WHAT IS CHI UP TO LATELY

Hello!! Chi is back. I know I've mentioned earlier how I'll be blogging more regularly but this whole week I had plans which lasted an entire day & I went house-hopping so I didn't bring my laptop along cause it's really heavy and all so yeap. Week in a nutshell for you (:

Last Saturday's. It was Ting's sweet 16th party & I stayed over on Friday to spend some time with the Godfam and helped out with the pre-party. I think I was more excited than the birthday girl herself hahaha because I love parties & my godma engaged a photobooth operator (mega wow cause I love taking photos and being taken hahaha). 

Shalyn. So young & already knowing her poses and angles.

Happy Blessed 16th, Ting. XX

CHANG FAM.

Speaking of the Changs, I'm really looking forward to next Saturday because Faith, Dan, Luke & Caleb are coming back to SG for a short visit and another week later, Charis will be back too so short Chang Reunion (minus Jare'el cause he's having classes & maybe, enjoying himself too much in Switzerland). I feel really really blessed to be so close & tight with my relatives because not all the people I know are this close to their couzzies. All the fun they're missing out and of course, the loveeeeee going around. My nephews (still sometimes cringing at the thought of me being an aunt), I can't wait for some quality time with my boys.

Lately, I've also been spending loads of time with my godfam. Been there thrice a week & now my godsis goes "Why are you here again?!" HAHAHA some tough love we have going on. Went to visit a dog cafe: Dot-Dog cafe. My first time to such a cafe & also brought Skyler out to meet other dogs and see the world too.

Brought the godsis out for a meal & dessert @ HV after my event on Friday since I've not done that for quite some time. She needs to stop being so matured at dealing with situations cause I wanna kill her at times. But I still love you kay.

On Tuesday. Met Tanz for a one to one catch-up/quality time because I've not done so in ages (both 1-1 & catching up) and I really miss her loads. We used to talk on the phone at least a few times a month but now, as commitments increase, it's hard to find the time & energy to do so. But I'm really glad to catch her before her Uni life starts to get busy and it'll be hard to catch her again. I love spending time with Shanny cause there's nothing I can't talk to her about & we can do really really stupid stuffs together & still laugh it off as if we're the only two people living on this island. And yes, we pick off our convo from where we started. " True frends? True friends."

On Wednesday. Met my girls for another cafe adventure to Group Therapy. Finally, ticking this cafe off my list. It was a place we stumbled upon by accident because our initial plan of going to DOC failed. Apparently, it's close on Wednesdays. Funny how that wasn't stated on the website but oh wells. Really need to explore Duxton because are so many cafes along that stretch but I'm kinda afraid cause there are tons of pigeons in that area. #birdphobiaproblems 

Short Review on Group Therapy

Let's see, food wise it was really good! I wouldn't mind going there for a second time for their pancakes because they were sedappp! I've not eaten such fluffy & soft pancakes ever & I'll definitely head back there for their pancakes. The others we ordered weren't too bad but I can find better in other cafes.

Ambiance really cosy & it's a place to chit-chat and catch up with old friends though I strongly recommend you to go there on weekdays because I know it is really packed on weekends. The staff didn't chase us off as well though we finished our brunch & wanted to lepak there. 

Price wise, I think it's rather pricey considering that we didn't order a lot  of food & the portions were reasonable. 

But overall, it was a good experience & I'm most def heading back there again for pancakes!!!

On Thursday. Started my house-hopping adventure. Met Qing Huang for a short lunch/catch-up sess with that busy fella and I'm extremely grateful for how he always makes the effort to catch me in the midst of the year for a catch-up and update on each other's lives. He's always the one contacting me and asking for our yearly lunch (minimun once, max twice) because he's always packed with training & flying around the world for his competitions. 

I didn't know how we became this close either. We go a long way back, primary school friends. Didn't talk alot in school, more teasing than talking in fact, caught up here and there in our teen years and now, annual meet-ups. No idea how, why & when but I'm glad we do. Oh yes, it was my first time at Stadium Station, Kallang Mall & it's really pretty!!

Headed to my aunt's to babysit Elize & Faith. Did all sorts of things from baking, hide-and-seek, play and watch them be their funny selves. On Friday, we headed to the airport to pick their dad & then to Gardens By the Bay for waterplay.

Kids are really fascinating & innocent. It's true how they make your day by the simplest actions and words.

My qt pie, Faith,

Recently, I've been into little "crafts" with little nik-naks (?) or toys if you call them that. Loom bands and Nano blocks. My first though when I saw other people playing with them was " Are you sure it is that fun? They look lame." But when I was introduced to them, w o w, I was really amazed & so interested in them.

Since Kai's busy with exams & I'm free as a bird, I figured why not? Since I had so much time to kill and I'm not exactly the independent female so let's give it a try. I tried nano blocks with my godbro, in hope to bring up his confidence level because kids these days give up at the littlest set-backs & I just wanted to complete the figurines on my own hehe. So I ordered a few for Kai & I to fix on our free days. Can't wait for them to arrive!

Was also doing loom bands with my godbro & I realized there were hundred and more types of desing tutorials on Youtube. Kinda felt like I was brought to another world. It really stretches your patience and determination to get it done because some are rather tricky and even I struggled with the advanced levels.

So yeap, I found two "hobbies" to pass the time. None of you can feel the sense of satisfaction I have from being this independent for sucha long period. Whether it was keeping myself busy on purpose or just having activities/events, I'm glad I chose to spent it this way with sucha positive energy & perspective. 

Though it can be tough sometimes, esp at the end of the day when I just wanna spend it with Kai talking bout our day & sharing the juicy details but I know he's really tired from studying and he wants to crash. I do feel disappointed or meh bout it still on certain days but I've learnt to let it go & be thankful for the fact that at least, he leaves me good morning/night texts & one or two updates during the day. We can't always get what we want in life but the next best thing we can do is change our outlook on it and be thankful for every littlest thing.

I don't like to capture my inner challenges that I face as an individual or in my relationships with the people around me because I dislike the negativity in my entries but this time, I feel that this is an achievement unlocked. I never saw myself being able to handle & adapt sucha long time "away" from Kai & people who know me personally, on a intimate level will know how dependent I am, esp in my relationship.

 I absolutely detest being alone without presence of people because I love soaking up the high energy levels when I'm with others & I feel so out of the water when I'm alone. I basically hate it & can't seem to find things to do in my solitude. But this time round, maybe because it started off with me being busy in school thus lesser time for Kai, so it's easier this time. But nevertheless, I'm really glad it happened. Because it taught me so much.

I found many activities to kill time, I even made a list of things to do to kill time at the earlier stage because I wanted to prep myself for a long away time from Kai. I vaguely remember telling Eunice, Cy & Cuen how I'm screwed when the time comes hahaha. I was even dreading it because I know I would be emotional and needy & I hated being like that.

But when the time came, I started doing the activities on the list. As days pass, I realized that instead of intentionally completing them just to kill time, it came naturally. I had tons of plans with friends & family that I was swamped & right now, I need more time to complete things that I wanna do. My list is only 1/4 completed (Like whuutt)

Oh the irony. 

Of course, I miss Kai so much that we both think I'm obsessed with him hahaha. I miss my boyf lah. And I wished I had more one-to-one time with him at the end of the day, more attention and affection from him but I guess, I gotta take it in my stride and make the best out of what I can. There's this much that I can do & I refuse to spend my hols being all negative and shit. Ain't nobody got time for that. 

In conclusion: My boyf is in "Army" (I see my friends' boyf in the 3 weeks probation thingy & its sort of the same just that I get extra days "off" to meet him for dinnz or breakfast & more text time hehe) & I can graduate with flying colors for better dealing with solitude.

XX.

I downloaded the app (again)

Yes, I finally downloaded the blogger app again. I remember downloading it but not using it at the expense of exceeding my pathetic data limit of 2GB & nagging parents. But I figured since I always exceed the limit every month so what's the additional data used right?

Having problems heading to bed because I've been sleeping really late & I needa wake up at freaking 6.20AM tomorrow shitballz. It's been so long since I'm up that early. I'll be working for an event tomorrow & I'm really really excited after attending today's briefing. 

I love companies who really place their employees' welfare, whether permanent or temp, as their company's top few priorities. It really makes a difference in the entire outlook, experience & focus.

 

I couldn't stand not meeting my lover for two & a half weeks or more so I went to his place in the mornz to spend some quality time with him for two hours or slightly more hehs. I guess these few busy months really taught me to appreciate every minute even more. In the past, I would always grumble on how we didn't have enough time together or get moody when I know that we've very lil time together.

"We'll always have time & we'll make time. Besides, we've the entire future ahead of us." 

Right now, I kinda take it in my stride & make the best of what we have. These few months really taught me that one very important lesson. It started with Kai having school commitments, then me being caught up with school work & project which ate up quite a fair bit of my time, my final integrated assignment which was time-consuming then now Kai busy studying & prepping for finals. 

What's ahead for us? Hmmm 5 days after his exams, he'll be starting on intern & it doesn't help that I've to head back to school on his freedom days for grooming workshops etc. Then after that, I'll have some school photoshoot during his first week of intern then it'll finally be my turn to start on intern. 

          But we'll work something out.

                     We always do. 

You keep me sane when I'm flying all around. 

                               xx.

YESTERDAY WAS MY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Yesterday was my last day of school & it means that I won't have to step foot into NP anymore till next year for FYP Presentation & Graduation. I'm proud to declare Sem 3.1 over. Didn't wanna procrastinate this post because yesterday was a big milestone in my life because we finally presented our final Integrated assignment whoop whoop!! (:

We were supposedly due to present it last week as a whole Integrated Assignment but apparently, one of my lecturers who was in-charged of 2/4 of the components had some urgent matter to attend to hence we presented our first 2 components last week & the final two components yesterday. Burden much but it was a blessing in disguise also!

I really am thankful for Aisyah & Nam for being my groupmates this sem. We came together as a group by chance & I must say, it was a smashing-best-whoop-terrific idea ever. Throughout this sem, we've conquered numerous assignments, stayed up late to complete them, stayed in school till late night (11pm, record-breaking late night get-assignment-done sess ever), went back to school even on a Sunday, had our debate sess when we had differing views, covering each other's backs, acing presentations & of course, receiving our deserved grades.

Aside the academical part, I really got to know both of you even more & on a deeper level. I loved how we talked bout life, perspective, thoughts, shared experiences about our personal life, Singapore & the world. I know I always have the habit of cutting into the both of you (cause I was really excited while listening) but I genuinely did listen to both of your dreams, thoughts & aspirations. And believe me, it did broaden my views & knowledge. I learnt so so much from the both of you and we work so darn well as a group!! 

OOTD for final formal presentation, loving this bridesmaid dress so much keke

And I decided to dye my hair using the DIY Liese Foam Hairdye thingy. I got really excited because I chose "Jewel in Pink" & I visioned my hair to turn reddish brown or at least a slight tinge of red but NOPE, it was technically the same colour as previous hair just that it was a lil tad browner that's all. Pfft, cheater much.

So you're suppose to pour Solution 1 into Solution 2 & shake gently before applying it onto your hair. When you squeeze the bottle, it'll come out as foam! That's really cute and just massage it into your scalp. The chemical smell was really strong each time I pressed the bottle.

Press > Massage into scalp > Repeat

Till you use up all the solution in the bottle, depending on your hair length & thickness as well. Girls with long hair have to buy 2 boxes whilst girls with shoulder hair length like me, you can just grab a box! #perksofshoulderlengthhair

I wished it turned out like the colour below though :( It's my dream hair colour & maybe add a lil pink streaks to it. I mean, c'mon you'll be this young once in your life so why not? Super tempted to dye it this colour but Intern's coming up & I'm afraid it's not acceptable so I  decided to put it off till next year once my intern ends.

Since I'm rather free these few weeks, I'll try my very best to blog daily & update on what I did for the day and of course all the past happenings. Though my hols has started but Kai is studying for his exams & it only ends on 3 Sept :( what sucks even more is that he's intern starts on 8 Sept while mine starts on 15 Sept. Bummer much psshh :( 

Bubz, if you see this. I just wanna say that though I whine about missing you heaploads & I'm always trying to spend as much time tryna talk to you via texting because I really miss you, I really am proud of you, always will be. Study hard love, behind you all the way!!

So I'm left on my own to entertain myself & try as much as possible to make full use of my 1 month hols without him. This is like my "Pre-boyf-enlists" training. Because I won't be meeting Kai till 3rd or 4th Sept & that's two and a half weeks of not meeting. Just a few more days lesser than those NS guys. But really, if Kai enlists, I think I'll have problems tryna survive the passing days but thank goodness for me, I'll be serving my scholarship bond by then so it won't be too bad. 

Yes, I'm one of those not independent girlfs, guilty as charged. I don't like having to do stuff alone, I crave people's company. I guess as an Extrovert, my energy level goes higher when I;m around people. It's not that I dislike solitude time but too much of it makes me go cray. But Kai, on the other hand, is so good at solitude time. For him, doing nothing is doing something.

WHAT CHI DID TODAY:

1/ Workouts. My workout episodes are back & hopefully I'll be more consistent with it because I end up just not doing it after two weeks hehs. 

2/ Pamper me sess. Shower plus good scrub & masks.

3/ Spent my entire noon watching youtube vids from Click Network & it's really really so funny and interesting. I wanna do those challenges that Paul & Jilly did!!

Yupp, so these are the main "events" from today. Stoked for tomorrow because I'm gonna spend my day with Gracey, Dave & Zack @Xcape & I'm gonna bring them to Vanilla for good food *slurps.

XX.

IM BACK ; CHI IS BACK

IM BACKKKKKKK!

CHI'S B A C K.

Hello whoever who's reading my blog! :D I'm back.

My piling projs took a huge toll on me but I'm extremely relived & happy to say that it's over. Minus the Part Two of my Integrated & final presentation for this sem, which is later on, I'm done with school. I never thought that this day would arrive this quickly, hmm a mix of emotions within me but I am indeed relieved that it is here.

I'd love to give details posts of what's been going on the past month(s) to update whoever's reading my blog consistently (thank you so so much from the bottom of my heart) & of course to update my future self on my teen life's happenings. But I need time to filter & organize my photos first. Apparently, I exhausted all the storage in my lappy, I don't know how I did that or what huge ass thingy is in my laptop, but thankfully for me my dad passed me an external hard disk. 

So give me some time & I promise detail posts of my latests happenings. Can't wait to share it with all of you hehe.

 

In my previous post, I mentioned that Kai & I hit our 13th Month and two days ago, we just celebrated our 14th Monthsary!! I knowwww, time passes really really fast & I can't believe its the 14th month that we've been together *squealsss TEEHEEs. It's really amazing how fast everything flies by & we've hit another month of togetherness. This is cray cray & unbelievable, it really is. I'm so thankful & blessed to have sucha wonderful being to take up the role as my other half. You are so special to me & I love you. 

14 months together & we're going really strong with no arguements (heated ones) because we give in alot to each other (Kai gives in more to me hehe, actually equal lah. In different aspects, yupp), plenty of emotional tsunami waves from me because I'm the emotional one esp when my internal war in my ovaries is arriving. I'm one big mess, crying at every single thing (even watching Masterchef HAHAHAHA) #girlproblems

But I'm really lucky & thankful that Kai is so so patient & tolerant of me when I have my moments, thank you love. I really appreciate it.

It's your exam period & we won't meet much but study hard bubz! You know what I wanna say to you (; Jiayous boo, you can do this!! I have utmost faith in you.

Aites, time for my beauty sleep kekeke. More updates really soon once I've my photos filtered (: Have a good week ahead & Chi loves you!!

XX.