// 2015: Collect Moments

Hello! A brand new year indeed. 2014 was epic with the new addition. The first half of the year, I lived next to my toilet bowl. Second half of the year, I felt great, loved my new growing belly and decided to just focus on myself with yoga and quiet me times. I still think it was because of yoga that my baby came out with just 3 pushes(!) I loved yoga and I miss it everyday.

The end of 2014 was pretty crazy with caring for a newborn on my own at home, and preparing for my sister's wedding. With all these, I haven't had the chance to sit down and think about getting my act together again. I want to see where my blog direction will head towards. Will I be another mommy blogger? We'll see.

For a start, my sweet hubby got me this spanking new Macbook Air to get me going, so that I can stay with beanie and still blog away.

Happy New Year all! Collecting moments will be my goal for this year and the years to come.

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Hello 2014!

2013's highs were very high and lows were super low. It was a big year for me personally. I hope 2014 will have more in store for me ... and, for us as a couple. I'd like to believe that the best is yet to come.

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To a new year - 2012

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Did you have a good time? I have been really busy with the family get-togethers, big meals, shopping for presents and decorating the home for the festive season. ... and with the blink of an eye 2011 came and went. Am pretty pleased with how it went.

It was not an easy year. It was a year of transitions. Ironically, I am with the Career Transition Team at work. We aim to facilitate a smoother transition for military personnel who are at the tail-end of their military career by organising Networking Events/Seminars to get them ready for the Corporate jungle. I also contributed (and still am!) articles to the bi-annual Career Transition magazine. It's a great feeling to have your articles published.

The hubz and I also finally got our own place to stay. It's fun but really tiring as well. There arent any more piping hot meals (thanks to mommy!) on the table when you get back home from work and we constantly have to think about household chores, being organised, meals.. things we took for granted before.

So! 2012 is here. It will be a big year with more transitions. I don't have any resolutions, but will attempt to accomplish some "goals" in my bucketlist within the next couple of years. One of which is to go for a design course.

*I'm totally ashamed of not updating my blog this past month. ... and I am not gonna make any excuses for it.

Re-cap 2010

I started following blogs on interior/design/photography in 2009 while planning for my wedding and 2010 started with me wanting more visual treats as, "... the more you see, the more your eye and taste evolves." I'm taking a quick look back over the past year, which has been relatively a big one imho, being married and all.

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Pantone color of 2010 {Turquoise}  

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Leggings were big in 2010

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Could NOT get over bib necklaces.

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Sophisticated mobile mini-bars.

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MORE DIY inspiration

Stay-cation in Ritz Carlton Singapore with the hubz to celebrate Valentine's Day that coincided with a super long weekend 'cos Chinese New Year.

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Got bangs.

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 Inspiration for our new apartment + SATC II

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On the career front, I was entrusted with new portfolio - corporate events. The above was the venue of one of my more successful events. 

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We bought a Canon DSLR for the hubz to explore his interest in photography.


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Went ga-ga over Eames chairs and managed to purchase a replica (!)

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Our long-awaited trip to visit my bestie in Austin, Texas. That's Lake Travis behind us.

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TONS of shopping at Texas outlets.

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San Francisco getaway for the weekend from Austin, TX 

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 Party planning inspiration. 2011 will see more parties in an effort to get our friends together more often.

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MORE inspiration for our new apartment. There is SO much to look forward to in 2011 including collection of keys for our new high-rise (39th floor) apartment! Be excited for us!

"Did you walk a path that wasn't yours?"

Have you ever felt that – without regret – you have chosen and are on the wrong path, and though you wish to be free of it, abandoning this road will cause much more chaos and hurt than staying on it? (Sue-Ann Marquis)

A friend of mine, M, posted a blog entry by Paulo Coelho on Facebook and now, I have bookmarked the blog. Sub-consciously I've always thought about my career - am I happy? am I feeling stretched here? where to next? and so on. But the last few days of 2010, especially after an introspective evening with ex-colleagues, I continued the self-examination and started thinking about changing the career path because I feel that I am not maximising my potential and to top it off, there's no progression. I do not want to just settle.

The hubz constantly reminds me that even though I was at jobs that do not pay that well, the experience I have gained is invaluable compared to individuals who have not left their comfort zone. But not exploring and working on my strengths is slowing eating into me and my greatest fear is a dead brain and a lost soul, living day to day just for the sake of ... stability.

So! This year, I am planning to take a course on Visual Communications for an introduction to software application, applying color, typography and so on. It's never too late to work on what you are passionate about. Following which, I hope I am able to stop procrastinating and do something about venturing out on my own.

So peeps, A Toast ... 

To Moving Away.

To Never Too Far.

To Growing Up.

To Settling Down.

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