drawing the line
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
don’t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
came across this on tumblr and thought that it's something that i should keep in mind.
throughout the whole month, and i guess including last dec i've been very overwhelmed by things that i can't control.
and i kept trying to make things work out somehow, and it got me really frustrated and anxious.
i only got a break from all of it when i fell sick last week and it got me to slow down, sort of.
and mainly because i was too sick to do anything but lie down hahaha~
at least things have gotten better and some things are working out..
so i think it's best to take a chill-pill instead of trying to rush like crazy~
haven't done a proper update about what i've been doing so far, so i'll try to summarise.
spent new year's out shopping with the family, and then meeting florence in the evening to catch rain's concert at mbs, which was free thanks to flo's connections ^^
met up with ruth and qiao during the weekend for earl grey party's warehouse sale, lunch at city plaza and more shopping!
didn't buy as much stuff as i usually would have but scored some really good bargains!
um and then i think the following week i had a lot of alone time doing my own shopping here and there.
met up with cheryline on friday to do some stuff that we're working on, which we will announce soon when we're really done with it?
following monday was spent with cheryline again at coffee bean, and then we were joined by qiao for an impromptu lunch because she came down to tiong~
after lunch i met up with vann for some shopping at bugis and got really good deals off stuff that would have been very expensive if i bought them online.
had a really good day that monday catching up with my friends and just chilling~ no monday blues!
kind of fell sick after that and i had to take a day off work because it got really bad, and i was basically a very miserable person lying down at home with the flu and a really horrible sore throat.
even when i went back to work it was equally bad and i had to give ballet a miss :(
rest of the days were really more or less spent on recuperating at home, and the whole family caught the same virus, so yup.
although we had a jam-packed weekend of going to the doctor's, breakfast, heading to ikea and courts to get some stuff for the house, grocery shopping and paying a visit to the library~
and of course celebrated my mum's birthday by buying a cake from bakerzin.
had a day off work the following tuesday and attempted to bake cornflake cookies which turned out really well and i'm addicted to munching on them now.
wednesday was spent chilling out with winnie at penn uni and the garden slug, mostly catching up and eating good food!
i really love days where i get to meet my friends and just talk about anything in the world~
and it means i really miss school, the environment, getting to meet my friends everyday and having funny but unexpected stuff happening throughout the day.
sigh life is really mundane without the goings on in school :(
so...yup that was my january so far and i'm looking forward to cny this coming week!!!
even though i complain about boring visits to relatives and family friends' houses, it is still exciting to eat and see everyone, and get to dress up nicely, and have a good time!
holiday trips abroad are also currently being discussed and i am really excited to finally be able to travel out of the country without parental supervision hahas!
anyway this wouldn't be a blog post without some pictures...mainly of food :p
don’t try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
came across this on tumblr and thought that it's something that i should keep in mind.
throughout the whole month, and i guess including last dec i've been very overwhelmed by things that i can't control.
and i kept trying to make things work out somehow, and it got me really frustrated and anxious.
i only got a break from all of it when i fell sick last week and it got me to slow down, sort of.
and mainly because i was too sick to do anything but lie down hahaha~
at least things have gotten better and some things are working out..
so i think it's best to take a chill-pill instead of trying to rush like crazy~
haven't done a proper update about what i've been doing so far, so i'll try to summarise.
spent new year's out shopping with the family, and then meeting florence in the evening to catch rain's concert at mbs, which was free thanks to flo's connections ^^
met up with ruth and qiao during the weekend for earl grey party's warehouse sale, lunch at city plaza and more shopping!
didn't buy as much stuff as i usually would have but scored some really good bargains!
um and then i think the following week i had a lot of alone time doing my own shopping here and there.
met up with cheryline on friday to do some stuff that we're working on, which we will announce soon when we're really done with it?
following monday was spent with cheryline again at coffee bean, and then we were joined by qiao for an impromptu lunch because she came down to tiong~
after lunch i met up with vann for some shopping at bugis and got really good deals off stuff that would have been very expensive if i bought them online.
had a really good day that monday catching up with my friends and just chilling~ no monday blues!
kind of fell sick after that and i had to take a day off work because it got really bad, and i was basically a very miserable person lying down at home with the flu and a really horrible sore throat.
even when i went back to work it was equally bad and i had to give ballet a miss :(
rest of the days were really more or less spent on recuperating at home, and the whole family caught the same virus, so yup.
although we had a jam-packed weekend of going to the doctor's, breakfast, heading to ikea and courts to get some stuff for the house, grocery shopping and paying a visit to the library~
and of course celebrated my mum's birthday by buying a cake from bakerzin.
had a day off work the following tuesday and attempted to bake cornflake cookies which turned out really well and i'm addicted to munching on them now.
wednesday was spent chilling out with winnie at penn uni and the garden slug, mostly catching up and eating good food!
i really love days where i get to meet my friends and just talk about anything in the world~
and it means i really miss school, the environment, getting to meet my friends everyday and having funny but unexpected stuff happening throughout the day.
sigh life is really mundane without the goings on in school :(
so...yup that was my january so far and i'm looking forward to cny this coming week!!!
even though i complain about boring visits to relatives and family friends' houses, it is still exciting to eat and see everyone, and get to dress up nicely, and have a good time!
holiday trips abroad are also currently being discussed and i am really excited to finally be able to travel out of the country without parental supervision hahas!
anyway this wouldn't be a blog post without some pictures...mainly of food :p