Dear 2017

Dear 2017,

It was a year filled with various activities, excitement and new beginnings. Although there were times that I was very vexed with the ongoing flurry of activities, it was all worth it in the end.

2017 is indeed a very special year for me. In 2017, these happened:

• set up an online greeting card store with my friend
• got the keys to our very own HDB flat
• renovation for our flat
• got married with the love of my life in June
• honeymoon in Italy after the wedding
• learning how to cook delicious meals for my husband (though some turned out not as soon)
• decided to stop working with the current tuition centre and had a one month break
• travel to Tokyo with my husband and parents-in-law
• starting to teach part-time with another tuition centre only to find out my ex-colleague is there too!
• and a little surprise coming our way

That really seems like a very long list to me. Thank you for such a wonderful 2017. May 2018 be even better too!

Cheers to 2017! Hello 2018 soon!

Career Change in 2015

Having done relief teaching for a Primary 2 class as a form teacher in 2006 was actually a dream come true. However, a pass in A Levels did not guarantee me a spot in NIE then. Even a First Class Honours degree didn't grant me a chance to be selected for interview with NIE.

Seriously.

Majoring in accounts was an easy way out for me in 2006, when there seemed to be no other options for me. I didn't regret taking accounts. I learnt new things, met new friends and colleagues throughout the years. However, job satisfaction just wasn't there. Even though I had a stable job, I was still unhappy.

I didn't know why I had the courage to brave a career change at the age of 28 but I'm glad I did it. I quit my job in June to enjoy my Hokkaido trip in peace and then applied for NIE for the nth time. Four months later, I had my answer again.

Negative.

Negative.

Negative.

Freaking negative again.

I've had it. Is it so difficult for me just to teach? Something which I know for sure I will enjoy doing?

Then, an idea hit me. 

I applied for teaching position with several tuition centres and I'm officially going to start work as a full-time tutor tomorrow. I'm so excited! Been brushing up on my syllabus for the past few weeks even since my interview. I know, I know--I should have started earlier but I was just too engrossed enjoying my long break. It isn't too late to start, is it?

I'm so blessed to have the support of my loving mum, my doting boyfriend and my encouraging bff. Things will definitely work out well. I'll have my well deserved work-life balance.

My dear students, here I come~

Utterly in love

Significant Otters <3
Posted by HuffPost Good News on Saturday, February 14, 2015

Dear sweet Darling Bear of mine,

I'm utterly in love with you. You never cease to amaze and dazzle me with your presence in my life. You fill my life with so much colours and happiness. You dote on me so much so that I feel like I'm the luckiest girl alive to have met you and fall in love with you. Correction: I really am the luckiest girl on Earth! I'll continue to treasure and cherish you with all I have and never ever take you for granted. Let us continue to be even sweeter than the otters in the video~ Let them be green with envy. :)

Cheers to many more blissful months and years to come.

Love you deep deep my dear.

Love,

Michelle

Smiles

My super sweet and doting boyfriend has some super powers to make me smile and laugh even though he is not beside me. 

Thinking about him will bring a smile to my face automatically. Seeing him everytime fills me up with so much joy that I am always smiling/giggling/laughing around him. Looking forward to our simple dinner date with him later since yesterday night. *dance around my room*

I am really blessed to be able to meet him. Really. :)

Sweet Sweet Darling Bear of Mine

Seeing this every morning before I go to work never fail to put a smile on my face. This lovely set came as a surprise to me coz I don't think I mentioned about wanting to get this limited edition set at all. My darling Bear is so sweet and doting and I'll never take it/him for granted.

Ladies like gifts and surprises for sure. To me, those are bonuses because meeting him, getting to know him and spending quality time with him is already the biggest gift in my life.

Thank you for your precious gift. :)

I'll always treasure our time together.

Happiness is...

Happiness is when we enjoy our meals together.

Happiness is when we chat and laugh over a drink.

Happiness is when we giggle, laugh and whisper to our hearts' content while watching a movie.

Happiness is when we hold hands and take a stroll.

Happiness is when we smile while looking at each other.

Happiness is when we hug.

Happiness is simply you, because I am always happy when I think about you, when we text, when we meet and when every love song I listen to reminds me of you.

Thank you for coming into my life and sharing so much happiness with me. #happytogether4ever~

And yes, you inspired this post because I'm still so happy after our date today. :)

Love you lots, my dearest Ouji-sama.

Over the moon and fly away

To the friendly polar bear that I'm so lucky to have met...

Thank you for sending the first message.

Thank you for making me smile everyday.

Thank you for making me feel the way I feel.

Thank you for being you.

大好きだよ~