Paul's Fulfilling Life

I decided to the review for this year early as I will be quite busy over the next few days, till over the New Year. This year has been a mixed year for me, but overall I feel that it has been good, except for the swindle incident that happened to me in April this year. Till today, I am still baffled by what made me part my money to the swindler. It was a substantial sum lost, but a good lesson learnt. Work My work is going on very well. I am glad that my bosses and manager have been having a lot of faith and confidence in me. I am trying my best not to disappoint them. So far, I think I am doing great, since they are rewarding me accordingly. Study All is not well on the study front as I failed my ACCA Professional Accountant paper again. I have tried all the professional papers for the past 3 years and the results are not showing. I have since decided to stop taking ACCA as I feel that I am not out to be an accountant or CPA or auditor. My disability has certainly prevented ...

I thought of putting my 1st experience of singing live on here, but I can’t seem to embed the videos in here. For those who are really interested to find out how I fared, please check out my profile on Facebook. Thanks to Ann for helping me to record and upload the videos.

I had prepared my usual Ferrero Rocher chocolates to share the joy of giving for Christmas once again this year. This year, I was only able to give 1 Ferrero Rocher chocolate to each of my colleague and my bosses as my office had an increase in headcount. I hope my colleague won’t say that I am stingy. I was invited by Ivy to join her friends and some of our Singing @ K friends at Music Dreamer Live Café, affectionately known as “爱琴海”for the Christmas countdown on Christmas Eve. Since I was early as I knocked off at 4pm, I messaged Ivy that I would be reserving their seats at the food court. Evelyn was smsing me that I was very early and she would be late, arriving at 6pm. I was at the food court by 5.15pm, after looking at the MP4 players at the Creative Technology store. Ivy, followed by her friends, Jace, Bingying (who is actually my poly mate at Ngee Ann,but we didn’t get the chance to know each other, despite seeing each other at the lectures.) Daniel came in. Evelyn & Ann...

I was surprised to receive this email from SBS Transit’s Corporate Communications Department today. Dear Mr Lee We are dismayed to learn about the incident involving one of our Bus Captains, which was posted in your blog. We wish to assure you that passenger safety is one of our top priorities. Hence, we would be investigating this case and taking action against the Bus Captain concerned should he be found to have gone against our regulations. As such, could we trouble you to provide us information about the following: Date of incident: Time of incident: Your EZlink card number: (This is so we can retrieve the data captured in our system based on your boarding time and date) Thank you very much in advance. Serene Siew Assistant Vice President Corporate Communications SBS Transit I have since replied to her e-mail. I am surprised that the AVP of SBS Transit reads my blog and decides to send this e-mail to me. Looks like the power...

I was on my way home after dinner from Far East Plaza. People who know me will know why I usually take a bus home, rather than the train. I boarded the Service 143 (SBS 7489L) that came along about 10 minutes after waiting at the bus stop. On the bus, there was a passenger-in wheelchair. I could feel that the bus was running behind schedule, as the bus driver was somehow going quite fast. As the bus was turning right approaching the bus interchange, the passenger-in wheelchair suddenly followed the bus sharp right turn and his face actually hit the exit door of the bus. I shouted at the bus driver to stop the bus, which he did and tried to help the passenger-in wheelchair. Fortunately, the passenger was not hurt. How did the China bus driver forget to lock the passenger’s wheelchair, causing the passenger-in wheelchair to move at the same time when the bus turns? Why did the China bus driver turn so fast after the traffic light before Toa Payoh Interchange? This shows that th...

The last day of my leave ended up to be a movie marathon day with Wendy after this young lass asked me to catch 2 movies with her at Cinelesiure Orchard after her job interview. Movie 1: Rapunzel: A Tangled Tale Movie 2: The Chronicles Of Narnia : Voyage of the Dawn Treader Actually, Wendy wanted to catch Dorameon, but the timing did not suit us for the movie marathon that we planned today. Of the 2 movies, I enjoyed The Chronicles of Narnia more than Rapunzel, although Rapunzel is more funny in some of the parts. After the movie, I met up with Linda, my insurance agent at Nex @ Serangoon, where we had Japanese food at Shabu-Sushi Buffet Restaurant at B1. The advert on the outside of the restaurant looks fantastic, but the food we had shows a lack of variety. Even the ice-cream lacks variety, with only 2 flavours to choose from. I would not go to that place for dinner again.

Special thanks to Evelyn for taking photos for the creation of my designer birthday cake. Thanks Ivy, Betty & Evelyn for their wonderful art & crafts skills. I am truly touched by it. I never had the opportunity to try out designing a cake by myself, let alone eat a designer cake. My birthday this year has been made extra special by my 3 friends, Ivy, Betty & Evelyn who came up with the idea to design my birthday cake. I was truly touched by their gesture, as I have only known them for a period ranging from about 2 months to a year plus. I never thought that my friendship with them could have occupied such a special place in their hearts. I was surprised to read in the album description on Facebook by Evelyn “2pm plus.. Rush rush to... "Icing RooM"... TO DIY birthday cake for our beloved Paul.. Aiyoh first time going to DO cake by ourselves.. SOoo.. Exciting& Nervous!!” I wonder how I am going to thank them enough. =)  

The guest list was finalised last month. There were some people that I have left out from the group as I was not close to them and due to some other reasons, This year’s celebration was slightly smaller than the last one, as there were 4 last minute pullouts due to illness. I hope Candice, Lanny, David & Wendy will be able to recover from their illness soon. =) I started off with lunch with Chairman, Chloe, Gonnie & Jessica. I was sorry that I made you guys wait for me at Xin Wang Café at ION Orchard as there was a bad traffic jam at the entrance into ION Orchard. My cake after the lunch, courtesy of Chloe, Gonnie & Jessica. This was going to be my 1st of 2 birthday cakes for the day. 3 of my lunch partners, Jessica, Chloe & Gonnie. Thanks Chairman for helping us to take this pic.=) After the hasty lunch, we proceeded over the KTV room at International Building, where my brother, Jonathan Teo had been waiting for us. I had enlisted his help to assist me to split t...

This birthday was the first time in 4 years that I was able to take leave to enjoy my birthday. The birthday wishes had been coming fast & furious via sms, Facebook & phone calls since 16 Dec 2010, the 1st day of my leave. Facebook Yvonne Low Hello Paul, ♥ Happy Birthday ♥ in advance ! Shu Ting Tan Yo, Happy Birthday Paul! Jane Ng Hi happy birthday to your..:) Koe Meng Kiang Keith happy birthday in advance~ ^_^ Karyne Tan Enjoy.. Sorry can't make it tomorrow... Happy birthday and enjoy your k session ya... Evelyn Ang Li Yin Happy Birthday to you !! May your life filled with endless joy and happiness :) David Lee Fu Nang Happy Birthday Paul ~ hv a gd one tmrw : ) Daisy Lee 李信慧 wow..enjoy ur new life ya~happy b'day!! Irin Chen Happy birthday Paul! Wendy Yap Happy Birthday ! :D Nigel Tan Happy Birthday !!! Serene Tan Happy birthday~ Michael Lo Happy Birthday Paul! Have a great day ahead! Paul Tseng hApPy BiRtHdAy Paul~~~ ...

The initial plan was to go to Resorts World Sentosa & the Universal Studios, but I could not get the tickets to that place, so I decided that I shall not waste Day 2 of my leave. I told mum that since we could not get the tickets to the RWS & USS, we would go to MBS instead. I thought the MBS was quite a nice place and it seems a more suitable for me to tour for a person with a physical challenge and I am not a gaming person so USS may not be the place for me to have fun. I felt that the view from the Skypark was great. It was really worth the $20. We actually took about 80 pics, but I thought that Facebook will be a better place to showcase the pics, as if I were to load them here, the page is going to long time to load. =) Please refer to the following link for the photos. =) http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=253610&id=611359352&l=b605d63db7 I would like to thank mum and my brother for accompanying me for the visit. =)