#bestboyfriendintheworld

Favourite word of the day:

STEADY!

Whenever Sarge mentions, "And........steady!", we'd let our muscles loose and I mean all muscles including facial muscles and we would look like saggy monkey faces.

Bootcamp has been getting more intense. Can't walk up and ESPECIALLY down the stairs without making weird 'Ouch, Owwww, Oooooo, Ahhhh, Eeeeek' noises. While in public and such noises are big no-nos, I'd hold everything in which makes me feel like slapping Gladys :D

Sorry getting a tad too random and lame...been up since 5.50am this morning, bootcamp and bonding with sandbags (macho sial now weih don't play play kungfu panda you....), the best shower ever after bootcamp, audition for Watsons You Awards, church service, family dinner and here I am.

Here's a picture we took this morning! LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture! It's picture perfect! Filled with beautiful faces! ;D #hiddenmeaning #sisterlylove #cannotseeghost #uglymustslap

Hahahaha I love my sis :)

HOOYAH!

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It's been a while but I really need to blog/brag/whatever about this :))

Darling bought this as my 3rd gift for our 7th anniversary this Nov. It's sorta a countdown pressie-giving thingy where I'll get 7 gifts building up to our 7th year anniv.

First pressie: Specs

Second pressie: Shu Uemura cleansing oil which I LURVE to the max!

Third pressie: (below)

Shu Uemura Sunset Gold Palette! :)))

Mentioned that I've been looking for a good goldish brownish eye shadow palette and being the broke/pokai me, I always wait til I need it or til I strike lottery only I'll buy. Didn't know darling took note and bought this for me :) it's more than I could ask for...

So since he gave me I must wear right? Wear already must camho right?

So here goes :D

Won't post up so many camho photos at one go. Dowan people to call me bimbo :P

#sensitive issue

Darling, though my eyes could hardly open and my mind is totally insane right now, I still wanna blog about this to tell the whole world just how happy and blessed a gf I am, and how much I love and appreciate you :)

#bestboyfriendintheworld

#happiestgirlfriendintheworld

#goingtosleepwithasmile

My own hashtags :P

OXY Commercial shoot in less than 7 hours so,

Goodnight big, big world!

love, careen.

Heart on sleeves at quarter after one.

Hello there :)

Just finished an assignment rush the entire last week. It was a mad rush.

Lack of sleep- skin deteriorate, weight loss. Hey, the latter doesn't sound too bad, does it? ;)

Had to deal with possibly one of the most fun yet tedious subject for me- SOUND. Sound is SO technical. Gotta kowtow to all the sound engineers out there.

Editing became fun once I knew how to go about it :) The problem was the quality of my sound recording. How do you deal with static sounds and 'air' sounds?? It's annoying.

Anyway, it's done and over with :)

More major assignments ahead but for now, let's just take a breather, shall we? :)

Appreciate it when photographers make the effort to make me look pretty in pictures.

Love the whole feel of the photo :)

God has been great to me.

So many blessings and opportunities keep pouring in, til I have no time to pick everything up. It feels surreal that He really answers my prayers and helps me fulfil my goals each time. He never fails :)

It's been less than 2 years since I stepped into freelance modelling, emcee-ing, as well as commercial shooting only since beginning of this year. Seeing how far I've come, I only have God to thank...for bringing me to the right people, the right friends, the right agents and clients, the right connections. It all just happened. Thinking about it all just, amazes me.

I'm not super successful or top at my field. But for the little time and effort put in due to the many other commitments I have in my hands, it just feels so natural and effortless that things just come by, without me having to strive for it.

If it's not God, then who?

Many think that it is not an industry safe to step into. It could be, but in my experience, it really depends on how far you're willing to go/what you're willing to sacrifice to step up. If you want it bad enough, you'll give in and compromise. So, it depends, really.

But to me, this is honestly just momentary. I'm enjoying every single bit of it. I love my job, but I don't intend to dwell here forever. Have got long term plans which excites me each time I think about it :) Thus, I'm not willing to work so hard for things. I already have everything in place. I have the love of my life, my beautiful family, my wonderful church.

Why sacrifice? Why jeopardise?

Knowing the industry especially in Msia. Uh uh, it's not worth it.

Which explains why others are at the top while I'm not. I just don't see the point of giving so much and pushing so hard. This is not what I want to do for life, and I'm not desperate for the money. I'm content being the girl who is picky with her jobs ;) Yes, I'm boring like that.

Crossroads in life.

Family or career?

I don't know why but it's becoming clearer to me everyday :)

Perhaps.

love, careen.

Mother's Day 2011

When i was still fairly fairer.

My tan from the awesome Redang Getaway is recovering but I still look red & tanned. Some say it suits me. Kinda like it too but hopefully it doesn't affect my job & castings!

It's Mother's day weekend!

A time to celebrate the huge, unconditional & massive love mothers all around the world have for their children and everybody else.

Lied to my mum about working today which made her so disappointed. But turns out, I gave her a surprise Mother's Day monologue presentation at church today and she was really happy & touched :) wish I could make her feel this way every single day. Minus the tears though cos then it'd be hard on her eyes! I love my mum :)

Our Round 1 of Mother's Day celebration tonight.

Round 2 tomorrow.

Hehe daddy's so gung-ho on celebrating for mummy.

I have such wonderful parents.

Queen of my heart. Everyday.

She's really someone who's super simple, yet beautiful inside out :)

It's really a difficult & daunting task to get my dad to take a nice, proper picture.

Me: Dad, you're aware that these photos will go up to Facebook & everyone will see it right?

Dad: Huh??? *sits straight and gives a proper smile*

Hahahahaha!!

I love my cool & awesome parents :)

Introducing my littlest sista.

Told her to smile and she gave me this.

Me: Evangeline, smile.....

Evan: *angles face, and strikes the pose above*

Me: Smileeeeee......

Evan: *still holding the same expression and angle*

Me: Err....okayyyy.... *snaps*

Look at her Smizing away, yo....

Smize= Smile with ur eyes ;)

She's my sweet sweetheart :)

Take a time-out from your Twitter, FB and give your mum a tight hug & wet kiss today.

She deserves it more than anyone else :)

Happy Mother's Day to all the beautiful souls who warm the world with your generous love. Love you all...

love, careen

Backdated Posts #1: CNY 2011

For the fact that I don't have to wake up super early tomorrow,

and also that I don't have to really rush after I wake up tomorrow,

here I am attempting to relive my page :D

February's been great!

A relaxing Chinese New Year celebration with the family and bf, reasonable number of jobs, few projects coming in.

Slowly feeling the pressure but I always balance it back with excitement.

It'll all be good ;)

So let me start from where I left off- CNY!

Didn't take many photos though. The bf came for a visit!

That's me acting cute.

And that's the bf's 'Austin Powers' pinky finger.

My stoopid strand of hair wanted to leave the crowd and stand out. SIGH

Stoopid strand of hair!!?!! New parting maybe...

Love our couple chekereds :)

That's my very happy gramma with the bf :) <3

And those are the bf's clean nostrils :P

Have got LOTSSSS more to update that I seriously don't know where to start. Starting from CNY is a good start :P

I'LL BE BACK!

p/s: Thanks for still dropping by though I'm 90% of the time absent! *mwahs*

love, careen.

Thank God for you, you and yes, you.

Reflections.

Dear Father,

Thanks for always reminding me to cherish the beautiful things in life.

Thanks for slowing me down when I accelerate on the journey of life.

Thanks for always reassuring me, whether it's by your Word or through your people.

Thanks for always protecting me, blessing me, and loving me unconditionally.

I really have nothing to complain about. My life's beautiful.

I have a great Father in heaven who is da' man...always there to welcome me back to His arms.

I have great parents who work so hard to give us a good life, always sacrificial and tolerant with our behaviour, always there to listen and comfort and love, always supportive and believing in us.

Mum & sis.

I have great sisters (of all ages!). They teach me how to lead, how to guide, how to be patient (oh yeahhh), how to love, how to pamper, how to be a sister.

My sisters love the fish eye function :)

Evangeline is a little aunty!

In her cool LV-looking transparent pink bag:

Diaper, a pair of clothes in case of emergency, and a milk bottle.

She brings it with her WHEREVER she goes. And she takes good care of it :)

I have a great boyfriend.

Selfless, supportive, faithful, sacrificial, generous.

Gladys ALWAYS has to be in the lemonlight......

He is truly one of the greatest hearts I've ever met. He's genuine, real, and he always seems to have everything put together. He's funny, humorous, isn't afraid to show his true self (sometimes too much i.e.: farting *ahem*) or to be embarrassed.

He's a genius, smart, brilliant. I can count on him for anything (especially when it comes to settling bills and stuff. maths is so not my thang!).

I feel so safe being with him. I feel so loved being with him :) <3

Thank God for sending him into my life...

I thank God for placing me in a wonderful church.

More than being the coolest and most happening church ever, it has become my second home. Spent the past 4 years there and I never regretted at all. I've become happier.

It's a place where I encounter God, where I grow spiritually, where I learn how to be a better individual week in, week out.

It's where I realise my passion, unleash my talents, increase in creativity & capacity to serve God and people, have the faith to step out of my comfort zone to do the things that I never thought I could achieve. I am where I am today because of City Harvest Church KL.

It's where I come back to God again, and again, and again.

It's where I will get married at and grow old at. A place where my own family will find refuge in the future.

That of course includes my cell group, subzone members, church friends and leaders. They make church life wonderful.

As well as friends outside church, working friends, extended family, and many more. I thank God for each and every one of you. (yes, all of you come across my mind as i'm writing this)

Don't be scared okay, I'm not plannin to commit suicide after I write this post. Just realised it sounds like a suicide note. Hahahaha I just thought, it is never be too late giving thanks and telling people around me that I love and appreciate them :)

If anything unexpected happens, at least you know that I truly love you :) This is my temporary home, and therefore, I'm not scared to go. Because I know that there's eternity beyond this life. But in the meantime, I'm enjoying every single bit on this earth.

As I grow older (and wiser? hehehe), I look at life from both sides now (wah sounds like the song). I'm aware of the ugliness of politics, the unfairness of this world, discrimination, poverty, conformity of life, death, and just how fragile life is.

I choose not to be ignorant, yet and at the same time, I choose to be positive. I choose to see the beauty in people and things, I choose to be happy, I choose to give, I choose to love, I choose to smile, I choose to laugh out loud. That might explain why I behave like a crazy girl sometimes.

On a random note, thank God for all the GOOD FOOD on earth! As well as the people who prepares them. Cooking is an art I've yet to master...yet la yet. Soon la yeah soon :P

Finally had my favourite green tea ice cream last night!

Dome's mushroom soup for RM15++.

Is it worth? Well, for the HUGE portion, yes.

But a tad too salty?

Lazy to go find more pics of good food I consumed in my lifetime..sleepy already :P

In a nutshell, I love this life that God has blessed me with.

All the things, and all the people. I'm thankful for all of you :)

love, careen.

Happy Thaipusam!

3 most important characteristics of a bf:

Hard-working

Honest

Humorous

The latter contributes largely to why I enjoy my 6-year relationship so much. It's like our chemistry and sense of humour is renewed every day.

There are new things for us to laugh about at/with each other. Your relationship/life is not boring. It's only as interesting as you make it to be sometimes :)

Wheee had my favourite fish & chips in town after a long while. He can read my mind on what I wanna eat! Amazing :P

This is the best shot I could get of my food.

I love this dish! The cheapest yet, the nicest of all.

Lemon;

healthy & gan-fei (lose weight) remedy. Yummy too!

This was a self-proclaimed lomo shot by the bf. hahahah lomo bo?

The ham-fok face.

Simple things in life like food can easily make me a happy girl :)

Had Thai food for dinner @ Sawasdee, SS15 with my dear cell group members :)

Yummmssss BUT spicy crazy!! All of them can eat spicy man...I lose flat! And I thought I improved...hahah

Chester & Andrea

Charissa & Fibiee

Jia Ying & I

She's one who can withstand all those spiciness without, get this, without water. I can kowtow on the ground and salute her man! Fuuuuhhh!

So yeah, had a nice, relaxing, satisfying (food wise) day :)

Hope you had a great public holiday and happy thaipusam to all who celebrated!

love, careen