sigh.
sometimes i don't like picking up cases who's in the same service as me because there's a lot of extra dynamics that'd come into play.

I'm looking forward to meeting my child next Monday! hahaha.

hahaa. a while ago I was wondering to myself what personality types my secondary best friends were, since they're the type of people whom I felt naturally inclined to work with and be with.
along the way, I've realized that one of them is probably an ENTJ, and the other is probably an ESTJ. hahaa. so i guess i appreciate extroverts who are quick in making decisions who are of the thinking type. perhaps cos the way of living life is similar ba, yet not too similar. i like motivated people who are clear on where they want to go and what they want to do. prob cos of upbringing? o_o

Met my new colleagues yesterday :) very small team of people. 4 of us dealing with the youth side, 4 for the adults side. haha. and that's half of the office at the Simei side! haha.
Was just thinking back on the DISC test i recently retook at the interview. during work, i switch to being a melancholic-choleric under stress. haha. thought that was quite true. more perfectionistic and having high expectations of self i guess. and pushing for things to be done.

Just realized it's been some time since I've updated my blog. lol.
too many things have been happening. heard that his parents are going for a long trip to make sense of things and to get over their grief.
the rollercoaster ride of emotions that I went through last week drained me rather. so I'm glad to be able to have a quiet week at work this week. School's winding down as students go into the last lap of the examinations, and with the sec 4 and 5 students going into O level mode.

I wanted to type to say that I'm really blessed through this short journey of applying for the new job. haha. i didn't even do much searching! I sent my resume down to LCCS and realized that they've changed the contact person for applications. lol. Thank God for Samuel who called Lay Hoon directly and asked her for her email for me to send my resume to. haha. Blessed by the speed of things, and blessed by the whole interview experience as well :)
Something that Lay Hoon said stuck with me - that they've been praying for God to send someone in to help with the female casework, and in I come. haha. I was just reminded of when I first came in, Jun Ting and Hui Choon were also praying for new people to come in after a fruitless period of time, and in I came.
I'm so blessed to be able to be moved to be where God wants me to be at that time, and to meet a need, or to be the answer for prayer requests. like, wow.
Last year was a year of healing, and this year was to be a year of continual healing and settling things, as well as it being a time of growth. I find this year to have been rather bombastic, and I guess I rather enjoy knowing that I'm growing. haha. to go through new experiences with God, to claim different promises and sides of Him. though it's still an extremely painful year, I welcome it.
thank God for the people in my life who've been my sources of support though. appreciate them this year more than others :)

I think one of the things I really learned after doing counselling for 3 and a half years, is that I now know my emotional limit. In that, I know when it's time to say no to doing something, or going somewhere to handle something if I know that I may not be able to take it/have not had time to process it.

Seeya in a while.

ex youth prison offenders? :)
まだ決めませんが、たぶんね。
ちょっと怖いですが、わくわくする。

lol.
my friend connected me to the head of family life services division in feiyue. it feels slightly awkward to send a resume in through the pulling of strings. haha.

2 hen parties in 2 weeks.
and then lots of weddings to attend after that.
haha.
a time of rejoicing! :)

1) A likes B, B likes C, so A helps B and C get together.
2) A likes B, C likes B, A knows C likes B, so A stops liking B intentionally.
3) A likes B, B likes C, C knows A liked B, A gives the blessings to B and C.
4) A likes B, B likes C, A helps B get to know C.

why does A keep getting into this kind of scenario?

how do you write something that's bittersweet?
like it's a happy scene, but it makes people cry. hahaa.
i get the emotion, but i can't get the knack of writing it.
i guess that's what sets coffee prince slightly apart from the other kdramas in a similar plot line.
coffee prince episode 8's ending is bittersweet, and i've yet to see another episode like this.

i think it's not easy to decide if you want to keep your child when you're a teenager. traumatic experience.

I think being a tour guide would be interesting! :) haha.
Am currently planning and thinking out where to bring my friend's french friend to on Thursday night when he reaches Singapore...
haha. I think I rather enjoy bringing people to do activities or going to interesting places. Like showing them how a place is like. lol. but then again, these are most likely activities or places that i like as well, so i'm not sure if the excitement comes from being able to experience going to these places again, or if it's cos i can show them these places that i'm excited. haha.

Quoted from a facebook group conversation from an owner talking about the habits of her cat:
"or on the bathroom mat right after u shower just to show that he's there for u lol"
haha.
ya. i agree with this! people usually have the impression that cats are not loyal, or that they're very independent.
i like to think that they're a healthy reflection of how relationships with humans should be. that there're times when you just wanna pursue your own interest and assert your individuality, but at the end of the day, your cat shows you that she/he knows who the owner is.
she sleeps near you, sits by your side, wakes u up by biting you (hahaa)/calling out for u.
chi doesn't sit on the bathroom mat after i shower, but she always waits outside the toilet when i poo. hahaha!
and greets me when i come home:)

From Si Jia's facebook:
Peace is more than the absence of conflict; peace is the presence of God.
"Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way." —2 Thessalonians 3:16

I guess naturally, I don't like conflicts. haha. I prefer things to be smooth-going and everyone to be striving for what their potential is. of course, the world works rather differently.
so the above is an apt reminder. that peace is the presence of God.

SBS Drama '아름다운 그대에게 (For You in Full Blossom)'_Making Film 12

haha. i still find that this is one of the funniest behind-the-scenes i've seen.

my schedule, and subsequently my thoughts and emotions, were a little thrown off in the last two weeks. haha. realized that i do really need a period of time in the week to be able to spend extended solitude time with God :) i guess being really sick doesn't really help. so thank God for doctors and medicine and for a body that's steadily recovering (other than the persistent cough and the continually gurgling stomach -it's still making funny noises! and occasional visits to the loo). haha.
i'm glad how things are coming in at proper timings though. had a break from counselling ministry cos i've finished the cases, and there were no new referrals throughout these months, whereby i can focus on other things (e.g. work and script writing). but now as these take a backseat soon, a new referral has just come in (in my niche area somemore. hoho. even as this area was brought to mind recently once again). and i'd soon be heading into more intensive revision for Japanese in preparation for N3. i guess i really want to be able to do revision at this point in time as I haven't been able to spend time in doing homework (much less revision) for Japanese for the entire year. hahaha. so before i move on to advanced japanese (woohoo!), i wanna ensure that my basics can be more or less grounded.

as a gentle reminder:
happiness is really not the end goal of living. sanctification is.
the world doesn't quite make sense if we keep viewing happiness as the end goal of living. biblical principles won't quite make sense in the midst of moral decisions either.
but if we view sanctification as the end goal, then the perspectives change, and everything falls nicely into place.
not to say that sanctification will make people unhappy, unhappiness may occur during sanctification because pruning is not necessarily a pleasant process, right? :) haha