{/Saturday, September 15, 2007, @8:21 PM.
TITLE: 18 WAYS TO NURTURE YOURSELF. THE AMERICAN DREAM.
The below was taken from "18 Easy Ways to Nurture Yourself", by Deb Donovan from ivillage.com. Try it! I don't want to forget it so I'm posting it here hee.
Omigush, this is SSSOOOO CUTE LAH! Hee!
Recently, I've been immersed in the world of Chinese literature! The lecturer's easy-going manner makes it easier for us to relate to this ancient world of treasures and heritage! I'm very much awed by it and I feel touched more than a few times. There's so much beauty, "aesthetic value" as they call it. He's funny too! The way he talks, like many Chinese from China, is really amusing!
I do feel that there's a lot of work to be done. I spent half the afternoon catching up on a few readings. WOOH, GRACE IS NEVER HARDWORKING. It might change. I think it has already changed. Everyone in university is so diligent. They make it a point to do their readings, speak up during class, write lots of notes... I guess it's peer pressure and "kiasu-ness" that made me buck up. Nonetheless, I still can't bear being that hardworking. All the "Big Homework" are quite frustrating. But I've decided to:
This was what I told Sam when I went her house on 31 Aug 07' (Fri) in the middle of the night to prepare for the Hougang Mall Camp-out Challenge thing. Quite crazy la, cycle to her house at 11 plus at night! But what to do, we've already taken up the challenge. Though we didn't win, like the rest of the 25 groups out of the 28, I'm glad I endured all of it. I got to know Bandy (Sam) and Min better, deeper in a sense. m_m Of cuz, being able to laugh loads is a great gift from the two of them plus Min's Sis - Huiru jiejie...
I'm so random now. Oh yea, wanted to say I'll post the pics for this Campout thing when I get them from the respective people. Yea, I reminded myself to get it from them. I'd have forgotten otherwise. I didn't even mention this Campout thing. There's a small chance that I might have already met my fellow playmate when I was young? I lurve my babysitter. Wahah...
Recent things that I'm really very happy about:
~*~ 13 Sep 07' (Thu) Went to Changi Airport welcome Min back to Singapore with Poh Ying (Tyris), Bandy and Poh Hui. Thanks Weixiang for the ride. Bad Sam, she suggested that someone looks like Doraemon. I was kinda blue on the train ride there, like I told them. I really cheered up upon reaching there! Fun and laughter on the way back, on the car, I mean. Thanks for the Disneyland friendship band. 367 Yen, quite ex leh! And Min Rabbit bought 6 for all of us, including herself. Forever friendship, my gurls! I ate the two cakes she bought too. [1 choc + 1 cheese] --> I said, I was feeling a little hungry.
I smiled to a gurl on the skytrain to Terminal 1 twice. Just felt like doing it. It was joyful.
Argh, I'm lazy to write more mmmmmmmmmm....
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The below was taken from "18 Easy Ways to Nurture Yourself", by Deb Donovan from ivillage.com. Try it! I don't want to forget it so I'm posting it here hee.
"The soul has an absolute, unforgiving need for regular excursions into enchantment. It requires them like the body needs food and the mind needs thought."--Thomas Moore
- Allow yourself some private time each day, even if it is only a half hour. [I do]
- Take a long walk. [I do]
- Buy a bouquet of flowers for yourself. [No money.]
- Begin to develop an intimate circle of friends and family. [I have.]
- Turn off the phone and allow your answering machine to pick up your calls. [I don't have an answering machine.]
- Put on your favorite music, turn it up loud and dance. [Boo, haven't done it in a long while. I lurve dancing!]
- Call your best friend and settle in with a hot cup of tea, for a good long talk.
- Snuggle up in bed with a good book.
- Sink into your tub for a long, luxurious soak at the end of the day. [I don't have a bathtub.]
- Indulge in getting (or giving) a massage. [I lurve massages. Thanks Papa! + Sang!]
- Snack on your favorite "comfort food."
- Remember how you felt when you fell in love with your partner and allow yourself to recreate that feeling.
- Write a love letter (to your partner, children, parents, friends...)
- Treat yourself to a manicure and a pedicure.
- Rent a great video.
- Start a gratitude journal and express your thanks on a daily basis. [Yippie! I do! And I have many other books for different stuff and purposes!]
- Go to the beach. Delight and bask in the warming rays of the sun.
- Visit your favorite bookstore (the one with comfortable chairs and a coffee shop) and spend the afternoon.
Omigush, this is SSSOOOO CUTE LAH! Hee!
Recently, I've been immersed in the world of Chinese literature! The lecturer's easy-going manner makes it easier for us to relate to this ancient world of treasures and heritage! I'm very much awed by it and I feel touched more than a few times. There's so much beauty, "aesthetic value" as they call it. He's funny too! The way he talks, like many Chinese from China, is really amusing!
I do feel that there's a lot of work to be done. I spent half the afternoon catching up on a few readings. WOOH, GRACE IS NEVER HARDWORKING. It might change. I think it has already changed. Everyone in university is so diligent. They make it a point to do their readings, speak up during class, write lots of notes... I guess it's peer pressure and "kiasu-ness" that made me buck up. Nonetheless, I still can't bear being that hardworking. All the "Big Homework" are quite frustrating. But I've decided to:
"Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult,
and difficult as if they were easy;
in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep,
in the other that it may not be dismayed."
--- Baltasar Graciany Morales
and difficult as if they were easy;
in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep,
in the other that it may not be dismayed."
--- Baltasar Graciany Morales
This was what I told Sam when I went her house on 31 Aug 07' (Fri) in the middle of the night to prepare for the Hougang Mall Camp-out Challenge thing. Quite crazy la, cycle to her house at 11 plus at night! But what to do, we've already taken up the challenge. Though we didn't win, like the rest of the 25 groups out of the 28, I'm glad I endured all of it. I got to know Bandy (Sam) and Min better, deeper in a sense. m_m Of cuz, being able to laugh loads is a great gift from the two of them plus Min's Sis - Huiru jiejie...
I'm so random now. Oh yea, wanted to say I'll post the pics for this Campout thing when I get them from the respective people. Yea, I reminded myself to get it from them. I'd have forgotten otherwise. I didn't even mention this Campout thing. There's a small chance that I might have already met my fellow playmate when I was young? I lurve my babysitter. Wahah...
Recent things that I'm really very happy about:
~*~ 13 Sep 07' (Thu) Went to Changi Airport welcome Min back to Singapore with Poh Ying (Tyris), Bandy and Poh Hui. Thanks Weixiang for the ride. Bad Sam, she suggested that someone looks like Doraemon. I was kinda blue on the train ride there, like I told them. I really cheered up upon reaching there! Fun and laughter on the way back, on the car, I mean. Thanks for the Disneyland friendship band. 367 Yen, quite ex leh! And Min Rabbit bought 6 for all of us, including herself. Forever friendship, my gurls! I ate the two cakes she bought too. [1 choc + 1 cheese] --> I said, I was feeling a little hungry.
I smiled to a gurl on the skytrain to Terminal 1 twice. Just felt like doing it. It was joyful.
What I enjoy:
I really enjoy fooling around with Sang every night. I still try to write down all the "classic" words/stuff/phrases she says. Never fails to perk me up when I'm done and I re-read. She "massaged" me by shaking my bed so that the entire bed frame vibrated and it felt so comfy 1 fine night. Oooh... So nice of her!
I enjoy laughing nonstop with Evelyn. It's like so giggly and it's so funny! I enjoy going for dance practices with Evelyn, be it Lindy Hop, Tap Dance, Dancesport Academy (V. funny experience! Like a guy who has quite a feminine name and has the shape of a racerback on the back of his shirt! Wahah! We pass by people canoeing in a swimming pool, it looked like one guy had a tube! Wahah!) Thanks, my US fren, I think I'd be so lost if you ever vanished! To US we go.
Yea yea yea.
Go go go.
With Xiaofan and Terence and whoever wants to come along! The American Dream haha.
At that, I enjoy laughing with Pammy too. [Miss ya gurl!] Shuhui, Rachel [the rebel], Cheng Teng, Hailin, Chong Yan, Huai Yeek [sneaky]...
I really enjoy fooling around with Sang every night. I still try to write down all the "classic" words/stuff/phrases she says. Never fails to perk me up when I'm done and I re-read. She "massaged" me by shaking my bed so that the entire bed frame vibrated and it felt so comfy 1 fine night. Oooh... So nice of her!
I enjoy laughing nonstop with Evelyn. It's like so giggly and it's so funny! I enjoy going for dance practices with Evelyn, be it Lindy Hop, Tap Dance, Dancesport Academy (V. funny experience! Like a guy who has quite a feminine name and has the shape of a racerback on the back of his shirt! Wahah! We pass by people canoeing in a swimming pool, it looked like one guy had a tube! Wahah!) Thanks, my US fren, I think I'd be so lost if you ever vanished! To US we go.
Yea yea yea.
Go go go.
With Xiaofan and Terence and whoever wants to come along! The American Dream haha.
At that, I enjoy laughing with Pammy too. [Miss ya gurl!] Shuhui, Rachel [the rebel], Cheng Teng, Hailin, Chong Yan, Huai Yeek [sneaky]...
Argh, I'm lazy to write more mmmmmmmmmm....
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{/Thursday, September 06, 2007, @5:25 PM.
TITLE: BUENAS TARDES (GOOD AFTERNOON) AND ADIOS (BYE)
Whee... School is better, I think... I'm sure it will be l8r. In future.
Felt like posting some pictures, realized I should stop writing "just" in every single post. Ah! Gonna go for 1st Salsa En Sync practice later! Ma has been cooking dinner for the past 3 days and she doesn't want to cook. Sigh... She's complaining that I haven't been helping her.
See, the above is really random.
I'm really glad joining the Hougang Mall Camp-out thing made me know more about Samantha and Min. It's like I feel closer with them. Wahaha! Really spending more time together will make us talk more about ourselves. It's easier to talk more about yourself, like how you really feel inside than if it was a group talk. That day chat with Poh Hui for 2 and a half hours made me sorta know what happened in her 2 yrs of jc ahha. 1st time got so many things to talk about with her! I was more of a listener, though. Well nvm... :D
I just took a few pics at home with the help of the mirror and I simply lurve its effects. It makes my features look dark, cos the light is not direct sunlight, which would make one look very "raw" and "crude", too "bare". Alamak! I really need to do some scrubs and facial masques, haven't done them ever since I started work in Tour East, which is more than half a yr but less than a yr! Wahhhhhhh! So scary! Weird, or maybe it's just cos I cannot see the practicality of spending too much time on grooming myself! All the time could be better spent doing other things, watching shows? Chatting with frens in real life? Laughing? Ruminating about life? Reading? (I NEED TO READ MORE!)
I think anyone can just see how desperate I'm thinking of stuff to write about. That's cos I WANT to write about something! That's good, so I can look back a few yrs frm now and still see some posts on and off on my blog instead of total negligence. I need to practise writing formally, as in essay-style. When I was writing for my CS816 pairwork assignment about blogs, I had some difficulty thinking of the words I should use... The words which are most apt for wad I meant in my writing.
That shows that I really need to READ MOREEEEEEEEE!!!!! Kyla Ng Ching Ching, Grace Ng Ying Chin, pls wake up and stop being so lazy! True to what Yeek's personality test is, I belong to the group of people who are the "laziest"! WAhaha! I just keep procrastinating. Fortunately, last night, I slept from 8pm-11.30pm. The venues included the sofa then I went to Ma & Pa's bed for a short lie-lie in between. It was followed by half an hour's tossing in my own bed. I went to Slumberland at about 12am until this morning's 7.30am. I'm recharged!
Finally, I was "YeAH-ing!", cos I've been sleeping after 2 for the past few weeks. I'm depressed and am very serious when I made the above outburst! I really hate to sleep late cos I know it's affecting my mood and everything. Maybe I'm just giving excuses for instability in mood. But we cannot deny all the research that has been done that links bad mood/irritability... to lack of sleep cum late sleep.
Oh no, it's terrible! I think my sentence patterns have many faults in them. All thanks to Craft of Writing! It's good though, means I muz really brush up on my writing. Now, I'm regretting that I didn't snatch up the book when Popular still had it. Now, it's been out of stock for a few weeks.
Hee, I must admit I'm a copycat. I just read one gurl's blog and she talked about her life, really like life! What happens and stuff. For me, I never did it like I used to at the start of my blog cos I've got a book kept specially to record what I do everyday, or rather those I can remember. I know I'm long-winded so I'd tend to write really long if I were to describe each day as it passes. Count this as the post which I plan to disrupt the usual pattern of my blog entries these days - like randomness and ruminations about life and the occasional mass posting of pictures...
Yum, I just saw the birthday pics my Papa took for me on my birthday! Yeah, I really adored quite a few! I was goofy and quite ugly in some, but it's me after all, with different expressions! Yea yea! It's in hard copy, so yeah, I can keep them in my album. Coming to this, does anyone out there feel that ever since digital cameras replaced "sha gua xiang ji", (fool's camera, I always laugh when this term is used, it's meant for everyone to use, even fools) people seldom develop their pictures? (I know photographers still develop, cos they want to enter competitions) That led to pictures being in soft copy and seldom in hard copy. We can't hold the photograph in our hands, sieve through our memories while relishing in our nostalgia. We can only stare at the computer, we can't touch what's within it! Within that little box! Oh right, I'm using the box kind ever since my LCD died on me about a yr ago... *so sad*
Yea, I'm so happy that my blog is of some issues and not the usual "flowing" of what's in my mind. I use "flow", cos I believe my brain juices are constantly working. It might feel like it's empty, but I know my brain doesn't really freeze, though I like to use "brain-freeze".
Omigush! Why am I thinking of copying others now? *shakes head furiously* Do you think I really shook it? To show that I really did, I shook it a while ago. Oh my goodiness, I'm mad now. I'm just thinking too critically about what I'm doing. Ahh!!! Cos of all the Chinese lectures. For the HC101 lecture, I almost always leave the lecture hall with more questions. My brain feels like it's overstuffed with nonsensical things. All the thoughts are like zooming here and there, nv stopping to let me really think it through. Maybe by throwing up all that's in my head, I kinda cleared it up there. The lecturer says the purpose is to give us more questions. Not everyone can take it. Alright, maybe you can take it after you're used to it and read more!
See, read more again!
I'm lurving Spanish, despite today being quite a blur! Hola! Hasta luego, amigos! I want a Spanish penpal! 2, 1 for the gurl in me, and 1 for the boy in me! Don't think I'm a maniac, pls... GRACIAS!
A very long ago pic. I look fierce ha.
Taken on 13-12-06, before going Thumper!
These 4 pics are the ones I said I lurved the effects.
Sucks, my "box" monitor has some issues with brightness.
It's too dark even though I have the contrast and brightness bars to 100%!
"Mai hiam bui pai, ai hiam kana sai"
Ma de... Alrighty, at least I still have a monitor!
"Zhi Zu Chang Le" - One must be contented to taste happiness! (my interpretation)
I miss salsa haha... Really, it's like I crave for it. Yea, later later! Luego, luego!
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Whee... School is better, I think... I'm sure it will be l8r. In future.
Felt like posting some pictures, realized I should stop writing "just" in every single post. Ah! Gonna go for 1st Salsa En Sync practice later! Ma has been cooking dinner for the past 3 days and she doesn't want to cook. Sigh... She's complaining that I haven't been helping her.
See, the above is really random.
I'm really glad joining the Hougang Mall Camp-out thing made me know more about Samantha and Min. It's like I feel closer with them. Wahaha! Really spending more time together will make us talk more about ourselves. It's easier to talk more about yourself, like how you really feel inside than if it was a group talk. That day chat with Poh Hui for 2 and a half hours made me sorta know what happened in her 2 yrs of jc ahha. 1st time got so many things to talk about with her! I was more of a listener, though. Well nvm... :D
I just took a few pics at home with the help of the mirror and I simply lurve its effects. It makes my features look dark, cos the light is not direct sunlight, which would make one look very "raw" and "crude", too "bare". Alamak! I really need to do some scrubs and facial masques, haven't done them ever since I started work in Tour East, which is more than half a yr but less than a yr! Wahhhhhhh! So scary! Weird, or maybe it's just cos I cannot see the practicality of spending too much time on grooming myself! All the time could be better spent doing other things, watching shows? Chatting with frens in real life? Laughing? Ruminating about life? Reading? (I NEED TO READ MORE!)
I think anyone can just see how desperate I'm thinking of stuff to write about. That's cos I WANT to write about something! That's good, so I can look back a few yrs frm now and still see some posts on and off on my blog instead of total negligence. I need to practise writing formally, as in essay-style. When I was writing for my CS816 pairwork assignment about blogs, I had some difficulty thinking of the words I should use... The words which are most apt for wad I meant in my writing.
That shows that I really need to READ MOREEEEEEEEE!!!!! Kyla Ng Ching Ching, Grace Ng Ying Chin, pls wake up and stop being so lazy! True to what Yeek's personality test is, I belong to the group of people who are the "laziest"! WAhaha! I just keep procrastinating. Fortunately, last night, I slept from 8pm-11.30pm. The venues included the sofa then I went to Ma & Pa's bed for a short lie-lie in between. It was followed by half an hour's tossing in my own bed. I went to Slumberland at about 12am until this morning's 7.30am. I'm recharged!
Finally, I was "YeAH-ing!", cos I've been sleeping after 2 for the past few weeks. I'm depressed and am very serious when I made the above outburst! I really hate to sleep late cos I know it's affecting my mood and everything. Maybe I'm just giving excuses for instability in mood. But we cannot deny all the research that has been done that links bad mood/irritability... to lack of sleep cum late sleep.
Oh no, it's terrible! I think my sentence patterns have many faults in them. All thanks to Craft of Writing! It's good though, means I muz really brush up on my writing. Now, I'm regretting that I didn't snatch up the book when Popular still had it. Now, it's been out of stock for a few weeks.
Hee, I must admit I'm a copycat. I just read one gurl's blog and she talked about her life, really like life! What happens and stuff. For me, I never did it like I used to at the start of my blog cos I've got a book kept specially to record what I do everyday, or rather those I can remember. I know I'm long-winded so I'd tend to write really long if I were to describe each day as it passes. Count this as the post which I plan to disrupt the usual pattern of my blog entries these days - like randomness and ruminations about life and the occasional mass posting of pictures...
Yum, I just saw the birthday pics my Papa took for me on my birthday! Yeah, I really adored quite a few! I was goofy and quite ugly in some, but it's me after all, with different expressions! Yea yea! It's in hard copy, so yeah, I can keep them in my album. Coming to this, does anyone out there feel that ever since digital cameras replaced "sha gua xiang ji", (fool's camera, I always laugh when this term is used, it's meant for everyone to use, even fools) people seldom develop their pictures? (I know photographers still develop, cos they want to enter competitions) That led to pictures being in soft copy and seldom in hard copy. We can't hold the photograph in our hands, sieve through our memories while relishing in our nostalgia. We can only stare at the computer, we can't touch what's within it! Within that little box! Oh right, I'm using the box kind ever since my LCD died on me about a yr ago... *so sad*
Yea, I'm so happy that my blog is of some issues and not the usual "flowing" of what's in my mind. I use "flow", cos I believe my brain juices are constantly working. It might feel like it's empty, but I know my brain doesn't really freeze, though I like to use "brain-freeze".
Omigush! Why am I thinking of copying others now? *shakes head furiously* Do you think I really shook it? To show that I really did, I shook it a while ago. Oh my goodiness, I'm mad now. I'm just thinking too critically about what I'm doing. Ahh!!! Cos of all the Chinese lectures. For the HC101 lecture, I almost always leave the lecture hall with more questions. My brain feels like it's overstuffed with nonsensical things. All the thoughts are like zooming here and there, nv stopping to let me really think it through. Maybe by throwing up all that's in my head, I kinda cleared it up there. The lecturer says the purpose is to give us more questions. Not everyone can take it. Alright, maybe you can take it after you're used to it and read more!
See, read more again!
I'm lurving Spanish, despite today being quite a blur! Hola! Hasta luego, amigos! I want a Spanish penpal! 2, 1 for the gurl in me, and 1 for the boy in me! Don't think I'm a maniac, pls... GRACIAS!
A very long ago pic. I look fierce ha.
Taken on 13-12-06, before going Thumper!
These 4 pics are the ones I said I lurved the effects.
Sucks, my "box" monitor has some issues with brightness.
It's too dark even though I have the contrast and brightness bars to 100%!
"Mai hiam bui pai, ai hiam kana sai"
Ma de... Alrighty, at least I still have a monitor!
"Zhi Zu Chang Le" - One must be contented to taste happiness! (my interpretation)
I miss salsa haha... Really, it's like I crave for it. Yea, later later! Luego, luego!
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