Okay, I'm feeling pretty delirious and I'm trying to come up with a coherent entry.

I think I'm sick again, scratch that. I'M SICK. What am I talking about? What is the doctor talking about when she took my thermometer and it only showed 36.5 degrees when I'm freezing in her office, with every inch of my skin covered in goosepimples?! I took a cab home, don't think I can survive the hour odd bus-ride home. I kept moving around in the cab, sitting in the left seat with my jacket that could usually keep me warm, sitting in the right seat before finally sprawling across the entire backseat. My body was really torching up and so did the area where I sat at. =(

I think if someone puts their hands like 5cm away from my arm, they can feel the heat being emitted. =\

Omygawd. I think I'm hallucinating - I was showering in the bathroom and I thought I heard my SMS ringtone go off. I came out and realised that there's no new SMS on my phone. =\

Power trips twice in a day, yay funfunfun! NOT. Not so fun when you're battling time to finish up every bit of task that's got the word "RESPONSIBILITY" stamped on it. Everything must get done! Go Kelly, go!

Speaking of power trips, because of that, we had to turn off our TVs for the day in an attempt to isolate the problem. I finally had a taste of the office life. I don't think I'm cut out for it. =X I was barely surviving on my iPod (which was playing sleep-inducing songs on shuffle mode! $#*&!).

To anyone who wants to get abs fast - Get sick. Even better if you suffer from coughing fits. Give it 2 weeks of coughing fits and I assure you of your abs.

Right now, I'm waiting for my jellies (remember the old skool ones housed in the cone shaped plastic containers?) to freeze up so I can pop it into my mouth. I can't believe I actually even thought of it when I'm feeling so ill!

Dear guardian angels, if you're reading this: Please bless me a speedy recovery. Thankyewverymuch.

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Something I would like to stick in my blog to be a constant reminder:

Today I Will Make A Difference
Today I will make a difference. I will begin by controlling my thoughts. A person is the product of their thoughts. I want to be happy and hopeful. Therefore, I will have thoughts that are happy and hopeful. I refuse to be victimized by my circumstances. I will not let petty inconveniences such as stoplights, long lines, and traffic jams be my masters. I will avoid negativism and gossip. Optimism will be my companion, and victory will be my hallmark. Today I will make a difference.

I will be grateful for the twenty-four hours that are before me. Time is a precious commodity. I refuse to allow what little time I have to be contaminated by self-pity, anxiety, or boredom. I will face this day with the joy of a child and the courage of a giant. I will drink each minute as though it is my last. When tomorrow comes, today will be gone forever. While it is here, I will use it for loving and giving. Today I will make a difference.

I will not let past failures haunt me. Even though my life is scarred with mistakes, I refuse to rummage through my trash heap of failures. I will admit them. I will correct them. I will press on. Victoriously. No failure is fatal. It's OK to stumble - I will get up. It's OK to fail - I will rise again. Today I will make a difference.

I will spend time with those I love. My spouse, my children, my family. A man can own the world but be poor for the lack of love. A man can own nothing and yet be wealthy in relationships. Today I will spend at least five minutes with the significant people in my world. Five quality minutes of talking or hugging or thanking or listening. Five undiluted minutes with my mate, children, and friends.

Today I will make a difference.

I went to the gym during lunchtime just now. Did my run, weights and stretching as usual and I hit the showers. When I came out, I went to my locker to retrieve my stuff and this girl came up to me and said, "You have a body to die for"

That comment totally made my day! :) It's not very common that someone would walk up to a total stranger and pay a compliment in our society, is it? Then we made small talk about exercise, food intake and even skincare! Hahaha... Now I have another familiar face to say hi to when I work out in the gym! :)

Dist: 3km
Timing: 16:46

Lomo-loving!

I finally got my lomo pictures taken in Hainan developed... :) Here are the ones I like!

I had a great weekend :)

Saturday didn't work out as what we've planned, but it's still good (which I believe having internal locus of control is the key). Met Mag in town and we sat down with our beverages and had a conversation in between mouthfuls of freshly baked apple pies lovingly prepared by my mum. :) We checked out recipe books with tantalising pictures, self-help books and language guides, and Mag was trying to pronounce phrases. Hahaha, funfunfun! :) We also walked around Wisma after that and I'm really amazed that we didn't buy anything! Dinner was Japanese noodles for us, and I like our bare-soul conversations :) No judgments, just a pair of listening ears and a heart that knows exactly how to handle each other's feelings. We walked around a lil bit more before we decided to call it a day, sit down and grab a drink before we went on our separate ways. Next meet-up will be for our girly-girl movie Sex & the City! :)

I just got back from watching Ironman with my secondary school friend, and I really enjoyed the movie! This has got to be one of the better superheroes movie I've seen. I love Tony Stark's cockiness and his wit. He's just so charismatic and we all love a-bad-boy-gone-somewhat-good story, right? In short, I had a great dinner, awesome company and I don't think I can ask for more :)

These are my simplest pleasures in life :)

Overdue entry

You can either be a daddy's girl or a mama's girl, but you can't be both. So you cling on to the one you think you'll lose.

I'm a mummy's girl without a doubt. Throughout the years, she had shown her love for me via many ways. When I was in primary school, she made me miss my school bus and I had to walk to school because I waited till the last minute to finish my homework. I was crying on my way to school feeling miserable for myself, and I saw her following me from a distance, darting from pillar to pillar underneath the void decks to make sure I'm safe from the corner of my eye. She came up to me only after I walked quite a while, drying my tears and telling me that it's important for me to get my homework done before going to school. I guess I learnt my lesson the hard way.

When she was overseas for her attachment/ exchange programme in UK, she always sent back postcards to us and when my birthday was approaching, she sent back a Winnie the Pooh bear (my favourite cartoon character back then) necklace and a birthday card to me. In secondary school, she bought everything I needed and wanted. She takes care of me when I'm sick. She let me make my own decisions regarding my choice of studies, and always supported me in whatever I want to do (despite nagging me about my choice of CCA in poly due to injuries). She used to be an authoritarian figure in my life, but now she's slowly becoming my friend, someone whom I can poke fun and irritate and I know she'll love me all the same. What touched me was that she kept this particular Happy Mother's Day card I made for her when I was back in kindergarten!

I love spending Saturdays with her where we'll go different places for lunch and walk around a bit before going to my granny's place. I love creeping into her room and sleeping beside her, it makes me feel like a little child all over again. I love it when she whips up yummy food :)

She's the bank overflowing with love, someone whom I can deposit my rants and worries. She's my mother and I love her :)

*Are you reading this mummy?*

My sister has been bugging me to update, so here i am!

My nose has been stuck in John Assaraf's "Having it All" these days ever since I found it in my bookshelf recently. I got it from Borders before I went for my Hainan trip, but I left it behind somehow but that doesn't matter now since I've picked it up again. :)

If you've read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, this book will seem familiar as it expands on the idea of the law of attraction. It's pretty easy to read and understand and it reinforces the ideas that I already have. I love this book for its many awesome quotes and positive affirmations for reference. It also shows that everything that's ever created in physical form, begins in the mind first (So now you know positive thinking really helps!). There are chapters dedicated to guide you in finding the ever elusive "true north" in life by asking you to take time to be truthful to yourself and answer questions as explicitly as possible. After all, when you want something badly, the whole universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Maybe reading the description of the book will be a push factor for you to pick up this book:
Our schools and parents teach us only a small fraction of what we need to learn in order to reach our true potential and achieve success. The rest we must learn through our own trials and tribulations. 'Street kid' John Assaraf broke free from a troubled past to create a multi-million dollar empire. In Having it All, Assaraf tells of his discovery that, no matter what kind of difficult circumstances someone happens to be in at any one time, he or she can achieve whatever they want in life. By combining old-world wisdom and street-smart tactics, Assaraf created the life of his dreams.

Hainan Trip [Part 5]

Now for day 5 of the trip! Finally had the time to blog since I'm at home on a workday... I'm terribly sick. This is my 3rd trip to the doctor, and I've been prescribed with stronger antibiotics, cough medication and *gasp* mild steroids (last resort). My heart was beating very fast earlier on and it was kinda hard for me to stay asleep throughout my nap.. furthermore, I felt like my whole body was burning up! =( Anyway... back to the trip...

After breakfast, we're off on the road again! We stopped by Yalang bay's (亚龙湾) beach and had a short morning walk :) The bay is touted as Hawaii of Hainan as it's blessed with warm tropical climate all year round with a constant winter temperature of above 20 degrees celsius. :) Love the clear water and the cooling breeze!


Mum & Dad

Kelda & I


The stalls that led the way to the beach... all hawking the usual stuff, pearl necklaces, accessories and the list goes on...


Sinking my toes in the sand and sea :)

Did I mention that I was happily walking barefooted on the beach when something sharp pierced into my sole? =( major ouch! I immediately put on my slippers again to prevent more avoidable injuries. it didnt really hurt until night time =( and guess what, I endured that pain all the way till we're back in SG..


Adeline and Kelda. *pssst* Kelda's head is always tilted to one side because it's heavy. I wonder what's in it... *hiakhiakhiak!*


People enjoying themselves building sculptures on those buried in the sand, can you make out whats on the guy? ;)


Marie at the beach


Kate-Rose's turn!


Sunshine boy, Jeremy hahaha!


Us jumping. This is gonna be a signature pose for all my trips from now on!

We walked around abit and I saw this shop selling shades and I was drawn to it. Pulled my sisters and my mum into the shop and all of us walked out with a pair! Damn cheap! I can't remember the price now, but it's cheaper by Singapore standards. =D



Now we're on a long journey back to Haikou... While everyone's resting, I'm around snapping pictures. =D
PEOPLE, please give me an undisclosed amount (really, it's negotiable) if you want your pictures to be taken off hahaha!





Next tourist destination of the day: Dongshan Ridge.
The plan is to take the cable lift all the way to the top and then walk down from there...


On the cable-lift with Kelila. As you know, I have a fear of heights and I can't really bring myself to smile. The wind was strong and the cable lift was swaying! =(


Mum and Keller in front, my mum is always filming the whole trip! Ask her to film the lady explaining the different uses for different types of tea and she doesn't want to do it! %$%~! That's more important than filming frivously nothing in particular!

We passed by these cool rocks. These two rocks are located at the edge of the cliffs, but strangely enough they wouldn't fall off. If people were to try to push these rocks off, it will not budge but if the wind blows, it will sway! These are the... 飞来石 if I'm not wrong :) There are many located all over the world.. there's one in Cambodia if I didn't recall wrongly...



Some scenery along the way... Some taken by my sister because... I was getting freaked out hahaha





Once we reached the top:


Good luck for all the people who steps on the stone, it was damn hard to get a picture of us all because of the MLs. *shrugs* So there you go, 2 of them in the picture. And yes, ALL of them love wearing Hawaiian clothes!




Kate was here!

Not writing much about the place because it's really just scenery and temples. Had my fortune read and it was quite amazing, telling me the exact same thing that another fortune teller said many years ago when my mum went to consult about our fortune. In short, life is good, like you need me to explain any further? hahaha!

On our way back to Haikou, here's my crazy uncle with two watermelons!


He was telling us to study hard so we can be like him... BTW, he's a senior consultant at some PR/ Advertising firm... he works only like 10 days in a month and earns 2K for that amount of time.. WOAH! Yes uncle, i'll study hard... you da inspiration! :) He also told us alot of jokes (some dirty ones as well hahaha), pretty awesome for an uncle by my standards :)


If I'm not wrong, this picture was taken outside the restaurant where we had our lunch :) This is a 梅花! :)

So yup.. we reached Haikou's WuGong Ci, built to commemorate the 5 historic figures who were banished to Hainan province in Tand and Song Dynasty...


It was cold when we got down the bus (unexpected since the past few nights at other locations weren't cold at all), thank god I had my adidas sweater! It kept me feeling warm :) *blissful smile* I think Marie's enjoying the cold!








Wear and tear...


Jeremy kor, the cam whore with the spring in the background


Ditto


I don't know about you but i love this picture :)

After that, it was dinner at the hotel that we'll be staying for the night :) We're located near shopping centres, but we didn't manage to do much shopping =( Then we went back to the hotel to meet our relatives for one last time...


People seen playing table-tennis from our room.. training for Beijing 2008?


Do you know a pizza cost like 1/5 of their salary? No wonder their eyes popped out of their sockets when we bought these pizzas to share... Once again, I'm feeling very blessed to be born in SIngapore...







Pictures with our cousin xingwei :) I've added her on msn but I haven't seen her come online yet! I've always wanted to practise typing in Chinese with her... =P








One last group photo... =)

Oh yah.. guess what we found!! so many CJ7s!! :D








All changed and ready to head home tomorrow!

Then it was party-time in one of our cousins' room =D KFC (so missed!) and Pizza Hut and tons of fruits... *yumyum!*






Kelda logging on MSN to chat! =D


Look who's asleep....



I think we made too much noise and got complained, so we had to watch our volume... So yeah... uncle was talking about his will yadayada... but I'm just grateful for this sponsored trip :)

More soon!