With the new year upon us, there is always a ritual in which everybody (or most of you) will partake in - New Year's Resolution! Sure the first month, everybody is hyped up about it, wanting to make that particular change in their lives ... However, slowly down the year, the majority will find themselves lacking the motivation, the willpower and most possible the time to keep up with their New Year's wishes. I am sad to say that I, too, am part of that majority. Every time I find myself struggling to hold myself true to what I've promised myself at the start, and temptations to give up are abundant.
But even so, the ritual is a part of the New Year's 'tradition'... So I'm going to uphold my part and write down my resolutions for the year 2014.
I don't intend to lose drastically until I look malnourished, but I have always dreamed to be around the range of 42kg. I've managed to hit my goal weight of 45-46kg within the year 2013, but this second goal will go to prove my determination of eating healthy, regularly exercising and staying that way! :)
02. Try for a 3 Pass
Cheerleading has opened a new love for me and that is gymnastics! In the past year, I've learned so many new techniques and skills. Things like cartwheels, roundoff, spins here and there are something I have never tried before, but recently I am so happy that I've managed to do at least a decent round-off back tuck which is a 2-pass. So for 2014, I hope to see myself dedicating more of my time and effort in working on my passes.
03. Be a better Cook
Well, I've just started cooking and it is really harder than it seems. Staying in the school hostel alone doesn't make it better as I see myself consistently eating out instead :P So being a better cook will definitely help me in so many ways, one of which helps my first goal of eating healthy.
04. Study Harder
The year 2013 has been a tough year for me with regards to my studies ... So yes, I need to bury myself more in my books :/
That is all of my resolutions for the year 2014; I don't want to make so many resolutions because one sure fact is that it will only get harder and harder to keep those promises, but I will try my best to keep those true to myself :) Resolutions aside, here is what I did for my News Years!
The momsy and I went to Plaza Singapura to dig in with the SALES crowd, everywhere you go, HUGE discounts are just there for you. & the momsy and I haven't really checked out the newer side at PS, and I am starting to love PS more and more with JRunway and The Lowry's Farm. The most hyped we ever saw was at Tim Ho Wan - the queue literally ran for hours :S
After shopping like mad, the momsy went home to spend time with le grandmama, while I went to Chinatown to find the boyfie. At first we wanted to have a simple dinner of tofu noodles which is so damn good located at the basement, but in the end he had a sudden craving. We proceeded back to PS and he immediately rushed to Secret Recipe.
The boyfie bought the kids platter because he felt the mini burgers were too cute to resist, and in the end we couldn't finish our food because of this :P
I had a craving for something cheesy and baked, and because I was quite tired of eating baked rice, I got this instead! :) I give this 2 thumbs up - it is simple delightful.
& this is the boyfie's most favourite dish @ secret recipe, and he has ranked this along one of his top 10 list.
Desserts after an awesome meal makes it even more amazing - we went to Ji De Chi at the basement of PS and ordered our usual favourites. Mine was the shaved durian ice while the boyfie wanted to sink his teeth in a cool bowl of mango sago :)
Besides the grandeur of the fireworks, my New Year was pretty simple, but I loved it. Spending time with the loved ones is something I rather do any time.
Happy New Year everybody!