Daddy's Little Girl

Missing my daddy, who is currently holidaying in Bali! Stay safe, 

enjoy your well deserved break and come home soon! 

Xoxo, your little girl.

Soshi Goodness

I've been very obsessed with K-pop for awhile now and one of my favourite groups is Girl's Generation, aka So Nyeo Shi Dae. I've been meaning to get a new watch for a long time now since my pink Adidas watch gave way a year ago (With the significance of the previous watch, I also believed that it was a sign) With Girl's Generation being the recent faces of Casio's 'Baby G', one of their recent designs caught my eye! 

My particular favourite from Girl's Generation is Tiffany and just like me, she has an obsession for the colour pink! I practically fell in love with the watch when I saw it, but it was out of stock, almost everywhere! But after a miracle, I finally managed to get my hands on the watch!

Now I can finally pose with my watch in the same way that Tiffany did and continue annoying my friends with it! Teeheehee! Thank god for amazing friends! :)

Swedish House Mafia, One Last Tour

"We Came. We Raved. We Loved."

I was really lucky to have attended a few concerts last year and this year started off with a bang! I was really upset to hear about the Swedish House Mafia split and what more, they were in Singapore for their last tour! Everyone following me on twitter would have known that I was in mourning over twitter all week about having to miss it :(

On the concert day, Dee mentioned that she was going to a concert and when I asked her about it, she replied "Dunno what concert. Some mafia thing" and my eyes went O.O She was going to the Swedish House Mafia concert and she didn't even know whose concert it was, ohmahgahd! 

So there I was at my desk, feeling like it was the end of the world, when my colleague got me the tickets! I'm so touched, I don't know where to begin, but I honestly think that no amount of thank you's can express my gratitude! Thank you so much! :')

I've been to trance events at clubs before, but this was my first big trance event, so I was really excited!

I wasn't able to get much pictures from the concert cause my phone went out of battery, right after 15 minutes of filming the intro! And right after I started filming the intro, I realised "Oh damn, trance doesn't stop!" So honestly, I didn't know where to press stop, until my phone died :/

I was pretty close to the stage, but in a box higher up (which I really didn't mind) because it wasn't very crowded in my area! So of course what's a trance party without some shuffle time?! Enjoyed myself so much and went crazy! The concert was so bloody amazing that even today, when Swedish House Mafia comes on  my ipod, I travel back in time into that awesome atmosphere all over again :')

Run, Wild & Free

On some days, I have an obsession to run away from all the circling thoughts in my head. And it's days like these, that forces the inner child in me to run wild & free. 

Someone that I had recently dated said this to me, "Surprisingly, you are not very high maintenance." 

Yes, I'm not. I am still that girl that works extremely hard for the material likings that I want and I am also still that girl, that can be easily pleased with the little things in life..

Christmas

Christmas has always held a special meaning for me and even though it may no longer do the same, it still is my favourite holiday! :)

After my Christmas Eve performance at CHIJMES, I headed over to Sel's place for an impromptu night in, just so the girl wouldn't be alone to countdown to Christmas! It was an absolutely different atmosphere altogether the year before, but a quiet countdown with a loved one sufficed. 

On Christmas, I met up with my dad before making our way to my brother's place for Christmas lunch! Wasn't really dressed to a Christmas feel, so I wore a red bow instead! :p

It was a buffet lunch at my brother's place and I was still hungry after 1 serving. Everyone was practically forcing me to the buffet line for a second serving when my dad went, "So fat already, still want to eat. You better not." T.T

We had a lot of fun taking pictures with the sleepy Raymond, lol.

My second brother popped by for awhile, so I snapped a pic with my babygirl and our matching hair bows! She's such a joy :')

We had an exchange of Christmas presents and look at the presents that I had gotten! As always, I was being spoilt silly. Teehee!

In the evening, we headed over to my cousin's place for their yearly Christmas gathering! Since we all had to work the next day, our gathering wasn't as happening as it was last year. But it was certainly an enjoyable gathering with the loved ones :)

Christmas Lunch Exchange

Although I've been having a really rough time off late, I think I am really fortunate to have been blessed with really amazing colleagues. The marketing team has been such a joy to work with and along with my HR colleagues, a smile or laugh is definitely guaranteed at work, no matter how tough it can get.

My manager had suggested having a Christmas lunch and secret exchange for the five of us, so we made reservations at P.S Cafe in Ann Siang Hill. The theme for lunch was red & green!

Paired my red dress from Forever 21 with my studded leather jacket and boots! I was going for the rock chick look, hehe.

With Krystle and Lily, my manager.

 

So my secret santa was Jon and he had so much sense to have gotten me elbow pads for skating! He actually got these gear for me from an online skate shop that I had gotten my aggressive skates from! Ironically, I also received a pair of much needed wrist guards from Henry from Christmas! Now all I need is a helmet and some guts to continue aggressive skating! ;)

Christmas Performances in CHIJMES

Recently, my brother had somehow managed to convince me to tag along on his drumming gigs. I first started helping him out at a drumming workshop, a performance in Downtown East and then a Christmas performance, 2 weeks leading up to Christmas.

We were supposed to help ring in the festive holiday and heighten the atmosphere, so we were dressed to the festivity! Lo and behold, I have transformed into an elfette! :X

I was rather nervous since I don't actually know much about drumming.. So they let me play this instrument (which I still don't know what it's called, but I just call them bells, lol)

 

Ahem, although it looks pretty harmless. By the end 3 sets, my arms were crying out loud. To think, I wasn't really playing it as fast as I should have been! :/

With the drum maestre, my brother and my sister-in-law! I'm really thankful to have these two in my life. They have been one of the major contributing factors to the change in me ♥

On our second performance, I've progressed to playing the tambourim! And I have to say, I'm really glad that these guys have been so accommodating and encouraging, even though I made a number of mistakes along the way. Thank you for the guidance and wonderful experience! :)

Since the performance ended, my brother and sister-in-law has been encouraging me to attend the Samba practice weekly, to practice my drumming skills and I am even learning how to play the Caixia now, albeit at an extremely slow rate!

I think I'm a lot better at performances now and am starting to understand the cues, although I still have much room for improvement!

New Year's Eve

The past New Year's Eve was very different for me. It was my first new year's eve that I didn't spend in Butter Factory, without my bestfriend and also, the first where I had to work. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed myself!

So I spent my New Year's Eve at the I ♥ 80's Party at 1-TwentySix!

 

It also marked the last event that my manager was working on, before leaving the company. It hasn't been long, but I truly enjoyed my working stint with her and in all honesty, she really is the best manager that I've ever worked with.

New Year's was definitely an eye opener for me. A sip of champagne to celebrate the new year and of course, wonderful colleagues for company. I was also asked out on a date by someone that I had met at the event. Cliche, but I guess those scenarios on tv do exist in real life after all! :p

Partied for awhile to some really good music from the 80s and 90s before I drove over to my brother's place to celebrate with my skate bros'. Despite the battle wounds we carried in our hearts, albeit the quiet celebration, it was rounds of wine and jenga with the best company that mattered most.

And that was how I spent my New Year's... xoxo.

Welcoming 2013

Hello everyone! (Hopefully) I am finally back to blogging!

Let's start of with the change of url. I've been meaning to switch url for the longest time but never really got down to doing so because I wanted a change in layout together with the url, but somehow I was caught up with school, then a career move, everything else in between and the next thing I know, bam! We're already in 2013.

The alias dalilprincess does mean a lot to me and it carries most of my memories with it, but I guess at some point of time, everyone needs to move on and I guess, I finally felt like it was time for me to move on. I've had to turn down a number of offers since, because I've been really focusing on my career and at the same time, I didn't want to commit to something that I felt half heartedly about.

I wouldn't say that making a change in url means that it is no longer part of me, because deep down, that part of me still exists. But when I think about the person who I am today, I am a completely different person altogether. Friends (old and new) can attest to this.

In the past year, I've gone through the hardest tests of life which were more trying and painful in comparison to getting over the break up of my past relationship. Although I believe that at some point in time, reflecting and understanding the break up did contribute to one of the hardships, 2012 has certainly been a test of my perserverance and will to move forward.

The maturity that I found in myself has surprised many, including myself and I only have to thank the people around me for the constant encouragement, support and believe that they had in me. I've previously shared about my struggle with anxiety and depression, and I've really glad to exclaim how I've manage to overcome them and cope a lot better these days. No doubt there are some days where I question my strength, but I'm really glad to say that it's been more than a year since I've gone for counselling and went off my medications. And for those of you who are struggling with this problem, the first step to getting over it, is having the mindset and will to become better.

All that aside, I've finally gotten a new look for the blog, although I believe there is much tweaking to be done! The banner is actually an illustration (inspired by me when I was a child) by my brother, for a children's book that my sister-in-law had written, called "Fatimah and Her Magic Socks."

I am really looking forward to blogging more and here's wishing everyone, a wonderful and successful 2013 ahead! :)

Xoxo.