The Holiday Season Begins…
Hello there everyone! It’s Friday today. Yippppppppppppppieeeeeeeeeeeeee! Ah, the sheer joy of waking up on a Friday morning, knowing that it’s the end of the week and the beginning of the ……….weekend! This w’kend, it’s made extra special ‘coz of the string of public holidays in conjunction with Chinese New Year. Perhaps some of you already have plans of goin’ out of town for a mini-break, whilst some would prefer to laze at home or leisurely driving, enjoying the quiet roads in town.
Hope this week has been great for ya all ! Nothing all that fantastic took place all of this week. It’s been a rather uneventful week, I’m afraid. Had to attend a string of rather major ISO-related meetings at work. Ah, apart from the core jobs that I do at work, ISO ’s been heaps of fun! Auditing, documentation,etc.
A’ight, enough said ’bout WORK! In exactly 45minutes’ time, my lunch break begins. Just two days ago I pampered myself to a lovely relaxing pedicure over my lunch break. I slept quite late the previous night, hence somewhere along the pedicure, I actually FELL ASLEEP right there! ! ! Ha ha . . .thank heavens I had picked the colour prior to havin’ fallen asleep. Imagine my horror if I were to wake up to find my toe-nails painted some fancy gothic black colour or somethin’ ! For the record, I picked a pretty purple shade with a pink-glitter finish. Looks pretty! *grins. I used to be obsessed with takin’ pics of my freshly-pedicured toes, just ‘coz the nails would look so healthy and varnished. These days, I could hardly be bothered to take pics of somethin’ as trivial as that! I’ve always wanted to get one of those hi-fi SLR cameras,tho’. Problem is, some months ago, Robz and I spent a good 35-40 minutes at a digital camera shop, tryin’ to familiarize ourselves with a rather high-end Canon SLR camera. Ultimately, we realized that by the time we got the settings right and took a decent photograph, it might just take months, if not years. So for now, I’m going to have to settle with my humble 10MP Canon digicam instead. Ummmm, not that I’m complaining, as this lovely gadget takes absolutely lovely pics,too!
So many friends have had birthdays this month. I once diligently kept a B’day book and I’d have all my loved ones and friends’ names in it. In the beginning of the month, I’d flip the pages to find out whose b’day fell on that particular month, so that I could purcase pressies in advance. Nevertheless, these days, Facebook only shows reminders ON THE DAY itself. Which is great if all you wanna is throw a sheep, or poke the b’day girl/boy! I think Friendster still sends a reminder for the month or somethin,’ doesn’t it?
Ah, here I go again. Typing out every random thought that’s flyin’ across my mind right now. Speaking of birthdays, the girl whom I’ve been guiding at church at the organ, Jessica celebrates her 18th birthday later this month. She’s a talented young musician and just needed a lovely mentor (yes that’s me! *Grins) to guide her and motivate her to play at church. A year down the line, she’s confident enough to play a string of hymns during service and whenever I’m not around , I can safely entrust the responsibility of managing the music for a church service to her. This year, out of the blues, I decided to surprise her with a pressie. Bought her a li’l chain set with inter-changeable stones, which I figured she’d like ‘coz she’s always in various coloured accessories that she tries to match with her outfits. She ’s probably inspired by her lovely mentor’s sense of fashion (aww come on, everyone’s entitled to a minute or two of vanity moments!). Anyway, in addition to the pressie, I decided to make her a card,too! Ah-huh, a handmade card, specially from yours truly. See, years ago, I enjoyed making hand-made cards. I’d spend hours designing cards, and I figured it made a far nicer gift than one of those high-end cards you purchased at the shelves! Havin’ given her the card and the pressie at church last Sunday, she seemed rather taken aback. When I’m at church with her, I’m a VERY stern lady. One of those no-nonsense girls that strictly means business. If she hasn’t practiced a song, she’d hear me nag nag nag. Hehe… So imagine her utter delight when her ever-so-strict-mentor gave her a pressie and a hand-made card for her b’daY! Five minutes later, she walked up to me and sat next to me. Tears welled up in her eyes as she softly said, ” Sis ….. nobody has bothered to show this much kindness to me. You’ve truly touched my heart. Thank you so much” . All I did was give her a gift. I didn’t think much of it. Heck, everyone gets b’day pressies, right? Yet …to this tender young girl, it meant a world . She was so elated, that tears began rolling down her cheeks. I gave her a warm hug and told her to wear her pressie to church so that I can admire it on her! *smiles. Oh well, that sure was a very rewarding moment. Sometimes, we take somethin’ so lightly, almost takin’ it for granted, not realizing the impact we have on others’ lives. All I can say is, whatever that you do, do it with a sincere heart, and make it a point to make at least one person happy in a day. It’s absolutely amazing to be able to put a li’l smile on someone’s face, and to brighten up their day, with our mere presence, actions, or words . On that note,I’d like to wish all my CNY celebrating friends, GONG XI FA CAI !
