i've been nagged at to blog again - so i'm obliging :)

but at least i got an sms from ST last fri - saying he's surprised to see many updates since he last visited. haha. shows how ketinggalan zaman he is! heheheehe...most of the time, ppl complain i hardly ever blog. even a few guys i met recently took a swipe at me :P but nvm, i always admit i'm a lazy blogger anyway...

we got really unexpected news on fri at work - the company has decided to discontinue with a gratuity scheme for employees due to some 'administrative difficulties' and as compensation, is giving out a lump sum payment to all staff according to the no of service years rendered to the company.

the most AMAZING part of this whole thing is that i've been wondering how money for my tuition fees this sem is going to come from - i had paid using my credit card, and last weekend had intended to sell some valuables (since gold price is high now) coz i didn't see the point of incurring unnecessary debt. BUT God's timing is really precise - and the news came in just before the weekend.

today i went to collect the letter from the HR and discovered that the amount i'm getting is just enough to cover my tuition fees. if this is not God, i dunno what is :) so here i thank God with all my heart. hehe...

oh and during lunch today something hilarious happened. i went to a kopitiam nearby with my colleague, nick. towards the end of our lunch, an elderly lady came to sit at our table. and she started striking up a conversation with nick in cantonese. which is all fine, despite her having no teeth and a bit incorrigible. she was advising him not to eat too much rice, noodles etc etc and he being ever obliging, let her carry on and responded whenever appropriate. i think the poor lady just doesn't have anyone to talk to.

THEN 3 other colleagues came to join us at the table. they're all ladies, non-chinese and not exactly small-sized. this elderly lady turned to one of them and said "you fat! don't eat so much! later when u get old u can't walk properly" and my colleague said "nick, u better be the mediator and ask her to stop talking before i lose my temper!" we all burst out laughing. my colleague then said - "i'm actually going to eat 2 plates of pasta!" hahaahha...and it didn't end there - the elderly lady then turned to nick and asked in canto -"when u look at me, do u see i'm fat?" nick quickly said - "no, no!" hahahahaha....we had a good laugh man. at least lunch was entertaining today ;)