Thursday, July 29, 2004
Hahaha.. Had the stupidest dream last night.. Dreamt abt being in my army camp.. I was in a rm which is on the third level of the building I'm working in.. I was looking out at a grp of ppl(a mix of male n female) taking NAPFA test.. They were taking the 2.4 run.. Watz funny is tt I saw Dorcas(my sec sch clz mate) running among them n she was running as one of the top 3... After tt, I saw her in the workshop looking at 1 of the engines.. She was like unhappy abt sth with the engine n requested me to look for my superior(who's in charged of the engine).. when my superior came, she scolded him.. haha.. tink she muz be some big-shot in my dream... funny, rite???? dunno y got tis kind of stupid dream...
Oh.. I ate 4 apples n 1 honeydew today.. siao liao arh... fruit craze... haha...
The Origin. 7/29/2004 10:06:00 pm
Monday, July 26, 2004
Hahaha.. I suppose I've been eating too much apple recently.. Got scolded by my mom yesterday.. I ate 2 apples in the afternoon n was gg for my third at the late afternoon when she scolded me for eating apple as though I eating tibits.. haha... During lunch today, I ate 2 apples already.. Planning to go for a third at home tonight.. guess I have developed a liking for apples.. hee...
Anyway, sth idiotic happened earlier.. There's a new guy(hong yi) attached to the office n he's in the same office as jonathan(a clerk who was posted here a mth be4 I'm attached here). Jonathan told hong yi to go ahead n ask our mdm for his saturday off... When hong yi did tt, mdm was angry tt he does tis so early as he's here for less than 4 days.. when she told jonathan off for telling a new guy to ask for off so quickly, jonathan said tt it was me who told hong yi to do so.. N mdm came to nag at me.. Kinda like backstabbing me...
I wld expect tis in the working world where there r promotions n stuffs but tis is juz the NS.. Feels tt it's kinda stupid n meaningless to do such a thing as we onli earn 350 a mth... maybe it's juz once n a small incident.. But I'll definitely keepan eye out for him... ha.. stress arh...
The Origin. 7/26/2004 12:32:00 pm
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Haha.. I'm now sitting in front of the pc eating my BIG apple n typing... It's one of the biggest apple I've seen man.. I tot it was fake when I first saw it... probably cuz I seldom eat fruits... anyway, i'm trying to get into the habbit of eating fruits everyday from today(hopefully).. It's a desperate measure to keep my complexion from becoming worse.. haha... hope it works.. :)
The Origin. 7/18/2004 07:47:00 pm
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Haha... I got the funniest b-day present tis yr.. haha.. My platoon(from which, i ooc from) gave me a very funny present(very memorable 2!) haha.. It consists of 2 things.. A daraemon bottle(courtesy of pte kok) n a coverall which is covered wif signatures... Realli memorable.. haha..
Anyway, tis yr didn't realli celebrate much.. realli busy.. went out wif weili n xinru for dinner last sat onli.. guess as u grow older, b-days seem to become onli like a tradition... but i'm satisfied wif everything...
The Origin. 7/14/2004 08:13:00 pm
Sunday, July 11, 2004
ha... been sitting in front of the pc for the past 15 mins thinking abt wat to write... Dunno exactly the word or feeling to describe wat i'm gg thru now...
I'm not sad, nor am i happy... Juz hav the sudden feeling tt my life lacks sth.. kinda like it's empty(i suppose..).. But I dun realli know wat is the sth my life lacks... I know for sure tt it's not a gf or watsoever... maybe it's tt i hav too much time at hand or sth...will go n start some driving course or sth... hopefully, by then, I won't hav tis feeling..
The Origin. 7/11/2004 06:07:00 pm
THE DAFFODIL PRINCIPLE
>>>>
>>>> Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother,
you
>>>>must come see the daffodils before they are over." I wanted to go,
but
>>>>it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead.
>>>>
>>>> "I will come next Tuesday, " I promised, a little
reluctantly, on
>>>>her third call. Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had
>>>>promised, and so drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's
house
>>>>and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the
daffodils,
>>>>Carolyn! The road is invisible in the clouds and fog, and there is
>>>>nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to
see
>>>>bad enough to drive another inch!"
>>>>
>>>> My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this all
the
>>>>time, Mother."
>>>>
>>>> "How far will we have to drive?"
>>>>
>>>> "Just a few blocks," Carolyn said. "I'll drive. I'm used
to
>>>>this. It's all right, Mother, I promise. You will never forgive
yourself
>>>>if you miss this experience."
>>>>
>>>> After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel
road
>>>>and saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand
>>>>lettered sign that read, "Daffodil Garden." We got out of the car
and
>>>>each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path.
Then, we
>>>>turned a corner of the path, and I looked up and gasped. Before me
lay
>>>>the most glorious sight. It looked as though someone had taken a
great
>>>>vat of gold and poured it down over the mountain peak and slopes.
>>>> The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns -
great
>>>>ribbons and swaths of deep orange,
>>>> white, lemon yellow, salmon pink, saffron, and butter
yellow.
>>>>Each different-colored variety was planted as a group so that it
swirled
>>>>and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue. There were
five
>>>>acres of flowers. "But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn.
>>>>
>>>> "It's just one woman," Carolyn answered. "She lives on the
>>>>property. That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well kept A-frame
house
>>>>that looked small and modest in the midst of all that glory. We
walked
>>>>up to the house. On the patio, we saw a poster. "Answers to the
>>>>Questions I Know You Are Asking" was the headline. The first answer
was
>>>>a simple one. "50,000 bulbs," it read. The second answer was, "One
at a
>>>>time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and very little brain."
>>>> The third answer was, "Began in 1958."
>>>>
>>>> There it was, The Daffodil Principle. For me, that moment
was a
>>>>life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never
met,
>>>>who, more than forty years before, had begun - one bulb at a time
-to
>>>>bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop.
Still,
>>>>just planting one bulb at a time, year after year, had changed the
>>>>world. This unknown woman had forever changed the world in which
she
>>>>lived. She had created something of indescribable magnificence,
beauty,
>>>>and inspiration.
>>>>
>>>> The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the
greatest
>>>>principles of celebration. That is,
>>>> learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a
time
>>>>- often just one baby-step at a time -and learning to love the
doing;
>>>>learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny
pieces
>>>>of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we
can
>>>>accomplish magnificent things.We can change the world.
>>>>
>>>> "It makes me sad in a way," I admitted to Carolyn. "What
might
>>>>I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal
thirty-five or
>>>>forty years ago and had worked away at it 'one bulb at a time'
through
>>>>all those years. Just think what I might have been able to
achieve!"
>>>>
>>>> My daughter summed up the message of the day in her usual
>>>>direct way.
>>>>
>>>> "Start tomorrow," she said. It's so pointless to think of
the
>>>>lost hours of yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson of
>>>>celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask, "How can
I put
>>>>this to use today?"
>>>>
>>>> So, stop waiting...
>>>> Until your car or home is paid off
>>>> Until you get a new car or home
>>>> Until your new job comes along
>>>> Until your kids leave the house
>>>> Until you go back to school
>>>> Until you finish school
>>>> Until you lose 10 lbs.
>>>>
>>>> Until you gain 10 lbs.
>>>> Until you get married
>>>> Until you get a divorce
>>>> Until you have kids
>>>> Until you retire
>>>> Until summer
>>>> Until spring
>>>> Until winter
>>>> Until fall
>>>> Until you die...
>>>>
>>>> There is no better time than right now to be happy.
>>>>
>>>> Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pass this on to someone special... I JUST DID.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is to LOVE and be
LOVED in
>>>>return."
The Origin. 7/11/2004 05:53:00 pm
Thursday, July 08, 2004
hee.. been a week since i last update tis... been rather lazy...
anyway, life's kinda ok now.. onli tt my warrant is super busy 1.. n when he's super busy, I'm busy too.. hahaha... kinda like a chain rxn.. haha... but it's ok...
n oh... hav I said it?? my warrant reminds me of a cartoon character.. haha... very cute kind.. haha..
The Origin. 7/08/2004 08:55:00 pm
Thursday, July 01, 2004
Haiz.. Got attached to some warrant officer in my camp for the time being.. In short, be a clerk.. Kinda a new environment.. New ppl to get to know(although there's onli a few ppl my age there).. The gd thing is tt I can still meet up wif my plt mates during breaks n on the way to camp... :)
The Origin. 7/01/2004 08:14:00 pm