Advertorial - Essential Hair Mask

Received quite a number of emails regarding the Kao Essential Intensive Hair Mask, and where you girls can find the product :)

Good news babes! 

The mask is now OUT in the market! Go grab them at all leading supermarkets, or your nearby Watsons!

I've been using the products for a month now and I must say I am definitely impressed!

Simple Pleasures in Life

I'm thankful I managed to indulge in my past-times over the weekend that just past,

but I'm not so sure if it was such a good idea to start this week dwelling on the issues that were presented.

I'm easily intrigued by articles/novels/films/reviews that tackle with moral conundrums;

I get a slight thrill when placing myself in particular situations whereby the questions are sometimes paradoxical, sometimes insoluble, and at most time, terribly difficult.

Handle with Care

My first Jodi Picoult book so I'm in no position to judge her plot or style of writing, not less write a review.

I was even skeptical before beginning but I'm glad I picked this outta the many on Jie's shelf.

The book's premise is on 'wrongful birth'.

Does anyone have the right to decide what kind of life is too limited to be worth living? 

It also touches a little on adoption / abortion.
Can you miss a person you've never known?

Religious perspectives aside, what is wrong and what is right?

What if your child was diagnosed to be mentally retarded, or physically deformed, would you still have the baby? If you had the baby, would you have the heart to say 'I wish I didn't give birth to you' so in turn you could fight a lawsuit that would potential provide your disabled child a lifetime of monetary support?

"You can't win. Either you have the baby and wear your pain on the outside, or you don't have the baby and you keep that ache in you forever. I know I didn't do the wrong thing. But I don't feel like I did the right thing, either."

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Law Abiding Citizen

In a broken judicial system where 'some justice is better than none',

would you fight against the system, or would you fight for the system?

The film, imho, could have a much better potential if it focused more on that issue instead of all the useless dialogue that tapped on it so lightly. I guess it enticed audiences more with its gore, part-action, and revenge-related theme than the moral conundrum it tried to display. Other than that and its really retarded ending, it was a good movie.

Good vs. Evil.

Does good always win? Or does evil triumph?

Again, religious perspectives aside, what does justice mean to you?

If justice wasn't rightfully served, would you jump on revenge only to fight a losing battle?

Or would you fight for the betterment of the judicial system?

Will our thirst for justice ever override morality?

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So many thoughts running through my head; I might have been incoherent. And in case you haven't read that book nor caught that movie, sorry if I didn't make any sense :)

Well, this one for you and another one I've been tackling -  

Is withholding information ever tantamount to lying?

Wokay, enough thoughts to occupy the week!

Less is More

Sorry for the lack of updates! Been so busy with BC's stuff ever since my return :(

I've got so so much to blog about but no time to do so at all; I'm actually stealing some time off the emails so this space will grow too stinky stale. Heh yup so just a quick one ;)

So we're playing Blackjack at Freddy's "Casino", and we were thinking of all sorts of things we wanted to 'win' ;) It was just imaginary gambling but it was good fun listening to what the pals want..

I thought really really hard, and honestly, there isn't really anything much I currently have in mind that I wanna (but absolutely can't) own except these two:

 Chanel's Pink Jade ring... I DIE at the look of it.

Don't know why but I go crazy at anything that's knuckle duster-inspired. And I am thoroughly biased when it comes to anything Chanel. Hee

 

 This suuuuper amazing SL 63 AMG from Mercedes Benz would be next.

MUST be from the SL & AMG series, nothing else. With ultra zhnged rims.

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Well, if you had all the money in the world, what would you wanna have? :)

A multi-million dollar home? A long sought-after vacay?

A dream bike, a dream car, or perhaps buy your way out of mediocracy?

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Sometimes I guess we get too caught up in chasing what we want or marveling at the materialistic gains of others or ourselves that we don't realise how truly purposeful our lifes are. Are our lifes meant to be of self-gratification or for the betterment of other beings? I've got a feeling the answer will be something that's way beyond me; I don't dare to even start looking for one. And when I eventually come face-to-face with it, would I struggle to come to terms with the answer, would I turn around and shun it, or would I give my all to fulfil it?

On a brighter side, what I know and what I always believe in is that the more you have, the more you stand to lose. So I guess in a way, less is always more, and I should be grateful and contented with what I have :)

 But then again, dreams are free, right? Heh

Okay, more blogposts and pictures coming soon!!

Advertorial - Natural Hair & Loving It!

Most girls like myself love to have a fresh look once in a while I'm sure! & we tend to change the way our hair looks first, cos you must agree that the colour/style of your hair plays a huge part in your overall image..

My hair has been through quite a few stages, and you probably wouldn't think I had super light bleached hair before eh? Heh.. here's my proof!!

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I've also rebonded my hair a couple of times (esp when I had bangs), and permed it once before.

My hair's naturally wavy and I can't get used to it cos sometimes it gets really unruly, so I always turned to such treatments for a change!

Also due to genes, I have quite a bit of gray hair and I always have to get my hair dyed once every two months to cover up :(

That's quite a bit of damage done to my hair you'd think, with all the bleaching, rebonding, perming and dying.

But did you know, it doesn't take all these harsh treatments to damage your hair?

As long as your hair is dry, or just with simple problems like split-ends and frizziness, that also means your hair is damaged?

That I didn't know until I was invited to attend the new Essential Intensive Hair Mask trial .

Essential is a brand owned by Japanese company Kao Corporation, that also owns brands like Asience and Liese..

I don't know if it's just me, but I love anything Japanese! Their packaging are always so pretty and their products are formulated specially for us Asians.. & they're products actually work!

So anyway, the treatment session came in just in time for my return.. My hair was really icky after the 18hr flight!!

 So gross I had to bun it!!

Was greeted by the really pretty get-up at the salon when I got there!

I even felt quite like a queen sitting there during the treatment..

They also provided a netbook to surf the net, and a DVD player running the latest cut of the Japanese advertisement for the new Intensive Hair Mask.

There were two different kinds of hair treaments and prior to my trial, and after accessing the condition of my hair, the stylist recommended me 'Nuance Airy'. It is supposed to give my hair more bounce after usage as well. Just what I need – more volume for my hair! As for 'Rich Premier', it's aimed for those who needs more intensive repair/restoration..

Not only was I impressed with the packaging, it was the ingredients used that really caught my interest.

Shea Butter has always been a common ingredient in body/face lotions cos of it's ultra moisturizing effect, but I've never seen it in hair products before. Essential is the first brand I've seen that incorporates this amazing ingredient in their hair product!

At the same time, I was taught a few other tricks when applying hair masks/treatments..

1) You need not start from the scalp!

All the while I have been using treatments but wasting the product when concentrating at the roots.

 Your scalp generates enough nutrients to cover a good 10cm of your hair starting from the roots..

2) Concentrate the application on the last 15cm of your hair

This portion is most prone to damages such as split ends, dryness and frizziness so more care is definitely needed.

3) You need to massage the product gently into the hair to allow it to absorb fully

Then you leave it in and wait..

4)When you're DIY-ing at home, it's best to wrap all your hair in a towel so that the heat generated will allow for easier adsorbance!

Last but not least, be patient, cos the end result is definitely worth the wait!!

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*TADAH*

You'd definitely expect softer hair after treaments but the feeling I had this time was totally different..

Not only was it incredously soft, it felt so silky, light, and bouncy! I was also impressed at the volume it added at the same time; how many amazing results packed in ONE product!

Just like the rest of the girls, I felt like a truly satisfied user!

I will have no qualms letting my hair down now :D

Walked outta the salon a happy girl (though I was really tired from the jet-lag) cos of the cute tote I got with a whole range of Essential products! Just in time for the moving-out as well hee.. who doensn't LOVE goodie bags ;)

 

And even after tying up my hair during a whole night at MJ, I still came back with AWESOME hair!!

P.S. It was still really soft & kempt the next whole day ;)

Contemplating to do something about your hair?

Start by treating it right!

P.S. You can visit www.sassykawaii.com to learn more about Essential

BACK!

I had an absolutely splendid time with Freddy the past 3 weeks :)

I left my heart in Vegas (the Bellagio Poker Room to be exact), along with an Hermes bracelet and a Pucci scarf. So even though I missed my parents & ernietan very much, it's mighty depressing to be back in hot&humid Singapore.

You know how they say it takes 21days to form a habit?

I spent the right amount of time for my body clock to be totally Americanized and now I'm suffering from a serious jet lag; never had it this bad before! I woke up at 10am US time today (1am Sing time), craved badly for my toast with grape jelly, but had home-cooked porridge that Agnes saved from dinner for me. Might as well I thought, I need to cheenasify my taste palette before everything here becomes awful as compared to the amazing food I had during the trip..

Anyway, depressive stuff aside..

I've got updates! :)

1) It's official! I'm moving out.

Because I am jet lagged, I was packing my stuff at 5am last night after the flight.. Mum got woken up so I told her that I'm bringing all my stuff over already and she immediately came over to give me a hug that lasted a good 5 minutes. I told my parents a while back after I made the decision, but I think it just hit my mum. Sad as it may be to leave home, I'm still gonna be in Singapore.. we're still doing our family dinners once every fortnightly.. So Mummy, don't be sad.. Jie&I are still around and you can bbm us anytime :) Ern, you know we'll have you over anytime..

I'm really rather excited about this cos for a good 10years since we moved to CCK, I've been struggling to find a balance with work & life with the space constrain..

Now with a space to myself and with the new year, I can forsee that I'll be doing a lot more stuff that's more enriching in my life (part of the new year's resolutions hee).

2) Fred may be moving back to Singapore

That silly boy, though scored a 4/4 GPA in his last sem, has decided that he'd rather come back to be with me. It's a major decision for him, and a rather life-changing one for us.. So we'll see :)

3) Agnes is going home

Yup, Agnes our domestic helper has decided that she wants to be home with her kids, so we'll no longer have a helper in CCK.. That'd also mean no more meetups (for BC customers who are reading this). She was a great help to us and we're gonna struggle a little at the beginning but we've gotta be happy for her & try to live without her in our own ways :)

And again, I'm late again in for my 'Looking Forward To' post!

In the month of January '10, I'm looking forward to being neighbours with Viola Erin & Kenneth Fung.

Jie has always been enticing me with the city life, and after hanging out at her pad a couple of times, I've been thoroughly convinced.

And to the very bestest guy pal in the planet (I wish I could sell you on my blogshop), I can walk to your place and you can walk to mine! Wooohoo I resolve to find more people we can MJ with, and maaaybe I'll sign up for the same gym membership, and maaaaybe I'll fetch you to school in the mornings (if you pay for ERP).

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Wokay, I gotta put the stuff in the car now & hit Mustafa before the peak hour traffic (what time is that in the morning anyways?).. Perhaps bring a coffee to Jie before she heads to work.

I plan to stay up the whole of today to beat the jet lag.. Thank God for the appointment with Kao later this afternoon, and the MJ showdown starring Leslie tonight.

Emails, I'll be right with you in a couple of days..

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*Edit, 8.06 A.M.*

Wooohooo I just checked & my Fedex shipment is due to arrive tmw!!
Can't wait to pass all the gifts to everyone & wear all my new clothes ;)
That blooody parcel cost me 605USD cos it weighed about 35kg.. So that means I can easily add 10USD to each item purchased. Boo. All my bath&bodyworks stuff are so ex now :((

Initially I was quoted 1,200USD and though shocked, I was almost ready to pay for it until Fred convinced me I could carry two check-in luggages back on SQ. So instead of another 600dollahs, I took away half the load & spent only 135USD on a Samsonite hee.*phew*


Plus I saved 450USD on taxes by shipping my bbags to Fred's tax-free state.
Though I was suuuuuper gian to carry them out of the shop, saving that amount of money is really much less irrational compared to buying 3 at a time. Now I'm patiently waiting for David to email me about the status of delivery.
I CAN'T WAIT *whheeeeee*

P.S. I'm still home cos I can't find the car keys I'm so soo dead :((

Hola!

Hello from San Fransciso!!

I will be away from 17th Dec - 5th Jan, taking a road trip across California and Nevada.

Hee yes I'm traveling through the San Frans, LA and Las Vegas route I took exactly two Christmases ago,

but no regrets cos US is an absolutely splendid place to holiday (shop) in.

Plus, we're covering areas I didn't manage to the last time; in just one day I managed to see the many other faces of San Frans!

Well, it's 4.10 A.M. here and I just managed to clear some refunds and emails. Hate working while on a holiday but I have no choice :(

Am actually dead tired from the slight jet lag and crazy shopping I did today so I gotta go sleep now in prep for when Jie arrives heh cos we both are mad, chaotic shoppers!

I'll install twitter on Freddy's berry tmw so catch me on Twitter pals!

Enjoy your holidays ;)

Random Ramblings before Leaving

Feels absofantastic to have four CLEARED email accounts. WOOHOO

P.S. Yes, now I have four to deal with cos of the gmail exceeding thing.

So yeah about emails, last time when Rach was telling me about some customers' emails landing in spam, I didn't experience (or realise rather) it till recently when people started asking how come I haven't replied in 5-6 days. Checked with Jie and she is experiencing the same thing too :( So scary!! But I managed to retrieve most and have replied all emails so YAY to me and hopefully happy customers!!

I know I will definitely have some trailing/pending orders though I've tried to clear all to my bestest ability..

I just hope they will read the automated reply and try not email Rach or Jie.. cos I think they both have a heavier workload with all the backorders concurrent with their trips.

I'll try to get Ern's help to settle some stuff (the urgent ones if any) while I'm away, but she'll be off to Dubai during Christmas too.. Well, hopefully there wouldn't be any more left to settle by then!

Will be away for quite a while this time but will definitely be back with super exciting stuff for BC esp before the CNY. Talking about this makes me rather excited to coming back to work even though I haven't even started my break officially..

But well, I'm not gonna lie.. Jetting off tmw (later today in fact) is definitely hands down the best feeling in the world right now.

Better than cleared inboxes.. really! :)

 Wokay, enough bout work!

I'm leaving tmw, and I'm totally NOT prepared at all..

I'm so last minute that my dad is collecting my passport for me later this morning!!

I heard it's chilly this winter in Cali, as with all the countries this year, but I'm only bringing minimal clothing and one trenchcoat. Trying to pack less so I can bring more stuff up for Freddy and *ahem* to do more shopping. Heh though I think I definitely have to ship stuff back cos already I have 10 pairs of shoes waiting for me in the car boot when I arrive. I have 7. 3 pairs are Ern's. And because I can't find shoes for my giant feet in SG, I have to buy online. Hee. Just salvaged myself there..

 Well, I had a whole list of things to do before leaving.. packing the office, getting thoughtful little things for Freddy like Tom Yum cup noodles, photoframes/posters etc etc., getting my nails done, picking up some good reads, going for a massage, spending more time with zee pals.. But oh wells, work had to come first and work = no 'me' time + no pals time + no Freddy time.

Thankfully, just when I thought I was in quite a dire state (beauty-wise), I got an invite by Kao's Essential to a free trial that will revitalize my hair. I know that when I come back from the States, my hair's gonna be all frizzy and unkempt considering my last hair cut was months back.. And they're so kind to extend the trial till when I get back on the 6th. Will be one of the privileged first few to experience this revolutionary treatment, and will definitely blog more about it when I'm back :))

I think the advert is running on the right hand column of my blog too, do click on it to find out how you can stand a chance to participate in this free trial!

A few pictures before I leave! :)

& I ought to blog about this, cos these two other Epic Adventures basically sums up my Dec.

 VIEWERS DISCRETION ADVISED

Do not proceed if you're terrified of rats, lizards or blood.

 EPIC EVENT TWO

Rat Attack!

Dec '09

So there was this period in early Dec when I was tweeting about the calamity I had in my office.

It was the day when I realised my office had a pet rat.

Okay, just imagine, you step into your pantry one day with biscuit packets and cup noodles opened with a huge gapping hole in the middle of the packet, completely un-humanlikely; biscuit tin box with lid ajar and crumps leading out of the tin; tea boxes being nibbled at all corners; cable wires nibbled broken.

Wouldn't you completely freak out???

When I first told Clare and Rach, they actually thought my place was haunted!

Actually, typing this at 5A.M. is kinda sending the chills down my spine but the story has to go on....

I wanted to write in to the management of my place to see what they can do about it, but I wanted to make sure that my suspicions of housing a rat was true first.

Thankfully, knowing how I freak at the slightest creepy crawlie, my guy friends were all around.

They decided to set up a rat trap before we left for JB one night, and we all agreed that after dinner, we'd come back to office and check on the trap.

And so, this was what we were greeted with when back from dinner

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A rat trap that the rat ESCAPED FROM!!!!

See the fur and crawl marks?

That sneaky bastard actually managed to eat the biscuit we used to try to trap him, after tearing it's fur&skin out and force-crawling his way outta the trap.

The best part was.. He picked on the other biscuit left on the other trap we set and didn't touch the glue.

EEWWW

Immediately, the search was ON. Bloody sonofabitch I thought. I normally don't swear, but this gross to the max THING caused me tons of money and I think I deserve a chance to swear at it.

After a long hunt, the guys managed to locate the rat..

And that's them trying their best to kill it while Sheilala, Kim and I stood on strategic spots a distance away.

 I gave permission for them to destroy my wardrobe..

And threw away ALL the stuff that left a trail of the rat away.

EVERYTHING.

And that damned thing peed on my favourite MGS teeshirt :((

Anyone from MGS willing to buy/give me a PE tee? :(

It was literally scared shitless, and all its excretions were all over the wardrobe.

GROSS!

Ahhhh mothereffing gross!!!!!!!!!

EEEEEEEWWWW

My friends gave me the pleasure of torturing it..

So we drowned it with detergent water and disposed of it farfarfar away

I had NO QUALMS of doing so, or feeling bad because rats are PESTS and because of everything it destroyed and the amount of money I spent..

Hahaha, and amidst all the minor scares and frights here&there, this got to the guys the most

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A lizard that was squashed while they were trying to kill the rat.

Look at its bulging eyes!! EEEWWWWWW

Ok before you judge the cleaniness of my office, I am thoroughly anal about these things and have thus taken ALL measures to make sure that Rat Attack II does not occur, thanks to the help of the buliding managers, to Sheilala and Agnes for the thorough spring clean, and of course, all credits to Eewai (you the man), Teo and Tus for their courage and bravery displayed.

I'm officially no longer that afraid of creepy crawlies, thanks to Mr. Rat.

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EPIC EVENT THREE

A Ride down Orchard Road

Dec '09

Fung & friends were up for a home-cooked meal of lamb stew & rice one night, and before we left for our movie, we left the lamb to stew in like slightly more than half a bottle of wine..

 

Can you see how red the stew was???

Soon after wine-drowned lamb, rounds of Mcallen, Kilkenny and sake, Marc was first to go and we tucked him into bed..

It was left with me, Karmy, Char and Fung.

We were bored stiff, and decided to make use of the night and have some fun! & we decided that L4D2 would be perfect in our intoxicated states..

And since we were all too smashed to drive, Fung came up with this brilliant idea to cycle down from his house (behind Paragon) all the way down to Cyberdome at Meridien.

It may sound like a no biggie, but it was such a feat.

So much so that everyone (except yours truly the pro rider) got into some sort of accident and injured themselves, with Fung's injuries the worst among all.. Esp when he had such a wuss-of-a-pillion Karmy behind him. Hee

What I can remember very clearly was while on our journey, we had tons of people along the streets cheering us on!!!

But I bet they were secretly thinking what jackasses we were.. Heh

 

I was super happy to be left unscathed.

Karmy tore his pants while Char had road abrasions from a fall while sitting with Fungster.

What I got was a whole lifetime's worth of exercise that night!

You can't drink and drive.. You absolutely CANNOT drink and ride a motorbike.

But who says you can drink and ride down Orchard Road on a bicyle?

What more with Christmas decors to light your way ;)

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Alright, it's exactly 12 hours till I leave.

Gotta go write some envelopes now :)

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*EDIT* 7.45 A.M
This email totally made my morning (my long night rather)

Hey there,
I was at your sale yesterday with a friend and was thankful to get a slot! wished i could have been there earlier but both of us had church commitments hence once could make it for the 4pm slot! you girls really are the most charming blogshop owners i've come across, despite your immense popularity, your humility and love for what you do never fails to amaze me! my friend and i are bigger than the average local uk6s and 8s and are extremely appreciative that we could actually fit into some of the things and not look like awkward. and we're really thankful too for the varying lengths, finally 33-34" dresses! thank you=)
and just wanted to congratulate you girls on your amazing success, you girls are brilliant at what you do! have a blessed christmas holiday, and once again, thank you=)

cheers and God bless,
Jasmine

Awww some customers are really so awesome :)

It's December, Baby

*Edited 4P.M.*
Forgot to talk about the SKII Tea Party; it's at the end of the entry ;)


 Looking Foward To

Teehee I know I promised readers that I will update every beginning of the month with a 'Looking Forward To' post, and I am shamelessly late :X

Well, I think most can predict what I'm looking forward to in Dec!! :D

*drum rolls*

I'm finally gonna see Fred again!

We'll get to hang out proper for 3 whole weeks while road-tripping around Cali,
that totally makes up for the 3 months we've been apart for ;)

Jie's joining us for a bit too and we're gonna have such a blast in the malls.

Can't wait to breathe some consumer-paradise-air!!!

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The pals are back and we've been hanging out so much it's detrimental to my health. And work. Staying up till 6 at KAP, shopping at Mustafa over consecutive days, Amos Satay for a gabillion nights in a row, JB seafood etc. etc. etc.... Thank goodness Tus has gone back for a bit else I don't know when/how this will stop.

The end-year season always sets me into a very nostalgic (sometimes depressive) mode..
I was just looking through our Summer holiday photos before they came back and made a rather interesting find..
I have a grand total of THREE epic events this year. And what's best, they all happened around these friends of mine.

EPIC EVENT ONE

The New Zealand Snow Blizzard
July '09

So we all got up freaking early in the morning to catch our flight from Melb to NZ..
Once in NZ, we were geared up for the 6hour drive from Christchurch to Queenstown,
but little did we know that the snow-chain skills will come into handy shortly after it turned dark.

Collected the rental MPV, and didn't really take the snow-chain fitting lesson too seriously cos we hired a four-wheel drive. Even the guy was telling us not to be too concerned cos we probably wouldn't need it.

 

All rather excited though super tired from the morning flight

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We were happily into our journey when it turned dark in a blink of an eye.. There were hardly any cars left on the road, we were traveling through windy roads across mountains and the terrifying part was we couldn't see a thing even though the high-beam was on..

Then there were the first signs of snow..

We were all delighted at first, but that slowly turned into fear cos visibility was zero and it was like we were in a Star Trek movie.. The white particles just kept blowing at high speed towards the car & that's when we realised we were caught in a snow blizzard!!!

In foreign land, and in the middle of nowhere. There were no cars to be seen, no person in sight.

We finally came to a stop in the middle of a mountain where there was a rather steep slope leading up.

The police car ahead of us (who were there to help those stranded) started sliding backwards towards our MPV, but thankfully it steered back into control soon.

Everyone seemed to have stopped to put on their snow chains.

We did likewise.

But the minute the guys got out of the car (sheilala, dog and I were left inside, hiding from the cold), our car started to slide backwards rapidly too!! Sheila jumped out and the guys all tried to hold on to the car, but it just kept sliding backwards!!!

Very amazingly, our little luggage trailer that was hooked at the back of the car hit the side of the mountain and it stopped.

& at the other side of the road was a cliff that leads down to the river... Can you imagine if the car slid the other way?

It was definitely time to put on the chains.

  

We were struggling so hard to keep warm cos we were totally unprepared.

& that's Teo peeing teehee

Snow was THIS thick!

& it was SO so so so so so cold. Even looking at the pictures sends chills..

 

It took the guys almost an hour to put the chains on, and we still had a good 4hr drive left.

We decided to find a motel or room to lodge in for a night but everywhere we went was either fully booked or closed because of the blizzard..

Then we finally found a very nice motel owner who took us in and gave us space near his fireplace to spend the night.. And in that common area, we met a very kind-hearted professional Korean skii-er & team who were stuck in the same rut as us. They were there before us but were so willing to share the space with the 7 of us.. & while I was trying to sleep, one of them actually used his thick ski jacket to cover me.. They were so so nice!

The next morning :)

It was truly sunshine after the rain

Oh and I noticed something too..

 

 

See the contrast in the snowmans?

We were trying to build a snowman the night of the blizzard while waiting to find accommodation....

And we perfected the art of it the very next morning.

Though shocked by the cold & majorly tired-out, we managed to reach our destination safe & sound.

All thanks to Fred our superb driver :)

It was truly THE adventure of the lifetime..

Yup, will leave this for now and continue with the other Epic Legends the next time ;)

I know I've said this before and I'll really try my best to complete the holiday photos before leaving for the next. Heh

Enjoy your Saturday everyone!

It's Zouk-In again for me cos I gotta get everything ready for the flea tmw :(

Feeling the jitters I don't know why. Perhaps because it's thoroughly last minute.. But I'm confident we can execute it well..

We'll see :)

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SKII Tea Party

Nuffnang very kindly invited me to join a Tea Party organized by SKII,  and being the 9 out of 10 women who've seen the difference myself, I thought.. Why not? It'd be a good chance for me to learn about the other products of SKII apart from their renowned 'Miracle Water' which I currently use.

Though I was late (due to work), the SKII staff at Paragon were very warm and made me feel so welcomed the minute I arrived.

It was a very intimate gathering and we were served Canele cakes and juice while the staff were around to help if you had any questions about their products.

 

 Soon, Cindy gave us a short lesson on how/why SKII works, and also the proper way to using certain beauty products. Like how I didn't know I had to tone before applying the Facial Treatment Essence. She was demonstrating on how one side with applied toner adsorbs the miracle water immediately, while the other just runs.. Amazing!

 

 

They did a complimentary skin analysis for me and I found out that my most pressing issue is firmness. Boohoo, am I gonna start to sag soon???

Oh, and ladies, we all start to age at 22!!

With all these little beauty tips and a few samples to boot, I am all but ready to start saving up and renewing my skin with their products. I'm so easily sold eh. Hee

Advertorial

When I was young, story-telling stayovers with my childhood girlfriends was a weekly affair. 

When we're all tucked into bed, that was when our night began! We'd start the storytelling with our usual line "Once Upon A Time....", and all of us will contribute to the story in attempt to create our little girly fairytale and stop only till one of us falls asleep :) 

I'm not a big fan of Facebook applications, but I recently came across "The Longest Yarn" app and it hit a nostalgic spot cos it brought back this part of my childhood memory!

In this application, all you need to do is 'Spin the Yarn', i.e. start off with a title of a story. You can then start the ball rolling by posting an entry, invite all your friends to add on entries to continue with the plot/storyline. You and your friends will start spinning off from wherever you've left off and attempt to create your very own story!

It's super interesting cos when your friends start posting their entries, there are bound to be twists and turns in the storyline, and it's hilarious reading what you and your friends can come up with!  

Like how with my girlfriends, each fairytale we created and a whole different plot! Man, it really made me miss those days! I'm SO gonna get my friends to join me and relive our memories :)

Well, trust Samsung to keep up with these interesting apps where all your friends can join in the fun ;)

So of course I invited my friends to 'spin my yarn', and this is what we've come up with so far!!

Our story title is "Tafari Jones Workplace Reggae"

 

 

 & the story goes on and on...

Hahaha our story may not make sense to you, but hahahha it's damn funny cos it's about this video we've been laughing about recently ;)

Ok, so fun's not the best part!

Not only do you get to create your own avatar (my outfit's so chic with the hot pink sneakers), but by attempting to 'spin the longest yarn', you'll stand to win 10 Samsung Corby range phones ;)

TEN!! No kidding!

Yes, so what you'll need to do is to register yourself at the Samsung Fun Club here,

join the Samsung Facebook Fan Club page here

& START SPINNING YOUR STORY!! :D

You'll automatically stand a chance to win 10 Samsung Corby range phones by registering, and by spinning a yarn!

And oh, don't get me started on the newest and latest Samsung Corby range phones.

We all know that Samsung creates the prettiest (and functional) phones.. The Samsung Corby is no exception!

You HAVE to take a look!

http://www.samsungmobile.com.sg/corby/

Haha as my friends would know, I loooove to match my accessories with my outfit of the day.. And the interchangeable back covers of the Samsung Corby phone gives me a choice to suit my look for the day ;)

P.S. Of course, I'm absolutely thrilled that it comes in pink, being the pink plastic fan I am. Heh

Also, it fits perfectly in any handbag/clutch!

See how it fits so well in my palm :))

And I love how I can put my favourite widgets out on the main screen, and I can access anyone with just one touch!

And look at how cute these icons are!! Makes me feel like using my phone even more!!

 

The 2 megapixel camera and direct upload to Facebook and Twitter makes it easy for me to keep my friends/customers updated instantly with what I'm doing. I absolutely love the touch-screen zoom function cos I can check for any imperfections right away. Heh ;) This phone might just replace my digital camera!

The phone's lag free navigation through menus is also a real time saver, and I never get frustrated even on my busiest days.

Yup, that's the Samsung Corby for you :)

Ah, ok I'm still SO EXCITED over the Longest Yarn app!!

Can't wait to see what else my friends on Facebook will come up with, and hopefully, we'll win the 10 Corby phones!! Teehee

*CARTWHEELS*

On Repeat

My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why
I got out of bed at all
The morning rain clouds up my window
and I can't see at all
And even if I could it'd all be grey,
but your picture on my wall
It reminds me that it's not so bad,
it's not so bad

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay,
my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there'll be hell today,
I'm late for work again
And even if I'm there, they'll all imply
that I might not last the day
And then you call me and it's not so bad,
it's not so bad

They say music heals the soul