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I've picked up running in the evenings again. It's my baby steps towards running longer distances. The 21 km run is just a couple months away. I haven't been working out as much as I'd like to so I'm getting bit nervous about completing the whole thing. Then, there's been Lindy's wedding. Her dresses were so beautiful and she looks so happy throughout the night. …
I was reading a book by Jack Canfield last night over a glass of wine (he's the guy who delivered the Chicken Soup series), he says your present state of bank account, your health, your social life, your position at work etc are nothing more than the physical manifestaion of your previous thinking. Would you agree with this statement? I think it's more or less true, to most …
Of late, I've been spending a lot of time with my mommy because I see her only every 3 months. I used to take things like having my laundry done or my dinner prepared for granted. When she's not in town and I'd want a simple conversation with her, I need to call her at a time she's available to talk. It was hard at first but I'm getting used to her not being around sometimes. …
{image of Sid Vicious} Hello how has your weekend been? Time really passes by so quickly. I spent my weekend visiting flea markets and got some preloved dresses and a preloved jacket. I also tried a Strawberry Agent from once upon a milkshake at last. So yummy but a (really) tiny little cup will take $3.60 from your pocket. Today, I spent a lot of time catching up on TV. …
I've always wanted a tattoo. I don't know why. I've talked about it since I was in secondary school. It's something I never really stopped talking about. My mom has this rule that as long as I am living under her roof, I am not allowed to have any thing permanent on my body. She went ballistic for an entire month when I got my navel pierced. I respect her rules so I never …
It all started out as a conversation about bad music in the 2000s. I mean, in 70s, we've seen the launch of The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith and Sex Pistols. In the 80s, Michael Jackson, U2, and Beastie Boys grace our charts. 90s was the era of pop songs. We've seen the start (and death) of careers from the Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys and N'Sync in the late 90s. It's okay. I …
I'm really glad Bryan and I signed up for salsa classes. It's nice to be doing something different together weekly. I don't get to dance with Bryan much because we rotate partners every few minutes. In a way, I am glad because Bryan goes crazy when he's too into it and I end up laughing too much. Now here's my review of my week spent without daily goals. It's wonderful. …
It's 4:38am and it's a long, sleepless night. I'm not sure why though. Perhaps I drank a cup of milk tea too late into the night. Or perhaps I've had such a long day that I'm too tired to snooze. So I tweaked and edited our website. Must say, I'm proud of how it looks. I've a really good announcement to make. We are carrying the American Hanes line of t-shirts. This is an …
I believe in goal setting. At the same time, I believe in feeling inspired at the moment and going all out to be in the moment. I've always been experimenting with various ways of living my life and finding my optimal performance lifestyle. This is what I have been doing - I set up monthly goals. I break it up into weekly projects and goals. Then, I break it up into daily …
Besides being firm on myself to keep time (I even track the number of times I've been punctual or late this month, and I'm proud to say I'm sharp on the dot 4 out of 5 times), I'm building the habit to keep learning. Every night, I learn Spanish through books and audio tapes. I'm not eager to pass any language tests, I just want to speak Spanish. Why Spanish? I don't know. …
I took my parents to my favourite hunts on Monday. There's this really bloody cheap Italian Restaurant at Novotel. Squid ink pasta for $6 ish, 5 pieces of escargot for less than $4, baked rice for $6 ish... With 4 mains and 2 sides, we spent only $53. Dorian, their bestselling baked rice is worth ordering. Let's go there for class gatherings! Later on, we had a bottle of wine …
I have a bad habit of grumbling about Bryan being late. Then again, Bryan being late is a bad habit, in my perspective. As for me, I'm not very good with being punctual either but I try. This month, my resolution is to eliminate this bad habit altogether. I've started setting goals for myself to achieve for the remaining year. One of the key goals is to be on time at all …
Body Combat class was "as easy as taking a dump" (as I told Fiona) a few weeks ago. My inactiveness for a couple of weeks make it hard as shit today. Punch punch, kick kick, now do a flying kick! I almost died. For the first time, I couldn't catch up with the rest of the class. It's a very good indicator that I need to start working out if I want to run 21km in 2 hr 30 min. I …
What a hectic day. I budgeted 3.5 hours to create 5 new products. In the end, it took me 4 whole hours to make 3 products, out of which, only 1 works! I feel like I am swimming against currents today. Good thing Bryan popped by my place. We had dinner with my family and had a few rounds of Monopoly Deal, which I am really addicted to at this moment. It's simple nights like …
Summing Up KrabiWe visited Krabi during the low-season for 6 nights in July. This is our expense breakdown, which might help to plan your future trips. This is also a great reminder to myself for budgeting future trips. For the 2 of us, transportation from Phuket to Krabi cost 792B ($34). Our 3 Swensen's indulgences cost 445B ($19). The 3 days worth of tours cost 5,400B …
On day two, we spent a good part of morning taking turns to reply e-mails for our business and lazing about by the pool. We were feeling adventurous so we rented bicycles at 150B ($6.40) each. We cycled around Ao Nang and past the area meant for tourists, to their local market. It's nothing like Chatukchat but it's more like a wet market, with some street food, clothes and …
This has been one of the best trips we've taken. For one thing, Krabi is so darn beautiful. There're lots of good restaurants catering to vacationers but it's not as touristy as Koh Phi Phi or Phuket. Another thing, huge cliffs and trees are everywhere. The buskers at Ao Nang are not as hardcore. Ao Nang is not a huge place (say, 2 long streets worth of shops, massages and …



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