had an eventful last weekend.
last friday had my company 50th anniversary gala dinner held at grand copthorne. was totally not looking forward to the event because of some really bad marketing events organised by the marketing team previously. plus, i still gotta go on stage to sing the company song... -_-"
friday we had half day with bulk of the working time being channeled to the opening of one of our showrooms. and then off i went for lunch and to doll up myself before heading down to the event.
there was a photo-taking session going on for free. i only managed to squeeze one picture out of the many people who were waiting their turn until the digi papers for printing the photos ran out. oh well... i'm pretty glad i took this one picture. it's a picture of myself and dad! in case you didn't know, my dad and i work in the same company. here's the pix...
the event was pretty good actually. hmmm, maybe i enjoyed the food most. haha. well, it started off with a laser show and some drum display. there were also fireworks! imagine, indoors.... it stank after due to poor ventilation and the whole ballroom smell like gunpowder...
anyway, the 881 sisters came too. when i first heard that they hired them before the event, i was like "oh no, it better not turn out to be a 7th month festival show"... and my fears were realised. their costumes weren't loud but the songs they sang... oooo.. ok.. enough said.
after that item was the long service award presentation. plus, some of my aunts are retiring. imagine, they've been working in this company for 40 years! 40 years... that would be the amount of service i would pour into this company too if i'm fortunate enough to work till retirement.
then it was my turn.. zzzzz... ok, it wasn't that bad. and the holding of the mikes was a very good idea indeed. beats silly hand actions. many people actually thought we sang live. wahahaha! that's how real lip synch-ing looks. so now we know that what we see on tv might not really be what it seems.
ta da... end of event.
saturday... it was the SA12 youth retreat. well, sorta, no staying over though. i couldn't be there in the morning where they all play at east coast park because i had a doctor's appointment. it was with my gynae. the wait was soooooo long. golly. waited an hour to see him and then another 45 minutes for my medicine to be dispensed. but the wait was well worth it. here's another amazing picture of my baby.
you can see clearly the head and legs now. compared to the previous picture i posted. baby's 3.4cm and supposed to be 10 weeks, 5 days old, though when i saw the gynae that day, i was only 10 weeks, 1 day. hahaha. praise God for the rapid growth! and guess what? i took my weight and i actually lost some. i have a feeling that i must keep using the same scale to measure my weight. maybe the weight gain i had was not real. doctor says it's ok but i must start gaining weight from now on. so scary.
anyway, isn't it amazing? how God has created our bodies to build new lives? it's such a wonder and it's a wonderful feeling to see this life taking place inside my own body!
then off i went, zooting off back to the youth retreat. had a time of word and worship. heard from my girls that they enjoyed getting wet from the games and then we had a short time of sharing and it was back to games again.
we played saboteur. hahaha. it was such a fun game. we all had a great time laughing and cheering. hahaha. then my girls played "who killed doctor lucky" with sing ai while i caught forty winks. so tired out from the day of running around. plus sleeping at 1am the night before and waking at 7.30am.
in the evening, we had a farewell bbq for lawrence who will be leaving for switzerland this sunday for work for a year! but sadly, i wasn't allowed to eat anything barbecued because of the growing foetus and hubby had to ta bao boring hor fun for me. zzzzzzz... oh well, all for the baby.
met up with P and LW. hasn't seen them for ages. they have a little bundle of joy a year old now i think and they were giving me advice on pregnancy and post-natal support. looks like both of us are in the same boat when it comes to certain issues in our lives. i shall not mention them here. and then i suddenly realise that probably most couples go through the same thing. that's why your relationship with your spouse must be strong to ride through the waves that the world throws at you.
it was another late night again for me... and sunday was church.
this friday is gonna be another company event - a farewell lunch buffet for everyone to say goodbye to those who're retiring this year. food, food, glorious food.
oh yes, i talked abt the weekend and forgot all about the wonderful time i had spent with some of my friends.
last tuesday i met up with KX, who's getting married in december. so happy for her... to find someone she loves to settle down with. and the following day, i met up with some of my cell sisters, thanks to ST for organising it. was downloading my woes and concerns that night and it really felt good to hear that they'll be praying for me. it really lifted my spirits.
so that's all for now... enjoyed last week. but i think for the next 2 weeks i'll take it slow. i don't think my body can take so much activity.
last friday had my company 50th anniversary gala dinner held at grand copthorne. was totally not looking forward to the event because of some really bad marketing events organised by the marketing team previously. plus, i still gotta go on stage to sing the company song... -_-"
friday we had half day with bulk of the working time being channeled to the opening of one of our showrooms. and then off i went for lunch and to doll up myself before heading down to the event.
there was a photo-taking session going on for free. i only managed to squeeze one picture out of the many people who were waiting their turn until the digi papers for printing the photos ran out. oh well... i'm pretty glad i took this one picture. it's a picture of myself and dad! in case you didn't know, my dad and i work in the same company. here's the pix...
the event was pretty good actually. hmmm, maybe i enjoyed the food most. haha. well, it started off with a laser show and some drum display. there were also fireworks! imagine, indoors.... it stank after due to poor ventilation and the whole ballroom smell like gunpowder...
anyway, the 881 sisters came too. when i first heard that they hired them before the event, i was like "oh no, it better not turn out to be a 7th month festival show"... and my fears were realised. their costumes weren't loud but the songs they sang... oooo.. ok.. enough said.
after that item was the long service award presentation. plus, some of my aunts are retiring. imagine, they've been working in this company for 40 years! 40 years... that would be the amount of service i would pour into this company too if i'm fortunate enough to work till retirement.
then it was my turn.. zzzzz... ok, it wasn't that bad. and the holding of the mikes was a very good idea indeed. beats silly hand actions. many people actually thought we sang live. wahahaha! that's how real lip synch-ing looks. so now we know that what we see on tv might not really be what it seems.
ta da... end of event.
saturday... it was the SA12 youth retreat. well, sorta, no staying over though. i couldn't be there in the morning where they all play at east coast park because i had a doctor's appointment. it was with my gynae. the wait was soooooo long. golly. waited an hour to see him and then another 45 minutes for my medicine to be dispensed. but the wait was well worth it. here's another amazing picture of my baby.
you can see clearly the head and legs now. compared to the previous picture i posted. baby's 3.4cm and supposed to be 10 weeks, 5 days old, though when i saw the gynae that day, i was only 10 weeks, 1 day. hahaha. praise God for the rapid growth! and guess what? i took my weight and i actually lost some. i have a feeling that i must keep using the same scale to measure my weight. maybe the weight gain i had was not real. doctor says it's ok but i must start gaining weight from now on. so scary.
anyway, isn't it amazing? how God has created our bodies to build new lives? it's such a wonder and it's a wonderful feeling to see this life taking place inside my own body!
then off i went, zooting off back to the youth retreat. had a time of word and worship. heard from my girls that they enjoyed getting wet from the games and then we had a short time of sharing and it was back to games again.
we played saboteur. hahaha. it was such a fun game. we all had a great time laughing and cheering. hahaha. then my girls played "who killed doctor lucky" with sing ai while i caught forty winks. so tired out from the day of running around. plus sleeping at 1am the night before and waking at 7.30am.
in the evening, we had a farewell bbq for lawrence who will be leaving for switzerland this sunday for work for a year! but sadly, i wasn't allowed to eat anything barbecued because of the growing foetus and hubby had to ta bao boring hor fun for me. zzzzzzz... oh well, all for the baby.
met up with P and LW. hasn't seen them for ages. they have a little bundle of joy a year old now i think and they were giving me advice on pregnancy and post-natal support. looks like both of us are in the same boat when it comes to certain issues in our lives. i shall not mention them here. and then i suddenly realise that probably most couples go through the same thing. that's why your relationship with your spouse must be strong to ride through the waves that the world throws at you.
it was another late night again for me... and sunday was church.
this friday is gonna be another company event - a farewell lunch buffet for everyone to say goodbye to those who're retiring this year. food, food, glorious food.
oh yes, i talked abt the weekend and forgot all about the wonderful time i had spent with some of my friends.
last tuesday i met up with KX, who's getting married in december. so happy for her... to find someone she loves to settle down with. and the following day, i met up with some of my cell sisters, thanks to ST for organising it. was downloading my woes and concerns that night and it really felt good to hear that they'll be praying for me. it really lifted my spirits.
so that's all for now... enjoyed last week. but i think for the next 2 weeks i'll take it slow. i don't think my body can take so much activity.
{ Wednesday, June 25 }
The Gospels.
thought this is a little basic knowledge to know abt the Gospels and how they are the same, yet different. i guess the book of john is the most obviously different Gospel but what abt mattew, mark and luke? here's the breakdown:-
Matthew
Original readers were - Jews
Jesus is - the promised King
Significant themes - Jesus is the Messiah because He fulfilled OT prophecies
Greatest emphasis - Jesus' sermon and words
Character of the writer - teacher
Mark
Original readers were - the Gentiles (non-Jews) and Romans
Jesus is - the servant of God
Significant themes - Jesus backed up His words with actions
Greatest emphasis - Jesus' miracles and actions
Character of the writer - story teller
Luke
Original readers were - Greeks
Jesus is - the Son of man
Significant themes - Jesus was God but also human
Greatest emphasis - Jesus' humanity
Character of the writer - historian
John
Original readers were - Christians all around the world
Jesus is - the Son of God
Significant themes - you need to believe in Jesus to be saved
Greatest emphasis - the principles of Jesus' teachings
Character of the writer - theologian
there you have it.
matthew, mark and luke are known as synoptic gospels, meaning, they probably were written using the same source of material and rewritten to bring about each author's respective emphasis. one famous theory was that the book of mark was first to be written and matthew and luke re-wrote it to bring abt the point they were trying to put across to the different audiences.
john is more a standalone and for some time, scholars raised doubts as to whether it met the tests of "proximity to events" and "proximity to apostles" to make in into the canon of the NT. but more recent archaelogical evidence has dated john to an acceptable time of writing, ie, within the lifetime of eye-witnesses of Jesus, His life, death and resurrection.
thought it's important for us to know why certain books were included, why they were and what's the difference. since when we were asked to read matthew, mark and luke, we found it a bore that all the accounts were some what similar. there's a reason for that.
next up, hopefully my cell group could start discussing church history. there's alot of history to get where we are now today and it is really interesting to learn what happened so that we don't take things to granted. in the first place, the beginning of christianity was documented in the bible. i don't understand how any of us christians could take that part of history for granted.
more posts coming up... stay tuned.
Matthew
Original readers were - Jews
Jesus is - the promised King
Significant themes - Jesus is the Messiah because He fulfilled OT prophecies
Greatest emphasis - Jesus' sermon and words
Character of the writer - teacher
Mark
Original readers were - the Gentiles (non-Jews) and Romans
Jesus is - the servant of God
Significant themes - Jesus backed up His words with actions
Greatest emphasis - Jesus' miracles and actions
Character of the writer - story teller
Luke
Original readers were - Greeks
Jesus is - the Son of man
Significant themes - Jesus was God but also human
Greatest emphasis - Jesus' humanity
Character of the writer - historian
John
Original readers were - Christians all around the world
Jesus is - the Son of God
Significant themes - you need to believe in Jesus to be saved
Greatest emphasis - the principles of Jesus' teachings
Character of the writer - theologian
there you have it.
matthew, mark and luke are known as synoptic gospels, meaning, they probably were written using the same source of material and rewritten to bring about each author's respective emphasis. one famous theory was that the book of mark was first to be written and matthew and luke re-wrote it to bring abt the point they were trying to put across to the different audiences.
john is more a standalone and for some time, scholars raised doubts as to whether it met the tests of "proximity to events" and "proximity to apostles" to make in into the canon of the NT. but more recent archaelogical evidence has dated john to an acceptable time of writing, ie, within the lifetime of eye-witnesses of Jesus, His life, death and resurrection.
thought it's important for us to know why certain books were included, why they were and what's the difference. since when we were asked to read matthew, mark and luke, we found it a bore that all the accounts were some what similar. there's a reason for that.
next up, hopefully my cell group could start discussing church history. there's alot of history to get where we are now today and it is really interesting to learn what happened so that we don't take things to granted. in the first place, the beginning of christianity was documented in the bible. i don't understand how any of us christians could take that part of history for granted.
more posts coming up... stay tuned.
{ Wednesday, June 18 }
Weight gain.
i think this is the fastest weight gain i ever had. i gained 1kg in two weeks. not bad. i'm moving well in my weight gain program with baby. i'm supposed to gain 2kg in my first trimester. i've already gained approximately 1.5kg overall. now i'm 9 weeks pregnant. 3 more weeks to the end of first trimester.
{ Friday, June 13 }
my company's celebrating her 50th anniversary on 20th june. and guess what? i've been arrowed to sing the company song along with 4 others. just because i am part of the lim family. zzzzz... the song is not fantastic.. and it's written by another one of my cousins who's not working in this company, well at least not at the moment.
we went to a recording studio few weeks ago to get our voices recorded so that on the actual day, we just have to lip sync. not bad... and yesterday we had our first rehearsal practise. couldn't believe the one of the marketing staff wanted us to do hand actions for the song. i violently objected. no way am i gonna embarrass myself further on stage, wearing a beautiful gown. -.-" she should have known better. so anyway, no more hand actions. i suggested holding mikes. at least that went well with her.
suddenly i'm not looking forward to the dinner. i've to be there earlier to rehearse as well. sigh. i thought i could just turn up when the dinner started. oh well.. more updates of the dinner to come... and probably more on how embarrassed i'm gonna be on stage.
anyway, embarrassing moments aside, i can't wait for my next doctor's appointment next week too. i already cannot fit into some of my office clothing due to the growing tummy. it's probably not obvious yet, but since office clothing are usually tighter than casual clothing (apart from jeans), it really gets uncomfortable. nowadays i'm concerned with whether i am eating enough coz a lot of food turns me off. i've been off rice for a while and am in love with potatoes and bread. i'm also concerned with the types of food i am eating, whether i'm getting enough nutrients. p.s. being slightly underweight doesn't mean that i am malnourished, mind you.
i get so tired by 10 or 10.30, i've to turn in by then. temper's not too good too. tummy feels weird from time to time. can't tell hunger from cramps. feel cold easily... constipated... bloated...
i hope all these eases off by the end of the first trimester, which would be 11th july. exactly a month from now.
been reading a chapter of john a day. ok i missed yesterday because i was so tired. but i thought john 9 left a pretty deep impression. it takes abt blindness... physical blindness and spiritual blindness. it's sad, but i know many who're spiritually blind. i'm not talking abt non-christians here.... i'm talking abt believers. it's funny how some christians live their lives as though God does not exist, or talk about God all the time but their lives do not reflect the slightest bit of His character. worse, when you tell them off, they just nod, or reject your telling them off. i'm not talking about people who're struggling.. i'm talking abt people who turn a blind eye, literally. so what do we do with such people? i don't know.. pray i guess. sad. that's why having a receptive heart is so important... do not let your heart be hardened.
reflection is key......
we went to a recording studio few weeks ago to get our voices recorded so that on the actual day, we just have to lip sync. not bad... and yesterday we had our first rehearsal practise. couldn't believe the one of the marketing staff wanted us to do hand actions for the song. i violently objected. no way am i gonna embarrass myself further on stage, wearing a beautiful gown. -.-" she should have known better. so anyway, no more hand actions. i suggested holding mikes. at least that went well with her.
suddenly i'm not looking forward to the dinner. i've to be there earlier to rehearse as well. sigh. i thought i could just turn up when the dinner started. oh well.. more updates of the dinner to come... and probably more on how embarrassed i'm gonna be on stage.
anyway, embarrassing moments aside, i can't wait for my next doctor's appointment next week too. i already cannot fit into some of my office clothing due to the growing tummy. it's probably not obvious yet, but since office clothing are usually tighter than casual clothing (apart from jeans), it really gets uncomfortable. nowadays i'm concerned with whether i am eating enough coz a lot of food turns me off. i've been off rice for a while and am in love with potatoes and bread. i'm also concerned with the types of food i am eating, whether i'm getting enough nutrients. p.s. being slightly underweight doesn't mean that i am malnourished, mind you.
i get so tired by 10 or 10.30, i've to turn in by then. temper's not too good too. tummy feels weird from time to time. can't tell hunger from cramps. feel cold easily... constipated... bloated...
i hope all these eases off by the end of the first trimester, which would be 11th july. exactly a month from now.
been reading a chapter of john a day. ok i missed yesterday because i was so tired. but i thought john 9 left a pretty deep impression. it takes abt blindness... physical blindness and spiritual blindness. it's sad, but i know many who're spiritually blind. i'm not talking abt non-christians here.... i'm talking abt believers. it's funny how some christians live their lives as though God does not exist, or talk about God all the time but their lives do not reflect the slightest bit of His character. worse, when you tell them off, they just nod, or reject your telling them off. i'm not talking about people who're struggling.. i'm talking abt people who turn a blind eye, literally. so what do we do with such people? i don't know.. pray i guess. sad. that's why having a receptive heart is so important... do not let your heart be hardened.
reflection is key......
{ Wednesday, June 11 }
i'm bored. so i played minesweeper. hahahaha. it's fun. i'm so addicted to it. check out the scores.
and then i made another amazing discovery... did you know that the special pictures that google does to it's logo are "clickable"?
now i can study about hot air balloons.....
uh huh... bo liao i know.. but what to do? i'm bored.... hehe. i wonder being bored is good for the baby.
{ Wednesday, June 4 }
I saw his/her heart beating.
had an appointment with my gynae yesterday. i was formally 7wks 3days pregnant yesterday. finally, i can see my baby. and i saw his/her heart beating. it was so cute. so amazing that this little life is growing inside of me. and yesterday, my baby took his/her first picture.
introducing.... ethan/hannah
introducing.... ethan/hannah
the baby is the thing in the black area in the picture... =) and he/she measures 1.44cm. and he/she is growing really quickly! according to the scan, my baby should have been 7wks 5days old. so you see, that's why i'm hungry all the time.
{ Tuesday, June 3 }
contrary to what i posted in my previous post, i went shopping on saturday. hahaha. just window shopping. ate so much on saturday that i think i spoiled my appetite on sunday and today.
met some sec school friends in the morning to drop an ang bao for one of their weddings held in malaysia which i can't attend. hung around for a while to wait for hubby who went with his guys for some bridge walk.
then we went to a friend's first month celebration... and got to know of another friend's wedding next year. and they'll be holding it in the same place as mine was. so we were telling them all the perks we had and they'll be going back to ask for more. hahaha! bad us... but oh well, in the wedding industry, the industry players are making big bucks! so i don't feel bad trying to squeeze them. bleahz.
the food at the celebration wasn't appealing at all... so we went off to vivo city for my lunch. that was around 3.30pm already. imagine, lunch at that hour. then, being deprived of walking around, since i've been couped up at home for the past 2-3 weeks, we went shopping! sadly, most of the things were soooooo expensive... i have a feeling they jacked up all the prices there... it's like a 2nd orchard road. so i just ended up buying a present for val.
because of all the walking around i was hungry by 6. amazing isn't it? had a large portion of pasta and then off home we went.
not a very fruitful day but i felt pretty rested. i was out by 10. gosh... this fatigue thing is really getting to me.. oh well....
nat is coming back soon. she should be arriving tomoro. looking forward to see her after so many months.
met some sec school friends in the morning to drop an ang bao for one of their weddings held in malaysia which i can't attend. hung around for a while to wait for hubby who went with his guys for some bridge walk.
then we went to a friend's first month celebration... and got to know of another friend's wedding next year. and they'll be holding it in the same place as mine was. so we were telling them all the perks we had and they'll be going back to ask for more. hahaha! bad us... but oh well, in the wedding industry, the industry players are making big bucks! so i don't feel bad trying to squeeze them. bleahz.
the food at the celebration wasn't appealing at all... so we went off to vivo city for my lunch. that was around 3.30pm already. imagine, lunch at that hour. then, being deprived of walking around, since i've been couped up at home for the past 2-3 weeks, we went shopping! sadly, most of the things were soooooo expensive... i have a feeling they jacked up all the prices there... it's like a 2nd orchard road. so i just ended up buying a present for val.
because of all the walking around i was hungry by 6. amazing isn't it? had a large portion of pasta and then off home we went.
not a very fruitful day but i felt pretty rested. i was out by 10. gosh... this fatigue thing is really getting to me.. oh well....
nat is coming back soon. she should be arriving tomoro. looking forward to see her after so many months.
{ Monday, June 2 }