It's the, hmm 5th day of 2013, but it still feels like 2013 to me. Had plans every day this week but I kinda cancelled/postponed most of them 'cuz I just wanted to stay at home and.. chill. A perfect day for me goes like this: Swim, eat, nap, read, dinner with family and watch drama. 

So yep, here's a recap of 2013! 

New year's eve: Was supposed to countdown at Clarke Quay but decided to stay at home instead. Made pizza, sushi, red bean soup, oyster omelette and ddeokbokki with the family! :) My favourite part was making sushi, watching running man and feeding (or forcing hahaha) each other food because we had too much leftovers. Obviously my dad and bro 'suffered' the most because no matter how much they eat, they won't get fat. HOW UNFAIR. :( 

Felt really guilty at 11ish for eating so much so I started exercising. And when everyone went, "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" on TV, I was doing tricep dips hahaha. Looks like 2014 will be awesome for me in terms of fitness! :) 

Family: 

Acting cute because my bro complained that I'm always doing it to them hahaha. #annoyingsisterhere

Favourite family picture taken this year! 

Travel 

Went to three countries (excluding Malaysia) and spent around $5000 for everything. Wasn't sponsored by my parents at all because it just doesn't feel right taking their money & enjoying myself while they work hard in Singapore. :/ 

2. Bangkok with Chirpy

It was a hardcore shopping trip and I'll never forget the horrific experience at Bangkok's airport on the way back 'cuz it was the first time i flew back alone (chirp extended her trip 'cuz her friends went over) and maaaany things went wrong. Had an awesome time with Chirpy though ^^ 

Delighted to see my parents again! 

3. Taiwan

With Peiling, Dewei and Guohong! More on this trip in another post (hopefully). 

Highlights of the trip would be singing karaoke for 6 hours twice from 4am-10am and 12-6am, clubbing at babe18 (tried Absinthe for the first time and had sorethroat IMMEDIATELY. Insane) and cycling at Beitou even though it was raining. 

Note to self: DO NOT TAKE TRANSIT FLIGHTS IF POSSIBLE. EVEN IF IT'S CHEAPER :( 

Birthday

Had the best birthday celebrations this year. Instant mood lifter whenever I look at my birthday pics. :') So thankful for my friends for putting in the effort to surprise me and treating me like a princess for like 1.5weeks. What did I do to deserve you guys seriously ♥

Fitness

Before I started Insanity, I was exercising around 4 times a week. So when I found out that I had to work out 6x a week for Insanity, I thought it'd be hard but manageable. I was SO wrong, lol. I really felt like collapsing on many occasions and just the warm-ups alone were enough to make me look like I just showered. 

Yup, here's my progress in 2 months. 

(Didn't want to post this up initially because I dont have abs (yet) haha but sissy said that I should, because I've worked so hard and should be proud of it.. I still have a lot to work on, though) 

Wouldn't have completed this journey without Ninja Nella, my favorite gym buddy + fellow cancerian (equally emotional). There were so many times I wanted to give up, but I didn't, because she was around to motivate me. XIE XIE NI <3 

SMU 

Peiling, my Kimchi ^^ 

Met her in Oct 2012 during Netball's 1st exco meeting. Didn't expect us to click initially because after the meeting, we didn't initiate any conversation/meetups. We just kept bumping into each other at lib level 4's toilet HAHAHA. And one day, I decided to ask her to gym with me and she agreed. That was our first and (sadly) last gym session together.

 She was also the one who gave me the opportunity to work at Cafe Iguana (best part time job, period) in Dec 2012. Studied for y1s1, y1s2, y2s1 final exams with her. Joined Starring camp together in summer as facilitators. Trip to Taiwan in December. We practically saw each other almost every day in 2013. Hehe. Both of us enjoy reading (thought-provoking, ahem) articles and we'll always spam each other with links haha. Thank god for you, you kimchichichic. :') 

Taken when we went to Johor for my birthday celebration part I!

On her birthday! I just realized that we've the same pose hahaha 

#Hotbodclan 

Also, not forgetting my TWC girls! 

Always entertained by them (hence I'm always laughing) and thankful for their encouragements all year round ^^ 

Summer + Events: 

Vouchers + $100~ 

Helped out for Waikiki's captain ball event.. Was an eye-opener 'cuz some people can get REALLY competitive and rude. *rolls eyes* 

(G)old friends:

Stayed over at Kent Ridge (NUS) 

Wong's pretty room! 

Went for a midnight jog because I wanted to exercise. She didn't have her sports shoes with her so she wore her $5 nua shoes hahaha. And guess what, after the run, we went for supper and she ordered iced milo, cheese fries and rosti (with lots of sour cream). CAAAAARBS. 

And my secondary school noobies. 

Really grateful for the talk at my void deck with Chirp. This stupid girl always has the ability to make me cry and laugh simultaneously. 

Random meetup at PS 'cuz May is in SMU now too! 

Work

Selfie at work (Iguana) with my colleagues. It was my longest part-time job and I really love everyone there. Left in Sep 2013 but the manager still invited me to their staff christmas party (SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS and fooood) T_T Shall visit them soon! 

Had other random part-time jobs too, IT fair in June selling plugs LOL and 4-day event at Fitnessfirst with Sandy bb. During December, I was an art and craft teacher and had to go to various community centres to teach 5-10 year old kids. The pay was high, but justified, because after each lesson (3 hours) I'd be so drained and had to stone for like 10-15 minutes to recover. Not exaggerating. 

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Finally done with this lengthy post hahha, took me hourssss. Overall, 2013 was a pretty good year but 2014 WILL BE BETTER. Shall go to bed soon 'cuz it's the first day of school tomorrow. FIGHTING, PEOPLE! :)