1985 (easily remembered!)
Sungmin – 1 Jan 1986
Eunhyuk – 4 Apr 1986
Donghae – 15 Oct 1986
Siwon – 10 Feb 1987
Ryeowook – 21 Jun 1987
Kyuhyun – 3 Feb 1988

Alright, now I won’t get the (age) sequence wrong! 🙂

July 11, 2010