Children of Cambodia

Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
-- Matthew 19:14

All I want for Christmas

1. A boxed set of the Narnia Chronicles (with pretty pictures), 2. When You Lunch with the Emperor by Ludwig Bemelman 3. Stila Retexturising Scrub, 4. Set of 5 brushes with pouch from MAC Cosmetics

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one a few things I need
I don't care about (too many) presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
...and you...and you...and you

And yes, I do realise I am quoting Mariah Carey. That song has been dancing around my head like a mad sugarplum for the past couple of weeks. Damn this earwormy song!

Home sweet home

A street outside the Russian market, Phnom Penh, 12 Dec 2005

Joum reap soo-er! I'm back from Cambodia! It was a fantastic trip and my brain is filled with images of what I've seen and done; we packed a lot into one week and I feel as if I need more time to just unpack and process everything I've seen. Although it's only been a week, I feel as if I've been away for much longer, probably because we were so busy doing so many different things. We saw (and entertained) over a thousand kiddies in various villages, visited a hospital for Aids patients, a prison, went to the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng, the genocide museum and a landfill. And along the way, ate a huge amount of really yummy food!

I still miss Phnom Penh, but I'm so glad to see my bed!

Hello and goodbye (for a wee bit)

Just like last year where I went for a mission trip to Korat, Thailand, I am taking off from tomorrow onwards for another trip, this time to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I'm looking forward to this; I've never been there before, and I've heard so much about the country. And the good thing is in between the packed days, we get to have one free day. I hope to use that day for some sight-seeing and err...some shopping (spoken like a true-blue Singaporean).

In the meantime, I must go learn some key phrases (so far, all I can say is "Hello", "How are you?" and "My name is...") in Khmer, and practise singing kiddy songs.

Looks like the shoes will have to wait. Have a great week and seeya soon!

Interviews and me don't mix

It's been oh so quiet around here lately eh? Partly because I'm suffering from some sort of blog block. I find myself filtering events into the "bloggable" and "non-bloggable" categories. The little filter asks, "Was this event interesting? Was it worth you spending time to write about? Would people care to read this crap?" And unfortunately mostly, it's been a No. So, hence the need for you to look at Chicken Little's bum for the past week.

And yeah, you've probably noticed that ShooStories hasn't made an appearance for a while. It's not because I've run out of shoos to blog about (lordy no, we're only about halfway through!), but because recently, we got our pipes done in the house, and the storeroom which housed all my precious shoes had to be cleared out and the shoes packed away in boxes. Now that the work has been done, I can't be arsed to take them out of the box. Yep, I'm a procrastinator. But fear not, I hope to crank out a couple of entries soon.

So on to current events. As you know, the job hunt is still going on, and I've been going for a couple of interviews here and there. I had another one this afternoon, and I can't really say how I did. It was...OK. At some point, I heard myself blathering away like an idiot, stuttering one phrase like a broken record, and I tried to stop myself by sounding more coherent, only to make myself sound even more incoherent. Bwaaargh. So much for sounding smooth and confident! But apart from that, I guess I managed to pull myself together quickly and get on with it.

Also, on another note, I hate being tested during interviews! Why do I have to use my brain? I sat and typed away, worrying that I was not doing a good job and worrying that I was taking so long to complete the task. I thought I left my exams back in uni! No more exams in real life! Anyhoo, hope I hear back from them.

Like a fly buzzing around in my brain

Now I know why the Numa Numa song is so familiar in the Chicken Little running man trailer. It's because I saw this funny video months and months ago!

My-a-hee!