"Fire burns brighter in the darkness"

15 more days till 2015 guys!
I'm trying to complete these things which are of top priority (also, this is an excuse to make a to-do list)

Things to do by end of December 2014

1.  Finish reading Hector and the Search for Happiness 
2.  Seat down and write (been putting this off, I'm not ready for all that feels and words just yet which is why I've been weight down by these chunks of thoughts from the 'figuring out' period)
3. Send email 
4. Learn 1 song on the ukulele
5. Declutter/ organise my room
6. Meet friends + spend quality time with family

I've been working a lot in December deliberately so as not to coop up then sinking into my thoughts. It's working well, so good move there (to a certain extend). Yesterday, this unreasonable customer just had to show such bad attitude and I'm still so mad and disgusted ugh. 

Not gonna let her bad vibes rub onto me. END.

Lovely letters: Sept/ Oct

September's theme was comfort.
I was paired with the gorgeous Emily. Every thing in the box screams comfort!
The candy corn socks is too cute and I'm totally IN LOVE with the packaging of the chocolate. I'm such a sucker for nice packaging (;

#somuchwin

This striped mug is bigger than it seems- perfect for coffee, tea or even water haha!

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Moving on...October's theme was Halloween.

Here's what I received from the amazingly creative Ruby who loves crafting and paper stationary. Just look at what I received!? All of those are Project Life cards. Not sure how it works but it feels like scrapbooking I guess?

Was totally blown awayyyy. So much goodies!

And here's my outgoing 

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Link up: Lovelyletters

Unknown pleasures

Let's dance to Joy Division
and celebrate the irony
everything is going wrong
but we're so happy.

Goodnight x

deepest skin deep late night feels: it comes and goes

"sometimes, i feel like ripping apart my skin and search for a reason why i feel this empty"
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this gaping void inside of me has been awaken again tonight. i still cant put a finger to the reason why i feel this way time and time again after all these years. it feels like there's a hole in your chest longing and demanding to be filled with something i dont quite know. i hate feeling this vulnerable and helpless every time it hits me because it's the kind of emptiness which you cant do anything about- you just seat there and let it messes you inside and cry... what can i do to not feel like this out of the blue? it sucks to feel like this, it really does.

HSBC Treetop Walk

Caught up with a friend of mine many Fridays ago, over a hike. Yes hiking! I know what you're thinking and no we're not mad! Though it sounds crazy, it was nice to catch up on each other's life and be surrounded in nature plus work-out at the same time. The sound of the crickets were therapeutic and it helped to be away from the hustle and bustle. The last time I was at the HSBC Treetop walk was eight years ago, (gasp! where has time gone?!) when I was a Girl Guide.

Love how spontaneous my friend was when I casually suggested going hiking! Yay to little mini adventures!

You cant really tell from this picture but this is an (unexpected and) extremely steep slope up!!

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FINALLY MADE THIS HIKE HAPPEN!! WHOOP WHOOP ✌️😁

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So on the other side of this, awaits a long flight of stairs!

My feet were all jelly halfway down due to the same continuous movement.

This hike back in August says it all:

Life is full of ups and downs before you will be rewarded (with a breathtaking view),

even then nothing is temporary.

Literally.

So yeah... deal with it aka life!

Lovely letters: July

Happy Friday all! Here's a quick update before I rush out to buy movie tickets for Boyhood tonight! (Seats are almost filled up! Hopefully I'll still manage to get good seats). The theme for July was ocean blue. I was paired with Chandika from Australia and she put together this lovely package for me.

Look at those beautiful stamps!

This cheered me up when it came in the mail amidst a really stressful week back in July with lots of datelines back-to-back! Love how she wrote little notes on the items. I could feel that a lot of thought was put into the package which makes this feels special hehee.

This was what I put together for her: snacks in the shades of blue, some beads/ buttons, a seashell bracelet as it reminds me of the tongue twister; She sells seashell by the seashore and a letter written on a postcard (;

Been exchanging letters with Chandika since the last mail. She is so sweet and amazing! Check out her little handmade flower accessories business on Facebook/ Storenvy!
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PS: Check out the Lovely letters if you want to be a part of it too (:

We acted like tourists in June!

Hey all! I'm alive *sticks head out of piles of assignments* It's July but I'm blogging about June lolol #sorrynotsorry

Carmen suggested going to SPRMRKT the other day and we headed there for an early dinner on a rainy friday. This cozy little space near Amoy Street Food Center serves all-day breakfast food and has a separate menu which differs daily!

Food was alright. Nothing impressive. I'd say skip the egg benedict's. We had better ones else where. 

The truffle fries was yummehh though!

Wandered around Ann Siang Hill and Chinatown after that doing touristy things. Found a back-alley which makes a nice backdrop for pictures. YY commented that the plants looked like 'vegetables' HAHAHA!

I accidentally deleted the full length group shot we took. Mehhh ): 

South Bridge Rd was very different from what I remembered: saw a lot of backpackers hostel while walking down the street. We stopped by Tong Heng Confectionery and the friends bought 2 boxes of their iconic diamond shaped egg tarts. Craving for some flaky egg tarts right now!!

Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore's oldest Hindu temple

Btw do give this Singapore style ramen a try if you are around Amoy Street Food Center. It's like wanton mee but fancier with an interesting twist!

Link up: Local adventure

Long overdue ketchup sesh

Spend the afternoon catching up with Khai back in May before she left for Japan! (haven't seen her since Jan) Funny how our worries were the same ones we had at the start of the year. In fact those are still issues for us. Growing up problems. Le sigh.

Student priced movie tickets for her too *yay* after the man behind the counter asked if she's a student- to which I exclaimed she's the same age. 

Thank you for the gifts! Lurveee them! You always give the best gifts/ presents. 

Lovely letters: May

Admittedly, it's hard to keep up with the events occurring in my life which I'd like to pen down. I should probably stop doing nothing and channel my time wisely to get things like these done. But honestly, I get a whole lot of pleasure moping around and idling. There's just some sort of joy in that. Do you feel me?

Anyway, back in May I came across this snail mailing exchange, Lovely Letters and decided to join cos I've always loved receiving handwritten letters! I was paired up with Sarah.

The back of the envelop was plastered with cutesy printed washi tape which made all so excited and happy! 

Cheesecake lurveeee

Baked NY cheesecake for Mummy Dearest on Mothers' Day!

The first post is always an awkward post

So I've been thinking of creating a fresh new blog to document my life and whats not. Here it is after 2 weeks of contemplation. (I like to take my time to think through and consider the pros and cons before coming to a decision which may or may not be a good thing. Let's leave that story for another day.) Forced myself to create it today since it's the start of a new month; 1st June- which also means we are halfway into 2014! 

...6 MORE MONTHS TILL THE END OF 2014!!

OMGGG WHERE HAS THE FIRST HALF OF 2014 GONE?!? 

*panic-mode*

I'll promise to update this as frequently as possible and not leave it stagnant. Please bare with me while I get this looking nice. Okay back to my readings and preparing for the 'Privacy and the Public Interest' presentation on Thursday mehh. Oh dear there's assignments and datelines one after the other again even though there's a one week break next week. #whatsnew. Okaiii I NEED to stop procrastinating. Bye!