Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Quick Updates
I guess I agree with Kenneth that blogging community kinda synchronizes with one another - either we blog alot or we dun.
Ruxin was telling me at the beginning that she wanna be very consistent in blogging this year. So far 5 entries for the whole of Jan..... not bad, although wasn't what I thought "consistent" to be. Maybe she's just to sian to blog since everyone isn't blogging.
I guess everyone's just busy. Some are in new transitions in work (Daniel, Audrey, Ruxin, Keeliang, Karen Chia, Alvin - mostly finance-related) or new transitions in life (Evelyn preparing son for Primary School, Jiaying & Serena pregnant) while some are busy with preparing their new homes to move in (Kenneth, Serena & Jiaying, Yohandi) and some are just "busy" with their everyday mundane life and have nothing much to update about (like me)... haha..I guess I just have to start somewhere.
Ok, a quick summary of Jan....
First of all... started the year with a new HP.
Samsung Omnia PRO B7320... not the latest model for this series and not the "in-est" i-phone but works perfectly for me.
Features that are very impt to me:
- Makes storing and searching of contacts intelligently (very important!)
- Has interface to allow me to fix, edit and track for my schedule and appoints daily (very important!)
- Can sync contacts, calendar and files easily to the PC (very impt!)
- Can write sermons, documents (very important!)
- Light, sleek and nice-looking! (Very impt!)
PLUS points
- It's Windows Mobile, operating Windows 7 which means I can open and edit my frequently-used working files via Microsoft Word and Excel.
- SMS msgs are linked up via individual person's name. Which means I can always see all the past conversations I had with a person in a window, just like MSN.
- Can set up email accounts. So other than checking sms-es, I can also check my gmail before I sleep.
- IE
- Facebook
Next, while most CGs had their thanksgiving at end of 2009, our cg had a late thanksgiving on 2 Jan, at a cafe along Tanjong Katong Road, something like Miss Clarity. The buffet offered mostly fried finger food, which in my personal opinion isn't very satisfying for dinner. And the funny thing is that during Alvin's short sharing about his vision for the year, he shared about how God sp0ke to him about building "Good Physical Health" and that we will eat more healthier and do more sports together as a cg. I was really laughing in my heart as the entire cg had just helped ourselves to the most sinful buffet dinner filled with fried food.... Heehee.... No offence Alvin. :)
Used to think that our 32" Samsung LCD is very good and cheap until we met this "LCD guru" while browsing for one. Samsung has got very good quality screen but you need a good processor as well. So we bought a bigger one - the latest Philip 7000 series - Superb processor! Always wanted my house to have a consistent style (Modern, Sophiscated, define lines) but we know how we have to slowly acquire them one by one. Have achieved that in my master bedroom and toilet, so now we work on our living hall to have that consistency as well.
Bought Sofa and Coffee Table. Love the shape of the italian-inspired sofa, slightly curvy and irregular so I can place it anyway I like for a unconventional look. And the Tata Bear that Daniel gave me many years ago sits well on the sofa.. Hehee... A nice carpet is still missing to complete the look.
A TV console.... same style as the coffee table, define lines of tampered glass.
And Daniel finally fulfills his dreams of having huge ball lamp. Always stop him from buying whenever we go shopping becos there's never a unique one plus easy to clean. Dun think you can see the surface of the ball lamp but it has a unique texture and easy to keep it white! Initially wanted to buy two or three to hang down at our staircase but it will cost us a bomb just to bring in the scaffolding. No choice Daniel can only enjoy his ball lamp in the hall... Wait till we have more $$$ ba!
And not forgetting some nice home deco items.
I love my living hall now.... except for the aircon and feature wall, which will be our next project. As for now, we shifted the previous sofa, TV console and LCD upstairs to create a Entertainment Room. So dearest friends, next time we can play mahjong, boardgames and Wii upstairs in the air-con room!
Also, our P78 team unit meeting resumes! Really not used to it yet cos we have stopped our meeting for some time. But I guess we just have to fulfill all righteousness for the MAS requirement. Sigh... But good thing that it's not always just numbers reporting but we also get to meet in a nearby cafe at the ICON Building. It's a new Korean cafe which you will probably see in Far East Shopping Centre as well. Coffee normal, not as good as my fav Starbucks, but serves toast in an interesting presentation.
Mini-toast comes in many flavours. This is Caramel with Chocolate. Cream is fresh and not "Jer-lak"
By the way this is a "mini" toast - enough for a person. Their "normal-sized" toast is giantic!!!
Mini-toast with Latte set = $4.80. Reasonably-priced. Try it if you have a chance!
Next, celebrated my brother's birthday over last weekend.
My siblings and I
My brother and his girlfriend Clarabelle.
Last of all, I also had attended two weddings, one after another in one weekend! *Burnt*
Well... no choice. Like Daniel says, while others say "Red bomb" when receiving wedding invitation, for our case it's "returning deposits" that people have placed in our wedding.
Didn't have any work appointment before attending WenKai & Ivory's wedding, so took some time to dress up.
All set and ready to go!!!
Had such a good time playing with Clarice all night. She has personality of her own, very talkative, action-packed, extroverted and active, which isn't very much like her Daddy Alvin and Mummy Andrea.
And yup had a good time with my good friend Claire as well. Looking forward to our date!!!!
And of course the pretty bride, Ivory! Congrats! And I am so happy for her.
Sharks! The photo is so dark and both of us are so small in the photo. As usual... Daniel's photography skill. Sigh...
Okie.. that's all! Hope to bring more updates soon.
P.S Don't forget to help me take part in the exercise in my previous blog entry. Thanks!
Labels: brother's birthday, Ivory's wedding, living hall
Karen Yeo Smiles at |12:02 AM|
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Who am I?
Dear Friends,
Recently I helped my sister in one of her modules by selecting adjectives that describe her from a list of adjectives provided using a program.
I think it's very interesting as it will reveal what people think of you and whether
what you think of yourself is the same as what others think of you.
Daniel & I would love to know our results too. Can you help us by going to the following website? Will only take less than 1 min. You can also do it for yourself!
http://kevan.org/johari?name=KarenYeo
http://kevan.org/johari?name=DanielChia
Would really appreciate your help. thanks :)
Cheers
Karen & Daniel :)
Karen Yeo Smiles at |6:38 PM|
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