"Living Each Single Day"

Sorry you had to be greeted with a pair of thick legs, haha. I had to take a picture because I completed the very popular two weeks shred challenge by Chloe Ting that was all the rage in the internet. I took more than two weeks because I could only commit to working out 3 times per week, max 4. Actually, I could have chosen not to do since I had been sleeping soundly earlier for like 2 hours I think, so after half an hour of being awake, of course I would sooooo darn lazy to workout. But thinking about the good food I had earlier during lunch time, and then this being the last day of the programme, I have no excuse not to do.  So that brings me to, why we do what we do. By having the right intentions. Starting something with the hope of completing it to the best of our abilities.  I am sure there are many times we asked ourselves why are we doing this, when we get overwhelmed, or get demotivated.  For instance, in my handmade order, there are multiple steps to do, and the...

I did some cleaning recently and I cleared out some old stuffs but for some, I couldn't bear to do so. I know it takes up some space but considering they were in clear plastic file holders, they were still in pretty good condition. And also, these were done pre internet and social media days. I kinda stopped but few years ago, I started to keep photo albums instead. I don't really take many photos because I just needed a few to print for memory keeping. Usually significant events like birthdays, gatherings, and outings like the one you see above. I know it's just me standing like a statue but see the facade of the City Hall behind me? It is bathed in red and white light in commemoration of our National Day celebrated last week. So these have sentimental values that perhaps years down the road, I will look at them and reminisce about how I spent my past time. And then, I kinda felt upset about myself too like how much I used to learn a lot from thick Q & A Children's...

Mask up We have entered August and next month is my birthday. One more year and I would be 40. Everyone's life journey is different at this stage. I follow an instagrammer who is also an influencer, has 5 children, with the eldest being Sec 1 and the youngest who just turned 1. I have friends whose children are entering primary school next year. Then I have another friend who is awaiting the arrival of her baby in December. In short, you can't really compare your life to theirs because everyone's life journey is different. But one thing for sure, everyone too is getting older. It felt like just few years back you were together in school, loathing PE lessons especially the 2.4 km run (maybe just me) organising chalet outings, skipping lessons..heh..having crushes, and now you need to work to pay the bills, save enough for a new car, to move into a new or resale house and support the family.  While I'm not married and the old times perceptions used to be that well, if you...

Photo by  Francesco Ungaro  from  Pexels I like one of those IG Q&A where social media influencers, esteemed speakers or motivators from Singapore would invite people to ask them questions that they will answer in short replies, either in text or spoken form. And usually these people would answer so articulately based on experience, knowledge or their interactions with other people. The way the approached the questions you would think that their lives were literally quite perfect because their answers were so mature and full of wisdom. But they had faced difficult times in the past as well which they may then use as a source of inspiration for others to rise above their current difficult situations if they believe they can do it, with enough support and motivation, from themselves and others. I don't know why, but the guys usually have these state of calmness, and the ladies would be more emotional in their posts, but I guess it's just human nature? Either way, I appr...

Photo by  Dennis Magati  from  Pexels I was supposed to upload a blogpost last week because well, I recently stated to follow a weekly goal format to be more productive to benefit my physical, mental and spiritual self. Then last week also welcomed a brand new month which is July and that means we have just completed the first half of the year which is honestly hard for most of us due to the global pandemic. A lot of things that many of us planned ahead in life, go up in smoke, as if God is laughing at us and reminding us at the same time that He is the ultimate planner. You can plan up to the most minute details and then things happen and you can't carry it out and just hope for the best, or at least try to 'wing' it.  So at this point, many of us just wanted to survive and come out strong. Such tough times forced us to re-evaluate our lives on what matters to us more, rather than just cruising through life like it's fine and dandy. But we can't be heroes everyday....

My friend who is single and which I still don't understand why because she's so widely popular & sociable,has started to question herself about the prospects of being married. She thought that formerly, she used to think that she's arrogant when it comes to matters of the heart. Now she's persuading me to think like her too, haha. So what do I think about this er..matters of the heart? Well, I think that if it happens, it happens. But I think I have much more things in the horizon that are more important to achieve and while it's possible to be married & persuading these dreams, I think personally my hands are very full now. Now I'm the arrogant one, haha! I guess I talked about this lots but as I turn a year older, I don't know if this will be the year I will meet the love of my life. Perhaps someone will finally take a genuine interest in me and then for once, I try not to turn the person away. Life is full of surprises, right?  For now, I ta...

The weeks prior to the release of the results were so so so nerve wrecking, not a day goes by without me thinking that I should be maintaining my grades from the last module. I wasn't so sure this time round because as mentioned in my previous post, the Econs paper was such a killer! But I tried my best to attempt all the questions to the best of my abilities. I've studied so freakin' hard for them because these papers where theory heavy with some formulas here and there. And I didn't have a penchant for remembering things! haha.. God is great and He answered my daily prayers to maintain my grades, and I did actually much better than what I expected. And I got my first A, yay yay! My classmates were already starting to send messages through our whatsapp group, by doing a mini countdown. I was in the shower but I could hear the messages were coming in fast and furious. I can't help but wonder why. When I looked at the messages, they were nothing short but good ne...