Appreciating July

4th July (Sat) 

of colouring and songs with and for the residents in the morning... 

then mx accompainied me to Fullerton hotel to recee Yip Yew Cheong's Grumpy Cat exhibition as my art club LJ in August... 

the need to keep 30+ P3&4 kiddo engaged in such a small gallery cost me $80 on stickers!!! 

enjoyed the remaining of the afternoon @ jypsy then went to marine parade for dinner with mich & claire... 

Appreciating June

30th June (Tue)

超级无奈被冲凉-ed 的小老太婆... 😂😂😂

28th June (Sun)

Jas & I were so lucky on our walk walk today... the chickadee family welcomed us at the entrance, we saw 3 monitor lizards; 2 minis and 1 large, and a whole family of otters!!!

26th June (Fri)

JPS Best Art Team united @ Poulet cwp... so happy that we get to age together over the years and are now sharing wellness tips at our meet-ups... hee... let's continue to age gracefully & healthily together oh... 😍😍😍

25th June (Thurs)

back @ work.... super duper sianx cos kenna redeployed to new form class & 3 new art classes and new timetable says i go home earliest at 1.30pm every day.... 😭😭😭 

so all the more appreciated these little luv nuggets from jx, jolie, mj and baidah and of cos all the chit & chats on my PDL & our holidays too... 😍😍😍

very spontaneous meet-up for shopping & dinner just cos XP saw a takashimaya sale tiktok video this morning and wanted to check it out after work + jas happened to be on medical appointment leave + me being FOMO... 😅😅😅

so glad i went!!!... been looking for a vertical totebag as my new work (laptop) bag since beginning of the year after the one that i bought in bkk in 2024 and the one michelle gave 2 xmas ago showed signs of wear & tear... 

am a proud owner of this Braun Büffel totebag @ $202.40 after this discount & that discount... mega luv its slim-ness... 😍😍😍

23rd June (Tues)

Dinner @ Tanyu Vivo with XY & Vv

22nd June (Mon)

dinner with mx @ Longjing Novena... thanks for these choco from Shanghai oh... gonna cut out the cute cute design on the boxes and use them to decorate my Planner 2027... 😍😍😍

21st June (Sun)

a good dinner @ crystal jade to 犒劳 ourselves after 7 house viewing!!! 🙏🙏🙏... house #4 > good price pls!!! 

16th June (Tues) 

a very happy Mab receiving her loot of 10 Hirono x Kodak t-shirt & the irritating clickety click click that i lugged back from Korea for her!!! 

9th June (Tues)

lunch with P4FT'21

trying out gen z selfie technique

6th June (Sat)

解锁进 JB 的另一种 transport mode... 

吃吃 喝喝 逛逛 买买 涂涂 按按, 又是快乐的一天 😍😍😍

5th June (Fri)

Michelle's hatchday dinner at Unatoto & ice-cream at Mondo... 😍😍😍

2nd June (Tues)

第一天回去上班就生病了... lost my voice within 4 hours of meeting?!?!?!? 

huh?!?!? should have thanked her for covering my duty in my absence yet she thanked me with a prezzie seh... heng, she will be continuing in T3 so i'm able to 还礼...  

1st June (Mon)

good morning... this is my baobei whenever i wasnt home for a few days prior.... else she will be on the far end of the bed... 😅😅😅

pamper our hair & scalp @ twoherbs then pamper our tummies @ Messina... 😍😍😍

walked past a temple > like the frame, like the neat rows of lanterns

I Read ... (in progress)

quite proud of myself for re-developing a reading habit and in this 3rd year, i read...

(11) Completed on 30th June

omg!!! it was such a cheem cheem cheem book that i had to ask my favourite Personal Assistant, Miss Gemini, to give me a simplified layman's term summary... it is an attempt to standardise how art criticism should be...     

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(10) Completed on 21st May 

first hard copy of the year cos it was a 'reward' for sharing @ StarChamp Q&A segment... 😅😅😅

It was a TIMELY read. It was a good read. it was a necessary read. gonna try out some of the facilitation strategies shared in this book for my NLC lesson ob in Term 3!!!

Wait . Hesitate . Ask . Listen . Explain

She is smart AND bossy vs She is smart but bossy

YES i hear your perspective AND there are many possible reasons for that perspective to make sense. Would anyone like to add to it? 

What make you say that? Anyone else with the same sentiment? 

  

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(9) completed on 9 May

too much work on my end... i choose to not work then... 😅😅😅

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(8) completed on 18 Apr

yup, not everything & everyone deserve my F*CK

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(7) completed on 3 Apr

Money, Money, Money

Must be funny

It's a Rich Man's World

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(6) completed on 12 Mar

learnt about the relation between pain & leisure, how over indulgence and addiction messes up lives, why is it so difficult to quit an urge and how will and awareness are critical to overcome them... 

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(5) completed on 16 Feb 

first kiddy picture book of the year... interesting & weird attack tactics some animals have!!! 

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(4) completed on 13 Feb 

reminds me of JC 背 GP essays 的日子... 😅😅😅

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(3) completed on : 26 Jan 

Believe in the butterfly effect: 

take action today, no matter how small that action is.

Think Big

Start Small

Act Now

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(2) completed on : 7 Jan 

oki! need to do up my LPA.. found out that i had a draft 4/5 done in the system back in 2023, just didnt get it certified... wahahhaa... 

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(1) completed on : 1 Jan 

 

at the expense of my patience... 好累 好烦 还不想面对

It's Seoul Fun Day #4 & 5

just outside the MMCA is Samcheong-dong, where historic traditional Korean architecture houses an array of private galleries, independent artist studios and artist-owned shops where they sell merchandises of their own designs...

walk walk walk and we chanced upon this tucked in a tiny lane restaurant which we later found out was quite famous for its dumpling after noticing Haha's (from Running Man) signature right in front of me.. heee

I must have been missing Snowie big time, considering how readily i was to buy these...

spotted Insa-dong across the road

saw their viral video before!!!

was interested in this handmade stamp workshop prior to the trip but was too tired to have the energy to do it when we passed by... valid reason to be back in Seoul at least 2 years later....

@ Ssamzigil where i continued to support artists for their creativity and cute designs printed as stickers...

6 korean hanbok stickers for 6 of us to remember this trip with!!!

the 4 fast browsers

1000 won for a peek into a chickadee's fortune

well, not accurate one... should have burn it... my life is much much much better than stated... should have just bought home the gold coin as souvenir instead... 😂😂😂

such a cute drain gutter cover at Ssamzigil

walked over to Ikseon-dong for more shopping

regretted not buying this stylo-malo baby yayoi totebag!!! it would have made such a good art bag for school or an unique gift for an artsy pal...

this was on Claire's MUST - EAT for this trip and I agree!!! The steam bun was REALLY REALLY sweet & soft!!! very very yummy!!!

luv my hot chestnut milk too.... koped the bottle back!!! heee

Laurice and I decided to throw in the towel at 9+... i was super duper tired from 4 full days of A LOT, A LOT, A LOT of walking & shopping that we requested to head back to our apartment first...

was really really happy to go back earlier at 9+ to wash up first, to pack up first & to knock out first.... wahahahaha... i didnt even hear the 4 highly energetic shoppers come back for the night nor their chatters while they packed and squeezed all their shoppings into their luggages!!! 😂😂😂

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bye bye unit 1102 whose lucky # gave us a winning of $110 each!!!

went with one 20" luggage in the 24" luggage... came back with both luggage stuffed to the max > mich took up half of 24" and Mab took up half of 20"... 😅😅😅

left all our barangs barangs @ the recep and headed to the nearby Isaac Toast for breakfast

then popped into Olive Young AGAIN!!!

did the free colour and skin analysis... i feel that the analysis should come with recommended items to buy to counter the issues surfaced...

back for the facial and wrinkles removal !!!

had to be in shades through immigration... didnt know it would leave a bumpy trail... 😅😅😅

3 went shopping and 3 went to wash hair @ idHAIR... found out the hard way that a director's blow & style is more expensive than a designer stylist's cut, blow & style?!?!?!?!

i also never request for u.... heng it was just a wash & blow... =P

bid farewell to the suite & to michelle who would be joined with her family for another week in Korea... she very power!!!

last meal in Korea!!! i finally had my spicy tteokbokki!!!