Happy Day and some updates

It's a happy day when you God is with you! :)

Anyway, i was talking to Uncle Frank today and he was sharing about how blessed his family is. He mentioned a few things and one of them would be James' all expense paid trip to the Olympics recently. And it got me thinking, this kind of things won't happen to me one la.

Honestly, it's like as if i can't win lucky draw or something.

Take the recent Leading Hotel of the World (LHW) US19.99 promotion for example. I realised that accomodations in NYC are hit-the-roof high. In fact, my hostel cost 85usd each for a two person room! So when i found out about the LHW 19.99USD promo which allowed to stay in a ultra luxurious hotel at the price of 19.99usd per night, if i am the first few to sign up... i SNATCH AH!

To cut the long story short, i went to lengths to make sure i got the room. Since i couldn't be around at the stipulated time, my poor sister was assigned the role of submitting the form asap. In the days following the submission, i checked my email religiously... thinking that i will get it for sure.. till i got the email that thanked me for my participation and.. the end. Urgh! It's back to 85USD X2 per night hostel.

The only thing my family won in a lucky draw was in a Dental Exhibition held years ago! Like maybe even a decade. I remember that it was held in Takashimaya's exhibition area. My cute lil sis then went on stage to answer a question and got a prize. My excited mum got me to fill in a few forms, one for her, one for me, one for daddy, etc etc.. and we won! 2nd prize. The hamper was HUGE! My sister and me proudly wore the free tee as PJs for years! Till it literally had holes and my mum had to forcefully take it away from us. :)

And that's about it.

Till now! :)

Recently my colleague and me participated in Amore Women's Day Out. We thought it would be a good laugh to goof around together :) And so we did.. from belly dance (total disaster. was so afraid we were spotted. quick duck!) to kickboxing. We also participated in this photo contest (cos i was crazy enough and still high on adrenalin). Best 10 pictures per category gets a $200 spa voucher.

Yay! :) Silliness pays off once in a while! Thank God! Now we can totally spa out and spend our afternoons in bliss. LaLaaaa!!! And the photo is small cos i look terrible. Its a cross between constipated, shocked and i dunno. Its just horrible. But we won!

And from all the ugly unglam jump shots, my final conclusion on how to jump gracefully - just do it star fish/jumping jacks style. It won't go wrong. Trust me, dun try to look demure by keeping yours arms closed to you. You just look contstipated like me. And open your mouth wide for the effect. Look at my friend at the side - good example.

On the another note, God has been good to my pals. One just gave birth. Another travelled to a really important high level business trip. Yet another got posted overseas to take on a regional management position. And the list goes on. The world's crumbling apart. But guess what, in God we have the joy!

During service today, i was just praying and feeling terrible about how low i have been feeling. And somehow, this popped into my head:

Don't hope for good times. Instead, hope for My strength to be your strength; My hope to be your hope; and My joy to be your joy.

Isn't it true? Let's hope for God's strength to be instilled in us. His hope and joy to be our light in these times of darkness. Then we will fear nothing, but confidently walk towards the future :)

And to end of this happy post.. Isaiah and me went shopping! And i am always happy when shopping together. Just in case you are wondering, nope its not for the wedding!


Hoho :) Happy happy!

Ok, some updates for the wedding. We are still trying to finalize on a photographer. Which means, no progress for the lonnnngest time! Which actually also means no updates. Wahahahaha! :)

photo credits:
http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Flowers-and-Birds-Posters_i1369967_.htm
www.amorefitness.com
http://b-leslie.blogspot.com/
http://www.greatdeals.com.sg/2008/11/levis-trade-in-deal/