My December @ work

November & December has been a stretching & tiring month for me & my two other colleagues. My first Christmas party was on the first week of November! Being in a welfare Home means that when school holiday starts, outings begin. Before the holiday started, we started to receive invitations from various organizations to bring our kids for outings. There is almost no one day that we are not going out. If not for outings, it's for miscellaneous issues like settling quarrels, purchasing textbooks, driving around, meetings, conferences, courses, etc.

As I am typing this, I am really not doing it in a complaining mode. Yes, it's tiring but I get hands-on experience on what it's like to be a parent. Yes, I am feeling a little burnt out but in exchange, I get closer to the hearts of the children, parents & guardians whom I work with. Yes, I have given more time to work during the weekends but through that, I get to experience what it is like to look forward to going to church on Sundays. Likewise, when I have lesser time for my friends & family, I experience what's it like to miss them & yearn to spend quality time with them. Yes, I may not be in the BEST mood for Christmas shopping but I saw how a very simple personalized card/gift goes a longer way.

Through it all, this is what I gathered "God's grace, strength & mercy is always sufficient to see us through the day."

1st Dec 2007


One of my dream is to be part of a backstage work in a Theater. Thanks to the exposure that I am receiving in where I am now, I really do get to go places. One of it is Esplanade where some kids get a year-long training to dance.

2nd Dec 2007


This is me with many other kids & uncle & aunties watching a Tiger-Burning performance on a Sunday afternoon.

After that, I got to roam the streets of Orchard on a Sunday finally!! I haven't been doing that since March & I really really miss walking down the streets on Sundays. I love watching Baskers perform. It's ironic really... Despite how much I hate crowds, I really do love the atmosphere that happens along Orchard Road. The above clip is something that I caught that day & I really really adore it. My favorite - Percussion!!!



8th Dec 2007

Had a DVD movie at Trader's Hotel. When I turn the van into the Hotel, we received a very very warm reception. We were guided into a room that was specially decorated for kids. Had sofas, bean bags, Ikea fun table, throws on floor with lots of pillows. Had popcorn, food, drinks, ice cream all ready for us. Just waiting to be eaten only!



14th Dec 2007

Beyond's Graduation Day held at Spring Singapore. Being in a growing organization, it takes corporate events like these to meet my colleagues from other departments. It's in times like this when camera go snapping! Oh, not forgetting that it's the ONLY day that staff at Beyond dress up & ironically, in black.


15th Dec 2007

After more than a decade long, I finally went to the zoo with the kids!!! On that fateful day, I bumped into my Exec Dir with his family & my HR Dir with his friends. It's like a meeting place for Beyond staff! It was hot, humid & some places, smelly!


After that, went to a bungalow at Pasir Ris organized by HDB for a time of games & food. The weather was so "ARGH!!!" It was hot & humid in the morning & later in the afternoon, it was raining. Heee... Check out the plastic "hat" we tied onto a girl's head.



26th Dec 2007 (Today)

Met up with my colleagues for lunch at Tiong Bahru Plaza. It was a very relaxing way to end 2007... =) After lunch, after tea/coffee, one of us just felt this strong need to take a group photo! It's amazing how 5 of us managed to squeeze in!

After which, I brought 9 youths to the Singapore Army Museum together with another colleague. Well, it's not exactly a VERY fantastic place but sufficient in preparing the young boys for their future that will come one day.

On a personal note, I do get some hair-raising moments. Moments when I feel slightly more patriotic. =)