Amazed

This entry's gonna cover yesterday and today, since I had really red eyes the night before that kept tearing. I succumbed to bed at 10pm.

For once I made the effort to wake up early on Monday at 8 plus, had a proper breakfast(4 pratas and two eggs!) before I embarked on what I had to do for the day. In the afternoon, I met Violet and Adrian for lunch at Raffles. Upon my arrival Raffles Place, I was completely at a loss. The only time I ever visited Raffles Place was to get my StarHub line at OUB centre and that was lightyears ago!

Hoping not to disturb Violet too much, I asked two bystanders in the midst of their chimney session where OCBC Centre was. I was directed to another building.

Well done. Sigh.

Took me some time before I managed to find the place, thanks to Vio's directions. We had a great time getting to know each other better at a nice Macs outlet while waiting for Uncle Adrian to arrive. Lunch was fun.

Looking back at this lunch session and the steamboat session at Tian Tian's place brings back a smile to my face. Not too long ago, I was a new member to this new church and I was lamenting about my lack of sociality with the people outside my cell group. It wasnt so gripping that I would die, but I felt a need to get to know more people.

Well, I prayed and Monday's lunch, on top of so many things, really points to a prayer answered. After Vio left (her lunch hour ended earlier), had a really profound chat with Adrian. Wow this guy sure amazes me, I always feel so brainified when I'm chattin with him (we end up either crapping to the max or talking about really adult things :P) So much for 23 year olds! Adrian, you're a GODSEND :P

Well, what we chatted about really inspired me and I hope that I will be able to live my life right and inculcate such values into my offspring.

As I chatted with my mom last night about the upcoming course I was about to take, I realised the financial constrains that potentially lie ahead. School will start end March, and I'm REALLY considering joining the next intake (Oct 2006) so that I can work in the time being and save up some money.

Of all the job offers I had, some were really out of the way because they needed somebody to commit for a longer period of time (3 months onwards?). Well, I guess that explains why I am so "unemployable" for now.

Not that I believe in wasting any more precious time of mine, but I am really concerned about the finances when it comes to this. Like I mentioned, I dont want to tax my mother with another financial commitment.

A bank loan is an option, but there's a repayment period to consider, the extra paperwork (installments) and of course, the interest rate. Wonder if I can manage all these after graduation...

No, my mind's not swayed but I just wanna be careful with this. This is gonna be my prayer request for Friday!!

Tuesday was another day I managed to wake up early, and another day in which I had a healthy breakfast once more. Forgetting that my aunt had offered to cook fried rice for me for lunch (YUMMY!), I met Adrian for lunch(again, at Macs) as i was heading to Sim Lim to get a new printer. $94 is worth it for something that prints so fast, so beautifully and silently.

Chin Tiong, in case you're wondering, its not a HP Printer. Guess.

Spent the remaining of the day doing tape-to-CD conversion for Eugene. Listening to the kid's christian songs blessed me greatly. In a world that forces us to be realistic and practical, we have just lost the chance to be child-like (in God's perspective)

For the past few days, I've had the privilage of recieving free copies of the TODAY paper, and there were certain articles about migrating, the stayers or the leavers. One writer puts it real succintly when he quotes: "Stayers are people who do not have the means to quit!"

How interesting. What do you think?

Following which came an article that beseeched the government into giving priority to locals in terms of employment. The third questioned the policy that made Singapore an expensive location(in terms of labor and productivity costs). While I can agree that Singapore has only its human resource to rely on, I agree with the writer's comment that in the process of marking up labor and production costs here, we may have created a push factor that may potentially make MNCs move out of Singapore.

Then again, it depends on our focus. Are we still going to remain labor and production intensive, or are we seeking to advertise SG as a global hub for research, innovation and the Arts?

I'm sorry if I confused you. I present no stand here. These are purely my thots and mine alone.

Cheers!