PMS

Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, sometimes I'm happy and then I get mad.

Sounds familiar?

Well then you, or your girlfriends should be experiencing a PMS routine.

What's a PMS? Some may say:

1. Psychotic Mood Shift

2. Puffy Mid-Section

3. Perpetual Munching Spree

4. Pretty Much Stubborn

5. Pardon My Sobbing

6. Pimples May Surface

7. Pissy Mood Syndrome

8. Plainly; Men Suck

9. Punish Men Severely

and the worst of all...

10. Potential Murder Suspect!

Haha, I find some of them really true. and funny.

If you are really clueless, let me tell you what does PMS really stands for and the exact meaning of it.

PMS also known as Premenstrual syndrome is a combination of emotional, physical, psychological, and mood disturbances that occur about 5 to 11 days before a woman starts her monthly menstrual cycle. 

The most common mood-related symptoms are irritability, depression, crying, oversensitivity, and mood swings with alternating sadness and anger. 

On the other hand, the most common physical symptoms are fatigue, bloating, breast tenderness (mastalgia), acne, and appetite changes with food cravings.

Well today, I'm here to clarify that all these are true and are not simply made up. 

How do I know? Because, firstly, I am a woman. :)

Secondly, I go through that almost every month, in fact, right now and honestly sometimes I puzzle myself at how my emotions run so wild that I find it hard to control. Sometimes, I'm amazed at how at one second I can be really over the cloud and the next second, I am feeling so low and depressed.

For me, I tend to get over-sensitive during this period.

So beware! :P

About 80% of women experience some premenstrual symptoms. The incidence of true PMS has often been overestimated by including all women who experience any physical or emotional symptoms prior to menstruation. (MedicineNet.com 2011)

And this I would have to agree. At times, women tend to take this whole PMS thingy over the top. For every argument, every fight and every wrongdoing, they blame it on the PMS.

That's when the PMS term is wrongly interpreted and misunderstood. People, especially men shudder at the term PMS and would automatically react by saying, "Don't blame it on PMS! What's the difference? You have PMS every day!"

Girls, we ought to learn how to use the word at the right time. Only when you're really having PMS, you have the right to use that as an excuse. Don't cheat! Because guys, seriously, when PMS visits, it's literally a living hell. So help us out here and give us some face lah :)

Guys, try your bestest best to tolerate us during this period, and be nice. When we're over-sensitive, don't be too harsh on us. But if we go overboard, tell us. Let us know, because sometimes we don't see it. And remember to tell us, only when we're in the happy mode. :) You don't want to get into trouble.

I'm not writing this to rattle on my bf. I have the best-est bf who tolerates me every time I have PMS. Yealah, if not, how can this post be valid right? :P He understands every time I become over-sensitive, act all weird and crazy with my mood swings and the non-stop complaints about the horrendous period cramps. 

So that's why I'm bold enough to say that, both genders should and can complement each other for a better tomorrow. 

Guys, you can tolerate one. And girls, bu yao tai guo fen ah. :) 

Cheers!

I'm a rebel like that

A question to ponder over a cup of coffee of the day. 

Are you one of those who blindly follow the majority? Or the ones who are so dedicated to deviating from the norm?

It could be my nature to fall into the second category. Not that I would purposely want to be in that group.. but I notice that I am already in that group as I observe my likes and dislikes, living pattern and etc.

Some things comes naturally. Like how the majority loves coffee and I don't.

I have no idea why some people would kill for coffee.

And I also know of people who would die for coffee.

Whatever it is.. I have never had a cup of coffee on my own at all for the past 23 years of my life.

Little sips, yes. But it would result in me scrunching up my face, sticking out my tongue and regretting for the rest of the day as the taste lingers in my mouth till the time I get home and start to frantically wash my mouth.

But as I hang out with the coffee gang (Adrian, Rick, QQ, Ps. Kev) I've start to embrace coffee a little more..

Every time we hung out for the past 3 years, we would go to various coffee houses.. and I would never fail to drink.. tea!

Yeah, so lame right. :)

I believe one day my time will come where I will be able to drink a cup of coffee and to be an official member of the coffee gang. heh.

I had a chance to pick a new gadget for my 21st birthday. And of course everyone was telling me to get an iphone or a BB as it was the in-trend then..

The more people said it, the more I didn't want it.

Weird, you may say. But I choose to think that I'm special. 

And so, I went for the newest Sony Xperia X10 then.

I used to think that being different and to stand out from the majority is a cool thing. Until I read this article which caught my attention. It says, "Flocking from trends is just as reprehensible as flocking towards trends, because you are allowing trends to influence your preferences. Your preferences should frolic freely amongst all possibilities and not flock anywhere in response to trends and the public opinion. A mindless avoider of trends who does not subject them to his own judgement but cultivates distaste for them based solely on the fact that others favour them is not noticeably less retarded than he who mindlessly cultivates a fondness for anything that currently happens to be in the limelight of other’s affections." (Unknown 2006)

I really don't know why am I writing this post or how to end it now.

I'll just leave this post hanging, for me to continue thinking and for you to ponder over your own life. 

:)

The Makeover

 Last week, the boyfie and I decided to give our hair a little tender loving care with a little tiny makeover at Stage Hair Boutique. I bought an online voucher  from Milk-A-Deal that offers Hair Color + Hair Treatment + Cut + Wash + Blow using Schwarzkopf products for only RM68 instead of RM341!

According to many many many of my friends, it was definitely a great deal. Zhenyang even wanted to fly back from Australia for this! LOL.

But apparently, we did not have a very good start as there were so many complications with our booking appointment. We had to call the boutique umpteen times and postpone our appointment as there were *kononnya* too many customers and they were fully booked till the end of September. All their weekends were packed up and they gave us only a few dates to choose from. By that time, I was already feeling a little bit grumpy with the not-so-efficient customer service. 

We went there last Wednesday and boy, the place, as expected, was really very empty! :P

Not a single soul in sight. Haha!

Well, the overall experience was okay. The stylist was unfortunately really rough with my hair.

I have very fine hair which gets knotted and tangled very easily. And he just pulled and combed my hair as if the word "pain" is not in my dictionary.. T.T

No doubt I turned as blue as the Smurfs at that time and had the I'm-in-pain look the whole time. But the fella so didn't get it tho. #actingskillsphailbigtime

But despite the not-so-pleasant experience, I really like the end result. After the treatment, my hair was really soft and it looked so much healthier.So it's okay, I forgive you :')

I am now a la-la no more.

I went from a blondie to a blackie!

Took me a whole day to get use to my look. I look so erm, decent. Is that the word? 

♥-ing my new look!

And Adrian did the exact opposite.

He last dyed his hair about 4-5 years ago.

He went from a blackie to a brownie!

My Mr. Hamsem

The old us.

The new us.

Nevertheless, despite all the dramatic hooha-ed experience, I am really happy with our hair makeover, considering that we had all these for only RM68! Totally an awesome bargain yo!

So thank you Stage Hair Boutique for the makeover :)

These are things that keeps me going in life

A post just for me. Aww :') Thanks dearest Jan Jan!
Love u too Lyn Lyn!
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Guilty as charged

I am definitely in the category of people who love to post about their pets on Facebook.

Guilty as charged.

I can't remember when my love for dogs started.

Cookie was given to me on my 21st birthday.

That was the best gift I've ever had.

Cookie dearest

Skippy darling

Mummy loves you!

Who's who? :)

Skippy + Cookie

Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

-Roger Cars

♥

Food with lotsa love! Day#2

Warning: This is going to be a boring post!

Just roll your cursor over to the 'X' button on the upper right hand side of your screen and close this page if food doesn't interest you :P

Chef Michelle has two awesome assistants today!

#1. My mum. hehe.

#2. My super ah-mazing childhood buddy Jane Yap.

We were expecting some guest today..

But unfortunately.. that VIP ffk-ed us..

Oh well.. life still has to go on rite? heh.

Raw dishes.

And the trio did some magic in the kitchen.. and dinner was served :) 

Steam fish "Ji mu lu"

Baby kai lan, if I'm not wrong? :P

Prawnsss, my fav!

 If you haven't tried my soup before, then you should.  

I'm the reigning queen of Soup.

Was, is and forever will be.
:)

Chicken soup for the soul

Dinner with love for tonite!

Day two of cooking and still not sick of it. 

:)

My journey with CHCKL

I have been a City Harvester for almost 3 years now.

Way back since July 2008.

I remember the first time I went to church, it was on a Wednesday night (If I'm not wrong) and Adrian was having band practice for Emerge KL 08' and so he decided to being me along. 

And so I dragged my feet there, and honestly, I din't want to be there cos I barely knew anyone at all!

You know the feeling... yes. I just wanted to find a hole to hide.

His band made it to the semi finals and guess what? The hit song for that year was written by him and his band mate, Timothy, entitled "Michelle".

Aww :)

But at that time there was nothing so "aww-ing" about it. As said, I hardly knew anyone and when they were singing MY song, I had no one to boast to. 

And so I sat there in a corner, alone, enjoying the song until........

Pastor gave his comments. He was like.. "Who is Michelle??? Is she here? Is she here?"

I think my heart stopped beating for a whole minute. I froze, motionless, like a pillar of salt. 

I was thinking in my heart, "No no no no... don't say it's me.."

And that someone out of somewhere stood up, pointed to me and shouted,"THERE SHE IS!"

GG.com.my

(You, that someone who shouted, don't let me remember who you are or else....:P)

Yeap, that was my very first experience in CHCKL.

In a blink of an eye, I am now deeply rooted in this church, faithfully serving and growing in the Lord.

When I first came, I was a timid girl who just wanted to go with the flow.

I only wanted to be in the shadows of the people around me. I had no idea God was planning to use me in His own special ways. :)

During Emerge 2008, I was in the crowd of thousands, watching the awesome performances.

I remember telling Adrian that one day.. I want to be in the POS team.

I never had any cheerleading training. But being a cheerleader was my dream!

Though I was the leader of my own cheerleading team back in my Convent days, but being in an all girls' school, we were not allowed to do any stunts. (what kind of cheerleading is that?)

So all we did was dance and shake and dance and shake, shake, shake. Err.. come to think of it, it was quite stupid. haha!

In 2009, MINT leader, Careen managed to persuade me to join the POS team and after a long consideration, I did.

Boy, I'm glad I did.. cos it totally changed my life. :)

We were the champions that year! :)

Subsequently, I joined the team again, this time to represent CHCKL in Asia Conference 2010 held in Singapore.

And guess what.. we emerged as CHAMPIONS too! :D

The smiling champs!

First in Malaysia, the helicopter stunt!

Single base liberty stunt

So that was how my love for cheerleading grew and it din't stop there.

This year I had the chance to perform for City Harvest Church KL's 10th anniversary & dedication service!

What an honour!

I really want to thank God for this opportunity as my capacity really enlarged and I made so many great friends too! :)

Tribal dance. Check out Cheryl. Oooo :P

That's me in the air! :)

Enjoy the video clip of our dance below! 

I thank God for this wonderful journey in CHCKL.

I will never be who I am today if I if not for CHCKL.

I ♥ my church, my pastor & all my brothers & sisters in Christ!

Happy belated 10th Anniversary City Harvest!

Where I belong, where I keep my heart and soul, 

where we are one big family.

I want the whole world to know, I want to shout it out loud that..

This is where I know I belong :)

Food with lotsa love! Day#1

Yes, I'm back!

After two months of intense internship and dance training for CHCKL's 10th anniversary..

I've finally got time to breathe again! :)

I'm back home and I've a mission for this whole week that I'm back.

I'm going to be cooking for my family. Yes you heard me right. 

As my daddy is busy working, mummy feeling unwell and sis busy with her internship, I am determined to cook the best home-cooked food for my loved ones :)

Oh yeahh, it may not be the yumm-iest, but it is definitely food with lotsa love!

So today, I got my hands dirty... and I whipped up a pretty whipped up meal! :P

I'm a good multi-tasker. As you can see, I'm cooking and taking pictures! :P

First dish: Vege!

Looks yummy right? :)

Say hello to the nekked chicken. heh.

Cooking "bai zhan ji"

YUMS.

This is what styling for Home & Decor did to me. Notice thee flowers at the side? :P

Refreshing drinks for a hot day.

If you need any recipes for any of the food above, feel free to drop me a comment.

Hahaha! I was just kidding.

Ta-daah! :)

You can laugh at this but honestly, I really love cooking. 

And cooking for my hubby and family in the future would be something I would look forward to everyday :)

The best gift any parent can ever have is a daughter who knows how to cook.. well! *aherm* 

Agree? :)