So it begins

And so the training begins. Being as unfit as I am, I'm starting slow and small, but I'll get there.

First step is to get more active. This was a big constraint previously when you have a boss insisting on you sitting in front of your computer all day and all night after you get home. I also used to get dropped off and picked up from work everyday by my dearest hubby. But working in the CBD really doesn't allow that, so every morning and evening, I battle my way through the throngs of everyone commuting to the CBD. You might be thinking, oh what's the big deal, it's just taking the MRT. WELL, let me tell you, I get on at commonwealth for a few stops, switch up at Outram park, speed walk from the green line to the purple line, make my way to China Town, switch up to the blue line, and make my way to Telok Ayer, and then walk to office. This is more walking than I have done in ages. Much less twice a day every day. At lunch time I try to go on walks too just for adding activity.

I'm gradually adding exercise to my routine, squats here, plank there. We also spent 4 hours the other day walking up and down the CBD filming a TOP SECRET teaser video (If I tell you I'll have to kill you). Side note: I can't seem to get away from production no matter what job I end up in and I LOVE IT!! Today I did 10 laps in the pool and some leg lifts and boy am I aching all over. (SUPER UNFIT). But anyway, the goal, is firstly to get fit, strong and healthy enough to participate in, and COMPLETE next year's Reebok Spartan Race Singapore. Also to get back into my size 10 jeans that fit perfectly in 2013.

This photo was taking 2013 December at the Launceston Country Club for hub's and my wedding anniversary. Size 10 everything. I doubt I will ever be anything smaller than a size 10 but hey, that works for me.

In case anyone was wondering, I'm wearing a coat from Myer, my favourite Chanel clutch (a gift from my cousin-in-law) and ZU heels from Crown Casino in Melbourne.

I'd post a current photo but I hardly take photos, also i'm too fat for photos so like whatever. I'd say I'm about a 14/16 now, so it's not a huge task to undertake, but for a food lover like me, it's going to be hard.

Wedding Anniversary

My 2nd wedding anniversary with Christopher is coming up! So I'm going to reminisce by sharing some of our photos from our special day. Our wedding was nothing like the weddings you see in Singapore. The ceremony was at this beautiful outdoor gardens, followed by the reception at a small but elegant restaurant owned by a friend. Christopher baked our 3 tiered red velvet wedding cake. This has huge significance to how we got together!! The first time we met was at a grand final party, and when I found out he was a baker, I started complaining how red velvet in Launceston was scarce, and if found, not very good. So that sweetheart, baked me the most moist, delicious red velvet cupcakes ever! And the rest is history! So enjoy our lovely photos <3 <3

with the in laws 

coming in ceremony 

you may kiss the bride :) :) 

about to cut the cake 

hubby's hard work 

carolyn, izy & joseph

     

our first dance as man & wife 

                           

my wonderful parents 

our nephew joseph, the ring bearer

beautiful wedding grounds 

the backdrop to our wedding 

the bhojwanis + cunninghams 

the boys 

coming in our vintage rolls royce, kindly sponsored by Richard!
Please contact me if you wish to rent this beautiful vintage rolls royce
for your wedding/leavers dinner/function

<3 

my parents soaking in the beauty

With our celebrant Cheryl 

Some of our beautiful friends & Family 

my girls & joseph lol 

2 of my loves + nephew joseph and niece izzy


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Gotten married recently ? Share your experience/blog link with me! I'd love to read about it xxxx 

Halloween

Oh my goodness, this post was supposed to be up months ago !! Jacob's first halloween in Sommerville Park. We are super lucky to live in Sommerville Park. It's an expat area so there's a huge mix of foreigners hence we celebrate lots of special days here. I have grown up trick or treating and I wanted my son to get the same experience. Now the costume was the tricky part; Singapore is so hot, and Jacob hates anything strapped on, or slung over him, or anything on his head. So no headpieces/hats. In the end, after searching for weeks, we found the costume at home! It was my brothers old space robot costume from his kindergarten  performance! And it fit jacob perfectly :) Best thing about it, it was airy, loose, not too long, it was as simple as slipping it over his singlet and shorts.

So at 6pm, when we were looking down and saw heaps of witches wizards and all sorts of magical creatures gathering downstairs, we hurried down for the free ice cream and pop corn and started round the estate. Halloween is always a sight to see, with kids running from door to door and the echo of 'trick or treat' coming from all corners. The estate is absolutely huge, so you can get bags & bags of candy. But Jacob being so little, we didnt go too far, just enough for him to have 3/4 of his pumpkin bucket full, and home we went. I may be 25 and a mother now. But I still adore Halloween <3 <3

Jacob's little space robot outfit 

Too impatient to wait til we get home lol 

Some of our awesome neighbours

examining his haul 

tasting his haul :)


How do you spend your halloween ???
 Share your experience with me!

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ENVY Flatlay Contest

Hello everyone <3

To all my instagram flatlay lovers & beauty bloggers, ENVY is having a #flatlay contest !! And the prize iss ....

A gorgeous NYX Winter in moscow makeup palette! 

All you have to do is grab your absolute favourite cosmetics, and create a flatlay of them & post them on ENVY's contest post on facebook! Click HERE for the fb contest post. Don't forget to tell your friends and family to vote for your flatlay because the flatlay with the most amount of likes wins! 

So start flatlaying your cosmetics now! I've already entered my picture <3 

Are you an envy diva ?! WIN $50 voucher!!!!

Hey guys, do you wanna win a $50 voucher to spend on gorgeous beauty products & perfumes on envy.sexy  ??? All you have to do is complete this survey, and not only will you be given a 20% off voucher, but you'll be put in the draw for a $50 voucher to be drawn on 15 November !! Envy has your favourite fragrances & beauty products at competitive prices! They even have a bundle sale going on! So check out the newly launched envy.sexy today!!  <3 <3

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dependability

You know how they tell you blood is thicker than water, in theory that may be true, but recently I've realised that bad blood still runs within. So much wrong and so much hurt when situations like these occur. The horrifying selfish RUDE traits of someone you trust and look to for dependability simply because they are your elders. Tell me you wouldn't be annoyed, when a relative asks you for help, you take the time to plan and work out the solution. Then they decide to ignore your phone calls, tell their maid to tell you they're busy. And you never hear from them about it in the end. To add to that this person is blood. Why would you ask me to do it if you decided within a day that you didn't want my solution for you. Following other MULTIPLE incidents that another family member mentioned to me, I have decided against any more requests, from any extended family members, who aren't my direct family. Direct family referring to my parents, spouse, children, grandparents and godparents... I am sorely disappointed in the behavior that this person has exhibited. Call me petty or whatever, I don't really care. I've noticed as we grow up and grow into our careers and get tangled up in family, things like spending time with my husband and little boy start to take priority rather than going to some hip new joint with a friend. I start thinking more about what school my child should be enrolling in and what to invest in and joint bank accounts and property purchase and whatnot, rather than who is saying what about me. This post was prompted by a sequence of messages sent by this family member, harassing and lecturing me over my lack of reply. So it's okay for you to be condescending and rude to me when I don't reply. But when you tell your maid to tell me your busy, and refuse my calls, and never call me back, and never say anything about it like it never happen, then THAT'S OKAY ? thanks but no thanks.

So here's to LETTING GO of the toxic in my life, and embracing how lucky I am to have an amazing husband & son, and supportive parents who love me no matter what, my grandparents and godparents and sibling who love my little boy to bits. And the few friends who, despite my absence and constant cancelling due to Jacob needing a nap or throwing tantrums or being uncooperative, were understanding and continued to stay true to me, THANK YOU, thank you for being wondering and understanding and so giving. I love you guys <3

edge of tomorrow

I am not a fan of Tom Cruise, but I do love Emily Blunt. The edge of tomorrow was sort of a weird version of groundhog day. When the movie first started I thought it was gonna be one of those typical 'explosion explosion explosion' movies and nothing more. But it turned out pretty good. It even had an element of comedy to it which surprised me. SPOILERS UP AHEAD so STOP reading if you haven't seen the movie.

I loved how they developed the movie as TC kept dying and re-spawning at the same point every time, and I found it hilarious how Emily blunt kept using him as a reset button. The movie doesn't go too deep into any character development, not even TC. We see a little bit of insight into TC & EB as they spend a little bit of time together, (not that she remembers anyway). I felt like I was just thrown into the movie with no back story, but I suppose no back story was really needed. The Aliens were pretty awesome but more robot like than alien. Predictably, when Emily Blunt said that she lost her 're-spawning powers' when she landed herself in hospital and got a blood transfusion, that TC would end up in the same situation to give a difficult 'twist' to the situation after being able to constantly reset every time they got into trouble. You have to be paying attention to realize the reason why this started happening is because TC died covered in the blood of the alpha that he killed. Emily blunt was a hard ass in this one and she definitely worked out for this movie, you can see she's pretty ripped. That was all the good bits. Now the ending, I did not like. I felt like it built and built and built up to the climax and then it all just ended so quickly. Like it simply just happened and then it was over. And conveniently he died covered in the blood of the alpha again and it took him back all the way to the start, no one remembered him, everyone was alive again, and they had defeated the aliens. Yup. Shitty ending if you ask me. But the majority of the movie made up for the lousy ending, so I still say it's definitely worth a watch.

22 jump street

I'm a little behind time, but I only JUST got the chance to watch 22 jump street, and just like the first one, I LOVED IT. The comedic styling of Jonah Hill + the 'duh duh' hottie Channing Tatum make a perfect combination for the main characters, and they are oh-so-endearing. It's full of slapstick jokes and is pretty much similar to the first one, but that's just proof that sometimes the same joke works twice ;) Ice cube was hilarious as always. The movie is pretty predictable, but if you're like me - a sucker for main stream (almost teenage) comedy films, then you'd have loved it too! There were scenes which had me clutching my stomach laughing, but there were some lame jokes that I did chuckle at lol. I'm easy... Oh and I adore Amber Stevens from Greek, I think she's absolutely beautiful and a wonderful actress, mind you I haven't seen her in any challenging roles, but she's doing great for what shes done anyway. So if you're expecting an award winning emmy nominated movie, then this movie isn't for you, but if you're looking for a fun night with lots of laughs and giggles with your pals, then get this for your next movie night. This movie is NOT for 'squidwards, but more for spongebobs and patricks if you know what I mean. LOL. I leave you with a quote from the ending scene of the movie (this bit almost reminds me of the bit in dumb and dumber - dude! what does my tattoo say, SWEET what does mine say! Dude but what does mine say? bla bla u get the gist, let me know what you thought of 22 jump street. Have a listen to the soundtrack too! It's pretty catchy. Til next time <3 <3 


Schmidt: Man, What did you say back there? 
Jenko:Something Cool
 Schmidt: Yeah, what did you say?
 Jenko:Something Cool man 
Schmidt: Yeah, but what did you say
Jenko: I said something cool

Styletribute

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'll be selling a few of my branded goods on styletribute.com !! Everything from shoes to accessories to clothes. 

Style Tribute offers the amazing white glove service which handles everything from the photography and the shipping and authenticating of your products! You have to have 8 pieces and above to make use of this service but don't worry!! you can still do it yourself if you have less! It was as simple as filling up the sell form and then dropping my items off to their amazing warehouse where they store heaps of beautiful branded items for you to browse while you wait :D Was so tempted to shop, but managed to finish up without buying anything. The team at style tribute was absolutely wonderful and one of the pretty ladies even dug out a gorgeous vintage Chanel bag for me to oogle at as well as help me pull out some pieces in my size. Not only do they photograph your items beautifully and do the research for the write up for you, they even have an open house sale at the end of every Saturday for the public to browse and shop. That means that stuff for sale goes flying off the rack even quicker! I've had a wonderful experience with styletribute and here's hoping some of my items sell so I can use the money to buy more things. LOL.  

http://styletribute.com/skirt-rochas.html

http://styletribute.com/dvf-wrap-top-2295.html

Here are a couple of my items already up :D Anyone feel like shopping ?? Okay now gotta get back to work, so so busy xxx more updates soon !! 

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