10 Things that Happened to Me

I was tagged by Pretty Jan to write a post on 10 things that happened to me:

Homework done. My Ten Things. In chronological order:

1) Origin of Impatience?

I was borned two weeks early. Mom always said that I was impatient right from the start in her womb. And I was borned with a hole in my heart! That freaked that hell out of my parents! They said that among the three of us (I have one elder brother and one younger sister), I got whacked by them the least. As they were afraid of me dying from fear if they whacked me!

The hole slowly "disappeared" as I grew and my last checkup at the doctors was when I was 11.

2) I Hate Dentists!

My first "date" with the dentist happened when I was five. I had a tooth decay and naturally that tooth was aching pretty badly. My dad was the one who brought me to the dentist. When I was put on the robotic-looking-chair, I refused to stay still. The worst came when the dentist came with a needle to numb the pain before extracting the tooth. I leaped out of the chair and ran all over the place. Refusing to face the horrible looking needle.

It took my dad much effort to finally catch me. Was the tooth extracted? Of course! My dad sat on the seat and I sat on his lap. His arms firmly around me while I struggled. The nurse forced my mouth open. But well, I found out that it was not so painful after all.

3) Ghostly Encounter

I used to be very afraid of ghosts. It might have orignated from a movie called White-Hair-Monster-Lady that I watched when I was small.

I had narrated how I conquered this fear in Point 5 of this post.

4) Power of Shame

My family moved to Bedok when I was 10. When we moved there, I joined Pri 3 of Temask Primary School. I was not very used to the pupils and missed my friends quite badly. The initial period of adjustment caused me to lack in attention in class. I also lost interest in school work.

One day, I got "summoned" to the front of the class by my Mathematics Teacher, Mrs Rashid (God! I still remember her name after so many years!). She narrated my laziness in not doing corrections for quite a few consecutive homeworks. I was quite unaffected by what she said until she pull my ear and twisted it!

At that moment, I was so filled with humiliation. But I did not cry (I wonder why??!!). I just quietly went back to my place.

When I went home, I did not tell my parents what had happened to me. Instead, I told them I wanted to buy some Enrichment Books on Mathematics to do on my own. They were surprised by were more than happy to buy for me. My grades improved trememdously henceforth. And of course, I never forgot to do my corrections from then on.

If Mrs Rashid of Temasek Primary School can read this, she might be happy!

5) First Job

I had my first job that lasted one month after my A Levels while I was waiting for my results. I was assigned to assist in a department in the Bank of East Asia for one month. The pay was about SGD7.00 per hour and I was to do some typing for them.

It was quite an eye-opening experience for me. My parents were so supportive of me "working" in Central Business District of Singapore that they bought a pair of high-heeled office like looking shoes for me.

The one month went by very quickly and work was quite fun. I remember that on the last day of my assignment, the whole department brought me out for lunch. I also remember tears flowing down my cheeks as I waved goodbye to them when I walked out the office for the last time. It was a nostalgic moment for me, somehow.

6) One Thing that Never Happened to Me

I never ever win anything in lucky draws! Call it Unlucky Star or some divine lesson that Life is trying to teach me. I was hoping I have one lucky draw win to write about in this post. But it was NEVER! I never win anything by luck. If there were anything I had won, it was by pure hardwork be it in athletic, academic or work arena.

7) Wedding Bells

As some of you might know. I got married quite recently last month. Planning for a wedding was not a as romantic experience as most girls would have fantacized. In fact, there were quite many squabbles between the two of us during the preparation.

As I was confused by the realities and at times even having second thoughts about marriage, I was glad I had the advice and listening ears of my very good buddies.

A good friend of mine told me, "Do not think that only sweet nothings and romantic dinners are good. Quarrels are very important and useful in a relationship if you know how to use them. It is during quarrels that mis-alignment in needs and also difference in views would surface." I am so glad I heard that.

8) Weight Issue I lost about 10kg during the last four years due to work stress. Look at the chubby me in the picture above before and look at my avatar and you would know.

9) Talk to me Softly

I don't like conflicts. I am secretly scared of people talking to me loudly. Surprisingly, my "natural volume" when I talk to people tends to be quite high. Erm... Maybe it's karma at work then! Hence just recently I resolved to try to talk to people more gently. You might see me blog about the results of my efforts in some future blog.

10) The Power of Friendship

I always treasure friends. And I believe that as far as good friends are concerned, it is not the quantity. But the quality.

I am blessed to be granted so many good friends in the world of blogging recently. Janice, for one, has been so concerned when I recently had a bad bout of stomach infection and had to do a series of tests.

As I thank this Pretty Gal to grant me this chance to walk down memory lane to narrate Ten Things that happened to me, I hereby tag the following good bloggers to do the same:

* My Cousin WanYing in Mince No Words. She just started her blog not too long ago. Please visit her blog to offer your valuable comments ok?

* Life Samadhi with his constant writeups on Gratitude.

* Miss Loi, a private tutor in Singapore. Check out her site with very good writeups for aspiring students. She is now very busy as O-Levels is drawing near. I call her the O-Levels Guru!

* Winston, another private tutor in Singapore. I called him the PSLE Guru!

* Sam of Simple Life. His life motto is Don't Worry, Be Happy! I like that!

* Miss Quotes of Scrapbooking Ideas and Tips. Miss Quotes' site is full of creative ideas on Scrapbooking. I really hope to know more about this sunshine girl from Singapore!

* Dave of Wandering The Ether. His site is full of information. A Good Read.

* Trish Scott the proud leader of the Breathing Community.

* Keeyit, a blog that I discovered recently. Her recent short post on Face Life with a Smile is a good read.

* Joanne's good blog on I'm a Happy Fish. She believes that one can't help others without first helping oneself. She is one cheerful and never-say-die girl. Check out her interesting blog.