Chatty Lass

Just over a year ago, I swore off breakfast and called it my least favourite meal time of the day.

And then... The working world summoned my name...

From then on, my tone for breakfast changed. I began to embrace waking up early and noshing on food at 7:15am in the morning.



Who am I kidding... I scarf down food at wee hours of the day (just enough to last me till lunch time), so that my tummy does not growl in protest in a volume loud enough for my entire office to hear.

Most days, I'll usually settle for whatever that is served in my company's canteen on that morning. Last night, my dear colleague volunteered to pack a Subway breakfast sandwich for me and I gratefully agreed to her kind offer.

This morning, she toted the bag of orders to the office, headed straight to the pantry and some 10 minutes later, she set this on my desk:

• How To Start A Work Day Right

They say that 'Ignorance is bliss', but it isn't always the best catchall solution to that one irritating text that you're bound to encounter at some point in this lifetime. 

After lunch time today, I had difficulty breathing and a wicked headache, due to the wave of haze that has now swept over Penang.

Brand new week, with a sprinkle of happy ending at the end of the week that I am very much looking forward to.

Revisited a back-in-the-day favourite today...

Now, normally, I wouldn't drink red bean soup.

Over the past one week, in a bid to be healthier, I have been supplementing my diet with a glass of freshly blended juice every day.

One of my favourite fruits and veggie combination:

4 years ago, I received one of the most heartbreaking phone calls of all time - My best friend was on the other end of the line, sobbing her heart out while breaking the news to me that her beloved father had just passed away. 

While discussing about a myriad of topics with a friend earlier tonight, the subject of leadership waltzed into our conversation and at 2300 hours tonight, I told him something which I thought was worth logging here, for safekeeping:

I came home from work and the minute I exited my car, my nose twitched with recognition of a familiar scent.

I unlocked the doors, placed Seanna in her given place, thumped down the stairs and exclaimed with joy when I saw this bundle of dumplings hanging down from a bamboo stick.

Turns out, my mother took some time off work today to make these packs of glutinous goodness for our family and a few others.

Somewhere between a tired body, an unrelenting sinus and being out every single night of the week (thus far) till late, I woke up groggily and realised that Time was not on my side this morning.

Sum-up from last night's text exchanges:

This morning at church, my friend, Porkie decided to steal a quick look at Evie and her contents and as a substitute, I had a turn with his phone for a bit.

I was browsing through his Nexus when I noticed (out of the corner of my eye) that my home screen looked like this...