oooh.. the whole of september just passed me by! anyway for those who aren't in the know, i left my ****hole of a job le.. haiz, okay maybe i shun totally say ****hole.. there are definitely people i will miss, especially my lovely kids.. but when it's time to go, it's time to go. so shall not say more.

Anyway, i musta be quite efficient, cos i finished clearing my work in one week, or rather 2.5 days at the office (with some at home), so now i'm free...

However, i'm already planning for the next stage.. but first thgs first.. REST AND RELAX!! TAIWAN HERE I COMEEEE!!

I really do need a digicam though.. and am contemplating if i shd get one before my tw trip.. i let the COMEX fair just pass me by, cos i just hadn't the time to think about it with the workpile to be cleared. i know with my current finances, i shd just borrow from someone, my cousin or sis did say just borrow theirs.. but we are gg on trip at the same time, and i guess it just doesn't beat having your own, so u can always have it on hand, whenever u like, and take the pics u like. I'm just totally relying on my handphone camera now, and of cos it has its limitations.

Do i have 700 to blow on a Lumix LX3? *ponders*

that aside.. i'm just having the time out of my life now.. into my 3rd week at Charcoal Drawing course at NAFA, and gonna be a homely girl the next few days and pack the amount of garbage i carried back from office.. 1.5 years and i accumulated 3 bags.. shudders. can't imagine the rest of my ex-colleagues who are there for xx years..

Anyway ppl, till then.

*no pics* i was looking at my iPhoto library and realised i took a pathetic number of pics this year, thanks to digicam-less state, and it can be quite hard to get people to transfer pics to u.. so maybe i shd srsly think about getting one=)

bonding session with mum and sistaz at hair salon today.. i did sth else to my hair. it's understated yet still punkish.. i'm loving it though.. *hints* my sistaz are calling me anime now.. haha, tho i'm a self-confessed klutz on anime.

the 1-for-1 swensons lunch deal is really worth it though! but GreenHouse @ RItz fails to meet up to its expectations. i'm glad flo had a delightful bday dinner tho=) the company matters most after all =)

alright pix to come when i'm less busy / tired / lazy.

I duwan go back work tomorrow!!

*wails*

Why does PHs always pass so fast?

Anyway.. just a little more..

On a sidenote...

No matter how i know my bubble always burst in the end, i still believe in them, love the beauty of them, even in their shortlivedness..

The classic Chanel 2.55 is one signature bag that every lady pursuing class and elegance should own, in my opinion. It is simplistically beautiful, yet so unattainable (at least to me at the moment). I'm still hankering after the dream of owning of a real Chanel 2.55, but doesn't seem to be within my range in the near future. So have been lusting instead after inspired versions online, some of which aren't too bad.



Chanel-inspired in their classic tweed design.. kind of unique and stands out from the original..


Thought the colours in this range are all really nice plus the design is closest to the original..


picked out my fave 2 colours

you can't go wrong with the classic black..


my fave shade of yellow - baby yellow. u thought i was going to choose the blue right?;)


The strap's even detachable to double up as bracelet ala Nicole Richie style (CC Double Skye Wrap)


black and white combi..


Other stuff on the site that caught my eye...

The BOW bag (no doubt made popular ala Gaga bow-style)..


think it looks nicest in my fave colour this time..


Vintage-ish slim wallet


Sleek. i like


love the neat hidden compartments, or maybe it's just the pic.

so the adage goes...

when you can't beat them, join them.

i say:

when you can't join them, leave them.

xoxo

Today, ling is very tired.

Saw another enactment of fakeo-ness today. How can people fake till this extent? But I'm sure, it's not going to be the last or worst. As life goes on, i'll see more examples of cleverly manipulative and complicated humans can be.

People, can be so tiring.

Been some time since i wanna scream or cry out loud. But there's no safe place to. i need a mountain, or in Singapore's case, a hilltop.

S.M.O.P

Solve My Own Problem.

i have not blogged in ages!!

well, that's cos i have been busy emo-ing, and then making another decision at another crossroads. but now's that all over and done with, i should get my act back and start planning for the next phase in my life!

After all, those who mind dun matter and those who matter wun mind!! my new catch-phrase. So i know no matter wad i do, there'll be critiques, but there'll also be those who still hold open their arms, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!

i do agree that humans naturally just like to hear the good things, and get defensive about the bad. but IMHO, i think life's too short to be wasted on pondering over the bad for too long, and i should just learn to trust myself, my own instincts and get my super-fat butt moving.

Speaking about tt, i am getting oh-so-super fat. i am not denying it. just look at the fat faces in the recent pics below. only LavenderCloset has the ability to make me feel like a beautiful plus-sized babe now. Imma totally satisfied with the last batch of clothes they picked for me; haha i call them my personal shopper, cos what i need to do, is just get my butt down when the lovely owner tells me when the appropriate shipment (she thinks has the clothes suited for me) is here and i go and she will pick out the clothes she thinks would look good on me. and she is NOT like those annoying boutiques who'll press u to buy every single item they shove on u. she just gives her honest opinion on each piece and tells me when it aint look so good, and she totally und when i'm on a budget, and on top of the free personal shopper service, she still gives me discounts on all the clothes. and did i mention she would also replace items (even if i already worn them) when buttons drop and all? that is totally first class service. i'm supz in love with her personalized service that i seldom shop anywhere else but just wait patiently for her shipments. so i did splurge abit more this time round cos the last i saw her was in CNY, and i dint buy a single piece the last i saw her, cos the pieces she kept for me then dint suit me at all. But she was still totally sweet about it. okay i think i can go on ages about her. but i tell ya, she's that cool. u guys can check out her shop. She specialises in plus-size fashion but she does do petite ones too. love her love her love her!! i love people who dun make me feel fat. i already know i'm plus-size, and it doesn't help a freaking bit when u hear people comment about it day and night, as though it's a crime. and the worst thing is, sometimes u even get it from ugly and fat pieces of shit. it's like calling the kettle black isn't it? urghz. enough about this issue, another one i can go on for ages, but i shun waste too much time on it. Anw, i'm planning to do something about it once i get my F.R.E.E.D.O.M.!!!!

Okay. here goes the pics of June past by:

::Creativity at work::

Made for me=)

Girl-On-A-Swing

Groupwork...




::Bibi-overload... and i'll smack the next person who dare say he's ugly. he's the cutest ever (nan de he's in a photo-taking mood) and u better agree!!!!::






::Silly-ing around in the office, props courtesy of YJ::

LO acting sultry, and ol' fat me=)

YJ being wooperz cute

Back to Basics

Been feeling an emotion overload lately.. I'm pretty attuned now to knowing when my body and mind needs a time out, so applied for urgent leave today, turned off my hp for a day, and just had self-time for myself..

This is (one of the things) what i did on my off-day:













Pics are a combination from my hp cam and Canon. Both sux.. super blur.. I NEED A NEW DIGICAM!!! Sponsors welcome! *beams*

Been neglecting my collection.. hope i can spend more time on it again.. starting on another set.. and need to stock up on display cases from Daiso...

::Good Food with family and friends::

My "time-out" weekend started with a home-made American-style breakfast compliments of my cousin. Though she complained it's not nicely arranged and the pic looks blah, who cares? It's filled with unspoken caring and i relished every bite.


Had dinner @ Prego's with my gals, flo and grace thereafter. Just a nice day out chilling, bringing out embarrassing secrets about each other, alot laughing and finally ended with drinks @ Harry's. Love my gals.. so can be myself with them, and they ask no more of me...

Gracie dear.. u know i'll support whatever decision u decided to make eventually.. Love u.

Fab crusty bread..




The best tiramisu i tasted to date.

The food at Prego's is good. Highly-recommended. Someplace i'll bring my family to soon...

Choc Amer @ half-price this month at Bakerzinn..

.. So good we bought a whole cake for mum's bday.

Contented bday gal (cos she had such filial daughters who spent her whole bday with her =)) and sleepy dog (no cake for him! ha!)


High Tea @ Equinox a while back with mum and sisters..




I dun recommend it unless you are into English Breakfast-style high tea, which i'm not really. I find the food so-so only and dun really live up to the hype.

Work tmr.. *groans* Would love a longer break but it has to be enough for now.

Haiz...

Case of severe cramps again and a very very bloated tummy...

due to the "monthly visit" again... but so xin ku this time.. like pregnant.. not that i know how it is like.. but with my stomach problems, i dun think i ever will in case i die in the labour room in an awful bloody mess (urgh... let's not visualise further).

Anyway i have been...

lately.. health not v good these days... i think i oredi took 5 days of MC this quarter... not v good right... sigh.

I shall resolve to go to my cousin's TCM doc this week and be better soon.

On the other hand, i wanna say, when i went out with healing balm on Mayday to cele her bday, i bought pretty knickers!! it's in the most gorgeous colour ever! makes u feel happy and instantly pretty when u wear it! Sis' recommendation. Now i know what my girlfriends mean when they say how nice and pretty underwear are important! Instant mood-uplifter manz! hehe..

And i'm hooked onto chick lit nowadays... am re-reading Can You Keep A Secret by the Queen of Chick-Lit Writers (in my opinion), Sophie Kinsella. I can't find my copy at home (can't rem who i lent it to and never return) so i went to buy another cos i'm so dying to read another of her books after reading and re-reading Confessions of a Shopaholic. I have to say the novel is soooo much better than the movie, really disappointed by the movie - it really shreds the novel to pieces. i re-read it again after the movie, just to get over the disappointment of the movie. And i wanted to get the next instalment, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, but the major bookstores just don't carry it! The assistant from the bookstore i bought Can You Keep a Secret? insists Shopaholic Abroad and Shopaholic Takes Manhattan are one and the same, just that they are different versions (1 Brit 1 Amer), which one i can't rem. BUT they are NOT. Take it from me. I read my Confessions of a Shopaholic from front to back to front till it's tattered, and i know it's different from the other version (The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic). Even the name sounds so-not-catchy. I compared the 2 novels, and i know it's different. Maybe it's only a few words and the way they phrase and placed certain parts of the novels, but they are essentially different. The bookshop assistant was giving me that i-know-it-better-than-you face but i just ignored her. So What? I am anal like that. i'm paying and i'm getting the version i like.

So in the end, i bought Can You Keep a Secret? and Shopaholic and Sister (cos they sold the version i wanted). I shall patiently hunt down the rest of the Shopaholic series.

.. And i'm already halfway through my Can You Keep A Secret? and i'm loving Emma Corrigan, even more than Becky Bloomwood. She's soooo your-girl-next-door. Really. Bye. Going off to read now.

I can't seem to find free websites to download themes and free games for my e66. Any kind souls who can send me webbies? I only want Puzzle Bobble, and Little Twin Star and PiyoPiyo themes and wallpapers!! hehe.. old school i know, but i like.

Immature, low-class neighbours are such a pain-in-the-ass, on top of spoiling my Sunday evening.

*sulks*

Good Friday weekend was spent on...

Dyeing my hair!!

Yipps! I finally got down to doing something to my hair, since i'm trying to restrain myself for at least another 2 months before i enter a salon, so in neeeeed of a haircut, but must patiently wait for it to grow.. sobx.

Tada!! Feng helped me. she's getting good i say, got compliments for it turning out quite even for a DIY job at home. Only cost me $11.30!

Ying said the color's only obvious under flash... blearghz. Actually my hair getting quite long le right..


Went out with Flo babe..


..and she treated me to this.
Crystal Jade Dining In @ Vivo


Koped all these images from Google Images, cos flo and i were just too busy tucking in to bother about taking pics. And anyway i didn't bring my cam out. *pouts* i really wanna a new digicam, my canon baby is going to die out on me anytime, with the blurry pics it's been taking lately. Okay i think i'm just making a fuss cos i wanna XX's LX3. I think it's quite dumb of her to go buy the cam since if she just asked, she'll prolly get sponsored for it anyway, given the number of readers who are going to read her latest entry and pull out their wallets for a new LX3.

Anwayz, some of the dim sum we had... plus more!! my foodie flo caaaaan eat... heeee

All-time fave har kaw

Mango prawns. I personally dun like mango, but flo ordered me to try - the combination is really quite sweet and pleasant. none of the niam-niam yukky taste of mango=)

Another all-time fave=)

Flo's fave. I personally feel the one at Imperial Treasure Taka is nicer..

She's such a sweetie la.. always pampering me. Sometimes i really dunno what i did in my previous life to deserve her. Going to call her my sugar mummy or fairy godmummy.. no one dotes on me the way she does man.. hehz. Anyway flo darlin', remember, no one can get ya down if u dun let them okay? u r always the bestest bestest gal..

Hurry up those who are swamped in work/revisions/exams/ISMs, finish your work quickly and come see me soon and spend time with me k? Miss yall sweeties...

::Feng's grad::

Feng "bi ye le"...


Beautifully-wrapped bouquet courtesy of cousin... anyone wanting flower arrangements pls contact her.. through me.. hehz

Next up: Studio pix!!

::Other photos::

Finally met up with the healing balm after like 6 months' hiatus...

...at Simin's solemnization. Beautiful reception..

Envies simin her room.. got all the elements i wanna.. platform bed, window seat... supz in love with her room=)


With the blissful bride=)