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Tuesday 26 June 2012

25 things to do before you turn 25.

1. Make peace with your parents. Whether you finally recognize that they actually have your best interests in mind or you forgive them for being flawed human beings, you can’t happily enter adulthood with that familial brand of resentment.   
2. Kiss someone you think is out of your league; kiss models and med students and entrepreneurs with part-time lives in Dubai and don’t worry about if they’re going to call you afterward.   

3. Minimize your passivity.
4. Work a service job to gain some understanding of how tipping works, how to keep your cool around assholes, how a few kind words can change someone’s day.

5. Recognize freedom as a 5:30 a.m. trip to the diner with a bunch of strangers you’ve just met.  

6. Try not to beat yourself up over having obtained a ‘useless’ Bachelor’s Degree. Debt is hell, and things didn’t pan out quite like you expected, but you did get to go to college, and having a degree isn’t the worst thing in the world to have. We will figure this mess out, I think, probably; the point is you’re not worth less just because there hasn’t been an immediate pay off for going to school. Be patient, work with what you have, and remember that a lot of us are in this together.  

7. If you’re employed in any capacity, open a savings account. You never know when you might be unemployed or in desperate need of getting away for a few days. Even $10 a week is $520 more a year than you would’ve had otherwise.

8. Make a habit of going outside, enjoying the light, relearning your friends, forgetting the internet.
 
9. Go on a 4-day, brunch-fueled bender.

10. Start a relationship with your crush by telling them that you want them. Directly. Like, look them in the face and say it to them. Say, I want you. I want to be with you. 

11. Learn to say ‘no’ — to yourself. Don’t keep wearing high heels if you hate them; don’t keep smoking if you’re disgusted by the way you smell the morning after; stop wasting entire days on your couch if you’re going to complain about missing the sun.

12. Take time to revisit the places that made you who you are: the apartment you grew up in, your middle school, your hometown. These places may or may not be here forever; you definitely won’t be.

13. Find a hobby that makes being alone feel lovely and empowering and like something to look forward to.

14. Think you know yourself until you meet someone better than you.

15. Forget who you are, what your priorities are, and how a person should be.

16. Identify your fears and instead of letting them dictate your every move, find and talk to people who have overcome them. Don’t settle for experiencing .000002% of what the world has to offer because you’re afraid of getting on a plane.

17. Make a habit of cleaning up and letting go. Just because it fit at one point doesn’t mean you need to keep it forever — whether ‘it’ is your favorite pair of pants or your ex.

18. Stop hating yourself.

19. Go out and watch that movie, read that book, listen to that band you already lied about watching, reading, listening to.

20. Take advantage of health insurance while you have it.

21. Make a habit of telling people how you feel, whether it means writing a gushing fan-girl email to someone whose work you love or telling your boss why you deserve a raise.

22. Date someone who says, “I love you” first.

23. Leave the country under the premise of “finding yourself.” This will be unsuccessful. Places do not change people. Instead, do a lot of solo drinking, read a lot of books, have sex in dirty hostels, and come home when you start to miss it.

24. Suck it up and buy a Macbook Pro.

25. Quit that job that’s making you miserable, end the relationship that makes you act like a lunatic, lose the friend whose sole purpose in life is making you feel like you’re perpetually on the verge of vomiting. You’re young, you’re resilient, there are other jobs and relationships and friends if you’re patient and open.



Via Thought Catalog.TC Mark

Sunday 24 June 2012

Wed wed wedd.

First and foremost, I'd like to let the whole world know that I brought G12 to Yaty's wedding with no memory card. Yes you got that right, NO, nada, and when I found that out, I was pretty much pissed with myself. I mean, what's the point of spending so much on a camera when I always end up just taking pics with the 4S. Like no use right? I might as well don't buy G12 in the first place. -_- Nvm that, I shall treat this as a lesson learnt and also special thanks to N for wanting to come down just to borrow me a spare memory card but I kinda don't wish to trouble others. Your thought was much appreciated though. :)










JUST LOOK AT MY CHEEKS PLEASE. OMG hahaha. SO TEMBAM FOR WHAT? >.<

Positively sure that I've gained weight! (2kgs up = 42kg now. I don't mind if all this fats goes to my boobs but noooo they decide to go to the face first before the arms followed by the tummy or thighs. Bloody hell. I geram you know? But.. I've been eating like no one's business and I've missed 2 weeks of swimming and cardiomix. Nobody to blame but myself. Literally, padan muke kau shiqin.)



 
♡ The mini candy buffet for kids was kindly sponsored by Sue and guest book was done by Zaimah and Mary. ♡

Sweet color combination for their first outfit.
 
Cutie Nutella Blossoms.

Loving the personalized guest book!

The Mini Bujang Lapoks. Dany, Fabian and Rafael.



My lovely ladiesssss!

L-R: Zaimah, Myself, Mary, Nurul and Sue.

Fauzi and Yaty in glamourous black songket, second outfit.






Zie pop by at the very last minute and truth be told, I miss her.


It's a wrap! And though I know I didn't do much aside from eating bryani for my breakfast, lunch and dinner there. I was dead beat mending the reception area and what nots (too many adhoc duties to be mentioned here). Bottom line, I enjoyed spending time with the girlfriends doing something different and I'm pretty sure they all did too! I hope that the blood, sweat and tears were all worth it! Hahaha k drama mama abit la hor. :P

To Yaty and Fauzi, 
May you always feel as close as you do this day.
May your lives be graced with good health.
May you always find happiness in your home,
and may it be a refuge from the storms of life.
May your love grow ever stronger as you share
your lives together, and may your future be even
more wonderful than you dreamed possible
XOXO.

Thursdate & Fridate.

After the Monday, I had 2 visits at work and I was pretty much worn out. Idk why but I kinda get tired really easily and my parents have been nagging at me to take supplements and whatnots. I know it's for my own benefit but I just don't like the whole idea of taking vitamins or what. I prefer fruit juices and fresh milk kinda thing. Which of course what I've been doing every time. Haiya if you guys know me well, you'd know that I'm the naturally "lembik" kind. Unfortunate is me.  :/



That, was my Thursday night with my ex-colleagues from Kidz Amaze. It was very much last minute plan when Aini asked me out for dinner after work and since I had nothing on, let's go! So I contacted Nurul while Aini contacted Ayu. Within half hour, everything was pretty much confirmed and we had a crazy ass time laughing, sharing about our own personal life over Japanese food which was okok apple la. We shared most of the food simply because we wanted to try out as much as we can. And ps; the simple waffle with choc ice cream was goooodd. I love simple things like this. It never failed to make me feel happy. I guess my friends are right, I'm easily please. Is that really true? Hmm idk also. Haha.


Her name is Syafiqah Giggly. Hahahaa I kid you not but this girl giggles at almost every single thing! She's like my travel buddy since we've been to Bengalore and Genting together. I hope we can go to much further and more places in the future but since the girl will be putting on braces next month, it's a little tough for her to follow me to my Phuket trip this November (insyaallah). So, I was supposed to meet her at 6pm at IMM but because I had work to do (yeap I mentioned about breaking down at work the other day? it was last Friday.) I ended up reaaching only at 7.30pm. Oh god I felt so bad (I hate waiting X100 therefore I know how sickening it was having to wait for someone for so long but kind soul Syaf understood me. I had work to do and it's not that I was late suka2) and there wasn't any cabs around Kent Ridge! No choice, MRT it was.

Ps; I was fasting (qadar puasa) and only managed to break fast in the bus with nothing but a bottle of plain water. Like so kesian right? My proper meal was BK's Turkey Bacon Tendergrill Chicken meal with Onion Rings! Wah damn shiok. Or maybe I was famished and whatever served was sedap. We then went to GIANT to get grapes, seedless because the giggly wants it! Hahaha she's damn random like that la. I got my Konyaku jellies from Rickson's Kitchen and then we settled to seat down at one of those round seats in the middle of "somewhere" and spent a good hour or so talking about anything and everything. Also, she kept pushing mewhich caused me almost sliding of my seats! HAHAHA this girl ah, berbual always damn kecoh and enthu but that's exactly why I like going out with her. Yeah most probably we are weird/crazy like that.Wanna be our friend? :P

La familia love.

Okay I think this is gonna be an extremely back dated post but I really had no time to blog after office hours and I kinda have a lot of things to do at work now. It's close to 4 months now and I can feel the pressure and work load slowly piling up. Now forgetting that I almost broke down at work because of the stupid formatting of the name cards that I was supposed do/handle. Haiz I felt like I failed at doing something sooo simple. Nvm that, it's time to put aside the negativity and carry on. Alright let me begin..


I wanted to print out a Father's Day letter for Dad but I didn't exactly know what to write till I thought, why not talk about us. Just me and him and then.. Dang! It striked me that we both had so much in common! Like seriously. "Cerewet, professional, workaholic, a foodie, clean-freak, can't live without mom, teh tarik and rice (must eat everyday if not headache la ++), athletic (atleast i used to run alot last time. Hehe), sensitive (no comments hahaha). Haiz I love you la Dad. You're my best man ever." That's what I shared across all social networking sites that I used. Hehe. And because it's been a while since I started work at NUS, I decided to treat the family and also to commemorate Father's Day. That's when we had Siam Kitchen on a Monday night and not on the exact day itself which was Sunday fyi. Best decision ever because there wasn't any crowd and we were served really well! 

Mango Salad x Grilled Combo Platter x Asparagus Sambal x Thai Tom Yum Soup x Beef Noodle Soup.

Green Curry Fried Rice with Prawn x Salt Fish Rice x Stir Fried Basil with Rice.
Ahhhhh aku mengidam makan this Mango Sticky Rice x Red Ruby with Jackfruit and Coconut Ice Cream!!!! And the Chendol's good as always tooooo! I'm HAPPY ttm!

My treat for la familia love.

Not only me but ALL of us enjoyed our meal. It was really damn worth it and the main reason why I brought them there to eat was because I wanted to eat the Mango Sticky Rice for god knows how long la! Major craving was fulfilled and happy girl was me though I spent close to $400 on that day itself. Why did I spent so much? Close to $200 was for the dinner and another $200 was for....


YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THAT MEAN TO ME. K let me tell you, when I finally wanted to get the tickets, it was sold out. I checked on the weekends whereby they said they'll release a few more, there was none avail but IDK why on the Monday while I was at work, I decided to just checked on the website (like for fun kinda thing), AND THEY WERE STILL SELLING IT. I kinda squealed in the office and kept informing everyone that I managed to get it. Hahaha and as much as my colleagues were happy for me, I have a feeling they might think I'm nuts. Oh wells, hahaha. Anyway, I'll be going with Nurul and as of today, we have 5 more days to go! Weeehooo I simply can't wait and I BETTER start memorizing JM's new songs by heart.

Wednesday 20 June 2012

Mid-week blues.

 Aside from the fact that I think it's best if I keep my personal stuffs to nobody else but myself, I don't really have much to say either. Anyway, when I'm less tired/restless/lazy, I'll blog about this 3 things. a) Father's Day 2) Jason Mraz. 3) 22 things before Nov 30 2012. In the mean time, I've decided to un-privatized my tweets, so please.. Feel free if you want to.

Sunday 17 June 2012

Vanity Trove vs Bella Box.

Because I believe that I'm the kind that keep to my words. Here is goes!


So.. I had BellaBox sent to my office instead of home because I think it's safer that way. You know.. Just in case nobody opens the door, which is always the case as my house door is pretty thick and it's tough to hear someone knocking. Plus, we don't have a working house bell. Haha. Anyway, I hate going down to the P.O to collect it. It defeats the purpose of having soemthing sent straight to your house right? Yes, I know I can always get it sent a day after but.. I don't want to take the risk it, again.

As for Vanity Trove, it works in a slightly different way. The person actually called a few minutes before reaching my place (residential address), but I didn't pick up. Therefore they left me a text message saying that they've put it at my shoe rack area. Personally hand courier with calls and messages are surely a thumbs up. Though that being said, BellaBox did gave me a call a day before to check on my preference. Example; To office address between 2-6pm and residential address between 6-8pm. The delivery man came during my lunch time and it wasn't what we agreed on. He came a little early somewhere between 12-2pm and it kinda bothered my colleague because she has to get it and that made me feel abit guilty. :/



The first look upon opening the boxes and for presentation wise, Vanity Trove wins it hands down. It's like a pull open drawer thingy and the I love the "wrapping paper" that was used. It definitely spells more class than the usual hot pink paper that's easily crumpled that was used by Bella Box. :( On top of that, the envelope that was used by Bella Box can always be improved. I thought of why not have it more personalized? Xx.



Biggest BUT would be the stuffs that was in the box was really really good. I've yet to try out any of the products but I can see myself using it all! On top of that, the sample size are much better than that of Vanity Trove's. What I meant exactly was that at the very least, I can use the products given by BB around 4-5 times (depends on how often and how much I'd use) but as for those in VT's, I can only use it like.. Erm once or twice and then that's all? So yeap.



What you see is literally what you get. The only thing missing is that I've used the Essential's Hair Shampoo in Nuancy? The pink color bottle for my everyday Monday swimming time and Essential's has always been good enough for my hair la. Or actually, I'm the kind that can use any types of shampoo and it's still okay. I don't get any itch or dandruff or anything on the negative side. I've tried or rather, tasted the Jelly and to my surprise, it's actually kinda nice! Haha very sweet and since it's packed with collagen, all the more it's better! As for the Yadah Lip Crayon, extremely moisturizing but I don't suit the color. It's closer to the orangey shade and therefore doesn't match my skin tone. Would have prefered if I got the red or pink ones though. :)

Like they always say, looks aren't everything therefore I've decided to continue subscribing with Bella Box instead and I look forward to more of their beauty products they gonna offer all of us. If there's any of you ladies out there interested in subscribing to Bella Box, let me know. Simply leave your email address in the comment box or on my FS because I'd check either way. With that, you can help me earn abit of points each time I referred a friend. ♡♡♡ To wrap it up, I'd love to receive the stuffs that Bella Box has put together but in a Vanity Trove's packaging! Does that make sense to you? Hehe.
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Saturday 16 June 2012

Most beautiful thus far..


Whatton House and Gardens Wedding Trailer from Beautiful Life Films on Vimeo.

Never did I thought I'd go through about anything got to do about weddings and stuffs like that but, I did and honestly, her write up on her simple journey with her love one was just.. Beautiful and, magical. I don't know if there's even such a thing but I was in awe the whole time I was reading through her blog. Not only is she an extremely gorgeous lady but also, he husband was really a sweet and good looking man. Ain't that a double combo ladies? I bet Amy's dream truly came true.

As for now, I shall continue dreaming. Dream in hope that one day, a fine man will sweep my feet off the ground.

immafatgirl

A new found friend online and she actually asked for my number and we went out for a simple dinner at Ayam Penyet Ria with her two other guy friends. I do know their names but I'm afaid I'd spell them wrongly. Haiz not only am I bad with recognizing people's faces but names included. I swear there really is something wrong with me. Oh wells. So yeap, we just spent out Friday night walking down to Somerset and window shopped! OMG the heels at ZARA are uber tempting!!! Plus the jeans at Bershka, wah seh! I feel like grabbing them and head straight to the cashier. BUT, I already made 2 online purchase, I meant heels. As for jeans, I can hardly wear them due to work. If I really were to wear them, it's just gonna be the weekends and how often do I go out on the Sat and Sun you tell me? 

So I better stop before Dad scold me about me and my heels. Or having to see my sisters wearing and unintentionally expanding my jeans. Anyway, the guys was nice enough to accompany us, or rather, they were just in for the aircon. Haha. Ps; the weather nowadays are really hot! Thank god I'm working in an office environment. If not, I bet I'm gonna spot a few shades darker already. That aside, it was a good simple night. I've kinda been deprived from nights like this. You know, just meeting new people and chill out in town. And in all truthfulness, it felt like years since I last made new guy and girl friends. Oh wells, I gotta start somewhere right?

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Tuesday night.

I know I mentioned in my instagram/tweet that I'll blog about BellaBox vs Vanity Trove but I think I'll do that this weekend simply because I'm really tired to put the g12 to good use and it's past 10pm now. Fyi; I'm usually asleep at around this timing on weekdays and latest sleeping time would be 11. Or 12, sometime. And on days that I really have nothing on, which is 90% of the time, I could be asleep by 9! Oh god, I sound like I don't have a life. Hmm perhaps I don't? Anyway, I hardly watch tv nor surf the net that much when I'm home and if you'd like to know, my daily routine the minute I reach home would be bathe, dinner, prayers, check on my instag/twitter and repeat that around 100 times till.. I fall asleep. At times, I wonder what happened to FB because again, I only use that at the most random time or, when I have tons of photos to upload. Alright all that aside, I'm gonna share with you what I aim to achieve by the end of this year or by November 30. Hehe. Yes, I know that I plan a little too far out and sometimes, even I wonder if I'm still alive to do the things I wanna do or buy. Haha oh wells, with god's willing perhaps I can.

OKAY... I JUST SPENT THE LAST 45 MINS GOOGLING ON THE EXACT SALVATORE FERRAGAMO & YVES SAINT LAURENT PRODUCTS THAT I'M EYEING ON AND I CAN'T FIND ANY. LIKE WTH?! SO SORRY PEOPLE BUT I KINDA GAVE UP BECAUSE... I'M SUPER SLEEPY.

Saturday 9 June 2012

It is very true, that the way you think creates reality for yourself.


Always put yourself in the others shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.