14 Sep 2016 - A peaceful wednesday

Today is a day of like maybe a little of perfect peace. I was lazing in bed for an extra 15 mins before I got out and get my breakfast from downstairs. It has been a long time since I went downstairs to get my breakfast. While queuing at the hawker centre, I was just observing the people ordering their food. Most of them were elderly. I have no idea why but looking at them chatting with their friends, sitting at one table reading newspapers and ordering food just makes me smile. Their lives are so simple and they are so easy to feel happy and witnessing all these made me happy too. Do not ask me why I felt this way, I have no idea why I was so into observing them haha.

Went back home and yayyy I realised that at 8am every morning, channel 8 will show the episode of previous night's 9pm tv program. So without any hesitation, I made myself comfortable and watched it for a good half an hour. I guess I was quite motivated to do my principles of marketing (POM) tutorial this morning. Probably because I like the lecturer (ultimate salute and respect) lol. It shocked me that I took like at least an hour on one question, wait, I mean like a sub-question. Not because I have many things to write, I was typing out what I feel was the answer and re-arranging them accordingly. Surprising harh~
By the way, thank you Michelle for helping me out in some marketing terms I did not understand. So this is how I spent my morning....

went to grandma's house for lunch and came back home again to start my revision for Service Quality Management (SQM) and there goes my afternoon.

Pretty peaceful isnt it?

I think I have been a little hardworking but I do not think it is hardworking enough because the amount of work I am having does not determine it. Anyway, thank God I have manage to complete some assignments :)

Tomorrow will be another peaceful day for me I hope~

JIAYOU Everybody!
PS : I cannot wait for POM class on friday! by the way, the lecturer for POM is very very intense! She appears fierce, talks very very fast, very professional. So whenever I mention about her, I will always say ultimate SALUTE and RESPECT! Her classes are interesting and I love how she give examples to explain her topic. My first impression of her was not really good, because she said "Dont call yourself a business student if you are not even good in your english" WOW BURNT EVERYONE IN THE CLASS~ but things changed when she said if you need 0.5 marks to pass your exams or go to the next grade, I will look at your class participation. So if your behave yourself, I will give you that necessary mark because your deserve it. Once again, ULTIMATE SALUTE and RESPECT!

Goodnight guys, going to eat durian with my parents :)

13 Sep 2016 - Home is where the heart is

Hi everyone, it is me again blogging about my life.

To be honest, and not pin pointing anyone or anything, I have noticed that I have been pretty negative IN LIFE! IN LIFE LEH LOL... why am I thinking so much?

In my own life, there are ups and downs waiting for me to face and making me face as well, or rather has already made me faced them. I think ever since I starting working, my personality or perspective of seeing things are going down the hill. Is that considered as emo? lol.. so yeah...
However, God has blessed me with friends in school, pretty good friends though and I am really thankful for that :) They are nice people who will really help you and lend you a listening ear whenever you feel helpless. Actually, they feel as helpless as you just that I am more expressive I guess.

School work:
So well, if you ask me how has school been for me. If I have to answer that question one week ago, my answer will be "gosh, damn stress! I need to adapt for real, it takes time and it is hard". But if I have to answer the question now, my answer will be "haha more or less getting used to it already, and probably is getting smoother but more work though hahaha." It is piling and it is getting more and more real. One good news I can always reassure myself is that I am starting to enjoy what I am studying and learning. I guess, it is really time to prioritise and manage my studies (which I have been doing).

I am so sorry for not being consistent on my blog. I have no idea who reads it now. But let me reassure you all that I am fine, yes there are ups and downs going on but I was told to stay positive :)

Somethings that make me happy:
One of the recent things that make me happy is seeing my grandma and brother. I miss them! Currently, I am staying in my parents' house and wow they are making the effort to help me feel comfortable staying there. I am glad I can sleep better now :)

Another is to go for my weekly dance lesson. I will be performing a dance item for one of my church service and yes, we are all working on it and that to me is an honour so hard to find.

and of cos outings with people I love and treasure... need not drill too much into it..

so yes, wait for my updated post! Thank you.

JIAYOU and BE POSITIVE guys!!!

7 Sep 2016

Hi guys, sorry that I MIA-ed for a while. I have been switching from house to house so a lot of confusions going on lol. Let me say something:

LIFE HAS BEEN STRESSFUL SINCE THE START OF SCHOOL!

Well, I am totally not kidding at all. 

Day 1: The first day of school where I had my first lecture about Introduction to Tourism Industry, the lecturer spent like one hour introducing herself and stressing us with all the work we need to do (technically the work felt like bombs, going to school every day is like stepping on a minefield), and the other hour teaching for real and she only covered a section of Chapter 1 - historical development of Tourism Industry. BORINGGG~

WHATTT...

Day 2: more bombs hahaha... More work were introduced to us and stressing us about the deadline like no one's business. I felt really stress out and for a moment, it felt like I rather work than to study BUT NO, Sophia Han does not give up so easily. 

I was also pissed off about printing lecture notes, printed out so many and the lecturers just made it so confusing. I am glad this is more or less over. After printing out all the Service Quality Management notes, the lecturer said "Please do not print out all the notes as I might make some changes..." like why did you not say earlier in the announcement box or what... MY TIAN!

More bombs detected as I entered more classrooms for more lessons hahaha

Day 3: I went for a site visit to do some journal writing. Completed my day by studying at starbucks! Totally an experience for me as it was my first time and I could really concentrate after a while. I also "shun bian" made a friend who shared his multi-plug with me as the second power source was not working. He was quite helpful in helping me to take care of my stuff, especially my laptop. Brighten my day by meeting Ling Ling for dinner hahaha

So these have been my life, pretty sad but I guess it has helped me in some way such as prioritizing my work. I must always remember and tell myself that, it was never easy to get into this course so since I am one of the chosen one, I should not give up!

JIAYOU PEOPLE!

4 Sep 2016 : School starts TOMORROW

Hi guys,

I have some people who asked me "so when is your school?", "your school starting?" and "are you feeling excited?"

Honestly, answer for the first two questions is the title itself and frankly speaking, I do have mixed feelings about it.

It has been a while since I touched things like LECTURE NOTES, TUTORIAL, STUDY PLAN, TIMETABLES. I am feeling kind of anxious, excited, nervous.. probably it should be a time of adaptation right?

I am not prepared for school, well, emotionally haha.

One thing I would like to thank God for is that He has helped me to get to know more friends, especially my coursemates (I think so far I have made more than enough, but I think I am too positive on that). I am also thankful to the group of girls I have been contacting since the credit exemption briefing day in July 2016 (one of them even asked if I needed help in printing the lecture notes).

Another thing to update, I have moved back to stay with my parents hahaha those who read my previous blog may know how it feels and all. Well, so far so good, however, one main restriction is the wifi connection, only can connect when I am at the living room so technically speaking, I only can do work at the living room...

I have not really organised all my stuff as some of my mum's stuff are still on my table. I will miss my grandma and brother ~ I am sure my grandma will miss me too!! She was so sweet to buy a foldable table for me and said that it is my university present! hahaha

As for my daily allowance, hmm, my dad has agreed to give but currently, I still have some cash with me so it is ok :)

Goals to set for myself since school is starting like tomorrow:
1) No vulgarities / cursing / swearing
2) Never be late for lessons and exams
3) Revise my lecture notes the day before
4) Try to complete my work on time
5) Take effort to take good care of my face
6) Be happy and smile always
7) Be social and make more friends

7 is enough. I did this before with one of my best friends, Aaron haha.. Now that he is in army, I am sure he will be proud of me to have this set for myself, some of them I still kept it the same like 1) and 6) haha :)

Anyway, to the friends who are working, JIAYOU! To the friends who are schooling, I will know your pain soon. To the friends who are looking for jobs, let me know (I will try my best to help you guys).

Goodnight people :)

29 August 2016 - Back to school life

Hey guys, it has been a long while since I blogged. Really really looooonnnnnnggggg....

There were many things that happened, changed and all so to sum it up, here are a few pointers!

1) CONGRATULATIONS to me (from the head to toe), I GOT INTO SIT (Hospitality Business)
- Practically, my dream and the course I wanted! so yes, I will be going back to school and good news is I will be blogging daily just like how I did in poly life. I am so so so excited for it!

2) It was probably a good break to be out of PSA! Well, come on, take it easy, in a good way of course! Of all the stress, burdens, pain, tears, sweat, blood, pimples, everything I did! Some worth it some not but all in all, I really thank God He guided me through my journey of 3.5 gap years..

3) THREE WEEKS of break before school starts (Never enough)
- I have been packing my stuff as I will be moving back to my parents' hse to study (I still think that environment makes me study better)
- Tidying up my clothes in my grandma house, organising my products (facial, makeup, perfumes)
- Watching videos on how to do certain pretty cool DIYs to decorate your room, casual sch hairstyles, basic makeup (ahaha I dont put makeup but I still watch though for weird reasons)
- Learning basic stretches before bed and when you wake up, pretty cool
- Catching up with friends, many many friends including colleagues.. They all have been part of my life and watched me grow so really love hanging out with them
- More family time ... probably when school officially starts for me, sometimes it is really hard to juggle both but I do really need to set aside some time.

4) Shopping!!!
- Of course shopping has to be part of the list! Time to take good care of myself and exploring options to pamper myself gives me self-confidence everyday :)

5) Back to Netball..
- no more sprain ankles Sophia! NO! hahaha I signed up for the SIT Netball as it is super near my house, just like going to my sec sch.. although very near but I am still very sure my dad would want to fetch me back hahaha sadly, it is on fridays!

6) Back to facial.....
-hmmm i dont know when I am going to start but probably, its time to take good care of my face when I work in the hospitality industry in the future, so start young right?

7) Making new friends..
- oh yes! Love making new friends and I did, from orientation camps, value-added programmes, PSA, so many... hahaha I am so blessed~

8) Adapting back to studying~
- I hope it wont be so hard to do I guess, its back to the "just get the work done" and know what is "important and urgent"

9) Congratulations to both my boyfriend and I hahaha
- Conquering our 3 ++ years together ( I am not someone who counts months )
- We went overseas (sydney) together and went through lots and really got closer and closer, hahaha now that I will be going back to school, hope all will be well and yes challenges lies ahead of us for us to overcome together as one hehe

10) NO INCOME
- This will probably be one of the saddest thing when you are a student! but thank God my dad was so kind to agree to give me allowance haha and of cos not being so mean, if i can manage sch life, i would definitely want to work part-time at a hotel line or something so I am really excited how my sch life would be....

**I dont know if i miss out any huge milestones I have encountered since the last time I blogged but I am so happy to live my life thus far making new friends, learning new things, and doing what I like hahaha

Oh yes, one thing I forgot to mention was I manage to bid my timetable such as way that I only need to go to sch for 2.5 days... so that other days I can stay at home and study~ Really thank God for this!
Kind of stopped watching dramas as I probably watched what I wanted during my break and when I was working hahaha... I still do not know what school life will be like, mixing with people younger than me and working on projects with new friends and probably setting on new goals in life~

BIG TRANSITION but really will rely on God for strength and the people around me. This is what God has given me and whatever I go through, I will always remember it is never easy to get into the course I wanted phew~ hahaha so stay tuned for more blog posts! This blog is alive again :)

Im back again and again and again :)

WOW, how long have I not blogged?

Have a sudden urge to be back here.. despite losing my readers day to day but I believe I do have faithful readers who actually take time to read my blog posts, Im thankful :)

Well, Im still working and work has made me busy, has help me to grow, has help me to manage my anger better, has help me to appreciate ppl better and many on the soft skills aspect!

Thank God I have wonderful bosses although sometimes it is really hard to read what is on their minds.... but thank God for having them to be mentors and good supervisors who made me learn by going through the hard way..

I also would like to thank God for providing me with friendly colleagues, colleagues who are willing to be there for me, colleagues who are helpful and patient with me.. other colleagues who annoys me but turns out to be blessings in disguise (in a way help me to grow as a person in the working society)

There are so many things to learn....

but I will never forget what my former boss tells me
"always work more than what you are earning" &
"life is all about learning, we learn new things so that we can grow"
words of wisdom comes from none other than my former boss, Mr Heng
He is 60 plus already and I do believe his slogan or phrases in life holds alot of power and value!

Anyway, just an update.. I have been applying to universities..
really hope that I will get into one of them called SIT - Hospitality Business
I realised that is where my passion lies and probably thats smth I would want to do and learn to develop myself from there towards the future.. Miss working in hotels and miss interacting with customers :)
but at the back of my head, i do believe that God has His best plans for me and I will just follow suit!

I will be blogging about my uni application process soon once I get the results from SIT! Meanwhile, just stay tune!

FRIENDS

I am someone who treasures friendships alot alot alot, well i guess to an extent that sometimes im afraid of losing them...

but i hate friends who are trying to "steal" or rather get close to your friend and slowly we just got drifted further and further apart...

well, having A friend is a blessings, count your blessings, how many of you have forge deep friendships... how many of your have actually share the joy and laughter with your friends..

Different types of friends I know:
1) Sincere friends
- who bother to talk to you even when they are not free, to check on you and ask how are you, now that we are all so busy, sincere friends bother to make time to meet up

2) Friends with common interest
- common interest and topics are things we look out in friends and wish that we become buddies eg shopping buddies, clubbing buddies, gym buddies, xxxx buddies

3) Forced to be friends
- well definitely in the world, and living with a compassionate heart, when you hate to reject friends, you have to be friends (forceful way)
- trying hard to find topics to talk abt but in an awkward way but still trying to go smooth in it

4) Friends met by accident
- this is rare! but i actually met a friend who i thought was someone else.. actual fact, i was wrong, mistaken him as a friend

the list goes on, nothing much to say alr, pardon me because I do not know how to continue this post hahaha.......

I am glad that I am stress

well, what can i say when someone just dumps you something that you thought you are suppose to coordinate with him/her but ends up you are the ONLY one handling it, ending it alive..

i am grateful to be alive, and successful? is that the right word to use or say?

as long as i know that i did it and did my best and did what i could, i am fine to feel good about it

besides, whats the point having a promotion but still being treated the same way?

you just have to pick urself up and deal with it with a smile, fake smile i should say...

can i say that i am frustrated? truly i am, were, and ever

sometimes being #ignored #thrown #"ill"treated??
and the hash tags goes on...

i think i am overreacting too, aint i?
yes i think i am, i am thinking too much also and cant be bothered to think any further..

and why did you stare at me with that face as if you did not understand what i was trying to say?
clearly it was your responsibility to do it... haish, i feel bad complaining, i feel bad being in my own shoe, i want to be happy but it doesnt seem like there is a light of the tunnel waiting for me..]

i am feeling stressful, so much so that sometimes i feel like breaking down..
i am also starting to make decisions by myself, not going through you becos you never have time so i dont have a choice.. dont know if right or wrong, besides, i will be the one taking the blame for you, so might as well i handle things by myself..

it is just sad, that i finally get to taste how it is like to work with you.. but only now then i realise..
you should know how unhappy people were when they heard of your "achievement"

i dont know what more to say already...

MC AGAIN!

Hi Everyone, I am back to blogging again... WHY?
well, I am on MC AGAIN?!?!? yes again, not cos of my sprained ankle but something tragic happened to me..

two days back (sunday), i was helping my grandma to cook chicken nuggets and all of a sudden, the burning oil popped right into my left eye...
I GOT A SHOCK of cos.. well, it wasnt as painful but what was worse was when my grandma told me to apply mama lemon... like what the?! i only applied outside my eyes but of cos there were chances that some will go in right?
yup after that, i experienced pain whenever i blinked my eye, what was scary was before i went to sleep, i was looking outside of my window and I got to experience halo vision!
scary much yea? the lights of the traffic lights were not contrasted but having glowing effect, like the microsoft powerpoint glow effect.. and my vision was blur... i was so scared...

next day, i came to work and after i on my computer, i went down to see the doctor...
the nurse applied some orange solution into my left eye and the doctor used some sort of artificial lighting to shine into my eye and detected that there was a white patch at my cornea area!!!
gosh what the heck was that? he said, that could be the oil but i dont know about the mama lemon, ok that sounded funny, i meant the mama lemon part... and so, he referred me to go SGH A&E dept

i dont know why A&E, shouldnt it be SNEC or smth? and true enough, i got referred to SNEC from SGH A&E lol, and the doctor examined my eye again..
well, that white patch mentioned and the blur vision and the irritation when blinking eye, was caused by the scratches when the oil splashed into my eye, it was caused by the heat of it, gosh, damn scary right? i heard alr i also felt so grossed out but i was happy that it was nothing serious, i was so scared, i kept calling out for God in my heart and kept praying that God will be with me and that nothing bad or serious will happen..... I prayed for God to be by my side and not to be scared and to be mentally prepared! i thought i was going to go for some sort of operation to remove the white patch... but no operation required.. in fact, the doctor told me that the scratches heals fast in about a few days or so
I REALLY THANKED GOD FOR THE EYES HE CREATED FOR US! they can heal faster compared to wounds if we fall down or smth hahaha

doctor only prescribed me with one eye drop for moisturising for every hour, another eye drop every four hours and an eye gel to apply at night only...
gosh, i guess when i am back to work, i have to set alarm for every hour each day.. to remind myself to apply eye drop hahaha... but overall, i really thanked God that I am fine.. what a good testimony to actually share that He comforted me and was with me throughout! Praise ye the Lord :)

MC + weekend = long holiday for me!

Hi all,
its me again blogging!

I have been craving for one of these breaks and i am so happy that i finally got one but of cos, reason being i sprained my ankle!

Somethings that I have been wanting to do since working life:
1) Cooked my own breakfast like scrambled eggs
2) Blog, like what i am doing now
3) Enjoying the morning at home (sometimes its really good to be at home in the morning - fresh air)
4) Facebooking, blogshopping, watching videos from youtube
5) Watch the tv (a hobby that i found out not long ago OPPS)
6) Just talking to my grandma whether or not she or i get what each other mean HO HO
7) Just relaxing and doing what i want

ok well, lets just do a check, i have sort of accomplished all 7 of them! thats not abt it hahaha, its just purely what i can do or want to do when i am resting at home

my ankle has been fine! had a cupping done yesterday, gross but it was for good!

basically just resting and resting and letting the day pass...
cant imagine the amount of time i am spending right now, can actually get things done in office but just want to say smth, i really need such break that the doctor was so kind to give it to me
hopefully, i will be recharged on monday and be able to work with my utmost concentration and utmost strength and positivity! YES!

as for now, i am glad that i can do whatever i want, the little things that i have been wanting to do just relaxing OK STOP BOASTING SOPHIA!

anyway, i am quite excited as the week is ending becos next week is going to be an exciting week for me! there will be catching up with friends and friends and friends and friends HAHAHA