after a long hiatus

end of my student life chapter
end of my Final Penang Placement student experience
end of my first and last carefree holiday

beginning of my therapist life chapter
beginning of my presence in a new family who were strangers even the day before we met
beginning of many difficult and happy times to come
beginning of a different life.

there was nothing else other than anxiety, excitment that filled the air around me since yesterday. anticipating of the big day to come. Today was the first day of work. My first day to become an official graduated Occupational Therapist.

Of course i'm proud of myself to have graduated from the 'nothing is impossible' course. which made me had a full experience of pushing myself beyond my own limits.
Today tasted the first sip of real working life. not in full force yet as it's still orientation day 1.

looking forward to tomorrow. anticipating what would be installed for me and Josephine.
As i continue to question myself if it is the correct decision to coming into this place, i am also starting to convince myself that i made the correct decision and just have to 按部就班 and do my duty dutifully.

next up, taking about my first and final carefree holidays.. i really enjoyed the korea trip. but maybe some parts could have been better if not for some companions with different interest problem.
but overall,enjoyed my time with him in Korea.Bought lotsa tidbits and edible memories home with me.haha

Just feeling contented with myself now.


I attempted the 'Gyro Drop'. It rotates you upwards, and without warning, bring you back to ground at a=10m/sec_square.


At the magical island of Lotte World (the amusement park whereby the drama serial stairways to heaven was shot)


That's me in Han-bok (traditional Korean costume)


Me and Kenrick in the tranditional Korean costume.

So much to reflect on.

Last 3 days to 2008. Ask if i had achieved the resolutions set for 2007?

I really dont know, or in fact i can't remember. 2007 came? and it's leaving soon. oh that thought of how time had zoom pass me is scary. that's all i remembered.

Reflecting on the past year, many things around me had changed. there were new borns in the family. there were people that leave us. There were uncles whom used to be distanced, had become closer, there was uncle who supposed to be uncle but are now becoming strangers.

A trip to Penang, seeing the closeness of family ties even when they were seperated in land, how come it's so hard to find in singapore when we are merely seperated by drains and roads. It just makes me reflect what makes my family member not to treasure such an important relationship that money can't buy. Why is money always the root of problems.

A busy year in 2007 didn't gave me much time to think. It was all about doing. FYP, 2 months of attachment, assignments, musical involvement. No time for marathon, no time for fun no time for friends and family.

the first grandma death ani everyone gathered at my house. we prayed together as a family. How many of grandma death ani will everyone in the family remember and initiate to pray? will the next ani be the same, or will they just slowly forget her. till today her face remains vividly in my mind. all the happenings on the day that she passed away remains in my head, maybe that day will never be forgotten.

Progress of FYP had its up and down too. Nothing much to say, just hope that it'll all end soon. One year is just too long, already losing the interest and motivation to work on it anymore.

Models assignment is driving me crazy. Reflection is driving me nuts. Portfolio is a complete waste of my time too.

Sometimes the mixed feeling comes over me when i think about 2008, then i hope 2007 does go. Yet, if 2007 stays, i'll be stuck with all the models and portfolio assignment which i'm really dreading to complete them.

I just wanna have plain classes like (Quiz) and (flower biscuit) lessons. Those memories of open no., having class on the field and in the pool, having class in the lab where you can choose to sit anywhere you like. Just lesson without exams is fine with me.

I'll always miss my OT student life. It's really a major life changing event of my life.

3 years of OT student life will be ending soon, seems like yesterday i just collected my As results.hahaha...

I just wanna go on holiday now...

Thanks for the FUN!

From A Slice of Life

A meaningful message to share with all.

Afterall, it's coming to the end of the yr again. All misunderstanding should be resolved, forgive and forgotten. There should not be any begrudges against anything. All shall be resolved.

It's all easier said than done, and i'm trying to do that best.

It's a reminder to love your neighbours, and your enemies like how god had showered his love upon us. Christ Born to redeem us from our sins. We must learn to treasure it.

Christmas is a time of sharing and Giving. So a little message for all of you.

Three Principles for Fulfilling Relationships

There are three principles that we should understand well before committing to any romantic relationship. If you're already in a relationship, studying these principles intimately and practicing them will help ensure a lasting, satisfying relationship.

Unrealistic expectations are usually what drive a couple apart, so the first principle to understand is that your partner does not owe you your happiness. This may sound strange because why else would we want to enter relationships if not to find happiness?

Sure, we should derive joy from our relationships but our partner should not bear the duty of giving us joy. Joy should be the spontaneous consequence of two people sharing feelings of love for each other, not the result of one party constantly striving to fulfill the other's needs. When we expect our partner to make us happy, we set up opportunities for failure, and each time our partner fails to meet our demands, we lose respect and affection for him or her. Besides, love doesn't mean consistently giving in to our demands. And love doesn't mean always making us happy. What gives our joy may not always be in our best interests. And love can sometimes mean hardship and pain.

The second principle for fulfilling relationships is to love your partner for who they are. Don't love a fantasy version of them you hope will emerge in the future. Many people enter a relationship thinking that in time, their partners will change, but this often doesn't happen. Your partner entered the relationship believing that this is what you fell in love with. He or she doesn't see any reason to change.

Loving your partner for who they are also means accepting their flaws, or what you deem to be flaws. Each person has attractive qualities as well as some habits or characteristics we may not find so beguiling. But we should love our partners in spite of the qualities we don't appreciate as much as the others. There is no perfect lover, like there is no perfect gadget. You're always going to have to trade off certain features for other ones you find more suited to you. And when you run into conflict over those undesirable features, your love for the whole product should be more than enough to make you overlook the flaws and still embrace your partner. So ask yourself "If my partner upsets me, will I be able to look past the words and actions and still love the person?"

The third and final principle is to love and respect yourself as much as you love and respect your partner. This is because if you feel inadequate compared to your partner, you might become obsessed with fulfilling his or her needs and neglect your own. Over time, your partner will learn to take you for granted and you will no doubt begin to feel like you got the short end of the stick.
Maintaining fulfilling relationships is no easy job, but understanding and practising these three principles should help you a great deal.

A Slice of Life is written, produced and presented by Eugene Loh unless otherwise stated. If you wish to share the scripts with others, please credit 'Eugene Loh, 938LIVE, a station of MediaCorp Radio'.

Joy to The World

I know i shouldn't be blogging here and now, but i just want typed out all the joy and fun time i had over the weekends which i felt i had not had for a long long time.

Even though it's the busiest semester i ever had in my entire study life, but nonetheless, i managed to squeeze time out to have my well deserved break.

Over the weekend, i told myself to start working on my literature review so i won't have to do last minute work again. So all readings started on friday and lasted thru out the break.

Went to SiTeX @ Expo, got a Christmas gift from Kenrick. My new and powerful digicam. and then to John Little Mega Sale and both of us came home with a good bargain.

Saturday, even though i decided to stay home to do more readings, i nv thought i would end up in east coast park with my rollerblades on again. It's been ages since i last skate around in the park. When i said ages, it's really ages, since sec 2 i think. I had the best time of reminising on my blades. Oh how i used to blade around my estates with my friends when we were in pri 6, and how we tried to teach others to blade.

Sunday, is the day that god had made. Praise the Lord Day! ok, band friend Philip had a surgery in hospital, so one man down in the band. But we continued to pray for him. Then after lunch, it was singing practice, singing into christmas was a joy. Totally exciting i must say. Last time we say as a big group in church was for the Jesus Folk Musical, and now we are preparing carols for Christmas!!! " Come all ye faithful, la la lala la la..."

In the evening after more reading, had a fun time in the park playing Frisbee with kenrick. And then we headed for the gym for more workout before we had a warm and healthy steamboat dinner with his family.

whaT an accomplished weekend i had. and i yearn for more of such weekends. will they come soon?

On a Tuesday in School

Kampong Glam 171107