Managing stress

Are you managing stress well ?  Stress is part and parcel of life.  More or less everyone has some form of stress in our daily life.  Came across an interesting article on stress, thus would like to share it here with all my wonderful weblogders. 

Click  here  to read on can you handle stress.

Enjoy the article.  Take care. 

Benefits of drinking honey

Fashionably yours  love to drink my hot cup of honey everyday.  It is so yummy and healthy. 

The 3 key health benefits of honey are related to the fact that:

1. Honey is nature’s energy booster

2. Honey is a great immunity system builder
3. Honey is a natural remedy for many ailments  

Fashionably yours is drinking this tub of honey everyday. 

Just mix two teaspoon of honey with warm water is sufficient for me

It is cheap and good, can be bought at any supermarkets and medical halls.  I used to drink manuka honey which might be too strong for me.  It can cause me diarrhoea sometimes.  Thus I decided to switch to drink the normal honey which suits me well so far.  

For more informatoin on honey, Click here to read up on the benefits of honey

Healthy snacks

Bought these healthy snacks to munch.

I love to munch cranberries and the berry mix

Bad Haze

The haze is back to the Lion City. The wind direction has blown the smoke from Indonesia to here.  The farmers are burning their old harvests to create natural fertilizer in order to do new planting.  This haze is affecting fashionably yours.  Last Thursday and Friday, the PSI was above 100.  I was breathless and coughing like mad as I walked along Orchard Road last Friday evening on my way home from work.  I need oxygen tank *LOL*

As a result I fell ill with a very red tonsils from the coughing and nose was blocked.  Seen my company doctor on Monday but the medicines are cheapo and doesn't seem to work.  I did myself a favour today by paying my own money to consult my own family doctor and prescribed me with antibiotics and cough mixtures.  So far, I felt much better after taking 3 antibiotics.  My company doctor only said my tonsils are red but never give me anything for it.  Just gave me lozenges, panadol and cough tablets.  Some other ex company doctor told me they are not allowed to go beyond a certain budget.  They wanted to give you better medicines but are constraint....sigh.....no wonder these ex company doctors told me they opted out of the system once the contract ended. 

No wonder when my colleagues and I fell ill, we don't seem to get well so fast, always must go back a few times.  I would rather spend abit more for good medicines coupled with good rest to recover speedily.  Will drink more h20 and rest well to have speedy recovery :)

Haze at Orchard Road when PSI was above 100

So hazy

Did you notice the Christmas deco are up

(work-in-progress though) along Orchard Road?

Now the PSI is about 20. I hope it stays this way or go down further.  I love my clean air and it aids my recovery.

Fruits

Fashionably yours has been eating lots of fruits lately and my favourite is the Gold Kiwifruit. 

Benefits of eating the kiwifruits are :

1) Ultimate Vit-C

Strong fighter of colds and the flu - one serving has 240% of the recommended daily intake !  vitamic C also wards off the effects of aging and stress.  And powers up the immune system.

2) Master of Vit E

Powerful antioxidant to knock-out free radicals, lower cholesterol and thin the blood.

3) Fibre champion

2 kiwifruits contain more fibre than a bowl of bran cereal.  Fibre promotes a healthy heart.  Cleanses and improves digestive system and helps lower cholesterol levels.

4) Antioxidant all star

Antioxidants fight off free radicals and harmful by-products in your body, reducing your risk of cancer, heart disease and stroke.

For more benefits of eating kiwifruits, click here

My Gold kiwifruit

Gold kiwi fruits

Fashionably yours has also been eating tons of strawberries.  I love eating strawberries

My box of strawberries

yummy strawberries

For more benefits of eating strawberries, click  here

Remember to eat more fruits.  It is good for our health.  I eat lots of kiwifruits, strawberries and apples.  Besides I also am drinking about 3Litres of h20 everyday.

Cheers to healthy living.  Have a fantastic weekend everyone.

Hospitalisation Leave and Orchard Road Flood

Wow ! there was a flood at Orchard Road this morning but I slept through the heavy downpour and Orchard Road flood.  Fashionably yours was admitted into the hospital for a colonscopy yesterday and just discharged from the hospital last evening.  Given 2 days of hospitalisation leave (yesterday and today).  It was a day surgery procedure.  The sedation of local makes me so goggy yesterday.  Though the gogginess is gone now but my right hand is blue black because of the poking of sedation injection.  I am glad that I am cleared and nothing serious except for piles. Thank God for his blessings. I was worried mad the last few weeks.  Now it is all cleared.  Seems like I am given a new life.

When I woke up around noon today, I received so many messages from friends asking me about the Orchard Road flood.  They thought I was at work at Orchard Road today.  They didn't know I was on hospitalisation leave today.  Is anyone of you get caught in the Orchard Road flood ?  Some told me the flood is like an ocean and some said Orchard Road has been tsunami-ed.  Saw from the news that Hermes, Starbucks and Massimo Dutti stores at Liat Tower are badly damaged, ground level was submerged in the flood.  I think whole stretch of Orchard Road is flood.  Need to row row row your boat along Orchard Road this morning.

Well it has been raining almost the whole day today.  I love this nice and cooling weather.  Very free and easy recuperating at home from my colonscopy.  Feel much better now except the left side of my tummy feels abit crampy.  I think these few days cannot do any vigorous activities and must rest alot.

Lunch at Shokudo and shoppings

Had lunch with G-san and Lemon-san at Shokudo at Heeren just now. It was not crowded at all.  We had the set lunch at SGD4.80 per set before GST.  It was so-so only.

Shokudo

My Sukiyaki set

The beef is too hard and I complaint to the staff

G-san Tonkatsu curry rice set

Very filling and delicious

Our table

After we had our lunch, Lemon-san and G-san bought each a cup bubble tea. As fashionably yours is not a fan of bubble tea, so I skipped.  Three of us proceed to John Little sales and fashionably yours bought my toiletries enjoying 20% discount for cardmembers.  Very crowded but Lemon-san helped me to quene up first while I went to grab my stuff.  G-san bought two hand towels.  I wanted to buy the mouth rinse but the cashier cannot scan for me as they have some problems with the scanners, so I will go back to buy tomorrow.  Hoping the quene will not be so long tomorrow.

Thereafter G-san and Lemon-san went back to office while I make my way  to the Pharmacy to check it out my eye drops price out of curiosity but they do not carry this eye drops.  Fashionably yours has my eye blood vessel burst so I went to consult my company doctor in the morning after my colleagues persuaded me to see the doctor. I also don't know why my eye blood vessels can burst. It is abit red and straining, so the doctor advised me not to rub my eyes and gave me the eye drops Optovisc which I diligently apply.  The doctor said to be patience to give myself 2 weeks at least to recover.  I only discovered my eye blood vessel burst when I was applying my eye make up in the morning.  Sigh.....

It is such a blessing to work in town because we can eat at restaurants during lunch hour and shopping during lunch hour.  So it is like work, lunch, tea and shoppings.  Work cum leisure...very nice.  I also had bought a nice green blouse at New Look@313 Somerset at a steal of SGD3.70 while I was just passing by the store on my way back to office after lunch.  

It has a sudden downpour this afternoon and the weather is so cooling now.  Luckily the rain has stopped and I am making my way out of the office to home sweet home to rest my eyes soon.

Have a nice evening everyone :)

My 1st week of Jan 2010

1st week of Jan 2010 has gone by.  Now we are stepping into the 2nd week of Jan 2010.  Hope everyone has adjusted from the post festive holidays seasons and the engine has warmed up for serious work and businesses by now.  Have you been keeping to your New Year Resolutions so far ?  Yes fashionably yours has been keeping to mine.  I am eco-friendly and have been eating lots of salads.

My simple home made black pepper smoke salmon salad with with Italian dressing

My 1st week of Jan 2010 was hectic. Lots of reports to do in the office.  Suddenly I was down with stomach virus infections for 2 days.  Then I visited my dentist last Thursday to fix my gums.  I don't like to visit dentist but I have no choice for the sake of my gums.  My dentist is so super good business.  It was so difficult to fix appointment with him.  Finally managed to book a slot to fix my gums.  He has fixed my gums problems, but naughty me ate some hard stuff over the weekends and caused my gums to be painful again.  He advised me to eat some soft food first till my gums are stronger enough to handle harder food.  I think I must be a good good girl to listen to my dentist's advise now.  I will eat porridge, more salads and no hard meats.  Glad I went to see my dentist so that I don't have to suffer the pain anymore.  Next I need to extract my wisdom tooth and I am so scared of pain...another headache.  At first I want to extract my wisdom tooth this month but on second thoughts I think better let my gums become stronger and stablised first then I book appointment to extract it.  One thing at a time....I must be patience.  One must visit dentist every 6 months for maintainence. 

I am glad to be back at work because had lovely time with my wondeful buddies.  Last Friday we went to McCafe for lunch. It was my first McDonald lunch of 2010.  Also I haven't been to McDonald for at least 3 months since my gums infections.

Our table

We had the fillet o fish McValue Lunch set

My hot cup of Darjeeling tea

Now I am feeling much better and resting over the weekends.  I would say I have a good start to 2010 and hoping it will be that way.  I am feeling happy.  Feel blissful and loved that so many lovely people caring for me and loving me.  Guess we should do unto others what you want others to do unto you.   It is all very reflective.  

I was at the supermarket last week and they have been playing Chinese New Year songs, so are the shops.  They are also selling CNY goodies....wow ! so fast CNY is coming soon which means the next Public Holiday is CNY on 14 February. Note to self to shop for some CNY clothes.....Yes time to shop....haven't been shopping much lately.  Must budget also while shoppings....

What's in this cute cup ?

It is my home made cup of chrysanthemum

The weather was so hot over the weekends that I make myself a hot cup of chrysanthemum drinks to cool down my body heatiness.  Refreshing.  One good thing about the hot weather is my laundry is dry now.  So far not too bad, still breezy over at my place.  So it is sunny with some breeze.  In fact, I am enjoying my lazy Sunday lazing around admist the peaceful lush greenery and listening to the birds chirping on the trees.  Life is beautiful indeed.  

Alrighty time for me to have my beauty sleep now.  Good night and sweet dreams.

Have a great week ahead everyone and take care. 

Updates for week 3 of November 2009

The weekends come and goes so fast. It is Monday again and also the last week of November 2009.  Soon it will be Christmas Day in about 4 weeks time.  Have been a busy week for fashionably yours last week and going to be a stressful and tiring one for the next few weeks.  This is because year end needs to do lots of budgeting at work and lots of huge numbers to analyse.  It is good to get busy but not too stressful.  Lots of blogs updates.  Here goes.....

Bought CLEO magazine - December 2009 issue  from

Times the bookshop at SGD4.40

Get FREE Gift - L'oreal shampoo worth SGD8.90

You do the maths. It is worth it. 

I am using this shampoo.

Indulge in my pedicure session on last Wednesday evening.

Painted a shade of bright OPI purplish pink on my sexy toesnails. Relaxing. 

Loving this colour.

Had Starbucks Peppermint Mocha on last Friday.  Very refreshing and wanna drink it again. 

Last Friday bought Pycnogenol which is the Premium Antioxidant

Is there anyone taking Pycnogenol ? If yes, please share your experience. Thanks.
Read here for more information on Pycnogenol

This week is a four-day work week because this Friday is a Public Holiday - Hari Raya Haji. (smiling sweetly).  Have a nice week ahead everyone and take care.

My toothpaste

Fashionably yours bought this Sensodyne toothpaste from Watson yesterday.

Cost SGD8.80 and is buy one get one free.

Hope it will help to speed up my recovery from gums infections and relieve my sensitive teeth.

I brushed my teeth three times a day. What toothpaste are you using currently ? Feel free to share with me. Thanks.

Also concurrently using this which was recommended by my uncle.

Sweet Potatoes

Yesterday I cooked and ate sweet potatoes.  It nourishes my soul.  Yummy....mama mia...oishii deshita.

Click here to read more on the Health Benefits of Sweet Potato

Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Therefore a month-long Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign is taking place in October. Activities include the "Wear the Pink Ribbon" and other breast cancer awareness events.   To support the Breast Cancer Foundation, fashionably yours bought Estee Lauder Lip Design Collection set.  Every box purchase, SGD10 will be donated the Breast Cancer Founation.  This is spending for a good cause.  Nice colour and doing for charity. 

Estee Lauder Lip Desing Collection

It consists of a lip pencil, a lip gloss, a lipstick and a pink box

For more information on BCF, click   here

Gums Infections

Fashionably yours is sick with gums infections, mouth ulcers and abit sore throat since Monday.  My body must be too heaty. Was prescribed with antibiotics and panadol by my company doctor.  The gums infections is painful and affecting my eating habits. Now I can only eat soft food and cannot bite hard solid food.  My gums are swollen and red.  Could be because I am so hardworking to floss my teeth three times a day.  Last week I flossed too hard till my gums bleeds on both side of my teeth.  I am in pain and suffering...sob...sob....sob....I prayed to quickly recover from this painful gums infections.  I hate the pain.  Eating is such a chore to me now and I really miss all the good food.  Since I cannot eat much stuff, so I eat mostly porridge, tofu and drink soup.  Poor me.  I will diligently take my medicine and also rinse my mouth with warm salt water.   Besides this, I will drink more cooling tea to cool down my body heatiness.

My Medicine

Now that I am down with gums infections, I cannot eat much so I don't have much meat in my diet and feel so weak. I just want to sleep and rest and to quickly fully recovered.  Will be resting over the weekends and skipping all the Halloween parties.  My health is more important than those parties. 

Happy Halloween everyone and a nice weekends.

Drama mama day

Fashionably yours was sick with an upset stomach and diarrhoea yesterday.  Keep running to the washroom.  No company doctor to consult because the doctor himself was on medical leave yesterday, so I was my own doctor - self-medicated. Why must the company doctor go on medical leave when I need to consult him, so dramatic.

I called up another company doctor but the appointment time was in the late afternoon.  Fashionably yours was feeling so tired and just want to sleep.  Thus I decided to take the afternoon off work to self-medicated and rest at home.   I am such a muddle head and blur queen...ate an expired sandwich ...no wonder I got the stomach upset. The last time was took vitamins that has expired one year ago ! 

The diarrhoea has stopped and hoping the stomach will recover soon.  Otherwise will need to consult the company doctor.  Will monitor and crossing my fingers hoping for the best. 

Sipping 100 plus drink now while blogging.   Today is 1st October 2009 which is also Children's Day.  Wishing everyone a Happy Children's Day.  Even when you are adult there is still a little child inside everyone.

Good night.

Swollen eyes on 090909

Fashionably yours woke up with a swollen and painful eyes this morning.  Oh gosh ! I was fine yesterday all the while till this morning had this swollen and painful eyes.  Life is so unpredictable.  Well so went to the clinic to consult the doctor and was diagnosed that I have eye infections with swollen eyes, internal sty and blur vision. The doctor prescribed me with anti-biotic eye gel and some pills to reduce the swelling and redness.  Also given 2 days of medical leave to rest my eyes.  So sad and painful eyes....sob...sob...sob...I want my clear vision back asap.

Now am feeling much better after applying the antibiotic eye gel.  Need to rest my vison more. For now am wearing my glasses to help me see better so that I don't strain my eyes. 

Today is 090909 and I have eye infections :( Next year on 101010 I wish it had better give me something nice, beautiful and sweet :))

How is your 090909 ?  Hope you had a nice and wonderful 090909.

Throat infections

Fashionably yours has throat infections after I swallowed some mini fish bones and/or rice husks last week. They are still inside my throat....on and off feel uncomfortable. Also caught the flu viruses from my colleagues at work. So many people in my office are falling ill, one after another. I must have caught the flu viruses from Yuan-san & Seng-san because the other day we shared the same soup and same spoon at Fish & Co. Actually I am alright and have been strong the last few days until my throat infections. Prescribed some anti-biotics by the company doctor this morning for my throat infections. Hope it will heal my throat and hope the mini fishbone and rice husk quickly make their way down from my throat......otherwise I may need to see my company doctor for further examination. Praying very hard to God to heal my throat.

My medicine

Am feeling so tired and have a headache now. I also have been working very hard the last few weeks, staring at the monitor for about 8 hours every day. So many projects in the pipelines for me....bad recession ? I don't think so, I have so many projects to do and it is all major projects. Seems like I am being involved in lots of projects this year, even small projects also invovled abit here and there. Work stress is building up. For now, I need to rest, sleep alot and drink lots of fluid. I am yearning for a can of beer. I cannot eat chocolates now. Sob Sob......

God I pray that I just want my throat to recover soonest possible and I will be a very happy girl. Amen.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Need a good short break

Fashionably yours have the following symptoms since last evening :

• Nausea
• Fatigue/Tiredness
• Cramp in my stomach
• Loss of Appetite
• Heartburn

Still not feeling good this morning and have very bad cramp that I have diffiuclty walking. Thus throw in the towel and decided to visit the company doctor. It is diagnosed that I have gastritis and a senstive stomach which is so acidic inside. I have a history of acid reflux (GERD) too. Luckily this time seems mild. Prescribed with some medications and told to rest at home.

I need to rest and relax and not to stress myself. Guess I have been too stressed up at work the past few weeks. This is the effect of how my body is reacting after the past few stressful weeks. OK, I need to relax myself now. I have been working way too hard in the office, clocking long hours. The doctors also gave me some lozenges since my throat is not that good after speaking so much in the office. I always need to talk alot in my line of work, giving advice and answering queries.

Looking out of my window now, the sky seems to turn dark and very windy. Perhaps God is telling me not to work so hard, take some time out to rest my body system. Yes I will. I will rest today. However, fashionably yours is still clearing office emails and sending emails from home. Seems like I am working from home than resting at home.....urgh ! Too many things to do at work, cannot finish......OMG ! I am sounding like my big..........I am at home but my heart is at work.......I am turning workaholic. I think I cannot survive without technology - Mobile Phone and Internet.

Going for my lunchy, then zzzzzz......while the rest of you are working hard in the office. I really need a good short break now before I go battle again tomorrow at work.

On a side note, I find my big's job is more stressful than mine, and he is handling his stress very well. He never raise his voice at me when he is under stress, always talk so sweet to me. I also never raised my voice at him, except grumbling to him about my job. He did too at times....haha....at least he knows I am his listening ear and I still exist (self consolation - haha). I did complain to him before about his job is keeping him away from me, though I am proud of his career. Now I am accepting it slowly. Guess I grow and learn along the way. I am proud to be the woman behind my high flyer man.

Headache

OMG ! fashionably yours is getting a headache now...Think seen too many huge numbers and now get the headache so I told my big. He still can joke about my headache. Naughty him.

Extract is our interesting convesation :
Me : I am going home to rest soon, got a bad headache...
Big : Feel better soon then.
Me: How is your XXXX ?
Big : My XXXX is better than your head.
Me : You bad.

My big is so bad, teasing my headache. (eyes rolling and look at him angrily).

My big will be working and working and working even during the weekend. Fashionably yours need lots of beauty sleep, since I only slept about 5 hours per night for the past few weeks. I shall be sleeping beauty this weekend. Beauty sleep is such a luxury to fashionably yours. I think my big is more tired than me because he has lots of work to do and might not have enough sleep. At least I can be sleeping beauty this weekend.

Have a nice weekend everyone.

Four Tips for keeping mentally healthy

Read this in My Paper dated 15 Oct 2008, just now, so just want to share it here with everyone.

Here are a few useful tips for maintaining mental health :

1) Keep your mind clear and your mood calm and balanced, so that when faced with unpredictable or unfavourable circumstances, you would know that you made the best decision. With this in mind, we can rest easy with a clear conscience and let nature take its course.

2) Should anything at work or at home be getting you down, talk about it with someone close. This can help you relieve stress.

3) Stay physically and mentally in shape by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, as exercise can help relieve tension.

4) If you feel you are slipping into depression or are suffering from anxiety, seek medical advice.

Have a nice day everyone.

I lost my voice

I lost my voice yesterday

Please help me to find it back

My throat is so itchy

Please help me to scratch it

Now my voice sounds so hoarse and sexy

I want my original voice back.

Consulted my Company Doctor last evening and was prescribed with some medications.

and best of all, he gave me a day off today to rest my voice.

The Company Doctor treated me so nice like a fatherly figure.

I feel much better now, though not coughing as much as yesterday.

The cough mixture really is making yours truly very drowsy

that I woke up at noon just now

Guess rest is important in order for my original voice to be back.

My medications

My lunch just now

The seafood soup noodles

Yummy

So here I am blogging away at home on this quiet afternoon, with nice music playing from Class 95 FM and burning lavender essential oil.........yours truly is in silent mode today....If I am in the office, surely yakking away and cannot rest my vocal. Yesterday was coughing and talking to colleauges over the phone with my hoarse and sexy voice in the office...I think the other party's ear is suffering listening to my hoarse and sexy voice. Well no more mooncake for yours truly at the moment......I want my original voice back....I don't want this hoarse and sexy voice, it will give some guys the wrong idea when I am talking to them over the phone.

My colleagues saw me struggling to talk in my hoarse and sexy voice yesterday and feel so sorry for me. They encouraged me to go home to rest my voice......in my line of work, it is difficult to work without voice as I need to talk.