SHANICE

Jotting down my footprints around the world, and my thoughts inspired by the new energy of each city

MBS Singapore night view

March 24th, 2019 Singapore
Pan Pacific Singapore
Lunch @ Chatterbox, Mandarin Orchard

Dinner @ CÉ LA VI

PS: Adapting to the wide stride length of walking and place hopping, practicing not to doze off during day time after a hectic schedule, calming myself down even having piled up assignments and unlimited emails, trying not to get upset when things do not go well, coping with everything new.

Xiangshan Trail night view

March 26th, 2019 Taiwan

Caesar Park Hotel Banqiao

Lunch @ NINI Paganini Italian restaurant Nankan shop

Dinner @ 新东南海鲜餐厅松山店

Night walk @ Raohe Night Market

Lunch @ Tasty Streak 西提牛排

Dinner @ Shih Yeh Dining Taipei 101

Walk @ Xiangshan Trail

Dinner @ Din Tai Fung Mega City Restaurant

Lunch @ Le Ble d'Or, Q Square 金色三麦台北京站店

Cycle @ Bali Left Bank Park 八里左岸

Dinner @ Bali Four Seasons 水灣餐廳

PS: Amazed by the kindness and sweetness of the people. "If you can't meet one be one."

Vivid Sydney view from Cafe Sydney, I'm lucky!

May 20th, 2019 Australia

Park Hyatt Hotel Melbourne

Dinner @ Radii Restaurant & Bar, Park Hyatt

Drink @ Lindsay and Edmunds Chocolatier

Dinner @ Cecconi's Flinders Lane Restaurant & Cellar Bar

Shangri-La Hotel Sydney

Drink @ Bar Lvl Three, Novotel Brighton-Le-Sands

Drink @ Blu Bar on 36, Shangri-La

Dinner @ Cafe Sydney

Drink @ Bulletin Place Bar

Dinner @ Mode Kitchen & Bar

Circular Quay railway station

PS: Infatuation is not love. "The truth is the more intimately you know someone, the more clearly you'll see their flaws. This is why marriages fail, why children are abandoned, why friendships don't last. You might think you love someone until you see the way they act when they're out of money or under pressure or hungry. Love is something different. Love is choosing to be with someone and help them support them encourage them in spite of their filthy heart. Love is patient and kind, love is deliberate. It is seeing the darkness in another person, and defying the impulse to jump ship."

Gent is always sweet

June 10th, 2019 Belgium
How to go to Gent: Kuala Lumpur (KUL) - Abu Dhabi (AUH) - Brussel (BRU) - go down to Brussel Zaventem train station - 1 transit at Brussel Centraal train station - Gent Sint Pieters train station - taxi to the final destination
How to go to Brugge/Bruges from Gent: Walk to Gent Gravensteen bus stop hop on to Tram 1 to get to Gent Sint Pieters station - take a train to Oostende direction and stop at Bruges, it should only take 30-45minutes

PS: Stay humble. Be open-minded. Be confident.
PS: Gent and Bruges are beautiful Flanders. I can picture us, me and my loves, I'll bring you here.

View from Hilton Singapore

July 10th, 2019 Singapore

Hilton Singapore

Event - The Healthy Ageing Summit 2019

PS: Good relationships don't just happen. They take time, patience, communication, understanding, and sincerity.

Taj Santacruz Hotel

July 29th, 2019 India
KUL - Mumbai - Delhi - Chandigarh - Delhi - KUL

Taj Santacruz Hotel Mumbai

Dinner @ Jyran Tandoor Dining & Lounge

Lunch @ China Inc, Taj Santacruz Hotel

Dinner @ CinCin

Novotel New Delhi Aerocity

Dinner @ Café Pluck

Hyatt Regency Chandigarh

Dinner @ Swagath Restaurant And Bar

PS: 4 flights in 5 days, 4 hours of sleep every day, unexpected road and traffic in India... suffocated, failed health, lessons learned.

PS: Trust but verify. “Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.” The importance of non-disclosure thoughts cannot be neglected in certain environment.

View from MBS

Sept 24th, 2019 Singapore

MBS Singapore

Event - Vitafoods Asia 2019

Lunch @ Sen of Japan

Dinner @ Rise

Lunch @ Lavo Italian Restaurant & Rooftop Bar

Dinner @ CÉ LA VI

PS: You have to learn to say no without feeling guilty. Then you can concentrate on the things that are really important. Setting boundaries is healthy. You need to learn to respect and take care of yourself. Leave self-pity and low self-worth behind. Trust your faith has the power to turn trauma into healing, conflict into growth, and fear into love.

PS: If I'm wrong. Educate me. Don't belittle me.

W Hotel

Nov 13rd, 2019 Taiwan

W Taipei

Dinner @ Mitsui 三井 Cuisine M

Walk @ 诚品

Lunch @ 掌上明珠日式无菜单料理宜兰壮围

Dinner @ Dian Shui Lou 点水楼大直店

Visit @ 西华富邦
Taichung to Taoyuan Airport HSR TWD520

PS: The more attention we pay to time, the more we get from time.
PS: Things will only get easier after you went through the hardest time.

More to come ✏️

Anger, Disgust, Fear, Joy, Sadness

Always a fan of Disney's movies. Inside Out is a 2015 film and I've finally watched it after so long. The connection is strong the empathy is deep. I guess it is normal for everyone who watched the movie and rated a high rating to have a similar thought as mine? We all go through the same few emotions - joy, sadness, fear, anger, disgust... The difference is the reaction toward every situation.

Jotting down some important lessons I've learned from this movie - We need sadness to feel happiness. Happiness without sadness has no meaning.

We are constantly being reminded to always look at the positive side of life even if we face situations that crossed our boundaries. I did this to myself very often. But slowly I know - even if we can't be as positive as how easy it is being said, even if we are sad, mad, even if we show our disappointment (choose to show to only people who matter), it is okay, it is really okay and we don't have to be perfect. We just have to be real and to know when to let go.

Emotions are magic.

In certain situation, the reason why we react in a strange way that no one can understand, firstly it is because we lost the core memories of happiness and lost the strength to pursue happiness. Next before we understand it is all because of sadness, we let anger, disgust, and fear to take control first before we able to figure things out. Sadness is something that is really hard to express, or too easy to be masked by anger, disgust, and fear.
We tend to shut sadness out and try to convince sadness not to be sad because it deems to be weak to be sad. Noo not right it takes courage to show sadness. Btw all nostalgic happy memories are mostly tinged with a bittersweet element. Recalling one of the quotes by Sadness in the movie "Crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life's problems.", yeah this is effective.

Afterall it is important to learn about emotions.

What are your core memories of happiness and sadness?

What will you do when you are sad?

I will definitely recommend this one to all who are on the path of self-discovery.

Uhhh but why Bing Bong has to die? Maybe this imaginary friend can come back in another illustration when Riley gets Joy back? I think so. Imagination is good for health. Like imagining my coming weekend with my girlfriends doing some random stuff, and another coming weekend with coursemates trying food and cafes during a short escape... and even imagining I'm getting a car park in a mall every time during peak period... picturing a lit bit of beautiful scene of my future is good.

Cheer to a higher level of acceptance toward sadness. #lovethismovie

Came to the realization that kinda last minute jobs are not good for my mental health since I tend to stress out myself too much and then shit happens like crashing mind. Have been locking myself up in my room pretty much for a couple of days in one of a month this year but I'm back now living life fully, doing some reflection and figuring out my boundaries, my core values, who I'm in my private moment and who I'm in public, what I really like on a good day and bad day, what I like and what I dislike... Most importantly is how well do I actually know my body? My breathing, my current abilities, my limits of balance and flexibility? I only started to think about them after visiting a TCM doctor who gives me reminders. It can be awkward to have someone whom you just knew for days and you've been treated well, whether sincere or not sincere but why should I judge the good intention?

Shoutout to my very supportive family and friends who have been feeding me with good foods and reminding to sleep earlier in between because sometimes I forget to eat and reluctant to sleep which are shit habits... and also listening to all my rubbish thoughts due to overloading. Encouragement is all I needed.

I'm so thankful that now someone new is joining the team to support at work and she must be lucky because she doesn't have to go through a period where she got to be on her own. :'D I know that was the toughest time but I also know I learned the most the hardest way. If I couldn't change the situation I just gonna change the way I see things.
Not forgetting the precious friendships earned during weekend classes because those unlimited conversations we had were really more important than the long hours' lectures.

It took me some time to get back to a routine, and it's been almost a year since I got injured when the postures were wrong and I hurt my back, but I've finally regained positiveness by merely accepting my capabilities. The mental block was paralyzing... anyway time heals all wounds.

Counting down 2 months till 2019 ends...

A year where I flew the most - Singapore (3 times), Taiwan, Australia, Belgium, India (Mumbai - Delhi - Haryana - Chandigarh - Ludhiana)... I'm looking forward to the upcoming one. I did not have a chance for leisure travel except for Belgium, can't wait for a real relaxing escape againn!

A year where I watched the most movies because I have too much time in flight and I can't sleep well sitting. I really enjoyed The Mule, The Book Thief, The Greatest Showman, Dumplin, A Star is Born, Les Miserable.

It is a year with limited time to spend with family, friends, loved ones, and hobbies. Gonna compensate for this! Definitely a year with many turns and twists, hatred, anger, disappointment, feeling of unappreciation, sadness, letting them go is healthy and also to remind me to find joy and happiness every single day because life is short.

A year where I learned really a lot so keep learning and growing.

Seeing grandparents very soon over the weekend and I can't wait for homecooked food. I miss having own kitchen own bathroom own designed space own bookshelves and a bigger wardrobe and shoes rack! #ineedspace. Before I end this post I gonna thank my little sister. For whatever shits.

"Why do you want to live in a beautiful state?

- to be happy without depending on others

- to be able to love without asking for more in return

- to be able to bring happiness no matter what I do where I go"

"Dear me,

You have been traveling extensively since you took up this new position and you know that you are currently studying so you will definitely be having some tough time. You know you are ready to put yourself in high stress with new pressure new hope new expectation from people around you, and you have to sacrifice the time of doing what you really enjoy. You placed a high expectation on yourself.

You thought you can handle those while in fact, you were not as fit as you think you can be. You seek for supports internally. But you are afraid to share it out - not even parents. You don't want them to worry about you. It consumed your faith and strength but you don't know what to do.

Everything was better before you hurt your back - you tried to not thinking about it - you appreciate people around who care about you and you tried to do something to see if it will become better. You tried but then you realized you are still weak and it is demotivating. You have to give up on something you enjoy doing. You stopped looking into the mirror. It had been quite some time... trying to accept that only certain things are within your capability. Not only that made you lose confidence but it also makes you try to seek confidence somewhere else - by pretending to be alright.

You're so miserable for a certain period of time. Everything unorganized, occupied with works and non-self-love tasks. How can you forget to love yourself?"

It is dangerous to see how these changes affecting life and I could not put all these into words. It is hard to express. It makes me realize how weak I can be - what is the limit, how to reconnect with myself.

Been rushing and diving into the reality of the world. Overwhelmed with negative energy. Forgotten to appreciate little things. The fifth time I traveled - I stayed in a 5 stars hotel in India, served with great food and treated with great courtesy, but I was broken - I don't enjoy them at all. I hate it when I'm emotionally not strong.

Recharging. Slowed down the pace. Reflect. Learning to love again - myself and others, to gain positive energy again. I know I'd been stubborn and hid away, not being honest even to myself, struggled with opening up my heart. I've been so closed up that I've forgotten to love life, forgotten to spend time to be more understanding. To all the people who love me at my most unlovable... thank you. Dear me, you'll move on and be better.

I'm tough and strong in front of most and to be there for those I care - at the same time I need a shoulder to lean on when I lose my strength.

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