When You Believe.

Ask anyone in the sales force of Fuji Xerox, and they will not deny that it has been a stressful last two weeks. In fact, you don't even need to ask: just glance at my Facebook or Twitter feed and you will feel the stress levels that is haunting each person with a 200% target pinned to their heads.

There's been those days when we face a nasty and unreasonable customer. There's been those days when each call we make brings bad news, like tsunami waves that batter the shore not just once but twice or three times. There's been those days when there is simply NO NEWS. And those are probably some of the hardest days, even harder than bearing with a flat out "No."

There's been those days, and then some.

So this post is specially dedicated to my dear friends-cum-colleagues boiling together in the pressure cooker. To the ones who, even at their lows and lowest, never say die. To those who understand it's just a matter of time, even when the watch itself stops working. To those who will fight to the end of the month without giving up...

This song is for us... Because even though the targets are high and the orders seem slow, we will achieve BECAUSE we believe. :)

Many nights we've prayed
With no proof anyone could hear
In our hearts a hopeful song
We barely understood

Now we are not afraid
Although we know there's much to fear
We were moving mountains long
Before we knew we could

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe

In this time of fear
When prayers so often prove(s) in vain
Hope seems like the summer birds
Too swiftly flown away

Yet now I'm standing here
My heart's so full I can't explain
Seeking faith and speaking words
I never thought I'd say

There can be miracles, when you believe
Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill
Who knows what miracles you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will
You will when you believe



They don't (always happen) when you ask
(Oh)
And it's easy to give in to your fears
(Oh...Ohhhh)
But when you're blinded by your pain
Can't see your way straight throught the rain
(A small but )still resilient voice
Says (hope is very near)
(Ohhh)

There can be miracles
(Miracles)
When you believe
(Lord, when you believe)
Though hope is frail
(Though hope is frail)
It's hard to kill
(Hard to kill, Ohhh)
Who knows what miracles,you can achieve
When you believe, somehow you will (somehow,somehow, somehow)
somehow you will
You will when you believe

You will when you
You will when you believe
Just believe...in your heart
Just believe
You will when you believe

**She can't wait for this weekend!**

What's been Up.. If you MUST know.

So just like that, two months have flown by since my last post.

There are so many things I would like to blame it on.

Work. Catch-up dinners which I promised would come after my exams. Family time. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Movies. Work. Dive trip. Weddings. Chillouts with friends. Niece-time. Sleep. Or the lack of it. Work…Oh, did I mention that already?

And at the back of my mind, the thought would nag, “I need to write a post soon.” And I would reply back, “Ok, when I get some free time.”

And this dragged on… and a week passed, and then another… and then a month… until it dawned on me – Hey, I WON’T be getting any free time. Not any time soon, anyways. Not when I just jumped headlong back into another crazy semester of school. Not when I’m waking up at 4.30AM to work on my school assignments before heading to work. And it’s AUGUST, the month of high expectations and blood pressure. Hello, Big-time Stress. Goodbye, Beloved Sleep.

Finally, I decided I shouldn’t wait for what’s not coming. I’ve decided to sit down, with my 11PM Maggie dinner in front of me, and just WRITE. Write about what’s happened, and what’s happening, in my little world, if you care to know. But don’t get your hopes too high, I’m working on an extremely tight time limit here (think 15 minutes). Let’s see where we can go with this.

SO. After that uber long-winded explanation on my lack of presence in the past two months, here’s a little peek at what I’ve been DOING, in the last two months. Ya know… just to support my little argument with “evidence.” (Thanks a lot, dear Thinking Critically module. I have learned my lesson well.)

Wakeboarding @ Punggol Marina with my work buddies, on one of the Saturdays...

Practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, or the art of "ground fighting," @ BXG Boxing & Fitness Gym, Tanjong Katong..

Niece-time...

Catch-up dinners with friends...

the start of the July semester...

changing Xiao Bai's shoes...

visiting my second home @ Dayang, Malaysia...

celebrating my second niece Kayla's first birthday...

And of course, our girls' trip to Bali <3

It's the tip of the iceberg, but it will suffice for an explanation. You don't want me to get started on the "Life is short - live it to the fullest" topic, because that is my FAVORITE quote and I could probably write a 1,500 word paper on it in one sitting; for proof, my Mom says I take it too literally already.

And now from here on, I shall attempt to update every so often...or before a month passes, anyway. It's the only way for me to hold on to the little moments of each day that will surely slip by unless I engrave it in black & white marks on a screen or paper.

Hold me to my word, please. :)

**She had two mini-milestones today - her first user order and 5570 order. Happy much?**