"He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends."

The Bat, the Birds and the Beasts


A great conflict was about to come off between the Birds and the Beasts.   When the two armies were collected together the Bat hesitated which to join. The Birds that passed his perch said: "Come with us"; but he said: "I am a Beast." Later on, some Beasts who were passing underneath him looked up and said: "Come with us"; but he said: "I am a Bird." Luckily at the last moment peace was made, and no battle took place, so the Bat came to the Birds and wished to join in the rejoicings, but they all turned against him and he had to fly away. He then went to the Beasts, but soon had to beat a retreat, or else they would have torn him to pieces. "Ah," said the Bat, "I see now, 
 "He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends."

A short break, finally

To start off my post, here's a pic of me from my hiatus! 

This year started off really well for me and I can't wait to see what else is in store for me.

Started my year going back to school (boring!!) and celebrating daddy's birthday.

Also, THEO IS BACK FROM AUSSIE!!

Took mc today just for her so I can skip class and hang out with her the whole of today.

So after getting my mc, we met up and headed back to Swiss for fishbeehoon and went back to band + find Mr Hoon and Mr Terence Wong for a little while. -Not very little though.

Then after that, I brought her to Westgate + JEM because this girl has never been there before.

Spend the whole afternoon-night together and met up with John lim, Yanting and Eugene for dinner over at Bukit Timah Market Place after that before we called it a day.

Other than today, I've been mostly buried in my school work, assignments and more assignments.

I've got so much to do and so little time (honestly). And it's no longer about time management and shit. Also, I've been very very hardworking, putting in a lot into my assignments so I'm crossing my fingers, hoping it will all pay off.

Okay, abrupt ending, off to my assignments.

Lessons from 2013

This time, instead of my usual end of year post, I thought I would do something different and talk about what I'm grateful for this year, what I've learnt and how I want to improve myself. 

Because if you ask me to sum up my year for you, there wasn't much of any "event" (As this year for me, was pretty mundane. No big celebrations, no major exams, whatsoever). This year, if you ask me to sum it up, I would say, is the year of growth. Not that I am gonna stop growing physically or mentally after this year but I feel that this year I've really grown a lot (mentally) and also I'm not shy to say, I honestly have matured. (*very singlish tone* NOT ONLY I OWNSELF SAY ONE OK!!)

From working for Chloe to working for Joanne.

From a wish to a camry.

And so on, looking back at my photos, I see little minor changes that has happened within this past one year even though I feel like nothing much has changed/happened this year.

This year, I've went through minor ups and downs. But compared to the other years, this year wasn't so much of a roller coaster ride. However and very surprisingly, I've learnt more than ever before.

What I am thankful for this year:

• "Good" health: Not that I have been very healthy this year compared to the other years because I've gotten food poisoning just this month during my bali trip (will blog about it soon) but this year, I noticed I haven't coughed as much as I used to? Like normally I would start coughing and my cough would last for like 2-3 months and this year, except for minor cough once in awhile, I'm thankful my bronchitis didn't work up.
• Protection: Also, I am thankful for the protection. Protection over my family and myself. Whether is it protection from sickness, major accidents etc, I am thankful my grandparents, brothers and parents are still healthy and needless to say, around. 
• Provision: This, I must thank my friends around me for always reminding me how lucky I am whenever I forget once in awhile. I am thankful for the provision over my family. That we, (my family) still have the financial ability to get a new car, travel overseas and spend like how we spend normally. Basically being financially sufficient? (If that's the word lol)
• People: People who have stayed on. This year, instead of dedicating a section of my post to each and everyone of the people whom I am thankful for, for being in my life, and hopefully the rest of the years to come, I have decided to send a personal message to each of you (people I am thankful for) just like in the past. 
• Blessing: Thankful for the minnie mouse, thankful for the kenkan (that I NEVER thought I needed it but after receiving it, I realized I've been using it so very often. Thank you for your thought. Thank you for your love), thankful to have met another nice boss who is alway so very generous towards me, thankful to have passed all my theory tests and now I just have to book my final driving test.

What I have learnt this year: 

• Not to place my happiness in the hands of people: Because they will drop it every time. Sad but true. And I will never forget what Josh told me "If you depend on others for your own happiness, you're in for a world of disappointment after disappointment." And I'm glad I heeded advice or else I'll be miserable all my life. 
• To be able to see people more clearly(?): You can say I was naive. I used to treat friends like they are my life. But this year, I've learnt not to be stupid(?) anymore. Because people do come and go no matter how much you think they won't. And I've learnt to see people more clearly. This past year of events has shown me clearly who I want to be friends with and who I don't. No hate seriously. Just disappointed. Disappointed that the people whom I thought were true ended up making me feel like a fool. 
• To never give someone a reason to doubt your love: One way, is by making them one of your priority. One of the reason why my relationship didn't work out in the past is because though I did love my boyf, I didn't make him one of my priorities. Which is making time for him. And I've never truly understood that till now. If you love someone, you gotta make time for them. No excuses. Make time to connect with them, make time to meet them, make time to understand them.
• To be a better girlf: Yeah, no joke. To be a better girlf. Though I haven't been in any active relationship whatsoever for the past few years, and this past one year, seeing people in relationships had me reflect a lot on my past relationships. That I need to be more sensitive, more understanding and also, I need to really make an effort to open up.

What I want to improve on: 

• To not let things affect me so much: I'm already working on it. And I'm quite happy to say I'm doing pretty well. Like I won't be so hung up on feeling sad for things whether minor or major. Time has been passing really quickly and I don't wanna waste time feeling sad. Esp for people who aren't worth it.
• To not be so blunt: Guess my bluntness has ultimately, unintentionally hurt the people I've loved. Not that I want to change who I am of course not. People know me for being straight forward and I wouldn't change that. But I just wanna learn to be more careful with my words especially towards people who don't understand me well.

This year, I've honestly learnt a lot. I've lost those whom I loved. And I've seen more clearly who I should actually be loving. Nonetheless, this year has been a great year of lessons.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind.

CHEERS TO 2013 AND HERE'S TO A BETTER 2014!!