#lifeofbelly

Time is like a cloud. ☁️ It moves slowly sometimes, and not so slowly the other times. In the chaos of city life, we very often forget to step back and look at how these clouds shaped our journey's experience. It shielded us from the scorching scars of the sun. 🌥 It forced us to change our plans due to its erratic downpours. 🌧 But most of all, it allowed the sun in, so we could better see the path past, the path around, and the path ahead.🌤 So, thanks cloud for doing all that for me in the last 365 days. ☁️☁️☁️ #lifeofbelly #goodbye2015 #hello2016 #timeisacloud #lookingback #imblessed #andillstillbeblessed #thankyou #day1of365 (at Singapore Quarry)

'Look at the sky', 'Put down your hands', 'Walk towards me', 'Look like you gonna fight', 'Just talk to me', and the many cues continued as my girlfriends tried to get the perfect natural yet pretentious shot of me. 💁🏻 Obviously, to no avail. #plsrefertopicture #alreadytheleastawkwardone Just a FYI. Behind the scenes of this one picture was an infinity number of awkward chicken hand movements, unpolished facial expressions, and even more uncoordinated body movements. I obviously need help. 😒 #lifeofbelly #awkwardbelly #foreverawkward #ineedhelp #ineedmodellingcrashcourse #needtoupmygamebeforegradshoot #cantalwaysbebehindthecamera (at Singapore Art Museum)

Because we also need to train our face muscles and abdominal muscles.💪🏻 Because we have more than one common interest - NUS Lifesaving, and Fooooood.🍴 Because NUS Lifesaving friendships exist outside of the pool too. 😌🏊🏼 #lifeofbelly #nuslifesaving #shiokshiok #shiokmaki #llaollao #magaritaandbeers #tooheavythetunnelcracked (at Orchard Central)

It's the last Saturday where I can laze around and plan my own activities. Next week, I'm waking up early to teach my cute Korean tutee Chinese. #pleasetellmethereisfreeflowkimchi At least it was well-spent with my personal Chauffeur, some severely disappointing Max Brenner Crystal Sugar Churros Fondue, surprisingly filling Toss and Turn Salads, and hilarious grocery shopping. #lifeofbelly #churroshuntfail #atleastthereweregiggles #andmanyreroutes #roadtrip #bestchauffeur (at Max Brenner Chocolate Bar)

Our "Frinights with Friends5ever" 3-Course Meal. 👧🏻👧🏼👧🏽👦🏼👦🏿 Appetizer: Eighteen Chefs for Dinner. Starters: Gold, Elderflower and Red Berries Apple Ciders Main Course 1: Cocktails of every kind Main Course 2: Cute Guy Singer singing our dedicated song "Photograph" (You're welcome, meimei. 😉) Main Course 3: Second Cute Guy who sang because he was sabo-ed up. Dessert: Timbre's Smoked Duck Pizza Bon Appétit! 😌 #lifeofbelly #friends5ever #frinights #switchbytimbre #thatdefinedjawbone #thatdimple #thatttttvoice #fangirlmodeon #blushallnight #smokeduckpizza (at Switch by Timbre)

Stuck at home with a swollen eye, my entire day's plan poof-ed just like that. But other than getting my eyes tested, I also got my ball-level today tested by jogging through very unchartered paths of Dairy Farm. 🏃🏻 I've no idea why people go to Haunted Houses when your imagination is the scariest Haunted House. 👻🌚😲 #lifeofbelly #nohazeday #fasterrunbeforethehazereturns #hauntedhouse #scaredmyself #notmuchballs #literallynoballs #reallyjusthumji (at Singapore Quarry)

一年前。One year ago, we were the newbies innocently roaming around in NOC Connect, looking all young and demure as if Life was still a bed of roses. 🌹 One year on, we belong to the 'I am "graduating" today!' batch aka. Lao Jiao. Literally older and looking more mature. #whatnocdoestoyou #whatnusdoestoyou #preparetowhipoutthechinawoman I guess NOC Shanghai changes you holistically - both physical, emotionally, and mentally. 🇨🇳😌🙆🏻 #lifeofbelly #bellytravels #nocshanghai #nocconnect15 #connectuntiltired #missingshanghai #NOCSH22 #aquarterofmybatch (at National University of Singapore)

定西路的宅女们。If there is one takeaway from NOC Shanghai, it's these bunch of girls. They have seen me at my worst, at my fattest, at my nuaest, and even at my cuiest state of PJs and tigger onesie. With our countless cups of Moscato and Red Wine (and lemonade), cheers to our cray cray 定西路 journey that we will talk even 10 years from now. 🙆🏻👯👯 #lifeofbelly #bellytravels #nocshanghai #nus #upseasters #定西路 #missingshanghai #wearemonsters #happybirthdayqingperstar #harrys #justdrinkonly (at Harry's)

This is what happens after you bathe and decide to do some work in your room. Cue in the "Err oh err oh err oh oh no no no..." 😩😴 #lifeofbelly #listenwithsound #timeforbed #bedsotempting #nomenjustbears #constantfatigue #alldayerrday #justwannasleep

With many hues of blue, I decided to just retire and bury myself with my printed notes. My MacBook Pro died on me. Again. And this time, no amount of CPR or prayers will make it come alive. It literally lost its soul (i.e. hard drive). Why thy, technology. 😔 #lifeofbelly #sighpie #nobackup #nomoreapplecare #justexpired #needtopay #moneymoney #assignmentdeadlineshow #lifesucks #somuchtrouble

You know how all those Koreans are oh-so-pretty (and eating all that kimchi errday all day 😍). Yeah,... Sometimes I want to be a Korean. So today, I watched my Korean drama, ate Chicken Up Korean Chicken and Nunsongyee Bingsu. That makes me a Korean of sorts, right? 🍴😌 #lifeofbelly #growingbelly #lifeofkoreanbelly #yeahright #needtogokoreasoon #nomoney #shalljusteatnongshimmaggi #andkimchi #updatetime (at Nunsongyee 눈송이 Bugis)

When two 'generations' of interns from CoolBrands meet, the bitching never stops. It came to a point that we forgot to even take a picture together, with our Deck YTF. 😌🍲 It's okay, I shall use a picture of us when you were (way too) skinny and I was (significantly) fatter. This is what Shanghai does to you - make you fat. ☕️🍩🍮🍪🍴 #lifeofbelly #bellytravels #nocshanghai #coolbrandsinterns #foodieinterns #welookbetternow #thankyouforbringingmytaobaostuffsback #youmakememissshanghai #goodluckforyourlast10weeks #missingshanghai

Over a bowl of salad, my 定西路710弄 family (missing Char) sat at The Lawn and talked about Life, Love, and how bloody painful child birth is, literally. 15 years from now, we will once again sit down and talk about Life, Love and our child-birth experience - with our SOs and chubby babies. 👯👯 #lifeofbelly #bellytravels #nocshanghai #定西路 #upseasters #saladlife #thelawn #ifweevermarry #ifweeverhavekids #jadedbylove #lowpaintolerance (at The Lawn)

And this is us, NUS Lifesaving. 🏊🏼❤️ #lifeofbelly #shortestcaptionever #butthatsallyouneed #nuslifesaving #nussportsaward2015 #presidentsawardwomen #practicallymywholeunilifethere #friends5ever #hashtaglongerthancaption (at NUS UTown)

With soaring PSI levels, Singapore is too hazily hazardous that we decided to Malaysia Trippin' which really includes just Eatin' and KTVin' and more Eatin'. 🍴🎤🍰🍹🍖🍲 Mr. Haze, please go away. I need to start running off the fats I consumed today. 😒 #lifeofbelly #johorbahru #foodcoma #howcansomeppleatandnotgetfat #negativemetabolism#breathealsofat (at Johor Bahru)

With the whole woohaa about thick dark eyebrows, we decided to up our brow game too. ^^ #raisebrowraisebrow And damn, you have no idea how much fun it was to bring these two men for their first eyebrow threading experience. 😌✂️ #lifeofbelly #browgamestrong #threadthread #snipsnip #tearing #painsia #notthinenoughthere #toothickhere #whattodowithwhitebrowhair (at Holland Village, Singapore)

I usually run alone. Running while enjoying the world around you yet internally reflecting at every life problem you've got is what one needs at times when life gets a tad tougher than expected. 🏃🏻 #alonetime #pondersession #sleepbetter #sleepfaster But this time, I run with my dad. 👦🏻 He is 5X years old (sensitive information, yeah) and he is running faster than his 22 year old daughter. Not sure if I should be proud of him or feel ashamed of myself. I think both. 😒 #lifeofbelly #running #dairyfarm #yaytopublicholiday #fitdad #loseweight #healthierlifestyle #fatherdaughtergoals (at Dairy Farm Nature Park)