My One Week Trial of Xndo meals

It had been more than a week since I've taken Xndo meal replacement and their supplements. I used to be skeptical about Xndo products, as in how can a meal replacement really makes a person lose weight? Well, it really does! I would say it really works for me. In my previous post, I did mention I want to lose weight. So I decided to try out this Xndo out of curiousity. 

The consultant is very friendly and patient towards me (cuz I was really unfamiliar in their products). First she would take down my weight, and recorded down as well as to calculate my body fats and BMI etc. It was really demoralising cuz my weight really affects me a lot! All these were recorded down in her report which she mentioned she would need to take my weight again after the 1st week. I followed the time-table. The one week trial guaranteed to lose 1kg. 

Morning, I would take their morning goodness - ie redrice drink. It tastes like cereal actually. Afternoon, I would take their meal replacement. It comes different flavours and I can get to choose a different flavour for 7 days. Luckily my office has a microwave, so I just need to heat up the meal for about a min or so and that's it, my meal is ready for eating. As for dinner, it states that I can resume my own dinner. Just that before and after the meal I would need to drink the grape/mango and apple/peach drink. So far I had tried these flavours, and I personally like the grape and apple flavours. Lastly, before heading to bed, I still need to drink a glass of the enzyme drink (yoghurt or orange flavours). Both has the ability of building up the metabolism and blocking the fats. I love these drinks a lot. 

This is a picture of the seafood laksa which I had tried. It really tasted like laksa though. 

Now my result after a week....yeah!!! I had shed 1.5kg! I was so thrilled and I can't believe it! No matter how hard I had exercised, I can't even lose 1kg. However with this strict diet, little did I expect myself to lose that much of weight. It was indeed a little achievement for me.  

Conclusion: So long as I watch my diet carefully, I can't see why I can get back to my desired weight as before. 

Motto of the day: Jiayou! I can make it

Turning into a fat lady soon

Seriously I do not have weight issue before stepping into working society. No matter how much I ate, my weight remained ard 50kg or below...it never dawned upon me that one day, I will reach to a disastrous weight of 60kg or more. Unfortunately, it happened. This has given a tight slap on my face that I should wake up now and look at my weight seriously. How can I possibly gain 10+kg over these years? Well, why not? I've been sleeping late, snacking at all times & even hanging out with my friends till late night. All these poor management of socialisation had deeply impacted my health and my body. 

Plus, in another 7 weeks more, I'm getting married! Woohoo~~ but look at me now, with a bulging tummy, flabby arms and thighs, how can I dress beautifully in that little tight white dress? 

So how??? Until today, my BFF introduced me to GLOW - a dietary supplement. The ambassador of this product is Michelle Chia. C'Mon man, it's Michelle!!! She is already so slim and frankly speaking she's still taking this product???  I do reserve some doubts on the effectiveness of this product. However, my BFF did shed 4kg of her stubborn fats before her wedding and I did witness her change. She indeed had look more slim during her wedding. I told myself, why not give yourself a try? Ok fine. I went to Watson earlier and searched for this product. Great! Watson is having a discount for GLOW. Instead of the original price of $68, it's selling at $59 instead. Not bad afterall, yea I'm referring to the price. Okay, I got a good deal. So I bought it. 

Is it effective? How does it taste? What is after effects after consumption? Seriously, I do not know. I will take it effective tomorrow. I shall give myself a two-week trial. Hopefully I can see some result by then. Jiayou jiayou!!! 💪💪💪💪 

Key benefits of GLOW: 

How does GLOW work? 

Can't wait for tomorrow to come!!!  😝😝 

ROM Preparation

Okay, it had been a long time since my last update. I've been occupied in my ROM preparation (though the date is set on 20-Dec-14). Of course, S & I had checked out and confirm this is an auspicious and doesn't clash with our zodiac. Cool! So date is fixed, what else? 

Here is a simple checklist which I had come up with: 
1) Auspicious Date
2) Solemnizer                                  
3) ROM Venue
4) Filing e-notice of marriage
5) Guestlist
6) ROM dress fitting
7) Photographer
8) ROM decoration

9) Wedding bands

Wow! There are so many items to do... and I've not completed yet. Luckily, I still have another 2 months plus to plan ahead. 

S initially wanted to cut the cost, thinking since it is only ROM which we can opt to invite friends or even solemnize outside. However, I beg to differ. We had intense arguments before we finally agreed, and of course, S gave up struggling with his idea. I WON! tsk tsk~

We had shortlisted the venues after sending umpteen times of emails to various hotels for the proposal. The 2 places are Our Marriage Vows @ The Biopolis and The Chevrons. We will be going down for site viewing before concluding the final venue for our solemnization. (will be posting the photos of the venues tomorrow)

As for the solemnizer, it was another headache for us too! We had been sending emails and sms-es to the licensed solemnizers, and all replied..."Sorry, I can't make it." or "Sorry, my schedule is full on that day" or "Sorry, I'll be going holiday with my family". Ouch! That's so disappointing! We are still not deterred by these failures, we continue to try, and finally...good news comes in! To be exact, this is our 7th attempt and it is successful! Our solemniser is Mr. Tam Chee Wah (referred by Mr. Peter Lee - our initial 2nd choice of JP). However, it seems that we are unable to google his photo. Never mind~

Next will be the Bridal Salon. Actually we did not hunt and compare the rates for various BS. We viewed the 2nd BS(My Dream Wedding) along Tanjong Pagar Road (even the name sounds so good too!) and were already mesmerized by their bridal shots. THEY WERE ALL AWESOMELY TAKEN! The best part is their photo effects are terrific! Love @ First Sight!

Now we had completed 2 tasks out of 9. Our next step is to forward the consent form to our solemnizer and quickly file for e-notice of marriage (S is anxious when we can start to e-file, haha) 

“So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.” 
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

Singapore Night Festival 2014

It had been a long time since I went out with my 2nd sis. This time, we decided to cafe hop plus a little sightseeing at Singapore Night Festival. I've been to SNF last year for the first time and I really enjoyed myself. Not to mention the free entry to all museums but also you get to feel the artistry atmosphere in the air. The colorful lights embrace the buildings, making everyone look in awe. It was really awesome! 

Our 1st stop is National Museum. Free entry! Woo hoo. Usual ticket price is $10 for Singaporean. I was still wondering why can't the NHB make it free entry for Singaporean. Well you want all of us to know our heritage and yet we have to pay. This is almost like we are tourists. Haiz! 

We managed to see the Genesis - a photo exhibition taken by the world renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado. Using black and white, he managed to capture the unique shots of the living things. Love every single expression of the photos, they just seems so alive! 

& there is this tree which I have to mention. Usually we won't notice it's existence in normal days. Perhaps due to the spotlight on the tree, many people were crowding in front of the tree and snapping photos. Why? If you see the picture below, you know why. The tree is cut out into a smiling face and it looks so real that is a little creepy thou. That's ART! But if you walk along the street at night and happens to look at the tree, oops...won't it be scary??? 

I'll be uploading some of pics which were taken on that day. Somehow a picture says a thousand words. Quite true right! Hahaha.

My Latest Updates

Guess what, I've turned to 30 this year. Old? Or perhaps I should just say it is young mature. Age is just a number, it is mind over matter. If you don't mind, it won't matter. Yeah... that is so true! Oops...I've sidetrack again. 

Back to me again. This year it will be another challenging year for me. Not only for work but also for my personal life too. I'm getting married soon. Yes, you heard me! S & I have common goals and decided to settle down soon after dating for half a year. Perhaps to others, it may seems a short period and too rush to settle down. To us, we feel that it's time and not only that, our affection to each other is getting stronger and we can read each other thoughts despite of not talking. 

Our wedding plans are actually simple. We wish to hold a simple solemnization with our close friends first. After that we will buy a resale HDB flat and followed by customary wedding. All these may take up to next year 1st half for completion. Our priority is to apply for a resale flat, thinking about it really makes me headache. I just hope and pray that everything will be smooth and yes...nothing will hold us back. 

1 Day Trip to JB

Time to update my 1 day trip to Johor Bahru (JB). 

Frankly speaking, it was my 1st time taking bus from SG to JB with my poly gfs. We had arranged to meet at the MacDonalds @ Bugis Village at 8am. Sounds early but in fact it is not. But I had to confess that I was late for 20mins, thus by the time I reached, my friends were all waiting for me. My bad. Oh yes, I was going with Jasmine, Dawn and Celine. 

After reaching Bugis, we walked across the road (opposite MacDonald) and kept walking straight. You will see a bus terminal where people are queuing to take the shuttle bus to Woodland Checkpoint. In case I forget, the boarding place is at Queen Street. The frequency of the bus was quite fast and we managed to board the bus without hassle. The bus ticket cost $2.50 for each pax. Quite cheap right, isn't it? 

It was quite peaceful and lucky day for us. There was no jam and by the time we reached Woodland Checkpoint, it was only 9am. After that we rushed down and boarded the same bus. Now the bus crossed the borders to JB, surprisingly there was NO queue. We reached Malaysia customs at only 9:30am. Super early right? Haha. 

Since the time was early, we decided to head to KSL City first. Well, the easier way is to take a cab just right below the overhead bridge. There is a taxi counter. We just need to let the staff know our destination and they will assign the cab driver to drive us there. It only required MYR 10 (i.e. around $3.50) for the journey.

By the time we reached, there weren't many shops opened. Fortunately, the Thai Odessey (Lvl 2) was already opened before 10am. So we decided to pop in and made an appointment for foot reflexology at 11am. The rate for 60mins foot reflexology cost MYR 63.60 (with tax). Since we did not take any breakfast, we had a breakfast at JCO Cafe, selling doughnuts and coffee. This can be found in SG, just that we ran out of choices of what to eat for breakfast. 

Now is time for some beauty pampering. We did our nails at e.Artistic (address: L2-95, Lvl 2, KSL City). The staff were all very young and friendly. I did a classic gelish manicure and pedicure. Initially I wanted to do a Pororo nail art on my thumb, too bad the resolution of the picture was not clear, so it was rather a challenge for the manicurist to do for me. Then, I swapped the nail art picture to Owl instead. Well, owl is not a bad choice afterall they symbolise wisdom. I need that badly, Haha. 

(My nail art)

This is a collage of our nail pampering

I was pretty satisfied with the overall results including their service. I spent around MYR 240 in total for manicure and pedicure. After conversion, it cost only less than S$88. This is exactly what I usually paid for my nail art only at Ladyfinger (SG). Unbelievable!

Another stunning news is that singing 3hours of KTV only MYR98. After dividing equally among 4 of us, each pax is only MYR25 (i.e. less than S$10) per pax. Incredibly cheap! We had our dinner at Taang Shifu. All about herbs and soup. Nice and refreshing. Total meal cost MYR130. 

(Our Dinner)

Time to say goodbye. Though it is short, in overall we felt very fulfilling and satisfied. This was indeed a good beauty regime to start. Looking forward to next month. 

2014 - Chinese New Year

Can't believe that the short CNY holidays are coming to an end soon...and guess what??? This means that I have to go back to work tomorrow. OMG! I hate it when the first working day of the month falls on Monday. IT IS A SUPER PEAK DAY FOR ME! Just pray hard that I am able to finish work on time tomorrow. 

Anyway, I had a good rest during these three days. No house-visiting though since the fact that we are not close to our relatives. We watched two CNY movies and went to River Hongbao. Well, the two movies are "Golden Chickensss" and "From Vegas to Macau". If I am to rate these two movies, I would rate the 1st movie - 6 and the latter - 8. I still love hilarious movie. 

It was a tradition for my family to travel to River Hongbao every year. This year is no exception. The River Hongbao is located at the Marina Bay Floating Platform. I love taking photos and below are some of my "masterpiece". Of course, these are the results after filter. FYI, I'm using the apps "Line Camera" to beautify the picture. 

On my way to River Hongbao (I'm taking Bus 502)

Welcome to River Hongbao. God of Fortune is waiting for you!

Taking photo with the peach blossom, hoping they will rub some love-luck into my life.

 A sunset view of the Artscience Museum

An evening view of Marina Bay Sand Hotel, Helix Bridge and Artscience Museum