No more Chapter 2 again

I promise myself I'll never go back to this hair salon again. What a bad experience I had. Not once, but twice.

Looks more like paying $230 just for a haircut.

The first time (which was last year), I went there for hair treatment during lunch hours since it's very near my office, just opp Parco. Back in the office to realise my hair was only 80% dried!

This time, I listened to my colleague that this salon was good in rebonding & decided to give it a 2nd chance.

Same girl served me... who's SUPPOSED to be the top stylist there. And such a half-*ssed job took 4 hours!

When she "presented" her final work to me, I commented that there's a bunch on the right side not properly done. Or rather, looked as if it hadn't rebonded yet. Without examining she admitted (meaning she'd known it but kept quiet!?) but insisted that my hair was already very dry so she just brush the solution lightly & it'd definitely damage my hair if I were to redo it. What craps! She thought I was a newbie in rebonding? I had even done both perming & rebonding within a week before. I certainly know what kinda results to expect. And please, this bunch of hair is somewhat the same level with my brow, ie. those were the new hair without undergoing any chemical treatment before (that's why it's a lil wavy). She could have just told me outright she's only able to offer this type of sub-standard service.

Am tempted to insist on having it re-done. But I won't know what she'll do to my hair in order to prove herself 'right'. I may be overly worrisome but not gonna put my hair at stake.

I'll NEVER go back again. Even if it's free! Asked hubby to remind me if I ever forget, which is near impossible.

Miss Justina so much. But she'll only be back from maternity leave after CNY.

Lunch celebration

Date: 20 December 2007

Host: Mr & Mrs Gerald Goh

Occasion: Their baby's full-month celebration

Venue: Imperial Court Shark's Fin Restaurant @ The Grassroot's Club

"Hello uncles & aunties! My name is Chase Goh (chase gold?)"

I'm not being rude. It's his daddy who said it :)

Look at the host. Were shocked when first saw him at the entrance as all of us had dressed nicer than him! Haha.

Would have thought he works in the restaurant's kitchen if we don't know him.
It's a present tense as he apparently dons this style at all times.
But he is rich ok (his family).

It's an extremely lengthy lunch. We arrived before 12 & only left at 3.

O Christmas Tree !

We've finally got our Christmas tree done up. Bought it last Sunday & ran a few places for the ornaments as we've a theme in mind. The "project" took 2 evenings to complete as we realised our tree was a lil too bare after the 1st night's works.

We love our white & blue Christmas Tree.

We're definitely very late in decorating for Christmas. Why? Our bathroom. Yes, we're bedroom-less for 16 days. So so glad that the inconvenience has finally ended last night! Too used to having our own bathroom (believe mum thinks so too) that 3's a crowd in the common bathroom. And it wasn't as if we did major overhaul to our bathroom. In total only about 3 days' works but more time needed for fabrication & alteration.

So we wouldn't want to put up any decoration to collect dust.

It was a Great Friday

Company Christmas lunch @ Royal Plaza on Scotts. Been a few years since our last visit & it (the restaurant at least) sure has changed to the better after the revamp.

Nice halal food

With colleague.
I still went ahead with the tube dress but a zip front cardi never left me as well. Anyway the weather was cold.

It was a fun & fruitful affair for everyone.

I brought home:
1) TupperChef (Tupperware) 3 piece pot/steamer from lucky draw. Think it's worth S$200+.

2) An ang pao of S$120.
3) Takashimaya vouchers of S$300.
4) NTUC vouchers of S$60.
5) Complimentary admission for 2 to Sky Tower in Sentosa.

Some won bigger prizes like a flat screen tv, an iPhone... (but no shopping vouchers for the top prize winners).

In the evening, hubby picked me up nearly on the dot. Were meeting Mr & Mrs LL for a K session at our place. Had just enough time for a hasty dinner & shower so we could change into more comfy attire.

LL can sing very well!

We ended slight after 11pm & had a short chat before calling it a night. So much to catch up but it's late. The good thing is.. we've all agreed to arrange a dinner soon :)

Headache

Having a persistant headache since Monday. And when I've headache/migraine for more than half a day, I'll vomit. So that's how I've been these 3 days.

Suspect the culprit of my headache this time was the DOM Benedictine liquor which is nothing new as I've got hit by it before twice, or 3 times including this. For the 1st 2 times a bit of sore throat surfaced right after (the next morning).

Been very weak in health for the past months. So when I thought I felt healthy last week I started my DOM regime, an idea strongly recommended by mum & friends, to strengthen my health. 1-third of a shot glass on last Fri, Sat & Sun nights. Then on Mon morning, I woke up with a headache, I really hate the feeling & worse, the heavy headedness persisted..... Pain killers weren't effective.

Yesterday hubby took half day to get settle some home stuff & I took too as I wasn't feeling good. When he's done, he brought me to a TCM in Chong Pang. I was diagnosed as being very "heaty" & having some spinal problems that aggravated my headache. I received a session of I seriously don't know the name... all I could sense (I didn't see) was he had fire on one hand, a cup/glass-shape thing on the other. It's really painful when the glass thing glided on my back for quite a few times. But it instantly relieved my headache though not completely.

I knew my back would be red but didn't expect it would be this bad. It goes all the way to the waist area.

And there goes my plan of wearing a tube dress for this Fri's company lunch.

My Loots

My 1st batch of falsies.
Love those brown ones when I want minimal eye makeup. No eyeliner needed to wear these.
And the last 2 pairs in the left column are Shu Uemura lookalike, if not the same. Got it @S$7.50/pair while Shu U's selling for S$39.
Just received my 2nd batch last Fri night that I've been so looking forward to :D
There's free shipping within USA for order above USD100. So we used vPost, strongly recommended by hubby, to bring it back though took additional 10 days to reach. Whereas I got the 1st exactly a week after I placed order. But I don't mind at all, considering the cost savings :) Had paid S$21 for the above 9 pairs & only S$19.40 for this most recent shipment of 47 pairs. Err yes... 47 pairs. But am selling a few pairs to my colleague :P

Stock taking! 49 pairs here (2 pairs + 1 tube of lash glue are freebies from vendor)

The brown lashes:

The S$39 pair in Shu Uemura Lash Bar:


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A big box of VS items arrived finally.
It had almost toured half of the world before reaching me.
This was shipped directly from VS as vPost wanted to charge me S$70++ (based on weight & the hair products were heavy) whereas VS charged S$31 (based on value). Ie. we'll have to do our sums before committing as to be fair, did save quite a bit for my lash shipment through vPost like mentioned earlier. And the vPost toolbar is indeed very useful in pre-advising the shipping rates (right, honey?;]).

Read the text that's boxed red
My So Sexy range + panties/thongs. Some are as Christmas presents;) Another shipment on the way for 2 remaining pieces.
Used the shampoo & conditioner the next morning. Smelt oh so nice :)


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Sample items ordered online from a local company selling US mineral makeup. Nice lil containers that come with sifter.


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My Alima products.


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Skinfood Aloe Sun BB Pact
Sasa's Scandal BB cream.
Shared some with colleague.
Like the result of this but prefer the ingredients of Skinfood's. Hmm...

Recent Craze

I believe at certain points in life, if not at all times, girls do addicted to online shopping. Or so I try to justify myself.

Am a late bloomer. Been successful in convincing myself that the safest way of shopping would be to buy what's in my hands & be near to the person who swipes my card. I'd managed to stand by this thinking (though conservative) for so long which had effectively kept my credit card bills in control & hubby from shocks.... till recently.

The very 1st item I purchased online was a dress, more than a year ago. But that's under the influence of a friend as the vendor was her friend. And it didn't turn out to be a pleasant experience as the dress was ugly. Or rather, it's ugly on me. Forced myself to at least wear it once & it's given away. Lesson learnt: no dress or pants without fitting.

Then how did my e-shopping fad begin? Ardell Lashes. Browsed their webby a month ago & you know how crazy I've a super soft spot for falsies. After hesitating for a coupla days, finally made my first purchase. Great stuff! Regretted that I didn't get more. So my 2nd batch came up shortly & ordered end of last month. Damages: USD 104.26. Oops.

Shortly after, started a shopping list with Victoria's Secret. The sale was too tempting to resist. Also heard good feedbacks about the So Sexy range of hair products. Have been e-tracking my shipment... it's finally reached Singapore this morning! So meaning I'm going to receive it any time now!

Next, spent hours shopping for my mineral makeup which I've finally got down to search after lemming for months. Apparently mineral cosmetics have been a rage in recent years but the ignorant me only heard about it a year ago (Youngblood) & it sounded too good to be true. Especially seemed to be just right for my problematic skin. But deduced that the products must be too costly for me to afford & it wasn't widely available in Singapore then. Or even now,
though getting more common.

Had purchased 2 sample items from a Singaporean company bringing in US MMU. Hot from the letterbox when we returned this evening.

Just had another shopping cart checked out @ Lumiere Mineral Cosmetics. Free shipping including international destinations till 1 Jan 08!! Too good to miss. So got a limited edition Christmas set of MMU @ USD19 (only!) & some brushes. Gonna inform hubby of my yet another purchase.


Earlier this week, was browsing the much raved-about Alima MMU & about to pay for a list of sample items I've chosen. What stopped me was the shipping cost. Glad I did. Found out that there's this tiny shop in Central selling Alima products. Went there with hubby last evening & got what I wanted! Hee! Of course, for a complete range, still gotta go online. But at least by then, the quantity of items purchased will be more justified for the shipping cost charged.

Adding on to the MAC brush set from hubby & the few I just bought, should be a Kabuki brush. Spoilt with choices & am doing my homework :) So my shopping continues...............

While I'm typing this, I heard the door bell rings. It's the UPS man delivering my VS items @ 10.25pm! Yeah!

Joyful joyful ~

Lately I spend, & spend, & spend....

Were at Raffles City on Tue evening. Main intention was to get a B.B. cream @ Skinfood. This B.B. cream sounds like a magic gift bestowed to all ladies.

After a foodcourt dinner, went Robinson's to get my lash glue @ Shu Uemura & brush cleanser @ MAC. There, saw the Special Edition makeup brush sets - Heirlooms, each come with a gorgeous pouch. Particularly like the face brush set that include #187 & #190 (in SE for this set) which are many famous MUAs' favs. Though it's a best buy, I wasn't ready to splurge.

However I spent the whole night & the next morning thinking about it. Wanted to ask hubby to get me as a Christmas gift.

Then @12pm, hubby called me in office, asking me to go downstairs & claim my Christmas gift. Yes! He gave me a surprise by sneaking out to get the MAC Heirlooms with face brushes for me!! He could tell I like it very much & observed that I was most interested in the face brushes set. Wow... my honey's very observant! Knew exactly what I thought! Hubby said that's because our heart strings are very strong. Hehe.

Now I'm so very happy with my very early Christmas present. Hubby's gonna wrap it up & I like the anticipation. ;)

My present from hubby

Kiddyish Weekend

Tom & Jerry cake! Cute!
At Rylie's 2nd birthday party on Sat evening.Most of the relatives from both sides (I mean my FIL's & MIL's) attended.

Sunday, we brought our nieces, Rachel & Zoe, to the zoo. Hubby applied for the complimentary passes from his company & just nice, max 4 could be admitted.

A goat managed to overcome the barricade. Or was it an antelope? But does an antelope sound exactly like a goat? Hmm..
Anyway, the lil gals were thrilled to be able to get that close to the wandering animal which seemed to enjoy snacking on the fallen leaves all over the ground... while the other one behind the fence was calling out to its playful companion. It got so anxious when its naughty friend was oblivious to its calling that its forelegs were on the fence, wanting to make the leap.

It's obvious that hubby was afraid of the Cotton Eared Marmoset. Hehe...

I bent down to make way for the giraffe behind me. Still don't see it?

The fuel consumption ran high last weekend with the island-wide drives.

Sat before the party in Sengkang, we went to IMM & then Tampines Ikea for some household stuff. Sun after zoo, we went to East Coast's Astons & then sent the 2 gals to sis @ Bukit Timah.