2021

 Wow...

Where has all the time gone?

It's mid April 2021. (already.)

And I'm 32 this year.

Anyway, gotten married, and am getting my new flat soon. Am also a permanent fixture in healthcare (though I did switch jobs)

Most unexpectedly, the pandemic happened. Certainly a new norm... And a reminder of what really matters, at least for me. Spending more time with family, and what are the things that I really need in life? Not much, it seems.

Hope everyone is safe and healthy and happy. 

I may not be talking to you much (socially awkward, I am), but am certainly wishing you nothing but good wishes and peace.

Take care guys :) 

Synchronicity

Hi...

I'm still alive!

So it's been 8 months since my last post.

As I get older, I become so much more private and post on social media (facebook, insta, blogging) way less... I still use twitter a fair bit though, but it's more of thoughts and retweeting cool stuff, just to get away from the grind a little. Haha, it's funny to think I used to post thoughts and things all the time in the past. I probably should record down my thoughts and feelings more often though; they are fleeting, but well, they make me, me.

Life has been.. alright. I've transited into yet another new job and this year I'm turning 30... Getting married on 21.12.2019... Looks like I can't escape the trappings of time any further and it's really time for me to truly enter the adulthood phase of marriage and maybe kids? Goodbye, arrested adulthood. Ha

Just want to remind myself: 

1) not to lose myself in the mundane 9-5 and to always LIVE... 

2) and that the world is unkind... I've observed so many unkind events happening, and unkind words uttered around me... It's almost as if grace and chivalry is long gone... At times I get so frustrated encountering such events so frequently, but I would like to remind myself not to become that way, and not to be hardened by the world, to try to be kind but not a wallflower... I've been told I seem overwhelmed but I'm not, I'm just stuck with the blessing and the curse of being an empath, which hurts cos I feel so much at times.

Something to look forward to? Can't wait for my East Europe trip... If the timing goes swimmingly, I'll be spending Christmas and New Year overseas in a cold (snowy?) country during the end of the year.. With my bf/ hubby (by then).. How nice would that be?

Today, I met someone at the train station by coincidence and it's strange cos at times, I think of someone or something, and the person or situation materializes... 

Food for thought... I googled it and there's a concept termed synchronicity:

-Synchronicity (German: Synchronizität) is a concept, first introduced by analytical psychologist Carl Jung, which holds that events are "meaningful coincidences" if they occur with no causal relationship yet seem to be meaningfully related. 

-Coincidence and synchronicity are both defined as “striking occurrences of two or more events at one time”. The difference is that coincidence is perceived as chance or luck while synchronicity implies the presence of a deeper intelligence at work.

Interesting... 

I've also been learning the art of business writing at work these days... 

Travelling to work is quite tiring due to the distance between Bedok to Outram and walking to my office across the huge hospital campus is just grueling for someone as lazy as I am...

Lastly, I had a day surgery to excise the red bits on my left conjunctiva (eye) and my eye is soooo much better now.

Having a wedding photoshoot in a few weeks, hope it turns out fine.

If you're reading this, HI and BYE.

Till then,

XOXO

A recent photo of myself (dated November 2018)

I've gained some weight since :P

Better not Bitter

This blog is not dead!

I'm a 89 baby and still pretty much into the idea of blogging my daily life into this blog as a platform...

Well so many things have happened since my last post!

-Mom got retrenched and then found a part time job
-Have been working in a stable healthcare job for the past 1 year +
-Gotten a HDB BTO queue number
-Getting married soon
-Became a partial bread winner and am supplying my younger brother with his allowance (haha)
-Grown in more ways than one :)

Am also about to transit to another phase of life with an upcoming new change...

I've changed so much.

At times I really miss the old me who could just put everything down and fly off for travel.....

Nonetheless, freedom can be achieved in more ways than one and the upcoming new change may grant me just a taste of that.

Blessings to all who are reading this!

XOXO

Almost the end of 2017!

Wow...

It's been a year +++ since I last blogged.

I'm kind of having writer's block.

So I turned 28 this year....

Am in a stable job....

Am in a relationship of 2 years and looking into marriage....

Because of this stability, I guess one might say that I'm in a pretty good place.

I currently have everything I need and am hoping things go swimmingly!

Meanwhile, I will need to continuously improve myself and grow in ways that I can.

I'll need to blog more to log my feelings and days in as well :)

If you're reading this, hope you are having/ had a great 2017 and that 2018 will be awesome for you!

Fragile

Woke up at 5am all of a sudden,

Received news from a friend that her brother in law passed on.

At a young age of early 30s, due to the onset of a sudden illness.

I'm reminded of my own dad's predicament, my family, similar occurences around us, and also of the fragile nature of life.

I am saddened by the news, but admire the strength of the lady, who got married to her husband despite the diagnosis of his health, and stayed beside him all the way.

I am also in awe of my own mom, who took care of my dad for a decade or more, him having been bedridden.

Condolences, and prayers...

I hope everyone stays healthy and safe..

Don't belittle me or manipulate me,

I can go with the flow,

But not necessarily your flow.

An Alternative Side to Myself

Well hello.

It's been close to half a year since I blogged.

I'm 27 years old now! *insert horror face emoji*

And it's September 2016!



When I was younger, I used to type almost every emotion which surfaced in me onto the blog.

Now that I'm older, I tend towards privacy a whole lot more, despite many occurrences happening in life.

The past half year has not been smooth sailing for me, but as usual, I learn to see the silver lining among the clouds.

I do believe in what the image below depicts though :)

Emotionally, I'm also trying out something new (and intimidating). I'm currently in a LDR (long distance relationship) with my 8 month boyfriend. It's hard~ A busy urban adult lifestyle is pretty tough too.

Well fingers crossed that everything gets better with time.

I'm currently typing this blog post at 4.28am, and have been thinking about life as a whole. I reflect a lot. 

Recalled that when I was a young girl, I took up swimming, badminton, piano and ballet. What a different side to myself, because these days I listen and do things of a completely different sphere.

That side still exists though, and I think I rediscovered it visiting museums in New York and finding my favourite classical pieces on Youtube.

Here are 4 classical pieces I really like:

1) Pavane

Personally, I somehow associate this piece with strength and beauty.

Choral Version



2) Nocturne op.9 No.2, Chopin

I used to play the simplified version on the piano :)

Fun fact- Chopin was only 20 when he wrote this piece.

His other Nocturne pieces are beautiful too.




3) Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven

I used to play the simplified version on the piano :)



4) Four Seasons, Vivaldi



Side notes- 

I'm flying to Hongkong in 2 weeks. 

I've also been playing Pokemon Go quite a lot.

Heh heh.

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A quarter of 2016 is almost over

Some days

You feel you've said too much

And done too much

But wake up

It's a new day

:)

Life is Beautiful

TGIF!

Another week down. February is a short and festive month for those living in Singapore, filled with holidays- Chinese New Year visiting and celebrations, as well as Valentine's Day.

I just had another round of 'Yu Sheng' and CNY lunch, getting fat :P

Gonna/ gotta exercise this weekend.

Anyway, chanced upon some beautiful moments in life captured in photography.

I love photography..... It captures fleeting moments and instances when we truly feel.

When this girl played a song for the chickens...

 And a boy played a song for a cat...

When a penguin made a new friend...

When a photographer met a fox...

When a soldier met a joey...

When a boy's pet deer watch him get onto his school bus...

 When a sloth gave a hug...

 When these dogs carried a present...

When an audition for black cats was held...

When a man found a new best friend...

When this tortoise and kitten shared a snack....

When this puppy though the parade for the Pope was just a lot of people happy to see him...

When this dog discovered leaves...

 When this elephant met a sea lion...

When this girl felt the music...

When these dogs switched beds...

When this boy looked out for his brother...

When this girl went on an adventure without leaving her house....

When a Christmas wagon was pulled by corgis...

 When this puppy was the small spoon...

Feeling warm inside yet?

Yep, life can be tough, but life is beautiful too.

Have a good weekend... (:




Pictures and captions are from Buzzfeed:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/35-magical-moments-captured-with-a-camera?sub=2081402_980805#.phvmBNEZ0

Happy Lunar New Year 2016!

Happy Lunar New Year 2016!

It's already Thursday, Chu Si of this year's Chinese New Year...

I've started working since yesterday (though it was a half day yay).

Waiting for tomorrow... TGIF!

I haven't been sleeping well for the past 2 nights as I dreamt of ghosts. Had to wake up in the middle of the night to turn on my lights cos I felt scared lol :/

My niece braided my hair for the Chinese New Year...

 Bro's hall dance performance at NUS

I cut my hair short!

This Chihuahua is just like me. So tired everyday because I wake at 6.30am to go to Ang Mo Kio for work daily.

Going for dinner at Chomp Chomp after work today...