April Review

Purchases:

• Watch strap, 1 black 1 white: 😐  quality is so-so, looks cheap
• Zalora shoes
• Black Pumps 😄: Was quite tight around the toes, but after stretching looks fine, height is just a little too high, But material gets scratched easily
• Nude Pumps😄😄: Not too tight, Height is perfect, But material gets dirty easily
• Sandals 😄😄😄: Perfect fit, comfy too
• TB Shoe Gel pad: 😄  Good buy, haven't got a chance to use it yet
• TB Dusty Pink Overall: 😣 Disappointed as color was not true to picture (was supposed to be nude). Fit is unsatisfactory too. However material is good

• TB Sandals 😄 Good buy. Comfortable. Quality is not amazing but its value for money.

• TB High Waisted Shorts: 😄  Good fit. Comfortable. Material is good. But design is not the most flattering.

• TB Casual shorts: 😐

• Pandora Bead for Mum: 😄😄😄

• TB Shoe expander 😄  Good buy! Comes in handy

• TB Formal shoes for Brother: 😄 Not bad. Looked nicer in photos but ain't too bad

• RWB Santa Fe top: 😄 Basic Top Good buy
• Tampons! 😄😄
• Nivea Make up remover Wipes 😣😣
• Nail Palace Manicure 😐 Good, but Horribly expensive
• Etude house Brow mascara 😄  Good, but color was a little too reddish for me
• Biore UV Perfect Face Milk (Sunblock) 😄

New Discoveries:

Starbucks outlets@Westgate & City Link Mall & Jcube

Civil War was Great

Don't go to strictly pancakes

Zoom Park was great fun!!

Ramen:
first at clarke quay ! yums

next at bugis plus! yums

Salads:

Saladworks 

The Lawn ! forever my favourite

Intersting Happenings:

1-for-1 Friend at Starbucks

ONE ATC

- watching Mars VS Venus

- Reading a book

- Meeting Desmond

- Watching "American Dream in China"

Thoughts

- spotlight effect 

Looking forward for in May:

SUMMER BEGINS!

looking forward to a better me

- Anger, expectation, emotional, time management

- Rediscovering Reading

- Communication

- Spending time alone and reflection time

- Kukup Trip

Purchases Review Feb-Mar 2016

March 2016

• Mountain Bike 😄
• Ninth Collective dress😣
• OG Necklace 😄😄😄
• MDS Floral skirt 😄😄
• RWM Wylona dress in Plum 😄😄😄
• MDS skirt (Blue print) 😄
• shoes ??
• Taobao Necklaces 😄

February 2016

• LAB Dress (CNY) 😄😄
• Fayth Sanders 😐
• Fayth Foldover 😐
• Fayth Rainbow Dress😄
• Charles n Keith Lucite Heels 😐
• Kimono😣😣
• Groupon Insoles😄
• Lovisa Accessories😄

January Review

This post is probably going to be pretty incomplete, have not been tracking as I've been busy.
This month was definitely more disciplined than January- slept lesser, went out more, have been more punctual.

Just looking back, January was exciting. Some highlights include:
- Organising a 700 people Dinner and Dance!! (did the music and the admin & ticketing)
- GEM BBQ
- GEM AGM
- Hitting our 30K Target
- BIT Series #1
- YOLO Haircut!!!!
- Ideal Nails (red and gold)

Other Events:
- resolutions
- AGM
- Val Concert
- Module Bidding close shave
- Going to Senoko for the first time
- Eden's yolo drive
- School started!
- UC Photoshoot

Interesting things for Jan:
- No "sia" or vulgarity

Buys:
- Watch Strap!
- AFA Maxi Romper
(did i really shop so little this month? O:)

Some Letdowns:
- Not hitting my EAR/Star/Advisor Promoting criteria

Started following more quotes on instagram to get myself thinking more positively
its what you feed your mind everyday
your thoughts manifest in your actions

December #whatiamupto

Buys:
Babyliss Big hair
Zelos Chroma

Mamonde Rose Toner

Mamonde Rose Soothing Gel

(marcus' Adidas)

(glen new iPad Case)

Braun Buffel Wallet!!
Muji Planner
Pandora Bead!!

Innisfree Mineral perfect Concealor

Mario Badescu Silver Powder
Sleek Face Contour Kit

Tampon!

Mum CNY Dress

360 phone case in Gold

(Tigger Onesie)

Christmas presents for people (Card Holders)

Victoria Secret Bombshell EDP

Polaroid Film & Battery


Exciting Events:
- Family Chalet

- UC Cycling!
- Melaka!!!

- Christmas!!
- started using the Kobo
- finished the 50 shades series!
- Meeting up with 402 people!!
- FOUNDERS XMAS

- UC appreciation lunch

Happy things:
- New Planner
- Finished a book (3 and counting)

November's Looking forward to list:

- Sing K (done)

- Watch visualisation (done)

- New Watch (done)
- New Pandora Bead (Present) (done)
- New Wallet (Present) (Done)
- HITTING EAR
- Melaka Trip (done)
- Christmas (done)
- Countdown


Need to get:
- Sandals👍🏻
- Cardigan
- Planner (done)

NEED TO DO:
Improve my instincts

21 Dec

make the best of what u have

- realise mlm still the best way to do business. don't envy what they have.  make the best of what u have

- be more successful than mingcong n junwei

why am I not working:

dirs not what I want

November #whatiamupto

New Buys:
Customized Fabric Notebook!

Panda Handphone case & new screen protector
Fashmob Harris Textured Top in Black AND White

Fashmob Whistle Lace Dress in White

Boston Bag! finally
totoro Onesie (but changing to tigger?)

Love Bonito Chalise Printed Crop Top in Pink
Love Bonito Carolia Crop Top  in Black
Love bonito Elayta Swing Dress in White

A for Arcade Blank Space Dress

AFA Chloe Hi Neck Top in Maroon
Innisfree Long wear Cushion
Innisfree Blur Primer
Nivea In shower conditioner
Neutrogena ultra sheer dry tough sunblock
Biore UV perfect Spray
Biore Makeup remover wipes
MDS Cracked Print Skirt
Diane Shampoo
Pantene 3 minute miracle conditioner

**Bolded the ones i thought were great buys
** Italicised those i felt were bad buys

First Half: SCHOOL!
Second Half: That's how life should be :D

Exciting events:
- MACBOOK died n revived

- yolo haircut

- Val'spanerai
- UC Free Hugs
- Salad
- Swimming
- Stair Climbing
- Finding Aini
- JB
- Night Cycling
- Cooking my own lunches/food at home

I WANT TO GO SING K

Thoughts:

Don't wait for someone to live to ur expectations

it shouldn't be that people disappoint you. cos they shouldn't matter

what matters is that u don't disappoint urself 

how does sorry matter if nothing is done about it

taking action to make sure the mistake doesn't happen again is the best sorry

17 nov
Its not about whether u can or not
put it aside and fight

1 Dec
I WANT TO HIT EAR
damn did not hit my target this month sigh
NEED to start performing
AND i have been spending too much money

About exercising/leading a healthier life:
Have been trying to lose weight via food and exercise
Food wise, totally should cut down on carbs, sugar and supper
Carbs is ok, but sugar and supper is really hard
Exercise wise, its really hard to be disciplined
weather isnt helping

Looking forward to:
- Watch visualisation
- New Watch
- New Pandora Bead
- New Wallet!
- HITTING EAR
- Melaka Trip
- Christmas
- Countdown

SEPTEMBER #whatiamupto

This post comes a little late as i forgot about it!
Started typing it on 6 Oct.


This month passed faster than it should have.
Mainly because of the many deadlines.


Tried a few new things this month:
Planning for Meeting with guys
Meeting people for Coffee
Trying to find customers
ATTENDING Networking Sessions


Highlights:
Staycation @ Paya Lebar
Meeting Australians
Recognition Night
Sending Bro off to China
Polling day
Foodcation UC
Family BBQ
Mid Autumn Festival

AND MANY MANY DEADLINES for School
and i still havent hit BIT
sighpie

Met up with:
Xiezhen, Victor, Robert, Wenda, Jaimes, Sam wee

Movies Watched:
Maze Runer

Things/Clothes Bought:
New Screen Protector and Phone Cover !! (Chio pink n black theme)
Lightbulb decal for Mac
All would Envy (AWE)High Collar Swing Dress in Navy (LOVE IT)
PANDORA!!!! (Pave Bead :D)

Taobao Necklaces *5 (Love them all)
Taobao Sandals
Taobao Laptop Bag
Taobao Cardigan
Taobao Flats, Aline Skirt

Innisfree eyebrow thing!
Innisfree Face Contour thing!
Innisfree mineral compact!!
1028 Eyebrow thing (i like the innisfree one more)


What i want to buy:
New Shoes
New Browliner
New Bucket Bag (taobao bag hasnt came)
Blazer/Cardigan

OCTOBER #whatiamupto

October Month in a few words:

Cockups, Cabs,  Deadlines, Tardiness
Overall feeling: Rollercoaster



New Buys:

- Pedro Sandals with Gold Accents

- Charles and Keith Black Pointed Loafers with Gold Accents

- Charles and Keith Nude Heels with Black Trim

- The Stage Walk Stripped Dress

- LB Navy Crop Top

- Flyknit!!
- Black Pointed Pumps with Gold Heel

- New Pandora Safety Chain and Clips!
Lace Silver Clip
Darling Daisy Meadow Clip
Hearts Safety Chain

- Fashmob top!!
- Laneige BB Cushion!!!
- MDS Wrap Skirt
- Blazer!!
- Elusyf Facemasks!!

Highlight of the Month: BIT without doubt

Took alot of Cabs
Had alot of Project Meetings & Deadlines
Did a Mani Pedi (finally my gellish lasts more than 1 week!!)

Other events:
- CIP!
- Ate at Koh's Grill (Shiok Maki!!)
- Went Bowling
- Sang K!!! with J O:
- Tour around Singapore with ONE


Changes at home:

Marcus is back from China

new aircon

new room orientation
Qn: how do you recall what happened?
A: Look at your expenses and ur calendar

Looking forward to:
Genting Trip (Dec)
Melaka (Dec)
Meeting people 

AUGUST #whatiamupto

Highlights of the Month:

Breakthrough 

New mindset

Fight towards BIT
Guiding AMS
Closing Appts
Duplicating yourself



New things:
Trying to follow a routine
drinking milk





Wrote the above at the start of the month, but towards the end realised that might not still be the same so let me reflect for the month:

Highlights:
BIT Last burst of fire
Starbucks hanging out
Trying to be more organised and productive!!

Apps i'm using:
Owaves
Paylah
VscoCam
Skype

Movies I watched:
- Hitman
- Fantastic 4
- Pixels

Things I am doing alot this month:
SPEND MONEY
TAKING CAB

Shows i still managed to find time to watch:
- Voice of China
- Masterchef

Entertainment Activities:
- Shopping (taobao/BLOGSHOPS/carousell/lazada)
- Snapchat (becoming less frequent)
- Dayre (very very little)
- Instagram (very little too)

Things I am looking to buy:
- Watch
- Shoes (Heels, Flats,Wedges)
- A-line/Shift Dresses

Craving for:
- NEW IDEAS
- Exercise
- KTV


Trying to:
be more organised
be more efficient
read up more
think more


Summary of Aug: NOT ENOUGH TIME to do everything D;

JULY's #whatiwasupto

Shows I'm Watching:
- Masterchef Season 6
- Voice of China Season 4
- 最美和声 (Best Harmony?) Season 3
- The Journey Part 3

Youtube Channels I'm Following:
- OMG We Bought a House
- TheSmartLocal
- ClickNetwork
- AspynOvard

- MyLifeasEva

- MeredithFoster

Blogs I'm Following:

- jemmawei
- ohsofickle
- bongqiuqiu

Dayres I'm Following:
- xinlinn (stop_thepretence)
- bertillawong
- briannawong
- tieponytail

Snapchats I'm Following:
- melissackoh
- mongabong
- xiaxue

New Skincare/Makeup Products I'm Using:
- Innisfree Toner (Jejubija Anti Trouble Skin)
- Innisfree lip cream
- Innisfree green tea serum

Other Things i'm hooked to:
- taobao shopping
- cafe hopping
- scholl anti perspirant spray
- listening to music while doing work

- trying to walk 10K Steps

Apps I downloaded:
- taobao

- health

Music I'm Listening to:

- I'm a Albatross 

- Jaychou

- SG National Day Songs

- 最美和声

- Akdong Musician

What I'm wearing:

- Skorts

comfortable; still looks like a skirt; accentuates the waist

- Basic Crop Tops

easy to match and flattering too

Highlights of the Month:
- Sister Convocation


What i'm looking forward to in august:

- BIT & SAT FIGHT

- Start of new Semester

- 

5 Flights up

http://movietube.pw/watch.php?v=0_zMvKZFgfo


Just watched this movie

And it remembered me that sometimes we miss out the jewels in our lives
getting worked up over nothing
and forgetting what's the most important

Things we take for Granted

1. Parents
2. Our Time /Youth/ Lifespan
3. Chances/Opportunity/ 2nd chances

judging eyes

the omg wth dreamt abt scary things

ek kelvin joshua hadi kahkeong nat yuchao

greatest fears 

history hits u back

what u did

- hw copy, ppl don't give u credit, uc, ppl judge u, joshua, ek

judge all hr want

cos when h base on judgment kn others bases on urself, you're going to get a very unfair view of theworld

ppl will judge u too 

unsorted thoughts

sigh my post deleted itself therefore i am very sad. 

let me try to replicate it

as i mentioned, too many things to think abt over the last few days n week

- managment of emotions opinions resource

- everyone can be no 1

- 长江后浪推前浪，一代新人换旧人

- a race is easier if everyone wants to do better, as compared to just catching up, itll just depend on the first person

- what makes us happy

- 长痛 VS 短痛

- character 做人 shapes your experiences

- mountain: maybe its steep now, but maybe u just can't see the lift.  everyone has a different mountain

- setting targets : short term from long term

- keeping in sight what u want

- nor being afraid of failing cos good judgment comes from bad judgment 

- you wont have it easier outside too

- not be afraid of how ppl look at u

- understand what they feel and learn how to overcome it

- don't give up then regret

its not whetheru got it or not but whether u gave ur best

- don't lose confidence in yourself    change the method 

- what mel understood at 21: you'll only have more n more problems 

- -what u want 

worries

worry about the things i can control
and not about those i cant

managing emotions

a lot of things have happened recently thus decided to start blogging again to sort out my emotions and thoughts, though it is pretty time consuming i suppose

first significant event was the passing of mr lee.
honestly, i have thought of penning down a message for him but never did follow through.

there are just so many things waiting for me to do and so little time.
not sure what i am spending my time doing
#annoyed

it is already april oh gosh
time is passing so fast
a quarter of the year has passed already

but nothing much has changed in my life

mr lee's passing was a pretty confusing event for myself
i was concerned.
but i did not feel an emotional attachment
i was sad, but not too sad

wanted to go to pay respects when i read online that people who were disabled, elderly all went
but i didnt
because there was "simply no time", or so i thought
now the chance is totally gone




shall continue tmr :)

I was thinking about stuff.
What eekheng said today about direction made sense.
Perhaps for the last few months I have retarded in so many ways.
Trying to put a stop to this drought and progress.

A person's character is put to the test during the times when he does not do well.
I hope to get myself out of this period as soon as possible.

I am trying to face a few things i have been avoiding for the last few months.
Talking to Nat and treating him better.
Learning to do briefing and debrief.

Yet I don't think this is fast enough yet.
Things i have to change:
DO THINGS FASTER
REFLECT MORE
TALK TO MYSELF MORE
THINK


my thoughts about my current stage in the business:
I feel glad to have so many people with me right now. even though we arent earning the kind of income we desire i'm sure that these tough times wont last too long as long as we continue working hard

having seen people come and go, you just become numb about everything.
you arent sure what you are doing right or wrong
you lose confidence and trust in people and i hate that feeling
it's just fear


all i can do is try my best and hope for the best

managing expectations

just felt like visiting this place again
sometimes blogging or typing out your thoughts just feels liberating somewhat
it's like talking to a friend that you never had
this friend understands you and listens to you
guess everyone just wants a friend to talk to


brings me to something that i am trying to learn
which is, how to zuo4 ren2
building rapport and sustaining a relationship
as we grow older our social circle just inevitably gets smaller
probably because we feel we can judge people better and know who are our friends
but being in an environment that i am in now, i realised that you never know who might become your friends
i've made friends i never thought i'd have, and it has been a wonderful experience


i've been facing many problems in the recent months
from personal self doubt to relationship issues to school and definitely my career
it has been a huge roller coaster

stress is a given and definitely a lack of proper rest


im trying so hard to sustain this friendship
when being friends starts become hard
its either you move on or you drown together
many a times i do not know what to do anymore
when we're happy everything is fine
but most of the time we're just spreading negative thoughts to each other
it just aint how it all started
what should i do



career wise
i've had several hard knocks recently too
been trying so hard to no avail
with things affecting your momentum


(pause: reminder to self, this is just a release of some emotions. do move on and look for solutions after that. )




i'm just trying to get enough sleep and do everything well
theres so much to do and so little time

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My two cents worth about life

today was a pretty interesting day. its 5am now and my day hasnt ended. i'm typing this without andy spectacles on so its just me, my thoughts, and my keyboard.

so anyway just in a span of a few hours so few things have set off so many thoughts in me

we'll start from j's sharing which does tie in with one other event that just happened also.

A not-so-short reflection after j's sharing today:

What stuck me the most was what j shared about the dreams that we have, that our friends have, that the general public has.  J said something that was pretty true and I myself was once someone like that (tbh, for a large part of my life). Society brings us up to think this way, but this is hardly the fault of society. So what did J actually say?

J pointed out this reality about the world we are living in. Many of us are in search of this thing called “MY dream job” and allowing ourselves to be convinced that we are happy with such lives. Truth be spoken, there is a big difference between that and “MY dream hobby”.

But what exactly is “Dream”?

From my point of view, there is a drastic difference between goals and dreams. Dreams are things that out of reach; things we feel we cannot get but yet we desire so strongly for; things that can make us happy beyond any word or phrase or expression can describe.

Dreams are never simply challenges we set ourselves to overcome; things that we claim to strive to work towards to; things that are planted into us. Dreams are not goals.

What is our dream? We started the evening somehow coincidentally talking about our childhood dreams, bizarre as it might sound, many of us once thought that it would be really cool if we could be a power ranger and save the world. But how many of us are actually fighting for such a cause today? Most of us are instead fighting for our own survival in some way or another.

How many of us dare say that what we are fighting for now are things that we truly want? Let's ask ourselves, has the thought that "let's forget this. It's too bizarre, its impossible, its not my thing" ever crossed our minds? I do not claim that such thoughts do not go through my head, but how many of us are truly even aware of the fact that the thing we so claim to be our dream are not the things we truly desire for? Most of us are not even aware that we are our own biggest enemy, many a times doubting our own abilities and skills, undermining ourselves, allowing ourselves to sink into mediocrity, to accept something that we feel are within more our own bandwidth, our own comfort zone, our definition of success, shaped by society's perception and norms. We do not need to be outstanding, we just need to be ourselves, and dare to step out of our own safety zone, and not be afraid to make wrong decisions. For after all, we only regret the things we never do.

The spirit of daring to fight for what you want has died in many of us. I have begun on a path of self-discovery and fighting for my dream. Let’s not discount ourselves anymore.

wow i was so overwhelmed typing that it's so hard to continue with my other thoughts.

all i have to say is that let's start dreaming