Pet Obituaries

Sob! Sob! Phoebe, my pet rabbit passed away on 21 Sep 2007. His death is posted on Pet Obituaries.

Home living...

Jay and I have been window shopping for our new home, which we will get soon. Pray for us that we can get a house by Oct and latest Nov 2007.

Over the weekend, we went to Singapore Expo with the intention to get a good package for our honeymoon but in the end we spent most of our time at the home living exhibition next door. We bought a Slumberland mattress that comes with a bed frame, 2 pillows, protector for less than $1.7K for Queen-size from Bedding Saloon. We can upgrade to King-size at less than $2K. This unit can be delivered to us within a year from the date of purchase. We only paid 2% deposit. The Sales person told us that if we find a lower price for the same model that we are purchasing, the company will match the price. We can change the brand of the mattress if we prefer other brand. The good thing is that we could still enjoy the promotional price offered during the exhibition. It is a good buy.

We learnt something new from the Sales person regarding the no interest installment offered by various shopping centre/outlets in Singapore. It is not true that the consumers are paying no interest installment for the goods that they are purchasing because the products bought are usually marked up by at least a few hundred dollars.

Today after work, Jay and I went to IWANNAGOHOME at Great World City. Just want to check this new designer home living boutique which I read about not long ago. The products are relatively expensive and cater to higher-end market. The items are pretty big and are more suitable for big houses. I like a $1000+ chandelier on display but too expensive ;p We flipped through a few books on interior design to gather some ideas for our new home.

This coming weekend, we will check out a few home lighting outlets.

If you have any good recommendation on good deals/buy, it will be great that you can share with us.

The mood of the skies...

Did u notice the different mood of the skies on different days? Like human beings, skies have mood swing too. One day of grey, one day of gay...how to judge the day?

Singapore Seen

Yesterday, Singapore felt the tremor from the earthquake in Sumatra at about 7+pm. I only knew about this when my brother told me when he was at home after his work. I clicked STOMP immediately to check whether any STOMPer contribute any latest news online. As expected, I saw several videos on the tremors felt at home.

It is easy to snap photos/videos wherever we go with the prevalent use of digital cameras and built-in camera on our handphones. Be careful not to make yourself "news-worthy" in public or you may find your own pictures/videos online :p

Pau...

Just want to share something which I find amusing...

Imagine a city filled with various kinds of Cha Siew Pau, vegetable Pau. By the way, Pau is a type of chinese bun. There is a city called PAU in the Bible. Genesis 36:39.

Love and Faithfulness

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

~ Proverbs 3:3-4

Wedding photoshoot..thank God for a clear day!!

It has been raining cats and dogs for the past few weeks. Jay and I have been praying and asking God to give us good weather today. Two days before our scheduled wedding photoshoot, we called to check whether it was possible to postpone our photoshoot but the next available date would be end October. I checked Meteorolgical services by National Environment Agency (NEA) for the weather forecast on our photoshoot date and it indicated that there will be shower in the late morning and early afternoon. Despite the weather forecast, I felt assured that God will give us a good weather.

One day before the photoshoot, I checked NEA website again. It indicated 'Cloudy' instead of shower. I was overjoyed and thank God in my heart. I called Jay immediately to tell him that God has answered our prayer. Honour to our God!!

We arrived at Jazz Bridal at about 10am to make up and did our hair-do. It took about 2 hours to make-up and have our hair-do. We had our studio shoot from about 12pm to 3+pm then we had our meals before heading out for outdoor shoot. Everything went smoothly and finished at about 6+pm and we were thankful to God for watching over us.

Along the way, we chatted and shared with our photographer, Ah Ye about God, life, our society, work..etc.

Yeah! One wedding task done - Photoshoot! But we have to wait for 3 weeks to view and select the pictures. Can't wait to see them!!!

Today happens to be my parents' wedding anniversary too.

Thank God for His faithfulness and love in our lives ;-)

Leaving Microsoft to change the world...

Yesterday I just wrote something about changing the world. Indeed, a man of vision can change and shake the world for better. I am half way through this book, "Leaving Microsoft to change the world", that I borrowed from the National Library.

John Wood, ex-Microsoft senior executive, left Microsoft to start a charity organization, which is now called Room to Read.

It all started when he trekked in Nepal and saw the lack of educational resources in the country and this cause moved him to quit his high profile job to start a non-profit organization.

When you travel overseas, you never know what will move your heart to make the world a better place...

One man can change the world...

Today's sermon by Pastor Ben was great! I am inspired by the story that he shared about a group of students who stood up in the Shareholder's meeting to speak against the wrongs that the company did in exploiting the poor in another countries by not paying them well and did not give them adequate welfare to improve their lifestyle. These group of students got the attention of the directors and top management and a separate meeting was arranged to talk to them. All these discussion influenced how the company runs the business and the humanitarian project the company embarked to improve the lifelihood of the poor people.

If we are convicted and bold enough to stand against evil, we can change the world!

I just finished reading "Tuesdays with Morrie" today. This book is a birthday gift from a friend. An inspiring true story of a dying professor who formed his own personal culture on how he dealt with many issues in life: love, family, marriage, death, culture, meaning of life....

We struggle with issues like death, love, meaning in life...irregardless of our background, faith, education

How we deal with these issues will depend on how we perceive and response to them.

A good review by CNN on this book.