I turned 29!

I officially turned 29 years old, the last 20s in my life before my "3" next year. I'm grateful for the life I have now. 

I would like to express my gratitude to my family, relatives, friends, colleagues and the bf for all your wishes, treats and gifts! I hope to age gracefully with wisdom. :) 

I learned to love myself and placing my feelings first, I'm very fortunate that I've been through harsh lessons in the past to realise the love from my love ones. I'm eternally grateful to my current bf, he taught me a lot and using action to prove his love. He does simple things just to keep me happy and he is not selfish by learning to care for others too. :)

It suddenly got me thinking some time ago, if I were still stuck in the previous rs, I would not know how to love myself and still stuck with a selfish guy who love himself only. Why did I put myself through that? I learnt through those lessons. How a guy behaved in a relationship really showed the kind of upbringing he had, no offense.

I had the happiest birthday celebration with my love ones this year and I really appreciate for everything I have got. I wish everyone the best of happiness and health always! :)

2nd Post on November 8 Coffee & Company

I have been to November 8 cafe a number of times after my first visit to this cafe in my last post. It never fail to disappoint me. But when I went there again lately, it kind of disappointed me and I don't think I will be going back there again.

I'm not sure if there's a change of management but there is definitely a change of menu. The food/waffles etc weren't as good as before! :( Me and Mr J had our usual meetup and we decided to go to a nearby cafe on a Friday night. There were tables available at around 8pm, we were so famished by then. We chop chop decided on our food and drinks and I also ordered a waffle for us to share (as I mentioned before their waffles are damn good). 

I ordered a Ice Mocha & November Egg breakfast while MR J ordered a Iced Hazelnut Latte and a Chicken Leg main course. We waited for more than 30 minutes for our food to arrive. I'm ok with the waiting time. When the food comes, and after the first bite, I was a little disappointed. 

Iced Mocha

November Egg

Waffles with Berries Gelato

The waffle was no longer as good as before. I prefer the waffle in the past. The waffle now is no longer crispy, is too soft and the ice cream were not as good as before. I prefer those Taro, Lychee ice cream etc. I hope they can revert back to the past waffles which is really damn good. 

Thanks Mr J for this treat! :) We went for drinking + chit chat session after dinner.

Mr J, I have known you since 2010, after some twists and turns and we know things don't work out/ handle it badly in the past, but I'm glad we are good friends/buddies now. Thank you for always being there for me all these years esp when I'm going through rough patches/quarrels in previous rs, you will always be there when I need you no matter how late it is to meet me and talk at your void deck. I really cherish this friendship. When I need companion for movie or go JB or do whatever, you will always spare time for me! I know when I go out with you, I can always be my comfortable self (i can be rough, talk non-stop, being playful and eat a lot)! Like you said, you will still be you no matter what. Me too, I will be the one who will never change. Should you need help or listening ear, I will be there too! :) Thank you for everything! I can never express how grateful I am to you! :) Our birthday fall on same month and same day, we love man utd etc, all these coincidences made our friendship leap a great step too! I shall see you pretty soon and I hope you cheer up and don't be so stressed in whatever you do! Jiayou ok! Anything, just buzz me :) Cheers to many more years of friendship! 

We may "scold" each other harshly at times but we must know is for each other own good, ok! :)     




The following from Meryl Streep kind of applies to my behaviour nowadays:

“I no longer have patience for certain things, not because I’ve become arrogant, but simply because I reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love those who do not love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie or want to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that’s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience.” _ Meryl Streep

My Acne Skin Recovery Journey

I'm going to share more about my acne history to recovery stage in this post. 

I think ever since Secondary skin, my skin became oily and prone to acne outbreaks which causes me to be quite upset about it. I have had hormones imbalance issues which cause the outbreak. It was till only after secondary school then my skin improves. 

But due to the medication take in 2012, my hormones became imbalanced again and my acne outbreak became worse and I put on weight easily. I went to Niks Clinic and spend 1-2k seeing the doctors, things did improved but not as good once I'm getting used to their products. I tried using products like Hada Labo and my skin get irritated easily because I'm used to the product by Niks Salon. I stopped going to Niks Clinic ever since 2013 and my skin was quite bad and I get depressed easily at the conditions of my face and the amount of weight I'm putting on. :( 

Things gradually improved when I started visting Dr Georgia Lee for the first time in Jan 2014. I was prepared to spend a huge amount seeing Dr Lee because she is well known as the Celebrity Doctor! When I met Dr Lee for the first time, I was surprised that she is so friendly and her skin was maintained quite well even without makeup. I had my first consultation and was to take the Roacutane pills 2 times a week, these pills control the oil on my face. It was indeed good as my face was not as oily as before. I also did the skin peel and IPL on my 2nd visit. The IPL would be able to lighten those red scars on my face. 

Dr Lee's Clinic

Some things happened lately and I have been losing sleep for over a month. I tried to sleep but I could not sleep at all and if I can sleep 1-2 hours, I would be very happy. My skin got worse past 2 weeks due to lack of sleep and not eating well. But I'm glad it is better now and no other acne outbreak. "Touchwood" 

Outbreak due to lack of sleep past 2 weeks

Outbreak due to lack of sleep past 2 weeks

I'm also trying to take warm milk at night to help me fall asleep. It did helps at time. I hope the Nespray full cream milk powder will not make me put on weight. 

Due to so many things which happened lately, I know people do care for me. Everyone have been wondering where is the old confident me - the one who always dressed up so well, the one who got character and is always so nice! I will try to be back the confident self again but I'm changing. I won't be the always so nice girl anymore, therefore I'm sorry to some of you guys if I have been attitude to you this period of time. Because someone has taught me never to treat one so well and to trust that person, else the outcome will be very bad. I learnt a very painful lesson. I have to protect myself.