Today

I thought would be a slack day … a day I could sit ard and just maybe begin on my Business Case … well, I thought wrongly … hahaha …

had something to do at work … not say alot of work, but I guess it was tough, cos’ I am chinese illiterate mah … spent like part of the morning and the entire afternoon preparing the Chinese Proposal for the building owner and the Advertizing Proposal. Sighs … I suck at this man! Lucky got help from Zihui and KC! Thanks ppls!

have stomach ache … again … hmm … what did i eat that the other people did not … i always so “suay” one eat the wrong food … heard alot of ppl also stomach pain … Edwin Koh, Dheresse … all take care yar … !!!

and September really comes … looks like there is no skipping September and straight away going into the October Holidays … oh wellz … take it as it comes, yar?!

“To live by Faith and not by sight!”

Happy Birthday Zihui!

Oops forgot to add that into my previous entry … Best Wishes and Dreams come true!

Alive and Kicking

Exactly what my Father’s friend said to me when he saw me today … My boss brought me to Capitaland today to see (Uncle) Lim TK because he was going to meet him for some business stuff anyway. Quite hilarious to see how (Uncle) Lim suans my Boss in almost every phrase … heh!

Ok, went to Pidemco Tower after that to take alook cos’ Capitaland had rencelty sold the building and now my boss wants to see if he can get the advertising space on top of the building. Went all the way to the roof, even climbed the ladder up to the top of the building to take a look and take pictures. Like construction workers … haha … then also went over to Pudong side … Bin Jiang Da Dao to take pictures to create mock up pictures for clients. Well, hopefully can get the site and the govt approve it … then it will be BIG money for SPH MBO. If not, suck thumb!!!

Oh yes, SPH has officially acquired MediaBoxOffice. Our email accounts, and website has changed from “mediaboxoffice” to “sphmbo” liao.

Thursday got a new guy (on trial) coming in. Its the son of some boss whom we always have business dealings with. Hmm … I’m suppose to “manage” him and let him learn all the stuff I am doing … hmm .. what am I doing? Hard to put into words, but I guess I can summarize into 2 words – Back-end Operations. Yar… but then what my Boss said today to (Uncle) Lim was also true … I was literally doing everything. [According to him - management trainee, so in reality, he was not bluffing all the time] I do sales, I do after sales service, I do Advertising license application, I do content and media planning, I do techincal and media work, I do LED management, I do office jobs. Yea … I do everything … hahaha! (So, I shall be content.) Must thank God. Why? Cos’ in very unexpected ways and unforseen ways he has made me prayers come true. I believe my prayers had already been realized a long time ago, just that I did not see it. I just needed to change my perception of what my expectations are. I finally realized that I am doing everything that my Boss did himself when he first came to setup the company in Shanghai 1 year ago.

and now, I shall go back to being busy about my life … hahaha.

Complex state of mind

In a state of anxiety because of the looming deadline for the Business Case.

In a state of relaxation because of the promise from the Bible that “Tomorrow will take care of itself.”

In a state of nonchalance because of the desire to just 混 around.

Its really a very weird feeling … shall not try to get used to it … but then to decide which state to take is also suddenly such a Tall Order.

I am quite addicted to the song that Lyn sent me yesterday – One Way by Hillsong. Its just so full of energy and quite inspiring. Listening to Hillsongs really does lift my spirit up. Walked to work this morning to a playlist full of songs by Hillsongs and it was a nice walk to the office. Things at work today was good too. No major hiccups, no sudden twists. Just preparing things and etc. I guess it could be the state of mind that people is in that really determines the entire day. Or not.

Checked out Dragonfly SPA’s website this evening. 2 Options that are quite attractive. First is the RMB 120 Oriental Massage (1 hour) and the second is the RMB 200 Aroma Oil Therapy (1 hour). Hmm … which should I pamper myself with one day. Seriously thinking of trying the Aroma Oil Therapy one just once while I am in the “Land of the Cheap”. (“,)
Dragonfly SPA

Huang Shan Trip planning going very well . Look forward to that!
Suzhou Trip might not take place, cos’ of another event. Sighs! Oh well, for the greater good, we must sacrifice personal enjoyment!

Just read a friend’s blog … so interesting and funny … he mentioned that if he could be one thing, he would be a toilet paper – Useful, but willing to do the dirty job. How many “Toilet Paper”s do we have in the world? Hmm, we probably need more of those … aiya … most people are probably too full of shit to be any useful “toilet paper” … i sure I am right to say that!!!

Went to Coffee Bean after work just now … wanted to find some “peace and tranquility” to sit down and do some readings … I so so so so need to start doing something useful … read enough and then started to chat on msn … heh … lucky for me for Sony Clie TH55 with Wi-Fi access and wireless access at Coffee Bean in Shanghai.

new main image uploaded

just tot i change the faye wong pic which has been there for very long.

nice yar?

Community Church

Went to the church @ Heng Shan Road today with Shallene and Jason (Cheewei’s manager). First time I have been to church for a very long time and the first time I have been to church in Shanghai. The service wasn’t too bad. It was a full house. There were 2 messages from 2 leaders and though I did not remember everything that was said in the message, I went away with 2 very important message.

1. Let tomorrow worry for itself. (Matthew 6:34)
2. God will meet all my needs.

The verse they used for the message today was so apt.

Matthew 6:25 – 34

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

… …

Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

oops … so forgot to continue blogging .. ended up reading other stuff, etc … aiya … actually also never read anything .. shit .. i just want to waste time … 混混 … (“,)

Malaysia Night @ Shangri-La, Pudong

It was a very enjoyable night.

All thanks to TM Kor for inviting us for the dinner. Too bad you could not be with us.

ok, lots of intersting photos, shan’t place all of it here … follow the link for the photos. I promise got alot of very weird photos! hahaha!

Malaysia Nite!

mc, yv and i

Shuhui and Rachel

Dheresse and Rachel

Won alot of prizes through the lucky draw too … Shuhui won a microwave, and a mini hi fi system, yv won a fruit juicer, I won a mini vacuum cleaner, mc won a 150 voucher at Frankies, Shallene won a dinner for 2 at Yi-Cafe @ Shangri-La … lots and lots of stuff … haha! finally got all these stuff when we are about to leave in 4 months time .. haha!

It was definitely a fun night … just go to have fun … very nice!

Later going for Church … ! bye bye

More Pictures @ HERE

panic button

“PRESSED!”

haha … this is like some stupid joke from back then …

I think I am going to press it soon. After reading Professor Kau’s email about the business case draft, I realized that I am no where near the start line. My previous proposal was quite a sham. My current situation is almost similar. I just do not have enough information to decide what I need to write about, or what I can write about, or what I should write about. Shall not bother too much about it. I left September 1st as the start date of my business case. I shall at that time begin to ponder and contemplate on what to write. (“,) (No need panic button!!!)

This afternoon going for the SSBA Business Forum at J W Marriot, Tomorrow Square. Its a long session from 1330 – 2000 hours including 2 panel discussions, tea receptions and cocktails refreshments. From what information I got, I think the session would be very beneficial. I’ll just have to wait and see about that. Going off in approximately 3 hours for the forum.

What am I doing in the office today? Slacking! There are some stuff that needs to be done, but that shall have to wait for Monday, when I would have more time to sit down and get things done. Today, I shall do what I have been trying to do for the past week – 混! Ha ha ha ha!

Please don’t get me wrong. I am not tiring of life in Shanghai. I am not disgusted by my work. I just find work alittle of a bore. Assignments alittle of a chore. Shanghai still as filthy and noisy. However, I am still not ready to go back to Singapore. I still want to stay here. Going back to Singapore would just be returning to a BIGGER Bore! Besides school, and assignments, and more assignments, there really wouldn’t be anything too exciting that could be done. Not to say that life here is super exciting. Hmm. I think its the feeling of being in a foreign land and being at home. Its totally different and I tend to like being away from home. Can’t clearly explain why, so I shan’t.

I have been quite relaxed these few days, going back home after work and watching DVD and sleeping early. I am totally catching up on my season of ALIAS. 3 more discs to go and I would be done. Then it would be time to start on Band of Brothers. Hopefully school work doesn’t build up too much, or else it would be such a major pain.

I am also so looking forward to the Huang Shan trip in 2 weeks time. Finally after so many months of talking about it, of postponing it, we are finally en route to make it happen. It will happen! Quite a decent trip planned so far and quite a number of people have already expressed interest in going. So, it would be a good trip!

Next Buy in China – External Hard Disk Drive with enclsure that supports both Firewire and USB 2.0. That would cost me quite a big chunk of cash again, but if I don’t get it, I will not have space in my laptop for anything liao. Which reminds me, I have not sorted through the entire 2GB worth of photos from the Inner Mongolia Trip. By the time I do get down to it, I think it would be when I actually get back to Singapore. haha!

ok, I dun think I can continously blog for 3 hours before I leave for the forum, so I shall stop here and read online news. Time to catch up on what’s happening in the world again. Since I have not been sitting down much in the office recently, I have lost touched with what is happening around the world.

Only God can satisfy my heart. Everything else will decieve and disappoint.

Just read this phrase from the Daily Bread.

Everyone needs something to believe in, and I am thankful that I have God to believe in. I shall keep the faith. I think its when I keep the faith then I feel so much better. I just lift everything into his hands. All the worries, all the troubles, all the problems I lift into his hands and then I needn’t worry anymore. Cos’ the Lord provides me my daily bread and I shall not want.

Its weird that in every major step of my life, I have leaned on and trusted in God to see me through. Like coming Shanghai, like getting the current job, and many many more … but when it boils down to the small matters … the daily affairs, I begin to sweat the small stuff and not leave it in the hands that can handle it the best. Can’t remember where I read/heard from, but I remember that we should lift everything into God’s hands. Although he already knows everything, we should still speak to him and confide in him. And we should not be afraid that we are burdening him with our thoughts, cos’ he is God – he handles anything, anytime and anywhere!

Very inspired by Shallene who can make God so close … and therefore having childlike faith. I shall be more open, learn to trust more and eventually find everlasting peace in daddy. (Just suddenly rememberd how Shallene calls God. I guess that’s how she makes him so so personal.)

Good night Shanghai!

Reminders to myself

1. There is nothing straight forward in China.
2. Nothing is confirmed till you actually see it happen, have it in your hands, etc (u know!)
3. When someone says something, doesn’t mean its true. Someone else could have a different idea.
4. Procedures are part of China. (Afterall, its the best way to provide employment.)