My very 1st Mother's Day!

My Very First Mother's Day!

Happy Mommy's Day to me & all the mommies (Saggs, Mabes & everyone else!) out there!! How exciting... I've finally been promoted to zee NEXT rank ... from Singleton to Girlfriend to Wife ... and now MOMMY!! To be honest, didn't do much by way of "celebration" as too much was happening round about this time (ie. my mum's move, my aircon reno works, etc etc)

BUT worthy of mention - my 2 gal-pals did wish me a "Happy Mother's Day"! One early in zee morning frm Aunty Bubble (aka Mabes) & a vv sweet sms all zee way from zee UK!! Thanks Mabes & Saggies!! :-)

His plan for us never fails ...

Philippians 4:6-7

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer & petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts & your minds in Christ Jesus"

Eversince the unhappy experience at my previous workplace, I have relied heavily on this verse in the book of Philippians, shared with me in the most timely manner by a good friend (whom I'm sure He put in my life as a "reminder service" of His plans for me - it's far too coincidental that she always rings when I go through a bad patch & always shares with me verses that would calm my nerves).

It was a dark period of great uncertainty and worry (now I know better!) but committing myself to His plan, I found myself richly rewarded. In spite of common expectation that I would be likely to remain UNEMPLOYED till after bojo is born, which I'd estimated to be a good one year from Dec '06, I found myself faced with a much UNEXPECTED opportunity to take up a job that offered new experiences in a new industry - barely a little over a month after the previous saga happened. How 'lucky' was I?

And in the last week, I'm again confounded by just how GREAT & BOUNTIFUL the Lord's blessings can be. All things impossible can be made POSSIBLE through Him! AMEN!! Against all rational expectations, my current employer has done the unthinkable... I'll not be losing out on my 3-month Maternity Leave benefits!!

This 'windfall' is most definitely a miracle! The company is neither not bound by law nor obliged to offer this to me as it was a mutual agreement we had come to at the point of my employment (given that I was employed in my 4th month of pregnancy!

By His grace, this came about without me asking for it... I had made a random prayer at one point, wishing for the 'impossible' - asking Him if some miracle could happen... maybe, just maybe I might be offered the 3-month paid Maternity Leave. Honestly, that was pure wishful thinking on my part.. I did not expect my prayer to be HEARD & ANSWERED! Praise be to God!

Now, I want to share my testimony to all who have worried & fretted over life's uncertainties... I know that as weak as we are, we wil always fall back on our own human rationalisation & ways of trying to resolve our problems BUT I know now that He is with us always...every step of the way. His plans will always be far more superior than we could ever hope for.

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"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet."

Hmmm... my very first post - inaugural, virgin, numero uno, 初 次, etc etc. Even before I start proper, I digress... {=:=}

To 'commemorate' my inaugural post, the title of my first entry - borrowed from the all-time famous scribe, William Shakespeare in "Romeo & Juliet" says it all... What indeed is in a name?

In starting this online record of my daily inane musings as inspired by the entertaining "Saggs and the City" blog, I spent all of half an hour (??) deciding on an 'appropriate' name. Afterall, it will be indicative of my creativity & wit (or however little there is of it)!! With 2 vvv good pals in tow, I ploughed through various potentials which included:

"Rantings of a Desperate (non) Housewife"
"The Queen of MESS"
"In Pursuit of TRUE Love"
"My Name is B" or "I am B"

But the one that stood out remains what you see now - I am "B"...

Due recognition has to be given to dear Saggies, THE ORIGINATOR, who had one day (out of the blue, i might add), decided to 'christen' me "B". There was no turning back from then.... I became "B"! Simple tho' it is, this moniker struck a queer chord in me... I liked it....I liked it ALOT!

It evokes a good, strong feel and a sudden impulse to wanna render a *chest-thumping* proclamation of I am "B"!! Saggies claims that this is gorilla-like and so I decided tt I might add an "aw-yee-aw-yee-aw" (a la Tarzan) with the chest-thumping for a better effect! LOL

Aside from "B", I've also been otherwise referred to as:

"C-Cube" (ref. my full name),

"Brownie" (ref. my perennially dyed brown hair),

"Pwee K'tang" (dun ask - its one of those weird & inexplicable things me & my zany bunch of friends came up with to be in 'da hood-like, ahahaha) *roll eyes*

and most recently "C" (a funny attempt by a depraved friend who has major issues and
wants to be 'unique' & NOT refer to me as "B" - u know who YOU are!!)
amongst others.

Ramblings aside, coming back to my vvv literary quote in the title *grin*... regardless of whatever names I may be called - I am still as 'sweet', 'lovable', 'desirable', etc; in essence, still ME!

[Disclaimer: For those who feel torrents of puke spewing forth, pls note that the author will not take any form of responsibility for ill-health related to reading this blog]

Meanwhile, watch this space for more inane ramblings of a modern-day, stressed out working woman!

Over and out,
The Blog Virgin (no more!)