Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
21歳になる！turning 21!
In 5 days time, I will turn 21.. the dreadful, dreadful 21! Time flies by too quickly and I feel reallyyy old.
あと５日で２１歳になっちゃうわ！なりたくない２１歳なんて… 時間は本当にあっとゆう間に過ぎていて、もうすごく年取ってると感じている。
Rather than a hugeee party, I had a simple family dinner^^
大きなパーティーより、家族と晩御飯を食べに行きました。
It's been a long time since I spent time with my extended family. It's such a nice feeling.
久しぶりに親族全員と一緒過ごしました。やっぱいい気持ち！
I think I enjoyed myself too much!
少し食べ過ぎたかも>.<!!
With my lovely, lovely cousins!
大好きないとこ達と！！
This year, I made 2 wishes~ One for my loved ones, one for myself!
今年、私は二つのお願いをしました。一つは家族に、後一つは自分に。
What will you be wishing for this year?
あなたは、今年、何を願いますか？
rei
あと５日で２１歳になっちゃうわ！なりたくない２１歳なんて… 時間は本当にあっとゆう間に過ぎていて、もうすごく年取ってると感じている。
Rather than a hugeee party, I had a simple family dinner^^
大きなパーティーより、家族と晩御飯を食べに行きました。
It's been a long time since I spent time with my extended family. It's such a nice feeling.
久しぶりに親族全員と一緒過ごしました。やっぱいい気持ち！
I think I enjoyed myself too much!
少し食べ過ぎたかも>.<!!
With my lovely, lovely cousins!
大好きないとこ達と！！
This year, I made 2 wishes~ One for my loved ones, one for myself!
今年、私は二つのお願いをしました。一つは家族に、後一つは自分に。
What will you be wishing for this year?
あなたは、今年、何を願いますか？
rei
Monday, February 11, 2013
moving on!
I'm the type that adores new things, new adventures. Always looking for things that will excite me, things that will challenge me. Sometimes I think of giving up the things that I've set out to do, sometimes I learn to just let go.. There are still things that I can never stop chasing for. Other things will linger on no matter how much you want to let go.
Today I am feeling refreshed, I am planning for things in a month's time, six month's time, one year's time. I am excited. I am nervous. I am ready. I am scared. Where will I be? What will I be doing? Will I make it:? There are so many decisions to make, so many things to worry about, so many things.. to give up.
Today I am feeling refreshed, I am planning for things in a month's time, six month's time, one year's time. I am excited. I am nervous. I am ready. I am scared. Where will I be? What will I be doing? Will I make it:? There are so many decisions to make, so many things to worry about, so many things.. to give up.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
My Weight Journey
For most of my life, I have struggled with my weight. I've always felt ugly, uncomfortable and unhappy with myself. I basically accepted the fact that I would be fat forever and no guys will ever like me. 3 years ago, when I hit my all time highest 88kg, I made the decision to do something about it. I must say I've tried almost every diet: yoghurt only diet, no dinner diet, no meat diet, low calorie diet etc. With inconsistent light exercise here and there, I manage to somehow lose 10 kilos. However from here I hit a plateau, no matter what I did, I could not lose the weight and as time went on, it was harder and harder to resist the temptations around me.
Decided that it was time to get some professional help. My mum agreed and I signed up for Jenny Craig. Through Jenny, I managed to lose another 8 kilos in 4 months. Jenny's program was easy to follow but after so many months, their menu was getting boring and it was getting more and more expensive. So I left, weighing at 70kg.
After that, I went to Japan for an exchange. I thought I did well with my weight loss but seeing all the skinny Japanese girls, I felt really big and uncomfortable. I started dieting again. My usual bento was twice the size of what a girl would normally eat so I told my host mum to make me a very small bento instead to bring to school so that my girl friends wouldn't laugh at me. I ate less overall and went to the school gym once in a while to tone up my body (and check out boys haha). Over the year, without trying too hard, I managed to shed another 10 kilos, bringing me to my current weight of 60kg. Of course I have had my ups and downs, I even rebounded back to 66kg once but I managed to shed back to 60kg.
I feel better, and I really don't think I look all that bad. But still I know it's not quite enough for what I want to do. And so, as of today, I have made my mind to seriously start my diet again!
10 kilos in 2 months, in preparation for a very important meeting.
Ganbarou!!
Rei
Decided that it was time to get some professional help. My mum agreed and I signed up for Jenny Craig. Through Jenny, I managed to lose another 8 kilos in 4 months. Jenny's program was easy to follow but after so many months, their menu was getting boring and it was getting more and more expensive. So I left, weighing at 70kg.
After that, I went to Japan for an exchange. I thought I did well with my weight loss but seeing all the skinny Japanese girls, I felt really big and uncomfortable. I started dieting again. My usual bento was twice the size of what a girl would normally eat so I told my host mum to make me a very small bento instead to bring to school so that my girl friends wouldn't laugh at me. I ate less overall and went to the school gym once in a while to tone up my body (and check out boys haha). Over the year, without trying too hard, I managed to shed another 10 kilos, bringing me to my current weight of 60kg. Of course I have had my ups and downs, I even rebounded back to 66kg once but I managed to shed back to 60kg.
I feel better, and I really don't think I look all that bad. But still I know it's not quite enough for what I want to do. And so, as of today, I have made my mind to seriously start my diet again!
10 kilos in 2 months, in preparation for a very important meeting.
Ganbarou!!
Rei
Thursday, December 6, 2012
will be heading to tokyo~!!
i am so excited for japan, i can't even begin explaining the way i'm feeling right now.
i miss all my friends, my host family and everyone so so so much~ i just can't wait to see them all again!
i miss all my friends, my host family and everyone so so so much~ i just can't wait to see them all again!
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Kizuna Project Pre-Departure Orientation and Dinner~
Hello guys!
Today~ I attended the pre-departure orientation and dinner for the Kizuna Project which was held at the consul-general's home! May I just say how gorgeous his home was? Absolutely beautiful!!
There is a total of 6 university students (2x UWA, 2x Curtin, 1x Murdoch, 1x ECU) selected from Western Australia to participate in the Kizuna Project. At the orientation, there were also about ~30 high school students who were also chosen to participate in the program! Their itinerary was essentially the same as ours except that they leave earlier and come back earlier.
This orientation, although informative, I must say was more for the high school students. I did feel a lil out of place but still it's a privilege to be at the consul-general's house :P We we able to have a chat with the consul-general and was given a small souvenir gift.
The best part of this for me was the soba demostration towards the end~ The lady is originally from the Fukushima Prefecture, and when the March 11 Tsunami disaster struck, her soba shops were destroyed. Because there was a lack of food supply at the time of the disaster, she took whatever buckwheat flour she had left from her shop and turn them into delicious soba noodles for the survivors of the disaster.
Later, when it was time for dinner, along with other Japanese goodies, we got to taste the soba made the lady~ yum yum yum it was sooooo goooood!!
I had a really good time, met lots of new people and made a new friend from my university~
Can't wait to take off~ counting down 14 days!!
xx
rei
p.s sorry for the blurry photos here and there... I'm still a beginner^^
Today~ I attended the pre-departure orientation and dinner for the Kizuna Project which was held at the consul-general's home! May I just say how gorgeous his home was? Absolutely beautiful!!
There is a total of 6 university students (2x UWA, 2x Curtin, 1x Murdoch, 1x ECU) selected from Western Australia to participate in the Kizuna Project. At the orientation, there were also about ~30 high school students who were also chosen to participate in the program! Their itinerary was essentially the same as ours except that they leave earlier and come back earlier.
This orientation, although informative, I must say was more for the high school students. I did feel a lil out of place but still it's a privilege to be at the consul-general's house :P We we able to have a chat with the consul-general and was given a small souvenir gift.
The best part of this for me was the soba demostration towards the end~ The lady is originally from the Fukushima Prefecture, and when the March 11 Tsunami disaster struck, her soba shops were destroyed. Because there was a lack of food supply at the time of the disaster, she took whatever buckwheat flour she had left from her shop and turn them into delicious soba noodles for the survivors of the disaster.
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| cold soba <3 <3 |
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| assorted sushiiiii |
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| takoyaki |
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| vegetable tempura yumm |
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| karaage~ |
I had a really good time, met lots of new people and made a new friend from my university~
Can't wait to take off~ counting down 14 days!!
xx
rei
p.s sorry for the blurry photos here and there... I'm still a beginner^^
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