The caregroup tonight was rather good. It's quite refreshing for me because I've been having a really busy week, in fact, many busy weeks.Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

After playing through the whole weekend, I really should be good and start doing all my projects.

Had a good time over at the BBQ with my fellow Penangites. Amidst the crazy week 9, I am glad that I'm able to spend the evening with them. Though I dont know some of the freshmen, it's great to get to catch up with some old friends, and also my juniors.

I would like to share a jolly news with all of you *bows*

Cant believe that I took so long to figure out how to set up a website!

I really wonder. The crowd at the IT Show in Suntec, is scary. Scary hasnt quite aptly described it. Very scary it is.

This is a great day. This is a special day. Really special ;p

I had lunch with Chou Ming at Bugis, had a really good talk. He's more excited than I am about going to San Francisco. Anyways, yea ;p

Then I met up with Carli before going to the Khalsa place - it's some random Indian celebration, called the Holi Day. Apparently it's to celebrate the harvest with colors, back in India. We thought it's kind of fun, so we just went. It's a no-brainer game, just keep throwing colors at everyone else. And of course, at the same time, you'd be thrown at as well. Haha!


Really cool. I was clean, eventually all of us were turend into monsters.
What's more fun? Everyone, literally everyone kept staring at us when we were on the train and bus. Haha. Among the many random comments that we got from strangers, some are really funny.

"Where do you come from?" -erh, we are not from the TV, seriously
"Did you perform in some Chinese Opera?" -erh, maybe not?!
"You went for prayer in the temple?" -hrm. no? I go to church actually.
"What happened to you?" -we actually went to play. Haha!
As though it's not enough, Carli and I went to Botak Jones for dinner. Haha. Many of them took a 2nd look at us, in disbelief. Haha. We came from war. We looked like it.

But it's a pain when it comes to washing up. I spent an hour showering- and I'm not totally clean YET. I am still semi-colored. I guess it'll be a while until I become clean again. Everything's cool, minus the showering part. Haha!

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I wonder when will it be fixed. Seriously.

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Finally I've finished updating one of the learning journal that I have to keep.

I overheard this conversation between the shuttle bus driver and 2 cleaners today. Okay, maybe not really overheard, because they're talking and I sat right behind. So I obviously could hear them well.

The 2 aunties seem to be taking the same bus B every evening. The friendly shuttle bus uncle asked, "What do you do here?" One of them said, "Cleaner lor." The summary of the conversation is-

The cleaners make SGD 750 per month, working frm 7am to 7pm.
They are Malaysians.
They stay in Johor, which means they have to cross the border everyday.

The driver uncle makes about SGD 4000 per month, working from dawn to 11pm.
He works a second job into the night on the 3 days when he has only the morning shift.
The part time job pays him SGD 5 per hour.
He has a family to raise, and a housing loan to pay back.

I feel a lot for the cleaners. I can't imagine having to wake up so early everyday, to cross the Causeway link early in the morning, having to squeezed with the many other people crossing the border too. Even though the driver makes a decent living, but he's working all day and night, from sunrise to moonrise. I hope that his kids will grow up well.

I am thankful that I'm living a comfortable life. I am thankful for a great mom who is able to raise the 4 kids all by herself. I know if dad was around, he would have been a great dad too. God is so good. Sometimes I take it for granted that I get to study in one of the best colleges, that I have all the gadgets that I desire, and that I get to travel for a fair bit while I'm still studying.

Conversations like this, reminds me not to wind about having to cross the Causeway link using public transport. It reminds me not to be cranky about having to take the public transportation within the citystate. It reminds me to be grateful for the blessings in life. It reminds me to help people like them within my capacity when I am able to.

I am counting the blessings. God is indeed good, too good to me.

PS: But seriously, honestly, I really think that the construction site workers, cleaners, etc deserve some better pay. I had a conversation like this with a friend before, I didn't understand why couldn't workers like them be paid more. I still don't. Maybe I can bring about some changes when I become a boss one day ;p

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