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How can it be Monday already? It felt like I had just left the office on Friday! My goodness...really...weekends are soo important to working people.

Work this week has been challenging. On Wednesday, it was the toughest when my class was a total disaster. I gave the wrong essay topic, forgot to give them homework and the kids were just making a big chaos. Haihs...thankfully, after talking to some really understanding friends and family, got some good advice and tips, the next two days were much better. Sometimes, I'm so pampered that I feel that if I quit, it's not gonna be a big deal because my parents will still cover me, I'm still young, I have a degree with hons from Australia, etc. But, I suppose holding on to my job is so much more than just 'having a job' and 'having money'. It's character building & I should start saving for the future. Who knows what will happen tomorrow except God.

Well, my weekend zoomed past like a lightning strike. Had a wedding, visited City Harvest Church after that, and hanged out with Shin Yee at Pyramid on Sat night. Today, went to Grace Assembly, had lunch with the speaker, my family and our YA pastor and wife. Then, headed to Fella Design to look for a new sofa set. My dad wants a more 'country' looking sofa to go with the other furniture. My house is looking more and more American and I'm loving every bit of it!

I still think of the States and Canada now and then and really wish I could to Hawaii for a holiday or visit the States and Canada. Am thinking of maybe doing Youth with a Mission (YWAM) in the US for 6 months in the future. Perhaps, with Ken, as a couple.

Well, another week ahead, more kids. I need so much of God to go through but I feel like I don't have enough time to spend with Him. How awful...! 

Firstly, I would like to welcome my dear friend, Shin Yee and her family to Kota Kemuning!!! Yayy, now i have a friend here!

Well, a few things happened on the weekend. Sat night was a sad sad night when we bid farewell to Josh and Audrey again...the 7th year in a row. Seeing them go down the escalators and to the immigration and then disappear is still hard to take. We don't know how many more years we'll have to do this, so we'll just have to take it one step at a time. The flight was abit of a disaster when MAS forgot to load Audrey's bag onto the plane. Initially, she thought it had been stolen but later, discovered that that was not the case. Fishy...

Apart from that, Ken had a minor accident and cut part of his baby finger on his right hand. There were lots of confusion on what to do with the finger...plastic surgery was supposed to have been carried out today. But, when the doctors looked at it, they said that it's not necessary as his finger is better. Praise God!!!

Sunday night was a night of prophecy at GRACE Klang and many were healed and prayed for. You could really feel the presence of God and all our hairs were simply standing. It was miraculous and awesome.

Anyway, I believe that we can never force someone to do something. But, I get very disappointed when people say they will do this and this but never end up doing it. Or when they fail to show you that they love you. It's even harder when it's your bf/gf or someone you love. I always believe that love is a very strong motivator. And so often, we women do not feel loved by our man. Why is that so? Sometimes, I think that it's because we women are picky and difficult to please..so I lower my standards. However, Oprah seems to think differently. I watched an episode on 'He's just not that into you' and it really made me think. Sometimes, I do feel like that especially when he doesn't do the things that a bf should do. It makes me very sad. If love is the basis of it all, nothing is impossible and there should not be excuses. So is my bf really into me?

Today was one of my bad days. My left bumper got stolen, my kids at work were very naughty today, and traffic was bad!! I also brought work home today...bringing work home is really bad!!

My schedule is also sorta upside down. I just need to sit, plan and organise. I need to plan my daily schedule so I don't waste time like what I've been doing. I also need to budget my money so I don't waste it and simply give to charity. I also need to remember to tithe as i've never officially tithed before. I need to think of the things I want/need to do and put it in my diary.

Ahhh...so many things. I wonder if i'll grow fat for not exercising or grow thinner for not eating well. Hmm..we shall see.  I have also been thinking of what I want to buy and do when I have money. Amongst the items are...

1. A trip to melbourne

2. A memory card for my mobile

3. CDs

4. A keyboard

5. A saxophone

6. Wedding? *ahem* haha

7. House!

So..yes, need to learn how to budget my money.  

Today was my first day at my first full-time, paid job. Too tired to write anything as I was working from 11am-10pm. So tired...so hungry...

Also trying to get to know the people there better. I'm the youngest and felt abit left out lar..On top of that me being a newbie didn't really help. Ppl sorta have their clicks. Also got scared of the big boss when we had this random meeting. Hope tomorrow is better!! Will update more end of this week!

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I was very distressed yesterday. Haihs..I was suppose to go for cell but things got really messy and i broke down in front my whole family. Something happened and it triggered something in me that made me really miss Melbourne and my life there. Somehow, I feel so protected here and it's difficult to stand my ground strong because parents' can be quite authoritative and often they will have the last say. Also, whatever they say always seems to be 'right' and so we give in. But, because of that, we never learn. I understand that they are trying to protect us from the certain pains but some pains must be faced in order to become more like an adult. Am i right? or do i sound like a rebellious teenager?

Aihs...anyway, i couldn't even talk without crying. It was terribly embarassing especially crying in the bak kut teh shop. The other time i cried publicly was at the tong sui (dessert) shop when Ken was leaving for Melbourne. I hate crying publicly and always try to hide my emotions. Simply because I hate explaining and justifying them. Of course the people around you would be appalled and worried by the behaviour and would surely want to know what the h*ll is wrong. So...the plus side of crying pubicly is that people know that whatever you say next would be like jewels coming out of a person's mouth. They better listen if not she might commit suicide. The bad side is..it's abit malu and people might think you're a drama queen.

So..yahlah..see how things go. Maybe in the future, I'll migrate to Australia and hopefully my parents can come along too. If they can't, then I won't lar..i suppose.