You will know it if you have come a time when there is no one who will be able to show up and catch up on friendships.  That is when we knew we have grown into adult who have either a family of our own or a big career, or a big business that can’t be separated even for a moment. For me, mostly I catch up on the on-goings of my circle of friends from the social media ie Facebook, watsapp, instagram and any text messaging app to just say “hello” and “talk to you later”.

Things changed, people changed and at times conversation is still the same. Why? It is because it is the best memory your friend and you had  and the most wonderful time together. So, now you know why meet ups and catch ups are precious moments of golden memory comes alive again! To feel young again, go back into the future self of 20s is just hard to come by BUT with someone who had gone thru with you back then with the same conversation, it made all the  memory and feelings of youthfulness back instantly.  I was a child back then, quite chubby yet petite, timid yet very happy-go-lucky kinda girl as  I would describe myself. Sigh!

Having catch up reminds us on what we have done so far, how we come such a long way on where we are stand right now. How happiness was made and memory created, some bad and good in which which good ones were the ones which is the most empowering to pick us up right now if we are down.

Never alone on your thoughts, talk to your friends who you can trust. Meet ups and catch up aren’t so bad afterall, all your have to do is SHOW UP. No pressure, just be yourself. Your style and fashionable sense does not matter. Wear what is comfortable, at least brush your teeth since you will be chatting up lots!

What happen to me was, we ended up chatting for so long that 3 hours of catching up seems to be too little time.

So you next time! babe.

 

” Good Music doesn’t have an Expiration Date”.

 

Ketchup Matchup always,

 

Gim

 

We all does this, no matter what religion we hold, whatever religion you believe in.

We all does this, we hope and have faith towards what we believe in.

We all does this, we want our prayer to be answered yet there is no voice adhered to our questions.

We all does this, we knew the answers in us, deeply within us it tells us secretly.

We all does this, we have so many worries in mind, thoughts that gathers and falters in the shadows immediately without acting upon any of our ideas in those thoughts or worries we have.

We all does all of this thing so similarly, yet everything moves on smoothly good and bad, without us acknowledging it.

 

Therefore, say a little prayer each day with gratitude and thankfulness in your way. Your prayers is being notice somewhere out-there in the universe, your thoughts are shared if you happen to realize it. Your prayers is heard, believe it and have a little faith even if you do not believe in something greater than you.

 

Sometimes, we just need to LET GO and have a little faith on our prayer or intentions which we wish upon ourselves to come true. That is a real big hope.

 

Wishing upon a Star Always for all the best wishes to come true for you

and me,

 

Gim

 

 

 

 

Whatever it’s called, it is a terrible thing to feel.

It won’t stop. The foul taste happened mostly after water consumption or just a bite of any food or fruits.

There is no facts on why morning sickness occurs on pregnancy mostly during the 1st trimester.

All is known that is, no matter how hard or bad the ordeal of throwing up, belching, burping, all the discomfort-ness mainly in what’s going in the mouth or not at all – WILL EVENTUALLY STOP.

So, go on the ordeal as fancy as you can be while being all prepared or not, just got to amp up the patience in having it stop naturally. Our body tells us the best thing ever, it sure does when I have been told it is healthy (the asian thinking)

16 weeks! for me and I am so glad about it, my morning sickness is over. Tho, i can still feel the motion of wanting to but I can control it without it working me. Nicey-nice!

I am sorry to hear that you are still under the weather, I hope you will feel better soon.

 

Patience achieves wonders,

Gim

 

She hails from Malaysia.

She is a hoarder to all sorts of mind projects of her own. She creates but no ones sees it, she thinks too much and everything else stagnate – stumped. While she kept thinking A-Lot-of’s’, years passed and she realized a decade is gone. She achieved and succeed Nothing in the business world where she dabbled half-legged in and half-leg out.

No risk taken, no gain in return. 

While being homely-mummified, she had found herself a decade of multi-tasking projects – done and half-done, a build-up of extra interests’s in all sorts of areas –  insurance, direct marketing, internet marketing, foods, cooking, home, education, investments and that is to just name a few. Even in blogging she contemplated many times how to begin and restart again and again. 

BORING and UNDONE, she had enough of it. 

Before her last breath is taken from her, she had to use what is given to her.

Before any illness may come and drained her soul, she knew she had promises to make and more to give.

While there’s still health in her, she wants to sprout and wanders to wonders. 

Here-ye,  You have read MY mission.

TO LIVE LIFE.

My name is Gim.

I am glad you had stayed on and read my writes.

Welcome to my brags, my world on the internet and sharing on this personal blog, stepup2b.com.

I hope my sharing on thoughts and me in my writing mode will bring you moments of awakenings, joy in having to learn that someone is not better than you OR JUST LIKE YOU. You are definitely not alone in this world. Many are A-LIKE, is the choices we make.

So I come this far, I shall not turn my back to stop on where this will lead me.  To you too!

Where-ever you are at right now? or Whoever you are to be or not be? You are a being. that is for sure.

I hope you will keep tabs on my progress. Well, I do not know if its good on me BUT YOU KNOW what?

You will make a person happy if you do. I thank you for it!!
Always wishing you,
Smooth Sailing to wherever you want to be and what you will ever be.

Step on IT!

 

Gim.

2 decades ago, while I was typing away in-front of a small monitor doing what I do best. A manager walked into the office for an afternoon visit . As usual, after morning hours in our business development department it will be usually quiet, peaceful and little steps at the door would be heard since every sales personnel is out of the office doing their powerful runs in the market. All of a sudden, Manager approached me at my cubicle told me in a thunderous voice, I sound like a DUCK on the phone!. I was silent, trying to digest what he had said.

He  confirmed on his statement by saying it again “YES! you sound like a DUCK. Why do speak like that? Do you know it may seem that you are using your nose to talk? perhaps a trumpet on your nose while i was talking. Did you pinch your nose while you speak on the phone” him pinching his nose and speak like a duck comically . I kept silent, looked blanked holding my giggle as he looked funny and thinking in thoughts what made him said that to me. I have no idea why he said that, and I gave him a bashful smile.

He made an honest remark on me about my voice and the way I speak. I wouldn’t and did not take it as an insult at least it gave me an agenda to know how others would think of me. I took his compliments and his opinion about me  by thanking him on being abruptly honest but stating that it is my natural voice and it was me authentically.

I said to him “I’m glad I managed to get your attention by my unique voice”. After that, I can’t help myself on the wonders then  I started asking everyone how I sounded on the phone. Those feedback I’d gotten wasn’t as bad. Some said my voice is sweet, some said my voice sounded like a little kid, and some would say nothing is wrong with my voice. I would say I was a little self-conscious back then, perhaps a little now too.

Presently, this feeling of self-doubt and self-consciousness kicked in whenever I am writing to post. Flashbacks on that afternoon from Manager comes in and go in my thoughts. Will I sound like a duck  when I communicate in writing? I would questioned myself that all the time. I still am trying to find that particular one voice, but I don’t think i could come to only one as you may find in my writing.

So I tracked my likes and loves which gave me the courage and inspires me to JUST write. Was it a permission question?

I remembered this movie which gave me fantasies in being a writer just like her in the movie. I was in-love with character I watched back then,  Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker, a Hollywood star), the fictional character in the movie SEX and THE CITY.  I watched that movie over and over again. I am all awes as it was so inspiring to write like that. It is so her and in-tune with her voice.

 

Then, there was so many YouTuber and bloggers start to write about writing their lifestyle blogs, fashion, makeup blogs, mummies blogs all kinds of interests theme blogs. I feeling so grateful for all those who had shared about their fears and shame too, so I wasn’t lonely in this journey in writing on pieces of thoughts for sharing to the whole world.

There is one Vblogger on Youtube who had phrased blogging wonderfully.

” Blogging is really a beautiful way on sharing it with the world”. – Meg@youtube/Meg Says“

I had a GO and just writing more after watching this episode, check out more tips from her on How To Start A Blog: Step By Step For Beginners | Meg Says.  —> Thanks Meg for sharing those wonderful tips.

Now what I am sure of is everyone is unique. Every voice has it’s own life and not one tone has the same pitch. AS for me, I shall continue on finding and sharing my voice as I know for sure it is a journey.

 

Gim.