have been stricken with a most horrendous cough and runny nose the past few days... and have prob "blown away" half a box worth of tissue in office... i am amazed how my body managed to produce so much eeky substance within such a short period of time. my bad cold came quite suddenly and i figured it was just lack of rest/working long hours that caused it. Dad however theorised that it was cos my bed was placed directly opposite the air-con and long periods of sleeping directly opposite air-con has made my body weak... Sadly he managed to convince mum and now both of them are ganging up to persuade me to shift bed to opposite side of the room... In any case, a miraculous anti-cough drink I decided to try (from Hock Hua Tonic) earlier this afternoon has soothed my irritated throat immensely; nevermind it was funny-tasting... at least i appear to be much better!

perhaps another reason why i am not getting well more quickly is cos of stress from upcoming briefing on monday... And thought of having to brief smthg that I wun have all the answers to is giving me butterflies in stomach. Let's hope that my bosses will save me and I just need to concentrate on delivering my part... *May the pjt-team-briefing-day luck be with me*

This week's 稀游记 featured a S'porean living in Uganda as a beekeeper. And how he evolved from knowing next to nothing about bees into a patient, bee-loving; bee-respecting beekeeper... What originated as an escapist/start-afresh decision from his separation some 10 yrs ago actually allowed him to find a new, fulfilling lifestyle. From his bee-keeping, he also 领悟到 impt lessons about relationships and life. I thought it very interesting how ppl could develop some kind of bond with bees, just like how we build up relationships with people. But though this guy is somewhat an 'expert' now, it didn't come easy and he had apparently been stung many many times before. Once so serious that he was in coma for 1.5 days. This reminded me that most ppl dun achieve success without first being put through some tough trials... Yet I frequently dream of spectacular outcomes without being committed to putting in a commensurate amt of effort to really earn the outcome I want to see... Perhaps I would be a happier person if i would just learn to enjoy the process a little more? :)

The past week at work has been a pretty happening one-- aside from the advancement of secretary role, had also been arrowed to be emcee for some MND Family joint scholarship ceremony in June... (Well, not 'cos I'm especially outstanding or anything; apparently HDB scholars take turns to kenah such things...) If you know me well enough, you'd probably think... har?? I too have mixed feelings towards the nomination, since I am really not the sort capable of holding an audience's attention, esp ON STAGE... but yet on the other hand, I'm also curious to find out whether I can do this... :) A personal challenge. What could be the worst thing that could happen? I suppose my poor audience might have to bear with some dreary reading off of script and scholarship recipients... The draft script from last year given to me seems straightforward enough (except for the "2 - 3 min banter with co-emcee on scholarship experience and current job") Let's hope my co-emcee is nice and innovative and saves the day :P