Sophia Goh, a writer

Natural beauty

soph — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:12:12 +0000

I’ve taken to attempting to run once a week around this particular neighbourhood, and the first time I did it, this was so beautiful it was a great excuse to stop. It was so unexpected and just one of those things, like a comma, where you have to pause and take a moment before [...]

Random beauty tip: Give the cleanser a miss

soph — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:30:08 +0000

I’ve always been a real stickler for washing my face twice a day with a facial cleanser, morning and night, having discovered from personal experience that skipping a night wash often resulted in spots or even a rare pimple the very next day.

When I did LASIK recently, however, one of the post-op [...]

Current lunch staple: Tuna salad

soph — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:19:10 +0000

So I’ve been eating salads for lunch a few days a week, having decided I need more vegetables in my life.

Pre-washed greens (because I’m lazy that way), thrown into a bowl with lots of healthy dressing (I’ve been doing copious amounts of French dressing), canned tuna (tomato & onion, tomato & capsicum, spicy [...]

The potty training chronicles

soph — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:34:27 +0000

Kaylin’s been really good about going to the toilet by herself when she’s at home for over three months now, so I thought it was time to try taking her out without a diaper. I even added an incentive: We were going to buy her a pair of rainboots.

She did a wee before we [...]

Have you seen this awesome Evolution of Mom Dancing?

soph — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:24:31 +0000

Keeping in the spirit of my ‘get moving’ phase, here’s the awesome Evolution of Mom Dancing by Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama. Just for the record, I love Fallon. And the FLOTUS.

Gotta get moving

soph — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 03:49:59 +0000

I’m going on a bit of a health kick, or trying to. Now that I’m officially in my 30s, I figure I should start really taking care of myself. More fruits and vegetables, more exercise, more supplements, more eye cream, more exercise…

Also, I had a routine blood test a month or so back and [...]

And baby turns three

soph — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 02:32:32 +0000

Kaylin turned three a few weeks ago. Here she is, enjoying a birthday treat. My baby is three! My baby is no longer a baby!

I’m happy to say her Terrible Twos weren’t/aren’t as bad as I feared they would be. Touch wood.

I’m happier to say I’ve introduced her to ‘The Sound of [...]

For real, someone sang ‘Circle of Life’ on ‘American Idol’

soph — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:12:21 +0000

I’m breaking up with American Idol. As much as I adore Keith Urban, not even his presence is enough to compel me to turn on the telly twice a week. It’s not bitter or angry, our relationship has simply run its course. Maybe I’ll watch a little bit from time to time if it [...]

The day R. Kelly sang ‘I Look to You’

soph — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:56:44 +0000

It’s the one-year, one-month anniversary of the passing of Whitney Houston (1963 – 2012), so here’s R. Kelly’s heartbreaking rendition of ‘I Look to You’ at Whitney’s funeral.

Going under the laser

soph — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:00:43 +0000

If you’d told me a month ago that I wouldn’t need to wear glasses anymore, I wouldn’t have been able to imagine it. But here I am. Yesterday, I went for my one-week post-op checkup, and I have perfect vision.

This is what everyone will tell you about LASIK laser eye surgery – it’s expensive, it’s [...]