Even though I've been doing yoga for at least 5 years, my yoga skills are still quite noob haha. 

But this is PROGRESS! This is to put on record that I can finally do the Wheel pose as of yesterday!!! Woot woot!

Hello world from upside down (no that's not me but a stock image)

Unfortunately the ability to contort self into wheel pose does not equate to fat/weight loss... if anything, I've GAINED weight (horrors) :(((

1-month trial with R-evolution is ending and I would like to continue but the fees are not something I can afford at this point... sigh! Am I really spending too much or earning too little? What's the average expenditure of an unmarried 20-something these days like?

I'm not even having additional savings for the wedding/house at this point :x Must have spent too much of my income trying to see the world during my younger days. I imagine I could have had another additional $20k or $30k if I never went on holidays. 

More updates on the slumpy nest:

Last Queue Number invited for selection of a 4-Room flat in Toa Payoh under the July 2014 BTO exercise as at 15 Sep 2014 : 00032

Joined this FB group and everyone is quite on the ball and providing information on how many flats have been booked! (about 18 units taken to date)

The BAHs (boyfriends and husbands. Male equivalent of WAGs LOL) also had a discussion on flats and property and things like resonance (which probably nobody would have thought of) and Paul is convinced that all these happened for a reason hahaha and that everything fell into place nicely.

We also dropped by the actual site for a look on Saturday! It's near the famous old school dragon playground. Our choice unit looks like it's just around there. There are a few dilapidated looking flats in the adjacent plot but I'm not sure if those will be demolished. Only 3 buses ply the road along the area and it's 3 bus stops away from the MRT/bus interchange. Oh wells I think I can live with that. All for the sake of the location! Hopefully I'll grow to like Toa Payoh in the near future. Not that I don't like it now - used to hang around quite a bit there since I went for my weekly swims there - but it just doesn't give me the sense of homeliness!  I like having greenery and parks nearby to break the monotony and because the 4 blocks are 36-storeys high, it reminds me of a cold, sterile office building. I look at all the other miniature models on display at HDB and all the other projects look so community-like and cozy!

But at the end of the day we have a roof over our head and that's the most important!

Also I would like to put on record the sweet little things that slumpy Paul has done for our 17th month! Haha we are almost 1.5 years old!

1) Bought me a new exercise/gym bag! Old one was bursting and had a big hole at the side :x
2) Randomly popped up at my house at 8am on Friday morning with Macdonalds breakfast!
3) Gave me a free ride to school. Yay!!! No squeezing with people on trains!

Thank you! *mostest appreciative* :D

Yay! We will be the owners of a (yet to be built) house by the end of this month!!! :)))

Housewarming in 2019! Hahaha.

Having gone through the Rite of Acceptance during RCIA 2 weekends ago, I was a little perplexed (and insulted) when my friend insisted that Catholics are not Christians when I met her for lunch over the weekend.

Her argument:
1) We have the Pope, and he is most certainly Catholic because there is no Pope in Christianity
2) We have Mother Mary
3) The teachings are different (but but... isn't that the case for all the different denominations?)
4) There are many denominations under Christianity but Catholicism is an entirely different branch and most certainly not part of the "Christian" umbrella
5) The way we have communion is different
6) In Chinese the 2 are called differently: "天主教" vs "基督教" hence they are 2 entirely different religions

We were taught at RCIA that Catholics are Christians so to me it was like... North and South Korea being at loggerheads at each other. Haha not the best analogy but both believe in God and Jesus so.... why the insistence?

Turned to good ol' Google and the conclusion is:

All Catholics are Christians, but not all Christians are Catholics.
(http://www.diffen.com/difference/Catholicism_vs_Christianity)

But then I also found another page declaring that Roman Catholicism and Christianity are not the same so.... *shrug*

Most certainly there will be different things taught and I do not know what is being taught to Protestant Christians (myth buster - I was taught during RCIA that we do not worship Mother Mary). But different and distinct religions to me would mean something like Christianity vs Buddhism vs Hinduism.

So anyway, after the Rite of Acceptance, I am called a "catechumen" instead of an "inquirer". How do I feel about this "upgrade"? Haha. I don't feel much about it at this point to be honest. Then again, I'm not someone who has very strong faith (religion to me was never a necessity). So yep. Going along because my husband-to-be happens to be Catholic. Just something that I have to go through.

If I were to compare this to 2 years ago when I was very very very reluctant to turn Christian... on hindsight I think it was a good thing because certainly there was a mismatch, or a perhaps a sign of better things to come in future. Because really, all that was stopping it from progressing further (and also caused much angst) was the religion issue. In contrast, I see many many good qualities in Paul that will allow him to be a good husband and leader of the house. And he has been very happy to try to explain my sometimes silly questions about his religion. Least I can do is to try and understand his faith.