On My Way to OZ

My visa is approved. Wow. I didn't expect it to come so soon, since I only applied last Sat and completed my health check-up 3 days ago. They told me it's going to take 4-10 working days.

Praise the Lord that the process is so smooth!

Next stop - To STA Travel for my air-ticket.

Breed Like Kangaroo

Chris brought her new-born twins to office today. Boy! Have they grown! Gregory and Grace are now at hefty 5.5 and 5 kg respectively..just after 2 months! They captured all our attention even when they're sleeping. Grace fell asleep a short while after I carried her. Hee...

Boss say I have the makings of breeding like a kangaroo when I'm in OZ. Do kangaroos breed alot? I checked up the breeding habits of kangaroo and here's what it says on the website:

""A female kangaroo is usually pregnant in permanence (means indefinitely), except on the day she gives birth; however, she has the ability to freeze the development of an embryo until the previous joey is able to leave the pouch. The composition of the milk produced by the mother varies according to the needs of the joey. In addition, she is able to simultaneously produce two different kinds of milk for the newborn and the older joey who still lives in the pouch""

Oh my!


Kanga 

1 Step Closer

I'm going down to IDP tomorrow to apply for my Evisa. Will probably ask Boss for time-off next week to do my health check-up. Target - Get my visa by end Apr.

The 1 thing that bugs me most now is the visa application. People around me don't understand why I want to get the visa so soon. I need the certainty that I'm all clear to go and study in OZ. After hubby's delay last year, there's always the fear that I can't get my visa.

Of course, I need the visa to settle my air-ticket and drop the time-bomb on my bosses. They have been planning for my exit (I hope) and need an "end-date" to work with.



I leave everything into God's hands now. Pray that everything will go smoothly..according to His plans.

Office Relationships-Not Romantic Type Lah

Met a Director in the lift just now. She looked at me and smiled "Did I cause you to work OT?" I held up my "homework" for the long weekend and gave her a knowing smile. Then, she started sharing with me on her son, her busy week.. It's just a short trip down the lift. But we talked like old friends.

I've worked nearly 6 years in the same company. I've grown from a blur and timid little girl who squirmed at having to call Ds and ACs, to a bold one who uses singlish in her emails to these people - in "lor"s, "leh"s and "huh"s.

And my darling colleagues in PB. Think I spend more time with them than my family. We eat breakfast, lunch and even dinner together for 5 days a week (not counting the tea breaks and peanut sessions). With the few close ones, I share almost everything that's happening in my life. They know if I've cried over the night when I miss hubby too much. Today, we even discussed on the degree on smelliness of our poo.

It's hard work building and maintaining these relationships. If I'm not going over to OZ for studies, I may just stay here for the rest of my working life. I may not earn big bucks, but the warmth of this family is good enough for me. Though officially, I'm just going on no-pay leave, I really don't know if I'm coming back in 2 years time. So, I may be leaving my "family" for good. It's hard to say goodbye and I hate it.

Archive Emails

SC (shouts from several cubicles away): EC, can I ask you something
EC (shouts back): No
Note - rest of conversation just continued in shouting
SC: Uh...don't like that
CK: Every few days I hear you of 2 repeating this exact conversation.....
EC: Yah?
SC: How come my email took up more space after I archive huh? The more I archive, the less space I have
EC, CK ,DG: (Spoke nothing. Just burst out laughing)

We see no less than 50 emails everyday. Archiving our emails becomes part of our office routine. We rely so much on emails. 90% of our work, instructions, gossips are transmitted over email. Whenever our IT colleagues picks an auspicious date for system maintenance and shuts down the email system at 6pm, that is the day we FINALLY go home on time. How our lives revolve IT!

Life is Fragile

Leon had passed on.

He was my makeup artist (MUA) for my wedding. Me and hubby were shocked when my fren who just signed up with Wedding Present told me the news last night. I went to the online brides forum and found that it was very very recent. Sometime in early December 2005. He had colon cancer.

Still can't believe it. He was so talented and so young. He was the chief MUA for the Jacky Cheung musical - "Snow.Wolf.Lake" few years back. I so happy with his skills that I recommended him to all my friends who were getting married. Leon had the magical touch - making you beautiful yet natural.

Guess everytime we look at our wedding photos now, we will always remember him. Thanks Leon, for being the magician behind those beautiful shots.


Us & Leon 

True Beauty

Attended a beauty workshop conducted by Jill Lowe today. Have long heard of her and her image consulting skills, but this is my first encounter with her. Boy, she was entertaining! Everything she shared just struck a chord somewhere in our everyday lives.

More importantly, she shared what is it like to have true beauty. God created us in his own image. So says the bible "God created Man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them" (Gen 1:27). Hey, we're made in God's image. How can we not be beautiful?

Beauty is NOT only skin-deep. It's who we are inside. Like Jill shared, "the cute cute fat fat short short ones" - men also like! But being beautiful inside does not give women the excuse to dress sloppily or not care about their physical beauty. Our boyfriends to-be, boyfriends, husbands are attracted by pretty things. We have to be attractive to them physically, or else, they will be attracted by other women. Being beautiful need not mean alot of time. It just takes more understanding about our body shape, our colour tones and the accessories, clothes that bring out the best (not our worst) in us. (Wow, I sound like a pro now after a 3-hour workshop)

And I think I belong to the "Summer" tone - I look best in pastels. And we went to Orchard just now to verify our findings. Hee..we had a fun time putting different shades of colours to our faces and see what's nicest on us.