Chi Chi Dreams

Just had a chat with Frances about opening a cafe and mixing mocha and hot chocolate for the customers. Which somehow led to both of us talking about us being rich taitais which a penchance for baking "pretty cupcakes" and I was telling her to ask her chaffeur to bring her to my ang mo chu to bake gorgeous cupcakes next time.

She said that after baking, we can drink tea from quaint china tea sets the whole day long and chitchat. After which we will go down for our mani and pedi, followed by a luxurious spa. Then it will be time to fetch our kids. Her child will be studying in ACS and mine in Hwa Chong. So it's kinda along the way because both the schools are in Bukit Timah (Which is good, because our houses should be somewhere in fifth avenue :D. ). Occasionally we will go for our regular botox and laser treatments such that all our friends will look like wang lian pos whereas we still look like we are in our 20s. BWAHAHAHAHA.

Okok, time to stop dreaming. Next time maybe have to work in McCafe while Ah Beng working as a taxidriver (those anyhow cut lanes one) so that our kids can finish poly...

Sighs... But it's nice to dream a little. Kekekeke.

Life has it's own ideas of how things come about...

So if you just hang in there... Life is gonna work things out :).

I realise I was too caught up with trying to safeguard my future, plan this plan that, find a best path to take - that I was completely forgetting to enjoy the present.

As the song goes -

Don't give up the ship, even though you feel it's sinking
And you don't know what to do.
Don't give up your dreams, even though you may be thinking
It never will come true.

Life has it's own ideas of how things come about.
If you just hang in there, life is gonna work it out
And help is on the way
From places you don't know about today
From friends you may not have met yet
Believe me when I say I know
Help is on the way!

You don't have to know
Where the path you are on is leading
You just have to walk along
Dreaming as you go
Asking for the things you are needing
You never will go wrong
If you have faith that things are happening as they should
Then just believe each step you take
Is leading you to something good

:D:D:D:D:D JIA YOU GOGO! :D:D:D:D:D

Should I leave again and be labelled an SJH (Serial Job Hopper)?

I have a job offer. And it's good. Should I leave again? Sighs... Y does life always play games with me? When I want a job, I have none. When I don't have, they keep knocking on my door.

Help! I dunno wat to do....

Learning to speak up...

I read an article today about Asians not being outspoken enough. I agree... I guess I am one of them. Why is that so? Blame it on our education and upbringing. Remember primary school teachers asking us to put our fingers on our lips? Or that children shouldn't challenge adult's authority? Nod... deep psychological impacts were inflicted...

As for me, I can't really stand by my point of view. A little bit of resistance and I back down. Or after I give my opinion to a crowd... I worry about the way I put it across. Was it clear? Did I sound nervous or too agitated or angry? I don't have the confidence to deliver my pitch and stand strong by it. It frustrates me.

Work has been frustrating too. I think an important element in all jobs should be the ability to listen. Just simply to sit down and give your full attention to that person and listen with an open heart. Don't judge. Don't belittle. Don't be impatient. Don't interrupt.

Just listen and practise a little empathy. And you might be able to find that little bridge to seeing the big picture. To understand someone's grouses or unhappiness or problem. Everybody talks to much. For pete's sake.... shut up and listen.

Must learn to speak up and not be a softie asian. As Greg says, you are not a little fly. You are an angry bee. Sting them. (Opps.. but bee die after stinging.) Ok. Be a wasp, sting them many times.

Sing a Song of SixPence, a Pocket Full of Rye!

"Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie! When the pie is opened, the birds began to sing. Isn't it a dainty dish to set before the king!"

I mean.. I wonder if the birds that are singing are cooked or not? I mean if it's cooked birds singing. Then it's really mighty disturbing... BUT! It would show a fantastic ode to singing. I mean the birds love to sing so much that they even sing when their vocal chords are totally roasted.

Sighs, I envy my voice teacher. She is those rare few who is very talented and who also is lucky enough to have that talent honed to perfection ever since she was young. And she's going Boston to have her masters. GEEZ... I would LOVE to be in her shoes. Frankly, at my pathetic 27+ years (Yes, not 28 yet. Duh) of age, I can't seem to find any sliver of slightly outstanding ability, much less talent, in whatever areas I can think of. Yes, I design PCA boards, but I lack the snivelling rat talent of SBG to diedie dig out all the potential problems and whatnots, even though I enjoy doing the landscaping. Yes, I like to tinker on the piano, but my parents and idiot bro would prefer I don't. I LOVE singing, and even though I have a nice singing voice (YES, u naysayers! My music examiner said in the report that I have a pleasing tone to my voice!), I ain't good enough to hold anyone's attention in a solo recital and perhaps at the end only Ah Beng will be there in the theatre, and he will be sleeping. HAHA. ;)

Ah well, I guess the only thing to do now is to enjoy what I love and continue to hone my skills and take me yearly exams. Still got some time left. Keke. JIA YOU GOGO!