honestly.......

There're some scene in Devils wears Prada where Andy (Andrea) said to his male collegue (I forgot his name)..... " She's (Miranda: the Devil) not angry with me. I must have done something right"

Let me proclaim: "Someone above must have loved me so much that I'm this blessed"
I like our new FA title: Amazingly Blessed :)

Thrilled, excited, felt like floating in the Air and jumping all around Singapore river....
I want to SCREAM in Joyful noises and gladness :) I want cry till my tears are dry..I want to teleport my whole family that I may sing and dance together....

No wonder I have so much energy last Monday that now my left foot is sprained due to powerfull Body combat on Monday:)

My Father above must have loved me so much for me to receive such an honour :)

bombie {=^o^=}
I WANNA JUMP :)

Your redeeming spot

I found new spot
in the midst of bustling city heart beat
caring for nothing much less than just flashing blings
parade of mixed social paradigm
a piece of land where ignorance is highly praised

just a piece of corner marked my territory
for 30 minutes of Ocean I built
diving deep for anything else other than my already then knowledge
Pearl searched was just hiding under water salt
Pains...for one to dig in wide....

yet there I found a spot..
in quietness and in trust....
scattered acres of episodes
befallen one's journey of life.....

just the tranquility....harmonious silence of anonymity
playing a simphony under Ur galaxy ...above Ur river looking so silky
and Ur milky stars hug me... so soft so windy....

I found Your redeeming spot
and I'll be still.. know You're my hero

bombie {=^o^=}

Beijing 8/8/8

8/8/2008 : Beijing Olympic opens :)
cepet yah waktu berlalu ?

anyway: I did not know channel 5 is showing the Olympic opening Live. I searched the whole day from other option on how to watch it Live... which cable channel, whose home I need to hog to watch it, do they have it on the internet, etc. I googled alot of olympics thing today, esp what time is the official opening of the olympic is

I don't know why... maybe the excitement that....it's Olympic fren !! Once every 4 years !! that's long leeee.... so..when they arrived...better treasure it right ?
But I did not really took notice on previous previous Olympics :P... Maybe coz I'm not a sports person also anyway...

Anyway: I don't need to deny. Why does it matter to me so much this time round ? It's BEIJING !! China :) hehehehehe :P

At 6 PM, I was at Ko Omar's home waiting for Albert and Meily to come for meeting. As I was waiting I watched channel 5. They show the pre-olympic show, displaying china's preparation for the olympic, and all the earlier ceremony that has took place before the official opening ceremony..

Juz looking at the video : really, I don't know why.....my eyes were wet:P ehhehehehehe :P China... is holding the world's sports party :)... WWWWWOOOOOOHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOO !!!! I'm enthrilled :P ...

I think those years that my granddad, mom, dad, lau-si have instilled on me, has definitely left an impact regardless how small it is :)

As I watched channel 5 Live with Ko Omar and the rest, I told them that my mom and dad might be raising china flag and give salute right now w/ some teary eyes while watching TV at home. I was actually mocking them. Then as I watched, clapped, enthrilled and smile2 myself while I watched, Ko Omar just said: I think you are truly ur parents daughter. Keep clapping and smile all the way:)

I believe I truly am... JIA YOU ZHONG GUO !!!!

bombie {=^o^=}

understanding human relation and management

Of all the subject one will ever learnt, this subject has emerged as champion of the toughest life learning material every human go through.
Human relation and management. People management. Understanding human and their thoughts.

Haih.....and recently I have been hit hard by these "understanding one person's way of thinking"
From the famous harsh email that I bother to reply, to other people's attitude problem that again, I bother to advise only to be ignored and...insulted back :P

Actually all those will not happen if only I choose to be silent. But silent is always a killer weapon in my eye. One doing wrong will never know what he/ she has done wrong, and has hurt in one way or another. They will just continue to be in the wrong way.

I used to feel that silent is the best weapon as in silence, the other party never realized how badly hurt you are and you can still be in their bestest of friends list and they will not be suspicious of you. Why ? Coz u don fight back. Who don't want fans/ follower ? Then one fine day when u had enough, u can stand up, shout back, and stab the person right at the back :P... hahahaha...the best revenge ever.... evil hoh ?

Thus, as I know how deadly silence can be, I have left silence long time ago as silence sometimes can be golden yet most of the time is just the deadliest weapon around. So I speak up and stand up for wad have been uttered out of my mouth. Most of the time, I speak out of love ...just to happy2 telling ppl my point of view, in case that can help one to avoi doing the same mistakes again, or what might improve their quality of life.

Yet once u start to speak up....most ppl start to retreat back ....they straight away think this is criticism.....who likes to be criticised anyway ? I certainly don't....
For most of the time, I feel that the younger the generation is the tougher it is to speak some sense to their mind. No offence guys....it's understandable. Once, I was young and was the most rebelious one in the family.

But in time, as one grow older, we learn to understand some sense, and matured in one way or another. To the extent that we learn on how criticism can do good to oneself. And that it's true sometimes, those who bother to shout out are the one really bothers about ur existence and well being.

Yet some ppl are just seems to be in their own world...or in denial I say... or.. have they grow up btw ?

Well, understanding ppl got to come from understanding how differrent we are to each other, and how we can live in a way that we do not cross other's way....especially not promoting how differrent we are to each other instead by looking at how similar we are at the end of the day. Just a human being living in the world trying to find way back to home..... heaven I call it.

if only it's that easy....... we will all be in heaven by now...

After all, we are all differrent. Some are good listener, follower, others are good speaker, instructor. Some can give in, some die die will not accept no for answer.

Haih...then all problems start from that again. Seldom I find people who will try to fit in other shoes. Well indeed....it's hard to understand human heart, human's mind, thoughts, will and many more...

Haih.......I still got so much more to learn.....and now that I cannot turn myself back from drowning in this relation problem, I just pray that He will grant me enough patience and wisdom to face these matters.

Haih....I know I've been sighing too much... this just to show how tired I am actually in thinking and learning how to deal with ppl management :P something no one can ever runaway from as it is the essence of Life itself......relationship :P


bombie {=^o^=}
was in fear......
and still is....
thus I draw near.....
to the giver of life's bliss

clumsiness

I did 2 clumsiness today....

and it brought back lots of my memories of clumsiness that I can remember throughout the span of my 27 years (and counting)



When I was 3, I climb up the window and fell, hard! My hit the edge of a table, and it cause a deep cut exactly next to my left eye. I was bleeding badly I guess, coz I totally couldn't remember what happen next. I think it was too traumatising that my brain choose not to remember. Coz I remember the part when I climb up the window. What happen next ? I don't know :) Anyway : my eyes degree is 1250 now.. so pls take extra careful of your children in the future okay ?


Then I used to watch Sound of music. After that I will follow the scene in the sound of music, by going up the stairs in my grandmom's old home...sing2 all the way up...till I finally really fallen asleep at the attic !!

When I was 5/6...again can't remember, I played w/ a metal hook. I stuck the hook into Electricity power plug. Keep pushing it inward, guess what happen next ? Electroduted lah. Since I was just 5, I couldn't scream for help. My body was shaking badly, and I was again, in shock condition, what happen ? My mom saw me, shout and run towards me, pulling me out, and.... guess what ? She also kena electrocuted. So another Auntie run and pull us both. Then, off course like any other 5 years old kid, I cried out loud. This one I remembered well, coz I was crying ssssooooo long and sssoooo louddd.... and still get a llloonnggg and good scolding from my mother coz I think she also got too shock. She actually has warned me and my cuz many2 time, that the uniquely shaped power plug is not for us to play with. Tapi namanya jg bandel, yah tetep main lah bombie :D heheheeh. The next thing I know, the power plug there was taken off completely. hahahaha :)

Then when I was around 8/9, me, my cousins and my grandmom were all eating at KFC di Pasar Baru. U knoe Indo's KFC always have this bars that keep you in line for you to queue? I was done with my lunch and had nothing to do, so I sit on the lower bar. They have 2 level. I put my butt on the lower bar, then my head on the higher bar. Play play play play, swing here swing there until, I fell. Nicely, my head hit the floor hard and I saw everything tebalik, while my butt still stick on the lower bar, kayak posisi kayang. Shock again off course. Very2 painful I still remember it till now. If I can I will start crying like any other girl would do. I didn't. I quickly get up w/ whatever remaining power that I have, look at my grandmom and my cousins to see if any of them realized what have happened. They didn't see at all. So I kept quiet coz I know if I cried, I will be scolded again. Coz it's my fault mah, who ask me to play there ? No one but me. I withstand the pain. Very painfull leh!

And thank God, really no one realize what happen. Just me feeling scarred that I will be a little bit more idiot coz of the side effect :P Puji Tuhan udah lulus kuliah sekarang :)

Next, when I was 12, I fell in my first monkey love. He was my friend from jemputan sekolah. Namanya ? Ada deh...

Anyway, one day I saw him going up to second floor, and I saw no one else at the stairs. So, I run to catch his steps before I loose him from my sight. Since biasanya kita sering berantem, I know that if he see me he will start a small fight w/ me again, and off course diajak berantem sama ur monkey love, u would like it right ? *aneh ya kita semua ?* Anyway, I run to the stairs. I was quite hesitant though, nongol atau ga yah ? If he see me admiring him from behind, nanti bukannya berantem kecil yg kejadian, ada jg dia freak out dong ?

Ogah ah. So, I tried to keep my pace from him but trying to catch his steps too. But dasar jarang olah raga, pas udah ampir deket banget, kesengkat lah gua dengan tepat jatoh ampir hantem dia dari belakang. And off course, dari ga sadar dia akan kehadiran gua, sampe super sadar banget kali kok ada bomb jatoh di belakang gua ? Nengoklah dia, and gua berada dalam posisi kayak memohon sama dia. Yucks, everytime I remember this, pengen bunuh diri rasanya! I think this is still my most embarassing moment in my life !

Apa yg terjadi selanjutnya ? Yah jelas lah yah he walked away (ga kaya di felem2 atau komik gua dibantu berdiri gitu...kagak ada deh), and a 12 year old bombie terluka dengan sangat dalamnya disana. hohoho...Next thing I did, I run to toilet, cried and cried, then avoid to have a contact w/ him in jemputan.

Terus.... teens and all then, life agak normal2 aja. Paling ada jatoh sekali dua kali, sampe harus diurut si mbok 3 kali, tepat di pantat gua.. Coz itu jatohnya tepat ke tulang ekornya bok. Puji Tuhan lagi masih idup and bisa memandang dengan jelas dunia yg masih cukup indah ini. Tapi waktu itu seh .....udah malu, sakit pula, pas diurut teriak2 ampe tetangga bingung. Hohoho...ga ada 2 kali deh....

Then waktu kuliah, sebelon ninggalin Singapore, I manage to patahin senderan tangan di bangku kayu senat yg baru aja diganti, juz becoz I need to write something on the whiteboard, on the top part. Mengira diri enteng, naiklah daku. And not long after that, pyak! Sukses, patah !! horeeee :P When I left Singapore, they only remember the chair that I spoilt.

Then wkt udah di Singapore, I came back and join Senat ppl to go to Puncak. Kita ke, Kota Bunga, main kebut2an, then foto2. Nah pas foto, sekali lagi I stand on the wooden bar. Dan, sekali lagi, patah lagi itu pagar kayu. This time I kept quiet sampe ada temen yg nanya lagi, wah kok patah ? Gua angkat tangan, en kita semua rame2 angkat kaki dari sana ninggalin barang bukti. hoohhoohoh

Fast forward, I did not do much clumsiness when I was at NUS *kayaknya* heheheh :) Paling cuman sekali jatoh di Clementi with dari tangga with belanjaan full di tangan and ngejar bus after that :P

But when I start to work, ultimate !!!

Pertama, semua pasti udah tau incident shawl hitam gua. I was photocopying while adjusting my shawl position and the next thing I now, my black shawl went straight into the shredder. I screamed and tried to press the off button, only to press the fast forward. Gua terikat dengan kenceng sama si shawl, sambil teriak2 kecil berusaha matiin, then my collegue saw me and bukannya bantuin, malah ketawain and called others to watch together!!! dasar dah dia.... anyway again, I'm saved and alive till today. On Christmas day that year, I received a black shawl, from that collegue who laugh the loudest at me.

Also on the first year. Chye Soon, my boss then, wanted to borrow staplets from me. I stand up, pull out my drawer, and planned to sit after that as the drawer was too low. Just when I was about to sit, Chye Soon thought that I need space to pull out that long drawer, so he pull out my chair and ....I landed on the land called carpet and made a beautifull sound of "GUBRAX" followed with Chye Soon screaming " Oh my God....Melissa... oh goodness...are you okay?" I thot it's fine and nothing much to be too panick except the fact that maybe cao keng (ngongkong) dikit...kan pake rok....

But to my horror, a lot of ppl standing up and run to my cubicles to check wads that beautiful GUBRAX sound and they saw Chye Soon and me on the floor :P
On the afternoon the same day, Cheryl dropped 1 pack of A4 paper. Ppl stand up and quickly ask : Melissa fall again ?

Also on my first year, it was audit year. 1 funny caller, called my phone asking for document. Being new, I thought it was auditor so I ask my bosses where can I find that document, auditors want it. My Boss tell the bigger boss and both of them, chickened out.

When they finally checked, the one who called is not auditor, I get a meaningful look from both my Bosses. Not angry, but not funny also. My name immediately rise up to surface again. The girl that caused another commosion....

Some tips, if you cant get recognized for your hard work... get recognized for sth else more extreme:P... hehehheheh *ikutin saran ini at your own risk. Can result in an adverse way... bisa jadi dipecat...so pls... hati2 menggunakan saran ini*

Then, many times daku ketiduran di bus sampe dibangunin sama uncle yg udah hafal my position. And the way he wake me up is not those kind gentle2 one. He screamed and shake me w/ full power " missss...Clementi !!! Go down ah miss"... Aiyoh... I tried to avoid him next time but cannot, always same bus.



Then in mrt, another uncle wake me up at raffless, telling me " miss, raffless.." I took 3 seconds to fully realized what he was saying, and manage to just run off before the door closed.

Also, many times I run towards the door thinking that it's raffless when it was : tanjong pagar. Just when I almost step out, I realized I got it wrong, I stopped, turn back to my seat, sleep again (every minute is important) and then wake up at raffless. Part of the sleeping is done to avoid ppl looking and laughing at me.



Then, I always sleep walked to office. So, it is common that, I hit walls when I slept, almost fell off escalator, almost ran off by a car, and etc.

So what did I do again this time ?
On Thursday nite July 31 we went cruise to nowhere with Team A. The next day, we went back to office straight away so everyone is in zombie mode. At 4.30 PM there was a briefing at the townhall. My friend ask me to accompany her to receive her award. I had to go as she's my kid :P Anyway I want to go...very proud and happy of her. My 2 kids get the award so I want to go too anyway...

Then per normal, she rushed me. Being the Miss slow : I quickly packed2 everything till a point where I want to keep my Pen holders, accidentally: Pyang... all my pens and pen holder fly everywhere. Everyone's looking, I stoned for a moment, then start picking my pens up. My friend quickly helped me after stoning together w/ me.

Just as I finish packing up, and about to go up to townhall, I bring w/ me my juice that I had bought earlier. Then, I tripped over the ribbon on my sandals, and quickly adjust to it, so if it's filmed, it's abit like break dance ga jelas. I stabilized but my juice falls and ....tada....mengalirlah my orange-pineaple ke atas carpet and the sound of my tripping has again... caused ppl to wonder and asked : Mel...are u okay ? U tired after the cruise issit ?

If only they knew.... it's just bits and pieces of my life...
My clumsiness.....always get my mom and dad worries bout me... esp sleepwalking part...

but niwei... I'm alive :)

mel {=^o^=}