五月天《回到地球表面》

我喜欢那熟悉的感觉，就好像见老朋友似的。

我喜欢演唱会一开始大家就不约而同的随着音乐嘣起来！

我喜欢那色彩斑斓的大屏幕，让简单的舞台不单调。

我喜欢怪兽和石头弹吉他耍帅的模样。

我喜欢那股对音乐浇不息的热忱，不时强烈的感染着我。

我喜欢大家秉持着的团队精神，手舞足蹈的比着L.O.V.E.的手势。

我喜欢阿信的背影，那么厚实，那么亲切。

我喜欢他肉肉的脸蛋和那深邃的眼神，曾经那样注视着我，没有骗你！

我喜欢冠佑的呆滞，永远搞不清状况的样子。

我喜欢粗狂的怪兽，浪子般的魅力。

我喜欢能拉近我们距离的天降舞台，赞！

我喜欢献给玛莎的《垃圾车》版《生日快乐》歌，这是专属五月天的创意。

我喜欢闭上眼睛陶醉在五月天的世界里。

我喜欢五月天回到地球表面。

Music in Motion Anniversary!

Music in Motion was in action again!
We were back at Rock Auditorium after our debut at the same venue a year ago.
Click here to see the debut performance.
For the same conference, with the same group of people [majority], we celebrated our first year anniversary.
We arrived at the audi at 10ish in the morning and the subtle sense of familiarity made the rehearsals so easy.
After going through many rounds, Ken was still no where to be seen.
His text said that he would arrive at 1030 but his appearance only happened at 20min to noon.
Thank goodness our practices earlier were helpful and we cleared both items with him in just one run.

With the rising F1 heat, Ken decided to align our performance with the hype.
And hence, we were instantly turned into F1 racer, for the opening song - Shut Up and Drive [by Rihanna].
Oh i was at the army market earlier this week to get the costumes and was pretty amazed with the place.
There were so many interesting things selling at the old market and considering that i spent the first 7 years of life in that precint, i was seriously unaware of that. Nice.
So ta-da...here's presenting Bonny the F1 racer! *voom voom*

The second song was our theme song - Uniquely You, written by our Ken. I like it pretty much.
He wanted all of us in white and i thought i looked like a member of PAP. =p

The performers and Ken.

Ok now it's the live performances. Cannot laugh! I will know if you do! =p

Heh. =)

The Worst Season Part II

Finally have come to the last day of my weekend getaways.
You won't know how much i'm gonna miss it.
The doze-offs, the lunch-alones, the self-commentaries.
Of all the tour guides for the past weeks, today's Management Mathematics was the best.
He was very encouraging and helpful, exactly what we needed.
Not the crappy and torture-till-you-die kind.
Anyway, glad that it's over.
I miss church man.

The work week was still busy and worse, with a few disturbance along the way.
I am not exactly a perfectionist but i do have a minimum expectation for my work.
I seriously hated it when someone had to distort my work and not doing the things that should be done.
And the excuse is always - too busy.
Oh please...who's not???
Especially when my work was delayed due to the things that have to be done yet not done, i was irritated to the max.
It was a test of patience and i MEAN it!
Then...
On Friday, when i thought it should be a happy day, i was placed in a confrontational situation which caught me totally unprepared.
All because of an email i sent.

She made a serious deviation from the guidelines and my only intention was to highlight to her mistakes and the correct approach thereafter.
I swore that i wasn't harsh or undermining her in any ways, just direct and a matter of fact.
Moreover, Li Li vetted the content before i sent it out.
Upon reading, she rang me up and expressed her resentment towards my email and was hurt by my words.
For a moment, i was stunned and speechless.
I allowed her to finish and apologized for causing her emotions before i explained the intended content of the email.
She accepted my explanation and apology and we sort of made peace at the end of the conversation.
I was still in disbelief when i hung up the phone.
I reported the matter to Li Li and she was mad, not with me obviously.
To be frank. i wasn't angry, just a lil shaken by the phone call.
But later, i had a tinge of unjustness and the feeling of being misunderstood was undescribable.
No doubt, i was backed up by my boss and fellow team members, Bengz later reasoned why would she react this way since he knows the both of us [she's in his department].
It could be an accumulation from the previous brushes we had.
He even made the effort to rewrite the entire email which he deemed more appropriate, before boarding the plane to Bali.
I appreciated his effort but I seriously didn't need that at that moment.
I'm sure he would get the "You FRIEND ah!!!" nonsense from her after he returns from his holiday. Poor thing.

My supposed Friday mood was instantly ruined by this early episode.
It didn't help when something similar happened again later in the night, also because of the words i've said. Argh..what's wrong with me???
That's the problem for a person who's a high-E. Talk before thinking.
I think i should just talk lesser from now onwards. Fine.

Anyway...

I've got gifts this week!

In the midst of my Worst Season, such sweet surprises indeed brighten up my day quite a bit.

Tomorrow is the start of another work week, so what should i be expecting?
The only comfort is to know that He's with me always.

3D2N Weekend Getaway

I'm back from my 3D2N weekend getaway.
It was so fun beyond what you could imagine.
Destination was at Pulau SIM and i had over 100 companions at each point.
The tour leader on Friday was a Scottish, Stephenson and an Italian, Antonio for the next 2 days. So romantic hor.
The activities we did include scribbling notes while trying to make out the British and Italiano accent, pouncing furiously on the calculator and flip pages and pages of the textbooks.
How can that not be fun hor?
Oh i'm going for another of such getaway next weekend again!
I wonder who will be the tour leader then.
Stay tuned for updates. *roll eyes*

Gracie was back for some..official duties.
Even though so, she managed to meet up with us just before she returned to Chiang Mai.

As Persi and i strolled into the front porch of Gracie's house, we started to reminisce the event that happened 3 years back at the same site.
It was a ruthless battle betweem 16 beauties and 15 erm..guys.
So much that Bonny's dress was torn and 2 years after that day, i found out Tecky was one of the culprits [i didn't know him then].
It was a tough morning, a tough fight but it was the most enjoyable one.
I want my wedding to be like that too. Hee....

We merely spent the night sitting round the dining table, oiling our fingers with Colonel chicken and bringing our respective updates from Singapore and Chiang Mai.
No barrier, no reservations, no fear of being judged.
This is the Sisterhood i'm talking about. The genuine kind.
I love you Gracie!

=)

The Worst Season Part I

I'm in office now and i'm feeling like shite.

1. I've got tons of work to do.
2. My back hurts badly.
3. When i thought i had a valid reason of not studying coz i had to go SFG, the class tonight was cancelled.
4. It means i really have to go home and study.
5. I really don't want to go home and study.
6. But i have to and i know it, even without constant reminders, so thank you but please...
7. I could give an excuse that i have to stay back at work.
8. Neither do i feel like working.
9. The fact that i'm swarmed by things i HATE to do.
10. But i don't have a choice of not doing.

If these are exactly the things that are filling up your life and nothing else more, do you think you can continue living?

=(

Random Weekend

After a consecutive 12 days of unrested days, i finally had my wish granted of waking up without the disturbance of the alarm clock last Saturday.
Such a bliss! You wouldn't imagine how precious such natural wake-ups are, to me.
It was already noon when i got out of bed and Mummy was getting ready to go out.
I took a simple lunch of sweet potato soup and banana walnut bread while watching the final episode of 《美味关系》on cable. Without knowing, i dozed off the couch again. Heh.
See toldchu i was tired.
Later in the afternoon, i woke up and sneaked out of the house with the help of 2 accomplices. Heh.
I know i was supposed to be studying but but...aiya...nehmind.

I'm thankful for Carol and Xin who risked their lives to bring me out. Hah.
We met at Bugis Junction, shopped a while and randomly decided to proceed to Takashimaya for dinner.
Being a weekend, i had wanted to have a lok look which people could hardly see on weekdays and Sunday.
Hence i put on of my most casual t-shirt, jeans and scandals but at the same time, i was quietly hoping that i won't bump into any familiar faces.
None did i expect to meet the whole bunch of the Tourism Shopping guys outside M'phosis as they were on duty for the Fashion Fest at the tent outside. *diao*
I tried to distract them by babbling non-stop and it was when i found out that Bengz was in the mall as well. *biangz*
He had just permed his hair around the area but when i rang him up, he didn't sound too pleased with his new hairdo and i started the "toldchu not to do it!" thingy.
Since i was eager to see his new look, we arranged for a short meet-up at a central place and i sneaked away from the girls a lil while. Such a sneaker.
To my surprise, it wasn't that bad afterall. Chey...
After parting with Bengz, the girls headed to Crystal Jade Korean to satisfy Carol's craving. That was the reason we came here for!
Oh Ephraim joined us too!


I was still a lil puzzled of why didn't i take a shot of myself and Carol. Hmmm...
Anyway, that was Saturday.

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Sunday was church as usual and we had our Games Day in the afternoon.
The turnout was unexpectedly good and we managed to hit our target which we previously set.
Thank God for that.
We had board games that went on concurrently while Tecky and i tried to entertain ourselves since we couldn't participate.

It was my first time partnering with Tecky as emcees and it was good. Great chemistry and uber natural.
Tecky was uber good and in addition to his natural DJ voice over the mic, it's just unfathomable of why he's still a teacher.
But i think God has made good use of his giftings in the worship team. =)
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At the Tourism Court...
Our newly appointed ACE came in on Monday and i've been feeling uncomfortable since then.
Reason being that his room is 4 steps away from my cube and his sitting position is exactly perpendicular to my desk and thus facing me!
Whenever i'm working on my lappy, i could feel a figure starring at me from a distance.
Even if he's not exactly starring, it's just awkward loh.
Therefore, from that morning, i had to constantly remind myself to keep the serious and i-am-hard-at-work look as i'm looking into my screen.
I have since mastered the skill of typing "HAHAHAHAHA" on msn with that expression.
Ey not easy hor...you try lah!
I hope i won't fall into schizophrenia one day. =p
Ever since the new ACE occupied the room, i found myself missing Boss again.
That was the room he used to sit and i didn't remember feeling uneasy with him.
Sigh...

Music in Motion is in action again after our previous stint at the dinner and dance ball.
We have started our practices for our upcoming performance at Workplan Conference.
It's been exactly a year since our debut appearance at the same conference last year.
Oh my...till now, i still couldn't bring myself to finish watching the video clip.
Let's see if i can film another clip this year and we can compare both clips. Kekeke...

Lately, i noticed the existence of a couple of weirdos in the midst of my everyday life.
Ok maybe weirdos sounded a lil harsh.
Basically they are just socially awkward and low in EQ.
First, they got onto my nerves and all i wanted was to draw away from them.
But later, i somehow sympathised them for who they are.
The truth is...they have been ostracised by their peers, whether they want it or not.
They don't seem to have a choice.
Well, i'm not sure if the traits were in-born or were developed as they grow or it was just a defence mechanism but in any case, they have indeed caused a negative impact in their lives.
Again, i'm not sure if they are aware of it at all.
Would they even be enlightened?
It's a tough call.
Oh well...

I'll be off for a 3D2N getaway this weekend!
I've been sooooo looking forward to it as it'll be sooooo FUN!
Stay tuned for the highlights!
Woohoo~

Easter + Blog + Work Rant

I've been busy.
Uber busy.
First it was Easter.
Not that i did a lot of things nor i had things to do but i just felt busy.
Like what Tecky said, it was 耶稣的大日子, so as 耶稣的孩子, we ought to be busy.
Weird logic. Heh.
I've missed Easter for the past 2 years as it always clashed with my weekend revision classes.
Thank God, it was earlier this year.
As i looked back, I guessed i know why.

It has been years since Cher visited our church. From my first cell group to the current third one.
She perservered, me too.
Finally at Easter this year, she'd decided to dedicate her life to Lord Jesus Christ. =)
All i did was to invite her for the service and the rest was done by God.
I was in awe. Really.
This was how real God can be.
I was reminded that God has His timing which i could never anticipate.
I guess i have to be on standby all the time, just in case He decided to act.

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Eversince the Club was formed, i have been working on this since then.
I changed the template for at least 10 times, colours 15 times, adjusted the measurement for the blog header for 20 times and almost crossed my eyes by just scrutinizing at the html codes.
Finally this is the end product and i am pleased. *grin*
Well, i'm NOT opened to criticism! =p
But friendly feedback is welcomed. =)
Bonny ain't techy so this is considered amazing. By my standard.
Haha.


We will be having our second event this Sunday, Brighton Games Day!
It's gonna be uber FUN, i promise!
Visit www.brightonchillout.blogspot.com for more details!
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Weekend class has started and even when i'm in my third year, i wouldn't say i am used to it.
Trust me, you need not experience it to know how s***y it can be to spend your weekend in school.
Last weekend, I was at the HRM lecture and i ended myself in an uber foul mood at the end of the two-day course.
On first day, the class was held at the Namly branch which i wasn't at all favourable given my past experience at the venue.
It didn't help when the class was constantly disrupted by the focus-deficient English lecturer [literally from UK].
She was distracted umpteen times by the movement of the students in the uber inconducive lecture theatre.
You see, the entrance/exit was right next to the projection screen where she stood and every latecomers who came in, she would stop them without fail.
After that, she would start interrogating them on why they were late.
Each interrogation would spend close to 3min and there were about 7 to 8 of them.
You do your math.
To make it worse, the seatings were designed in such a way that the entire row of occupants had to vacate from their seats in order to let the latercomer in to the seat inside. It's that CRAMP.
And that would pause the lecture for another 1 min?
Ok nehmind!
Then came day 2.
The lecturer was the kind who DEMANDED a response to all her questions or else she would remain silence till eternity.
Sad to say, the silence put me on snooze mode sometimes. =p
C'mon, we were just a bunch of part-time students who hold a full time job and obviously didn't have time to revise in the course of the week and was hoping to digest as much info as possible during the revision lecture which we PAID EXTRA for.
Can't she just be nice and understanding enough to help us through the curriculum?
Not just that, some time in the afternoon, after our last tea-break, she started yawning in front of the class and even asked to be excused for a 5 min smoke break. *duh*
It left all of us in a daze.
HELLO!!! WE DIDN'T FLY YOU HERE FOR A HOLIDAY OK!
These are the so-called Course Directors from the university in London and the lectures are supposed to be fruitful, not wasteful.
Talking about paying extra, we didn't even get any printed notes which we were promised and i am not hesitating to shoot my infamous stunt at SIM.
ROAR!!!
At the end of the second day, i was frustrated, infuriated and worn out. =(
And it was carried over to the new work week. =((

Work has been a hell for me for the past month or so.
Well, it was the end of our financial year and we were rushing to close account [not exactly closing account but it's too tedious to explain so we'll leave it as that lah].
The work load only gets heavier and heavier each day, to the point where i had to steal my breathe under the pile.
It doesn't help when others conviently assume that the department is run by only Li Li [my boss] and i.
The calls we got each day is like we operate a call centre! It's mad i tell ya.
However, i was pretty amazed at how polite i could be when responding to these calls.
Oh oh..digress abit. I have to tell you this.
Recently, i was due for my performance appraisal and as per normal, i submitted my form to Li Li for her comments.
When she returned the form to me after giving her inputs, i almost laughed my head off when i saw this.
She wrote: A PATIENT and cheerful disposition. I've never seen her threw her temper to any of the internal/external customers.
Muahahahahahahahaha!!!!
For a moment, i thought it should be: I've never had a chance to see her throw her temper to any of the internal/external customers.
K lah...the truth is, i don't throw temper per se but for those uber stubborn souls, i had to be uber firm and hmm...stern.
But still, it's a funny remark.
Anyway, back to my rant.

Just today, it was one of those days when i felt like crying again.
Again, people forgot Bonny only has 2 hands and a brain.
Even when things didn't concern me, i had to clear the poo as well.
I am fine with that, but not when i am already heavily loaded.
I didn't have time to cry in office lah.
Only when i was on the bus.
Not my fault, the tears just welled up in my eyes.
I sulked my way home. =(
And so, i have been pretty mood [a new term Uncle Chua taught me which i thought it's quite retro] lately.
Sigh sigh...

Can someone bring me out this weekend to play?