It's the beginning of another new year!
I'm so looking forward to this new year... because...
FINALLY, predictions from famous geomancers (on tv, in newspapers, in emails etc) are in my favour! Muahahahaha....
Those born in the year of the Rooster are supposed to have wealth, career and most importantly, ROMANCE this year! Well, to play it safe, I bought a pot of cherry blossoms (桃花) this year... now, all I need is to wait for my 桃花 to 开花! I am so excited...
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Sunday, January 13, 2008
A Big Welcome to the New (Old) Zo
11 months and 20 days... that's how long it's been since I've embarked on the journey of redressing the injustice I've brought upon myself. Call it self-deceit or comfort, for a long long time, I didn't realise I was losing control over my indulgence in food. After all, at the very least, my social life was not affected or so I thought.
Well, the alarm rang when Steph, my bestest pal, announced her marriage plans. It was time to wake up from my idea. Like it or not, I had to do something about my expanding waistline, hipline, jawline etc. Gosh... I didn't realise how much I had ballooned until I compared these pictures...
Zo @ 2 July 2004
Zo @31 Mar 2006
OMG... why didn't anyone tell me?
14 Jan 2007. The day where I decided to dump all my bad eating habits and unhealthy lifestyle. From then now, it's gonna be just exercise and vegetables in my life. Ha. The vegetable part was just a joke. Heh.
I was serious about the exercise part though. I signed up with Planet fitness the very next week and devoted myself to at least gyming 3 times a week. Wow... it was though, really... starting on my exercise regime after stopping for 2 years. I suffered from muscle aches every time after hitting the gym. There were times where I had to bite my lips to put up with leg cramps after standing on the bus during my journey home from Suntec. After a tired and strenous 3 months, I managed to see some results. I lost 4kg!
Before I could raise my fabulous arms to shout "Victory", I was told I had to fly to the US for a business trip in 2 weeks time. Argh. There couldn't be a worse timing. I knew myself too well. I could never discipline myself to work out at the hotel's gym and keep my fingers off the sinful food there...
I put back another 2kg after 2 business trips to US. God. I was filled with guilt and on the verge of breaking down as I looked at the weighing scale. This is so wrong. I chided myself endlessly even though I knew it wouldn't help matters.
The turning point of my life came when one of my close colleague suggest I try going for slim wraps at her mum's place. She herself lost 4kg from it in 3 months. Well, I guess there's no harm giving it a try. After all, other than the excess weight I have, what else do I have to lose?
My maiden wrap turned out to be a horrific experience. The wrapping part was ok (I felt like a piece of honey baked ham though) but it was the heat of the hot blanket that was totally unbearable. My heart started pounding really fast and my entire body felt like it was burning. Aunty (my colleague's mum) finally released me from my ordeal after 40 minutes. The first question she asked me was "So how? Do you think you still wanna go on?" I hesitated for a moment. I doubted if I will ever have the willpower to go on. I don't know what got into me (perhaps I was still feeling griddy from the wrap) but I actually replied Aunty with a loud and clear, "Yes, of course!".
That answer spun off another round of change in my life. I had to knock off at 5 sharp during weekdays because I had to rush to Aunty's place for my treatment. All social life was pushed to weekends, after my morning treatment sessions. Even though I had a lot less time after starting my treatment sessions, I was able to minimise impact to my social life by planning back to back appointments.
Times of peace didn't last long though. My on time departure at the office finally caught my boss' attention and that was enough to make her feel that I had simply too much time to spare. I got loaded with a lot more work and started having a hard time juggling between work, wraps and social life. I had to participate in conference calls in the midst of my wrapping sessions and log on to complete outstanding work from home up till 1 am in the morning. To make matters worse, my savings were depleting at almost 10 times the rate of my weight loss. I wanted to give up yet was reluctant to because I already had gone this far. I fell into a state of depression.
Fortunately, Aunty didn't give up on me. She and another customer of hers (of whom became my friend cum comrade in the battle against obesity) kept me going with lots of encouragement. Thanks to them, the old Zo's back! YES!
Zo@ 29 Dec 2007
Well, the alarm rang when Steph, my bestest pal, announced her marriage plans. It was time to wake up from my idea. Like it or not, I had to do something about my expanding waistline, hipline, jawline etc. Gosh... I didn't realise how much I had ballooned until I compared these pictures...
Zo @ 2 July 2004
Zo @31 Mar 2006
OMG... why didn't anyone tell me?
14 Jan 2007. The day where I decided to dump all my bad eating habits and unhealthy lifestyle. From then now, it's gonna be just exercise and vegetables in my life. Ha. The vegetable part was just a joke. Heh.
I was serious about the exercise part though. I signed up with Planet fitness the very next week and devoted myself to at least gyming 3 times a week. Wow... it was though, really... starting on my exercise regime after stopping for 2 years. I suffered from muscle aches every time after hitting the gym. There were times where I had to bite my lips to put up with leg cramps after standing on the bus during my journey home from Suntec. After a tired and strenous 3 months, I managed to see some results. I lost 4kg!
Before I could raise my fabulous arms to shout "Victory", I was told I had to fly to the US for a business trip in 2 weeks time. Argh. There couldn't be a worse timing. I knew myself too well. I could never discipline myself to work out at the hotel's gym and keep my fingers off the sinful food there...
I put back another 2kg after 2 business trips to US. God. I was filled with guilt and on the verge of breaking down as I looked at the weighing scale. This is so wrong. I chided myself endlessly even though I knew it wouldn't help matters.
The turning point of my life came when one of my close colleague suggest I try going for slim wraps at her mum's place. She herself lost 4kg from it in 3 months. Well, I guess there's no harm giving it a try. After all, other than the excess weight I have, what else do I have to lose?
My maiden wrap turned out to be a horrific experience. The wrapping part was ok (I felt like a piece of honey baked ham though) but it was the heat of the hot blanket that was totally unbearable. My heart started pounding really fast and my entire body felt like it was burning. Aunty (my colleague's mum) finally released me from my ordeal after 40 minutes. The first question she asked me was "So how? Do you think you still wanna go on?" I hesitated for a moment. I doubted if I will ever have the willpower to go on. I don't know what got into me (perhaps I was still feeling griddy from the wrap) but I actually replied Aunty with a loud and clear, "Yes, of course!".
That answer spun off another round of change in my life. I had to knock off at 5 sharp during weekdays because I had to rush to Aunty's place for my treatment. All social life was pushed to weekends, after my morning treatment sessions. Even though I had a lot less time after starting my treatment sessions, I was able to minimise impact to my social life by planning back to back appointments.
Times of peace didn't last long though. My on time departure at the office finally caught my boss' attention and that was enough to make her feel that I had simply too much time to spare. I got loaded with a lot more work and started having a hard time juggling between work, wraps and social life. I had to participate in conference calls in the midst of my wrapping sessions and log on to complete outstanding work from home up till 1 am in the morning. To make matters worse, my savings were depleting at almost 10 times the rate of my weight loss. I wanted to give up yet was reluctant to because I already had gone this far. I fell into a state of depression.
Fortunately, Aunty didn't give up on me. She and another customer of hers (of whom became my friend cum comrade in the battle against obesity) kept me going with lots of encouragement. Thanks to them, the old Zo's back! YES!
Zo@ 29 Dec 2007
Monday, November 12, 2007
A break from work, finally!
The Deepavali holiday that just passed set me off with the plan for a long break. Thursday's Deepavali, Friday's company holiday, then it's the weekends and I'm on leave on Monday and Tuesday! Woohoo~
I'm enjoying myself so much that my brain and body's giving me bold hints of staying at home- FOREVER. Haha. Illusion-. Quit my job and stay at home, eat grass meh?
Looking back, what have I actually achieved during these 4 years of working life? Argh. Shit. I'm not gonna start getting all melancholic again. I was supposed to be feeling happy about the break! Back to being happy. Hahahahahaha. Laughter, the best medicine. Hahahahaha. Hahahahaha. Hahahahaha. HAHAHAHAHA. HAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA. Alright, enough nonsense.
Gosh, this break's gonna be filled up with loads of personal activities. Facials, hair cut, gym crashing, agressive food controls, ample rest and staying cheerful and positive. Basically it's all about looking pretty! Steph's big day's this coming Sunday, barely 7 days away. It seemed like it was just yesterday when both of us fantasized about what it's like to fall in love, get married and start a family... Gosh, can't believe she's actually "realising" last stage of what was our "fantasy" in just a week's time! *shudders*
At this point, usually, I mean, USUALLY, whenever I start talking about other people's happiness, I would move on to start lamenting about how I am leading a "happiness-LESS" life... Haha. Well, I guess I'm changing the plot today. Hm. Call it the lack of faith, or the other extreme of having complete faith (that whatever is destined to happen will happen). Somehow, it doesn't bother me as much anymore. I have to admit, learning about several failed marriages and relationships recently made me apprehensive in getting into one. So scary. I guess I'm not that ready after all. Sigh.
Alamak, I'm past my beauty sleep bedtime (again).
The Deepavali holiday that just passed set me off with the plan for a long break. Thursday's Deepavali, Friday's company holiday, then it's the weekends and I'm on leave on Monday and Tuesday! Woohoo~
I'm enjoying myself so much that my brain and body's giving me bold hints of staying at home- FOREVER. Haha. Illusion-. Quit my job and stay at home, eat grass meh?
Looking back, what have I actually achieved during these 4 years of working life? Argh. Shit. I'm not gonna start getting all melancholic again. I was supposed to be feeling happy about the break! Back to being happy. Hahahahahaha. Laughter, the best medicine. Hahahahaha. Hahahahaha. Hahahahaha. HAHAHAHAHA. HAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA. Alright, enough nonsense.
Gosh, this break's gonna be filled up with loads of personal activities. Facials, hair cut, gym crashing, agressive food controls, ample rest and staying cheerful and positive. Basically it's all about looking pretty! Steph's big day's this coming Sunday, barely 7 days away. It seemed like it was just yesterday when both of us fantasized about what it's like to fall in love, get married and start a family... Gosh, can't believe she's actually "realising" last stage of what was our "fantasy" in just a week's time! *shudders*
At this point, usually, I mean, USUALLY, whenever I start talking about other people's happiness, I would move on to start lamenting about how I am leading a "happiness-LESS" life... Haha. Well, I guess I'm changing the plot today. Hm. Call it the lack of faith, or the other extreme of having complete faith (that whatever is destined to happen will happen). Somehow, it doesn't bother me as much anymore. I have to admit, learning about several failed marriages and relationships recently made me apprehensive in getting into one. So scary. I guess I'm not that ready after all. Sigh.
Alamak, I'm past my beauty sleep bedtime (again).
Sunday, August 19, 2007
It rained almost the entire afternoon. What a good day for lazing around and doing nothing. Was supposed to meet Piggy in the evening but I guess the cool weather made both us re-consider meeting up.
Took a nap in the afternoon. Wow. Haven't had the luxury for afternoon naps for a long long time. It was so nice. A friend asked me how I could sleep at such weird hours. Doesn't my biological clock work? Haha. Well, I couldn't answer that.
I'm having mixed feelings again.
Am supposed to be on leave tomorrow and the day after but somehow I don't feel excited or happy at all. Guess it's all because I have a conference call in the morning with SZB (Siao Za Bor, trust me, she is really siao) and another one at night, with some US people. Argh. A nice day ruined!
Lord, I continue to pray everyday for either that SZB to be taken away from me or for me to be taken away from her.
Took a nap in the afternoon. Wow. Haven't had the luxury for afternoon naps for a long long time. It was so nice. A friend asked me how I could sleep at such weird hours. Doesn't my biological clock work? Haha. Well, I couldn't answer that.
I'm having mixed feelings again.
Am supposed to be on leave tomorrow and the day after but somehow I don't feel excited or happy at all. Guess it's all because I have a conference call in the morning with SZB (Siao Za Bor, trust me, she is really siao) and another one at night, with some US people. Argh. A nice day ruined!
Lord, I continue to pray everyday for either that SZB to be taken away from me or for me to be taken away from her.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Signs that travels are getting too FREQUENT:
1. I stop unpacking. Why bother taking stuff out when you gotta put them back in again soon?
2. Mummy stops buying 4D based on my flight numbers.
3. Ah Bui stops grumbling about me messing up the house.
4. Rara starts to snare in my attempts to stroke her.
5. SMSes from friends often start with- Are you in Singapore?
1. I stop unpacking. Why bother taking stuff out when you gotta put them back in again soon?
2. Mummy stops buying 4D based on my flight numbers.
3. Ah Bui stops grumbling about me messing up the house.
4. Rara starts to snare in my attempts to stroke her.
5. SMSes from friends often start with- Are you in Singapore?
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Jet Lag Jet Lag...
Whoever said one will not suffer from terrible jet lag after coming back home is lying. I am suffering from serious jet lag. Can't keep my eyes open after lunch and am totally awake when the clock hits 9pm. This is so torturous.