Weird Happenings
1) Brought some church friends to a Toastmasters storytelling class. Kris tells me Mike just started a new club in a church. Three days later Mike made me a mentor at the new club.
the name of the club? ToastmastersAtHope. And i'm from Hope. but not THAT Hope with the new Toastmasters club.
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2) Performed for Shan's wedding. Re-did the Aquarius routine. Had a glorious time. Started with a drop and ended with a drop (but had a flawless in between). So much for starting and ending well. Gelek gelek then drop. Super embarassing.
found that 3 lighted red balls look like a heart. apt for a wedding. Unfortunately the stage backup lights are red so no one saw the red balls.
found that most pple thought i dropped the knife on purpose. I didn't. Maybe i should.
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3) mom took 5 bars of choc and lined them in front of me.
"your dad bought these from NTUC. He's crazy liao."
two minutes later Mom walked away and Dad walked by.
"your mom bought 5 bars of chocolate from NTUC. She something wrong"
"she said you bought them and you said she bought them and both of you say each other something wrong. so WHO bought the chocolates?"
"you want swiss choc or jap choc or dark choc?"
"very thin hor"
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4) (msn-ing Jen on my friend's demise)
"you're one of the funniest friends i have" she wrote.
"i just told you my friend died and you tell me i'm one of the funniest friends you have"
"you said to affirm more! - Perhaps it's time to affirm each other more openly,to let others know they are gifted in their own ways,to open their eyes to what may not be apparant to them. - apparent spell wrong somemore"
"oh it's spelled wrong?"
"yes. Eh now it's your turn to affirm me back."
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5) This morning at work. Colleague got a bomb in early morning and started reading the horoscope on papers.
"It says for me, all things at work can be solved. Resignation is not a solution," she chuckled.
"wa cool. and mine says, there is a limit to my strength. Do not tire myself out. hey cool, i'm going to be doing the super tedious testing today."
the super tedious testing, by the way, is super tedious. I had to push a trolley of equipment to a secret dugout, where I am all alone in a HUGE room, and do stuff in solitude.
the funny thing is that i think i got a lot of sympathy from many colleagues, but i actually quite enjoy this solitude. I'll bring along my mp3 speakers and blast church songs, and there is something quite peaceful abt being all alone in a quiet place and singing on top of your lungs or just enjoying God's presence while i work.
anyway, after i said that, the sympathetic tones came again.
"How come you can still smile when you're stressed?" she asked
"she reads the bible" another colleague quipped.
(after 2 minutes of talking about how MJ's kids come in all sorts of colors)
"so, how do you relieve your stress?" she asked again.
"read the bible lor." i smiled.
I was quite surprised that she has never heard the Gospel before, and told her stuff that i knew.
"The bible actually has a lot of values and lessons we can apply to life"
"like 'Love your Enemies" my colleague quipped again.
so now we say "Love your Enemies" aloud when we get pissed.
"call the one who bombed you la. tell her it's my fault, it's ALL my fault, and I love you too"
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6) Testing in solitude in the afternoon.
Only other living thing, my colleague, in the area walked into my dugout.
He was stuck on his project and bored and started talking to me abt religions.
"Is Jesus God?"
"er..ya"
"Is he a FORM of God?"
"not really. It's not like Buddhism where there are many Gods. There is only one God, and Jesus is like kind of part of God."
"But why is he called Son? why got Father one? Or is he like one part like an arm of God?"
"erm. hmm."
And then he talked abt other religions and how he can't come to terms with any of them.
"you know, here's what i think. I think dogs can hear sound frequencies we can't. there are limitations to the human mind. Quantum physics calculations show that there can be as many as 16 dimensions. But our mind can only handle 3 dimensions. We cannot imagine how 16 is like. So some things, we will never be able to understand."
"ya but we shouldn't just simply run behind that reason. like i don't understand, oh because it's God."
"agree. dont' let it stop you from entering. there are still things i can't handle. i'm growing along the way. You know what else we believe in. We believe we're all here for a purpose, and especially for singles we can get restless doing things day in day out. Knowing God's purpose is very helpful"
I must have struck a chord somewhere (even though i meant it more as a reference to myself since i was single. he was married with kids and i figured he has the kids to focus on).
He started telling me abt his worries for his mom, his pressures from his wife and kids, and i could sense regret and sadness.
"I dun know how to be a good dad."
We talked a bit more before he left.
It was really odd cos we're not exactly chummy. we're just usually hi bye sort of colleagues.
but the conversation was a vulnerable "open window" moment from him.
he was usually a loud, joke spewing guy in the office and not one to show his vulnerable side i think.
"oh by the way," he turned as he walked through the door of the dug-out," I saw your butt crack when i was walking in and you were squatting down"
"YOU STILL DARE TO SAY"
"just reminding you, just reminding you," he chuckled.
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7) Male colleague trying to assemble 2 boards together using connectors.
Me to him: "wah eh you see hole only you anyhow insert one ah"
Surrounding colleagues: "EH SHE TELL you don't anyhow see hole only insert ah!!"
sigh.
1) Brought some church friends to a Toastmasters storytelling class. Kris tells me Mike just started a new club in a church. Three days later Mike made me a mentor at the new club.
the name of the club? ToastmastersAtHope. And i'm from Hope. but not THAT Hope with the new Toastmasters club.
-----------------------------------------------
2) Performed for Shan's wedding. Re-did the Aquarius routine. Had a glorious time. Started with a drop and ended with a drop (but had a flawless in between). So much for starting and ending well. Gelek gelek then drop. Super embarassing.
found that 3 lighted red balls look like a heart. apt for a wedding. Unfortunately the stage backup lights are red so no one saw the red balls.
found that most pple thought i dropped the knife on purpose. I didn't. Maybe i should.
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3) mom took 5 bars of choc and lined them in front of me.
"your dad bought these from NTUC. He's crazy liao."
two minutes later Mom walked away and Dad walked by.
"your mom bought 5 bars of chocolate from NTUC. She something wrong"
"she said you bought them and you said she bought them and both of you say each other something wrong. so WHO bought the chocolates?"
"you want swiss choc or jap choc or dark choc?"
"very thin hor"
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4) (msn-ing Jen on my friend's demise)
"you're one of the funniest friends i have" she wrote.
"i just told you my friend died and you tell me i'm one of the funniest friends you have"
"you said to affirm more! - Perhaps it's time to affirm each other more openly,to let others know they are gifted in their own ways,to open their eyes to what may not be apparant to them. - apparent spell wrong somemore"
"oh it's spelled wrong?"
"yes. Eh now it's your turn to affirm me back."
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5) This morning at work. Colleague got a bomb in early morning and started reading the horoscope on papers.
"It says for me, all things at work can be solved. Resignation is not a solution," she chuckled.
"wa cool. and mine says, there is a limit to my strength. Do not tire myself out. hey cool, i'm going to be doing the super tedious testing today."
the super tedious testing, by the way, is super tedious. I had to push a trolley of equipment to a secret dugout, where I am all alone in a HUGE room, and do stuff in solitude.
the funny thing is that i think i got a lot of sympathy from many colleagues, but i actually quite enjoy this solitude. I'll bring along my mp3 speakers and blast church songs, and there is something quite peaceful abt being all alone in a quiet place and singing on top of your lungs or just enjoying God's presence while i work.
anyway, after i said that, the sympathetic tones came again.
"How come you can still smile when you're stressed?" she asked
"she reads the bible" another colleague quipped.
(after 2 minutes of talking about how MJ's kids come in all sorts of colors)
"so, how do you relieve your stress?" she asked again.
"read the bible lor." i smiled.
I was quite surprised that she has never heard the Gospel before, and told her stuff that i knew.
"The bible actually has a lot of values and lessons we can apply to life"
"like 'Love your Enemies" my colleague quipped again.
so now we say "Love your Enemies" aloud when we get pissed.
"call the one who bombed you la. tell her it's my fault, it's ALL my fault, and I love you too"
--------------------------------------------------
6) Testing in solitude in the afternoon.
Only other living thing, my colleague, in the area walked into my dugout.
He was stuck on his project and bored and started talking to me abt religions.
"Is Jesus God?"
"er..ya"
"Is he a FORM of God?"
"not really. It's not like Buddhism where there are many Gods. There is only one God, and Jesus is like kind of part of God."
"But why is he called Son? why got Father one? Or is he like one part like an arm of God?"
"erm. hmm."
And then he talked abt other religions and how he can't come to terms with any of them.
"you know, here's what i think. I think dogs can hear sound frequencies we can't. there are limitations to the human mind. Quantum physics calculations show that there can be as many as 16 dimensions. But our mind can only handle 3 dimensions. We cannot imagine how 16 is like. So some things, we will never be able to understand."
"ya but we shouldn't just simply run behind that reason. like i don't understand, oh because it's God."
"agree. dont' let it stop you from entering. there are still things i can't handle. i'm growing along the way. You know what else we believe in. We believe we're all here for a purpose, and especially for singles we can get restless doing things day in day out. Knowing God's purpose is very helpful"
I must have struck a chord somewhere (even though i meant it more as a reference to myself since i was single. he was married with kids and i figured he has the kids to focus on).
He started telling me abt his worries for his mom, his pressures from his wife and kids, and i could sense regret and sadness.
"I dun know how to be a good dad."
We talked a bit more before he left.
It was really odd cos we're not exactly chummy. we're just usually hi bye sort of colleagues.
but the conversation was a vulnerable "open window" moment from him.
he was usually a loud, joke spewing guy in the office and not one to show his vulnerable side i think.
"oh by the way," he turned as he walked through the door of the dug-out," I saw your butt crack when i was walking in and you were squatting down"
"YOU STILL DARE TO SAY"
"just reminding you, just reminding you," he chuckled.
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7) Male colleague trying to assemble 2 boards together using connectors.
Me to him: "wah eh you see hole only you anyhow insert one ah"
Surrounding colleagues: "EH SHE TELL you don't anyhow see hole only insert ah!!"
sigh.
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