Subway - Part 1

"...and that is how we are going to bring in the profits." Everyone in the board room clapped as i finished presenting my company's marketing strategy for the year to come. EventEsque was doing pretty well and will hopefully become even better. With a huge smile on my face, i confidently picked up my files and strutted towards my office, giving a smile or two to the employees. Today started off great and i am determined for it to end that way too.

EventEsque was my baby. My pride and joy. I am fully committed to my job. Im usually in the office earlier than everybody and i leave the last, too. I didn't have much of a social life because well, i had given up. Romance and everything that cones with it held me back from pursuing my passion. If it weren't for that arsehole who wasted 3 years of my life, i would have reached this point in my career much sooner.

My friends think im a nutter for giving up, especially my two best mates, Jimmy and Kate. Kate and i were friends since we were in diapers. She knows me better than anybody, better than myself! She said that i have too much love in me and i keep wanting to share it so i keep falling for the wrong guys. She told me to stop looking and it will just fall into place. What a load of poo that was! 15 years later and look where i am with my lovelife. I've literally been stagnant (other than a few sneaky office shags with the office male receptionist).

Jimmy and i have a funny history.. We were from the same group of friends in primary school, lost touch, regained contact in my last year of secondary school. We had a complicated relationship where people thought we were together but we weren't. I had a crush on him, got out of it and we've been beat friends ever since. Looking back, we were quite silly, especially me. I cannot, for the life of me, see us together as a couple today! But, it all turned out for the better.

I keep one night free, especially from work, just for them. Friday nights are our nights. It has been a "tradition" for the past 8 years or so. We met at a local bar which was, conveniently, in the middle of all our offices. So we'd all meet there for dinner abt stay on for drinks until the wee hours of the morning.

We met up, sat at our usual table, ordered our food and drinks, and we caught each other up on our weeks. For some reason though, the uninteresting topic if my non-existent love life came into the picture...

To be continued...

Disclaimer: this is FULLY fictional.

R for Rumours

"Psst.. did you hear?"

"OMG..I have to tell you what i heard.."

Seriously. What is it with people and rumours? Yes, its part of socializing but spreading untrue information about a person is uncalled for!

I've been a victim to rumours countless times. I actually became immune to what people had to say after a certain point because what mattered to me was what my friends thought and my friends always had my back.

I thought coming to UK would be different. I thought I was able to start fresh and try and avoid all the unnecessary drama that happened at home. How wrong I was. I was accused of being a bully by one of my housemates because I told her that her dripping wet clothes were stinking up the carpet in the house.

Oh well. I've found true friends here as well, and I'm thankful for that.

So please, think twice before saying something. You'll never know who's life you'll ruin with your words.

Q for Questions.

There are just so many questions I have that I've never thought of before.
Its a little annoying, cos I get upset when I think of it.

What am I doing here?
Where am I headed?
What is there waiting for me in future?
Will I ever find the peace I need?
How many more people am I supposed to lose?
Will I fall in love?
Will I get married and have kids?
How far will I go with my career?
What do I want in life?

That's just a portion of the question. it goes on and on. one question leads to another.
Its annoying. It goes nowhere. And no one has any of the answers.

Lord, I ask for your help. Amen.

P for Painted Things!

Hello there, everyone. Hope you're having a great week! :)

Today, I'm going to introduce a small arts and crafts company called Painted Things.

Painted Things was founded by 2 lovely sisters, Rebecca and Bernadette Lawrence (who are also my godsisters). They both left their everyday jobs, joined forces and came up with the company.

Becky (Rebecca) was in the advertising field working late nights and early mornings. We hardly saw her! She picked up the skill from her sister and eventually, she decided to pursue this art with her sister.

Bernie (Bernadette) was working in an arts and crafts show in a mall nearby. She always had a creative side, this was just one of it. While working there, she took a glass painting teaching course.

Both Becky and Bernie started doing this as a hobby and making personalized gifts for their friends. Their market started growing from there and voila! Painted Things was born.

Painted Things have grown to other arts and crafts;
Prayerful Things: Items for church and prayers, eg. Holy Communion and confirmation candles, t-lite advent wreaths, etc..
Recycled Things: Items made from recycled materials.

Wanna find out more? Visit the Painted Things Facebook Page. all the pictures are there!

Here's a little sneak peak ;)

O for Ordinary day

Today, I'm going to tell you about an ordinary day in my life :)

I wake up in the morning and send my mom to the train station. Then, I head to the park near my house for my morning jog with my godsister.
After about an hour, I come home and get ready, then I leave for college.
College ends in the evening, so I head home and pick mom from the train station.
We go to one of the chinese restaurants nearby and have dinner.
Then we head home and I finish up some work before I go to bed.

Pretty mundane if you ask me..
BUT, I have an element that makes my day extra special.

MY FRIENDS! ♥

Meet:

Joshua and Anand

Hani Fadzil! (I think she was supposed to be a walrus here!)

Carleen!

Shayne! (Shaynie Waynie Chubby Cheeks <3 )

&Crystal Keiz!

They are the biggest bunch of gila(crazy) people in the world!
Class would be really boring without them..
&Bak kut teh & Ikea & any kind of food, really, is tasteless without them!

Have I mentioned we have an addiction to Ikea meetballs? :D
Love them with all my hearts! & I know they're the ones who will NEVER leave.

N for Nothing!

I apologise. I REALLY apologise.

College has been super hectic and I have NOTHING to blog about!
I promise to finish the challenge.. REALLY!
I'm going to make fun and interesting things happen everyday JUST SO I can blog. :D

Thank you for reading!
xoxo :)

M for Mimi

Today, I'm going to introduce Mimi Lala Lawrence! :D

Mimi is my godparent's cat. She started off as a small little kitten who used to sneak into the house for food.
One day, my godmother managed to get a hold of her. She meowed and squirmed but my godmother kept petting her. Eventually, Mimi gave in and purred happily. :)

Why Mimi you ask? I...don't really know.
The story I was told:
My godsister was playing with Mimi.. By that time, everyone had their own name for the cat. Then one day, my godsister said, "OK, her name is Mimi! All cats are named Mimi." So we asked her, "Says who?" and she said, "Meeeeee?" with a grin on her face.
And the name stuck!

Lala came a lot later. That has another story behind it but I'm not quite sure what happened. Probably another episode where my godsister goes all gila (crazy) on us! :D

Voila! That's Mimi for you! she sleeps in all these awkward positions.. And she can pretty hyper too!
She's a lot bigger now. I don't have pictures of her lately, its all with my godsister.

Hope you enjoyed the Tale of Mimi! (get it?) :D

L for Love

When I was younger, I felt left out among my peers. My best friends started talking about boys and eventually they started dating. I used to listen to their stories. I "Ohh"-ed and "ahh"-ed all the way. I thought to myself that one day, I want someone to love me like that too. I was young, and I was still discovering what love actually was.

One Sunday, I went to church and there was a new person in my Sunday School class. I got to know him a little and we became good friends. We became closer and closer as time passed. At one point, he told me that he really liked me and I liked him back. I thought to myself, "Is this what love feels like?"

I told my friends and they cringed at my story. I was a studious girl in school and one of my friend's said, "Well, if you like him then do what's right but don't forget your studies alright?" It got me paranoid and I broke his heart and mine as well.

A year later, I met someone else and I didn't care what my friends had to say about it. We enjoyed each others company and we cared for each other. And again I thought,"Is this love?"
I grew up with a religious background and one day, sent him my prayer for the night.

By the will and help of the Lord God, may our love last forever.

He told me it will happen.
a month later we broke up.

Everyday I prayed that I would get better. Praise and thank the Lord, He filled me with His love. It is then, I knew what love is. He has NEVER left me and never will.

Love. Its an amazing thing. From God, friends and family. Never let them go.

K for Knowledge.

Have you ever wished that you knew everything?
I know I have. But, I'm just too lazy at times.

Its good to know things. I like reading :) I love learning new things through story books and novels. Its sort of like a funner way to learn than a textbook.
Even when it comes to my friends, I realise I can be a big kepoh (busy body) at times. :D

But then again, there are some things that I wished I never knew.
Like, the ending of Saw (it was REALLY depressing!), things people did to others (I once saw a video where a man was strangling a dog because he wanted the blood to rush through its body before it got killed! *sob*)

There is always going to be good knowledge and bad knowledge in this world. Its what YOU DO with the knowledge that matters.
Like for instance, I watched the dog killing video during a "Stop Animal Abuse" Campaign by my classmate. It certainly got the message across!

Lets ALL spread GOOD knowledge and keep preventing the bad ones!

J for Journal

Dear Journal,

Today was not a very Jolly day.
I Jabbed myself in the eye when I woke up.
Then, I proceeded to find out that I was unable to go for my morning Jog.
I fell back asleep and over slept!
I Jumped out of bed and rushed for class! I didn't have time to put on my Jewellery!
I met my friends and Jibber-Jabbered during class. It was fun :)
Came home, had dinner and a glass of Juice!

That was my Jovial day. Goodnight!

Love,
Jolly Nessy.