Things around me have been changing lately, especially at work.

At first, it was over whelming for me because everything is changing. We have a new direction now so everyone has their own KPIs and stuff but that's normal.

No, I do not see it as a bad thing. One thing you should know about me is that I'm quite good in adapting to change. I'll probably like be scared of the change a first but I'll be excited and pumped up for the challenge.

Ever since I've started working in a different industry, honesty, I've not been myself. That being said, I was so scared of everything, timid, shy..During training yesterday, when my team lead was telling us about how things are going to be and what we are going to do. I actually closed my eyes, breathe in and told myself

"Hey Ophelia, you can't be like this anymore. You have to be more firm and do not let anyone push you ever. Being firm does not make you bitchy"

I needed to do that because I honestly feel that it is about time for me to change. I say "OKAY" or "it's okay" and giggle it off too much. AHAH yeah, I do that a lot.

So here's to a new change where this year I will grow in person. Breaking out from my shell because deep down I know I can do this! :) 

08:40

Finally, my busy days are slowing down. It has been hectic between parties and stuff. I fell sick during Christmas and that's really not a nice way to spend Christmas. Also, this Christmas was a real quiet one since my uncle passed away.

I celebrated my first Christmas with the company I'm working at. First, we threw a client party (for the clients, of course) then it was our annual Christmas party which was a Kids Themed Party. I don't know, I thought the 'Kids theme' was vague, kids nowadays just wear adult clothes but just in tiny sizes ( I mean that's how I feel ) So I decided to get a onesie instead together with Laura and Yu Ston. We all bought Unicorn Onesies! 

    Yeah, we are the unicorns from the hood!
The party was also a pot luck style kind of party so finally, I have a reason to cook! I don't really need a reason to cook but I just needed time. I picked the simplest dish to do - Beef Stew! I was thinking that it has been raining a lot and what's better than warming up bellies with a wholesome bowl of beef stew right? I took the recipe from Jamie Oliver - Beef & Ale Stew because he really has some quick fantastic dishes you know like the one I did!

This dish in particular was really simple to make, trust me on this. :)

All you need is:

3 fresh or dried bay leaves
500 gm Quality Diced Stewing Beef ( I used beef chuck )
500ml Guinness/ Beef Stock
2 sticks celery
2 sticks carrots
2 medium onions
Olive Oil
Garlic
1 heaped tablespoon of plain flour
400gm tinned chopped tomatoes
seasalt
ground black pepper

1) Slice up that vegetables of yours!

2) Saute your vegetables along with the dried bayleaves.

3) Add in the meat and flour, cook it some more!
4) Season lightly first because the sauce will get saltier as it reduces.
5) Add in your stock and tinned tomatoes!

Voila, it's as simple as that! I actually slow cooked mine in a crock pot over night, the results was awesome! The meat was so tender and it was all just pure awesome :)

One note tho, I never really follow the measurements stated the above. Yeah, I used that as a guideline but I trust my instincts more LOL!

*You can read it more here, if you don't like the way I explain it haha: Jamie's Beef & Ale Stew*

Back to the Christmas post, sorry, I side tracked a little bit. I can't help myself when I explain about food.

It was all pure fun, we had a Secret Santa gift exchange. I got my Santi a gift voucher from Boudoir by Soong Ai Ling. I thought it was the perfect gift for my Santi because this is really not your average mani/pedi parlour. This is the place where pampering your nails are taken to another level (my opinion) getting served with a glass of wine or even champagne and some tooth aching macaroons. What else can a girl ask for right?

Farah got me the Best of Sephora gift set and I really love everything about it. I don't usually put on much make up because I really suck in applying them to my face.So, I'm super happy when I receive things like blushers, lip stuff, mascara, eyebrow stuff and eyeliners.

The night ended with everyone happy and we were all taking so many pictures that night! 

                         All the kids

                     Meet Justina!

I guess that's it for now! Yeap this post is way over due too. I was suppose to post it up last year lol but I'm always lazy to transfer pictures out from my phone to the laptop. So yeap, I'm just updating this while I'm sitting in the train. 

The Blue Unicorn signing off! 

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10:34

This post is way over due! I graduated almost 2 months ago and here I am only blogging about it. I am now an official degree holder yay!

It was so great meeting up with all of my uni mates to celebrate this together. 4 years in Taylor's University really flew by fast. I remember how much I wished Uni would finish fast so I can start working. I dreaded going to Uni because of the lack of parking space and that's all the reasons I can think of now. I'm always waking up early to go to Uni even tho my classes might start like late afternoon. Looking back at all of that, despite the drama (honestly, there's not much) and everything I really miss uni. Why? One thing for sure is that I will always have enough of sleep, I miss the school holidays I really do :( I miss umm studying and taking tests lol. Really, I do!

I'm so glad my family made it for my graduation and  I'm glad I made my mom proud :)

So what's next for me? Should I continue on with doing Masters? I was so sure that I wanted to do that right after degree right now I'm thinking twice.

Hun's family was down so I spent my days stuffing my face with so much of food and yeah more food! But I didn't take pictures of that tho because I was probably too hungry.

I guess that's it about my graduation. There's nothing much about it honestly, I just sat listening to endless speeches and I almost fell asleep listening to all of it. It was freaking hot that I couldn't wait to take off my Harry Potter Robe. 

Okay, that's all for now :) 

09:09