Things I Get Up To When I’m Not At Work

Posted by Ling on October 25, 2011

Because I work one day a week, people often assume that I must be bored.  Far from it!  I do a lot of fun things on my own.  Okay, it may be boring to everyone else, but it’s extremely exciting for me…

5 Things I Do

1.  Most of my free time is spent on my beauty blog.  Although, I am unpaid, I call it “work” because hopefully one day, it may lead to more opportunities.  I am basically a guinea pig and test a lot of products on a daily basis so I can write open and honest reviews there.  If it’s a good day for photos, I take plenty of photos which then require resizing, editing and watermarking.  And then, it’s about writing it and making it sound interesting.  I also dream about new ideas for the blog because I get bored writing reviews so I like to think outside the box and come up with a different angle.

2.  When I’m not writing, I’m reading.  I love reading and devouring words.  Most of the time, I read online articles from blogs (beauty, fashion, celebrity gossip, food, parenting, bridal, design, dental…) to current affairs.  I read nearly everything except sports and politics.

3.  Contrary to popular belief, I am not a Facebook addict, but I love Twitter – but I know I won’t die if I don’t go on it.

4.  2-3 times a week, I will go to the Gym to exercise.  Exercise releases endorphins and it makes me happy!

5.  I drink copious amounts of tea.  I like English tea, green tea, jasmine tea… I love tea!

5 Things I Don’t Do

1.  Somehow I don’t eat regularly.  I cannot be bothered making breakfast or lunch so I will eat junk food…and sometimes, if I’m emerged in “work” (i.e. blogging), I will actually forget to eat until the Husband calls me and tells me to eat!

2.  I’m allergic to housework.  Okay fine, I’m a princess and I don’t do housework voluntarily.  In fact, the other day, Hubby came home and found me washing dishes.  He was immediately suspicious and asked me, “What do you want…??”  And I said, “Nothing!”  But that’s because I had already bought what I wanted!!  And it was Hello Kitty goodies!  HAHAHA!!!

3.  I don’t answer the phone.  The house phone will ring a few times during the day but I rarely answer it and when I do, I scream down the phone like a madwomen.  They are annoying telemarketers!  This also applies to my mobile phone.  I don’t like talking to people on the phone so even when my guy friend from Sydney rang me the other day, I looked at it and ignored it.  I am SO weird!

4.  I don’t watch TV.  I don’t!  I fall asleep if I do.  Like I said, I am a person who reads and not watches!

5.  Even if I don’t have to work, I rarely sleep till after 9am and I don’t take naps during the day.  I am an insomniac so I sleep maybe 5-6 hours a day max.  And it is mostly broken sleep.  I go to bed around 3am and it takes me a while to wind down before I sleep.

Anyway, I am a boring gal.  What do you get up to in your free time?