Updates....

Today is the 1st day of the last month for year 2010. How time flies.

I am counting the days to Christmas celebration. A lot has been going on in my life for the last one month. Just about three weeks ago, I was involved in the multimedia for HSBC Living Business Seminar follwed by HSBC 100 years anniversary celebration. Both the function were held at Impiana Casuarina Hotel. Honestly speaking, Casuarina is a no-no for function. Overall, the people over there is not responsible and committed. For seminar/conference I would suggest Tower Regency Hotel but bear in mind their food is rather bad.

I want to thank Sunny for giving me a free make-up. Without him, I might have spent min RM65 for make-up and hair-do. He really did a fantastic job. Hence, anyone who is looking for a make-up artist, I have a young and talented friend to recommend. I had a great time there. I have picture to upload but due to some connection issue at home, do bear with me. I'll upload it asap.

Did I just mention bout connection issue? Well, just for your information, my modem at home was struck by lighting. It could have been prevented but...well, what has happened has happened. Anyway, there will be no connectivity at my house for min 2 months. I was lost for 3 weeks. My Maxis broadband can't even help. Oh dear...Maxis connection is getting worse over my place. No broadband connection and the reception was basically nil! It left me with no choice but to switch to Digi.

Finally I am with Digi since yesterday. Have been trying the new broadband and phone line reception. So far so good. Anyway, will continue to test on it.

On 04Sep2010 is my region's annual dinner. It will be held at Golden Sand Hotel in Penang. Will update more on my next blog.

Till then.

God continues to bless me....

Hi my dear friends...it has been quite some time since I last blogged....one might wonder maybe there is nothing interesting to be shared though...in fact I have a lot but I would just like to focus on how God has blessed me for the last few months.

First and foremost, I want to thank God that I passed my CCP examination!! It was such a joy for I know the passing mark is so high, 80%. Phew, I cried out to God and God will always remain faithful.

Secondly, I want to thank God as finally my wedding date is sort of decided. Now just waiting for Pastor to acknowledge the date. One thing I want to share is that if we remain faithful, God will not forsake us. God will even bless us more if we continue to dwell in the house of the Lord. I have finally placed deposit for a house. It was more expensive than the one me and Jeremy intend to purchase in the beginning yet God has his ways. We set our eyes on another unit on booking day! Praise the Lord for it is a more spacious house. His family and my family also blesses us. If is is not God's hand then whose hands are laid upon our life?

Further to that, our housing loan just approved within two working days. This are all great news. Now we really have to sit down and start planning for our home.

God also lay His hands upon my work.I made major mistakes but God just came tomy rescue and grant me peace. He sent his angels/ good people to help me. Thank you so much O Lord God that You never grow weary of my prayer needs. Thank You Father. Thank You Jesus. Thank You Holy Spirit.

All glory to You.

Troubled Heart

Unhappy thought and disappointments was what I strongly felt for the last few days. It has taught me something very true...we, human can plan but it is God who decides. I might have planned a lot of things but sometimes simple things/disturbances might just shake it off. My weekend did not went well as what I have planned.

Lord, have I thought too much or am I just being too pushy? Guess I am very impatient and I would like things to be well-planned and in order. Instead of making myself so troubled and be saddened,I have finally decided not to do anything but to pray and let God decides.

Let God be my shepherd. O Lord God, You are my saviour. Please give me peace from within. God, please give me patience and strength too. Thank you God. All praise, honor and glory to you. In Jesus name I asked and pray. Amen.

Last Photo Shoot Session - Engagement

16 September 2010, Kellie's Castle, Gopeng....This was the last venue for our engagement photo shoots. Woke up very early as usual...girls just wanna look pretty anyway.

Weather was terrible. The sun was scorching my skin the moment I stepped out from the house. I knew it's going to be a hot day man! Plan went on as usual...me, Jeremy, Joel and Dhanaraj went to the destination in a car. I was complaining all the way. The sunlight was making me sick but there was no turning back.

We reached there before 9.00am and we waited in the car. Everyone was not really in the mood to take good pictures due to the weather but all were trying their best efforts.. Just for your information, foreigner workers there are charging us unreasonably. Initially we paid RM14 for 4 as entrance fees. They charged us extra RM50 for modelling-type photo shoot. Ridiculous! At the end, Jeremy paid the extra just to avoid any disturbance from these people. They were just trying to cheat our money, at least that was what I thought!

Ready...shooting time.. It was a bit difficult to take good pictures as the sun was too strong. Shadow was everywhere plus Jeremy's flash was not working. Well, his batteries for camera and flash went dead shortly. Oh my! Luckily we have Dhanaraj who was using Nikon as well. Used his camera's battery instead. As for the flash, we were left with no choice but to use the traditional method, the reflector. Luckily Joel and Dhanaraj were there to assist us. Things was not going smooth due to the weather. Everyone felt like just leave but we tried our best to take as many as we can as we have paid for it!

As for the end products, I am waiting for Jeremy to process it. I will reveal more when the time is right!

Till then.

Cheers.

6.45pm...home alone...what to eat?

CCP Paper 1 in UM

This really helps - kept me awake & energized!

Alarm rang at 4.30am. Yes 4.30am. I had a train at 5.30am to catch in order for me to sit for the CCP Paper 1 examination which was held in UM, my former university on the 4Sep2010.

ETS train from Iph-KL Sentral

Oh gosh, time really flies. The last time when I stepped into my university/campus was my graduation. That was almost 3 years ago! A lot of fond memories as well as loneliness caught a few moment of thoughts as I walked around the campus. I miss my course mate, Loke, Yu Gi, Ah Fatt, Ching Lee, Evonne and Edwin. They have been such a joy and blessing. Not to forget my lovely and adorable room mate, Meng Nee. How can I ever thank him for being such a caring, considerate, funny and patience girl. By the way, she taught me Mandarin for the past 2 years! That was definitely a miracle!

I was walking around the campus searching for food. Oh man, all the stalls were closed. My colleagues were walking together with me while I took the lead showing them all the cafeteria around. A lot of changes has took place since I last studied there. Well, finally we gave up. We went into the exam hall, with sweat.

Everyone around me asking how did I fare in that paper. Honestly, I knew it was not bad as I managed to answer most of it. However, due to the 80% of passing mark, I just keep my fingers crossed. 3 weeks from now will determine whether I will proceed to Paper 3 or to retake Paper 1.

God, into Your hands I commit again. All glory to You!

Today is the day. Yeah, 15th August 2010 at Tropicana Grand Ballroom. You can see batik everywhere. One might start to wonder are we having a nyonya wedding?? Where was Baba and where was Nyonya?

choir in action

Well, all the hard work was for today, Church of Praise 25th Anniversary. It all went well and everyone had a joyous celebration. Most importantly was God's presence with us all. God has blessed the worship team, all the pastors, the performers, church members, multimedia, food etc.

We had all the performances lined up dishes after dishes. One might be so busy looking at the stage but not on the food. This especially goes out to worship team, choir, MC, conductor, youth, etc. They have been changing shirt after shirt running up and down. Deep down in my heart, I felt joy and happiness to be able to stand in front of everyone and shout it out loud, Jesus is the Lord most high. I for one felt so wonderful to be a part of COP family and together we worship on this joyous celebration. The next one might be 25 years from now.

Everyone had fun. Some even danced at the closing of the celebration. If anyone were to dance and celebrate, it will definitely be God's people. We have joy, we have love and we have salvation. Amen!

young adult (ladies)

young adult

me & fiancé

~Time of My Life~

The Sunday worship team was having rehearsal as usual...Nothing unusual on that day..except everyone really poured out the heart to God for all the practices to make Church of Praise 25th Anniversary a success. Well, one more day to go...everyone was pretty excited especially those who has grow together with the church.

As for me and Jeremy,nothing unusual except we went to church earlier to practice. Alright, songs after songs, praise and worship..

Then, the song Glow came...all musicians were playing the intro..well, a usual I looked at the ground before the 1st verse starts...I heard everyone was screaming. As usual, before I even lift up my head to see what was going on, Brother Ooi shook my shoulder and cried out,"PeiPei, PeiPei..look..look!!!".

"What..what??", I asked.

He replied,"Look at the screen!".

Oh my God!!!!!! I saw "Pei Pei, will you marry me" on the screen!!!

I was surprised..but hey the first thought that came to my mind was..this is certainly a prank! Must be one that set up by Joel to trick his brother. I snared at Jeremy then. Everyone was still shouting and sneering away.

Jeremy just took off his guitar...Oh Oh my heart always leaped out! He walked towards me...Someone please slap me to wake me up! I asked Wai Ching, "Isthis a real world or am I just dreaming?". Deep down in my heart I know it was real when he started walking towards me. I was caught of not knowing anything..

As he draw closer and closer, finally he was just right in front of me. I did not know what to say but to look at him with eyes filled with tears. The man I love was standing right in front of me and he was holding a box. I can see how nervous he was. Then the moment came.

He smiled at me and the next minute he was down on his bended knee. He looked at me and said,"I have decided to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me". Right at that second, I feel like I was the happiest girl on earth. To have a man you love so much to say proposed in such a way. Deep in my heart, I wanted to shout,"I do!!I do". Instead, I said I do softly as I was very shy. Everyone was cheering at us. He took a ring out from the box.

Gosh, I have never seen him so nervous before when he was trying to fit the ring onto my finger. His hands were shaking. Well, I did something everyone laughed even until today. Instead of letting him guiding my finger towards the ring,I helped him to wear the ring on my finger instead. All the choir members were laughing. And the next minute before I realized, I am engaged to the person I love so much, Jeremy Loh.

Today, at this moment I always smiled remembering that moment. It all seemed so fresh yet alive in my conscious mind. If I am dreaming, please do not wake me up as I want to stay in that dream.

I just want to tell him how thankful and blessed I am to be with him. Knowing that our relationship is one step closer to marriage. Not forgetting God who has blessed our relationship tremendously, Angela, my sponsor. The ring commentor, Elijah & James. The advisor, Julia and all the other worship and choir members. It has been a God's blessing to have my wonderful brothers and sisters as my witness of that unforgettable day! Thank you and may we continue to serve the Lord with all our heart and soul.

I love you guys. I love you Jeremy!!

Busy...Rushing...Exhausted

I have been rushing the whole day...so much to do and yet so little time...

Files have been piling up my desk since I stepped into office. Anyway, just as what I imagined it will be. Backlog of one week's work! Signing and checking files the whole morning. Oh no...time is running out and my manager kept rushing me to complete a downgrading case!

Every moment I looked at the clock it was like a time bomb. I am meeting up with my friends in Berlin Houz later for lunch and yet my works are lying on my desk. So many emails to check. So many reply to be done.

I went back to office about 2.20pm and I can't do much when the most dreadful customer came over. Yeah, he was the cause of my two weeks frustration. Thanks to his company that gives me so much headache that dragged me into all these troubles. Anyway, I have faith in God that He will get me through all this. It also makes me wiser on certain's people attitude and morality. God is always just and good! Let justice be done by Lord.

Oh dear....I had an appointment with a customer together with my senior manager at 3.00pm. We were late!! We left office at 3.15pm and reached there at 3.30pm. The whole meeting meeting lasted until 5.20pm. I have a train to catch at 6.00pm! I was rushing and finally I boarded the train just in the nick of time! I was so exhausted mentally and physically.

The journey to Renaissance, KL took me three and a half hour.

My work...

This blog is specially dedicated to all my colleagues and managers from HSBC CMB IPH. Well,it means HSBC Commercial Banking Ipoh.

They have been very nice to me and to be honest I have learned a lot from them. However, the learning process over was not the classroom style. Instead, I learned it the hard way. I felt so helpless and frustrated at the beginning when I need to explore and learn things myself without a proper guidance.

However, when I look back and ponder, I knew how much I have learnt. Only by this way, I will learn as I took the extra effort to solve whatever cases I have in hand. In fact, I made 1001 mistakes. By now, I have made less mistake as I had learned from it as the saying "once bitten twice shy".

There have been customers telling me on how tough it must be working in HSBC. Well, I do agree. It is definitely a bank that have high expectations from every staffs. All the staffs here need to be multi-tasked and knowledgeable in everything. Hence, I was under a lot of pressure. As time passes by, I knew that this is what life is all about. I need to be competitive in order to climb the corporate ladder. I really want to thank God for His plan.

I never knew I could learn so much and go this far. I also would like to thank a few important people. They are Jeremy, Adeline, Mr Leong, Esvie, Jit Foo, Kim Ling, Pooi Leng, Melody, Yoga, Choong, Nizam, Pui See, Jasmine, Shirley and the rest.

Ipoh International Run 2010

My alarm woke me up at the stroke of 5.00am on the 18th July 2010. It was Sunday. Well, who on earth would wake up so early on Sunday?? One thing for sure was I did. That was because I participated in the Ipoh International Run 2010.

This was the second consecutive year which I joined. There were many categories but as for my age, there were only two categories to choose, 10km or 21km. At first, I thought I wanted to join dear for the 21km run. He said it would be more challenging. As the closing registration dates came closer, we decided not too. As it was just too strenuous especially we were so occupied with work & church activities. Hence, 10km will be just nice.

Back to 18th July 2010: We reached there about 6.10am. We registered and waited until 6.50 before we were flagged off. Wow....to my surprise, there were a lot of participants this year as compared to last year. Well, dear was way ahead of me. I was panting but I just dragged my feet and run. Not an easy task as my stamina wasn't as good as last year. I stopped a few times along the run. I was a bit disappointed with myself. I prayed to God and I just persevere.

Finally I made it to the finishing line! I was the 48th person to complete the 10km run. I took 60 minutes to complete it. Thank you God. I also want to thank dear as he has motivated me to become healthier by participating in more sports.

Certification

Medal for the first 200 participants who finished the run

Bad Day 08Jul2010

What a day of frustration & agitation...

As usual, I opened my mailbox every morning. I received an email early in the morning....This email was something unusual..

The title of the email was "notification from Jabatan Insolvensi Malaysia". A lot of queries were in my mind. What is it?? I clicked & read the mail...alright...hit the jackpot

That company again...How I wish I can get rid of that account or should I say how I wish the problematic account was not transfered to me. I used to ask God why He allowed selfish people to bully me. Anyway, no point thinking or grumbling what should or should not...it WAS anyway.

After seeking advise from manager, line managers, senior manager, legal department & corporate recovery center I did whatever that is necessary. I was so angry. I feel so used & cheated deep down in my heart. A very obvious default & problematic account transferred to me. Oh...I started to wonder..there are many type of "Christians" out there. Anyway, God assured me that I should just believe in Him as God is just fair. Hang on there...should be my resolution starting today....

After 10 hours of frustration, I decided to call it a day. This format of write-up better be correct. I really have no time to mend all the holes at the pot which was messed up by "someone".

Let tomorrow be another day & get it over! God please let me enjoy my weekend. I need all the rest I can.

I had a bad day...............

Walk Like A Star...Starwalk 2010

3....2....1.....go.........

Last month, I walked 10km in 1 hour 22 minutes in an event organised by The Star, newspaper. It was Starwalk 2010. A yearly event & this is the 3rd time I participated.

everyone was waiting for the flag off...

This year I really took all my strength & dragged my feet to the finishing line. It feels like forever before I reached. The idea of finishing the walk within 100 minutes seems so impossible. I prayed to God for strength. I just focused & kept on walking. Deep down I knew I have to just do it.

Oh yeah...I reached the finishing line at last. It took me 1 hour & 22 minutes as shown over the big timer displayed at the finishing line. I was so happy. To my surprise, I was no 7 for my category, Women's Open. It is for women from age 18 & above.

Imediately I felt my stomach growling. Time for food....breakfast!! I persuaded dear to grab some drink & food at the booth. We then headed to the food court. I ordered roti canai & dear ordered wan tan mee. Everything just tasted good simply because we were so desperate for food.

dear was eating the milk & cereal, my fav

We then stayed for the lucky draw & live performances. It was all hot & sweaty day. Darling got himself a lucky draw prizes while I got a medal & an umbrella just like last year.

this lady was singing "Poker Face" & "Nobody But You"

Belly Dancers

Face-changing magic by a KL lass

Dear with his lucky draw

Although it was tiring, but it was fun as usual..We need the exercise. No sweat no fun!

A New Change- A New Me

Hi guys. I have not been blogging for quite some time. Just a recap on what happened for the first half of my life in 2010.
After I came back from Melbourne, I am beginning to feel suffocated with my new job at that time. Being a lecturer in Masterskill is not the standard of my expectation. Anyway, it is not nice to talk bad about other organization here. Bottom line: Not for me. Hence, I have been praying and God open ways for me. Guess what, back into the banking field. After all I have been trying so hard to break away from banking and now back to banking? Everyone thinks that I am out of my mind. Finally I gave it a try. Just like dear said, "How bad could it be when things are worse in Masterskill?".

Well, here I am in HSBC for almost 5 months as an Accounts Manager for commercial banking. To my surprise, everything were so different here. We do not have meetings/training in classroom method. Instead, we use webminar,no secretary etc. Most importantly is the relationship and closeness between managers and staffs. Well, of course workload is much heavier. Imagine I have to meet sales target, conduct monthly review, processing of loan, recover excess of my portfolio, selling investments, opening of current account...name it and I am doing it! Not an easy job.


I was struggling in the first three months. Things doesn't seem to look good. I feel like I am trapped into a dark room without any door to escape. I have been in despair and depressed. I cries, asking God to why He allowed these things to happen in my life. All complains, anger and frustration are channeled to dear. Arguments were triggered. I just want to take this opportunities to thank Him for his gentleness and patience with me.

Here I am, 3 months of hardship and finally I can see the rewards in the 4th month. Cases are being referred to me and most importantly, I am adapting to the HSBC culture. Things are beginning to look easier to me as I have went through the rough and patchy road.

Now I am thanking God here for He wants me to grow out of my comfort zone and be competitive. He wants me to grow up and equip myself with knowledge.

HSBC Ipoh Branch

Below are some pictures of the farewell of Regional North Director, Jeff. He will be transferred to Hong Kong for a promotion. Hardly know him well as he left about 2 weeks after I joined HSBC.

Left to right: Mr Leong, Jeff

Lion dance prospering my office

Art piece by the lion dance

PeiPei & the lion

My wonderful colleagues

~Jeremy Loh~

A blog specially dedicated to the love of my life....

I am the person who easily gets agitated if things do not turn up to be the way I want it to be...this only leads me to give in to situation and to quit...Slowly I believe that I am a quitter...How wrong was I...

Never ever be a quitter instead be a fighter...fight for what you think is right...just like how Jesus fights for our salvation...Jesus has never quit but He gave it all for us...even His life...

As for us...who has experienced Christ, we should be the light and salt for Christ. Let's allow God to work in our life..to make us fall at times...to make us feel the pain, the anger, the humiliation. It doesn't matter as long as we have God because He has planned all this for us...to taste the sweetness of all hardship

God's victory is for those who dwell in the Lord and believe that a right mind and a right attitude is the way of happiness. Walk in a manner worthy of Him...He will not fail you =)

The One is....Jeremy Loh, my love

Gong Xi Fa Chai!!

Gong Xi Fa Chai!! Chinese New Year is about to end in few more days.

Time really flies. This year's Chinese New Year was pretty bored for me. Guess I am getting older as I am not as excited as I used to be when I was a kid. Maybe the main reason was instead of getting many angpow...I have to start giving angpow! Okok don't get me wrong. Not that reason!...I am not married yet.

As you grow up and started working...it is time to give your parents and grandparents angpow. That's all about it!

Most of my friends have are back but somehow the feeling of togetherness is quite different. Could it be that I seldom hang out with them which I used to? We are still buddies but somehow our perspective of focus are a bit different. Anyway, I am glad to hang out and chat with them though.

Just like last year, I followed Jeremy to Taiping on the 2nd day instead of 3rd day. I would say Taiping was not as crowded ad last year's celebration but thanked God for the weather there. Much much better than Ipoh. When I was in Ipoh...I was scorched by the hot sun. Imagine that on the first day of CNY, the temperature was 45 degree Celcius. Freaking hot!! At least Taiping rained on Wednesday night.

I left on early Thursday morning and head straight to work. I do had a great time with Dear's friends as well.

I am looking for a prosperous new year in new career environment. May teh presence of God always be with me to guide and lead me..God is good all the time...and all the time God is good...

Till then!

PS. Some of you might wonder why am I posting it two weeks after cny...the fact was I typed way earlier. Unfortunately I was having problem publishing...therefore....now only I'm uploading it!

God Is Really Testing My Patience

Oh dear....I have been waiting and waiting...

Ever been in a situation whereby you are expecting something and yet you cannot get hold of it? So near yet so far...

It really takes a lot of patience. I will just continue praying as I believe it is just a matter of time...let it be in God's hand.

Glory to you God. Amen!

My heart leaps for joy!

Dear friends,

I am so so happy since yesterday! God answered my prayer!
Ever been in a state that all you want to do is to escape? The feeling of dying to leave? Yeah, that was exactly what I was feeling for the last three months.

I continue to pray and God really send someone to help me. Finally I can have something to look forward for my future. It is time I move on.

I just want to advise for those who are in despair, do not give up but continue to trust in the Lord for God is an ever faithful God. We mat be faithless but He will remain faithful.

Thank you Lord once again! Glory to You Father! Amen!

Melbourne...and the day goes...

Day 10

1.15 am - Australia time

We boarded Air Asia flight back to Malaysia... =(

How I wish I could be there longer...well...back to business here...

8.30am - Malaysia time

We reached LCCT and took 1030am bus back to Ipoh.

That's all for this trip. Thanks for reading my blog. Till then God bless u!

Melbourne...and the day goes...

Day 9

As days were passing by...we realized that we were about to return to Malaysia soon...We

were so reluctant...To be honest...I feel in love with Melbourne....

Anyway...we decided to fully maximize our trip for the last few days...therefore at...

10.00 am - We went to St. Kilda Beach and pier

Oh goodness....we walked for almost 2 hours before reaching the beach. We actually

boarded a wrong tram...we were walking on foot....I was tired and my legs gave

way.. Not a very nice morning to start off with....but God is good....He really made

the best out of nothing!!

If not because we boarded a wrong tram, we would not be able to enjoy the

surrounding scenery and fresh air.

Can you see the pelican??

At St. Kilda

10.45 am - We had our breakfast beside the beach. We ordered one meal and we shared.

That was really nice as we were enjoying the our food along came the sound of the waves and the

scenery of the beach ....The weather on that day was pretty hot and yet it did not stopped us

from enjoying ourself!

A cup of hot Cappucino

Dear likes this Ham & Bacon croissant...

me too!!!

Welcome to St. Kilda pier

Bonjour...

On the way to Luna Park

Luna Park...it was closed on weekdays

We headed back to the city.

1.30 pm - We had our lunch at McDonalds. Dear ordered Mighty Angus beef burger as suggested

by Marshal. According to him..Angus beef is a premier beef in Australia..We wouldn't wanna

miss it! On the other hand, I ordered an apple pie and ice-cream.

The meat was so juicy and tender....

2.00 pm - Ladies and gentlemen...time to hit the malls!!

I have been waiting to go to the Bourke Street. Heard that there were shops and

malls along the street! We went to Bourke Street Mall , GPO and Block Arcade.

Oh just for your information, GPO stands for General Post Office. The building used

to be a post office and they refurbished it to a mall. I hardly buy anything there as it

was pretty expensive!

Block Arcade

Bourke Street

4.00 pm - We headed back to Southern Cross Station. While waiting for Marshal to finish work,

we went for some snacks at the food court. Ok...it was BAD! The sushi tasted so

awful...We made a conclusion that Japanese food in Australia...is bot good at all!

We call it a day!

After dinner, we played with the kids...Victoria and Ethan!! Miss the two kiddos so much!!!!

Day 10

Today was our final day to tour around!! Wanna know more about our last day's itenary? Bet

you want to know more...so hang on here...

9.40 am - We boarded a V line train to Sovereign Hill, Ballarat. It is located quite far from the

city. I slept the whole journey. It was a gold mining area on the 16th century. Do check out the

photos!!

while waiting for the bus to Sovereign Hill

We were looking for gold!!

1.30 pm - We had a fantastic lunch along the "street".

2.30 pm - We walked across to the Gold Museum. The entrance was free of charge as we have

bought the V line train ticket.

We were beginning to feel sad as we have already miss Australia even before we left!!