christmas came early!!!

just got home from dinner with my regulars, steamboat-ing in such weather is pure pleasure... reached home and wanted to grab some fruits. opened the fridge and something at the second tier of the fridge attracted my attention immediately. mummy bought me 2 dozens of my fabula collagen. i think she pities me that I had to stop consuming collagen this month because I wanted to control my spending. so she said it’s my xmas present... first time mummy get me a xmas present... and now I’m the happiest daughter on earth... yippie yay yay...


I thought that spending quality bitching time with Karen, Kitty and Loraine is the best xmas gift I can get from them. but Karen and Kitty proved me that they are definitely my forever favourite colleagues because they bought a packet of Royce chocolate as xmas gift for me... oh and it’s not just any chocolate from Royce but my sinfully much loved Royce Potato Chip Chocolate... crunchie crunch yummie yumsss...


managed to catch up with my ‘singapore secret boyfriend’ while waiting for my coach at Harbour Front. as usual for our yearly ritual, I got my xmas/valentine’s/birthday pressie from him. my all time favourite parfum, Ralph Lauren Romance... and the best thing is it comes in a set with a miniature parfum! now I can travel around the world with my all time favourite parfum woot woot... although I think it’s a bit too early to consider as my birthday pressie, maybe should think about getting another birthday pressie for me when the date is nearer *ahem... greedy... ahemthanks for all the early xmas pressie and I really love each and everything I got as much as I love you all! it may be a bit too early for now... but i would like to wish everyone a merry christmas and have a jolly jolly time with your love ones...

foursome rendezvous @ Singapore

Singapore is never a stranger country to me because besides spending most of my lifetime in my homeland, the next country that I stayed most of the time is Singapore.

Singapore to me is really a love hate thing. I love the nonstop development of the country’s facilities, the cleanliness and definitely the safety of this fine city. but I hate the ever busy human traffic in every corner of Singapore, from the neighbourhood foodcourts to their famous shopping malls and even all the bus stops and taxi stands…. forever jam packed, forever long queue, forever no space of privacy.

last Friday was our company d&d, we started our journey way early in the morning and only be able to reach Singapore on time. long story bout the journey but I do not want to start ranting bout it here. the paintball session was just so-so as the field is quite small and not much action needed. in fact I walked out from the 2 rounds of battle with zero injury. yeap, never got hit at all! but the fun part was… my team won the paintball fight! woohoo… now you know who can really kill so don’t fool around with the SHAM team hehehe… the d&d was fun too although my lucky draw prize is just SGD50 shopping voucher :(

well, I decided to extend the weekend in Singapore for our bitches-bitching-rendezvous. initially thought of just camping over at Kitty’s place but ended up we checked into this chic new boutique hotel, The Quincy Hotel. hope we didn’t make a scene when we checked in with our ‘back to school’ costumes :P the hotel was superbly great! the room, the bed, the pillow, the quilt, the shower, the Molton Brown amenities, the free flow bar and lays, the complimentary wine and cocktail, the food, the coffee, the 24 hours DIY ice cream, the steam room, the pool… alrite, the pool is a bit too cool because the sun can never shine onto the pool... and they even provide free imported Japanese cup noodle for our supper. really nothing more I can ask for except that it would be best if they can control the pool water temperature. we spent every single second in the hotel without stepping out and totally no regrets at all. worth all the single cents we paid although Kitty and I did complain it was a tad too expensive earlier. well, now we just can’t get enough of it and we felt so heavy hearted during the check out :(

besides the comfort of the hotel, I really enjoyed our chatting/bitching sessions. I feel good after pouring out and what more to people who are either going through the same shit or at least they understand the shit I’m going through is really the best remedy for all my whining. and of course, it did widen up my perception after hearing their part of stories too. I guess it’the saying of the grass is always greener on the other side is true until you step in and realize that it’s not any greener than you thought it was.

I feel honoured that you all are willing to share your stories with me… everything from work to family and relationships to even personal thoughts and philosophies too. I always think that it is good to hear other people out in order to understand your ownself even more. hope we can have more chance to have this foursome rendezvous again :)

mind over matter

it has been quite a tough week for me. really… to get me out of my comfort zone and changing my lifestyle is something that I can’t imagine doing it.

but I had decided to just do it. after much reading and surveys done, I had determined to take up the detox program. I must insist that it is not a slimming program as I really do not believe in those but it's an intermediate detox program to assist your liver to clear the toxin that was kept in your body for too long and the best is you can do it in the comfort of your home. the turn down is to change my meal plan to have a better result. so since Monday, I had a pre-detox meal (just salad and soup). then came Wednesday, a public holiday for Hari Raya Qurban and my first day for my korban (meaning sacrifice in malay). it was quite easy for the first day with only fruits consumption and staying at home relaxing. but when it comes to the second and third day, reality hit me. so many temptations in the office (call for lunch from colleagues and friends) and the uneasy feeling of no warm food in the stomach. fourth day got me craving for hot and spicy food even though I can consume small amount of lightly stir fried vege and tofu. what more with my aunts in town and bringing them to savour asam laksa for lunch and curry fish head for dinner is really not helping at all…

today, marks my fifth day of detox also the day for my first long distance run after ditching it since secondary school. the run was quite a taxing one. 8km with 2 hiking trails up and downhill besides the normal connecting tar road. but I did it in 1.5 hours time. I would like to think that I had pushed myself to the max and it’s not bad of a result considering of my current form. yet, I insisted not having Milo nor 100plus even though it was much needed at that very moment at the finish line and the fact that it is just right in front of me :( but I failed at the breakfast session. I couldn’t find popiah at any of those stalls thus ordered fish ball noodle soup which I believe is the lightest meal of all the other stalls (I wanted beehoon but they didn’t have it so I was forced to take the oily kueyteow) and now I am having diarrhea. suspecting is the effect of the detox from cleansing of the oily consumption.

and tomorrow will be another full of temptations day in the office. but it will not bring me down because I can have hardboiled egg salad for lunch :P however to think of having to travel on the last day of my detox program got me quite worried. I do not want to screw up the whole program at the very ending point.

well… sometimes when the going gets tough, the tough get going. no doubt, all these out of comfort zone situations will definitely push you one step ahead. and believe me, it’s always about mind over matter.

so who's up for a curry noodle or tomyam noodle on wednesday lunch? :P

what goes around, comes around...

whenever I'm out late or 'early' (as in wee hours), mum will definitely call me to check on me. without fail, no matter I go out with who. and most of the time, I find it very annoying eventhough I understand they are just worried.

today, am home early as I can't join the jukari class and just being a good girl hanging out at home. I am now home alone with Shareen because mum has yoga class and dad has to work late. but at this hour, almost midnite and yet both of them are not home yet got me feeling very uneasy. so, I call to check on them. mum is still yumcha-ing with her yoga buddies and dad is having supper with his colleague.

well... talk about what comes around, goes around... I promise I will never be annoyed by those check-on-me call anymore :)

weekend comes, weekend goes…

although this weekend passes by so quickly, but it’s undeniably one of my most enjoyable weekend too.

got an impromptu invitation on Friday evening to join a halloween party. I was quite reluctant to join as I really didn’t want to make any effort to dress up, what more to dress up scarily. ended up I dressed up as a pirate slut. just because I have a pair of fish net stocking, a pirate hat and the one sided eye cover from my company d&d few years back. it was another crazy drink and crap session with those wackos…

the routine Saturday morning, all ready for a good sweat-out class. but this time was a bit dreadful as I could still feel the alcohol flowing in my blood veins (thanks to all the blood suckers :P). that aside, I want to announce something very important here(at least I think it’s important to me). I am now officially a bodypump intermediate-er. yes, my instructor had forced me to upgrade from the beginner 2.5kg to a 5kg and I pulled it through the whole class… woohoo… but now, my muscles still aching :( i guess, it's really no pain, no gain.

finally managed to meet up with Lai together with Adam for lunch. although it’s only merely a year knowing him, there’s this special friendship that makes me feel very comfortable with him. Lai… wish you all the best in New Zealand and enjoy yourself to the max. if time and money permits, I’ll come visit you next year ok… and we do bungee jump together… hehehe

as Rachel couldn’t make it for next Friday (dad’s exact birthday) so we had decided for an early celebration for dad’s upcoming 62nd birthday. dad requested for a western cuisine dinner but I didn’t want to go to the usual Victoria Station nor The Ship so I made the decision to head to the newly renovated Monte’s Restaurant at Bangsar Shopping Centre. one of my most satisfied dinner. not just because their escargots are real good (it was so good that we ordered 2 dozens of escargots), also seeing dad chewed all the meat off his lamb rack and mum almost licked clean her cheesy beef steak sandwich is my happiest moment that nite. I am glad they enjoyed the dinner so much. oh guess what, dad loves Dr Loosen too haha…

after a packed Saturday, today I slept all the way until 12pm. thanks to the sunday-serenity in the house and the excellent weather. I refuse to leave home due to the weather. no, don’t get me wrong… it’s not because it’s too hot that I do not want to go outdoor but the weather is so good that I just want to laze on my bed to finish up my Merde and just purely relax… it’s so rejuvenating after a good rest and the fact that it’s gonna be a 4 days work week, everything just feels so good…

yes, weekend came and weekend gone but the next weekend is coming soon anyway... and yet another short roadtrip with the regulars is what I’m looking forward to for next weekend :)