A Diver's Logbook
A designer/ furniture specialist/ scuba diver's logbook... this records her experiences/ frustrations/ successes/ failures and much more.

Learning To Breathe

1:14 AM
Hello, good morning, how ya do? 
What makes your rising sun so new? 
I could use a fresh beginning too 
All of my regrets are nothing new 

So this is the way 
that I say that I need You 
This is the way 
This is the way 

That I'm learning to breathe 
I'm learning to crawl 
I'm finding that You and 
You alone can break my fall 
I'm living again, awake and alive 
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies 

Hello, good morning, how ya been? 
Yesterday left my head kicked in 
I never thought I could fall like that 
Never knew that I could hurt this bad 

I'm learning to breathe 
I'm learning to crawl 
I'm finding that You and 
You alone can break my fall 
I'm living again, awake and alive 
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies 
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IPhone

8:08 PM

So no motorbike lessons, no buying of bikes, no holidays, no more owing credit card bills, and… finally!

The iphone is mine!

Im in the office, slammed with 3 new projects to share among, originally 4, and now help arrived, so 6. Which is not too bad! And I have 2 ongoing projects starting up with 2 old projects in the coordination stages.

Now Im so tied up with all 3 phases of construction and design and I still have to help others! I know I should feel good to be able to help, but I’m beyond tired..

My iphone comes on hopefully, Tuesday morning, delivered to my office. black 16GB 3GS. With horizontal keypad so my fat fingers can finally operate the phone. All in all, I paid 288 for the phone for a 2 year contract with 55 per month of data/voice. That’s not too bad isn’t it?! well, I still need to use my existing starhub line for 7 months with the iphone. After dropping all the value added services, it comes up to 25 a month. I mean I can afford it. So I would say this new iphone cost me 463. And I get a a lot of other perks and value added services free for a year from singtel. Rocks my world!

P.S. my new number is 92977546. same as the extension number in the office. haha!

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3 weeks in Autumn

11:08 PM
3 weeks...
 
Away from Home - yes i miss mom
Complaining that the heater doesnt work- i am totally falling ill! check out my nosebleeds! i only brought sweaters but the chill is 10-20 and the winds blow hard at 6
Of working overbroad
flights
late nights in the hotel room
having the same room number in 3 hotels! So Creepy!
Fun, Joy, Laughter, games i havent played in years! like heart attack and draw four
Shopping... marketing
Car rides
Travel and Tourism. travelling with people from other countries who i have not met before and becoming good friends.
Bungee Totally rocked!!! freaked me out, but guess what, i survived!
Motion Sickness
Cable cars
Flying Fox
Bamboo Rafting, duckie tours etc etc.
Farming
Horse riding This is the part i loved the most. i am having a very sore back and bum right now. My horse was a 8 year old white lady. It was mature and handled the situation very well when the dark new male came at my thigh with its crazy teeth! i was screaming cos we went off the track in to the rocks!
 
3 weeks of autumn, basking in the beautiful Switzerland and China, created by God.
Thank you, Lord!
 
and the best part... i only spent 300 dollars on occasional mcdonalds and clothes because i depserately need them since my travels always got extended. i am a very sound traveller you know... but i cannot predict my boss' sudden decisions.
 
i miss home and i have not gone to church for 6 weeks!
i am coming home soon, Mummy...
 
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2.54am Room 818

2:57 AM
Dont worry, this room is not haunted. my mind is exploding with
information collected through the day. faces, names, tasks, stress,
and fatigue.

So much to do, so little time, 4 hours to rest and 16 hours of work.
im soo tired...

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Job thrills

11:00 PM
I just got home and am blogging on my bed. 3 Nights since I slept at home and im totally bushed. Europe's jetlag shouldn't be so bad! Singapore just experienced the 7.3 earthquake....'s tremor. It left 200 designers who stayed late in the office building stranded on beach road. Any sudden movements now will force out the puke within me.

Switzerland took my breath away. We lived the life of the rich and famous at hotels that charged 1000 a night for a standard room. Every meal was fine dining, and costs 100 per pax. Visited 9 hotels and 4 were 'Leading Hotels of the World'. I had all the hotel staff remember my name and I even had a rose upon arrival! Hotels so high class I could never afford. They even lend laptops to guests. A chauffer with a maserati was provided by the hotel for visitors to the bar who had too much to drink. I liked how pets were allowed. It felt like home.

Work has never been so fun, and tiring. Flew 26 hours and rode 700km to zurich, interlaken, grindalwald, gstaad, sorennberg.

I constantly recognise God's blessings He has bestowed on me through HBA. I had been given chances to work with top designers and my bosses acknowledge me. Travelling with colleagues is always fun because you finally make friends. the guy whom I used to think of as, "cute, obnoxious, dictative, ruthless, experienced designer" can get tired, laughs tears, care, considers my views, makes mistakes, play, sleep, complain like a kid, and is still the cutest guy in the office. Hah! Next stop... China, In 7 days.

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The biggest subway in the world!

8:05 PM
The destiny of the success above relies on the mighty system below ground. 70 million inhabitants future depend on the establishment of the subway.

I was surprised when i walk thru the construction of the subway with aid of a documentary. The team faced obstacles with the tunnelling from the beginning to the end. They also designed stations after hundreds of hours of observing humans. Afterall, Beijingers are the fastest walkers in China!

Beijing subway has some of the coolest stations in the world. Stations were themed to the area it serves above ground. For example, stations on line 4 serving the olympics stadium, have ultra modern designs, whilst stations on another line serving ancient monuments carry a more serious tone.

I never knew moving the fare gantries by 5m would had such a big impact during the rush hours. Trains in singapore, and other cities have a lapse of 3 minutes on average. Trains in beijing? 35 seconds! Wow.. Truly chinese, truly massive, truly impressive.

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