Built to Last

‘Surely you and I are beyond speaking, when words are clearly not enough’ ~ Edmund Bertram to Fanny Price (Mansfield Park 1999)
'Beware of fainting fits. Beware of swoons.' ~ Fanny Price (Mansfield Park 1999)


Work after Friday was filled with laughter with Yang Mui, Shi Min and Diana.
We went to Café Cartel located at Hougang Mall.
Hehe.. Thanks to the time we reached the place and my discount card, we managed to eat quite a fair number of items.
It is a good thing to be sitting there past 9pm.
The cakes go for half price. ;)
Shared 3 types of cheesecakes and each of us had very filling main courses.
I unfortunately made a not so good choice and ended up with a dish, which tasted more like KFC. -.-lll
Laughed and continued to walk around with them and before saying byebye to Yang Mui, she was trying to explain to me the difference between and Alumni band and an Alumni.
I was so confused that she had to explain it to me online… only then did I really understand… hahah

Saturday morning and the class of kids.
Almost lost patience with one of em’.
She may look like a doll with her big eyes and curly hair, but she has the ability to make one want to tear out hair and knock heads against the wall.
Just the right situation to help me practice my patience.
Thank You God.

I sat in an 80 and went all the way to Fortune Centre to meet TKM and YKM.
Bought TKM a lunch of prawn noodles. Hehe… the bowls there are value for money!
Had me a good, relaxing and painful facial.
Yes, there was irony to be had in the above sentence.
Clogged pours are a bane to me.
The 3 ladies walked to Plaza Singapura from there and I took them to Hougang Mall for dinner at Café Cartel.
-loud hysterical laughter-
Yes, I have a tendency to go back to certain places within a small time frame.. haha…
Dinner was not as good as I had hoped. The food was to blame.
Namely the source of the dish, which I had ordered.
It was poured over my meat dish in excess to the point of overkill.
Far too much for my liking… and to think that that particular dish is supposed to be an award winner… I wonder what kind of pallets the judges have.
-shudders-
Got home and belatedly realized, after watching television, that I had missed out on the conservation hour from 8 to 9pm.
-hysterical laughter-
Oppz.

Sunday morning I woke up and one of the first things that came to mind was:
Oh, it’s grading day.
I have come to the point where grading is not all as exciting as it was when I was a colour belt.
The previous grading prepared with emails being sent out to the Black belts and all sorts of SMSes flying here and there.
This time, no email was sent and the morning breakfast was a very quiet affair.
Only Jon, Charmaine, Umera, Victor, Daryl, Alvin, Ding Qi and I were chowing down on McD.
Don get me wrong, it was still a lot of fun. =]
Plenty of laughter and even the ‘brand-name’ Game… heehee… which is reserved for special occasions… or should I say… situations…
Buah hahahahaha~

We reached the CC with so much time to spare before the doors were open, that we managed to get changed into our uniforms and even joke/dance around with the other students before getting down to the serious business.

Grading went by in a flurry of blurness and with me almost losing my voice because I had to constantly say the same things over and over again to different batches of students for the sake of more efficient proceedings.
Coach is usually in those kinds of moods during gradings.
Never ever do anything worth of a scolding during that window of time, because if you do… you will lose your head… and that is a guarantee.

GOOD JOB EVERYONE!!!!
Special thanks to the 'inner-circle' - You know who you are ;)
You guys did a fantastic job!
Next time we make blood flow like river, ok?
Hehe~

Thankfully, we all survived till the end of the day with our heads intact.
A few hairs missing here and there.
As caused by some pupils, a few parents and one black belt in particular. (Who in my opinion, is more of a poser than a black... should go back to being a white... )
I got a few blue blacks from sparring with one of the brown belters.
-smirk-
I kinda miss the battle scars… but the ones on my left leg are bothering me more than those on my arm. Bleah~
Looking back, I did learn a lot while I was training, so I guess it’s time to test myself once more… and seeing that I might be taking another ‘test’ in the future, I might as well pump up the ‘volume’ ;p
All the students made it through the grading, but we can’t say who passed for sure because it was a different grader yesterday. I got no history with the fella to be able to tell how the students might fair.
Lunch with my friends at Yoshinoya once everything was wrapped up at the hall.
I can’t remember when was the last time I ate there. Hehe… but it was a very nice treat from Sir =]

Walked around Heartland Mall with the gang before going to White Tangerine for desert and plenty of talking.
Heheh… the younger ones were full of energy, until they had to say their good byes… =[
It was good while it lasted.
We took plenty of photos and teased someone about humps and humping... feel a bit bad about it... but then again... I think the person should have seen it coming...
-psychotic laughter-
The 3 older ones stayed back to chit chat… since it has been ages since I last hung out with Eileen, it was a really good sit down session.
We ordered tea and just talked from 3 to almost 8pm.
Wow… I totally enjoyed the conversations because we were compounding each other’s knowledge and getting closer in the process.
Can’t wait to hang out with them again! =]
I thank God for giving me the chance to see situations from different angles and for the energy to last the entire day… if not for Him, I would have gone bonkas half way through the grading… haha~

Now to today – my Monday.
I walked into a dustbin in the office.
Think I was too tired.
Was already feeling the effect of sleep deprivation yesterday. I walked into a table and broke an ornament. Bleah…
Money fly go byebye~
-pulls self back from digression-
Closed all the accounts today and started on the new months stuff.
Sickerning sensation at some points but managed to get over it.
Looking forward to tomorrow.. going to Winnie’s house right after work and then to cell group… heehee =]

Mika Hakkinen.
He caught my attention today from the newspaper articles written about him.
-migumi laughter-

Yang Mui!
I managed to find the song I was talking to you gals about on Friday night… hahaha
I think the introduction has been used for a hand phone and television programme commercial before.
Here it is =]

Built to Last – Melee

I've looked for love in stranger places,
But never found someone like you.
Someone whose smile makes me feel I've been holding back,
And now there's nothing I can't do.

'Cause this is real, and this is good.
It warms the inside just like it should,
But most of all it's built to last.

All of our friends saw from the start.
So why didn't we believe it too?
Whoa yeah, now look where you are.
You're in my heart now.
And there's no escaping it for you.

'Cause this is real, and this is good.
It warms the inside just like it should,
But most of all it's built to last.

Walking on the hills that night with those fireworks and candlelight
You and I were made to get love right
'Cause this is real, and this is good.
It warms the inside just like it should,
But most of all it's built to last.

'Cause you are the sun in my universe,
Considered the best when we've felt the worst
And most of all it's built to last.


Sign off time~
Blessings!
^-^