A day filled with erratic emotions

Today was a day with erratic emotions.. Because I am still erratic, this blog will be rather erratic! Not for the faint-hearted to read cause it's too messy!! I am just writing whatever's in my head...!

To begin with, I think I got up from the wrong side of bed. I met a friend for breakfast who became my first "victim". I was feeling "utterly-xian". I had quite a bit of things going through my pea-sized brains lately. To put me to shame, despite my bad behaviour, I was "awarded" 2 gifts - 2 more pairs of earrings and a bar of very nice dark chocolate. *sob* Before I stepped into my office, I heaved a BIG sigh, said a short prayer and walked in.

The atmosphere at work can't be said to be very uplifted still. All of us seemed to be rushing. I felt very "hectic".. Talk about living in a fast-paced world. Then, I felt very "helpless" towards a colleague who was upset. Hmm.. Shan't elaborate on this but feeling helpless is NOT a very fantastic feeling.

At the same time, I felt "flustered" over a Primary 4 Science. My client's daughter came to me sweetly yesterday and said "Sandra 姐姐 (big sister), can you help me with 2 questions PLEASE?" Tell me.. How to reject? I gave it a glance and I nearly fainted. I told her to come back today with her science textbook..! *grimace* It was 2 questions on the human's circulatory system. She was given 5 scrambled words and she has to unscramble it. With too much things on mind, I simply can't concentrate on playing around with the characters of the words given! Well.. PRAISE God for MSN, I had my sister and mother at home to help me unscramble while I complete my paper work! Talk about family support!

During lunch time, a colleague from the Youth Services came by and after chatting, found out that she knows 2 of my good friends. One from my British Council days and one from my Polytechnic days. I don't know.. But I felt a sudden closeness towards this girl because she knows my friends.. Haaa..

Thankfully, I was able to complete my paper work and a deadline for submission just in time! However, as I was about to step out of office for a home visit at Ang Mo Kio at 5pm, an important call came in. In the end, I left my office only at 4:18pm. When I stepped out of my office, I called my friend. After 3mins, I exclaimed that I forgot to bring my transport guide with me!! I felt that I simply have no time to turn back so I continue to make my way to the bus stop. Having a friend on the line was great help. She guided me to breathe in.. Breathe out.. Basically to calm down. Anyway, by the time I reach Orchard MRT station, it was already 4:45pm. Can't help but wonder - How to EVER reach there by 5pm!! Best of all, I still have to walk 5-10mins to the bus interchange just to check out the map & the bus number.

I said a VERY short prayer. "Dear God, please get me there on time. I do not want to be late for my first appointment with my client. Oh by the way God, give me directions!"

Guess what? As the train was travelling from Bishan to Ang Mo Kio, suddenly, the block that I was going to just suddenly pop up in front of my eyes! Immediately, I knew how to save time by strategizing my walk towards a nearby bus stop (I used to stay at AMK so roughly know a little of the bus routes) and hop on a bus instead of walking to the interchange. The minute I reached the bus stop, the bus that will bring me to the doorstep of the block arrived!! Well, I thought I will be 15mins late but guess what? (Yah..I was still late) BUT, I was only 3 mins late!! I can't believe how I could get to Orchard to AMK in 18mins time but I did it! No no no.. God did it!!

By the time I stepped out of the house in AMK, I was glad my day was over. I met up my friend for a late birthday dinner. Initially, there were awkward moments as we hadn't met up for awhile. However, as we start talking, things just flow through.

Before I went home, I popped by Cold Storage to grab a packet of Mascarpone Cheese for making Tiramisu cake tomorrow.

Well, to end the day, I taught my sister the basics of Photoshop. She has proven herself to be a WORTHY student! I taught her once then she eagerly wanted to hands on the next one herself. I purposely refused to stay in the room so that she will not ask me questions and boy.. she did a rather good one herself! THEN, I "graduated" her from her 1st class and I left her totally to do the 3rd one herself.. It was a pleasing sight to see.. :) More importantly, I do enjoy that time spent with my sister though only an hour and half..

Hmm.. I must say that I really did not start my day well. However, along the way, things got better and at the end of it all, I still know that God is in total control even with the little-lest prayer. A prayer that I thought so small that God will not answer. He did.