It's yet another busy week... Thou I told myself not to stay back in the office beyond 6.30pm, I still ended up staying way past 8pm from Mon to Wed... Oh well, it wasn't all that bad so it's still ok bah...

8 October 2009
Headed to Angeline's place after work to celebrate her bdae in advance... Haven't seen darling Claudine for quite a while, so it's really nice to see her after so long... Had steamboat for dinner, stayed for the cake cutting session and then left her place at 10pm...

9 October 2009
It was a pleasant surprise to receive ur email when i checked my inbox during lunch... It sure did bring a smile to my face and cheer me up a great deal! U take care too ya! Love ya! =)

Left office at abt 5pm and got a lift from boss together with afew of the rest to Vivo... Went onboard Doulos to 'look look see see'... It was freaking hot on the ship and so I left after 40 mins or so...

10 October 2009
Met my mum at Cityhall and then proceeded to Paradise Inn for lunch to celebrate her bdae in advance... Lunch was extremely filling and so we decided to walk ard Funan for a while before taking the train to Orchard... Abt an hr ltr, ahma called and said that ahgong was shouting and crying nonstop, saying that he's going to die soon and why isn't anyone going to see him... Ahma was freaked out and kept asking me to go home... I wanted to take a cab back but my mum said that there's sure to be a jam since it's the peak period, and so I went to take the train back home... By the time I reached, he had alr quietened down but was still saying things that we cldn't really understand...

11 October 2009
Skipped church coz I wasn't really well and slp till 9 plus before going down to see ahgong coz ahma called and said he's shouting again... My dad stayed with him the whole nite and said that he kept toking thruout the nite... Ahgong went on like that for abt 2 hrs and it's really heart wrenching to see him in such a state... Haiz! I really hope that he'll get well soon...

23 September 2009 - Meeting up with the 2 babes =) Made my way to Bugis Junction after work and loitered ard for abt 45 mins or so before Ann and Germaine arrived... As we cldn't decide where to eat, the hungry us juz went into NYDC... It was a mistake coz the food was really below standard... After that, we went to Cold Storage to get my sushi (i was still hungry coz i didn't finish the food) and then we walked over to Bugis St... We walked back to Bugis Junction after that and walked ard abit more before heading home...

2 October 2009 - KTV with the colleagues @ Suntec's KBOX Had a really heavy lunch @ Paradise Inn with boss and some colleagues and I guess I ate the most (again)... Don't waste food mah... Haha! Coz of the heavy lunch, i didn't eat alot during dinner which was @ Soup Restaurant... After dinner, we made our way to Suntec's kbox... Somehow or rather, my mood wasn't there and my singing really went off on many occassions... Oh well... Thou the session was until 4am, Pearlyn and I left slightly after 11pm as I wanted to catch the last train... I think this is one of the worst kbox sessions I had up to date... Bleah!

This is definitely going to be a super long update... So much had happened these few weeks and my life was almost like that of a roller coaster ride... Up and down, high and low... Well, I guess that's wat life is all abt, isn't it? Anyway, enuf abt that... Time for updates!

25 August 2009 - 1 September 2009
As I was in a lousy mood ever since I rec'd the phone call on 25/08/09 (refer to my prev entry), I did stuff which I wld nvr usually have done... That was how the 2 of us 'started'... It started from FB msg that very nite and then it somehow progressed to sms... Everything was really weird rite from the start, but I still went on with it...

The sms-es became very frequent and we eventually met on 27/08/09... The meeting place was supposed to be at Tampines, but it was changed to Sengkang at the last min... The initial phase was kinda awkward but then it got better eventually... After dinner, we went to a park and then, everything which happened ltr was really like a 偶像剧!

I alr expected wat wld happen but then it was abit too much for me to digest... That nite was a 'fairytale' nite, but deep inside, I knew that's not wat I wanted... However, I kept it to myself...

I din noe wat I was in for when I agreed to the request to go over to the gm's place on 29/08/09... It's so not me! I really had no idea wat came over me... Anyway, after that day, it further confirmed that I shldn't let it drag any further...

I went to meet my mum after that and headed to Orchard for some shopping, but I was totally not in the mood to shop... I was feeling really 'rojak' and I juz felt so much like disappearing from the face of the earth there and then...

The next morn (30/08/09), I rec'd a sms... I thot for a really long time how I shld reply in order to bring my msg across... I finally typed a 3 pgs long sms and sent over... I was expecting a reply but none came until I sent another sms the very next day to check whether my sms was rec'd... As the sms was somehow not being sent thru, or rather not rec'd, I re-sent it over... The reply was juz as I had expected... Anyway, I put an end to everything the very next day (01/09/09)... I shldn't even have allowed it to start rite from the beginning, but then it nvr did get started anyway...

1 September 2009 - 15 September 2009
I rec'd a very unexpected call that very afternoon... I was really shocked that I cld get to hear ur voice again... The news was hurting, but I ctrl-ed my emotions, thou it wasn't handled very well... I was very confused after hanging up the call... Secs, mins, hrs passed very fast, and soon it's 6pm... I thot that's it and left the office to meet Weifang b4 7pm...

Both of us had a great time catching up over dinner at Sushi Tei, filling each other with the many things which had happened in our lives... After dinner, we walked ard Raffles City and then decided to slack at Starbucks...

Getting thru those 2 weeks was a real torture... Actually, I shldn't have felt that way coz my heart was at peace... The reason why it felt so torturous was becoz of u... I hate the feeling of uncertainties and I hate to see u like that... Thankfully, work kept my mind away from it most of the time...

The whole week (06/09/09 - 11/09/09) was really an extremely busy week... With Shirley on leave and Joey unexpectedly on a week's mc, the rest of us had to cover their work and I 某名奇妙 got appointed as the IC in their absence... I did OT thruout the entire week, except for 10/09/09 as I had a dinner appt... It was a nice 'catching up' session and I took a cab home as I was alr zombified by the time we decided to go home... Lolx!

On 14/09/09's morn, I saw that note which u wrote by chance... I told myself not to cry but my tear ducts refused to cooperate... That nite, I really prayed harder than usual...

Time seemed to pass slower than usual on 15/09/09 and 12pm nvr seemed to arrive... When 12pm finally arrived, I juz kept staring at the time and anticipated for ur call... Will u be ok? Will I rec ur call? These 2 ques juz kept repeating themselves over and over again in my mind... At 12.20pm, my phone rang... My heart stopped for a moment and I slowly looked at my caller id... It's u. it's really u and u're ok! I cldnt stop praising God! He's forever faithful, merciful and gracious! I trusted, am trusting and will keep on trusting all the way! AMEN! =)

I promised myself that a new me will appear on 15/09/09, and the moment I put down the phone with u, a new chapter in my life began... Delphine's New Chapter In Life - Her new journey starts here!

On this very day 25 years ago, a prince named Nathaniel Ho was borned. He dabbled in modeling after he was discovered by a modeling agent during his diploma days and he also joined the inaugural season of Singapore Idol in 2004 in which he got into Top 30. He was then signed on with MediaCorp the following year and the rest is history.

It has been almost 3 years (14 days from now will mark the 3rd year) since I got to know this cute fella and it's really great joy to be able to grow with him throughout his journey. He's been a precious gem and he's definitely going to continue being one.

Dear Nat,

Happy Birthday! May your birthday bring you as much happiness as you bring to everyone around you! May God bless you always with every good thing and especially with His special love! May your career soar up high and be smoothsailing! =)


With much love,
Delphine
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Since I've not done a proper write-up on the gathering which took place a week ago, I guess now is the best time to do so.

Programme: Nat's Birthday Bash
Date: 16 August 2009 (Sunday)
Time: 12.15pm
Venue: Lavender MRT Station (meeting place)

I reached at 12.15pm sharp and made my way to meet the rest of the NATurals. At around 12.35pm, we boarded the coach which would bring us to the secret gathering location. It eventually drove into the driveway of the Singapore Flyer and all of us were then led into O'Learys Sports Bar & Grill. After displaying all our presents for Nat on the table, we settled down into 2 groups and started off with the 1st game.

Segment 1: NATurally You (1st game)
We had a trial session 1st and then we welcomed Nat's arrival. We then officially started the ice-breaking game and had a fun time of getting to know more about one another.

Segment 2: Time to sing the birthday song and cut the birthday cake
The flavour of this year's birthday cake was really unique - Peanut Butter Cheesecake.

Segment 3: Lunch time
I did not really eat much since I already had quite a heavy breakfast. Nat went around tables to take photos and chat, but he did not have time to come over to the table I was sitting at to chat due to time constraint. Nevertheless, we still managed to take a photo with him.


Segment 4: 2nd game
We were supposed to come up with as many songs as possible with the word 'LOVE' (all languages accepted) in it and the group which can sing the particular sentence with 'LOVE' in the songs we had chosen would get points.

Segment 5: Special present from the NATurallyNat Team
Nat was presented with a 'pictorial book' of his journey from January 2008 to June 2009. In it were all his magazine covers, photos from all his events and messages to him from the NATurallyNat Team.

As he flipped through the pages, his smile left his face. I knew he was about to cry, just that he was trying hard to control his tears from flowing. When he finally finished flipping through the entire book, he looked up, tried to smile and his tears just flowed. At that point of time, I could feel my tears trying to break free, but I had to control myself as I didn't want my mascara to smudge. It's truly a touching moment!

Segment 6: 'Flying' with Nat on the Singapore Flyer
None of us expected to go on the Singapore Flyer with Nat and so we had a really BIG surprise when we were told that we would by 'flying' with Nat on the Singapore Flyer.

We were once again separated into our 2 groups and 1 of the groups left to take the Flyer with Nat while the other group (I'm in the 2nd group) stayed back to do Paper Nat Dolls. After half an hour or so, we were told that it's our turn to board the Flyer.

The 35 minutes on the Flyer was really amazing! Though it's already my 2nd time on it, it's a whole new experience once again because it's with the Prince! =)

Since the group I was in was the second batch to 'fly' with Nat, we didn't get a chance to have a group photo taken with him before we boarded the Flyer. After we 'landed', the very fast thinking Karen had a talk with the personnel there and all of us felt so much like VIPs when we were led through authorised doors to the very place where we took the group photo without Nat in it. They were really nice to let us take another photo, this time with Nat in it. =)

Segment 7: Presentation of the Membership Card
It's already my 3rd card already! Nice one! =)


Segment 8: Lucky Draw
Nat was talking about it when we were on the Flyer and I never gave much thought about it since there's only one prize and I'm not known to be lucky when it comes to such things.

When they announced that it's lucky draw time, I was still telling Cindy that the only time I was so lucky enough to win something in a lucky draw was during a company's D&D and there were hundreds who won as well. Before I even finished my sentence, Nat called out my name. I was really stunned for a moment and I guess I must have looked really surprised. I took a moment to recover and eventually went to receive my LG Cookie from Nat.

It's indeed a timely gift as I had been wanting to get a new phone for months already. Though LG wasn't my choice, I'll really treasure it because it's from Nat (Ok I know it's from LG lar... Haha!)! =)

Segment 9: Completing the Paper Nat Dolls
The idea of making Paper Nat Dolls came up after Dale showed his creativity on the forum. It's not as easy as it seems and we really did 'work hard' to finish doing the dolls. At last, we can finally bring Nat (in 3D form) home with us! Hehe! =)