Hello Twenty Twelve

It's time to bid 2011 goodbye and welcome 2012! I thot I've just blogged abt 2010 and here I'm again to sum up my happings in 2011. Time files..

In the Year of Twenty Eleven..

[Made a tough choice to move on to a new environment.. somewhere better for me to learn with greater responsibilities but with much sacrifice.. But it'll all be all worthwhile. - Believe & u will succeed.]

[Halfway thru my studies. Completing lvl 2 and moving on to lvl 3. (if I pass my papers this sem.. *cross finger*) Hoping all is good.. Will continue to study hard & strive for the best. Juggling in between work n studies is tiring at times but benefits will be reaped in due course.]

[Settling down for the future with my Mr. Right. After 5 yrs of journey, he place his promises to take good care of me for life on my 4th finger. :) Saving and working hard for our future. Excitingly waiting for the new home we've got! More to come ahead of us.. <3 ]

[I could say, the most healthy year ever. Took up yoga class and beginning to fall in love with it. Finally found the motivation & drive to push myself to workout even more often coz I never liked gg for a run or hit the gym. Feeling healthy & more energetic makes my day. 3 cheer for a healthy lifestyle!]

Suddenly realized tht I'm no longer young anymore. Age is catching up, I've got more things waiting for me to accomplish them..

Looking forward to a great 2012 ahead! ;)

With love,
qiuping

F.r.e.e.d.o.m

Greetings from the happy me!! :D

Coz I've just ended my exam today.. Teehhee.. Yes, the 1st time I can say the paper is manageable coz I manage to answer every qns! But whether or not I got them correct is another thing now. Gotta wait till Feb for results to be out! Hope the bad exam dates for both my papers won't be affected. Nxt sem nd to plan my modules well! All I can say is I'm damn suay.. For 10 over yrs never change exam dates.. Only this sem they wanna change. Consecutive papers really ain't fun at all.. Study die me!

Now I'm already craving for what to have for tml's breakie and lunch! Workaholic me?! Gonna work like siao once I got back to work tml coz year end closing is here! Many many many deadlines staring at me now. *troll face*

Now then I realised another semester just flew by.. Time flies!! Halfway thru.. :)

2011 is coming to an end.. Welcoming 2012 sooooon!

The fear of failure..

Going thru a midlife crisis.. Or rather being more positively, a period of life to embrace change to become someone greater?

Sometimes I blame myself tht I've brought this upon myself. Greed may cause u to lose everything and I believe tht I can't have the best of both worlds.

Yes, things may seems harder than it ought to be but least I must try. I know that I'm not stretching enuff beyond my capacity. Whining and moaning doesn't help, it's time to put words into action and that's the most impt and difficult task.

Therefore, take courage and believe that after this, all the crisis tht seems impossible will inevitably be resolved.

"Believe in the impossible, everything may seems impossible until it's done."

Formula One GP

Impromptu Sunday evening Nite out with the F1 racer. 

Initial plan was to packed some dinner and go racky around the punggol area. Always wanted to try out the walking distance frm MRT. After which back home to catch the race on tv. Hehe..

We head down to catch them live instead. Everything so last minute and we are lucky enuff to hv the tix! :) the 1st time I got to hear the F1 engine roaring real loud. Atmosphere totally different compared to watching infront of the tv. The only bad thing is.. Watching under the sweaty humid weather. Not really high thru out the race coz hamilton wasn't in the top 3! Humffp.. But am shock knowing tht SG GP champion vettel is of same age as mi!!!

Got the grandstand pass! Wee~





Party the nite with linkin park after the race.

Stretching my Dollar

4 more days to pay day!

Broke soon, Moolah running low. Beeep~! Overspent this month. Exam fees of about 400 bucks cost a bomb in my pocket. Didn't really buy anything for myself this mth just mostly on transport, food and lots of bdae prezzie.

Got my AFL letter! They r starting on the construction. Yayy! Going down to sign next week and to pay 5% down payment amounting to $25K. Gosh, fainting soon looking and thinking of the liabilities ahead. It's so hard to support urself in this freaking small country call Singapore. Everything else is rising except ur freaking peanuts pay. How to survive?! 

Life srsly sucks here.. Feel like I'm holiday-ing coz wherever I go, it's crowded with foreigners! Dun understand why many likes Singapore when I myself a Singaporean hates to be in such a small, boring, high cost of living place tht I need to squeeze thru the crowd wherever I go. So much so that makes me feel like leaving this place for good. States will be a good choice! Yeah, if only i got tht kinda life, coz this place is hell... 

Fruitful Saturday

Just switched my template to mobile view too. Hehe.. Coz the web version somehow doesn't seem to goes well especially when I post picture when I'm using iPhone to blog. Limitation on the editing part. Boohoo~

Yeah, anway back to topic.. my blog title says it all. Had a fruitful Saturday! Woke up at 7 (considering early for mi to wake up at this hr during weekend!) and I'm glad tht my body is discipline enuff to wake up as I only had 4 good hrs of slp. The usual routine, morning yoga on saturday. But before gg for my usual Saturday yoga lesson, I went for hot yoga! Been wanting to try it and I finally did! Teehee. Just love tht feeling of continuous sweating. Burn fats, BURN! Hehe.. And the good thing is I got free entrance! Coz got VIP card and tht's the benefits of working in big company, tsk. Yay, now tht I can go for yoga more often. Must make full use of it. 



Totally shagged day!!

Rested for awhile and den off to a evening movie date with BF. And of coz a bag of garrett chicago mix without fail! And for feeling guilty, had a light dinner coz too many caramel and cheese in my tummy. 

I'm gonna get a gallon of this home someday!  -fat die me!



still got half of the leftover stored in a tub, yummie..



Mask is almost done, time for bed now. Dread Sunday morning class.. Rwarr...!

Nitey 

Weekend is here!

Putting on my raspberry eye mask and preparing for bed now.

Revamped my The Sims Social again.. teehee. How I wish I got the time to play Sims 3 on Computer. Coz once I start I can't stop and I dun hv the time to play :( Anyway, I still rmb once I did my poly project using Sims!! Tht required super lot of hardwork.. coz u hv to keep controlling the sims and when it comes to video editing, it took up hell lots of time. Happy and done with, coz I got AD in tht module. :D

I'm still awake at this hr when I should be slping. Needa get up early tml to burn some stubborn fats off! Shall blog tml again ;) excited-

Sweetest dream.

*gotta curl up in my comfy bed now

On-e-go blogging..

Blogger is on iPhone! Yay, like finally! Now I can blog as and when and I dun hv to be infront of my comp! Even if so, I dun think I'll blog too. Half-dead every time I reached Hm after work or sch.. My brain juice all squeezed dry. Heehee..

Ever thought of abandoning blogger for tumblr coz it's more iPhone friendly as it's all linked up with FB and twitter.. but i just couldn't bear to leave her coz it's full of all my past memories and happenings. Something which I could look back and reflect upon. Talking of this, age is catching up! Can't believe
it's left with 3 more mths to end 2011. And exam is nearing soon.. Boohoo~!

Last week of JULY!

Celebrating away the last week of July or rather.. My last week in Spa Esprit. :)

Schedule fully packed for the week.. Hoola!

Monday: dinner dates with 2 hui’s @ 我愛台妹 after work! *loves* (thou I just had it like today!)

Tuesday: F7 Financial Reporting lesson

Wednesday: F8 Audit lesson (homework undone! *smackk*)

Thursday: dinner dates with XPL & Justina coz she’s back frm taiwan with my fav. taiyangbing! *loves*

Friday: dinner dates with my lovely colleagues @ PS Cafe. Can’t bear to leave them! *criess* (bid goodbye to my 1st perm job @ Spa Esprit.) *misses*

Welcoming August and looking forward to my new workplace!

Till then! :)

Anticipating..

Gonna self-declared sick tomorrow! :D 12 days of unconsumed medical leave. Need to fully utilize the entitlement given to me. Haha! But gotta go for medical checkup. Total working days left = 7 days minus off the medical leave.

So looking forward to my new job. Better career prospects, new environment, new colleagues and new challenges!

Not setting my alarm tonite! :/

Time to change for a better..

Yeah, I've got it! I'm sharing my joy in my blog coz there's so many spy in FB! Anyway, they r gonna know it sooner or later :)

Like so fast can. I went for a job interview in the morning @ abt 10 on wed. Was told tht they will get back to mi in a week's time. Received a call from them in the late noon @ abt 4 to offer me a position. I was mad happy tht I was jumping up and down at sis place during tht time. Everything happened so quick!

One day, when I was feeling damn sick of what i'm doing rite now at work, I was guled to jobsDB for tht moment looking for some good opportunity for a career change.. Hello, I think I can do smth more than just doing this everyday I come to work. This is so fboring! And it's like I'm getting no where. I no longer have the drive nor motivation to carry on to do this everyday.. It's like dragging urself to work just for the sick of working.

Yes, I work for money and not just only tht.. Working for my future is more impt.

It's all fated! :))

In the mood for some good Aglio Olio..

I srsly slept for the whole day like a piggy tdy on a lazy Sunday. I've long for this day but somehow I feel like I'm wasting my day away althou I'm having my hols.. bcoz sch is starting SOON. Yesh, exam just ended a week ago.. and it's gonna start soon in July! So not looking forward to it. Boo!

Wanted to go TCC to ease our cravings for some good aglio olio coz they are having this 1 for 1 promo but we ended up whipping up a dish of it within an hr.


Aglio Olio w beacon and lots of chilli padi :)
mmeeee loooveee!

Not to flatter but it taste incredibly nice for a 1st-timer. I've cooked pasta b4 but never tired cooking aglio olio. Probably bcoz I dun like tomato-paste pasta.. But of coz there's still room for some improvement. When u are hungry, this is a simply and easy dish which u can whip up within 45 mins. You can add whatever ingredient you like and even as many chilli padi as u want (for a chilli-lover like me.. hehe!) rather than having it in a restaurant which will cost u $20 over.. tht's not so worth it for such a simple dish.

Simple yet satisfying dinner at home on a Sunday nite to end the hectic week. :)

In the wee hours..

My mind is still so wide awake to continue to mug for my last paper tml (or rather ltr in the noon) at this hour. I’m so used to mug throughout the night when everyone else was deep asleep and peacefully quiet. But time doesn’t permit as I’ve to wake up at 7am which is only left with 3hrs of nap hoping it’ll keep me thru out the day till 615pm when I pen my pens down for my last word in the exam paper.

I’m nervous abt tml’s paper and at the same time excited hoping to end this quickly. Mixed feelings 

People come and go

Please tell mi If I should be sad or angry..

So tell mi if I should be sad or angry when u treat someone good and yet u are taken for granted?

For all the things tht I've done or at least I took the initiative.

Sometimes, even a "thanks" or a smile from u is more tht I could ask for..

Sometimes, I even question myself if it was my fault tht I owe this to u?

Do I really deserved this treatment from you??

So tell mi if I should be sad or angry with you? Who am I to you?

Pls know tht my patience has it limits..

I don't wish to lose someone like you but it seems like u aren't treasuring this relationship and just taking everything for granted.

PS: Please treasure those who are good to you and don't simply take things for granted in life. Good people are hard to come by..

Coffee Break


To help cope with my sleepiness.. I bought some coffee back to office! Seriously dunno what makes me keep dozing off at work. Issit bcoz of the accumulation of my tiredness or the work I'm doing is just plain boring? Sigh~ (c'mon.. I'm so hard to be pleased!)

You know I'm not a coffee person. I only know how to drink coffee like 2yrs back? I rmb it was during my internship when I went auditing at 1 of the company where they hv this instant coffee machine.. I tried their mocha coz it gets so sleepy when you need to do mountains of vouching of their daily sales! So I fell in love with their mocha. And since then I only know how to drink mocha coz the coffee taste isn't too strong and it's just nice to my liking.

Ghirardelli Mocha frm San Fran!
1 of my favourite chocolate brand I got it frm States besides Godiva.
u must try their chocolate!


I went to search & only manage to get this pic of the chocolate.
Dark chocolate w caramel! Double yums*
may be able to get it @ some Cold Storage I hope so.


I can imagine my mummy nagging at mi in my head now. Coz I still hv 2 box of brownie mix which I have yet to bake. 1 expiring in May! But I srsly got no time la.. May is my hell month! How to bake?! Rmb tht yummilious brownie my sister bake it for her baby's 1st month? yeah! tht's the 1.. (drooling n0ow alrdy!)

My long awaited LONG WEEKEND is here next week..
(omg.. time flies.. meaning, exam SOON!)
omg.. I can't waittttt!! :)

Dinner & Dance 2011

As promised! I'm gonna blog abt my company D&D.. Been so busy and lazy lately to blog coz It's either work nor study (even on weekends!) and I could barely hv enuff rest. Tht's y the previous post are all the boring post w/o pics! Coz I'm using my iPhone to blog n they can't post any of them. Boo~ But rest assure I'm not gonna disappoint u coz this post is gonna be filled up with lotsa pics! :D (but my camera sucks! Time to get a better 1?)


Monday, the 28th was my company Dance & Dance 2011. Theme was heroes and villains. Venue: Dempsey! Which means, my office in other words. U must be wondering like I did in the 1st place.. y issit so cheapo as to hold a D&D in the office? I thot D&D is usually held in ballroom or some big restaurant? Probably bcos my 1st D&D was held at some restaurant so I assume? Anyway, although it sounds like gg back to office rather than having fun. But It's totally not like what I've thought. It's a wholenew experience & It's not the usual way where every1 just sit down in a group of table, hv dinner and watch some performance on the stage. It feels more like u r in a club srsly, everyone just stood infront of the stage to gather (althou alittle too cramp) while..

enjoying a wide spread of buffet dinner with anyone & anywhere in the house

(oh.. greedy piggy! but tht's a portion for 4, but we didn't finish still :|)


ktv room

(we were inside enjoying the air-con & camwhoring
rather than singing or rather, listen to others sing)


have photos taken instantly for memories!


and of coz.. enjoy free-flow of beer, wine and liquor!

(had a total of 4 cups & before gg off I ask for a last cup of jimbean coke
so the bartender gave me a double shot. Was half-drank b4 I drank it all up.. Luckily we only nd to start work @ 2pm the nxt day!)


Something different I would say.. ;)


Venue: House @ Dempsey Hill

Drop by Barracks for some food! teehee..




Goodie Bag
(insides: Times bkstore 1 yr membership, Tangs Island shop $10 voucher, Zouk entry pass, $2 off choco research, cards...)


Best dress of the nite.. our heros & villains


we got high on alcohol @ the end of D&D..

(luckily boyf came to the rescue.. he's my hero for the nite! )



On a side note, I've got a new nickname for the whole of this week, which is..

蜡笔小新 !



Bcoz at this moment, I've got this super dark brow like his..



I went for brow resurrection, FOC! A BR done at the outlet is freaking 1.2k which I would rather fly to the States. Luckily the colour will lighten down after 8-10 days if not I'm gonna look so weird like this! The good thing abt working in the beauty industry is tht u will get to do all this kinda things free which will cost a bomb. Namely massage, waxing, lash extension and getting my brows trimmed foc which I usually won't spend my money on. But of coz the price u would need to pay for is.. being a guinea pig! Moreover, the best thing is.. it's during office hrs.. So y not have a nap during office hr while getting some good massage or brows trimmed. Sounds good huh.. :D I love my job la! yesh, I need to love what I'm doing now if not I can't survive there and u'll hear me nagging all the time. :|

Okay.. Here we go again.. & I'm gonna nag again~ (sounding so naggy all the time) Having morning class tml.. WHAT?again?! yes! Next week as well. And the month of May is gonna be the month of hell for me bcoz of all the revision classes! 2 PH in May but both gonna be burnt by class! BOOoooo~ BOooooo!

Time Check: 1230am. Need to get some slp like NOW!

Nites lovelies..

Snore-ing

One word.. I'm TIRED! I always feel like I don't hv enuff of rest. 6hrs of slp everyday is not enuff.. How I wish I could slp like a pig and wake up when I feel like it. But anyway, I'm gonna have 2 hrs of rest during office hrs ltr while doing my brows. Hehe. Tht's a good thing! I wan massage tooo.. In need of some!

School work is driving me nuts coz I haven even touch them! Pls slap mi awake..

Ps: Looking forward to long weekend getaway! 

Random-ness

It's 2-ish now and I've decided to blog at this hr.. lying on my comfy bed while waiting for my nails to dry coz I've just painted them. Ops, I did it again.. with my fav blinging gold nail polish. Simply love tht colour ttm.. teehee!


It's not as if like I've nth to do so I painted them on a Saturday nite & not turning in early coz I've got lesson tml. But will be meeting up earlier for breakie (idk if I can wake up) den off for some self-study before class in the noon. super abhor Sunday class! Anyway, did my nails coz Monday is company D&D!! It feels so last minute coz all along I thot I won't be attending as I've lesson after work. But in the end I've decided to go if not I'll be forced to take half day leave. And my leave is so impt for my exams and it's like freaking 71 days left and hv yet to revise! Besides, the other reason is tht the lucky draw prize is soo attractive. 2nd prize is SIA air tix to Sydney for 2 pax. 1st prize unknow yet. But I doubt i'll be the lucky 1 coz I've never win any lucky dip thus far.. So does 4D n ToTo? Haha.. Just my luck!


So looking forward to Monday coz bff is joining too! Yuppie~


Okay, I promise to blog abt D&D after Monday if I got the time. Hee..


Gotta turn in now if not I'll be zombie tml.. Grr..

Good Day peeps! Omg.. I'm blogging on a Saturday morning!

You will rarely see me wake up so early on weekends. Unless I've got lessons. And yeah, intensive catch up class for the whole of this weekend = weekend burnt! Boooo.. But looking at the positive side, it's good coz I can revise at the same time. Coz I always tell myself tht I'm gonna study this weekend but end up it didn't turned out to be wad I wanted. Mad disappointed with myself lor. I'm getting lazier! :( I mustn't be complacent tht I've cleared all modules last semester. Coz it's gonna get harder n harder.. And it's seriously damn tough especially to study and work at the same time. So I need to put in double of the effort of last semester.. Sigh~ motivation?! Nah..

Anyway, gonna burn some fats ltr! :D Hopfully this will be my weekly routine for ashtanga yoga.. Burn fats, increase fitness level, relax mind, increase flexibility.. Wad's more? idk la.. Just goggle the benefits of it. Since I can't cut down on the amount of food and eat healthy coz I'm always craving for smth.. Then, yoga is the alternative way to burn my fats off my body! Hehe.. Sliming down in a healthy way.. Y not? Rather than dieting coz I know I can't! Coz I just can't resist the temptation of good food! Haha.. Or gg for some slimming centre? It'll only throw ur money into waste coz ur fats will eventually come back again? I never believe in tht.. Money sucker to con women money only.. Dun u ever get cheated!

Little bunny year

Happy Lunar New Year lovelies ;)

Although this yr Chinese new yr is boring as usual.. It's somewhat a little different frm the previous yrs. Coz I no longer need to mug for exams when everyone is going to bai nian.. Hehehe.. And the most exciting part of all was celebrating cny in Malaysia in Day 3! Tht is where I can feel the CNY mood going on as everyone is enjoying launching fireworks and firecrackers.. Spending quality time with ur families & love ones while enjoying the nite sky filled with fireworks everywhere is what we couldn't see in Singapore.. tht's sad. :( no wonder it's getting boring as yrs goes by.. I'm so gonna go back there next yr to play with more fireworks! ;) Of all, the most I enjoyed is my holiday.. Hehe.. No need to work! but can't really rest at home too.. And the only best part is reunion dinner @ home (coz mum's steamboat is the BEST!) and the angbaos, of coz! But for those who aren't married lah.. :D hmm.. I would rather spend my holiday fruitfully gg overseas. *grins* I needa getaway frm this small little stressful town!

Some pictures to sum up the bunny year..

photo of the moment..

sweet darling baby Sheris


Happy CNY ;)


Dept "kai gong" lunch + lo hei @ Jumbo..

WOT reunion dinner + lo hei.. huat ah!

bai nian @ big boss house.. super nice house or rather 'resort'!


Anyway, may the year of rabbit be a blissful 1 ahead. :)