There was a small fair taking place at the foyer.

Curious me went to find out what's going on - I was very attracted by the 'freebies' on the table.

Turns out, there's a little contest - whoever who manages to blow the biggest balloon wins a bottle of Ribena or a packet of Horlicks ( winner's choice)

No losers, the rest gets other smaller freebies too.

So, I enthusiastically participated.

I was among the 5 others.

My biggest competition was a 6-feet guy.

The results were close.

I won!

It was so fun.

I brought home the balloon, I call it "My fruit of labour"

Yes, people like us NEED to do these things.

wish I had some pics to show.

"Formal qualifications will give you a leg up in life, she says, but to succeed a person needs “EQ, IQ and AQ” – she means emotional, intelligence and adversity quotients. " -Kathleen Tan .

She defines AQ as the ability to roll with the punches and the stamina to turn setbacks into victories.

Went for a live performance at PJLiveArts.
Was very impressed that they have their own bar.

I wispered to my friend, "I feel so CULTURED".

Photo taken from Sharon Bakar's FB tag post.

Estee Lauder --
"Beauty is an attitude. There's no secret. Why are all brides beautiful? Because on their wedding day, they care about how they look. There are no ugly women - only women who don't care or who don't believe they are atttractive."

Was feeling very very LOW.
No mood to work at all .
Went to the Lounge and pressed myself a cup of White Coffee from the auto-machine.
Suddenly, my mood shot up like a Lipton advertisement.
Can really imagine myself dancing with Hugh Jackman.

Bi@tch came again to the counter, and I was even civil to her, bearing this FB quote in mind - **Being nice to someone you hate doesn't mean you're fake. It means you're mature enough to tolerate your hate towards them. **

Nope E., I couldn't possibly give up my good friend Coffee.
Heck, I'll drink cow's pee if it can make me feel this good.

Sigh.
But I do understand and acknowledge all the research findings about caffeine and Bipolar disorder.
Sigh.
How?

After my Penang run last November, I exercised more and had been looking forward to this run. Yippee! I did it.
It felt really good, as expected.

So many many inspiring moments....

Lately, there's this African student who has been creating a lot of fuss at workplace.
Everyone hates her.
Yesterday, things got so bad, I asked the boss to intervene. She even played the 'RACE CARD'- claiming that we're prejudiced against her because she's African.
( I wanted to say that RUDENESS is not a race,Bi@tch - to her face, but swallowed it)
I told her that I'd be very obliged to write a full report of all the incidents that have taken place since my first encounter with her.
Another colleague was very willing too.
She was very surprised that we remembered all the other incidents very well, so she backed down and 'apologised'.
((I had even written a blogpost about it back in -Thursday, December 02, 2010.
Yup, we're all wondering why hasn't this Bi@tch graduated....))
Oh, that's why she backed down when I told her about the report I'd be most obliged to write.
Obviously she can no longer afford any more delay.

Anyway, the whole confrontation really made me very upset, not only at the obnoxious student, but also at the boss for cowering at her threats of complaints.

I was really shaken.

My whole body was shaking, my voice was quivering.

My colleagues were trying their best to comfort me, telling me it's ok.

But last night, I had to take a pill to sleep.

When I woke up this morning, I was still feeling the blues.

She came again today and my colleague just ignored her.
I was silently cheering for my colleague's boldness!
Yup, again she created a fuss - went to the boss to complain, - we were called in ,etc...
But WTF, our positions are too petty to protect anyway.
I told Boss, 'It felt good, it felt like the right thing to do.'
And now I'm much more at peace with myself.

I don't need a pill to sleep tonight.

Therefore, I'm now even MORE sure that it WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.