one reason karen doesn't like the festive season

karen has gained 1kg out of all this

cny food binge

in less than a week

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the sien-ness

studying plans-delayed

saturday-travelling day
sunday-reunion dinner+last minute cleanup
monday till wed- cny climax
thurs-panadol day
today- ???

T.T

look at my baby~

Happy chinese new year peeps!

It's the new year~!
THe year of the OX!!!

The chinese new year celebration proved to be yet another ritual of visiting, making friendly, and binging on the ever big number and variations of goodies!

New Year Eve
Had the tuan yuan fan at uncle no. 8 (also the youngest)
So many young young lil kids that call me aunty liao.... make feel so old...
=.="
neways it's jz the bei fen that makes me an aunt! not my actual age anyway! so many ppls... duno their names, except for the bunch of the old old people i've seen since my young carefree lil kiddo days- then aunts and uncle n those of the same bei fen plus a handful of the nephews n niecces only
O.o i got 8 uncles and 4 aunties okay! with aunts unavailable and uncle no. 7 off to india for hol??...

Day 1
Here comes the day of which we have the house visiting among ALL the father's side's family members! the specialties i can remember from 'em are as below according to their turn:

my place (dad is no.5): the meeting place in the morning and the place for breakfast. they all ate zai or rather vegetarian. i had my mee sua n chicken. muahaha! my nuclear family dun really practice eating zai also... bleux~

uncle 2: they always have siew mai during cny! then they got all ths cute cute lil forks from vietnam with its holders taking the shape of various tropical fruits wan! cheap n yet steady stuff okayyy

uncle 6: was his birthday as well man! nyehehehe... then we ate sum of the bday cake... oh ya they got the beepang as in the corn made beepang n not the usual rice beepang we see from kl i think?

uncle 1: lunch time! i especially like the porridge with mushroom and the curry was absolutely amazing! hmmm oh n thr was potato salad as well. if i wasn't so full, i might have gone for a second round :P

uncle 4: bz day for the married cousin. she's getting ready all her stuff n flying it off to ipoh whr her husband is from. whilst we, well we just hung around. daddy had a nap at the table
=.="

cousin (late aunt 1's son): totally mesmerized. explored their 'music room' which had a piano, guitar and a drum set. the piano, biasalah play suang onli... then fiddled around with the unknown-the drums! heheh... ANYBODY OUT THR WILLING TO TUTOR A NOOb in drums LIKE ME?! it'll be so cool to play
haha

uncle 8: last house of the day! but but.... din go... :P so sowie!!

grandma (mum's side): dropped by hr for around half an hour after lunch...

and with that, we conclude DAY 1 OF CNY!!

Day 2
11am- woke up, took a shower, n welcomed the mum's side of the family to the house. then auntie zakina came over. then after that we had lunch finally
after lunch-sleep
530pm- woke up again n went to jullie's open house (just opposite the house) and hung around until 8-ish
8 plus-online until now
hehehe... i think i slept too much or something?? cos i'm still feeling uber tired!

Day 3
allocated for visiting all the mirian friends!! :P see ya all tmr!

...

the sore-ness

propagates along the lower limbs

invading the thighs and legs of its usual sensation

of normal-ness


haven't had one of these for at least a month or two
this is what u get from not getting a REAL exercise for a long time
ugh
muscle aches!

of penang island

hahaha

being in penang is nice

for one, THE FOOD!!!

no need to compare with aimst food
ppl rave abt penang food all the time
oh wells
as long as i have my hao liao to eat
nothing to complain about
:)

oops!! i should be keeping an eye on my food intake! yikes!!!

another gem i've stumbled across

is the air itam dam, which is great for a walk/jog

but it was more like a stroll for me i think??
first time there must take in the view mar kan....


and another, is bukit jambul
cool place
had my first climb in penang here!
a short one cos we took the easier route

nicey nicey


well, so far
NOT GOOD!!
i'm not studying!!!


ARGH!!!


i dun wanna fail my 2nd continuous assesment lar!!!
but i'm still NOT STUDYING as i should be

sien


don't procrastinate karen!!!
go study n stop blogging!!
hahaha

:)

Hillsong united- Came to the Rescue

Falling on my knees in worship
Giving all I am to seek Your face
Lord all I am is Yours

My whole life
I place in Your hands
God of mercy
Humbled I bow down
In Your presence at Your throne

I called You answered
And You came to my rescue and I
I wanna be where You are

In my life
Be lifted high
In our world
Be lifted high
In our love
Be lifted high

this song really touched my heart.
for truly, i called,
and he REALLY did answer and came to my rescue!!

ain't that awesome!!

smileys!!

breaking resolutions...

didn't exercise at all till now...

last week??
period... no mood wanna move around lar..
wanna sleep whole day onli...

this week... we shall wait n see...
hahahahha

New Year Resolutions

As i'm gonna turn twenty this 2009, i've decided to do something NEW!!

MAKE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS!!
-seriously, i have never ever done them, cos i think everybody'll break them in the end-

Never the less, it's a new chapter unfolding this year
see whether i can stick to it LAH
hahahah!!!

And thus!!
Karen Tan Hui Hui
hereby pledges
to attempt the following for the year 2009:

1. to spend more time and grow to be more like Christ

2. to love my family and frens and ppl that matter to me more

3. to halve my current procrastinating level and
spend more time focusing on my studies
above all other matters

4. to eat healthier with more greens and less junk in my diet
occasional indulgences don't count :P

5. to get active at least twice a week but not more than 4
cos the body needs to rest and heal also
:P

6. being at the lighter side of the 50kg mark by the end of the year!!
i don't think i've ever been hr since primary smtg
so the MAFAN to find nice clothes okay with current fats hanging around
btw i'm like 55 now?? ARGH
so ppl, nag me n motivate me if i indulge on junks too much

7. to not overspend on non neccessities
(i'll try my VERY BEST on this one, hopefully)

Seven resolutions for the year 2009

i now think seven is my fav number
since it's so closely associated to my birth month

so seven resolutions it is indeed....