Friday, February 27, 2009
Hello Kitty is here!
Yay!
I'm gonna buy the Popster TLC next!
Anyway I've been having break-out ever so often these days. Second growing spurt or what? Look at me, I don't need it. Anyway, I have found a good and cheap remedy which shrinks the pimples and clears blackhead - Nixoderm.
There's this stinging sensation, which is quite shiok, cos you can feel it "working". But the downside is that, it kinda dries my skin, it kinda stinks and the packaging is rather flimsy (loose cap = spillage of content). But for something which is under $5 and actually WORKS, I think I'll continue using it, nevermind the horrible smell.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
M.A.C x Hello Kitty, and other misc stuffs
I'm pretty sure girls have seen these products of MAC-Hello Kitty collaboration all over magazines by now. They're only available in Singapore in 6th March. Luckily I bought mine in early February via Nordstrom's website, and I should be able to get it by this weekend. Hurray.
So what did I buy? Just one "Mimmy" lipglass. Its description says: Light creamy pink with pink and gold pearl. Mmm, I love specks of gold in pink, just like NARS Orgasm blush.
Here are the pictures and swatches (courtesy of Specktra and other websites)
I wanted to buy Popster Tinted Lip Conditioner as well but didn't because my boyfriend said I was spending a "ridiculous amount of money on things I don't need". Okay I lost the argument there. But after spending more than 2 weeks thinking about it, I've decided to buy it at Tangs Vivo's launch on the 6th. If I can get my hand on it, that is. Or maybe I should go down with a page on Style magazine which entitles me to preorder. But that reeks of desperation, haha. Popster's the one on the left, it's exactly how I like pink to be - lively and perky.
And I nearly died when I saw the swatch. It's so pretty. *fans myself dramatically*
I'm not a fan of makeup, I actually don't bother to put any on, even if the occasion calls for it. But, I have a strange liking for buying lip glosses / balms. I hate chapped lips. I still have quite a number of glosses unfinished but I don't care, I wanna buy Popster TLC as soon as it reaches our shore. It's already sold out on Nordstrom's website :(
Okay enough about M.A.C, I'm gonna talk about the Oscars. I'm not going to talk about Slumdog Millionaire winning 8 awards cos I think it's overrated. The only reason I woke up at 9am Singapore time to watch the award show is just to see the Best Supporting Actor award segment. I mean, I guess most people know that the award is going to Heath Ledger right? There's no better recipient, and this is really his last chance.
Talking about what the stars wore, here are some of my favourites.
I really love Angelina Jolie's choice of accessories. The picture doesn't do justice to them.
And what better accessories can you have when you're arm-in-arm with Brad Pitt (And truth be told, I've never been a Pitt fan, but at least it's better than holding hands with Mickey Rourke)
I'm done about Brangelina so now I'm going to Jennifer Aniston. She has this fresh, glowing, ultra sweet over here. (Read: angelic, as opposed to Angelina Jolie's sexy, dark, "villainous" look)
I love her hair :)
Taraji P Henson. I like her accent in Talk To Me and The Curious Case of BB. I wonder if that's her natural accent.
MILF. MMM.
And what, in my opinion, were awful.
I hate her dress. No wait, I think I just hate her.
I hate his hair. Period.
Monday, February 23, 2009
I love Tony
I slept from 4pm till almost midnight and still felt tired. Think I'm really getting old :( Well, my job @ Jurong Bird Park today was great, and I was surprised how I earned $$$ effortlessly in 6 hours. (7-1pm) Trust me I really mean absofuckinglutely effortless. Unfortunately it's only a one day event. Meh.
Went to JP after that, wanted to take a walk around but I stank so I just went straight for food. I haven't eaten anything for the whole day (don't get me started on the lunch promised by the company) And guess what I bought? It's easy.
TOM YUM BAN MIAN, no meat no prawn (and the aunties will automatically replace it with more prawn/crab balls and crab sticks). She said she even added extra vegetable for me (TYBM doesn't come with veg). How nice. I love Kopitiam. Anyway I think I'm going to be an auntie and go apply for the card, 10% discount leh, about 45 cents cheaper for my TYBM.
So yeah, talking about food, I just watched another episode of Anthony Bourdain's No Reservation. Wrong choice of show, now I'm hungry again. The episode I watched featured him in Singapore, visiting hawker centres and experimenting with molecular gastronomy, (me thinks pretentious) and saying that he greatly prefer the former. I like this man. I think I like old men.
Yup anyway, I'm starting to think about food after watching it. Currently on my food-I-want-to-eat-now list are:
Gado gado
Ayam penyet
Caesar salad with chicken
Fresh oysters
A decent eat-all-you-can Japanese buffet with better-than-average sashimi and soft-shell crab
Arnold's Fried Chicken
That ban mian at City Plaza which has raving reviews but I haven't tried as yet
How could I, as a ban mian fanatic? To stop this recurring rabid thoughts, I think I should go to sleep. Good night.
02:22
Saturday, February 21, 2009
HOT
I can't believe this woman is close to half-a-century old! She's the same age as my mom but she looks so young. What more, Caucasians tend to look older than their age right? Anyway my main reason for posting this is not cos I like Demi Moore - Well why would I? She snagged that little young thing (as compared to her, anyway) Ashton. Bitch.
I just wanna say, I love her outfit over here. I love dresses. I love dresses with prints even more. I love that ditzy "vintage" look. I love polka dots. I like black (or is that navy?), white, and red. I love heels (not wear them, but to see women in them). Her red heels put a nice touch to the whole outfit and really sealed the deal. Now now I've a role model. I wanna look like Demi when I'm fifty, and marry a SYT. :)
On a side note, I quitted yet another temp job within 15 mins of entering the office. Luckily, I only went down to "test water" since they said they wanted to give a one day training (unpaid) first. I was asked to read this "Training Manual" given by one of the girls over there. I really think the person who wrote it didn't pass his/her basic PSLE English.
The whole "manual" (yes the aprostrophe is there for a reason) was full of broken English. I know I'm no expert myself but the "manual" just made the company look really unprofessional. An example of a sentence inside would be, "Don't anyhow confirmed xxxxx". Moreover, when I was walking past various offices to find the place, more than 90% had a sign with the company's name proudly emblazoned. And, I've actually heard of some of the names. Unlike this one, really "No Signboard".
I asked whether the other girls (I saw them at the TPY interview) were coming and they told me I was the only one. I feel so cheated cos they said they had "overwhelming response" and needed me for an interview asap. In the words of that pathetic "Training Manual", cannot believed I falls for that ah.
So I met daddy and he took me out for breakfast at Geylang. Not only is the food good, I love that rustic feel of the East side of Singapore. You don't get that in the West, all the buildings here are relatively new and Xeroxed. Everyone of them look practically the same. 16-storeys HDB flat in those generic colour, HDB flats which try too hard to look like condos, the same neighbourhood malls which offer very limited services anyway. The East is much more scenic with interesting Asian/old architectures.
Talking about archiectures, I caught "Slumdog Millionaire" yesterday. The movie was generally above average with very good cinematography. It was so interesting to look at all the rundown ghettos But with all the hype, I thought it was a little overrated. Okay lah, at least better than spending my 10 bucks on Dragonball, Cherwyn wanna watch that wtf.
17:19
Friday, February 20, 2009
Good luck
Not very surprised with what I saw, I mean, it's normal and I can see it coming sooner or later. I am rather surprised that I actually felt close to nothing. It's not like I still pine over him, but it's just this selfish mentality of, "If I can't have it, you can't have it too." I know that, overall, my bf still makes the better bf. Can cook well + filial + not the Geylang type (tsk maybe just well-kept secret) + can tahan my idiosyncrasies where to find?
Haven't had breakfast and I'm craving for Buddy Hoagie's Cookies n Creme milkshake and their chicken caesar salad. I can just sink into the crimson couch and waste my afternoon away reading wrinkly magazines.
Maybe just not today. Going to catch Slumdog Millionaire in the late afternoon. I must think about where I wanna eat within 1km, sucks to be in CCK.
P/S: Went to an interview in the early morning in Toa Payoh, and there was this hot FILF (mid-late 30s - very early 40s) talking to me about the job. His eyes are dark brown and he was wearing this crisp white long-sleeved shirt with black pants. Ooooh, I love office wear. I couldn't concentrate and kept looking into his eyes. He probably thinks I'm just being polite by maintaining eye contact. :P
When I was filling up the form, he was on his phone muttering away in Hokkien, hahaha I love FILF-hokkien-peng-lao-beng. Okay gtg bye.
12:36
Monday, February 16, 2009
16
This is scary. I just chatted with this ex colleague who was in another country now about our lives, and I told him about D and my stupid past (I don't know why) While talking, I remembered the tune of his favourite track, it was mostly rapping. I wanted to surprise him by saying, "I know you like XXXXXXX song" but I just couldn't remember the title.
And then he left, and I saw D's nick, he was listening to Coolio's Gangsta Paradise, and he usually doesn't even listen to songs. That's THAT SONG I'm talking about. And it's not like this song is massively overplayed right now. It's already so old.
Weird. Or just me reading too much into things again... but the coincidence...
23:38
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Friday the 13th before Valentine's
Almost ten days of not blogging, and it's been eventful. I actually like it when I don't blog, cos it makes me feel like I actually have a life, you know?
- I finally stepped into the ticketing area of Yangtze cinema with darling. Thank god the air there didn't stink (cos I thought it will). But the place was like the heaven for Ah Pehs like what Bugis Village is to xiao lianzx and bengzx.
- I saw quite a bit of "health spas" and massage parlours while on my way to the cinema. The "masseurs" were predominantly female and sitting right outside the door. They wore cleavage-baring tops and micro mini skirts. *wink*
- I went for a outdoor yusheng session (at *scape / Orchard MRT station no less) with the usual people. Oriental-meets-"hipness".
- I was in Patrick's car and we turned round and round at Newton Circus (the irony) cos we both didn't know the way. Sorry. :( You really can't put the both of us alone in the car.
- I went for a Singapore tour again with my ex classmates and found a good place for Caesar Chicken Salad. Mmm. And they don't understand why I ALWAYS order that at restaurants which have it on their menu.
- I had a job for a day at NUH. I talked to this guy I barely know at work for like the whole journey from Clementi -> CCK. And the next day I quitted.
- I went to Queensway area with my sis and we gorged ourselves mad with Ikea food. I'm not usually a fan of sweet stuffs but I really like their princess cake, gotta have it everytime I'm there.
- I went to Sim Lim Square to get my portable hard disk... finally. And darling offered to pay for me, which made me damn happy hahahahahahha.
- I found a cheap miracle for pimples. NIXODERM! I don't know why I'm still having pimples at 20.
Yeah, I know it's not ultra eventful. But to someone who doesn't hit the club, you gotta lower your standard quite a bit.
23:15
Monday, February 02, 2009
Forever: Lost
This afternoon, I was checking out the price for dinner outside a Chinese restaurant at Jurong Point. I turned my head and saw two familiar faces walking towards the restaurant as well.
I've only seen them in photos, and on webcam, waving at me. They looked at my direction but I could tell that they didn't know who I was. I turned cold and I couldn't explain why I was so excited. Perhaps because this is the very first time I ever seen your parents in real life.
I checked, to see if you happened to be tagging behind. No, it was just the two of them. There was more disappointment than there was relief.
You don't look like your dad at all (omg he's so hip at his age, wears this boyish polo tee + Levi's). Neither do you look like your mom (classy), but well if the tragic story you told me is true, then you shouldn't. I don't know why I still doubt your sob story to date. I told darling that I saw your parents and he agreed that you looked like neither of them. Hah.
I felt like texting you, but I didn't. I know "I saw your parents at JP!" would be such a lame excuse. Maybe you won't even bother. It's like such a meaningless banter. Why would I say that if I didn't want any contact with you? I didn't want to come off as desperate (even though deep down I know I'm very easily shaken when it comes to you)
Went to Adidas to look around and "I'm Yours" started playing. Bummer.
So I just went to Bakerzin to buy close to a dozen macarons to share with darling. He couldn't stop gushing about how good the coffee one was. And then we went to TS to browse for more than an hour and bought a couple of backdated VCDs and DVDs. Had my tomyum ban mian (no prawn no meat) from Kopitiam, bought the usual macadamia cookies from Famous Amos and I went home a very happy girl. :)
03:42
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Bye bye Mickey year
Cos all of the stars
Are fading away
Just try not to worry
You'll see them some day
Take what you need
And be on your way
And stop crying your heart out
So bloody tired from all the walking around these days. Went to Brewerkz with Adam and Pat on Friday, then supper at our favourite haunt at Cheong Chin Nam Road, followed by an exhausting walk home (and we saw this weird man sitting at the grass area @ Hillview). I shall talk about this loserish haolian BMW guy who dines alone in my coming post. Now, to the more impt events.
Slept for 4 hours, woke up, met up with PA and gang to collect my "pay" for accepting and rejecting articles. Spent some $ on Wheatmill (their chocolate muffin is fantastic) and touring around Katong/East Coast/Siglap, talking about hopes and dreams (while looking at Lamborghini and countless Porsches passing by)
Sometimes I wonder how different will my life be if I were an Eastie. Apparently I wasn't the only one. Overheard this conversation while I was at Bedok. A girl with black leggings was exclaiming, "Yeah la your East very good la, I'm a Jurong kid okay." Haha, how I wish I was a Jurong kid again. Those good memories, but now I'm neither in Jurong nor am I a "kid". Pui.
Anyway.
502-ed back to Jurong for some CNY visiting at Jask's place. Good food (hehe I love veggies and seafood), good alcohol, best company. It was funny seeing Jask helter skeltering when folders of Mr Kilkenny resurfaced. Saw the formidable Father Koo, hahaha, don't know why but I'm quite happy seeing him and laughing at him (all in good fun, really)
It was Adam's place after that, with no booze (he too giam), no sight of his brother (sigh), prawn rolls (he very thoughtful) and I think I've this weird crush on everyone's father. FILF tsk. But Adam's daddy is damn cute. The look on his face when we saw him merely wrapped in towel playing games in the study is.. priceless. Also, he has this smile on his face like all the time. That smile looks like what Adam does just right before he say, "Aiyah whatever la". I hope Adam grows up to be like him. Oh and I was honestly very touched by the additional $4. :)
Woah, this is quite lengthy for someone who's tired. Must be because of the frequency that I blog now, I have sooo many things to say, but my laziness is getting in the way. But once I start I think of more things to say and it's hard to stop. Anyway, I better hit the sack now. Really really need a proper sleep, with my phone silent, curtains drawn, blanket to the top of my chest and that $2.50 sleeping mask I bought from Cotton On Body.
I hope my darling buys me bubblegum when he's back from Malaysia. Oh yeah, and also for that sexy dream I had the other day to continue. 8 hours of WAR!
Teehee. Night.
03:58
