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Saturday, February 28, 2015

KOSE

2015 is a very special year for KOSÉ, as it is the 30th Anniversary of their best-selling SEKKISEI skincare range (yes, the blue-coloured one)! To celebrate, they have collaborated with Disney to release limited edition Cinderella-themed products! Really excited to watch the movie btw hehe..

Pretty packaging fit for a princess!

Check out Cinderella’s glass slipper emblazoned on the SEKKISEI Lotion bottle!


Oh, there’s also my all-time fave SEKKISEI White BB Cream! Best part is, this special limited edition comes with a free travel-sized Cleansing Oil that comes in handy at the end of the day when I want to take off my makeup.

Absolutely love how the SEKKISEI range helps to brighten my complexion, especially since the ingredients used are extracted from Oriental herbs used since ancient times for health and beauty. 



The SEKKISEI Lotion has been KOSE's bestselling product for 30 years! Now that HAS TO BE REALLY GOOD 'nuff said

I've personally tried it and love it! It hydrates my skin, is lightweight and feels really refreshing. Applying Lotion on your skin is very important, and I know that when I layer on my serums and creams after, my skin absorbs them better! It’s really easy to use too – I just use my palms to pat it on

NEXT UP, MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE BB CREAM!


I've done a review before if you don't remember and i still love this product so much after so many months!

SThis tiny tube of BB Cream has SIX functions… It's a Serum, Emulsion, Cream, Sunscreen, Makeup Base and Foundation all in one! Perfect for those days when you’re in a rush and have no time for your full skincare routine.

It covers blemishes but don't expect TOO MUCH though. I personally feel that it gives light coverage, and definitely helps to brighten and get rid of skin dullness. I use this as a makeup base before my full make up goes on. Best thing about this is that it has SPF40/PA+++, so that your skin is protected against harmful UV rays!





Wishing SEKKISEI a Happy 30th Birthday!

Do also check out @kosesg on Instagram, as there’s gonna be an exciting contest with $10,000 worth of prizes to be won, including a trip for two to Japan!

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Long Names

Random Stuff i found in my draft which i thought was quite wow (it's been in there since 2010 and i don't remember which website this was from haha)

Long Names

The longest place name contains 58 letters

A little village in Wales boasts the longest place name at 58 letters:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

But New Zealand makes the same claim with a hill containing 92 letters:

Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiw
henuaakitanarahu

But after some further digging we found the winner to be Bangkok. OK, so that's only 7 letters, but the official ceremonial name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon for short meaning 'City of Angels'.

The full name of Bangkok has many variations in spelling but we found what is believed to be the official spelling coming in at 163 letters:

Krungthepmahanakornamornratanakosinmahintarayutthayamahadilokphopnopparatraj
athaniburiromudomrajaniwesmahasatharnamornphimarnavatarnsathitsakkattiyavisa
nukamprasit

The translation here is pretty much the unabridged history of the city rather than a word.

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Elroy and The Flower


ELROY AND THE FLOWER


Monday, February 23, 2015

Why not Married?

This year CNY was BORING. I hardly did anything. JUST A LOT OF SLEEPING. Haha.

The big change was that I actually gave out ang paos this year. I decided to just share a lil bit on this topic cus I just feel like it today haha. Many of you must be wondering why since I'm not married yet. Well, because I have a kid, many of my friends and family members treat us like we're a married couple. They call us husband and wife....even our parents? People outside who see Baby E & I together automatically assume I already am so since everyone is like that, I'll just play along lah. Haha. Honestly I see us as a family already so marriage is really just a piece of paper to confirm it...and I suppose to give me more "security". But still, not exactly secured since I witnessed my parents getting divorced after being together for over a decade. So nothing is Forever la...we all just pray for the best but no matter what, we can't control everything. Even the nicest people can kena cheated on leh. Your relationship doesn't have to be failing for your man to cheat...some guys just can't help it. Guys can be so unpredictable. Actually girls too la but more guys do it than girls.... #sexism haha

I have married friends whom lives have changed for the worse after getting married and divorced couples telling me time and again not to rush into it and wait a few more years. With so many "warnings" from them, why would I want to not listen to their advices right. After all they are "experienced". Of course I get a lil bit jealous when I see couples getting proposed to and all their sweet wedding photo shoots la but it's better to not rush into this kinda stuff. Divorce also have to waste money one, it is long and the process can be emotionally draining. Divorced couples tell me it all looked like a fairytale at first but many fairytales turn into a nightmare after a year or so. Even when they least expect it to. For my own parents it took over a decade. Whatever it is, it's life. Most people will go through it. I believe everything is already written so whatever happens, happens for a reason. As much as we want to prevent certain things from happening, sometimes people make mistakes. Either we forgive or let go lor.

"Then wait until when then you want to finally get married?" Hmm, when the time is right I think we both would know? Most probably when I can stop my nonsensical thoughts and stop getting on his nerves (vice versa). Sometimes I still act like a kid. Much better now but still happens. Once we get married means to tolerate each other's shit for life. We can both try to change for the better before getting married. Not so easy to change each other's personality even though we really want to though. Might take years of understanding each other. Like his bad temper and my paranoia. Say and say and promised we will change soooo many times but sometimes suddenly *BAM* it's back. If we really try to and REALLY succeed in either changing ourselves or accepting each other's flaws fo real, IT'S TIME LIAO!!! Some married couples I spoke to said it's really Give and Take. All about compromising. So we need to practice this longer. Act like we are married first lor? Think like a married couple and try our very best to be better people for each other. If really can And we last maybe say another 1-2 years then sign the papers! If not, then bye bye! Sometimes I sound like I'm all strong but if I really go through a break up (choi choi!) I don't know how the heck ill actually handle it also leh. In the past I didn't have a huge responsibility so it's easier to walk away from relationships. I know I'm not ugly and if it really doesn't work out can go out to find new partners. But this is so much more complicated man. I honestly don't even think I'll get into another serious relationship ever (ok la but if next time it happens don't blame me cus I'm OHSOFICKLE after all haha) should my current one fail because if the guy decides to be with me he would feel like he has given up so much for me? Then maybe he will be less tolerant and I think if we quarrel he'd confirm guilt trip me with the whole "I accepted you even though you have a child you should be grateful" all the time. I'd also feel like he won't be able to love E as much as E's real daddy does and I want E to be showered with love equally much if I ever have a new partner. But love cannot be forced one right? So ya lor. This are just like the negative thoughts la, I have heard of different cases but I'm always like that even though I always tell myself to ONLY THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS AND BE POSITIVE ALL THE TIME. Easier said than done.

Still, with all that said, IT IS STILL A DREAM TO WEAR A CHIO WEDDING GOWN! I do hope it happens to me one day. :) like I said, if it's meant to be it'll be.

Oh and one more thing ah, a lot of people think I gave myself the label Single Mother to look powerful and independent. I said I was not getting married but that doesn't mean I don't have a partner. I don't see myself as Single for sure (if not why I still give ang bao and not insist on receiving right?). I have a boyfriend and I do hope we will work out and progress. Then again i also cannot control what they want to write, the media chooses to portray me as a Single Mother which isn't exactly wrong because I am still single in the eyes of the law. So ya Lor...

Anyway reason why I didn't really want post such a post for such a long time (but today feel like because this blog lacks my personal life stories liao...BLAME THE BF who hates that I blog about my life all the time cus I share so much online he thinks it's lame lol and he reeeeally can't wait for the day i retire and shut down all my social media platforms! Another disagreement we have which we always argue about haha) is because a lot of people would disagree with me on this topic but this is just a short update about my life on my blog where I write my thoughts. Maybe only 20% or lesser people would see eye to eye with me on this. There's this image in our minds of how things should be but well, not everything goes the way you want it to go. There are so many different cases in the world and you can't say who's right and who's wrong. Come on, people who take the "right" road and get married once they are knocked up don't all have happily ever after a with the father of their child. Some people who dated for 10 over years don't even end up getting married to that same partner. And another one, some people date for a few months and get married do have a happy marriage and are not on the verge of divorce even after many many years. Not everyone makes the same decisions. What's right for me will not be right for you and what worked for you might not work for me.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Tie My Hair :(

Never thought i'd feel sad over such a simple thing as tying my hair! I miss going out with my hair tied up so much. Well in some pictures i tied but that's just for that few minutes. Can't tie my hair due to a removal of a huge lymph node on my neck which left a huge hole and the doctor can't even tell me how long it'll take to recover. Almost 3 weeks already but the hole is still leaking and looking very disgusting. What's worse is i always let down my hair and hair gets stuck to the wound all the time making it even harding to heal. Zzz. But if i air it then the wound is so huge it'll freak everyone out so....


Hmm, so Valentines Day i got roses from Mr Unromantic which was pretty romantic surprise.

Well that is until i asked him "B wow so nice leh you why you buy leh?" hoping he'll be romantic and be like " Cus i love you" but instead his answer...

"Because i scared you kaopei if you see other people have"

LOL.

Idiot.




I'm never going for whatever Valentine's Day dinner package EVER.

Our dinner set at Halia was SOOOOO disappointing. SERIOUSLY. I feel bad for surprising the bf with such a dinner! Not cheap at all also. 




Oh and i also finally played bowling. Decided to spend Valentine's Day with the bf at the bowling alley because he used to love bowling a lot when he was younger and it's been almost a decade since he last played. Eh he damn good leh. I thought it was all talk when he told me about his days as a bowler. Lol. Actually i thought i was damn sweet lor bring him there to revive those days. But then he unromantic kind....don't feel anything one. No Thank You at the end of the day for a fun night out...just a lot of complains about how sore his hands were. Walao...PFFT.

Freds came awhile.....to let me feel better about being a noob at bowling hahaha.


This is how big Baby E is at almost 5 months old now. 2 more days to 19th! Hehe.

 Giant ball of happiness!





Thank you Dove for sending over this sweet package after they read that i was suffering from hair loss!!! Hopefully it'll help hehehe.

 With ma girlfriends who make me feel all young again every friday. Haha


Gonna have the best home steamboat with meat we bought at Mediya just now! Spent $300 on beef alone! Sooo excited!


Anyhow, can't believe CNY is here already. Gonna be so different this year as i'll be rejecting ang baos and well....in a way "acting" like a married couple so the old people would "Approve". Still have our reasons for not hurrying into marriage but that's for us to know and it's not up for discussion here. Sick and tired those who know shit who can't stop spreading nonsense. Annoying but well, haters gonna hate. It's gonna be real tiring addressing the issue and talking about it openly because even after doing so, at the end of the day there would still be people who disagree with my views and spread even more nonsense. There's bound to be people who dislike me for god knows what reason and no explanation can change their opinions so the best way to get people to shut up is to just let them talk shit and keep quiet. If i choose to defend myself and all, it'll just go on and on. Aiya, i also know how it's like to dislike someone. Not like i'm some angel who loves everyone.
I know it how it's like when one dislikes another. I know it so well because my friends and I dislike this one person and everything she says just makes us roll our eyes. Every photo she posts would be scrutinized for flaws, every word she says would be bullshit. So yeah, haters are gonna hate~ LIFE GOES ON :)

CNY TIME~~~

Hope we all will HUAT! 

I'm so confused leh all the different feng shui masters all say different things. Some said Goat's lucky color this 2015 is Orange...some said Red...some said Brown...so what is the lucky color ah? Haha. I wanna try try and see if really will Goat Luck if i follow or not. Haha.

Friday, February 13, 2015

Elroy 4 Months

In only 6 more days, Elroy would be 5 months old! Can't believe how huge he is now! When we bring him out, people always think he is 6-7 months and we say he is only 4 months old, they'd be like omg he is BIG! Haha. He is 10kg already?! Are you growing too fast my love?! Haha. Even the doctor was shocked to see him at our last appointment. 

We aren't overfeeding at all! We feed 150ml every 3 hours in the day and at night he can go 6-7 hours without milk. Totally normal for babies his age so i guess he is just absorbing REALLY well. Which is good i guess! Oh my fatty! I can't even carry him for long without hurting my arms. Haha. 

The other day I was bouncing up and down and jumping around carrying him. The next day I woke up with legs so so sore! Like after running 20km kinda sore?! But I guess it's good exercise for my helper and I to keep ourselves slim! Hehe.

He has been SO ACTIVE. He doesn't even sleep in the afternoons anymore. Even I sleep more than him haha. He takes maybe 1-2 naps for 30-45min a day. At night he sleeps for 7 hours. I sleep way more! Haha. Most days he is on his bouncer which they said he shouldn't be on till 6 months but my doc said elroy is growing damn fast and he is very strong so we got the green light. He doesn't even want to lie down in the afternoons anymore so if not for the bouncer, he would be crying away!

Here are some pictures of him! I'll try to post more pictures of him here from now on so we can all watch him grow up together! Hehe.









 


And more posts to keep this space more interesting instead of ads and more ads...i know, i know, i heard ya!

Actually this post can be very long but i decided not to squeeze everything in one post hehehe

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Topazette



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