Monday, 01 February 2010

  • facebook sucks

    what on earth is wrong with facebook? i set all my albums to 'only friends' before and just managed to realise some other albums are viewable to everyone on facebook. yah my stalkers are laughing with glee but anyway no more! just set everything to only friends/only me and goodbye!

    just spent a bomb on frontline and kuro's toys/treats. have been investing more in skincare products than makeup nowadays. shiseido's white lucent range is awesome (so far, been using the trial pack they gave me for a week, maybe getting it soon). the cleansing foam + softener works for me but the moisturising gel is too oily. even it's just a gel yeah. perhaps it's targeted at older women with drier skin.

    What I've been using that really works for me (Really depends if you'd trust me haha)

    - Shiseido White lucent cleansing foam

    - Etude house Moistfull mask

    - Daiso Charcoal mask (only $2....)

    - Essential hair mask + range

    - Charles Worthington leave in hair conditioner (finally available in watsons)

    - Shiseido concealer stick

    - Maxi Eyes (from spectacle hut) colour contact lenses (great if you hate Freshkon cuz they make your eyes so freaking dry)

    - Dr Jart BB Cream

    - Hydrating myself with plenty of water

    Till later,

Sunday, 31 January 2010

  • sunday night

    No Sunday blues today 

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    "It's never too late to be who you might have been." -George Elliot

    "There're two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them." -Dennis Waitley

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    "The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves." - Eric Hoffer

     

    Succintly said.

    Have been reminding friends to forgive though they may not forget. But I haven't been practising that. I still feel the revolting hate when I think of some idiots, there you go. Why they shouldn't have declared WAR when I was genuinely misunderstood, why they were so mean and backstabbed me etc.

    But I think it's true like quoted- the more I try to plot a revenge the easier my temper flares, the more I become oblivious to humanity.. The more I hate myself..

    Well it's 2010, at least I'll try and let go. :)

    So try! You may find yourself staring at happiness and dwelling in it soon!

Friday, 29 January 2010

  • PRACTISE what you preach.

    Was doing dinner with BFF at Chinatown earlier this evening, and a lady and her husband asked if the remaining seats of our table were taken. She had a really adorable doggy in hand, but I couldn't figure out its breed. I couldn't help staring (but wasn't being rude, was trying to determine the breed) and I realised it was just one of those few animals I found special. Ever had this feeling?

    I read a book before, can't really recall the title at the moment though. Anyway the female lead was trying to get back with her ex-boyfriend and she managed to find out that her ex still had a doggy and he'd walk him at the same park at a particular time every single day. To hook up with him again, she decided to get a doggy. So one fine day she walked into the local pet shop and she found all the pups fluffy and super cute, just that she had too many choices in hand, it was quite hard for her to find a particular favourite immediately.

    She asked the owner if those were all he had.

    He replied (not quoting from the book obviously, I read it YEARS back) :" Umm that's about it.. But I do have another puppy in the basement. He's actually much older than the rest of the puppies though. People came and commented he was really cute, but just that he wasn't exactly the cutest of the lot, he didn't get chosen to be brought home. So months on, we decided he was too old to be sold so he's living in the basement."

    The female lead reacted so strongly upon his reply cuz she felt the same way. How her ex boyfriends always found her pretty but never the prettiest, smart but never did she manage to outshine the rest, and she was always second to something, if not worse. (sometimes I feel the same way too :<)

    So it was love at first sight for her cuz she found him special, she got the pup.


    So back to whatever I was saying.. that doggy was special, though I'm sure some wouldn't agree he's adorable. I initiated a conversation with the lady owner and she told me how her previous doggy brought her husband and her together.. It's kinda heartwarming. I know exactly how she feels. She actually adopted the doggy that she was holding while talking to me only recently, after her previous doggy died of old age. So I guess she hopes the new doggy will be just as special to her too.. Which I'm sure will be.

    There's a rabbit at the pet shop "House of Chinchillas" at Serangoon North where I got Kuro which neck is 90degrees twisted to the right or left I can't remember. The pet shop owner named it "Wai wai" (twisted in Mandarin). She's born with a defect, but smarter than most rabbits. She reacts when her name is called and she's so friendly to all rabbits, she's put in charge of all the baby rabbits! She doesn't bite or fight with any, she'll just mother them and help the baby rabbits clean themselves up by licking them. So sweet ^^ I found her so special, went back to feed her the next day. Can't wait to go back and sayang her again. She's grey, quite an outstanding colour for a rabbit too.

    I just realised my entry doesn't exactly have a point to debate about or prove. I'm just rambling about random stuff that occured over the few weeks/days. Whatever. Can't wait for Mootie to come back from Winterland, AGAIN!

     

    P.S: Oh and I forgot to address my title of this entry too haha.

    I don't know why recently I've been seeing, hearing, reading a lot about people who wanna portray themselves as fervent Christians/Buddhists/etc so desperately, but fail to illustrate that in their actions. I mean it's fine you decide to let the world know you're a child of God.. then don't ruin that untainted reputation by doing ironic stuff like sleeping around... Okay?

    I'm a child of God too, I'm not perfect. I do have outbursts of anger too, but at least I don't indulge in actions laced with malicious intents and I do try to be a better person hee hee.

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

  • one night in .PARIS.

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    Camera broke after this... :( Photos below using iPhone.

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    It's true when they say the air is filled with romance.. :) At least for a hopeless romantic like me!

Monday, 25 January 2010

  • get over it

    Ya so the title speaks for itself. Seeing too many people unable to get over their exes and exploiting all sources to still be updated with their current happenings. Like stalking them on FB, TYVM. I'm guilty as charged stalking people (like my best friends of cuz *megawatt smile*) but not my exes please.

    So, get over it. So I see they would spend a fraction of their time stalking their exes obsessively and condemning whoever they're dating even more obsessively. Why why why on earth do these people wanna lead a double/triple/quadruple life? It's as though they're seeing 3,4 boyfriends at the same time. I'm not trying to say we can't visit our exes pages once in a while since we did spend sometime together as a couple and though we're no longer physically and emotionally close, we still understand the other party reasonably well and have some awesome memories to keep. Shouldn't we congratulate or be happy for the opposite party, even more so when we are already attached ourselves? Or if that's so impossibly hard to do cuz you've never ever said anything nice in your life, just be neutral and move. on. All in all, have a bigger heart!

    (Of cuz I'm trying to have a bigger heart too cuz it's too tiring to live with over-sensitivity and track down every single thing that will piss me off.) - I'm not perfect still.


    Anyway,

    It's an early Monday morning. My nail colour is getting chipped and it looks as though I bite my nails which I don't of cuz. I'm happy to announce I'm blessed with nice long fingers and fingernails. So the air is still and the night serene, I've been contemplating. Few days ago, a wholesome picture of my perfect wedding drifted into mind. It'll be dominated by black, red and garnished with silver/grey. And the rest too lengthy to explain but it's all still too vivid in my mind. However it may not actualize at all so maybe I'll just lend my idea to someone else who'd appreciate my vision.Yeah so maybe I'll die of old age alone, and the only living thing that will see me pass on will be my only companion, a nice furry cocker spaniel who resembles Lexiepoo.

    Many a times we're too biased and we disregard 'the other side of the story'. I'm of cuz a major victim of 'the other side of the dramatic soap opera' that some disregarded, but I didn't really give a hoot and I still don't. Cuz people got eyes to see. *megawatt smileeee again *

    Misunderstandings arise cuz we disregard alternate point of views and there's a lack of communication. Encouraging friends, loved ones to communicate to strengthen friendships and relationships... What if the friendship fell apart cuz of pure misunderstandings and there wasn't really anybody in the wrong, just that the friendship was saturated with too much accusations? My humble advice is to cherish friendships as much as we can cuz you never know, really.

    One of the few things I always ask myself is, should we have expectations of our friends like we do of our other halves? Sure we're (hopefully) gonna spend the rest of our lives with the other half but so are we going to have a long-term friendship right? Many times we begin to find fault with our friends- she's too vain, too stingy, too superficial, too flirtatous, too childish... So point is, should we keep holding on to the friendship despite our waning tolerance level or should we call it quits too? But wouldn't we start losing all our friends if we start being so super selective?

    There're some similar issues that never seem to stop surfacing in my life. The problems that I thought were gone come back and haunt again. Only that the problem lies with another someone or another something... Have you felt that way? Like how some people are forever caught in love triangles, or how they'll end up always losing friends.. And just so happens my eldest sis did tell me before sometime, someday, we gotta learn our lessons instead of avoiding them. It'll really suck if you fail to be a better person, even till the day you step into your grave.

    Just maggie-meed while typing this entry and did a quick check on Kuro. I'm to tired to continue reflecting on life at the moment.... Laters! Nights world, nights Kuro!

  • Kuro

    Just welcomed a new member to the family earlier this week..

    Mr Kuro

    Love at first sight
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    Resting in his new cage. Still looks intimidated. I like the Elvis tuff of fur in front!
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    Godmama Linda hugging him
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Sunday, 24 January 2010

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Friday, 15 January 2010

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

  • midweek

    Was working for the hair trade show 'Hairlah 2010' over the past 2 days, mad tiring though clients weren't fussy and models just kept talking away in one corner. Thankfully clients were really sweet (and understanding), they gave us free hairdryers, hair straighteners & hair brushes! How awesome is that?!

    I wonder how will someone feel if they have no choice but to give up on somebody, who happens to be their priority.. Only to replace that loneliness with a replaceable option. Of cuz I've felt like that before but I've brushed it aside so harshly to have forgotten about it. Don't really wanna experience it again. If the priority comes back, poor option gets dropped like a hot potato. How would you feel if you were just the option, not the priority?

    In my room on a Wednesday night, chillaxing and probably gonna busy myself with face masks and mani/pedicure later.

    Don't know where I read this from but left me thinking about 'what ifs'. Asked myself too too many what ifs, and obviously the reason's cuz I have had too much regrets. Not too late to start a new year with newfound HOPE! Guess it shouldn't really affect me anymore: What if I did better in my exams, what if I was a better person and had a bigger heart, what if I didn't meet you, what if I decided to disappear to some country and reside there.

    I'm here, happy and looking forward to better times. Of cuz I wish I could have done ____ and _____ sometimes, but these lessons are here to stay to remind us dutifully of our detrimental habits no?

    Been in a super reflective mood over the past few days, observing the way people behave and backstab, gossip and emo. Gonna just hide in my nice chill room for the next few days while waiting for someone to come back from winterland! Too much going on for my ears and zen soul haha.

    Till laters :)