Hi y’all! I’m so psyched for next week (which is something I rarely say on a Sunday) because I have a few exciting places to go and things to do. And one of them that I’m super excited to share with y’all is the Singapore Social Concerts!

I have never been to a live concert before and I’m so happy that Nuffnang is giving making my first time going for a concert amazing! I’m gonna be seeing…

When I was told that I can go for this concert, I’m like

YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

The concert’s gonna be on 24th May @ The Meadows, Garden by the Bay and good news cos tickets are on sale now on www.starcount.com!

And on the 25th, Aerosmith will be performing for the very first time in Singapore!

The Singapore Social Concerts is a celebration for the Social Star Awards that’s gonna be taking place at Marina Bay Sands and international stars, local celebrities and socialites will be here in Singapore to attend it! You can also stream the Social Star Awards from Youtube as it will be broadcast to the world live! Here’s starcount’s Youtube account: www.youtube.com/starcount.

Hurry and grab your tickets before they’re sold out! For more information, log on to Starcount’s website: www.starcount.com!

Thank you Starcount and Nuffnang for bringing me to the Singapore Social Concerts!

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  •  May 20, 2013
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May 162013
 

Hello. I’m just doing what most girls do best – take selfies. Especially my make up today so complete which is rare!

I’ve got full make up on today because I was shooting for Rarebits earlier just now. And I must say I super love the lipstick colour I have on! So intense and pretty! I’m also trying on a piece of floral dress that is soon to be launched!

All my photos look the same – left profile, hair tucked behind left ear and fringe falling over right side of my face.

My assignment due dates are crashing soon and I will be unable to blog nonsense like this everyday so I’m just going to take this opportunity to spam bo liao photobooth photos. Bye!

Btw I replied my Formspring questions! Didn’t log in for awhile hence I didn’t see your questions. Sorry!

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  •  May 16, 2013
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May 152013
 

Last Thursday, we invaded Omakase The Grandstand to help Rebecca do her feature. She’s writing on eatery reviews. Just to butt in, I’m writing on fitness :D

I love Omakase! Love love love! My bf bought me there and I fell in love with it. It makes me happy (and fat) everytime I go there. It’s a little inaccessible though unless you drive.

I cannot express how much I love the burgers at Omakase. There’s not one bit that I don’t like. The buns are super awesome. I think they spammed butter or something on the buns. The vegetables are really pretty – nice to look & nice to eat. Pretty sure they are fresh too! And crunchy! The beef patty is so amazing! It’s super soft and juicy! And the cheese is the perfect finishing touch. I’ve never tasted cheese like that anywhere else.

MUST EAT THE BURGERS! IT'S SO DAMN GOOD!!

I had my first go at truffle fries at Omakase. Actually I never had truffle fries anywhere else either so I don’t really know how to judge. But I love the truffle fries so much more previously. I think they used truffle oil previously but now they do truffle shavings and the cut was thicker. It’s still not too bad but I think that half the fries tasted like normal fries :( Although I love shoestring fries, I still prefer to old ones with truffle oil.

After lunch, we went to town to meet Sha to accompany her to get a tragus piercing.

I like to do this hand thing and gallop around my friends

Told you I am weird!

Half the photos are taken by iPhone and the other half is by Canon and Nixon a DSLR. Can you guess which is which? I think iPhone camera works best under good lighting. And with the help of amazing iPhone camera apps, those photos look like they were taken from a professional camera.

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  •  May 15, 2013
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May 142013
 

This was week 1 in school and already eating maggie mee in the lecture theatre

Stole Becca's cap and realised I've got a head that doesn't suit caps :( Gave away my favorite cap to my bf cos it suit him more. Ok digressed.

 Then I went to go trim my hair at a new hair salon and my new hair dresser made my hair even more awesome. Not sure if you can tell from the photos but I feel like I’ve got Victoria Beckham’s hair now and I got a mini slope the back of my head.

Damn act atas

Because we change class every semester (damn annoying ok Ngee Ann Poly), I met an annoying girl. Her name is Clara.

Wanna take selfie in class also cannot. Need to put her hand into my picture.

Damn annoying right?

She asked me why I act atas in my photos. How do i answer you? I'm just atas lah. HAHAHAHAHHAHA kidding don't throw up.

One day after school, I met shenjingbing because he’s so nice to accompany me to Moojaa to do my radio interview there. And then we ate the thai BBQ that everyone’s so crazy about. My friend here say he go buffet eat like some hungry ghost BUT he cannot even finish the first round of food. So I very kindheartedly helped him finish his food. Hehe.

Irritating

Never draw my eyebrows properly that day but whatever still chio

Everyday I go to school, my friends will tell me that I am very weird and that they sometimes wonder why we are friends. I’m so weird you all still like me? HEHEHEHE. Ok you may ignore this post because this is damn bo liao. I am super bored because I’m all day everyday work work work work endless work. I just need to vent.

Ok bye! Time to sleep if not my complexion won’t be good!

Oh talking about my complexion, I’m currently on this ‘Quest For Dewy Skin’ where everyday I will not miss my skincare regime, spam plain water and if possible, drink fruit juice. And every morning and night must spray some thermal water and do some abs workout to sweat and detox.But it’s been 2 weeks and I’m not any dewier! How?!?!?!?!?!?!

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May 032013
 

Bought tickets to Savour 2013 2 weeks ago!

WARNING! DO NOT SCROLL DOWN IF IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT NOW AND YOU WILL POTENTIALLY BECOME HUNGRY BECAUSE I HAVE TONS OF SUPER AWESOME FOOD’S PICTURES!

Chef from Gattopardo demonstrating the making of squid ink risotto

There’s something about all cooking demonstration. They always look so easy and the chef’s always like breezing through. But when you attempt making it at home, you’re always in a mess and the end result always looks different! Anyway, the squid ink risotto looks like a lump of black mess but it’s actually an explosion of flavors!

Bought jars of squid ink back to try making it. Alongside with squid ink are jars of very interesting sauces and pastes that is used in Italian cuisine.

Fresh oysters!

Love love love these baklavas! These are Middle-Eastern sweet treats and I've been craving them since I tried them in London last year!

I had 3 different types of stewed beef that day. Stewed beef is my all time favourite food. Fell in love with it when I first tried it at the food tasting session at Alkaff Mansion. I just find it amazing that tough meat like beef can be cooked to such tenderness. I LAVVVVVIT!

SO DAMN GOOD!!!

My favourite combination in the world is chocolate + macaroon + earl grey and I found it at Savour. Hehe. It’s my ultimate intense favourite things in the world.  This is available at some cafes in Singapore, you can go to their website and look for them. They also do delivery so you can place your orders online :)

Headed out to the gourmet village to eat everything in sight when the sun went down.

You have been warned…

DAMN LOVE

This was last year's top selling dish at Savour. I thought the combination of flavours was a little whacky but nonetheless still an enjoyable creation.

I really liked this dish. You can be expecting some textures going on and I though the parsley sponge was pretty interesting.

Can't really remember what this was and I couldn't find it on the menu either. I think some chefs put in some last min addition and they were not shown on the website.

I am a huge fan of foie gras but unfortunately the day before, I've had a super oily piece of foie gras that made me feel sick so I only took a small bite out of this piece. I love my foie gras pan seared or drizzled with some kind of sour-berrish sauce.

This was amusing. The chef told us to eat this in one mouthful and after we did that, we were just deep in thought because we couldn't find any type of adjective to describe it. So I guess if I had to describe it now... I'm going with bizarre.

Ended the day at the F1 Pit Building shopping at Jasons (finally bought truffle oil!) and watching the last cooking demonstration by the chef from Stellar @ One Altitude. He was teaching us how to handle meat and he had food samples but unfortunately it never reached me because I was seated at the back :(

Savour 2014 let’s go!

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Apr 152013
 

Product review

I have always felt that the face is one of the hardest area to slim down, of course with other areas like arms and thighs. I was thrilled when I was given the Instant Contour Lifting masks to try out.

Got some scarring around my cheek :( BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT!

Before trying on the mask, I measured the area from the end of my lips to my ear lobes, as marked out in the photo above, it stands at 11cm. My chin area was a little rounded and chubby. My jaw area and neckline seems undefined especially.

When I first took the mask out of the bag, I was expecting a full-face mask, like most other facial masks. However, this was only a half-faced mask which I thought was extremely practical – saving the environment and getting to the point, which is to contour and lift your face.

As I have never used facial masks like this before, I found the mask to be pretty interesting. There are 2 hooks that are supposed to go behind your ears. I was skeptical at first because I was afraid that the mask would be soaking wet and dripping from essence but thank god no. It’s great for me because I didn’t appreciate the idea of having my hair soaked with essence from the face mask, resulting in sticky hair.

When I put the second hook behind my ears, I really felt like the face mask was pulling up my jawline and chin area. It was a teeny bit uncomfortable at first, but it didn’t take me long to feel ok again.

Flatten out the mask so that most part of your face gets the essence

After 15 mins and removing the mask, I immediately took the measuring tap out again because I was excited to see how instant the face mask would work. And to my extremely pleasant surprise, the area previously measured has shrunk 1cm! I SWEAR I DID NOT PHOTOSHOP/LIQUIFY MY FACE EXCEPT FOR THE BRIGHTNESS. As you can see, my chin area and jawline has become sharper and more defined.

 

A side by side comparison

NO PHOTOSHOP/LIQUIFY/EDIT AGAIN! Look how V my face became just after 15 mins!!! I am amazed!! I’m not sure if it’s the after-mask effect, but I felt my face become more supple afterwards. Très bien!

Thank you for sending me these masks, 2B! To no more nightmares of seeing photos with fat faces anymore! Cheers!

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Apr 112013
 

I wanted to post about my advanced birthday celebration at Hard Rock Hotel, but to my horror, my photos were all of different sizes!!! So I need to spend the next few hours re-editing them again :(

I came across a website few days ago and read about the secret to happiness. I wasn’t planning on posting it on my blog, I had it copied down on paper instead. And now I can’t find the website anymore :( I thought that it really made sense so I decided to share it with everyone.

The secret to happiness is to stop caring.

For example, to solve the problem of not having cool friends is to stop caring about having cool friends. The search for happiness is the single greatest cause of misery. You can’t find something that is already there. Happiness exists now. It’s not something you have to find. That’s like trying to find your breath.

If you are not happy, it is because your mind doesn’t allow you to be happy. And that is because you are stuck in a vicious cycle of productivity, judgement and purpose.

By not caring, we immediately release ourselves of grasping of the mind. It is not easy and have to be cultivated.

For the past x months, I have been in a weird phase of constant down time, feeling moody almost everyday, etc. I don’t think anyone else would have realised but I know for sure, my boyfriend got it the worse because we spend most time together. I felt so bad that he had to put up with my nonsense behaviour but I cannot control my rampant outbursts. So I decided to seek help by self therapy (not sure if such a term exists) and to practice The Secret.

I wouldn’t say that I have 100% changed for the better but I am trying to constantly be aware of my emotions. For the past few days, I have been “black-facing” (the term dubbed by my poor boyfriend) lesser, but the feeling down part is taking a little more time to get rid of.

I am looking forward to going back to taking yoga classes because I think that it really helped with dealing with anger and negative feelings. I also try to sort my things out – pack my room, pack my boyfriend’s room, organise folders on my Macbook. It takes negative thoughts out of my mind when I’m doing something and when I see my things are in order and neat, I feel less irritated and am almost instantly in a better mood.

School is starting next week and I’m worried that I will fall into this nonsensical behaviour or have it worsened because whenever I get stressed, especially due to tight deadlines, I feel like I’m going to burst :/

I have not talked about my nonsensical behavior to anyone yet. As of now, my boyfriend is the only one who knows and is experiencing it (sorry, baby). I thought I might just wanna blog about it and share it with you all. I hope you all won’t think that I am crazy or something!!

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  •  April 11, 2013
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