fatter body thinner wallet

For the past month the haze had restricted my outdoor activities like running or swimming and somebody said that I actually look fatter within a month. And I could feel it too. I have been eating too much and exercising too little to burn all off.

Also, I have been spending way way way too much, on food and the whatevers. 

TV 250

TV shelf 84

Staycation 100

Food and drinks 300

Asics running shoes 136

Taobao 100

Hong Kong 200

Which ultimately adds up to $1000 plus for the past month. I seriously need a tighter grip on my wallet. Some expenses are necessary investments, like running shoes and tv etc. The major attributes are food and drinks;  if I manage them better, it would be two birds one stone - my body and wallet. 

I took my new Asics shoes for her first spin on Monday and immediately took on my Ippt today. I'm so in love with these shoes my Asics GT 2000 3, in black yellow and onyx. 

Her performance were great. My 2.4 was the fastest in many years: 11.30 mins. I was 2 points away from getting Gold, if not for my lousy 44 sit ups and the stupid machine. But hey, Silver's not that bad. Maybe I'll train my sit ups and get gold next month. 2 more points to $200 more. 

Staycation!

It was kinda my first staycation from Sunday to Monday (Tuesday was Deepavali). The previous one was actually during JC prom night which I don't have much of an impression.

Carlton hotel was our choice because of it's location and price and it was not too shabby. We were allocated to the new premiere wing which expanded 5 years ago so most of the stuff were relatively new. After check in, went to the gym, then we headed down for dinner at Saboten and walked around until the shops closed.

We bought cakes to feast together with some ice wine and rose. The ice wine was fantastic as usual, the rose was a little too hard on the tongue. We wanted to go somewhere to club or chill so we walked to MBS to find Avalon was closed and walked back to sleep.

Monday morning we checked out, ate some awesome burgers at Overeasy and watched Spectre before heading home.

Ok this staycation sounded a little boring. Haha. I actually quite enjoyed it though. I think it needed more alcohol and maybe some games or loud music at night.

Big Aunt

My big aunt passed away on Tuesday morning. From what I heard, my cousins were cleaning her up and putting her on her bed and then it just happened. Many were glad that she was relieved of her pain and suffering and I'm also glad to see her the last time on that Thursday night.

She was diagnosed with lung cancer since March after a doctor's check-up and she was too weak to even attend my grandmother's funeral. She was admitted to the hospital since July or August and my parents visited her almost every week. I think she enjoyed talking to my dad a lot because she requested for him to go over last Thursday night, even though she was feeling a little weak, She just wanted somebody to talk to and listen to her. My dad said she was almost hallucinating already, like my grandmother a few days before she passed away.

At our age it seemed like we face more deaths than births. I had 2 deaths in the family this year, just 4 months apart and it's time to start counting the number of years left that we have with our loved ones. It's quite scary to think that it's the time of your life that your family leaves one by one.
We are not spared from the brutal truth: nothing lasts forever.