在气头上

拿到一张试用券，于是打电话去预约，想乘星期天去浪费1.5小时试用。
结果我在宝贵的星期天下午，原本可以用来睡觉和看drama的，洗刷一遍过后在1.30pm出门。到了著名的减肥中心，被叫到房间consultation，我开口就说：“我是不会sign package的，只是想trial。”therapist 才说，今天最多只是consulating，没有办法做瘦身疗程，要订机器的空档。

我心里开始骂“TMD！！让我驱车1小时来到orchard，还要我再下来一次……sigh，这是什么服务嘛！开始打电话预约时又不说清楚。”明明就是要乘机market to me the packages.

现在4pm，又是MRT了1小时才到家。真是浪费我的时间！！现在blog来消消气，又是浪费了我的时间。* 讨厌 *

不知道

一向知道化妆是很神奇的技术，涂涂抹抹中能让人眼前一亮，就算是骗人的，那一瞬间的光彩也好。

化妆遮盖了心中的快乐和不快乐，却无法美化一个人的个性和心。

我只是此时此地在发发无聊的牢骚。反正写blog就是无聊时的嗜好，不必争着拿A grade。

越来越讨厌这个blog，很迷茫到底应该在这里长篇大论讨论议题，还是狭隘地以我的生活和喜怒哀乐为中心，尽情show off自己。

show off自己会让人妒忌，妒忌生恨。*feeling lost*

makeup is magical

Somehow, U only get nice makeup when done by professional.

This was how I looked in my hair shoot yest. Thanks to Redken team that readers get to learn how to style their hair with simple products.

*GLAM*

Have been watching some films lately,《明明》is good cinematography，i feel so 周迅 after it :) Though the flow of the script and style reminds me of 《伤城》,but I perfer this.

《黑眼圈》is so-so... stark images as usual by director, and the song that accompanies etches on your sub-conscious.每一个人都需要一个人，一点爱。

well, when I told my fren I am gonna watch 《黑眼圈》,he said I don't have to. Why? "You just look into the mirror will do. " =( DUHzzzz...

Sweet 16th ZOUK quite a bore for me

I was an innocent positive girl at 16, full of hopes for the future, wanting to pursue my interest in arts and/or chinese language. It was the age when I studied hard and scored for Os...

Zouk turned 16 on Sat, and qualified to take GCE O levels (smart pple can skip this though). I was looking forward to the party, thinking it would be smashing, but quite the opposite.

Theme was Back to School and retro and stuff... these are the misses:

--the card says 9-11, and prog only starts at 11, lucky i reach at 10 but was yawning away while waiting

--the long-awaited prog was only 30 mins..consisting of stylists parading and dancers dancing.

--the invited crowd saw many young faces, still a kid's crowd i.e. pple in early 20s.

well, I wasn't planning to stay for long and the mood wasn't high when I decide to head home at 12 midnight. I guess if you go in a big grp or is one of the socialites who have many many Zouk frens, dat'd be fun.

I can't help but wonder, is Zouk losing its attraction with the array of new competitors like St james and MOS/Cannery? Still, there is the Zouk girl in me, in many pple.... the understated cool-ness when u mention the very word "Zouk". I miss it, and I am sure I will be back again post 1AM for the swinging party, for parties dun start after mid-night these days.

再一次

人生中有许多的再一次碰到、遇到和拥有。

今天再一次访问了Bella Skin Care代言人Fann Wong。尤记得当年（也不是很久），约2001/02年在U-Weekly实习时也在同样的代言活动上访问她，毕竟今年是她第5年续约代言。再一次近距离面对面专访，时空飞逝，身边的人事物也不同了。

当年的Fann是我JC朋友Pei fen的偶像，还记得我是属于ZOE派的，所以对Fann没有什么喜恶（念wu第4声）。还swa-ku地要她在杂志广告上签名，硬是送给Peifen，当作好意。她的皮肤真的晶莹剔透，让还不懂什么是美的我为之惊艳：“哇，真像白雪公主。”但她回应有点惜字如金，步步为营，给的都是仿佛从10 yrs series背出来的model answers，没有惊喜，却也没有失职之过。

今天再度见面，她还是笑脸迎人。热情高了10摄氏度，又问必答，也轻松多了，连男友在gym跳绳汉流满地的窘境也爆了出来。真的是……年纪越长、越看得开，回答得洒脱，少了隐瞒私生活。反正，到了现在街头巷尾皆知的发展形势，也没有好隐瞒的啦！

可是，伊人难免受了一点岁月的“摧残”，可能是刚杀青剧集的关系，所以皮肤不算雪白，也有一点敏感，毛孔和我的一般大。Marjorie为她化的金色眼影＋金色裙子很美，很chic。不完美的36岁的她反而多了一份真实感：“公主也不过是凡人。”这样的女人才自信，才有主张地生活着。

而我自己则在阔别短发的6年后，再一次批上bob hairdo，最后一次短发那年是大一，之后就一直长发。多年来一直留长发，一半是因为男士的择偶条件总离不开短发，一半是我用长发遮盖我的招风耳（我的不完美）。如今我想，不必再为任何人留，我只为自己的喜好而活。剪头发，我没有一丝的后悔，却还是把一大撮头发带回家留念、留念那干燥的curls。

感觉脸蛋更尖、更有自信。这样的发型给了我power，让我看起来青春＋年轻。你是不是还是rebonded/curly hair，如果觉得自己适合短发的话，拿出勇气剪掉吧，你会看起来更IN哦。

*工作表

Monday--

1. Elizabeth Tan @ Square 2 shopping assignment

工作认真的摄影连马路也OK、不怕：

2.Cheryl Miles @ MUSE Bar photo shoot

oh dear.. miscomm, Cheryl doesnt know we are having a shoot, she tot just interview on her music n lifestyle...Hmm... pix turned out good, thanks to BOB LEE,得奖摄影师.

OH, MY HOME PC REVIVED @ WEE HOURS OF TUES...MANY THANKS TO YUHAN!! =)

Tuesday--

1.Fann interview @ ICON

cool place... but i dun want to pay so much to stay in puny apt and so many pple from 40 levels share the facilities and gym with me. so what if i rub shoulders w rich n famous... too showy for a humble n poor soul like me.

2.IPSA interview @ Front Row tea Salon, Ann Siang Hill

really cool place... cool new product too~Metabliser Whitening Moisturiser!

安宁

我以为　我会歇斯底里　
我以为　我活不下去
我以为　逝去了的不能再拥有
我以为　我会因慌闷而郁闷

还好　我都没有，而且活得好好的，生活素质反而提升了。

我　只是家用电脑坏了。
诺，就是那台让我夜夜笙歌，舍不得入眠的PC。
举凡MSN、玩Blog、Friendster、看drama、听歌、看DVD电影，我凡事都依赖着它，像一个不能没有糖果的小孩，必需定时给我玩乐的时间和空间。

朋友说，找一天帮电脑看病。
我却忙，忙着在没有电脑用的日子里敷脸做美容、破天荒11pm爬上床zzzz 、去Fashion Bar@The Cannery走走、去Neil Road酒吧泡一泡、上教堂做礼拜、上发廊剪头发、和同事的同事去K歌、开始看我原本就爱看但夜夜黏在电脑前错过的午夜重播《娱乐百分百》、在夜深人静时阅读和清除脏乱不堪的桌面……

原来，没有电脑的日子也可以如此安宁。
我并不急于让它起死回生，但却不能白费每个月的Broadband fees！
哈哈，电脑，你还是快一点好起来，不然我觉我的身体还是少了一块。

遇到的人

做生活记者可以遇到小小新加坡圈子的很多人，看见新鲜事。
这个星期，私生活很沉闷（期待周末的聚会）。但在工作上却遇到了一箩有趣的人和她们的故事。

遇见的人可以改变你的想法、有缘分还会成为谈论公事以外的私交/朋友，有机会的话还能帮助你的社交网络。遇到爱情上的哪一个人，还会改变你的一生！heeeheee, but the pple I met these days have nothing to do with 改变我的一生。

1.印度餐厅的Chinese女公关
　　星期一到一间摩登现代（食物和装潢）的道地印度餐厅，华族女公关告诉我，全公司除了老板和餐厅服务人员／厨师以外，其他的office staff都是华人，只有1名马来族同胞。我觉得amazing....就好像在华族餐厅，office staff都是其他种族一样，要如何了解出产的产品呢？
　　但这也显示了印族的包容性。饮食业也是跨越宗族的行业。Food is indeed an universal language.
　　　
2.Jean Danker
　　She may be just 28 years old, but she owns a half-a-million dollars condo (studio apt) and drives...*wow* This is success in the materialistic sense. Her house is nice, very comfy... gonna feature it in HOME page.
Upon leaving, I told Jean: "You are very inspiring, now I am calculating how much downpayment to pay for my own pad!" Yes, I hope to be a swinging n successful single, like her. ARGH, you have got to see her house..... almost like what I would have wanted mine! I want my own pad one day.

3.年轻的台湾妈妈
Yest met this lady 10 yrs my senior thru work, she came to deliver some food products. i have always enjoyed knowing Taiwanese. and she is the 4th Taiwanese lady I know who married Sg men. 我说我要嫁去台湾。She said, Sg men are better and less cheeky than TW men. But that makes TW men more interesting, ain't they and they can have a strong political stand, they have an opinion! anyway, bad men exists across all countries and races. Just a matter of luck.
The thing that striked me was, she is already worried who should her 6 and 4 yrs old pretty dottis marry. I told her, why dun u help me first and I will help u to worry abt them later? she said, someone had already 提亲 to her pretty 4 yrs old princess. 什么年代了，指腹为婚还真的存在呢！她担心的是，要嫁给有钱人好呢，还是自己选择。20年后的事情任谁都不知道。现在为儿女的将来做做梦还可以，做决定当然太早又荒谬！

4.年轻的Marcomm女生
　　我今天遇到比我年轻又成功的女生。她说改名后，她的运气一直就很好。我听了也嚷着想改名。我不是要求工作顺利，当然是求爱情啦。等太久叫人心慌。
但，真的改了名就会好？套一句MM Lee在ST的quote:"Sometimes it's better not to know."

5.传教的妈妈
　　Wore this black dress (which yzac thinks it is 风尘味太重) out today. At MRT waiting for train, this lady in 50s sitting besides me asked if I am Sporean. I am like: sheesh, is it my dressing? Is she thinking I look like chinese national again? *ill-confident* (disclaimer: not that it is a disgrace or stigma to look like chinese national, but I was afraid I look too heavily-made up or older than my age). She indeed dun tink I am from Singapore *faint* ok la, It must be the Ka--wa-ii fringe I cut on my own =)
We had the chance to sit tog on e train carriage and she told me about her religion which I am interested in as well. A chance encounter... and this same night, I met an old UNI fren whom I have not seen in 1 yr, and I requested to pay his church a visit this Sunday. I guess everything happens for a reason. Including 和这位女士的不期而遇。

6.翁清海
Vincent Ng had been my hunky idol since when I was 18... a good 8 yrs, and I have a monika of "清海嫂" coined by my colleagues... so funnie. After so many yrs, i finally got to meet him up close and personal today. No, I did not behave like a 小粉丝, I am very professional about it, just had a chat with him and manager Andy.
　　今天真是美好的一天。

　　On another note, saw MM Lee's quote on issue of longevity. and he has this to say: "Choose your mother and father carefully. What they give you, don't mistreat it." Sounds eugenics to me, if only I could choose my parents.................I would wanna be Audrey Hepburn's offspring. Children and longevity are god-sent gifts, indeed we have to treasure ourselves.

脸圆了

it is official, I have put on so much weight dat, my face/cheeks which is the least likely and last to gain "meat", had become rounder of late!

Glenn first asked today:"AY, 为什么你的脸变得这么圆？" I was ego-blasted. Maybe it was the fringe I cut on my own dat wasn't suitable, and exposed too much of my angular face?! *consoling myself*

then I wore this pokka-dot top w a overall dress,topped with a necklance, and Chief Editor commented: "AY, 为什么穿得这么像BA (airline)的空服员?" *faint* Insult to my fashion sense...When he said B, A... i tot he was referring to something else~

I had an Indian modern cuisine today, was so full I had fruit juice+ milo for dinner. The masala tea I took for 1st time was nice... though the food made me sleepy right after eating, but the tea finally took effect on me after a while...I was soooo energised by the caffeine that I feel I cannot sleep early tonight. *pooooffff*

saw how they made the "bread" that becomes puffy upon heat. The air simply fills up the "holes"in the flour dough. *wow*

sunday diary

Sunday, 1st day of April, and I am proud to say I finally went to the gym on my own will!! yippee*

I so missed sweating it out n cooling it off. the jog did me some good, and i hope my muscle mass returns, down goes my fat mass :(

Before that, went to catch Woods & Woods by Jonathan Seow. SFF ends today w Matthew Williamson at 8.30PM. This was the second last show.

Generally the lighting was too dim, though they have a DJ to do spinning live. The clothes were alright, girls' were better styled than guys, and all were wearing Dr.Mart. boots. Is black chunk boots that were so IN 10 yrs ago when I was in Sec School making a return? Hmm...

I hearsay the models today were not all professionals, abt 80% were sourced from the streets, meaning they had no prior training, the reason being they want street people to parade the clothes. This got my fren asking: so pple on e streets are all ang-mos is it? cuz out of say 15 models, only 1 is chinese guy. kekeke...

talking about population, this brings me to the I-much-detest-it 650m population plan put out by 2010s... Why must we "progress" in terms of figures n economy of scale? So many pple packed on a small island, our houses would be reduced to dat of HK's size and figgy expensive... Will we be happie in a densely populated island? So much competition, so little space, so many relations... so complicated. Must we have lotsa $$ to be happie, to have sustainable growth in the long run, else we can't survive? *doubts on my future as a islander* rrrrghhh....

My pinky act-cute look, though yzac thinks I look like 村姑. Heeeheee...


There was a notice board inside the seating area where the organisers stuck reports of SFF up, and my My Paper report was there ;)

Yesterday Saturday was spent at a hi-tea review, then Sentosa Cafe del Mar for Kovit Ang's inaugural showcase, his stuff are sold on consignment at VENUE. Then after tt was shopping at VivoCity then meeting the galfrens at Orchard MAC.. sitting there n slack till near 2am. Such a juvenile and cost-saving way of having frens activity.

me n Jacq, Marketing Manager of VENUE who tot of VBOX, wow, cool...

clothes-maniac

RBG
For friends who know me well, U know I never spend more than $20 on a pc of clothe/shoes/bags.. the max is $30. All my 7 pairs of denium jeans and a few other coloured cotton pants are $20 from taipei Shi-Lin market at my fave Dictionaire Shope (ex-named Top 100 Shop, Spore has the Top 20 version at Bugis market and AMKHub) It is quantity over quality for me. So price matters over stylish-ness.

(Sidetrack: My biggest splurge is a $366 BCBG orangey dress which i only worn once to JEMEJ's wedding last yr Nov. I couldn't resist it cuz I was in taipei last Feb shopping alone and it was half-priced. i tot it was 划算 till I saw 五分埔 have a shop that sells BCBG gowns at 1/4 of original price.! Reason: it is rejects from China factory. And given my super-sonic会认路 memory.. I managed to find it on my 2nd visit to Taipei this Jan. Hee.. wanna know where is it hidding ? kekekeke...invite me to Tpe la :P *kidding*)

My Purpose of today's blog is to have a tally of my recent shopping experiences in Singapore! Up till Feb, I have only buy the occasional pc from BYSI and my birthday dress is $17 from one of my fave stores This Fashion! Last yr, my shopping money went to Chatukchat, Taipei and Chongqing...

But now I am more comfy n willing to spend in Spore :) esp, over this weekend!! Never bought so much stuff here for a long time. Perhaps it was the good buys I could find here, comparable to $5-taipei clothes/bags/shoes or $8-BKK heels...I bought 5 pieces of clothing and 3 pairs of $9.90 heels in March!

the blue one is $5捡到@ Taipei火车站地下街, red pair is $10 from same place;
leopard & zebra prints are $9.90 Mondo

my long n chunky VS gold-chain pieces. One came free w dress, one is $4 fr China, one is $10, two gold ones are from H&M Europe.

My last mental tally on SHOES= 30++ Pairs

10 pairs $10 each from Taipei, 3 pairs $9.90 each from Mondo, 4 pairs from BKK last yr + my original about 20 odd pairs collection. NOW I have shoes of all kinds and colours. Congrats! I dun even have to think twice on how to match w shoes now..cuz no fear I cant find a matching colour.

on DRESSES= 8 or more...

I was lucky... bought 3 dresses today! Must recommend "Purple Attic" @ VivoCity. two gorgeous classic dresses for $70 total ( after some bargaining w the 小妹 tending the store heee...) and a River Island graphic-piece. Hmm..this is in addition to the 5 dresses I have bought over the last 1/2 yr. OK, time to dress up for work/events.

ok, I mentioned I have 7-10 pairs of functioning JEANS/cotton pants. But this season, my tight tops+jeans have given way to dresses and/or tights & leggings.
Maybe I was partially influenced by SFF. All in the spirit of S/S fashion trends! The volumious dresses/ loose tops (like maternity wear, Ej says now it's the best chance to be pregnant :P ), tight jeans, my only pair of black leggings from Taipei...some Grey, little bit of Pink (I prefer carry to wear pink cuz I dun lk as gd in this colour), LOSTA Purple (yeay yeay, my confidence booster), MUCH Green (suits my yellow-skin tone)-- my faves this Summer and every Summer! =) Also, I tink some events do require me to dress well and dress smart, in order not to throw my face. Kekeke.. I do dress like 小Ah-Lian or bochup girl on days :P

And I found my new 自拍 hunt--IN THE FITTING ROOMS WITH EXCELLENT LIGHTING AND LOTSA MIRRORS! And my fave fitting rooms where I get gd pix is (1)Taka Zara, take the corner cubicle with lotsa space to move ard (btw, Zara beats Mango this season, and Vivo's Zara has a more extensive collection), and (2) River Island@... cuz it has angle mirrors! can check ur side profile, cellulite on butts and how long my hair is now.... I spent so much time inside tt my fren's legs grew weak while standing ard to wait for me.

should I buy you?

All things beautiful keeps a girl happie n confident. Be Inspired to dress well n chic!

End Note:

heh, btw I went Cafe del Mar today to see Kovit Ang--sold at Venue fashion show today...I like this pix of Sentosa when i went last Sun w the kids :)