2014, I'm ready to take you on!

2013, a year of learning how to be independent, and a change of perspective towards life.


I used to rely a lot on my boyfriends. My whole life basically revolves around them, and everything that happened to me daily, I'll share it with them without fail. But this year, it's a whole lot of difference for me. I don't have a boyfriend to share my life with. That's when I learnt to become independent, and start noticing things and life around me.

I finally resigned my Supervisor designation at Pizza Hut. I wanted to leave that place since last year, so I can leave behind all those memories I had there, and also to give myself more rest. I've been working long hours (14 hours/day) every weekend and I finally felt tired.

Nevertheless, I had the best 3 years of my life in Pizza Hut. I can never thank enough the amount of people I've met there, whom I've made friends with and also those aunties and colleagues who've taken great care of me. Extra thanks to Riduwan, Lifang, Izad, Belle, Yong Xin, Fahrul, Yi Hwee, Irene, Eja, Salina, Iffah, Winnie and Cris!

Through my Internship at Nokomai, I've gained a new perspective into life. I've seen the generosity, great attitude and politeness my colleague have. They have taught me how to be more forgiving and generous to people. How a simple greeting/caring words can make someone's day.

I've learnt to greet people more and appreciate the little things people do for me, and be thankful of the things I still have. I would like to thank all my colleagues in Nokomai for teaching me so much things, not just about design, but about life. It's a whole new level of experience I've gained.

Also at SPRMRKT, a new part time job I've gotten myself into. I'm glad to have applied for the job. The wonderful environment and customers they have there! All my colleagues have also taken such good care of me. I feel blessed to be around a bunch of lively happy people every time I go to work! And also all the regular angmoh customers who are super nice!!

I also want to thank my bestie Michelle for being the one supporting me always. Even though we don't chat often like every single day, we always have endless things to talk about whenever we met! I'm truly blessed to have found such a friend. She's always so generous to me and have always been the one to take care of me, even though I'm the older one! Cheers to many more years of friendship!!

Not forgetting this two friends I met in Poly, Evelyn and Shirley! Thanks for everything in the past two years! Without you guys, I'll never find my comfort zone in poly, and being able to comfortably speak Chinese in daily conversations! Thankful for having you guys to celebrate and plan every year's birthday surprise for me, even though both times it failed! Hahaha. Hope our friendship continues to bloom after we've all graduated next year!

I'm blessed to have such amazing bunch of friends around me and also to have my family in good health and having similar level of humor as always!

In 2014, I want to learn more things, meet more people and also become a better person! I hope to put in more effort in every goal I set, and continue being hardworking! Thank you everyone for being a part of my life. Here's to greater heights and memories in 2014! Have a great year ahead everybody!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all my lovely friends and readers!

Found this article on tumblr and I thought I should share it with all of you! (:

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.                                                        
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did in 2012.
7. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
8. Sleep for 7 hours.
9. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

1. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
3. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
6. Dream more while you are awake.
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
8. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
10. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
13. Smile and laugh more.
14. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

1. Call your family often.
2. Each day give something good to others.
3. Forgive everyone for everything.
4. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
5. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
6. What other people think of you is none of your business.
7. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

1. Do the right thing!
2. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
3. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 
4. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
5. The best is yet to come.
6. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

I'm still alive people.

After giving up on the 30 day challenge a month ago.. I'm back. Hahaha, nope, I'm not going to continue that challenge thingy. I'm so lazy and I don't have time. Is that enough for a reason, or an excuse? Either way, nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, don't want do already la.

Anyway, I'm on Dayre now and I do some micro blogging there. You can find me at dayre.com/joannechia. I think its easier to blog over there cause its like on the phone and I can blabber whatever I want. I mean, like short blabblerings without having to end properly. Plus there's so many cute stickers. Hahaha.

Can I like end this post now? Can la. Bye bye.