I bought this eariler when I went to Borders after school finished for me. Take a look :

Yeah I know I'm a big fan of Catwoman so I thought why not I bought this at Borders ? It cost me S$35.95 but it's worth spending that amount in my opinion instead of buying something useless .
I wanted to buy this other book which Borders is also selling but unfortunately I didn't have enough $ with me so that will have to wait til Sat . Catwoman: Nine Lives Of A Feline Fatale
Hopefully that book will still be on the shelves as only 1 book's left on the rack & so does the book that I bought eariler . Catwoman:Nine Lives Of A Feline Fatale will set me for S$29.95 but who cares man , I'm reading the book & not you lol
Woooooooooooo ........... today's the last day of school for this week which means ... NO SCHOOL tomorrow *dances around* . All the right reasons to love Fri's even more woooo
I already can foresee a very BORING day ahead . Just 2 hours of lessons (well hopefully this time *roll eyes*) & then bang go back home . I wanna go to Orchard after school as I'm damn bored up at home , even though I went to the arcade yesterday but still .. I wanna do some walking around & maybe buy some new blings blings at Perlini should they have some nice designs :)
Should be fun & yesterday when I was gymming in the morning before heading to school , it poured :O . I was scared cos I didn't brought an umbrella with me along . Thankfully it cleared up soon after but for safety reasons , I better bring 1 later on when I go gymming.
& oh yes before I forget , I did tried the EQUAL no sugar added chocolates which currently are selling in normal or hazelnut flavors . I tried both already (not on the same day) & they taste really GOOD ! Just like normal chocolates but even better!
I'm gonna switch to buying them to treat myself every weekend as I'm a total chocolate freak . Can you imagine I used to eat chocolate every single day ? :O that's why I got so fat in the 1st place lol so now I cut down to just have them during the weekends or else I will feel damn deprived!
I will stop buying the Atkins bars & I emailed Cold Storage & they replied me saying that they will discontinue selling Atkins products soon as the fact the company filed for bankrupty unfortunately last Aug . Somemore they're too pricey for me to afford & honestly I don't really like the taste of the bars .
I checked that the bars will expire in April so I suspect once the month of April is around the corner , Cold Storage will stop selling them for good .
Oh well ... I rather much pay S$1.75 per bar for the EQUAL chocolates which uses sugar alcohol instead of normal sugar (for all low carb chocolate bars they use it too) which're more tastier & definitely more cheaper for me to buy!
Instead of paying for a rather tasteless Atkins bar for S$5.95/S$6.25 per bar !!
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My dad's eldest brother said something to me when everyone had steamboat dinner yesterday in which stuck a chord in me . He just briefly said that I must have a lot of sheer iron willpower & discipline to get to where I'm now currently , with regards to my progressive weight loss .
It might seem like a small thing to you but it means a lot to me . The fact that he mistaken me as Hui Li when I sat down at the table was enough to make me go WOW you know haha
I'm proud to say that now food doesn't control me & that I'm full control in watching what I eat in my new healthy diet . It can be hard at times & temptations are always all around me but the past 6 months ++ it has been good & fanastic for me
Cos of the fact that I have a large frame & that I'm 1.75m (5ft 9inches) tall , I found out that my ideal weight's supposedly to be around 65-74kg (145-164 pounds) . I'm not really sure where I'm now as I threw away my faulty weighing scale but hopefully I can reach 65kg.The lowest I will go down's 63kg (140 pounds) .
Any lower I would look gross I tell you . The last time I weigh myself which was a month ago , I was around 76kg (168 pounds) . I'm sure that number's lower right now but I don't really bother about it cos I don't want the scale to dictate a number that I don't wish to see .
Somemore doesn't mean how much you weigh means how good/bad you look innit?
Now whatever junk or foods that're off limit to me , I have them in moderation even though I must admit some of the my old fave foods I would never ever eat them again as I lost interest in having them already .
I really can't wait to hit the month of July as that month will be my 1st anniversary since I decided to change my eating habits to get healthy & that I don't wanna be fat & miserable in the 2nd decade of my life .
Currently my dress size is ::
Top : UK 14 / US 10
Bottom: UK 16/ US 12
I'm shooting hopefully for a UK 10/ US 6 & UK 12 / US 8 if possible & would you believe it , my biggest dress size was a staggering UK 22 / US 18 ? Gulp
& oh Claire , if you need any help with regards to low carb or to your diet , just feel free to PM me anytime :)
If there's 1 thing I wanted to blog yesterday but I forgotten all about it totally , it's my hair!
I wanted to cut it actually as it's getting so long & driving me mad in a way but I just realised that the hairdresser that I been going to since when I was a baby , has up her prices as Chinese New Year's around the corner .
I know cos my mum went to perm her hair & that's why the hairdresser charged her more . Geez...so fast already , like that . It's as good as those florists charging crazy amounts of $ just for a single stalk of rose during Valentine's Day innit?
I already can foresee a rather boring day today if you ask me . I only got back to school for today & tomorrow only for 2 hours & honestly it's a waste of crap time . Then again what to do , have to do something to pass the boredom & my mum was wondering why my timetable's so slack this semester .
Well DUH cos I'm finishing my course in less than 2 months that's why . Did you see my 1st semester's timetable? It was BAD . Does a 9-5 time duration every single day except for Fri is enough to scare you ?
I bet it does.
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Now that the day's drawing close to an end , let me say that I had a really good time today !! At least today's celebration's so much better than last year .
For starters , today's actually a public holiday aka Hari Raya Haji . Damn cool right ? 1st time my birthday falls on a public holiday if you ask me !!
I ate a LOT today . I whacked some ice cream , chocolate & not to forget my birthday cake which was a fruit sponge cake.Yeah I know they're hideously fattening but hey today's my birthday so give me some leeway & space just for today lah haha
Then again whatever junk's out there , I will eat them in moderation , not like I will have them every single day innit?
Initally I was pulling a face when my mum ordered the fruit sponge cake but after having it , was not bad lah but a bit too sweet for my liking . We brought the cake to my paternal grandparents's house , had it after steamboat dinner .
Was a bit embarassing when everyone started singing the Happy Birthday song to me in English & Chinese haha , I mean I'm 19 leh still sing song ? Come on lah . Baosui even asked me to take out 1 of the candles after I blew all of them using my mouth . Ermmmm... nice -.-
Pressies I received ? Not much really aside from lots of $$ hee hee & some VCDs & of course the pressies that Suzy & Jen sent me before that . I haven't really count how much I got today , should be a lot for sure , that's going to my 'piggy bank trust fund ' lol
Overall what a day I had , bring on next year when I turn 20 wooooooo
1st of all , I wanna say that I'm feeling so much better now . Had a really good sleep so I'm feeling fine & dainty now . But for safety reasons , I better monitor my health in the next few days to come.
2ndly , HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY TO ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & of course JuneyYY too :) It's so cool to share a birthday with a friend if you ask me ! Woah I can't believe it , I'm officially 19 & so's she , wow oh wow .
Which means I need 2 more years to enter into Crazy Horse & into the Genting casino's legally *jokes* instead of sneaking into there illegally 5 times & was busted 3 times by the guards there haha . Can't wait for 2 more years to fly by so that I can do all these things legally & not to mention watch R-21 movies too *jokes*
Things I have in mind to do today? Does the words pigging out mean anything ?lol yes I'm going to eat like crazy later on . Going to Jack's Place for lunch & then will head to my paternal grandparents's house to eat a storm for dinner . Oh yeah can't wait for both events to happen :)
Now the fact that I'm officially older , means that I have to start living/talking/walking like a 19 year old then :P but I'm always a kid at heart no doubt about it hee
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Everything was going according to plan this morning but alas in the afternoon , a bad case of events happened . What you say ? Let me give you a recap.
Yes I did fed the koi's downstairs of my house . Yes I did went to the gym . Yes I did went to Westmall to kick butt at the arcade but after that , things started to went all so wrong !
As I was making my way to the MRT station around 2.15pm , I was suddenly bogged down with terrible stomach cramps . You think this's normal but NOOOO it's NOT !! It was so bad to the extent that I had to sit down at those benches thingy & the pain around this time was totally unbearable!
I thought I was able to stand up but NOOOOOO I can't , I think that I must have sat down & my energy was zapped totally for a good 'ol 1 1/2 hours !!! . I can't even move & my legs started to go numb . I thought what the hell was going on man ! The only thing that was able to numb my pain was the music blaring outta my mp3player.
I want to cry out loud cos the pain was getting terrible min by min but I can't do that . No tears to cry out :(
A lady that was sitting beside me was really kind , asked me what happened to me as my face was really pale like Casper!
Didn't help matters that it was raining heavily too . After 1 1/2 hours later , when I finally managed to get the strength to stand up , I went to the public phone & call my friend up . No such luck as he didn't picked up the phone so I made my way home limping like crap..
It's very strange that outta the blue this sorta thing happened to me . Bloody hell & no I'm still feeling like shit & damn weak . So much for the day being flew away just like that .Shoot
I'll be fine folks , I think I need to get some serious rest after this , wonder what's going on ,maybe I better monitor my progress the next few days to come & that it wouldn't spoilt tomorrow's outing.
As for meeting my friend , I can always meet him anytime , just don't understand why something like this can happen to me at the 11th hour :(
Don't know man , something's wrong with my digestive system/juices in my stomach or maybe I ate something that was gone bad or whatever . Oh whatever , off to get some rest now lol
I want to sleep even longer today but I can't do that ! Why ? I was woken up by the big head's LOUD voice at 7.45am ! Damnit & her zoadic sign's not Rooster for nothing . Sheesh..
Oh well now that I'm awake now , the last day & moments before me & JuneYyy gonna turn 19 tomorrow :O . I'm gonna enjoy every last moment of being 18 today!!! by doing a whole buncha things later on . Luckily I don't need to go back to school so it's pure bliss :)
After watching Martin Mystery , I'm gonna feed the numerous koi's downstairs of my house , hit the gym , go hit the ARCADE before going to see my friend after that at his workplace.
I bought a new type of chocolate yesterday , it's EQUAL chocolate where they state 'no sugar added' . It comes in either the normal plain one or with hazelnuts ! Yum , I haven't tried them but they're reasonably priced at S$1.75 ! If they taste really good , then I consider switching to buying them as the Atkins Advantage Bars are very expensive .
If you're a living 'saint' , would you pay S$5.95/S$6.25 per bar ? I don't think so right?Somemore I wanna manage my $ better so it does seem logical to shell out S$1.75 for a no sugar added chocolate!
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The whole family went out eariler for dinner at a restaurant that we never went before . Was placing high hopes that the food & everything will be ok but was left pretty disappointed at the end.
They served Teochew food but I'm not a big fan of it . I prefer Cantonese anytime but the moment I stepped into the place , geez... everything all started to go wrong . I rather much go another place than here though but the merit's that the food/place's not the worst & not the best I've been lah...
So after that , I was begging my mum to let me go Cold Storage to buy some stuff so that I can toss them into the oven to toast . Eventually everyone went down cos the 5 of us had in mind to get something . Gonna eat some stuff later , having a bad feeling that my period's coming soon as I have been eating more than usual .
& oh yes Jen , tomorrow , finally gonna see him so really excited about it :)
If there's 1 type of music genre that I consider it to be my '1st love' , it would have to be classical music.
I know what you're thinking , YOU a classical music lover ??? Yeah what's so shocking & surprising about it ?
I was brought up with classical music since a little girl & I remembered all those Yamaha lessons that my mum paid for me to go . It was kinda fun initally but gradually as I became older , I started to dread going for it but I had no choice as my mum already paid the full lum sum of the course.& don't get me started on that stupid piano teacher that always come to lecture the hell outta me every week !
It didn't help matters while growing up , my childhood was plauged down with quite a lot of problems that I don't wish to remember & talk about anymore . So sick & tired of classical music & not to mention lessons , I slowly wean off it & started listening to pop music when I was 12 at the then Perfect 10 98.7FM .
This went on til I incorporated classical music back . But this time , it's mainstream classical which in my opinion , rules & more punchy & edgy than the normal classical music .
Honestly if you're not a classical music lover , I suggest don't ever bother to listen as some music pieces are really lengthy/boring & I have to admit , can put me to sleep in a bad way . So I suggest why not listen to mainstream ones ?
My fave mainstream classical acts ? Well I love Bond & have been listening to them ever since they started their career I think 5-6 years ago . I bought their very 1st album Born & rip the songs from their subsquent albums from my friend whom I was surprised that she listens to it as I was too broke to afford their follow up's .
Only recently I started to like Maksim in which I have to say he's damn talented & good . I saw the music videos of him such as The Flight Of The Bubble Bee , Exodus & it's really scary at the way he uses his fingers to play the piano . He has a unique style which I really like !
Both acts are totally eye candy material so who says classical music is played by old hill billy's ?
Now whenever I feel bored with the current music genres that're heating up the airwaves , I switch to listening to Bond & Maksim . Their music are really good . Most of them are upbeat but a couple of them fall into the sappy slow category which I don't mind . Once in a while to listen to such mainstream classical , is good for me & not to mention for my ears!
I just scanned into the computer a pic that was taken last week at my maternal grandma's house , does anyone wanna see it ? If you do , you know what to do just drop me a line at my tagboard :)
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Went to Jurong Point eariler in mind to buy some clothes so that I can wear for the upcoming Chinese New Year .
Eventually I only bought 1 baby pink top with a rather big unique design in the centre of the top which's surrounded by strings . Damn I'm not good at explaining things so you can just leave it to your imagination !
I must admit I was a bit sore that I still can't fit into normal size clothes as I have a frickin large frame & that my dress size's now XL or XXL depending on the cut . But I learn to look at it this way positively.
How you ask ? Well 6 months ago I wouldn't even dream of wearing XL/XXL clothes at all . I think I must have been 4 or 5 XL that time :O ! Yeah I know scary isn't it ? & somemore my weight loss journey has not ended yet , it's still ongoing so it might take a few more months before I reach my goal weight .
Somemore Chinese New Year's only 4 days long this year so you can't expect me to buy a whole new warerobe right ? & I have only replaced 2 pieces of clothing in my warerobe , that top & a demin skirt that my aunt got for me last week ..
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I went back to school today to take my class photo . I could have don't go for it but I went for it eventually .
Outta 33 people in my class , only 12 people showed up . How lame isn't it ? So in a way to 'balance' out the number of students vs teachers , some of us called our previous teachers who taught us previously to come & join in the fun !
I don't know why but I never have the habit of putting slap on my face or comb my hair in toilets etc during anytime of the day or just before a photoshoot . I'm still vain in some parts of my life but definitely not this . The only thing I did before that materialised was to check whether my hair's ok a not that's all
The weekend's finally here & it's really exciting , only a few more days before me & June turn 19 on the same day respectively ! how cool isn't it ? I was shocked when I found out her birthday's the same as mine a few years ago .
My mum asked me this morning where I wanna go & eat on my birthday . I haven't really think about it yet but I'm hoping if possible to go back to Grand Corpthrone Hotel there to have a feast as I'm the sort who can spend hours in a buffet . Last time the whole family went there , man !! the food was awesome ! Seafood , meat & etc
Pressies that I want ? I don't expect a lot even though I don't mind $ from my relatives & parents hahahaha but a gift or 2 will be great . I already received 1 from Suzy last week which she sent me together with my advanced Xmas pressie.
What she got for me ? A small Dolce & Gabbana light blue perfume ! I have used it already & it smells really good on me hee
& guess what ? I received a surprising parcel from Jen eariler in the afternoon . I was shell shocked when I opened up the pressie that she wrapped up so nicely for me. She sent me a stack of CDs by Maksim !!!!! Woah I was so escatic cos I'm a big fan of his music (he's a pianist & his music's a mean mix of mainstream classical) .
She sent me all 3 of his CDs that he released so far , including his latest A New World . I haven't listen to all of the songs yet but I like what I have heard so far from his 1st CD . Thanks a big bunch Jen , I really really appericate the effort & not to mention $ you spent on me , I'm so touched :) :) :)
& Maksim's like a hippier Richard Clayderman in my opinion & he's a real hottie too :P

See what I mean ? haha
To check up on this extremely talented Croatian pianist , log on to Maksim
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Random fact of the day ::
"Ryan Cabrera's current girlfriend's Lisa who's 1/2 of The Veronicas . She made an appearance in Ryan's current latest music video 'Photo' "
*sulk in 1 corner* I SO envy her if you ask me , she get to make out with him in the video. HMPH with a capital H -.-
Hey don't you wonder on something ? Ryan got his ex Ashlee to appear on his very 1st video 'On The Way Down' & now it's Lisa ?
Hmm... something's fishy going round here ...
Video & song wise ? I LOVE it !!!!!!!!! I honestly think that this's currently the best song & video that Ryan has released & made so far . Shine On comes in a close second & honestly speaking , the videos he made for his 1st album they all suck but the songs does not haha
I have seen both Photo & Shine On on his official website & I love both songs & videos respectively but Photo takes the cake !
YAY finally the 3 of us have finished doing the presentation eariler . Which means officially we have completed our subject , woo hoo *dances around* We 3 rule haha
Funny thing was , I was having last min jitters before presenting my part as there were so many things to talk about in the presentation . Still , I managed to breeze though it . Was caught off guard by some of the questions Mr Bernard asked though . Zhen's lucky , she got the least questions being asked by him . Hmph so unfair man , how about me ? lol just joking lah
Well by right I would have finished school for this week today but nope , no such luck . Tomorrow I still have to go back but only for a while to do take pics aka class photo . I could have chosen the option not to go but I better do it whether I like it or not . I mean it's just like today's presentation , get it over & done with .
Somehow or other , I feel that I might be standing at the last row on benches as I'm tall or if I'm lucky , maybe sit on the 1st row or stand in the 2nd row . Hmmm.. I don't know really
& I just saw this in the papers . Fort Minor are making their way down here for a 1 night only gig !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG I was like !!!!!!!!!!! when I saw it . Anyway their gig details's that they're coming on 1st March which's a Wed . Venue's S'pore Indoor Stadium & it will start at 8pm . Prices of tickets are S$68,S$58 & S$38. Bloody hell , I so wanna go if you ask me!!
I have been a big fan of Linkin Park's music since they started so when I heard Mike going solo to return back to his hip hop roots , I was no doubt skeptical as he had so much success with LP & selling 35 million CDs with them's no big joke so when The Rising Tied dropped on 22nd Nov '05 , I was pleasantly surprised by the material!
He played all the instruments on all the tracks on the CD & it's being produced by Jay Z . On the CD sleeve , they print his real name which's Shawn Carter . So you can't go wrong with Jay Z producing it & Mike's on the driver's seat on the disc .
The songs on it are fanastic , I'm sure you would have heard & seen the very catchy Believe Me on mtv or on radio . Their 2nd single's Petrified & believe me ( pardon the pun) , it's more edgier & better . I saw the video on Yahoo music already & it's good . 1 note while watching it : never ever play with fire haha
On another happy note , I called my friend in school using Zhen's handphone . Was kinda weird talking to him as I haven't seen him in a while since Nov , the week after my Japan trip . I'm gonna see him next Mon so I'm really looking forward to catch up with him on a hell lotta things , that should be fun & for sure something for me to look forward to next week :)
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If there's 1 thing that been bugging me down the past few days , it's issues due to my weight again . I was pondering on what was dragging me down when I was gymming this morning . Turns out it's this , again !
It's quite weird that this issue dragged me down again but after working out in the morning while listening to McFly's Wonderland album (thanks to Han Lei for sending me their songs ! ) , I felt a hell lot better
I realised that I was too impatient in wanting to reach my goal weight fast . It has been 6 months since I changed my eating habits & incorporated exercise to my life , that's no mean feat I tell you !
While looking though my warerobe , there's a Joan Allen maroon blouse inside that my mum bought for me a few years ago . What was the size on the label ? US 18/ UK 22 !! I was shocked , no doubt about it . The last time I wore that was to Ah Gek's wedding dinner . To think that size was the biggest when I was at my heaviest :S
My current dress size ? I'm glad to say that I'm now a US 12/ UK 16 ! I think I must have dropped 3-4 dress sizes since July , that's way damn cool ! I'm still hoping that I can drop a few more sizes , & that I can reach either US 8/10 or UK 12/14 if possible . Any lesser I would gross so see how it goes ...
I also don't know what's my current weight now as I have thrown away the weighing scale when the rest were at Genting . Ha , it was spoilt already in the 1st place so I had to get rid of that sooner or later .
But as long as I look good in pics , it's fine...
Wan Zhen sent me the EBP presentation yesterday via MSN . I saw it & really like & appericate the effort that she & Su-H took to do during the holidays :)
Was browsing though the whole thing at night & then when I reach slide 28 , I saw something that made me laughed ! Ok , not laughed but cheered me up a lot . Both of them know what it's so heh
It seems like a small thing/pic but means a lot to me as the past few days I been feeling really blah , due to PMS but I will be fine . I gotten over this a lot of things already so it shouldn't be all too bad for me . Like Jen said , blast some music whenever I'm feeling blah
Has anyone seen that 1 min ad on Ch 5 titled 'Good To Be Home' ? It has been getting airplay constantly on Ch 5 so you wouldn't miss it , unless you don't watch that channel at all ! It's an original xmas song & I like the melody to it but it's oh so short , I can't catch the lyrics of what Dave sang , d'oh :S
But I did saw glances of Dan on the ad . Um.. he looks good but I wonder why his hair like that haha . See that's exactly the 1st thing I ever said to him when I 1st met him . Adio , history repeating itself in a way..
I haven't seen him for a while already as the both of us been so frickin busy like crap . I want to go see him again but I'm so LAZY , I can't even move at all !! Jen , please help me do something about my laziness -.-
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If there's anything I like to blog about , it's randomn things that I like to talk about .
When I went back to my paternal grandparents's house for dinner on Sun , 1/2 way thoughout my other relatives preparing dinner , they suddenly realised that they don't have any gas in the kitchen to cook their food . Instead they had to use electricity to finish cooking whatever they prepared.
& guess what ? my house's gas stove's button has been spoilt so you jolly well imagine , I had to use a matchstick to light up the gas as I wanted to soft boiled eggs for breakfast . I was so scared that the gas would just shoot up like that .Luckily nothing bad happened !
The relief teacher in my subject will be leaving the school soon as he's a part timer . No offense to him but I think he suck in the way that he handle & 'teach' the class . I open inverted comma the word ' teach' as he himself doesn't have any teaching experience to begin with ! Hopefully the person that will be replacing him will do a better job or else I can blame on the both of them big time for failing the subject miserably.
This Fri there's a class photo taking session that I have to attend in school . I'm so dreading it ! Why ? I look absoultely crabby in pics & so hoping that I could put a paper bag on top of my head/face ! I mean have you seen me in person ? I look really UGLY with a capital U & I think people would just maybe stick me in a small enclosed room so that they wouldn't need to see this ugly witch face in person haha
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I'm so seriously pissed off with everything now . Forgive me 1st hand if I'm gonna sound offensive later on
I'm so sick of people treating me like a kid ! I'm gonna be 19 soon for peep sake ! Just cos the few past days my parents been away , my 'well minded ' relatives keep on calling the house like 1 kind . Stupid shit & what do they tell me over the phone ? 'you're a girl & it's not safe for you to go out ' .
Excuse me , then why are there countless of girls going out doing their shopping etc ? Maybe I should consider undergoing a sex change operation so that all the complaints about this stupid issue will put to rest .
I'm so sick of people passing cutty & stupid remarks. From the smallest to the biggest of things . I know that I'm still overweight but I don't need to hear that coming from people's mouth !
I been working my ass off the past 6 months & counting & I'm going to put myself in another intensive boot camp tomorrow & embark on an even more stricter eating/exercise program . I'm going to push myself even harder than ever to reach my goal weight.
So in short , I'm seriously pissed out today & I blamed that on PMS & other issues . Blah
Blah , school's starting tomorrow . So not lovely & I'm dreading to stay there til 6pm !!!!! Sigh what to do ? This's what you get when you been holidaying for only 1 week ++ & come back to this ? Drats
Well at least I made the most outta the short break . Been gymming regularly with the exception of yesterday as I wanna set a rest day & I so can't work out everyday or else I will drop dead on the spot *touch wood* & also what else , hit the arcade more often ha
After I feed the fishes & do my gymming , I'm going to do some shopping for clothes with my aunt before she go back to Korea on Wed ! Well I probably just buy a few basic ones to last me for a while & not to mention my warerobe's looking so yuck , like a goldfish in a pathetic small little fishbowl.
All my old clothes are all falling off me & the pants that my mum gave back to me to wear , it's getting really short , I can't even cover my legs fully :S . Well I see what the stores have . I think it beats getting a stupid fake LV bag & that getting some new clothes is more worthwhile than that damn bag.
I'm itching to wear a skirt or a dress as I haven't wore either for AGES & somemore Chinese New Year's around the corner so hey what's missing now's a pair of heels :p
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As I looked back 2005 , it was 1 hell of you can say joyride in some ways or another . Let's walk though the timeline with yours truly in here , using my own words ::
Relatively speaking , I didn't had a good start to the year at any bit . I lost my family doctor a few days before my 18th birthday & as a result , I had the lousiest time ever . So much for a happy occasion , that really & seriously dampen everyone's mood , I was not spared either unfortunately . Not to mention , I was dealt with another of my dad's 2nd older sis's sudden death that happened a few months . Talk about hitting a flat note & I hit that , twice in a row !
Both of them passing on never really sink into me until I went into a very & extremely bad depression dry spell in Feb/March . It didn't help matters that I was so stressed out with schoolwork & unwanted pressure that I gave myself . Combined all 3 with strained relationships with my schoolmates almost gave me a mental breakdown that nearly sent me off the edge .
This went on for almost close to 2 months before I eventually managed to recover from 'the dark age' & picked myself up in early April .
You might be wondering , 'oh you're so capable to be able to pick youself up ? ' . Nope , not at all . Honestly that wouldn't have happened without the tremendous big support that I got from people that have been following my blog since I started it in Feb 05 , especially to a few people in my life who I have bonded closer than ever (yes you're included Jen ) & also befriending Daniel , whom has changed my life for the better ever since I got to know him by chance last Nov.
If there's 1 thing in life that he taught me which stuck a chord in me , it's to never wallow yourself in self pity & that if the environment can't be changed overnight , I can change myself slowly & that I can change the environment for the better .
So after the rocky start to the beginning of the year , I started to pick the pieces up & built towards a harder tougher image both emotionally & physically . After taking a whole month break off in June meditating & whatever donkey crap , I took the plunge in July to 'dedicate' myself to shed the layers of the old me to the current existing stronger person I'm right now .
I 1st changed the way that I looked & eat . I was so sick of struggling with my weight for the longest time & I certainly don't wanna spend the 2nd decade of my life being fat like a pig . I researched numerous ways before putting myself in boot camp to eat the low carb way & have never look back since then . I realise that I been slipping slowly again but I'm going to buckle up as I don't wanna slide back & work so hard for nothing .
I broke off contacts with my old classmates & got together with another group of girls in my class & I have been happier ever since . I admit , it was a bit hard for me to interact with them as they have been in a group for the 1st 2 semesters but I managed fine eventually so yay me haha
& also in the last week of August , exactly 1 day before Electrico's gig at Sound Therapy in The Esplanade , went to see Dan for the 1st time in person at his workplace after communicating with him via email for the past few months . Was a bit scared meeting him & what was the 1st thing I said to him ? 'You looked different from pics , especially your hair ! ' Ya I know what a lame thing to say when you meet someone from the 1st time eh ? So not the drama ! Jen can vouch for that , it's so not me to say something like that !
I was like a mousy girl when I met him face 2 face & the experience was so surreal , it felt like I have known him for so long & my friendship with him's like the fact that he's like an older brother to me , not uncle unfortunately but since then there's no turning back . I had met him a few more times after that & he's a lovely person & has a good heart .
& obviously the next day was the day I finally got to see the band rock out at their Sound Therapy gig at The Esplanade . They put up a great show there which was a sell out house , the whole place was packed like sardines & after which I went up to him giving a high 5 & telling him that I enjoyed the whole gig very much . I still can remembered that time him being excited after I told him that I will be seeing him & his bandmates kicking some serious ASS with a capital A finally 2 weeks beforehand hee hee
As Jen know , he has been dragged down with so much work lately like 1 kind & as a result , the last time I saw him was in Nov so maybe it's about time another teh session will take place soon I say !
Oh I so can't forget this experience : The double bill concert with Electrico & Rivermaya on 25th Oct , Tue ! It was 1 hella experience which was held at Bar None . The place was packed to the brim , was the 1st time of everything for me .
1st time I officially & legally went inside a bar ( 2004's meet & greet with Gareth Gates's at Rouge's not counted ) , 1st time seeing the biggest & hottest rock band from The Philippines bringing the whole house down with their music & 1st time seeing the frontman Rico in person . He was so cute & had that charming aura around him . Even Dan also said the same thing ha
Also the discovery & re-return of great new artistes in the music industry . Say welcome back Mariah Carey who had a great comeback & hello to these a few fine new acts : Low Millions , The Veronicas , Ryan Cabrera , Gavin DeGraw & so much more .
Yes I cannot escape this important issue : my results . I have been consistently getting good grades since the start of my 2 year course which it's gonna commerce in Feb/March . By then , I will already have in mind what I would like to take in the poly so that I can continue to futher my studies . Now it's still a tad early but if I have any doubts , no big , can always ask my friend for his 2 cents's worth of advice .
You must be pondering , no love related issues ? Hell yes ! I think I'm 1 of the very few lucky ones who don't have any relationship problems to speak about . I'm more of a loner even though I must admit , sometimes it's hard when you see couples on the streets doing mushy things etc but I learnt to live with that . Besides , this's not on top of my priority list . I wouldn't waste my tears & energy on some guy who will make me lose sleep for nothing!
Overall , 2005 has changed & shaped my life for the better both physically & emotionally. It sounds cliche but the most important thing's never give up on what you try to accomplish or want to do .
With this new mindset & change in my attitude towards life , I'm ready for a double dip & take on the brand new year with zest & gusto !
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