Life in Mono...

Hear hear or here here???

When I saw this picture, it struck a chord in me. All I can think about the whole time was "Yeah... why is that?" Anyway I love this picture and the feel of the photo.

{photo from La Vie Boston via MyLookBook}

I'm Missing...

1. I am missing my sleep.
2. I miss going out for photowalks.
3. I miss my ex neighbour's daughter.
4. I miss taking photos of random stuff.
5. I miss wild flower season.
6. I miss taking photos of all the flowers in bloom.
7. I miss not thinking about work constantly.
8. I miss cuddling up in bed with a good book.
9. I miss taking the train.
10. I miss not having anything to do.
11. Lastly, I miss my old life. :*(

However....

1. I am looking forward to my trip to Nepal
2. I am looking forward to my trip back home.
3. I am looking forward to all the photo opportunities in Nepal
4. I am looking forward to my wedding Reception in Nepal
5. I am looking forward to meeting my best friends (all 3 of them) back home.
6. I am looking forward to meeting my new nephew back home.
7. I am looking forward to all the activities i.e hiking and fruit picking back home.
8. I am looking forward to all the food that I will be eating
9. I am looking forward to all the shopping
10. I am looking forward to visit Singapore and Shephora :*)
11. I am looking forward to traveling around with the family. It's about time we take a trip together!

More on Life...

I know I have not been updating much. Life has really been in full swing. My work load is getting more and more and I have so many dates to keep outside of work.

I have been really slack in terms of taking care of myself. I am always tired, sleep deprived and not eating properly and on time. My JC consultant is really going to have a fit with me this week.

Other than that, I will endeavour to regularly update my blog this month. I think almost a month in limbo is enough. :*)

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Ok. So I have not been updating much. Everything around me seems to be spinning in 1000 different directions all the same time.

I am literally tired all the time and I can not wait to go on my 4 weeks break at the end of November. I think my body is starting to break down.

The highlights from last week was visiting a family friend who just had a baby. He was the tiniest baby I have ever seen in my entire life. He was sleeping the whole way through even though folks around him were laughing chatting and eating around him. He did not even wake up when he was being passed around from his mom to me over and over again. Ahh... bliss. I leave you with my favourite photo from the night.

 

Life updates...

Sorry for not updating for nearly a month. It has been a pretty hectic month. Here is what I did...

• My parents were here for a visit and for my sister's graduation. That pretty much took up most of my time and I did not take any time off work because I wanted to save my holidays for the end of the year.
• We celebrated the Nepalese Tihar which lasted for 5 days and was invited for dinners and celebrations.
• We are busy preparing for our Annual fundraising event at the end of the month so we were also busy with meetings and preparation.
• Work. Work. Work.
• Caught up on a few movies and TV shows. My favourites so far are United States of Tara, Glee, The Tudors, Rachael Zoe Project and The Real Housewives of NY.
• Catching up on sleep.
• Preparations for our Singapore/Nepal/Malaysian trips. Organising housesitters and etc.
• Work. Work. Work. I am starting to think that I am biting off more than I can chew at the moment.

Regular blogging will be back. I hope. All I want to do when I come home from work is hug the kids and go to bed.

Project Fingernails...

To those of you who know me long enough know that I have a very bad habit of biting my nails. I tried to stop a couple of times but failed. I always end up biting them after 3 weeks because I was having the "shakes" like how a drug addict get when they need their fix.

I bite my nails for a couple of reasons. Boredom, nervousness and I think most of all out of comfort. You can actually tell when how I feel by looking at my nails. Usually when I am outside my comfort zone, my nails would be the first to go. I have actually bitten my nails till they bleed! 

When I was trying to quit biting my nails, I would try painting my nails so that I would bite the polish instead of the nails and we all know that nail polishes do not taste good. I tried those "stop biting" formulas where the polish is bitter to taste but all FAILED. I would peel the polish off and start biting them again.

So what makes it different this time? Weddings. Mine and my sisters. My Nepalese Wedding Reception is in December and my sister is having hers one week after that.

I was queuing up at the Chemist about 2 months ago, remember the time when I was really really sick?, I was standing by the the Nails products. Nail polishes, clippers and etc. It was a really long queue so I picked up Sally Hansen's Maximum Growth Range called "Daily  Nail Growth Program" and started reading the package. It sounded interesting so I added it into my basket and paid for it.

It's the best thing next to sliced bread! I read a review of the product as soon as I got back and started my project straight away.

Exclusive silk protein formula gives nails the nourishment, strength and protection they need to grow. The Maximum Growth Daily Nail Growth nail polish helps to avoid peeling, chipping and splitting nails, while also helping nails that tend to be soft or brittle and break easily. - Associated Content

For 5 days, I religiously added a coat on top of the last coat and my nails have never looked healthier. My nails are now harder, I think my soft brittle nails was also a major factor of me biting them because by the end of 3 weeks my nails would actually peel off from the side and I would go "fuck it and just bite them. They are peeling off anyways". I do not have the urge to bite them anymore because they are so hard. It's not as tasty as before. HAHA...

It was weird at first because when ever I scratch myself I now have to becareful not scratch myself too hard because my skin is not use to the nails. It feels nice though because now I do not have to get M to scratch me because he has the nails and it's actually sharper. Don't ask me why I ask him to scratch me when ever I itch. I guess never having the satisfaction of scratching myself. LOL.

Typing is also weird. To hear my nails clicking on the keyboard and my nails or fingers are not use to it but I am sure with time I will get use to it. I can actually paint my nails now and not paint the top of the finger this time. I use to have heaps of problems with that before. Cotton buds were always near by to clean around the edges. I feel like I am wearing acrylic nails because my nails are hard!

I will post a photo of my healthy nails tomorrow. It's currently painted in my favourite colour. RED. I bought it from OPI and it's called "A Oui bit of Red". :*)

Pray that this time it lasts!

Kickboxing anyone?

I never thought I would go to a kickboxing class. Tonight was a first for me. I live near a martial arts centre where you can either take classes or just use the dojo to practice your skills.

I was reading a blog today. I can't remember the name of the blog. The writer raved about how intense a 45 session was for her and how it made her feel.

I can see what she means now. I called up the centre and asked to see if I could go and have a look. The receptionist told me I could come for a casual class and try it out and so I did.

I must say that the class is not as hard as I thought it would be. I mean for someone uncoordinated as I am, I was nervous that I couldn't get the moves or the steps right. The instructor was really nice and really took time to teach me the moves and said that I could take it easy because it was my first class.

I had fun. By the 10th minute, I was sweating like a pig? Horse? Dog? Anyways, I was sweating heaps! There were another 2 girls that was new to the class as well and all they did was TALK AND TALK AND TALK and WHINE about how hard the class was. I was pretty annoyed to be stuck in the corner with them because they were bringing me down! They deserve a rant post by me. I will post about it tomorrow.

So by the end of the 45 minute class I was pretty raved up. I mean punching the sand bags was really fun for me. I can see why people find this class as a stress buster. Having a hard day at work? That's ok. Come in punch the bags and anger and stress GONE.

I will be back next week for another casual class again. :*)

Brown Smoky Eyes???

I don't know if you can see it clearly here but I tried my best to get a photo of it before I got to work yesterday. I am liking it so far. I don't really know what Matte is but I am guessing it's without the shine or gloss? This eye shadow that I have blogged about HERE does not have any glitters in it. Something that I am comfortable with. I am the kind of girl that do not like too much glitters. :*) So what do you think?

I am going to see what else is there in the Revlon Matte range.I heard the nude lipstick is good as well.

I am sorry if this blog is becoming a beauty blog but I am learning so much from people around me that I have to blog about it so that I will not forget what I learn. I promise I will blog about other things too. :*)

Smoky Eye Trial...

So what do you think? My first trial run of doing the smoky eyes thanks to the help of Bobbi Brown Makeup manual. I am not sure if I will be comfortable enough to wear red lipstick out but hey... who knows right.

My next project is to grow my fingernails out.

Life Updates 2...

OK so the last time I updated with my life, I was nursing a cold and was stress with work. Well it all went down hill after that. What I thought was a cold/flu turns out to be a severe chest infection. Yep. I was so sick that one of the worst night I was having a high fever that I hallucinated that people were talking outside my window. Yep. My fever was so high for a few hours and the next I was so cold to the point that I was wearing my bomber jacket under the covers with the heaters on and I was still shiverring!!

I still went to work eventhough I was warned by my doctor not to go to work for fear of infecting my colleagues but I had to. I had to go to work and face my clients. I cancelled all my appointments and only spoke to them on the phone. I came in to work in the morning and by 2pm I drove myself home and slept till the next morning. I did that for 5 days. Why? Because the Big Fish was not in the country for 4 days, my receptionist who was suppose to help me out went home crying one day and also because I had 4 important settlements to do. *sigh*. The Big Fish owes me big time.

2 weeks later, I am all alright now. I am at least 90% well now. I still have the sniffles and I do get tension headaches from time to time but I am alright. I hope I will not get this sick EVER AGAIN. I will strike off July & Augusy 2009 as bad months for me.

Blogging will be back to normal now. Since my job description has changed at work, I have no time to blog from work but if you check out my Tweets on the right.