i love my nails..

June 22nd, 2008 by melissa-t

Image066 i love my newly painted nails…gotta capture this as a forsee it wouldnt last till end of the week…

Fingers - Pastel purplish pink laquer with white flower detail, yellow bud. Simply sweet and simple.

Toes - Light pale lilac base with deep purple diagonal french nails, white flowery detail (matching with fingernails) with purple bud on big toe.

I love them…try it out at Cutie Curls Nail & Lash Bar…(Same row with SS2 Murni).. :)

just a lil…here n there..

June 9th, 2008 by melissa-t

yeah i know..its been a while… unmotivated to…my apologies :) was on the battlefield with double wisdom tooth (mind the word double…QTY = 2) and am now still recovering…i pray that i will be better….better….n recover sooner…i certainly dont wanna go for YA camp in this situation…i wanna dwell in Him and be revived again in this meeting with Him…and i certainly dont wanna miss all these due to the pain :)

Somehow i think i’m doing pretty well at the moment…resting and resting… Gosh…i sort of like…miss work? hmm..not sure though…i was a bit tensed last week that i wanted the break so much…yeah i went for Ivy’s wedding and missed the Bkt Tinggi Kickoff as well…i’m sure they must have had a great time there…even without me…life goes on for everyone…rite?

but i’m glad i was in Kluang the other day…the tea ceremony…yea for me its funny as my status is "aunty" and alex keep calling me that :S… i drank my first cuppa tea from my niece’s wedding :)…hehe…feels weird though…i mean…we grew up together….mxxxi together…sleep together…went shopping and buying the same clothes and wearing them together….gosh…those were the days….my childhood CNY that i always look forward to…and we always cry…when we had to part….even that day on her wedding…when we bid farewell…the hug just seems to hard to part…and tears filling our eyes….yes i do miss her…and alex, pls make sure you take good care of her or else you’re going to kena big time…from her aunt….congrats dear…

yea n also i went back to see our old house….the famliar roads uphill…the familiar backyard where mums n aunties always wash clothes there…the field…the front parking where its always full…oh…its rented to an orphanage now! Agape Shelter…i’m happy bout it..and i’m sure…grandpa…who is the kindest of all in this family that i knew…will be happy for this…(i wonder if i’m alike to him…)

slept thru the nite so i’m here blogging 8am…getting hungry and wanna get some rest again later…sleeping makes me feel good nowadays…not sure why do i feel so lethargic..i had a weird dream last nite…at the end of the dream i’m chewing some butter cookies…yumm….taste so nice…and i woke up chewing my gauze :(…. i wanna eat butter cookies…….

finding the joy again…

May 25th, 2008 by melissa-t

Quoted from Zell’s pen… "Regarding our workplace, it’s good for us to use the same enthusiasm we have for God to serve our boss…"

I was reading the citation written by a superior on an award that i received recently. a line especially captured me over and over again was "her tagline: she loves what she does"…i still remember myself saying that…the new fresh girl on board and thinking back i think i still look studious and silly…but i was young!! (and still is..hehe)

on cg last wed we were sharing about challenges in workplace and had so much laughter about all the "Whyyyyyyyyyyy…." and the MrsChee-is-actually-MsMuk story….ahhaha…..often, many of us face the same kind of challenges…one at a time…and at times we wonder…why….

Pondering upon Ephe 4:11-13 and often i find myself asking…what about me? when will i know? or will there really be a revelation? haha…imagining the great book that fell from the sky…No…i dont think it is so…but does it mean sitting around and doing nothing? or just seek and seek trying different stuff until i discover?

somehow i believe, it will be something like the jigsaw puzzle…pieces by pieces it will form the big picture…it takes..of course patience and perseverance along the way..not to mention having to learn your mistakes….correcting them and avoiding them…

i’m still learning my way…thru the hard way sometimes but most of the time He is so gracious that 1Cor10:13 stands so true! and what’s next? ya we always say we work for our companies and not our bosses…if you put it that way..then equalize church with your organization…it will, i believe, instill the passion and joy in  your work…once again…

i don’t understand…

May 4th, 2008 by melissa-t

I don’t understand…why there are some people who love so much but being loved so little…

I don’t understand…why there are some people who struggle through life just to find one and at the end they found none…

I don’t understand…why there are some people who can afford to do whatever they like and leaving others involved having no choice but to bear the consequences…

I don’t understand…why there are some people who are sincerely giving all the time yet what they gave is being thrown into silent sea…

I don’t understand…why am i wandering around questions that i dont have an answer to give…yet feeling sad for those less fortunate ones among all the circumstances…

i guess…i wont be able to understand…i can only trust and believe that…everything works out as it is because God has better plans in store for everyone…

what am i doing?

April 16th, 2008 by melissa-t

recently i’m into friendster again…not to add new people but to view the photos of many old old frens…realized some of them got married dy (which i just found out), some came to KL (which i havent met them yet), some changed jobs, changed status, planning for greater stuff in life…

i suddenly miss the good old days…mind flowing back to uni days when i saw those pics…secondary & primary schooldays…cant seem to recall much of kindergarten…and it flowed back to now…2 yrs ago when i started my job here in dc…until today…gosh…25 full years of growing up (Opps…just disclosed my age~!)..

i guess all that i have gone thru made me who i am today…am thankful for every bit of it…what’s going on today…i normally only write thanksgiving messages on new years eve or birthday eve..hahah…nah….i’m just doing some self-reflecting and thinking recently…its good to do so once in a while…in the midst of busy-ness…so that you really get some time to yourself…

the past few months felt like a nightmare to me which i wouldnt want to dig it out off the shelf..ya just keep it there…right in that storage box…yes…and seal it please…yup that’s right..nicely packed…i haven’t realized how tired i was until i went to the recent trip and had some REAL rest…hehe..it was heaven…go check out my facebook photos :)

ya n btw it rained heavily today in KL and it was flooded! my poor little kelisa was caught in the basement parking with water rising up to half of the tyres…and i gotta walk in the dirty water and rescue my little white…proven…i couldnt walk ON water like He did…

thinking bout amanda & elaine…praying for you…*yawn* goodnite..

The legend of the Ts….

April 8th, 2008 by melissa-t

8th April 2008, the 3rd prince of the late Dato’ TCC, Mr Tony TCC, is called home to be with the Lord, leaving behind his beloved wife, daughter & son-in-law…

…The legend continues…

the tears of a mother…

April 8th, 2008 by melissa-t

8th April 2008, she lost her 3rd son…when i got the news that morning, i suddenly remembered…9 years ago, 8th April 1999, she lost her 2nd son…it must be heart-breaking for this old lady to see her sons passing away…yet she looks so strong, so tough and i wonder, what makes this 94 year old lady such a tough one…i suddenly realized…there are tears in her watery eyes…and before i can have a 2nd blink, she’s crying…she’s tears all over…she can no longer ‘tahan’ i would say…my heart aches when i see her crying…and warm tears start rolling down my cheeks…

I can almost feel but not able yet to imagine how is it like to lose a son of your very own…it must be painful…but this amazing woman, really amazes me with her strength and the way she’s taking these.

It was a fine afternoon in the Sban Specialist Hosp, few days after her son was admitted. He was battling with kidney cancer for the past few months, April 7th is supposed to be his follow-up check in SG, after his last operation. However he couldnt wait until that long and started to have breathing difficulty and had to admit to ICU. When the mother visited him, the other sons were joking to the old lady and asked her to pray for the son to get well soon…And this mother, holding the hands of her son, told her only one thing, "I love you"…i can never hear a better prayer for a son like this. It touches my heart…wished i was there to witness this…

I believe those are words deep down from a loving mother. And i think i could understand how is it like to lose her son…This wonderful lady….is my grandma…I love you…

Appreciating nature..

April 4th, 2008 by melissa-t

Image054i’m roasted….roasted pig is what my so-called-lovely-housemates called me…*sob sob* well, don’t take my description for real,  see with your own eyes!! … however, i don’t really mind…hahaha…as i just got back from a relaxing getaway to paradise…:>

It was a great 4 days in the land of phiphi…gosh..i cant tell how nice is it…let the pictures tell later…but i wanna go somewhere similar soon…wished…i don’t have to come back to work..hehehe…

i particularly like the boat ride from phuket to phiphi..yeah that was where i got my sunburn….but it doesnt matter…Dsc00175re i love the sea, the wind, the sun…the view of the islands around…i can’t seem to understand how can God be so creative and able to compose all this into one piece…how can He create all this in one blink and it’s all….beautiful… well to add on to the excitement for the trip there was this show that we were watching during the few days…it’s a chinese drama that talks about 2 different man, born on the same day, but with absolute different life…they all finally found the true love and happiness, no doubt there was much to go thru…yet…the ending part was simply wonderful…it says, God uses 7 days to create the world (which human was created on the 7th day)…and throughout life there would be many things happening…but if we know how to appreciate, everything can be beautiful…

i see the ending as something wonderful although one of the heroin died of cancer…just like many times things that we are unable to understand, unable to comprehend, unable to predict…and when those unhappy things happened, the whole picture can still be beautiful as it is…if we would live everyday as the last day of our life, and living it to our best and to the fullest.

That reminds me of a friend…wished i could tell her that life waits for no one…and i hope she would turn back…are you listening?

Maundy Thursday…

March 19th, 2008 by melissa-t

He knew this day is going to come…He knew from the very time when he was born, that He is the chosen one…

Troughout His life as a human on earth, He went through things that we go through, emotional, physical and spiritual struggles that we all have and had…every single one of them, He knew and He understands…until the point of death, He knew He had to die, in order to fulfill the will of His Father, the person who loved Him the most.

It’s painful even to imagine us cutting a small cut on our hand…what more to say, it is giving your life to die…and die on a cross?

But because 2000 over years ago, someOne took up this position, someone never fear nor runaway from His purpose, to take up all our sins with Him on the cross, to reconcile our relationship with the God who so loved us…

Because of Him…many more lived and have eternal life…
Because of Him…there is a hope for tomorrow…
Because of Him…the One who gave His life, for YOU and me…

Today was a day for Him to go through the darkest moments of His life…a day to die…little knew that…this is also a day that hope begins…

the reunion…

February 23rd, 2008 by melissa-t

finally 15 days of CNY celebration came to and end…it was a great reunion and time spent with family, relatives and friends…couldnt remember exactly how many Lou-sang i’ve eaten..how many open houses i’ve went…and how many ang pows collected..hahaha…but it was altogether a great time of holiday!! :)
Last week attended Sonny & BeeTeng’s wedding in Concorde…was another great family reunion and since it was still CNY…the atmosphere was really warm and reminds me of the good memories that we cousins shared during our growing years…Congrats bro…and welcome BeeTeng to our family! i’m sure you would love being part of this serious yet crazy and playful Teoh family..hahaha…

Gosh…after all the announcements and sms which i’ve received, just barely 2 months in 2008, i’ve 7 weddings to attend this year!! Sonny’s one passed…next should be Ivy’s…my niece and my dear friend since young…then i guess its Desmond’s…my all-time-brother-and-friend..then Edward, another cousin..followed by SuiYee & HauLeng on the same day, and finally Loo…wrapping the end of the year…(will i get to be your bridesmaid?? *blink*) hehehe…its great to see my love ones tying up the knot and finding their life partner…my best wishes to all of you….and also reminds me…this whole year long i’ve gotta keep fit so that i can fit into my dresses all the time! hahaa…

feel like going for a trip…wherever…waiting for one…which feels like its not gonna come… :( hmm…guess i’ll go alone instead…haha….stop daydreaming melissa!!
time to wake up and move on?