Lost in Thoughts

On December 19th 2014, me and my Boyfriend got ourselves a pet hamster. It's suppose to be a Christmas present to ourselves so we wouldn't have to buy each other presents, since it's our first Christmas together.

This is Popcorn!

Since my boyfriend left the naming to me, I chose 'Popcorn'! Because when me and my boyfriend first went out(as friends), we went for a movie and he noticed that I consume popcorns faster than I drink water, so he would joke about how I love to eat popcorn and would say "Nah, your favorite, popcorn!" That's why I feel that it's a really suitable name for our little hamster~ It represents us!

We bought a tank for $65 and all of the accessories suitable for a healthy hamster, also thanks to my boyfriend's friend, who helped us by giving us advice on hamster care.

We were really excited when we got Popcorn! She was born on November 27th, she's a soft hair female Syrian hamster, with beige-brown fur and a cute little tail. She was a shy hamster, it took us almost a month for her to get comfortable for us to touch her! Even then, she would still run or get frighten.

We put her in my boyfriend's room, since I wasn't allowed to keep any pets in my hostel. So I only got to see her when I came over to my boyfriend's house.

Take me home please?

Although she is very misbehaved and curious, we still love her. Besides, we got some pretty adorable photos of her! She's quite the drama.


On January 13th, my boyfriend went to Hong Kong with his family, so, with no one taking care of her, we let Popcorn stay in my house, with my landlord's permission too of course!

I was really excited! This will be the first time I could play with her as much as when I'm home!

Every night, I'd spend 30 mins playing with her, and since she was still not comfortable with playing with us humans, I learn online on how to tame our hamster. Day by day, she got used to my touch more and more, and at the end of the day, she finally dares to climb up on my hand! I was so happy! It was a major milestone!

I would tell my boyfriend of the progress I had with Popcorn and he would be surprise as well!

After my boyfriend came back from Hong Kong, he let Popcorn stay with me for a few more days since we didn't have the time to move all her things to his house, and the tank was quite heavy!
It was a decision we later regretted.

On that same week, I was at my boyfriend's house, and I received a call from my housemate telling me that my Popcorn is missing! At first I taught she was joking, but then she said she was not, and she said tried looking around the house but the were no signs of her at all! Worried, I couldn't do anything. When me and my boyfriend got back to my house, we tried looking for her, nothing. We even searched online on tutorials of how to find our lost hamster. Still, nothing.

Finally, after a week, we gave up hope of ever finding her. We thought that she's either been kidnapped, or that she has escaped through a sewage pipe underneath the kitchen cabinet. Up to this day, she was no where to be seen. Not even any sign of her poop or pee.

Me and my boyfriend were really upset, we only had her for 2 months! How could she be gone so soon? =(

*Do note that I do not get paid to do this, I bought it with my own money and no one's paying me to do this.

At the mid of November last year, I was browsing on my Facebook as usual and stumbled upon ads of Skinny Mint Teatox. I thought that it was just another fake ad so I just brushed it off. It wasn't until I saw one of my popular friends from college posting and promoting skinny mint as well that I started to believe that the ad was more than just an ad.



Ever since I came to Singapore, I've gained quite a lot of weight. From an unhealthy under-weight skinny little shortie of 40kg, I escalated to 44kg due to me starting to eat regularly. All's well until my boyfriend, at that time we were still just friends, took me to Taiwan with his buddies and their girlfriends/wife and we feast like there's no tomorrow almost everyday! Believe me, there is not a moment where I feel hungry when we were at Taiwan. So, maybe my digestive system isn't as good as theirs, but eventually over the course of just 4 days, my weight escalated to 46.8kg! Not just that, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, immediately notice the weight I've gained! My belly started showing when I'm wearing one of my tighter clothes, sleeveless dresses started becoming less of an option because of my now chubby arm, needless to say I gained a noticeably amount of fat!

Me with my hands covering up my belly. So un-glam!

Colleagues and my bosses would joke saying how I've “发福” because my boyfriend has been treating me so good and taking me out to nice dinners. It was nice to get the attention and all, but when your mum started telling you to control your diet, you KNOW you need to do something.

So, desperate, I asked around and look for reviews of Skinny Mint, some were not so good but most were good.

Eventually I got the 14 days teatox to try it out because there were a lot of people saying how they don't really like the night tea, and being someone who doesn't drink/like tea, I had my doubts.





So I started my Skinny Mint journey on the 1st of January of 2015.

After trying the Morning tea, just like what everyone's been saying, it smelt good and tasted alright, it's tea, you get the point! But from what many have claimed about the morning boost they get (from the caffeine I presume), I didn't have any. Some said that they got more boost from their daily dose of coffee, and that the Morning tea did not live up to what it has claimed, but as I do not drink coffee at all, I didn't notice much difference every morning.

But as for the Night cleanse tea, which many have said that the taste was not to their liking, it was fine for me as I've had worse before. In fact, I look forward to drinking the Night tea more than the Morning tea, but that's just me. So ya, on the mornings after I took the Night cleanse tea, I would wake up with gentle laxatives and a trip to the bathroom. But unlike what everyone who says that they would 'pangsai' (shit) everyday, it only happened to me after the nights that I took the Night cleanse tea.

For my diet-wise, I did minimal exercises and ate quite a lot because of the many celebration feasts that I was invited to. So, of course I would think that I wouldn't see any results!

But on the last day of my Skinny Mint journey, I was surprised to see that there were actually results!

Not one to complain, but it's good enough for me!





I checked my weight and I got 45.6kg, not much, but not bad.

I do still get bloats on my tummy but it would not be as big as before. Although the price for the Skinny Mint teatox is a bit high, at least I got the best out of it rather than nothing at all!

My ideal weight is to go back to my 42kg self, but in a much healthier way! I'm not there yet, but I'm that much closer.

My chubby face! But my squeezable cheeks are back, so I got that going for me, which is nice.

Look at how thin my face was! I was 38kg at the time. Too skinny!

With all the 'drama' going on for the past year and a half, it has caused great pain and damage to my mentality and personality. Everything changed after he left for his 'mission' to serve God. What I thought was unbreakable and everlasting has ended so suddenly. 

Mind Blown!

I've had my fair share of being in a relationship and being the needy girlfriend. Don't you just hate it when he doesn't reply your text or when he doesn't tell you exactly where he is or what he's doing? To that person, what's the big deal? He/she was busy and didn't have time to reply your text, but for you, you're feeling so down and thinking are you not important enough for him/her to take a few seconds off to reply you? Or at least tell you that he/she's busy?

Growing up and coming out to the work force really opened up my eyes on something:

After 3 years of assignment, group works and college life, I'm happy to say that, finally, I've graduated. Yeesh!

Graduation dinner was held at Sunway Convention Center in KL, which is inconvenient for us Penangites as we have to purposely travel there for that one dinner. Not to mention that I'm working in Singapore.

On that very day, we all gathered at the hall as our parents waited in the convention center in their seats. Most of us, working at Singapore, met our classmates for the first time after the last day of class. Which, in my case, was a bit awkward as our class has had some minor and childish disagreements and misunderstandings which split us into 2 groups. But, all in all, we greeted each other normally, putting the past behind us. Pffftttt....We're grown ups now, right? 

Class of TOAP ID1105

One by one of us went up stage, took our fake diploma, and had our photo taken with Dr. Eric Leong, the Principal of The One Academy Penang, and also the Head of ID department in The One Academy.

Snapped from my sis: Le Dr. Eric Leong, me and TOAP Managing Director, Mr. Leong Hoy Yoke

Seeing all my friends, especially those in other majors, is quite refreshing. It made me miss the days where I get to see them all the time. But we don't have to keep it like that right? We can still contact each other even when we're not in Penang. Not to mention, most of TOAP students have come to Singapore to work, so, Everything is Awesome~ (Note: imagine the Legos singing it)



All in all, the trouble is worth the trip~ I got to spend some quality time with ma dearest family on the whole 4-5 hour drive to KL.

I'm grateful that I didn't fail in any of my subject and prolonging my graduation. I'm grateful for all the friends I made during these years of college life. I'm grateful for the awesome peeps that are graduating with me.

What can I say?


Happy Graduation! :)

Ever since graduating from college and moving to Singapore, I've come out of my sheltered little bubble into this whole new world full of responsibility and reality. Yeah, sure, it's fun that I have the freedom to do what I want, but is it, really?