Contentment.

Hi. Alot of things have been weighing on my mind these days, and I've been wanting to write this post for MONTHS. To remind myself. To encourage, and to change.

One day recently I remembered being at Woodlands Interchange waiting for my bus to come, i took a glance at my facebook. Complaints, FMLs, baking life... got me thinking a whole lot. We're always focusing on the bad things that happen to us in life, but what about the positive sides to life? Not that I'm perfect, but being in the aftermath of a screwed-up practical examination is really tearing me up inside. I lay in bed alone at night, and all i could think about is that. Don't tell me I would do well, cos' no one knows best except me, and I can only blame myself. But as I was reflecting through again, why am I having such negative thoughts and putting myself down? The results hasn't even arrived, so there's still a possibility - however small it is - for me to actually PASS the examination! Sometimes it's all about our mindsets. When something bad or undesireable happens, you'd think you're the most unlucky person in the whole wide world you'd rather die. But on the flipside, there's always people that are of more undesireable circumstances compared to you. Didn't do well in examinations? Try again! At least you have a chance to study in a school and get educated.

I think we should really try not to focus on the bad side of things all the times. Me included. Serves as a reminder, a source of encouragement, for us to get on with life. It's not like we can undo the things that happened. Learn to accept. And always remember that you're not in the worst situation ever! I've read a quote from somewhere, that it's always the people we think are in the worsest circumstances that are the happiest. Simply because they don't have anything to fret about! They enjoy and accept what they have and live life to the fullest. My mother once told me, the more things you have, the more worries you are going tohave. It actually makes a lot of sense. I hold on to things tight. In other words, I'm a stubborn bull. And sometimes it really gets in my way, affecting my emotions and everything.

Live, laugh, love.
Live your life to the fullest,
Don't forget to inject laughter to it,
And accept and give love without expecting anything back.

Life always has its ups and downs. It's up to us how we would look at it. When I'm having negative thoughts, I'll learn not to be dwell on it so much that it would affect me, but to a point where I would want to change the situation to what benefits me the most. I'll learn to be contented with what I have, and constantly remind myself that I should be lucky to be able to have 3 meals a day(or sometimes even 4), a warm bed to lie on, family and friends that care. Sometimes it's all that matters, isn't it?

Stay happy, GekTeng!

ULTIMATE SHOPPING SPREEEEEEE!!!

woots! yesterday was shuhui's, jerica's, xinying's and my ULTIMATE SHOPPING SPREE!!! damn i saved so much just for this day man. and it's so worth it!

we went to novena's velocity first, where only xinying bought her brazil thing thing slippers. subway-ed, and saw hippo and jiahui. they were going for the icecream buffet with shawn and peeps. lols. i later realised it was such a wise decision not to join in. NOT WORTH IT AT ALL. seriously, how much of icecream can you take?! hahaa. went to shop around and saw some really awesome fashion. hahaha. but i didn't buy any of them. even in cotton on, where their really nice apparels ranged from only 5 to 10 bucks.

my ultimate goal is to purchase a backpack good enough for me to use for the rest of my life. so xinying bought us to raffles city shopping centre to look at bags./ seriously, i didn't fall in love with any of them either. went to shop around and in played tetris on the way. THEY SAW SOME REAL HOT ANGMOR ON THE WAY. AND I DIDN'T SEE HIM. ARGH. stupid tetris.

mrt-ed all the way to jurong point to shop./ and i realised, when you're mrt-ing with friends, time factor doesn't matter alot. we were talking so enthusiastically that i had wished the ride could go on for abit longer.

but seriously, it's so good there at jurong point!!! enjoyed my time there la. shopped aimlessly and looked at shoes, sports, and I SAW THE BAG I BOUGHT. was struggling of whether to buy it or not. quite MAN, that's what they said, but it was everything i wanted in a bag! lols! so, DON'T CARE I JUST BUY.

and psst, xinying, DAKINE IS A GOOD BRAND. LOLS! i'll prove it to you when you're online;D

reached home at about 10+ and did some theory. i think i'm going to go miss chong's place tonight and help her with her wallpaper. hahaa!

2008? NOT.

hahha! i'm just back from my sleepover! it's so fun i wondered it really did ever happen to me before. HEY WE SHOULD DO IT AGAIN SOMETIME! WOOTS!

so here's the thing. LOLS. i left at 8 plus to isabel's, just minutes earlier from my LITTLE NYONYA. NICENICE! then we went to discuss POA, and watched behind the scenes of HSM3 while Shuhui goes back home to makan. ahaha. it's just so incredible; she just saw the last part of the BTS where they are shooting 'high school musical' and graduating and stuffs. SHUHUI CRIED. lols ok verge of crying/ hahaha! wonder how hard she will cry when she watched the whole movie. and she just told me she REGRETTED for not tagging with us to watch HSM3.

went to the countdown, gabriel tagged along with us too. it's kind of silly; we just went down to countdown and we were back home in less than 30minutes. lols to the hell with countdowns-.- my stomach wasn't feeling well and i ate supper and drank hot chocolate. YUMMY. then we chatted in isabel's room for a long time, before me and shuhui went bathing TOGETHER at about 2 in the morning. 3rd time i bathed with her. the last was sec3 camp, i remember. haha. isabel's toilet was full of shower products that we actually chose our shower gel and shampoo.

then we watched my new HSM2 dance deluxe edition and BTS on the computer. SO FUNNY CANS. exceptme and isabel have to come up from bed to and fro to the computer to press selections-.- shuhui was simply too slow to react and was wasting time. AHAHAH. then we watched wang lee hom at 4 while that PIG SHUHUI gave up and slept like a PIG. lols we even said to cut her hair into lee hom style and blah. but she's just as dead as a log. LOLS i should have captured her face>.< me and isabel slept at 6 when the sun was beginning to rise and lighting up the sky, and when shuhui has FINISHED sleeping. got disturbed by her for a little while, but our preservarence stood and soon she was as soundly asleep as us too. woke up at almost 9 then went meeting my parents for breakfast and new year shopping. isabel and shuhui tagged along too:D

we went to breakfast at AMK there. sighs, the quality really drop le lor. quite disappointed. then we went to the big big this fashion at sun plaza, shopped for my new year clothes, but to no avail. my sis bought a shirt though, I THINK. but we had lots of fun. at one time we went in to one fitting room with one halter neck each. SO DIFFICULT TO WEAR CANS. and it was so funny we laughed and laughed and laughed in the fitting room. then we tried a few more pieces of clothes then BLAH. went popular and realised i really wanted a copy of MARLEY AND ME for my own. sighs. TOMORROW IS THE DUE DATE AND I HAVEN'T READ FINISH. I STILL HAVE BOOKS THAT ALREADY EXCEEDED THEIR DUE DATES. WTH.

went to sembawang shopping centre and decided that we don't want to wait for the long queue for free parking and went woodlands centre instead. bought new year stuffs, i like the shorts, but realised the top didn't suit me well after i tried it at home just now. just hope she will let us change into something better ba. WILL SHE EVEN REMEMBER US?! LOLS i don't even know when i should go and change my stuffs. zzz. SO MA FAN. i just wish to stay at home during the CNY hols watching tv and sleeping and blah. it's like the same la, visiting and all, just that this time there's more food, angpaos, and more pretty clothes donned. but i don't give a single damn about clothes. zzz. so frustrating that i have to find clothes i like, and at the same time suitable for the ocasion and whatever. blah. I DON'T KNOW LA.

shopped for shoes after that and didn't managed to get anything at all. but me and isabe; and shuhui fooled around in sheng siong while my parents were grocery shopping. there's wang lee hom's new album being played and isabel literally went crazy. IT WAS SO FUN LA! my 2009 started with a blast, and i just hoped it will keep on blasting. ahahaha! tootles!