"Live for the journey, not the destination"

Keeping really disciplined with my #eatclean habit

#eatclean Mondays. 

As I mealprep weekly, I realize my salads are getting better. 

Wanna go try out honey chicken breast salad some time next week!

Monday came by fast and went pass fast as well. Major emails and work to be cleared.

But I was glad that mostly were done on time and had a morning external meeting with my team head.

Thankful for the opport given to present and allowing me to tag along to learn.

Somehow or rather, I am beginning to feel better at what I am doing now

 

Aft work ended, met up with Em since his office was just behind mine.

We cabbed down to town as I needed to make it in time before the printing shop closes. Thankfully, we made it in time and had my stuffs printed before we headed over to Taka.

Went to shop around while waiting for Em to be done with his appointment. 

And he jus had to be sweet enough to came back with a scoop of my fav Matcha Ice cream for me :*)

Em tells me "Surprises don't have to come in big or small, what matters is the thoughts". Pretty glad this guy here is really thoughtful all the time.

So we hunted around for his berms and shirt. But he didn't get them since the size wasn't available. 

But I finally got my hands on my Chanel Liquid Foundation! 

God, it is damn awesome! I love the staying power of the foundation. Shall get a set of good brushes as well.

Tuesday gym class is always a hit. Never fail to not enjoy and getting all sore the next day!

Came back home, had my post-workout meal; Cereal with fruits and then started to work on my bakes for my nephew's birthday. Love making RVV cupcakes cause they make me very happy :)

And after all the baking, finally gotten down to shower and bed only at 1am. 

Drove over in the morning to send them over and I am glad, all is well! So worried for the cream cheese jus now as there was a rather heavy traffi towards Punggol. But thank god that nothing went wrong!

I shall work harder for another order in August! RVV cupcakes anyone?

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Side note, new month, new beginnings for tomorrow, August is comingggg

So much to look forward to in this new month. Other than that, work wise has been on a better track for myself. I managed to pick up more sutffs now and handle them better. I am still learning every single day and hope someday I can be as good as how my bosses are! They're def always an inspiration to look up to. 

 Finally concovation is happening this month! Can't wait to be in the gown,snapping photos and just sharing the joy together with my family!

Shall pen down some new goals for myself this month!

- Get a bake order

- Work should be getting on an even better track

- a portion $200 for savings this month

- keeping bck up to thrice gym regime

- avoid biscuits, need to cut away this very bad habit of mine

Love,

Rachh

"The strongest people are not those who show strength in front of us but those who win battles we know nothing about"

Another weekends just came by and pass like that. Thankful the upcoming week will be rather short for me as I will be on leave on Wednesday :)

Anyw lets get started with Friday. After work ended, I came home to crash and changed out for a good night run. Then for a good hair mask and facial mask and slept early.

I knew Saturday will be a great day ahead just waiting for me and so I wanted to get home early on Friday night to rest.

Saturday started out all early and perky. Headed to the Singpost to pick my dress up! :D

Then met Em in the noon to town. He had planned and reserved a afternoon tea session of painting at Artestiq @ Mandarin Gallery for both of us :)

#ootd: Chanteldress from AforArcade 

It seems like S is a little too big for me but I didn't wanna risk an XS lest my shoulders feels rather restricted. But probably sending in fo 1/2inch alteration!

I think this dress is able to pull off on me well as I used to have chunky fat arms and i didn't have any confidence in off shoulders as I will look "big" but this dress just changed my mind and look :))

I bought another one in black! Hee.

Here we go!

Thankyou for making things perfect for a Saturday noon re-treat! :D

Trying hard to sketch my outline well. Candid by Em!

My final artpiece: I name it the Orange Lemon Tree! 

First attempt but then I think I can do better again!

So after painting ended around early evening, we had a stroll along streets of Orchard and slowly making our way down to somewhere nice for dinner. 

I was kept in secret of where dinner was and what we were having. I thought it'd be another cafe/dinner place in town. However I was totally WRONG.

He brought me to The White Rabbit at Dempsey. Boy, I was caught in surprise!

Food and ambience was jus nice :) And the food was served in small portions. Rather like the feel of the place and the dining experience is superb!

Thankyou :)

After dinner, we then headed down to Sauce directly to meet Ish & Ziwei up for a drink at Sauce Esplanade. It was a saturday night and we expected quite abit of crowd hence we took 10mins to get ourselves a decent table for 4 of us. Had 4rounds of bucket of 5 before we decided to hop on to "Grand Hollywood" at Clark Quay for another round of drinks. 

It was Em's first time meeting my friends and Ish & Zw was the first to meet him. I was glad he makes the effort to talk and initiate conver between them. Thankfully, things weren't awkward or cold. And we had a really good night tgt!

Sunday; met up in town early noon to collect our painting, have a lazy toast & Em to get his pair of Chinos. 

Our lazy sunday started off with Toast & Eggs at Toastbox

Pork Floss x Traditional Kaya Toast with Butter




Thankful for this weekend that went by so well. I had a really great time together with Em.
I am appreciative of how he makes the effort to plan our weekend dates knowing that weekdays are rather work or jus quick lunch fixes tgt. And he always ensures I am enjoying myself. Th thing amazing sometimes is I feel how we can click so well and sometimes having similar thoughts. He kinda somehow makes the correct guesses for what I like in terms of the place to chill or dinner place. 

I am comfortable with things happening in my life right now and I just wanna keep this pace going till I am ready to accept a person all over again. I've nvr felt so appreciated and pampered after so long. He's the first after 1yr to make me feel such way. I look fwd to many more dates coming tgt. Esp the baking class tgt:)

Thankyou.

A new week is approaching and I seek to do my best and work hard fo both work & gym.

Putting 101% effort in my bakes this tuesday night as well!

Love,

Rachh

"Walk by good faith"

Faith; a simple yet powerful word



I wasn't a great believer of Faith till somewhere beginning this year. Faith was part of what that picked me up during my very tough period of life last year. Since then, everyday I practise good faith within to keep me going through every single day of my life. I am thankful cause they always say "walk by good faith".

I am always a postivist; someone who chooses the better side than facing things in a negative tone. Ever since I took on more roles at work for the past 2 months, I practise good faith within to keep me going. I knw the beginning is always the toughest. And having to handle a whole new lvl of work with zero knowledge, it requires some bit of effort. I couldn't understand what I was tasked to do but I kept going. Everytime when I've a doubt, I try to clear it. I come in early to catch my superior so I can clear more doubts and be more productive for the day. When I do meet a hurdle, I try to resolve but when I know I can't, I take the intiative to seek for alternatives/solutions to it. I met a bump, cried it out alone and then I was all better. I no longer believe in having cry to someone at your down times, sometimes we need to be alone, let the tears run and then clear the mind, recharge your thoughts and pick urself again. It def beats having whining and crying to someone. Now officially it had been 2 months and I am glad I am juggling everything very well. Thankful to have bosses who are patient, points out my mistakes, be harsh and pushes me forward cause thats how I will learn and be better. 

& going into this later half of the year, I am also very glad my friends, esp my bbf aka twiny; Mon Chao has also grown up. In fact, we all learn through experiences. I was glad when I see how he changed and grow from a young boy to a fine man now. At least, he has goals and dreams he wants to achieve and is working hard for it. We plan to travel NY or Europe end of next year tgt :) Of course, looking fwd to going with him! It'll def be an eyeopener for myself and an experience w the bestie!

We all have goals and dreams. However, don't let them be just goals and dreams but work hard towards it.
Achieve them someday with "Faith".

Love,

Rachh

"When you truly move on and let go of your past, will you then truly find happiness"

Happiness comes in all forms and everyone has a different definition of "happiness". 

To some, a simple home cooked meal with their loved ones, to some, maybe in terms of presents, surprises and to some, just simple love from a someone they love.

I believe everyone wish and loves to be loved in return.

Happiness to me, comes in many different forms; love for family, for my friends, love from them, being able to have a fulfilling day at work, having happy foods, happy colors, simple workouts, running, eating, sleeping and just being me.

Happiness can also be a simple day spent at home on a Sunday simply doing nothing but camwhoring :D

Love is about appreciating not possessing.

Weekly weekends routine never fails; 5km weekend run clocked!

Weekends went by fast and Monday came in once again. Started Monday with rather happy positive thoughts and iny my fav bling sneakers!

Day of work wasn't as bad. Always hectic but fulfilling enough. The Monday was good to go and I had a dinner date with Em after work to Vivocity. Well supposingly our "grocery shopping" for our bento challenge on Wednesday.



Food glalore! Local fare still taste the best!



Rather filling dinner ended us up at the supermarket, Daiso and Tangs for some window shopping.

In the end, only I managed to get my groceries done for th challenge since I would b having gym classes on tuesday nights and impossible to get my ingredients. 

And we had a walk after dinner & grocery shoppin' to the rooftop. Nice place to sit and have a talk with. We shared alot more and understand each other even more. Maybe you don't need the perfect reason and time to let things fall tgt but it just do when it is right. 

Wednesday came fast and so it was our bento challenge; 

Breakfast was homemade mini sandwiches (cut out with lots of effort), sausages, veg, tomatoes and apple orange for fruits!



It is definitely my kinda breakfast :D 

Lunch was heavier with some healthy carbs along;

Mega wholemeal sandwich packed in with lots of goodness :)

Thursday was yet another busy day of work but I was glad wednesday made up the work blues away!
#ootd:
Denim shirt: Ohvola
Skirt: TheStageWalk
Bag:Yevetually
Shoes:OhVola

It was also MINIONS day! And my efforts of running to the mac and jus risking my work time for it was ALL WORTH IT! I bought all 3! :DD

TGIF! I was indeed a happy girl when I saw PEPERO, probably the only choco I like now would be this.

And the very amazing thing happened, we bought each other Pepero unknowingly!

Super magical! I mean chances of you and someone getting the same thing for each other will be rather little?

I was very dubious of r/s and love ever since the previous one failed on me. I wouldn't accord all of what happened to be his fault, cause I too have my flaws last time. I was immature and maybe not yet ready enough to handle a r/s well. Hence, in the end, the r/s couldn't work out to its best. 

After being single, I began to doubt alot in r/s and people I meet and went out on dates with. 

I would think they are not true, just being the person they wan me to see I will end up with and maybe not having similar thoughts enough with me. 

When I met Em, it came across as a friend. A really simple friend whom I've nv said Hi before to.

But when he brought me out on a dinner date to Au Chocolat (which kinda took me bck) and I was kinda sure this man here wants to date me. And when we took on more weekends tgt, I know this wasn't a simple just for fun thing. I could sense this man's seriousness. Making efforts to plan where to bring me for weekend brunch, where to head for the remaining of the day and always sharing with me good food places to go to. 

We can spend the day walking, having some coffee and more talking. I guess we like to share. 

His daily small acts always makes me know how appreciative he is of me. He's a guy who showers me with lil constant assurance through words and actions, letting me know where he is, always placing my concerns before him, someone who does hv his own thinkings, has his own space and gives me space and respects me alot. I would feel a man is a good one if he knows how to respect woman. He does it in his way but makes me feel he respects me enough. These are all little acts of love he shows to me making me feel secured and loved. I guess I am beginning to open up more. But sometimes I'd qustion myself whether do I really deserve all of these. A man that is so true and good to me? My fears will then come out and overtake all the thoughts I have. However, I know time do tell how true this man is and I seek to find out. I am giving myself a good 2months to adapt slowly.

Everyday now feels like a dream. A dream that I really can't believe is happening to me. I did bad things before and was someone mean before so how do I deserve all these?

I am thankful nonetheless for all that is happening now in my life, my family and me are as close, my friends and me are maintinaing our friendships well and someone who appreciates me quite alot. Maybe this is another chapt of life that I am moving into and I shld slowly tuned well to it. 

Let time tell me whether I shld tke on this step.

Love,

Rach

"With the grace of maturity, not the grief of a child"

It seems like sometimes certain things happen when you lest expect them. Take for example someone whom you probably wouldn't even think of meeting/talking to at all.

As of recently, I am back to seeing someone, at the current stage we're, I'd say we're dating. It all started 2 weeks ago when I was at Sauce for Friday night drinks w G. Scrolling through IG as we chat and drink and happen to see this acquntaine of mine was at Sauce too! Decided to comment and said Hi and didnt expect he'd see it and replied me. Then he came over and we managed to catch up for awhile.

So this accquaintine was actually a colleague of mine during HSBC days 2yrs bck when I was dd a temp job there bef my uni started. We didn't even talk at the time when we were in the same dept but diff teams hence we only know each other's existence. Or mayb at that point of time, I jus came in, all new to th enviroment and then wasn't too cool with making too much friends so I was rather cool. HAHAHA. And then I was also managing a breakup at that time with my ex-bf. So we were chatting and making fun of each other on why we didn't talk back then. Exchanged numbers and would jus say we will catch up over lunch/dinner someday. It happened jus the following sunday where we headed to MBS, Au Chocolat for dinner. Ambience and food was all in place. I guess Em took the effort to dress up too, knowing his vanity. HAHA. So things were kinda looking like a date than a friend-friend dinner. I wasn't too sure so I decided to play by ear. Aft dinner plans wasn't made so we decided to take a good stroll outside MBS towards One Fullerton. It was a quiet night with not much crowd i guess cause its Sunday. We just stroll and talk along the way. It was rather nice having to be catching up like good old times. So we ended up at Sauce, the place where we first met, for drinks. And the conver just went on and on till 11plus and we ended the Sunday. I didnt expect myself nor Em to be calling up or texting me again the next day. But it jus happened. Maybe we all could feel the mutual feeling we had and decided to take a step to know each other better as friends. I was rather cool since I felt that its high time I shld.

I hadn't been able to open up to a guy ever since I was outta my last r/s last year. It has been a good one year of being single hence when I knew somehow me and Em were dating, I kinda felt weird for the first instinct. Maybe I wasn't exactly prep for it and ready to accept th fact that someone is gg aft me and dating me. HAHA, as weird as it sounds, I do get pretty shy abt such things. I was having this "devil vs angel" thingy gg inside my mind. But I chose to tell myself to take on this step and slowly try. I didn't wanted to push myself into a r/s with anyone nor hurt anyone hence I made it clear to Em about my thoughts. I was glad we had talks so we can better know how our past was like and our thoughts towards a r/s. Slowly, it became clear to me that we were dating. HAHA. Things just proceeded on slowly. I was feeling quite comfortable as well cause I always dislike whenever th other party is too agressive, it jus scares me away. On a daily basis, we keep in touch through texts. Knowing that we both are managing a job now,we're clear that this perspective of r/s we're heading for is no longer like a 17/18 yrs old thing where we need to spend as much time and see each other every single day. Rather,it is more of quality time tgt and just having our work-life balance still. 

I rmb reading this book about "Five Languages of Love" before when I was quite lost in th previous r/s. I thought it was a meaningful book cause it def is very realistic and not just words. Hence after my workout jus now, I took a good long walk back home and started to apply whatever I've read into my current life now. I guess Em shares this 2 acts of love; Acts of service and quality time tgt. I guess we both comprehend the same thing. And also the fact that he knows where I am coming from. I prefer a quality time than having a day to day must see each other thing. I still want my personal space for myself,family and friends. Being able to continue doing what I love and gg after what I want in life. But of course, we do make compromises sometimes, i guess its inevitable cause thats how you get along. Hence as much as I know there're certain things I would want to be dd, I will def be responsible for my own life and actions. 

I see things in a long term perspective and its true for a r/s. I wouldnt want to be just having a r/s now and thats all. But rather a r/s that keeps going for good. And I rmb this, someone asked me before " would u rather be loved or love someone?" I used to be love someone till I lost my rationale. Now I'd choose to be the one who's blessed to be loved. Its selfish but there's always someone in a r/s that will love th other party more. And of course, the other party will then reciprocate too through other channels of love. I think it is a good beginning to letting me learn to open a new chapt and start to learn all over again. Everyday I try to learn something new. I try to be better person as I am along the way. And I knw one day, I am able to do it.

Thankful for all the bad that shaped me into someone so much better now. And for the good that happened, I will hope that things gets better slowly too. Life's unfair but fair at times. Maybe this time round, I am having my share of all the good karma I've sow.

Love,

Rachh

Last weekend x

Last weekend saw us trying out a new brunch spot; Maison Ikkudo @ Kandarhar Street.

When we got there, it was pretty much already packed with lots of brunchers (new found word for people who goes for brunch). HAHAHA. I guess it was also due to the fact that the shop space

wasn't exactly very big hence it def looks pretty much "cramped" up in a way.




On the menu for us;
"Special" Eggs Ben x Croque Madem x Hojicha & Americano

Food wasn't very fantastic, I guess that somehow disappointed us quite a bit. I think it was due to the fact that the food wasn't served warm and my croque turned out to b pretty "dry". I had a hard time trying to swallow it. HAHAH. But I tried the Hojicha finally! Been wanting to try the one at starbucks but hadn't been able to. And this Hojicha is def a good drink t go with brunch! His eggs ben was "special" cause we bumped into one of his friend who works there and he gave him extra huge portion! Lucky us! In total, we spent around $40 for 2 of us,cheap brunch but disappointing.

 

Have always wanted to try Tiramisu Hero and finally did! Ain't a fan of Tiramisu so hence couldn't exactly tell the really good ones and the medicore ones. But I love the packagaing! And I kept the can aft we finished the tiramisu!

One of the best puddings; Royal Pudding from Paris Bagette
I was totally sold when I had my first mouth! It was really smooth, not too sweet (which I prefer less sweet stuffs) and jus nice for quick sweettooth cravings!

Happy to be in #ohvola new loots again!
Floral shorts (my weakness for anything floral), fav white shirt now & new pair of white flats! Perfect weekend outfit to town!



The best friend brought back my Pandora from the states! :D Awesome much! Gonna be slowly adding charms to it soon!

I've got a unicorn as a surprise! Em bought me this to sub for the OOS minions :( But nonetheless, I pretty much like the quote he sent me.
From now " I will re-live this new chapt of my life, embark on a journey to learn all over again, have fun, laugh really hard and make the best outta what life has for me"

Weekends always goes by so fast! Monday is back to work and the first day of the boss away, I was panicking so much inside but I guess as the days passes by, I kinda got more calm but made an error in my work which cause me to feel so guilty abt it. But there's nothing that will help if you continue on feeling guilty but learn from your mistakes and don't repeat them, move on from here!

Midweek perk aft work; came as surprise cause Em waited for me to end work just o have dinner together. Since it was alr 8plus, we decided to go for Sushi Tei at JEM which is very near my place. I fell in love with the salmon belly soup, never knew this good shit existed!

Thursday is MINIONS day! :DD Gotten Stuart to add in to the Minion collection I've on my shelves now!

Thursday was dinner aft work with my beloved bimbo, Ish :) We tried out Toss and Turn @ Ion and it turned out to be pretty good for salads. But I still prefer sumo salad!



As usual, G and me always fool ard during working hrs jus to keep us going. I am thankful to have known her in HSBC cause we both share similar thoughts, likings and is jus as crazy!



Friday was knock off and then headed back home. And I badly needed a good workout since I hadn't been able to do so properly due to working late everyday. Indeed, I felt so good!



At night, met up with the girls; Yvonne and Steph at lot one to head out for our slumber at mon's place!
In fav #worntodeath floral romper from #ohvola



My twiny is one of the best chefs amg my friends. He can really cook and made interesting dishes :D always a blessing whenever he does it. And when we came over, he made some mexican dip with tortilla chips which was FUCKING AWESOME! :DD

Thankful for his very nice parents whom we knew for years. Yummy good durians that they bought for us knowing we were heading to his place for a stayover!



Just like that we each wrote down a goal that we would want to fulfill in a year's time. And I def look forward to achieving my goals!




Brunch was homemade frm the Chef, Mon :) I told you he can whip up decent stuffs from the simplest ingredients home!



Our camwhore never ends! :D my 15yrs of childhood friends!
Glad we're all embarking into our diff paths of lives now. For them, they're all doing their uni now and I am proud of them to be having faith in their 2yrs studies journey. I will be a guide to them time to time :D

Saturday saw me in #missypixie eyelet top, #thestagewalk skirt and out for a late noon in town

Finally tried Saveur @ Purvis street! Another one off the list now :D
Decent French dining at afforadable price, what's more we didn't have to wait very long for the tables and food to come. The quene after we left was horrible so I am glad we made it for an early dinner.
Aft dinner was drinks @ Millenia walk before we headed to Acid Bar in hope for the live band "jack and jill" but to only know that they no longer play there!

Current fav wallpaper now; thechewys <3

Glad that my family has always been ard for me thru my best and worst times. Esp when we grow up to be older, I bonded closer with my 2 sisters and bro. Now my bro-in-law  is a new member of the family and pretty glad to have him in! :D

Love,
Rachh

"Faith brings you to conquer further"

Monday was a good and bad start to the week.

Good was because it marks my end of my projects on hand at work. 

Bad was because I was down with a terrible flu and throat. I had to finish up Monday and went hm aft work to catch the doc, pop some pills and jus sleep. 

 

Lunch was yummy soup spoon to make me feel better. Thanks G for being awesome tgt to wait for me to go for late lunch. Best companion cum crazy gf at work!

Tuesday was just sleep, eat, pop my med and more sleep. The remedy to cure the flu is always sleeping. I was glad I took the day off to sleep in and I def feel better aft a good sleep and ample rest. The result of overworking your body for th past 3 mths. But then I guess thats me, always push and work to my limits.

Wednesday bck to work was crazy hectic day! My work was piled up but nonetheless my very awesome girlfriends at work never make me feel better. We caught this very soothing view from th other side of the office during lunch. 

 

"Sometimes we just have to slow down our pace in life, take a breathe and enjoy what it has for us"

This very first 7mths of the year had been alot about self-love and appreciating what life has in for me. I am still learning to be better and improve on my weaknesses; temper and learning to do things at a slower pace.

 

Minions came to Mcd Sg on thursday! We went off lunch at 12pm to quene and to only know that it was SOLD OUT after a good 45mins -.- our very sad faces.

Aft work was going to the movies with the 2 girls; LYY & Ling at Vivocity as Ling had a great offer for movie tickets for just $4.50!! I love the minions and they made the whole show jus enjoyable!

Last night sugarrush with le twiny, monchao

He brought me to Seventhheaven at Orchard Central and I was sold for their waffles and pancakes. Never a fan of ice cream and waffles but this is really a true bomb. And the only ice-cream i eat, Matcha. We had a good catching up over waffles and ice-cream and he bought me my Pandora from the states! Heard so much amazing stories of his US trip, def amusing but i guess this trip changed him to being a better someone than before. I am happy for him cause as much as he watches me grow from a girl to a lady, i watched how he matures as we grow older. 

 

My bestfriend, soulmate and twiny <3

 And one day when I get married, he will def be my bridesmaid gang, my child's first god-daddy.

Faith brings you to conquer further. 

My ideal type of partner;

Someone who appreciates lifestyle as much as me, we can go for weekend brunch t spend quality time; need not be seeing each other everyday just to assure the love; still pursue our own goals and dreams in our daily life; fitness lover; someone who will be the garbage bin when I cnt finish my food; who will always tell me i am beautiful; embrace my flaws; love me for who I am and not what he wants me to be; accepts me as a whole; have the same mentality of a r/s; someone who adores camwhore as much as me; dresses up; is a planner; romantic; pops surprises time to time without a reason; 

Cause sometimes when you meet the wrong one whom you can accept all of him but he just doesn't, you know the next that comes, you'll know better what you see in a partner. 

Lately, I am seeing a date. This year hadn't been too bad, I was on 3dates before this current one. But the past 3 were rather lacking in something I felt wasn't there. This current date, E, was maybe someone I didn't anticipate to meet after I ended the date with S. S came by swift and was more like a passing phrase in life. When I started to went out on dinner with E, the first thought I gave to him whether he passed or fail will be his efforts for the dinner place and where we're gg, Au Chocolat. He won some points inside already. As we converse, I realize we have pretty much similar thinkings towards lifestyle and r/s. And of course I'd always prefer a more mature partner. So it's been the second hangout ytd. I am slowly getting comfortable with him. Wouldn't be too shy for a photo, eats as how I do, drink w him and jus be myself. I guess maybe life creates dramas sometimes to make me learn better and allow me to meet the better person. I am still learning in this date. Cause everyone will fall and when they're back on their feet, they start to learn everything all over again :)

Love,

Rachh