Sunday, 3 February 2013
errr.. here i am again! ha! for the same reason as posted last year.
Things are very very different now. 2012 has been a life changing year. We bought an apartment in February, got married in July and delivered a baby in November. I have been on maternity leave since baby Xander was born and returning to work in a few days time. I am so going to miss my darling in the day time.
Anyway, I am going to recycle my resolutions again for 2013. =P
I have embarked on a journey in search of my collar bone. The weight loss resolution gonna be achieved this year. Ever since Xander was in my arms, my level of determination and self-discipline has rose tremendously. Thank you god, for blessing me with such an adorable child to keep me in reins on my spendthrift and lazy self.
“Your attitude determines your altitude.”
Composed at 10:30 am |
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Sunday, 8 January 2012
Hello.... it has been (almost) a year...
Woah.. erm... I realised I have failed a lot of resolutions. Hahaha.
Anyway, I logged into blogspot to create a new blog but realised I have created so many before for the same purpose and it all got abandoned in the end. hehehe.. It was since Year 2009 that I started to go on diet and it has failed till now. Told myself to start saving; stop spending but to no avail. In short, I am still standing at where I was 2 years ago. Everything is status quo except for my age and weight. zzzzzzz
I wanted to delete this blog together with all those abandoned ones but I can't do it. This blog has been with me since I started blogging again in 2007. So I decided to keep this blog which will act as a reminder to what I want to achieve in my life. =)
Composed at 5:07 pm |
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Sunday, 13 February 2011
I have been a good girl... hmm.. or maybe a better girl the last week lah.
I took up the detoxification plan Ivy sells via LFI. I am glad that I have lost 2.5KG in a week. Although I had also been pinching some forbidden food lah. =P
Well, a good start is a half battle won. Another week to go and I absolutely endeavor to do a better job this time! Change is good, especially when one changes in hope for a better future and a better self.
This time I am undergoing 2 changes for a better me.
The first one is the weight loss plan to a healthier and slimmer Ant. I have been going to bed before 12am and I wake up on time for work. I also slept early so that the body can recover itself better for good health. I really do feel the difference!
The second one is a career switch! I have been toying with the idea of leaving the company each time I encounter problem with that worm. But I managed to calm myself down and rebuke him with smart replies that would illustrate how high my EQ was. I go to my usual kakees to release those frustrations in me. If it wasn’t for the bunch of nice people there, I wouldn’t have survived this long in M.
One fine day, the worm acted up again. This time, I told myself I should do some justice to myself. Why should I tolerate nonsense like that? I am not even well paid to do such work in the first place! I am NOT happy! I am living in this world for myself, I want to live happily and money is one of the most significant motivator! So, at that instance, I decided to leave the company. I did a new resume and sent it to a few job posting I saw on the website just before Chinese New year.
After I returned to work on the first Work day of CNY, I was greeted warmly by all the nice colleagues. Again, I was reminded on why I didn’t leave each time I was annoyed by work matters. But this time, things were a tad different; I had already made appointments for 3 interviews. So, why not take this chance to see what the market is like! I am curious how much people will pay me for the current set of skill and experience I have.
Within 24hours after my interview with the second company I went, I received an offer. This is a company that specializes in Tax planning and Trust. My mentor will be a lady who is an experienced and a qualified Corporate Secretary. WOW! This is relevant to what I am studying lei~ Gonna be paid a tad more to earn a new set of valuable experience, I will also be more exposed to a different industry and people. WHY NOT? Without much consideration, I took up the offer. I have also tendered my resignation to my 2 bosses whom I respected a lot. They were shocked at my decision initially but later on understood my main reason for leaving; career advancement.
I will definitely be sad to leave my beloved 5566 and MOC cliques in M. But I learned that when the time comes, whatever plan made earlier has to make way for the god’s spontaneous blessing.
You know something…
Everything happens for a reason. Remember how things always work out in the end?
Most of the time, those occurrence taught me lessons that will make a better me. ;)
Thanks to the worm, I have now learned to manage my emotions better and without him, I wouldn’t have found the courage to leave my comfort zone. I now look forward to a new chapter in my life… while serving a one month notice to the company…. xD
Composed at 11:34 am |
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Monday, 13 December 2010
Took a breather from work by going through FB’s mini feed… saw a friend posted a picture of her breakfast consisting Milo and a few pieces of soda biscuits…
Upon seeing it, images of ah ma showed up like a slideshow in my mind….
I remember how ah ma loves to make milok (milo) for us and gave us soda biscuits to dip into the milok for breakfast.. She loves giving us food.. her milok was never too sweet and it always seems to warm our stomachs forever.
6 years ago on 26 December, she went to join Gonggong. Weeks before she passed on, I visited her in the hospital, and she couldn’t recognize me; she thought I was 大姑. My tears fell uncontrollably when I realized how bad her condition was.
Years later, both she and Gonggong were still terribly missed. AMK house was sold, family gathering was shifted from AMK 202 to anywhere and whenever majority is free. I am glad that the family is still closely knitted with occasional drinks, mahjiong and KTV session. <3 See Family, the family who never fail to care and support. I am blessed. Always is.
Composed at 1:13 pm |
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Wednesday, 10 November 2010
These days, it is quite challenging to find a peaceful place for food. The word Peace here is defined as quiet, calm and silent. With the examination lurking around the corner, I decided to lunch by myself for 2 weeks. So that I could have more time to do a little revision; just flipping the textbook pages maybe good enough too.
My usual lunch routine would be talking cok with 5566 and then continue to talk cok after lunch with a drink.
Since Monday, I went to pack my lunch earlier than usual to avoid the heavy traffic for elevator. By the time I return with my lunch, the office would be 95% empty.
Now, I could only hear the air-conditioner’s engine at work in the background with the typing noise from my keyboard. I am finally having my lunch in a quiet environment, away from the bustling food centre, noisy construction site and stares from people hinting us to quickly finish our food so that they could have our table.
Ahhhhhhhhh…. Peace! So shiok. All by myself. I just love having some me-time once in awhile; doing what I like in tranquility instead of drowning myself into the music blasted from my ipod.
La-la-la-la-lah…. Last 15minutes to enjoy this peaceful environment….
Composed at 12:33 pm |
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Monday, 25 October 2010
It often puzzles me much on how is one able to judge something just by looking at it without using / experiencing / encountering it before. I was guilty of this once and I learned a lesson; Never judge anything you don't have experience in.
I used to condemn iPhone thinking it is just another trend setter touch phone. No biggie; I thought. I had even commented it loudly to my friends that I would never lay my hands on an iPhone ever! Because I am not that tech savvy n all those features it possesses wouldn't be useful to me because I hate touch phone!!!
1 month later, I voluntary ate up those words I said. I was introduced to a handful of applications that I had never thought I would be addicted to. Gosh! I got my iPhone 3G at $500 from my Australian colleague who used it less than a month. 12months later, now, I am holding a gadget that never leave my sight for more than 1minute unless I am asleep; iPhone4. It has even become a habit to play a game or surf the FB or Twitter when I shit. Haha! Can't shit without it these days!
I remember a colleague, we called her ah Heng, she said the exact same words I sworn to my friends previously. I asked:" have u ever used an iPhone before? What do u know about it?" her reply was:" no never use before. Don't know anything about it." I then showed her all those useful application that saved me from getting lost and a handful of other interesting Nihongo applications. Thereafter, her response was:" wa Lau, u are tempting me loh ah See!" that evening after work, she got her iPhone 3Gs and is now an enthu iPhone 'recruiter'. Haha! See!!!! Never judge till you understand it like the back of your hand!!! Otherwise, you are just another sour grape-r!
At the end of the day, one's judgement or review on something that one has NEVER used / experienced / encountered before has absolutely NO CREDIBILITY!
Composed at 10:11 pm |
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Tuesday, 19 October 2010
What is happening to my health? I have always been in the Pink of health until recently...
Menses stop coming but I kept having weird cramps every other day and I wondered why...
I have done my annual body check-up and the doctor certified me Healthy with a puny problem with my thyroid. I was supposed to do a follow-up check on it in June but I didn't find time to do it lah. =x
The last straw came when the cramp hit my maximum threshold last month. I went to the Raffles Medical @ Northpoint and the
very loh-soh doctor referred me to a Woman's Specialist. So I went to Doctor Karoline @ OUB's Raffles Medical with my ultrasound pictures.
*knock knock* WOW! Doctor Karoline is so so so very pretty, nice, gentle, friendly, warm and she looked like she was in her late 20s, early 30s at most! She saw my previous ultrasound pictures did an ultrasound again for me. This cost like 200+ together with some pills meant to regulate my menses. Luckily it was 95% claimable. =P
She said my ovaries are different from the normal and fertility might pose as a problem in the later stage of my life. My ovaries were spotted black instead of black.. That was the reason my menses were irregular; eggs were not released regularly.
My wall was so damn thick and she told me that menses will definitely come in 2 weeks time. I will start my 28days pill as soon as Auntie comes.
Now, it has been more than 3 weeks and menses is still not here! Cramp strikes again last Wednesday and I was in pain for 2.5days. Fcuk!
I went to a clinic near my home and the
kan pua lao uncle doctor gave me some pills that will last me 2days to stimulate the menses to come.
After just the second pill, I FCKING CAUGHT THE FLU BUG today! I couldn't stop sneezing and felt damn drowsy. I had to pry my eyes open to do my work! So, again, to the doctor I went. Doctor gave me Flu medicine with Antibiotics ( i hate antibiotics!!!) and i gotta put my stimulating pills on hiatus.
Haiz. Damn sianz.
Composed at 6:22 pm |
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