So, quick summary of the past two months that I haven’t been updating.

Only – CD Promotion Tours
Some may know that my church produced a CD (all self-written by talented church members :D), of which I had helped design the cover and sleeve. We’ve been having tours since the beginning of Jan and it’s been really fun! Check out the CD! Each CD only costs S$15 and proceeds go to the Baptist Building Fund so you know it’s for a good cause! More information can be found at the website. :)

Boys Like Girls Concert @ Compass Ballroom, Resorts World (28 Jan)
Absolutely glad I decided to go because it was so much fun and they put up a great performance! Resorts World also looked pretty awesome. :D Wasn’t too impressed with the teenies around me and Lorraine though. You should’ve heard their conversation and seen the way this girl was acting around her boyfriend. Icky. He didn’t seem too responsive either, lol!

Maternal Grandmother’s Death (23 Feb)
I also went through a really tough time when my grandmother passed away just a week after I saw her. I was in shock and denial. My brain knew not how to deal with it. Even now, looking back on the wake and funeral, it seems like an out-of-body experience. Throughout the entire wake, and then seeing my grandmother go into the incinerator was surreal. The entire experience was/is surreal. I know that my grandmother is dead, but at times I still think as though she is alive. Such as, when I have a boyfriend, I could bring him over to introduce to her. I will never get that privilege and it upsets me. I also regret those times that I decided not to go visit her just because I was lazy. I’m glad that she at least got to drink the really nice Japanese apple juice that I bought for her during CNY. I hope she knew how much I love her, so much so that I, out of my love/respect for her and Mum, participated in a tiny part of the Buddhist ritual that was against my faith. May God forgive me. When Faith (colleague) came, she told me something I’d never forget: “Stand strong. There’s only one pair of eyes to please.” and I’m ever so thankful for that. :)

Department Weekend Chalet (19 – 21 Mar)
Had a good time at the chalet, which served as a farewell to Boss as he had been transferred to another department. :( Stayed for 3D2N! Also tried out bowling with colleagues and Boss. Even though I pretty much suck at it the first round (gutter ball queen, haha), it was so much fun. :D The second round proved much better. :p I’m so going to get Dad to bowl with me, him being all experienced and stuff. He used to take part in his ex-company’s bowling tournaments, haha! Got his own bowling ball and all. I told Dad and he said we’d go together one day! I’ll try not to gutter ball as much. :p

Subway’s Clash of the Titans Promo
I won a pair of tickets to Clash of the Titans 3D private screening just by eating Subway and submitting the promo card code online! I was so amazed when I got the text congratulating me, because that Monday, I’d decided not to eat with my colleagues and went to get Subway instead! Thank God for blessing me with this. :D I’ve invited Dad to join me and he agreed! Life is good.

ONE. – Baptist Youth Rally (27 Mar)
Went to my first Youth Rally and as we were having P&W, I started crying as we sang “I’ll never know how much it costs, to see my sin upon that cross.” and I was looking up at the cross. It was such a sudden raw mixed emotion and I couldn’t control it. I’ve never experienced it to that extent before and it reaffirmed me of my love for God and my desire to become a better person than I was before (yeah, I wasn’t a very nice person :p). I am thankful every day for every little thing that He provides me with, because I know that what He gives, He can also take away.

Besides those highlighted events, work is as the same so nothing much to tell about that. I’m also finally able to honestly say that I love and enjoy life. :D Even if something really crappy happens, it always works out. I give all the credit to God and am extremely thankful for His blessings. Praise the Lord!

For Christmas last year, I got a Borders gift card, worth S$100, from my parents. It was fantastic! :D Probably the best present ever, being the nerd that I am. :3 Seriously, if you can’t think of anything to get me, a Borders (or any book store, really) gift card always works wonders. Or as long as it’s books (it has to be a good read, obviously), CDs/DVDs or even notebooks! Yeah, I collect notebooks, much to the annoyance of mother dearest. :p I can’t help it!

The point of this post was to marvel at how much I can spend on books, CDs and DVDs on a single trip to a book store. ._. Occasionally, I even splurge on stationery. This is dangerous! Someone keep me away from these places! Dx

I met up with Lorraine, a dear friend I hung out with back in college, two Friday nights ago. I dragged her (not quite literally) to Borders, without the intention of getting anything, seeing as just the previous week, I got two design books (this and this) which were on 50% off.

However… *danger music* I decided I wanted to get Mitch Albom’s Have a Little Faith, it was on offer and was only $24.99. :p As we browsed through the store, I spotted some design books on a row of shelves with other random books, so I flipped through the design ones. Then I looked up… to a sign that said something along the lines of “spend at least $30 and get any of these books for $10!” BREAKING POINT! I had to have those design books.

I mean, if you’re a design student, you know how much design books cost, and how crazy it would be to get a few of them just for referencing. Part of the reason why we’re always broke, lol. I grabbed the two design books (this and this) and went in search of other things to up my purchases to $30. Lorraine also grabbed a book she liked to put on my tab, since it was only going to be $10 anyway. xD

I looked around the DVD section since I had CD & DVD coupons from the Borders newsletter, and ended up getting Up and Night at the Museum. As I was about to go pay, we passed by a wagon with DVDs below $15, so I got Final Destination. xD

So… there you have it. This is how I can go into a bookstore without planning to get anything, to coming out with way too many things. :| Emptied my gift card and paid for the rest myself. Scary, huh? Haha.

Have you had this experience before? Or are you really disciplined with your money? :p

• Colleague just said I was getting hyper again. NO, I’M NOT! LALALALALA… I’m not. >_> #
• Can’t wait to leave the office, but there’s still much left to be done. Dx #
• Haha, this is so odd. Right at this point of time, I’m suddenly feeling really happy about my life. I love it. :D <3 #
• One Golf Sale page down. Two more to go… Oh, wow. It’s 12am. Guess it’s time to leave the office. Zzz… #
• Freak, headache is back and I’m nauseous. I’ll blame the bumpy cab. Dx #
• Help Haiti, Drop the Debt: http://bit.ly/8g1LGS #
• Check this out from Music For Relief – http://t.opsp.in/DMmB #musicforrelief #
• Just donated US$10 (almost S$15) to #musicforrelief’s Download to Donate for Haiti. <3 #
• Excited for dinner with my Squishies at 313′s Marché tonight! Never had Marché before. :p #
• Had @Swensens for lunch with the colleagues! I’m about to explode! D: #
• Falling asleep at my desk… gah! /slaps self to stay awake #
• Had a good time with the #SquishyClub. :) #
• I love that @tomhanks signs off as Hanx. :3 Haha. #
• Lmao, Boss just said “Newness is always something different.” I wasn’t aware it could be anything else. xD #
• WHOA, @Swensens again for lunch. With the department this time around. Too much! /explodes #
• Meeting Lolo tonight! :D Gonna go chillax somewhere since we’re both full from lunch, lol. #
• -_- D&D theme this year is Retro. /everybody groans in unison What should we wear? Hmm… #
• Had a great time catching up with @orrac1e! :D Spent WAY too much at @Borders again too. :x Least I had my gift card from parents! #
• Ended up giving extra @Borders coupons I printed to ppl down the queue. xD Had no use for them anymore anyway. I love doing random things! #
• Wahahaha, I made @orrac1e’s account. :D #
• #votedannymcfly @Dannymcfly #
• Wow… Haven’t had this much of sleep in the entire week. :) G’morning, world! #
• GAH, how did I not know about @BoysLikeGirls coming to Singapore till @orrac1e told me last night?! NEED TICKETS. #
• I want these two so bad: http://bit.ly/7dQ14C Pity they don’t do international shipping. :( #
• Sally’s Spa is WAY too addictive. xD #
• …whoa, that was my 8k tweet. o_o;; #
• :x Lost track of time. /rushes to get ready for church #
• Bah, bus is going to take forever and a day to get here. Parentals waiting for me to get home so we can din together. :3 On nom nom. #
• Lmao, nice green sports car drove by and stopped opposite. The owner’s dressing however… :| #
• Hahaha, I found my house with ease on Google Earth. xD …don’t ask. #
• :/ I don’t understand this pain on my thumb. It’s been hurting for a week. Doesn’t feel broken. o_O;; #
• Had a good dinner with parentals. <3 Trying to spend more time with them this year has been working out so far. :) Pray it stays this way! #
• Shu: “YOU WANT TO FLYING LEAP TACKLE MEEEEEE?????” Me: “YESSS. :DDD” Ahahaha, I freaking love church people. <3 Thanks, @blackjackcajun! xD #
• Oh! Lunch smells fantastic! :) #
• !!! My new neighbours have such a pretty cat!! Now to bribe them so I can play with it… /schemes #
• /happily shows design books bought from @Borders “Aren’t they nice?!” Parents: “We don’t have design xi bao, can’t appreciate.” LOL! <3 #fb #
• Watching my Up DVD with the family. :3 Me and Sis have already watched it though. xD #
• -_- What is with guys and hogging the remote, seriously. #
• I could possibly watch Up a gazillion times and still love it. :) Kid in me #makesmehappy. #
• -_- Twitter needs to stop timing me out. #
• Ooh, The Lost Room is pretty interesting! #
• First time I’m taking Pop Art PhotoBooth pictures since I got my MBP mid last year. Look, barely any… http://dailybooth.com/u/1mvwn #
• :/ It’s almost 2am, and I want pizza. Haha. #
• Lovely Bones was nice. :) #
• Sigh, here’s me wishing I always have 3-day weekends. G’night, lovelies! :) #
• /groan I’m up… and have quite the potential to be reeeally grumpy for the entire day. :| This job needs to suck it soon. :x #
• Praise Him under open skies, everything breathing praising God. In the company, of all who love the King, I will dance, I will sing. :) #fb #
• That RT below, is why I don’t let people sing Happy Birthday to me. It’s awkward. I’d rather just get straight to cutting the cake. #
• Wow, Dakota Fanning. Such a pretty lady now. :) #
• Hahaha, I’m ace at Sally’s Spa! Scary. xD #
• Gosh, it’s so odd to see my icon all bright and colourful. xD #
• T_T So much for going home early… FML. #
• …it is also very weird to see four of my face in my icon, lol. @rizzle_d #
• Taking the bus at hours like these is always annoying because of the low frequency of buses. -_- #
• Someone is cutting their nails on the bus. Disgusting, much? #
• I’m really excited for the weekend. :) #
• :| So much for trying hard to save, lmao. I bought @BoysLikeGirls tickets!!! :whee: I will save after this, @rizzle_d. xD LONDON, WOO! #
• Shh, I have free time now, and I’m continuing my calendar design. January’s almost gone already. -_-;; #
• YAY, PAY SLIP IS HERE! :D! $_$ #
• Darn! I forgot to bring home my Japanese gelato ice cream. :( #
• Something’s seriously wrong with my thumb?! It doesn’t feel broken though. :/ Probably a sprain? IDK, but it hurts. T_T #
• Anyone else as excited as me over http://www.rwsentosa.com/ besides @liesltan? Hahaha. #
• Had a better sleep last night. :3 I ran for the bus! And made it! Hahaha. Also brought some cookies Mum made for colleagues to sample. :) #
• She needs to stop whacking me for no reason! And it’s so not necessary to keep hitting me (or anyone) repeatedly when she’s talking. T_T #
• …oh dear. More friends on Twitter means more MarshTweets. x_x Sorry for spamming, dear followers. #
• Gonna be trimming my hair tonight! CNY’s almost here, haha. Am definitely not cutting it. o_o #
• Yay! Got orders from my colleagues for Mum’s cookies. :3 Now to do up a nice order form, haha. #
• I kinda want dark purple hair. xD …doubt I’d ever do it though. #
• At McCafé with colleagues and Boss. He bought Japanese ice cream and sorbets for us! xD Sooo fuuullll. Explosionz! #
• http://bit.ly/kthbL :| I don’t understand the things they’re saying, but WTH! >< #fb #
• EEE, EXCITING. @BoysLikeGirls tomorrow!!! :whee: Mum needs to hurry transfer my money over from the other bank account. I’m going broke! #
• …and I’ve never been broke before. Seriously. xD #
• I wonder if I can fool the hairdresser into thinking I’m a tertiary student. xD #
• -_- I fail so bad. On the bus & just remembered my Jap ice cream is still in the fridge. When will I ever remember to BRING IT HOME?! Argh. #
• Woo! Just got my hair trimmed! Looks a lot neater now. :3 She also asked if I was a student, haha. Ofc I said yes. :x $8 hair cut FTW! #
• Darn. I missed all three buses that I could take, in the span of the minute I was walking to the bus stop. -_- #
• People need to learn some public manners and not push past me on the bus when we’re getting on. #
• Hahahaha, my head feels light again! :x #