Mommy's Pre Birthday dinner conversation by random....
Daphne: We had Hotpot for Supper yesterday night as I was really hungry from Dance Prac....
Le Brother: Wait didn't you have hotpot for dinner the other day when you brought back the Stuffed toy(s)?
Daphne: *goes into deep thoughts*
Dilun: Come to think about it, from Friday to friday (7 days) you ate Hotpot for 5 days.
Daphne: Really?
Friday - Kelvin, CY, Dilun Daphne - Shi Li Fang@ Thomson, I brought home a cat/tiger looking toy for Trixie.
Saturday - Thai food at Orchard Tower with Lulu, Hanwei, Dilun because Raw prawns is yummy!
Sunday - Post Dance practise at SMU, as usual I was starving after all the physical stuff from practise, and city hall was too crowded.... We (Dilun and I ) escaped to Kallang Mall for Sukiya Hotpot..
Monday - Met Claudia for Dinner and was raving to her about how the boys brought me to Shi Li Fang and how I scored the toy... We did it again :D
Tuesday - Valda, Jas, Queenie for dinner at Hai Di Lao.
Wednesday - Walked the dog to "fetch" dinner from Holland Village
Thursday - post practise binge eating, we had hot pot at Bugis because I'm a hungry girl.
Friday - Mom's pre birthday dinner at Little Diners (Today)
Indeed 5 / 7 days of Hotpot dinner.
Mom didn't even bat her eyelids.
If you could only eat one type of food for the rest of your life, this would be it.
HOTPOT FTW
It has been a life long relationship with Steamboat, only that I have taken this week waaaaaaaaay too far by eating it 5 days in a week. :D
Strange how I did not even notice it, until Le brother mentioned it.
oops
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Saturday, September 16, 2017
Saturday, May 06, 2017
Growth Chart
Random Fact of the day.
The nail of the index finger grows faster than that of the little finger.
The human nail grows at an average rate of 3mm a month.
Did you know that?
I didn't.
Having read that, I whipped out my ruler and got my nails checked.
Mine seems to be growing at 1mm a week, and it is not even my index finger that I am talking about!
Going back to this blogging business before I got distracted by my nails, I marvel back at the journey that I have taken in the course of my life (to date). I shan't go too far back into history to bore people.
The past two - three years has seen plenty of ups and downs of life, very often involving the leap of faith.
Letting go was one of the best decisions that I have made, not because I gave up like a loser, but rather because I knew that I have already pushed for my best, and the results weren't ever going to show.
Many would say that I have been a fool in wasting too much time, pushing things to the the edge before I have made final life altering decisions.
But I would say that I'm glad I spent the time pushing for things to happen, before I let go.
For I know that I will never look back to ask if I could have done it any better , should I have the ability to turn back time.
Sure we might say that if given the opportunity to turn back time, we might have deployed a different set of reaction/decisions and the outcome might change.
Well well well. Have you ever tried playing puzzle games, where you are stuck at level 1241 for the longest time, and you've tried 234873948 combinations to get past to the next stage and it just doesn't happen?
Sometimes life is just that.. you pass that difficult stage because its the right time, the right algorithm whatsoever.
I digress too much.
It's been slightly over 2 years.
There is a kind of gladness that I have to know that DL has always been a good source of support for me in ways more than I can ever describe.
Surely without having to go through what I went through, I would not have learnt to realise or appreciate the goodness that I have in my life now.
There's a certain type of stability that I have always yearned for that he naturally provides. Perhaps that's exactly the magical compound that our chemistry thrive on.
Sure, there might be days where he would do shitty stuff to trigger an entire complex chain of reactions that is somewhat deeply rooted down to complexities that I have yet to fathom, but most days when we aren't at war, we're good.
I have never realised how quickly time passes
Gravitating back to my nails as an analogy,
based on how quickly my Gelish manicure is growing out, i contemplated just how much nails I have chucked out in this lifetime (creepy!)
Wham! It's one of those days where you realise how much you've grown as a person.
as a girlfriend, as a daughter, as a human (to the dog). And literally as a human being, a living creature. What more about the quantity of nails you have trimmed off, and chucked away? :D
We learn to rise whenever we fall. In it we sharpen and hone our tenacity in the task and obstacles set in front of us.
We grow emotionally to cope better, even when we are facing adversity
We learn to be more calm and collected even when annoying people hurl remarks that are below the belt that makes you wonder - would you, could you, ever bring yourself to say such stuff in the first place,?
Are these people just being frank or am that I'm just a big faker who's obsessed with being Politically polite when I choose to exercise control and refrain instead of matching their tone and groove to their beats?
Well good news to these filter free people is that Yeah... some insults do get to me, but honestly nothing a good cry cannot solve, as we learn and get reminded that time tick tocks on,
Whereby life goes on as surely as how the sun will rise, where seasons will change and so on.
I would like to think that I have been placed in this earth to live my life, and in my life I will continue to find new meanings in my existence; to try to be the best version of myself that I could possibly will, my intent to be.
at 5am in the morning, in a semi sleepy state of mind my only thoughts pertaining to this
are excerpts taken from the movie Cinderella.
She's probably my top 3 favourite princess as a kid, in terms of her personality and life choices.
She does make a lot of sense (if you can view past the fairy, the magikaboola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo part). In it, there is a lot of lessons that we can keep towards our approach in everyday life)
For starters, "Have courage and be kind " - this is probably the best known quote in the movie
“Just because it’s done, doesn’t mean it should be done.”- on how we shouldn't stoop to their level, no matter how low some people might be.
“To be seen as we truly are, is the biggest risk we will ever take.
Will we be enough as we really are?” - I sure hope so.
“I forgive you.” - Forgiveness sets us free and lets love all the way in. You must forgive all of the pain and sorrow that brought you to this moment; that brought you to love again.
This I'm learning to do so.
If we could all view things with kindness and to our best intent, the world might already be a better place to live in.
The nail of the index finger grows faster than that of the little finger.
The human nail grows at an average rate of 3mm a month.
Did you know that?
I didn't.
Having read that, I whipped out my ruler and got my nails checked.
Mine seems to be growing at 1mm a week, and it is not even my index finger that I am talking about!
Going back to this blogging business before I got distracted by my nails, I marvel back at the journey that I have taken in the course of my life (to date). I shan't go too far back into history to bore people.
The past two - three years has seen plenty of ups and downs of life, very often involving the leap of faith.
Letting go was one of the best decisions that I have made, not because I gave up like a loser, but rather because I knew that I have already pushed for my best, and the results weren't ever going to show.
Many would say that I have been a fool in wasting too much time, pushing things to the the edge before I have made final life altering decisions.
But I would say that I'm glad I spent the time pushing for things to happen, before I let go.
For I know that I will never look back to ask if I could have done it any better , should I have the ability to turn back time.
Sure we might say that if given the opportunity to turn back time, we might have deployed a different set of reaction/decisions and the outcome might change.
Well well well. Have you ever tried playing puzzle games, where you are stuck at level 1241 for the longest time, and you've tried 234873948 combinations to get past to the next stage and it just doesn't happen?
Sometimes life is just that.. you pass that difficult stage because its the right time, the right algorithm whatsoever.
I digress too much.
It's been slightly over 2 years.
There is a kind of gladness that I have to know that DL has always been a good source of support for me in ways more than I can ever describe.
Surely without having to go through what I went through, I would not have learnt to realise or appreciate the goodness that I have in my life now.
There's a certain type of stability that I have always yearned for that he naturally provides. Perhaps that's exactly the magical compound that our chemistry thrive on.
Sure, there might be days where he would do shitty stuff to trigger an entire complex chain of reactions that is somewhat deeply rooted down to complexities that I have yet to fathom, but most days when we aren't at war, we're good.
I have never realised how quickly time passes
Gravitating back to my nails as an analogy,
based on how quickly my Gelish manicure is growing out, i contemplated just how much nails I have chucked out in this lifetime (creepy!)
Wham! It's one of those days where you realise how much you've grown as a person.
as a girlfriend, as a daughter, as a human (to the dog). And literally as a human being, a living creature. What more about the quantity of nails you have trimmed off, and chucked away? :D
We learn to rise whenever we fall. In it we sharpen and hone our tenacity in the task and obstacles set in front of us.
We grow emotionally to cope better, even when we are facing adversity
We learn to be more calm and collected even when annoying people hurl remarks that are below the belt that makes you wonder - would you, could you, ever bring yourself to say such stuff in the first place,?
Are these people just being frank or am that I'm just a big faker who's obsessed with being Politically polite when I choose to exercise control and refrain instead of matching their tone and groove to their beats?
Well good news to these filter free people is that Yeah... some insults do get to me, but honestly nothing a good cry cannot solve, as we learn and get reminded that time tick tocks on,
Whereby life goes on as surely as how the sun will rise, where seasons will change and so on.
I would like to think that I have been placed in this earth to live my life, and in my life I will continue to find new meanings in my existence; to try to be the best version of myself that I could possibly will, my intent to be.
at 5am in the morning, in a semi sleepy state of mind my only thoughts pertaining to this
are excerpts taken from the movie Cinderella.
She's probably my top 3 favourite princess as a kid, in terms of her personality and life choices.
She does make a lot of sense (if you can view past the fairy, the magikaboola bibbidi-bobbidi-boo part). In it, there is a lot of lessons that we can keep towards our approach in everyday life)
For starters, "Have courage and be kind " - this is probably the best known quote in the movie
“Just because it’s done, doesn’t mean it should be done.”- on how we shouldn't stoop to their level, no matter how low some people might be.
“To be seen as we truly are, is the biggest risk we will ever take.
Will we be enough as we really are?” - I sure hope so.
“I forgive you.” - Forgiveness sets us free and lets love all the way in. You must forgive all of the pain and sorrow that brought you to this moment; that brought you to love again.
This I'm learning to do so.
If we could all view things with kindness and to our best intent, the world might already be a better place to live in.
Saturday, January 07, 2017
He who is dandruff free #ThingsmyBFsay
At the vet for Trixie's allergy problems
Vet: You can use this shampoo brand called "Cil Pro" for her....
BF: Silk pro? I use that too! :D
Me: *face palm*
No not silk pro la! Wah lau!
Vet: I will give you a prescribed shampoo for now, and if you want to remove the flakes in her skin, you can add in a few drops of "Head and shampoo"
Us: Head and shoulders, ok got it.
------
Supper time, Le boyfriend suggested that we would dine at Swee Choon, and later swing by Mustafa to get em, Head and shoulders.
I love how he's quick to respond with the shopping list all the time, because I cannot be bothered unless its urgently meant for me.
In the land of everything (Mustafa), the shelf - yes the entire shelf was filled with Head and shoulders.
As we stood in awe wondering which "flavour" to get for Trixie, I asked aloud... should we get the sensitive scalp one or the lavender one for Trixie? I hate mint, so no mint...
and all these time, Le bf was like in serious studying mode telling me " no..dont want.."
I was puzzled and stared on wondering what's wrong with either sensitive scalp care or lavender?
It's gonna be a little weird if I were to get head and shoulders Extra Volume or Head and Shoulders for men right?
*visualising a volumised fluffy Trixie running about like a poodle*
or worst!
or worst!
those men range are for people who are in gender crisis...battling their masculinity and stuff...plus Trixie's a girl...*rolls eyes*
After what seem like an eternity of staring at the shelf of Head and Shoulders.... and he's still dissatisfied at the shelf full of Head and shoulders..
I finally asked him impatiently.
What exactly are you looking for???
I mean, its just shampoo, and if he really wanted some sick scent I'm not exactly gonna fight with him about it, because its for the dog? I doubt Trixie really cares if she's gonna smell like roses, lavender, green apple or mint.
He replies..anti dandruff...
Me: ????? whut?
BF in a serious concerned voice says " anti dandruff, i'm looking for the anti dandruff ones for Trixie. They don't seem to have the dandruff ones though."
I clutched onto the side of the wall for support when I heard his reply.
Errrps... the entire head and shoulders range IS ANTI DANDRUFF! what are you talking about?
I wanted to cry because he's super serious about it :(
The Bf contemplated my words and says dead seriously "no leh, the different flavours are for different use, there has to be an "anti dandruff" range for the dandruff suffers."
I really wanted to rage that moment when he replied me with disbelief, because le gf is always right.
*ahem*
almost immediately he said
"oops I just saw the fine print on all the bottles"
It printed anti-dandruff shampoo on ALL the bottles.
Now we're talking. :/
As I redirected him back to my initial suggestion of "sensitive scalp or lavender?"
He says laughingly : smooth and silky? Volumising?
I raised my eyebrow and we went home with sensitive scalp care eventually.
As of this post, it has been 3 days and Trixie hasn't showered yet, because procrastination is real.
#thingsmyBFsay
Tuesday, August 02, 2016
On blogging; a million years later
I have not been writing much here lately.
In my head, there is an entire list of stuff that I would like to write about..
off hand, I had a list to check off one by one...
Taiwan trip in March
Phuket trip in May
Taiwan trip in July
All that skincare/makeup/facemask that I stock up like mad all the time..
Activities with friends, new places discovered.
Pictures all stored up in my laptop and mobile phone... they are potentially stories untold.
I used to fancy writing about my life quite a bit, and yet the inertia sets in..
and I hope this is not a growing up phase that I'm progressing into... if it is, I'll really get a little sadder.
Perhaps it is precisely because I'm (trying to be) a little more grown up now, I'll chide myself into using the extra time to clear off one more box off my to-do checklist.. instead of writing, like the frivolous Daphne would used to do with her time.
Right. Lets set this straight, it's not like I'm super efficient with utilising my time now or something.
I'd say that its a lot closer to the feeling of guilt.
Guilty that I spent too much time writing about myself, my life, my whims, my fancies, like a self-centred girl (*ahem* Mind you, I still am very self-centred), instead of doing something more productive that would help with the business, or spend with the dog, or cleaning out my room...and many more..
I placed myself on a writing ban - just because productivity, Daphne.
Productivity.
Just the other night, I spent 3 hours writing an email on behalf of Trixie, just to enter the dog into a charity photo shoot contest for adopted/fostered dogs that a friend tagged me to.
When I was done with the email, I was horrified to discover how much time was spent, just writing THAT email on behalf of my pet dog.
Yet deep down, I felt a kind of Happy that I have forgotten.
The forgotten feeling on how it has felt, after a long while, and probably something that I would allow myself to do so...once in awhile.
It's roughly categorised into the kind of happy that I could immerse myself into doing, that has no intrinsic value of sorts to my life in general.
Considering the fact that, I am not paid to write nor blog about anything.
Along with my questionable grammar and language faux pas that the BF critiques on...
Nah.
I did it because I enjoyed it.
I did it because I wanted to.
The same goes to those art projects that I used to enjoy...
creating random bag, skirts, tops, accessories and all.
spending 3 hours hand hemming my dress because I found it therapeutic, instead of taking it out on the sewing machine...
Changing my nail colour and design every other week...
Fixed up a hair vine for my cousin in law's wedding photoshoot because I wanted one after watching an inspiring hair tutorial and ended up with sore fingers...
This was the mock up of my sparse hair vine just to see how it turned out.
I shall fix up the finished product and photograph it another day!
Those fleeting moments of exhilarations that truly made me happy, are activities that I (sort of ) imposed a restriction on, just because I believed that I should use it on something else that has more worth to it.
As much as I sounded like I've become an activity Hitler on my daily life, I've also taken on simpler and less time consuming projects such as sketching, colouring, improved my photoshop skill level.
Sure, my PS skills have definitely upped many levels since I started blogging in 2007 where I relied heavily on fancy brushes to create cool picture effects to be used as my Display Picture and stuff.
I can somewhat make people a little skinner, change their posture, fix their make up (kind of), clean up the skin.. I can even "remove" braces off someone's teeth..but no one's gonna know, because I've stopped posting pictures here now, and really those are for work more than for personal consumption.
I'm still fabulous you know? Who needs photoshop?
*flicks hair*
Lol.
Turns out, I do still rely on using photoshop for all my cool couple pictures with the Bae!
We shot these separately and he picks his favourite shots, while I pick mine, and viola...
Happy lee is happy!
oh and there's all that sketches, in case anyone actually thinks that I've turn into a stale and boring Daphne..
I'm Still very much alive on instagram!
It's taken over into my "short" blog of sorts pictorially.
Here we go! Snippets of my random fashion and sketching projects for the heck of it!
Ending it off here with a picture of Trixie and I doing the #ootd.
It's also my subtle way of saying: Yo Bitches, I'm back!
Lol
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Unicorn and rainbows
It's been awhile since I've posted anything.
Posting this awesome paw some unicorn picture that I've stumbled upon earlier...
and my infinite obsession with rainbows, sprinkles, unicorns and more...
I also need this in my life!
A unicorn mobile charger.
My bag of random treasure is screaming to say hello to it as soon as I can lay my hands on it!
Note to self to find time to swing by shop to grab it soon!
#MyOhSoImportantThingsInLife
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Summing up the first quarter of 2016
I noticed that this space here has been rather dead lately, and the boyfie made a passing remark about this dead space here...
I have not been much in the mood to post up here, and figured that I would eventually find time to do so (I hope), so tonight's the night where I am full of blabber..
2016 has been good this far..
with plenty of weddings within the family
March saw us through 3 weddings.
In July, there will be another 2 weddings to attend to,
December 1 wedding.
My cousins/family friends are all getting hitched in the same year!
Goodness!
Weddings aside,
It's time for Timeline fillers, the first quarter of the year vaguely goes like this:
January
New Year Celebration
Spent my eve with Claudia over a nice quiet dinner, as we explore the coming year with a
mixture of work and life to come for 2016, and I met DL for a count down at Marina
Square facing the floating platform for my favourite fireworks and hotpot supper after!
I started the first hour of the year stuffing myself. Auspicious or what?
Chinese New year Celebration
The usual fan fare of relative visiting, since parents are both the middle kids.
This is officially our first year of visiting without daddy around.
It is funny how much difference a year on actually feels.
Nothing is quite the same, but yet life goes on.
I guess it really gets easier as time creeps on..
February
Birthday celebrations starts!
Da started hers with a pool side celebration, and I received an early surprise party from Claudia, over at Kelvyn's place with Dilun as the accomplice on the pretext of a CNY gathering.
Unlike my social butterfly sister, I usually prefer mine to be a closed and quiet affair, so the build up events towards actual day was just plenty of dinner and stuff with close friends!
Every birthday in my recent years, I am reminded about how blessed I am to be my mommy's daughter, all the love I have been bestowed by my family, friends, and spoilt further by the boyfie.
I am indeed blessed + my smelly Trixie Wixie who loves me with all her heart.. just because she always gets food from me?
Hahahah
March
Taiwan!
Holidays are always happy days!
It was a fairly good birthday trip.
I started my first minute in Taiwan drowning my phone and camera upon disembarking the plane.
It was a disaster fishing out my wet toys out from my bag.
My heart sank like titanic, when I discover that both my toys are 1 step away from the grave.
I'll leave the actual Taiwan post for another post, when I feel like being extra hardworking about posting pictures in here.
I'd just say that I ended the trip a very happy girl.
WE bought extra luggage weight, and we were still 8kg overweight.
I reckon my 60 pieces of face mask was part of the reason...along with all the black sugar cubes that I bought as souvenir...
We were very lucky that we got away with the excess 8kg baggage.
YOLO!
---
April
The month of YOLO
It is quite a depressing month being home bound after a 9 day vacation.
I tried to increase random new activities to feel little more motivated about life!
In it, I went for a couple of new achievements that I set out for myself..
Change my hair style ✓
I gave myself a hair cut on a whim and fancy, Chopped off half my hair's length because I needed a perk me up to feel better about my post holiday depression.
Besides it has been years, since I last changed my hairstyle.
Picked up Kizomba ✓
Attended Azlan and Mabel's weekend Kiz workshop, and in the dance frenzy process I got myself 2 pairs of new dance shoes..and I am pondering on whether I should customise the third pair... because customise is always more swag right?
Depressing as April may sound, I actually ticked off 2 of my resolution checklist this month!
I have also tried Canvas painting at Arteastiq, and the completed painting is now sitting on the wall looking a little odd in my room.
This pretty much sums up what I have been up to.
Trixie on the other hand, decided to YOLO as well.
She snuck out of the house, and went on a lift adventure alone, and got lost for approximately 15- 20 minutes?
My mother lost her, and found her before I could even reach home to organize a search party.
Thankfully for friendly and useful neighbours!
xoxo
I have not been much in the mood to post up here, and figured that I would eventually find time to do so (I hope), so tonight's the night where I am full of blabber..
2016 has been good this far..
with plenty of weddings within the family
March saw us through 3 weddings.
In July, there will be another 2 weddings to attend to,
December 1 wedding.
My cousins/family friends are all getting hitched in the same year!
Goodness!
Weddings aside,
It's time for Timeline fillers, the first quarter of the year vaguely goes like this:
January
New Year Celebration
Spent my eve with Claudia over a nice quiet dinner, as we explore the coming year with a
mixture of work and life to come for 2016, and I met DL for a count down at Marina
Square facing the floating platform for my favourite fireworks and hotpot supper after!
I started the first hour of the year stuffing myself. Auspicious or what?
Chinese New year Celebration
The usual fan fare of relative visiting, since parents are both the middle kids.
This is officially our first year of visiting without daddy around.
It is funny how much difference a year on actually feels.
Nothing is quite the same, but yet life goes on.
I guess it really gets easier as time creeps on..
February
Birthday celebrations starts!
Da started hers with a pool side celebration, and I received an early surprise party from Claudia, over at Kelvyn's place with Dilun as the accomplice on the pretext of a CNY gathering.
Unlike my social butterfly sister, I usually prefer mine to be a closed and quiet affair, so the build up events towards actual day was just plenty of dinner and stuff with close friends!
Every birthday in my recent years, I am reminded about how blessed I am to be my mommy's daughter, all the love I have been bestowed by my family, friends, and spoilt further by the boyfie.
I am indeed blessed + my smelly Trixie Wixie who loves me with all her heart.. just because she always gets food from me?
Hahahah
March
Taiwan!
Holidays are always happy days!
It was a fairly good birthday trip.
I started my first minute in Taiwan drowning my phone and camera upon disembarking the plane.
It was a disaster fishing out my wet toys out from my bag.
My heart sank like titanic, when I discover that both my toys are 1 step away from the grave.
I'll leave the actual Taiwan post for another post, when I feel like being extra hardworking about posting pictures in here.
I'd just say that I ended the trip a very happy girl.
WE bought extra luggage weight, and we were still 8kg overweight.
I reckon my 60 pieces of face mask was part of the reason...along with all the black sugar cubes that I bought as souvenir...
We were very lucky that we got away with the excess 8kg baggage.
YOLO!
---
April
The month of YOLO
It is quite a depressing month being home bound after a 9 day vacation.
I tried to increase random new activities to feel little more motivated about life!
In it, I went for a couple of new achievements that I set out for myself..
Change my hair style ✓
I gave myself a hair cut on a whim and fancy, Chopped off half my hair's length because I needed a perk me up to feel better about my post holiday depression.
Besides it has been years, since I last changed my hairstyle.
Picked up Kizomba ✓
Attended Azlan and Mabel's weekend Kiz workshop, and in the dance frenzy process I got myself 2 pairs of new dance shoes..and I am pondering on whether I should customise the third pair... because customise is always more swag right?
Depressing as April may sound, I actually ticked off 2 of my resolution checklist this month!
I have also tried Canvas painting at Arteastiq, and the completed painting is now sitting on the wall looking a little odd in my room.
This pretty much sums up what I have been up to.
Trixie on the other hand, decided to YOLO as well.
She snuck out of the house, and went on a lift adventure alone, and got lost for approximately 15- 20 minutes?
My mother lost her, and found her before I could even reach home to organize a search party.
Thankfully for friendly and useful neighbours!
xoxo
Sunday, January 03, 2016
Here's to 2016
In a blast, it really IS 2016!
Happy new year everyone!
I ended my year with Claudia over a yummy lip smacking dinner at Miam miam..and the Boyfee brought me over to Marina area to watch the New year Fireworks!
My love for fireworks... it's a good start!
I am happy, in more than just words can describe.
I spent a lot of time eating, socialising, sleeping and just reorganising my thoughts for 2015, and the intended changes and life directions to be in 2016.
For starters, I CANT WAIT FOR THE FRIGGIN POOL TO BE RE-OPENED.
Plenty of delays and I am sure upset with the contractors.
From the promised September, to late October, to Christmas and now they are saying January.
Lao niang is not pleased!
Off with their heads!
I miss swimming. ALOT.
Its practically like the only exercise that I would do, without much thoughts.
Hmmm I might be a mermaid~
As it is, my swim suits barely recognise me anymore. :(
They opened up the house Gym as a replacement fat reducing venue.. well, it totally isn't my cup of tea.
I'm learning to appreciate it, but I do not like machines, metals, loud clanking noises in general.
Half the time, I am sprawled on the floor doing floor exercises (which I enjoy more.. than prancing around on the treadmill), besides, mirrors are distracting!
Hair needs to bounce correctly when I'm treading the treadmill. Otherwise, displeased.
ARgh.
I think I used the gym 5 times in 2015.
Maybe I'd do better and utilise the gym 6 times in 2016.
Hurhurhur.
In the span of my lazy sloth-like festive week, I have already reorganized my accessories cupboard, they currently look like an accessory shop that can rival Lovisa or Accessorize.
Threw out old paper stuff that I no longer needed, and went through the cheap thrill of flipping through old magazines that I exist in (I know... i'm such a has been... not! Lol), and wondered why I always look so awkward in photos.
Did A LOT of face masking, because I bought 3 boxes of face mask before Christmas, and received a dozen of mask as gifts..and so happy to say that I will look glowing awesome in 2016!
It also means that everyone sort of know what a vain, vain, vain pot I am.
Oops.
---
In my focus on self, these are some project that I intend/ have already started working on for the coming year.
There will probably be ONE dive trip.
More attention to my nails (It's a hobby that I wish to reconnect with, after a year of negligience. super uncreative paint job)
Drastic Change to the hair.
I'm almost done being Rapunzel, prolly after another self - dye job just for the kicks of playing hair technician. :D
Le Boyfee plans to bring me to Taiwan.. still waiting for the plane deals to surface! :D
Dance a little more! (than I did in 2015)
Take the sewing machine out to create stuff!
It's been neglected for a really long while.
I usually make do with hand sewn alterations / project, just because Lazy.
Be a little fitter physically (If only the pool would cooperate!)
Clear out my wardrobe, and not be a softie with my clothes.
I love love love all my clothes, new, old, and antique!
Eat less!
Spend more time with mommy, family and Trixie.
In a contradicting statement, to be less perfectionist in some ways, and harsher on myself in other ways.
Lol.
Spend more time reflecting on self actions, give gratitude for the blessings that I have received, and be a better person.
This is an ever green goal for life.
There!
It's quite a hefty list of things to focus on, yah?
Cheers!
Happy new year everyone!
I ended my year with Claudia over a yummy lip smacking dinner at Miam miam..and the Boyfee brought me over to Marina area to watch the New year Fireworks!
My love for fireworks... it's a good start!
I am happy, in more than just words can describe.
I spent a lot of time eating, socialising, sleeping and just reorganising my thoughts for 2015, and the intended changes and life directions to be in 2016.
For starters, I CANT WAIT FOR THE FRIGGIN POOL TO BE RE-OPENED.
Plenty of delays and I am sure upset with the contractors.
From the promised September, to late October, to Christmas and now they are saying January.
Lao niang is not pleased!
Off with their heads!
I miss swimming. ALOT.
Its practically like the only exercise that I would do, without much thoughts.
Hmmm I might be a mermaid~
As it is, my swim suits barely recognise me anymore. :(
They opened up the house Gym as a replacement fat reducing venue.. well, it totally isn't my cup of tea.
I'm learning to appreciate it, but I do not like machines, metals, loud clanking noises in general.
Half the time, I am sprawled on the floor doing floor exercises (which I enjoy more.. than prancing around on the treadmill), besides, mirrors are distracting!
Hair needs to bounce correctly when I'm treading the treadmill. Otherwise, displeased.
ARgh.
I think I used the gym 5 times in 2015.
Maybe I'd do better and utilise the gym 6 times in 2016.
Hurhurhur.
In the span of my lazy sloth-like festive week, I have already reorganized my accessories cupboard, they currently look like an accessory shop that can rival Lovisa or Accessorize.
Threw out old paper stuff that I no longer needed, and went through the cheap thrill of flipping through old magazines that I exist in (I know... i'm such a has been... not! Lol), and wondered why I always look so awkward in photos.
Did A LOT of face masking, because I bought 3 boxes of face mask before Christmas, and received a dozen of mask as gifts..and so happy to say that I will look glowing awesome in 2016!
It also means that everyone sort of know what a vain, vain, vain pot I am.
Oops.
---
In my focus on self, these are some project that I intend/ have already started working on for the coming year.
There will probably be ONE dive trip.
More attention to my nails (It's a hobby that I wish to reconnect with, after a year of negligience. super uncreative paint job)
Drastic Change to the hair.
I'm almost done being Rapunzel, prolly after another self - dye job just for the kicks of playing hair technician. :D
Le Boyfee plans to bring me to Taiwan.. still waiting for the plane deals to surface! :D
Dance a little more! (than I did in 2015)
Take the sewing machine out to create stuff!
It's been neglected for a really long while.
I usually make do with hand sewn alterations / project, just because Lazy.
Be a little fitter physically (If only the pool would cooperate!)
Clear out my wardrobe, and not be a softie with my clothes.
I love love love all my clothes, new, old, and antique!
Eat less!
Spend more time with mommy, family and Trixie.
In a contradicting statement, to be less perfectionist in some ways, and harsher on myself in other ways.
Lol.
Spend more time reflecting on self actions, give gratitude for the blessings that I have received, and be a better person.
This is an ever green goal for life.
There!
It's quite a hefty list of things to focus on, yah?
Cheers!
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
Behold the toothpaste!
I woke up this morning and the boyfriend announced to me fairly pleased, in his I warned you about it yesterday face...
"There's no more toothpaste."
"I've squeezed the last bit of it onto my toothbrush" with a slightly smug serious face.
He proceeds to show me the 'remnants' of the tube of toothpaste displayed on his toothbrush.
I'm hardly a morning person.
Retrieving a new box of toothpaste takes up too much of me.
Like seriously.
In my head, The extra 30 steps to the store and the 30 steps back to room is too much for me to handle.
As I picked up the old squeezed out tube and peered into the tube to assess the situation, DL said... "Why don't you believeeee meeee? "
I looked at him with my best morning disdainfully disbelief look, unscrew the dispensing cap of the tooth paste, and
Squeezed out double the amount (of what he had) onto my toothbrush and laughed.
"look, more than yours!" with a smug smiley face..."
We laughed and now he thinks I'm some stingy crazy slave driver that doesn't even let the toothpaste hold onto its last bit of its content.
"look, more than yours!" with a smug smiley face..."
We laughed and now he thinks I'm some stingy crazy slave driver that doesn't even let the toothpaste hold onto its last bit of its content.
I conclude Toothpaste utility skill
Daphne 2 : Dilun 1
*clapclapclapclap*
Hahaha.
Never underestimate the power of laziness. It really does trigger some really critical thinking.
Besides those frugal lifestyle hacks circulating on Facebook does come in handy.
I just sent this picture to DL while he's at work.
Behold the toothpaste!
Boyfriend isn't impressed.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Diving
I went diving recently.
Diving has been an activity that I feel pretty neutral about.
Not particularly yay! not particularly nay.
Pre diving beliefs.
I am a firm believer that nature should always be left on its own and preserved that way.
Perhaps you could say that I have been brought up to be a conservationist by my frugal mommy.
Conserve water, conserve electricity, do not waste money, do not waste food blahblahblah.
On another context of conserving. I like my belongings clean.
Pristine condition is probably the better word.
I believe that when I take good care of my stuff, my stuff would in turn take good care of me.
I guess it's my personal OCD to make sure that my belongings look exactly like when I first bought it, even if its 10 years old or something. Objects have to go, because they deteriorate naturally, not because I lose interest in them.
This theory holds, even if the item doesn't belong to me. See my white macbook story here and here.
Which is why I hate the idea of sharing. After all, my notion of taking care of belongings does not equate to other people's version of taking good care of their belongings.
In truth, I get mad at my friends, when I see them mistreating their belongings. Ooops.
I do tell them off!
Anyway. My take on nature is simple.
The lesser people dive, the better marine life would thrive.
Humans, so it seems - are damn good at messing up the environment.
We deplete our natural resources, kill forest, destroy the ocean with oil spills, wrecks, adventures, and litter... Ahh so many to list out...and the creatures living in these natural environment, are often affected by our selfish actions.
With regards to diving in particular.
One person less in the ocean, will probably do the marine life a lot of good in my own word.
So my take on diving is NO. I will not pollute the ocean unnecessarily.
I shared this theory with Claudia years back, when she asked if I would consider taking up diving.
She asked, because she had just returned from her Open water course, and was relating to me about her experiences and we left it as that.
---
Years later, le boyfie is a diving enthusaist. He asked if I would consider taking up diving.
Nope. nilch. Nada. No.
Hello! Conservation theory still stands.
Love does not mean that I give up my principals okay!
But it is also about giving and taking.
For the love of the ocean, le boyfie gave up eating sharks fin.
I think he probably didn't like it much to start with. Hurhurhur.
That is what he does, to protest against the cruelty of the shark.
His stand on conserving the marine life.
I'm a foodie. My dad raised me up on sharks fin being one of the yummiest food in the chinese world of noms.
Special days of rewards means bringing the family out to enjoy good food.
In return, I do my part on keeping the ocean free of Daphne Lee.
How is one action better or worst than the other.
I don't know. It's debatable.
I'll probably still consume sharks fin and still dive down to meet them in time to come.
It's like staring at the chicken pecking the ground and eating it the next minute in my chicken hotpot (yeah this happens in China - I hear my chicken dying before it gets served to my table).
Life has to go on.
All changes starts with me.
we are all advocates of something in this life time.
But I still need to eat just because I need to eat.
Too much side tracking. Sorry!
---
April 2015
I believe in being evergreen.
That we truly stop living when we stop changing ourselves.
Taking up new skills, opening up to new activities, changing a personal style, accepting something new in my life.
The gang decided to spam our group chats with diving trip and the ADEX convention was on going.
Le boyfie was telling me that he would accompany me on my dive lesson if I choose to take it up.
Le claudia was virtually nodding her head separately in my personal chat with her on the phone about me taking up diving with the group.
Le Daphne was thinking, life is short. Change quota needs to be upped. If dad can die singing KTV. I can die eating sharks fin.
Let's go and kill some corals, change the PH levels of the sea and learn a new skill.
That's how I did it.
Hahaha.
Mermaid Achievement unlocked.
Would I be a diving enthusiast now?
Not really.
In hard times, Imma migrate to korea and be a diver auntie and start selling fresh abalones
to be cooked in porridge okay.
That was my exact words after I suited up before heading out to the sea.
Lol. Im not sure if my instructor was amused or not.
I say the weirdest things sometimes.
Comeon!
Haenyeos are totally my heroine when I travelled to Korea at 5 years old.
It was freezing cold in the winter, and they could still bring themselves to jump into the sea to get fresh seafood on my table.
Doesn't help that my dad dramatised everything.
I wasn't always a foodie. In fact I was one of the pickiest eater ever!
I survived the entire korea trip living off instant cup noodles every meal.
Kimchi? No.
ginseng chicken? No.
cold ikan bills? No.
Pickled radish? OMGeee No!
Back then, korean food tasted putrid to me.
Hahaha.
That aside, that bowl of abalone porridge that I ate in that trip.
Most. delicious. thing ever eaten for the entire week.
Hurhurhur.
Diving journal started out like this.
*cricket chirps*
With such gorgeous legs developed from the lessons... I don't even know where to start liking the activity.
My expression hovered between smile or cry...
Picture says it all..
Our first couple picture under water!
Seriously with all that equipment on my face, this picture could be anybody!
Le boyfie kept to his word and accompanied me on my first ever dive trip in the open sea!
He reminded me that I was darn lucky to meet a sea turtle on my first dive.
*flicks hair*
With beginner's luck, "we" apparently spotted a shark - but it went into hiding. So on the record, I really only saw a turtle feeding in a bed of corals.
Diving has been an activity that I feel pretty neutral about.
Not particularly yay! not particularly nay.
Pre diving beliefs.
I am a firm believer that nature should always be left on its own and preserved that way.
Perhaps you could say that I have been brought up to be a conservationist by my frugal mommy.
Conserve water, conserve electricity, do not waste money, do not waste food blahblahblah.
On another context of conserving. I like my belongings clean.
Pristine condition is probably the better word.
I believe that when I take good care of my stuff, my stuff would in turn take good care of me.
I guess it's my personal OCD to make sure that my belongings look exactly like when I first bought it, even if its 10 years old or something. Objects have to go, because they deteriorate naturally, not because I lose interest in them.
This theory holds, even if the item doesn't belong to me. See my white macbook story here and here.
Which is why I hate the idea of sharing. After all, my notion of taking care of belongings does not equate to other people's version of taking good care of their belongings.
In truth, I get mad at my friends, when I see them mistreating their belongings. Ooops.
I do tell them off!
Anyway. My take on nature is simple.
The lesser people dive, the better marine life would thrive.
Humans, so it seems - are damn good at messing up the environment.
We deplete our natural resources, kill forest, destroy the ocean with oil spills, wrecks, adventures, and litter... Ahh so many to list out...and the creatures living in these natural environment, are often affected by our selfish actions.
With regards to diving in particular.
One person less in the ocean, will probably do the marine life a lot of good in my own word.
So my take on diving is NO. I will not pollute the ocean unnecessarily.
I shared this theory with Claudia years back, when she asked if I would consider taking up diving.
She asked, because she had just returned from her Open water course, and was relating to me about her experiences and we left it as that.
---
Years later, le boyfie is a diving enthusaist. He asked if I would consider taking up diving.
Nope. nilch. Nada. No.
Hello! Conservation theory still stands.
Love does not mean that I give up my principals okay!
But it is also about giving and taking.
For the love of the ocean, le boyfie gave up eating sharks fin.
I think he probably didn't like it much to start with. Hurhurhur.
That is what he does, to protest against the cruelty of the shark.
His stand on conserving the marine life.
I'm a foodie. My dad raised me up on sharks fin being one of the yummiest food in the chinese world of noms.
Special days of rewards means bringing the family out to enjoy good food.
In return, I do my part on keeping the ocean free of Daphne Lee.
How is one action better or worst than the other.
I don't know. It's debatable.
I'll probably still consume sharks fin and still dive down to meet them in time to come.
It's like staring at the chicken pecking the ground and eating it the next minute in my chicken hotpot (yeah this happens in China - I hear my chicken dying before it gets served to my table).
Life has to go on.
All changes starts with me.
we are all advocates of something in this life time.
But I still need to eat just because I need to eat.
Too much side tracking. Sorry!
---
April 2015
I believe in being evergreen.
That we truly stop living when we stop changing ourselves.
Taking up new skills, opening up to new activities, changing a personal style, accepting something new in my life.
The gang decided to spam our group chats with diving trip and the ADEX convention was on going.
Le boyfie was telling me that he would accompany me on my dive lesson if I choose to take it up.
Le claudia was virtually nodding her head separately in my personal chat with her on the phone about me taking up diving with the group.
Le Daphne was thinking, life is short. Change quota needs to be upped. If dad can die singing KTV. I can die eating sharks fin.
Let's go and kill some corals, change the PH levels of the sea and learn a new skill.
That's how I did it.
Hahaha.
Mermaid Achievement unlocked.
Would I be a diving enthusiast now?
Not really.
In hard times, Imma migrate to korea and be a diver auntie and start selling fresh abalones
to be cooked in porridge okay.
That was my exact words after I suited up before heading out to the sea.
Lol. Im not sure if my instructor was amused or not.
I say the weirdest things sometimes.
Comeon!
Haenyeos are totally my heroine when I travelled to Korea at 5 years old.
It was freezing cold in the winter, and they could still bring themselves to jump into the sea to get fresh seafood on my table.
Doesn't help that my dad dramatised everything.
I survived the entire korea trip living off instant cup noodles every meal.
Kimchi? No.
ginseng chicken? No.
cold ikan bills? No.
Pickled radish? OMGeee No!
Back then, korean food tasted putrid to me.
Hahaha.
That aside, that bowl of abalone porridge that I ate in that trip.
Most. delicious. thing ever eaten for the entire week.
Hurhurhur.
Diving journal started out like this.
*cricket chirps*
With such gorgeous legs developed from the lessons... I don't even know where to start liking the activity.
My expression hovered between smile or cry...
Picture says it all..
That yugly leg tan aside, water lessons went pretty well for me.
After all, I never had issue with water.
Pool at home is 2 metres deep, and as a kid I was always throwing things into the deep end of the pool, and dive deep, retrieving objects like a water dog according to mommy, and sitting like a buddha under water with Da and attempting to sit and balance on our swimming boards...somersault into the pool and whatever I could think of every possible weekend ever.
I waded through childhood as a tanned scrawny kid with goggle tan marks on the eyes.
The diving downsides for me, would be all the weight that I had to carry.
My tank is about 15 kg.
Buoyancy vest... weight belts 2lb x 4 (~4kg?)
that's approximately an additional close to 20kg.
I could barely stand on my feet with all that weight! Talk about walking!
Rwarrr!
I'm in pink hair strap!!! I'm the only girl in our noob group.
that's Kelvyn, Kangwei and Ramzie if you can spot who's who.
Pictures courtesy of my 24/7 boyfie.
That's what my diving instructor refers to DL. :)))))))))))))
---
Kelvyn's camera captured all of us after our "n"th ascend.
I'm still a happy bird despite the mark on my forehead, with a new friend featured in the background.
She's the first friend that I've met who has the exact same operation scar as me! Talking about coincidence!
Our first couple picture under water!
Seriously with all that equipment on my face, this picture could be anybody!
Le boyfie kept to his word and accompanied me on my first ever dive trip in the open sea!
He reminded me that I was darn lucky to meet a sea turtle on my first dive.
*flicks hair*
With beginner's luck, "we" apparently spotted a shark - but it went into hiding. So on the record, I really only saw a turtle feeding in a bed of corals.
That's me finning around with my dive buddy. Captured by MF's go pro.
My pink power ranger suit was super easy to spot. Awesome.
After my weird tan line fiasco... nothing. NOTHING. Not even funky colour suits is going to stop me from getting a proper full body one!
My gloves are lovingly sponsored by DL, to ensure that accident prone Daphne, doesn't end up getting cuts - in the event that I could not control my buoyancy and smash into sea urchins or something. :/
Groupfie / wefie
This marks the end of my first dive trip, glad that it is with the friends.
Looking forward to more happy times ahead with them!
Saturday, July 18, 2015
Marina Barrage
Le boyfie and I went exploring at the Marina Barrage sometime back, and it was a tad sad that we didn't bring a kite along with us + the kite shop was closed that day.
We resorted to strolling around, I sort of threw a mini tantrum/grumble about the stuffy and hot weather after awhile.
According to DL he claims that there are mainly 3 problems that would cause grumpyness in le Daphne
1. lack of sleep / having to wake up too early in the morning
2. lack of food/water
3. too much sun (which essentially would be the morning sun) - anyone who's slept in my room would definitely understand why I hate the morning sun so much.
My mood improves considerably as the sun settles off for the day + not having to slather on sunblock along with fretting for the freckles aids the mood.
hurhurhur.
My mood improved when we got up to the green roof, instead of the stuffy hot basement area that was insanely un-touristy.
I am currently fixated on my recent 不求人 (beg no one) photo project, where I make le boyfie pose in a series of shots, after which, we would swop roles and I'll position myself somewhere nearby where he was standing previously, then do my thing!
It's kind of fun, but le boyfie's got this grumbly thing about my insistence that the camera angles CANNOT be changed! It's not so awesome for him, because the camera angle is probably suited better for my height, instead of his! (Well the perks of being the shorter one here)
This, essentially could be solved by bringing a tripod + camera + remote out.
Seriously, the weight hassle of lugging everything along will kill/annoy me, though I'm not sure which (the weight or the hassle) will spark off first! :D
In any case, here's the latest series of our beg-no-one pictures.
It's definitely better than the garden bench one that I posted sometime back, and
you can say that you've seen them here first, since I have yet to load them up onto instagram or Facebook.
*smirks*
We resorted to strolling around, I sort of threw a mini tantrum/grumble about the stuffy and hot weather after awhile.
According to DL he claims that there are mainly 3 problems that would cause grumpyness in le Daphne
1. lack of sleep / having to wake up too early in the morning
2. lack of food/water
3. too much sun (which essentially would be the morning sun) - anyone who's slept in my room would definitely understand why I hate the morning sun so much.
My mood improves considerably as the sun settles off for the day + not having to slather on sunblock along with fretting for the freckles aids the mood.
hurhurhur.
My mood improved when we got up to the green roof, instead of the stuffy hot basement area that was insanely un-touristy.
I am currently fixated on my recent 不求人 (beg no one) photo project, where I make le boyfie pose in a series of shots, after which, we would swop roles and I'll position myself somewhere nearby where he was standing previously, then do my thing!
It's kind of fun, but le boyfie's got this grumbly thing about my insistence that the camera angles CANNOT be changed! It's not so awesome for him, because the camera angle is probably suited better for my height, instead of his! (Well the perks of being the shorter one here)
This, essentially could be solved by bringing a tripod + camera + remote out.
Seriously, the weight hassle of lugging everything along will kill/annoy me, though I'm not sure which (the weight or the hassle) will spark off first! :D
In any case, here's the latest series of our beg-no-one pictures.
It's definitely better than the garden bench one that I posted sometime back, and
you can say that you've seen them here first, since I have yet to load them up onto instagram or Facebook.
*smirks*
Thursday, July 09, 2015
Hello!
Hello!
It has really been a while since I last attempted to draft and post an entry.
Most of them really do end up half written in drafts, and I am feeling extremely guilty about this.
Life, is as it is...
I'd say busybusybusy in brief.
Juggling DA models along with AD (really just Addadress for short), is really something.
I'm trying to get my act up, with the balancing and equilibrium, of which when I focus on one, I will feel as if i'm short changing the other.
I bet this must really be how a parent with 2 or more kids might actually feel!
Rwar!
Nobody sees the days where I slog behind the macbook...
editing pictures from the product shoots,
or the days where I upload new products onto the backend system, and the process is soooo tedious and back breakingly boring...
Hmmm, or slogging like a hardworking blue collared worker.
Pushing me to be more punctual than what I already am, haha.
Of course like a pendulum that swings, there are plenty of days where I feel like killing him too.
Double edge sword huh?
I am working really hard on my ego and pride and patience and quick+fabulous temper.
But so challenging. Tsk!
Here's a random picture of us on peaceful happy days, edited by yours truly. :D
Alright, bedtime! Another day spent in the warehouse, packing and stock counting like a dirty dusty itchy girl.
The not-so-secret diaries of Daphne the warehouse girl.
Til the next time!
ciao!
Xoxo
It has really been a while since I last attempted to draft and post an entry.
Most of them really do end up half written in drafts, and I am feeling extremely guilty about this.
Life, is as it is...
I'd say busybusybusy in brief.
Juggling DA models along with AD (really just Addadress for short), is really something.
I'm trying to get my act up, with the balancing and equilibrium, of which when I focus on one, I will feel as if i'm short changing the other.
I bet this must really be how a parent with 2 or more kids might actually feel!
Rwar!
Nobody sees the days where I slog behind the macbook...
editing pictures from the product shoots,
or the days where I upload new products onto the backend system, and the process is soooo tedious and back breakingly boring...
Hmmm, or slogging like a hardworking blue collared worker.
I spent 10 days packing goods from office in China, in preparation for my goods to be freight back to Singapore.
Unpacking and re-sorting the goods when they arrive in Singapore...while answering the enquires related to DA to clients.
I am a person of many talent! *rolls eyes*
Unpacking and re-sorting the goods when they arrive in Singapore...while answering the enquires related to DA to clients.
I am a person of many talent! *rolls eyes*
Don't get me wrong.
I'm not complaining here!
I'm just sharing a glimpse of my behind-the-scenes, that I rarely shoutout anywhere..
However! I do make time for myself to catch up with myself, my friends and spend time with le boyfriend.
However! I do make time for myself to catch up with myself, my friends and spend time with le boyfriend.
It is extremely important, to reward myself and prevent myself being burnt out.
Lucky ducky, this is merely a portion of the job scope involved. There's CL to stomach the remaining volume of work, to keep me sane and comforted.
Lucky ducky, this is merely a portion of the job scope involved. There's CL to stomach the remaining volume of work, to keep me sane and comforted.
Thank god.
Gosh, sometimes I seriously, seriously would prefer to sit around and just boss people around, enjoy a good book, follow up on blogs, fix my nails, face mask, gossip.
Who doesn't?
*smirk*
Oh! and oh!
On positive news, we've been working with Zalora, and I must say that being involved with Zalora Market place, somehow affirms and strengthens my online scene in terms of gameplay.
Because Addadress.sg is still in its infant stage, there are time where I despair in terms of driving traffic to my site and I indulge myself in lots of self doubts and uncertainty as a result of my own expectations.
Yet somehow, working with an online retailer that's waaaay bigger and focussed than AD, I'd say that what I have done to build AD, and the requirements that I have set, seems to be on the same track as Zalora!
Awesome right?
Motivated!
Im in the midst of preparing for yet another product shoot, as well as a look book session.
Finalizing the details seems to be a hassle.
Timeline is short, and it seems like flying off is in the plan for work again. :D
---
On other news, adjusting to life with le boyfriend seems to take some getting used to.
Good days are great, bad days are dramatic!
I'd say we are both learning to live with each other, without attempting to cut throats or strangle with frustration!
I know I'm quite the drama queen with the way I say it, but truth is that it really isn't easy,
where each of us learns to communicate our thoughts, values, and lifestyle expectations to each other in a short span of time in depth.
In brief, happy as a lark, or annoyed like Mr green the hulk(me).
We don't do in between. :/
Hahaha.
There are many things that I am thankful for, especially with the way he accommodates to my lifestyle, the amount of patience he bestows to me when I am being difficult...
Like, helping me out with chores that I detest or procrastinate!
Gosh, sometimes I seriously, seriously would prefer to sit around and just boss people around, enjoy a good book, follow up on blogs, fix my nails, face mask, gossip.
Who doesn't?
*smirk*
Oh! and oh!
On positive news, we've been working with Zalora, and I must say that being involved with Zalora Market place, somehow affirms and strengthens my online scene in terms of gameplay.
Because Addadress.sg is still in its infant stage, there are time where I despair in terms of driving traffic to my site and I indulge myself in lots of self doubts and uncertainty as a result of my own expectations.
Yet somehow, working with an online retailer that's waaaay bigger and focussed than AD, I'd say that what I have done to build AD, and the requirements that I have set, seems to be on the same track as Zalora!
Awesome right?
Motivated!
Im in the midst of preparing for yet another product shoot, as well as a look book session.
Finalizing the details seems to be a hassle.
Timeline is short, and it seems like flying off is in the plan for work again. :D
---
On other news, adjusting to life with le boyfriend seems to take some getting used to.
Good days are great, bad days are dramatic!
I'd say we are both learning to live with each other, without attempting to cut throats or strangle with frustration!
I know I'm quite the drama queen with the way I say it, but truth is that it really isn't easy,
where each of us learns to communicate our thoughts, values, and lifestyle expectations to each other in a short span of time in depth.
In brief, happy as a lark, or annoyed like Mr green the hulk(me).
We don't do in between. :/
Hahaha.
There are many things that I am thankful for, especially with the way he accommodates to my lifestyle, the amount of patience he bestows to me when I am being difficult...
Like, helping me out with chores that I detest or procrastinate!
There's Trixie cleaning for example, along with Trixie feeding, playing with Trixie when I am boggled down by work.
Feeding me when I'll usually skip meals
Entertaining my mom and brother, building my new bought bed from ikea,
Setting up store racks for AD's pop up store, buying me bubble tea during store hours and giving me 'constructive' feedbacks
Feeding me when I'll usually skip meals
Entertaining my mom and brother, building my new bought bed from ikea,
Setting up store racks for AD's pop up store, buying me bubble tea during store hours and giving me 'constructive' feedbacks
Pushing me to be more punctual than what I already am, haha.
Of course like a pendulum that swings, there are plenty of days where I feel like killing him too.
Double edge sword huh?
I am working really hard on my ego and pride and patience and quick+fabulous temper.
But so challenging. Tsk!
Here's a random picture of us on peaceful happy days, edited by yours truly. :D
Alright, bedtime! Another day spent in the warehouse, packing and stock counting like a dirty dusty itchy girl.
The not-so-secret diaries of Daphne the warehouse girl.
Til the next time!
ciao!
Xoxo
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Journey
I thought this made a relatively funny picture.
Despite the fact that the exposure of the picture is off,
the rays of the sun, the dress floating/flapping behind me as I walk and talk, made it seem as if I am entering a marathon in the wrong running gear.
I am where I need to be at.
Albeit a little too lazy for my own liking, I will get to my destination eventually.
It's not all about the destination, but the journey to get there.
Travel too quickly, you will end up missing the gorgeous scenery that comes along with the journey.
Travel too slowly, and it seems like you'll never reach *frustrated*
At the moment, I'm entering new terrains with new tasks to accomplish that I'm unused to.
Who knows where it will lead me to?
As long as I believe in it, as long as I keep going at it (within a definite time),
I'm pretty sure the path less trodden is kinda more exciting and less congested.
Lots of experiments and brain storming has been swarming in my head.
Overthinking and hating to fail is a really bad combination.
However, a wise man in the form of daddy once said
"做多错多，不做就没错."
The more you do/try, the more mistakes you will be prone to make.
If you choose not to budge and do anything, there wouldn't be any mistakes made at all.
Indeed.
I am not perfect, but I am learning to embrace each day's task with more enthusiasm and to think and fret less.
I am thankful for many goodness that I am surrounded with, but for this instance, I am thankful for the constant support that CL has given to me all these while, and DL for telling me that he will support me in my decisions.
At the moment, they are like my right and left, and my companions in my choice of journey.
Together, these two people have the magical ability to push me to places I'd usually say no to.
Therefore I'd say things are shaping up fine, and I am looking forward to being a noob mermaid in October, and til then - lots of work waiting for me to accomplish!
I am my biggest enemy to my own marathon (in heels and a pretty dress). I will complete the task I have set out for myself without being Miss Inertia-Lazy-Bones Lee.
:)
Friday, April 10, 2015
First quarter of the year has passed just like that.
Life is good the way it is, but I would not say no to BETTER!
:)
With a couple of birthday celebrations in tow at the start of the year, and my impromptu trip to Bangkok with the bestie, the first quarter was definitely fun and fruitful.
I started coughing a few days after my birthday / before my trip to Bangkok, and the cough never seem to have gotten better.
Fast forward a little, and I fell really ill last week.
it was like Wham!
I was down with fever. It was an unusual, crippling sort of fever that I am unaccustomed to.
I'm usually the sort of girl who'll still be running around town even if i'm sick or feverish.
Well, like I said, it is really different this time round.
My system crashed.
It was 4 days worth of fever, drugs and sleep.
I have always thought that I was good at sleeping for long stretches, yet falling so ill, totally reinvented the term "sleeping for long stretches".
I could not do anything, aside from sleeping, I was too sick to function.
I barely ate. Surviving mostly on liquid.
I guess it was lucky that DL was around because I wasn't functioning at all.
He lugged me to the doctor (because *sheesh* doctors are for the weak)
Spoke to the doctor on my behalf ( I was barely functional seated on the chair inhaling and exhaling for the doctor to probe and diagnose )
Bought lunch and stuffed it into my system,
lugged me home, and forced me to eat my medication, and seriously the cycle repeats pretty much.
It was wake up, eat meds, food, throw up, and lots of sleep x 4 days
Basically le bf was my personal nurse for 4 whole days.
My fever was so bad that mommy and DLwas beginning to suspect that I'm suffering from a case of Dengue.
I was so close to going back to the doctors to get blood test, and a jab for fever, despite my fear for needles.
Luckily things took a turn for the better.
I guess it was just the cough blowing out of proportion.
So drama.
After 4 days of lousy appetite and I realised that my shorts are noticeably looser than they need to be.
The minute I became better, le boyfriend brought me out to eat a buffet.
I was eating and eating and always hungry. It is as if I am making up for lost time.
It's been barely a week, and I've whacked up 2 buffets to date.
I reckon that the weight has been piled back since, at the rate I am eating.
May I not be THIS sick ever again!
Thank you very much.
That yellow pill in the picture is the grossest invention ever!
It's apparently an antibiotics meant particularly for respiratory infections.
It made me sicker than I need to be, left a bad taste at the back of my tongue, caused nausea, and in general caused food aversion.
Well I am So happy to be done with medication and fever!
Just minimal coughing and phlegm.
Life is good, but I won't say no to BETTER!
Life is good the way it is, but I would not say no to BETTER!
:)
With a couple of birthday celebrations in tow at the start of the year, and my impromptu trip to Bangkok with the bestie, the first quarter was definitely fun and fruitful.
I started coughing a few days after my birthday / before my trip to Bangkok, and the cough never seem to have gotten better.
Fast forward a little, and I fell really ill last week.
it was like Wham!
I was down with fever. It was an unusual, crippling sort of fever that I am unaccustomed to.
I'm usually the sort of girl who'll still be running around town even if i'm sick or feverish.
Well, like I said, it is really different this time round.
My system crashed.
It was 4 days worth of fever, drugs and sleep.
I have always thought that I was good at sleeping for long stretches, yet falling so ill, totally reinvented the term "sleeping for long stretches".
I could not do anything, aside from sleeping, I was too sick to function.
I barely ate. Surviving mostly on liquid.
I guess it was lucky that DL was around because I wasn't functioning at all.
He lugged me to the doctor (because *sheesh* doctors are for the weak)
Spoke to the doctor on my behalf ( I was barely functional seated on the chair inhaling and exhaling for the doctor to probe and diagnose )
Bought lunch and stuffed it into my system,
lugged me home, and forced me to eat my medication, and seriously the cycle repeats pretty much.
It was wake up, eat meds, food, throw up, and lots of sleep x 4 days
Basically le bf was my personal nurse for 4 whole days.
My fever was so bad that mommy and DLwas beginning to suspect that I'm suffering from a case of Dengue.
I was so close to going back to the doctors to get blood test, and a jab for fever, despite my fear for needles.
Luckily things took a turn for the better.
I guess it was just the cough blowing out of proportion.
So drama.
After 4 days of lousy appetite and I realised that my shorts are noticeably looser than they need to be.
The minute I became better, le boyfriend brought me out to eat a buffet.
I was eating and eating and always hungry. It is as if I am making up for lost time.
It's been barely a week, and I've whacked up 2 buffets to date.
I reckon that the weight has been piled back since, at the rate I am eating.
May I not be THIS sick ever again!
Thank you very much.
That yellow pill in the picture is the grossest invention ever!
It's apparently an antibiotics meant particularly for respiratory infections.
It made me sicker than I need to be, left a bad taste at the back of my tongue, caused nausea, and in general caused food aversion.
Well I am So happy to be done with medication and fever!
Just minimal coughing and phlegm.
Life is good, but I won't say no to BETTER!
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