26

After reading Kenny Sia's blog, I got inspired to note down 26 things I did or happened when I was 26 years old.

1. Deleted some some 'friends' from Facebook. It is a start to get negative people out of my life. 
2. Rejoined ex company. Make a promise to myself to work hard. I am slowly working towards my goal.
3. Cast my first vote for General Elections.
4. Cast my first vote for President Elections.
5. Visited Cameron Highlands for the first time. 
6. Became colleagues with Yvonne again after 4 years. Working in the same department but different sections this time round. 
7. Went on a day trip with my family to JB.
8. Went on a trip to Thailand with May Tong and Baoqi for the first time. Visited Hua Hin. A small but beautiful beach town in Thailand.  
9. Went for my first palm reading in JB. The palm reader mentioned that I am not a stable person at heart. I will not settle in the near future. 
10. Visited Kuala Lumpur and concluded that I will not visit the place again unless necessary.
11. Participated in Adidas King Of The Road run which covers 16.8km. 
12. Participated in 2 10km runs, Standard Charted Marathon and Nike Run.
13. Shifted to Rochor to work for about 4 months for Phase 1 UAT. That was one of my best working moments ever. I miss everything that is associated to the times there. 
14. Visited Pulua Ubin after almost 10 years with Nana and Wen.
15. Celebrated Dad's 60th Birthday in Oct 2011. 
16. Went to Hong Kong with family in April 2012. Conclusion is I will not visit Hong Kong anytime sooner. Need to take a break from countries which feels like Singapore. 
17. Went on a day trip with Nana, Gong Zhi and Wen to Kukup and JB Premium Outlet. 
18. Started to read books. Current interest is self development books.
19. Started doing scrape booking. I am not really a creative person but my designs are made with love with the recipients in mind.
20. Did my first gel manicure. Normal manicures are history. Gel nails is perfect for clumsy girls like me. 
21. Revamp my wardrobe. Cleared away almost half of my clothes.
22. Spend about $400 on dental care. My small jaw is causing food to stuck easily and thus decay. Extra effort will be placed on dental care from now on.
23. Went Bangkok in May 2012 with Yvonne. 
24. Improved my intake of beer. It is really a significant improvement.
25. Attended 1st Beerfest event with the complimentary tickets from AK. An event for beer vendors to display their products. Also a great event for friends to gather.
26. I am a much better individual then I was at 25.

I am now 27 years old. I will strive to be an even better individual in the different roles I played in my life.

The best has yet to come.

Cheers,

Lynn

The end is the start of a new beginning

February and March zoom past like a F1 race. 2 months seemed to flash in a moment. All I can recall is I spent 80% of my time working. Working 6 to 7 days a week. The longest record of working hours clocked was from 9am to the following day 4am. 19 hours of work! Nevertheless, it was was quite a memorable experience.

New system has officially go live on 09 April 2012. The end of my busy days? This is just a start of a new beginning. Working in this project has trained me to become an overall a better person. I have learnt to be more tolerant and flexible in uncertain situations. I like things to be within my control but uncertainty is something we cannot avoid in our lives. The best way to deal with uncertainty could be to go with the flow. Enjoy and get something positive out from the process. 

The journey of uncertainty has just begin. 

Are you ready for it?

We are masters of our own destiny

We Not Naughty

Caught We Not Naughty yesterday with the poly girls. I personally liked the movie. The perfect movie formula, humour plus lessons to learn.


Lessons I learnt from the movie:

1. Love your Mother! No matter how she is like, she is still the one who suffers and bring you to this world. (:
2. No matter how bad the situation is, always think positive.
3. We can blame the society, the world for our problems. However, we will eventually be the one facing them. No use pointing fingers at others for our issues.
4. We are masters of our own destiny. We cannot change the past but we can control how we want our future to be like.

The movie made me thought about many things.Life is short, we only have this much time to achieve our goals and get it right. It's already the 2nd month of 2012. I have no concrete achievements yet. I have in mind what I want to focus on this year. Need lots of commitment and motivation to go on. I know my hard work and persistence will pay off. One of the things I must do this year is to bring my parents on an overseas trip. I will aim to bring them for at least one long trip once a year. Hopefully, it can be a country they have not been to. 

Our parents have spent a lifetime taking care and earning a living for us. Now it's time for us to do something for them. While we are busying growing up, we have forgotten they are growing old too. Love your parents! 

Crabs at Uncle Leong

Meet up with 2 Yiwens and Nana for dinner on 人日. Unlike many, my family do not have the habit of eating together on this occasion. According to the Chinese, humans are created on the 7th day of lunar new year. So, it is considered every Chinese's birthday on 人日.

Dinner was at Toa Payoh's Uncle Leong. The food was nothing to rave about but not that bad either. Conclusion is Melben still serves better crabs!

Uncle Leong

Nai Bai

Pumpkin Prawn

Guinness Pork Ribs

Salted Egg Crabs

Crab Bee Hoon

2 Yiwens - Agnes & Eugenia

Me & Nana

Overall, the dinner was great. Good company make up the lack of quality food.

Will be going Phuket with the girls this August. This the be the first time the four of us going on the same trip. I have traveled with the 3 but not together.

I am looking forward to the trip! (:

下一站，幸福？

好想去北海道。。想要去幸福车站。

或许，下一站就是幸福？

In loving memory of Febby

Received a sad news that my cousin's dog, Febby had passed away. Felt really sad though we know that Febby was of old age. I even carried it on Monday at my Uncle's house. Febby used to live next door before my cousin got married. It has existed since I was in secondary school. Never would I expect that Monday was the last time I saw Febby..

Febby, you will missed... May you rest in peace in doggy heaven. :~(

Change... Again!

I switched back on blogger again. I still prefer blogger's layout and the ease of posting. Manage to 'custom make' a simple layout using the available layouts. I am simply spoilt for choices with the options give. I decided to go for a simple blue background. Blue is still my favorite color. :)

Today marks the first day of Lunar New Year. My family do not usually go out today. My uncles and aunties from my father's side will visit us. My grandma used to stay with us which explains why everyone comes over. After my grandma passed away, this practice still goes on. The next eldest in line is my dad's eldest brother who happens to live next door. Families in the past seems to like to buy flats near to each other. There are pros to this but conflicts are unavoidable too.

Over the years, relatives who came become lesser. It will be the usual few families who will appear. Talking to some relatives is kind of awkward. The feeling is worse than talking to strangers. I am sure many of us can identify with this. My dad's side of family is big. He had 3 sisters and 6 brothers. Each family has an average of 3 children. I have a lot of cousins but close ones are only a handful. When I mean close, it only means we can talk during family gatherings. About 1/4 of my cousins are born in the 1970s and the rest of us are the 1980s gang. Those that appear in family gatherings are the 1970s gang. Among them, only like half appears too. They are my eldest uncle children and my brother. Others does not seem to want to associate with the extended family. When i think of this, i feel kind of sad and disappointed. But I guess, this is life. If one day I happen to see some of my cousins on streets, I may not even recognize them and vice versa.

Picture of my sisters and 2 cousins who we are closed to. They are Lydia (2nd from left) and Theresa (2nd from right). They are sisters. Both are younger than me. We can be considered playmates since young. My auntie would sent them to my house and my grandma will take care of them and my siblings. Theresa will be getting married this December. Really looking forward to this as it has been sometime we attend a close relative's wedding. Hope that I will be able to help out in her wedding. :)

Will wrap up the post with a few pics taken recently. :)

Taken during Reunion Dinner:

Reunion Dinner 2012

Mummy's 58th Birthday Celebration

Taken on 1st day of Chinese New Year:

My lovely Sisters

Mummy & Me

Parents

Family. Missing Bro and SIL. They went HK for CNY.

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