Reflections

2011 has been a rather fruitful year for me. Baby J is born, I attained MBA, bought a 3000cc BMW 125i coupe and hubby found a new job. On the other hand, my beloved Sai Baba passed away this year, so my wish of bringing my hubby and baby to see him in India will not be fulfilled. Nevertheless, HE will still be in my heart and life. I will continue to live my life following his teachings as much as I can.

While 2011 has been good for me, it has not been a very good year for many around the globe. The tsunami and radiation crisis in Japan, the earthquake in New Zealand, the floods in Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand...The company that I have been working in for the last 10 years has been badly affected too! The March tsunami destroyed one of our factories in Miyagi Prefecture and then the Thailand floods destroyed our factory in Navanakorn Industrial Park which is one of the most important oversea factories and threw our distribution and logistics into chaos. I was deployed to help evacuate all the stocks at our sales office's warehouse in Navanakorn right before the flood water entered the area and saved the company of approximately US$5,000,000 worth of stocks. The weeks after the evacuation of the stocks into Singapore were tough, my staff and I had to work really hard to stock them in as well as to deliver them to our customers. The efforts were all worth it though as I think our bonus for the year was unexpectedly good. We were, or rather I was expecting the company to pay only the minimum but it turned out good despite the losses the company made for the first time in its history in Singapore....So, 2011 ended really well for me.

Regrets...Hmm...let me see...that I could not lose all the pregnancy weight that I have gained in 2011? I am still weighing a hefty 61kg and my waist is 31 inches! But to be truly honest, I have not put in my best efforts really as I have not tried dieting which is too depressing for me. I have resorted to Cool Sculpting instead. I don't see any results yet as it has been just 2 weeks after the procedure...I should expect to see the effect in 1~2 months. By the way, although it was stated as a non-invasive and painless way to lose fats, it was rather painful for 1 week after the procedure! It was not exactly unbearable but it was definitely painful, not just discomfort! Anyway, I would rather bear with the pain than to diet...I may just do a 3~5 days of detoxifying diet though after Chinese New Year.
  

Working on my body

Spa & Wellness Package at The Sentosa

I have just booked a spa package at The Sentosa this weekend with hubby. It's his 31st birthday and we are long overdue for a romantic getaway. The plan we had was for me to have baby J in March, use 12 weeks of my maternity leave for breast-feeding, bonding and taking care of baby, then use the rest of the 4 weeks for going on a trip and doing some reconstructive works on my body or something. In the end, I enjoyed breast-feeding baby J so much that I persisted on for 6 months even though I had to go back to work and even go on business trips. I cried when I finally stopped...it was almost impossible to keep the milk flowing with my work schedule and I was also loosing too much hair.

The hair fall is more or less controlled now that I have stopped breast-feeding for about a month but I am still overweight and having this huge post-pregnancy pooch. I need to do some reconstructive works on my body, especially on my tummy. Working out at Contour Express has not helped much mainly because I am not dieting and the fats on my tummy are too stubborn. But I have found this Cool Sculpting technology that may help me loose the fats fast! There are about 18 centers in Singapore that are providing this service and I am comtemplating which one to go to...Actually, other than my tummy, I would also like to get rid of my eyebags and maybe also enhance my breasts...I know, the list will never end...*sigh*