Marching on - FebruarIED

Following yesterday's post on how I JanuarIED, here's how I FebruarIED :P

Joined a Love Hunt race on the first day of February. Think I blogged about it earlier - click here for the story!

Took this while waiting for the race to start. My S3 camera's self portrait feature has been cranky these days, hence this ártistic' shot. Please don't die on me! :(

 

 



Found during more spring cleaning. T-shirts of the good old days. Time to say goodbye to them! All have turned yellow with age. Not before some pictures for keepsake :l

Getting ready for Chinese New Year. Blogged already - click here! :)

 

Me in Cheongsam bought from Beijing last year on the first day of the Snake Year! Still getting ang baos from relatives - a bit weird. But well, it's still Happy Lunar New Year!:)

 

Birthday staycation with the girls in Angsana Bintan :) Lovely beach.
 

Champagne and Cake! Thanks, girls :) Will press more about this staycation in my wordpress soon - ilovelongvacation, so check it!

Glad to celebrate my XXth Birthday with Mama PY! Happy Birthday!



Birthday cake from the family! Napoleon Ice Cream cake from Swensens - hmmm...



Attended Social Media Marketing course at National University Singapore, ISS. Great to see NUS Business School again after so many years! And it was an interesting course...learnt a lot...

 

Singapore Flyer. Finally! Thanks to YK for the treat.




A 360-degree view of Singapore landscape...

  

 



My homeland has changed so much over the years!

 

Belated Birthday lunch with SP at Oriole Cafe. Food was good. Piccolo coffee was a bit strong. Definitely a nice place to chill on a Monday afternoon :)



Birthday treat from Godiva. Did not expected such generosity. Thanks!



Lunch at Golden Shoe market after meeting a headhunter from Hong Kong at Chevron House.




Lunch was cheap and good - only $3.30 for popiah and lor mee! I miss CBD. Really :

So this was how I FebruarIED. I 'fika' too (think I did blogged about them...will check and blog if I have not). Wanted to give myself a treat for all the job-hunting - definitely need the boost to continue Marching :P

Club Med Bintan

Did not take a lot of pictures in Club Med Bintan. Here are my top ten :)



Having fun trying out the camera timer for some self portraits :)



Dedicated to all those who eat to live. Club Med is a great place - you don't have to think too much about where and what to eat :P



Spa. Need I say more?



Sun. Sea. Sand :)

The Happiness Project (in Club Med Bintan?)

I just came back from a holiday in Club Med Bintan. Was supposed to start on the book 'The Happiness Project' but did not managed to do so - too much (food, activities, conversations) occupied me for the last few days.

There's no pictures yet (I did not take a lot anyway) and I really want to share a conversation I had with a G.O.

Was talking to a G.O. from Philippines last night - nice chap who came to talk to me when YK went to the dance floor :) There's a lot of human touch in Club Med - not really me because I really don't like to talk that much but definitely interesting. He came across as very talented - rock singer, water sports/extreme sport athlete. I remember we talked about diving - he can dive but doesn't have a licence because it's too expensive. And what came to my mind was: so many singaporeans just take diving lessons for fun, get a licence and add it to our collection of papers. Maybe dive once or twice a year. It's like we take too many things for granted - some of the many things that we can achieve easily in Singapore could be a luxury for many others.

Back to 'The Happiness Project' - does this make us happy? I don't know.

Am I happy? Yes, I think so. I am contented with what I have in life. But...am I really happy? Could I be happier? When was the last time I felt really happy (or really sad)? When was the last time I shed tears of joy? And tears of sorrow? When was the last time my heart beat with so much excitement that I thought it was going to jump out from my mouth? And my heart beat with so much pain that I thought it was going to die. I cannot remember and it's kind of scary - it's like I am in so much control of my life that I forget to carpe diem (to seize the moment) or diem carpe (if it can be translated like this, to let the moment seize me)?                                                             

I'm going to start on 'The Happiness Project' book soon - will it make me happy or happier? I don't know. But it's worth a try.

And to the G.O., thank you for the conversation - it really set me thinking. I hope you get a diving licence soon (somehow I got the feeling it's not something you really want because I am sure you will achieve what you want if you set your heart to it). G.O.! :)

Scrapbooking I

My first attempt at scrapbooking is dedicated to my Krabi trip in 2007! It's been a few years since the trip during my long vacation and I still have not organised the photos.

Was scrambling for photos this morning - it's been like two years since I last developed photos. With FB and Tweeter, there's really no need to keep one's memories in hardcopy anymore. But like what our interns who joined me today, it's always a nice surprise to receive a handmade card in the mailbox.

Have always wanted to learn scrapbooking (although today's class was really to give participants a taste of what scrapbooking is like) but was not sure if I should invest time and money. Maybe I should ride on this start and continue at it for a while... Till my next update on scrapbooking! :)

To flash or not to flash

It's been such a long time since I lasted posted pictures taken by my Golden Half! The outdoor shots are bad... and I'm thinking of getting a flash for it. Should I? :) Anyway, here's some pictures of the dept trip to Bintan!