Cleaning party

Oh oh oh . . . Juang and I skype-d for about 2 hours tonight. After that, we had to bid temporary goodbye to each other because of the poor connection and then continue our conversation via phone! Geng har. We are just too deprived of each other. It's absolutely good to catch up with her and update each other on anything that we could think of at that moment.

The entry today is about a cleaning party I went last night at one of my colleague's place. When she first put up the notice in the pharmacy last month, I initially thought it was like a cleaning campaign. -_-"
Actually, it was basically a function where representatives from the cleaning company do demonstration about cleaning products which started at 7.30pm. I knocked off from work at 9-ish and by the time I arrived, they were done with the demo. Yeah, I was in my working attire. -_-" However, the "real party" began quite late. Since I had to work the next day, I left her place at 11-ish when they put the music on and oh man! I really miss those days in Dunedin. (Err..for your information, I only club once in a blue moon *wink*)

It has been such a long time since I took photos of social event but I managed to capture some to revive my blog a bit about current update.

Oh something random. Here's my baking books! (I left my ultimate one in Brunei =(

One of the pages from the chocolate book showing chocolate drizzlers

-The end-

Discouragement

This entry is just gonna be a short one. What I would like to share is the message from church today which  was delivered by a pastor from Elim church in Auckland.

Discouragement and negative thinking are contagious. This is true aye. Having a positive mindset is important in your life so cast all those negative thoughts away! Shoo shoo!

The four causes of discouragement are: fatigue, frustration, failure and fear. I just realised that they are 4 Fs.

Discouragement and fatigue sit in midpoint. Initially, you are very enthusiastic but as time goes, you start to feel tired and tend to give up.

What is the rubble of your life?  In order to reach your potential, you must clean up the mess. Otherwise, it would just keep you from reaching your goal. Frustration is the main point that keeps you far from reaching your goals.

Winner sees failure as temporary setback. Everyone goes through failure to reach the highest point. You learn from failure.

What fear is discouraging you? Fear of failing? Fear of relationship? Fear leads us to wrong direction. Therefore, we must peel off the fear to see your future plan that God has for you. As for me, my fear is failure, whether it be study, relationship or goals.

Do you believe that God can set you free from discouragement word and thought?

The 4 keys to overcome these are:
1 - Fatigue - rest your body physically, mentally, emotionally. You need energy to drive yourself to do things every second.

2 - Frustration - Organise your life. What do you really want?

3 - Failure - Remember the Lord. Some just tend to take eyes off the Lord and set eyes on problems but instead which is a big NO. We must see the solution and not the problem.

4 - Fear - Resist discouragement. Fight for your own daughter and son. We don't know what the future hols for us but we surely know that God holds our future.

Just put everything in God's hands.

I relate today's message to 2 things in my life and strongly believe that everything is God's wonderful plan.

Don't give up

-The End-

Little thing makes a big difference

It is 1.46pm NZ time currently. I could see the reflection of the strong ray of the sun on my bedroom's medium-sized windows. As usual, I woke up late on my non-working day and hoping to do something productive. What I have done so far: practised one song (Jay's Qing Hua Ci) on my keyboard, marinated slices of chicken with ginger, soy sauce, sweet soy sauce, and a bit of sesame oil. One hour before I start stir-frying it, I am going to add a bit of corn starch and probably sprinkles some oats too. I don't know how it would turn out but we will see. Adding a bit of chives or 5 spices may accentuate the taste a bit I suppose. Did my laundry as well including my fleece blanket. The most rewarding one was finishing off my monthly diaries. Yes! I finished writing April and May's. As for June's, I will get it done at the end of this month. I might just fill in some evidence forms after I have finished blogging. As a matter of fact, I don't see the point of documenting primary healthcare and prescription intervention materials. It is really a pain in the neck to do so. Only the diaries are the enjoyable part if I have things to write which I usually do. I believe that if my English is good, I will enjoy writing more.

My room is messy again with all the papers lying around on the floor. *Oh no* yeah yeah, I will clean and tidy up everything before I start whipping up my dinner today.

What I want to share about the principles of life today? Hmm . . . there's always two sides of things - the good and the bad. Trust me people, be patient, understanding, focus on the good and forgive and forget about the downside of people. At certain times, it is one's weakness that make him/her stands out and different which you tolerate. Turn the weakness into strength. This will make your life easier and hence put more smiles on your face. I myself have experienced one case recently but the strength one possesses will always outshine the weakness, isn't it? When he/she does something awful towards you, it might be unintentional. It is true that you might feel aggrieved or furious at that very instance which is understandable but at the end of the day, you will learn to forgive. Be forgiving always is one of the characteristics to live happily every day. As for me, when I get maligned by someone, I will stay quiet and take it as part of learning but if it is too obvious, I will stand for myself but mostly the former applies. I believe that as long as God knows, I am all good. =) It is better to be maligned by others rather than I myself accusing people allegedly. Finding the best person to talk about it is also a good way to seek for second opinion, preferably someone who knows you inside out. Of course, do not go around telling the whole world what has happened especially to those who don't know you well as they might think you are spreading rumours. (My guilt conscience always attack me after I told my friend about being treated unfairly. Yeah, I feel guilty very easily) Always be wise to select the people who you open up to. I am very fortunate to have 2 friends whom I can confide in comfortably. You know who you are. *wink* Thanks a lot babes!

2 days ago, I was watching tv and saw these unfortunate children who don't even have a blanket to keep them warm at night in Africa (and I have 3!). It was saddening to see this scene. Some have a will to strive for a better future. There was this girl who had a very simple dream. She was only 8 years old and her wish is to own a bicycle so her grandpa can take her to the doctor when she is sick. Such a simple dream compared to our complex aims. I feel very fortunate to receive proper education and live a simple life. I feel ashamed of myself when I complained about studies but the poor children in some part of the world don't even get the chance to go to school. Oh, go back to this 8 years old girl. At that moment, I planned to sponsor her but sadly, she died at the age of 12 due to malaria. Sad huh. My message here is the little things you do could make a big difference in someone's life. You don't have to sponsor a child or donate a huge sum of money to achieve this. Just do what is within your abilities. Even prayer counts. =)

It's already 3.05pm. Live your life to the fullest! I shall stop now and go back to do some more work.

Photos of the day: My family back in Brunei. Location: KK

 Like father like son

 From left: My lil' bro. sis, mom and dad

 Si panjang and si pendek. 

Do - Re - Mi

-The End-

Randomness - pharmacy audit

Pharmacy audit is just around the corner - this coming Thursday for our pharmacy. This simply means that the whole pharmacy gets audited and apparently, the auditors can ask the staff questions randomly. Although I am not working on that day, I am just going in to have a look since I have never experienced or seen one before. *kepo*. Nah, actually I have to check if there's something left in my tray. I hope there is so that I can hand it in asap.

Believe it or not, I slept for 11.5 hours yesterday! (I really miss teh times in Uni where I can sleep anytime I want, whether it between lectures, in lectures, after workshops . . . just anytime for a nice nap) My brain was totally refreshing especially at work this morning. I should say luckily I turned in early last night as today I was delegated to be Sherlock Holmes. As what I always do every month, I investigate and seek for solution. I felt contented when I managed to solve everything. *feel so good* Today was a good day for me because I received phone calls from lovely callers (oh, i was floating too). Not even a nasty one today. The best two I have got were in the evening ;) One was really chatty (She said she did not want to hold me up but continued her story and had a good sense of humour too!). The other one was the same 92 year old elderly whom I talked to last Friday. I remembered her because of the way she talked. Oh, one more thing, my brain was doing me a good job today that I remembered a script from yesterday out of the numerous amount of rx we do every single day. Amazing huh. Just this once though. I wish I have photographic memory.

Next, I want to use this opportunity to extend my warm congratulations to all those who have passed their registration exam and become a pharmacist. Good job! When is my turn to get qualified? *shudder*

I saw two random folders on my desktop so I just uploaded all to these blogs. I don't have the slightest idea why they are still there.

The 12 below are some of the photos from the 2 weeks trip I made to Brunei last November.

 At Lee Loi Fatt in Tutong aka my hometown

 popo " eh yun, that ah gong there is very suai hor?" *giggle*
yun: "popo . . .too wrinkly already."

 Sotong campur keladi

 My two precious girls. Friends since form 1, best friends since form 4 till now. Even though these two are  engineers, I as the odd one out still get along well with them.  

 From Juang's dettol uncle and mummy! So sweet

 From Juang! Cute! Yes yes! I absolutely love messing up the kitchen when I cook/bake. Someone please clean up for me after I finish. Thanks -_-"

 Next kampong as in Whangarei. Hey chabo! It is not that rural. Well, I can't even get gui ling gao here tho

 Ecstasy pill card..LOL!

 From dettol uncle! Yes! I will be happy always! 我会找到我的幸福的！

 Murtabak telur! My favourite!

See my transition?

The next couple of photos are snapshots from celebration of Hari Raya in Dunedin last year. 

 Got sun meh?

 At the same time, it was OMSA dinner downstairs. The theme as you can see was disney? 

 Spoiled her photo *oopsie*

 Jamie, who came all the way from Christchurch, attended as well

You know you wouldn't want to mess around with me *hee-haw*

 With Dr Brunton and his wife

Err..where's my tudong?

I will try to blog properly next time! Sorry for the randomness

-The End-

Big thank you to cookiemonsters!

Another week has passed. If a good incident arises, you would just hope to stop the time at that moment. Otherwise, either turning back time or moving it forward seem to be a better option if something unpleasant happens. I personally think timing is crucial and plays an important part in every single thing. Let it be music, friendship, exam, love, education, fate, chance and the list goes on. Believe it or not, when the timing is correct, everything just falls smoothly at the right place.

Back to the main point of this entry. A big thank you to Raymond and Jonathan for their love all the way from Dunedin/Christchurch =) 

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