Woke up early this morning to swim. Had so much trouble trying to wake up, battling whether I should leave this to yet another morning. And when I finally got my lazy ass out of bed, had my sausage rolls and milk for breakfast, applied my sunscreen and packed my bags, headed down to Tampines swimming complex, only to find out that the whole place had been booked for a private event.

Sigh.

But I will be heading there again tomorrow morning, hopefully I'll be able to wake up much earlier. And after a nice long swim, I'll get my groceries from Cold Storage and make my first meal of the holiday! Found a nice seafood recipe from Masterchef and I can't wait to try it out!!!


Luv,
Zhujun

Cookouts

Just had lunch over at my Grandma's and was watching Discovery Travel And Living while eating my bowl of porridge. Donna Hay's Fast, Fresh & Simple was on air. Watching her create her chicken pies and mozzarella tomatoes made me realise how much I missed cooking. I've been saying how I wanted to fully utilise my kitchen after moving out of hall but I haven't got down to it because something was missing. To be honest I haven't done anything remotely close to whipping up a decent meal (Unless you think warming up bread or instant noodles count). 

But today as I was watching her shred basil leaves, rolling pastry and toasting tomatoes, it just hit me. I WANT to start cooking. I am this close to heading down to Kinokuniya to get one of her books because I just felt so inspired by her cooking. It's a tad bit difficult now because I'm juggling 2 jobs, driving lessons, tons of chores, Arts Camp and Arts Bash. But I'll definitely find the time because watching her move so smoothly around in the kitchen, I think I found my inspiration to cook again. I hope I'll be able to fill this blog with entries about my cooking adventures, and hopefully be able to multi-task and snap some decent shots while cooking. This is all so exciting:)

Luv,

Zhujun

3 weeks into summer break and I feel that there is finally some sort of order in my life. I know I always talk about space and my own freedom to wake up in the morning and do whatever I want, but honestly, I like order in my life because I feel in control of my time. Having my schedule all messed up freaks me out, not planning freaks me out. I am so strange. I'm slowly adjusting to life in the East and I'm lapping it up.

My bank account is looking healthy again, been trying really hard not to spend on things I don't need. Everytime there's a new collection launch, I tell myself I'm going to get it so much cheaper in Bangkok. I am so frugal now, so proud:D

On a side note, I've also learnt to take things by my stride, view everything with an open heart, and to lower the bar of my expectations. Because honestly speaking, I take life too seriously and when shit happens I find myself suffering more than I'm supposed to. So yeah, everything is bright and cheery now. It's funny how things that happened in the past find their way back to you. I don't want to jinx anything but I really think I'll see brighter days. I feel like all the shit that I've been put through was worth it because what I have infront of me now is so much worth the wait. They're right when they say good things are worth the wait.

Faturday is in Genting right now, and I know they'll be having so much fun. It sucks that my mum still thinks I'm like a 5 year old and I need males to protect me. But okay, I won't complain because at least I still have my Bangkok trip in July.

Work has been fun, especially with Ella around, I feel like times flows faster. I can't wait for the Ubin trip and possibly USS and a staycation. Don't know if my pocket can support all of my frivolous activities. And also ZhiQi will be coming back in July and I want to treat her to a nice buffet because my dear girl as been so deprived of seafood and I miss her so much.

The holidays can only get better:)

Luv,

Zhujun

Sloth

Every day has been lazy. Waking up long after my mum has switched the air conditioner off, rolling around in my comfy sheets till they're no longer cold before I wake up. Time passes without myself noticing. Working really hard before my trip to Bangkok because my bank account is a joke right now so come visit me at LICK!!!!

In other news, I have moved to greener pastures^^

Steady up!

Made the most impromptu decision (thus far) in my life yesterday night while working at LICK. This morning saw me checking out the flights and I'll be flying to Bangkok with Ashlyn, Katie, Jing Shen and Chang Yi in July! Hello dirt cheap food and clothes! Time to spend money like a King:) Until then I'm going to scrimp and save for the next 2 months or so, and working my ass off!

I finally moved out of hall too. It's been a good one year in TH, but I'm still so damn glad to be home, nothing beats having my own space, especially when it's going to be all done up nicely. I'm starting to see results here and there:) Exciting mini room project:) Moving out of hall has also sped up many processes, and I'm so thankful for that because I need this 3 month break to be a good one without my mind wondering off to other stuff.

But but but, I miss Faturday so much, even though I only saw them last week. Awesome bunch of people I met in hall :') Thank God Ella and Van will be working with me at LICK. Don't know how I'll survive not seeing those 2 especially:) I also miss Beans alot, been looking at her photographs and smiling to myself like an idiot. THOSE PAWS!!!

Exciting things happening in the background, but I only know to well not to expect too much.
Have a great week ahead!!!



Luv.