My Falsies

Hubby bought for me from Taipei

All different designs

(1) A box of 10 pairs of criss-cross purple lashes with thinner strands & strips.

(2) Same as above but in black & with even thinner strands.

(3) The standard but ever-so-nice & natural criss cross version. Hubby knew it'd never go wrong with this design :)

(4) Like the more exagerated look. But a lil heavy to wear for whole day... will wear it again only at night (for a few hours). Bought at Bugis Village, 3 for $5!

(5) Not as fantastic as they seem to be. And look a bit plastic. From The Face Shop.

(6) 1 of the great buys from BV. Yet to try out so not sure about the quality.

(7) Not nice... The strips are also too flimsy. From Dodo Club.

(8) My all-time favourite... the criss criss lashes from Dodo Club which I've stock up 6 or 7 pairs!

(9) Same as no. 8 but with purplish-blue shimmers.

(10) With glitters.

(11) Another one of the 3 from BV.

(12) Can't remember where I got this but it's one of the first pairs I own which I bought some time last year. Too blunt cut... don't dare to wear.

I made a count few days ago when I packed my lashes. All in all I have about 40 pairs and the addiction is still going strong...... Gosh..

Driving etiquette

Last Tue an incident happened on our way to office nearly spoilt our morning.

We're travelling on the right most lane along Upper Thomson. For some unknown reason the middle lane was jammed up & suddenly one of the cars in that row signalled & turned at the same time to our lane. It's so last minute that hubby had to emergency brake & stop very closely behind him (thank God the car behind wasn't near us). So hubby gave him a long honk to let him know that he shouldn't have done such an abrupt lane change. Instead of apologising with a hand signal, we thought we saw him shaking his head.

Soon after that driver cut into the middle lane again. As our car stopped beside him, hubby & I turned & stared at him. Guess what we saw? He intentionally shook his head again & said something to the woman beside him while gesturing a triangle. So he thought hubby's a P-plate. Did he mean that P-plate drivers can be bullied!? Wow it's the 1st time I came across such a sickening driver (not that I have my P-plate up for long). It's obviously his fault & we couldn't believe the idiot could behave like this.

I know what I did thereafter was very childish..... I wound down the window & gave him a big when our car passed his (he made a left turn shortly after). My honey was amused by that act of mine & burst into laughter. I didn't care whether he saw it or not & most likely this birdbrain would choose to ignore. But it's alright, I just wanted to vent it. Our mood was lightened up too, which wasn't my original intention. Ok go ahead & laugh at me.

Black Getz with the alphabets "SFH"... too bad I can't remember his car plate number. But I'm sure I'll recognise him if I see him on the road again. If that happens, don't let me have the chance to catch him committing some road offences, I WILL (Christians cannot swear) not at all mind the trouble of going to the police station to report him.

Worth it

10 days ago I had an FOC fringe cut right?

Every single one around asked whether I cut my hair, changed hairstyle & had a new (hair) color. But all I did was just cutting my fringe.

Not bad.... a simple act could actually render such big, positive results.

Like it this way once in a while

Invited hubby's boss & some colleagues over last Sat. Had a simple dinner & KTV session.

What seemed like a simple dinner actually involved quite a few rounds of marketing & lotsa preps. And I'm not an experienced cook.

The menu was :

Curry chicken

Fried bee boon

Panfried honey coated chicken wings

Sweet sour pork

Brocoli fried with dried scallops

Nuggets

Beancurd almond

Notice it's a poulty night? Hee.

Hubby had been of great help... he offered strong support in both the cooking & washing.

As for the food, I was particularly disappointed with my sweet sour pork. We had them off the boiling oil a lil too early & it's a far cry from those I prepared for hubby few months ago :(
Lesson learnt - never be impatient when cooking.

Had tried to use disposables so less washing needed after the session. But still pretty much cleaning up & packing to do. It's a relief that we didn't need to clean our place as we had the gathering at the multi-purpose hall.

It's nice of his colleagues & boss to travel the distance to our place. From what I know, none of them stay in the north. And some brought red wine & liqueur (Alizé Bleu... quite good but think I prefer it with a bit of soda & lots of ice) as gifts. It's a pity we didn't have the chance to share all bottles with everyone.

Slept @ 1am-ish & dragged ourselves out of the bed the next morning @ 7.30am with our head still swirling. We sent mum to church & the best part was we're celebrating mum's birthday (lunch)... meaning a pretty long day to go huh.

Hubby, who couldn't bear to see his blackie baby covered with multi-layers of dirt, sent the car for a wash in Raffles City before going for our Jap lunch at CitiLink (mum chose Sakae Sushi over Thai buffet @ Inter-Continental Hotel). After lunch we shopped around for another hour as our car's still not ready. By the time we reached home, it's already past 3.

Hubby slept for 3 hrs+ while I sacrificed my zzz for the new Korean serial "Snow Queen" on cable tv. After "Goong", this is the only one that I like... we're very selective especially on Korean drama, as after watching a few sets, you'll realise they say the same thing with the same expression. But somehow I find this show different... perhaps it's because I like Hyun Bin :) Hubby suggested to get the DVD for me! Yeah!

Switched

That's why I said I always refrain from buying my skincare products in bulk. The range that I used previously (Yamano) started to lose its effectiveness on my face since 2 or 3 months ago. I'm now slowly switching to Fancl. Currently am using its Washing Powder Light (cleanser), CLEARTUNE Skin Clear Lotion (moisturiser) & Acne Care Essence.

Fancl products suit me well as they come in small bottles so I don't need to invest a lot only to realise they don't work on my skin anymore with half the amount as leftovers. Reason for the small pack sizes being all their products are preservative-free. They are also chemical fragrance free.

I had this peeling problem for nearly 2 months. Seen 2 dermatogists but the problem persisted... even spread to my eye area. That's when I decided it's time to change my skincare range.

After less than a week's use of Fancl cleanser & moisturiser, there's no more peeling! Into my 3rd week now & I hope I can stick by Fancl for a long, long time.

Am also taking TenseUp EX. It's good!

A beautiful song

Not a new piece from Michael Buble. Only took notice of it when I happened to catch the last 40mins or so of the movie Wedding Date during my last trip in KL. We didn't watch the movie in, if not wrong, 2005... don't think we even had any impression when it's showed in the cinemas.

Kind of a romantic show.. yes.. I'm still very much reminded of our beautiful wedding 2 years ago :) The feeling was intensified as I watched it alone & missed hubby a whole lot.

And I must say, movies really have the power of stirring up emotions & making us fall in love with the OSTs.

Maybe I should rent & watch it with hubby.

Soundtrack: Wedding Date (The)
Title: Home (Michael Buble)

Another summer day
Is come and gone away
In Paris and Rome
But I wanna go home
Mmmmmmmm

Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know

And I've been keeping all the letters that I wrote to you
Each one a line or two
"I'm fine baby, how are you?"
Well I would send them but I know that it's just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane
Another sunny place
I'm lucky I know
But I wanna go home
Mmmm, I've got to go home

Let me go home
I'm just too far from where you are
I wanna come home

And I feel just like I'm living someone else's life
It's like I just stepped outside
When everything was going right
And I know just why you could not
Come along with me
But this was not your dream
But you always believed in me

Another winter day has come
And gone away
And even Paris and Rome
And I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I'm surrounded by
A million people I
I still feel alone
Oh, let me go home
Oh, I miss you, you know

Let me go home
I've had my run
Baby, I'm done
I gotta go home
Let me go home
It'll all be right
I'll be home tonight
I'm coming back home

As a whole, a Lazy weekend

I took a day's leave on Fri. After sending hubby off, I was at a loss of what to do as it's only 7.45 in the morning. Had a few banking errands to run but too early for that. So decided to have a long & relaxing Latte Mocha @ Starbucks Changi Airport. And after a long tele-conversation with Eric, my hp batt appeared red alert... it's still 3/4 full when I left home in the morning.

Left airport for orchard around 9.30am. Wanted to cut my fringe at justina's so thought I could borrow a charger from one of the stylists. Disappointingly no one used Sony Ericsson hp. But I was happy that I had a free fringe cut ;) So took the opportunity to send in my phone for repair since my keypad's broken & the memory card slot was loosen. Been wanting to drop by their service centre in Wisma one of the weekdays (was told to avoid weekends as more complicated repairs would take more than a day).. might as well make use of my leave to get it settled. At the same time, I asked to have my battery charged.
By the way, don't get Sony Ericsson S500i if you're even considering. The keypad had cracked & been replaced twice.. ie. once every 2 weeks.

For the next 3 hours I went without phone & it's truly miserable. Did my banking errands & shopped for Rachel's present. Meanwhile I had to maintain communication with sis as we're meeting for hi-tea with mum but time & venue not confirmed yet. Besides searching for public phones which are becoming scarce nowadays, also tried to borrow phones wherever I stopped for my errands. The half-hourly phone call had become such a hard chore. And I was so busy that not only there's no time for lunch, I also gotta walk briskly from point to point. By the time I was done with all I planned to do (except collecting my hp), I was late for the hi-tea @ Equinox. Didn't expect I had so much to settle but was glad my leave was very well utilised.

After hi-tea, sis & I planned to shop a bit in Orchard after collecting my phone. But while walking to Ngee Ann City, I had the worst leg cramp in my life. Thank God sis was with me then & she helped me to massage my left calf. I was so scared as I'd never experienced that kind of cramp before... not even when I was doing athletics in school. It's frightening... I first felt weak & some tightness in both legs.. then before I could react, came the acute cramp in my left calf that pulled all the way to my left foot which caused my foot to bend backwards. It's soooo painful & I was terrified that I might get that in my right leg as well because it started to pull a lil too. If that were to happen, I would fall hard on the ground.

So instead of shopping, we took a tea break at Coffee Beans till I felt better. Reached home around 8.30pm. Supposed to meet June for coffee at about 10.30pm but we were both too tired to move. Especially I was still having pain in my leg. Treated my poor feet a hot water dip & then an iSqueez leg massage.

For the subsequent 2 days I grounded myself. All because I walked too much & too fast on Fri. Appointments with Eric, with sis on Sat & with C on Sun... all gone. My leg was still painful & I felt lethargic.

Yesterday morning, went to see doc & he said I had over-strained my veins. Asked me to rest more, try to lift my legs up when sitting & walk slowly. Needless to say, no high heels for me the next few days. Rested for the entire day till I went to fetch hubby at the airport in the evening which was meant to be a surprise for him.

Actually I do enjoy the feeling of not doing anything... just sleep, food, tv, computer ;)
Don't I sound like a bum?

Instinct?

Lately my guesses always become reality. So much so that it freaks me out as all weren't good speculation. I do hope I can be so accurate with the good ones.

Or perhaps I should stop guessing (ie. stop being nosy).

What a timing .....

Hubby flew to Taipei early this morning... then in the evening, received an sms from him telling me that there'd be typhoon in the wee hours of the following morning (actually in a couple of hours from now). I read from the news too - "... there's a warning for Typhoon Sepat, by far the most powerful weather system to threaten the island this year ...". I'm worried. And they still went to the night market. However hubby said there weren't many stalls open.

So tomorrow's program has been cancelled.... they gonna stay indoor. I'm relieved to hear that. Furthermore they are staying in Grand Hyatt which, according to hubby, has a direct sheltered linkage to Taipei 101. At least there's a bit of activities for them tomorrow.

I miss my honey... been praying for him.

@ Modiva

Finally..... got the pix.

With Avril.
I turned lobster!

Avril, June, Me, Sharon & Randy

The gals

Had a pic with their bro before he brought his Baobei wife home

Men in 40s

I've concluded after some observation and personal experiences that men in their 40s always want to be Mr Know-It-All. Perhaps they think that at this stage of their lives, they've already been through EVERY thing... or at least this is how they want to be perceived as. Interestingly, the more successful (career wise) they are, the less obvious of a Mr KIA I see in them usually. And some have even prematurely attained that level in their mid 30s.

So, how to identify one?

Characteristics :

- You will never hear him say - "I don't know" / "I'm not sure" / "is it?" / "really?".
- When you say yes, he'll say no... when you say no, he'll say yes... with the intention of giving you more insights so you'll be impressed by how much he knows.
- Whenever you mention something, he definitely has some other info to add on & elaborate. Perhaps he thinks it's his responsibility to "enlighten" those around him who are all ignorant.
- His choice is always the best. To prove his point, he won't hesitate to belittle you or your choice.

A classic eg. - when we happen to be on some topics that he's familiar with, he would relate his personal experiences to let you know that he's been there done that. Well there's nothing wrong. But imagine every single thing you talk about he'll want to have a part in it & gives you a déjà vu tone? If it's something they don't seemingly know well.. they would usually pause for a second or two.. then go "aiya.. actually it's the same everywhere one lah...".

So when talking with this type of people, it's only a 1-way communication. Their main purpose is to let you know how knowledgeable & experienced they are.

We have the best example here in office whom I call The Supreme among all present & ex colleagues. I don't have patience talking to this kinda people... totally a waste of time (but if relatives, then no choice.. gotta endure & act dumb lor... what to do?). He's the first man that I don't even want to look at... let alone talk with. The biggest relief is that I don't get to meet this Mr KIA while my poor colleague has to put up with him as they are sitting next to each other. Sometimes when she can't take it, she'll run to complain to me.

I believe he knows I'm avoiding him since last week. Frankly I don't mind he knows & I hope things will remain this way.

And he's good ok.. 1 person holds 2 title.. Mr KIA & Mr Fake.

Shall end with 2 questions to ponder over:

(1) Will a person who genuinely leads a simple life by choice (according to what he always stresses4 doesn't own a vehicle by choice, lives in a simple flat by choice, seldom eats in restaurants by choice...) place heavy bets on 4D & very much involve in shares trading?

(2) Is buying 4D an addiction or an investment? And I don't mean small bets.

vanity fair

Am into fake lashes since coupla months ago .. like the convenience of it.. no more panda eyes (smudges) & they open up my eyes immediately! ;)

Started with Sasa's but I found them difficult to use. So I switched to Dodo Club and have since become a fan of these falsies! The small tube of glue that comes with each pair of lashes is really good & makes the putting on process a breeze..

Some pictures on my eye "accessories" & you'll get to see nothing but my Eyes eyes eyes. Hee.

One of my Sasa pairs (more expensive but less durable). This with a more exaggerated design (longer & thicker lashes). Didn't really like how it turned out on my eyes. The usual problem was the ends (inner corner of the eyes) starting to detach from my lid after a few hours. Obviously the glue I got from Sasa wasn't good.. it also left some glue marks on my lids after touch-ups.

From afar it looked better


This was my 1st pair from dodo club (all @ $3.90 + a small tube of glue). Doesn't look obvious right? It's supposed to be thick black lashes in medium length. Anyway, they're a lil too heavy on my lids.. so not getting this type again.

Another so-so design.

Out of the various designs I've tried before, my fav is still the criss-cross version.

At first I didn't get this as thought I would look funny with the many xxxx on my lids.

But they looked so different after putting on & I simply love it! And I heard this design often goes out of stock.

The side view. Like how the long lashes curl up effortlessly.

These from dodo club are of better quality and I can use up to 10 times (heard some people can even use for a month!). I've grabbed 6 pairs during my last visit. Hehe.
One of these days may try The Face Shop's similar criss-cross version @ the same price & has also received quite good feedbacks. But I believe no other glue can do as good a job as dodo club's. And Shu Uemura's too ex.. can't bring myself to spend so much on a pair of false lashes especially I'm not one who knows how to take good care of my stuff.

Hubby will be going to Taiwan end of this week. Have requested him to get me a few nice ones (& cheaper!) from Xi Men Ding. Don't doubt my hubby hor... he knows my stuff very well

Meanwhile, at times I still go natural with my own lashes. Hee.

Endeavor

I've started to take another route. It may lead to no where.. I may be back to square one.... But hubby & I are praying for God's guidance. If we don't try, we won't know. Afterall, there isn't much to lose for trying.

It has hence kept me busy but I'm happy. I've never ever thought I would take this step though I've always been interested in all related stuff and the encounters we've had over the last 4 years have truly enriched us.

I must thank hubby for his utmost support. I'm very touched by what he has been doing for me.

The greatest blessing in my life (besides having God) is to have a husband who is proud of me at all times... not only when I'm successful, not only when I look glamorous... and the fact is I'm just a very ordinary person. He must have loved me very much to be able to do so.