A Tribute to Chirps...

she, together with Biggy came into my life at the end of march this year. they were originally used as props by fellow classmates of my BGS class. so cute, small n alive, many were impressed by the lengths my classmates went to in order to do up their presentation room like a farm. however, after obtaining them free from the real farm, my classmates din know wat to do with the lil chickens. i offered to take them home, n so i've had them since.

biggy passed away shortly in may, after suffering for a longlong week - unable to stand, juz lying there all day, trying hard to stand. it was really painful. think she was unable to adapt to life not in a farm.

after losing a fellow fren, i was worried that chirpy wont be able to last long due to loneliness. but surprisingly, she was strong n healthy n enjoyed the daily diet of sweet corn. i would regularly sit by her box or cage to tok to her too.

there was a period of time when she fell ill n almost lost it as well. i was really sad, coz there was nothing i could help to relieve her pain. but frens gave me the idea to give her some vitamins, so i did n mixed it in her food. miraculously, she recovered n was even more healthy den b4. running ard constantly, doing little dances whenever i'm in view, being able to fly outta her cage (which height is abt at my waist).

when i left for a short trip to hk in july, she was the reason i was reluctant to leave n was worried for. thank goodness xiayi n her family agreed to take her in for a while despite the bird flu n all. left her in their care n was glad to pick her up safe n sound when i came home. =)
she was an adorable little chicken that never really grew bigger - she had unbelievably small feet. she was super active n bold, leaving home twice - flying outta her box n venturing out to look for food when i din wake up in time to feed her. the 2nd time, i really tot i've lost her for good. but thankfully my neighbour returned her the next day.

She started getting weak again last weak... wasn't as excitable as she used to be, couldn't fly anymore, could only do little hops. den she started to wobble about n couldn't stand up at all yest. She left us this morning. it was rather sudden. but i guess its better this way, her not having to suffer so much...

i miss her oredi. the little dances whenever i see her. the chirps whenever i call on her, no matter how late i return home at nite. the cute way she flutters ard when let outta her cage. sigh.

Goodbye Chirpy. u'll be in my heart. juz like how Brownie, Snowy, Chalky n Biggy are.


~~~ Angela 2:46 PM

boxing day

01s63's gathering was a very typical affair - a meal followed by pool. as usual, more guys than
girls. i was in bad form, out of practice, so wasn't really in the mood to play. made it a point to tok to everyone abit, except one... altho darling n deedee were 'encouraging' me to. hehe. took a few pix n they had a good laugh viewing my xie3 zhen1 ji2. yes, i admit i'm zi4 lian4. =p

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i've become an auntie. cousin's wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy early this morn. visited them juz now, n got to carry the baby for a while.......

made me realise that indeed, i'm not ready for a baby. not that i want one now, juz that i like
children n sometimes think of having babies. but now, looking at the lil baby... so small, so weak,
so helpless. i really must be very strong n prepared if i ever wanna be a mother.

expected my cousin to be happy n excited to be a father. he looked scared, nervous, stressed n
unhappy instead. think despite the 9 months of preparing, seeing the real life baby kicking n
crying n breathing in front of him still takes some getting used to. think he's still not ready.


~~~ Angela 11:22 PM

our first christmas

spent the enitre christmas eve at work. not too bad lah, boss treated us to drinks n strudel (it wasn't that great coz i juz ate the leftover strudel from deedee n darling for breakfast. gosh), n managed to earn $8/hr.

met feng n his frens after work to attend his church's candlelight service. it was a refreshing change from my church i guess. i was brought back n reminded of my childhood church - its traditional architecture, interiors n service. the most fascinating thing was the almost 70yr old organ. it was really smthg to marvel at, n therefore it formed the central focus in the sanctuary. it would be such an honor to play it during worship... so grand.....

he sent me home n only left at 2plus am. that was our first christmas together.

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christmas wasn't very diff. slept the morn away, woke up juz in time for lunch at aunt's. came home late aft for a nap n went to visit my great grandma in the hospital after that. it was sad.....


~~~ Angela 11:14 PM

christmas party @ my place =)

invited a couple of frens to my place for a simple gathering. bought a new cd full of christmas carols for the occastion. haha! it was such a last min decision... i was happy that almost everyone could turn up - xiayi, yuhan, yushan, watson, darling, deedee n feng.

i picked the girls up ard 4pm n we went grocery shopping at thomson plaza. got some fruits n veg for the salad that we were gonna prepare. n of coz, darling's cake. =)

deedee arrived in the midst of our salad making bringing a whole apple strudel. gosh. we really had loads to eat - fruit salad, veg salad, 2 pizzas, lasagne, gigantic fish balls, cake, brownies, icecream, strudel. n watson brought homemade sausage pastries! yumyum!

it was great fun sitting by my new water feature eating the fruit salad with our hands, sitting round the table in the porch chatting n enjoying dinner, surprising darling with his birthday cake, then eating dessert, n finally taking pictures b4 they left...... it was certainly a simple n nice get-together which i thoroughly enjoyed. =) it made this christmas merry, special n memorable.


~~~ Angela 12:10 AM

christmas gathering with feng's frens

yest was a bz day... had to try to finish writing all my xmas cards (which till now, i've failed to. will cont later), get stamps which i realised was running out, get a log cake n prepare cocktail sausages for char's party, tidy up my place for today's gathering, etc.

enjoyed myself at char's potluck party. there was an abundance of food. feng's frens all tried to make me feel at home, had no prob interacting with them. think the highlight of the nite was when char brought out the christmas crackers n everyone juz went crazy pulling them apart. haha! n there were paper crowns n other lil toys in the crackers. i got a pink balloon. =) we all took photos with our colourful crowns. hee~

really quite happy that his frens are so nice to me.

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drove him back to hall n spent abt an hour sitting in my car...... sorta our first quarrel, due to a phone conversation earlier in the afternoon. sigh. it was sucky. but in the end, it all turned out to be a misunderstanding. quite silly. oh well, guess these things are bound to happen. sorted things out, kissed n made up n we're fine again. =p


~~~ Angela 1:32 PM

juz some random tots / happenings...

1) saw an angmoh version of my boyfren on sat while working. really quite alike. even like the way he carries himself, blah... even my fren agrees. haha. but quite freaky.

2) an old grandpapa wanted to buy a ring. he was being very frenly to me, even asked for my name. came back twice after the first time coz he couldn't decide which color he shld get. haha! the uncle from the restaurant behind us said that its so obvious that the old grandpapa was trying to tackle me. hahaha!

3) new frens (other salesgirls i've nv met b4) said i look like liang jingru. *???!!!??!!* wat?! that's a first.

4) thinking of continuing my job even after sch reopens. prob work on fridays or smthg.

5) actually, the novelty (is this the rite word to use?) of selling things n customer service is wearing out....... getting more sian. but toking to frens n other salespersons from other shops helps.

6) chirpy is getting more violent, xiong n ungrateful. =( she'll chase my mum ard when she's outta her cage. its so bad that my mum was screaming for help, n i had to run down to rescue her mid-way thru my peeing. hahah! u din wanna know that rite....

7) getting more excited abt the Big move that we're planning..... coz of the marketing plans we tot of... i'll be putting on the hard white hat n scouting ard the new campus grounds next week! =) think that'll be interesting.


~~~ Angela 4:32 PM

yigencao & my dear

met up with them tonite for a short 2 hours. almost missed the last bus, n yigencao was insisting that i go back to tampines with him then he'll drive me home. haha, he was literally dragging me. i was so relieved to see my bus appearing.

it was a light hearted, pleasant get together... after like wat? 2 years since i last saw them. it was nice to meet up with pple whom i feel comfortable with, whom i grew up together with, whom i share so many experiences n memories with. =) n i'm glad yigencao was doing most of the toking. i could juz sit back, relax n listen. i'm tired of toking n serving these days... must be the ill effects of my job =(

my dear has signed on to the police force and joined the class of working adults (they burst out laughing when i said that... said i'm still such a kid) yigencao juz started his uni education n is feeling discouraged because his efforts in chasing a girl for 5 months seems to be going down the drain.

i'm feeling discouraged too (due to very different reasons), but din share... was more interested in wat's gg on in their lifes than mine.

yigencao is still such a sweet-talker, juz like those days when we conversed daily over the phone. my dear looks exactly the same, haven aged at all. also always the one sitting next to us, listening on, laughing n laughing quietly as me n yigencao argue. haha! makes me think of those good old times...... not all outings after a 2year gap turns out so well. hopefully we'll meet up more often.


~~~ Angela 12:51 AM

=(

wanted to get wedge slip-ons from exodus... purple or blue? purple or blue? purple or blue?couldn't decide. din buy.

did my hair. highlighted orange. turned out copper brown. $150. not too bad lah. 4 n a half hours!! was damn bored.

met up with delta hk frens. the usual dose of lameness. nice company, but always feel abit outta place due to age, limited experience n knowledge. sigh.

differences. sigh. will they be a pressing problem in time? can they be worked out? no idea. but not willing to give up.

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am feeling quite tired, unexcited n down...... atypical of my usual christmas season mood...... =(


~~~ Angela 1:04 AM

3 in 1

gosh, got a couple of things to blog abt today. lemme number them...

1) i'm gonna appear on tv

OMG. its some gameshow on channel 8. the one where they teach foreigners to speak mandarin. i juz reported to work at my push cart. there was filming going on like 2 metres away. was arranging the necklaces when suddenly, a crew member asked me in chinese, "miss, later u appear on screen for awhile ok?" i was so shock i juz said "HUH?" n in 5 seconds, xu zhengrong n wang jianfu rushed towards me with a black guy. n i was filmed. GOSH. that guy din ask me loh, he only informed me.

it was such an embarrassment. i so totally embarrassed myself. i'm gonna die of embarrassment when it shows. dun ask me when. i dun even know. goodness, arrrggghhh!!! so terrible. my whole reputation will be ruined! i'm gonna look oh so stupid! yucks... arrrgghhh.. maybe they'll spare me n cut my entire part away. hahahah! hopefully.

2) my new "garden"

cant exactly call it a garden coz there izzant any grass... only pretty plants, flowers, stone slabs, and a water feature thingy. but its really nice. =) a beautiful change. i'm glad it turned out pretty. so nice that i have the sudden urge to invite everyone to my place for some potluck or smthg, n share the beauty of my new garden n happiness. =) anyone on??

3) stingy boss

there were 3 of us working today. our push cart sales was juz a little short of 2000bucks. yes, $2000! did u ever think that a lil pushcart can earn so much?? i'd never. it was a damn tiring day, but very satisfying to sell so much... by right, with such good sales, we shld be getting like 9bucks per hour, but our boss refused, n we're only getting 7. sighz...... we all very unhappy. =(



~~~ Angela 11:58 PM

goodbye pond......

they hacked away my pond (of 11 years) today. maintaining it has been too tedious n costly. ma has opted for a simple water feature, surrounded by pebbles n the likes. no grass.

i've nv been someone who embraces change. always am slow to adapt to new environments, warm up to people... hated the idea of destroying our beautiful pond, but oh well... think its all for the best. will leave it all to ma. juz hoping that the end result will be somewhat pleasing.

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a nice relaxing day at home. slping, napping, reading, watching tv, letting chirpy out to play, chatting on the phone, listening to music. yeah. nice relaxing day........

finally all my results have been released. =) am happy n satisfied. *smilez*



~~~ Angela 11:32 PM

i'm a salesgirl

first day at work today. kaoz... my feet are so so so aching. my legs were already breaking by ard 8pm. till now, after a seated-down shower, it is still aching. sighz. no wonder some salesgirls are always so grumpy n impolite.

dun understand some pple. there was this auntie who wanted to get a pendant. it was $14. she kept asking for a discount, but i explained to her that we are merely workers, dun haf authority to give discount. but she haggered non stop for like 20min, even till the moment when she gave me $15 n i gave her a dollar change, she was still expecting a $2 change. haiz.... why make life difficult for everyone?

we reached our target 800bucks a little after 9pm, n after that, the motivation to serve reduced to near zero. anyway, its not that bad a job lah, esp since i'm selling stuff i like.

oh rite, to all reading this: i work at VARVARA (push cart near Mcdonalds) @ Bugis Junction. come visit me tmr or this sat okay? =)


~~~ Angela 11:56 PM

cousin's wedding dinner

held at four seasons hotel, my cousin's wedding was a warm n cosy event with only 5 tables. the setting was nice... peach n white roses everywhere, petals sprinkled ard the turning disc, lots of candles. =) but the food was lousy. din haf any company either coz i was seated at an elders' table, n they all spoke in dialect which i dun understand. so i either ate or stoned. walked ard abit to the loo, the connecting balcony which overlooks orchard and to my ma's table. there was a dessert buffet tho. not bad - the cake was superb. the crust had like crunchy flakes in them. i've nv tasted anything like that. =)

i din dress up elaborately for the dinner. my outfit was stuff that i've oredi got but nv had a chance to wear. went to do my hair tho. its so pretty!!! =) everybody said so too! my fringe part is all tied back in different pleats, of which some are bunched up into a lil bun. there's a main pleat running down the back n the rest of my hair is left down. the finishing touch was the glitter. can u imagine?? quite complicated no? =p did my own makeup - greenish yellow eye shadow to match my top. gee... i seem to be going on n on, sorry, heehee! cant help it. coz i really felt that besides the bride, i was the prettiest girl tonite. =)

made me think abt my own wedding. hmm... i juz know i dun wan it to be a simple affair. i'll like to invite lots to witness it, to share in my happiness. my dream is for it to be in disneyland. =)


~~~ Angela 11:58 PM

CF camp

back from cf camp. it was a great reminder of God's promises and the certainty of him fulfilling them. not forgetting - the negative side of his promises, his wrath and judgement upon us. sigh. every brand new day is a choice to make Him Lord and to put my trust and faith in Him. hmm... really quite tough. but i'll try.

the camp was a great time of fellowship too. giving us time to juz hang, chat n play silly games - stuff that we cant do during term time. i'm glad i went for camp. =)


~~~ Angela 11:24 PM

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