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MUFE course

I finally signed up! In 2 weeks time, I'll be a certified makeup artist! Whoots!

Moving House

Moving house is such a chore, I was 4 when I last did and I had no recollection of being so tired. :P

Well, helped my mum out with her client today. They used up 6 boxes just for kitchen! -_-||| So many booze, condiments, pasta, cereals... just for 2 people. Then after packing, we had to clean the floor. Had our lunch while waiting for movers to clear all boxes so that we could mop the floor.

Then I KO for 4 hrs straight when I reached home. Took the LCD tv coz the owner doesn't want it! Gonna give to auntie...

Called uncle to come and help us since we have no car, and we had a mop, a ladder, a bad and a lcd tv to carry back.

With the 42" tv squashed with me, I managed to do some camwhoring! I think I am beginning to look like alien with my hair hidden!

As if moving the client house was not tiring enough, we moved the furnitures in our rooms again. Not for feng shui reason, but for accessibility for the vacuum cleaner. Removed that odd space.

Did another short marathon last sunday, U Run 15km OMB challenge. I managed to complete it within 2.5hrs, which was my target. Definitely walked less than usual run. When I did 10km last year for jurong lake run, my timing was 1h 45 mins. Now I'm slightly faster, 1h 42 mins for 12km for the Safari last week! Woots! So for 15km, I targeted 2 hrs, which I took 2 hrs 10mins... and the 30 storeys took me around 13mins... Not too bad huh?

Aspire to run fast like those chao ang mohs! They probably completed 15km in an hour lo.

Hooray!

Love wearing caps now!

新年快乐， 万事如意！

It's Lunar New Year period once again, the time to be get fat with all the bak kwa and tarts! For once, I really look forward to eating with no control! Ha...

Was trying out some old new clothes I bought eons ago, which I wanted to see if it fits.. damn... it's now loose on me! Even the skirt I wore around 6 months ago had like 2 inches extra... In a way I'm really happy that my hard work is showing, on the other hand... shopping seemed more tedious now. When I buy clothes, I have to make sure it's a free size, or buy smaller size... a way to motivate me more too.

It's been almost 1.5 years since my first training for marathons... I stayed away from saying lose weight as it doesn't motivate me as much as training. Statistically my weight dropped around 18kgs, and probably 6 inches off the waist... Wow.. sounds like a lot... and indeed a lot.

I'm feeling bones prodding out from unfamiliar places. Kept mistaking certain bone edge on my face as acne. -_-||| It's a very shiok feeling too... 

The other day I bought a Size M dress from Hypnosis. FEMALE SIZE M!!! Definitely a first!!! It's a bit tight... But I'm confident that when I reached the healthy asian BMI, which is 6-8kgs away... It should snuggle comfortable.

Jiayou!!! Ganbatte! Keep it up!

29

Oh fuck, did I just turn 29? I still don't believe it or feel like I'm 29!

I felt that I achieve nothing at this age... Still stuck at junior posts, savings less than expected yet I'm heading Europe this April, no special achievements to boost both my personal and professional life.

However, I know I'm still good, but a super big room for improvement.

Time to check those 2012 resolutions

• Aim to reach 60kg by 31 Dec 2012. =) 
• Was very lazy in the last half of the year, plus stayed at home for 3 months, I gained back 3 kgs. All is good, I'm aiming 60kg for this year end, and it's just 8 more kgs to go! Jiayou!
• Must show my power in new job!!! Do not be a meek anymore. 
• In another new job, still a meek, plus sleeper. -_-||| Can't help it when I dozed off, maybe it's really EDS? Just seemed to be very unfocused..
• Maintain this blog with a least a post every week. 
• Once a month more likely, bleahz!
• Love more, hate less Be good to everyone, be thankful 
• Definitely less grumpy
• No more new bags or shoes till it's doomed. 
• Hmm.... Threw 2 shoes, bought 2 shoes this year. So I guess I'm sticking to it.
• No more beauty products or cosmetics unless it's finished. 
• This is on track, though I purchased more mody products now... but they ran out pretty fast
• GET A BOYFRIEND!!!
• Stay single is easier

On my goals...

• Start the Business. Reina B. 
• Started an online flea... needs promoting...
• Get JLPT4 or Makeup Cert or HP-UX II cert 
• More interested in the Makeup Cert, plan to take this year
• Complete 21km Sundown in 3.5hrs!!! 
• I did! And For GE Women's run, I completed in 3h 15mins! Woohoo! Next is 2.5 hrs!
• Save at least $100 per month for rainy days.
• Managed to save, but less than that...

Gotta think what I really want to do for 2013! I shall not succumb to midlife crisis! I survived marathons! I can survive other things!

Had a mini celebration on 27th Sunday, food was good as always! Sec friends came over, so it was a lot of reminiscence. The older I got, the less I like Birthday Song. So malu!

Anyhow, Miss Kim sang it to me earlier, and we had a slice of cheesecake as bday cake, and straws as candles. We are good at improvising!

Today at work was screwed up, as usual. Maybe I'm really not into IT anymore? Not very sure what I really like or want to do... IT seems convenient for me... Really need to think about it seriously....

I realised I no longer cry on the spot after each "talk". Can't help but wonder if there;s really a screw loose somewhere in my head???

Haiz... Can I grow old without worries?

Happy New Year 2013!

Well, it wasn't so happy for my though. My grandfather passed away on the 2nd. On the 1st Jan, the nurses at TTSH celebrated his birthday for him, which was possibly the only birthday celebration he ever had. I don't remember the adults making a big fuss when he was 60, 70, 80 and 90. =(

Mum was nudging us to visit him on 1st Jan, but we were all tired after paying respects to grandmother in the morning, especially me who hadn't had sleep yet.

And the bomb dropped while we were all at work on the 2nd.

Most of us took compassionate leave to help whatever we could. Folding the ingots, burning the incense paper, taking the graveyard shift.

It was a 5 days wake... So most of the grandchildren dropped by after work, I took the night shift and would go home to wash up, sleep a bit, do some housework before going down again. Had time for a bit of gym too.

On Sunday, he was cremated in Mandai Crematorium. We had 2 coach, one is for the family, and the other one for the relatives. My mum forgot me and I hitch ride on the relatives' coach, thank goodness for my auntie who saw me standing outside, blur like sotong.

After the wake, life is back to normal... but deep down, we all wished we had visited him on 1st Jan.

Hair Loss

It's amazing how 2 months ago, I was still boasting that I hardly had any hair fall daily and I could feel my hair growing thicker.

2 months on, I lost almost 1/3 of the thickness by dropping almost 100 strands daily, after 2 weeks that's 2000 strands! May not seem a lot compared to the 100000 we have, but it's kinda visible...

I could see my scalp very clearly now and it kinda scares me! So I did a little research and I realised it could be a combination of wrong diet + lack of sleep + too much alcohol.

So for the whole year, or at least monitor for 3 months, I'm going to do the following and observe for any good results in growing my hair back:

1. Cut down of caffeine and salt. I've been taking coffee daily and drinking those MSG soups in food centres
2. Exercise regularly. Not too difficult since I'm already am.
3. Sleep at least 8 hrs per day. Which means I have to KO by 10pm! Wow, this really left me with 1-2 hr of exercise only. 
4. Eat more protein. Woohoo, chicken salad anyone?
5. Do oil treatment on hair at least once a week
6. Avoid hair drying, combing wet hair or de-tangling unnecessary.
7. Trim hair at least once every 3 months

The vitamins and supplements neede for healthy and thick hair are insane!

1. Vitamin B-complex - 50 mg. of the major B-vitamins (including folate, biotin and inositol)
2. Vitamin B-6 - 50 mg. of vitamin B-6
3. Vitamin C with bioflavonoids - one to two grams daily
4. Vitamin E - 400 to 800 IU daily
5. Beta-Carotene - 10,000 to 15,000 IU of beta-carotene daily
6. One recommended daily dose of magnesium, sulfur, zinc
7. Silica (horsetail) - 300 mg. daily
8. Nettle - 250 mg. three times daily
9. Flaxseed oil -  one tbsp daily or one tablet
10. Beta-Carotene - 10,000 to 15,000 IU of beta-carotene daily

See updates 3 months later! Attached pictures for proof later... Even a messy parting, my scalp is shown super clear! I find the thickness of the parting too thick! It wasn't used to be this way!

Patience...

I did it! I'm full of crazy!

I completed my first ever full marathon at SCMS 2012 today! Never felt prouder of myself. I targeted myself to complete at 6 hrs... which turned out to be quite a feat! My cousin who runs marathons regularly and has a super fit bod finished at that time. As for me, I started walking at ard 25km... all the way, until the last 150m. :P

Still, it was an accomplishment and if there should be a next time, I should really start prepping 6 months ago. It is really not easy! This time round, I managed to run for the first 10km without stopping, I am so happy even though my pace was like 7.30 mins per km, not my usual timing. However, it's 42km, need to conserve energy!

Run faster also means I can avoid the afternoon sun. I was wearing sunglasses, so I thought It didn't feel that hot. Wrong! My body now covers in the the latest fashion: colour blocks. As I wore knee guard, that part is totally safe from the sun.

Still, my legs are not as bad as the GE run, where I walked super fast. I was strolling during the path at Gardens  By The Bay.

The 42km is rather boring too, as about 16km is at East Coast. And after East Coast, we were at construction site. Imagine the smell. Bleah.

For now, I shall stick to 21km first. Till the day I can complete it within 2 hrs! Hah!

Now my stomach is like a bottomless pit. Ate bananas, bread, had dinner where I actually had 2 servings of rice. Still not satisfied! ^_^

While hanging around at Northpoint

I met Cindy and Xueling consecutively in a time span of 15mins!

Cindy said... I really lost a lot of weight, coz now she can see my boobs -_-|||  Unlike previous time it was all lumped tgt... KNS... lol

Xueling's baby is super cute! Super attitude also, ha ha... XL, being the usual self, was telling me nonchalantly  "Today she bad mood leh!" while playing with her baby.. I immediately;y stepped back and checked if the baby cried... babies are cute till they cry you know!

Luckily baby just pout and frowned. She must be thinking this Jie Jie is odd, and a bit old... lol... XL told her baby to call me Jie Jie leh~~~ LOL

Interestingly, Cindy and Xl used to be primary school classmates wor... yet I'm closer to both of them when neither of them is to each other. Ha~~~

I'm a friendly person!

Bought a bag for Jamie and myself, can't resist coz the colour is too pretty! Even Jia commented "So nice! And it's so you!"

So I buy lor...  Now I just have to find opportunity to utilize it.

Great Eastern Women Run 2012

I started with the GE run last year at 5km.. who had expected that I'll be doing 21km this year? And it's my 3rd round so far... The other 2 were SCMS2011 and Sundown2012.

Each time my timing improves.. although Sundown would probably had the best timing if not for the 2 toilet breaks... still the rain came and it was wonderful to jog.

So this time round, I actually slinged a waist pouch over my shoulders. Kim said I looked very garang. During my first 5km, I was actually very fast, so when I ran past this les couple, the butch gave a very impressive thumbs up. According to Kim, she said I looked so tough from behind! ha~~~

After 5km, all went downhill.. I was so out of breathes... which I think I should get used to this by now, but now, I stopped running and started walk-jog, which was very bad for my legs. Coz after that I couldn't jog again, as leg cramps threatened to come out, so I just walked very fast.

In the end, I was within my 3.5 hrs timing, I clocked 3h 15mins (unofficial). Gotta check the timing 2 days later.

And I took my first booth photo! In the past, I nv managed to take it coz the queue was so long! Heng Kim wanted and I also want. We stood for about an hr or so before it's out turn. By then, we could only take a photo only, but Kim didn't want the hard copy so I took it. Anyway, BaiCapture was super efficient, I could download the photo by evening!

Happy run! More to come!

I was so funny....

I was searching something for something on my blog when I came across this post, laugh die me....

I think I'm somewhere between Just Fat and Plump!!! I like to gek my collar bones now, ha ha ha!

THIS BLOG IS DEAD!

And I'm here to revive it!

I'm starting my new job at CXXXX next Monday. Looking back at my past, I had changed 4 jobs in 4 years since graduation. Tsk.. really... But my HR friend topped me with her 6 jobs in 5 years, so, I'm not that bad, considering 2 of the jobs lasted 6 months, and the longest being 2.5 yrs.

Seriously, I wondered if I should have leave ST. I was having such a high salary, and now I'm back to fresh grad pay. Grrr...

But then, I was so depressed at my performance in ST, leaving for the best thing because I know I would be a drag to them, I can't have them always helped me.

I felt that this year I had all kinds of wishes came true, I remembered telling an JXX colleague when I left the company that I might want to do system engineer. Well, here I am, starting work as one this Monday.

When I left the last company, I told myself, I have to go back to being an engineer, but not software. Tadah, wish came true.

It was really ironic, as initially, I didn;t want the job at first, as they required a diploma grad. Thinking that the pay would be half of what I had, I just swayed into the interview with no stress. And I think I kinda aced the interview, personal record coz I wasn't nervous. I was being myself, being a little joker. When they asked if I could deal with stress, I answered: "Yeah, no issue, ST has good stress training. But you probably hear me screaming in the washroom."

Very me right?

Within an hour after the first interview on Monday, 3 Sep 2012, I received a call to get me down for second interview on Wed. Oh, I had 6 panels for the first interview plus a technical test.

I kinda BS my test, but the engineers seemed quite impressed, well, the power of smoking people! Ha ha! :P

I thought I would flung my 2nd interview, as I kinda imitated how the Japanese might talk with not so good English. Heck, the Jap Director was speaking like that, so I thought it didn't sit with him well, although the team lead was very amused and laughed, "Ya ya ya, you are like that!" Then proceed to taichi away the attention by telling the Director and HR manager that I did well for my technical test.

Phew....

So I was offered the job on Thursday, and I signed the contract on Friday, a very good start to September!

this blog is dying

ho ho.

no life, no job, no money. =(

the silliest thing i've done today

I missed kickboxing, so I made a last minute decision to attend FF AMK at 4.20pm. When I left house, it was already 3.55pm, so I took a taxi and spent $8 on the ride.

I reached 5 mins earlier, the class starts on the dot. After kicking for 15mins, I was out of breathe, and dizzy, so I went to bath.

Very -_-|||

In Mourning

I'm mourning for my right front tooth, coz it lost a leg yesterday while having steamboat.

We were using metal chopsticks, and someone, I bite too hard into it, and the edge dropped. 

Super sad, coz I had always been so proud of my 2 huge front teeth, and the perfect rows of teeth.

Now it just looked disfigured, super angry with myself for being so clumsy.

Had a bad start on Monday, bad ending on Sunday.

Argh!

Gay and Gay

Just made my very first few gay friends yesterday. Conclusion: They have better skin, they are better dancers and they are damn friendly!

We were at Taboo yesterday, I basically was a gate crasher coz I went in through my friend, July. At first, I had no idea they were all gay, I just thought they want to sabotage the birthday boy at a gay club. Then, July told me they were all gay, I was really surprised, coz I didn't catch the gay vibes, and really, they all so cute leh!
Maybe I didn't catch the gay vibes coz I didn't have gay friends. I do now. =)

Once in the club, I couldn't stop observing them. All those meat, see and touch. Ha ha. July told them it was my virgin trip to gay club, so all asked me how's my experience. Seriously, it was great! However, through their questions, I realized how insecure they could be. Birthday asked me whether do I felt weird being with them. I told him I do not. I didn't tell him just because they are label queer doesn't mean they are weirdos. In fact, they are so fun to be with! Another asked, if some of the guys were more effeminate than me, I had to agree with him, coz some of the guys can twist their waists better than I do. Well, my waist is hardly visible, maybe that's why.

And really, despite dancing at close distance, it doesn't make me uncomfortable, just ticklish. Ha ha ha. One kept raffling my hair and gyrate to my butt, which was because he was drunk and makes me a little not used to it. He even draw an imaginary line down from my cleavage to my naval. A very weird experience to let a man touch that way knowing he will not be turned on. Lol.

When we left the club, a couple was so nice to hold my and my friend's hands when we walked to Maxwell Food Centre. Really sweet and thoughtful guys.

I wonder,  if nice and cute guys were gay, what is the chance of us ladies finding a straight guy who is nice? All the straight guys I knew so far are either married and jerks.

I felt like it's been years...

I'm already starting to feel lethargic...

Frenzy Shopping!!!

Goodness... The month of February I splurge on beauty products, this month I splurge on shoes, what's for May???

Time to hide those credit cards!

Opps! MIA again

So much to blog, so little time as usual. The app on my Android isn't too friendly due to touchscreen... Hates touchscreen now... Waiting for Sony to come up with Xperia S Pro!!! Hee....

My panda eyes are getting darker each say... must really sleep early!!!

Ciao ciao!

Update on my work life soon!

URun 2012

Joined my first 10km today! Better to start small steps first, 21km last year was a shame, clocking at 4 hrs! Anyway, my aim for today was 1.5 hrs, and I did it! My finishing time was 1.28mins! Woohoo! If I jogged all the way, maybe even 1 hr 15mins!

After the 6km mark, I was sprinting for 1min, and then brisk walked for 4 mins... and I stopped at every hydration point... considering all these rests... 1.5 is not bad already right?!?

My next coming run is 21km, and I aim to complete in 3hrs!

I can do it!