Not the norm

Having attended and on many occasions also served as the pianist for many a friend's wedding, the processional is usually the highlight of a wedding.

Sweetly dressed flower girls and dashing little page boys would make an etrance, followed by the matron(s) of honour and bridesmaid(s) before the beautiful and graceful bride; timing their perfect small steps down the aisle to evergreen bridal march such as Here Comes the Bride or Canon in D.

A fine example is like the one shown below:




(Youtube uploaded by sandersvideo1, Sept 9, 2007)


Nevertheless, there are fun and creative couples out there who tweak their wedding entrance into something more funky, entertaining, unexpected and definitely, unforgettable!!

Have you ever seen something like this? Watch it!




(Youtube uploaded by TheKheinz, July 19, 2009)

This is INDEED a celebration! =D

Bureaucracy

Working with the government is not an easy task. So much bureaucracy and red tapes!!!

I found out today at the Education Department that some documents are missing from my file. These papers are supposed to be from my school but they are not there. This means the support staff have not been updating our files!

I have been updating it myself by handing in the documents there but some docs are meant to be handled by my school, ie leave, Kew8 form (pay statement) and some government option forms.

The thought of dealing with my school's clerks, both from admin and accounts department, sends shudders through my whole body. Maybe it's because I know how slowly they work or worse still the docs are not around.

I am quite pessimistic when it comes to matters such as these. How do I overcome my mindset that they work slowly, never own up to their mistakes and in the end, should the unprocessed docs go missing, it will affect my study leave?

The lesson today is hard. Even as I mull over my pessimistic thought now and my heart's heavy-laden, there is God's still small voice at the back of my head telling me to trust Him.

However, the carnal being in me is just dejected, fearful, stressed and depressed over the looming protocol of going in to see the clerks, requesting them to process these docs.

I know going off is not an easy task but sometimes I really wish that the paperwork associated with it could just be easier... :(

Yes, am whining and complaining again.

I wonder how God could ever put up with and stand the sight of such whiner who obviously, again, has forgotten her supreme Father and has chosen, yet again, to complain first and bear the unnecessary burden herself...

Sorry... :(

So yeah. Again, I am reminded to go down on my knees (my bed) and commit everything into His big and mighty hands instead of whining...

How frail and weak is my thought... but I am learning to capture it all in Christ.

Stressed!

Sigh... the process of completing all existing tasks is just so frustratingly stressful. There's just so many gross errors in the previous year's magazine. I am truly depressed...

Seriously, I am just so down-trodden... I feel insanely guilty and depressed of such poor quality work... my work as the main teacher-in-charge of the mag.

Handling it many years ago while I was still a greenhorn proved to be a challenging experience. I had enjoyed it. However, in these recent two years, the magazine has become such a burden than a joy. It is just like an enormous saddle bag that refuses to unload itself.

Seriously, what have become of me? Why do I feel so depressed over the quality of my work? Does my work define me? Does it matter that much?

Sigh... I am just very tired...

I can't see the silver lining, at least in the area of my school work.

How do I prevent future burn-out such as the one I am facing now? How can I say no to tasks? I do not even have a choice... well put by my boss... :(

I would like to leave this school with dignity - without worries gripping my mind and heart. I would like to leave in peace but as it is, there is no peace. Am I leaving at the wrong time? Why do I even feel like this? Am I not letting go correctly?

Dear DD, please help me!!!

Registered!

Yesterday, on July 10, I've official registered for my post-grad study at the uni. Looking forward to my two-year study break!

Thank you, DD, for your blessing!