Happy New Year 2016!

I end off year 2016 by exercising on osim Utrek! Sweated buckets in just 15 minutes! Wishing everyone blessed with good health and have a good year ahead!

Merry Christmas 2015!

Merry Christmas to everyone still reading my blog, I know I still have some ardent readers! This year has been good for me and if you know, I have had the tradition of celebrating Christmas even though I am neither a Christian nor a Catholic. To me, Christmas is nothing religious and it is a season of giving and love. Everyone can celebrate it. I take this time to spend time with my loved ones, it is a time for us to forge closer bonds. As usual, December is always the period in which I m the most broke. Haha. But I always enjoy gifting, and receiving gifts. This is because I love the feeling and excitement of ripping the gift wrapper apart, unveiling the treasures within. Haha. So this year, I received shampoo, ionic soap, Tupperware bottle, chicken essence, perfume and a capitaland mall voucher and ck agile watch from my beloved Breadman. So what did I give others in return? A laneige lipstick, omega 3 capsules for the boss, laneige lip mask, cute notebook n post it pad, mr bean biscuits and two van Heusen office shirts for the beau.

So on Christmas Eve, my family had a gathering and we had a potluck. I brought the famous jiu xian tau huay which originated from Taiwan. After dinner, we played poker cards, no gambling of course! We only gamble once per year on lunar new year. All in all, my Christmas was a cozy one, and all we did was chit chat, watch tv, makan n play cards, which seemed like what we usually did everyday. Haha. Although I am dreading work a little tomorrow cuz it is supposedly a long weekend for most peeps, I m looking forward to watching Ip Man 3, starring my favorite Donnie Yen! Well, sometimes I do fantasize about him, how good it would be if breadman can be at least half of him. Haha

             

My company all prepared for Christmas! This is done by two people, from scratch, even sawing the logs! I am seriously impressed. 

              

                                             Presents I gave my colleagues! 

                               

My ck agile! In rose gold. Can you believe that I have been eyeing on this since 2 years back? I have been waiting for its price to drop, but it has never dropped.. 

                                  

Very elegant watch, to pair with the elegant me. Wahaha. My skin tone not so nice though, but I am sure I still can carry it off! 

Merry Christmas once again! 

Getting Yourself Insured

When my second sister was hospitalised recently due to pneumonia it became a wake up call for all of us. Life's really unpredictable.  Hence, recently, I decided to meet up with 4th sister's insurance agent from Prudential. Even though medishield life is already in place, I still felt that it is better to get an integrated shield plan with rider. So for mine, I pay $366 by cash per year and $200 by medisave. This plan covers 100 percent of your hospitalization fees. Plus, I would prefer to go to private hospital or stay in b1 ward. This is because I have seen how serious is the bed crunch issue at government hospitals. So while you can still afford it as premiums are lower when you are younger, it is better to get yourself insured. After getting the insurance, I feel more or less more at ease. Now I have both savings plan as well as medical insurance. It feels complete. So have you purchased your insurance yet?

Day 1: Eating Clean

I have embarked on my 30-day eating clean challenge! Why that sudden change? This is because my skin is terribly dry, I even have eczema like symptoms on my feet, even though doc said it could just be a bacterial infection. My menstrual cycle is messed up such that it used to only come once every 3 months. So when antibiotics n cream do not help for my feet, I suspect it has something to do with my immunity. Admit it, I only eat 1 serving of fruits n vegetables per day, and I m not drinking enough water. My water intake should be 2.4 liters to 3 liters given my body weight. But somedays I m only drinking 1.5 liters. Thus, when all things external do not help in improving yr symptoms, I have decided to eat clean. By my definition, eating clean means saying no to processed food, fried food. Seasoning n sauces are to be kept as minimum as possible. If sauces are inevitable, these sauces ought to be made from natural ingredients. Thus, I m saying goodbye to my sweet onion sauce which I pair with my subway sandwiches. Wow, so I m also bidding goodbye to fish balls, fish cake, canned tuna, hotdog buns, cakes, waffles, ice-cream. That is a whole of sacrifice. Haha. I m hopeful that my body will be thankful to me at the end of the day. 

Here's a look at my meals today! 

                              

Breakfast and dinner are the same: oats with chia seeds, brown rice powder, topped with blueberries

                                      

Lunch was at Maki-San which is similar to Subway except that this is sushi rice roll. I had the Mega san ($11.90). My sushi roll was made of brown rice, roasted mushroom, cucumbers, carrots, roasted chicken, avocados. This is wrapped in soy skin, where I had to topped up a dollar for this healthier choice. This is really really filling! I ate it at 230 pm or so n it lasted me till 8pm when I had oats for dinner. It might be a tad pricey, but it is hearty n low in GI which meant that it kept me full longer. 

Well, so this is day 1, hope I can survive day 2 when I return to office tomorrow.