Birthdays

Just found out this morning that I know of nearly a dozen people with birthdays next month. That's a crazy amount, by far now, March would be the month with the most birthdays. And I thought it was towards the end of the year, lol. 


In light of having purchased two cake books in HK last year, I have decided to bake cakes for birthdays this year, should the opportunity arise. Should be a fun experience :) I'll start posting photos too, of the baking experiences. Yay for baking, and a new electric mixer since the old one died of old age.

Fluffy toys, balloons, flowers and chocolate

That time of the year again. Never have made a big deal out of it and won't be doing so any time soon. However, it's the first time in 3 years where I'm not working. I kinda miss laughing or having a silent giggle at the people who order or come into the store looking for things to buy for their significant other ... the people who prepare in advance, the people who don't ... the people who make a big scene and a joke out of it and try to embarrass them, the people who try to do something sweet ... writing and reading the messages that husbands/bfs give to their wives/gfs and vice versa and having a good laugh at them with workmates, mostly because they were corny or sickeningly sweet ... seeing all the crazy names that people give each other .... lol ... seeing people's reactions when delivering the goods. But what I won't miss is the crazy busyness that arises on the day, seeing red and white and pink and hot pink for a whole day or three -_-', and trying to avoid people grabbing balloons off you halfway through a delivery. Aah ... I miss work. The work itself, not the people. So glad I managed to dig myself out of it. 


Random :) Thoughts triggered only because sites I open lately have V-day banners flashing around and my inbox is being flooded with sale advertisements from online shopping/coupons.

Eye Camera

Driving through the city at 6.30 last night gave me the most beautiful sunset image I've seen in a long long time. Sometimes I wish there were a camera in my eye ... or somewhere near that visual level ... so that I could take pictures at any time. So many moments unable to be captured ... guess I have to rely on the memory in my brain :P


Happy 2011!

Spoon Feeding

The problem is that people just purely take it in. Then think that it's the only way to go. Flexibility decreases, creativity diminishes, confusion increases. "You do it like that or it'll be wrong/I won't get it right". No. It's just supposed to be your foundation, a base to work on. Doesn't really matter that you've been fed it, you don't need to be pulled along.


I thought it would be a good thing. Now I'm not so sure/think it's even worse. It doesn't make you think. You take it all for granted. Then you get scared when you fall.

No more mucking around

Time to get serious.

Dull, cold days

Earlier this afternoon, I was listening to Christine Anu's "Sunshine on a Rainy Day" on the radio. Such an old song. But what was interesting about it? It was rainy ... and then as I was driving, the sun suddenly peaked out from behind the clouds behind the car and gave me some momentary nice yellow sunlight in amongst the dullness just as the song started playing. Good work radio, good work XD


Been so rainy the past few days. Constant urges of just wanting to rug up and snuggle in, be warm and enjoy a good read, watch a movie, drink something warm or have some quiet time. Aaah ...


2 more months til holidays, can't wait.

Academic Records

Currently updating  my resume properly in hopes of finding a new job sometime soon (yes! finally quit BB) or for the summer vacation coming up (so near yet so far). Flicked through my folders of various achievements from Year 6 all the way to Year 12 and all those leaving references and QCS certificates etc etc ....


.... man have I gotten a lot dumber as the year number increased. No wonder uni feels like such a massive mountain for me to jump over right now.

Rebellion

Is it better to be naive as a child, rebel when in your teens, learn from your mistakes/lessons and keep on maturing as you enter your twenties or better to be naive all your life and act like a kid, start to rebel when you're in your twenties and treat it as a time where you can finally 'come out' of your shell and not see the mistakes you make?

What is fellowship?

I wouldn't say I'm 100% correct in saying this but my idea of fellowship is where a group of Christians gather together to read God's word, converse, share, pray and encourage each other in our walk with Christ.

Is this term being used way too loosely to describe ... hm ... social gatherings? Sure, initially there may be/is the mindset to put aside the time to meet and discuss, however without the direction and motivation to get it started and kept on track, 90% it just ends up as another 'hang out' session.

A couple of weeks ago, I was 'eavesdropping' on a conversation on the way to uni (as you do ... but hey, it was on a bus so kinda hard not to hear two people talking when the rest of the bus was quiet/asleep). The two friends somehow got into talking around the topic of youth and church. Friend A mentioned something along the lines of being attracted to the enthusiasm and so called 'spirit' of having attended youth group sometime and that she was so amazed at the 'richness' that the people seemed to have in their lives. Friend B agreed that there was a certain something about it that made her wonder as well. Conversation continues, don't really remember what else happened other than the fact that Friend A decided to not participate in youth after a while. Don't remember why. I made a sad face after that.

What do people really mean when they drop a line saying, "I love the fellowship"? They like hanging out? Or what? As Christians, when we invite our non-Christian friends to youth or to social events, should we really say "come for a night of fun and fellowship"?

Sometimes I wonder ...

... whether people know that they are two-faced. And whether or not they know that they are consciously or unconsciously doing so .... willingly or unwillingly. And how many people they are hurting and deceiving for their own benefit and harming their own relationships. What drives them to do this, and how do they even get out of this act?


I wish I didn't encounter such people.