Hello Bloggies, welcome back to my blog!

It has been a while since I updated my blog and I just want to let you guys know that I am still very much alive! Today I am back again with another review post on a gym bag (or a multipurpose bag?) that I am currently obsessed with. I have been using it for the past one week and I am excited to share with you guys this gem that I got not longer ago from Kickstarter.

Before we get into the review, let's briefly talk about Kickstarter in case if any of you guys have not heard it before. Kickstarter is actually a crowdfunding platform to help creators to find the resources and supports they need to transform their creative ideas into a reality. There are a lot of projects available on Kickstarter for you to browse through before you decide on what project to fund but before that, you will need to have an account with Kickstarter.

One day when I was browsing the internet aimlessly, I came across BOW's project on Kickstarter where they introduced Quiver: The World's First Multi-Bag to the world. The name itself had already caught my attention because who does not love a multi-bag? Looking through their information and videos on Kickstarter, the first thought I had was "I am gonna fund this project and please make that pink Quiver happen (Pink Quiver can only be unlocked at $50000)". The main reason why I decided to fund this project was because of how compact Quiver is, but still, able to fit quite a lot of stuff in it so yeah, of course I am going to fund them.

Every gym goer, at some point would understand the pain in finding a perfect gym bag that could fit everything from your sport shoes to your sportswear and that of course, including me. I am quite a fussy person when it comes to buying a perfect bag or my dream bag (maybe I should just customize my own bag), be it a handbag, a backpack or even a gym bag. Things such as the size, color, number of compartment and even material will be taken into consideration. I normally go to the gym right after work and I will carry along my gym essentials with me when I leave the house for work in the morning. Honestly, it was quite a hassle to carry both of my handbag and shoes bag (I could not find a gym bag for myself and I decided to settle down with just a shoes bag) at the same time. I could only fit my sport shoes and sportswear in the little shoes bag and had to squeeze the water tumbler, food container (I usually pre-packed my pre-workout meal) and everything else in my handbag. You can imagine how heavy my handbag was and this eventually, hurting my shoulder. It would be great if I could pack everything in a gym bag and carry it on one hand but too bad, there was no luck in finding a perfect gym bag because they were either too big or too small for me.

My life has changed ever since I received my Quiver, it is literally a lifesaver. I am able to pack everything in just one bag and carry it around without any trouble. I love the shoulder strap that comes with Quiver (BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT IN PINK) where I can simply sling the bag over my shoulder and the best part of it is it has a card slot in front of the shoulder strap where you can easily access to all your cards in it. The next thing that I really love about Quiver is the water tumbler compartment at the side of it; simply zip it up to fit a larger water tumbler or zip it down to fit a smaller water tumbler. The main reason why I love Quiver so much is actually the number of compartments it has in just one bag.

Hello Bloggies!

If you have been reading my blog for some time now then you would know that this post is not about me sharing my cardio workout, not at all. 🙅 I actually published this blog post with the title Taking My Cardio Workout To The Next Level about a year ago and yeah, it had nothing to do with cardio workout (unless you agree with me that shopping is one of the cardio workouts) and today, I am back again to write something similar to that blog post except that this time round, it has something to do with workout. Yeah, I am seriously serious.

Any of you are fitness enthusiasts here or someone who loves to workout? I know I am. 🙋
If you are then you will understand that you can never have enough sportswear and right now with all the different varieties of sportswear available out there, yes, you can never have enough of them. I mean NEVER.

Why am I sounding like I am trying to give myself some excuses to shop for more sportswear so that I will feel better? 😝

Okay, let's skip the long intro, the damage had been done anyway. 😏

Cotton On Body is currently my favorite store where I get all my sportswear because not only that they are affordable (I can't afford to have so many Nike sport bras and shorts) but they also sell good quality sportswear. I have been their loyal customer for some time now and if there is a sale going on, God bless my wallet because that is when I go crazy shopping for sportswear, haha!

There was a sale going on last few weeks and yes, I could not resist the urge to get myself some additional sportswear so I splurged a little bit.

PEEKABOO!


I have been purchasing most of my sportswear from Cotton On Body and I roughly know what sizes I should get so I decided to shop online. Mainly because it is much easier to browse through everything from your laptop and since Cotton On Body was having a sale, some of the items or sizes may not be available in store so in order to save me some hassle, I decided to go online. You can enjoy free shipping for order above $50 so just make sure you have a shopping cart that worth $50 and you are good to go! 😝

Everything was nicely packed in a plastic bag with their price tags on. In case if you change your mind about any of the items you purchased online, just simply pack them back in the plastic and post it back to them. Simple return and exchange policy, that is one of the reasons why I love to shop on Cotton On online.


Let me just quickly go through each and every item that I had purchased from Cotton On Body.

I have finally got myself a matching sport bra and shorts, hooray! Usually I do not care anything about matching my top and bottom because my shorts are all black and black is a universal color that will match everything. If you are lazy to match your top and bottom, just get a black shorts and this will save you a lot of time, haha, lazy girl hack.

BF: "Can't believe that you got yourself a gym uniform." 😂



I can never say no to pink and I had to get this. Sometimes you need to look cute too on the treadmill, haha! I love the sweet baby pink color on it and trust me, it is very comfortable. I wore this a few times to yoga class, it was very comfortable to move around with.


Last but not least (I wish I had more than these), I got myself another pair of black shorts to match all the other tops that I have right now. Seriously girls, if you have trouble in matching your top and bottom, a pair of black shorts will literally save your life.


I love every item that I had purchased from Cotton On Body but these shorts are my favorite. It is a simple pair of black shorts but I love the tiny holes detail at the side of it.


The best part about these shorts is IT HAS POCKETS!


Okay, that is it to my sportswear haul from Cotton On Body.
I highly recommend sportswear from Cotton On Body because I love how they are able to provide great quality sportswear at an affordable price.

If any of you are planning to upgrade your workout wardrobe, don't forget to drop by Cotton On Body and check out their sportswear collection. If I am not mistaken, there is currently a sale going on so don't miss out the great deal! 😉

Happy shopping!

Love,
Rachel.

Gudetama or as I like to call it, Eggy is one of the adorable cartoon characters from Sanrio (one of Hello Kitty's friends I guess). Eggy appears to be a lazy egg who is feeling "meh" all the time; feeling unmotivated and lazy, just like how I would feel sometimes when I decided to lie in bed doing nothing but feel sad of my life. Yeah, we all have that one moment in life once in a while, nothing to be ashamed of (proud to be me, haha!).

Why did I fall in love with this lazy egg again?

I first saw Eggy a few years back when I was surfing the internet where people would share a bunch of videos of Eggy in a yellow bun form and people would poke its butt with a chopstick to create a pooping Eggy.

Here is a YouTube video of pooping Eggy if you don't quite understand what I was trying to explain earlier. Oh, and it pukes as well.


Don't call me a freak or weirdo first, that is not why I fell in love with Eggy. Uh-uh, not a fan of pooping and puking Eggy. Before I actually fell in love with Eggy, I used to hate it because this egg looked so depressing and I would be like "couldn't you be happier?". Until one day I realized I could actually relate to this egg because feeling "meh" was basically what I felt when I didn't want to face the world. Slowly I started to notice a lot of shops selling Gudetama merchandise and some of them were really cute especially those t-shirts that I got from Uniqlo (click here to read more).


Isn't it adorable? The third black t-shirt is currently my favorite of them all, it is so cute for it to sit in an eggshell and chill like there is nothing else to worry about. The first white t-shirt is what best describe me when there is time where I don't feel like I can "human" anymore, "seriously... I can't...". That is why I fell in love with this lazy egg, I just love how chill and lazy it is, haha!

Okay, I think we should move on to talk about the cafe.



We were seated on this "egg chair" and this question hit me, "can I have one of these chairs at home?". I believe I was not the only one who wished to have one of these "egg chairs" at home, am I right? You guys would love to have one in your home too right? 😁 But seriously, where did they get these "egg chairs", I am curious. 🤔 Can they make a doughnut chair too? Or a burger chair?

Last Wednesday was Vesak Day (#laterpost 😅), a day where Buddhists all around the world celebrated the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha.

And it was also a public holiday for us in Singapore, WOHOO!

To me, spending a holiday at home is strictly prohibited and that was why I got the idea of spending the day at Coney Island. BF was not really impressed about the idea of going out on a holiday, he would rather spend the day at home doing nothing. 🙅

But nope, sorry that I had to drag your butt out of the house. 😁

And here we are, Coney Island.

I'm here despite the rainy day 😁 But seriously though, why you rain? 😥 . . . #coneyisland #outing #rain #holiday #explore #adventure #singapore #mothernature #island

A post shared by Rachel Yeo (@rachel_mylif3) on May 10, 2017 at 12:46am PDT

Hello to all runners out there, newbie runner (because 5 KM is my only kind of run) is here to say hi! 👋😁

Last Saturday, BF and I just took part in the craziest and funnest run ever, The Music Run by AIA.

Imagine that you get to run with your favorite songs and get the chance to experience the loudest music festival after the run, isn't that awesome?

I don't know about you guys but I am definitely into this kind of run! 👍

Run began at 5 PM so we still had some time to kill and we decided to walk around to see if we could find something interesting or maybe some shady place to hide from the scorching sun.


And then we found Gong Cha's booth at the back, it felt so great to see your favorite bubble tea was there to support you, LOL! 😂


Had to order a cup of Milk Tea with Herbal Jelly to ease the body, mind and soul (crazy excuses that you made up just to get a drink). 😂


BF got a cup of Purple Plum Tea and it was not really the yummiest drink ever. It tasted like sour blackcurrant juice and you know me, sour drink and food are not my kind of thing.

For those who wished to shop for some The Music Run Merchandise, there was a booth available there selling t-shirt, cap, headband and many more.


And I decided to get The Music Run Women's Singlet from their #FitTheBeat Collection for $30, it was such a cool singlet to have. 😎

Here are the front and back photos of the singlet, it is just a simple black singlet but the play buttons at the back are so cute! 😍

I love it so much! It is one of the comfiest singlets that I have ever owned and I wore it to the gym the next day, seriously can't wait to show it off to the world. 😝

There was a warm up session for us before we started running. It was a short 15 minutes Zumba dance just to shake off our bodies. 💃


It was a huge crowd with all the music runners and here is a picture of everyone trying to gather at the starting line.


While waiting for the race to start, here is a quick selfie of me and my running buddy who hates to run or exercise in general. 😒

Here we go again! Thanks for being my running partner although you hate running so much 😂 . . . #themusicrun #singapore #running #healthy #exercise #healthylifestyle #funrun #fitness #fitstagram #fitnessjourney #fit #livethebeat #TMRbyAIA #musicrunners

A post shared by Rachel Yeo (@rachel_mylif3) on May 6, 2017 at 2:17am PDT

Sorry that you got dragged into this, AGAIN! Sorry not sorry! 😂

The best part about this run was all the cool songs that was played along the 5 KM route and that actually made running even much more fun. 🎶

Okay, let's just skip to the finish line.

WE MADE IT with our sweaty face, haha! 👍🏃


And here is our medal.

*Drum roll* 🥁


New running t-shirt and medal added to my collection, CHECKED! ✔


And here comes the best part of The Music Run 2017, THE ULTIMATE AFTER-RUN MUSIC FESTIVAL! 🎶

The after-run party, LET'S GET THE PARTY STARTED! 🎆🎇🎉

The craziest run ever, IT'S TIME TO PARTY! 🎉🎉🎉 . . . #running #crazy #party #musicfestival #themusicrun #music #TMRbyAIA #singapore #livethebeat #musicrunners #partytime #putyourhandsup #run #dance

A post shared by Rachel Yeo (@rachel_mylif3) on May 6, 2017 at 4:56am PDT

Here is another one with fireworks. 🎆