i feel that working in Attributes really stretches me alot.

i used to be a person who will ditch my dates and appointments for my favorite TV shows, or just to stay at home and sleep.

but now, i feel that my real home is 3rd now.

first is work, second is church and third is home. (in sequence of time spent)

especially for last weekend.

on friday, BBG weekend, i helped out at NTUC trade union centre and then when the meeting ended, i helped pack up everything, from the paintings, to shifting tables, to packing books. and i was in like 3 inch wedges.

3 inches is not very tall, but standing for almost 6 hours, can be a killer. and from about 4pm + i walked around the WHOLE of bras basah to find the materials they need to set up the gallery at BBG.

but it was fun. i went back to office with naomi at about 12+, and we freaking waited for a cab for about half an hour! and it was for BOOKING!

i think the previous day because i called a cab, and then i stood him up. so he not happy, he took revenge? lol. haha.

so i reached office at about 1am plus, and close my sales report, and then wait for rich, and then we left the office at about 145am?

sher was horrified to find me in the office, but oh well.

and then on saturday, i was all up and hopping at 10am! when i slept at about 4am? then i was super tired at about 3pm, when i finally made my way down to expo. and rich had to call me to ask me to help him tend the gallery.

i was fine with it, but i missed watching pst phil paint the last supper. :(

but these 2 days was really AWESOME because i got to be upclose with pst! :)

on saturday, after service, pst walked out and after a long while, he walked past the gallery, and his art agent, frances showed him the gallery, and just nice, me, rich and yo were standing in a row somewhere near them.

i ALREADY was super excited, i already got ready his book, and a marker, ready to pounce on pastor anytime to get him to autograph my book.

and frances, just had to say, "these are the gallery helpers," and pastor walked over, and i was SUPER excited, i could hyperventilate ANY MOMENT. i was standing the nearest to pst, and as he neared me, i took a deep breath and squealed.

"pastorcanyousignmybookforme?"
(read: pastor can you sign my book for me?)

it's AMAZING how he understood, flashed me a WIDE grin, and said, "Sure." he took out his pen and started writing, i almost fainted with joy.

when he hand over the book back to me, i was flushing. HONEST! and then frances introduced yo and rich, saying how they were amazing, setting up the gallery, and she joked saying they would fly yo and rich to australia to help them set up the galleries in future. haha.

what about me?? lol.

anyway, before pastor left, he tapped me on the arm, winked, and said, "see you tomorrow."

i really ALMOST fainted.

i am so SERIOUS! after he walked away, i really felt my cheeks hot and red.

you guys may think, what's the big deal of meeting pst phil? it's not as if he's jay chou.

hey come on! one of pst phil's painting can BUY YOU A HOUSE! and he is like what? songwriter, artist, and like super famous in australia? not everyone can get a chance to even get a handshake from him!

val always joked that when u extend your hand, wanting to shake his hand, 5 or 6 securities would have pounced on you, pinning you down, thinking you're some assassin.

haha. abit exaggerated. but oh well.

and then when he walked away, val came over, and i squealed to her.

"SEE!! I GOT HIS AUTOGRAPH!"

then val was like, "don't open, keep the moment."

then gillian was like, "you can auction the book now."

i opened up the book, and he wrote, "carol, you're the best. phil pringle '07"

awwwwwww!! >.<

anyway, so i packed up, and halfway through, jackson came, and i left halfway with jackson. rich was like, "you're leaving?"

i felt bad lah, but i already tidied up MY AREA, and then helped them pack 80% of the paintings into their bubble wraps. so can say i CAN leave, so oh well.

anyway i felt used by jackson. purposely bring me to 211, and then go here go there, just to see somebody. so irritating. and i was carrying a heavy bag, and a laptop. urgh! but anyway, had a nice time talking to him, and HOW DARE HE TELL PEOPLE I AM HIS "talk-cock" buddy?

come on, i'm more than that! lol.

oh well, anyway i am happy to be serving in the gallery on sunday again, and in the morning, i think dear phebe was VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY when i called her to help me out in the gallery. cuz gallery is the BEST place to "bump" into pastor. and indeed!

just like 10min after service started, and not many people are around, pastor walked out and walk toward the bathroom. and then i was standing near him again, and he grinned and lifted his palm up. in the beginning i thought he wanted to wave "hi", so i lifted my hand up, wanting to wave back.

but then i saw, he is actually waiting for me to slap high^5 with him. omgoodness! phebe was squealing in the background lah! haha.

oh well, the whole day ended well. i was back at home around 5+ in which i slept till 7+ and then woke up to do some work for boss.

the surprise came when boss actually sms-ed us and tell us we could work halfday the next day cuz we have worked hard the past few days. he wanted to give us more, but we needed to tie up the loose ends.

the sales report especially. we sold about SGD23k worth of paintings, and that does not include the BIG HUGE ones we are selling.

i can't believe someone actually bid $600k for the painting he painted on sunday!

$600k!

but in the end we sold it at $80k. and the saturday's one at $50k. so about $130k ? wow! that's alot! :)

i felt so happy.

in the truck (see below), i was telling yo i was very tired, and i was casually mentioning whether would we get OT pay. but he said we won't. then i said, "it's okay, i think when you like what you are doing, you can even work for free."

and he was asking, "you like what you're doing?"

and surprisingly, my answer was, "yeah of course!"

i feel tt working in APL, is really challenging, and i must uphold the God-given ability for females to multi-task!!

really leh, i can be doing like this emailing thing at this point of time, and then gillian will suddenly pop something for me to do, someone for me to call, some docs for me to key in. and my puny brain must remember to do it.

man. it's tough, but i like. :)

so oh well, im tired! im heading to bed!

date with babe tomorrow! :)