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二零一一年，五月二十一日

第七百一十六天。

下雨天，又哭了。

天怎么一直都不放晴呢？ 可怜那包饭，一面吃一面掉眼泪，好咸呐。

眼泪。。。不能歇止。。

天。。。怎么还不放晴呢。。。

有人牵挂真好

有人牵挂真好，那被人牵挂的感觉很妙。

牵挂，那是人间至真的情，那是人间至真的爱。

如果有人牵挂你，如果你也牵挂别人，你就会是最幸福的人。

牵挂一个人，是对他的深深惦记，是分分秒秒的思念，是时时刻刻的祝福，是日日夜夜的期盼。

牵挂一个人，是你闲适时的全部，是你忙碌时的休憩，心中有牵挂人的话语，梦中会有牵挂人的身影。

牵挂一个人，那是放不下的情怀，剪不断的情思。

有了牵挂，亲情就多了一份温馨；

有了牵挂，友情就多了一种幸福；

有了牵挂，爱情就多了一缕相思。

牵挂别人是甜蜜的幸福，被人牵挂则是世上最美妙的幸福。

来自亲友的问候，让你从不孤单。

朋友的真诚祝福，让你信心倍增。

爱人的思念，让你的心灵充满阳光。

有人牵挂真好，所有人都在寻找，那被人牵挂和牵挂别人的感觉。

你牵挂的人值得你珍惜，牵挂你的人你要懂得珍惜。

有人牵挂真好，那是一杯浓郁的感情琼浆，醉了多少人的心，圆了多少人的梦。

爱你的人对你的牵挂是你前进的动力，是你创业的阶梯，是你心灵的港湾。

有了那份牵挂，你的生命不在苍白，你的生活不在无奈。

有了那份牵挂，你会感觉夏天不在炎热，冬季不在寒冷。

有了那份牵挂，你的身体更健康，你的笑容更灿烂。

爱你的人牵挂着你，你牵挂着你爱的人，他的心中时时记得你，你也会在意他的一切。

让你们的情感在牵挂中沉淀，让你们的心灵有所寄托。

牵挂，是心灵的对话，是心灵的呼唤，是心灵的回应！

牵挂啊，你是世界上最美好的情感！

爱。思念

总听说，你有多爱那人就看你有多么思念他／她。

今天是二月一日二零一一年，凌晨四点。

我发现，在我们一起走过了六白零六个日子后。。

这一刻，我还是这么的想念你。

All I can taste is this moment

Lying on the grass.

Looking up at the sky.

Thinking about life.

Love.

And happiness.

Living with Style and Spirit: An Everyday Thing

Some time ago, someone sent me an email about “How to Find Balance in Your Life”.

I’m not sure who the original author was, but I really liked it, and I thought it would be fantastic to share with everyone.

I also found a report on Times Online, about how scientists in the UK did a study and found the “5 Steps to Happiness and Wellbeing” or something like that.

I combined them and added a few ideas to share below.

So this is my list of 5 Things To Do Everyday:

1. Do something enjoyable.

Enjoyable things can be simple acts that are easy to do, don’t cost very much, and don’t take much planning.

Just sitting quietly in my garden and enjoying a cup of tea is very enjoyable for me! I love baking. I like to paint my toenails. Read a chapter of my book. Chat to a girlfriend. I like to plan to visit a new place, and discovering something new and cool. I really enjoy journaling and writing.

Of course, a girly pamper is always nice – facials, haircuts, manicures, pedicures, massages.
Take time to really enjoy them. Allow yourself to glow with happiness each day.

2. Do something active.

Spend 30 minutes of your day working up a sweat! Get your heart rate up! Skip. Swim. Run up and down steps. Go for a jog. Ride a bike. Find a step, turn on some music, and do a step workout. Do squats and leg lunges. Go to the beach and have a run. Take a stroll. Do some gardening. Kick a ball in the park with your pet.

Try playing a sport like squash, tennis, soccer, badminton, netball. Sign up to an exercise class, yoga or pilates. Try body jams, or kickboxing just for fun.

3. Do something brainy, challenging or intellectual.

Spend at least 30 minutes a day exercising your brain! Read a book. Read a newspaper. Watch the news. Write a letter. Memorise a song. Do a puzzle. Go to the library and pick up a book in a subject that has always fascinated you. Learn something new each day.

Learn a new skill. Try sewing. Try fixing something. Try making something. Try cooking something. Try organising a lunch for friends on the weekend.

4. Do something good for someone else.

Call up a friend. Offer to help in some way. Bake some cupcakes for a girlfriend and bring it around.

Smile or say hello to a stranger. Let someone with less shopping into the queue in front of you. Do a good deed. A small kind act. Spread some happiness.

You’ll find that if you go about your day thinking, “How can I be nice to someone?” you’ll often find many unexpected opportunities to do so.

5. Take one moment to savour life and your surroundings.

This is my favourite. Whether you are in the car, or walking along, or at home – take a moment to think about something good in your life, or in your surroundings.

Take notice of something beautiful. Look at the details of a building you walk past everyday. Look at the shape of the clouds, remember them, and compare them with the clouds the next day.

My life in point form

Argh..I've been SO BUSY.

I've been taking up two difficult task at same time and going for 2 important interviews in next month. It's gonna be tough. *pray hard*

I've bought myself a new hand phone finally! *grin* I bought another cheaper hp instead of my dream I-Phone due to my "big head prawness". Well, my highest record was losing 2 hand phones within a year. Ahem... so I'm very proud of the wise decision that I've made, and I just love my new hand phone! It's adorable, it's printed with beautiful floral and it's white!

I am having bad flu since last week, it still doesn't go away after taking the medicine. And I think I can't live without ice and ice and ice.....cream! When can I hear my sweet voice again? I'm just sick of my husky voice now!

I'm going to take part in another marathon in December. It's fund raising event for my primary school, anyone who is interested just pop me an email. And I shall sent you a link.

Christmas is at the corner, time really flies. I still thought of my last warmest white Christmas in Winter Korea. And I've started to prepare all the Christmas prezzies! My heart and mood is swinging with the jingles and bells in the air! ^^

And I'm leaving to Bangkok in Christmas for one whole week! Yay!

Sassisam for Pink Ribbon (and Christmas!)

I absolutely love that the whole of October is dedicated to Breast Cancer Awareness. Everything is PINK! Everyone is donating money for cancer research! And everybody’s getting on board - I reckon it’s just marketing genius!

October also means that it’s only 2 months til Christmas (eeek!). So over the next few months, I’m going to be featuring lots of products that make great gifts for your girlfriends, boyfriends and yourself!

First up, Sassisam have a nice selection of quality Pink Ribbon products, where part of the profits go to help Breast Cancer awareness and research.

Here are some of my favourites:

Aluminium eco-water bottles and Damask Card Case.

Pink Ribbon Card Case and Keyring of Hope (includes charms)

Pink Ribbon FOB Keyring and Damask Compact (silver-plated double mirror).

xox Enjoy!

Love

These last few days, I’ve been thinking about my relationship.

Yes, we’ve gone through some trying times. But despite all that, him and I, our relationship, it’s pretty damn amazing.

Loving. Full of happiness. Full of massages. Love songs before sleep. Meaningful conversations about things that matter. Daily giggles about random silliness. Delicious food and healthy living. Long hugs. Quiet moments. Lots of laughter. Mutual adoration, honesty and support. The highest regard for each other. And a passion for living.

Everyday he makes me want to be a better person.

I’m crazy in love.

In terms of our temperaments and personalities, I believe we’re very different.

But we share the same values, feelings and goals towards things like family, friends, health, work, money, stress, holidays, how we spend out time, our future plans.

Everyday he tells me how much he loves and cares for me, and loves his life with me. Sometimes it’s silly, sometimes it’s random, and sometimes it brings a tear to my eye.

I’m indeed one lucky woman.

Joanna Wang

Absolutely fall in love...

With her voice long long time ago..



Joanna Wang, another lovely Chritmas song sang by her.

Ahh..Chritmas is around the corner, Yay! =)

Celebrating Joey's 27th Birthday~

Celebrated Joey's birthday on last Thursday at Jaya One with some long lost friends.

Darling Joey, the birthday girl~ *cute*

The Girlss

And the boyzz

Lovely Addy & Joey~

Cass, Joey and Adeline

J & J

Oh..It's the biggest beer that I've ever drink!




Such a lovely night out.

Happy Birthday darling~! ^^

How to Stay Sane!

I decided to write up a list of all the stuff that I do to keep my life balanced and sane. Most are painfully obvious, but a list is a list, and I do actually stick to every single one of them!

1. Get a hobby. Something to dabble with for one hour a day. Blogging. Reading. Stitching. Gardening. Something easy to pick up and put down. Do some night classes. Don’t let your brain turn into mush!

2. Keep like-minded friends. I believe you need to regularly hang out with people with the same values on life interests.

3. Create a routine. I keep to a weekly routine which I try to balance with varied activities, for myself.

4. Break the routine! Don’t be afraid to drop the routine everyone once and a while. When things get tough, don’t be so hard on yourself. Don’t be so rigid all the time. Relax!

5. Keep a full schedule. I know it sounds weird, but I even need to schedule in playtime. My worst days come about when I’m feeling unmotivated to organise a playdate or activity. I end up dictate what to do and… it ALWAYS goes bad.

6. Find some alone time, weekly. This is an absolute must. Go shopping. Sit in a cafe. Get your hair done. Meet up with girlfriends.

7. Find alone time with your partner, weekly! This is another absolute must. Take a walk. Sit in a cafe. Go out to dinner. Watch a movie. Look into their eyes, and remember why you decided to be with this person in the first place.

8. Be active. Get out of the house at least once a day. Kick a ball around. Ride bikes. Water the garden.

9. Look for things to do in your community. Find cool parks, cafes, restaurants, new places to hang out..

10. Look after yourself! Exercise, keep up your dental and hair appointments, buy new clothes. It’s so easy to fall into the trap of dressing sloppy when you go out. But it’s so surprising what something so simple – like new underwear – can make you feel!!


What do you do to keep things sane? Let me know, and I might add it to the list!

Hon Hiew

My white little pup passed away on Friday night.

I was very upset.
I was surprised at how much i cried.

I just bought him a new blue necklace on last Monday, thought of giving him a little prezzie for being new and part of our family.

Although he's just a month with us, but it's been lotsa sweet memories, laughters, mishevious him, cute, funny, loving, and his warmest way to welcome us home..

Now, a few days later, I still feel numb.
My soul seems to lack feeling. Nothing, just heaviness.
A weight of sadness.
It doesn’t seem real.
I can’t believe he’s gone.
I miss him heaps.

Golden Linguistic Moments

My 3yo student has a rather interesting way of interpreting the English language.

He calls spaghetti – Mister Getty.

Important is Port Tenant.

Comfortable is actually a Comfy Table.

Dessert is Berserk.

And Pistachios are Moustachios.

And sometimes, just for fun, I like to make him say them all in one sentence.

Personal Goals - August 2009

Hey, we’re up to month number 8 already!

So once again, here are what I'm doing and what I'm trying to achieve for this month.

1) Look After My Skin

i) Wear sun cream. Use a good quality moisturiser with at least SPF 15+. Apply in the morning and re-apply in the afternoon. I’ve switched my day moisturiser, tinted-moisturiser and foundation to products with SPF.

ii) Cut down on chocolate. Too much sugar is really bad for skin. I have to be honest with myself, there are only 3 days in the month that I actually NEED CHOCOLATE. So there is a complete ban on chocolate for the other 28 or so days! Wish me luck!

iii) Give up coffee! Too much caffeine is absolutely evil for your skin and body! So I don’t touch the stuff any more.

iv) Drink more water. I’m always reluctant to drink more when it’s too busy and cold.

v) Get more sleep. Most of the day I’ve been getting to bed only after late night. Trying to get to bed earlier, say like 11pm/12am and get up by 6am for morning runs.

2) Improve my fitness
I haven't been sweating much for weeks, arghh I need to do some swimming and runs!

3) Get Organised!!
I’m all over the place! I have so much happening these next two months!!!

4) Find 5 things to be thankful for.
Some days I am skipping with happiness or energy. Other days I’m miserable with despair and frustration. I’ve found a nice habit to do – whether it is a good day or a bad day – to find 5 things to be thankful for.

5) Re-energise myself daily.
I try to get some rest during the day. I can’t nap. So instead, I find some quiet time to lie down for at least 30 minutes each day.

6) Save money!
I’m being much more mindful about the money I spend. Eep!

Packing

We're moving to our new house one week ago - so I spent the weekend packing. There’s so much to do!

Many people have suggested professional removalist - who come in, pack EVERYSINGLETHING into boxes, haul it all to the new place, unpack, then leave with a couple of hundred bucks. Sigh. It sounds like a hassle-free solution. But I have a real problem with strangers touching my stuff. In fact, I don’t feel comfortable with the idea of my friends and family looking and sorting through my things.

So yes, we’re doing it the old fashion way. Pack everything into boxes. Label them. And those who want to help can move them to and from the truck.

Anyway. I used to make junk furniture art when I was a teenager. And I still have boxes and boxes and boxes of string, nails, bits of cardboard, wire, straw, gauze, sticks, feathers, ribbons, beads, rocks, different coloured sand, material scraps, empty film canisters, old batteries, broken bits of plastic mechanical things (clocks, radios, computer parts, heaters, toys, kitchen appliances), etc. And I keep them because I don’t ever want to be in a situation where I desperately need 16 yellow ping pong balls…

I also wrote letters before I went cyber. So I have many shoe boxes full of letters, Christmas and birthday cards.

I also can’t bear to throw away my old clothes! I swear my late 90s tencel jeans will come back in fashion.

But what I love doing most is collecting objects which remind me of certain places and moments in life. I have rocks from Islands. Pebbles from Australia. A chopstick holder in shape of a naked lady I stole from a Chinese restaurant where I was the photographer at my friend’s wedding reception. The neatly folded gift wrapping of a present given to me by my first boyfriend.

Someone once told me , aside from ‘death of a loved one’ and ‘divorce’, ‘moving houses’ is one of the most stressful things one can experience in life. And in true Jessica form, I’m secretly striving to prove them otherwise.

The Greatest White Blues Guitarist- Eric Clapton

Simply love Eric Clapton. His finest playing of guitar, his voice, his songs.

One of my favourite "Tears In Heaven", was a major hit worldwide, written about the death of his son.

Touching and sad.

Party

Beautiful cupcakes: Let's Party~!

Cute Brother & Sis.

Andree and Me.

We have another month end party on last Thursday.

Great performance by kids.

Cupcakes, chocalates, jelly, vitagen, Mr. Potato..

So as the party wore on, there was so much laughter and merriment.

Happiness

Wow that one crept up on me. I remember it was January not so long ago. Now we’re halfway through the year.

6 months have gone. And there are 6 months left. What happened? What did I achieve? What were the highlights? And now, what am I going to do with the rest of the year?

Out of habit, I like to claim July for myself. All of it.

I like to indulge myself a little. I like to buy myself something new. I like to organise a party for myself, or two. I like to think of something I’ve always wanted to do, and heck, just do it.

I also like to sit back and remember the good things in my life. I like to celebrate the stuff that really matter.

My God, my life has been changed.

Most of the days, I went out to dinner, movie, and do some outdoor activities with my love. We have so much to say to each other. I’m astounded that I’ve known this guy for more than 4 years and we fall in love at the end. Life is always full of surprises.

Thursday, I've breakfast with my god brother who came back from Bangkok. It’s always so cool to hang around with good friends, talking, laughing and simply being yourself. Knowing that they love you for being you.

Saturday, in the evening, I went out with my family for dinner to celebrate my mum's birthday. One of my favourite cuisine, seafood.

Today I celebrate happiness. My life. My love. My family. My friends. My new house. My work.

Me, Myself and Me Time

Hey sorry to all my followers, I knew that I seldom blogging lately.

The other day, I've received a warm and caring oversea called from my beloved god brother. And that I realize I've been losing contacts with the outside world. Rarely online msn, no blogging, not even updating anything in facebook. Erm..and the worst thing is, I didn't realize it at all!

But no matter how hectic is my life, I always have time for myself.

By the time I was a young woman in my early 20s, I had worked overseas, gone through bumpy relationships, worked hard, partied hard, made friends, lost friends, earned money, spent money… all to realise one thing – that I was all over the place and I needed some stability.

Basically, I had to love myself a bit more.

I had to sit back and remember who I was.

So I slowed down. I learned how to enjoy my own company. How to be by myself.

I sat in cafes by myself. I sipped coffee and ate BLTs. I read books on park benches. I took long walks. I went jogging. I went shopping. I explored new places. Visited art galleries. Went to the beach. All by myself.

I loved it.

I loved the whacky conversations in my head. I loved how my creative juices would flow. I loved seeing the world with my own eyes and hearing my own thoughts.

And most of all, I loved being happy, positive, strong and confident. By myself.

Several years later, I might get married, travel a bit, move house, have children, and starting my new life as a wife and mother. A companion and a nurturer.

Never have I been happier. Yet, never have I realised the importance of ME TIME.

It’s easy to forget that I’m still Jessica.

It’s easy to forget that I once liked things like… kick boxing, Latin dancing, scuba diving, yoga, cycling, rock climbing, swimming..

It’s even easier to forget that, I once upon a time… I wanted to try wind surfing! Canoeing! White water rafting! I want to try a 3 day camping hike in the Australian bush! I want to climb Mount Kinabalu! I want to run more often in a marathon!

Life has been loaded with so much work. But in the other hand, life is sweet, joyful and as great as it could be.

I just love the way how it comes to me.