HAPPY HAPPY!

I have a few times contemplated upon the should-i-go-on-a-grad-trip-or-should-i-not. Well today, i went along with aunt theresa and jacob plus es to a trade fair. My aunt is with Sph and from what i understand, she handles the accounts of the travel agencies in S'pore, for the field of advertising sales. So we were there for a look see. J and i were counting and thinking well how many many leaves can he possibly get under the NS leave scheme. To the uninitiated females, there is actually leaves and offs in NS, where for Leaves you can go overseas and not be on call back, but Offs you cant go overseas and you can be called back. Am i right here? Ah..i didnt know that there were hierachies to off days.


Hoots. Anyways, it made me really psyched. Thanks to aunt, we got to say hi to a guy called Nicholas who asked us to give him a ring should we decide when and where to go. The prices are really quite cheap. It is 1299usd, for the 21days trip. Accomodation is covered, so is airtix, so is 60% food. So its something like half free and easy and half guided in the sense that your travel expenses are looked into. Its by Contiki travels. Contiki sounds cute. Must be the tiki in the con-tiki. AaanyWays, the reason why they could offer such preferential rates is because they own many resorts across the globe. Economies of scale. :)


I scanned through the itinerary. And they have something like Paris, camping under the stars. Wow, that is so good. Nicholas says that he will give us a trade discount thanks to aunt. :) Its sounds reaally good if you ask me. Well, of course you didnt ask. But i just threw it in-your-face. HAH! Apparently you get to meet people from different countries and some others will join in the middle. Bottomline is that we will get to meet loads of people. gee, i feel like going there right now. haha.


All in all, my week had been great. Had a chalet, a few dinners, and my other aunt has a new dog. Hoots. Dog's name is lexus. Thats so toyota! naah.. Its a frisky Shih Tzu who is not only potty trained, good to play with, but can you believe? Doggie is vegetarian! OMG. Seriously. Eats potatoes and watermelon and tomatoes for nuts' sake. Good thing is that Lexus doesnt have that typical dog stench and doesnt litter its fur everywhere. So its good! BUT. A Maltese i still prefer more. Gee, im still thinking about Lexus now. The week following should be good too, at least it does on my calendar, but you never know.


With this peculiar thought, i am thinking actually i like meeting new people. It psyches me up, bigtime. So with that i am looking forward to the IMF convention which will have us sitting at the hotel lobby for good ol' customer service sake. No really from our perspective, its really menial tasks that we do. I just love how funnily things get Grandoise transformation when they go from actuality to paper.


Like for example. Truth is that we are Supposed to sit at a spot at the hotel lobby to answer random questions like, "Hmmm, where is the restroom?" (and im imagining a British guy asking that in a low British bourgeoise accent), and "How do get to Sentosa?" or "What is Crazy Horse?" ( no seriously, we are Educated on how-to-describe crazy horse cabaret). So what i'm thinking when i knew it was, ooh ok i thought we were having some small chance to interact with the delegates, if not maybe the journos from Reuters? Pray, hope, cross my fingers? Ah, but its alright. I'm a small ikan, i should be happy and contented with the status quo. Am going to make the BEST out of it. And i guess right, that this IMF involvement will look really hoity-toity on paper. Like.."Involvement in World Bank Meeting...interacting with the top delegates from overseas..foreign ministers...", what it wouldnt say would be.."sitting behind a table." :)


Actually, i'm feeling really quite happy now. Can you tell? haha..The sermon today was good. Pastor John Massey invited by Paster Gerald who is from our congregation. He says of
1) ask not what God can give you, but what you can give him.
2) God knows your needs, and he will provide for them. The problem is what we ask for sometimes could be our Wants. And what we want vs what we need could be two worlds apart.
3) Knowing that our God is the almighty soveriegn and He is also our Father. And how do we bring this two together, to come to him both in respect and like that of a child.
4) Be willing to take up the burden
5) And why we shouldnt bear a grudge against anyone when we come before Him, because He had forgiven us on so many sins.



and etc. These were the points that really speaks to me. With emphasis on 2) and 5). I am making a conscious effort to internalise it. I dont have any grudge against anyone, right now, not at this point. But i am thinking more like daily living, how not to think of another person negatively. I suppose that entails Loving another person, with the love you would extend to a friend. And i think, that is not easy. Considering you have to open yourself up to the person. It makes me feel vulnerable to let someone else into my thoughts, its abit invasive. Hmmm, i'm thinking how else to??


Give thanks man! The mood is up, and when the mood is up, the psych is on the crest, and when the psych is on the crest, things are good to go, and when things are good to go, my cynical alter ego stops talking to me, and when that happens, I'm not as grouchy, and therefore, am more able to Love Thy Neighbour as I would to Myself. Please chid me if my prayer path is trodden with weeds. I will improve on that. :) Consciously improve on that.


Good nights, please be happy for Pete's sake. Pete is the name of my pet terrapin who died about 5 weeks ago. Nah, im just talking nonsense. But, there was really a pet death. Haha..never mind i know YOU are smiling to the screen like a bloody idiot now. Right? :)Thats Black humour ok, so dont laugh. Ah, and i thought my pet turtle will outlive me, and we will have to plan for token amounts to support for turtle chow for the rest-of-its-life. But i guess wrong!


I digressed. Was thinking of uploading some pics from chalet and dinners. BUT! Our photog for the day, Mister K has not passed us the pics. So next time, next time, till i get a new digicam and am less lazy to upload. Meanwhile, deal with the crazy rants, well if whole chunky paras do not piss your bullocks.