phew! we were all made picasso this afternoon, as a whole group of us volunteered our service to help the old folks paint their one-room flats! it was one of those volunteer-a-day activities we participate in yearly for charity. and mind you, it was no easy feat trying to do a decent job, especially when most of the walls were uneven and had cracks and crevices in them (now i feel bad scrutinising the paint job done by my contractors, it's definitely worth every cent getting the pros to do it). oh well, after 4 hours of sweat, my group of six managed to do up the one-room flat w/ toilet being allocated to us, and thank goodness, it didn't look that patchy after the paint started drying up. let's hope the old folks will like their new off-white room. :)
edited to add: something meaningful circulated by our boss
Give Lavishly! Live Abundantly!
by Helen Steiner Rice
The more you give, the more you get --
The more you laugh, the less you fret --
The more you do UNSELFISHLY,
The more you live ABUNDANTLY...
The more of everything you share,
The more you'll always have to spare --
The more you love, the more you'll find
That life is good and friends are kind...
For only WHAT WE GIVE AWAY,
ENRICHES US FROM DAY TO DAY.
really looking forward to the weekend (especially now that exams have ended, no more coaching to do on sundays!) - to relax, catch up some beauty sleep, hang around in town to admire the christmas light-up, or even try out new recipes! last weekend was this ling-ghetti (new concoction using linguine and spaghetti) with minced meat, button mushrooms and italian sausage tomato sauce, yummy! i was even "aunty" enough to try making home-made barley water... what to do, parents going to be away for two weeks in december, got to get used to taking care of myself once again.
the holiday season's coming and there are just so many nice movies i'm looking forward to watch:
1) harry potter and the goblet of fire (who has watched this?)
2) the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch and the wardrobe
3) memoirs of a geisha (loved the book!)
4) chicken little (the dancing chicken little in the handphone ad is just so funny)
scribbled at 8:12 pm
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edited to add: something meaningful circulated by our boss
by Helen Steiner Rice
The more you give, the more you get --
The more you laugh, the less you fret --
The more you do UNSELFISHLY,
The more you live ABUNDANTLY...
The more of everything you share,
The more you'll always have to spare --
The more you love, the more you'll find
That life is good and friends are kind...
For only WHAT WE GIVE AWAY,
ENRICHES US FROM DAY TO DAY.
really looking forward to the weekend (especially now that exams have ended, no more coaching to do on sundays!) - to relax, catch up some beauty sleep, hang around in town to admire the christmas light-up, or even try out new recipes! last weekend was this ling-ghetti (new concoction using linguine and spaghetti) with minced meat, button mushrooms and italian sausage tomato sauce, yummy! i was even "aunty" enough to try making home-made barley water... what to do, parents going to be away for two weeks in december, got to get used to taking care of myself once again.
the holiday season's coming and there are just so many nice movies i'm looking forward to watch:
1) harry potter and the goblet of fire (who has watched this?)
2) the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch and the wardrobe
3) memoirs of a geisha (loved the book!)
4) chicken little (the dancing chicken little in the handphone ad is just so funny)