I would like to invite my best friends, my friends, people who know me very well, people who dun know me at all, JUST ANYONE la, to take this quiz to see how well you know me. Last time I had someone (Mr Elton) who got full marks on a similiar quiz like this…..this quiz is just to see how much you know me….heehee…take it seriously, cos your name will be on the scoreboard…
http://www.quizyourfriends.com/quizpage.php?quizname=060929234715-886953&
Yesterday was my big day. Its one of my dreams that came through for me. Because I graduated with my degree yesterday.
I started on this journey in year 2001 when I enrolled myself with SIM to pursue a degree course offered by the Open University. Studying part time and working part time really was really stressful. My family had to put up with my late nights and friends had to shelf their outings and re-arrange gatherings and dinners, and clients had to re-schedule their viewings of properties to accomodate my classes in the evenings and my datelines for assignments.
Actually all thanks should start from my parents – My Father Mr Yeo Yew Chuan and My Mother Madam Chan Tai Hoe. They have always encouraged me to study and upgrade myself. From young they really push me to excel in school. They saved and scrimped so that in the event that I should require further education either at the local universities or overseas, they could afford to send me. And they did just that. If not for them I wouldn’t be able to move on in life. Thank you My Father and My Mother (erm, that is wat I call them fondly…heehee….and I call my brother – My Brother). And they call me My Daughter or My Sister….heehee.
And I would also like to thank Mr Foo who co-sponsored my studies and his accomodation of my late nights when I had to rush assignments and the use of his car when I needed to go for classes at SIM.
And all my friends who went thru this hellish period with me, encouraging me and giving me support whenever I need them. Luckily I got my degree but didnt lose any friends…heehee….if not, not worth the degree la….I still wuv all my friends…
And to my aunty, kenji and Rina who took time to attend my graduation. You know you guys are not just friends rite, you are more than friends – you are my FAMILY too….Wuv you…
And special thanks to my lecturers and tutors from SIM who patiently guided us and spent their time and effort nurturing us to become better working adults and able to achieve much more in the future. Also not forgetting the admin staff who were helpful and cheerful in all administrative issues pertaining to my course.
Last but not least, my classmates at SIM who made my stay there bearable with their jokes, encouragement, help and willingness to share. Thank you so much for helping me endure the sometimes “boring” tutorials and lectures.
I would like to specially thank a few classmates who from the beginning, started out just as helpless as I am, but managed to overcome their difficulties to succeed in their dream of obtaining a degree and YET, help me out during the 4 years we were together. Special thanks to Jessica, Amanda, Roy, Chew Tuan Peng, Chong, Peng guan and many others who touched my life and left a mark in me.
And I know without Jessica, I would not have made it today – a graduate. Jessica, I want you to know that I appreciate all the help you have given me and all the knowledge you have shared with me and the stormy days that we weathered together. You are really a blessing from God and you have really touched my life. I thank you for all the things you have done for me emotionally, spritually, mentally and physically, despite challenging your own limits at times. I would have never done it without you. I really really am grateful for your help and the light your friendship had brought me throughout the 4 years I have known you. You give without receiving. I am really proud to have a friend like you and I want to keep our friendship forever.
Also to Amanda who always crack jokes and help me out for assignments from time to time. She would work out her assignment from far places like australia (cos she’s an air stewardess with SIA) and share her notes with me when I require help.
Thank you friends, for accompanying me on this journey and helping me fulfil my dream today. My degree has your sweat on it as well….heehee…Thank you so much. Nothing can express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you. I wish that we all have better futures together.
Sincerely,
Belinda.
Now its time for you to share my joy with me….
This is Me – Belinda Yang Shun Hua…
Special Special, cos I am “The Last of BA bus”
Me and my aunty…
Me and my darling kenji who didnt wear his “purple” shirt leh…
Me and my best friend…Rina…
From the left….Ronnie, Me, Amanda and Jessica…
My graduation folder…
And the inside….
This is me again….
ME again…
And so sorry…..Me again….
Belinda Yang Shun Hua….
I did my own make-up with Mummy Rina doing my eyes….
Mummy Rina also did my hair….I Wuv it….
And finally, I REALLY graduated. I am the 1st cohort (or 1st group) to graduate from SIM university. I am the pioneer group and the most senior alumni member level….heehee…so cool rite….and I am also the last in BA bus….hahahahahahaha. I’m the 1st and the last…. I am Queen Lala Monkey Bull the 1st, the last and the One and Only….hahahahahahahahahah.
Actually the excitement jus about set in only…..and I am still overwhelmed and bewildered….heehee..next week going to take family photos in my graduation gown and will post them up ok?
If you have problems in your life, do you put on a black face when you are with friends? Do you start picking on people jus cos you are damn frustrated with certain things which doesnt concern them? Do you put on a black face YET keep quiet when people cared enough to ask you wat happened? Do you have to use a questioning tone and ask questions like the police questioning a criminal? And do you think I will know exactly wat happened to you? So dun behave like I owe you and show me your black face and your temper and your attitude. I ALSO HAVE MY TEMPER. I ALSO CAN ACT LIKE A SPOILT BRAT.
Dun show me attitude cos it doesnt work. Treat me nicely, tok to me nicely cos I think its basic courtesy to do that. DUn take me for granted to ALWAYS be so nice. When I really flare up NO ONE can stop me. If you are hard-headed like me, fine. You can be the bull, doesnt mean I CANNOT BE a BULL too. I give in so much to you already. Of cos you played ur part at times – I appreciate it. But I dun like it when you show me your attitude. Cos I dun go round showing you or others my attitude and I think I deserve better.
Dun burden ur friends with your attitude. If you are feeling down we will always be here for you to support you. Even when you need to be alone we will also leave you alone…..but dun show this kind of f***ing attitude. YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OR THE BIGGEST ONE OR THE HIGHEST LEVEL in the group. Dun always think so highly of yourself that people got to accept it when you have PMS or when you throw a tandrum as and when you feel like doing…
Dun do things then regret when I leave………if you dun treasure me and my friendship, fine. I’m ok with it. Jus leave me alone then. Its my turn to be attitude and feel good at other people’s expense…..
Today went out with TFT for badminton session from 1230 to 1530. Very good workout. Then after that we went to Pet Movers. I brought my new Godson along – Max. But then after Pet Movers I decided to get Junior to stay away from Max…..cos Max bit a husky on the nose today. And he wasnt really friendly with Junior and other doggies. But I still wuv you Max. I will make sure Junior get used to you ok…see you on Mooncake Festival celebration…
Today at pet movers really chaos. A sterilised JRT was humping every dog he sees…whether female or male. And another schnauzher was also humping every dog he sees…..so scary. I followed my son everywhere – I scared he kena RAPED by some gay. Today dunno wat day but many doggies and their parents were there…..roughly maybe more than 40dogs altogether.
After pet movers we went to have dinner…..healthy food ok….we ate porriage. But I added Hokkien mee and carrot cake to it la……heehee…..but I NEVER EAT CHICKEN WINGS…..so sad 
Then we went to our Lan-shop to play Lan games and mahjong…..
Then now I’m back at bradel writing blog and later going to paint Jakes’ room. He paid me $10 to do it. Ok lor. For the sake that you WERE my room-mate once before for almost 3mths…..
I’m sooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired. But guess the excitement is kicking in. I’m going for my graduation ceremony tomorrow 250906. I will be dressed up in my gown and taking my degree from the Dean on stage. So cool rite. I feel excited now. And I feel that at least in these down days in my life, I still have some light coming into my shadowless life. I feel I accomplished a tiny bit of something and I feel so proud of myself for coming so far.
I should look like this….
Me in my graduation gown…
I’m the 1st graduate in my family (immediate family la cos my bro still doing NTU….heehee). I think my parents should be very proud of me. But sad to say they are holidaying in Austria now….wun be back till end of the mth….so lucky 3 weeks holidaying…. BELINDA YANG SHUN HUA……Good job!!!!!!!!!!
Saw a post on a friend of mine’s blog – Pinkcess @ Fishball’s sister.
She’s from a church I used to go to since I was 17. And last nite I happened to talk about religion with Patrick and Michelle.
Its really weird. But since young, I felt connected to Christianity. I was exposed at a young age to christianity by my mum, who happened to be a christian. She brought me to Zion Methodist Church while I was in primary sch cos I was really notorious and she was almost at her wits’ ends and tot that exposure to Christianity would improve me. But actually it did.
I dunno if its the power of God or was it cos there was a belief in christianity that guided me, but I did improve and till now, I still depend on this mysterious power. In 1997 I was invited to City Harvest Church and it was situated at Hollywood theatre in katong. CHC was different from the methodist churches I attended cos methodist services were sombre and more reserved. But CHC attracted me cos of its vibrancy and youthful energy. I particularly liked Pastor Sun cos she does praise and worship very well.
I dropped out of church cos I was too lazy and complacent and rebellious and for some reasons too. There was a communication error between me and my CG members. I didnt really feel at home with them cos of age gap and watever I did at tat time during my youth, they dun really agree. They tried to have a say in who I was dating – practically trying to stop me from dating someone else from ANOTHER church cos they say spiritual level different and blah blah blah…and a miscommunication with another CG member and as I served in ursher ministry, but I didnt have the willpower to give my all to the church and to God and sometimes I felt “Stretched” too when there were seminars and we had to go extra early and put in effort after work and so on and so forth…and I dun like it when some CG members criticised others’ religions – they called the “Monkey God” – “Tat THING”. So I dropped out from church.
Many times I wanted to go back to church cos I yearned for their teachings which I feel, makes people better people. But due to family commitments and lack of support from my ex-hubby, I didnt go back to church.
Wat I feel is that. Whether christians or buddists or taoists or hindus or muslims, we all have our own belief and our own God. Its up to us to believe in our God. Dun need to preach, let God guide. And when christians serve in ministry, they should come from the heart and not being “forced” or “feel obliged” to serve. Cos only when someone serve with a willing heart, will we see true love for God and for the church. God doesn’t make us robots and we have choices to make. If we are being “forced” or “intimidated” or “obliged”, think its going against God’s creation of mankind. Cos he could have jus made us robots if he wanted to, and not humans with brains to think and choices to make.
Only with a true and willing heart will things be able to last. And a note to that brother who dropped out of church cos of certain issues. Always know that God is always around, whether you go to church or not. Cos everyone of us is a temple of God and going to church will only enhance your knowledge about christianity and bring you closer to God. You can take a break from church, but still continue to believe and continue to talk to God to guide you. It worked for me. I’m sure it will work for you. Pray cos God listens. When God doesnt give you something you ask for, He’s jus waiting to give you something better than the something you asked for. And when things happen, see the silver lining in the cloud – the rainbow always appear after the storm. Things happen for a reason. When there’s a will there’s a way.
Just like love. You never know when your heart will break. Its a risk. But when you take the risk, and when it is successful, you will reap wonderful things you never experienced.
Sorry too busy to post a blog entry on kenji dear’s birthday recently on 15th Sep. So now I shalll blog about it now with 1 hand cos I jus burnt my left hand while cooking dinner for Jared. As I mentioned, Rina is sleeping now cos she’s really tired yesterday. She needed to go for a funeral at 1am cos her uncle passed away and she made the cup cakes till like morn today…. I so kaypoh go cook noodles for Jared…and burnt my left hand….
Back to Kenji’s birthday, I celebrated with him at 1 of the restaurants at Clarke Quay – Chen Fu Ji at river view plaza. Cost ard $100 for both our dinners cos the fried rice there 1 plate already $25/-….but worth it cos very nice….but no photos cos we too busy eating and romanticing….
Me wearing a sexy halter neck dress for the occassion…
After our dinner actually we wanted to go MOS but later tot wan go cut cake with his Band of Brothers so we went to meet them at their usual haunt. I made the birthday cake for my darling kenji….but it was a mystery cake. I only allowed the GALS to see the cake 1st and Forest nearly laughed till she fell off the chair. I told all of them it was a BIG BIG CARROT cake for Kenji cos he’s nicknamed the carrot…heehee…dun ask me why hor…ask the TFT (Team Fat Tigers)….
And when I finally revealed the cake….everyone penged….
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THE CAKE for KENJI.
A breath-taking ecoration on the cake….
Front view of another ARTISTIC work by Ah Ber…
Back view of the Artistic work by Ah Ber…See she still got nice bum…
That is why everyone penged….cos we sitting along the walkway and even the kopi aunty so curious as to wat was that….Kenji you are famous…
Then the next day the TFT celebrated kenji’s birthday with dinner at Tampines – This one I must really recommend….Tampines Round Market, near to Tampines HDB Branch…The store is the one facing KFC….a hotel chef who opened his own stall….
We had a great feast consisting of….
Hot-plate Venison…
Frog Legs….
Chicken….This one the taste very special…
Sambal Kangkong…
The most FAMOUS Kopi-Bah…..MUST TRY MUST TRY MUST TRY *******
Tom Yam Fish….The fish fried till very crispy and very appetising….
Another famous dish – “DAO HUAY” or 豆花….VERY VERY YUMMY….*********must try must try**************
At the end of the dinner….you can only see this….
Jerry’s Plate…
Just now you see it….NOW YOU DUN…
After that we proceeded to our usual haunt…..VIOLET…And we ordered….
Our drinks…
Baileys….
Red Wines…
The Total…
Total we had like 6 red wines and beer and stout and baileys and 2 chivas and 1 vodka….heehee….so happy….I bartender again….practising for my new part time job at KM8 – the happening place at Sentosa….
Then the fun started…
Toasting for a better tomorrow…
The brothers in the TFT….
Finally…..kenji and Jimmy actually were…………..*sigh*…….
Oops….
A BIGGER OOPS….
No la, me and kenji still the best together…..
Me and kenji drinking 交杯酒…
Dun jealous ok….unless you have something like wat Ivan got…..A huge bucket of Heineken….all thanks to Ah ber….which is me – for toasting him lor….
Ivan challenged to Heineken BUCKET.
MY SCALED HAND TODAY…
I am really busy these few weeks. Cos I am back into property FULL-blast now. And initially we had 3 partners. But now left me and my other partner cos the other one cannot commit. So left 2 of us and I am juggling many things.
Like today I served 3 groups of tenants from 11am to 3pm. I am like a mad woman today. And tmr I will serve 4 groups. So shack. Yesterday I was so worried that I cant sleep. Cos on my own as my current partner doing his own biz full day today.
Anyway today I had to miss Jared’s performance at sch. The sch’s having a charity sale for needy children and rina promised to make them cup cakes and give them a few bags of items for their jumble sale. So I helped her make the cup cakes from 2am till 6am this morn.
The cupcakes that we made…
Putting them for sale in boxes of 4…
Jared entered a Fancy Dress Competition. AND HE CAME IN 1ST. All thanks to Mummy for making his Red-Indian suit and his tomahawk (the axe used by red indians). Jared has his 1st throphy. So proud of him…But alas I couldn’t make it on time for the performance.
Jared the Red-Indian….Costume Cool rite???
Then we went back bradel and using the Tomahawk, I “killed” the red-indian. Haha…
I killed the red-indian…
The “dead” red-indian…
I’m just hovering on a topic that people always ask – To Be Loved Or To Love.
Just my opinions here….
Scenario 1: I love him, He dun love me (To Love but not reciprocated)
When you love someone so much, the word “logic” may not be in your dictionary. Your heart takes over. And while you get used to loving with your heart, it hurts badly when the love is not returned or reciprocated.
Scenario 2: I dun love him. He Loves me (To Be Loved but you dun return his love)
When someone loves you so much, he will treat you good. He may be able to fulfil certain desires of yours but never the emotional part. Cos your heart may be pining for someone else or you are still waiting for your dream one.
Scenario 1 & 2 will end up in 1 scenario only. Both sides will be hurt when love is not reciprocated or returned or when the love doesnt move mutually.
If you are in Scenario 1, you will really need to get a healthier relationship where someone appreciates you and love you as you are.
If you are in Scenario 2, make sure you dun hurt people when you dun love them. Telling them early before they get too entangled in love with you will lessen the hurt. Of cos love can be nurtured, so give it a shot if that person is really nice to you and you think it may work out.
The BEST Scenario: Nurture love so that both of you love each other deeply. Find a sincere partner whom you can regard as your best friend.
Personally I believe that its really rare that both parties fall in love at 1st sight with each other. So love CAN be nurtured when both of you know each other better. Its a challenge for 2 individuals to be friends. Its an even greater challenge for 2 individuals to be a couple. Cos we live with our own differences and we blend them together so that the differences become similarities.
So I still believe being loved is really a fortunate thing because the other party takes the risk and initialization to know that he sees something in you that he is comfortable with. But have confidence in yourself – know that you have something that he feels comfortable with. And have confidence in him. Even though people change and things change. But live with the comfort that there was once a good time for you and him. And cos things keep changing, the fate may no longer be there, but treasure the good memories that you have.
And while you may not have full-blast love for him, you will in the future, because of the deeper understanding you both have for each other and the time and effort spent in blending 2 different people together as 1. LOVE CAN BE NURTURED.
Expectations in Relationships
Very often, the expectations we have of others stem from our own consciousness, our own psyche, and have little or nothing to do with the other person.
When we take our own ideals, standards, and values and use them as benchmarks of whether someone is good enough for us or good enough to us, we’re bringing unhealthy expectations into the relationship. We then demand that the other person behaves in accordance with these expectations. So when he or she eventually does something that appears to be in deep contrast with the standards we’ve projected onto them, we often feel hurt, betrayed, angry and confused.
Have you ever done something nice for someone that you expected them to like, but they weren’t showing the enthusiasm about it that you thought they might? It was something you would have appreciated someone doing for you, so why didn’t they like it?
When we base our perception of our partner using our own beliefs, values and experiences, we’re bound to be disappointed. We may then begin to drive our partner away by becoming cold and aloof, unappreciative, selfish and suspicious.
The truth is, people show us exactly who they are and how much they care for us through their everyday behaviors. They wake up early to prepare breakfast for us. They know exactly how we like our minced meat noodles. They leave the last fishball for us. They call almost everyday during lunchtime to see how we are. They sacrifice sleep to go shopping for the freshest crabs to make chili crab for us. I realise the high number of food-related examples, buy hey, I’m Singaporean – eating is our life!
Give it some thought and you’ll realise how many different ways your partner shows you that he or she loves you. We need to stop fantasising about how a perfect partner should behave. And we need to stop suspecting that things are not as they are.
Take a moment to think about someone for whom you have developed a set of expectations for. How accurate are the assumptions you have made about this person’s feelings and behaviors? Can you see that many of your expectations of them really revolve around you and your own feelings, beliefs, hopes, needs, and desires related to the relationship? That these things have been projected onto them?
For the singles – I received this email and I am sharing this with you people out there….jus part of my job as SDU coordinator….heehee…
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