C'est la Vie

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Inspiration



Damn, I love CrossFit.
Will join the PushMore games next year for sure.

Speaking of the World Cup...

Forza Italia!!

I've always supported the Azzurri's.
This started way back in A' Level's, during the 2000 Euro Cup.
Stuck with them since then.

Anyhoo, am not here to talk about football per se.
It's just that the previous World Cup bagged me a bf, which now is an ex- it was a bet he lost (to me). We met entirely through the world wide web.
'Twas an interesting avenue to have met someone.
It's a shame our personalities weren't compatible.

That's it.
End of post.

Off to Jakarta for work.
Am very thankful for my once-in-a-while jet-setting job.

Speaking of Jakarta, I'll miss my big boss very much.
She's been promoted to MD of the agency there.

For Dad

Since I won't be around to celebrate Father's Day next Sunday, I brought it forward and decided to cook dad a hearty meal- Chicken Pot Pie and Italian Herb Bread.

Haven't cooked for sometime but everything turned out yummy!
Dad even had seconds =)

Took the pictures with my mobile phone while cooking.
'Twas aqite a feat.

This Is Me



I think this picture represents me in a lot of ways.

Mid-length shot of the body, downwards:
I've not fully accepted the way I look nor do I always love myself.

Awesome-pawsome stripey thigh high stockings:
Deep down, I seek for attention but it doesn't necessarily manifests itself as shouting, "Look at me! Look at me!" loudly.

Slightly oversized feet rocking the black heels:
I don't always fit into society's mould and sometimes feel out of place.

Awkward placement of the feet:
Another aspect of me wanting to differentiate myself from the masses.

Black tutu skirt:
My feminine self. Or me wanting to be anyway...

Position of hands:
Coz I don't do feminine too well- most of the time a bit 'cha boh' la. (Cannot 'zhou kong' mah).

And lastly, my self-written description:
If you knew me, you'd say the same too =)

note to self:

I am not here on a popularity contest.

I'm here to work and to push boundaries and to soar.

Finish. Full stop. Back to work.

No One Else Will

"You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love— who you really are. And have the courage to do that.

I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams."

- Oprah Winfrey

#4

This is super random.

At work today, the thought of #4 crossed my mind.
He would have to be someone who's into CrossFit.

Why?
Because I spend what's left of my waking hours in PushMore- I go there like 5 times a week and run every Sunday morning.

So, if I'm ever gonna 'spend time' with him, it might as well be at PushMore, doing the WOD.
Hah! How romantic.

I'm not gonna give PM up for any guy, that's for sure.
Now, let's see if there's anyone there worth considering.

Nope.

Berry good.

Do Not Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise

Airplanes as Shooting Stars

Love the line from the song.



"Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now..."

- Airplane - B.o.B ft. Haley Williams

Mosaic

I love these.
Here's one of Spring.

Pleasant Surprise


I received an email notification that someone had sent me a message on FB.

That someone asked me out on a date.

I don't remember when this last happened.

=)

CA19.9



I just want to write this down lest I trivialise it and forget how it all started.

So, me and dad had our regular blood test done 2 Saturdays ago.
Last week, I received this weird email from him telling me that he's spent his whole life working hard to provide me with the best yidi-yada.
And I'm thinking, "Shits, is there something wrong with his health?"

On the contrary, it was mine that had gotten him all worked up.
He ended the email with, "Your blood test result for one marker is not good."
Aha! The dreaded 'C' word. [Cancer, if you've not caught on.]

You see, it's hereditary- on my dad's side:
Great grandparents- lung cancer
Grandad- lung cancer
Grandma- breast cancer
Uncle #3- pancreatic cancer
Uncle #2- lung + throat cancer
Uncle #1- colon + lung cancer

You can understand why dad was freaking out when he's gotten a fairly clean bill of health (only the usual cholesterol level etc) and then there was me, his precious daughter's cancer marker setting off the alarm bells.

CA19.9 - gall bladder, stomach, pancreas, colon

Last Saturday, I had my ultrasound done and all organs looked good (from the outside). So the doc had to do a little more probing.
Scheduled to do my endoscopy and colonoscopy today.

The preparation was horrendous. AND can't say it's all that pretty, in both the senses. The doc isn't very bright either. But let's see what the doc's meds can do for me. If after two weeks, my stomach/colon doesn't seem to get any better, I'll go seek for a second opinion.