"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength"

Back here for a quick update! Let's backtrack to Monday!
Started off the week with a good run after work, 4KM clocked. Was amazed by my energy to clock the distance after a long day of work, usually my body would give in at 3KM but pushed myself to go another 1km more. Dinner was fruits. Happy colors makes my day :)

Tuesday was the usual cardio class after work at 7pm with le buddy, Pam. We always pushed harder each trg. It's not the speed that matters but the reps and posture of the workout. So thankful to have known her through FF and stayed on for a good 3mths tgt!



Dead beat after the workout class on Tuesday. Crashed damn early that night.

Wednesday calls for a white day, I felt vain to dress up in my new white Laude Exquisite Lace Dress frm #ohvola!



Perfect dress that does not make me look fat! :D

Thurs breakfast was a change! I decided to try the Charcoal Red Bean Bun that I've been walking past every single day to the coffee hut. But it turned out not as good as it shld have been. How disappointed!



Saturday noon clocked a good run of going pass my usual limits. I could have done 2KM more if not for the treadmill which auto stops after an hour of using it. But am proud to have ran so far and motivated to go further than this!



And so this morning at 5.30am, I clocked a 7KM outdoors run! It felt so so refreshed and cooling. Love how the roads are quiet without much traffic and the pavements are just empty. I could have them to myself. I always sort my thoughts during my run. It's a good way of self-reflection as well!

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It's gonna be less than a month to a new year of 2014! I am looking fwd as I've set aside a few person goals for myself in the new year. I hope by dec, I can clear all debts (with my sis) and then work harder in the new year for myself. 

New quote to live by ' Learn to live and accept with what you can't change. Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength". I shall, thus, live by this in 2014. May the work brings in new challenges and greater heights, may myself be stronger than 2013 so I can set out to achieve more, may my family and friends be blessed to always be safe, to laugh more, worry less, travel more and play hard in the new year. By 27, I hope I can start to achieve my dream- having my own cafe.

Love,

Rach

"Of blessings"

Happy birthday to dearest Auntie Siew Ping. 

May this year 2013 been a great year filled with love, happiness and good health for you. 2013 is ending in a month's time and I wish you much more happiness, love, luck and better health in the upcoming 2014.

It has always been the greatest blessing to have met you and known you. Times flies, knowing you had been a good coming 2yrs. Despite all that had happened, you do drop bits of encouragement and love to me. I appreciate every single bit of it. Even though we mayn't be as close as we used to be but you're always inside my heart and I will always keep a blessing for you to always be happy and in good health :)

Till then,
Love, Rach

"With contentment, you'll realize that you're happier"

Always thankful to have the sweetest girls around me in life.

Ling brought me my fav Tiramisu in a Jar by @empiredsg from Lola Cafe!



Lola Cafe is a quaint cafe located in Kovan. It's a travel away from my place hence I only managed to go there if I ever have time off enough to travel down :) So I was so thankful to be able to have fav Tiramisu again!

My sis-in-law came over for dinner today with my family. It's been a good long time everyone sat down tgt to have a proper good dinner. Def love such family bonding time tgt.



Mom seems to cook better dishes whenever we've family dinner. On usual days, dinner are kept really simple. So I appreciate times like these cause i hardly have dinner home on weekdays due to work & gym.

Wes started packing for the upcoming Korea trip after dinner



Thats a total of 3 bags for my brother! HAHA.

This weekends was kept pretty simple as I was tasked and planned to help Ling with her wedding favours. So glad we managed to keep in track with our timeline. And we're ALL done for the ROM party on the 11 Jan 2014! Don't say we're mad but it is VERY true that time flies so fast before you know it.
I am planning to work on my cupcakes during weekends after Korea Trip to churn out the best for my gf's ROM!

So many plans to work towards to and I am making sure I keep to them. Hoping 2014 will be another new fresher year for myself to improve myself and financially. 1 more month till we bid 2013 a good bye and welcome 2014 with a fresher self and mind. I am looking fwd to a good new 2014 ahead with my family,friends and everyone else.

Till then,
Love, Rach

“The greatest wealth is to live content with little.”

Finally got down to some decent scrapping with the girlfriend, Ling, today over at my place this late evening. I was so glad that we managed out some time together to finish up all her wedding ROM items. What's left now will be my bakes and just DIY stuffs the night before the ROM and I reckon 2 months can get pass so easily. 

One of my new work piece for a DIY wedding pen :) Brings a huge sense of satisfaction across whenever I see how many smiles and happiness I bring over to people. It's some little things like these in life that I think makes us truly happy.

I love the quote - "The greatest wealth is to live content with little"

I used to be sucha spendthrift on clothes, shoes and just in life. I never learn how to better appreciate all I have and just spend like a king. I throw away things whenever I feel they aint of any more use to me. Hence, I never realize the monetary value that I've thrown away. It was only till today or rather this year that I began reflecting on self, life and how I am as a person towards family,friends and colleagues. I reckon I had so much more to improve on; the way I talk with people, behave outside, spend, look, think and way I do things. I think I had learnt grealty of how inconsistent as an individual I was. Now as I began to earn my own income and to provide income to the family, I learnt to save and scrimp better. What caught me most was after the lesson learnt on being a spendthrift and end up not be able to prioritize my bills well enough. I am thankful my sister was there to give me a good learning point. I then better learn to appreciate and think better before I spend every single dollar now. I prep my lunches and I will in turn put in more effort as I would want a better lunch at work, I'd think about the breakfast $$ before I splurge, I'd think of how much working clothes I had before I decided to get a dress again, I'd think of how often I hang out before I promise to meet my friends up for dinner/drinks, I began to think that other than a happening life, I could learn to lead a fulfilling life; making every workout count in gym, trying to make a change with a morning run, handling r/s better with people at work, focusing more on work to better do well in them, spending time learning and reading of the country I am visiting this month. 

I think when they say time do change a person, I truly believe cause I felt the change in myself was the most prominent evidence. I no longer felt the same old way I did last time. I do not see r/s as being my first but self,family and work. I place time on more impt tasks and see everything as a learning journey. I see putting myself to talk to my family better as challenge to change. I set achieveable goals and I keep myself discipline towards certain principles in life. I've never felt so great. And my next year 2014 goal is to become even better and to achieve much more financially, visit a new country, learn  a new sport and just move on to the next destination that my work brings me to.I am seeking greater heights and I will achieve it slowly along the way.

Till then,

as we grow.

"Focus on the bigger things in life, for they are the things that bring you far in life"

It has been a good few weeks of being tied down during work & weekends. Finally found some proper time to do a proper write up and update here. As of recent, the health hasn't been at its best. Got my blood test results and they didn't turn out as well but with the med given to me now, I hope I'll get better soon. 

Then I caught a serious flu which there is still some phlegm around but I am def recovering. So proud of myself for not taking any MC despite the heavy flu. But somehow this week didn't end well either as I had gotten a food poisoning somehow which I don't recall having any uncooked/dirty foods. But it was terrible cause I was like a merlion and also having runs :/ But I am so glad it is all over now.

So we spent this year's Halloween at USS! It was supposed to be a 3girls 1guy date with our dearest Benny as the only male but it turned out that Ish couldn't make it last min and we had to call one of benny's friend along. But it was overall fun experience which I think it is worth a one-time experience and thats it. Wouldn't be intending to go back next yr since I had been to this year. But it was a happy halloween tgt!

On Sunday evening, I had gotten some spinach, raspberries (didnt know they taste sooooo good), strawberries and banana for a smoothie blend. It was my first attempt hence I think it turned out pretty weird but I am still on the hunt to make better smoothie to replace some of meals sometimes.

The girlfriend, Tiffany, came by for lunch with me during my lunchtime at work on Monday. So thankful for her company and happy to have her around with me. We caught up quite a bit and it was def a pity we couldn't do any longer since my lunch time was pretty much the 2hrs. But nonetheless, I had a good time. Oh ya, we had tea thereafter along with his god-bro whom we met at ChaiTime.



Salad stop for bunny-me. Always so on for anything veg.

I had the thought of a evening run around MBFC,MBS and Esplanade. There I went after work on Monday. Good to be catching the evening sunset whilst running! Something new and different. I reckon I'd do this more often!

What's Monday without a good #ootd shot?! Well, I was named the "lawyer" that day since everyone thinks I look so much like one given my black pencil skirt with white shirt dressing. Hehe, so OL-ish nowadays.

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Health week calls for more salad lunches. It was a tuesday lunchbox exchange with my twiny :)

Who doesn't love surprises and gifts? Thanks for the love,twiny<3

My colleagues are just as enthu as I am when it comes to working out. I am pretty thankful for this bunch of happy pills at work. Always whining and complaining to each other and being so on for every single plan tgt!

And of course, the singles in the group had to have some after work-tgif time tgt with just beer,chips and meatballs. Good end to the week :)

Saturday calls for G's birthday dinner @ Lola. Wanted to hit 49 seats initially but realize that their food maynt seem as good hence I decided to bring the foodies to Kovan for Lola!

And I was glad they love the food and Tiramisu!

Happy birthday G! Your the bestest sis ever <3

Thats Tiramisu in a Jar by @empireD by Dennis. 

So aft a workout on a weekday, I headed home and decided to open up my rice crackers bought during grocery shoppin'. Tried with peanut butter, OMG it taste heavenly!



Tuesday gym class with my very on gym bud; Pam!



Midweek at Joe & Dough with Gillian, my lunch buddy, siao on kia, gossip girl and everything else at work. 

Met up with the gf ytd evening for her wedding prep shopping at Spotlight & Daiso! She was so hyped on getting every single thing and I had to stop her. Hahaha, but it was def very fun!

I finally received my Ohvola clothings and couldn't wait but just don on them for a friday night of drinks!

SO thankful to have met her and know her, so much to share, talk and just drink. One of the girls whom holds her beer level so well as much as me :) Thankful for the night tgt.

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Wow, time flies and another year had gone pass! It's Auntie Siew Ping's birthday on Sunday and I will be calling her up to wish her, hopefully able to pass her a shawl as well!

Well, it all gets better in time :)

Till then
Rach